MONTHLY LETTER January 1956 THE CHRISTMAS DINNER ...

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Chapel. I have already referred to the feeling created "by the ceremony. Well,' none of us, I'think, felt .like'breaking off this link .with centuries past, and we therefore left in silence* f l • • ^ • ' " ', Editorial Board. ''As announced by .President Cleeve.Borne at the Monthly'Dinner on .September 29, an editorial board; has been set up to collaborate, in the production of the Monthly Letter under the general editorship of W. A. Craiok. Its members and their special departments are as follows.; - Meetings & Club Productions: Donald Byers Fine and Applied Arts: William Colgate . •. • .Music: Horace Lapp ' ^ • Literature: John Yocum Drama: William Prentice Library: Hunter Bishop Non^Pro Activities: Fred Shaw Marginalia: Pat Richards Members of the Club who have items of news which they feel might be of'interest to their fellow members are.invited to give or send them to the appropriate member of .the Editorial Board. ' . •
I f ^.^"'"T?^ .. ~ B~i B 47~^ rj77 / Cy-^ MONTHLY DINNER S .. S S November, 1956 Over seventy members were in attendance at our second Monthly Dinner of the current season, Saturday, October 27. Dinner was preceded by the traditional period of fellowship and we were particularly amused by the number of "anecdotes" which members seemed to be exchanging. None, unfortunately, (Ed's note:- or fortunately!) were available for reprint here. A touching scene was enacted at this reporter's table when "guest" Fred Manning was especially welcomed by President Home. Manning was again honored minutes later when the guest speaker was introduced to him. President Horne, stealing the words from several anxious mouths, thanked the House Committee for the mysterious reappearance of cheddar cheese with the apple pie. A faint applause from behind the woodwork revealed the mice were as appreciative as the members. The meeting, unanimous up to this point, then took on an entirely different hue (and * cry!) when artist Stacey rose to attack the Executive for what he termed a "breach of policy" in the matter of recent newspaper publicity. Accusing Home and his associates of being "hen-pecked", Stacey pressed his assault to the limit. His words proved quite underwhelming. While many members agreed in principle with the text of his speech, they apparently felt that discretion, not valour, was the secret ingredient of marital co-existence. Stacey, himself, admitted, during a personal interview granted this reporter, that he had not rehearsed his speech at home! Horne summed up the situation this way: 1. Obviously we cannot prevent wives from reading the Monthly Letter. 2. The columnist, whose material touched off the controversy, should be appointed a member of the Club and placed on the M.L. staff. Since the above points were not mentioned from the floor, it seemed like "aLotta" trouble about nothing! Turning (with obvious relief) to other matters, Home welcomed senior members Emanuel Hahn, Percy Robinson, Arnold Mason, Scott Carter and Bob Defries, whose 86th birthday was near at hand. Bob, in acknowledging the greetings of fellow members, observed: "Nowhere else on the North American continent can you duplicate the congeniality of the Arts and Letters Club." Members then achieved the impossible by singing "Happy Birthday" and "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" at the same time. Before the close of the dinner hour George McMurtrie was thanked by the chair for his spirited support of this section of the evening's program. Home then welcomed guest speaker, Bob Christie, who had rushed to join us from rehearsals in Hamilton. Frank Hay, who has had the good fortune of attending five Festivals in Edinburgh, introduced Christie. He described, with obvious pleasure, the enthusiasm with which the A Canadian Shakespearean group had been received. "Tremendous success" best sums up Christie's comments on the entire venture. Organization of detail, accompanying the transfer of 60 bodies and countless odds and ends of costume and properties over thousands of miles of land and sea, was magnificent. Accommodation in Edinburgh was laid on with equal efficiency. 1
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