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" And if it hap that he wax hoarse, then another cometh after him and taketh the same office"—BARTHOLOMAEUS.

So, having waxed hoarse in the attempt to voice College opinion, while the printer performs the last rites, we bid farewell to the precarious editorial chair of the Kiwi. The duties of its occupant have scarcely been congenial, but we undertook them knowing how irregular the bird's habits were—how the Collegian, driven by financial stress to the protection of the ladies, became militant; how Marte Nostro died, "Mars aiding," only to be revived as the Kiwi.

Since then the name has been fixed, but the changing cover designs hint at vicissitudes. At first a bashful bird peeped shyly through a maze of leaves; then, after a flourishing time in 1906, a lion appeared, ominously lean, but proud and rampant to the point of falling; then a halcyon bird, bearing sad marks of sawdust stuff-ing. The usual interval of silence followed. Bartholemy, who is an invaluable guide in ornithology, comments on a similar case: "Some men say he had pain of his Bill, and died for hunger, but that is not lawful to be believed." And yet the present editor knows to his cost that elongation of bill is the equivalent of swelled head in the Kiwi world. One fat year and one lean year complete the history of this curious bird, a phoenix in its capacity for reviving and fire-lighting.

At another time we could have wished to explain the mysteries of an existence, which, according to a motion coeval with the first number, "is not j u s t i f i e d b u t even for such a motley course we are deeply indebted (in the more delicate sense of the words). If the existence of a magazine is to be numbered among blessings, it is due in great part to the unfailing tenderness of Messrs. Phipps and Hall towards our poverty and ambition. Then there are the contributors to thank, who, after all, are the life of a magazine. An editor must set against the superiority of his own work the fact that readers need variety and writers need encouragement; and, since he has the power to inflict a monologue, bounded only by the covers, he should restrain himself and devote the time saved to find-ing contributors and pacifying the "rejected" or the "condensed." It is unpleasant to reflect that printing is so dear, and that any cut may be the most unkindest cut of all, removing an author's most cherished touches.

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We are grateful even to the writers of reports. It is true that anybody can write reports, and that, as a matter of fact, anybody does write them. Still, the first compositor we met suggested that any spare pages might be filled up with "quotations from the classics," and the dullest report-writer has done a service if he keeps a printer from the horrible temptation of exercising his ingenuity as a selector from the classics. Finally, the Kiwi of the last two years owes much to the financial management of Mr. Aldridge and Mr. Bridson, while the editor's personal thanks are due to Mr. Ardern for constant assistance and advice.

It is something for the Kiwi to have lived long enough to record the proposal that Government House grounds should be allotted to the College, and in view of possible usefulness we hope readers will excuse an unusual seriousness and sameness of matter; and, at the same time, pardon the Bird's crowning irregularity— an appearance at a time when our thoughts turn more naturally to turkeys.

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Obituary

On October 2nd Arthur William Dempsey died at his parents' residence, Remuera, after a long and painful illness. As an exceptional scholar, keen athlete, and delightful com-panion he is deeply regretted by professors and students.

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To the Sun H 5 seen f r o m Hrfcle 's :JBas, j f e b t u a n ? , 1 9 0 8

THE heavens to-day are wholly thine, Save for yon dim horizon-haze

On th' uplands, and that low-drawn line Of changing cloud beyond the bays.

Alone thou mcuntest, no pale moon Hangs on thy goings. On the hush,

The burning silence of thy noon, Steals there no sound from the full rush

Of this loud-chanting world? The seas From channelwards with chorussings,

And tramplings of the deep, i' the breeze, Down their blue highways shoreward swing;

And through the columned poplars break Full-flowing songs, as round about

They furl their shadows close, and shake The bright, white sunbeam softly out

From shining leaves. The bush is loud Through all its glistening fadelessness

With myriad locusts; and, endowed With her sweet sense of evening peace,

From some near, sunny nook, I catch The cricket's dear, home-making song.

0 thou who keep'st thy far-off watch In splendid silence, comes no throng

Of earth-born echoes, clear, intense, On thy vast hush ? Hast thou no joy

Save in beholding? Fay, for whence Gleans Earth her song, save utterly

From thy great fount of living mirth? And He who poured the stream through thee,

And from thee gave the song its birth, Sure gives thee back thy melody.

—A.B. 7

Random pages from my notebook p r o f e s s o r Maxwell Walker

Colombo A place of liars, thieves, and depraved intelligences. From the

hawkers who come on board the moment the boat arrives to the washerman who collects his money just before the boat leaves, all try to rob you. A newspaper man wanted to charge me twopence for a paper published at less than a penny, and then when I bought one for a penny, gave me a back number. Then a handsome young fellow with a fine intellectual face and an extensive acquaintance among the nobility of Australasia drew me to one side to show me his treasures—mostly rings and precious stones of inestimable worth. I told him at the outset that I was determined not to buy. Never mind, lie only wanted to show me. He had waited specially for me, having been attracted by my honest face; he was just start-ing in business, and he knew, as a follower of Mahomet, that if I only bought something, however little, he would have luck for ever afterwards. He was prepared to make any sacrifice in order to sell to me. Fifteen shillings was all he would ask for a collection of eight or nine priceless stones. The eloquence of the fellow was astounding, and I finally gave him a shilling for half the lot. With tears in his eyes he thanked God—he was now certain of his good luck.

Another fellow now tackled me with a moonstone. He also had been attracted by my honest face, and wanted me to buy some-thing for luck. He was just starting in business also, the old sinner, and wanted to sell something specially to me. He would sacrifice the moonstone for two rupees. "No," said I. Then would I give him one rupee ? No. Then he would toss me for it—the stone for nothing or a rupee. No. At the end he wanted to toss me for the stone or a quarter of a rupee. I managed to escape and went on shore with a friend.

The boatman wanted to charge us treble the legal fare; we had to get a policeman to settle our disputes with the ricksha men; as we rode round we were assailed by countless hawkers, who always asked five times as much as they were prepared to take; little children followed us for miles with the cry, "Papa, give me a penny," and when we stopped under a verandah we were immedi-

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ately assailed by a dozen men with their wares. One wanted to give us a free smoke. "Master would like it very much." Another wanted to sell us some silk dressing-gowns. "Everybody would then admire us as we went to our bath." Then a newspaper man tried to charge me sixpence for a fourpenny paper, a deaf and dumb boy thrust a box of matches into my hand and would not leave until I gave him 10 cents, the boatman wanted to charge us treble fare, and the washerman asked three shillings for work that I could have got done in New Zealand for eighteenpence. I was too tired to argue, and gave him the money without a murmur, though when he demanded rupees instead of shillings I worked up sufficient energy to curse him in good New Zealandese.

