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

9 R. A. Deacon

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

Committee Meeting 3/11/64

03 Nov '64 by Anon 1 from pg. 18 to 22

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1 The meeting opened at 6.00 p.m. in 2 Committee room ‘A’, with all five remaining 3 members of the committee present, together 4 with two Mr. R. Crone and Miss J. White, 5 who were due to be co-opted onto 6 the committee.

7 1. Minutes
8 The minutes were read and duly 9 signed.

10 2. Matters Arising
11 None

12 3. Co-option if New Members
13 Mr. Thompson proposed and 14 Mr. Andrews seconded Mr. Roger Crone as 15 U.H.F. Secretary. The appointment was passed 16 unanimously. Mr Thompson also proposed, 17 and Mr. Earby seconded, the appointment 18 of Miss Janet White as coffee representative 19 This appointment was also approved unanimously 20 Mr. Crone’s duties were agreed to include 21 the preparation of rooms for meetings, 22 and announcements over the Union loudespea- 23 ker system on the day of a meeting 24 In the face of Mr. Rooney’s [UNREADABLE]

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1 oferation over coffee, Miss White would 2 have to prepare a bottle or similar device 3 and all the coffee that would be needed

4 4. Correspondence
5 Affiliation to the U.H.F. had 6 been acknowledged, and the receipt for 7 the £1 fee to was passed to the 8 Treasurer. Nothing more had been heard of 9 the request to obtain Margaret Knight as 10 a speaker through the UHF. 11 Mr. Cooper was instructed to 12 affiliate to the [REDACTED] ULY Humanists, offering 13 an affiliation fee of 10/-. 14 An Anti-Apartheid group 15 had written to the college seeking support, 16 bu this could not be offered until 17 a motion had been passed at 18 the next General Meeting. Mr. Griffiths was, 19 however, instructed to [UNREADABLE] the Society’s 20 sympathy with the cause.

21 5. Finance
22 The Treasurer stated that the year’s 23 programme had been calculated on an 24 estimated income of £17 from the 25 S.C.C. grant with members’ subscriptions. 26 Total income in fact equaled £ 14/4/-

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1 but the costs of affiliations and the 2 Freshers’ Tea had been overestimated. A 3 bill for the books had also been 4 received; Mr. Griffiths said that he 5 was in possession of them and would 6 return them, since they has not 7 been damaged, or even touched. 8 The idea of a Hop was 9 postponed, since its likely profits were 10 far beyond the Society’s needs.

11 5. The Term’s Programme
12 The date of the joint meeting 13 with ULU Humanists had had to be 14 changed, and Mr. Griffiths had arranged 15 for a speaker on 19th November. 16 The meeting with Catholic Society 17 was postponed in view of our 18 numerical inferiority at the present 19 time. The idea of a sherry party 20 was also held over. Satisfaction was 21 felt by all at the present state 22 of the Society’s programme for 23 this term.

24 6. Settling of Ex-Chairman’s Affairs
25 Mr. Griffiths was now in 26 possession of everything of Mr. Reardon’s

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1 relating to the Huxley Society. Mr. Reardon would 2 be reimbursed immediately with part of the 3 money he had spent on parties, and 4 with all of it in due course. 5 Mr. Cooper has pledged eight of 6 the UHP Bulletins no. 14 to be sold, 7 in the hope that the Committee at 8 least would buy some. Since the 9 UHF were in no hurry to get them 10 back; the Committee preferred to try 11 to sell them at future meetings, 12 on the clear understanding that Mr. 13 Cooper would see 17/6 d. back at 14 least, one way or another 15 Obsolete printed matter belonging 16 to the Society was examined and pigeon- 17 holed.

18 7. Any Other Business
19 The idea of sending representatives 20 to the forthcoming UHF conference was 21 discussed, and it was agreed to 22 sound out the S.C.C. on how many 23 people would be subsidised by them. 24 Certain members of the Committee felt 25 they could get there at their 26 own expense.

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1 The improvement of publicity 2 was discussed, and it emerged that the 3 prohibitive cost of duplicating really 4 splendid posters dictated a reliance on 5 the traditional methods. Miss White 6 agreed to contribute reports of meetings 7 to Felix. 8 The meeting was declared closed at 9 7.30. 10 SIGNED: 11 Graham Thompson.

Committee Meeting 15/12/64

15 Dec '64 by Anon 1 from pg. 23 to 25

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1 Meeting opened at 1-10 p.m. in 2 Committee Room “C”, with 5 members of 3 the Committee present; the remainder arrived 4 during the meeting.

5 1. Minutes
6 The minutes of the previous 7 meeting were read and duly signed.

