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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1932. Volume 3. Number 2.

Revive Them!

Revive Them!

Dear "Smad," —

There seems to be a tendency among some of our clubs to depart from the ideas and characteristics which originally marked them out from others. One glaring instance of this has now apparently come under notice, and an attempt is being made to bring about a revival in the Free Discussions Club. But there is another club in the College which has departed from the ways of its fathers —to wit, the Haeremai Club. If one scans the Club's song one finds reference to the eating of pork pies and the wearing of bow ties. Not so many years ago these items were indeed characteristic of the Club—indeed, one could not enter a meeting unless the bow tie WAS in evidence. If a member were thoughtless and forgot his bow tie, it was necessary for him to convert his ordinary long tie into a bow —of sorts. Wierd and wonderful were the ties that appeared at the Club's functions.

But the second mark of distinction was likewise apparent. For supper, pork pies —not saveloys — were the sole edible, and there are plenty worse things than a pork pie for supper.

These two characteristics have now disappeared entirely, altho' the freshers are still exhorted to perjure their immortal souls by declaring that they still exist. It is time that bow ties and pork pies were revived, or else all reference to them expunged from the Club's song.

Yours, etc.,

"Senex."