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CH E E R UP! B e t t e r t i m e s ahead! We so o f t e n hea r t h e s logan of t h e A d v e r t i s i n g

Club t h a t it is b e g i n n i n g to have some e f f e c t upon even ou r not ove r -b r i l l i an t or r e c e p t i v e mind . T h e r e a re b e t t e r t i m e s ahead f o r A.U.C., we hope; t h o u g h a p e s s i m i s t m i g h t well r e m a r k t h a t t h i n g s could no t very well ge t much worse. B u t we c o n t e n t our se lves by s ing ing w i t h t h e A d v e r t i s i n g Club " B e t t e r t i m e s ahead ! "

The long- looked- fo r s i t e having been f i x e d upon, t h e p rob lem which has f o r t h e l as t year a t least been exe rc i s i ng t h e m i n d s of t h e College A u t h o r i t i e s is t h e n a t u r e and size of t h e bu i ld ings to be e r ec t ed . We Con-g r a t u l a t e t h e Council , ^ he P r o f e s s o r i a l Board , and t h e S t u d e n t s ' As oc ia t ion on t h e f a c t t h a t t h e p lans f o r t i e new A r t s Bu i ld ing and S t u d e n t s ' Building- have now d e f i n i t e l y been accep ted .

When t h e new A r t s B u i l d i n g m a t e r i a l i s e s , we hope t h a t t h e c i t i zens of A u c k l a n d will begin to rea l ise t h a t a U n i v e r s i t y has i t s be ing in t h e i r m i d s t . F o r long enough t h e y have t h o u g h t of t he U n i v e r s i t y a t one t i m e only d u r i n g t h e year on Process ion Day, when Auck land was fo r c ib ly r eminded f o r one br ie f hou r of t h e p r e sence of a band of noisy m e r r y - m a k e r s , who came t o be desig-n a t e d by a c e r t a i n c lass of A u c k l a n d soc ie ty as " t h e College Hool igans . " The Ci ty l aughed f o r a f e w hours ; t h e " H e r a l d " and " S t a r " had a p a r a g r a p h or so r e g a r d i n g t h e proces-sion; a f e w pe r sons scowled; t h e S t u d e n t s ' Assoc ia t ion paid a f e w bills; and Auck land re l apsed f o r a n o t h e r yea r in to b l i s s f u l f o r -

g e t f u l n e s s as to the very e x i s t e n c e of i t s U n i v e r s i t y College.

This s t a t e of a f f a i r s , we hope, t h e new A r t s Bu i ld ing will he lp t o r e c t i f y . One of our g r e a t t h i n k e r s has r e m a r k e d (and t h a t f a i r l y r ecen t l y ) t h a t " t h e Auck land Univers--i ty is not only t h e wor.<t wooden Un ive r s i ty in t h e w o r l d — i t is t h e only wooden Univer-si ty in t h e w o r l d ! " The A u c k l a n d University-has ye t a n o t h e r s u p r e m e d i s t i n c t i o n be s ides t h i s h a r d l y anyone in A u c k l a n d k n o w s w h e r e i t is. The S u p r e m e Cour t , t h e T ra in -ing College, t h e new G r a m m a r School, and t h e Gaol all t h e s e have been p o i n t e d o u t as " T h e Unive r s i ty . " B u t how m a n y pe r sons who were no t "in t h e k n o w " would look f o r a U n i v e r s i t y in a d i sused school bu i ld ing?

I t was s i g n i f i c a n t t h a t t h e a d v e r t i s e m e n t s in t h e dai ly p a p e r s r e g a r d i n g t h e Carn iva l P rocess ion w e r e w o r d e d : " will leave t h e P r o - U n i v e r s i t y (llw Oh/ (1 ram mar School)

" The e x p l a n a t o r y words speak vo lumes . These w o r d s a r e neces sa ry in Auck-land, f o r t h e A u c k l a n d c i t i zens do n o t know w h e r e t h e i r U n i v e r s i t y is.

This t r u l y shock ing s t a t e of a f f a i r s will now be r i g h t e d a t las t . A t las t we seem to see some l igh t ahead . Auck land will lose one of i t s m o s t un ique d i s t i n c t i o n s ( b u t no t one of i t s m o s t cove ted ones) t h a t of pos-s e s s ing " t h e w o r s t U n i v e r s i t y bu i ld ing in t h e wor ld . " The gene ra l pub l i c of Auck land w h e n asked a b o u t t h e i r Un ive r s i t y will a t l eas t have a bu i ld ing t o p o i n t t o as i t s home T h u s we hope t h a t a U n i v e r s i t y S p i r i t will be a roused o u t s i d e t h e College.

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We u n d e r s t a n d t h a t t he new A r t s Bui ld ing and S t u d e n t Bui ld ing provide a d e q u a t e room f o r t he social l i fe of t he College. For the success of t he S t u d e n t s ' cause we have s i r -cerelv to t hank and c o n g r a t u l a t e t h e Jo in t C o m m i t t e e which approved t h e f ina l d r a f t of t h e p lans only j u s t b e f o r e we w e n t to press . The success of t h e C o m m i t t e e in a r r a n g i n g space fo r the College social l i fe will be per-h a p s the g r e a t e s t f o r c e in a rous ing a be t t e i College Sp i r i t wi th in t h e College. Beside a Univers i ty Sp i r i t ou t s ide t he walls, in the ci ty , and in the province, we need a new sp i r i t t o revive t h e in te rna l l i fe of t h e Col-lege. S u f f i c i e n t room inside College in which to hold S t u d e n t f unc t i ons is t h e f i r s t essen-t ia l f o r a rena issance of t he t r u e College Sp i r i t among t he s t u d e n t s .

A very benef ic ia l change was b r o u g h t abou t when the Council decided to compel all s t u d e n t s to join the S tuden t s ' Associat ion. Now t h a t s t u d e n t s have to pay the i r ha l f -c rown subsc r ip t ions , a p leas ing t endency can be no ted to r ega rd themse lves more as un i t s of t h e Associa t ion. But a la rge m a j o r i t y of s t u d e n t s , we are a f r a id , st i l l r ega rd College mere ly as a c r a m m i n g i n s t i t u t i on , and t a k e no p a r t a t all in t h e social ac t iv i t i es which are so essent ia l a p a r t of t he l ife of a " c o m p l e a t " Univers i ty man or woman.

Such s t u d e n t s were once descr ibed by a ce r ta in Mas te r of A r t s of some eloquence—he was one of our "p redecesso r s in t i t l e " as E d i t o r of t h i s Magazine—as '/" disgusting type of law student. We shudde r a t t h e ex-press ion ourselves. Our pen would no t be gu i l ty of such a r e m a r k — a pig-pea wouldn ' t . But a l though t he s ty le is f o r c e f u l r a t h e r t h a n e legant , t h e s e n t i m e n t r emains t rue . Such a t y p e of s t u d e n t — a n d they are no t by any means all law s t u d e n t s — i s a t r u ly "d i sgus t -ing" spec tac le to t h e real Univers i ty man. He has o p p o r t u n i t y ready to his hand, b u t misses it. He r eminds us of Bunvan ' s "Man wi th t he Muck- rake" who could not l i f t his

eyes f r o m his work. The Social L i fe of t he College is as much a p a r t of t h e educat ion of a s t u d e n t as is t he " g r i n d " f o r examina-t ions. Modera t ion , of course, is t he golden rule. We could name persons who fly to t he oppos i t e e x t r e m e and who a t t e n d ass iduously to all t he College social act ivi t ies , to the to t a l exclusion of all work proper ly so-called: we could name such persons , we say, b u t re-f ra in .

The bulk of College s t u d e n t s are not of these last . They are such as X -, a s t u d e n t of our acquain tance . Though in his th i rd year a t College he knoweth not the meaning of Stud. .I--.i., e s t eeming it r a t h e r a hind of donkey than a collection of t he se animals . Sisoc and Li tc lub are alike a closed book t o him. He do th not read the not ices in t h e corr idor , for he passe th down a side-pas sage or u p t he back s t a i r s (whichever is t h e s h o r t e r route) to t h e lec ture-room. A f t e r l ec tu res he wa lke th s t r a i g h t be fo re him to t h e t r a m , nor g lance th to r igh t or to l e f t a t t he not ices which loudly adver t i se t h e social ac t iv i t ies of his f e l low-s tuden t s . For he s h u n n e t h all his fe l lows and liveth a p a r t . One he was in the Men's Common R o o m - - b e had lost his way, and en te red by mis take . Quickly and confused ly he has tened up t he s t a i r s to the ou te r door.

X r e p r e s e n t s a t ype of s t u d e n t who may r ight ly be t e rmed "d i sgus t i ng . " He is not receiving a Univers i ty educat ion a t all. He m i g h t j u s t as well be going to a n igh t school

th is , in fac t , is w h a t he is doing.

Let every S t u d e n t who it a Univers i ty man or woman (as d i s t inguished f r o m the "glori-f ied n igh t school" va r i e ty ) pull t o g e t h e r to t r y to rescue our Univers i ty life f r o m dying s imply for lack of the Univers i ty sp i r i t . I t is up to every one of us who has gained s o m e t h i n g more than mere increase in learn-ing f r o m Alma Mater , t o t ry to hand on the torch to our successors , and to encourage our Jun io r s to t ake a p a r t in the l a rger Univer-s i ty life.

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Bad Laws and Over-Government.

TH E Rule of L a w ! " How well I r e m e m b e r t h a t t op i c in C o n s t i t u t i o n a l Law! I t w a s

exto l led by all w r i t e r s as ou r g lor ious h e r i t -age as E n g l i s h m e n . B u t t i m e s have c h a n g e d , and t h e Rule of Law bids f a i r t o be o u r na t iona l curse . The t r u t h is we are g r o u n d down by law not t h e law of ou r f o r e f a t h e r s

b u t t h a t cu r ious p r o d u c t of m o d e r n t imes , which t a k e s i t s place, t h e sole ob j ec t of which seems to be t o m a k e ru les f o r t h e i r own sake.

F o r f ive long y e a r s we f o u g h t and rai led a g a i n s t P r u s s i a n i s m , b u t it would seem t h a t t h a t deadly s y s t e m has conquered us. P r u s -s ianism is no th ing if not an e x a g g e r a t e d f o r m of G o v e r n m e n t con t ro l in which t h e individual c o u n t s as nothing- and t h e Govern-m e n t or i t s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s count f o r every-th ing . We laughed t o scorn t h e G e r m a n and his Verbotrn ,- b u t it is so easy to see t h e f a u l t in a n o t h e r . Let us f i r s t s ea r ch ou r own h e a r t s b e f o r e we c r i t i c i se o t h e r s , and it will be found t h a t in N e w Zealand to -day an a l a r m i n g g r o w t h in t h e p o w e r of Govern-m e n t and t h e n u m b e r of t y r a n n i c a l laws and rules has t a k e n place. In f a c t i t is t h e ten-dency of t h e age.

A l e t h a r g i c c o m m u n i t y has a l lowed t h e m o s t s t a r t l i n g i n roads on our t r a d i t i o n a l l i be r ty t o pass unno t i ced . Our A r b i t r a t i o n s y s t e m w a s once r e g a r d e d as a m o n u m e n t of leg is la t ion . I t s e f f e c t s may have been on t h e whole benef ic ia l , b u t i t has s p r e a d and fos -t e r e d a m o n g ou r people t h a t s p i r i t of de-pendence which is p e r h a p s t h e roo t cause of all o v e r - g o v e r n m e n t . The C o u r t has come to be cons idered as a p r o p f o r t h e lazy, and as a s u b s t i t u t e f o r i ndependence and v igour . B u t ye t t h e A r b i t r a t i o n s y s t e m is one of t h e l eas t ob j ec t i onab l e p r o d u c t s of m o d e r n leg-is la t ion , a l t h o u g h it has an evil e lement in i t s re l iance on compuls ion .

F r o m t h e i n t e r f e r e n c e w i t h t h e f r e e d o m of l abour which may, p e r h a p s , be j u s t i f i a b l e , I pass on to t h e i n t e r f e r e n c e w i t h p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y . Had anyone p rophes i ed in 1913 t h a t in t h r e e yea r s a f o r ced loan would be ra i sed in the i r c o u n t r y he would have been r id icu led . B u t w h e t h e r we like to a d m i t i t o r no t , ou r w a r loans were in f a c t f o r ced . Even if t h e t h r e a t of compuls ion was no t ac tua l ly car -

r ied ou t , t h e t h r e a t by i t se l f was a s u f f i -c ien t s t i m u l a n t . I t is only a d i f f e r e n c e of degree . I t may be c o n t e n d e d t h a t the com-puls ion w a s s a n c t i o n e d by P a r l i a m e n t . True , b u t by a P a r l i a m e n t even m o r e i g n o r a n t t h a n t h e genera l body of e l ec to r s , unab l e to see t h e fol ly of such leg is la t ion ; and moreove r a P a r l i a m e n t which had e x t e n d e d i t s own t e n -u re of o f f i c e . A f o r c e d loan has been un-known in Eng l i sh po l i t i cs s ince t h e Tudor s , and an ex t ens ion of t e n u r e of o f f i c e has oc-cur red once s ince t h e Revolu t ion .

Our t a x a t i o n s y s t e m too, is m o s t in iqui t -ous. be ing largely o u t of con t ro l of Par l i a -m e n t . In ac tua l f a c t Publ ic S e r v a n t s f i x t h e t a x e s we pay. This is a h a r d say ing , b u t none the less t r ue . I r e f e r t o t h e Land Tax . The r a t e of t h i s t a x is, i t is t r u e , f i xed by P a r l i a m e n t , b u t t h e va lua t i on on which t h e t ax is levied is m a d e by a Publ ic S e r v a n t . The road t o b r ibe ry is t h u s opened , and even in my own s l i gh t e x p e r i e n c e I have m e t i t . The re is an appea l t o the A s s e s s m e n t C o u r t , b u t w h a t a poor r e m e d y i t is! A l ayman has no chance in t h e A s s e s s m e n t C o u r t , a n d m u s t pay a lawyer . B u t a l awyer can do l i t t l e as t h e C o u r t a l m o s t i nva r i ab ly m a k e s a nomina l and ra re ly a s u b s t a n t i a l r e d u c t i o n . " C o m p r o m i s e and guess w o r k , " I have h e a r d it cal led. B u t t h e most i n iqu i t ous p a r t is t h a t t h e Va lue r c a n n o t be compel led t o go into t h e w i t n e s s box and s u s t a i n his valu-a t ion . W h a t B u r k e say of such a s y s t e m ?

P e r h a p s t h e most o u t r a g e o u s leg i s la t ion t h a t ever d i s g r a c e d ou r S t a t u t e Book is t h e H o u s i n g Ac t . This A c t and i t s p r e d e c e s s o r s legal ise and e n f o r c e spo l i a t i on and conf i s -ca t ion of p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y . I c a n n o t imag ine a n y t h i n g more c rude ly u n j u s t t h a n a l aw which a l lows one m a n t o r e m a i n in possess ion of the p r o p e r t y of a n o t h e r as does t h i s A c t . I have m e t w i t h severa l i n s t a n c e s of h a r d -w o r k i n g men who h a v e p u t t h e i r l i f e ' s s a v i n g s in to t h e p u r c h a s e of a house , and a f t e r t h e l apse of f i v e yea r s c a n n o t g e t possess ion of t h e i r house. To be s u r e t h e o w n e r - if he can be cal led s u c h — o b t a i n s r en t , o r as much as t h e law a l lows in m o s t cases w o e f u l l y be low t h e real w o r t h , as t h e 7 pe r cen t , a l lowed is based on t h e "va lue as in 1914." W h a t

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an o u t c r y w o u l d be r a i s e d b y o u r p a t r i o t i c P u b l i c S e r v a n t s if t h e i r s a l a r i e s a n d t h e i r n u m b e r s w e r e r e d u c e d t o t h e 1914 level!

As an i l l u s t r a t i o n of t h e c r u d e w o r k i n g of t h i s l aw I q u o t e t h e f o l l o w i n g i n s t a n c e , f o r w h i c h I can v o u c h : Seven h o u s e s in t h e s a m e s t r e e t , b u i l t on t h e s a m e m o d e l on t h e s a m e s ized s e c t i o n s w e r e o w n e d b y a m a n a n d l e t t o t e n a n t s . In a t e s t ca se t h e M a g i s t r a t e f i x e d t h e r en t a l a t 2 7 / 6 p e r w e e k . On an a p p l i c a t i o n t o h a v e t h e o t h e r r e n t a l s f i x e d , w i t h p r e c i s e l y t h e s a m e w i t n e s s e s b u t a d i f -f e r e n t M a g i s t r a t e , t h e r e n t a l of t h e o t h e r s ix h o u s e s w a s f i x e d a t 18/- . T h a t t h e a m o u n t of one ' s i n c o m e f r o m o n e ' s o w n p r o p e r t y s h o u l d d e p e n d on t h e dec i s ion of a Magis -t r a t e is s t r a n g e e n o u g h , b u t t h a t t w o Mag-i s t r a t e s s h o u l d d i f f e r by 50 p e r c e n t , is ludi -c r o u s .

A n o t h e r p e r n i c i o u s m e a s u r e w h i c h is l a r g e -ly r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e p r e s e n t h a r d t i m e s is t h e M o r a t o r i u m . T h i s u n j u s t m e a s u r e w h i c h r o b s one c l a s s t o c o n v e n i e n c e a n o t h e r is ob-j e c t i o n a b l e in i t s l a s t i n g e f f e c t s . T h e m o r t -gage , w h i c h h a s been t h e p r i n c i p a l m e a n s of p l a c i n g c a p i t a l a t t h e d i s p o s a l of f a r m e r s , h a s been b r o u g h t i n t o d i s r e p u t e w i t h i n v e s t -o r s f r o m w h i c h i t will t a k e y e a r s t o r e c o v e r . T h e p a n d e r i n g to t h e d e b t o r c l a s s h a s led t o a p o p u l a r d i s r e g a r d of t h e s a c r e d r i g h t s w i t h w h i c h e v e r y c o n t r a c t s h o u l d be c l o t h e d . In f a c t , if on ly e n o u g h p e o p l e ge t i n t o f i n a n c i a l d i f f i c u l t i e s , i t h a s b e c o m e a p o p u l a r idea t h a t t h e G o v e r n m e n t m u s t s t e p in t o s a v e t h e m . T h e d a m a g e t o c r e d i t , t h e m o s t d e l i c a t e of all m e c h a n i s m s , a n d t h e i n c r e a s e of com-m e r c i a l i m m o r a l i t y a n d t h e e n o r m o u s i m p e t u s t o s p e c u l a t i o n a r e n a t u r a l c o n s e q u e n c e s . In p a s s i n g I m i g h t m e n t i o n t h a t t h i s m e a s u r e does n o t a p p l y t o B a n k s a n o t h e r i n s t a n c e of c l a s s l e g i s l a t i o n .

Y e t a n o t h e r i n t e r f e r e n c e w i t h t h e f i n a n c i a l i n s t i t u t i o n s of t h e c o m m e r c i a l w o r l d m e r i t s c o m m e n t . I r e f e r to t h e p r o t e c t i o n a f f o r d e d t o R e t u r n e d So ld i e r s . N o t h i n g m o r e p e r n i -c ious t o t h e c r e d i t of t h e s e w o r t h y m e n cou ld h a v e been dev i sed t h a n t h e r e g u l a t i o n s

w h i c h e n a b l e t h e m o r e u n s c r u p u l o u s o n e s t o i n c u r d e b t on e v e r y s ide w i t h o u t t h e s l i g h t -est c h a n c e of b e i n g m a d e t o pay . T h e i r h o n e s t c o m r a d e s h a v e s u f f e r e d e n o r m o u s l y , and t h e i n n o c e n t p e o p l e w h o have b e e n de-f r a u d e d a r e i n n u m e r a b l e .

W h a t t h e n is t h e r e s u l t of all t h i s c r u d e l e g i s l a t i o n , w i t h o u t w h i c h o u r f o r e f a t h e r s m a n a g e d q u i t e we l l? N a t u r a l l y t h e r e h a s been an e n o r m o u s i n c r e a s e in t h e n u m b e r o t Civil S e r v a n t s . In A u s t r a l i a t h e n u m b e r of G o v e r n m e n t E m p l o y e e s h a s i n c r e a s e d 300 p e r c e n t , in 20 y e a r s , a n d t h e r e is r e a s o n t o be-l ieve t h a t t h e f i g u r e s a r e s i m i l a r f o r N e w Z e a l a n d . One in six of t h e m a l e v o t e r s in A u s t r a l i a a r e G o v e r n m e n t E m p l o y e e s . T h e po l i t i ca l p o w e r of such a b o d y c a n n o t be ig-n o r e d , a n d t h a t p o w e r is by i t s v e r y n a t u r e c u m u l a t i v e .

U n l e s s , t h e r e f o r e , a f i r m s t a n d a n d an h o n e s t e n d e a v o u r a r e m a d e t o m a k e j u s t a n d r e a s o n a b l e l aws , w e will be f a c e d w i t h P r u s -s i a n i s m p u r e and s i m p l e . T h e r e a c t i o n f r o m s u c h a s y s t e m w e see in G e r m a n y t o - d a y a s t a t e l i t t l e s h o r t of a n a r c h y . T h e on ly r e m e d y is t o check t h e m a d c r a z e f o r h a s t y l e g i s l a t i o n , a n d t o be c o n t e n t w i t h t h e b r o a d r u l e s of p a s t g e n e r a t i o n s . Not on ly in o u r S t a t u t e s bu t in o u r local by - l aws , o u r m u n i -c i p a l e n t e r p r i s e s a n d o u r S t a t e I n s t i t u t i o n s we see t h i s m o d e r n c r a z e fo r r u l e s a n d m o r e r u l e s . T h e n u m b e r of mrtla /iro/iibifa is e v e r - i n c r e a s -

ing, a n d n o t d e c r e a s i n g as s h o u l d be t h e case in an e n l i g h t e n e d a n d p r o g r e s s i v e c o u n t r y . I t r e s t s w i t h us all t h e n t o s t a n d f i r m a n d r e s i s t a n y f u r t h e r e n c r o a c h m e n t on o u r t r a d i -t i ona l l i b e r t i e s ; and t o see t h a t e ach n e w r u l e o r l aw is t h o r o u g h l y w e i g h e d b e f o r e i t s e n a c t m e n t . W e m u s t see too t h a t t h e ob-j e c t i o n a b l e m e a s u r e s a r e r e p e a l e d ; a n d t h a t G o v e r n m e n t shal l be f o r t h e good of t h e w h o l e c o m m u n i t y , and n o t m e r e l y f o r one s e c t i o n . And l a s t l y we m u s t m a k e s t r e n u o u s e f f o r t s t o d e c r e a s e t h e n u m b e r s a n d t h e p o w e r of G o v e r n m e n t O f f i c i a l s l e s t w e be-c o m e t h e i r s l aves . B U G M A L L .

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Poetry—Or Not

UN D E R the above heading one of oiu con tempora r i e s by name, we th ink , The Wor ld ' s News publ ishes much

which is d igni f ied by the name of verse, and which is penned by a s p i r a n t s to poet ic laur-els. I t is of t w o kinds: Poe t ry and Not . The fo l lowing f r a g m e n t , which is decidedly of t he l a t t e r c lass i f ica t ion , has been w r i t t e n by t he Business member of t he magaz ine s t a f f , who, not s a t i s f i ed wi th a t t e n d i n g to his own end of t he Kiwi t h a t is t he hill-must needs have a f i n g e r in the edi tor ia l pie, with t he r a t h e r appa l l ing r e su l t which ap-pears below. We publ ish t h i s e f f u s i o n as an a w f u l example to our budd ing poets , wi th a s t e rn w a r n i n g lest they let t he i r poet ic t em-p e r a m e n t so ca r ry them as t r ay . Mo t to : "So per ish all who do t he like again ."

NOTE: The poem as given h e r e u n d e r is in-complete , the r emain ing 615 lines having been convenient ly lost by the p r i n t e r . This oblig-ing gen t l eman la te r *tib r<>.<a received an i l luminated adress and a hea r ty vote of t h a n k s f rom the edi tor ia l s t a f f . So much the Business Manager suspec t s , b u t cannot prove. Proceedings are pending .

" P O N D E R A B I L I A . " (This is La t in ) .

Out f rom the lucubra t ions of my mind My hal f -baked t h o u g h t s do t h u s resolve

themselves , To be quick-clothed in verse of gorgeous hue. A t t i r e d f o r f l i g h t in to poe t ic realms. The edi tor ia l f i a t has gone f o r t h , A s t e rn edic t which I m u s t not t r a n s g r e s s . "The 'Kiwi ' shall not be too personal ." In consequence my scope is l imited; I cannot here discuss high d ign i t a r i e s The powers t h a t be the Profs , or A.B.C. I cannot even speak of f a c t s like these

Of Gordon and t h e ladies t h a t he loved; Of John and all t he ladies t h a t love him; Of Inez's " f i a s co" as she calls him, Though r u m o u r sa i th t h a t he's a decen t fe l low. And rumour fo r th i s once does not tell lies. Alas! concern ing these my Muse is sti l l . I canno t even vent my w r a t h on those Base soulless men who conscienceless remove The padlock f r o m my locker and t a k e ou t The cocoa, milk, and sugar , t o depr ive Me of my sus tenance . This I'll disclose The E d i t o r is one. Let him beware! A ta le is now in te rpo la t ed here To poin t a moral and adorn t h e verse In case t h e weary reader s t a r t s to yawn. A diner in a r e s t a u r a n t gr imly called The wa i t e r , saying, "Bea r me hence w i th

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This cheese." The menial answered back: " W h a t ' s wrong wi th i t , s i r? Is it not all

r i g h t ? " "Too r igh t , " said he; " i t ' s e a t i n g up my

b read!" The moral of t he ta le is only th is Beware , lest being fond of cheese you look Incau t ious down a h igh-power microscope, When at a science coversazione, To see weird bugs t h a t crawl and squ i rm and

kick, And th ink t h a t they inhab i t w h a t you ea t . Here is a n o t h e r sc ien t i f i c f ac t At Sci. Soc. mee t ings h u n g r y hordes ar r ived Lured by t h e magical word supper b u t Such was the keenness of the Sec re t a ry T h a t those who came to scoff r emained

to pay, And o-oodly shekels filled the Treasury .

[This is where t he P r i n t e r burned t he r e s t . Heaven bless him!. Ed.]

An Open Letter. Fellow S t u d e n t s ,

WITHIN the nex t t h r ee years you will have a g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y an oppor-t u n i t y to make some small r e t u r n fo r

w h a t you have gained and are gaining f r o m your Univers i ty . Your College is giving you your t r a i n i n g as ci t izens, in addi t ion to pro-

viding you wi th t he e n t r a n c e t o your p ro fes -sion, and now looks to you to hand on your sum of ach ievements and advan t ages to those who will fol low in your way.

The old bui ld ings in which t he Unive r s i ty is housed will soon give way to a home of b e a r i n g w o r t h i e r of New Zealand 's l a rges t

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ci ty . B u t b e f o r e t h i s can be, you m u s t c o u n t t h e cos t and he lp t o m e e t your A lma M a t e r ' s need. The College Council have reso lu te ly la id down a policy of m a k i n g a d e q u a t e p ro-vision f o r all t h e f a c u l t i e s of t h e College, even a t a cos t exceed ing t h e p r e s e n t f u n d s avai lable , r a t h e r t h a n m a k e s h i f t w i t h t e m -p o r a r y accomoda t i on w i t h i n t h e c o m p a s s of t h e i r f i n a n c e s .

The cos t of t h e new bu i ld ings has been inc reased by severa l t h o u s a n d p o u n d s in o r d e r t o p rov ide s u f f i c i e n t social a c c o m o d a t i o n f o r t h e s t u d e n t s of t h e College. F o r some m o n t h s p a s t a j o i n t c o m m i t t e e of m e m b e r s of t h e Council , G r a d u a t e s , S t a f f and S t u d e n t s have d i scussed p roposed a r r a n g e m e n t s f o r social and c o m m o n room fac i l i t i e s f o r s t u d e n t s . The p lans have now been f ina l i sed . The s t u d e n t s of t h e new College a r e t o be housed in a s e p a r a t e block in k e e p i n g w i t h t h e des ign of t h e main bu i ld ing , a n d will en joy t h e use of common rooms , r e c r e a t i o n and r e a d i n g rooms, c o m m i t t e e rooms and c o m m o n d i n i n g hall , whi le t h e ma in bu i ld ing h a s been spec ia l ly inc reased in size t o inc lude an a s sembly hall, s e a t i n g 400 people , and h a v i n g an u p p e r gal-lery in add i t ion . This hal l will be ava i lab le f o r College f u n c t i o n s , and f o r s t u d e n t m e e t -ings, and will se rve t h e social needs of t h e College f o r m a n y yea r s t o come.

A c c o m o d a t i o n f o r t h e s t u d e n t s has t h u s been gene rous ly p rov ided f o r in f a c t , m o r e gene rous ly t h a n you r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s had deemed poss ib le . In t h i s connexion t h e r e is a m a t t e r of mos t vi ta l i m p o r t t o us all as p r e s e n t s . tents. The e x t r a cos t of t h e new bu i ld ings , p r o b a b l y as much as £25,000, m u s t be m e t by p r i v a t e s u b s c r i p t i o n w i t h i n t h e n e x t t h r e e years .

It is t r u e t h a t we ourse lves will never en-

An Idyll of

NOW, in t h e days of which t h e sages tell , In t h o s e f a r days w h e n f o l k a t ' V a r s i t y Did very l i t t le work -or none a t all,

( F a r d i f f ' r e n t is t h e u s a g e now, f o r each I m p r o v e s t h e s h i n i n g h o u r as b e s t he may A n d some a re known to w o r k e i g h t days a

week) In t h o s e days , when one d i d n ' t give a d _ _ n If one did m i s s a l e c t u r e or a lab., And D y, of t h e P r o f e s s o r i a l B o a r d W a s C h a i r m a n , Sfrr/i/m/i ' m o n g s t t h e c rowd

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joy t h e c o m f o r t a b l e fac i l i t i e s of t h e new bu id ings . Our t r a i n i n g and o u r work , our f u n and p l e a s a n t assoc ia t ions , have all c e n t r e d round a r a m s h a c k l e d r e a r y b u i l d i n g which , t h r o u g h lack of space and c o m f o r t s f o r c e s us to w a n d e r round t h e t o w n to f i n d a p lace t o hold o u r m e e t i n g s and ou r social f u n c t i o n s . B u t t h e g r e a t e r is our d e b t on t h a t a ccoun t . The very e x i s t e n c e of ou r Un ive r s i t y w e owe to t h e s a c r i f i c e and e f f o r t s of ear ly p ioneers , and t h e only way t h a t we can real ise t h e i r a ims and a s p i r a t i o n s is by h a n d i n g on to f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s t h e f r u i t s of o u r own toil .

Your Assoc ia t ion is sens ib le of t h e oppor -t u n i t y b e f o r e us all. A beg inn ing has been m a d e t o ra ise our s h a r e of the- cos t of t h e new College. Some seven h u n d r e d pounds a r e now in hand , w i t h a n o t h e r t h r e e h u n d r e d p romised b e f o r e S e p t e m b e r nex t . The pro-ceeds of t h e Carniva l t h i s yea r will swell t h e f u n d , and your r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s have a s su red the College Council t h a t d u r i n g t h e n e x t t h r e e yea r s t h e s t u d e n t s of t h e College by t h e i r own e f f o r t s will e n d e a v o u r t o r a i se subsc r i p t i o n s a t t h e r a t e of £600 pe r year . This is no l ight t a s k , b u t t h e College dese rves i t all, and more . W h a t c o u n t s in such a case is your who le -hea r t ed individual pe r sona l e f f o r t , and t h e w r i t e r is c o n f i d e n t t h a t , w i t h such help, t h e College will no t only equal , b u t exceed t h e f i g u r e we have s e t b e f o r e us as ou r goal.

We c a n n o t r e s t un t i l o u r d e b t is pa id ; ou r d e b t we c a n n o t pay w i t h o u t your help, and we know t h a t your r e sponse t o your College 's appea l will ra i se a l a s t i n g m o n u m e n t to Col-lege Days.

A L A N L E O N A R D , P r e s i d e n t , Auck land U n i v e r s i t y S t u d e n t s ' Assoc ia t ion . 13th Ju ly . 1922.

the College. The vain, inane, t h e p l ea su re - s eek ing c rowd Young Sfrr/i/ioH. whom t h e Graces a t his

b i r t h E n d o w e d wi th all a c c o m p l i s h m e n t and c h a r m Such as becomes a man a y o u t h indeed In pe r son b e a u t e o u s and no less in mind , Who held in scorn t h e idle f eck less m o b And ever s e t his cou r se by D u t y ' s s t a i y I'm coming t o t h e p o i n t ; t h i s vile b lank verse J u s t will r u n on when l eas t i t ' s w a n t e d to When all t h e f a c t s a l luded to above,

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Moved, had the i r be ing , and w e r e h a p p e n i n g Concu r r en t l y Young Stn-jilum fell in low!

How p i t eous w a s his f a l l — a h ! woe is me! B u t cease, my f l u t t ' r i n g h e a r t ! (as Duhimn,<

says) Sin /i/kiii. b e f o r e t h e t i m e of which I speak , Had been a gen t l e , very p e r f e c t k n i g h t , And loved by all t h e ladies w h o m he knew. Or who knew him, i t m a t t e r e d no t ; b u t he In sp i t e of all his w i n n i n g m a n l y grace , In s p i t e of m a n n e r s b u t t e r e d and po l i t e . In s p i t e of d a n c i n g like a w a n t o n goa t , In s p i t e of t a k i n g p a r t in L i t . c lub p lays , And s lushy ones a t t h a t (You ne 'e r can te l l ! ) He ye t r ema ined h e a r t whole and f ancy f r e e . And all his t h o u g h t s were t h o u g h t s of Kauri

(1 it m. For he had been b r o u g h t u p a Methody , To such ' t i s work , no t love, t h a t c o n q u e r s all And p leasure , b u t a ' l u r e m e n t of t h e devil . N a t h l e s s , he was a p e r f e c t ba lanced y o u t h , And took de l igh t in man ly c o n t e s t keen, And ever s t rove his f o e t o overcome, W h e t h e r a t p i n g - p o n g or upon t h e f ie ld W h e r e e igh t -ounce ba l l s go s c r e a m i n g p a s t

one 's ea r And goal ies cu r se t h e day t hey w e r e born , And p a d s t h a t screen b u t do n o t shield t h e i r

shins . For he could p lay t h e g a m e of h o q u e t well ; A good half g a m e he p layed , and s logged

amain , And h i t t h e ball as o f t e n as he missed . B u t so f t , my Muse! A s a d d e r n o t e now su i t s , The a l t e red cadence of my m o u r n f u l lay. Now shall I tel l how g l o r i o u s sirrp/mn fel l , How Sin ilium fell f r o m t h a t h igh eminence On which his m e r i t and t h e publ ic vo te Had placed h im long b e f o r e ; he fel l in Ion ! How m o u r n f u l t o r e l a t e ! How many men Of g r a v e s t w o r t h have ended t h e i r c a r e e r s In t h i s s a m e wise; one e p i t a p h f o r all "He fell in love." So w a s it t hen wi th

Sfrr/i/iou.

