It’s time for a sherry party

Committee Meeting 29/4/63

29 Apr '63 by R. A. Deacon, President from pg. 1 to 1

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1 This was the first meeting of the committee for 2 the next session 1963-64. All six members 3 were present. There was a general discussion 4 about the next sessions activities of the 5 society, the chairman putting forward a 6 number of new ideas including the provision 7 of coffee after meetings, a sherry party and 8 a Huxley Hop to try and encourage more 9 social intercourse. It was also suggested that 10 other colleges, preferably women’s, should be 11 invited to meetings. However it was thought 12 that very few female students could be 13 persuaded to turn up to meetings at IC - if 14 any. The meeting adjourned at 7.0p.m for liquid 15 refreshment.

16 “Taking as read”
17 R.A. Deacon.
18 President

Committee Meeting 31/5/63

31 May '63 by R. A. Deacon, President from pg. 2 to 2

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1 The meeting was opened by the chairman at 5.55 pm. 2 The arrangements for Fresher’s Day were discussed 3 and it was decided to provide a printed handout 4 on the stall setting out the aims of the society. 5 There was also to be an article in ‘Felix’ to 6 attract any fresher’s who didn’t see the stall. 7 A list of possible speakers for the following 8 terms meetings was drawn up and the 9 committee was shown the duplicated postcard 10 from Sir Julian Huxley refusing to address 11 the society. There was more discussion about 12 inviting students from other colleges and it was 13 decided to place posters in the various women’s 14 colleges in the area informing them of the meetings 15 and hope for the best. The meeting adjourned 16 at 7.0p.m.

17 Taken as read
18 R. A. Deacon
19 President

Committee Meeting 2/10/63

02 Oct '63 by R. A. Deacon, President from pg. 3 to 3

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1 The meeting was declared open by the chairman 2 at 5.45 p.m. Details of the term’s programme 3 were worked out and dates for the various speakers
4 decided upon. There was some discussion about 5 organising a dance and it was finally decided that 6 the society hadn’t enough active members to do this. 7 Also the value to the society of such a dance 8 was dubious. However a sherry party seemed 9 a more promising idea and it was provisionally 10 decided to hold one at the end of the term. 11 Tehe meeting adjourned at 7.0pm

12 R.A.Deacon.

Committee Meeting 30/10/63

30 Oct '63 by R. A. Deacon, President from pg. 4 to 4

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1 The meeting was held in the vice-chairmans 2 room in Tizard Hall and opened at 1.30p.m. Only 3 four members of the committee were present. A firm 4 decision was taken to hold a sherry part at the 5 end of term in the ICWA lounge. The details of 6 the party were left until a later date. There was 7 some discussion about future speakers and 8 finally the meeting adjourned at 2.30pm

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Committee Meeting 27/11/63

27 Nov '63 by R. A. Deacon, President from pg. 4 to 4

10 The meeting was held in the vice-chairmans 11 room in Tizard Hall, and opened at 1.30p.m. Only 12 three members of the committee were present and so the 13 scope of the discussion was limited. However the details 14 of the sherry party were worked out and a list of 15 members of staff who were to be invited drawn up. 16 It was also decided to co-opt another committee 17 member for the following term to swell the 18 dwindling numbers. The meeting adjourned at 2.15p.m.

19 R. A. Deacon
20 as read.

Committee Meeting 12/12/63

12 Dec '63 by R. A. Deacon, President from pg. 5 to 5

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1 Held in members room in Tizard Hall and opened by the 2 chairman at 1.30p.m. There were four members of the 3 committee present, the first quorate meeting for some 4 time. The President expressed concern at the levels
5 of interest shown by R. Graham . Brown, the secretary 6 who was again absent from the meeting. There 7 followed a statement of the finances of the society 8 by the president (for the treasurer) giving 9 details of the loss incurred by the sherry party on 10 the 9th. It was thought that this loss would be 11 covered by the profit obtained from the sale of 12 books. The supply of posters for advertising had 13 almost run out but the treasurer doubted if 14 the society could afford to buy replacements at 15 £2 for 500 through the S.C.C, even though 16 this offer seemed very fair. There then followed 17 a short discussion on the problem of the secretary 18 who failed to do his job properly. It was decided 19 to give him the opportunity to resign and to transfer 20 his duties to the vice-chairman. Also to co-opt 21 another member onto the committee to take the 22 responsibility for advertising. The meeting closed 23 at 2.20p.m.