port Siad Lying seems to be a religion with all the black races I have met

so far. Last night I was accosted by a devil with the complexion of an Ethiope, whose father was a Scotchman and his mother an Irishwoman, who could speak five or six different languages, and who, being anxious to taste my money, wanted to sacrifice a book of Palestine flowers to me for three shillings. I told him to go home and have a wash, whereupon he offered to sell at below cost for half-a-crown, and, as an extra inducement, offered two postcards into the bargain. I bought the lot finally for two shillings, and then he tried to beat me in the change. First of all he gave me a rupee for a two-shilling piece—it looks just the same until you examine— then he added two 10-cent pieces of Ceylon—worth less than two-pence each, though they look like threepenny bits—then, on my reiterated and forcible demand for two English shillings, wanted to sell me another book or some cigarettes, or anything under the sun, for the two shillings. I got my change, which I tested before accepting. Oh, they are awful liars! Paris - The Sorbonne

The people who run the show here have not the faintest notions of the principles of hygiene. They heat the rooms by artificial means, then pack about 300 people into a room large enough for 60, and then close all the windows. It is like a ship's engine-room. One of my first experiences was having to carry out a fainting woman. We were standing up all round the lecture-hall, packed like sardines, when I saw this woman, who was about two yards away from me, suddenly recline upon the shoulders of a Frenchman alongside her. The Frenchman did not seem to consider the situa-tion at all abnormal, but I saw her begin to drop, made a leap

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through my neighbour sardines, caught her before she touched the floor, and carried her out. And yet, will you believe it, the follow-ing week, at the same lecture, they crowded the same number into the same room. It is true, there were two windows open at the commencement of the lecture, one large and one small, but a fellow with a face like a monkey shut the large window as soon as the lecture started. And then we began to steam. I was at the far side of the hall, among a motley crowd—Frenchmen, Englishmen, Russians, Poles, Hungarians, Swedes, Germans, Americans, Japa-nese, Roumanians, etc., etc. I said—well, something in English, no other language sufficing to express my feelings, and managed to catch the fool's eye; but he did not understand that I wanted him to open the window again. I stood it for about five minutes, and then stood up boldly, grabbed my coat and hat and umbrella—you always have to take these articles into the lecture-room with you— and forced my way through the crowd to that window. Everybody made way for me, thinking I was going to faint, but I simply marched to the window—feeling like a hero the while—threw it wide open, and stood there during the rest of the lecture as the guardian of the fresh air. The foreigners were grateful, but some of the nations, whose chief recreation is found in the foul atmo-sphere of the Sorbonne, darted terrible glances at me. Not being used to fresh air, I suppose they think it is dangerous.

There are at Paris fifteen thousand students, representative of all conceivable nationalities. The vast majority of them are pre-paring for examinations, and are as much the slaves of the cram system as the people in New Zealand. It is a fine thing to see thirst for knowledge, but melancholy to see efforts so ill-directed. Most students are slaves of authority and tradition as crystallised in books and explained by teachers who either themselves think book-knowledge all-important, or who find themselves hampered by the syllabus. Real development doesn't count.

The women that study are poor specimens of humanity, and the men do not seem much better, in the average. Applying Poe's saying: "They are noticeable for nothing in the world except for the markedness with which they are noticable for nothing."

[Note.—This reflection was made in Paris, and cannot be supposed to have any local reference.]

Berlin I went over to the University with one of the young students

whose acquaintance I made yesterday. The professor spoke more slowly, and consequently more intelligibly, than the professors at

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the Sorbonne. There were but few students there, most of them, I was told, preferring to stay at home and miss the lectures which do not interest them, or which they do not consider calculated to meet their requirements. Their chief object is to pass their examin-ation, and they consider cram the best method. Here, again, there was the same spectacle of students coming in late, though not so glaringly, as at the Sorbonne, where old ladies will disturb a whole hall as they sidle up under the nose of the professor. But there are very few ladies at the University of Berlin. Most of the students were taking notes—a vicious system—though not so feverishly as I have seen them elsewhere, while some of the more independent spirits were listening only. The students here are of an entirely different type from those at the University of Paris, being in a higher plane and including many fine, thoughtful-looking fellows.

I have had to fill in a form informing the police of my name, whether I am married, unmarried, widower, or divorced, occupation, State to which I belong, religion, place of last stay, whether I was ever here before, and, if so, when, and where I stayed, whether I am going to stay here more than three months, and whether I own the house I am living in, or the name and address of the people with whom I am staying. In addition to this, I have to go and present myself at the police station to let them see who and what I am. It is difficult to get lost in Germany.

Rome The eternal city, as a city, is to me extremely disappointing.

The old Forum, the Colosseum, the Palatine, and pretty well every-thing else that my imagination had pictured as something grand, are practically nothing but piles of broken stones and grass-grown rubbish, for which it is impossible, for me, to muster up any enthu-siasm. You know the feeling you have when you have gone to a rotten theatrical show that has been advertised as something splen-did. Well, that is the feeling I had yesterday morning as I stood and looked at the Roman Forum and saw below me Baedeker fools enthusing to order. If poor old Julius Caesar could have risen and seen these modern inane nonentities—who will, no doubt, when they go home, take great glory unto themselves for having been in the Roman Forum and help to perpetuate the traditional lies—he would have sunk back into his urn for very shame and disgust. Poor old Cicero—that your shade should be compelled to hear the mock drivel of modern imbeciles. Dear Virgil and Horace, your muse would be stifled for ever by the dust of these omniscience-seeking but nothing-achieving devotees of rot-like erudition.

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All these ruins seem to me so many symbols of the decadence of Italy, and it is a melancholy sight to see a nation making money by the exhibition of the signs of her downfall. Past greatness may be all very well, but it can hardly be agreeable to contemplate how far one has fallen away from what one once was proud to be, and to invite the world to come and see how wretched one is by com-parison with one's ancestors.

Most tourists have no personal impressions of the things they see. They depend entirely upon their guide-book, be it Baedeker or Meyer or Joanne. They are mere puppets, depending for their opinions on the written word of others. The written word is certainly important, but should not be accepted as absolute without personal thought. Borrowed opinions are like a wooden leg to an amputated man.

S o n g

'Tis not your beauty binds me, Though 'tis fair as the summer morn

Breaking soft ever snowy ranges, Aglow with the blush of dawn.

'Tis not your voice that holds me, Though it thrills with music, sweet

As the bell-bird's song in the silence Where the fern and nikau meet.

'Tis the tender, loving spirit That breathes in each word you speak,

Prompting unseen deeds of kindness To the joyless and the weak.

For your heart is kind and gentle As the sof: caress of spring,

A n i sweet as +he dewy fernland Ts the fragrance that you bring.

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Govt. house Grounds Controversy

" We go to gain a little patch of ground."—HAMLET.

After many years of hope deferred it is proposed to hand over Government House Grounds as a site for the College. Our enemies have risen against us, some of our friends covet the land for them-selves, and the public demand to see our credentials. The most serviceable contribution to the controversy that can now be made is a conspectus of what has been said or written with sufficient refer-ences to secure accuracy.

A few original suggestions like that of the "Merchant," who proposed to use the Supreme Court for a University, because it was inconvenient, may be passed over, not because they are the silliest, but because they are not supported. Four public uses of the grounds have been urged, either singly or in combinations, while the whole four at once have not been too conflicting for the profes-sional rail-sitter.

