Okay I want to thank everyone for coming out this morning. My name is Assemblyman James Gallagher and I represent the Third Assembly District and today we wanted to get out some information to the general public as we are as a community up here the community of Paradise, Conkow, Magalia, Yankee Hill, Cherokee as we're seeking to recover and rebuild in the wake of this devastating campfire. There's some important deadlines that are coming up that are key for the for the community to understand and we want to help ensure that we're getting out the word and that we're meeting these steps so that we can get back up here and rebuild and and move on with our lives as best as possible. You know there's still a lot of shock as you can imagine and you've heard some of the stories people fleeing for their lives fire on both sides it was pure hell and this community as people were trying to escape and so there's still a lot of shock of people you know trying to deal with that situation and also figure out what are the next steps forward so we kind of have to keep getting this information out to really make sure the public knows and that together there's a lot of resources available that are coming on board from the federal from the federal level the state level you know where I'm at and all the way on down to the local level to help people get back get back up and running and so we want to we want to be helpful with that and so one of the very first steps that has to be done in order for us to rebuild is we need to remove the massive amounts of debris that is in the Paradise Community and the surrounding communities it is the largest debris cleanup post fire in California history so this is going to be a huge monumental task it's gonna take a lot of work to get there but in order for us to rebuild we've got to get that removed and what we want to let people know is that there is a deadline for signing up for the government sponsored debris removal program and that deadline as you'll see right here behind me is January 31st and we really want to encourage the community you know to sign up for that program and the way to do that is you have to sign off on what is called a right of entry form that right of entry form you know has to be received by January 31st now on this program there's no cost up front to you to do that Cal OES is bidding out the the contract for that and there will be a very large effort that will be coming in and doing the debris removal in a very efficient and consistent way throughout the communities now I know the first thing because you know I got into government because I didn't like where things were going and and I very often and very skeptical of government you know I I took my community through the Oroville Dam incident and there's a lot of people who you know in this area who I know you know say man what's going on with this government program people don't trust government and I know there are instances where we have good reason not to trust government but this program and I've talked to many other of my colleagues who've gone through other wildfire disasters has been very effective at getting the debris removed efficiently and also to ensuring that you have a certificate at the end of it that says you can rebuild that the hazardous material has been properly removed so you have a buildable lot so you can go back up and begin the building process and for those of us who are saying we want to move for we want to get paradise rebuilt that's really important that we do that and we want to get this process moving in a very efficient manner so that we don't have you know piles of rubble that are left behind and not dealt with and maybe subject to an abandonment process down the road we want to have an efficient process so that everybody's coming up in here and we are rebuilding together and so in order to do that we need to really make sure that this this program gets off the ground and that's why it's important for people to sign up for it again that deadline is going to be January 31st and so we really want to help get that message out this is that first step a lot of things we're going to have to go through and what I want to I think what you know and what I want to reiterate again today is that my office and so many others from congressman Lamoff at the federal level senator nielson with me your local officials who are with us today mayor jody jones supervisor Doug teeter we are going to be with you through this process you know and we want to make sure that we get through these steps together but there's a lot that needs to be done step one let's get this debris removed so that we can begin the process of rebuilding and so we really want to encourage people to sign up get that right of entry form signed and executed and turned in so that we can begin the rebuild process together and with that I will turn it over to our director of the governor's office of Cal OES office of emergency services director mark gillard duty thanks assemblymember and madam mayor and supervisor happen to be with you today you know I really it's hard to add anything to what assembly McGallagher described to you except this we have had to manage wildfires all throughout California over the course of the last many years this program that we're talking about to come in to do debris clearance his is a 12-year program with a very very positive track record in history and I can tell you from managing many disasters throughout California actually across the country in my tenure the fastest most effective way to get a community back up online the fastest most effective way to get economic recovery started is with a very rapid effort to remove the debris and the hazardous materials that are in the way and you know we've already begun just really 30 days after the beginning of the first phase of the household hazardous waste cleanup where we've had crews up here from the Department of Toxic Substance Control from the US EPA they've already clear close to 7,000 lots there they're roughly 50% of the way through where we're at and have really been we honestly believe we will exceed the metric that we've set forth and that is because it's been done in a very effective and efficient manner and in close coordination with local authorities we know you know we're just coming out of clean-up operations in the car fire in Shasta County and that was right on the heels of the fires in the North Bay in 2017 and interestingly enough the debris was removed significantly and very rapidly in the North Bay it allowed the city of Santa Rosa and in the local areas to start to rebuild faster in fact Coffee Park is close to being 60% built out at this point and this is a very significant move because it allows for building materials to be maximized contractors to be maximized builders to be maximized and it allows us to to leverage all of the state federal and private sector resources whether it's whether it's physical resources or it is financial resources to bring them in in an effective way to be able to get the community rebuilt there's nothing more than we want than to work and work closely with the town of Paradise and Butte County to get this community rebuilt so in the second phase of the debris removal requires that individuals sign a right of entry form for these contractors to come in and remove the debris from their property and I can't encourage you enough and the importance of this to get the right of entry form sign participate in the government program the lot will be cleared and it will be addressed in a very respectful manner the lot will then be certified at the end of the cleanup and it will be turnkey and ready to be rebuilt on okay the 31st of January is the the deadline that we've said and that is because we are rapidly bringing on and going out and reaching out to bring on contractors heavy equipment debris haulers and others that are experienced in being able to manage and and this volume of debris and assembly member Gallagher is correct this is now the largest debris operation that we have had to deal with in the state but we are look we are really gaining and leveraging all of that experience that we have and through our partners at Cal Recycle which is the going to be the lead organization with a unified incident management team led by Cal OES and a number and in our partners at FEMA we will be working to to rapidly move move the debris so with that I just want to to reinforce and reiterate really the great partnership you know I really do I can just tell you from very very extensive experience that getting getting this debris cleared is the number one priority at this point so we can get the the community rebuilt and effective and efficient manner is getting all the resources those heavy equipment operators those teams in here get them through once get the community ready to go and it turn make a turnkey for for rebuilding so with that I think we're going to turn over to the supervisor hi supervisor Doug Teter district five includes Paradise Miguelia also want to point out unincorporated areas were affected by this fire of concaw Buchrie Canyon so I did a poll for what it's worth on Paradise Miguelia Ransom raves almost 60% said they're using the state program I also asked if you're undecided why one was are you waiting for a quote from a private contractor and then the other is I'm undecided because I need more information and then the last one was I'm undecided because I'm not sure what my insurance is going to give me as debris removal money so on the undecided I hope they reach out my office's number is 552 5000 and that's area code<PHONE_NUMBER> and we can direct you to the right department that can answer your questions also there's a meeting in Durham tonight on debris removal and I'm having a meeting this Sunday at the Miguelia Community Church one to three and I always bring staff that can answer questions or help you fill out your right of entry and also Cal OAS sends a representative there as well to answer questions so if it's true that 60% are using the state program I'd like to see those numbers show show up being turned in you know I didn't ask the question have you turned them in yet so hopefully if you've made your decision get on it as it's been repeated and I'll do it again January 31st is the deadline and if you miss out maybe you could get a private contractor there's the wrong way to do cleanup which is have the town or county have to abate your property which probably would be the most expensive so I do recommend that people make a decision and he'd heed this