32, mittee thanked^r. Reece gave a lecture on "Greek Philosophers". He briefly reviewed Greek philosophy fr<M Thales to Archimedes and delighted his audience with an interesting examination of Zeno*s laws of motion and the methods employed by Socrates in his teaching, A vote of thanks proposed by Hopkins was carried with acclamation and brought to a clost a most successful even ing. April 16th« A mock trial provided an interesting variation fhxa ihe ordinary meetings, and gave many members their first know ledge of the working of a Court of Law. As it was a murder case that occupied the attention of the Court, there was ample scope both for ingenious examination of witnesses and emotional pleas by counsel, and the expectations of a thrilling evening were not falsified. The details of the case and the rehearsals were ar ranged by Mr, Reece, who, with his band of helpers, gave up a great deal of time to preparing for the evening, and are to be heartily congratulated on its outcome. The following were the "dramatis personae' Prisoner, (accused of the murder of his wife andtwin boys), E.N.Peppler, J.L.Barratt. Attorney General, K.Balcomb. Counsel for Defence. A, M.Foas. Registrar, A. O.Crook, Usher, M,Crook, Witnesses. Weir, Theunissen, Capstickdale, Aitchison, Jacques, Coventry, Michell, Crawford, Hopkins, Crookes, £• Smith. As there appeared to be extenuating circumstances of ex treme poverty, Mr.Justive Barratt was content to sentence the prisoner to a life-long study of Caesar's "De Bello Gallico", April 25th. Peppier and Crawford proposed that "Country Lifeis better than Town Life" and were hotly opposed by Weir and M. Crook, The usual arguments were heard, and despite the bet ter speeches of those on the Town side, the motion was carried by 28 votes to 12,
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