( 1 . ) GOVERNMENT HOUSE has the advantage o f possession, but the reasons so far advanced for its continuance on the present site are scarcelv satisfactory. The following list is complete:—

(a) Mr. Glover's Capital Site Bill. (b) The need for an Admiralty House. [Editor Star,

30/11/09, and echoes.] If this mania is not checked it will put an end to all public works in Auckland. We have already had two Admiralty Houses, but never caged an Admiral.

(c) "I f Government House is abolished, where are the naval authorities to assemble in the event of a crisis?" [A. Bell, Star, 1/12/09.] We had hoped that for the safety of the city they would stay on their ships at such a time.

(d) "Who has not many pleasant memories, Indeed, of the happy hours spent in the beautiful gardens and at the various functions?" [Barth. Kent, Star, 3 /12/09.] There is no proposal to abolish the gardens.

(e) "It is largely a means of influencing the advent of many visitors of distinction, as well as that of ships of war, which, if even looked at from the monetary point of view, also means the expendi-

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ture of large sums of money in the city. It would be infinitely more desirable that the cost attendant upon a new University build-ing should be expended upon the increased accommodation and beautifying of the present house and grounds." £Anon, Herald, 85/11/09. ] Even from the monetary point of view the College fend its students mean much more to the city than Government House.

( f ) "Large sums of public money have been recently spent on it." [Editor, Star, 30/11/09.] And larger sums will be needed if the present decaying and insanitary buildings are to be preserved.

(g) "Fancv that palatial residence for 30 students!" [Anon, Herald, 19/11/09.]

(h) It is being done "for no other reason than to spite Auck-landers," and, like the present position of the "Police Barracks and the lock-up," is due to Wellington's machinations. [T. Fernandez, Herald, 3 /12/09.]

(1) The one reasonable argument for the maintenance of Gov-ernment House in the present position is its historical associations. These appeal very strongly to older men, but have little influence on the rising generations. The House cannot be a Windsor Castle, because it cannot last, while men like Sir George Grey and Bishop Selwyn would have preferred a strong University College to the most expensive relic. Government House is near to the present College, but Sir George Grey's name is heard most in connection with the single scholarship which bears it.

In any case it cannot be contended that 12 acres in the heart of the city is necessary, either for the comfort of the Governor, who is in residence for a few months at most, or for the preservation of a relic of the past; and practically all other objections are met if another Government House is erected. Even without it Christ-church and Dunedin exist.

(2) PUBLIC PARK. — Auckland is particularly rich in the number and extent of its public parks; of all cities in New Zealand it is most deficient in University education. The Government House grounds are divided by a road from Albert Park on the one side, and on the other the Domain is a few hundred yards off Any further needs are sufficiently met by the willingness of the College authorities to open the grounds to the public during the day, as they have never been opened in the past.

( 3 ) GRAMMAR SCHOOL SITE AND PLAYGROUND OF 4 ACRES.— Here the controversy was hottest. The School, strong in its popu-larity, long establishment and maturity of growth, was first in the field with an appeal to sentiment and a series of misrepresentations.

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OTAGO UUNIVERSITY (Main Building).

CANTERBURY COLLEGE, CHRISTCHURCH,

The sentiment has staled somewhat; the misrepresentations and dependent arguments have been considerably reduced by a cold spray of fact.

In the first place, a site for the School was claimed. Mr. Poole, in the House, made the unjustifiable assertion that the present site was too noisy; Mr. Tibbs spoke of a new site in early interviews; the Editor of the Star, when driven into a corner, still thunders belatedly about the site, apparently forgetting that he objected to the College having more than 3 acres, because, according to him, the "42 professors, 3,000 students, and library of over 200,000 volumes" of Edinburgh University are housed in a building cover-ing less than 2 acres, i.e., less than the present School site. But neither the Minister, the School Board, nor the public cared much about the site, so the more popular cry for a playground was put forward, while the old idea only appeared in an unwillingness to accept anything short of freehold rights.

Now, there can be no doubt that the School badly needs a playground. It is the more regrettable that, with 78 acres of city and suburban property at its disposal, the Board has not provided one; that Mr. Bagnall could tell the City Council [December 2nd], " I myself have been a member of the Grammar School Board, but I know that for many years past no serious attempt has been made to secure a playground;" that at the meeting of the Board which sanctioned the claim (only three members voting) a sub-committee reported that negotiations for a ground of 7 acres in Stanley Street had been dropped because of the claim; and that Mr. Parr, the School's advocate on the College Council, refused to bring a motion recommending an arrangement by which the boys could use the ground at stated hours as in the past, though all others present were agreeable. [Star report, 30/11/09, and, e.g., the "illuminating and trenchant leader" in the same paper: "The Council yesterday summarily rejected Mr. C. J. Parr's very reasonable motion for a friendly conference with the Grammar School Governors on the subject."]

The School's one substantial claim to the Government House paddock is the privilege of use under previous Governors—a privi-lege which varies from absolute freedom at all seasons for all pur-poses when the prescriptive right is to be proved to an interrupted use "on sufferance during the football season," when some excuse has to be found for refusing to accept the College Council's offer of continuance. The remaining arguments consist of general state-ments on the desirability of a playground and of attacks on the College. The adequacy of the ground claimed, the possibility of

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securing other grounds, and the probable detriment to the College are subjects carefully avoided.

The 400 boys, it is said, need grounds for football, cricket, drill, etc., to prevent them from wandering the streets in the luncheon hour, as they do now. Three tests will show that the ground claimed will not provide a remedy:—

(1 ) During the last seven or eight years the paddock has been open to the boys in the lunch hour; but they have none the less wandered the streets.

(2) Five years ago, when the School was very strong athletic-ally, and no parades interfered with play, the average number of boys who used the ground in winter was: Lunch hour, 60; evening, 30; it was practically unused in summer.

(3 ) Nor could the ground possibly accommodate 400 boys of an age at which a mere scramble would offer no inducements. Four acres in the most perfect shape supplies hardly two football fields, and, with 40 playing on each, i.e., 80 in all, football is a very degen-erate game. We need consider only the lunch hour, for very few boys remain after school. Again, it is excellent work to give 10 boys a turn at batting in an hour; and to provide for the whole 400 some 40 nets would be required. Not only would the cost be several hundreds of pounds a year, but the placing of so many nets in 4 acres is a n impossibility. Whoever considers the number and the varying size and age of the boys must see that 4 acres could not provide sport for all on any day, while on two or three days of the week play would be stopped for parades.* The one remedy is the removal of the School to the suburbs, when it will be near the homes of most of the boys, where there will be no inducement to wander the streets, and where ample grounds are available.