deadline so look forward to rebuilding our community and I want to thank the town county and all the state agencies for all their help and getting us back to our homes hi I'm Jody Jones mayor of Paradise and I want to encourage everyone to use this program if you have questions there is at butte County recovers dot org a section and questions and answers and even videos of people asking questions and the answers to those questions I've had all my questions answered I've turned my forms in so I wanted to share with you just some personal tips about the process and turning your forms in please read the form carefully because it requires certain information from you I had to go back twice because it says it wants some copies of government ID for each person signing and I went in with my husband's signature but not a copy of his driver's license so if you if your property is in a trust you need copies of your trust which may have burned down don't worry about that you can contact your attorney and you can get a certification of trust which they will accept so read the form if you're concerned about your septic system you can draw a little diagram of where your tank and your leech lines are or if you really want specific information to give to them the town of Paradise town hall in Paradise is open Monday through Thursday from 8 to 12 and you can pick up your septic plans to attach them to the form so please don't be intimidated by the form just read it carefully and save yourself from having to go back a second time like I did I would encourage everyone to sign up early don't wait for the deadline and and I also want to remind people that the same date January 31st is also the deadline to register with FEMA thank you okay well I just want to reemphasize you know this is the purpose today is to really let people know about the January 31st deadline that is the deadline to sign up for the government sponsored program for debris removal and you do that by signing and executing a right of entry form and I also want to emphasize what Mayor Jones just said it's also the deadline we had we got the deadline extended to sign up with FEMA for relief through FEMA whether individual relief low-interest loans for your business and other other relief that's out there we were and even if you've been rejected or you've got some kind of rejection letter you can reapply again and this has been emphasized many times and get relief through FEMA that deadline is also January 31st so we would encourage people you know those deadline is it's fast approaching it'll be here before we know it and we know that we want to recover together we want to move this process forward we want to rebuild paradise and the communities of Butte County that have been devastated by this campfire and so with that I'll answer any questions that people might have at this time we also have representatives from Cal OES and FEMA Eric Lamarau point out who's who's been heading up a lot of the debris removal program and can answer pretty much any all questions and Kevin Honest from FEMA as well who can answer other questions on the FEMA side so any questions at this time go ahead I'm all let some folks speak to that I don't know that there's any monetary incentive in that sense what what it what it does do is you do not have to pay any money upfront you know the program will come in they'll do the debris removal the only thing that may happen is they may come after your insurance proceeds for debris removal later however if you've used your insurance proceeds your debris removal insurance proceeds to clean up the rest of your property whether it's trees or other things impediments because this is just going to take care of the the house footprint and you have no no insurance proceeds left after doing that there will be no collection on that so it is essentially free in that in that sense but I'll let Eric maybe answer that a little bit more fully so with the state's program we're only going to be looking to collect what's in your insurance policy specifically for debris if you choose to do it yourself you're going to be on the hook for a hundred percent of those costs so more than likely if you do it yourself you're going to have more control over the timing of the cleanup but it's going to end up costing you more what we will do one of the main one of the primary priorities for us on cleanup is looking to clean up those areas where we have concentrations of right of entry forms so those neighborhoods that are able to sign up by January 31st give us their ROE those neighborhoods will certainly receive some priority within our client project but they're to your answer your question there is no financial incentive on the front end or if there's a cluster of people of some sort of a financial kickback there's none of that what but it as the assemblymember said the program overall is is free and and and there is no cost to you if you participate in it so we will have contractors on board toward the end of this month we are hoping on January 28th to begin our cleanup operations generally it takes about two to three days to get through a parcel sometimes a little bit less if it's a smaller parcel our hope is that by the first week of February 1st to 2nd week of February we're going to see some of our first sites cleaned so we will have several hundred crews at any given time working throughout Paradise and Butte County continually working we will set daily weekly metrics to ensure that at the end of the day we're going to have all these sites cleaned up within 12 months and again one thing I want to emphasize is we're not really talking about you know the private some people are deciding to go the private contractor route there has been information given out about there are certain certifications they need to have and that's there's an alternative program that's being set up through Butte County correct that they go through we're just really emphasizing this is what the government program does and we're encouraging people to sign up you know if you decide to go that route and we think it's a good route to go the deadlines January 31st so that's why you know we want to get that information out about and then people will decide you know what which way they're going to go but I think probably the biggest difference is just that there is no upfront payment for the government sponsored program they may come for insurance proceeds later but again if those have been depleted because of other debris clean up then there really is no cost let me just add one thing that to be clear on the insurance proceeds if your insurance if your insurance that you have has a rider or designator for debris that's that's what we would go back in to seek and again as the seven members said if that if you haven't used those proceeds for other not not part of the program to do debris removal from your property then you know what we wouldn't go in and and seek that in return but you know as any government we're pretty government funding in efforts forward if there is a recovery of some funds and again only in those riders they would do that otherwise there would be no recovery and we don't touch your overall insurance for for what you have for your home etc okay but one of the thing on the differences big differences the government program is free to you a contractor is not and there is going to be a very limited amount of available heavy equipment and contracting that you can rapidly get in and move the debris out because the we're going to be bringing on almost everybody that's available and in this size of a debris operation we're going to be getting resources from from all over California so it's going to be a pretty significant effort sorry I didn't catch the first part the government shutdown will have no effect on this and this is a state program and the state of California is is is leading it and you know the governor has already made funds available and we're that that will have no effect whatsoever so I don't know specifically those particular cases but I'm going to say that when we come in and do a lot cleaning that that lot is cleaned and the soil is tested and it's coordinated with the building official and it's rendered certified to begin to rebuild now there's a difference we don't come in and the government doesn't come in and if we remove the and we move a little layer of of soil because typically that soil is contaminated and and then what what the homeowner needs to do is bring back the soil that's that's necessary to refilled and have that soil engineered to be able to build on we do not do the compaction and we do not do the engineering what we do is we do the debris clearance and and that is the extent of the program that we do so there there may be some individuals that have had their debris cleared and other fires that didn't necessarily understand that part and they've they've said well look we didn't have an engineered lot that the engineering comes on the on the part of the homeowner and that's part of what the their insurance proceeds etc should be used for I think she was next well you know look these this program has to be as you know I think you as a homeowner will want the most most certified qualified and secure entity coming on your property and doing the work and so part of the the government's program and I will say our our effort is to hire as many subcontractor locals as we possibly can and so that's something that can be negotiated and work with the prime contractor we leave that to the prime contractor to do but on balance we also as the mayor mentioned requiring certain kinds of identification we want to make sure that that that that we are as sensitive and secure with security etc about the people working on and around your lot so it's not that we wouldn't necessarily push them out it's that they would need to come and work with us subcontractors and if and look at we want as many local folks engaged in the process as possible I think one thing I would just add to that is I also understand this is the largest debris cleanup that we've seen in California history this is going to be a huge monumental task it is going to take private contractors as well as those who are being contracted under this program to get this job done so there's going to be a lot of work for everyone I've talked to the director and he has committed to ensuring that we get as many local people working under the contract as well through subcontract so let's be clear there's going to be a lot of local work on this project and we are and we're all in this