Theological Society

The main points that arose from Sugar's speech were that everyone would be equal and have equal opportunities, and that if you did not believe in Communism, you could always fight against it if you were alive. Holgate stressed the fact that Communism took all the ambition out of life and left you little to live for. Many points were raised at the end and the result of the debate was that: 22 would prefer to be DEAD 20 would prefer to be RED and 6 abstained.

The debate was very popular and will be used much more often in the future.

At the second meeting the film "Battleship Potemkin" was shown. It was a very old film and had English explanations spliced into the film. Obviously, because of its age, it was not a film for those who were looking for a technicolour epic. For those who could appreciate the beginnings of the cinema it was excellent.

Next term it is hoped to get Brian Warner, from York University, to talk to the Society on his year-long stay in Russia, 1962-63.

After consideration had been given to many suggested topics for meetings, by the committee, it was decided that the first of three meetings of the term should be a talk by Mr. Waine on "Modern Church Music".

This talk, in the Music School, was very enlightening and basically traced the history of church music from the turn of the century to the present day. This was illustrated by records and Mr. Waine's playing on the piano, the Society was issued with hymn books and was asked to join in some of the well known hymns—to new settings. Mr. Waine was especially well qualified to talk on this topic as he had recently attended a course on it and his wide experience was to some extent passed on. The Society was very pleased to find some of the new tunes being introduced into our chapel services and we hope to hear and sing new tunes regularly in the future. I should like to take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Waine for an excellent talk.

The second meeting of the term, in the Stephenson Room, was a talk by the Junior School Chaplin—Mr. Burden, who is renowned for his interesting and lively lectures. He spoke to us on the theme of 'What is God". He began by saying that his talk was a precis on the book "debate on God"—a book, which with others, he had with him and said he was prepared to loan to members. He used diagrams to illustrate his many points and his vivacious approach assured full attention, which was necessary if any members wanted to participate in the debate which followed.

The third and final meeting consisted of two films being shown in the Lecture Theatre. This was an open meeting and the films shown were "Singapore Story" and "The Supreme Secret". Both of these were in a series on prayer and the former was the story of the Bishop of Birmingham, while he was the Bishop of Singapore, recounting his experiences in the concentration camp of Singapore.