Thinness of argument was covered by attacks on the College. Anonymous letter-writers, the Chairman of the Education Board, and the Editor of the Star showed surprising unanimity in compar-ing the 400 boys of the School with 30 or 31 students of the College. This was explained when Mr. Tibbs took the responsibility of the •figures and explained how they were got. He took the number who passed the Term's examination, 77; thus excluding (a) all unmatri-culated students ( 1 5 7 ) ; (b) all failures (32 ) , though the School's 400 would suffer in equal proportion if compelled to face a standard; ( c ) all who are not required to pass terms, viz., medical students in their first year; all candidates for master's degrees, who form a large

*We may point out that if the Officers' Training Corps in process of formation is to be a success and not a mere hindrance to students, it will be necessary to have drill grounds near to the lecture-rooms.

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proportion of the full-time students; all other graduates; nearly all Training College students, any who have failed in the previous degree examinations, and any who have previously taken terms without sitting for a degree. Every class is represented this year. He then excluded, on information which could scarcely be accurate, 46 students who attended lectures only in the afternoon or evening, and thus obtained the number 31. It is absurd to say a man is not a student because he has to work all day in an office. Some of our best men in scholarship, athletics, and social life come from this class, while the last Rhodes scholar (Mr. McDougall) would on the same principle be no student. Yet, if we omit these, and the Training College students, there are at least 60 who do their College work in the daytime.

But there is another prong to the fork. Since all who have to do outside work in the day are excluded, the remainder must do only University work, and are therefore idlers, "useless members of society," lapped in luxury, "playing the games of high degree while the workers pay." [G. J. Garland, Member of Education Board, Star, 1/12/09.] And they may be compared most unfavourably with the school boys—"our boys"—who "come from the Board's schools" [Mr. Parr, Mr. Garland], "who come from all classes, and by personal effort have forged ahead." Now, since the majority of day students at College come from the School, it is clear that as soon as they "forge ahead" to the University, without any change in their condition except considerable extra expense, they become bloated aristocrats, quite unconnected with "the Board's schools."

Then the professors have an ugly habit of exposing such non-sense, and of knowing more about University work than the experts who criticise them, so popular indignation must be roused against them. Mr. Garland jibes at the "professorial coterie occupying seats on the University Council," where the learned member of the Education Board should have known professors have no seats. We owe Dr. Briffault thanks for his defence of the men who have worked unselfishly for higher education against the opposition of such appalling ignorance. After all, the cries of "filchers," "rob-bers," "thieves," from the very ignorant are not surprising; it is a case of "deep calleth unto deep."

Another misrepresentation is effectively put in the Star's leader: "No sooner has the suggestion been made that the College may obtain possession of the land than the Professorial Board form-ally and solemnly demand the expulsion of the boys as 'an intoler-able nuisance.'" The truth is, that no sooner was the proposal made than the School, without warning of any kind, claimed part

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of the land as a site and playground. The Professorial Board, rea-lising the difficulty of lecturing beside a school of 400 boys, free at some time during every hour of the day, objected very rightly to the creation of an intolerable nuisance. They did not object to the use of the ground, as in the past, at stated hours which could be ar-ranged for.

( 4 ) AUCKLAND UNIVEESITY COLLEGE.—The Pro fessor ia l Board's general statement requires some supplement. It is neces-sary to show that the College provides for the needs of a large part of the community; that it requires a central site, and that it can make the best use of the whole area of Government House Grounds.

(1) The College does not provide for the matriculated student only. If "the worker pays" he may receive something in return. Instruction is absolutely open to men and women of all ages, while the fees for teaching by picked scholars are less than the poorest "coach" would accept. The Auckland public does not realise that any labourer might attend lectures; and yet in "aristocratic" Oxford of to-day two prominent figures are Dr. Henry Bradley and Profes-sor Joseph Wright; the one spent his youth behind a shop-counter, the other was an ordinary labourer; and, by the aid of University lectures, they gained a place, not merely among successful men, but among the first scholars of Europe. The College, then, offers in-struction to the adults of the province.

(2) Questions of mere convenience laid aside, a central site is a necessity, because—

(a) The bulk of the students at present work in city officer, and the College must be near them if it is to be useful. Those who "beckon to a more removed ground" would sacrifice present useful-ness to the chance of future development into a purely residential College.

(b) The Training College and Technical School are central, and the first, at least, must be close to the University College.

(3) It has been shown that the possible number of students is very great. The number attending lectures this year was 409; the rapid growth of the College under adverse conditions is shown in Note A . ; and the example of Toronto University, where the students increased by 75 per cent, in the first year after new buildings were erected, or the nearer example of the rise of Victoria College makes a higher rate of increase probable when suitable accommodation is provided.

The College needs the whole area of the grounds at present for buildings, gardens, etc; playing fields and the figures in Note C. show that 12 acres is a very moderate claim.

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(a) .Buildings.—These must be detached, partly because modern Universities have found it the best system, and partly be-cause the money available will not be sufficient to raise immense piles like the main building at Glasgow, but will suffice for smaller buildings, erected to supply present needs and to suit later speciali-sation of departments.

(b) Gardens, Lawn, etc.—These would secure the preservation of the historic trees of Government House Grounds, and would take from the bareness of the buildings. Oxford, Cambridge, and most modern Universities have groves, parks, lawn and gardens.

(c) Playing Fields.—Undue importance has been given to the playing fields, because the School claims almost all the flat, open space available. Following the usual tactics of narrowing our claims, Mr. Heaton has said that "the land was at first required mainly for playing fields." Others have maintained that Universi-ties do not require playing fields, though it would be hard to find an Anglo-Saxon University without one. Harvard's athletic equip-ment, for instance, is: Gymnasium—floor space 42,000 sq. ft . ; base-ball house, 7,700 sq. f t . ; boathouse, accommodation for 800; tennis field, 4 acres; athletic field, 20 acres in 1890, which is being in-creased up to a maximum of 60 acres by one or two acres yearly. Our College especially requires athletic grounds near it to provide for the needs of students from offices, who have to take their sport after five o'clock, in the intervals between their lectures. At pre-sent the College has not a square yard available for athletics; the Cricket, Football, Hockey, and Tennis Clubs hire grounds and train-ing sheds at considerable expense, but very few are able to practise in them because of their distance from the College. Schoolboys, who are quite free after four o'clock, have a much better chance of using distant fields.

But, since the College has been stunted, our present numbers could not make the fullest use of the whole area. Hence the Col-lege Council is willing to open the grounds to the public in the day-time, and to allow the School boys the use of the playing field at stated hours, as before. It must be clear that if, as has been con-tended for the School, the College will never require the field, then the School will always have a playground.

If, however, the College will ultimately need the whole area for buildings, as there is every reason to expect, it is a mistake to deprive it of any part of the fee simple. Of course, the Editor of the Star maintains that no University needs more than 3 acres; that the University of Edinburgh is housed in a single building covering less than 2 acres, though the Calendar enumerates eight

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separate buildings (pp. 41 seq.); that Glasgow has a similar small area, though it really has some 50 acres; that no provincial Univer-sity in Britain covers more than 3 acres, despite Birmingham's new site, Liverpool and St. Andrew's; that Manchester is within that limit, though the plan in the Encyclopaedia shows a site a-quarter of a mile long, in addition to the recent gift of 38 acres; that the Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge are of the same small size, de-spite Magdalen, Trinity (Note C.), and a score of others. To place Vienna and Paris Universities, two of the largest in the world, on 3 acres is ludicrous; and the Editor's trump card, Marischal College, Aberdeen—which, by the way, is not a provincial University, but only part of one—has a curious history. The old College bore the inscription, "They have said. What have they said? Let them say " as testimony to a popular agitation against the obtaining of its site from the abbey lands of Deen; and now it is being used to stir up a similar agitation when a site for a younger College is required. Most of the information here given is quoted from the Encyclopae-dia Britannica in its older parts—a book which editors might be expected to consult, at least in the older parts.

