Andrè Zammit writes...
With the sudden passing away of Louis Naudi, the 25 graduates of the 1945-52 course of engineering and architecture are now down to eight.
Louis was one of the most popular members both inside and outside the university. His sense of humour was limitless and contagious.
As we approached the end of the course, he started working on an album on the lines of those of US universities.
I was one of his assistants and, though the work was never completed, I remember some of the verses. For one who was thinning on top, we selected ”a hair on the head is worth two on the brush”.
Even some of the professors were included. Louis had written a long poem, on the lines of Goldsmith’s Deserted Village, which we cannibalised for the purpose.
Louis was a cousin of my Zammit Maempel cousins, who organised weekend hikes. He was always there with his accordion and he could climb cliff sides like a monkey.
He was the route finder and the shepherd dog who collected the stragglers. He was the most popular of the party.
After graduation, I became very friendly with Dom Mintoff. When he was elected prime minister in 1955, he asked me to take over his very large practice.
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