together we want to make sure that this job gets done so that we as a community can rebuild and so we're going to be working through all those you know nobody's saying this is just going to be everything's going to be perfect there's going to be issues as we move down the road but step one is getting these properties cleared so that we can begin the rebuild process yeah Rick well you know in reality you know that this is all part of the long-term recovery that the the town of Paradise and the and the other communities working with with the state and and and all of the partners need to come to you because you know there's going to be permitting there's going to be there's going to be architectural designs and etc and so you know I can only say that and a big factor has to do quite frankly with available workforce so in this state already we you know as you may know we we have a limited number of people who can bend nails and build homes and so it's very important that you know we're continuing to look to ensure that we have as many resources as possible that will drive a lot of speed at which homes can get rebuilt but as a measuring stick if you look at you 60% built out within a year of the fire in in Coffee Park gives you some indication on where it can go now some communities are different in the Lake County they're I think are between about 27 and and 30% built out and I think that there's some some buildings that are already being built up in up in Shasta so it really depends upon availability of resources how fast the community can do the permitting process and what what they what the community at large wants paradise to look like after the fire those are all factors that will need to be considered and it depends on the work that the homeowner has done during the debris removal process you can be doing a number of things to get yourself ready design having your home designed getting a contractor on board starting the permitting process we can take applications for building permits we simply cannot issue a building permit until the lot has been certified so if you do all that stuff up front you could start building the day after you get your certification as soon as we could issue that building permit can I really quickly get one question at where can people get right of entry forms is that are they being mailed or where can they get those directly go ahead Eric there's a number of different locations you can get right of entry forms at any of our community meetings so if you happen to attend tonight's community meeting in Durham we'll have them there the right of entry center is at 202 Mira Loma and that's in Oroville that's a county office in Oroville where you can get your right of entries you can meet with staff if you've got questions about filling it out and you can also turn it in there and I believe you can also get right of entry forms at disaster recovery center which is at the old Sears location at the Chico mall Eric's been great to work with I've been at a lot of disaster or a debris removal community meeting so I want to say thank you for all your efforts but you forgot one for those with the internet you can go to bute County recovers dot org also bute County recovers dot org yes sir so our cleanup is focused on what we call the ash footprint so that's where the home the outbuilding the garage came down that's what we'll clean up we generally aren't going to clean up sidewalks patios driveways if there's ash or debris on those we usually sweep that clean that off of the the sidewalk or patio into the ash footprint and take it away so we're primarily just going to be focused on that ash footprint and removing that contaminated ash and debris all those other sidewalks and patios will be left behind. Paradise is just beginning the planning process for what we want our town to look like after the rebuild it's going to be an open public process we started it Tuesday night we'll have more details about that on the 23rd which is the next council meeting and the decision about where manufactured or mobile homes will be allowed has not yet been made but will be a part of that open public process we'll be taking public comment and then the council will make decisions after that we're it's a very accelerated process and we're hoping to have that planning process finished in 12 to 14 weeks so it won't be a long time that you have to wait to get those decisions. Being the county if I may add I don't know if you can really buy mobile homes anymore their modular homes they're built to a much higher standard I actually put it down on a mobile or modular I should I use the old term but I don't foresee that that modular homes will be prevented from being used in unincorporated areas there are property owners associations in unincorporated so they may make up their own mind but like the mayor said the county hasn't weighed in on land use or any planning issues I just want to back it up and go hey let's get the debris removal going and once crews are out on the ground your local governments are going to start doing those policy decisions so I think in insurance industry what's insurable is going to drive what you may build on your property so I highly recommend you talk to your insurance agent on exactly what they're going to ensure because I've heard some insurance companies are not going to insure modular homes that is just one that I talked to my particular insurance agent but that could change you know things change modulars are much different today a lot of them have sprinklers so to use the term mobile or to use like old ones that would be coming on those those old things you know might get not allowed to be on property so I hope that everyone understands that this is an ongoing discussion so thank you so every property owner has a responsibility to clean up their ash and debris the responsibility can be addressed by signing up by January 31st giving us an ROE and we'll take care of it they have the opportunity to clean it themselves through the county program or they'll be an abatement process that both the county and the town will go through and those towns will be abated folks going through that abatement process are going to end up spending considerably more than either of the other two options so oh I understand your question someone whose home wasn't lost so our program will have a number of very stringent requirements on dust control so we work extremely hard to keep dust down during our cleanup utilizing water on the site right now as we begin our cleanup there's been a lot of rain activity so a lot of the material has already been settled well on the site so a lot of dust control measures we've got air monitoring that occurs at the site and throughout what we call our haul route from the site to the debris to the location where the debris goes and so we take extraordinary measures to constantly monitor air quality to ensure that we are not getting ash and debris up into the air so obviously every person's situation is different some folks are going to react differently based upon their own personal situation the best guidance is for obviously children and animals around ash and debris we encourage folks to minimize that but we through our cleanup effort will make every effort to keep all the ash and debris out of the air yes they can we have one back do we have another question yes sir right so I can't speak to insurance rates and what they're going to be that's not you know my bailey wick what I will say is that actually just last year we passed legislation that requires insurance companies that they have to renew your home owners policy up to three years so what we're going to do right so I can't speak to insurance rates and what they're going to be that's not two three years so when you come up for renewal they have to renew you it up to three more years on your policy that you have right now that's state law but as far as like rates and what those are going to be I can't really speak to that today so and this and the focus of this is really just on the debris removal today so there's no one here from department of insurance or anything like that so yeah yeah alright well thank you guys thank you for coming out today we appreciate you for helping us get the message out again January 31st to sign up for this program debris removal program and with for FEMA assistance thank you


No, this is enormous pleasure and honestly a great compliment to me to be allowed to give this lecture. First of all, the two people who have to be thanked seriously is Neil Robinson, I'm glad to see you here from the MCC, and David Studham from Melbourne Credit Club, who unfortunately is not well and couldn't come today. Without the resources of their libraries, this would be absolutely totally impossible. And not only did they allow me to look at the resources, but they had actually volunteered information. So thank you very much Neil, and thank David please. I'd also like to thank my niece, Lynne, who couldn't come today, because she's got work to do, and your family always, people have a bit let me down I imagine. But she did quite a lot of work with the photography and stuff, and it's a great shame she's not here. Right, let me make a start please. Simon Vices, I hope this works, I'm a Mac man. The Pavilion of course is the Lord's Pavilion, which must be known clearly, all of you, but not necessary as well to some of the others. That's the famous Pavilion of Lords, and just for the background. If you're not familiar with this, the Ward Wars is not related to the Purige. Quite the contrary, Thomas Lord was an ordinary bloke. He was a very enterprising man, and he was pallied with the first members of what we now call the MCC. Literally friends, and they trusted, and they asked him to build a ground, or grounds in which to play. And the Lords we now know, and this is John's Wood, was open for play in 1814, and I should say that they're celebrating the bison tentative of this event. The interest of the society here is a great two heritage building, it's brick and terracotta, and it was opened in 1890. And that total cost of £21,000 is a possible minus a bit, but that's kind of absurd to build this. And the architect was a firm run by Thomas Berryty, and the firm still exists, but he was a very famous man at the time. He designed not only Lords, but he designed a couple of Western theatres, and had to do a lot of the structures that you take totally for granted now. You have something to do, I think, with the Victorian Albert Museum, and the Albert Paul, and other stuff. So this is