When these "facts" are explained, it is clear from other cases that a University may very well require 12 acres for buildings, and when it does the playing fields, whether used by the students or the School boys, must be given up. By that time, however, the College will probably be residential, and, from the experience of other Uni-versities, playing fields at some distance are not a great inconveni-ence to resident students.

To sum up: A Government House, constantly occupied, is not as necessary to the people of Auckland as an efficient University College; much less a Government House used only for a few months in the year. There is little need for a public park, and that need will be met by the transference of the site to the College. The Gram-mar School's claim to a third of the site, in addition to its ample city property, does not seem so unfair now, when the School has reached its maximum growth, and the College is still in its infancy. It does seem absurd when we consider that the College is, and is likely to remain, the one institution of its kind for half the North Island, that its kind is the highest, and its capacity for growth un-limited. On the other hand, a secondary school, according to the best educational authorities, begins to lose efficiency when its num-bers pass 350-400; so that we may expect many secondary schools in the city and province where there are already several. That is, the importance of the Grammar School, as compared with the Col-lege, must steadily decrease. It is good to look to the present, and

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the College's claim in the present are strong; it is good, also, to look to the future, and the authorities of the College, following, not dreams and shadows, but the general facts of development in other Universities and Schools, are determined not to shirk the task of looking ahead. They, at least, have done their duty.

In the above sketch Mr. P. E. Cheal's mare's nest has been disregarded. His discoveries are that the ground in question is only about 9 acres; that the part formerly promised to the University was somewhere in a hollow, not on the present grounds, and that the Government has no power to deal with the grounds. The map he refers to in the Survey Office shows clearly that the present grounds are 12 acres 1 rood 11 perches; the areas of the parts which do not exactly correspond to present subdivisions are: Choral Hall, 3 roods 30 perches; Paddock, 4 acres 1 rood 17 perches; House Grounds, 7 acres 4 perches. The House Grounds are clearly marked "Uni-versity," and the Agent-General in 1882 told the first professors selected that Government House was to be their College. It is scarcely necessary to enter into Mr. Cheal's legal opinions when his reading of a survey map is BO remarkable.

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Note a.

The College may be considered as fairly established in 1886, and the figures show its subsequent rate of development.

Year. Graduates attending Lectures.

Under-graduates.

Unmatricu-lated. Exempt. Total.

1886 5 27 69 101 1887 6 44 57 — 107 1888 3 48 109 — 160 1889 6 48 59 — 113 1890 4 46 97 — 147 1891 4 51 101 — 156 1892 • 7 57 80 — 144 1893 6 48 73 — 127 1894 5 51 87 — 143 1895 7 50 152 — 209 1896 6 68 153 — 227 1897 7 61 137 — 205 1898 10 87 114 20 231 1899 11 97 112 19 239 1900 7 93 91 5 196 1901 9 102 71 4 186 1902 15 99 123 5 242 1903 9 94 73 12 188 1904 12 116 84 5 217 1905 9 132 88 5 234 1906 12 177 126 — 315 1907 17 149 118 — 284 1908 13 200 127 — 340 1909 16 236 157 409

(1.) In 24 years the total number has been quadrupled; and this increase is most pronounced and consistent for matriculated students.

(2.) Though the figures show considerable fluctuation, if we divide the whole into four periods of six years we get the averages 1886-91: 131; 1892-7: 176; 1898-1903: 214 ; 1904-9 : 300.

(3.) The growth in recent years is exceptionally rapid and regular. This is chiefly due to the development of new departments; the conse-quent increase of efficiency; the establishment of the Training College (which is to have its numbers doubled next year); and the increase in the number and value of scholarships. In every case further growth is certain, and the figures bear out the expectations embodied in the Professorial Board's statement.

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VICTORIA COLLEGE, WELLINGTON

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, AUCKLAND.

note b. The following figures show the lands of the Grammar School

and the College respectively in the City and suburbs of Auck-land. They throw some light on the means each institution has of satisfying its needs. Some of the Grammar School's sections are naturally unsuitable for a site or playground; some have been built over ; but the 19£ acre block at Epsom, though partly built on, is eminently suited for beth purposes.

GRAMMAR SCHOOL LANDS.

No. Section. Position. Area.

23A, 23B 6 Epsom 19 acres 2 roods 2C, D, E, F 10 New North Rd. 16 0 1* 20

18, 19 4 Remuera 14 1 27 9 25 Parnell 9 >> 1 JJ

20 2 Devonport 5 20, 21 9 Symonds St. 4 >>

2 15 Symonds St. 3 >> Present Site Symonds St. 2 »

1 10 W y n y a r d St. 3 >J 14-18 22 Hobson and 1 1 20

Chapel Sts. 11-14 9 Alten Road 1 36

78 J> 0 >> 23

AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. Present Site ... ... ... 1 acre 11 perches * Choral Hall Site (about the same).

* Already demanded for Grammar School, Mr. Tibbs' interview Herald, 16/11/09; Editor Star, 30/11/09, " we have still nine acres and the Choral Hall site for disposal!!"

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note c

A R E A S O F U N I V E R S I T Y G R O U N D S , B U I L D I N G S , P L A Y I N G F I E L D S .

One of the chief arguments against the transference of the whole site of 12 acres to the College is that certain Universities have a smaller area. The worst cases have been held up as an example for Auckland, although, if the same method were followed in other lands, during the last 25 years no University would have tried to get more than 1 acre 11 perches (our present site), and a decadent, second-hand building (ours). The Auckland College has shown that existence is possible under very adverse conditions, but such conditions lessen the usefulness of an institution, and none more certainly than lack of room for development.

The figures available are fragmentary, for they are rarely quoted in calendars; but the following, referring for the most part to modern institutions with conditions and opportunities similar to our own, show that 12 acres is not a "preposterous" area.

1. TOTAL AREA OF CAMPUS.—California, 270 acres; Illinois, 220 [and 400 acres experimental grounds] ; Johns Hopkins, 126; Philadelphia, 60; Chicago, 60; North-Western, 75; Harvard, about 140; McGill's campus is about 80 acres, and one of its Colleges, Macdonald, has a block of 561 acres (campus proper 74). In Aus-tralia, Sydney has 120 acres, Melbourne about 100. In Great Britain and Ireland, Oxford and Cambridge cover hundreds of acres; Glasgow, 43 + 6 + about 6 + lands of North Park House, less a portion not required for University purposes, which must be small, because it is not mentioned in the calendar; Trinity College Dublin, about 50 acres (exactly central) ; St. Andrew's, a large area. Continental figures are not accessible, but are often big, e.g., Bonn [Encyc. Britt.].