She, t h e a u t h o r of his fa l l , a s l ende r t h ing , I'hylHs she h igh t , well sk i l l ed in f e m a l e a r t - . To c r e e p i n to t h e easy h e a r t of m a n She t r ave l l ed by t h e t r a i n t h a t he a f f e c t e d , She saw t h a t he was handsome , debona i r ; She not iced t h a t he ne i the r smoked nor swore N o r d r a n k nor chewed tobacco nor wore

socks 111 coloured socks, t h a t is, of d e a f ' n i n g hue T h a t r ise and s t r i k e one looking in t h e eye, Which m a n y men a f f e c t t o p u t i t s h o r t He w a s a s w e e t , we l l -manne red m o d e s t y o u t h

W h o m any damse l m i g h t be p r o u d to own, A n d so she p u t f o r t h all her f e m a l e cha rms , He r spec ious c h a r m s , t o win his g lor ious

h e a r t .

And so t h e weeks d r a g g e d on; t h e r e came a day,

A S a t u r d a y on R e m u e r a ' s g reen , W h e n Sfn.phoii t u r n e d u p mi s s ing t o his s ide; And as t h e t e a m did b a t t l e f o r r enown He on t h e s ide- l ine s tood , and w a t c h e d t h e

g a m e The Seniors p layed , c o m m e n t i n g every s t r o k e To her who s tood bes ide him, and he r a u n t , Who held t h e o t h e r w i n g as chape rone . A d i l igen t , o f f i c i o u s c h a p e r o n e Tho ' none p e r h a p s w a s needed (un l ike she To Mrs. H -s, who is a p t t o snooze A t m o o n l i g h t p icnics w h e n t h e moon new

risen Peeps t h r o u g h the hor izon ta l m i s t y air Shorn of her b e a m s ) . And so f r o m w o r s e t o

worse ; W h e r e a t a dance he f o r m e r l y would have Ten d i f f e r e n t dances w i t h t en va r ious gir ls , He now has t h r e e or f o u r w i t h one alone. And work no m o r e is t o him as a god, (He c u t a l e c t u r e b u t t h e o t h e r d a y ) , And t h o u g h some t h o u g h t s a r e yet of K a u r i

gum, They a re not long, long t h o u g h t s of Kau i"

gum. Why should I f u r t h e r rack m i n e ach ing h e a r t ? N o more r e m a i n s t o tell and if t h e r e did, S u f f i c i e n t f o r my p u r p o s e has been to ld . This is t h e t a l e of Sln/i/ioii. once t h e p r ide Of V a r s i t y ; he r hope and good r i g h t ha l f , Now fa l l en to such d e p t h s : how low he lies. How now dese rv ing kicks , how now t h e scorn If t h o s e who loved, a d m i r e d or envied h im, In those g rea t days d e p a r t e d ! Never m o r e Did he win back t h e love and r eve rence Which had been his w h a t t i m e he used t o be A beacon and l igh t t o all t h e College. Such are t h e w a y s of Love. I t s eems q u i t e

plain

T h a t t h o s e are h a p p i e r whom t h e Bl ind God spa re s ,

Or who, b e f o r e his s h a f t has d r iven deep, C o n t r i v e t o s h u f f l e o f f t h i s m o r t a l coil, And c h e a t him of his p rey ; b u t thou, young-

man . T a k e w a r n i n g by t h e t a l e of Strep/ion a fa l l , And if t h o u w i s h e s t to call t h y soul t h i n e

own, T h r o u g h o u t t h y days , be a m i s o g y n i s t !

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Tennis at the Tournament. r T is some cons ide rab l e t i m e s ince I had I t h e p l e a s u r e of see ing an in te r -Col lege

* Tenn i s T o u r n a m e n t , a n d I w a s very g lad t o have an o p p o r t u n i t y t h i s E a s t e r of w a t c h -ing t h e p lay of t he r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of t h e var i -ous Colleges and m a k i n g an e s t i m a t e of t h e i r c o m p a r a t i v e m e r i t s and d e f e c t s . Whi le I am incl ined t o t h i n k t h a t , in some r e s p e c t s , the p lay w a s ha rd ly u p t o t h e s t a n d a r d of some f o r m e r years , i t s eemed t o me t h a t t h e r e w a s a g r e a t deal of genu ine t a l e n t d i sp layed , and t h e whole e x h i b i t i o n w a s very i n t e r e s t i n g and e n t e r t a i n i n g .

sound and v igorous play, especia l ly w i t h t h e aid of a s t r o n g service , a f i n e f o r e - h a n d dr ive and e x c e p t i o n a l l y good a l l - round volleying, she p r a c t i c a l l y d o m i n a t e d t h e s i t ua t i on whi le she was on t h e c o u r t , and did a g r e a t deal t o w a r d t h e v i c t o r y f o r ou r College.

P e r h a p s I can b e s t exp la in my views a b o u t t h e c h a r a c t e r of t h e p lay by d i scuss ing s o m e of t h e p r inc ipa l p l a y e r s s e p a r a t e l y , and a t t h e s a m e t i m e r e v i e w i n g some of the m o r e i m p o r t a n t m a t c h e s in t u r n .

A m o n g t h e men i t w a s a s s u m e d t h a t t h e w inne r of t h e Singles would be e i t h e r W o r k e r

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As all t h e r e a d e r s of t h e " K i w i " know, t h e A u c k l a n d t e a m won, and, in my opinion, t h e y dese rved t o win. On t h e m e n ' s s ide we h a d no invincib le champion , t h o u g h Nicholson , w i t h his g r e a t a c t i v i t y and p e r s i s t e n c y , is a lways a h a r d m a n t o b e a t , and E n t w i s t l e , t h o u g h l ack ing in e x p e r i e n c e and incl ined to r eck less and even d e s p e r a t e m e t h o d s on oc-casion, h a s a good i n s t i n c t f o r t h e game. B u t a m o n g t h e lady p l aye r s Miss K n i g h t w a s c e r t a i n l y t h e o u t s t a n d i n g f i g u r e , and by he r

ng to N I C H O L S O N ( A . U . C . ) W. Bealtie, Photo

(Can t . Col.) or one of t h e O t a g o men ( S m y t h or Lusk ) or one of t h e A u c k l a n d r e p r e s e n t -a t ives (Nicholson or E n t w i s t l e ) . As i t t u r n e d o u t Lusk won, and I t h i n k t h a t , on t h e p lay shown, he dese rved t o win. I have a lways r e g a r d e d W o r k e r as hav ing t h e mak-ings of a f i r s t - c l a s s p layer ; b u t I don ' t t h ink t h a t he has i m p r o v e d so m u c h as I expec t ed yea r s ago w h e n I f i r s t p layed h im on t h e T r a i n i n g Col lege Cour t s . He has a f i ne fo re -hand , w i t h p l e n t y of l i f t and spin, and his

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service is q u i t e severe , t h o u g h a l i t t l e er-r a t i c . His back hand is s o m e t i m e s s u r p r i s -ingly good when he g e t s a clean s t r a i g h t dr ive o f f a d r o p p i n g ba l l ; a n d he can h i t h a r d over head. B u t , l ike so many p u n i s h i n g play-ers , he does not con t ro l or d i r ec t his s t r o k e s well; he is f a r t oo anx ious t o score o f f every ball , no m a t t e r how d i f f i c u l t t h e pos i t ion is; and u n f o r t u n a t e l y , he has no t t h e r i g h t t em-p e r a m e n t f o r a hard uphi l l s t r u g g l e . This l a s t d e f e c t c a m e o u t c lear ly in t h e f ina l of t h e Men's Singles , when he w a s b e a t e n by Lusk, in t h e f ina l of t h e Men's Doub les when he and Tench , t h o u g h t h e y had in my opin ion t h e be s t of t h e play, w e r e b e a t e n by t h e Auck land pai r , and in t h e f ina l of t h e Mixed Doubles , when W o r k e r and Miss P a r t r i d g e , a f t e r w inn ing t h e f i r s t se t easily, w e r e w o r n down and b e a t e n bad ly in t h e l a s t s e t . I t may seem a lmos t unk ind to say th i s , b u t in every case it seemed t o me t h a t W o r k e r lost t h e m a t c h or c o n t r i b u t e d l a rge ly t o t h e de-f e a t of h is s ide by his i nab i l i t y t o f i n i s h o f f a volley decisively a t t h e r i g h t m o m e n t , ot-to keep cool and s t a n d u p a g a i n s t a s t e a d y and p e r s i s t e n t a t t a c k .

Lusk ce r t a in ly dese rved t o b e a t W o r k e r on t h e day ' s d isp lay , f o r he w a s m u c h t h e s t e a d i e r of t h e two , and d i sp l ayed m u c h be t -t e r j u d g m e n t t h a n his o p p o n e n t when in d i f f i c u l t i e s . Lusk has m a n y va luab le qua l i f i -ca t ions f o r success in the t e n n i s c o u r t , as he is w o n e r f u l l y ac t ive a n d agi le m a n y of his recover ies in his m a t c h w i t h W o r k e r w e r e qu i t e marve l lous he has a good serv ice and very f a i r s t r o k e s o f f t h e g r o u n d on b o t h s ides, and some of his low vol leying is ex-t r e m e l y c r ed i t ab l e . He would in my opinion, have f i n i shed W o r k e r o f f much m o r e rap id ly and decisively if he had w a t c h e d eage r ly f o r a s h o r t lob or an upp i sh s t r o k e , and gone in a t once to kill it, i n s t e a d of s t a y i n g so much a t the back of t h e cou r t . A l i t t l e m o r e c o n f i d e n c e in his own vol leying power , and a r e s o l u t e d e t e r m i n a t i o n t o s m a s h lobs i n s t e a d of p a t t i n g t h e m back would m a k e Lusk ( w i t h a f e w yea r s m o r e e x p e r i e n c e ) a ve ry f o r m i d a b l e p laye r in any company .

Of our own Singles men, E n t w i s t l e s h a p e d m o r e like an e f f e c t i v e t e n n i s p layer t h a n N ich -olson, and he m a d e a good f i g h t w i t h Lusk . B u t in my opinion E n t w i s t l e would not b e a t Lusk when t h e O t a g o man is p l ay ing as ac-c u r a t e l y as in his f ina l a g a i n s t W o r k e r . E n t -w i s t l e has a s t r o n g f o r e h a n d dr ive, b u t he c o n s t a n t l y f o r g e t s t h a t if t h a t s o r t of s t r o k e

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is t o go over and keep ins ide t h e c o u r t , t h e ball m u s t be t a k e n a t t h e t o p of t h e bound . On the l a s t day, in t h e f ina l of t h e Mixed Doubles , E n t w i s t l e m a d e some p a r t i c u l a r l y f i n e s t r o k e s o f f high r i s ing bal ls , and he scored in t h e s a m e way in t h e f ina l of t h e Men's Doubles a g a i n s t W o r k e r and Tench . B u t f a r t oo o f t e n he t r i e s to t a k e th i s s t r o k e a t g r e a t speed , when the ball is f a l l i ng , or nea r t h e g r o u n d of course w i t h d i s a s t r o u s re-su l t s . I was g lad t o see t h a t E n t w i s t l e has improved his back hand vas t l y in t h e las t t w o yea r s by s t a n d i n g well away f r o m t h e ball as he h i t s . Good f o o t w o r k is t h e g r e a t e r pa r t of a good back hand , and t h o u g h E n t -wi s t l e f o r g e t s now and t h e n , and le t s t h e o t h e r man " c r o w d " his b a c k h a n d , his s t r o k e is now on t h e r i g h t lines, and when he fol-lows t h r o u g h w i t h t h e r a c q u e t i t is q u i t e e f f e c t i v e . F o r t h e r e s t E n t w i s t l e is r e m a r k -ably ac t ive and quick a b o u t t h e cour t , and nea r t h e ne t he volleys w i t h decis ion. Over-head, however , he is o f t e n weak, and in t h e f ina l of t h e Mixed Doubles i t was only by go ing close up to t h e ne t and vol leying h a r d t h a t he he lped Miss K i g h t t o b r i n g o f f a good win f o r Auck land .

Nicholson , ou r o t h e r f i r s t s t r i n g , is a very unusua l t y p e of p layer . He holds t h e r a c q u e t very s h o r t , wh ich of course , w e a k e n s all his s t r o k e s , and he c r a m p s himsel f s t i l l m o r e — espec ia l ly on his f o r e h a n d by g e t t i n g d o w n beh ind his r a c q u e t and p u s h i n g i n s t e a d of s t a n d i n g well away f r o m t h e ball and h i t t i n g . This push s t r o k e se rves him well when he is lobbing , wh ich he does very p e r s i s t e n t l y and w i t h g r e a t success , b u t his g r i p and his de-livery a r e so d e f e c t i v e t h a t it is q u i t e won-d e r f u l t o see him b e a t p laye r s who a t f i r s t s i g h t look a whole c lass b e t t e r t h a n h imse l f . The reason t h a t he wins so m a n y m a t c h e s is t h a t he is ve ry ac t ive , a lways in good t r a i n -ing and r eady t o " r u n a h u n d r e d mi l e s " on t h e cou r t , t h a t his s h o r t vol leying is a c c u r a t e , and t h a t he has a r e m a r k a b l y good i n s t i n c t f o r p l ac ing and f o r " p i c k i n g his ba l l " ; In o t h e r w o r d s , he u n d e r s t a n d s e x a c t l y when he o u g h t t o come in f o r a volley, and whi le he does no t m a k e t h e p reva i l i ng m i s t a k e of t r y i n g t o score o f f every ball, he k n o w s when he o u g h t t o m a k e a decis ive e f f o r t , and how to t u r n t o good accoun t any e r r o r of his op-p o n e n t s . F o r t h e s e reasons , he is a very good Doub les p a r t n e r , and I was p a r t i c u l a r l y s t r u c k by his d i sp lay in t h e l a s t s e t of t h e Men's Doubles f ina l , when , w i t h h i s p a r t n e r

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a l i t t l e e r r a t i c , and the C a n t e r b u r y men f i g h t i n g ha rd to t h e las t , Nicholson, t hough evident ly t i red , pulled himself t o g e t h e r and " rushed t h e n e t " in t ime to f in i sh off a ha rd s t r u g g l e at 9-7. There was no doub t in my mind t h a t t he win was due chief ly to Nicholson 's s t ead iness and good genera l sh ip . Fo r W o r k e r and Tench are a s t r o n g p a i r -Tench in pa r t i cu l a r smashed and volleyed well and they combined b e t t e r t han our men, and in Doubles good combina t ion m a r k s the f i r s t s t e p t o w a r d s victory. P e r h a p s I o u g h t to add, in ju s t i ce to t he o t h e r men, t h a t the d a m p c o u r t s seemed to me to su i t Nicholson f a r b e t t e r t h a n mos t of t he o the r players . In p a r t i c u l a r I th ink t h a t Smyth , of Otago (a capable p layer wi th s t r o n g service and dr ive) , would have bea ten him on a dry cour t , as t he O t a g o man, who was heavier and s lower t h a n Nicholson, was clearly very much e m b a r r a s s e d by t h e heavy going, and t h e low bound of t h e balls. B u t if Nichol-son only t h o u g h t it w o r t h his while to recon-s t r u c t his g r i p and his o le-ground s t rokes a l toge ther , he would be a l ine Doubles player anywhere .

Now as to t h e ladies: As I have aready said, Miss K n i g h t ou t shone all t h e o t h e r c o m p e t i t o r s on her side of t he t o u r n a m e n t . Her service and dr iving, backed u p by really s t r o n g volleying, was too much fo r her op-ponen ts . Though Miss Bal lantyne , in the f inal of the Ladies ' Singles, gave her "a good r u n " t h e r e was n o t h i n g in the Otage gir l ' s play b u t p e r s i s t e n t ac t iv i ty , and when Miss K n i g h t had had t ime to size up t he s i t ua t ion and began to go in on the r i g h t ball, she very soon se t t l ed the m a t t e r . Of t he o the r girls , by f a r t h e m o s t p romis ing was Miss P a r t -r idge, who volleys in except ional ly good s tyle . N o t only can she h i t ha rd overhead wi th a genuine "s lam," b u t she t akes low volleys hard , usino- her w r i s t t o ra ise t he ball in a way t h a t very f ew men could su rpas s . B u t she lacks s tead iness , and would need a g r e a t deal of exper ience to cope wi th Miss K n i g h t on equal t e r m s . I m u s t a d m i t t h a t I saw no th ing d i s t inc t ive abou t t he play of the o the r gir ls f r o m t h e South . I would like to r e m a r k however , t h a t our Miss Mueller, t hough she is o f t e n uns t eady , and some t imes reckless , deserves c r ed i t fo r t ak ing r i sks by coming up cons t an t l y to the net , and while t h e r e w a t c h i n g t h e ball ca re fu l ly . Several t imes I saw Miss Mueller score po in t s by " fo l lowing t he ba l l" and mak ing a winning

h i t when i t was driven or volleyed s t r a i g h t t o w a r d s her. On one occasion she was close to t h e net , and one of t he C a n t e r b u r y girls was engaged in smash ing a short lob r igh t a t her. I had given u p the poin t as lost ; b u t Miss Mueller r e f u s e d to r e t r e a t or t u r n her back and, w a t c h i n g t h e ball ca re fu l ly on to her own racque t , placed i t nea t ly ou t of the reach of her opponen t s , w i th a very e f f e c t i v e l i t t le volley. I ap lauded t h a t s t r o k e loudly, because it i l lus t ra ted precisely t he impor t -ance of t h a t f ine old maxim, a t leas t as im-p o r t a n t a t t ennis as a t c r icke t " w a t c h the bal l!" I ough t to remark also in regard to Miss Mueller t h a t while she has a power fu l f o r ehand ,she found t h a t she was dr iv ing out f r equen t ly , and a f t e r one or t w o f a i lu re s general ly fell back on slow s t u f f t h a t was some t imes severely punished. Yet all t h a t was w r o n g wi th her severe drive was t h a t she was h i t t i ng , w i t h o u t j u d g m e n t , at t he wrong ball, or too f a r away f r o m the r i g h t one. I t canno t be too o f t e n r epea ted t h a t no one can depend on driving a shor t ball f r o m near the cen t r e of t he cour t w i th t he same accuracy as a long r e t u r n f r o m near t he base line; and when a drive goes out, in nine cases ou t of ten, it is because t he ball was t aken too low t h a t is, a f t e r i t had be-gun to fal l , and t h e r e f o r e had to be l i f t ed high to clear t he net .

P e r h a p s I m i g h t a p p r o p r i a t e l y close these r a t h e r d iscurs ive r e m a r k s wi th a f ew general c o m m e n t s sugges t ed to me by t he me thods and d e f e c t s of t he var ious p layers as I wa tched t he t o u r n a m e n t . In t he f i r s t place I was more impressed t h a n ever wi th t he value of t he "good l eng th" ball. Most Singles p layers men and women alike play chief ly f r o m the back of the cour t , and ye t they rare ly seem to realise t h a t if they can only p u t a ball wi th in a yard of (he o t h e r base line, t he i r opponen t will f ind i t h a r d to re-t u r n . In back-line play it is nearly always t h e "good l e n g t h " t h a t scores . Then again, I was once more impressed wi th t he s u p r e m e value of placing especial ly in the Singles game. To hi t t he ball s t r a i g h t back f r o m one base-line to a n o t h e r is, general ly speak-ing, w a s t e of energy and t ime. The leng th should be varied, if necessary, b u t so cer-ta in ly should t he d i rec t ion . I m u s t admi t t h a t when one is volleying and runn ing in aga ins t a back line player , t he old "cen t re theory" commends i tself t o me. If your op-ponent is on t he base line and you w a n t to

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volley you are certainly Safer when you play-straight down the centre of the court to him than if you played to either side line, and then ran in. For from the centre of his base line the other man has less room to pass you than if he were returning the ball from his own side line; and from the side of the court he can "angle" the ball far more ef -fectually than from the centre.

But the "centre theory" does not worry many people because f e w players go in persistently to volley. This seems to me a great pity for the volleying game is cer-tainly more vigorous and decisive than any other form of play, and it seems to me to require a higher degree of skill. Among our own players Miss Knight is the only one who

M i s s e s Knight and M u e l l e r [ A . U . C . ) with the writer of th i s Article

could be described as a volleyer, and her suc-cess is largely due to her volleying power, which is, of course, helped by her great reach. In fact I am convinced that if she could compel herself to come up inside the service line a great deal more, there would be very f ew girls in the Dominion who could beat her. Of course, she would have to s tart sooner, and to move faster than she does now, but these things are largely a matter of practice. And quite apart from the saving .of time that you secure by volleying, your presence inside the service line must always cramp your opponent's play—in fact the "moral e f f e c t " (as P. A. Vaile used to say) is a big factor in the success of a per-s istent volleyer. When I see young and act-ive players with powerful drives wandering aimlessly round the back of the court, I al-ways wonder why they cannot understand that if they will only "pick their ball" and

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In doubles, of course, volleying is su-premely necessary, and most people now real-ise the necessity for "coming up" in a Double. But even now f e w players learn to volley wi th decision unless they are right over the net, and far too many s o f t lobs are simply pat ted back, instead of being prompt-ly "killed" beyond hope of redemption. Of course it is not pace alone that is required in volleying or smashing; you should hit de-cisively, but you must also take care to place the stroke either right between the other players or well out of reach toward the side lines. But in their desire to hit hard most players are inclined to neglect the lob, which, simple as it looks, is still the most e f f ec t ive stroke on the court, when you want to dis-lodge your opponents or work yourself into a s trong position. To hit hard and straight at a good volleyer is s imply suicide, but whe-tner you lob pers istent ly or volley hard, you will do no good in a Double unless you learn to combine well with your partner. And this cannot be done simply by running up wi th your partner or s taying on the back line with him. The rule that you must not try to score o f f every stroke holds good in Doubles even more decidedly than in Singles. When doubt arises as to which man should take a ball in the middle of a rally the best guide I know is Baddeley's rule: "The player who took the last stroke should take the next"—obviously because he is "in the swing of the game" already, and his eye is on the ball. But apart from this I think that the most important principle to remember in Doubles is that when you cannot be sure of scoring o f f the stroke you are going to make, you should play it in such a manner that your partner will be bet ter able to deal with the return than yourself . That may seem rather like a "counsel of perfection," but it is not so hard as it sounds. Anyone who ever saw Alf Dunlop making strokes so as to enable Brookes to kill the next return would understand what I mean, and would also understand why Dunlop wi th a weak service and no very strong off - the-ground strokes—was in the opinion of leading Am-erican and Australian players in his day, the best Doubles partner in the world.

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However , I did n o t mean to lapse in to a g e n e r a l d i s s e r t a t i o n on t enn i s , and I had b e t -t e r conc lude as I began , w i t h c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to t h e A.U.C. t e a m on t h e i r decis ive v i c to ry , and a word of s ince re a d m i r a t i o n and t h a n k s f o r t h e very c a r e f u l and me thod i ca l and punc-

tua l way in which Mr. B u t l e r and his col-leagues ca r r i ed out t h e i r a r d u o u s du t i e s , and m a d e the Tenn i s T o u r n a m e n t , in s p i t e of t h e w e a t h e r , a genu ine success .

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Journals of Self-Revelation The Need for Expression.

EV E R Y O N E has rea l i sed t he i n t e n s e h u n g e r t h a t a soul possesses , t o s h a r e w i t h some h u m a n be ing of a b s o l u t e in-

t e g r i t y t h e s e c r e t s t h a t a re too m o m e n t o u s to be b o r n e alone. We c a n n o t expla in t h i s need; every h u m a n be ing has t h i s h a p p y lack of s e l f - s u f f i c i e n c y . Each one of us knows only too well t h e rel ief of p a s s i n g over t h e s t o r y of some s t r o n g l y - m a r k e d ep isode in l i fe in to a n o t h e r ' s keep ing .

L i t e r a t u r e has m a n y i n s t a n c e s of men and women whose e m o t i o n s have been too g r e a t f o r t h e m to keep to t h e m s e l v e s To t h i s f a c t we owe some of our f i n e s t l e t t , whi le t h e d i a ry or j ou rna l , r e c o r d i n g every i n c i d e n t of t h e w r i t e r ' s day and every g r o p i n g of his mind , has also f o u n d a place. They have r a re ly been w r i t t e n f o r pub l i ca t ion , b u t as an o u t l e t f o r t h e m o l t e n m a s s of impres s ions , t h o u g h t s and ideas t h a t a re heaped in to a r e c e p t i v e mind d u r i n g a day of no rma l l ife. Yet they have been found to con ta in such sk i l fu l e t c h i n g s of t h e unusua l p e r s o n a l i t y of t h e w r i t e r , such e x q u i s i t e d e s c r i p t i v e pas-sages of places and f a sh ions , and have t h r o w n so revea l ing a l igh t upon c o n t e m p o r a r y men and m a n n e r s , t h a t t h e y have been g reed i ly seized upon by a publ ic , e t e r n a l l y ready to pee r b e n e a t h t h e " d e c e n t d r a p e r i e s of l i fe ."

T H E B R O T H E R S D E G O N C O U R T .

Such a w o r k is t h e j ou rna l of E d m o n d and J u l e s de Goncour t , whose d ia ry in col labor-a t ion gives a m o s t c o m p l e t e p i c t u r e of t h e m -selves and of P a r i s i a n l i t e r a r y soc ie ty f r o m 1850 o n w a r d s . Men of t a l e n t , ye t unba lanced and h y s t e r i c a l of n a t u r e , t hey " s p e n t t h e i r l ives in spy ing on e v e r y t h i n g and everybody; t hey noted down every word , f e a t u r e and t o n e of t h e i r f r i e n d s in social i n t e r c o u r s e , and a t t a b l e as well as t h e i r own d r e a m s and t h e i r own f ee l i ngs in t h e m o s t p r i v a t e

and excep t iona l m o m e n t s . A c e r t a i n fee l ing of d i s g u s t r i ses when we read E d m o n d ' s ec-s t a t i c a ccoun t of his so r row a t the t i m e of his b r o t h e r ' s dea th , loaded w i t h g r u e s o m e de-ta i l a f t e r g r u e s o m e deta i l of his i l lness and decl ine. Yet it is all s incere , and t h e t h o u g h t s , impu l ses and s e n s a t i o n s of t h e s e b r i l l i a n t neuro t i c s f o r m so c o m p l e t e a con-t r a s t t o t h e dull m e n t a l i n t e r i o r s w i t h which we a r e a cqua in t ed , t h a t we revel , h a l f - a s h a m -edly, in t h e i r i n t r i c a t e d isc losures . In t h e i r novels, t h e y desc r ibe hero and hero ine w i t h t h e s a m e e f f e c t of " s n a p s h o t t i n g " t h a t t h e y use f o r t hemse lves ; whi le t h e i r speech is a se r ies of b roken sen t ences , c a t c h w o r d s , and e x c l a m a t i o n s . I t is u n d o u b t e d l y e f f e c t i v e as a t r a n s l a t i o n of t h e c h a r a c t e r s whom t h e y de sc r ibe in a lmos t every case rep l icas of t h e m s e l v e s . They a re n o t now r e g a r d e d as g i a n t s of l i t e r a tu re , b u t t h i s " J o u r n a l " will a lways keep t h e t w o b r o t h e r s , t h e i r exube r -a n t pe r sona l i t i e s , t h e i r c a p a c i t y f o r labour , and t h e i r o v e r w e e n i n g s e l f - i n t e r e s t , b e f o r e t h e wor ld .

T H E H E A R T O F " M A R I E C L A I R E . "

"A div ine a c c i d e n t " is Arno ld B e n n e t t ' s c r i t i c i sm of M a r g u e r i t e Audoux ' s book of re-vela t ion "Mar ie Cla i re ." It is t h e only pos-s ible one. This u n e m b a r r a s s e d s t o r y of t h e l i fe of a F rench p e a s a n t gir l , f i r s t a t her conven t and then as a f a r m s e r v a n t , is mir -r acu lous in i t s s impl ic i ty . We a re told, in a p r e f a c e , t h a t M a r g u e r i t e A u d o u x was an al-m o s t u n l e t t e r e d s e m p s t r e s s , who worked f o r long hours each day in some Par i s i an atelier. She was d r a w n in to a l i t e r a r y clique, not by any o u t w a r d s ign of an a m b i t i o n to w r i t e , bu t by s imple c h a r m of d e m e a n o u r and char -ac te r . The r e s p e c t paid to her op in ions upon m a t t e r s of genera l i n t e r e s t by th i s co te r i e nerved he r to c o n f e s s t h a t she, too, had a t -

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t e m p t e d to w r i t e : on one m e m o r a b l e evening , t h e f i r s t f e w pages of "Mar ie Cla i re" w e r e read. Her a s soc i a t e s were amazed . These humble t a l e s of a s ens i t i ve gi r l ' s f i r s t com-munion and he r love f o r some g rave r eve rend m o t h e r ; t h e m y s t e r y of h a r v e s t and t h e te r -ro r of t h e t r a g i c w i n t e r when t h e snow lay heavy abou t t h e f a r m of Sologne; and he r p l a in t ive f e a r of b e a t i n g he r g o a t " b e c a u s e her r ibs m a d e such a s t r a n g e hol low sound t h a t I never da red t o t ouch her a g a i n " had a w h i t e glow t h a t could only be heaven-sen t i n sp i r a t i on , or t h e p r o d u c t of t h e m o s t pol ished a r t . We rea l i se f o r a m o m e n t how t i t a n i c a re t h e t i n y i n c i d e n t s of chi ldhood, u n d w a r f e d by s u b s e q u e n t even t s . Whi le "Mar ie Cla i re" was in no sense a record of c o n t e m p o r a r y days, i t s sequel "Mar ie Cla i re ' s W o r k s h o p " te l l s of he r days a m o n g t h e o t h e r s ewing women , wh i l s t she racked he r t i r e d bra in a t n i g h t t o recall p i c t u r e s of he r chi ld-hood. He r success was, in some s o r t , due t o t h e sk i l fu l m a n a g e m e n t of he r book ' s en-t r a n c e upon t h e wor ld of l e t t e r s ; b u t it has achieved f a m e by i t s i n t r i n s i c m e r i t . Mile. Audoux is r e p u t e d t o have said, when asked how she w r o t e : " B u t I d o n ' t know; t h e t h o u g h t s come and I w r i t e t h e m down. I only wish t h a t I could spell t hem b e t t e r . "

MORE E X U B E R A N T P E R S O N A L I T I E S .

She has no k i n s h i p w i t h Marie B a s h k i r t -s e f f , t h a t a m a z i n g Russ i an gir l , who c r a m m e d half a dozen l i f e t i m e s of s e n s a t i o n i n t o he r t w e n t y f ive yea r s of l ife. Her e t e r n a l p r a y e r w a s f o r " m o r e t ime , " in which t o c rowd her e n g r o s s i n g s t u d i e s and t h e m y r i a d t h o u g h t s w i t h which l i fe f i l led he r mind . He r j o u r n a l is p e r h a p s t h e m o s t f r a n k p i c t u r e of a s e l f - s u f f i c i e n t mind t h a t ex i s t s . She a d m i t s us to a knowledge of her p r e - m a t u r e love a f f a i r s and m a k e s us f r e e of her own a r d e n t conv ic t ions of her b e a u t y and gen ius .

She is c la imed as m o t h e r by W. N . P. Ba r -bell ion, whose " J o u r n a l of a D i s a p p o i n t e d Man" was t h e l i t e r a r y s e n s a t i o n of 1919. Con-c e r n i n g her , he w r i t e s "She is t h e 'very s p i t ' of me. How we should have h a t e d one an-o t h e r . . . We have the s a m e a b s o r p t i o n , t h e s a m e van i ty and t h e s a m e c o r r o d i n g am-b i t ion . He r j o u r n a l is my jou rna l . To t h i n k t h a t I am only a r ep l i ca ! " B u t he need n o t f ea r . His hopes and f e a r s m i g h t be our own p r o p e r t y . He s h o w s us t h e e t e r n a l l y s ee th -ing m a s s t h a t is t h e b ra in of man . He too is obsessed wi th t h e f e a r of dy ing b e f o r e he has m a d e any m a r k upon t h e wor ld . B u t no mind so deep ly a w a r e of t h e real e c s t a s y and the real m e a n n i n g of l i fe can easi ly pass o u t of it unno t i ced .

G. A. C O L L A R D .

Amealia's Choice. After the Manner of Daisy Ashford

C H A P T E R I.

AMEALIA was a tal l b e a u t i f u l gir l w i t h d a s h i n g c o c o n u t t i s h black eyes and lux-u r ious yel low hair , which h u n g in long

p l a i t s so t h a t she could s i t on i t . She did no t rel ish coming t o t h e Auck land Univer -s i t y College, as she had to h ide her l i te ha i r u n d e r a bushel , owing t o the d a n g e r of be ing o s t r i ch i s ed if she did no t w e a r her ha i r up , a r l a r m o d e .

Amea l ia had now s p e n t a long and check-ered e g g i s t e n c e of t w o years a t t h i s ex-t r e m e l y v e n t i l a t e d Arcademy. She gave he r se l f a good t i m e owing to t h e n u m b e r of ta l l da rk bows she liked t a lk ing t o in the c o r r y d o r s : T h a t was why she a lways

w e n t round to t h e l e t t e r rack to see if t h e r e was a n y t h i n g f o r her t h e r e t h o u g h she k n e w t h a t she had lost her l a s t ope. Ame-al ia 's bows w e r e owing t o he r a lways p e e p i n g s u g a r s t i c k i s h l y in t h e g l a s s which is k e p t in the W o m e n ' s Common Room to t h a t e s sensha l p u r p o s e , and do rb ing p o w d e r on he r nose in case b e f o r e she w e n t t o a n s w e r t h e knocks on t h e door. T h u s she had m a n y and var ied back door a f f a i r s w i t h men who were s u s p e c t i b l y good looking , and who re-t i r e d in wel l -coloured hose and nice eye- lashes comple t e . Amea l ia k n e w all t h e t r i c k s of t h e t r a d e , as she incessen t ly wa lked down the l i b r a ry when m a n y g a l l a n t y u t h s i n f e s t ed t h e place, t o a f a n f a r e of t r i n k e t s , owing t o a des i r e to d i sp lay to be s t a d v a n t a g e s he r

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ankels , which were as t h in as pipe s t ems , t h o u g h her hands we re large and f l a t .

Bu t Ameal ia had a m o s t decid ing inc ident d u r i n g a long s u m m e r vacat ion when she went f o r a t r i p to Wangaray , which was more exc i t ing t h a n a n y t h i n g t h a t had ever happened a t any College picnic, not to men-t ion t h e corrydors . Of th is amorus a v e n t u r e I will r e l a t e you in t he fo l lowing s h o r t chap t e r .

C H A P T E R II.

ON BORI).

