Calendar: 1937-1938 Page 85

general information 81 Committee the Stage Sub-Committee the Review Sub-Committee and the Special Purposes Sub-Committee whose powers and duties are defined in the rules of the Society and whose proceedings are subject to the confirmation of the Executive Committee The affiliated athletic clubs are the Men's and Women's Cricket Clubs the Association and Rugby Football Clubs Men's and Women's Hockey Clubs Men's and Women's Tennis Clubs Boat Clubs Athletic Club Boxing Club Netball Club Women and Men's and Women's Swimming Clubs Badminton Club Golf Club Rifle Club Fencing Club Lacrosse Club Women Fives Club Cross Country Club and Physical Training Club Provision is made for athletics at the College Ground at Mitcham where the Annual Sports are held each year In addition to two Cricket Pitches the Ground contains two Association Football Fields two Rugby Football Fields three Hockey Fields Net Ball Pitch and twenty Tennis Courts The Headquarters of the Men's Swimming Club and the Women's Swimming Club are at Great Smith Street Baths The several athletic clubs are governed by captains and officers elected by their respective members such elections being subject to the approval of the Union Society The finances of all affiliated societies are under the control of the Executive Committee of the Union Society which with the assistance of its Finance Sub-Committee determines the amount of the grant to be made to each club from its funds Arrangements are made from time to time by the Executive Committee for the conduct of debates and functions of social character with view to promoting the corporate life of the College and Faculty Cups are competed for annually in the various sports Commemoration Week" is held each year at the close of the Michaelmas Term The week opens with the Commemoration Ball Commemoration Service is held in the College Chapel and an oration is delivered in the Great Hall Various social functions take place performances by the Dramatic Society and the Musical Society College Dinner and the week closes with Students' Supper in the Refectory An official handbook in which the rules and constitution of the Society are set out together with information regarding all Clubs and Societies is published annually at the beginning of October and copies may be obtained by all members on application to the Honorary Secretary WAR MEMORIAL The Athletic Ground at Mitcham which was purchased by the War Memorial Committee as part of the College War Memorial was brought into use at the beginning of 1921