2. BUILDINGS.—The buildings of Magdalen College, Oxford, cover 12 acres; Trinity College, Cambridge, rather more. Modern Universities adopt the system of detached buildings, and the ground plans in the calendar of Harvard, where an 80-acre campus shows little free space, Yale, Toronto, Illinois and McGill give some idea of the areas required. Birmingham has been compelled to adopt this system, and allots 18 acres of its new site for buildings.

3. PARKS, GARDENS, ETC.—Magdalen College, Oxford, has just under 100 acres; Christchurch, Oxford, a 50-acre meadow; the ground plan of Cambridge shows that Jesus' College, Downing, and Christ's have very large grounds [Encyc. Britt.]. In most Universities a considerable area is devoted to botanic gardens.

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4. PLAYING FIELDS.—Oxford Athletic Park, about 40 acres; Manchester, 38; Yale, 30; Michigan, 30; Harvard, a maximum of 6 0 .

The Universities with small areas are either recent foundations in manufacturing towns, where no ample central space is available, like Liverpool (4 acres) or Leeds; or they have been insufficiently sup-plied through lack of foresight. Even then there is generally some public park close at hand, which to some extent lessens the evil, as at Canterbury College. But even foundations so recent are already in difficulties, owing to their limited grounds. In short, wherever it has been possible, as in the present case, to allot a considerable area to a University, it has been done with good results, or omitted with bad results.

note d In support of the Grammar School's claim, it has been found

necessary to maintain that we should not look to the future. Mr. Parr: "No doubt the College would grow, but it would be

many years before it would embrace the whole area." — Herald, 25/11/09.

Mr. Tibbs: "Let us not lose the present while we dream for the benefit of the future—future generations may be left to look after themselves."—Eerald, 1 /12/09.

"We are dealing with present facts and prophecies as to future needs hardly advance the argument."—Dr. Bull, Star.

Of course, the Grammar School has no playground, because no provision was made for the future, but that such provision is very valuable in the case of Universities a few instances chosen from dif-ferent lands will show.

1. SYDNEY UNIVERSITY, 120 ACRES.—We quote from a letter of Professor Segar to the Herald, December 5th:—

"The University was founded in 1850, in the liberal manner to which its present condition testifies, and the ceremony of inau-guration took place in 1852. The populations of Sydney and New South Wales were then considerably less than the present popula-tions of Auckland city with suburbs and Auckland province respec-tively. It was not long before a counter-agitation was on foot, which is interesting, by way of comparison with that against the interests of the Auckland University College. The University was publicly spoken of as a 'notable abortion.' The students were to be 'a ridiculously costly failure, whose education at a University was an intolerable burden on the taxpayer.' In 1859, only seven years after the inauguration of the University, a Select Committee of the

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Legislature was appointed, with hostile intent towards the young University. This Committee reported adversely to the University. 'That the University,' its report stated, 'has not yet realised the ex-pectations of the public seems clear.' It condemned the affiliated colleges, and recommended their entire and immediate abolition. The Chairman spoke of the University building being sufficient for 'a couple of hundred years!' This prophecy is worth comparing with the prognostications of the future of the Auckland University College that have recently appeared. Fortunately the University and the colleges survived this outburst, and, at the celebration of the jubilee of the University seven years ago, the Chancellor was able to say: 'We are now met to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of our University, and to pay our tribute of respect to the forethought, the liberality, and the sound judgment of the men of the past generation, who so well and truly laid the founda-tions of an institution which Sydney may view with pride, and which the learned world regards with respect.' In 23 years the jubilee of the Auckland University will, no doubt, be celebrated. I wonder what the speakers on that occasion will have to say about the forethought, liberality, and judgment of the people of Auckland. The report of the aforesaid Committee, which in the light of the subsequent history of Sydney University and the splendid position it occupies to-day can be perused only with a smile of amusement, shows the danger of decisions and recommendations on University matters by bodies of men who owe their public position to qualities other than a knowledge of the history and requirements of Universi-ties. It must be the unanimous opinion in New South Wales to-day that it was a most fortunate thing that the report of the Select Com-mittee remained inoperative. For the sake of the future of what will be the University, of the province of Auckland, it is devoutly to be hoped that the resolutions of the Education Board and the City Council will meet a similar fate."

" I t may be of interest to enumerate the buildings of the Uni-versity of Sydney. There are: 1, University main building; 2, great hall; 3, Fisher library; 4, men's common room; 5, women's common room; 6, medical school; 7, department of chemistry, metallurgy, assaying, and mining; 8, department of geology and school of mines; 9, department of physics; 10, department of engineering; 11, Peter Nicol Russell school of engineering; 12, department of biology. There are also four big residential colleges, and various lodges and residences. We shall want all these in 50 years; where are we going to put them ?"

2. TORONTO, ABOUT 100 ACRES.—Commission's Report, 1906 : "The available ground at the disposal of the University for addi-

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tional buildings is decidedly limited. Few Universities established in large cities have been provided with sufficient land for future expansion. The policy of the University would continue to be to acquire as much land as possible in the vicinity of Queen's Park. We believe that the present unallotted University property and the Park lands adjoining will be none too large for the series of colle-giate buildings which the growth of the University and the exten-sion of the residential system will in the not distant future demand."

3. MCGILL, MONTREAL.—Privately endowed , 1 8 1 3 ; persistent popular opposition and the refusal of the Legislature to grant funds caused the British Government to drop the scheme of founding a provincial University. "Commencing, in 1829, with two faculties, Arts and Medicine, the record of the first thirty years of the Univer-sity's existence is an unbroken tale of financial embarrassment and administrative difficulties. The University, with the exception of its medical faculty, became almost extinct. But after thirty years the citizens of Montreal awoke to the value of the institution which was struggling in their midst."—Calendar. McGill had fortun-ately ample lands, which the hostile citizens could not take away, and it is now a great institution, with a central block of buildings covering about 20 acres. Our thirty years is nearly up, and perhaps the citizens will wake up too late.

4. CHICAGO UNIVERSITY is excel lent ly s ituated, w i th the great Washington Park on one side and Jackson Park on the other. It began in 1890 with about 8 acres, and in 1904 this area had been gradually increased to 60 acres. The City Council, so far from blocking the expansion, vacated the streets which intersected the grounds. In this case Mr. Rockefeller's millions supplied the land, but we can hardly hope for so large a benefactor in Auckland's need.

5. GLASGOW.—When Glasgow was to be removed to its new site the Senate had £150,000 at their disposal. "With these funds buildings might have been erected sufficient for the transaction of the ordinary business of instruction in the same manner as hereto-fore, and for the accommodation of the Library and Museum, but they must have been of the plainest design, and on a scale quite inadequate to provide for the future extension of the University."— Calendar. Under these circumstances, an additional sum of nearly £500,000 was secured from the Government, from subscriptions, and bequests; and even with four times the amount required for present needs the University has had to increase its buildings considerably in the last few years. Evidently in Scotland it is not considered advisable to let the future care for itself.