The r iming movement of the mot ion liner gave Amealia a cessa t ion of pomme-de- te r re , so she wen t d o w n s t a i r s to the lowenge, f o r she t h o u g h t t h e queer f ee l ing of her a n a t o m y m u s t be caused by t h e f a n g s of hunger . B u t she wen t to t idy up her ha i r f i r s t in case. She s to rked ma je s t i ka l ly in to her cabin a tall even t s she t h o r t it was hers , b u t her h e r t lept in to her m o u t h to behole a mos t beau-t i f u l y u t h ami r ing his p rof i l e and t ie in a hansome mi r ro r . He was abou t 22 w i th black hai r all l icked backed w i th greece and lushus t ee th . He also had a da in ty w a s t e and a cha rming smile.

"Oh ,wha t a vison of de l igh t do I behole," t h o u g h t Ameal ia . " I m u s t have mixed t h e b i scu i t s , " she exklamed swea t ly .

"Oh, no, you have crossed the porpusses . B u t don ' t menshun it , the plesure is en t i re ly mine, m a d d a m . "

" N o w I m u s t p r e sen t you to my boodwor ." The dere child w a n t e d this yu th to see her prizes emba lmed wi th the School c res t and her F i r s t a d e C e r t i f i c a t and her Vandyke which she had neet ly bu t not gaudily a r r a y d on her boodwor table .

However, they did not go to Ameal ia ' s boodwor, but cl imbed f a r up the mas t , where t he C a p t e n could not spy on them, and s a t under t h e s t a r s . Amealia told Alfonso fo r s u t c h he s t i led h imse l f—abou t her long hair and he to ld her abou t his p rospec t s . B u t now I will d ror the vail over th is t ende r seen.

It is two weaks la te r and the wedding bells a re peeled by l i t t l e c lo is te rs in w h i t e su rp luses . Amealia is bowing here way down the ile on Alfonso ' s a rm. She is dressed in sh immery green sa t in wi th the ana tomic vail and o rangesk ins and a gorgeous bookay of hybiscus a t her neck. Al fonso ' s coa t was t u r n e d back wi th a rich plum, and in his joy he s t u f f e d a t r i f l e in to the s e x t a n t ' s hand as he past out . They are going to T a k a p u n a for t he i r honey mune, where we hope they will live happi ly ever a f t e r .

The Three Men.

TH R E E men walked a g a i n s t t he moon on t he edge of a hill. And t w o walked brokenly because they were old, and

b e n t like old, gnar led t rees . Bu t t he t h i r d w e n t p roudly like a sh ip wi th sails full blown because hope and de f i ance moved his hea r t . I t was ha rd fo r him to keep his lips closed while the old men spoke the i r mild wisdom, because of the wild joy wi th in him.

When they were quie t he l i f t ed u p his head, and so moved was he t h a t words came f r o m him in a g r e a t song. They were old, he said, and had f o r g o t t e n , and (he years had p u t a cloud be tween t h e m and all high-ness.

" I t is t he young are wise, f o r they are no t bl inded by t h e world . The ea r th is a sordid place where t h e r e ' s no beau ty bu t is ma r r ed , and no h igh hope b u t is broken.

Bu t I have seen a fa i r land where loveliness is not covered, and high passions a re ne i the r broken nor changed! And i t is not long be-fore God shall s t a n d in t he heavens and blow on a si lver horn, and t h e s leep shall d rop f r o m our eyes and the chains f r o m out-hands !"

The old men smiled, one for p i ty and one fo r g r ie f .

And he t h a t smiled wi th pity said: "A man can say f ine th ings when he is young. Bu t when he is old they will seem foolish to him. His deep joy and his deep despa i r will mel t t o a quiet c o n t e n t in the end. In t h e morn ing the sun is br i l l i an t , bu t you cannot see his shape; you can wa tch t h e p e r f e c t round when he is dim in t he evening.. When you are young you see a f a i r land in your vision; you will bury it in the h e a r t of the

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e a r t h , like a dear f r i e n d , when you g row old. And, t h o u g h in t h e e a r t h t h e r e ' s no b e a u t y b u t is m a r r e d , and no high hope b u t is b roken , ye t it is a p l e a s a n t p lace and holy f o r an old m a n , see ing it holds his f r i e n d s who f e l t a like g r i e f , and s u f f e r e d t h e same change . And how should a pass ion be long, see ing i t ' s only t h e agony of b e a u t y s t r u g -g l ing w i t h d e a t h ? T h e r e are no d r e a m s so high and moving as man s t r u g g l i n g w i t h t h e b e a u t y of t h e e a r t h . "

The m e m o r i e s t h a t his own w o r d s invoked came too quickly f o r h im t o feel t h e m , and took away his speech.

Then he t h a t w a s o ldes t spoke wi th a g r e a t gr ief in his vioce..

" I 've lived a long whi le on t h e e a r t h , and i t ' s not a lie t h a t I 've f o r g o t t e n the land t h a t is f a i r and g r e a t t o t h e you no-. I re-m e m b e r I saw t h a t land . Age is a be ing t h a t h ides in t h e n ight , and no g r a d u a l t h ing . How should i t be o t h e r w i s e , fo r t h e r e ' s a g r e a t gulf b e t w e e n t h e m , and no man k n o w s how he c rosses i t . B u t one m o r n i n g he wakes , and t h e vis ion he saw seems a hollow d r e a m .

High hopes seem imposs ib le , and t h e plea-s a n t l i t t l e one c r e e p in, and b lo t t h e m ou t . T h e r e is no cause f o r wild joy nor f o r wild de spa i r , and a m a n g r o w s c o n t e n t w i t h l i t t l e p l easu res and l i t t l e pa ins . I t ' s t r u e t h e e a r t h ' s a holy place, be ing a sac red t o m b . B u t i t ' s t h e g r e a t n e s s of t he dead m a k e s so holy a t o m b , and i t ' s a vision m a d e t h e m g r e a t . And O, i t ' s t h e d r e a m s of t h e dead and t h e l iving a re t h e h idden b e a u t y ! And t h o u g h a pass ion die, i t ' s a w o n d r o u s c a r v i n g on t h e t o m b ! You've p u t a g r ea t hope and c e r t a i n t y in my h e a r t , O young man . T h e r e a r n o t m a n y m o r e n i g h t s I shal l see t h e moon on a level w i t h me like th i s , nor you r bodies and t h e t r e e s l ined a g a i n s t t h e sky, f o r I'll be lying in t h e g r e a t t o m b w i t h t h e holy dead. B u t the re ' l l be no s a d n e s s in m e t h a t c a n n o t be moved, w h e n I lie t h e r e qu ie t ly , k n o w i n g again l i fe ' s a b e a u t i f u l t h i n g , and g r e a t . F o r when t h e r e ' s h a p p i -ness in t h e b o t t o m of a m a n ' s h e a r t , i t ' s t h e sad t h i n g s seem m o s t b e a u t i f u l . "

The h e a r t s of t h e t h r e e men w e p t b u t t h e i r souls w i t h i n t h e m w e r e glad.

ii The Lady and Her Pony/'

OH. I saw a f l e e t i ng vision, like a s t r e a k of black and w h i t e .

Like a f l a sh of s u m m e r l i g h t n i n g on t h e shore ;

And i t l i gh ted u p t h e l a n d s c a p e like a m e t e o r in i t s f l i g h t ,

Then it passed , and lef t it d a r k e r t h a n be fo re .

"Twas a Lady on a Pony, and she d i d n ' t seem t o ca re

W h e t h e r foo l i sh Mrs. G r u n d y f r o w n e d or smiled-

But t h e r e w a s no Mrs. G r u n d y On t h a t m e m o r a b l e Sunday ,

Only j u s t Ph i lga r l i c f ee l i ng r a t h e r wi ld:

F o r I was r e a d i n g Cicero, and l i s t en ing t o t h e b i rds ,

When th i s b e a u t e o u s vision f l o a t e d on t h e scene,

And I t r i ed in vain to c o n c e n t r a t e my t h o u g h t s upon t h e words ,

B u t t h e y w a n d e r e d t o t h e s p o t w h e r e she had been.

F o r she van ished as comple t e ly as m y s t e r i -ously she came,

And my e a g e r eyes ne ' e r saw a n o t h e r s ign Of t h e Lady on he r Pony; So I s h u t my " P r o Milone,"

For it took me h a l f - a n - h o u r t o read a line!

She was r i d i n g on a sadd le t h a t D iana w o u l d n ' t call

The pink and t h e p e r f e c t i o n of a s e a t ; B u t I d o n ' t s u p p o s e she 'd h e s i t a t e t o r ide

wi th none a t all, Only Dad 's is easy t h o u g h i t i sn ' t n e a t !

And her eyes a re b r i g h t l y sh in ing w i t h en-j o y m e n t as she r ides ,

And he r golden ha i r is s t r e a m i n g in t h e breeze;

B u t Diana cr ies : "Oh, shock ing ! I can see a b i t of s t o c k i n g !

Why, he r s k i r t is m o r e t h a n h a l f - w a y to he r knees ! "

B u t t h e t r u t h is th i s , D iana : any girl can look a swell

In a cos t ly r id ing h a b i t , and a " b u n " ; Bu t i t ' s only t h o s e whom n a t u r e has endowed

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That can r ide on Dad ' s old s a d d l e — o r on none!

H o w could you a f f o r d to let your ha i r go s t r e a m i n g in t h e w i n d ?

Could you e x p o s e your ank le or your c a l f ? No, D i a n a dea r , f o r you I do not t h i n k it wou ld do

I should have t o t u r n away t o h ide a laugh!

So, my Lady of t he Pony, may your l ife be long and gay,

May your h e a r t r e t a i n i t s g l adnes s and i t s y o u t h .

Neve r mind f o r Mrs. G r u n d y t h o u g h she ' s s o m e t i m e s in t h e way

She 's o u t of d a t e , so let her know t h e t r u t h ;

And t h e vision of you f ly ing b reakneck over rock and hill,

And your b e a u t y u n a d o r n e d by any a r t , Will be w i t h me when I die, And when in t h e g r a v e I lie,

Your n a m e will be inscr ibed upon my h e a r t .

A Tramway Episode

IT WAS a p o u r i n g n i g h t , so I los t no t i m e in s w i n g i n g mysel f a b o a r d t h e c a r and m a k i n g f o r my f a v o u r i t e s e a t . I a lways

t r y f o r t h e back sea t of all: i t is so much w ide r t h a n t h e o t h e r s and you a r e m o r e likely t o have it t o you r se l f , f o r ladies do no t c a r e to c r u s h t h e i r h a t s a g a i n s t t h e g lass f r a m e beh ind . I am a m i s o g y n i s t , you see, w h e r e t r a m t r a v e l l i n g is conce rned .

I had no t i ced the c o n d u c t o r eye ing me as I c l imbed on; so, u n d e r p r e t e n c e of b lowing my nose, I s u r r e p t i t i o u s l y f e l t f o r my t ie . I once t r ave l l ed as f a r as N e w m a r k e t w i t h o u t one and had t o g e t o f f t h e r e and buy an a t r o c i o u s m a k e s h i f t f o r t h r e e and six. I t w a s q u i t e in o rde r , I f o u n d , and I dec ided t h a t I w a s mere ly t o be p r o s e c u t e d f o r b o a r d i n g a ca r t h a t w a s t echn ica l ly in mo-t ion ; i t had n o t a c t u a l l y s t o p p e d , you know. H o w e v e r t h e c o n d u c t o r ' s m a n n e r w a s no rma l once m o r e w h e n he c a m e f o r my f a r e , and I k n e w t h a t he had r e s i s t ed t h e t e m p t a t i o n .

The ca r w a s s lowing down t o i t s next s t o p , and once aga in I no t i ced on his f a c e t h a t cur ious ly i n t e n t look. T h e r e was one pas-s e n g e r -a y o u t h , who agilely s w u n g a b o a r d and s l ipped u n o b t r u s i v e l y in to t h e s e a t oppo-s i t e me. The c o n d u c t o r gave t w o vicious j a b s a t t h e bell rope, and j u s t t h e n I h a p p e n e d to look a t his f ace . On i t t h e r e w a s a look of b a f f l e d mal ice j u s t t h e s a m e look as I have seen on Isaac Kiss in ' s f a c e w h e n he h e a r s t h e w o r d s : " N o t h a n k you. T h a t ' s h a r d l y w h a t I w a n t . "

" I t ' s a vile n i g h t , " I began . I t ' s w i se r t o leave t h e m alone w h e n t h e y a re in t h a t mood-, b u t I am o f t e n unwise .

"Yes , " said he, and s t o p p e d a b r u p t l y .

The re had been a t e m p o r a r y i n t e r r u p t i o n a t t h e o t h e r end, w h e r e a s t o u t midd le -aged lady had had t r o u b l e in negot ia t ing- t h e s tep . W i t h t h e help of t h e m o t o r m a n , however , she had f ina l ly s u r m o u n t e d the obs tac le , and now s tood b l ink ing , henl ike , in t h e doorway . Evi-d e n t l y she was no lover of n icot ine , f o r she began a m a j e s t i c p r o g r e s s r i g h t t h r o u g h t h e s m o k i n g c o m p a r t m e n t t o our end of t h e car . Once aga in I g lanced a t t h e c o n d u c t o r , and t h e r e once more I s aw t h a t look of exc i t ed e a g e r n e s s which developed in to open t r i u m p h as she s a t down on a sea t to t h e l e f t .

Ladies of t h i s age are, I believe, t h e es-pecial p rey of c o n d u c t o r s , so I half e x p e c t e d t h a t he would ru sh ou t a t her f r o m his den and f r i g h t e n he r into pay ing cash i n s t e a d of u s i n g h e r concess ion t i c k e t . This , I am told , is a f a v o u r i t e p a s t i m e of conduc to r s , b u t I c a n n o t vouch f o r i t . A n d in any case, t h e Ci ty F a t h e r s do n o t deal in pe rqu i s i t e s . How-ever , he mere ly walked t o w a r d s her in t h e o r d i n a r y way and s tood j i ng l ing his pennies t i l l she should see f i t t o no t i ce him. This she a l m o s t did a t once; b u t , sudden ly she re-m e m b e r e d s o m e t h i n g . She m i g h t have been b e t r a y e d i n to r u n n i n g in m o s t u n d i g n i f i e d fash ion f o r t h e t r a m . She m i g h t have re-qu i red e n e r g e t i c h o i s t i n g on to t h e p l a t f o r m . B u t s t i l l , e s sen t i a l ly , she was a lady, and he re was proof of it . F r o m o u t of her b lack lace r e t i cu l e she d r e w a pa i r of black kid gloves real kid, fu l l e lbow l e n g t h — a n d slowly, o s t e n t a t i o u s l y , she w o r k e d t h e m on.

In a weak voice t h e c o n d u c t o r asked f o r he r f a r e , and , w i t h t h e a i r of a b roken man came back and to ld me all a b o u t i t .

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l i fe , t h e s e t r a m w a y men, and any l i t t l e inci-d e n t t h a t lends v a r i e t y is eager ly we lcomed . This p a r t i c u l a r c a r had, in w e t w e a t h e r , an id iosyncracy . P re s s a ce r t a in b u t t o n on t h e l e f t - h a n d s ide and you m i g h t r i ng it it is unwise in such a case to g u a r a n t e e a d e f i n i t e r e s u l t b u t only u n d e r p e n a l t y of rece iv ing a mild e lec t r i c shock. And so i t w a s t h e de-l igh t of t h i s p a r t i c u l a r c o n d u c t o r to w a t c h u n s u s p e c t i n g old ladies p roceed ing w i t h all p o m p a n d ce remony t o p r e s s t h i s b u t t o n , and he would laugh wi th f i end i sh glee w h e n e v e r anyone was c a u g h t . B u t it was s u r p r i s i n g , he to ld me, how o f t e n he was d i s a p p o i n t e d . So m a n y wore gloves; so m a n y avoided t h a t p a r t i c u l a r s ea t , fo r no conce ivable reason , b u t f r o m p u r e cap r i ce ; so m a n y g o t o f f a t t e r m i n i or sec t ions , or f r o m s h e e r laziness f a i l ed to p e r f o r m t h i s h igh ly n e c e s s a r y d u t y of r i n g i n g t h e bell. And th is day, i t seems , he had c a u g h t no one, t h o u g h cond i t i ons were ideal.

"We never have any luck, you k n o w , " he g r u m b l e d , as he w e n t o f f t o col lect a n o t h e r f a re .

Have you ever cons ide red t h e e t h i c s of be l l -push ing? The re a re some people who in-ve s t t h i s ac t ion w i t h an a l m o s t re l ig ious s a n c t i t y . It is a so lemn d u t y , as mora l ly ob l iga to ry in t h e i r eyes as p a y i n g t h e i r f a r e or w a i t i n g till t h e ca r s t o p s b e f o r e descend-ing.. They will in all s e r i ousnes s p roceed to r i ng t h o u g h half t h e bells in t h e ca r have al-r eady sounded . These , I suppose , we have to fo rg ive , if as it seems, i t is a m a t t e r of conscience; f o r consc ience n o w a d a y s b rooks no i n t e r f e r e n c e , and people f i nd consc iences in m o s t u n e x p e c t e d places. B u t t h e r e a r e o t h e r s w i t h w h o m f o r g i v e n e s s is not so easy. The re is some excuse f o r one, who, however s u p e r f l u o u s l y , r i ngs once and has done w i t h i t . Bu t w h a t a r e we t o say to those who qu i t e chronica l ly bea t a m e t a p h o r i c a l wild t a t t o o a t every o p p o r t u n i t y ? F o r your in-v e t e r a t e be l l -pushe r is the s u p r e m e i n s t a n c e of lack of f a i t h ; I have seen h im zig-zag-down a whole c o m p a r t m e n t r i ng ing bells on a l t e r n a t e s ides , and, s t i l l u n s a t i s f i e d , in per-son beg t h e m o t o r m a n t o s t o p .

Do they, I wonde r , ever cons ide r t h e m o t o r -m a n ' s nerves , and t h e f a r f r o m s o o t h i n g e f -f e c t of t h a t i n s i s t e n t buzz? B u t p e r h a p s t h i s is a vicious s u g g e s t i o n , and m o t o r m e n have no nerves . Once I too, bel ieved t h i s ; b u t n o w a d a y s I am no t so sure , and I shal l tel l vou whv. You have, of course , no t i ced

t h a t qu i te f r e q u e n t l y s o m e bell or o t h e r in t h e ca r will no t r e s p o n d to t h e m o s t a f f e c -t i o n a t e p r e s s u r e ; t h a t s o m e t i m e s a whole s ide p r e s e r v e s a s t u b b o r n s i lence; and t h a t oc-cas ional ly no s ing le bell in all t h e car will p roduce any r e s u l t e x c e p t v i t u p e r a t i o n f r o m t h e r inger . You have p r o b a b l y a t t r i b u t e d i t (as I did) t o t he c a n t a n k e r o u s n e s s of t h e cat-in ques t ion , cu r sed t h e se rv ice in genera l , t h e m o t o r m a n in p a r t i c u l a r ,and wa lked back . B u t you a r e w r o n g ; u t t e r l y wrong . An in-t e r c e p t e d s ignal f r o m c o n d u c t o r t o m o t o r m a n e n l i g h t e n e d me. The nex t t i m e t h e s y s t e m m i r a c u l o u s l y becomes i n o p e r a t i v e and m o r e mi racu lous ly becomes e f f e c t i v e once again , you will know t h a t t h e t r a m w a y m a n is hav-ing his revenge . One of t h e " i n v e t e r a t e s " will have g o t on t h e y have t h e m all m a r k e d . A wink , a nod, a s igna l w i t h t h e gong , d e f t m a n i p u l a t i o n of t h e s w i t c h , and, r i n g as he p leases , t h e t r a m - m a n ' s e n e m y g e t s no r e s u l t ; a n d if he is ca r r i ed p a s t h i s s t o p , and if , in d e s p e r a t i o n , he pul ls t h e c o n d u c t o r ' s own pe-cu l i a r cord and so r e n d e r s h imse l f open t o a severe d r e s s i n g down t h e y can do i t too, t h e s e c o n d u c t o r s t h e n t h e i r de l i gh t k n o w s no bounds .

I t is a d r a s t i c r emedy , no d o u b t ; f o r t h e i nnocen t s u f f e r as well as t h e gu i l ty , and i t is d i s t i n c t l y u n p l e a s a n t t o be ca r r i ed severa l h u n d r e d y a r d s beyond your s t o p p i n g place. And t he r e is no redress . I have k n o w n con-d u c t o r s become q u i t e t e r s e when remon-s t r a t e d w i t h . The i r t e r s e n e s s usua l ly t a k e s t h e f o r m of t w o s h a r p t u g s a t t h e bell rope, l eav ing you t h e a l t e r n a t i v e s equal ly unp lea -s a n t of t r a v e l l i n g s t i l l a n o t h e r h u n d r e d y a r d s down hill— f<vUi•< R//.<N H<IIX—or of m a k -ing a h a s t y and ignomin ious d e s c e n t , w i t h t h e c o n d u c t o r , now well ou t of r ange , smil-ing s c o r n f u l l y a t you r voluble b u t t o t a l l y in-e f f e c t i v e e x p o s t u l a t i o n .

Persona l ly , w i t h r e g a r d to t h i s r i ng ing of bells, I s u p p o s e I am a lazy man . I never r i n g if ay none else has rung . I never r i n g if anyone else is l ikely to r ing. I w a i t t i l l t h e las t poss ible m o m e n t in case someone else should w a n t to r ing . I even s t o p , w i t h my hand half way u p t o t h e bell, if some-one f ina l ly f o r e s t a l l s me. Of course i t is n o t a m a t t e r of p r i n c i p l e w i t h me, and I will r ing q u i t e c h e e r f u l l y f o r someone else, if I am asked nicely; t h o u g h it is annoying-t o one of my ideas t o be a sked t o p e r f o r m t h i s f a v o u r when t h e pe r son t w o s e a t s in

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f r o n t is a t t h e m o m e n t r i n g i n g w i t h aud ib le e f f e c t .

I have even on one occasion, r u n g u n a s k e d . A dea r old lady had come in and s a t bes ide me. She had w i t h her an i n f i n i t y of pa rce l s which she p roceeded to a r r a n g e upon myse l f , the f loor , and any o t h e r conven ien t reposi -to ry . Sudden ly she began in h a s t e t o as-semble t h e m . I, to he lp her , r a n g t h e bell . The car s t o p p e d ; b u t she m a d e no move to g e t ou t . I g lanced se l f -consc ious ly a round . The c o n d u c t o r w a s looking f i x e d l y a t me. You know t h a t cold s t a r e . I am a m i l d - m a n n e r e d m a n and n a t u r a l l y averse t o a r g u m e n t and exp lana t ion , so to avoid t roub le , I g o t o f f , ve ry m u c h d i s g r u n t l e d indeed, and p roceeded r u e f u l l y to wa lk t h e odd q u a r t e r - m i l e t o my own s t o p — t h e t e r m i n u s . B u t t h a t w a s no t t h e w o r s t of it . On a r r i v i n g t h e r e , h o t and q u i t e out of t e m p e r , whom should I see b u t my lady of t h e parce l s , obvious ly b e n i g h t e d . I c o u n t e r e d he r a p p e a l i n g g lance w i t h a re-p r o a c h f u l glare , and a t t e m p t e d a s ide - s t ep . She n e a t l y co rne red me w i t h a parce l , and p l a in t ive ly enqu i red if I could tell he r w h e r e

S t r e e t was . I t w a s t h e very s t o p w h e r e I had go t o f f .

B u t I am f o r g e t t i n g my s to ry . I a w o k e f r o m my rever ie on a sudden t a p at my shou lde r . I t w a s t h e c o n d u c t o r . " W a t c h h im, s i r ! " he sa id .

I w a t c h e d . The s t o u t old lady had dis-a p p e a r e d , and her place was now occupied by a neg l ig ib le looking old g e n t l e m a n , who show-ed no s igns of any des i re to fal l i n to our t r a p . " H e usua l ly g e t s o f f he re , " exp la ined t h e c o n d u c t o r . (So do I, as a m a t t e r of f a c t , but 1 w a s wi l l ing to go f u r t h e r in p u r s u i t of a d v e n t u r e . ) However , it w a s a ful l ha l f - sec-t ion b e f o r e he roused himsel f and, qu i t e un-consc ious of our i n t e r e s t , ra ised his hand t o t h e bell.

His look of mild i nd igna t ion , mingled w i t h susp ic ion , w a s a s i gh t t o r e m e m b e r . He g lanced uneas i ly over his shou lde r ; b u t I was t h e p i c t u r e of u n i n t e r e s t and t h e conduc to r obvious ly c o u n t i n g his cash. So, g inger ly , ever so g inger ly , he t r i ed again. This t i m e he w a s convinced, and so, t a k i n g his um-bre l la , he t r i e d u n s t e a d i l y to s t a b t h e b u t t o n w i t h i t s f e r r u l e d end. Can you p i c t u r e t h e d i f f i c u l t y of it an old man w i t h a wobbly hand , a j o l t i n g t r a m car and a t iny b u t t o n ? J£ you can, t hen p i c t u r e a lso his smi le of t r i u m p h when he f ina l ly succeeded t h e mer -es t f l i cke r of sound , a m o m e n t a r y s h a r p t ink le ; b u t i t qu i t e s a t i s f i e d him, and he w a d d l e d c o n t e n t e d l y ou t , g r i n n i n i g shor t -s i g h t e d l y a t t h e c o n d u c t o r as he passed . I fo l lowed him ou t . I had long passed my s t o p , and I had to walk back ; b u t it w a s w o r t h it. N.T.S.

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5 W h e r e b reezes s l ip by u n r e s t i n g To be swa l lowed in t h e n igh t .

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W h e r e c r u d e h u m a n i t y passes Moulded by toil and s t r i f e .

Trois. He, in his t o w e r s t u d y

Enc i rc l ed w i t h w i s d o m ' s lore, As t h e well-used wick b u r n s d o w n w a r d ,

Le t s his vo lume s l ip t o t h e f loor .

All of us back in t h e s p i r i t . W i t h f r i e n d and s o m e t i m e foe.

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The Joys of Geology Or, Fossicking for Fossils by Flood and Field.

(By M a c r o s c a p h i t e s )

TH E R E a p p e a r s t o be a m i s t a k e n im-press ion a m o n g the u n i n i t i a t e d of t h i s College t h a t t he s t u d y of t h e a n c i e n t

and noble sc ience of Geology c o n s i s t s of a long w e a r y success ion of s c r a t c h i n g b r i c k s and l ea rn ing L a t i n n a m e s f o r shel l s and t h i n g s . Now, tha t is no t t h e case. The t e -dium of o u r p o s t - p l e i s t o c e n e lives is rel ieved f r o m t i m e to t i m e by w h a t a re o f f i c i a l l y des-cr ibed as " f i e l d e x c u r s i o n s . "

These a re ocas ions of p u r e and u n d i l u t e d joy, b u t in case anybody shou ld g a t h e r t h e i m p r e s s i o n t h a t t hey a r e mere ly picnics , let me say t h a t they a re pe rvaded by an en-t i r e ly s c i e n t i f i c a t m o s p h e r e . F o r i n s t ance , we a lways choose a place w h e r e t h e r e is p l e n t y of mud . Mud is one of t h e e s s e n t i a l s of Field Geology, and is c o r r e c t l y t e r m e d "col-loidal kaol in ised m a t e r i a l . " Again , nobody would t h i n k of r e f e r r i n g to a s p o t as a " m u d - f l a t " it m u s t be t e r m e d a penep la in , or a base- level led reg ion , or s o m e t h i n g l ike t h a t , and we a lways speak of such m a t t e r s as s l i ckens ides and d io r i t e s as t h o u g h we real ly did have some s o r t of a no t ion as to w h a t t h e y were .

Our l e c t u r e r who, like Caesar , leads the t r o o p s h imse l f , a lways ca r r i e s a h a m m e r and a t h i n g caled a c l i nome te r . This l a t t e r has a b r a s s case, and is a t h i n g of c o m p l e t e mys-t e r y t o m o s t of us, a l t h o u g h some of t h e s w o t s have d i scovered t h a t when you p u t it on a s lop ing s u r f a c e it te l l s you w h e t h e r t h e s u r f a c e s lopes d o w n w a r d s o r u p w a r d s . The h a m m e r , of cou i se , is t o s m a s h t h i n g s w i t h . Geology is a m o s t d e s t r u c t i v e science. Every t i m e a t r u e geo log is t sees a s t o n e he s m a s h e s i t i n to f r a g m e n t s , no t w i t h t h e idea of as-s i s t i n g t h e Ci ty Council , b u t because the pro-cess enab les him t o tell in some occul t m a n n e r w h e t h e r t h e s t o n e is very i n t e r e s t -ing, m o d e r a t e l y i n t e r e s t i n g , or only a c o m m o n br i ck -end .

It goes a lmos t w i t h o u t s ay ing t h a t t h e p a r t y a lways includes somebody who t r i e s t o be f u n n y and i sn ' t , and somebody who d o e s n ' t t r y to be, and is. The f o r m e r c lass in-c ludes t h e ub iqu i tous e n t h u s i a s t i c pa laeon-to log i s t who f inds , c lass i f i es , and gives t h e t i m e - r a n g e , of such foss i l s ?.s Mar inus M o r t u u s

( t h e dead m a r i n e ) , and S t a n n u m sa rd in i ( t h e s a r d i n e t i n ) , while , in t h e o t h e r c a t e g o r y , we have t h e g e n t l e m a n who, on be ing told t h a t t h e g r een colour of t h e s and w a s due t o olivine, b u r s t (or shou ld I spell i t B i r s s t ? ) f o r t h : "Oh yes; and t h e r e a r e t h e olive t r e e s r i g h t bes ide i t ! "

S o m e t i m e s in f a c t , gene ra l ly when we geologise, it ra ins . T h e c o r r e c t t h i n g t o do t h e n is to choose t h e t r e e t h a t a f f o r d s t h e leas t she l t e r , s t a n d u n d e r i t , and m a k e asin-ine r e m a r k s about "p luvia l a c t i on . "

On one g lor ious and n e v e r - t o - b e - f o r g o t t e n occasion we s p e n t a whole week in t h e s t u d y of t h e cu l t of A r c h a e o p t e r y x and D i n o s a u r u s . ( T h a t m e a n s we did geology f o r a week. Arch ie and Dinah a r e fossi l v e r t e b r a t e s . To be fu l ly able t o a p p r e c i a t e t h e i r a p p e a r a n c e d u r i n g l i fe , one needs to have been d r u n k f o r a t least a week . They died out m a n y t h o u s -a n d s of yea r s ago, even b e f o r e Sir R o b e r t w a s m a d e Chancel lor . )

We w e n t to P o r t W a i k a t o f o r a week and had t h e t i m e of ou r gay young lives. Of t h e s e r e n e a n d unc louded h a r m o n y of ou r lives in t h a t old schoolhouse , how shal l 1 w r i t e ? Of t h e s h r e w d i e s who col la red t h e f e w m a t t r e s s e s and p r e t e n d e d they w e r e more c o m f o r t a b l e t h a n t h e r e s t on m a n u k a and s t r a w -of t h e c a r b o n i s e d l a n d - s u r f a c e s t h a t f o u n d t h e i r way in to t h e p o r r i d g e of t h e t h r e e m a d he-roes who j u m p e d in to t h e r ive r in t h e ear ly m o r n i n g s and t hen , b lue and sh ive r ing and d r i p p i n g w a t e r all over ou r b lanke t s , sa id it was "g lo r ious"—of t h e b r i d g e p a r t i e s and t h e midn igh t cocoa—of t h e y o u t h who cou ldn ' t s l eep un t i l s o m e b o d y kissed him good-n i g h t - -of t h e s p u d s t h a t would n o t boil- -o f t h e i n t e n s e i n t e r e s t we took (at w a s h i n g - u p t ime) in t h e f o r m a t i o n s u p t h e hill of Cu t -t e n ' s c a p a n d Macky ' s leggings . F i r t h ' s k n i f e and G a r d n e r ' s w o n d r o u s w h i s k e r s of t h e b a t t l e of t h e b l a n k e t , waged t h r o u g h t h e wee smal l h o u r s of t he r a b b i t s t h a t Doc nea r ly sho t and t h e f i sh t h a t I n d e r a lmos t c a u g h t — o f t h e t o f f e e , adhes ive r e m i n d e r of t h e one joy w e lacked of " J i m m y ' s " f o r k and T u r n e r ' s jokes , a l ike in be ing po in t l e s s -of the s u n s e t s on t h e r ive r a n d — y e gods! t h e m e m o r i e s of t h e w o n d r o u s s t e w t h a t Horace

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One day we wa lked to a l i m e s t o n e cave. I t w a s an i n t e r e s t i n g place, t h a t cave. I t con-s i s t s of a r ive r which , i n s t e a d of running-o u t in t h e d a y l i g h t as any o r d i n a r y sens ib le r iver would do. r u n s r i g h t a long a long hole in the g r o u n d . In o rde r t o become a geolo-g i s t you walk down t h i s hole, and every now and t h e n you fall i n to t h e r iver . T h e r e a r e some specia l ly s l i p p e r y p laces which Mr. B a r t -rum cal ls " t r a v e r t i n e o r ca l ca reous t u f a " t h i s be ing , p r e s u m a b l y , a specia l f o r m of pro-f a n i t y used by geo log i s t s .

A f t e r you have fa l len i n to t h e r iver a s u f -f i c i e n t n u m b e r of t imes , covered your c lo thes wi th mud , and b a n g e d your head a g a i n s t in-n u m e r a b l e l u m p s of l imes tone , you see S ta l -a c t i t e s . If you s i t u n d e r a s t a l a c t i t e f o r severa l h u n d r e d yea r s you become a p a r t i c u -lar ly we l l -p re se rved fossi l , of i n e s t i m a b l e va lue to t h e geo log i s t s of f u t u r e ages . Billy W a t s o n showed a c o m p l e t e lack of publ ic s p i r i t in r e f u s i n g t o do th is ; no t b e i n g moved even by t h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n t h a t he would pro-bab ly be p u t in a m u s e u m and m a d e a spec ies all to h imse l f on a c c o u n t of t h e size of his f e e t .

On t h e w a y ou t of t h e cave Dixon f o u n d a new rou t e . The u n a n i m o u s opinion of t h o s e who t r i ed it was t h a t i t w a s Dixon ' s p la in and obvious d u t y to t a k e i t back and lose it aga in . Mr. B a r t r u m says t h e d i s t a n c e be-t w e e n t h e c a m p and t h e cave is six miles . We reckoned i t w a s a b o u t s i x t e e n mi les f r o m t h e c a m p to t h e cave and abou t t w e n t y - s i x miles f r o m t h e cave to t h e c a m p .

N e x t day we w e n t down t h e coas t t o look f o r foss i l f e rns . Doc. and Ray and Horace developed va r ious a i l m e n t s and w o u l d n ' t come. Some of t h e n e i g h b o u r s had a t t r a c t i v e d a u g h -t e r s . (No connec t ion b e t w e e n these f a c t s is s u g g e s t e d . ) Well, t h e r e s t of us w e n t d o w n t h e coas t , co l lec ted a lot of t h i r g s w i t h f u n n y names , and t hen came home. A f e w ener -ge t i c people o u t s t r i p p e d t h e r e s t , and h a d tea m a d e bv t h e t i m e t h e main body a r r ived , and even t h e n Vic. F e r n i e had t h e h ide to s u g g e s t t h a t t hey raced ahead to get o u t of c a r r y i n g t h e gear . You know w h a t Shake-s p e a r e said a b o u t i n g r a t i t u d e well, Vic. F e r n i e o u g h t to t a k e it t o h e a r t .

