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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19447, 22 October 1928, Page 9

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FOR MRS MCPHERSON. HILARIOUS STUDENTS, (vxm-au PEBSS ASSOCUTIOK—BI BUCTHIO TELEGRAPH— COPIMGHI. » LONDON, October 19. One thousand Glasgow undergraduates were in a hilarious mood in connexion with the Rectorial elections and gave an amazing reception to Mrs Aimee McPherson in the University debating hall. Four burly students squatted on the floor below the platform playing pontoon. Others whisked empty beer and whisky bottles from their pockets and placed a glass of beer m lieu of water on the speaker's table. ««t j- e girl student s under a notice Ladies May Smoke" puffed cigarettes. Placards hung from the galleries inscribed "llave You Brought Your Chew>M Gum?" and "Here's to Good Old Whisky.' Card players shied cards on to the platform and evei-ybody rose and sang "Oh! Aimee Dear, we love you so. Do we—Hell 1", and "Here's to Good Old Whisky." A galleryite lowered a beer bottle in front of the bewildered evangelist. Paper streamers submerged the platrm" . Mrs McPherson coughed and refused a proffered glass of beer. Sho referred to her school days, evoking a chorus of "Old Soldiers Never Die." "I am seared stiff," she said. "Let's have a couple of minutes for dear Lord Jesus." She prayed emotionally amid a temporary silence. ! The resumption of the uproar led the chairman to appeal for fair play, resulting in a courteous hearing. The interrupters were won over by her story of an undertaker burying an atheist and remarking, "Poor man. he does not believe in Heaven or hell. He is all dressed up and has nowhere to go." The students terminated the proceedings with the 'Varsity anthem and tied streamers to the car in which Mrs McPherson drove off. "They're just typical college boys and girls," she remarked.—Australian Press Association, United .Service.