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Unidentified members/guests of the XII Book Club : [General knowledge quiz paper]

'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue    28th October 1930
C.E. Stansfield in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved
[...]
3. For the next meeting the Club accepted the kind offer of hospitality made by Mrs Castle when the meeting would vote in new Books, the following to act as a committee [...] E. B. Castle Miss Brain and H. R. Smith.
4 For the following meeting it was decided to have a symposium with E. B. Castle R. H. Robson and V. W. Alexander as a Committee. The Club accepted the kind offer of hospitality made by Miss E. C. Stevens.
5 The Books were then auctioned by the Secretary as list overleaf.
6 After refreshments the Club settled down with many giggles to a general Knowlege paper attached, For (the answering of) which 40 minutes was allowed. The correction of the papers caused much discussion & amusement The total of marks gainable was 85 & Mr Mitchell a visitor[?] came out first with 43 H.M. Wallis came next with 39 1/2 & E B Castle third with 38 1/2. Mrs Alexander proved herself the leading lady with a score of 31.

Result of Book Auction 28/10/30
High Wind in Jamaica    H. M. Wallis 5/-
Henry the VIIIth    V. W. Alexander    8/6
Alice Meynell    Miss E. C. Stevens    8/6
Tarka the Otter    Geo Burrow    3/6
English Tradition in Education    E. B. Castle 8/-
Magellan    do    7/3
Studies in Literature    Miss D. Brain    6/9
Peep Show of the Port of London    S. A. Reynolds    6/-
[?] Around us    C. E. Stansfield    10/6
C. E. Montague    H. M. Wallis    8/9
Waters of Africa    Mrs Alexander    6/6
Good Companion    Mrs D. Brain    7/9
[total]        4/7/-
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Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Unidentified members/guests of the XII Book Club     Manuscript: Sheet, Two sheets of carbon copy typescript

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