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The Anxious Dead

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IN the glory of flawless mcrning, when the river of youth runs high. And the land that you tread so lightly smiles at the wooing sky,

Since your joy is by leave of freedom, and your song bv grace of peace,

Remember the price of blood that was paid for your sire's release, For your yokele?^ neck, your untracked foot, your free, unchallenged

eye-

On the dead of a thousand battles your towers of Freedom rise, To the blood that has blazed the Empire you owe the delight of your

eyes. Mid pageantry of monarchs, in frontier fight afar, From Drake to Hawke and Nelson, from Sluvs to Trafalgar—

How prodigal the sowing, how vast the sacrifice!

They lie in the arms of England, lapped round by restless tide, Or where in the far-off silence but snn and wind abide;

Their graves are the boast of deserts, and pride of the warring seas,

The home-wind sings the triumph of their deathless victories; But their spirits still have the world for home, and the deeds of men

for pride.

There's never a ship puts out to sea for the ports of high emprise But carries the ghosts of a deathless deed, done for England's e}res;

There's never a keel goes down unseen to the port of missing ships

But a rain of benediction falls, gently, from ghostly lips, Shaming the song of the conquering sea, and the cry of the

triumphing skies.

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They sail with the great grey squadrons that crowd the narrow seas, They find their rapture in the roar of the reeking "batteries;

Thev creep through the mists of morning, from bell to hooded 'light,

They race with the winged destruction as it cleaves the shudder-ing night;

They thrill to the conquered sea's disdain, and its restless sym-phonies.

There's never a troop rides out to death on the pitiless border-side,

But, knee to knee with the living, some noiseless horsemen ride.

On the breast of the silent spaces no conqueror's life is laid, But a host of the dead are witness how fair an end is made,

Content that as they perished this standard-bearer died.

But they walk in your crowded highways, they watch your work and play;

They know what your heart desireth, and they ask "Is it well to-day?

For this did we part with living, for this did we mate with death, That close 'twixt the breasts of pleasure men coil in her perfumed

breath, Scorning the scentless air of strength, and duty's fiowerless way?"

By the sword was their pleasaunce purchased; these men put by the sword;

Is the safety of nations written in the tablets of the Lord, That hands can be folded lightly, unknown to rusted hilt, While fast on the fields of graveless war Time's precious blood is

spilt ? Will the Past throw back the girded foe—his fury and his fraud?

ALAN E. MULGrAN.

[These lines were written before the Government brought in the Bill for Compulsory Training. We apologise to Mr. Mulgan for the Kiwi's delay in presenting them to its readers.—ED.]

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Clubs and Societies tjjfc

jfootball Varsity's supporters must have lost, before the close of the season, a

considerable part of whatever faith they may have had in the team's con-sistency, though certainly not in its capabilities. There was always an interesting uncertainty as to the form they would display. But however feeble on occasion their football might be, it was seldom some brilliant sally did not relieve the monotony and rouse our waning or disgusted interest. Many of Varsity's performances were thus a curious mixture of impotence and mighty effort. This circumstance, and others not altogether based on the merits of the team, may explain their rather unexpected defeat by Parnell and Grafton. However that may be, the fact that the team occupies a somewhat lower position in the club competition this season is no criterion of the form displayed, for without doubt the team has improved greatly.

The improvement, however, has been chiefly individual (combination being no stronger with Varsity now than formerly), and more noticeable among the backs, of whom Wilson deserves first mention. Useful in defence and dangerous in attack, his value to Varsity cannot be lightly estimated. Few passing rushes were complete without him, while any game in which he did not score was an exception. He was ably supported by Robinson and Poananga. The former's line-kicking was at times very fine, and he centred well. If Poananga had his pace he would be a second Asher. As it is, when warmed up he is a difficult man to stop, generally kicks well, and tackles like an octopus. The season's football, as far as Varsity has been concerned, has been chiefly conducive to the development of defence, at least in the back division. To this regrettable situation Ottersen and Arthur Gray adapted themselves with admirable facility. They shirked no work, though the lightness of our forwards provided more than enough.

The forwards, indeed, were sometimes disappointing; their following up was isolated, and their methods too gentle for club football. The scrummers were too generous to the foe, and the occasions on which the ball came out cleanly during the season could easily be numbered. This scarcity of the ball was the more deplorable in view of the pace and attack-ing powers of Alan Gray, Wilson and Robinson. Individually, the forwards worked well, in the open, though not always displaying conspicuous ardour in the line-out. Wilkes had almost a monopoly of what dash there was in our forward play; he is a valuable man, and, since his inclusion in the North Island, a famous one. Of the others, Bamford and Dinneen were occasionally prominent; while for consistent toil those two Trojans, Grierson and Wills, deserve warm praise. Bayley, too, is a useful man, if only for his weight.

With thoughts of next season, it may be mentioned, in conclusion, that no symptoms of over-training were manifested by the members of the team. Considering this, and the solid combinations they have had to contend

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against, one pleasant feature of Varsity's matches remains to be noticed, and that is, their almost invariably game finish, which more than once dispersed that gloom which the opponents' restless score is apt to throw over the most enthusiastic barracker.

S Y D N E Y U N I V E R S I T Y V. A U C K L A N D U N I V E R S I T Y COLLEGE.

CONSIDERABLE disappointment was felt by the home supporters at the defeat, but there was no doubt as to which was the better team on the day. The Sydney team was superior in line-kicking, drib-bling and open work, while their scrum almost always secured the ball. The Auckland forwards excelled in passing rushes, but the team on the whole was sl°.ck and out of condition, showed no com-bination, and lacked dash at the critical moment; some of these faults were probably due to the fact that the team had not played or practised together for over six weeks, although the individual play cannot be excused on these grounds.

The most noticeable features of the visitors* play were the line-kicking of Hughes and the defence of Fisher in the backs, and the steady work of some of the forwards, Doyle, Lindemann and Russell-Jones being most prominent.

SEVEN-A-SIDE T O U R N A M E N T . UNIVERSITY COLLEGE defeated North Shore 6—3, Ponsonby 10—5, and City 11—6.

After a close match with North Shore, 'Varsity improved, and defeated Ponsonby and City comfortably. Wilkes, who scored in two of the matches, showed great energy and pluck, and was clearly the fittest man on the ground; while Wilson made good use of his pace, scoring four tries and converting three in the course of the afternoon. Poananga's tackling was splendid, the earnest atten-tion which he devoted to Seeling being highly appreciated by the spectators. Dinneen shaped well as a back, and Bamford, Wills, and Revell showed great determination in playing the game to a finish.

University Cricket Club THE second annual meeting of the A.U.C. Cricket Club was held at the College on September 14th. The success of the Club in the competitions of the previous season was not phenomenal, the First Eleven being last in their grade, the Second and Third Elevens doing much better. The membership of the Club is practically

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unaltered, the number being about 45 ; but this season players will have the benefit of experience gained last year, and should do better.

