Toastmaster Ron Poison proposed the first toast, to the Queen. Mr. C V. Bollinger proposed the College and pointed out that intellectual freedom was a heritage of this College through the work of Professor Hunter and others. Mr. Braybrooke, replying, suggested that intellectual freedom did not mean the right to differ merely for the sake of differing, but the right to criticise things when they deserved reform.

"Chinese have Patience"

Miss Shirley Smith, wife of Dr. Sutch and a law student at VUC. proposing the toast to peace, said that today, with the threat of total annihilation hanging over our heads with the bombs, it was better to have a dishonourable peace than an honourable war. Replying, Mr. Norm McKay, Buller minors' delegate to the recent Peking conference, pointed out that the people of China desired peace, and were determined to liberate Formosa in time. "The Chinese have a great dead of patience," he said.

And you

The toast to socialism was proposed by Mr Bonk Scotney, first editor of "Salient" in 1937; Mr. J. Bertram in reply, mentioned that he considered that the late Sir Stafford Cripps was the one politician that he would have followed through thick and thin. Once in the Oxford Union Sir Stafford had been asked "And what led you to become a socialist?" He replied, "Would it be too much to say, my Intelligence?"

The unity of forces working for socialism was proposed by Mr Goddard.

Hec MacNeill, proposing the toast for the Club, mentioned that he looked forward to the time when the Socialist Club was again accepted as the champion of the exploited minorities, and Majorie Munro replying said that the Club was now better organised than it had ever been in the past, and was capable of great things.

The fathering dispersed at 7.15 p.m. after partaking of an excellent spread of victuals.