24 RA.Deacon.
25 as read.

Committee Meeting 19/2/64

19 Feb '64 by R. A. Deacon, President from pg. 6 to 7

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1 Held in committee room ‘A’ and declared open by the 2 president, the chairman of the committee, at 5.32p.m.

3 The chairman noted that since the last 4 official committee meeting the secretary had resigned 5 and two new members had been co-opted onto the 6 committee, a publicity officer and a U.H.F Secretary, 7 to bring the number of members to six. All six members 8 were present at this meeting. 9 Finance. As the 1/2-sessional accounts were required 10 by the S.C.C on the 21st. February, the treasurer read 11 informed the committee of the society’s financial 12 position. The S.C.C grant was £13..5..0 and this was 13 supplemented by £6 from subscription fees. The 14 expenses had been £8..5..6, leaving an adequate 15 sum for the remainder of the year. The only item 16 of concern was the bill received from ‘Mooney’ 17 for the sherry consumed at the sherry party - ten 18 bottles had been ordered, eight received, and the 19 bill was for fourteen. This state of affairs 20 was described by the treasurer as ‘a balls up’. The 21 rest of the committee agreed. The matter was being 22 with pursued with S.C.C. 23 Publicity. The publicity officer thought that the 24 present advertising arrangements were not as 25 effective as they might .be. It was decided to continue

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Minutes for Committee Meetings, Session 1964-65

Anon 1 from pg. 10 to 10

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1 ** HUXLEY SOCIETY **

3 Imperial College London

5 Minutes for Committee Meetings , Session 1964-65

7 Chairman : Mr. Dennis Reardon : Elec. Eng Mr. Graham Thompson :Phys
8 Secretary : Mr. John Griffiths :Mech Eng
9 Assistant Secretary : ~Mr. Graham Thompson :Phys
10 Treasurer : Mr. Gordon Earby :Phys
11 Publicity Officer : Mr. John Andrews :Civ. Eng.
12 U.H.F. Secretary : Mr. Chris Cooper :Phys.
13 Coffee : Miss Sue Watkinson :Chem.

Joint Committee Meeting 17/5/64

17 May '64 by J. Griffiths from pg. 12 to 13

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1 The meeting was opened at 9.10pm by Mr. Deacon, with 2 eight members of the past and present committees in attendance.

3 Miss Sue Watkinson was co-opted on to the committee 4 as a coffee representative.

5 The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed, and 6 the new president took the chair, giving formal thanks to 7 Mr. Deacon for the service he had given during the last session.

8 The question of running a stall at I.C.’s carnival in 9 May was discussed but it was decided to leave any 10 decisions until more information was forthcoming. 11 Correspondence Since the last meeting, Mr. Micklewright had written 12 apologizing for his absence and offering to come in the summer term. 13 It was decided that a letter should be written to 14 the S.C.C. explaining the constitutional changes made in 15 the A.G.M., and asking for ratification.

16 A motion proposing a membership of 2/- in order to 17 cover affiliation costs was passed unanimously.

18 On the question of books, on loan from the R.P.A. 19 on a sale or return basis, it was thought that the books 20 should be returned next term. Although their sale did not 21 help the society directly, it was felt that the same 22 procedure should be adopted next session in the 23 interests of propagating humanist views. To the same end 24 it was thought that a campaign of suggestions of humanist

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1 literature ought to be made to the Haldane Library.

2 A clarification of duties was made for the benefit of the 3 new committee members; it was felt that the previous year’s 4 practice of having definite responsibilities had worked better. 5 Suggestions were put to the secretary for speakers next 6 session.