nontrivial of this building, it's not just a brick and terracotta building, it's a serious building. Now I'm going to make the statement, I hope no one here argues with me. This is the most famous single structure in all sports, and when I say all sports, I mean all sports with the qualification maybe of team sports. I read somewhere that if someone who played in 1890 was played today at Lords, they'd recognised where they went. And you can't say there that we knew on the ground. And I think it's also symbolic, not just of the cricket connection. This is the beginning of what we might call the modern age of sport, 1890 or plus or minus a bit. This is when sport became popular, big crowds, media coverage. Car to the personality, bribes, good things, bad things, tabloids. And if I had television, it would be right there. This is the beginning, and Lords' Pavilion is the symbol of the beginning of this era. And I also think there's a big social history context to this. If you do nothing about the social history of, let's say England and let's say the empire in the time, and you looked at the records of the MCC, I think you'd get a pretty good idea of what was going on in the social life of England. Because the MCC had a, the people, the members of the MCC had a considerable influence in the country they still do, especially in those days. So how the MCC reacted to games and what they did with the professionals, how they handled people, et cetera, et cetera, would make a nicer to essay on the history of the traditional English cricket. So I'm saying that. If I didn't start this way, I'd start talking about cricket signatures, and I bore you all to death. I notice there's no portraits of Donald Radden and more. Which is an oversight. So may I start a lecture prior, say to speak? This is one of the trials of the pavilion. And this is what I'm talking about. This is a balcony. It's a bar behind the balcony. And you see here the people doing what you have to do. They may have a drink and watch the cricket. And that's just the beginning of my story. I've had the privilege of being a member of going to that bar fairly often. And surprisingly, I looked down about four years ago. I was out on the balcony there with my beer in one hand, and I looked down and I saw this written, scrolled on the balustrade of the balcony. Now I know my cricket. That's immediately W Armstrong, Warwick Armstrong, the signature thereof. And underneath that's a little one, Lightning, 1899. Lightning's another signature, a chap named Charlie McLeod. He was called Lightning because he was always late for meetings. That raises an eyebrow.  Now you knew, well I knew, that he played for Australia in between 1992 and 1921. Clearly he was at Lord's otherwise. Now I've got me thinking. And to cut a huge long story short, this is a photograph of the 1902 Australian team in England. Every one of those members, can I move this? Here's Warwick Armstrong, with exceptions captain. I think he might be there. Every one of this team has a signature or initial scroll on that balcony. Even more, the voices are these people. Not only is it 1902, which I'll just show you in the picture. The Australians toured England in those years, 1902. There were about 50 odd players who toured during that time. About 40 would have been different, because they had become more than once. Of that 40 odd, I could easily recognise 20 of the signatures. Not necessarily from 1902. I'll show you a few from 1819. Clearly, this was a fashion, a thing to do. That's the voices, and they were really in, of course, the Lord's career. Now, this is where belonging to society really helps. It's frankly not very difficult to record the signatures and write a brief article with lots of pickies, because they're right there in front of you. But when you delve into this kind of thing, you get obsessed frankly, I'm afraid. And you begin to live these times, what they're doing. Stephen mentioned briefly, Richard III, that there was a lecture here on the discovery of his remains. Well, I hope that the people who discovered that, not only were unbelievably proud of the enormous significance historically, but they must have felt they were living in that time. So they didn't just look at the bones, they looked at how he died. I mean, they must have been there. Now, I don't think that Richard III is quite as important as the signatures at Lord's, but the context is the same. So that's what really is going on from here on now. So let's go back to the days when these signatures were written. 1890-1992, I should say before anyone asks, in 1902 the dressing rooms were changed to what you know now. They were not dressing rooms then, so after 1902 they're none of these signatures. Right, we go back, this is actually 1896. Here's a pavilion, here's the balcony, a couple of bloats there, watching. Now, this is just a parathentical remark, but I'm not going to flash that image I showed before. This is a pavilion today, if you compare the two. I mean, the MCC should take enormous pride in restoring or keeping this building in such an historically faithful manner. Now, I was reading one or two of the old tour books written by the Australians who toured in the 1980s, 1990s and 1900s. One of the comments they made was they weren't enough lavatories or showers, and I think that's been improved now. It is still a bit of a problem. Anyway, so there's a pavilion, and it looks, I would say, the same then, now, isn't it then? Right, now this is behind the pavilion. If this works, cross fingers, this is behind the pavilion in 1898. Now, if you don't recognise one of these gentlemen who shouldn't be here, here comes W.G. Grace. You can see his character in a second. See? This is the bullshit, even in those days. Right? Now, that was taken in 1898, and I'm pretty certain it must be one of the oldest. This was actually gentlemen players, and we weren't talking about them, because they're not Australians, but Grace, of course, you can't be one. This, I think, must be the oldest critic photo. Is it any one critic photo? Did anyone see anything older than that? I am. Never mind. Move on. Okay, now this to me was a gem. I can read it if you can't see it at the back. Darling acknowledges the cheers of the crowd. Joe Darling was one of the players of the 1902, he was a captain, I'm sorry, in 1899 and 1902 and other teams. He was one of the, I couldn't find his signature, but I'm sure it's there. Anyway, England lost to Australia in 1899, and I've lost Lords, and he's acknowledging the cheers of the crowd and good heavens. I'm sorry, this was by a chap named Frank Gillett in the Daily newspaper called The Daily Graphic. So there's totally contemporary. No cheating. And there is the balustrade, absolutely. So that's where the signatures are. I was very nice to give you great pleasure to find them, and thank you very much. Okay, now here's another thing, what did he look out, and what did he see, Mr Darling and the rest of them? That's where, that's the Lords' Ground, and I'll read the button. This is from the Australian newspaper, 1899, obviously written just about after the test started in 1899. It says, Warol Batting, darling with him, that's the guy in the balcony here. Lily, when you keep a random city in the slips, the test is in England versus Australia's second test match of Lords. That was taken without any shadow of doubt by Frank Lever, who was a member of the team and a keen photographer. So now you get some idea of standing in their footsteps.  Admittedly, it's slightly different than it is today. This was taken from the roof a little bit higher.  But come on, use your imagination, get rid of that. It's not so much, it's not the same. But the layout of the ground and so on and so forth is very much the same. So now you understand, I hope, where all this is coming from. But you came here to see something, the signatures. And I can't show them all because they're about 20 or so. And they're not rather obvious. But let's have one or two. The first one. JJL is Joe Lyons. 1890, clear as anything. Now, he was a flash opening batsman. Very fast scorer, personality. He's here because he was probably the first man to put his signature on the Pavilion. The Pavilion was opened in late May 1890. I should say, it's not particularly difficult to make a pretty good guess exactly when they did these signatures. Because first of all, if you're going to score a signature, you've got to have time to do it. So if you're in the field, you don't have time. If you're batting extremely well, you don't have time. If it rains, you have lots of time. My best is, this was June the 2nd in the afternoon. And if anyone cares to bet, I will take it. Right? You've got to remember, we're all sobs now, but we're talking about guys. 2021, nowadays they would have the iPhone and two of them away when they had nothing to do. Here, why not do a signature? Anyway, he has pride at place. I changed the colour here because I hope you see it. That reads, I just changed a colour. E. Jones, 1899 in June, that would be about June 12. Ernie Jones was the first true Australian fast bowler. And he is a legend of cricket history. Because he bowled, he was bowling to the great W.G. Grace, the chap I showed with the big beard. A boulder ball which went through his beard. No doubt, there was a frank stage of views. But Jones said, according to legend, sorry doctor, she slipped. Now, whether Mitchell Johnson would do the same nowadays, or broad or someone, I'm not sure. But there you go, you see. This is a group, this is typical of a group of three. This was done in the Lord's test in 1992. This was done after lunch on the first day that it rained and the rain thing was rained out. There are three names. They may not mean much to modern people. That's S.E. Gregory R.A. Duff, and A.J. Hopkins, who I doubt that many people have heard. He played for Australia without real distinction. But in this game, he had a bowl. England lost two wickets, both to him, and there were two most prolific batsman of the day, maybe Ranjan Synsian Friar. He got out from Dutch. Then it rained. Right. This burly, rather aggressive looking bloke, is Mr Warwick Armstrong later life. Later for him, I would say 1929. At the chap who did the signature when I first showed it to you. Now, I may be reading a bit too much into this, but you can do this if you've got nothing else to do. You notice this guy obviously took some time and care to write his full name. But he completely overwrote some poor chap we did in 1890. Now, this was done in 1992. It's a mild indication of a