One m o r n i n g we w e n t down to t h e beach

and f o u n d m o r e foss i l s inc lud ing t h i n g s called Be lemni t e s . A Be lemni t e is a p o i n t e d so r t of th ing , and was once p a r t of a Decapod which used to h a n g r o u n d t h e sho res in Ju -rass ic t i m e s . The las t s t a t e m e n t is m a d e solely on the a u t h o r i t y and r e spons ib i l i t y of Mr. B a r t r u m , and we will no t cons ider any claim a r i s i n g o u t of i t f o r our own p a r t we a re q u i t e p r e p a r e d to le t bygones be bygones .

T h a t a f t e r n o o n we had a hockey m a t c h . I t w a s a g r e a t occasion, t h e like of which has never been seen a t P o r t W a i k a t o b e f o r e or s ince. The r e s i d e n t s t u r n e d out en masse , no less t h a n f i v e be ing p r e s e n t .

N u m b e r One Ground a t Re tnuera would go g reen w i t h envy bes ide our p i t ch on t h e sand , and o u r t e a - t r e e s t i c k s would have de l igh t ed t h e h e a r t of Vic. Johns . I t is r u m o u r e d t h a t a c e r t a i n f o o t b a l l e r was be ing coached f o r t h e posi t ion of goa l -keeper f o r one side. I t was exp la ined t o him t h a t he could only kick w i th in t h e circle, w h e r e u p o n a ben ign smile o v e r s p r e a d his i n t e l l ec tua l c o u n t e n a n c e , and he said, "Yes, I see. Is each man m a r k e d w i t h a c i rc le? " Anyway , w e had our m a t c h , and n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t h e unb i a s sed r e f e r e e i n g of Mr. B a r t r u m , and t h e g e n e r a l s h i p shown (in t h e s u b s e q u e n t a r g u m e n t ) by t h e r e s p e c t i v e c a p t a i n s , t h e ques t ion of Who Won r a n k s w i t h t h e d i s a p p e a r a n c e of t h e Dinosaur s as one of t h e unsolved r idd les of Geology.

W h e n t h e c rowd came back t o t o w n on t h e F r iday , t w o e n t h u s i a s t s s t a y e d a t t h e c a m p over the week-end . As t hey were t h e t w o who j u m p e d in to t he r iver every m o r n i n g , and as, moreove r , one of t h e m is given to ca r ry -ing Maori j aw-bones a b o u t w i t h him, and t h e o t h e r has a pecu l i a r h a b i t of a p p l y i n g iodine to all s o r t s of t h ings , t h e e x p l a n a t i o n will be obvious.

And now, ve who laugh at us and call us s c r a t c h e r s of br icks , tel l me w h a t o the r sub-j ec t can c o m p a r e w i t h geology. Does t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n a l H i s to ry c lass i n v e s t i g a t e a t f i r s t hand t h e i n n e r m o s t p a r t s of t h e e a r t h ? Does t h e P r o f e s s o r of Class ics t ake you walk-ing mi les and miles and mi les t o f i nd t h e de r iva t ion of a ve rb? Have you ever seen t h e p r o f e s s o r of Modern L a n g u a g e s w a s h i n g a p o r r i d g e - p o t , or t h e P r o f e s s o r of M a t h e m a t -ics hang ing by t h e m o s t s l ende r foo tho lds on a c l i f f , u n e a r t h i n g a t r i g o n o m e t r i c a l r a t io? Of course you h a v e n ' t Then bob down, f o r We, the Geologis t s , a re t h e Chosen People.

R.G.

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Graduates of the Year. C H A R L E S E L L I O T T FOX, L i t t . D .

" 0 mystery of man. from what a depth proceed Thy honours. '" Wordsworth. " Scorning the hase degrees .—Shakespeare .

A R C H I E W I L L I A M D I P R O S E , 1*1. A. ( in E c o n o m i c s )

A rose is sweeter in the bud than full blow ne.'—Lyli/.

W I L L I A M C. M c G R E G O R J E S S , M.A. (in E c o n o m i c s )

" If yon want peace, the th ing you 've got til du, Is .bs" to show you ' re up to l ighting I n . "

Lowell. R O W L A N D 0 . C. M A R K S , M.A.

( L a t i n and F r e n c h )

" I strove with none, for none was worth my st l i f e . " — h a n d or.

L E S L I E S P U R G E O N W O O D . M.A. (2nd Class H o n o u r s in H i s t o r y )

1 thought myself a clever fellow."'—Huron. " And wished that others held the same

opinion." Darn*.

E R N E S T H E D L E Y ROY G R E E N , M.Sc. (1st Class Hons , in P h y s i c s E l ec . a n d M a g n . )

" Most men of high destinies have high-sounding names. ' —Ste reason.

T H O M A S L E O N A R D L A N C A S T E R , M.Sc. ( B o t a n y )

"1 love tools' experiments. 1 am always making t h e m . " — D a r w i n .

" Mill I ask , ' Do I dream - ' ' -Qu'dler-t'onch.

J O H N C H A R L E S S M I T H , M.Sc. (1st Class H o n o u r s in C h e m i s t r y )

" I know thee for a man of many though t s .

DORA L I L I A N M I L L E R , M.A. (2nd Class H o n o u r s in Eng l i sh a n d F r e n c h )

" 'Tis pleasant sure to see one's name in p r in t . " .Inon.

W I L L I A M C. J . P E R R Y , M.A. (1st Class H o n o u r s in E c o n o m i c s )

" C o m e , le t ' s make a night of i t . " — A n o n . " In those proud days he little cared

Fur husbandry or t i l l age : To bli ther tasks did Per ry roust*

I he sleepers of the vUllage.""-— If' ords worth.

L E I L A E D I T H D O N A L D S O N P O R T E R . M.A. (2nd Class H o n o u r s in H i s t o r y )

"Such is the sad destiny of erring woman! " A modest maid decked in the blush of honour . "

S T A N T O N E A S T G A T E S E N I O R , M.A. (2nd Class H o n o u r s in H i s t o r y )

" Y o u know right well, how meek soe'er he seem. No keener hunter a f te r glory breathes. "-

7 'in in/son.

F R A N C I S A. T O C K E R . M.A. ( L a t i n a n d E n g l i s h )

" Every man is as heaven made him. and sometimes a great deal worse." ('errantes.

A L E X A N D E R K I N G C O M E T U R N E R . M.A. (1st Class H o n o u r s in E c o n o m i c s )

" O n his bold visage, middle age Had slightly pressed its signet s a g e . " — S c o f f .

' ' Here is the editor ; (Jive him an a r t i c l e ! " Kdtjcunihe.

P E R C I V A L O L I V E R V E A L E , M.Sc. (2nd Class H o n o u r s in C h e m i s t r y )

" A little 1 will speak.' '—T'/iilli/>s. " He was a wight of high renowne.

And those of but a low degree." Chaucer.

ROY N I C H O L A S A L L E Y , B.A. "All of us rode at the pace that kil ls ." Vrowse. " Let us be moral, Jet us contemplate

existence. -Dickens.

D O R E E N W I N I F R E D B A R W I C K , B.A.

" She hubbies so de l igh t fu l ly . "— (Author not traced).

H U B E R T C H A R L E S B E C R O F T , B.A. " T h y soul was like a star , and dwell apart."

- II'iirdsworth.

E L I Z A B E T H V I O L A B E L L , B.A. " \ \ hate.'er she is she'll not appear a sa in t . "

DORIS ADA B E T H E L L , B.A.

"There 's not a trace upon her face of diffidence

or shyness ." <lilhert. " I've learnt to think and sternly speak the t r u t h . "

-Hjiron.

E D M O N D E D W A R D S B I L K E Y , B.A. " Are ve too changed, ve hi ,ld.

D O U G L A S D A V I D A L E X A N D E R B I R D . B.A.

" I 'd sp.'ak in a monstrous little voice."—Vhake.tpeare. '(> Cuckoo, shall 1 <all thee bird or but a wan

dcring voice?" - - II ordsworth.

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ERIC WOOLLCOMBE B U R G I N . B.A. " H i s worst fault i.s tha t lie is given to p rayer . "

- -S/tal< *//< ari . " ' H o w far tha t little candle throws his beams ;

So shines a. good deed in a naughty wor ld ." -Shft/;i .</n (iri

W I L L I A M H A R R Y E N T W H I S T L E , B.A. " T know I'm one of na ture ' s lill 'e kings." -Snu/l/o

RAYMOND W I L L I A M F I R T H . B.A. " B e w a r e ! beware-

His f lashing eyes, his floating hair. <'olrridy

A R C H I B A L D GORDON F R A N C I S . B.A. " H e thinks it nothing less than vain

What has been done to do aga in . " —(A uf/ior no/ Iran-*/)

B E R Y L A N N I E J A C K S O N . B.A. "Sec re t and self-contained

oys te r . " Dic.Lcnx. rv as an

C H A R L E S W I L L I A M J O H N S O N . B.A.

" Like Pygmal ion ' s s ta tue waking^ The mortal and the marble still at strife, . And timidly expanding into life." fh/ron

B E R Y L MARY K N I G H T , B.A. " W h y stay we on tlx- earth except to g r o w ? "

flroirn i 11.1/ C H A R L E S J . M c L E A N , B.A.

" Much may be made of a Scotchman if he be caught young ." /!<>.<iri/l.

MARY K A T H L E E N N E W L A N D B.A. " A turn for ridicule by candour ruled.

A scorn of folly which she tries to h ide ." - S/n rir/fin

J O S E P H NORRISS P E A R T , B.A. " H e was one of lean body and visage."

F R A N C I S M A T T H E W P R I C E . B.A.

" T h e r e is nothing left remarkable, Beneath the visiting moon."—Shft!;<•.</u-arc.

L E S L I E GORDON SIMPSON, B.A.

" Look at my works ye mighty, and despa i r . " - S/of/r;/.

H A Z E L E D I T H T A Y L O R , B.A.

" A strange riddle of a l a d y ! " -Iliifhr.

H E N R Y W I L F R E D W E D D I N G , B.A.

" You look wise. Pray , correct tha t e r ro r . " - -Anna.

•• Ay. in the very temple of delight . Veiled melancholy has her sovran s h r i n e . " — K m t * .

GRAHAM BROOK B E L L , B.Sc.

" T h i s m a n . " observes Mirabeau. "will do somewhat. He believes every word he says ."

M A R G A R E T GORDON BROWN, B.Sc. " Discreet in gesture, in deportment mild,

Not stiff with prudence, nor uncouth 'y wi ld ."

ROY 0 . G A R D N E R . B.Sc. " For thy sake. Tobacco, I

Would do anyth ing but d ie ." The worst that can happen to \ <H". is to break

stones." h'n.-'hiii.

ROY W I L L I A M E A R L BYE H A R M A N , B.Sc. " L o r d , what fools these mortals be." —Shake* pcare A L F R E D L E W I S H O P E W E L L , B.Sc. " T a k e my word for it, this fellow is more kuave

than fool." Sin/,. "A youth by nature so designed.

To soothe some love-lorne damsel s mind ."

G E O R G E HECTOR MUNRO B.Sc. lie hanged (o y o u , c a n t you leave me alone now?

Tharhi rat/. " I ' m saddest when I sing."—/lai/l-i/

GEORG IN A M c M U L L A N , B.Sc. " Sad relic of depa.rted worth. ' '

F R A N K L E S L I E S W A N N , B.Sc. " O u r revels now are elided." -Shah< ••</n an .

BASIL H O W A R D B E N N E T T , LL .B . " The law hath not Inxm dead, though it hath s lep t . "

E R N E S T H A R O L D B L A K E Y , LL.B. " This bold, unjoiuted chat of his. " -Shah .</,* an .

A R T H U R G E O F F R E Y DAVIS, LL.B. " He is a little fond of playing the niagnifieo

abroad ."— I rv ine / . " A werry fine speak* r s i r , " ho med the g 'n ' lman

be.': " / /or r i< .

A N D R E W AICKIN F R E N C H , LL.B. " i^arth has not anything to show more f a i r . "

— N'ordxworth. " A l l the young women profess to love h i m . "

- -Addison.

V I N C E N T NOEL H U B B L E , L L . B . " T h e judicial humorist , I ' ve got on the l ist ."

—ailhrrt.

L E S L I E NORMAN J A C K A , LL .B . " Me does not seem of human birth, but wears the

aspect of the evil one ." Firdami.

OTHO L E E S O N M A R T E L L I , L L . 8 . "Vi r tue in the middle . " said the devil, as he seated

himself between two lawyers.

F R A N C I S W I L L I A M L A I D L A W M I L N E , LL.B. " He passes for a youthful miracle of prudence.

good sense, and benevolence."—Sheridan.

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L E S L I E KNOX M U N R O , L L . B . It may he my lord is weary, that his brain is

overwrough t . " -,s'fiak<*//<ar<.

A U B R E Y IVIARSDEN W O O D S . L L . B .

" Sonic be i iewd him unii i lnms wise and some be-lieved him mad . " Hratln.

E R I C M E R V Y N D A R R A C H C H L S O N , L L . B . Here 's a pret ty , pre t ty s ta te of th ings . " -<UllfH.

J A M E S C A M P B E L L R E N N I E . L L . B "Lit igious terms, fat contentions. and flowing fees ."

-M if/on. L A U R E N C E F R E D E R I C K R U D D , L L . B .

" 0 thou who didst wi th pitfall and with gin. Beset the road I was to wander in . "

- —Fitzgerald. L E S L I E G O R D O N S I M P S O N . L L . B .

" Human bodies are sic fools. For all their eolloges and schools." /{urns.

T R E V O R C A M P B E L L T H O M P S O N . L L . B . ' For God 's sake give me the young man who has

brains enough to make a fool of h imsel f . " —Stevenson.

S T A N L E Y W . W. T O N G , L L . B .

" I am now past the craggy paths of s tudy. And come to the flowery plains of honour and

re]>ut at ion."—- li> » ./onsau.

J O H N A L I C K ROSS. L L . B .

" What were the works by which 1 had gain'd so high a reputat ion Y" .1/ar/. in/ax/i.

W I L L I A M A L A N E M E R S O N L E O N A R D , B. Com.

" Counts his sure gains and hurries hack for mole . ' ' .1/ Iiu/i/iiiiirr i/.

" T h e work is light, and 1 may add i t 's most lemuneraf i ve."- (lilhcrt.

W I L L I A M W A T S O N R A F F , B .Com.

(!et thee behind the man that 1 am now You man that 1 used to he " -/{roiritimj.

I N E Z H O U G H T O N S T R E T T O N , Mus . Bac .

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T h e f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r s a r e t a k e n f r o m th i s a p p e n d i x . In o u r n e x t i s s u e w e h o p e t o c o n c e n t r a t e on Dr. W a r b l e r ' s e n t r i e s , m o r e e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e d e a l i n g w i t h h is h o p e l e s s i n f a t u a t i o n f o r Miss B u f f - O r p i n g t o n , an A r t s s t u d e n t . T h i s m i s f o r t u n e , w h i c h m i g h t eas i ly h a p p e n t o a n y b a c h e l o r o v e r f o r t y , w a s dis-c e r n e d by very few. ( i n c i d e n t a l l y , it w a s o b v i o u s to Mrs . B u f f - O r p i n g t o n , w h o h a d h e r m i n d m a d e up to e x p r e s s w a r m a p p r o v a l , if s h e s h o u l d be c o n s u l t e d , in d u e c o u r s e ) . Only in h i s d i a r y did Dr . W a r b l e r p o u r f o r t h an a c c o u n t of t h e p s y c h o l o g i c a l a n d b i o c h e m i c a l c o m p l e x i t i e s w h i c h ac-c o m p a n i e d s u c h a d i s t u r b i n g r e a c t i o n . H a v i n g a n a l y s e d w h a t is d e s c r i b e d as " l o v e " i n t o i t s c o n s t i t u e n t t r o p i s m s in h i s cele b r a t e d books " O t o g e n y R e c a p i t u l a t e s P h y l o -g e n y , " a n d its s e q u e l " T i m e Out of Mind , "

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D e a r e s t E m m e l i n e , I a m g r a t i f i e d t h a t you c o n s u l t m e a b o u t t h e s t y l e of bandeau t o go w i t h y o u r n e w k i n g f i s h e r b lue , f o r , in t h e s e a f f a i r s , you t a k e a f t e r m e in h a v i n g t h e flair f o r w h a t is t h e r i g h t t h i n g . Th i s , I m a y f l a t t e r m y s e l f , is d u e t o y o u r b r i n g i n g up , f o r I w a s n e v e r o n e of t h o s e f e e b l e p a r -e n t s w h o t o l e r a t e d t h e c r i t i c i s m s a n d p r e -coc ious u p p i s h n e s s of t h e m o d e r n j u v e n i l e . H o w t h e p r o f e s s o r s s t a n d i t I c a n ' t i m a g i n e . B u t as d e a r D r . W a r b l e r s ays , t h e y get wi ld a t t i m e s a n d c o m e d o w n w i t h a h e a v y h a n d I a m s p e a k i n g m e t a p h o r i c a l l y , of cou r se . Con-s e q u e n t l y , even w h e n you a r e d i s c u s s i n g t h e U n i v e r s i t y s y l l a b u s o r v e n t i l a t i n g (as you a r e r a t h e r p r o n e t o do) fin /?<• -<i'dr o p i n i o n s

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My d e a r e s t Des, I a m c o n s i d e r a b l y agi-t a t e d a t r e p o r t s of y o u r s t a t e of m i n d . W h y a r e you so jo l ly s e n s i t i v e ? Moi, qui vous parle, I d o n ' t p a r t i c u l a r l y w o r r y ove r a f r a c a s w i t h a t e a c h e r , in f a c t I a m q u i t e a c c u s t o m e d to c r i t i c i s m s by now. T h e on ly t h i n g t h a t p e e v e s m e is t h a t t h e y u s u a l l y h a v e t h e l a s t w o r d . If you f r e t y o u r s e l f t o a s h a d o w ove r e v e r y l i t t l e t h i n g , you will n e v e r g e t on in l i fe . I d o n ' t m e a n to s a y t h a t you need d e v e l o p s u c h n e r v e as t o s t r o l l i n t o a Gov-e r n m e n t H o u s e g a r d e n p a r t y w i t h o u t an in-v i t a t i o n , l ike c e r t a i n p e o p l e I cou ld n a m e , b u t w e m u s t be p u s h i n g a t t i m e s .

A b o u t t h e p r e s e n t d i s c o n t e n t , m y s t r o n g a d v i c e is to see t h e P r o f , at once . B u s t l e in w h e n he is t i r e d a f t e r a h e a v y l e c t u r e a n d t r y t o p u t h i m in t h e w r o n g . If t h i s w o n ' t w o r k you c a n e i t h e r b e l a c h r y m o s e a n d apolo-g e t i c ( t h i s w o u l d s u i t y o u r s t y l e , r a t h e r ) or e l se c o m p l a i n a b o u t t h e n e r v o u s e n e r g y con-s u m e d in f i l l i n g in f o r m s a n d a d m i t you n e v e r cou ld c o m p l e t e o n e c o r r e c t l y . T h i s is q u i t e a c o m m o n t h i n g , of c o u r s e ; you a r e by no m e a n s t h e on ly one .

T h i n g s a r e g o i n g m u c h t h e s a m e h e r e . T h e C h a m b e r Music C o c e r t h a s been p o s t p o n e d a g a i n . T h e D i r e c t o r w a s so p e e v e d t h a t he w r o t e a p r e s c r i p t i o n f o r h i m s e l f a n d is, I h e a r , a b s o r b i n g h y p o p h o s p h i t e s . " T h i s is w h a t c o m e s of l e t t i n g s t u d e n t s r u n t h i n g s , " he h i s s e d a t F r e d a E l l i o t t , w h o w a s so c u t u p b e i n g a c h a m p i o n s e c r e t a r y t h a t 1 t h o u g h t i t m y p la in d u t y t o f o r g e t a b o u t Mr. A r d e n ' s l e c t u r e a n d m a k e h e r a s t r o n g c u p of t e a , w h i c h c e r t a i n l y c h e e r e d he r up . A g a t h a h a d rea l h a r d luck t h e o t h e r day. S h e w a s f i n e d f i v e s h i l l i n g s by P r o f e s s o r E g g l e s t o n f o r e a t i n g m a r s h m a l l o w s a t t h e S h a k e s p e a r e l e c t u r e . In c o n d o l i n g , I c o m -p l i m e n t e d h e r on s e l e c t i n g an e d i b l e r e q u i r -i ng t h e m i n i m u m of m a s t i c a t i o n , b u t , entre HOIK h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n w a s d e f e c t i v e . T h e s e

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"Varsi ty . A m o n g t h e i t ems I p a r t i c u l a r l y l iked we re : " T e a in t h e Morn ing , Tea in t h e Evening , Tea in t h e A f t e r n o o n " ( f r o m "The C inga lee" ) Chorus of Lad ies ' Common Room Club; " I ' m F o r E v e r Blowing B u b b l e s , " C u t h -bie Dukes ; "Bid Me D i s c o u r s e " (Bishop) Do-reen; " E v e r y b o d y Calls Me Honey," Mr. Sha rp i e ; "Love ' s Young D r e a m " ( I r i sh ) , D. C. S t e w a r t ; "P iano , P i a n o " ( f r o m " F i g a r o " ) Innes S t r e t -t in ; " F a i n would I Change t h a t N o t e " ( H u g h e s ) , C h o r u s of Musical Socie ty ; " I 'm t h e Boy for B e w i t c h i n g t h e m " ( I r i s h ) Henry Allen; "Rock of Ages ," Mr. B e r t r a m : a d m i r -ab le e x a m p l e s of c o n t r a r y motion were h e a r d in t h e c o u n t e r p o i n t of H a n d e l ' s "O Lovely T r e e , " r e n d e r e d by P r o f e s s o r G r o s s m e r and Mr. McGr igge r . Our d i s t i n g u i s h e d gues t , Mr. Ragg , gave a. b r i l l i a n t i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of "My Own, My Gu id ing S t a r " ( M a c f a r r e n ) . T h e C a r n i v a l C o m m i t t e e , headed by P r o f e s s o r Al-ger , gave P u r c e l l ' s c h o r u s "Le t Us R e h e a r s e " ( f r o m " T h e P r o p h e t e s s " ) in such e m p h a t i c s ty le t h a t they w e r e voc i fe rous ly encored . Amids t e n t h u s i a s m , they t h e n gave us t h a t f lor id ly c o n t r a p u n t a l compos i t ion e n t i t l e d "We won' t be ab l e to do it aga in for Months, and Months , and M o n t h s , " of which t h e h ighly technica l s equen t i a l t r e a t m e n t w a s a revela-t ion t o t h e m o s t ph i l i s t i ne indiv idual p r e s e n t .

A del ic ious petit souper fo l lowed , t h e v i ands be ing c l a s s i f i ed a n d d i s t r i b u t e d u n d e r t h e supe rv i s ion of t w o p r o m i n e n t m e m b e r s of the S c i e n t i f i c Socie ty .

I shall t r y to come and see you t h i s week-end, a l t h o u g h I d o n ' t w a n t to miss t h e Sat-u r d a y even ing dance ; f o r as Pe rcy says , the, C o m m i t t e e would be los t w i t h o u t me. W h e n -ever t h e r e is a n y t h i n g on, May N e w l a n d and E r i n a a re a lways anx ious t o keep me h a n g i n g a b o u t , as t h e y say t h e y f i nd me such a he lp in s n u b b i n g t h e s o m e w h a t noisy f i r s t year damse l s . Only t h e o t h e r even ing Clem Ha'J-dow w a s t e l l i ng me w h a t a conso la t ion I was , combin ing as I m u s t c o n f e s s I do, s u p r e m e t a c t w i t h f i r m n e s s in a c t i n g as a s o f t pedal , so to speak , on c e r t a i n people ' s vocal cords . I t is a p i t y you will miss t h e Law S t u d e n t s Bal l . Ar in G r i f f i n w a s p a r t i c u l a r l y e n q u i r i n g a b o u t you. I en joyed t h e G r a d u a t i o n Dance e x t r e m e l y , and w a s p leased to see t h e s u p p e r se t o u t in a civil ised f a sh ion in a hygienic-looking place, no t l ike l a s t year .

By t h e way, 1 h e a r t h e r e is some ta lk of r e g u l a t i n g ou r a m u s e m e n t s . All t h i s s t u f f y c r i t i c i sm of our l i t t le hops is t h o r o u g h l y

peeving. A r e n ' t we con t inua l ly to ld we w a n t pol ish? I would like t o know if t h e r e is any b e t t e r way of hav ing one 's co rne r s a b r a d e d t h a n t h e m o d e r n c rowded jazz. When I read of t h e c h a r m i n g social l ife a t home, 1 cons ider some Quinn Ci ty t e a c h e r s m i g h t show a d a p t a t i o n t o mode rn c r i t e r i a (I q u o t e f r o m your f a v o u r i t e P r o f e s s o r ) and be r i g h t u p - t o - d a t e in t h i s line by giving a s t u d e n t p a r t y a t one of t he c a b a r e t s ( p r e f e r a b l y not d u r i n g C a r n i v a l , natureHement). I g ive yon my word t h a t I have been cons ide r ing mov-ing on t o a n o t h e r College. I know they t a k e t h e m s e l v e s hor r ib ly ser iously a t O taku , and t h e s t u d e n t s are d ragooned and c h a p e r o n e d to no end a t C a n t e r b e r r y . I would se r ious ly cons ide r V ic to r i a only I am so incu rab ly a r t i s t i c t h a t I never could learn a n y t h i n g in a red-br ick bu i ld ing . It is not e v e r y w h e r e t h a t people can have our impress ive Goth ic pile, o t h e r d r a w b a c k s n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g . Let me know w h a t you t h i n k of th i s , cherie.

Of c o u r s e t h e r e is t h e h u m a n aspect , a s well, to r e t a i n me. With all my n a t u r a l se l f -d e p r e c i a t i o n I m u s t con fe s s I have m a d e a n iche f o r myse l f he re t h a t no one else could q u i t e fill . I give va luab le advice t o Char l ie Hopk ins , no t t o speak of occasional c o n f a b s w i t h K e i t h Vau t i e r . I am pal ly w i th severa l of t h e Meds ( some of whom are real ly s p a r k l i n g when they a re no t b rood ing on t h e i r e x a m s . ) notably Willy F o r t u n e , Morton Hodge, Maur ice P r i e s t l ey and S t e w a r t Kin-near . How I am r u n n i n g on when I j u s t m e a n t t o give my opinion a b o u t t h e f o r m ! If I see t h e t e a c h e r conce rned I may p u t in « good word for you. In t h e m e a n t i m e , restez tranquille. chere enfant. In o t h e r words leave it in t h e h a n d s of

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s a w n o t h i n g w h a t e v e r a g a i n s t an a c a d e m i c e x i s t e n c e e x c e p t t h e e x a m i n a t i o n s . One h a d to s y m p a t h i s e wi th s u c h an i n d i v i d u a l in h a v i n g t o e a r n h i s l i v ing s o m e t i m e or o t h e r . H e f l a t t e r e d h i m s e l f on h is d i s c r i m i n a t i o n r e g a r d i n g a p r o f i l e , a n d w h e n a s u f f i c i e n t l y d i s t r a c t i n g o b j e c t c a m e w i t h i n t h e p e r i p h e r y of h i s v i s u a l f i e ld , t h e a b d u c e n s (musculus oculi jucundOof h is p r o x i m a l e y e b a l l a u t o -m a t i c a l l y c o n t r a c t e d . T h e d i s t r a c t i n g o b j e c t , f o r t h e t i m e be ing , h a p p e n e d t o be Miss B u f f - O r p i n g t o n , w h o m he m e t a t a d a n c e in S t . P e t e r ' s Hal l . N o r d id E m m e l i n e d i s d a i n t h i s <<Uad< On t h e c o n t r a r y , s h e r e c i p r o -c a t e d . T h e y "sa t o u t " in t h e G o t h i c r e c e s s e s (once in a m o t o r c a r ) a n d M o n t y p r o v e d ex-c e e d i n g l y a m u s i n g . W h i l e l i s t e n i n g t o h is gay p h i l i p p i c s , a d i s t i c h f l o a t e d t h r o u g h h e r m i n d :

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T h e y w e r e r e c o g n i s e d as a f f i n i t i e s , a t f i r s t iii t h e L a d i e s ' C o m m o n R o o m , w h e n c e , a p p a r -en t ly , s p r e a d t h e r u m o u r w h i c h u l t i m a t e l y r e a c h e d Mrs . B u f f - O r p i n g t o n a n d Dr . W a r -b l e r .

M o n t a g u ' s b o s o m c h u m , V a l e n t i n e Coxe-Combe , w a s one of t h o s e o r n a m e n t a l j u v e n -i les w h o d r i f t i n t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y b e c a u s e i t is s o m e t h i n g t o do a n d n e v e r a c h i e v e any-t h i n g w h e n t h e y g e t t h e r e . He w a s a y o u n g -e r e d i t i o n of M o n t y , a n d a l so c a m o u f l a g e d as a m e d i c a l s t u d e n t . T h a t he c o n s i d e r e d h i m s e l f a h e a r t - b r e a k e r goes w i t h o u t s a y i n g . H e e x h i b i t e d all t h e p r e c o c i o u s a i r s of a m a n of t h e w o r l d a n d h a b i t u a l l y s p o r t e d a pipe-t h r e e s izes t o o l a r g e f o r h im. H e d a b b l e d a g r e a t dea l in c o m m i t t e e w o r k a n d s i m i l a r d i s t r a c t i o n s . U n s c r u p u l o u s s e c r e t a r i e s of Col lege S o c i e t i e s t ook a d v a n t a g e of his n a t u r -al a m i a b i l i t y t o d i v e r t h is e n e r g i e s i n t o e v e r y c h a n n e l b u t t h a t s u g g e s t e d by t h e U n i v e r s i t y s y l l a b u s .

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t h e r e w a s n o t h i n g t o s h o w f o r i t . His p re -s e n t c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s w e r e a n a l y s e d , and a p r o g n o s i s m a d e f o r t h e f u t u r e . In f a c t , Val-e n t i n e l e f t w i t h a v a g u e but u n c o m f o r t a b l e f e e l i n g t h a t if h i s i n c o m e w e r e to tie d i r e c t l y p r o p o r t i o n a l to h i s i n t e l l i g e n c e t h e ou t look w a s d i s t i n c t l y g loomy . On h i s way h o m e Va l -e n t i n o t h o u g h t t h e r e m u s t be s o m e t h i n g in w h a t h is t e a c h e r sa id , c o n s i d e r i n g it w a s t h e s a m e t h e m e e v e r y t i m e . He even h a d t h e c u r i o s i t y t o look u p t h e s y l l a b u s . W h a t he r e a d t h e r e i n d u c e d such a v io lent r e a c t i o n t h a t he h a s t i l y r a n g u p M o n t a g u t o s ay t h a t he w a s g o i n g to w o r k , a n d , a s a s t a r t , c o u l d n o t c u t t h e t w o W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n lec-t u r e s as a r r a n g e d , to go to a m a t i n e e of " T h e M o u n t a i n Maid , " w i t h t e a t o f o l l o w a t J o h n C o a t e s ' .

V a l e n t i n e ' s i m p u l s i v e n a t u r e m u s t be t h e e x c u s e f o r t h i s s u d d e n a n d u n f o r e s e e n de-v e l o p m e n t . M o n t a g u w a s so p e t r i f i e d t h a t he w a s d e p r i v e d of t h e p o w e r of a r t i c u l a t i o n . H e r e p l a c e d t h e r e c e i v e r , r a n g off , a n d lit a c i g a r e t t e in a s e r i e s of r e f l e x a c t i o n s . T h e f r i e n d s d id n o t m e e t d u r i n g t h e w e e k - e n d as M o n t a g u h a d t o l e ave t h a t e v e n i n g t o p l ay in a b i l l i a r d t o u r n a m e n t a t Hot S p r i n g s . H e d e p a r t e d in s o m e t h i n g of a b u f f , bu t t h e b r a c -ing a i r of Ho t S p r i n g s c a u s e d h i m to r e c o v e r h i s e q u a n i m i t y . M o n t a g u v i s u a l i s e d poor V a l e n t i n o s w o t t i n g , a c t u a l l y s w o t t i n g , f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e in h i s l i fe , a n d r e l e n t e d so f a r a s to i n d i t e a l e t t e r w h i c h w e r e p r o d u c e f r o m t h e A p p e n d i x to V o l u m e H.

D e a r old Val , I d o n ' t k n o w w h e t h e r t o r e p r o a c h o r c o n d o l e w i t h you . One t h i n g I will s ay I a m v e r y m u c h s u r p r i s e d a t y o u r a t t i t u d e . I t ' s a w o n d e r you did n o t m e n t i o n t h i s t o p i c a n d a sk m y a d v i c e as an old s t a g e r d u r i n g o u r p e r a m b u l a t i o n s , o r even d u r i n g a l e c t u r e . B u t , p e r h a p s , l ike m y s e l f , t h e l a s t t h i n g you t h o u g h t of d u r i n g t h e f i r s t t w o t e r m s w a s y o u r e x a m . O n e c a n ' t do e v e r y -t h i n g . You a r e s e e i n g so m u c h of t h e P r o f s , l a t e l y t h a t m y adv i ce is p r o b a b l y s u p e r f l u -ous . B u t I wil l n o t b e s a r c a s t i c . Y o u ' r e n e r v o u s ; t h a t ' s all is w r o n g w i t h you, old c h a p . F r e s h e r s , e s p e c i a l l y , s u f f e r f r o m spo-r a d i c a t t a c k s . W h e n you h a v e b e e n p l o u g h e d as o f t e n as m e you w o n ' t w o r r y . I n e v e r do n o w . T h e p a t e r wil l p u t his f o o t d o w n s o m e t i m e I e x p e c t ; t h e n we ' l l see. One i m p o r t a n t f a c t o r s e e m s t o h a v e e s c a p e d y o u r n o t i c e . I t m i g h t be t e r m e d t h e a r t of s ide -

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t r a c k i n g a too inqu is i t ive t eacher . Your aca-demic c o m f o r t will be cons ide r ab ly f a c i l i t a t e d if you m a n a g e t h e t e a c h e r s p rope r ly . Some of t h e s e s imp ly w o n ' t le t you fa i l , w h e t h e r you w a n t to or no t . Th i s is t h e m o s t har -r o w i n g t h i n g in t h e ' V a r s i t y ( f o r I have a

so f t h e a r t ) to f ind you r t e a c h e r upse t , when you d o n ' t p a r t i c u l a r l y mind . The t ech-n ique of d e a l i n g wi th you r P r o f e s s o r m a y be g a i n e d by expe r i ence , no d o u b t , b u t some are b o r n w i t h a g i f t t h a t way, and can a d a p t n a t u r a l l y t o each p a r t i c u l a r case. The pre-m o n i t o r y s ign has a l r eady e v e n t u a t e d w i t h you, t o wi t , an o f f i c i a l v is i t t o your t e ache r . All s t u d e n t s should be p r e p a r e d f o r t h e s e o rdea l s . A t t i m e s you will be s e n t for , shown in to a p r i v a t e room, and asked, w i t h g r e a t a f f a b i l i t y , t o t a k e a s e a t ( some p u t on m o r e f r i l l s t h a n o t h e r s ) . T h e P r o f e s s o r will t h e n speak p a t e r n a l l y t o you f o r your good. N e v e r t a lk back. Thank him g r a t e f u l l y ; say your eyes are now opened , and c o n c o m i t a n t r e s u l t s will fo l low.

