Mr. Ramsay Macdonald at Cambridge: The visit of Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald, prominent leader of the Labour party, to Cambridge on Friday evening attracted a large audience to the Victoria Assembly Rooms. The meeting was convened by the Cambridge University Fabian Society and the Cambridge Labour Representation Committee, and the President of the University Fabian Society (Mr. E. H. Dalton, of King’s College) presided, and amongst those on the platform were the Chairman of the Cambridge Labour Representation Committee (Mr. W. Johnson), Dr. S. S. F. Fletcher, Messrs. K, C. Brooke and G. F. Shore (King’s College), G. P. S. Pinsent (Trinity College), G. H. L. Mallory (Magdalene), D. W. Ward (St. John’s), A, Green, L. U. Bass, and H. A. Greef. A number of persons in the audience had evidently come for the fun of the thing” and were not disposed to treat the proceedings seriously. It almost appeared that there had been a scheme to break up the meeting, but Mr. Macdonald, with the smartness of his repartee, tact in speech, and the good humour with which he took the interruptions, kept the meeting well in hand, and, while the proceedings were always lively, there were no scenes of rowdyism such have occurred on similar occasions in recent years when Labour leaders have been brought to Cambridge … [review of speech] …
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GRO0365 Devonport: Gerald Hume Saverie Pinsent: 1888 – 1976