The officers of the Club were elected as follows:—President, Prof. H. S. Dettmann (re-elected) ; Committee—G. Browne, R. E. Fawcett A. M. Goulding, W. H. Graham, W. A. Gray, L. G. Robin-son, H. B. Speight; Selection Committee—W. H. Graham, S. H. Ellis (A. Wallace was elected to fill the place of W. H. Graham, who retired, being Captain of Senior Eleven) ; Hon. Secretaries— N. R. Jacobsen, A. Wallace; Hon. Treasurer, S. H. Ellis; Delegates to A.C.A.—Profs. H. S. Dettman, H. W. Segar, Mr. W. H. Graham. The Captains of the teams are:—W. H. Graham (First Eleven), H. B. Speight (Second Eleven), C. Rennie (Third Eleven).

Matches played by Senior Eleven:— v. EDEN (DRAWN).—Both Saturdays were wet and the

wicket heavy and greasy. Eden, two wickets for 150. 'Varsity batted on a drying and sticky wicket, and replied with 127 for seven wickets, 1ST. R. Jacobsen compiling a fine 45 and Lawry 28. The form shown cannot be taken as representative, on account of rain falling heavily both days.

v. PONSONBY (WON) —Played at Victoria Park on a good wicket. 'Varsity made 272. Jacobsen displa}^ed attractive form in reaching the first century of the season, scoring 105 by good all-round cricket. Wallace added 49, Graham 28, Fawcett 15, and Goulding 15. Ponsonby scored 169, and the finish was exciting, as time was drawing close and rain threatening. 'Varsity's fielding was good, but the bowling not dangerous.

v. SHORE (LOST).—Played at North Shore. Shore were dis-missed for the low score of 112, 'Varsity's fielding and bowling being exceptionally good. 'Varsity replied with a very poor total of 50. Howden was very deadly, obtaining six wickets for 28. In second venture Shore amassed 129. The 'Varsity fielding and bowling were again very good. The second innings of 'Varsity resulted in 54 (Taylor 20, Wallace 17). Howden was again deadly —six for 27. Taylor ('Varsity) performed remarkably well with the ball, securing nine wickets at a cost of 58 runs. While the bowling and fielding were a source of much gratification, 'Varsity's batting was distinctly disappointing, and almost unaccountable.

v PARNELL (WON, UNFINISHED).—Played at North Shore. Parnell, batting first, made 195. Sale compiled a fine 110, hit-ting freely and cleanly all round the wicket. Taylor again bowled well—four for 55—and Fawcett took three for 44; but the fielding was not so clean and accurate. The continuance of the match on

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a fast but bumpy wicket caused a general surprise, and the fine score of 296 for nine wickets was registered. Wallace (70 ) , Graham (62) , Taylor (45 ) , Goulding (39 ) , Robinson (24) , and Gray (20 not out) all showed good form. Parnell commenced their second innings in a fading light, and Taylor caused much havoc (four for 19), but time was too brief to secure a three point win.

A. WALLACE, \ „ a

N. R. JACOBSEN, J H o n S e c s .

hockey

The season just completed can in many ways claim to be the most suc-cessful in the history of the University Hockey Club. Many predicted dis-aster in the bold move of the Committee in entering four teams for the various competitions, but not even the most sanguine supporter looked for the splendid record the Club has made. To just miss securing the Senior Competition after defeating the winning team, to finish fourth in the Second Grade, and third and fourth in the Third Grade, is a record of which the members may feel justly proud. Two members — Messrs. Speight and Jacobsen—took part in representative fixtures, though had others been able to spare the necessary time for the Southern tour there is no doubt the Club's quota would have been larger. L. Jacobsen gained a place in the Junior Rep. team.

Towards the end of the season a dance was held, the success of which augurs well for the future functions which it is proposed to hold annually. Mainly owing to the financial assistance of the honorary members, the Club was enabled, at the beginning of the season, to erect a very necessary dress-ing shed on the Polo Grounds, Remuera. The thanks of all Varsity hockey players are due to the Vice-Presidents, and more particularly to our Presi-dent (Mr. Grossmann), who has always taken a keen, practical interest in all Club matters.

[We hope the brevity of Club reports will be excused at a time when grounds for the Clubs are to be won.—ED.]

Lawn Tennis We are already rejoicing in the prospect, if a somewhat premature one,

of having some tennis courts of our own. The annual fifteen-pound rent which the Club has had to find for the use of the two noisy and dirty asphalt courts in Stanley Street has been such a drain on its finances as to all but dishearten its activity. May the time quickly come when, with-out a single regret, we can leave these present courts to the smoke and clamour of the adjacent rope factory and to the undisputed possession of the youthful cricket enthusiasts of the neighbourhood. Then, perhaps, the Varsity will be able to take its place among the surrounding tennis clubs, instead of wasting its substance in the effort to keep alive. The Club is at present enjoying the use of the Government House court three days in the week, a privilege which they owe chiefly to the activity of Messrs. Scott and Jacobsen; the use of this well-laid-out and pleasantly situated court

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has already made a marked improvement in the vitality of the Club, for very good use is being made of the privilege.

Hitherto our membership has always very much decreased during summer months because a large number of our better players join the grass courts about the city; but we are hoping now that the College Club will be the home of some of the strongest tennis of the city, which it should be with reasonable facilities for practice.

Of the several matches we had in view earlier in the season, only two have so far eventuated. In the first the ladies met the Training College lady students on the latter's splendid courts, and were defeated by a narrow margin; they are now thirsting for a compensating victory with the ardour of a Bell's Island fisherman; but the simile is not very apt, for they will soon be drinking their fill of vengeance sweet or dying in the fray; the contest should be an interesting one. The second match, with the Grey Lynn Club, fell an easy victory to us after a pleasant afternoon. The men players met the Training College in a friendly game on the 2nd inst., on the latter's courts, losing by 5 sets to 2.

That the spirit of generosity among the older members of the College towards the present-day students is by no means dead has been brought to our recognition during the year in a donation of five pounds towards the expenses of our Easter tournament representatives. The donor, who ex-pressed a wish that his identity should remain unknown, has our sincere thanks for his generous action.

A . B . JAMESON, H o n . Sec .

Officers' Training Corps

It is hoped that a corps will be formed by the beginning of next term. The necessary preliminaries have been discussed, and it Tias been decided to admit the College Rifles, whose experienced officers should be very valu-able. University students will form No. 1 Company. Mr. Bridson has been collecting information for some time from the other Colleges, and if our corps is last in the field it should know the best way to begin work. Those who join—for all should join, even if the Bill for Compulsory Training fails temporarily—will have the advantage of the special instruction necessary to an officer; they will be able to go through their training side by side with fellow-students; drill and instruction will be arranged so as to clash as little as possible with student work and sport; and it is hoped that some origin-ality of method will at once increase the efficiency of the corps and lighten the dreary routine work which so often reduces volunteering to mere capita-tion-earning.

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