fair amount of, I would say, selfishness, maybe. But Armstrong is famous for one of the most absolutely unbelievable incidents in test cricket. He bowled two overs in succession. Now, if you don't know the cricket laws, it may not mean much, but that is so staggering. It's like playing the British opening golf and taking missing two or three times until you get the ball on the green. I mean, it's just not done. And he got away with stuff, but unfortunately, of course, he's long dead now. He turned out to be a rather aggressive sportswriter. Here's another one, M.A. Noble, 1899. M.A. Noble was a very nice man, a very good captain of Australia, much respected. But again, he's rather famous for a reason he probably would like to forget. He bowled, this was the MCC versus Australian game, August 1st, 1899. He bowled a ball that was hit over the Pavilion of Lords. And I've got an image here, not of him being hit over the Pavilion of Lords. But I think this is staggering. The pitch is not very good, but I hope it's clear enough. Here's a good old Pavilion, of course. He's bowling from this end. Sorry, the bowler is bowling from this end. Yeah, sorry. Noble is bowling from this end. The batsman, who was a trot, was at this end. And whoa! Now, come on, guys. Nowadays we have 20-20 games, and everyone gets hysterical and lands there for six rounds. Now, I've been reminded in those days, let's face it, men were not as strong. The bats were thinner, the ball was larger. That was an incredible feat. Never been done again. There you go. Now I come to the, might say, the key piece. I think I'll ask the audience, what's the key stand for? Thank you. Victor Trumper, 1899. Clear as a bug. Right? Victor Trumper was one of the very few iconic sports players, little cricketers, who was clearly, I have to use the word adored, by the public. He played, this is his first series, cricket series in England. He played seriously from 1898, and he died, unfortunately, I'll come to this later, in 1915. During this time, he established a reputation of being not only a wonderful batsman, but fluidity, grace, charm, et cetera, et cetera. And even after 100 years, there's still debates in Australia how good he was compared with Don Bradman, which of course the combination is nonsense. So those don't know as it's unbelievably the most prolific batsman ever. Anyway, this is his photo. Now, this is worthy of a lecture in itself. This was taken in 1902, actually at the Oven, not at Lord's, by a man, George Belden, who was a good bowler for Middlesex. Now, just have a little think on this. This was done, obviously, at right angles to the action, and it was staged in the sense that he was definitely going to hit the ball, but it was not part of a match. It was before the match, because there were no telephoto lens and shutter speeds were less in those days. But I can't help thinking about this picture a lot. First of all, look at this. Look at the movement in this picture. That foot's coming down to the shadow. Look at the symmetry of the X here. It's a prolific picture, but what is so good about it? You see a combination. This young man, he's a handsome fellow. You see a fluidity to him. But look, I wouldn't get in front of him when he's driving the ball at me. I mean, he's a serious man. So this is probably, no, I'm like, damn it, I'm not going to say it probably. It is the most famous picture in cricket. You'll see it, universally, even every day, any Australian cricket book, I'm guaranteed to have it somewhere. Now, if I die, I would like this testament. I don't think I'll die. I'm more likely to die than get this testament this day. This is a cartoon by Frank Reynolds. 1909. Lord England in 1909. I've written out that on the top is what's written on the bottom. Tell you what, you be England and I'll be Victor Trumpet. Now, notice it's not Victor Trumpet. It's Victor Trumpet. So isn't that a compliment? Now, he died at the age of 37 in 1915. And I now have a movie of his funeral in Sydney. This to me is staggering. 1915. This was August. Was the ending of the disastrous Darwin El's politically campaign. Which is huge in Australia. It's called Anzac Day. And a lot of people say it defines Australia. It's a mature nation. Australia loss of life. Of course English is elsewhere was too. But people were unbelievably sad at this time. In 1915. 20,000 people turned up for his entourage and his funeral. That's his entourage. In the middle of the war for a guy who's just a sportsman. Pretty good. Now I'm going to change mood a little bit. What I've been talking about is called the Golden Age of Cricut. Which indeed was in many respects. But there was a downside. To all this. This was the time of the late beginning of the industrial revolution where England was becoming unbelievably prosperous. Everyone knows countless books will be written on this about the social problems in England and elsewhere due to this. And frankly until fairly recently most books about the Golden Age glossed over it. Recently that has changed. Not all the people on that who scroll their signature were heroes, young men, wonderful guys. Here's another one and this is how a tabloid described him in Sydney. OK. Now I think even in this day and age that these people might hesitate to write that. This was Arthur Cunningham. That's a connynei. I have to change the colour a little bit. Now he only played once for Australia but he had the enormous distinction. This is 1893 when he played this. I'm sorry, scroll this. But he played in Australia in 1904 for Australia. He has a distinction. His first ball in the test cricket got a wicket and that was not only his first ball as the first ball in the test match. Not a bad starter. He also was a hero because when he was touring in 1993 he rescued a boy from drowning in the tennis. That's the good side. I'll read this. At the end of the tour in 1993 he was in Blackpool and he was fed up and he started a little fire on the outfields. He was tired on the grass and fed up. The next line he's soon a Catholic priest. You can read that at the back again. Now this is totally non-proving. Absolutely. This is 1900 of rocks. In 1900 the Catholic Protestant issue was very much a sticking point in Australia. He was promised that the Catholic priest obviously was Catholic. Now the Catholic said that he didn't want to sue him. He didn't want to go over the balls trial. He just wanted a blackmail of a Catholic priest. He was hoping to get money. His wife agreed that she hadn't misbehaved and in fact kind of himself said at the time of conception of the alleged child he was not capable of sorrow due to a cricket injury. I'll let you all shudder. That industry might have been. Anyway he had one trial which was a missed trial and the second one he went into court with a revolver and he lost. Anyway that was really serious. He was sent to jail for fraud later on. He was divorced by his wife for committing adultery. I like the little phrase in the beach house so that's a bit of colour to it.  Now we're making this we're making a little bit of a joke of this but I'm going to show you something where all this stuff is not a joke. I'm going back to a remark I made about the downside of the late Victorian era and the Victorian era. There was a great deal of discontent in the cricket world which was glossed over. Particularly the English professionals had a very rough life. Even if you played for England it didn't guarantee you anything much. There was a strike in 1896 against the professional strike against the selection committee it was available. They actually backed down they wanted more than ten pounds again for playing for England. Sham amateurism you know that phrase was very popular. W.G. Grace made a fortune he was an amateur he made a total fortune out of the game which I guess he deserves I'm laughing at him. Anyway there's a great deal of discontent don't let me down spoil everything. This is the Melbourne cricket club sorry the Melbourne cricket ground scoreboard right in the middle of the era I'm talking about and many of the players of course not the English but the Australian players who played in this game did put their signatures on the Lord's Pavilion balcony when they came to England. I'm just going to make this comment of the people you see here two committed suicide Trot and Stollard two ended their life in Ilooni Bin Trot and Brockwell one of the 22 players who played in that game four committed suicide is an abnormal percentage I'm bringing that up because frankly I find it fascinating and I don't think Mr Frith is in the audience but he wrote a book David Frith on I won't say abnormal but certainly way above average committed suicide range and there's a lovely article by Peter Roebuck who himself committed suicide Peter Roebuck was a journalist and a big argument is what does cricket do to you or have you got the temperament that makes you like cricket but also has these bad things now that's awfully gloomy let's end on a more cheerful note Name those two people please and chat with the Mr Shweezy correct Arthur Conan Dorrell Name the chat Younger man on the other side I know someone who knows the answer with us correct PG Woodhouse okay both these guys played on the same team several times around this time 1900, 95, 95 they played for teams like authors versus artists or someone versus publishers and that sort of thing they played at Lord's this is documented they played at Lord's and I know that they were in that dressing room where the so-called famous players were I've looked hard to see at least like I see at PGW but I haven't but I'd like to end on rather a nice note I think Woodhouse well first of all before we get to that people shouldn't know if you don't know already that Conan Dorrell was a complete cricket nut cricket tragic he's called in Australia Sherlock Holmes is named after Shylock Chatlock a knotting a knotting player and Woodhouse the famous teams is named after Cricketer versus Dean that's done Woodhouse has written that down Conan Dorrell got one weekend in first class cricket he's W.G. Grace but they were playing together and Woodhouse made his name as an author sort of a semi-author biographical around 1900 plus or minus a little later he had stories about a chap named Mike Mike's story started out with him as being a senior schoolboy but then he went into the city because his parents couldn't afford him to take time off to play cricket and he hated it and he ducked out to play cricket Now Woodhouse did that himself but the stories are about Mike doing exactly the same thing and one of the short stories called Mike at Wards Mike gets a phone call from his brother who play for Sussex who's playing little sex at Wards the brother says please come right now to Wards we need you to play I mean he was good enough to play Mike so Mike dashes over to Wards and he's worried about losing his job blah blah blah because he's missing the bank but in the book I now quote this is what Mike does after getting there he changed and went out and a little pavilion was barking at the top of the pavilion I think that means that Woodhouse was there without any shadow of death so one day maybe I'll find his signatures and I think at that point thank you, I will end thank you


