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The Gonzaga Union
Thanks to Cyril Forbes (MacFirbhisigh), ˋ63, the
earliest minute book of the proceedings of the Union
are now part of the archive collection. More about the
Union’s dealings have already appeared in subsequent
volumes of the Record, but its foundation falls within
the ambit of the 1950s.
According to the minutes, the first annually-
elected committee (1959-1960) ‘did not keep records
of its meetings’. The first committee is recorded,
however:
Mr Brendan Walsh – President
Mr Christopher Robson – Vice-President
Mr Jeremiah Liston – Secretary
Mr David Buckley – Treasurer
Mr Niall Scott – Assistant Secretary.
All were among the graduates of 1958,
although not all had been founder pupils.
A note records that the committee organised
contests in debating, rugby and athletics against the
College, and a retreat.
Much to the inconvenience of later presidents,
the original constitution of the Union does exist!
113
Thanks to Cyril Forbes (MacFirbhisigh), ˋ63, the
earliest minute book of the proceedings of the Union
are now part of the archive collection. More about the
Union’s dealings have already appeared in subsequent
volumes of the Record, but its foundation falls within
the ambit of the 1950s.
According to the minutes, the first annually-
elected committee (1959-1960) ‘did not keep records
of its meetings’. The first committee is recorded,
however:
Mr Brendan Walsh – President
Mr Christopher Robson – Vice-President
Mr Jeremiah Liston – Secretary
Mr David Buckley – Treasurer
Mr Niall Scott – Assistant Secretary.
All were among the graduates of 1958,
although not all had been founder pupils.
A note records that the committee organised
contests in debating, rugby and athletics against the
College, and a retreat.
Much to the inconvenience of later presidents,
the original constitution of the Union does exist!
113
