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<ptr target="ukred-31594">Meeting held at Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue 7.iv.41
S. A. Reynolds in the chair. <br/>
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7. Dr. [Dorothea] Taylor read from “Sentimental Tommy” – a pathetic story, but
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8. Knox Taylor read from Barrie’s famous rectorial address delivered at St.
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salted with humour, the pathos becomes palatable. <br/>
8. Knox Taylor read from Barrie’s famous rectorial address delivered at St.
Andrews University in May 1922 on the subject of “Courage”. <br/>
9. Muriel Stevens read from “The Little Minister” Barrie’s first long novel which
was published in 1891. This book introduced, not without unmixed success,
extraneous elements into the familiar life of Thrums, including the winsome
heroine Babbie, but proved the author’s considerable gift of romance. <br/>
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Bruce Dilks as Mr. Bodie <br/>
Alice Joselin as Cindarella <br/>
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with Fairyland, & like Dickens he entices us to that borderland of laughter where
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