Colgate Dettle Cream to clean your breath while you clean your teeth and help stop tooth decay and Luster Cream Shampoo for soft glamorous caressible hair bring you our Miss Brooke starring Eve Arden It's time once again for another comedy episode of our Miss Brooks under the direction of our Lewis Well, many of us like to share Easter breakfast with our friends Our Miss Brooks who teaches English at Madison High School look forward all week to sharing hers with several of her students and Some of the faculty some of the faculty being biology teacher Philip Boynton. Yes, mr. Boynton is enough of the faculty for me At least I hope he's for me. I know I'm for him So much for the world of sports Saturday afternoon found me making arrangements for the big day in my landlady's kitchen You certainly look domestic bustling around that stove, Connie. Tell me what was it? You just popped into that pot of boiling water my thumb, Mrs. Davis Oh, you mean the white thing that was an egg They've got to get nice and hard before we can dye them by the way I saw Harriet Conklin helping you with our Easter baskets before where did our beloved Principal's daughter disappear to I sent her to the grocery store for some more eggs and some dye We were running short Harriet is certainly a sweet little girl. Yeah, she is just goes to show you how little there is to heredity Let's see those Easter baskets again Hmm plenty of straw jelly beans little yellow chicks There's just one more thing. I'd like to see in each one What's that Connie a chocolate bunny with a thousand dollar bill in his mouth I See that's asking a little too much. All right, then I'll settle for a wax bunny I'm back. Mrs. Davis. Hi, Miss Brooks. Hello Harriet. Did you get the stuff? Yes, ma'am? Here's the dye and I got a couple of dozen eggs. Good. Let's put some more of these into boil I'll do it. What's the schedule for tomorrow, Miss Brooks? When do you want us to come for breakfast? Oh about 10 o'clock will be fine Harriet Then we'll all be on time for the Easter parade I'll bet you'll look stunning miss Brooks. What kind of an outfit are you wearing this year? Well in some ways, it's quite similar to the outfit. I wore last Easter. How do you mean miss Brooks? Same hat coat dress and shoes. I Did invest in something new though a gossip narrow line girdle Does it really make you look narrow Connie narrow when I stand sideways you can't see me at all I like to think Oh that reminds me I'd better get over to the cleaners and pick up daddy's Easter outfit You know how meticulous he is when he appears in public. He's not only meticulous. He's impeccable. He's not only impeccable He's impossible I mean impatient so you better run along now Harriet. Okay miss Brooks. See you tomorrow. Bye. Mrs. Davis. Goodbye dear and thanks for the help Now you'll probably want to wash up after you mix that dye Connie, so I'll get some clean towels for the pantry sink Thanks, Mrs. Davis Come on in the door is open It is I miss Brooks your own personal Easter bunny At last just drop the thousand dollar bills in the basket Oh, it's Walter Denham. Tell me that I'm in time miss Brooks Tell me that you didn't dye your eggs yet. You're in time. Walter. I didn't dye my eggs yet Goodness miss Brooks just before the holidays. I hit on a new dye in the Kim Lab at school. It's absolutely Sensational a new dye. Yes, ma'am.  It's absolutely Dynamite Walter. I just want the Easter eggs to look pretty not blow up It'll revolutionize the egg dyeing industry. I'll make millions out of this billions and you miss Brooks will get my everlasting Gratefulness. That's my usual cut. I Call his magic dye tint tomorrow tint tomorrow. Yeah, I took the two words tint and tomorrow and made a word marriage out of it Oh, I hope they'll be very happy together Just how does this stuff work? Well, it's a powder miss Brooks But a delayed action powder in other words when you dye an egg with tint tomorrow No color change takes place at all today. It doesn't naturally not it changes its tint tomorrow That's why I call it What do we do now I Brought over these sample eggs that I died yesterday miss Brooks look red blue green purple Aren't they beautiful? They are nice Walter very brilliant. Is this invention of yours easy to apply easier than that old-fashioned stuff These two bags will die 12 eggs each and now look I've got to get downtown and Aaron for my folks So I'll just leave these four extra bags by your pantry sink on my way out Well, I'll certainly be happy to try it Walter remember miss Brooks I haven't got this invention patented yet. So you mustn't breathe a word about it In fact, I must insist on an oath of secrecy Walter. I won't even tell the eggs Clean towels Connie I'd have come back sooner, but I was on the phone with Mrs. Conklin. She's got a problem poor dear I know I work for him Oh, I don't mean mr. Conklin. She's worried about parading in the sun tomorrow morning She says she gets a lot of freckles that way. Oh, that's as good a way as any What did you recommend some of this remarkable face cream? I got at the beauty parlor last week.  I never dreamt of Mrs. Davis, would you mind taking these baskets into the living room? I've still got some work to do in here certainly dear Oh, look who's coming down the driveway Connie.  Why do you call him that I keep hoping that if I just say the word often enough He'll grow one I'm in the kitchen stretch. I'll go finish decorating the living room Connie. All right, Mrs. Davis Hi, miss Brooks. Hello stretch.  You've seen it through the window, huh? No stretch I saw it through the window. Oh, then you know what it is. I've brang I've brang that's the past part of CP enough has brung What sort of fun did you brung I It's right in this basket see a rabbit, but it's a real one. Is he alive? Oh, of course not. I brought him over from my father's peck shop. He's been preserved. You mean you mounted it No, I wrote him over on my bicycle But stretch what am I supposed to do with a stuffed rabbit? Oh, I thought he'd make a nice centerpiece for your table tomorrow morning if I say so myself This is quite a good example of taxi taxi. You never can get one when it's raining Stretch it was very sweet of you to bring it But before you go, what's that big smudge on your face? Oh, that's from falling off my bike I guess I took a shortcut through the meadow. Well, there's a sink in the pantry. You can wash in there Here take these towels in with you. Howls.  I Use towels here. It's a new fad And stretch if the soap dispenser is empty you'll find some powder to fill it with in the cupboard. Okay, miss Brooks I've got to carry these empty egg boxes out of the incinerator straight. See you later Nice little pantry. I guess this thing is the soap dispenser. All right Let's see now. Where's the powder? I'm supposed to fill it with. Oh must be in these four little bags It says 10 tomorrow What's a funny name for a soap powder? Well, I'll just dump more on the dispenser Now I'll fill the sink with enough water to wash up with Let her do it The front part of the house is all set Connie everything back here. All right everything but me mrs. Davis I've got the strangest burning sensation around my chin. Oh, that's where I applied the freckle off It says on the bottle that if yours is the type of skin that burns easily You should wash the cream off with soap and water now. She tells me I'll use the sink in the pantry I'm all finished miss Brooks. Here's your towels back. I didn't need them didn't need them, but you washed didn't you? What's the sense of wearing a long sleeve shirt if you don't use the sleeves? Well taken point now if you'll excuse me stretch I've got to stop this stinging on my chin some way I Got some smudges out by that incinerator, too. I might as well do a complete wash job Here goes My face was as pretty as yours.  Oh, I don't care about that stretch All I want to do is brighten the little corner where I am This book starring Eve Arden will continue in just a moment, but first here is Vern Smith No other dentifers offers proof of such results proof that Colgate dental cream helps stop tooth decay before it starts two years Research at leading universities using Colgate dental cream Hundreds of case histories makes this the most conclusive proof in all dentifers history on tooth decay Conclusive proof that when teeth are brushed with Colgate's right after eating Colgate dental cream helps stop Tooth decay before it starts. Yes The toothpaste you use to clean your breath while you clean your teeth now offers a safe proved way to reduce tooth decay Modern science shows decay is caused by mouth acids, which are at their worst right after eating brushing teeth with Colgate's is directed helps remove acids before they harm enamel Colgate dental cream has been proved to contain all the Unnecessary ingredients including an exclusive patented ingredient for effective daily dental care get Colgate dental cream today Big economy size only 59 cents always use Colgate dental cream to clean your breath While you clean your teeth and help stop tooth decay before it starts remember no other dentifers offers proof of such results Well, even if stretch snot grass isn't the most brilliant person in the world Miss Brooks who has also washed her face and Walters die might easily attain that title However, since the die which is still in the dispenser requires hours of exposure before it works Miss Brooks didn't know on Saturday afternoon. What a colorful Easter. She was facing All right, Mrs. Davis, I'll get it Well, mr. Conklin. Hello, Miss Brooks to what fortuitous circumstance Do we owe the pleasure of this visit from Madison's distinguished principle? This is Saturday, Miss Brooks You can cut down on the apple polishing Now I come in of course Now then as to the purpose of my visit with your permission. I'll come right to the point permission granted. Thank you As you know the Easter parade tomorrow will be covered thoroughly by the press photographers Yes, I know the photographers will greet us and we'll find ourselves in the road of reviewer I Very catchy In the past I've always been quite careful about which profile to present to the camera when I'm having my picture taken But in the parade one never knows on which side a photographer will pop up and when they look you over you will be in clover Stop The reason I'm here miss Brooks is because of this large ugly freckle on my right cheek I've I've always resented this freckle miss Brooks. It's the only blemish on an otherwise perfectly chiseled set of features Oh, you shouldn't be so self-conscious about it, mr.  