7 With respect to proposals already accepted it was 8 decided to send notices of our meetings to the secretaries 9 of the Christian societies.

10 Signed:
11 J Griffiths
12 þþ President

Committee Meeting 28/6/64

28 Jun '64 by J. Griffiths from pg. 14 to 15

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1 The meeting was declared open by the president at1 6.05 p.m.

2 All seven members of the committee were present.

3 The only matters on the agenda were correspondence and the 4 carnival preparations.

5 Correspondence.
6 The U.H.F. secretary noted that the spring number of the U.H.F. 7 bulletin was available and this time dealt with “Marriage and 8 the place of women in Society. These were being supplied to 9 us at a cost of 2/6 each and it was suggested we sell them for 10 3/- keeping the profit ourselves. This idea was rejected, but 11 as they could be obtained on a sale or return basis, it was 12 decided to order two dozen at 2/6 each.

13 The U.H.F. had written, asking for a repeat of last term’s meetings

14 The Secretary noted that he had written to four people for 15 possible speakers next term. The result of this was one rejection 16 two possibles, and an acceptance from Marganintha Laksi¹ to
17 speak at a General Studies meeting on 10th November, 1964.

18 Carnival Prepartations
19 The possibility of arranging both a float and astall was 20 discussed, but it was felt that, for the present, the 21 organisation of a float would be too difficult to perform.

22 A “treasure-hunt” was the final decision, as this 23 involved a minimum of labour. A plat of ground was to 24 be marked out with pegs and string and markers, on 25 which a name might be written, were to be sold. That

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1 marker coming closest to a predetermined spot was to win a 2 prize of a bottle of alcoholic beverage. In order to prepare 3 posters for this stall a meeting was arranged for the 4 following Saturday.

5 It eas also decided to seek the genuine autograph 6 of various popular stars in order that these may be auctioned.

7 The meeting was closed at 7.45 p.m.
8 Signed:
9 J Griffiths
10 þþ President

Committee Meeting 9/10/64

09 Oct '64 by J. Griffiths from pg. 16 to 17

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1 The meeting was declared open at 6.10 p.m with five 2 members of the committee present and Mr. R. Deacon, as 3 an adviser.

4 The minutes were taken as read, and the absence of 5 Mr. Reardon and Miss Watkinson was discussed. This was 6 due to their failure of examinations last session and thus 7 to be considered permanent. Because of this, the 8 existing committee members re-arranged their duties with 9 unanimous consent. Mr. Graham Thompson was to take 10 over as President, whilst the burden of Assistant 11 Secretary was temporarily put on the shoulders of 12 Mr. Chris Cooper until such a time as another committee 13 member (preferably a fresher) could be co-opted to take over 14 either this task or that of U.H.F. Secretary. It was also 15 decided to co-opt a female member to take over Miss Sue 16 Watkinson’s duties

17 The term’s programme was discussed and found to 18 be in a very chaotic state. A Fresher’s tea had been 19 arranged but because of Mr. Reardon’s absence, no 20 speakers were forthcoming from this source. A joint meeting 21 with U.L.U. Humanists had been arranged for I.C. in the 22 week beginning 30th Nov, bu with Wayland Young but 23 Mr. Francis Williams had communicated that he could 24 not now attend on the 29th October. It was decided to 25 ask if he could come later in the term.

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1 Until such time as Mr. Griffiths could arrange a 2 programme it was decided to contact the Communist 3 and Catholic societies to investigate the possibility of a 4 joint meeting.

5 The Fresher’s tea was discussed and Mr. Bob Deacon 6 consented to come along and give the first-year members a 7 talk by way of introducing Humanism.

8 Mr. Cooper said he would do all in his power to get
9 library books and posters to display to the freshers.

10 The subject of a sherry party at the end of this 11 term was deferred until a later meeting, but Mr. John 12 Griffiths was congratulated on getting Marghanita Laski 13 to speak for the Huxley Society at a General Studies 14 lecture on November 10th.

15 The meeting was closed at 6.50 p.m.
16 Signed: Graham Thompson
17 PRESIDENT