8 2. Matters Arising
9 Nothing further had been heard 10 of Miss Margaret Knight’s offer of a 11 visit, which the UHF had said 12 was being dealt with. One pound had 13 been forwarded to our late President 14 for the [REDACTED]

Committee Meeting 21/2/65

21 Feb '65 by Anon 1 from pg. 26 to 27

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1 Meeting opened at 6.10 p.m. in 2 Committee Room C with all members of 3 the Committee present.

4 1. Minutes M
5 The minutes of the previous 6 meeting were read and duly signed.

7 2.Matters Arising.
8 Since a General Studies meeting 9 could not now be arranged for 10 term, we had missed the opportunity 11 of a talk by Mrs. Margaret 12 Knight. 13 It was agreed that no 14 discussion meetings in members’ houses would 15 be arranged until after a few 16 meetings, when we could see what 17 sort of attendance we could hope 18 for. 19 Mr. Thompson had maintained 20 the Society’s tenuous link with 21 ‘Scrutiny’ by submitting an article 22 to the latest ~editors~ issue, now 23 in preparation.

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1 3. Correspondence
2 None.

3 4. The A.G.M.
4 It was agreed that the 5 AGM should preced a meeting which 6 did not involve any external speaker, 7 lest he write deprecatory letters to 8 the ‘Guardian”. hence a discussion 9 meeting on ‘Euthanasia’ was provisionally 10 arranged for 16th March, to be 11 preceded at 7.00 by the AGM

12 5.A.O.B.
13 The questions of advertising & 14 a symbol for the Society were 15 discussed, to little effect. 16 Signed, 17 Graham Thompson

Committee Meeting 1/3/65

01 Mar '65 by Anon 1 from pg. 28 to 30

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1 Meeting opened at 6.10 with 2 all the Committee present except Mr. 3 Earby had tendered his apology.

3 1.Minutes
4 The Assistant Secretary had 5 forgotten to bring the Minute-book; 6 he added three black marks to 7 the his collection.

8 2.Matters Arising
9 A report on the year’s 10 meetings was required from the 11 Assistant Secretary, both for the 12 AGM and the S.C.C.

13 3.Correspondence
14 Humanist Approach were supplying 15 us regularly; the Secretary was 16 requested to begin the practice of 17 sending written thanks to speakers, 18 beginning with Mr. S.B. Cootes; and 19 ~M~ the Publicity Officer was requested 20 to write a letter to Felix 21 complaining of the conditions of the 22 notice-board

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1 4.Finance.
2 We had about four pounds left 3 in various categories. Means of financing 4 ~the~ printed membership cards for next 5 year were discussed.

6 5.Forthcoming Meetings
7 The Assistant Secretary was instructed 8 to duplicate notices publicizing Dr. Hemming’s 9 talk, but more especially the AGM 10 on 16th March, and inviting nominations 11 for posts on the Committee.

12 6.AGM
13 Two Constitutional changes were to 14 be proposed by Mr. Thompson. The first 15 was: 16 “that in Clause 4, the phrase 17 “on payment of 1/6d.” be amended 18 to “on payment of a fee to be 19 decided by the Committee” 20 and the record: 21 “that the post of President 22 be re-named Chairman; and that the 23 post of Vice-President be deleted.”

24 7. Forthcoming Meetings
25 Nominations were taken for 26 several Committee posts, and entered

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1 on the form which the Assistant 2 Secretary was instructed to post on 3 the Society’s notice-board.

4 7. Forthcoming Meetings
5 Mssrs. Cooper and Crowe were finally 6 delegated to speak ~for~ against and 7 for Euthanasia at the discussion 8 meeting following the AGM. 9 Negotiations were to continue in the 10 hope of arranging the joint 11 Huxley-Catholic meeting.

12 8. A.O.B.
13 Ideas and work for the 14 Summer Fete during Carnival Week 15 were solicited from the Committee. 16 Signed, 17 Graham Thompson

Annual General Meeting 16/3/65

16 Mar '65 by Anon 1 from pg. 31 to 33

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1 The meeting opened at 7.30 p.m. in 2 the Union Top Lounge, with ten 3 persons present.

4 1. Minutes
5 The minutes off the previous 6 AGM were missing.

7 2. Matters Arising
8 In the absence of the minutes, 9 the President gave a brief account of the 10 beginning of the Society’s year, with 11 its disastrous luck of President and 12 programme, and of the steps taken 13 by the Committee.

14 3. Correspondence
15 A letter written by Mr 16 Earby four months before, and which 17 he had not been able to send, 18 was discussed. It related to certain books 19 in the Society’s possession, as yet 20 unpaid for.

