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universities in Great Britain and Australia and he will draw on this experience for a talk he hopes will entertain the Society. At times it will be irreverent but always passionate about what universities stand for. He will outline the origins of the modern university, bring this up to date with his own experiences, which were at times hilarious, and finally look forward to the future and the ideal university.<br/> All this may sound a little dull, but John assures us that there will be several light-hearted moments during the talk, including trying to tempt a Chinese university president to eat waterlilies, how to introduce two people to each other both under the wrong names and five ways to insult an university person.<br/> John is our Patron and his full title is Rev Dr John Scott AO. He was a Dr. long before he became a Rev. and was awarded the AO in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1990 for services to learning.<br/> This lunch will take place at the Kelvin Club, 12 noon for 12.30pm on Wednesday 23rd May in Melbourne Place, which is just off the east side of Russell Street between Bourke and Little Collins. Cost is $45, with drinks at bar prices. All guests are most welcome; the more the better. Would you please advise Henry Gordon-Clark at lunches@cambridgesociety.org.au or on 9898 4351 by latest Monday noon, 21st May, if you will be coming (and dietary requirements). Those emailing their intention to attend should ring Henry to confirm if they receive no email confirmation from him within 24 hours of booking. <br/><br/> <strong><a name="event2"><em>Wednesday 30th May</em></a> </strong><br/><em>After work drinks.</em><br/> Our next round of drinks will be at a venue so hip and hidden away that we haven t even found it ourselves yet... Save the date and watch out for an email. <br/><br/> <em>The Boat Race Dinner - 27th April.</em><br/> The new venue, combined with an incident-packed race, combined to lift attendances to an all time high of 70. The service at the Savage Club matched the excitement of the race and there is little doubt that this venue will become the home of the Boat Race Dinner from here on.<br/> The race was run, and therefore watched, in two parts. Between the two halves we enjoyed a fine meal and good company, a pleasure denied the two crews, who spent the intervening half hour shivering on a cold and blustery River Thames. The only breeze we were subjected to was that from the canvas  punkahs in the dining room; whether mechanically or  wallah driven we know not.<br/> Our technical experts for the night were three in number, all rowing blues. The crew was led by Patrick Moore (Cambridge 1965), ably assisted by Sir Rod Carnegie (Oxford 1956/57) and Tom Edwards (Cambridge 2005/06 and 08). The latter two also served as President of their respective boat clubs in their time. On an occasion such as this there was much lively discussion as to the rights and wrongs of the umpire s decisions and the cause of the collision between the two boats.<br/> For the benefit of the three readers of this newsletter who don t know what happened, here is an unbiased view of the event. Ten minutes into the race, with the crews more or less level, the race was stopped because of an intruder in the water, an Australian,  educated at Shore School in Sydney (what can one expect) and the London School of Economics. He claimed to be protesting against elitism, from which one must deduce that neither Shore nor LSE are to be considered elite establishments despite the fees charged (ref. Patrick Moore). One guest was heard to remark that he was going home to instruct his son to withdraw his grandson s name from Shore as a result of hearing this news. After a delay of 30 minutes the race was restarted and the oars of the two boats overlapped shortly afterwards, resulting in one of the Oxford blades snapping off. Although battling on gallantly, Oxford were unable to overcome the 12.5% loss of power and came home second. Celebrations were muted given the circumstances of the race and the physical collapse of the Oxford bow after the finish. As Tom Edwards so eloquently put it over dinner,  I ask you to think about the way in which you would like to win this race . One Oxford attendee said to the author afterwards,  I knew some Cambridge people were decent, but your reaction tonight shows that I greatly underestimated the percentage that fit into that category. <br/> All in all, this was far and away the best Boat Race Dinner we have held and thanks must go to Henry Gordon-Clark for being our host for the evening. Patrick Moore has collated a veritable book full of commentary on the race and this can be forwarded to you by contacting the secretary at secretary@cambridgesociety.org.au.<br/><br/> See a notification of a May Ball from the Cambridge Society of Queensland <a href="images/CSQ MAY BALL 2012 - INVITATION-1.pdf">here.</a><br/> Please find minutes of the AGM and other reports <a href="images/AGMMIN2011.doc">here</a><br/><br/> </span><span class="pastevents"> <a href="#top"></a> </span> </td> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#f4f4f4"><table width="100%" valign="top" border="0" align="center"> <tr><td height="21" align="center" valign="top"><div align="left" class="pageheadings"><strong>Latest Newsletter</strong></div></td></tr> <tr> <td height="170" align="center" valign="top"><a href="images/news_0512.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="images/news_0512.jpg" alt="" width="140" height="170" border="1"></img></a><br/> <span class="menuitems">May 2012</span> </td></tr> <tr><td height="21" align="center" valign="top"><div align="left" class="pageheadings"><strong>Lunch with John Scott</strong></div></td></tr> <tr><td height="40" align="center" valign="top"><img src="images/JohnScott.jpg" alt="" width="140" height="170" border="1"></img><br/></td></tr> <tr><td height="21" align="center" valign="top"><div align="left" class="pageheadings"><strong>Night climbing in Cambridge</strong></div></td></tr> <tr> <td height="40" align="center" valign="top"> <a href="images/Night_climbers_guide.pdf" target="_blank"> <img src="images/NightClimbers.jpg" alt="" width="140" height="170" border="1"></img></a><br/><span class="menuitems">Night Climbing in Cambridge! 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