Drama, House Plays ... 21 A look at University Life

To select individuals for praise or criticism would in this case be invidious, but mention must be made of the loyal effort put into the production by the three young ladies. It is a pity that the innovation was not made in a play where the female parts were more worthy of it.

The production, then, lacked the polish which it might have had. We may, nevertheless, rest assured that it was enjoyed both by those who took part in it, and by most of those who watched it. We must, however, deplore the conduct of those who made it their business to barrack from the front rows of the Hall—a cowardly approach to dramatic criticism.

Essentially a light hearted play, but with serious undertones, "Rhinoceros" was, in brief, approached in too light hearted a manner for it to be the success that probably it deserved to be. I.M.M.

A LOOK AT UNIVERSITY LIFE

500 boys and 500 girls spent four days at the beginning of January living at Nottingham University on a course designed to show them what life there is like: Warren, Nutter, Fender, Houghton and I were five of them. The Vice-Chancellor explained this was not a recruiting drive, as Nottingham has many more applicants than places.

The course was based on lectures in Maths and Physics during the day, but many other activities were arranged. The comfortable accommodation was provided in six Halls of Residence on the campus; we Peterites were in Sherwood Hall. On arrival we were told our groups for lectures, tutorials and "entertainment" lectures in the evening—the complicated system of timetables was brilliantly organised.

On Wednesday afternoon, most of us went to Nottingham Playhouse and the rest to a film That night was our second evening lecture, on glass-blowing. One was about computers and the most entertaining was on Friday night, about explosives.

Thursday and Friday contained the main body Of lectures, broken up by the dance on Thursday night. They were all interesting and many were humorous. We also had tutorials in small groups on Maths and Physics, though sensibly few tutors merely discussed the lectures.

On Friday afternoon came the most important lecture—"University Life". The Registrar gave us much compressed information in his half hour, and two students also talked.

When we left on Saturday afternoon, we had all gained much valuable information, both first and second hand, about life at Nottingham University. M. J. BLACK