tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post3334949003446024725..comments2024-03-23T18:12:43.833+00:00Comments on Once I Was A Clever Boy: The End of the Newman SocietyOnce I Was A Clever Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01367322665145704342noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post-92195030584767907052012-07-15T11:14:33.018+01:002012-07-15T11:14:33.018+01:00Surely one could better claim that the CathSoc has...Surely one could better claim that the CathSoc has voted itself out of existence? My understanding is that the new body retains the Newman name.onward christian soldiersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post-49980712162833335682012-07-12T10:14:28.369+01:002012-07-12T10:14:28.369+01:00The Ronald Knox Society voted to amalgamate with t...The Ronald Knox Society voted to amalgamate with the Newman Society in Michaelmas 1990, on the understanding that there would be an annual RK lecture. I've still got some of the RK Society termcards, and the minute book of its meetings, somewhere in an attic ...<br /><br />I seem to remember that the RK Society was refused either recognition and/or assistance by the university, on the grounds that it was 'sectarian'. I imagine that the same might happen to any revived Newman Society which didn't have official approval of the Catholic Chaplain to the University.davidforsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603145004197815827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post-76172192929904304462012-07-11T22:18:19.379+01:002012-07-11T22:18:19.379+01:00I don't see what's to stop it from being r...I don't see what's to stop it from being revived, once the present chaplain and his followers have moved on. All it needs is a Senior Member to sponsor it and a small group of students who are prepared to do the work to make it happen.<br /><br />Surely though this just means there's another weekday evening free for more interesting things? (Whatever happened to the Ronald Knox Society?)Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13356315419166326139noreply@blogger.com