I always thought it was a dimple a Dimple well Yes, indeed many's the time I've looked at you and thought what a large ugly dimple Such honesty deserves a reward and I'll see that you get it in the school weeks to follow Right now I'd like to inquire about a cosmetic that my wife mentioned. She said mrs. Davis told her about it It's called freckle off. I believe. Oh, yes, that's it mr. Conklin, but sometimes it Say that would be just the thing for you Well, I finished in it. Oh, hello. I was good. Hello Margaret Mr. Conklin was wondering if he could borrow some of your freckle off cream. Mrs. Davis. What's for his freckle?   I was good. You're welcome to try it here Let me dab it on for you, mr. Conklin There we are say this stuff burns. Ouch. It's hot. Well, you wanted to remove the freckle, don't you? Yes, but I'd like it to leave the face Why I mean Badly you can wash it off with soap and water. Just follow me mr. Conklin hurry up. This is awful There's a sink right out here in the pantry. I'll fill the basin for you You'll find soap in the dispenser above the sink. Oh Excuse me, mr. Conklin. There's somebody at the front door Hello, miss Brooks my car broke down a few blocks from here I wondered if I could use your phone to call the garage of course mr. Boynham come in I Was driving along not a care in the world and suddenly boom the transmission the crankcase and the driveshaft fell out Anything serious Say it is the car won't go at all until they Hello boy, no hello, mr. Conklin. What brings you to this part of the town.  Conklin? Well? I thought it could remove this large ugly freckle beneath my right ear. You're right. Well, I always thought that was just a mole A mole? Well, yes, sir many's a time.  Boynham But if you'll just follow me you can use the sink in our pantry There's plenty of soap in that dispenser between the taps just help yourself. Thanks Yeah, there's ought to do the trick We're going to have our Easter breakfast tomorrow about 10 o'clock mr. Boynham. Will that be all right for you? Easter breakfast. Oh gee. I'm sorry miss Brooks That's the reason I drove over to tell you I can't make it tomorrow can't make it. Why not? Well, I got a wire from my folks this morning. They're visiting friends at Eagle Springs and they asked me to join them It's only 40 miles from here, and I thought I'd drive up in the morning Of course, that's out of the question now. It'll take days to fix that car of mine good But I I can catch an early train now tell you what maybe you can borrow mrs. Davis's car And you could drive me to the station in the morning. What have I done to earn such a bonus? For those of us who arose on time the Easter Sunday sunrise was an awe-inspiring sight and in Walter Denton's house Where his pal stretch not grass has had permission to spend the night is another awe-inspiring sight stretch not grass Hey, Walter, are you up? Yeah, I'm up. Let's get dressed and What's wrong with you? Nothing's wrong with me.   I thought that was soap powder. I feel the dispenser of mrs. Davis is with it. Yeah, well, I what I better get over there and warn mrs. Davis before anybody else uses it wait a minute. What about me? How do I get this purple stuff off? Oh quit worrying. I'll invent some way to get rid of it And even if I don't yeah, I can always die you another color So you see mrs. Davis stretch filled the dispenser with the dye and anybody that wash there is in for a shock today She I'm glad you didn't get any on you me too, and I hope Connie didn't use it She's going to take mr. Boynton to the train this morning She should be coming in for coffee in a minute now. Shall I hope everything's just got time for a quick cup of coffee? Oh, hello, Walter Nothing dear you just startle this when you came in I'll get myself a cup and saucer out of the sideboard Mrs. Davis her face is all green I know but just don't blurt it out ever. We'll break it to a gently just keep drinking your milk Hey, it's after eight. I'd better drink this coffee in a hurry mr. Boynton's making a 915 train Where's he going? He's going to spend the day at Eagle Springs with his parents, and I don't mind telling you I'm green with Andy Walter control yourself. I'll get a dish rag. Oh, will you get that please Connie? All right Hello miss Brooks speaking miss Brooks. This is mr. Conklin. Oh happy Easter mr. Conklin I guess you're getting all dolled up Just to answer one question miss Brooks what sort of dye was in that witch's brew you smeared on my face Which is brew which which is brew you're going very well which which is brew brew That freckle removing junk you put on me, but there's no dye in that must have been you should see my face this morning You mean it's a different color different color. Miss Brooks. I'm Look like an Italian sunset Mr. Conklin, I didn't have any knowledge of any guy. You never have any knowledge of anything now hang up I'm gonna call my doctor and get to the bottom of this gook. Goodbye. Goodbye About that Walder Mr. Conklin's face has turned all colors of the rainbow I Must have been thinking of something comical. I better join mrs. Davis and the dish rag in the kitchen Mrs. Davis that was mr. Conklin on the phone. He just turned plaid This is terrible Walter. How are we going to get this guy off the people who watched here yesterday? Well, I stopped the drugs draw on my way over and mr. Miller the pharmacist said he'd try and figure something out in a hurry Well, that's at least some hope now, maybe it won't be such a shock when you tell Connie her face is green Me I think I better go home mrs. Davis. What's an out of Walter? Don't you feel well? I feel like she looks I guess the only manly thing to do is face the music. Come on. I'll help you break it to her in a roundabout way Oh Connie about that green face of yours Connie Honey, oh, she must have left while we were in the kitchen. Oh good heavens What will mr. Boynton think when he sees her? Who knows it may be a break for her.  It's blue. Yes, isn't it awful? I noticed it when I went into shave this morning When did you notice your face was green?  I I kind of like it reminds me of my pet frog mcdougal I get this on me well Walter Denton phoned me a few minutes ago and explained the whole thing his pal stretch put some Of what has delayed dye into the soap dispenser in your pantry yesterday? You mean the tint tomorrow really worked? I'll say it did it won't come off with soap and water or even turpentine I've tried several times wait till I get hold of that stretch snot grass I'm in a worse spot than you are miss Brooks. I've had to cancel my trip to Eagle Springs Good old stretch snot But if you're not going away today, how about coming over to my place? Oh, no, no, I wouldn't budge out of this apartment with this blue face miss Brooks No, I'm just gonna have to stay in until it fades. I I guess it's an imposition to ask But well, I I thought maybe I could fix up a little lunch here and play some records to dance to and well If it isn't asking too much, would you care to stay here and keep me company? I'll force myself I'll go into the kitchen to see about rustling up some grub. Just make yourself comfortable. Oh, don't worry about green face blue face Don't slug me miss Brooks. Everything's gonna be fine. You're so right Walter. Goodbye. No wait Mr. Boynton told me on the phone about cancelling his trip, but now he won't have to not so loud What do you mean Walter? Mr.  No, it does does it hand them over Walter, I'll take them in. Okay, miss Brooks. I'm sorry for what stretch did well I imagine I'll see you later on far be it from me to knock a boy's imagination Goodbye, Walter I'm just putting on a timely recording miss Brooks care to dance miss Brooks mm-hmm Am I holding you too tight? Uh-uh Mind if I hum in your ear? Uh-uh I'll be all in clover When they look you over By the way, who was that at the door just now the door? Oh, yeah, the bell rang as I went into the kitchen. Who was it? Nobody we know happy Easter. Mr. Hevardon returns in just a moment, but first dream girl Tonight yes tonight show him how much lovelier your hair can look after a luster cream shampoo Luster cream world's finest shampoo No other shampoo in the world gives you k-doom. It's magic blend of secret ingredients plus gentle lanolin Better than a soap better than a liquid luster cream is a dainty cream shampoo Leaves hair three ways lovelier Fragmently clean free of loose dandruff listening with sheen soft manageable Even in hardest water luster cream lathers instantly no special rinse needed after a luster cream shampoo So gentle luster cream is wonderful even for children's hair Tonight yes tonight try luster cream shampoo And now once again here is Eve Arden Ladies and gentlemen on behalf of our sponsor the Colgate palm olive peat company and all of us here at the studio May I extend our warmest Easter greetings? Next week tune into another our miss brooks show brought to you by Colgate gentle cream to clean your breath while you clean your teeth and help stop tooth decay Our miss brooks starring Eve Arden is produced by Larry Burns written by Al Lewis with Lester White and Joe Quillen with the music of Wilbur hatch under the direction of Maurice Carlton Mr. Boynton is played by Jeff Chandler. Mr.   And mrs. North the exciting fun-packed adventures of an amateur detective and his Beautiful wife tune in Tuesday evening over most of these same stations and be with us again next week at the same time For another comedy episode of our miss brooks Bob LeMond speak


