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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1933. Volume 4. Number 1.
Weir House
Weir House.
Unofficial Rules.
| 1. | No student or part of a student shall be permitted to extinguish the lights at 11.15 p.m.. with the exception of cases coining within Rule 3. |
| 2. | Applications for late leave shall be issued by the Warder on production of a certificate of good character, and shall be available up to 4 a.m. on the following day. |
| 3. | All guests shall be put out with the corridor lights. |
| 4. | No cricket shall be played in corridors nor swimming tournaments be held in the bathrooms after 6 p.m. on sundown, whichever be the earlier. |
Conduct.
| 5. | Relays of residents shall be arranged so that the Warder and Matron may be supported for as long as possible |
| 6. | No spiritual liquors may be consumed, in pub[unclear: li]c. |
| 7. |
No gambolling shall be permitted upon the premises. (N.B.—Contravention of Rules 6 or 7 entails forfeit of unpaid fees.) |
| 8. | Dining is not allowed in the smoking-room. |
| 9. | Shouting, whistling, and other unseemly noises are permitted in rooms, common rooms, etc., in fact anywhere except on staircases and in corridors. |
| 10. | Residents are expected to take action against any but adjoining proprietors (now "landed"), and are to leave the fence intact. |
Damage To Property
| 11. | Each resident shall sign a receipt for his room, stating its condition at date of possession—classification to be on the basis of the standard effect of a Beaufort scale passed through the contents. |
| 12. | Damage to a room shall be charged tor when the scale reading has been ascertained, and shall be at a rate of quid pro quo ad eundem. |
| 13. | Damage sustained by the occupants of a room shall not be charged upon the House. (This Rule in Vice-versa shall not be deemed to apply.) |
| 14. | Public breakages shall be charged for, subject to the provisions of the National Expenditure Adjustment Act 1932, pro rata according to the distance of each person from the damage, each to each. (Fractions of an inch disregarded; judge's decision as to remoteness of damage final.) |
| 15. | Works of "art" (sic) shall be hanged from the picture rails. |
Fees.
| 16. | The Boarding Fee shall be inclusive of everything except the students' personal comfort, for which they shall have to make their own arrangements. Payment shall be so arranged that all cases shall be special hard cases paying by instalments. |
| 17. | Students desirous of keeping to their rooms during absence on vacation shall be charged 5 reis per week, or not. |
General.
| 18. | Domestics are expected to keep clear of the students' quarters. |
| 19. | Studies and bedrooms shall be unoccupied during cleaning operations, as robots have been installed. |
| 20. | The procedure for obtaining permission to entertain visitors shall be as under Rule 2. N.B.— Female guests not specifically excluded. |
| 21. | Valuables stored with the Warder shall be restored on demand. |
| 22. | All communications, etc.. are to be made to the Warder, not to "Smad" |
| 23. | Although absolutely no provision is made for the invitation of female guests to meals, by order, in the absence of any prohibition they may be admitted under Rule 20 free up to the number of 4, per resident. Male guests shall be mulcted to the extent of 1s 6d per prand. |
On reversion of the lease, front rooms shall become back rooms, and shall face Salamanca Road.
M. B.