21 4. Constitutional Chenges
22 Two constitutional changes 23 were unanimously approved; there were:

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1 “that in Clause 4, the phrase ‘on payment 2 of 1/6d’ be amended to ‘on payment of 3 a fee to be decided by the 4 Committee’” 5 and 6 “that the post of President be re-named 7 Chairman; and that the post of 8 Vice-President be deleted.” 9 The Chairman President pointed out 10 that this needed to be satisfied by 11 one more meeting of S.C.C.

12 5. Chairman’s Report
13 The Chairman read his 14 report, a copy of which is enclosed 15 in this book.

16 6. Financial Report
17 The Treasurer’s financial 18 report is also enclosed.

19 7. Elections
20 All posts were contested. The 21 results were:
22 Chairman: Mr. G. Thompson
23 Secretary: Mr. C. B. Cooper.
24 Asst. Sec.: Mr. D. Dunne.
25 Treasurer: Mr. R. A. Crowe
26 Publicity Officer: Mr. G. Brambi

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1 The Chairman expressed his thanks to 2 the outgoing Committee members for their 3 service during the year.

4 8. Any Other Business.
5 The joint discussion meeting 6 with the Catholic Society on Abortion 7 was announced, and the imminence of 8 the Carnival fête, to which Huxley 9 Society would contribute. 10 A motion was passed that 11 the ULHS representative to which the 12 Society was entitled be newly appointed 13 at each Committee meeting, or by 14 the Chairman, whichever was necessary. 15 Mr. Dunne agreed to fulfil this 16 function at the next Committee 17 Meeting of ULHS. 18 A motion that we 19 affiliate to ULHS was passed unanimously.

21 The meeting closed at 8.15 p.m.

23 Signed
24 Graham Thompson

Chairman's Report

17 Mar '65 by Graham Thompson from pg. NA to NA

1 IMPERIAL COLLEGE HUXLEY SOCIETY
2 Chairman’s Report, presented to A.G.M., 16th March, 1965.

4 The Imperial College Huxley Society, or Huxley Group, as it has become 5 affectionately known among many members, has had a fairly successful year, 6 considering the abortive circumstances prevailing at the beginning of the 7 academic year. Mr. Dennis Reardon, who was to have become this years Pres- 8 ident, unfortunately failed his exams, and even mors unfortunately for us, 9 failed to make any arrangements for anyone else to carry on. The result of 10 this was that we began the year with no meetings organised. Alas, no 11 arrangements had been made for a fresher’s day stall, which meant that a very 12 poor impact was made, possibly the cause of such ill-attendance.

13 During the year, fourteen meetings were held, two of these still to come: 14 these are detailed later. Of these, the most successful was undoubtedly the 15 General studies meeting, in walca Miss Marghanita Laski spoke to a packed 16 lecture theatre, on ‘Atheism & Religious needs.” The majority of the other 17 meetings, including a joint meeting with the University of London Humanist 18 Society, to which we are affiliated, took place in the comfortable surroundings 19 of the Top Lounge. Coffees, prepared by Miss Janet White, lubricated some 20 enjoyable discussion, after some very good talks. Unfortunately, attendance 21 usually only wavered around the dozen mark, but it is worthy of note that not 22 one of the speakers complained about this, all of then valuing the opportunity 23 to get to grips with the audience, and have an exchange of views with the 24 student Humanist population.

25 Two joint meetings with other Imperial College societies were planned; one 26 of these, on the subject of Abortion, with the Catholic society is yet to be 27 held. The other, with I.C. Communist society, on ‘The needs of the State, 28 versus the requirements of the individual.’ proved to be very popular. It 29 is, indeed, a pity that Tuesday nights, selected for most of our meetings, 30 this term, happened to coincide with meetings of many other societies, includ- 32 ing the Communists, from which we drew a lot of support.

33 Owing to a generous supplementary grant from S.C.C., of £7, the Huxley 34 Group was able to send delegates to this years University Humanist Federation 35 conference, on ‘Crime & Punishment,’ held at Leicenter at the New Year. 36 The affair proved to be a very enjoyable and stimulating occasion.

37 I as loathe to single out any one of this years committee for special 38 recommendation, as, without fail, they have all served well. However I 39 feel that I must mention Mr. Christopher Cooper, who as Assistant Secretary 40 has proved to be most invaluable as the Chairman’s contact with the committee, 41 and the rest of the Society. I hope a similar arrangement can continue 42 next year.

43 For next years committee, I would advise that a wider range of topics be 44 chosen for meetings, with more general appeal. But, by far more important, 45 is advertising the Society, and to be able to do this effectively on Fresher’s 46 day, means planning ahead for the full future meetings.

47 I thank the Society for the support it has given in the past year, and wish 48 luck to its further continuance, next year.

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