I t ' s u n c a n n y how some of t h e m d i agnose us. I am s u r e when they g e t t o g e t h e r t h e y d i s sec t us, j u s t as we d i s sec t t h e m in t h e Common Rooms. If you behave w i t h t a c t in such a c r i s i s you will c o n v e r t w h a t w a s in-t e n d e d t o be a d i sc ip l ina ry lesson i n to a p l e a s a n t t e t e - a - t e t e .

P r o f e s s o r i a l id iosyncras ies a re usua l ly ap-p a r e n t t o t h e f r e s h e r in t h e f i r s t t e r m . These can be ac t ed u p to. Should a t e a c h e r have pub l i shed a book especia l ly if con t rove r s i a l

he is de l ivered i n to you r hand in t h i s res-

pec t . You have only to look u p t h e work be-f o r e t h e i n t e rv i ew , ask a ques t ion and let him c a r r y on. I f , f o r example , your p r o g r e s s is no t u p t o P r o f e s s o r Seeger ' s ca lcu la t ions , scof f a t w a t e r - d i v i n i n g . Should you s u f f e r a dec lens ion in P r o f e s s o r D e t t m e r ' s opinion you may sco re heav i ly by m e n t i o n i n g casu -ally, off your own hat , so to speak , wha t a hope less p l ace t h e ' V a r s i t y would be wi thou t its f ield spor ts . Wi th Dr . Bowle igh i n f a n t d i e t e t i c s may be a l i t t l e s t a l e ; you will be sa fe wi th v i t amines , however , and e n q u i r e w h a t ' s good for t h e m e t a b o l i s m of g rowing juven i les who a r e s t u d y i n g h a r d . Mr. Sal-ine s t r i k e s me as a h igh ly m a g n e t i c per-sonal i ty , but P r o f e s s o r W o r b i d g e is, as yet, s o m e w h a t a t m o s p h e r i c . He is no t long enough wTith us f o r the Common Room to speak de-cisively; all you have to do is t o w a t c h your s t e p , and d o n ' t s t r i k e m a t c h e s on t h e objets d'art o u t s i d e t h e Lab. door. Dr . Jocelyn is p e r h a p s t h e m o s t easily v ic t imised of any; in f a c t i t ' s a s h a m e t o t ake a d v a n t a g e of such a s y m p a t h e t i c n a t u r e . You have only lo put on a p r u n e s - a n d - p r i s m s express ion , and ask a ques t ion combin ing t h e evolu t ion-ary ou t look w i t h a n y t h i n g a e s t h e t i c .

I shall be back in Quinn Ci ty w i t h all t h e n e w s by Monday. If you d i s a p p o i n t me on W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n I am done w i t h you. In which case, never aga in a p p r o a c h me f o r good advice a b o u t your work .

P a t e r n a l l y yours , MONTY. [ F u r t h e r e x t r a c t s f r o m t h e Diary will be

given in ou r n e x t i ssue . ]

A SCIENTIFIC STORY WITH A MORAL.

SMALL th ings t h a t one and all d e t e s t The Chem. P r o f , w i t h especia l zest , Are g i r l s in Lab. w i t h d a n g l i n g hai r .

You should have seen him c ross ly s t a r e A t y o u n g Miss Dor i s D a v e n p o r t , When in t h e door he r p ig ta i l c a u g h t . He beckoned t o t h e c a p t u r e d gir l , "P l ea se give your ha i r an u p w a r d f u r l , B e f o r e you e n t e r i n t o Lab., And in to i t some h a i r - p i n s j ab . " She a n s w e r e d h im w i t h m a n n e r mild , "I am, sir , b u t a l i t t l e child, As ye t t oo young t o b ind my hair , And know t h e t r i a l of ha i r -p in s ' care . To Lab. , no t yea r s give me access , B u t my p r o d i g o u s c l eve rness . "

And so she t o s sed her lovely head, A n d s t r o d e w i t h d i sobed ien t t r e a d , A n d took he r s t a n d bes ide t h e door . Then quick she gave a sudden r o a r -A B u n s e n f l a m e had c a u g h t he r ha i r , I t b u r n e d mos t f i e rce ly eve rywhere . And now her b ig black r i b b o n s sizzle, H e r k i s s -cur l s n e x t b e g i n to f r i zz le ; And as t h e l as t ha i r f l a m e d and died. W i t h so r row in her voice she cr ied, " I would w i t h P r o f s . I 'd l ea rned compl iance , E r e I 'd began to s t u d y Science ." The Prof said. "Yes , she is a s i gh t , B u t real ly i t j u s t se rves her r i g h t ! " And now she w e a r s a m u s l i n cap, To cover u p he r sad m i s h a p .

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Make-Believe.

HE who can p r a c t i s e t h e a r t of make -believe ho lds h a p p i n e s s in t h e hollow of his hand ; he has a key to Fa i ry -

land, and w i n g s t o f ly above t h e s t a r s . To him all t h i n g s a r e poss ible , and no th ing too w o n d e r f u l t o be t r u e , f o r make-be l ieve is more p o t e n t t h a n t h e Ph i l o sophe r ' s S tone . One touch of it will t u r n t h e dull leaden f a c t s of t h e w o r k a d a y wor ld t o t h e golden a d v e n t u r e s of t h e N e v e r - n e v e r Land , and t h e poo re s t l i t t l e one who possesses it may go his way as royal ly as a c rowned king. The w e a l t h of make-be l i eve is no t held l ike e a r t h l y gold, a t F o r t u n e ' s p l ea su re : he who in y o u t h has learned t h e s e c r e t can never be robbed, never be s h u t o u t of his El Dorado, however ha r sh ly F o r t u n e dea ls w i t h his wor ld ly possess ions .

As chi ldren we c a m e t o l i fe a r m e d b u t poorly f o r t h e b a t t l e w i th E a r t h , b u t make-believe is a t once o u r shield and s w o r d . Shel-t e r behind it , and F a t e ' s b lows fa l l b u t l igh t ly ; t a k e it in your hand , and it becomes t h e Glaive of Light , Exca l i bu r , w h o m evil c a n n o t r e s i s t .

Make-bel ieve f e e d s t h e f l a m e of hope which b u r n s h igh in all ou r h e a r t s . It m a k e s l i fe a j ou rney t o w a r d s t h e s u n r i s e of El Dorado, and t h e very d a r k n e s s of t h e way b lossoms w i t h t h e s t a r s t h a t Make-bel ieve l igh t s . It is t h e voice of e t e r n a l youth, a plea f o r f a i t h in b e a u t y , and a p r o t e s t a g a i n s t t h e pess imism of l i fe -b l inded age. The k i t t e n which rol ls and t u m b l e s a f t e r his own ta i l , o r t u r n s f r o m t h e c a p t u r e of a f l u t t e r i n g leaf w i t h eyes t h a t ask for p ra i se , could t each a lesson to p e s s i m i s t i c age.

In t h e end, i t i sn ' t l i fe t h a t m a t t e r s , b u t r a t h e r t h e p e r s o n a l i t y t h a t we br ing to it. W i t h courage , hope and a joyous h e a r t , a man is well e q u i p p e d fo r the s t r u g g l e , and it is make-be l ieve which h e a r t e n s courage , l i gh t s t h e way f o r hope, and gives w i n g s to joy. N o t h i n g is ever to evil f o r make-be l ieve to ennoble and l i t t l e t oo l o a t h s o m e f o r make-believe to love. On the wor ld ' s t e a r s she s e t s a r a inbow, as s u r e p ledge of our f u t u r e happ ines s . He r eyes a r e t o w a r d s t h e E a s t and the d a w n i n g day, and t h e l ight of f a i ry -land sh ines on he r ha i r .

Learn again if need be, t h e a r t of p r e t e n d -ing, f o r it is a t a l i s m a n which p re se rves

y o u t h and a key t o unlock t h e p r i son house of dai ly ex i s t ence . T a k e t h e key in your h a n d and v e n t u r e f o r t h . P e r h a p s as Glori-ana ' s k n i g h t your way lies ac ross u n c h a r t e d seas, unt i l a t last you m e e t t h e ga l leons of Spa in . Then, a v i c to r , you speed whi te-winged t o w a r d s home, laden w i t h t r e a s u r e of j ewels and g o l d e n pieces of e igh t . T h a t you reach land j u s t in t i m e f o r 9 o 'clock on Monday doesn ' t m a t t e r whi le you ' re s t i l l on t h e voyage—in any case a week-end so br ie f t h a t one f i l ls i t w i t h t h e q u i n t e s s e n c e of joy is m o r e to be s o u g h t t h a n a m o n t h of hol iday.

Or p e r h a p s , a p r ince in sh in ing a r m o u r , you sail t h e pe r i l ous seas of F a i r y l a n d and r e scue t h e P r i n c e s s i m p r i s o n e d in t h e tower . L i o n h e a r t e d you m u s t be to b r a v e t h e d a n g e r s of t h e way, and indeed very noble t o win t h e P r i n c e s s ' love. A f t e r t h e w e d d i n g you have t o go back to w a g e - e a r n i n g , and she to wash -ing d ishes , b u t t h a t rea l ly does no t m e a n t h e end of r o m a n c e . Make-bel ieve a lways comes t o y o u r aid, if you a r e a f o r t u n a t e one, and no l i f e can even become dull a n d p rosa ic w h e r e make-be l i eve is.

Make-bel ieve will show you how t o s l ip you r f e e t i n to t h e w inged s a n d a l s of Mercu ry ; or would you r a t h e r wear t h e seven- league b o o t s of f a i ry - t a l e , as you s e t o f f on your j o u r n e y r o u n d t h e wor ld? W e shal l see sun-rise f l u s h t h e i n c o m p a r a b l e s n o w s of F u j i -y a m a ; d r ink o u r b r e a k f a s t c o f f e e in Monte-m a r t e ; at noonday w a t c h t h e s h a d o w dance of t h e leaves upon t h e b luebel ls , w h e r e s p r i n g s u n s h i n e f i l t e r s t h r o u g h t h e b r a n c h e s of an Eng l i sh f o r e s t ; a t m i d - a f t e r n o o n wan-de r in a Pe r s i an rose g a r d e n ; or if you sco rn such s o f t de l igh t s , we m i g h t e n g a g e in b a t t l e w i t h t h e wa r l i ke t r i b e s of A n y w h e r e - a t - a l l , or h u n t t h e polar b e a r t h r o u g h t h e snow, or s t a l k t h e lordly e l e p h a n t . B u t le t us h a s t e n t o Delhi a t t h e even ing hour , when s u n s e t g i lds t h e t e m p l e domes, and t h r o u g h t h e golden a i r r i ses t h e p r a y e r of t h e F a i t h f u l , who bow t h e i r h e a d s t o w a r d s Mecca. B e f o r e t h e co lour f a d e s f r o m t h e scene, le t us s e t o u t f o r Waik ik i , f a r in t h e sea, and t h e r e we shall w a t c h the Moon r ise t h r o u g h t h e pu rp l e n igh t , d i m m i n g t h e s t a r s , and t h e s h i n i n g g l o w - w o r m s , b u t l i g h t i n g t h e t h u n -d e r i n g s u r f t o daz/. l ing w h i t e n e s s . The re on

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t h e p a l m - f r i n g e d shore t h e y shal l p u t yel low leis round our necks, and we shal l l i s ten whi le t he n igh t passes g e n t l y to t h e sound of s o f t na t ive voices, and t o t h e t u n e of h a u n t i n g g u i t a r s , unt i l at last s l eep draw,-; near .

We shal l p robab ly wake in t h e work -a -day wor ld to t h e sound of t h e e igh t o 'clock s i ren b u t w h a t m a t t e r ? Wre have h a d ou r ye s t e r -day, and t h e r e is a lways t o - m o r r o w ; and b o t h to -day and t o - m o r r o w will be ful l of incred-ib le b r i g h t n e s s and joyousness if we know t h e g a m e of Make-bel ieve.

Magic. " A N D my m o t h e r said she w o u l d n ' t let

/ \ me go to a c o m m o n c i rcus , and I w a n t e d to go a w f u l l y , 'cos t hey 've go t

a rea l f a i r y t h e r e I know 'cos Nel l ie s aw her , and she w e a r s a b e a u t i f u l p ink d ress , w i t h j ewels on i t , and she has real w ings and a mag ic w a n d ! "

' ' I w o n d e r if my m o t h e r would t a k e me to see he r , " said Colin.

" H a r r y ! H a r r y ! " cr ied a voice. "Coming , m o t h e r ! " and t h e n e x t momen t

Colin was alone. A real f a i r y ! And so close! If only

m o t h e r w e r e a t home and could t a k e him b u t , alas! m o t h e r w a s in t o w n on i m p o r t a n t bus iness , and t h e n e x t day t h e f a i r y m i g h t be gone. Would m o t h e r mind very m u c h if he w e n t a lone? If m o t h e r k n e w t h e r e w a s a f a i r y so close, of course she 'd w a n t him t o see her . T u r n i n g these t h i n g s over in his smal l m ind , Colin s t r o l l e d s lowly down t h e g a r d e n p a t h .

Anyone w a l k i n g down t h e road t o w a r d s Regan ' s house, a b o u t half p a s t two , m i g h t have seen a s t u r d y l i t t l e f i g u r e w i t h black cur l s and d r e a m y d a r k eyes, e m e r g e s t e a l t h i l y f r o m t h e g a t e and t r u d g e m a n f u l l y down the ho t , d u s t y road , in t h e d i r ec t i on of a l a rge w h i t e t e n t a b o u t a q u a r t e r of a mile d i s t a n t . Colin was go ing to look f o r his f a i r y .

I t was no t t i l l an h o u r a f t e r w a r d s , t h a t Mary Regan , r e t u r n i n g h o m e sooner t h a n she

•expected , a f t e r f r u i t l e s s l y s e a r c h i n g t h e house and ga rden , w e n t n e x t door and e l ic i ted t h e i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m t h e r e l u c t a n t H a r r y , t h a t Colin " m i g h t have gone to t h e c i rcus t o see t h e f a i r y . "

Ser ious ly d i s t u r b e d a t t h e t h o u g h t of he r child in t h e coarse and sord id s u r r o u n d i n g s of a f i f t h - r a t e c i rcus , Mary h u r r i e d down t h e r o a d w i t h o u t f u r t h e r delay.

A swee t f r a g r a n t vision in whi te , she looked o u t of k e e p i n g enough wi th her s u r r o u n d i n g s h e r s e l f , w h e n s h e a t las t e n t e r e d t he t e n t and looked eage r ly round fo r Colin.

The p e r f o r m a n c e was d r a w i n g to i ts close, a n d t h e " f i n e s t t i g h t rope d a n c e r in t h e w o r l d " t h e f a i ry of Colin 's d r e a m s was g iv ing he r f ina l p e r f o r m a n c e , amid t r e m e n d o u s app l ause .

Looking, Mary s a w a s l i g h t g i r l i sh f i g u r e , in t a w d r y ba l l e t c o s t u m e , wi th a p a i n t e d f a c e a n d a s t a g e smile , go ing t h r o u g h clever acro-b a t i c f e a t s , and a c k n o w l e d g i n g t h e p l a u d i t s of t h e male p o r t i o n s of t h e audience , by kiss-ing he r h a n d t o t h e m .

" C o m m o n l i t t l e t h i n g ! " t h o u g h t Mary ; " f a n c y Colin see ing a gir l like t h a t . I m u s t g-et him a w a y f r o m here a t once ." But even as t h e t h o u g h t p a s s e d her mind, she s aw h im.

He was s t a n d i n g a l i t t l e d i s t a n c e o f f , gaz-ing a t t h e f a i ry w i t h a b r e a t h l e s s exp re s s ion of w o n d e r and reve rence on his f a c e — h e s a w no t a w d r y c i rcus girl , b u t a b e a u t i f u l and e t h e r e a l being, such as m i g h t t r i p t h r o u g h t h e dewy m e a d o w s in t h e f i r s t f l u s h of d a w n , or veil he r holy b e a u t y in t h e sac red s h a d e s of some m y s t e r i o u s wood.

Mary had no h e a r t t o b r e a k t h e chi ld ' s d r e a m . " I will w a i t t i l l it is over ," she t h o u g h t ; "he will come t o no h a r m . "

B u t in the c r o w d i n g t h a t fo l lowed t h e b r e a k i n g up of t h e p e r f o r m a n c e , Mary was s e p a r a t e d f r o m and f o r a f e w m o m e n t s lost s i g h t of , Colin. Then she s aw t o he r amaze-m e n t , t h a t he w a s fo l lowing t h e f a i r y to her d r e s s ing room. She did not reach t h e door tlil Colin was a l r eady inside, and t h e n she paused , s t r u c k by t h e l i t t le scene t h a t w a s be ing e n a c t e d b e f o r e her , and d r e w back a l i t t l e in t h e s h e l t e r of a f r i e n d l y c u r t a i n . Colin wa lked g rave ly u p t o t h e a s ton i shed " f a i r y , " and looking u p in to he r eyes said,

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so lemnly: " I 've never m e e t a real f a i r y be-fo re ; w o n ' t you tel l me a b o u t f a i r y l a n d ? "

And then a very s t r a n g e t h i n g h a p p e n e d . The t a w d r y l i t t l e c i rcus girl became a real f a i ry . In t h e p r e sence of t h e swee t and t r u s t i n g child, he r whole f a c e sudden ly be-came b e a u t i f u l w i t h y e a r n i n g t e n d e r n e s s . " W h y l i t t l e "un a r e yer come t o t a lk t o m e ? " As she advanced t o w a r d s t h e child w i t h lov-ing f ace and t e n d e r o u t s t r e t c h e d a rms , a g r e a t a r t i s t m i g h t have seen in he r a vision of w o m a n h o o d i t s e l f . In s p i t e of herse l f Mary d r e w back . The f a i r y d r e w Colin to-w a r d s her, t h e n s a t down w i t h an a r m round t h e l i t t l e boy, a t t h e s a m e t i m e p u t t i n g he r " m a g i c " w a n d in to his hand. " N o w l i t t l e 'un w h a t do you w a n t ? " Colin, won by he r t en -de rness , nes t l ed closer. "I w a n t you t o tell me a b o u t f a i r y l a n d , " he sa id ; "you live t h e r e , d o n ' t you?"

" N o t now, l i t t l e 'un ," wi th a r ing of p a t h o s in t h e kind, young voice.

" B u t you used t o , " pe r s i s t ed Colin; " w o n ' t you tell me a s t o r y a b o u t i t , a b o u t ogres , an ' fa i r ies an" p r incesses , you know. "I ll t ry , l i t t l e 'un, t h o u g h i t ' s lon^ enough since ever I was t h e r e . " T h e n , de lv ing into t h e bygone years , t h e f a i r y began a s t o r y she had heard in k i n d e r h a p p i e r days . She w a s i l l i t e r a t e enough , in all conscience , bu t she told he r s t o r y w i t h all t h a t e n t h u s i a s m f o r wonde r and romance , which will f i nd i t s home in b r a v e young h e a r t s t h e wor ld over , in s p i t e of all t h a t l i fe can do, and aga in , w i t h t h a t r ing of genu ine p a t h o s ever to be found among t h e say ings of l i fe ' s w a i f s and s t r ays .

Colin l i s tened spe l lbound to t h e end ; t hen t h e r e w a s a m o m e n t ' s s i lence whi le he t u r n e d t h e i nc iden t s of t h e s imp le l i t t l e s t o r y over in his mind. Then "Does t h e f a i r y p r ince a I tea i/x save t h e p r i n c e s s f r o m t h e cruel og re?"

"Yes l i t t l e 'un, a l ius -in f a i r y l a n d . " The r ing of p a t h o s in t h e b r ave young voice w e n t s t r a i g h t t o Mary ' s w a r m h e a r t . "Oh!" she said, s t e p p i n g f o r w a r d . F o r a m o m e n t t h e " f a i r y " mis took her emot ion , m o r e used to c o n t e m p t t h a n k indness f r o m r e s p e c t a b l y -

d r e s s e d ladies . For a m o m e n t she laid he r hand d e f i a n t l y on t h e chi ld ' s shou lder . Then vis ions of poss ib le consequences w i t h a b r u t a l c i r cus m a n a g e r r e s t r a i n e d her . She removed her hand , and w e n t on w i t h p a t h e t i c humi l -i ty : " I 'm sor ry , m u m ; I know it i sn ' t r ight f o r t h e l i t t l e 'un to be w i t h t h e l ikes of me, b u t " she b r o k e o f f hope less of mak ing her-self in te l l ig ib le , and only s tood t h e r e looking incongruous ly s h r i n k i n g and chi ld ish in he r t a w d r y m a k e - u p b u t the n e x t m o m e n t she w a s amazed t o f ind t w o s t r o n g y o u n g a r m s a r o u n d her and a pa i r of w a r m lips p r e s sed a g a i n s t her cheek, whi le an e a g e r voice sa id : "Oh, b u t it w a s s w e e t of you to t a k e ca re of him, and I 'm so g lad . " And then Colin w a s amazed to see t h e f a i r y cry ing , and m o t h e r to ld him to go and w a i t o u t s i d e f o r a while.

T h a t n i g h t , a f t e r t he day ' s a d v e n t u r e s h a d been to ld , and he 'd p r o m i s e d "never , never , invir " to leave h o m e wi thou t t e l l i n g m o t h e r f i r s t , and he had been sa fe ly t u c k e d u p in bed, a ques t ion t h a t had been puzzl ing his so lemn l i t t l e mind all t h e even ing f o u n d i t s way in to w o r d s : "Mother , why did t h e f a i r y cry ; 1 d idn ' t t h i n k f a i r i e s ever d id ." "Some-t i m e s t hey do, d e a r , " said m o t h e r sada ly ; " s o m e t i m e s t hey m e e t cruel ogres . "

"Oh ." said Colin, his eyes round w i t h hor-ror. " N e v e r mind , dea r , " said m o t h e r ; " t h e f a i r y ' s go ing to e scape f r o m t h e ogre , and p e r h a p s some day she may even g e t back t o f a i r y l a n d . "

Colin lay f o r a m o m e n t in qu i e t c o n t e n t . Then some v a g u e sense of i n c o n g r u i t y be-t w e e n f a i r i e s and t e a r s aga in t r o u b l e d him. " B u t , m o t h e r , she w a s a real f a i r y w a s n ' t she? She had real mag ic d i d n ' t s h e ? " "Yes, d a r l i n g , " said m o t h e r ; " t h e m o s t b e a n t i f u l mag ic in t h e w o r l d . "

And t h e n m o t h e r kissed him and l e f t him, and he lay qu ie t ly in his l i t t l e bed, l apped in a v a s t c o n t e n t , and m u r m u r i n g to h imsel f as he closed his eyes in s leep " rea l ly t r u l y mag ic t h e m o s t b e a u t i f u l mag ic in t h e wor ld . "

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Inter-Faculty Championships

TH E A n n u a l I n t e r - F a c u l t y C h a m p i o n s h i p s w e r e held in t h e D o m a i n on F r iday , 7 th Apr i l . B r i g h t a u t u m n sunsh ine , and an

exce l l en t ly p r e p a r e d t r a c k a s s u r e d a success -f u l g a t h e r i n g . The l a rge c r o w d of e n t h u s i a s t s who a s sembled t o t h e n u m b e r of six o r seven h u n d r e d , w e r e e n t e r t a i n e d w i t h severa l high-c lass p e r f o r m a n c e s and i n t e r e s t i n g c o n t e s t s t h r o u g h o u t t h e a f t e r n o o n . A c o m m i t t e e of t h e ladies of t h e College se rved a f t e r n o o n t e a upon t h e g u e s t s .

The r e s u l t s w e r e as fo l l ow:

100 Y A R D S . W. .J. P e r r y 1. -J. A. Mil ler 2. -I. ft. E l l i o t t , 2 P e r r y K<it a b e a u t i f u l s t a r t a n d won by a c o u p l e of y a r d s , w i t h E l l i o t t a y a r d a w a y t h i r d . T i m e . 10 2-5 sees .

220 Y A R D S . S. A. Mil ler 1. J . C. E l l i o t t 2. I.. J . B l o m f i e l d , 3 Mil le r led t h r o u g h o u t a n d j u s t lus ted l ong e n o u g h to d e f e a t E l l i o t t ' s f i n e f i n i s h . T i m e . 23 2-.r« sees .

440 Y A R D S . — M . R . G r i e r s o n 1. -J. C. E l l i o t t 2. 11 G D o r r i n g t o n 3. G r i e r s o n led f r o m t h e s t a r t a r d won eas i ly . T i m e 53 4 5sees.

880 Y A R D S . M. R . G r i e r s o n 1. J . C. E l l i o t t 2. H. G D o r r i n g t o n 3. G r i e r s o n d r e w a w a y in t h e las t 300 y a r d s , a n d won by 10 y a r d s . T i m e 2min . 5 2 / 5 sees .

ONE M I L E . VV. R. I,. V a l l a n e e 1. T. G. H a m i l t o n 2. V a l l a n e e won eas i ly . T i m e 4min . 52secs.

T H R E E M I L E S . R. M. W e b b e r I, W. R. L. V a l l a n e e 2 T h e on ly t w o to f i n i s h . W e b b e r moved b e a u t i -fu l ly t h r o u g h o u t , a n d won by a b o u t 100 y a r d s . T ime 15min. . 13sees.

ONE M I L E W A L K . H. -I. Wily 1. G. N. Nicho l l s 2. G. I. C l a r k 3. Wily won by 20 ya rds . T i m e Tmin. 1 Usees.

120 Y A R D S H U R D L E S . M. M. F l y n n 1, W. G. Kal-a u g h e r 2. R. A. B u r n s 3. F l y n n d r e w a w a y a t t h e second h u r d l e , and won by a b o u t 7 or 8 y a r d s . T i m e ITsecs.

440 Y A R D S H U R D L E S . M. M. F l y n n I. C. T o r r i e 2. R. A. B u r n s 3. F l y n n fell a t t h e second h u r d l e , b u t q u i c k l y r e c o v e r i n g , won by a foo t f r o m T o r r i e in an e x c i t i n g f in i sh T i m e fi(> ! /5secs .

B R O A D J U M P . W. J . P e r r y 1. J . C h a r t e r s 2. R. A. B u r n s 3. D i s t a n c e 21 f e e t 7 i n c h e s .

H I G H J U M P . C. G o i n g I. W. G. K a l a u g h e r 2. R. A. B u r n s 3. H e i g h t 5 f ee t 21 i n c h e s .

P U T T I N G T H E S H O T . S. L a m b 1. C. S. L e y s 2. H. N. Nicho l l s 3. D i s t a n c e 20 f e e t 7 i nches .

T H R O W I N G T H E H A M M E R . N. I.. M c L e a n 1. . Molloy 2. G. N. Edson 3. D i s t a n c e 80 f e e t 5'L. in .

R E L A Y R A C E . E d u c a t i o n 1.

P O I N T S FOR C H A M P I O N S H I P S H I E L D . Law 32. E d u c a t i o n 24. A r t s 8. S c i e n c e 7, C o m m e r c e 5.

Tournament Athletics.

TH E N e w Zealand U n i v e r s i t y A t h l e t i c C h a m p i o n s h i p s of 1922 will long be re-m e m b e r e d . Heavy r a i n had spoi led t he

t r a c k d u r i n g t h e p r e v i o u s week ; but on E a s t e r T u e s d a y t h e w e a t h e r was f ine, b u t dull . The c i r cu l a r t r a c k was in good cond i t ion ; b u t t he midd le of t h e cou r se r e se rved f o r t h e s p r i n t s and hu rd le s , w a s ho ld ing . The p e r f o r m a n c e s on t h e a v e r a g e excel led t h o s e of any p rev ious T o u r n a m e n t . L. A.. T r a c y uphe ld his re-p u t a t i o n in t h e 220 y a r d s and 440 y a r d s c h a m p i o n s h i p s , b u t had to s t r i k e his co lours in t h e 100 y a r d s to A. E. P o r r i t t , t h e a t h l e t i c s t a r of the m e e t i n g . W e b b e r , t h e N.Z. and A u s t r a l a s i a n C h a m p i o n , c a r r i e d o f f t h e mile and t h r e e mile e v e n t s a f t e r a g r e a t s t r u g g l e w i t h H. E. Moore. The h u r d l i n g w a s ex-cep t iona l ly h igh class , b o t h in t h e s t y l e and speed d i sp layed by t h e c o m p e t i t o r s . G. Kingc-t o n p roved t o be t h e h a m m e r and sho t

champion , whi le W. H. B. B u c k h u r s t annexed t h e b road and h igh j u m p s , but w a s unex-pec ted ly d e f e a t e d by A. E. P o r r i t t in t h e 120 y a r d s hu rd le s . The half mi le f l a t and 440 y a r d s hu rd l e s were m e m o r a b l e races . Two new reco rds were e s t a b l i s h e d by K. M. Gr i f -f in who won the half mile in 2min. 1 2 /5secs . and by J . M. Calder , w h o r a n t h e 440 y a r d s h u r d l e s in t h e e x t r a o r d i n a r y t i m e of 58 4 / 5 sees . R. M. W e b b e r equa l led t h e mile r ecord of 4min. :32secs., e s t a b l i s h e d by t h e l a te Atho l Hudson in 1914. The a t t e n d a n c e of t h e pub-lic was good, and t h e c o n d u c t of t h e g a t h e r -i n s was a c r ed i t to t h e o f f i c i a l s .

The c o n t e s t f o r t h e C h a m p i o n s h i p Shield p roved to be close and exc i t ing . The t e a m s w e r e level a t t h e luncheon a d j o u r n m e n t , w i t h t h r e e po in t s each; b u t Otago , ass is ted by t h e v ic to r i e s of P o i r i t t , e s t a b l i s h e d a s u b s t a n t i a l

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lead, and even tua l l y won w i t h 12 po in t s . We l l i ng ton 10, C a n t e r b u r y 9, and Auck land 8, fo l lowed in t h a t o rde r .

The r e s u l t s a re as fo l low:

100 Y A R D S . A. E . P o r r i t t ( O . U . ) . 1; L. A. T r a c y ( V . U . C . ) . 2: H. G. W h i t e h e a d ( V . U . C . ) . :i. Also s t a r t e d : C. G. P e n l i n g t o n ( C . V . C . ) . G. K i n g s t o n ( O . U . ) , W. J . P e r r y a n d J . A. Mil ls ( A . U . C . ) P o r -r i t t led f r o m t h e s t a r t , b u t a t 50 y a r d s T r a c y ; nd W h i t e h e a d c l o s e d on h i m . In a g r e a t f i n i s h . P o r -r i t t l a s t e d t o w in b y less t h a n a f o o t , w i t h W h i t e -h e a d a y a r d f u r t h e r b a c k a n d Mil ls f o u r t h . T i m e 10 l / 5 s e c s .

220 Y A R D S . I.. A . T r a c y ( V . U . C . ) , 1; A . E . P o r r i t t ( O . U . ) , 2; H. G. W h i t e h e a d ( V . U . C . ) . 3. A l s o s t a r t e d : A . J . D e a k e r ( O . U . ) . I) . H . B l a c k a n d C. H . p e n l i n g t o n ( C . U . C . ) , W . J . P e r r y a n d J . A. M i l l e r ( A . U . C . ) . F r o m a Rood s t a r t P o r r i t t q u i c k l y s h o w e d o u t . a n d h a d e s t a b l i s h e d a l e a d of t h r e e y a r d s a t t h e h a l f d i s t a n c e , w i t h T a c y r a n d W h i t e -h e a d j u s t a h e a d of t h e o t h e r s . In t h e s t r a i g h t T r a c y f i n i s h e d w i t h a g r e a t e f f o r t , a n d j u s t g o t u p t o w i n b y a o o t , w i t h W h i t e h e a d a y a r d f u r -t h e r b a c k . T i m e 23secs .

410 Y A R D S . L . A. T r a c y ( V . U . C . ) , 1; M. R . G r i e r -son ( A . U . C . ) . 2; D. H. B l a c k ( C . U . C . ) , 3. A l so s t a r t e d : J . B. M c M i k e n a n d A. J . D e a k e r ( O . V . ) . a n d J . C . E l l i o t t ( A . U . C . ) . T r a c y t o o k t h e lead f r o m t h e f i r s t b e n d , a n d s t r i d i n g b e a u t i f u l l y , l ed a l o n g t h e b a c k s t r e t c h a n d h o s p i t a l b e n d f r o m B l a c k a n d G r i e r s o n , w i t h t h e o t h e r s b u n c h e d . T r a c y i n c r e a s e d h is l ead i n t o t h e s t r a i g h t , a n d e a s i l y s t a l -led o f f G r i e r s o n ' s f inV f i n i s h i n g r u n t o w i n b y s ix o r s e v e n y a r d s . B l a c k f i n i s h e d t h r e e y a r d s f u r t h e r b a c k . T i m e 51 3 5secs .

880 Y A R D S . K. M. G r i f f i n ( V . U . C . ) , 1; H. O . P a g e ( C . U . C . ) , 2: C . W . D a v i e s ( V . U . C . ) A l so s t a r t e d : F . R o l f e , J . S t e v e n s o n ( O . U . ) . F . W . P e t r e ( C . U . C . ) a n d M . R . G r i e r s o n ( A . U . C ) . P a g e a n d D a v i e s , w i t h G r i e r s o n l y i n g in b e h i n d , m a d e t h e p a c e a c r a c k e r f o r t h e f i r s t r o u n d , c o v e r e d in l e ss t h a n 58secs . G r i f f i n w a s s o m e y a r d s a w a y a t t h i s j u n c -t u r e . b u t a t 600 y a r d s , w h e n t h e l e a d e r s b e g a n t o t i r e , h e m o v e d u p , a n d w e n t i n t o t h e l ead a t t h e s t r a i g h t a n d w o n b y f i v e y a r d s . G r i e r s o n f e l l e x h a u s t e d a t t h e s t r a i g h t e n t r a n c e , ;md l e f t P a g e a n d D a v i e s t o f i g h t a d e s p e r a t e f i n i s h f o r s e c o n d p l a c e . D a v i e s fe l l n e a r t h e t a p e , b u t c o n t i n u e d , t o g a i n t h i r d p l a c e . T i m e 2 m i n . 1 2 / 5 s e c s ( b e a t i n g t h e p r e v i o u s N . Z . U n i v e r s i t y R e c o r d of M. R . G r i e r s o n , m a d e in 1921.)

