JANUARY 1955 THE CHRISTMAS DINNER AND FESTIVAL ...

-4-O.S.A.OFFICERS\ At the annual meeting of the 0,S.A. on January 12th, Peter Haworth waselected President; Vice-President, George Pepper; Executive Committee, SydneyWatson, Alan Collier, A. J. Casson, Cleeve Home, iackay Houstoun, R. York Wilson,Rody Kenny Courtice.Fred Brigden attended the meeting; it was his 56th annual meeting of thesociety. He showed his first painting when he was 253, and now, in his 84th year,he has two outstanding pictures in the exhibition. Mr. Brigden hopes to be paintingin the Long Lac district this summer.OPERA FESTIVALThe present season of the Opera Festival Company will run from February25th to March 12th. Nicholas Goldschmidt, the musical director of the Company, willconduct Die Fledermaus and The Marriage of Figaro, both sung in English; andErnesto Barbini will conduct La Traviata, to be sung in Italian. Herman Geiger-Torel has charge of the staging.TOM CAWFORD'S RETIREMENTTom Crawford has left Toronto for Barrie, where he and his wife havejoined their younger duaghter and son-in-law. Unable to keep away from an organ,he is organist and choirmaster of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church there. Last MayToan was honoured by the A,G,O. at Cleveland, Ohio, where his suite "In a Great1 Cathedral" was featured. Dr. Alexander Schreiner also played this suite recentlyat the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City. He sends his best wishes to members.We understand he makes a bi-weekly visit to the Conservatory, so we hope we may seehim occasionally at lunch.In connection with changes at Ontario Hydro made necessary by the saddeath of Chainman Saunders, we note that member Otto Holden has been named ChiefEngineer. We understand he will be mainly concerned for a while in the engineeringaspects of the St. Lawrence project. ,e express congratulations and the hope thatthese duties will still allow us to see him frequently at the Club.FRIENDS IN MONTREALWilliam Colgate, on a recent visit to Montreal, had the pleasure oflunching at the McGill Faculty Club with (ichard Pennington, the University Librarian,Robert Defries and Arthur Lismer. Robert (son of R. L. Defries, for many yearsa faithful and vigilant treasurer of the Club), wished to be remembered to hisfriends and acquaintances ihom he has met on the occasion of his all too infrequentvisits here. vWe are certain that all who met him will share his pleasant recollections.They will also be pleased to hear' that he prospers in body and estate, andthat the attractive appearance of McGill is due in no small measure to his thoughtfuland intelligent supervision. Arthur Lismer in addition to his other duties atthe local Museum of Fine Arts, lectures in the Department of Architecture. YorkWilson's fine mural in the students' reading room continues to attract visitors to* the new extension of the Redpath Library of which Mr. Pennington is in charge. Toborrow A. Y. Jackson's line, there is still snow in Quebec; but as a visitor ofninety years ago said, it only adds to its charm. .Ihether this view is held byI4'\