The Pentacle Club was founded in 1919 by Professor W. W. Rouse Ball, J. H. Johnson, C. R. Cosens, F. J. W. Roughton, and W. I. Grantham.[1] The Club, consisting of members of the University of Cambridge, was a successor to The Mystics, a pre-World War II club that ran from 1909 to 1914. Rouse Ball, the first President of the club, gathered support from across the university for the first meeting of the club, where the members "saw demonstrations of rope and card tricks, thimble and billiard ball manipulations".[2] The initial subscription rate was half a crown a term.[3]
Later history
During the 1920s, the Pentacle Club became increasingly well known on a national level, thanks in part to a sequence of guest visits to Cambridge, including Douglas Dexter and Nevil Maskelyne, the latter inviting the Pentacle Club to undertake a joint performance with the Magic Circle in London.[4] During the Second World War, the club performed in aid of the Red Cross, with amateur magicians from the University of London, evacuated to Cambridge during the conflict, adding to the membership. In 1963 the club began to admit members from outside the university, leading to a slow change in the club's composition — over the last few decades the membership has been increasingly drawn from the Cambridge region, and less from undergraduates. The club retained its traditional links to the university, however, under the long presidency of Sir William Hawthorne, Master of Churchill College, Cambridge, well known for performing magic.[5]
pentacle, club, world, oldest, magic, societies, well, known, amateur, professional, magicians, longevity, famous, members, contents, origins, later, history, present, past, presidents, referencesorigins, editthe, founded, 1919, professor, rouse, ball, johnson. The Pentacle Club is one of the world s oldest magic societies well known by amateur and professional magicians for its longevity and famous members Contents 1 Origins 2 Later history 3 Present 4 Past Presidents 5 ReferencesOrigins EditThe Pentacle Club was founded in 1919 by Professor W W Rouse Ball J H Johnson C R Cosens F J W Roughton and W I Grantham 1 The Club consisting of members of the University of Cambridge was a successor to The Mystics a pre World War II club that ran from 1909 to 1914 Rouse Ball the first President of the club gathered support from across the university for the first meeting of the club where the members saw demonstrations of rope and card tricks thimble and billiard ball manipulations 2 The initial subscription rate was half a crown a term 3 Later history EditDuring the 1920s the Pentacle Club became increasingly well known on a national level thanks in part to a sequence of guest visits to Cambridge including Douglas Dexter and Nevil Maskelyne the latter inviting the Pentacle Club to undertake a joint performance with the Magic Circle in London 4 During the Second World War the club performed in aid of the Red Cross with amateur magicians from the University of London evacuated to Cambridge during the conflict adding to the membership In 1963 the club began to admit members from outside the university leading to a slow change in the club s composition over the last few decades the membership has been increasingly drawn from the Cambridge region and less from undergraduates The club retained its traditional links to the university however under the long presidency of Sir William Hawthorne Master of Churchill College Cambridge well known for performing magic 5 Present EditPresident Jeremy Bond Secretary Hugh Newsam Treasurer Chris Kostecki MMCCommittee Member Stacy Smith MMC Committee Member Alex Joseph MMC Committee Member John Davenport MIMCPast Presidents EditPresidents and their tenures 6 1919 1925 Professor W W Rouse Ball 1925 1932 Doctor J Canney 1932 1968 Doctor F B Kipping 1969 1969 Sir Gordon Sutherland 1970 1990 Sir William Hawthorne 1990 2008 Claude Perry MIMC 2008 2013 John Davenport MIMC 2013 2018 Chris Kostecki MMCReferences Edit Pentacle Club Magicpedia The Pentacle Club Magicians of Cambridge pentacleclub com Archived from the original on 2013 06 24 Magic anniversary for old society 11 April 2009 The Pentacle Club Magicians of Cambridge pentacleclub com Archived from the original on 2013 06 24 William Rede Hawthorne The Pentacle Club Magicians of Cambridge pentacleclub com Archived from the original on 2013 06 24 This magic related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pentacle Club amp oldid 1138198728, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