O N E IM L E . R. M. W e b b e r ( A . U . C . ) , 1: H . E M o o r e ( V . U . C . ) , 2; W. R. T.. V a l l a n c e ( A . U . C . ) , 3. A l so s t a r t e d : 1).. S t e v e n s o n a n d O. R o l f e ( O . U . ) . F . W. P e t r e a n d R. O. P a g e ( C . U . C . ) , a n d K. M. G r i f f i n ( V . U . C . ) . G r i f f i n a n d P e t r e m a d e t h e e a r l y r u n n i n g , w i t h t h e w h o l e f i e l d c l o s e u p , b u t a t t h e h a l f m i l e W e b b e r a n d V a l l a n c e m o v e d u p . a n d a s s u m e d t h e l e a d , j u s t a h e a d of M o o r e , S t e -v e n s o n a n d G r i f f i n In t h e t h i r d l a p M o o r e r a n i n t o t h i r d p l a c e , a n d t h u s t h e o r d e r r e m a i n e d u n t i l 300 y a r d s f r o m h o m e , w h e n W e b b e r s p r i n t e d .

a n d M o o r e p a s s e d V a l l a n c e t o r e a c h w i t h i n 15 y a r d s of t h e l e a d e r . W e b b e r , h o w e v e r , d r e w a w a y t o w i n by a b o u t 25 y a r d s f r o m M o o r e , w i t h V a l l a n v e 10 y a r d s f u r t h e r b a c k t h i r d . T i m e 4 m i n . 32secs . ( e q u a l l i n g t h e N . Z . U n i v e r s i t y r e c o r d e s t a b l i s h e d b y A. H u d s o n in 1914).

T H R E E M I L E S . R . M. W e b b e r ( A . U . C . ) . 1: H. K. M o o r e ( V . U . C . ) , 2; W . . R . L . V a l l a n c e ( A . U . C . ) . 3 Also s t a r t e d : B. B i b b y ( O . U . ) , G. M o r r i s o n ( C . U . C . ) . a n d H. M c C o r m a c k ( V . U . C . ) . T h e f i e l d k e p t c l o s e t o g e t h e r f o r t h e f i r s t t w o m i l e s , w i t h W e b b e r a n d M o o r e t a k i n g t u r n s in f o r c i n g t h e p a c e , a n d V a l l a n c e c l o s e h a n d y . A t t h i s s t a g e W e b -b e r a n d M o o r e d r e w a w a y , a n d w e r e c l o s e t o g e t h e r f o r t h e n e x t t h r e e q u a r t e r s of a m i l e , w h e n M o o r e s p r i n t e d a n d a s s u m e d t h e l e a d , b u t W e b b e r t h e n c a l l e d f o r t h a b r i l l i a n t s u s t a i n e d e f f o r t f o r o v e r 300 y a r d s , a n d w o n b y 25 y a r d s . H e c o v e r e d t l in l a s t q u a r t e r in a s h a d e o v e r 58sees . V a l l a n >> f i n i s h e d t h i r d , a b o u t 100 y a r d s a w a y . T i m e 1 5 m m . 31secs .

O N E M I L E W A L K . H. -J. W i l y ( A . U . C . ) . 1; A. R . M c K e g g ( O . U . ) , 2; F . J . C l a r k ( A . U . C . ) , 3. A l s o s t a r t e d . — J . T w i g g ( O . U . ) . A . W. P a g e ( C . U . C . ) a n d R. Y o u n g ( V . U . C . ) . P a g e a n d W i l y s o o n e s t a b l i s h e d a b r e a k on t h e f i e l d , a n d c o n t i n u e d n e c k a n d n e c k u n t i l t h e l a s t l ap , w h e n P a g e w a s c a l l e d o f f t h e t r a c k , l e a v i n g W i l y t o w in e a s i l y b y 30 y a r d s f r o m M c K e g g , w i t h C l a r k t h e s a m e d i s t a n c e a w a y t h i r d . . T i m e 7 m i n . 20 3 / 5 s e c s .

120 Y A R D S H U R D L E S . F i r s t H e a t - M . M. F l y n n ( A . U . C . ) , 1: I . G . M a c k e r e t h ( O . U . ) , 2; N . T h o m -son ( V . U . C . ) , 3. W o n e a s i l y b y f i v e o r s i x y a r d s . T i m e 17 2 5 sec s .

S e c o n d H e a t W . H . B. B u c k h u r s t ( C . U . C . ) , 1; A. E . P o r r i t t ( O . U . ) . 2; A . J a c k s o n ( V . U . C . ) , 3. W o n by a y a r d a f t e r a f i n e r a c e , J a c k s o n f o u r y a r d s a w a y . T i m e 16 2 / 5 s e c s .

F i n a l A. E . P o r r i t t ( O . U . ) . 1; W . H . B . B u c k h u r s t (C. U. V . ) . 2; M. M. F l y n n ( A . U . C . ) , 3. A l so s t a r t e d : I. G. M a c k e r e t h ( O . U . ) . T h e p l a c e d m e n a l l f e n c i n g b e a u t i f u l l y w e r e a l m o s t in l i ne t o t h e f i f t h h u r d l e , w h e n P o r r i t t b e g a n t o d r a w a w a y on a c c o u n t of h i s s u p e r i o r s p e e d . T h e o t h e r t w o r e d u c e d t h e g a p t o t h e e i g h t h h u r d l e w h i c h B u c k -h u r s t s t r u c k ; b u t P o r r i t t j u s t a h e a d a t t h e l a s t h u r d l e , d r e w a w a y t o w i n b y t w o y a r d s . B u c k -h u r s t a n d F l y n n f o u g h t a g r e a t f i n i s h f o r s e c o n d ,

i n c h e s o n l y s e p a r a t i n g t h e m . T i m e 16 2 5 sec s .

H 0 Y A R D S H U R D L E S J . W . C a l d e r ( C . U . C . ) . 1: A . J a c k s o n ( V . U . C . ) . 2; J . O. M a l f r o y ( C . U . C . ) . 3. A l s o s t a r t e d : J . B. M c M i k e n a n d 1. G. M a c k e r e t h ( O . U . ) . A . W h i t e ( V . U . C . ) . M. M. F l y n n a n d C . T o r r i e ( A . U . C . ) . J a c k s o n i m m e d i a t e l y w e n t t o t h e f r o n t , w i t h M a l f r o y a l o n g s i d e , a n d C a l d e r a n d F l y n n f o l l o w i n g , a n d s e t a c r a c k i n g p a c e . T h e t h r e e l e a d e r s d r e w a w a y a t t h e s i x t h h u r d l e , w h e r e C a l d e r j o i n e d J a c k s o n in t h e l e a d . F o r a h u n d r e d y a r d s t h e y p a c e d a b r e a s t , b u t a t t h e n i n t h h u r d l e C a l d e r m a d e a r e m a r k a b l e e f f o r t a n d d r e w a w a y t o w i n b y f i v e y a r d s , w i t h M a l f r o y t h i r d a n d T o r r i e c lose u p . T i m e 58 4 5 sec s . ( r e p l a c i n g t h e N . Z . U n i v e r s i t y r e c u r I of 60 l / 5 s e c s . e s t a b l i s h e d by A. J a c k s o n in 1921).

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BROAD J U M P . W 11. B. B u c k h u r s t (C.U.C.) , 21f t . l O ^ i n s . 1; W. J . P e r r y (A.U.C. ) , 21f t . 3ins. 2; G. H a r k n e s s (O.U. ) . 3. Also j u m p e d : I. G. M a c k e r e t h (O.U.) , A. J ackson and N. Thomson (V.U.C. ) . B u c k h u r s t j u m p e d over 21 f e e t in f ive of his six j u m p s P e r r y c o n s t a n t l y fa i led to f i nd his s t r i de , and did not show his bes t f o r m . H a r k n e s s ' t e s t -j u m p was

P U T T I N G THE SHOT. G. Kings ton (O.U.I . 35 f t . 2V&ins. 1; W. L . Wiseman (C.U.C.) , 32 f t . 714ins. 2; ,1 G. Gray fO.1T. >. 32 f t . ',,in 3. Also c o m p e t e d :

H. Sco t t (C.U.C.) , 1). Wood and A. McRae (V.U.C.) . C. S. Leyo an<! S. L a m b (A.U.C. ) .

THROWING THE H A M M E R . G. Kings ton (O.U.) , 115ft. 4ins. 1; J . G. Gray (O.U.) 106ft. Gin. 2; N. McLean (A.U.C.^. 91f t (tins. 3. Also c o m p e t e d : W. L. Wiseman and H. W. S c o t t (C.U.C.) . I). R. Wood and A. McRae (V.U.C. ) .

RELAY RACE. V.U.C. 1; G.U.C. 2; O.U. 3.

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TH E b r a v e s t boy you'll ever know W a s l i t t l e Georgie H. Munro. He w a s h e d his f a c e and combed his hair ,

Then t o t h e Ball he did r epa i r . A n d t h e r e i t w a s t h e d r e a d f u l f a t e Befe l him, which I now r e l a t e . O f t had he h e a r d of Lucy J., And e 'en had seen he r one f i n e day. His s imp le h e a r t had sad ly yea rned , His y o u t h f u l h e a r t had in him b u r n e d To hold some converse w i t h t he lass I s ing t h e t i m e i t c a m e to p a s s ! "A College y o u t h I'd l ike to m e e t ; I 'll d ance w i t h one ," said Lucy s w e e t . They led u p Georgie H. Munro, W h o ducked his head and bowed j u s t so. He wh i r l ed her r o u n d and round aga in ; A n d h igh his h e a r t began to fizz. He whi r l ed he r r o u n d and round aga in , She n e i t h e r sh r i eked no r g r o a n e d in pa in . His blood w i t h joy began to sizzle, She u t t e r e d n e i t h e r g roan nor grizzle. She s tood it like he r f a t h e r ' s child, And smiled a smi le b o t h s o f t and mild . "Wil l no one tell m e w h a t to do? Quick quick, my f a t h e r ' s aid I'll sue!" She w h i s p e r e d s o f t : "P l ea se would you mind , P lease would you be so very k ind? I h a v e n ' t danced w i t h D a d d y ye t , And soon he will begin to f r e t . " Then gen t l y s l ipped f r o m ou t his a i m To save herse l f f r o m deadly h a r m . He w a t c h e d her go w i t h pa ined s u r p r i s e ,

Hi»s h e a r t was ren t w i th wild su rmise . She f led to f a t h e r ' s fond e m b r a c e ; On Georg ie ' s head fell d i re d i sgrace . Her p a r e n t p lanned reproof severe As coming years will m a k e qui te c lear .

F ive ca re - f i l l ed yea r s have fled and gone, The scene has s h i f t e d f ive years on, And Georgie seeks p r e f e r m e n t high, The whi le he heaves a so r ry sigh As m e m o r y f l i t s t o Lucy .J. The Governor ' s d a u g h t e r b r i g h t and gay. Her p a r e n t , t h o ' his eyes g r o w dim, T h r o ' all t h e years r e m e m b e r s h im; "Ah , ha! N o w I w i t h o u t to-do Can pack him o f f to T imbuc too . Or would t h i s t e r r i b l e e a r t h s h a k e r Be less a s n a r e in f a r J a m a i c a ? Or send we to t h e P o r t u g a l s One who so does t o r t u r e ga ls? Or do you t h i n k t h a t R o t o - r o a Is t h e p lace for such a goer? Would he, s h u t u p in t h e Indies , Be t h e cause of f e w e r sh ind i e s? No! Send th i s would-be L u c y - c h a r m e r To f r e e z e on snowy F u j i - y a m a ! "

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Si r , T h r o u g h t h e m e d i u m of y o u r w i d e l y r e a d c o l u m n s I s h o u l d l ike t o b r i n g t h e e n c l o s e d e x t r a c t f r o m a local p a p e r b e f o r e t h e n o t i c e of y o u r r e a d e r s . " A t t h e A r t Soc i e ty ' s E x -h i b i t i o n P r o f . I t a l e G i o r d a n i p a i n t e d a p ic -t u r e , h o l d i n g t h e b r u s h w i t h h i s f o o t . " I r e g a r d t h i s as a u n i q u e f e a t .

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G R A D U A T E S ' P H O T O . Si r , I h a v e been s c h m i d t e n w i t h an idea .

A t t h e s t u d i o , w h e n t h i s y e a r ' s p h o t o of t h e G r a d u a t e s w a s b e i n g t a k e n , t h e r e w a s con-s i d e r a b l e c o m p l a i n t as t o t h e t i m e t h a t w a s l o s t in a r r a n g i n g t h e g r o u p . If i t w e r e l e f t t o i t s e l f I t h i n k t h e m a t t e r w o u l d h a v e be-c o m e a d j u s t e d by </egrets. U.G.H.

Q U I S ' E X C U S E .

Sir , To p r o v e t h a t t h e b r a i n of m o d e r n m a n is s t i l l a s c a p a b l e as w a s t h a t of hip. f o r e f a t h e r s I s u b m i t t h e f o l l o w i n g : - A s t u -d e n t a d v i s e d m e t o - d a y i h a t h e w a s u n a b l e t o f i n d t i m e in w h i c h t o do h i s e x e r c i s e f o r me, as i t w a s t h e s h o r t e s t d a y . 21.6.22. P R O F A N D S O N .

[Th i s m a t t e r b e i n g of s u c h g e n e r a l i n t e r e s t , o u r spec ia l r e p o r t e r w a i t e d on Mr. W r a g g e , a n d w a s i n f o r m e d t h a t t h i s d a y a c t u a l l y h a d been t h e s h o r t e s t f o r a c o n s i d e r a b l e t i m e . T h e e m i n e n t local s c i e n t i s t , h o w e v e r , d i v u l g e d t h e f a c t t h a t a l t h o u g h t h i s d a y w a s t h e s h o r t e s t , t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g n i g h t w a s t h e l o n g e s t . E d . ]

B E T T E R T I M E S C O M I N G .

Sir , I s i t n o t a s ign t h a t t h e b e t t e r t i m e s h a v e even r o w come , w h e n w e see t h e bus i -nes s h o u s e s b e i n g , f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e in his-t o r y , p e r f e c t l y c a n d i d . In an a d v e r t i s e m e n t of a r e c e n t " co lo s sa l s a l e " w e w e r e u r g e d t o " C o m e e a r l y these goods will not last for more than half an hour!" E L S I E R .

G U T T A P E R C H A .

S i r , - I w a s p r i v i l e g e d t h i s m o r n i n g t o w a l k t o Co l l ege w i t h a l e a d i n g c i t i zen . -I a s k e d h im h o w he w a s k e e p i n g , and w a s i n f o r m e d t h a t he w a s q u i t e wel l e x c e p t fo r a s u d d e n a t t a c k of l a m e n e s s , w h i c h h a d o v e r t a k e n h im a f e w h u n d r e d y a r d s b a c k a l o n g t h e r o a d . A f t e r w a l k i n g w i t h h i m a l i t t l e f u r t h e r , I n o t i c e d t h a t , w h i l e he w a s walking- w i t h one f o o t on t h e f o o t p a t h , h is o t h e r f o o t w a s w a l k i n g in t h e g u t t e r ! C L A U D O P E D E .

[ W e h o p e e l e c t o r s will b e a r t h i s s ad b u t t r u e s t o r y in m i n d w h e n t h e y v o t e u p o n t h e q u e s t i o n : " S h o u l d t r a m w a y po le s be in t h e c e n t r e of t h e road , o r on t h e f o o t p a t h ? " _ E d . ]

C A P P I N G 1922.

Sir ,* I k n o w y o u r r e a d e r s will be p l e a s e d t o h e a r t h a t t h e p u b l i c is b e g i n n i n g t o t a k e an intelligent i n t e r e s t in o u r d o i n g s . A t t h e p re -s e n t a t i o n of d i p l o m a s in t h e T o w n Hal l t h i s y e a r , as soon as t h e p r o u d G r a d u a t e s a r -r i ved , c l ad in g o w n s a n d hoods , a l ady in t h e a u d i e n c e w a s h e a r d t o r e m a r k in a s u p e r i o r t o n e : " I to ld you t h e s t u d e n t s w o u l d c o m e in f a n c y d r e s s ! " T h e n , w h e n t h e c l i m a x w a s r e a c h e d , a n d a m e m b e r of t h e S t a f f a p p e a r e d s w a t h e d f r o m head t o f o o t in s c a r l e t , t h e s a m e voice g u e s s e d h im s t r a i g h t a w a y - -" L o o k ; t h e r e ' s Henrg the Eighth T MUM.

[ W i t h r e f e r e n c e t o t h e above , t h e fol lowing-s t o r y is t o l d : A t t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t of " T h e B u g " t h e a u d i e n c e ro se f o r t h e p l a y i n g of t h e N a t i o n a l A n t h e m . T h e o r c h e s t r a ( con-d u c t e d b y Miss Inez S t r e t t o n t h r e e d e g r e e s , h a r d , m e d i u m and s o f t ) t h e n p l a y e d " G a u d e -a m u s " a n d of c o u r s e all t h e S t u d e n t s re -m a i n e d s t a n d i n g . T h e s a m e l a d y d id n o t h a v e t o t h i n k f o r long b e f o r e she w a s a g a i n ab l e t o e n l i g h t e n h e r c o m p a n i o n : "Oh yes ; t h a t ' s t h e B u l g a r i a n N a t i o n a l A n t h e m . " E d . ]

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Representatives of t w o i m p o r t a n t i n d u s t r i a l b r a n c h e s ( t h e m a s o n s and the mi l l e r s ) w r i t e t h a t they have r e c e n t l y a d o p t e d t h e p a t e n t " S c o t s h a l l " non-skid m o t o r t y r e s w i t h per -f e c t success .

Answers to Correspondents.

Reg: Yes; it is t r u e about t h e Savage Club, b u t we do not bel ieve t h e r u m o u r t h a t he has a c c e p t e d t h e pos i t ion as S e c r e t a r y to t h e Auck land Ci ty Zoo.

Kenneth: Yes; we t h i n k t h a t t h e blue col-o u r a t i o n could b e removed by chemical means f r o m t h e sh i r t you m e n t i o n (and which we have h e a r d ) . . . . I t is a pity

you were unab le t o a t t e n d Mr. S h o r t ' s l e c t u r e b e f o r e t h e I n s t i t u t e on " T h e A r t of D y e i n g "

a l t ho ' in your case we c a n n o t say w h e t h e r Mr. S h o r t ' s s u b j e c t would be t h e m o r e appl ic -able to you r s h i r t , o r t o t h e peop le whom it h i t s .

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to you, also. Ed .

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hand t h e s e days . (5) Yes. (6) No, not in Symonds S t r e e t . (7) If t h e c a p f i tz , you may have the loan

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The Students' Carnival Two Plays 1921-22

The f i r s t Carn iva l s ince t h e p roh ib i t i on w a s held in 1920, and f r o m t h a t year t o t h i s t h e p lay f o r m i n g t h e c l imax of t h e revels was w r i t t e n by Mr. L. P. Leary , LL.B

The 1921 p roduc t ion w a s given in t h e Town Hall Conce r t C h a m b e r , as t h e a c t o r s were ev ic ted f r o m His M a j e s t y ' s T h e a t r e to m a k e room fo r "Chu Chin Chow." It seemed a re-ac t ion t h a t t h e scenery of ou r p lay con-s i s t ed of c u r t a i n s , which s e t t i n g s by no m e a n s d e t r a c t e d f r o m our e n j o y m e n t , once m o r e p o i n t i n g t h e mora l t h a t "The play 's t h e t h i n g . " "Bill S t o n e y " was an e x t r a v a ganza on t h e t h e m e of Pygmal ion and Gala-tea . It w a s p r e s e n t e d in a pro logue , t w o a c t s and an epi logue. In t h e p ro logue t h e s c u l p t o r " G u f f " has model led a l i fe-s ize f i g u r e s t u d y "The A p o t h e o s i s of L a b o u r . " Hav ing consu l t ed L e m p r i e r e ' s Classical Dic-t i ona ry he fa l l s a s l eep ( n a t u r a l l y ) t o d r e a m t h a t his s t a t u e comes to l i fe as "Bil l S tonev . " Var ious pol i t ica l c o m b i n a t i o n s a r e un fo lded in clever d ia logue, and "Bi l l " becomes P r e m i e r

of N e w Zealand j u s t in t i m e to cope w i t h a J a p a n e s e invas ion . When "Bi l l " saves t h e c o u n t r y he r e t u r n s t o m a r b l e and t h e scu lp-t o r a w a k e n s .

The lines were spoken w i t h ag reeab le c r i sp -ness , and t h e c o n c e r t e d w o r k w a s e n t h u s i -as t ic . In t h e t i t l e role F r i d a y E a s t h e r w a s exce l l en t ; especia l ly , we t h o u g h t , j u s t a f t e r t h e i n c a r n a t i o n . The " l ead ing w o m a n " p a r t , "Mrs . B r i d g e t M c S t i f f e r y , a w i d d e r " w a s given w i t h g r e a t h u m o u r and v ivac i ty by Bryce H a r t . J ack A. S. C o p p a r d gave an a d e q u a t e d i sp lay of a r t i s t i c t e m p e r a m e n t as " G u f f . " The m i n o r p a r t s w e r e a d e q u a t e l y f i l led . The a u t h o r as " L a u r a L i m i t , " a ve ry m o d e r n t y p i s t e , showed a nea t calf and looked c h a r m i n g l y svelte (how w a s i t m a n -aged? ) George H. Seddon m a d e u p as "S i r Donan Coyle," a s p i r i t u a l i s t . Geof f Davis as " B a r o n F u z i j a m a , " N o r m a n T. Sincla i r as " W o o d b i n e Wil l ie ," and Rona ld Sincla i r as " l o g i n s , " t h e o f f i c e boy, well s u p p o r t e d t h e p r inc ipa l s . Chas . M u n r o m a d e t h e m o s t of a

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t h a n k l e s s p a r t as " N i c o m p u . " Miss Inez S t r e t t o n p r e s i d e d o v e r an o r c h e s t r a m o s t l y c o m p o s e d of m e m b e r s of t h e Co l l ege Mus ica l Soc i e ty .

T h e 1922 p r o d u c t i o n w a s i n t e n s e l y t o p i c a l , a n d r e v e l l e d in t h e a d m i r a b l e t i t l e of " T h e B u l g a r i a n B u g . " I t w a s g iven in His Maj -e s t y ' s T h e a t r e w i t h o u t m i s h a p . T h e d i a l o g u e w a s w o r k e d u p in a t r u l y d i v e r t i n g w a y , and c o n c e r n e d t h e a d v e n t u r e s of a l a w y e r a n d a d o c t o r w h o p r o c e e d t o B u l g a r i a t o f i n d t h e B u g , w h i c h is c a r e f u l l y p r e s e r v e d in a s p a a t S o f i a . W h e n t h e y get t h e r e , t h e y f i n d t h e y h a v e been a n t i c i p a t e d by t h e d o c t o r ' s n u r s e - a s s i s t a n t , w h o h a s c a p t u r e d " K i n g Fe r -d i n a n d " a n d s h a r e s his f o r t u n e s as t h e q u e e n . T h e B u g ( w h i c h a p p e a r e d t o be a v e r t e b r a t e a n i m a l w i t h l u m i n e s c e n t eyes ) is s t o l e n , in a g r e e n s p o t - l i g h t , by t h e l a w y e r , " H e l t e r Ske l -t e r " ( F r i d a y E a s t h e r ) , w h o s u b s e q u e n t l y f i g h t s a due l w i t h t h e K i n g , his c o m p a n i o n " D r . L i e l o w " ( J . A. S. C o p p a r d ) , a c t i n g as u m p i r e . T h e y a r e a r r e s t e d a n d c o n v e y e d t o S o f i a , w h e n c e t h e y a r e t o b r i n g " F e r d i n a n d " t o N e w Z e a l a n d in a m i t y . T h e f o u r a c t s , w i t h t h r e e d i f f e r e n t s e t t i n g s , w e r e well m o u n t e d , e s p e c i a l l y t h e S p a i n t e r i o r . T h i s p l a y w a s d r e s s e d m o r e e l a b o r a t e l y t h a n a n y g iven by s t u d e n t s in r e c e n t y e a r s .

G e o r g e W a r r e n g a v e a r ea l ly c l e v e r im-p e r s o n a t i o n of " K i n g F e r d i n a n d " ( w i t h h i s c e l e b r a t e d n o s e t h r o w n in) a n d d id m a r v e l s w i t h h is legs . W e h a d t o s y m p a t h i s e w i t h h i m on " g e t t i n g a c r o s s " t h e s o n g " F e r d i e , t h e K i n g w i t h t h e T h i r s t , " w i t h i t s s t u p i d melo-dy. As " N u r s e D i d d u m s " B r y c e H a r t w a s d e l i g h t f u l l y coy a n d a m u s i n g ; h i s s k i t on t h e D y i n g S w a n pas seul w a s a t r u e b u r -l e sque . F r i d a y E a s t h e r as t h e l a w y e r " H e l -t e r S k e l t e r " w a s a s g o o d as eve r . H e w a s P r o d u c e r as well . As " L i e l o w " J . A. S. Cop-

p a r d p o s e d a d m i r a b l y . T h e p a r t of "Mimi , a F r e n c h D a n c e r " w a s t a k e n by Miss J o a n K i n g . D o u g l a s Mussel w a s d e s e r v e d l y e n c o r e d f o r his s o n g " T u r n o u t t h e G u a r d , " w h i c h h a d t h e bes t a i r in t h e p iece a n d w a s g iven w i t h t h e s i n g e r ' s u sua l c l e a r p r o n u n c i a t i o n . T h e s u p p o r t i n g p a r t s w e r e u n u s u a l l y well d o n e by R. P . Lev ien a n d R. H. W a l k e r as t h e f i e r c e - l o o k i n g B u l g a r i a n s e n t r i e s , S. C J o h n s t o n a n d H. S. A l l e m a n as g u e s t s a t t h e Spa . N o r m a n M c N a i r a c t e d t h e doub le p a r t of va le t a n d B u l g a r i a n t a x i m a n w i t h v im. T h e c h o r u s d id i t s b i t well , a n d g r o u p e d w i t h o u t a w k w a r d n e s s . As in "Bi l l S t o n e y , " U n i v e r s i t y Co l l ege S t u d e n t s c o n s t i t u t e d t h e n u c l e u s of t h e o r c h e s t r a .

In e ach c a s e t h e m u s i c w a s t h e w e a k e s t p a r t of t h e p e r f o r m a n c e . N o s e n s i b l e p e r s o n w o u l d e x p e c t f i r s t - c l a s s ms i c a t f u n c t i o n s of t h i s n a t u r e , q u i t e a p a r t f r o m t h e s h o r t t i m e f o r r e h e a r s a l , b u t t h e r e a r e p l e n t y of c a t c h y a n d r h y t h m i c a l t u n e s w h i c h a r e m o r e s u i t a b l e t h a n m a n y t u n e s w e h a v e h e a r d . T h e co-or -d i n a t i o n b e t w e e n t h e s t a g e m a n a g e m e n t a n d t h e o r c h e s t r a w a s a l so i m p e r f e c t in a r a t h e r P h i l i s t i n e way . C o n s i d e r i n g t h a t wel l o v e r a h u n d r e d p o u n d s m u s t h a v e been s a v e d by n o t h a v i n g to e n g a g e a p r o f e s s i o n a l o r c h e s t r a t h e c o n d u c t o r s h o u l d h a v e h a d m o r e s ay 'n t h i s m a t t e r . T h e p r o c e d u r e wTas t h a t w h i c h is so e x a s p e r a t i n g a t m o v i n g p i c t u r e s — w h e n a ree l e n d s , or , a s in t h i s i n s t a n c e , w h e n a r a t t l e s o u n d e d , t h e o r c h e s t r a l e x c e r p t is in-s t a n t l y s t o p p e d , a n d one ' s e a r - d r u m s m a y s t i l l v i b r a t e w i t h a g o n y on a d i m i n i s h e d s e v e n t h f o r all t h e p r o d u c e r s e e m s t o care . It s h o u l d b e e a s y t o n o t e t h e t i m e a l l o t t e d t o e ach o r c h e s t r a l s e l e c t i o n , a n d n o t s i g n a l u n t i l t h e s t a g e is r e a d y . T h e s e a r e t h e l i t t l e de-t a i l s w h i c h s a t i s f y t h e e x p e r i e n c e d p l a y - g o e r .

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Reports of Clubs and Societies. Football Club.

O F F I C E R S 1922 .—Pres iden t . P r o f e s s o r H. W. S e g a r ; C l u b C a p t a i n , M r . A. A. L u c a s ; C o m m i t t e e , Mess r s . T. Mi l l iken , L . B r o o k c r , K. P a r k , A. K. I r v i n g . L. Mel l sop . C. C. M u n r o . VV. B e a t t i e ; Se l ec t i on C o m m i t t e e , Mess r s . A. A. Lucas . R. S. P a r k and T. Mi l l i ken ; D e l e g a t e s t o A .R .U . , Mess r s . W . A r t h u r , Gr; iy , A. H. J o h n s t o n e . A. A. L u c a s ; D e l e g a t e t o N . Z . U . F . C . . Mr . T. Milli-k e n ; D e l e g a t e t o J u n i o r Adv i so ry B o a r d , Mr. L . Mel lsop; H o n . A u d i t o r . Mr . J . V i c t o r M a c k y ; T r e a s u r e r . M r . K. B u t t l e ; S e c r e t a r y . C. G. K e e g a n .

TH E College Foo tba l l Club can claim a n o t h e r s u c c e s s f u l year f o r i ts long-h i s to ry .

The Club e n t e r e d f o u r t e a m s in t h e Auck-land R u g b y Union ' s C h a m p i o n s h i p a Senior t e a m , a Second Grade t e a m , and t w o Th i rd G r a d e t eams . In t h e Senior Grade , m a t c h e s p layed ear ly ir, t h e season gave p r o m i s e of t h e Club w i n n i n g t h e C h a m p i o n s h i p , b u t t w o d e f e a t s by n a r r o w m a r g i n s k e p t t h e t e a m o u t of t h e p l a y - o f f , and i t f i n i s h e d u p in the f o u r t h pos i t ion . A l i t t l e m o r e coach-ing, e s p r i t - d e - c o r p s and p r a c t i c e wou ld have won t h e c o m p e t i t i o n f o r us. The Second Grade t e a m did r e m a r k a b l y well, f i n i s h i n g u p t h i r d in a s t r o n g c o m p e t i t i o n . The re is p l e n t y of s p i r i t in t h i s t e a m , and i t looks like winn ing t h e g r a d e t h i s year . In t h e Th i rd Grade b o t h t e a m s did fa i r ly well. The " B " t e a m , u n f o r t u n a t e l y , s u f f e r e d f r o m a d e a r t h of backs , and an o v e r a b u n d a n c e of f o r w a r d s , and i t was f o u n d h a r d t o keep ui-an even t e a m .

D u r i n g t h e season all t e a m s were on t o u r several t imes . The Sen iors v i s i t ed Morr ins -ville, Helensvi l le and W e l l i n g t o n . They suc-ceeded in d e f e a t i n g Morr insv i l l e sub-un ion , b u t t h e K a i p a r a p l aye r s w e r e too good fo>' t h e m . The Annua l i n t e r - V a r s i t y m a t c h w a s t o have been played as a c u r t a i n - r a i s e r t o t h e Th i rd T e s t Sou th A f r i c a v. N e w Zealand

b u t t h e inc lemency of t h e W e l l i n g t o n wea-t h e r led to i t s a b a n d o n m e n t a f t e r t h e t e a m had w a i t e d till t h e fo l lowing Monday.

V i s i t s w e r e m a d e t o P u k e k o h e by t h e Second F i f t e e n , and t o P a t u m a h o e by t h e Th i rd F i f -teen . A t each of t h e s e p laces ou r p l aye r s w e r e m a d e royal ly welcome, and we a r e u n d e r a d e b t of g r a t i t u d e to our h o s t s f o r t h e t r o u b l e t o which they w e n t . Our own

p layers , by t h e i r behav iour , k e p t u p t h e bes t t r a d i t i o n s of ou r College.

P r a c t i c e was indulged in f a r t oo i n f r e -q u e n t l y we a re a f r a i d a t t h e G r a f t o n Club ' s shed , which we o b t a i n e d , ma in ly t h r o u g h the c o u r t e s y of t h e T h a m e s Old Boys ' F o o t b a l l Club. We have t h e s a m e old c o m p l a i n t t o make . C e r t a i n p l aye r s cons ide r it ' " inf ra d i g " t o be seen a t a p r a c t i c e , a l t h o u g h we a r e bound t o a d m i t t h a t t h o s e who do a t t e n d a t t e n d c o n s i s t e n t l y . The lack of good coaches , and t h e c l a sh ing of ' V a r s i t y l e c t u r e s a re p a r t l y r e spons ib l e f o r th i s . We owe ou r t h a n k s t o Mr. J. O 'Leary f o r t h e able man-ner in which he coached t h e Sen iors l a s t season.

So f a r in the p r e s e n t season, t h e r e has been a decided i m p r o v e m e n t in t h e p r a c t i c e s , e spec ia l ly a m o n g t h e Seniors . This is no t ice -able, n o t so much a t t h e W e d n e s d a y n i g h t p r a c t i c e s as a t t h e even ing p r a c t i c e s a t Vic-to r i a Pa rk , w h e r e t h e whole Senior back t e a m is t o be seen regu la r ly . The conse-quence is t ha t t h e Sniors have p r o b a b l y t h e b e s t back t e a m in t h e c o m p e t i t i o n , b u t s u f -f e r f r o m lack of good f o r w a r d s .

We have had t h e honour of p r o d u c i n g five m e m b e r s who ga ined t h e New Zea land 'Var-s i ty b lue Messrs . E d d o w e s , Mackay, Mollov, Maxwell and Ross and who were se l ec t ed t o go to A u s t r a l i a w i t h t h e N e w Zea land Uni-v e r s i t y R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s . In addi t ion Messrs . Lucas , Molloy, Milliken, and P e r r y were selec-t ed f o r t h e Auck land R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , whi le A. A. Lucas was t o have played in t h e N o r t h I s l and -Sou th I s l and m a t c h . " S n o w y " has our s y m p a t h y f o r t he i l l f o r t u n e he a lways s eems t o m e e t half w a y t h r o u g h the season. As f a r as t h e p r e s e n t season goes, he played half a g a m e j u s t s u f f i c i e n t t o m a k e a n a m e f o r h imse l f and had to be ca r r i ed o f f .

The c lub ' s f i n a n c e s a r e in a f a i r cond i t ion in s p i t e of a l a rge n u m b e r of s u b s c r i p t i o n s o u t s t a n d i n g , and we a re able to show a goodly c r e d i t ba lance .

The p r e s e n t season is, so f a r , one of t h e bes t in o u r h i s to ry . T h e r e a r e f o u r t e a m s e n t e r e d , and t hey have large chances of win-n ing t h e t h r e e g rades . T h e r e a r e v i s i t s f r o m

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Sydney U n i v e r s i t y and Vic to r i a College in s to r e , and we a r e a n t i c i p a t i n g a season t t -m i n i s c e n t of p r e - w a r years .

