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xiv ANNUAL REPORT modation The result has been that already there is waiting list for entry to the Hostel Miss Nora Cowper the Bursar was succeeded by Miss Carter who was appointed Matron 13 Site Question On the 14th March 1924 deputation from the Senate together with another from the Council of King's College waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give evidence of their views in regard to the proposal for the removal of the College to the Bloomsbury Site letter was received from the Treasury in August 1924 suggesting sum of £370 000 as compensation for the existing site and buildings of the College if it should be moved to Bloomsbury and the site and buildings should be taken over by His Majesty's Government The Senate on behalf of the Delegacy and the Council of King's College replied to this letter simultaneously at the end of the year An answer to these letters was received from the Treasury at the end of the session It was stated in this answer that no hope could be held out of con- tribution from Parliament of larger sum than that originally named for the site and buildings of King's College As that sum was far from sufficient to meet the expenses of moving estimated at nearly £1 000 000 it appeared that there could no longer be any question of moving the College to the Bloomsbury site On June 24 letters exchanged between the Senate of the University and the Treasury were published in the Press and on the following day the Principal wrote letter to The Times setting forth the aims of King's College in regard to any future expansion which might be attempted 14 College Societies and Activities The past session was one of prosperity and success for the Union Society The functions arranged by the Society were generally well attended and there was abundance of vigour and of criticism at all the meetings The athletic sports though hardly crowded were well attended and records were made in many events The fifth Commemoration Week held as usual in the Michaelmas Term was perhaps more successful than any before The celebrations began on Thursday December 11th with an Oration by Mr Justice Sankey entitled Quo Vadis After the Oration the Commemoration Dinner was held in the Connaught Rooms On Friday December 12th there was Dance at the Hotel Cecil The Dramatic Society were highly successful in their production of The Romantic Age on Saturday the 13th in the afternoon and evening and on Monday the 15th in the evening On December 15th the Principal preached at the Commemoration Service in the Chapel On Tuesday afternoon Debate was held The motion was That the influence of the Drama is of more permanent value to the country than that of the Cinema The proposer was Mr Geoffrey Whitworth and the opposer Mr Dion