Criticism, please

Mr. Cohen now threw the meeting open to discussion from the floor, but the number of speakers was few and there was little life to the meeting, since most of those present seemed to have sensed the inevitability of the situation.

A suggestion to raise the price of meals in the cafeteria was dismissed by cafeteria controller Joan Sim and Mr Cohen who stated that it was not a profit making concern.

Mr. Easterbrook-Smith spoke against the motion, attacking in particular the lack of budgeting. The purchase of a new amplifier, he stated, should have been met out of Extrav funds. The only profit-making concern in the College was Extrav and with its help and the help of levies from club members, grants could be cut considerably. The loss on Salient could be reduced by raising the price. He, for one, would be quite willing to pay sixpence for it (Editors blush again). With careful budgeting and economy for a year this action could probably be avoided.

Mr. Cohen replied that repairs to the amplifier were paid out of Extrav profits. In reply to a question from Mr. Cottingham concerning the loss at Capping Ball, he said that he considered the number of students participating in college activities was increasing, and Capping Ball was a function we owed to the graduates, who were all admitted free. Tradition now requires a loss on this particular function.