P. C. K E E G A N , Hon S e c r e t a r y .

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P L A Y E R S .

The following c r i t i c i sm of t h e Clubs ' more p r o m i n e n t p l a y e r s is o f f e r e d by ou r Club Cap-ta in . May t h e y b e n e f i t by it.

Milliken is t h e s o r t of f o r w a r d t h a t no t e a m can do w i t h o u t . He is a s t r o n g fo r -w a r d in t h e close and can h a n d l e well in t h e loose. He has a t e n d e n c y , when d r ibb l ing , t o kick too h a r d and t h e r e b y nu l l i fy a f o r w a r d rush .

Molloy is an exce l len t hooker and a c lever f o r w a r d genera l ly . Fie gives one t he impre s -sion, p r o b a b l y u n j u s t i f i e d , of be ing t i r ed , b u t a f r o n t r a n k e r is never e x p e c t e d to be seer) in t he loose, as he has n o t t h e o p p o r t u n i t i e s of a s ide or back row man. He is t h e r e to g e t t h e ball f r o m t h e s c r u m s . If he can do t h i s he is w o r t h his p lace in any t e a m .

Keegan, l ike Molloy. is a f r o n t r a n k e r . He is a f o r w a r d of all work and one of t h e f e w f r o n t r a n k e r s w h o a r e seen to a d v a n t a g e in t h e open. He is a good d r i b b l e r and a sound t ack i e r .

Brendel is a h a r d w o r k i n g f o r w a r d and is t h e b e s t lock t h a t 'Va r s i ty have h a d f o r s o m e years . His pos i t ion does not al low h im to sh ine in t h e open. In t h e t i g h t he is al-w a y s in t h e t h i ck of it , and is never seen t o be s h i r k i n g his d u t y as a f o r w a r d .

Keene is, in my opin ion , t h e b e s t of t h e ' V a r s i t y f o r w a r d s . A good f o r w a r d in ' h e t i g h t , a f a s t f o l l ower up, and a good t a c k i e r , whi le he can join in p a s s i n g r u s h e s well when t h e o p p o r t u n i t y o f f e r s .

Wyllie is a f o r w a r d who is a lways on t h e ball . He is a good d r ibb l e r , and a f o r w a r d who can hand l e well in the open . .

Brooker is a p r o m i s i n g young f o r w a r d who is a lways on t h e ball . He has h e i g h t and w e i g h t and should m a k e a good l ine-out f o r -w a r d . He should p r a c t i c e t a k i n g t h e ball c leanly in t h e l ine-out .

Miller is a y o u n g f o r w a r d . He is a lways on t h e ball , a f a s t fo l lower , and a sound t ack i e r . He t a l k s t oo m u c h on t h e f ield and should r e m e m b e r t h a t t h e c a p t a i n of the t e a m will do t h e t a l k i n g and a p p e a l i n g .

Clark and Aekins s t ood by t h e t e a m well. They a r e good f o r w a r d s b o t h in t h e open and t i g h t , b u t a r e a t a d i s a d v a n t a g e as regard-; w e i g h t .

Hopkins, t h e midge t of t h e t eam, is an ex-cel lent ha l f -back and w a s t e s no t i m e in let-t i n g his backs have t h e ball. He is a good de fens ive back, and a sound tack ie r . He, too, is a t a d i s a d v a n t a g e as r e g a r d s we igh t . He has t h e knack of knowino- w h e r e t he ball is likely to go and g e t t i n g t h e r e f i r s t .

Hardy, a t f i r s t f i ve -e igh ths , is sound on de fence , and in a t t a c k can t a k e and give a good pass . He does not m a k e many open ings , bu t a f i r s t f ive-e ight does not have t h e op-p o r t u n i t y as he is too near t h e s c r u m , and will usua l ly run in to tack le . He has a t e n d e n c y to t r a n s f e r by an ove rhead pass th i s he should remedy.

Park, a t second f ive -e igh ths , and c a p t a i n of t h e t eam, is t he bes t all round back ,n t h e t e a m . He is sound on defence , and , like Hopk ins , has t h e knack of k n o w i n g w h e r e t he ball is likely to go. He is bri l -l iant on a t t a c k and t akes t h e o p p o r t u n i t y when the o p e n i n g comes his way. He shou ld be one of t h e f i r s t backs p icked f o r a re-p r e s e n t a t i v e t eam.

Brinsden. a t c e n t r e , is a very b r i l l i an t a t -t a c k i n g back who r u n s s t r a i g h t and can give a good pass a t t h e r i g h t m o m e n t . He is a very heady c e n t r e , and gives his w ings m a n y o p p o r t u n i t i e s to s h o w t h e i r w o r t h . He lacks in d e f e n c e .

Wiseman: ( W i n g t h r e e - q u a r t e r ) is a very s o u n d back , a n d gives it a go every t i m e he g e t s an o p p o r t u n i t y . . He uses b o t h his pace and w e i g h t , and is a good s w e r v i n g t h r e e -q u a r t e r He is a good t a c k i e r and sound on d e f e n c e genera l ly .

Perry is a wing t h a t should be able to do some scor ing . He does not use his pace to t h e best a d v a n t a g e . He shou ld be go ing a t t o p when he receives t h e pass . On t h e de-f e n c e he is not too sound , and has a t en-dency to let a m a n pass h im, and then over-t ake him, re ly ing on his pace.

McNamara a t fu l l back a c q u i t t e d h imsel f well. He has a t e n d e n c y t o w a i t f o r t h e bounce. He is a p o w e r f u l kick and a sound t a c k i e r , and very f a s t . He showed g rea t de-t e r m i n a t i o n in t h e f ew g a m e s he p layed as wing, and would be a d a n g e r o u s m a n w i t h a l i t t l e room to work .

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In conclus ion I would like t o s t a t e t h a t a l t h o u g h t h e c lub is no t a m o n g t h e f i ve lead-ing t e a m s , they have given some of t h e f i n e s t exh ib i t i ons of t h e R u g b y code seen on Eden P a r k s ince t h e war .

The ' V a r s i t y in p r e - w a r days ga ined i ts r e p u t a t i o n , no t by w i n n i n g the c h a m p i o n s h i p b u t in p rov id ing t h e s p e c t a t o r s w i t h a good exh ib i t i on of t he code. Dur ing t h e s e years

t h e ' V a r s i t y usual ly d e f e a t e d t h e be s t t e a m s once d u r i n g t h e season .

The o r t h o d o x s t y l e of play should s t i l l occupy t h e g r e a t e r p a r t of t h e g a m e in o rde r t h a t t he u n o r t h o d o x mov ing comes as a s u r -pr ise . If t h e ' V a r s i t y can r e t a i n t h e s a m e p l aye r s or some of the s a m e p l aye r s f o r n e x t season I have no d o u b t t h a t t hey will acqu i t t h e m s e l v e s well and st i l l r ema in in f a v o u r w i t h t h e m a j o r i t y of s p e c t a t o r s .

Cricket Club. O f f i c e r s . P r e s i d e n t . P r o f e s s o r H. S. D e t t m a n n :

V i c e - P r e s i d e n t s . P r o f e s s o r s S e g a r , W o r l e y . E g e r -t o n , J o h n s o n . B u r b i d g e , Mess r s . G a r r a r d , Wi l son . B a r t r u m . A r d e r n . Goodwin , Tee , Rev . A. B. C h a p -pel l ; H o n . S e c r e t a r y , Mr . J . A. D u n n i n g ; Hon . T r e a s u r e r , Mr . I). R. G a r r a r d ; M a n a g e m e n t C o m -m i t t e e , Mess rs . G. I,. Goodwin , W . R. G a r r r a r d . W. H. G r a h a m , R. E . F a w c e t t , A. F . W i n k s ; Se l ec t i on C o m m i t t e e , Mess rs . W. H. G r a h a m . I). R. G a r r a r d . VV. C a r a d u s ; D e l e g a t e s t o A u c k l a n d C r i c k e t Assoc i a t i on , P r o f e s s o r H . S. D e t t m a n . Mess rs . W. H. G r a h a m . D. R. G a r r a r d .

TH E Cr icke t Club, whi le not m e e t i n g wi th t h e s a m e success as las t year , s t i l l had a very s u c c e s s f u l season . One senior

and t w o second g r a d e t e a m s w e r e e n t e r e d in t h e Grade C o m p e t i t i o n s , and each t e a m gave a good accoun t of i t s e l f .

The Senior Team, which con ta ined nine m e m b e r s of t h e t e a m t h a t won t h e champion -sh ip l a s t year , w e r e b e a t e n on f ive occasions, t h o u g h only once was t h e d e f e a t severe . Th ree m e m b e r s of t he Club ga ined r e p r e s e n t -a t ive honour s R. G a r r a r d , W. G a r r a r d and Player , t h e f o r m e r also p l ay ing f o r t h e N o r t h I s land t eam. Special m e n t i o n m u s t be m a d e of R. G a r r a r d ' s f ine p e r f o r m a n c e s in r ep re -s e n t a t i v e m a t c h e s . In these , bes ides p e r f o r m -ing well w i t h the b a t , he took 24 w i c k e t s a t an ave rage of 10 r u n s pe r w icke t , t h u s w i n n i n g t h e ba t p r e s e n t e d by Mr. H. E t o n , a f o r m e r m e m b e r of t h e Club, f o r t h e be s t bowl ing ave rage in r e p r e s e n t a t i v e m a t c h e s . He was also ou r m a i n s t a y in c lub m a t c h e s . The m o s t s u c c e s s f u l of ou r o t h e r p l aye r s were Goodwin and Lusk a t b a t t i n g , and P layer a t bowling. In f o r m e r yea r s ou r f i e ld ing w a s above t h e average , b u t t h i s yea r bad f i e ld ing cos t us t h e c h a m p i o n s h i p .

A t E a s t e r t i m e t h e V ic to r i a College t e a m j o u r n e y e d to Auck land to play us. On t h e f i r s t day t h e w e a t h e r was n o t ideal f o r c r i cke t , b u t a very e n j o y a b l e m a t c h r e s u l t e d in a v i c to ry f o r our t e a m . We a re now looking f o r w a r d t o nex t year , when ou r t e a r : will v is i t We l l i ng ton . A n o t h e r t e a m f r o m t h e c lub vis i ted R o t o r u a a t E a s t e r t ime , w h e r e t h e m e m b e r s had a very good t ime , and inc iden ta l ly , avenged t h e d e f e a t s we s u f -f e r e d t h e r e in t h e p rev ious year .

The sen io r t e a m c o m m e n c e d t h e season well, f o r t he o p e n i n g m a t c h a g a i n s t P o n s o n b y was won easi ly by 10 w icke t s . Then o u r f o r t u n e changed , and we s u f f e r e d f o u r de-f e a t s in success ion , E d e n B much to t h e sur -p r i se of everybody , w i n n i n g by 6 runs , Par-nell by 27 runs , Eden A by 13 runs , and N o r t h Shore by 60 runs . We d e f e a t e d Y.M.C.A. by an inn ings , but lost t h e nex t m a t c h t o G r a f t o n . A f t e r t h e r e - d r a w f o r t h e second round , we won b o t h m a t c h e s p layed.

The Second G r a d e A t e a m were more suc-c e s s f u l , being b e a t e n by one r u n in t h e semi-f ina l by N o r t h Shore , who a f t e r w a r d s won t h e f i na l by an inn ings . Th i s t e a m c o n t a i n s m a n y p romis ing p layers , a n d a u g u r s well f o r t h e success of t h e Club in t h e f u t u r e . The B team which is composed e n t i r e l y of y o u n g p layers , p layed well t h r o u g h o u t t h e season.

In N o v e m b e r a p lay w a s held in t h e Y.W.C.A. hall t o ra i se f u n d s f o r t h e Club. La rge ly due t o t h i s e f f o r t t h e Club has a f a i r ba l ance to s t a r t t h e season w i t h . Our t h a n k s a r e due to all who he lped to m a k e th i s p lay a success .

J. A. D U N N I N G , Hon. S e c r e t a r y .

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Christian Union.

Officers.—Pres ident , M. K. N . A l l e y ; V i c e - P r e s i d e n t s . Miss D . B e t h e l ! , M r . E . R. Ross ; C o l l e g e S e c r e -t a r y , M r . J . A . D u n n i n j r ; H o n T r e a s u r e r s r , Miss A . M. L . R o h h . M r . A . B. C o o k ; C o r r e s p o n d i n g S e c r e t a r i e s , Miss J . T h o r p , M r . E . W . Grigsj ; C o m m i t t e e , Miss N . W i l s o n . M r . A. B. C o c h r a n e .

THIS yea r has been p rov ing a m o s t suc-c e s s f u l one f o r t h e C h r i s t i a n Union The a t t e n d a n c e a t gene ra l m e e t i n g s has im-

proved and t h e r e has been added i n t e r e s t in t h e Bible S t u d y work .

We a re u s ing as s t u d y book R a u s c h e n -b u s c h ' s book "The Social P r inc ip l e s of J e s u s . " We have f o r m e d n ine c i rc les , wh i l e t h e l eade r s have t h e i r circle on Monday evening,

Rev. C . J . Tocke r hav ing k indly c o n s e n t e d to t a k e t h i s circle.

A d d r e s s e s a t genera l m e e t i n g s d u r i n g t h e f i r s t t e r m w e r e given by Rev. C. J . Tocker , Rev. J. W. Shaw, and Rev. J a s p e r Calder , whi le on Apri l 26th a s t u d e n t s ' even ing w a s held when p a p e r s were read by s t u d e n t s on " O u r A t t i t u d e to t h e Colour Ques t ion and t o Fo re ign Missions." This t e r m add re s se s have been given by Rev. P. J a m e s , Rev. C. Mc-Douall and Miss M o n c r i e f f , whi le Rev. D. C. H e r r o n will de l iver one l a t e r in t h e t e rm. Miss M o n c r i e f f , who is t h e t r a v e l l i n g secre-t a r y of t h e N.Z. S t u d e n t C h r i s t i a n Movement , had j u s t a r r i v e d back f r o m t h e wor ld con-f e r e n c e of t h e S t u d e n t C h r i s t i a n Movement a t Pekin . D u r i n g her s t a y of t e n days here , she did m u c h t o s t i m u l a t e i n t e r e s t in t h e C h r i s t i a n Union, and to ld us m a n y t h i n g s t o t h i n k a b o u t , m o r e especia l ly in r e g a r d to t h e pos i t ion in t h e Eas t .

A h a l f - d a y c o n f e r e n c e was held a t St . Hel-per's Bay, a t which va r ious s p e a k e r s gave t h e i r i m p r e s s i o n s of t h e c o n f e r e n c e a t Ash-b u r t o n . U n f o r t u n a t e l y ou r picnic on St . P a t -r ick ' s Day h a d to be p o s t p o n e d , owing to bad w e a t h e r . D u r i n g t h e year f ive social t e a s have been held on S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n s in t h e Lad ies ' Common Room.

The N.Z. S t u d e n t C h r i s t i a n Movement held i t s c o n f e r e n c e a t A s h b u r t o n las t C h r i s t m a s . T w e n t y - n i n e m e m b e r s f r o m A u c k l a n d t rave l -led to A s h b u r t o n w h e r e a very en joyab le and p r o f i t a b l e t i m e was s p e n t . This C h r i s t m a s t h e c o n f e r e n c e will be a t Solway, Mas t e r ton , and we u r g e all s t u d e n t s who possibly can t o a t t e n d th i s con fe rence .

J . A. D U N N I N G , Hon. Sec re t a ry .

Literary Club.

O f f i c e r s , 1922. P r e s i d e n t . , P r o f e s s o r C. W. E g c r l o n ; V i c e - P r e s i d e n t s , Miss M. W . C r o o k e s , P . S. A r d e r n , E s j . r S t u d e n t C h a i r m a n . M r . W . C. S. L e y s ; H o n o r a r y S e c r e t a r y a n d T r e a s u r e r , M r . S. F . M e i k l o j o h n ; E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e . Miss D. B a r w i c k , Miss N . W i l s o n . M r A. B. C o c h r a n e , M r . R . A . L o e h o r e . M r . W . R. I.. V a l l a n c e .

A S E R I E S of o b s e r v a t i o n s and calcula-t i ons m a d e by m e m b e r s of t h e Execu -t ive C o m m i t t e e t h i s year reveals the

i n t e r e s t i n g f-act, t h a t w h e r e a s a t t h e less ex-

c i t i n g m e e t i n g s of t he Club those , t h a t is, at which u n a d o r n e d " r e a d i n g s " a re t h e o r d e r of the n igh t , and no s u p p e r is in p r o s p e c t t h e aud i ence cons i s t s of a p p r o x i m a t e l y 25 pe r ( e n t u m of t he f inanc ia l m e m b e r s of t h e Club; on those on which a r e o f f e r e d plays and d r a m a t i c e x t r a c t s c o n t a i n i n g poss ibi l i t ies , t h e f inanc ia l m e m b e r s p r e s e n t c o n s t i t u t e s o m e t h i n g less t h a n 25 per c e n t u m of the audience . It is beyond t h e prov ince of t he

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p r e s e n t w r i t e r t o say w h e t h e r or not t h i s is a t r u l y r i g h t and des i r ab le s t a t e of a f f a i r s ; yet it is a s t a t e of a f f a i r s by no m e a n s pre-viously u n k n o w n to t h e L i t e r a r y Club, whose

p r inc ip l e it has ever been to " e x t e n d a h e a r t y i n v i t a t i o n to all S t u d e n t s " (vide any L i t e r a r y Club no t ice ) even f o r t h o s e even ings on which i t has so f a r lost s i g h t of i t s h igh ideals as to p rov ide ( to m a k e use of t h e s logan of a s i s t e r Soc ie ty ) " f o o d f o r body as well as f o r m i n d ! " Hut p e r h a p s we may f i nd a n o t h e r and a more s u i t a b l e place in which to d e m o n s t r a t e to s t u d e n t s t h e des i r -ab i l i ty of t h e i r (a) a t t e n d i n g even t h e least, e n t e r t a i n i n g m e e t i n g s of t h e Club (did/r.</ would be m i s l e a d i n g ) ; or (b) p a y i n g t h e i r s u b s c r i p t i o n s ; f o r t h e p r e s e n t t i m e and place we shall con ten t ourse lves w i t h leaving b o t h m a t t e r s t o t he consc iences of t h o s e concerned . A t all e v e n t s we have t h e s a t i s f a c t i o n of k n o w i n g , t h a t our d r a m a t i c work , ami o u r s u p p e r s a re a p p r e c i a t e d by t h e College; in our t u r n we m u s t t a k e th i s o p p o r t u n i t y of e x p r e s s i n g our h e a r t f e l t a p p r e c i a t i o n of t h e very h e l p f u l a s s i s t a n c e r e n d e r e d by Mr. Ar de rn , and t h e ladies of t h e C o m m i t t e e , w i t h -ou t whose sk i l fu l m a n a g e m e n t our d r a m a t i c a t t e m p t s and t h e s u p p e r a p p u r t e n a n t t h e r e t o , would run cons ide rab le r isk of f a i l u r e .

The ac t i v i t i e s of t h e Club t h i s year com-menced w i t h a s h o r t se r ies of r ead ings , wh ich fo l lowed t h e e lec t ion of o f f i c e r s a t t h e An-nual Genera l Meet ing of March 24th ; s u p p e r was prov ided . On Fr iday , Apr i l 7 th a pro-g r a m m e of r ead ings u n d e r t h e gene ra l t i t l e of " Q u a r r e l s " w a s o f f e r e d to a m e a g r e al-t h o u g h a p p r e c i a t i v e audience . On May 5 t h a

se r ies of misce l l aneous r ead ings w a s s u b m i t -ted . G r e a t e n t h u s i a s m w a s a roused by t h e conc lud ing i t em a read ing , w i t h as much ac t ion as possible , of t w o i n s t r u c t i v e and il-l u m i n a t i n g scenes f r o m S h e r i d a n K n o w l e s ' " H u n c h b a c k ; " a f t e r which e d i f y i n g s p e c t a c l e t h e aud ience r e t i r e d in good o r d e r t o t h e Lad ies ' Common Room, w h e r e an excel len t s u p p e r quickly r e s t o r e d i t s s l i gh t l y b a t t e r e d morale

T h u r s d a y , May 18th, s aw t h e l aunch ing of t h e Club 's m o s t a m b i t i o u s a t t e m p t — a ren-d e r i n g of A. A. Milne 's Mr. /'im 1'a.wx By. An excep t iona l l y good c a s t had been secured f o r t h i s play, and it was received by a c r o w d e d house w i t h evident a p p r e c i a t i o n . An en joyab l e if s o m e w h a t c r o w d e d s u p p e r con-c luded t h e evening , a n d t h e genera l op in ion w a s t h a t f o r once at l eas t , t h e L i t e r a r y Club had j u s t i f i e d i t s ex i s t ence . The success of Mr. Pirn d e p e n d e d in no smal l m e a s u r e on t h e r e c e n t l y c o m p l e t e d e x t e n s i o n and improve -m e n t of t h e p l a t f o r m of t h e E n g l i s h L e c t u r e Room. A l t h o u g h t h i s w a s done by t h e Col-

lege Council a t t h e r eques t of t h e L i t e r a r y Club, and whi le t h i s c lub will p r o b a b l y de-rive t h e g r e a t e s t b e n e f i t f r o m it, ye t o t h e r Soc ie t ies may f i nd the i m p r o v e m e n t of a s s i s t -

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I t is hoped , b e f o r e t he pub l i ca t ion of " T h e K i w i " t o hold a m e e t i n g a t which t w o one-ac t p lays will be p r e s e n t e d /icauti/ and the Jacobin by Booth T a r k i n g t o n , and 77/< /m

pertinence t/r Cna tu r e by Gordon Len-nox; an even ing of or iginal p a p e r s and an-o t h e r d r a m a t i c even ing should c o m p l e t e t h e ac t i v i t i e s of t h e Club f o r t h e year .

S. F. M E I K L E J O H N , Hon. S e c r e t a r y .

Scientific Society.

O f f i c e r s . P r e s i d e n t . P r o f e s s o r F. P. W o r l e y ; Vice-P r e s i d e n t s . Mr . G. McB. Sa l t a n d Mr. W. F . S h o r t ; S t u d e n t C h a i r m a n , Mr . G. H. M u n r o ; H o n . S e c r e t a r y a n d T r e a s u r e r , Mr. W. A. M a c k y ; C o m -m i t t e e . Miss M. S. F i t z g e r a l d . Miss S. C. H a d d o w , Mr . J . A. D u n n i n g , Mr. J . E . S i m p s o n .

TH E S c i e n t i f i c Soc ie ty is s t i l l k e e p i n g i t s pos i t ion as one of t h e m o s t p o p u l a r Col-lege Socie t ies .

This yea r t h e s u b s c r i p t i o n has been ra i sed in o r d e r to p rov ide a t each m e e t i n g t h e cof-f ee and b i s c u i t s which he lped to m a k e t h e 1921 sess ion such a success . The r e s u l t lias been ev iden t f r o m t h e f i r s t . We have r egu-lar ly a n y t h i n g f r o m one t o t w o dozen mem-b e r s who, a l t h o u g h t h e y c a n n o t ge t t o the m e e t i n g , ye t m a n a g e to a r r i v e in t i m e f o r s u p p e r .

The Annua l Genera l Mee t ing was held on March 13th.

P r o c e e d i n g s were livened u p cons ide rab ly by a g e n t l e m a n who ins i s t ed t h a t t h e m e e t i n g w a s "ou t of o rde r . " A l t h o u g h shown c lear ly t ha t e v e r y t h i n g was q u i t e in o rde r , he was

not s a t i s f i e d and even tua l l y l e f t t he mee t ing . P r o f e s s o r Wor ley opened t h e session on

Apr i l 3rd w i t h his p r e s iden t i a l add re s s on " K a u r i Gum." This l e c t u r e w a s en joyed by a l a rge audience , who g r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e d t h e n u m e r o u s anecdo te s .

On Apr i l 10th Mr. R. W. F i r t h gave a very i n t e r e s t i n g and i n s t r u c t i v e a d d r e s s on "Maor i S u p e r s t i t i o n s . " In a n s w e r t o a ques-t ion by a ce r t a in well known m e m b e r , Mr. F i r t h gave us some r a t h e r s t a r t l i n g i n f o r m -a t ion conce rn ing t h e m a n n e r in which t Maori would i n t e r p r e t "A D r e a m of Fa i r W o m e n . "

A t t h e n e x t m e e t i n g on May 1st Mr. P. R. P a r r i n i t i a t e d his aud ience in to t h e m y s t e r i e s of " P e r f u m e s . " By b u r n i n g some incense be-f o r e h a n d a very r ea l i s t i c a t m o s p h e r e w a s c r ea t ed . This m e e t i n g was r e m a r k a b l e f o r t h e l a rge n u m b e r of ladies p r e s e n t .

Mr. K. A. Allen 's a d d r e s s on " E c l i p s e s " was well a t t e n d e d , and w a s n o t e w o r t h y for the n u m b e r of s l ides shown, and t h e ab i l i ty shown by t h e s p e a k e r to race (in t h e d a r k ) u p t h e s t e p s to t he back of t h e t h e a t r e .

The aud ience at t h e f i r s t m e e t i n g of t h e second t e r m s u f f e r e d s o m e w h a t f r o m t h e f a c t t h a t an i n s t i t u t e m e e t i n g was held on t h e s a m e n igh t . N e v e r t h e l e s s a f a i r n u m b e r of m e m b e r s a t t e n d e d Miss F i t z g e r a l d ' s l e c tu re on "Caves . " The s p e a k e r c o n f i n e d herse l f to t h e h i s t o r y and n a t u r a l b e a u t i e s of caves, and gave an i n t e r e s t i n g a c c o u n t of t h e know-ledge ga ined f r o m cave d r a w i n g s of t h e l i fe of p r e h i s t o r i c man. Her s t a t e m e n t t h a t mod-ern caves a re r a t h e r u n i n t e r e s t i n g d rew f o r t h some i n d i g n a n t denia ls , and remin i scences o? a College picnic t w o yea r s ago.

The r e m a i n i n g m e e t i n g s of t h e year wiil be:

Ju ly 10th: " L e o n a r d o da Vinci ," Miss N. Wilson.

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Ju ly 17th: "Wi re l e s s Te lephony , " Mr. G. H. Munro .

Ju ly 29 th : Social E v e n i n g A u g u s t 7 th : "An Ana lys i s of B e a u t y , " Miss

J. King. A combined m e e t i n g w i t h t h e C o m m e r c e

and E n g i n e e r i n g Societ ies is t o be held on Ju ly 6 th . The s u b j e c t is "The F o r e s t and i t s P r o d u c t s . "

The Socie ty m e e t s on Monday even ings at 8 p.m. in t h e C h e m i s t r y L e c t u r e T h e a t r e , ant '

Debating O F F I C E R S , 1922-23. P r e s i d e n t , P r o f e s s o r K. M. Alg ie ;

E x e c u t i v e P r e s i d e n t , Mr . P. O. Vea le , M.Sc. ; J o i n t S e c r e t a r i e s a n d T r e a s u r e r s , Mess r s . J . S. B u r t a n d R. A. L o c h o r e ; E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e , Misses E E d g c u m b e a n d N . Wi lson , Mess r s . S. I). W e i r a n d N . A. L e o n a r d .

AF T E R "The K i w i " w e n t to p r e s s last, year t h e I n t e r - F a c u l t y D e b a t e w a s held b e f o r e a c rowded audience , t h e s u b j e c t

be ing " T h a t t h e A n g l o - J a p a n e s e Al l iance shou ld be r e n e w e d . " The r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of Science (Messrs . G a r d i n e r and Vea le ) , we re p laced f i r s t , w i t h E d u c a t i o n , L a w and A r t s

fo l lowing in t h a t o rder . O w i n g to a b n o r m a l condi t ions i t w a s f o u n d imposs ib le to hold

a t t h e end of each m e e t i n g c o f f e e and bis-cu i t s a re d i spensed in t h e R e a d i n g Room and Cor r ido r .

A l though Sisoc is by n a m e a s c i e n t i f i c Socie ty , as will be seen f r o m t h e sy l labus , t h e s u b j e c t s a re all of genera l i n t e r e s t , and t h e Soc ie ty hopes t h a t any one i n t e r e s t e d in any specia l s u b j e c t will come to t h e m e e t i n g and give us t h e b e n e f i t of his knowledge .

W. A. MACKY, Hon. Sec re t a ry .

Society. t h e Annual B a n q u e t , and severa l o t h e r pro-posed m e e t i n g s had t o be a b a n d o n e d . Con-s e q u e n t l y t h e Soc ie ty t h i s y e a r has f aced a d i f f i c u l t pos i t ion .

The p r e s e n t session w a s opened by t h e Trial Deba te , t o select t w o s p e a k e r s f o r t h e E a s t e r T o u r n a m e n t Deba te . Messrs . Vea le and Davis were t h e s u c c e s s f u l c o m p e t i t o r s . At t h e In te r -Co l l ege T o u r n a m e n t D e b a t e , however , o w i n g t o t h e u n f o r t u n a t e i l lness of Mr. Davis, his place w a s f i l led a t very s h o r t not ice by Mr. A. K. T u r n e r . T h o u g h our re-p r e s e n t a t i v e s did n o t m e e t w i t h t h e success we should have l iked, no d o u b t t h i s will s t i m u l a t e us t o p u t f o r t h our b e s t e f f o r t s fo r t h e recovery of t h e J o y n t Scroll next E a s t e r .

A t our n e x t m e e t i n g P r o f . Algie de l ivered his P r e s i d e n t i a l A d d r e s s , and his s u b j e c t — "Tr ia l by J u r y : I t s H i s t o r y , Fun , and Fol ly ," proved t o be m o s t h u m o u r o u s and e n t e r t a i n -ing. Those who took p a r t in t h e F r e s h e r s ' D e b a t e expe r i enced t h e usua l m a n i f e s t a t i o n s of keen i n t e r e s t and e n t h u s i a s m of a sym-p a t h e t i c 'Va r s i t y audience .

A cha l lenge to t h e T r a i n i n g College pro-vided a k e e n l y - c o n t e s t e d d e b a t e a t which t h e l au re l s r e s t ed w i t h U n i v e r s i t y by a n a r r o w m a r g i n .

The r e m a i n d e r of th i s yea r ' s sy l l abus con-t a i n s several i n t e r e s t i n g i t ems , no t ab ly t h e I n t e r - F a c u l t y Deba te , t h e Ladies v. Men De-b a t e , and t h e Annua l B a n q u e t .

The success of t h e m e e t i n g s a l r eady held t h i s year a u g u r s well f o r t h e f u t u r e of t h e Society. T h e r e is every hope t h a t t h e Carni -val a c t i v i t i e s which l as t year proved de t r i -m e n t a l t o t h e w e l f a r e of t h e Society , will no t se r ious ly i n t e r f e r e w i th t h e r e m a i n d e r of t h e sess ion.

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Law Society.

O F F I C E R S . P r e s i d e n t , P r o f e s s o r H. M. Alg ie . I ,L .M.; V i c e - P r e s i d e n t s , VV. R . T u c k E s q . M.A. . L L . M . ; V. N. H u b b l e E s q . LL .B . ; H o n . T r e a s u r e r , L. C. A d a m s ; H o n . S e c r e t a r y , S. I,. A r m s t r o n g ; Com-m i t t e e , Mess r s . A. A. Bodley , A. A. F r e n c h . J . M. S t e v e n s o n .

AT T H E Annual Mee t ing held in t he College in March l a s t t h e o f f i c e r s and c o m m i t t e e for the e n s u i n g yea r w e r e

e lec ted . The T r e a s u r e r ' s R e p o r t and Ba lance Shee t w e r e received. These d isc losed a f in-ancial pos i t ion which is h ighly s a t i s f a c t o r y , and which r e f l e c t s g rea t c r ed i t on t h e Com-m i t t e e ' s p r e d e c e s s o r s in o f f i c e . The new c o m m i t t e e a r e in t h e f o r t u n a t e posi t ion of be ing u n t r a m m e l l e d in t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s by t h a t e v e r - p r e s e n t f e e l i n g "Are t h e r e s u f f i c i e n t f u n d s ? "

This year it was dec ided to hold t h e w i n t e r m e e t i n g s in "The C o t t a g e " t e a rooms. This c o m f o r t a b l e r endezvous has in conse-quence been t h e scene of many s t r e n u o u s legal a r g u m e n t s , and m a n y k n o t t y p r o b l e m s of law have been unrave l led by counsel u n d e r t h e h e l p f u l g u i d a n c e of our P r o f e s s o r . Severa l e m i n e n t m e m b e r s of t he legal p r o f e s s i o n h a v i n g k ind ly c o n s e n t e d to give add re s se s , and

is hoped t h a t a very s u c c e s s f u l yea r ' s w o r k will be accompl i shed .

The Annua l Ball has k e p t t h e C o m m i t t e e f u l l y occupied . P r e p a r a t i o n s a r e in fu l l swing , t h e Sco t s ' Hall hav ing been se l ec t ed

f o r t h e p u r p o s e th i s year . The increasing-p o p u l a r i t y of th i s dance leaves l i t t l e d o u b t t h a t the f u n c t i o n will be b o t h a social and f inanc ia l success .

Musical Society. O F F I C E R S 1922. P r e s i d e n t . P r o f e s s o r J . C. J o h n s o n ;

V i c e - P r e s i d e n t s , P r o f e s s o r C. W. E g e r t o n , P r o f e s -sor W. E . T h o m a s ; E x e c u t i v e P r e s i d e n t , Mr. Sel-w y n C. d e Cl ive Lowe; S t u d e n t V i c e - P r e s i d e n t s , Miss N. K a l a u g h e r , 0 . W. J o h n s o n ; C o m m i t t e e . Miss Davis . Miss E l l i o t t . Mr . P r i e s t l e y . Mr . S u t -t o n ; Hon . S e c r e t a r y , Miss -1. King; P i a n i s t e , Miss S p a r g o .

TH E Musical Society has had m a n y d i f f i -cu l t i e s to ove rcome th i s year , and several of t h e m e m b e r s a p p o i n t e d to t h e c o m m i t -

t e e a t t h e Annua l Mee t ing have been pre-v e n t e d f r o m r e t a i n i n g o f f i c e . T h r e e b r a n c h e s w e r e f o r m e d , viz.. C h a m b e r Music, Glee Club and O r c h e s t r a . P r o f e s s o r J o h n s o n , as in p a s t yea rs , aga in u n d e r t o o k t h e d i r e c t o r s h i p of t h e C h a m b e r Music sec t ion , which had pros-p e r e d o w i n g t o his i n t e r e s t and e n t h u s i a s m .

