December 1932 - Southgate County School

Soathgate County School Magazine 27
table tennis tables and one or two other attractive games has
proved so successful that the attendance figures bid fair to set
up new records this winter.
The Association is now in a very sound position. We, the
Committee, feel that we are on the crest of a wave and we want
to maintain this satisfactory state of affairs. Therefore we appeal
to fellows still at school to join us when they leave, to maintain
and strengthen the pleasant associations formed in their school
days, to make new friendships amongst men whose lives were
moulded in the same workshop as theirs, and, last but not least,
to do their bit to make the Southgate County Old Boys' Association
really worthy of the School whose name it bears.
TREASURER'S APPEAL!
I have been very heartened by the way in which members
have this year paid their subscriptions to me. I have been
stopped in the street and been offered the money; fellows have
called round to pay off their liability, and others have sent me a
remittance as soon as their subscriptions fell due.
But others have' not been so thoughtful. I have managed
to extract the money from most of those fellows I have come
across since April last, but there still remain several members
who have not responded to the call and who have ignored several
notices sent to them.
. Is this playing the game? It is not fair either to the Association
or to me. It should not be a Treasurer's job to have to
see personally each individual in order to get subscriptions. He
occupies his position at the wish of, and on behalf of, the members,
whose duty it is to aid him by sending their subscriptions
to him when they fall due.
The Association badly needs money this year. We are expanding
rapidly, and though things will right themselves by the
end of the year, we on the Committee are prevented from doing
our best for the Association and its members by the lack of support
from roughly one-third of those who enjoy the privileges
of membership.
Therefore, fellows, "What about it?" I earnestly appeal to
all defaulters to do their bit, and I shall be glad to receive all
subscriptions before the end of this year. It's up to you!
EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS FROM ABROAD.
FROM D. C. BEAN IN MONTREAL.
"So far as tennis is concerned the season here is almost ended,
and even the hard courts close on 10th October, as there are
heavy frosts at night and generally pretty poor weather. Some
of Canada's Davis Cup Team play at my Club from time to time.
The inter-club competitions are very hotly contested and a lot of
artificial light tournaments played.