Good morning everyone. As indicated, I'm Bernadette Walton from the University of Limerick and I'm the Director of Student Affairs in the Student Affairs Division. So, just trying to, now I'm gone too far. So, that's the division there. We've nine different units. They are primarily to support students. There's the kind of student welfare areas, student health, chaplaincy and counseling. Then there is the underrepresented student offices and there the access office, the mature student office and the disability support office. And then I have three areas which I call the student development areas which are around the arts, civic engagement, getting students involved in volunteering and the first year experience and retention officer. Some of these units are just one person units. They're not all big units. Some of them are big six or eight or whatever. The university about two years ago decided to appoint a new, I put together a business case for a new role in the university which is, at the time was called the first year experience and retention coordinator which is a bit of a mouthful. And my colleague Sarah Gibbons was appointed into that but, however, Sarah has moved into a different area in the centre of teaching and learning so the role is back up to be filled again and we've retitled it this time to our first year support coordinator. And there is a virtual unit in the University of Limerick which is kind of unique really because it's three areas, student affairs, it's the centre of teaching and learning and it's the library. All looking with a resource, a dedicated resource in each of those units working together closely in relation to engaging students, ensuring that they're successful and as a corollary that they're retained. So that's kind of the purpose of that unit and we meet regularly and we're doing great work I think so far. The opportunities are that, you know, that integrated approach is three very different areas in the university trying to support students and trying very much to engage students and by engaging students I mean engaging them in the classroom and engaging them outside the classroom. As I said our first year support coordinator role is new and developing. It's kind of a greenfield site really for that role as yet. I mean there's a lot of data analytics in it which I'll come to again because that's a challenge for us. Also that there is beginning to be champions around the university, around the whole student engagement and success coming from the top down which is good. Because I think unless we have somebody who is passionate about student engagement and success at very senior level in the university you know we could be doing a lot of very good work but it might not be heard at the top table. The challenges for us are the whole data, what data should we be looking at, what data should we be collecting so as it can inform university policy. I mean it's interesting to hear that you know attendance is necessarily a marker of student success at the end of the day. So we don't have an attendance policy but is that something we might want. So you know that type of data so that we can be looking strategically and making strategic decisions around what the data is informing us. That's a challenge. Where? What data? The tracking mechanisms to identify at-risk students. We are already identifying at-risk students in all sorts of hard ways and doing our best to support those students. But it's you know all these data sets and how do we pull them all together. And I suppose today already I've learned something because somebody mentioned they're here to learn and I've certainly learned you know that there is this national analytics forum. And the development of you know the expert groups and I certainly want to feed into that. So that's good to know. I really struggled with this because I said where to go next. Because it's a minefield literally you know we already collect so much data. And I hate the idea of collecting more data and more reports and you know using valuable resources in the university. And then they're all just left aside because they're not in no strategic decisions. So it's you know I really need guidance in relation to well where should we be starting. And we're having a discussion around that today and that's good. But it is at the end of the day for me around ensuring that students have a good experience and what does that mean. And that we get them in we in the first semester that it's key that we keep them happy that they have that sense of belonging. And how do we get that for them so that you know they are successful at the end of semester one and then they're progressing. I believe that if we can get them through first year we can they're really on their ways. You know the KPIs they are what would that look like. And just even you know looking at the institutional data that we have in relation to some of the programs where we know there's serious issues around student engagement and our failure rates and non completion rates. So that's it.


You know whenever I include this chapter in my ethics course I always got to hate it because it always makes me wonder wait. Do I really need that when I'm really chasing after do I need that? I mean look at what I got on me right now I mean something sure seem pretty necessary the hat the shirt these boots are really great for my feet my especially my ankle But yeah, I got this iPhone this microphone using this camera Do I need this for the course? And you know I teach a lot I take on extra courses. I do I take on extra work. Do I really need to do that? Yeah, I think about Let me think about what you really need It sure is a lot more than what Epicurus thinks So it's question, you know, does Epicurus think you're living a happy life? Probably not Epicurus probably thinks you're taking on way way too much, right? Let's start going down the list right family. Yeah, he thinks it's probably too much You need friends to talk about the nature of reality to have that sort of emotional and intellectual Vulnerability and discussion. Yes. Sure. You need friends, but family boy. That's a lot So if you got family probably already for Epicurus, that's too much Y'all are going to school You're paying or at least my students are Not everybody's watching these videos as a student of mine But you're paying money for which you had to work for or you're incurring a debt where you get to pay interest on Or if you're lucky enough you got scholarships. Okay, that's great But you're paying money to go to this class. Well, what are you doing that for for this job? You're trying to maximize the salary You don't really need that right there are lots of jobs out there For which you can make a minimal amount of money You and three of your friends go get a two-bedroom apartment, right? You each double bunk in a bedroom You share the kitchen duties you share the cleaning duties you Share, you know the time together forget about the TV the ps4 forget about cable and internet You don't need it lay some blankets and pillows out on the ground. I guess right sort of thing right and the three of y'all each working a part-time job Which is not that hard to get well, I'm sorry. It can be hard to get don't don't let me Don't let me Devalue the effort and energy it takes to get a part-time job But compared to you know needing a degree to get a part-time, you know, you don't need a degree to get a part-time job I need to degree have these careers compared to that It's relatively easy to get the part-time job. You don't need to go to school for it With that minimal income if each of you are managed to get a job someplace near the apartment You won't need to get a car or maybe just take public transportation Hopefully maybe somewhere near like the library that'd be kind of cool You can have some of the materials for which you will fuel your discussions about the nature of the world and nature of reality you can You know abandon a lot of these pursuits for what you don't need is you don't need fashion You don't need the video games. You don't need the movies. You don't need you don't need alcohol You don't need beer. You don't need wine. You're actually healthier without it having one or two isn't necessarily a bad thing But it's not like you need alcohol. You don't need coffee. You don't need sodas You don't need tea. You need water. That's it Now if you're getting you know, like even one fast food meal a week You're already doing more than you need beans rise vegetables fruits You know if you want to add a little animal meat in there I guess you can go for it, but you don't really need a quinoa takes care of most of that Onto the direction of your nutritionist and or physician No, that's what you need You don't need a smartphone You don't need the internet if you're really clever you can get away without even having the apartment I knew a guy back in grad school and I don't know how he actually did this He never really elaborated on it, but he had a yurt And if you know what a yurt is think of a look at a while you are tea. It's kind of a it's really good-sized and and hearty tent and I think he lived on federal land or something like this. He managed to he didn't have an apartment He lived in the yurt and You know he worked out and showered in the student rec center and he went to school He used the computers provided to him by the department. We had computers set up there He is the resources in the library and I think he I know I maybe didn't live rent-free, but man he lived really simple and He did well. He was smart. He knew his stuff and he was good at philosophy Wonder if he studied Epicurus He really he really had that part figured out you talk about a simple life. He got it and he said really happy I mean the most relaxed person in The doctor in the department amongst all the graduate students with that exaggeration the most relaxed person rest of us are stressed out probably because we're trying to figure out how to Make a living some of the grad students have families, but you know make a living on a graduate students stipend so yeah You know Epicurus and all likelihood Epicurus thinks you are not living a happy life He thinks you're overdoing it. You're trying to chase after way too much Okay, and then you're what what it would need is like I said You're something like a part-time job three friends two-bedroom apartment double bunk Forget about the TV the stereo equipment all that blankets Cushions right sit on the you know get sit on the ground hang out won't even need you know You share the kitchen duties. You don't need that much food. You don't need that expensive food That that probably yeah, right? Simple life Okay, so do you agree with Epicurus? I mean if you agree with him, then yeah, you're probably just like well forget all this and you know Walk out of class If you agree with them, yeah, you probably you know kind of drop all this If you disagree with them why What does that mean?