The Glee Club and t h e O r c h e s t r a f o u n d g r e a t d i f f i c u l t y in o b t a i n i n g a c o n d u c t o r , ant ' a f t e r m u c h delay Mr. B i n s t e d was a p p o i n t e d Musical D i r e c t o r of t h e s e t w o b r a n c h e s . At

t h e beg inn ing of t h e second t e r m , when we e x p e c t e d to begin p r a c t i c e s in real e a r n e s t , Mr. B ins t ed f o u n d h imsel f unab le to give us his se rv ices as he had hoped , and ou r sec-r e t a r y , Miss King, was also compel led t o re-s ign t h r o u g h ove rwork , Miss E l l i o t t be ing a p p o i n t e d in her place. At t h i s j unc tu re the e x e c u t i v e decided to a l low the o r c h e s t r a l b r a n c h to lapse, and to c o n c e n t r a t e all i ts e f f o r t s on t h e Glee Club, t o which Mr. L. Takle w a s a p p o i n t e d as c o n d u c t o r . Our Glee Club p r a c t i c e s have been held in the Eng l i sh L e c t u r e Room for which we t h a n k our vice-P r e s i d e n t s .

In conclus ion we e a r n e s t l y beg t h e s u p p o r t of t h e College, especia l ly in the Glee Club sec t ion . C o m m u n i t y s ing ing has p roved t h e vocal s t r e n g t h of m a n y s t u d e n t s . May we hope t h a t some of t ha t s t r e n g t h m a y bo u t i l i sed in o u r Musical Soc ie ty?

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Chamber Music Section. T h e 'Chamber Music Sect ion wi l give t h e

c o n c e r t ou t l ined be low on S a t u r d a y evening, S e p t e m b e r 9 th . Th i s c o n c e r t w a s t o have been given ear ly in Ju ly , b u t t h e c o m m i t t e e

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pol i t e ly gave way in connec t ion w i t h o t h e r social events on S a t u r d a y even ings . Of t h e t h r e e s ec t i ons i n to which t h e Musical Soc ie ty is now sub-d iv ided ( O r c h e s t r a l , Glee and C h a m b e r Mus ic ) , P r o f e s s o r J o h n s o n was asked a t t h e Annua l Genera l Mee t ing t o ac t as D i r e c t o r f o r t h e las t . This he a c c e p t e d , and s t a t e d w h a t he cons ide red t o be t he b e s t policy, which is c e r t a i n l y h a m p e r e d by t h e w a n t of a room f o r r e g u l a r p r a c t i c e s , n o t t o speak of t h e need of a good p iano. In t h i s connec t ion t h e Soc ie ty ' s t h a n k s a re due t o Dr . W. E. T h o m a s for his c o u r t e s y in p e r m i t t i n g t h e use of his p i ano in t h e E n g -lish L e c t u r e Room. A t p r e s e n t t h e C h a m b e r Music Sec t ion will d e v o t e m o s t of i t s a t t e n -t ion to t h e f u n d a m e n t a l c lass ical compos i -t i ons w i t h i n t h e scope of i t s m e m b e r s ' tech-nique. The c o n c e r t s will be a b o u t an h o u r and a half in d u r a t i o n , and e n t i r e compos i -t ions will be given, un less w h e r e t h e move-m e n t s a r e u n d u l y long or of unequa l i n t e r e s t . I t is hoped to give s o m e i n t e r e s t i n g w o r k s of t h e old Eng l i sh Classical School, and also a c o n c e r t s h o w i n g the evo lu t ion of t h e s o n a t a f o r m . The p r o g r a m m e s will be a n n o t a t e d as f a r as c i r c u m s t a n c e s ( m o s t l y f i n a n c i a l ) wil l

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Strings that Speak The language of Music is never more beautifully expressed

than when it is voiced by those music interpreters of artistic feeling, the Violin and Cello.

But for your instrument to do justice to itself and to you it must be kept at its best.

Wi th us your instrument will receive skilled and careful attention, and it is comforting to know, too, that you will not have to pay a middleman to merely hand on your cherished possession to the tender mercies of some unknown repairer.

In addition we specialise in making Violin and Cellos to order. W e use none but specially-selected Italian timber.

We keep constaillv in stock supplies oj all Violin accessories, Strings, etc.

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allow. W h e n a conce r t is given b o t h in t h e f i r s t and in t h e second t e r m , a p l eb i sc i t e will be t a k e n of t h e m o s t p o p u l a r works , which , even as s ingle m o v e m e n t s , m a y be r e p e a t e d ea r ly in t h e t h i r d t e r m as an in-f o r m a l mus ica l evening , p e r h a p s assoc ia ted w i t h o t h e r s ec t ions of t h e Musical Socie ty , of w h i c h Mr. Takle is now re spons ib l e f o r t h e vocal p r ac t i ce s .

Chamber Music Concert, Saturday, September 9th.

P R O G R A M M E .

S o n a t a in A f o r 2 Viol ins and P iano (Boyce) Messrs. C. W . Johnson, S. de Clive Lowe,

and L. Adams.

Songs : (a) W h o is Sylvia? ( S c h u b e r t ) (b) The S t o r m y Morn ing __ ( S c h u b e r t )

Mr. A. B. Thompson.

S o n a t a in E Minor f o r P iano and Violin ( M o z a r t )

Professor J. C. Johnson, Mr. C. W . Johnson

Folk Songs : (a) The F a r m e r ' s Son ( S o m e r s e t ) (b) T i r -nan -Og ( H e b r i d e a n ) (c) The K e r r y Cow ( I r i sh )

Miss May Mitchell.

Sonata in G fo r Piano, Op. 14, No. 2 - - - - ( B e e t h o v e n )

Mr. M. Priestly.

Songs : (a) The Thorn (Shie ld) (b) Care Flies f r o m t h e Lad t h a t is

Merry (M. A r n e )

Mr. A. B. Thompson.

Trio in E F l a t f o r Piano, Violin and 'Cello ( H a y d n )

Professor J. C. Johnson, Mr. S. de Clive Lowe,

Professor C. W . Egerton.

A c c o m p a n i s t s : Miss Sheela King , M. J . M. H u t t o n .

Women's Common Room Club

O f f i c e r s . P r e s i d e n t , M. K. New-land. 15.A.: S e c r e t a r y , S. C. Haddow: T r e a s u r e r . A. M. L. Kobb; Tea Club S e c r e t a r y . P. W i t h e r o w : C o m m i t t e e , I). A. B e t hell H.A.. A. I. McLean . N. Wilson.

THIS yea r we e x t e n d e d a h e a r t y we lcome to a l a rge n u m b e r of f r e s h e r s w h o c a m e to live a m o n g s t us in o u r h u m b l e vet

h a p p y home. This add i t i on to our n u m b e r s m a k e s our m e m b e r s h i p u p to a b o u t s ix ty .

So f a r w e have had qu i te a busy year , m a d e so by t h e E a s t e r T o u r n a m e n t , C a p p i n g C e r e m o n y and Carniva l .

The E a s t e r T o u r n a m e n t n e c e s s i t a t e d t h o r o u g h r e n o v a t i o n of ou r Common Room. One S a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n we h a d a w o r k i n g bee a t which we s e t t o w o r k to r ake ou t t h e old r e m a i n s of b y g o n e years . Covers w e r e m a d e f o r t h e s e t t ee s , and c u r t a i n s and cush ions w e r e m a d e to t a k e f r o m t h e bare-ness of t h e room. The p i c t u r e s w e r e t a k e n down, d u s t e d , c leaned and oiled, whi le t w o of

us even g o t t o w o r k w i t h a h a m m e r and

t a c k s and m a d e a good a t t e m p t a t uphol -s te ry . We a re all ag reed t h a t our Common

Room looks t h e b e t t e r fo r i ts r enova t ion , and none of us g r u d g e d t h e e x t r a shi l l ing p u t on ou r s u b s c r i p t i o n .

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E a r l y in t h e w i n t e r t e r m many of us w e r e busy m a k i n g G r a d u a t e s ' hoods f o r t h e Cap-p ing Ceremony, and some of us m a d e bou-q u e t s f o r o u r women G r a d u a t e s , which w e r e very m u c h a p p r e c i a t e d .

An a t t e m p t was m a d e to c lo the t h e Bui ga r i an A r m y f o r t h e play, b u t a l t h o u g h t h e u n i f o r m s w e r e m a d e t o m e a s u r e (? ) , f e w >f t h e w e a r e r s s eemed to be able to f i t t h e m -selves i n to t h e i r gaudy s a t e e n c lo th ing . Did t h e f a u l t lie wi th the A r m y ? I ask you.

This year we have hi 'd m a n y i n t e r e s t i n g v i s i to r s . We were f avou red w i t h a vis i t f r o m Miss G r a n t , who w a s seen t o f l i t in and out a m o n g s t us f o r severa l days . Meal-t i m e s du r ing t h o s e days w e r e r a t h e r a s t r a i n f o r some of us t h o s e w h o a r e n o t able to converse f r ee ly in F r e n c h . She b r o u g h t w i t h her Miss G r a h a m , who was we lcomed w i t h t h e usual e n t h u s i a s m by all of us . L a t e r Miss Moncr ie f f paid us a vis i t . She was w i t h

us f o r one s h o r t week only, at t h e end of which t i m e she to ld us t h a t she had q u i t e s e t t l e d down a t A.U.C., and would like i:, s t a y m u c h longer . W e only wish we could have k e p t her . We r e g r e t very much , how-ever . t h a t we saw so l i t t l e of Miss M a r g a r e t Thorp . Those of us who were able to heat-her and get t o k n o w her a l i t t l e , rea l i se w h a t t h e o t h e r s missed .

We shou ld like to know what Has hap-pened to our Ambassador? He pa id his s u b but t h a t ' s t he l as t we have heard of h im as an a m b a s s a d o r . We don ' t t h i n k i t can be said of him t h a t he would feel o u t of p lace a m o n g s t us. At leas t w e hope no t .

We a re all very s o r r y indeed to lose f o r a t i m e an e n t h u s i a s t i c co l league Olga A d a m s . We know t h a t she i n t e n d s to r e t u r n to t h e fo ld some day, b u t in t h e m e a n t i m e we all w i sh her every success , and hope she is q u i t e as h a p p y in he r new s p h e r e as she a lways was a t A.U.C'.

S. C. H A D D O W , Hon. Sec.

Men's Common Room Club.

O f f i c e r s . P r e s i d e n t , Mr. P. S. A r d e r n ; Vice-Pres i -d e n t s . Messrs . P a r r . Maeky . S inc la i r . Ga l l aghe r . Munro , Haddovv, Senior , P e r r y , Robinson . Mar te l l i . Shove and Towers ; E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e . Messrs . G. H. Munro , W. C. S. Leys . G. D. S impson , J . R. S u t t o n , J . D u n n i n g , and J . C o p p a r d ; Pres i -d e n t of E x e c u t i v e . -I. R. S u t t o n ; Hon. S e c r e t a r y and T r e a s u r e r , R. M. W e b b e r .

AC C O R D I N G to t h e "C. U. H a n d b o o k " t h e o b j e c t of t h i s Club is t o m a k e com-mon room l i fe as c h e e r f u l as possible .

The annua l m e e t i n g has a lways been

looked upon as one of t h e even t s of t h e year , a n d t h i s yea r ' s m e e t i n g w a s qu i t e u p to t h e s t a n d a r d of i t s p r edeces so r s .

In add i t i on to t h e usua l o f f i c e r s , t h i s Club a p p o i n t s a Censor of L a n g u a g e , a Legal Ad-viser , a C u s t o d i a n of Movable P r o p e r t y , and— m o s t i m p o r t a n t of all an A m b a s s a d o r to t h e Ladies ' Common Room.

F o r t h e pos i t ion of Censor t h r e e u n f o r t u n -a t e s were n o m i n a t e d , and placed on t h e t a b l e t o give proof of t h e i r ab i l i ty in t h e use of l anguage . Mr. Ah Kew ' s f o r c e f u l e loquence easi ly ga ined h im t h e t i t l e .

The m e t h o d of e l ec t i ng t he Legal Advise r occas ioned some d iscuss ion , b u t even tua l l y it w a s decided to r eques t t h e r e t i r i n g Adv i se r t o se t t h e c a n d i d a t e s a " k n o t t y " ques t ion . Mr. Mason 's a n s w e r was a d j u d g e d to be t h e bes t , and he w a s duly e lec ted .

The o f f i c e of C u s t o d i a n has a lways been, r e g a r d e d as a very i m p o r t a n t one, and elabo-r a t e p r e c a u t i o n s w e r e t a k e n to e n s u r e t h a t t h e m o s t s u i t a b l e pe r son was se lec ted . The m e t h o d a d o p t e d was to s t a n d t h e c a n d i d a t e s sheep i sh ly in a r o w on t h e t a b ' e and m e a s u r e t h e i r f e e t .

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Mr. S u t t o n w a s a p p o i n t e d o f f i c i a l m e a s u r e r , and announced his decis ion in f a v o u r of Mr. Dixon, w h o s e f e e t w e r e t h e l eng th of a t h r e e -f o o t t a p e , one end of which w a s miss ing , p lus a t w o - f o o t ru le of which a p p r o x i m a t e l y one t h i r d w a s p r e s e n t . I t is usual t o a p p o i n t a F r e s h e r as A m b a s s a d o r , b u t f o r some un a c c o u n t a b l e reason t h e r e was a s t a r t l i n g ab-sence of these g e n t r y , and r ecou r se had to be m a d e to second-year s t u d e n t s . Mr. de Clive Lowe and Mr. de Monta lk w e r e nomin-a t ed , and t h e t e s t of pe r sona l b e a u t y app l i ed by r o t a t i n g t h e m t h r e e t i m e s round a c e n t r a l axis . On t h e v o t i n g Mr. de Clive Lowe was e lec ted and received t h e P r e s i d e n t ' s b less ing .

In p rev ious years a Tea Club S e c r e t a r y had been a p p o i n t e d , bu t owing t o t h e mis-m a n a g e m e n t of t h e last f ew s e c r e t a r i e s it w a s decided t o abandon t h e Tea Club, and allow m e m b e r s to p rov ide t h e i r own r e f r e s h -m e n t s . A t i n t e rva l s t h r o u g h o u t t h e year t h e Club holds several s m o k e r s and o r g a n i s e s at l eas t one picnic. P ing pong t o u r n a m e n t s a re also held and a lways a t t r a c t good en t r i e s .

In add i t i on t o p rov id ing t a b l e and b a t s t h e Club also r e t a i l s bal ls at a goodly p r o f i t and t he r eby a u g m e n t s i t s revenue cons ider -ably.

R. M. W E B B E R ,

Hon. S e c r e t a r y .

Engineering Society.

O F F I C E R S . P r e s i d e n t . Mr . W. S. G r a y ; V ice -P re s i -d e n t s , Mess r s . S. 1. C r o o k e s j u n . , A. J . B a k e r , J . B. T h o m p s o n , W. J . L o p d e l l , S. K. L a m b . A . R. E n t r i c a n . A. D. Mead , H. S. Sa les ; S t u d e n t Vice-p r e s i d e n t . M r . J . It . S u t t o n ; H o n . S e c r e t a r y . Mr . A. M. Dibb le ; H o n . T r e a s u r e r . Mr . A. R. T o r r i e ; C o m m i t t e e , Mess rs . W. S. H o m e , W . C. W a r d . -L N . A n d e r s o n , W. G. Mucky , F . T. S w a n n

D u r i n g t h e second t e r m of 1921 severa l m e e t i n g s of t h e Socie ty were held. On Ju ly 13th Mr. Ashley H u n t e r gave a very in te r -e s t i n g p a p e r on " E n d l e s s Rope Incl ines ." On A u g u s t 5 th a combined m e e t i n g of Sc ien t i f ic , C o m m e r c e and E n g i n e e r i n g Soc ie t ies w a s held in t h e Phys ics L e c t u r e T h e a t r e , w h e n p a p e r s on "The Value of Coal t o N e w Z e a l a n d " w e r e read by a m e m b e r of each Socie ty .

" N o t e s on I r r i g a t i o n P r o j e c t s in C e n t r a l O t a g o " by Mr. A. J. B a k e r w a s a n o t h e r very i n s t r u c t i v e l ec tu re , and w a s well i l l u s t r a t e d by m a p s and l an te rn sl ides.

"The Modern Machine S w i t c h i n g Te lephone S y s t e m " by Mr. H. Cross , w a s a t echn ica l p a p e r , b u t a good idea of t h e w o r k i n g of t h i s very complex s y s t e m wyas o b t a i n e d .

The Session closed w i t h t h e Annua l D inne r which , w i t h an a t t e n d a n c e of nea r ly s ix ty , showed t h a t t h i s is s t i l l t h e mos t p o p u l a r m e e t i n g of t he Socie ty . I t w a s fo l lowed by an i n t e r e s t i n g p r o g r a m m e , cons i s t i ng of mus ica l i t e m s , c o n j u r i n g t r i c k s , t o g e t h e r w i t h i n t e r e s t i n g i t e m s f r o m severa l eng inee r s f r o m f o r e i g n count r ies .

The p r e s e n t sess ion w a s opened w i t h a

P r e s i d e n t i a l A d d r e s s on " I n f l u e n c e Lines and Monol i th ic Re in fo rced C o n c r e t e " by Mr. W. S. Gray. The l e c t u r e was i l l u s t r a t e d by n u m e r o u s s l ides f e a t u r i n g t y p e s of c o n s t r u c -t ion in A m e r i c a and E n g l a n d .

T o w a r d s t he end of t h e f i r s t t e r m i n i n t e r e s t i n g day was s p e n t v iewing the con-s t r u c t i o n of t he N i h o t u p u Dam.

On t h e f i r s t Monday of t h e second t e r m we had an i n s t r u c t i v e p a p e r on " D e t a i l s of Ci ty D r a i n a g e " by Mr. A. I). Mead.

On Ju ly 3rd Mr. W. J . Lopdel l gave us a very i n t e r e s t i n g ta lk on "The Dut ies of a C o u n t y E n g i n e e r . " The s p e a k e r b r i e f l y cited some of his expe r i ences as Eng inee r to va r ious c o u n t i e s in bo th N o r t h and Sou th I s l ands .

The r e m a i n d e r of th i s sess ion 's sy l labus should prov ide f u r t h e r i n t e r e s t i n g p a p e r s , c o n s i s t i n g as it does of p a p e r s f r o m b o t h s t u d e n t s and local civil eng inee r s .

As an E n g i n e e r i n g Socie ty o u r aim is to p r o m o t e an i n t e r e s t a m o n g s t u d e n t s in t h e va r ious b r a n c h e s of t h e p r o f e s s i o n by dis-cussion of s u i t a b l e s u b j e c t s , and by v i s i t s t o p laces of i n t e r e s t .

The Socie ty t a k e s t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y of in-vi t ing all t h o s e who may be i n t e r e s t e d in our p a p e r s to a t t e n d our l ec tu re s , held in t h e L e c t u r e T h e a t r e of t h e E n g i n e e r i n g De-p a r t m e n t .

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On Ju ly 19th a m e e t i n g w a s held t o dis-cuss t h e adv i sab i l i t y of f o r m i n g t h e above socie ty . P r o f e s s o r J o h n s o n w a s moved t o t h e chai r . I t was unan imous ly decided t o f o r m t h e Field Club a t once. Mr. P u r d i e was ac t -i ng - sec re t a ry . A c o m m i t t e e of f o u r men (Messrs . Cook, La Roche, P u r d i e and Wilson) and t h r e e women s t u d e n t s (Misses E d g -cumbe, Fowle r and T h o r p ) w a s e l ec t ed , w i t h P r o f e s s o r Johnson , Mr. B a r t r u m and Mr. Lan-c a s t e r as h o n o r a r y o f f i c e r s . Th i s c o m m i t t e e

Cercle

PE N D A N T les annees 1920 e t 1921 il ivy ava i t pas de c lub f r a n c a i s d a n s le College mais au c o m m e n c e m e n t de c e t t e annee

on a convoque un m e e t i n g e t on s ' e s t dec ide a r e t a b l i r un "Cerc le F r a n c a i s . " On a elu les o f f i c i e r s s u i v a n t s :

Le P a t r o n . M. le P r o f e s s e u r W a l k e r ; le P r e s i d e n t . M. P . S. A r d e r n ; les V i c e - P r e s i d e n t s . Mile. 1). L. Mi l l e r . M. W. C. S. Leys ; le S e c r e t a i r e . M. A. B. C o c h r a n ; la T r e s o r i e r e , Mile. E . L. E l l i o t t ; e t c o m m e M e m b r e s d u Conse i l , Mile. D. W. B a r w i c k , Mile. J . K i n g . M. K. A. L o c h o r e .

Pour i n t e r e s s e r au Cercle le publ ic col legial e t pour f a i r e c o n n a i t r e ses p r o j e t s on a re-dige un m a n i f e s t e , d o n t le c o n t e n u e t a i t h a u t e m e n t a p p r o u v e d a n s les ce rc les o f f i -ciels. La l e c t u r e de ce d o c u m e n t a mis Ji l ' ep reuve les conna i s sances en langue f r a n c a i s e de bien des e t u d i a n t s .

Jusqu ' i c i q u a t r e r eun ions o n t eu lieu a la

ralists' Club.

will d r a f t a c o n s t i t u t i o n f o r n e x t yea r and c a r r y on t h e bus ines s in 1922. The C h a i r m a n said t h a t t h e College w a s q u i t e large enough to have a Field Club, and t h a t t h e o u t i n g s would be of a t echn ica l r a t h e r t h a n of a s u p e r f i c i a l c h a r a c t e r , a n d t h a t p r o p e r co-o rd ina t ion shou ld be e f f e c t e d w i t h t h e Sci-e n t i f i c Society . A p r o g r a m m e of e x c u r s i o n s is in course of p r e p a r a t i o n .

J . P U R D I E , Hon. Sec.

Francais.

p r e m i e r e on s ' e s t a m u s e aux j eux de conver-s a t i o n ; a la d e u x i e m e 011 a j oue que lques c h a r a d e s e t " u n e p e t i t e t r a g e d i e du moyen age qui vous f e r a i t f r e m i r " ; la t r o i s i e m e a p r i s la f o r m e d 'un c o n c e r t ; a la q u a t r i e m e Mile. G r a n t , r e c e m m e n t r evenue de l 'Eu rope , a f a i t une causer ie .

Ve r s la f in du p r e m i e r t r i m e s t r e le sec re -t a i r e , M. Cochran , s ' e s t t r o u v e f o r c e a d o n n e r sa demiss ion . A p r e s e n t c ' e s t M. Lochore qui r e m p l i t les i m p o r t a n t e s f o n c t i o n s du secre -t a r i a t .

En c o n s i d e r a t i o n de 1 ' impor t ance c r o i s s a n t e qui s ' a t t a c h e a 1'emploi du f r a n c a i s p a r l e d a n s le cou r s ac tue l les e t u d i a n t s s e r o n t bien avises de sa i s i r les occas ions de s ' e x e r c e r que don-n e n t nos r eun ions . Le Cerc le de s i r e s u r t o u t se r e n d r e u t i l e a ceux qui a p p r e n n e n t c e t t e noble l angue f r a n c a i s e .

Athletic Club. O F F I C E R S . - P r e s i d e n t . P r o f e s s o r H. S. D e t t m a n ;

H o n . S e c r e t a r y . M r . W. V a l l a n e e ; H o n . T r e a s u r e r . Mr M. M. F l y n n . T h e e l e c t i o n of t h e r e m a i n i n g o f f i c e - b e a r e r s was d e f e r r e d t i l l a m e e t i n g l a t e r in t h e y e a r .

PR O S P E C T S seem b r i g h t f o r a f l o u r i s h i n g n e x t year , f o r a m o n g t h e new m e m b e r s of t h e Club t h e r e a r e m a n y w h o have

b r o u g h t w i t h t h e m r e p u t a t i o n s f r o m t h e Secondary Schools. A p leas ing f e a t u r e of t h e I n t e r - F a c u l t y S p o r t s t h i s yea r w a s the gene-ral inc rease in t h e size of t h e f i e ld s in t h e va r ious even t s . This inc rease w a s ma in ly due to l a r g e r e n t r i e s t h a n usual f r o m t h e r a n k s of t h e F r e s h m e n .

A t t h e Auck land Provincia l Champion -

s h i p Meet ing held in A u c k l a n d on March 11th t h e U n i v e r s i t y Club was most s u c c e s s f u l , being r u n n e r - u p w i t h 52 p o i n t s t o t h e Auck-land A m a t e u r A t h l e t i c and Cycle Club (56 p o i n t s ) in t h e Club C h a m p i o n s h i p . If t h e fu l l n u m b e r of e v e n t s h a d been held t h e Col-lege Club would c e r t a i n l y have ga ined the c h a m p i o n s h i p , f o r in t h e w e i g h t - p u t t i n g a n d h a m m e r - t h t r o w i n g even t s , which w e r e de le t ed f r o m t h e p r o g r a m m e t h r o u g h i n s u f f i c i e n c y of e n t r i e s ; t h e only e n t r a n t s were College men .

The fo l l owing a t h l e t e s r e p r e s e n t e d ' V a r s i t y : Messrs . R. M. W e b b e r (1s t in one and t h r e e -mile e v e n t s ) , W. J. P e r r y (1s t in b road j u m p , 3 rd in pole v a u l t ) , C. N. Nicho l l s (1s t in one

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and th ree -mi l e w a l k s ) , H. J . Wily (2nd in one mile w a l k ) , W. R. L. Va l l ance (2nd in t h r ee -mi l e and 3rd in one-mile e v e n t s ) , J . R. McCrys ta l (2nd in b road j u m p and 3rd in hop, s t e p and j u m p ) , M. R. Gr ie r son , J . C. E l l i o t t , M. M. Flynn, F. J. Clark , E. S m i t h , A. J . Millar, W. Dowd, B. W. F a n t h o r p e , E. M. G r i f f i n .

The Clubs r e p r e s e n t e d w e r e t h e A.A.A. and C.C., C a m b r i d g e , H a m i l t o n , Pub l i c Service , A k a r a n a and Unive r s i ty .

The success of t h e Club a t t h e A u c k l a n d C h a m p i o n s h i p s w a s very l a rge ly due t o the e n t h u s i a s t i c w o r k in ou r beha l f of Mr. F. J . Cox, who is well k n o w n t o a m a t e u r a t h l e t i c

e n t h u i a s t s in Auck l and , and who has a lways been a loyal and e n e r g e t i c s u p p o r t e r of t h e Club. To Mr.. Cox t h e Club wi shes t o o f f e r i t s m o s t h e a r t y t h a n k s .

In conc lud ing we wish t o c o n g r a t u l a t e m o s t h e a r t i l y one of our m e m b e r s , Mr. R. M. Web-ber on his sp l end id p e r f o r m a n c e in t h e mi l e and t h r ee -mi l e A u s t r a l a s i a n C h a m p i o n s h i p s . The Club is p r o u d t o c o u r t a m o n g s t i t s m e m -ber one of t h e m o s t b r i l l i a n t a t h l e t e s t h a t N e w Zea land has ever p roduced .

An accoun t of t h e I n t e r - F a c u l t y and I n t e r -V a r s i t y S p o r t s a p p e a r s e l s e w h e r e in t h i s issue.

Commerce Students' Society.

TH I S Society w a s i n a u g u r a t e d on 31st M a r c h , 1914;, a n d h a s b e e n of g rea t m u t u a l h e l p a n d bene f i t to i t s m e m b e r s

by o r g a n i s i n g l ec tu re s , e ssays , d i scuss ions , and m a n y o t h e r m a t t e r s which have f o r w a r d e d t h e a ims and o b j e c t s of t h e School of Com-merce .

Of t h e eleven m e e t i n g s of t h e Soc ie ty dur -ing t h e year 1922, e i g h t took t h e f o r m of L e c t u r e s , twTo w e r e C o m p e t i t i o n s , and one even ing w a s spen t in d i scuss ion . At t h e open ing L e c t u r e t h e a c c o m m o d a t i o n w a s t a x e d to i t s u t m o s t , b u t t h e a t t e n d a n c e s a t some of t h e s u b s e q u e n t L e c t u r e s w e r e dis-courag ing ly small .

Your E x e c u t i v e t a k e s t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y of t h a n k i n g those g e n t l e m e n whose i n t e r e s t in t h e Socie ty is shown in t h e L e c t u r e s con t r i -b u t e d by t h e m , as fo l lows :

The P r e s i d e n t i a l A d d r e s s was del ivered by P r o f . J . P. Gros sman , M.A., h is s u b j e c t b e i n g " F o r e i g n E x c h a n g e s . "

" C h a i r m a n s h i p " w a s t h e m a t t e r dea l t w i t h by t h e Hon. George Fowlds , when s p e a k i n g on May 13th.

On J u n e 17th, a Pub l ic S p e a k i n g C o m p e t i -t ion w a s held, when six c o m p e t i t o r s r ead p a p e r s deal ing w i t h va r ious a s p e c t s of Ac-c o u n t a n c y s u b j e c t s . The w i n n e r w a s L. W. Hol t , fo l lowed by C. R. McCulIough one po in t beh ind . T h e pr izes w e r e d o n a t e d by Messrs . A. M. Seaman and W. I n g r a m . The n e x t m e e t i n g was a L e c t u r e on t h e "Ba l -ance Shee t , " by G. W. H u t c h i s o n , Esq., F.P.A. (N.Z.) , F.N.Z.A.A., F.A.I.S., and w a s l i s t ened

to by a very i n t e r e s t e d and a p p r e c i a t i v e audience .

A " J u n i o r C o m p e t i t i o n E v e n i n g " w a s he ld on Ju ly 1st , w h e n p a p e r s w e r e r e a d by seven c o m p e t i t o r s , and a p r ize w a s a w a r d e d t o R . C. E d g a r . A t t he conclus ion t h e J u d g e ( J . M. E l i f f e , Esq . ) o f f e r e d a second p r i ze of £ 1 / 1 / - , w h i c h w a s won by J . Blaney.

On J u l y 22nd a Mock M e e t i n g of Sha re -ho lders in t h e " O r t a g o S c o o t e r s L t d . " w a s held. I t p roved a m o s t i n s t r u c t i v e and amus-ing even ing .

F. M. Hil ls Esq., P r e s i d e n t of t h e A u c k l a n d I n d u s t r i a l Assoc ia t ion , s p o k e on " S e c o n d a r y I n d u s t r i e s in N.Z." on J u l y 29th .

J. F. H o s k i n g Esq . ( B a r r i s t e r - a t L a w ) , spoke on t h e "Genera l P r inc ip l e s of the ' L a w of C o n t r a c t s ' " on A u g u s t 12th.

A d iscuss ion w a s held on A u g u s t 5 th , in Physics L e c t u r e Room, in c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e S c i e n t i f i c and E n g i n e e r i n g Socie t ies , t h e s u b j e c t chosen be ing " T h e Va lue of Coal t o N.Z." In t h i s d iscuss ion a p a p e r was p re -pa red and read by Miss I. Wa lke r .

"Some H u m o u r s of Bench and B a r " w a s the s u b j e c t of an a d d r e s s given by P ro f . R. M. Algie, LL.M., on S e p t e m b e r 16th.

The Session closed w i t h Mr. R o b t . A. La id-law's i n t e r e s t i n g a d d r e s s on "Modern Bus ines s Methods and O r g a n i s a t i o n . "

A very a t t r a c t i v e sy l l abus has been a r -r a n g e d t h i s yea r which will f u r t h e r e n h a n c e t h e pos i t ion which t h e C o m m e r c e S t u d e n t s ' Soc ie ty hold in t h e commerc ia l l i fe of t h i s city.

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T H E KIWI

T o w a r d s t h e close of t h e year s t e p s w e r e t a k e n by Mr. W. E. Bes t , of C h r i s t c h u r c h , t o f o r m a Union of A c c o u n t a n t S t u d e n t s ' Socie-te is . A p r e l i m i n a r y m e e t i n g w a s held in Wel-l ing ton in F e b r u a r y , and a r r a g e m e n t s were

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A. P. P O S T L E W A I T E , Hon. S e c r e t a r y .

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m a n ; C l u b C a p t a i n , Mr . H. B. S p e i g h t ; H o n . Sec -r e t a r y , Mr. H. J . Wily; H o n . T r e a s u r e r . Mr . K. W. F i r t h ; E x e c u t i v e , Mess rs . F a w c e t t , Gr i ce , B r o w n e . Kice, P l a y e r . S loman a n d V e a l e

PAST season f o u r t e a m s were e n t e r e d by the Club in t h e c o m p e t i t i o n s of t he A u c k l a n d Hockey Assoc ia t ion . The sen ior

t e a m played well t h r o u g h o u t , b u t seemed to be dogged by an evil genius , having no less t h a n f ive d r a w n games . In s p i t e of th is , however , t hey m a n a g e d to reach t h i r d place. F r o m th i s team r e p r e s e n t a t i v e honour s w e r e secured by Messrs . Spe igh t , S loman, Grice, and H a r m a n .

The Second G r a d e t e a m ear ly m a d e t h e m -selves p r o m i n e n t in t h e C h a m p i o n s h i p , wh ich t hey won handsomely . Dur ing t h e season they played 17 games , w i n n i n g 16 and d r a w -ing one. Not, be ing c o n t e n t w i t h t h e cham-pionship , they r eaped f u r t h e r honou r s by w inn ing t h e K ing ' s B i r t h d a y Seven-a-s ide T o u r n a m e n t .

The Th i rd G r a d e team, whi le no t very s t r o n g in t h e ear ly p a r t of t h e season, seemed to gain conf idence , and t o w a r d s t h e end of t h e season gave a good showing fo i themse lves , be ing placed f o u r t h in t h e i r g rade .

The F o u r t h t e a m w a s largely composed of f r e s h e r s , who , as soon as t hey lea rn t t h e r u d i m e n t s of t h e game , acqu i t t ed t h e m s e l v e s

t h e i r ve ry c r e d i t a b l y a g a i n s t pe r i enced o p p o n e n t s .

D u r i n g t h e yea r we were v i s i t ed by a Vic to r i a Col lege t e a m , who t r i e d to w r e r t t h e much coveted Seddon St ick f r o m us. However , they were u n s u c c e s s f u l , and t h e Stick r e m a i n s w i th t h e Coleman Cup won by t h e Seconds , t o adorn our L ib r a ry f o r a n o t h e r Season.

A mixed t e a m of t h e Seconds and a f e w ol t h e F i r s t Grade v is i ted W h a n g a r e i t o w a r d s t h e close of t h e season to p lay t h e W h a n -garei R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s . A very closely con-t e s t e d d r a w n g a m e r e su l t i ng .

D u r i n g the season t h e c lub held i t s Annua l D a n c e in t h e Masonic Hall . Th i s was a m o s t en joyab le f u n c t i o n , and t h e t h a n k s of t h e c lub a r e h e a r t i l y e x t e n d e d to t h e ladies on t h e C o m m i t t e e who c o n t r i b u t e d so la rge ly to i t s success .

This season we have again e n t e r e d f o u r t e a m s . O w i n g to t h e Assoc ia t ion p lac ing t w o of our t e a m s in the Senior Grade , ou r chances of success on the f ie ld , w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of t h e Senior t e a m , which holds a well dese rved pos i t ion a t t h e head of t h e l is t , do no t a p p e a r to be very b r i g h t .

H. -J. WILY,

Hon. S e c r e t a r y .

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