In England one often hears the phrase, On Wednesday early risers were and Beefeaters Distillery, augmented "we will lay it on." Translated into taken to Billingsgate Fish Market. our seminar program. American this means "to do it up From 9 until 11:30 a.m. the ballroom In addition, Dr. James C. Taylor, right." The city of London, the Gros- was packed with those who had come Dean of the School of Hotel and Res- venor House Hotel and all of England to see Peter Berners-Price, conference taurant Administration, Houston "laid it on" for the Club Managers and banqueting executive of the Gros- University, spoke on personnel train- Assn. of America, the National Club venor House, demonstrate the serving ing. Professor Colin Laycock of Shef- Assn. and their wives and guests. of French, Russian, English and field Polytechnic Institute lectured on At Heathrow Airport, Ireland, we American foods. management training techniques used were greeted by genial John Cremers At lunch, the 900 attendees and in England. of the Empire State Club (New York their wives dined with British club Friday, January 22nd, and now the City) and the members of the Hospi- secretaries and their wives for a conference was nearing an end. In the tality Committee. Some of the manag- "Counterpart" Luncheon. Richard morning there was an Educational ers were whisked away to the CMAA Edmonds, secretary of the famous Wrap-Up Panel with Deans Beck and board of directors meeting leaving Boodles Club, spoke on British pri- Taylor and Dr. Derek Gladwell who their wives to clear customs and com- vate clubs. Following luncheon some heads up the Department of Hotel and plete embarkation procedures. Those 15 British club secretaries formed a Institutional Management at Sheffield managers who remained were taken "Meet the Press" type panel and dis- Polytechnic Institute. They exchanged by bus to the Grosvenor House Hotel. cussed British clubs and secretary's views on their opinions of English On Sunday evening, January 17th, duties with their American counter- clubs and American club managers. one of five groups of diners was parts. Half way through the discus- Following luncheon we entered the scheduled for an Elizabethan dinner at sion, the tables were turned and the final phase of our conference and with the Gore Hotel. Englishmen questioned the American it our closing business and voting ses- Monday, January 18th, began with managers. sion. The proposed elimination of the registration, a meeting of the Club On Thursday, once again early one-year waiting period for eligibility Management Institute and the Nation- risers were on the move, journeying to for CMAA membership was voted al Club Assn. tax clinic in the ball- the Smithfield Market, which is Lon- down. Membership requirements re- room of the Dorchester Hotel. In the don's meat market. At 9:30 a.m. one main one year at one club for manag- afternoon, the ladies at a tea received of the finest days of seminars in ers and two consecutive years at one information concerning London. CMAA's history began. Dr. Robert club for assistant managers. Affiliate At six the following morning, some Beck, Dean of the School of Hotel and memberships were abolished, and it 150 people assembled to tour the Con- Restaurant Administration, Cornell was established that new chapters vent Flower Market. Following tea University, spoke on planning for the must now have 10, instead of seven to and cheese buns, the tour returned to future. Raymond Oliver, owner of organize or continue a chapter of the hotel for an all-day tour of Lon- France's renowned Le Grande Vefour CMAA. don, which included the British Muse- Restaurant, discussed the preparation On Saturday, the Farewell Hunt um, London University, Trafalgar of French cuisine. Included in the Breakfast was held. Many stories will Square, the Houses of Parliament, seminars were tours of the Naval and follow concerning visits to St. An- Westminster Abbey and the changing Military Club, the Oxford and Cam- drews and Turnberry Golf Clubs and of the guards at Buckingham Palace. bridge Club, the Sackville Club, the trips to Guiness Brewery in Dublin, At noon, a Ploughman's Lunch of Garrick Club and the Roehampton the Scottish distilleries in the High- beer, bread and cheese was served in Club. Also toured were the Tanqueray lands and visits to the wine country. about 10 London pubs. That after- artd Beefeater distilleries, the Whit- But none can compare with the fabu- noon the tour continued through Fleet bread and Guiness breweries and the lous week in London when they "laid Street, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Bank Le Begue Wine Cellars. Films, pro- it on" for the CMAA. of England and the Tower of London. vided by the Scotch Whiskey Assn. —Jerry Marlatt