Last Friday evening approximately 30 people crowded the gym to hear debated the stirring motion "That total abstinence from alcoholic liquor is necessary for maximum efficiency." Mr. Ilott distinguished himself by arriving at about 8.40, having. [unclear: invisible matter] apparently been absorbing some local colour for the occasion. Two or three of those who spoke combined to make the evening pleasurable, Mr. Rosenborg's story of the nan who Refused to be a Go-Between being of real smoke-concert calibre. At times the atmosphere was positively biological. The judge, Mr. Parry, who in an entertaining summing-up regretted-that he was sober, placed the speakers as follows:

1.	Mr. Ilott
2.	Mr. Foley
3.	Mr. Macaskill