Auckland University College Magazine

The Auckland University College Magazine

AUGUST, 1916

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X. The Kiwi

Auckland University College Magazine

Volume XI August, 1916 Editorial

Editor: Mr. C. H. J. Wily. Sub-Editor: Mr. W. T. G. Airey. Business Manager: Mr. J. A. Kyd. Committee: Miss C. E. Hames and Mr. L. J. Comrie.

Looking back over the past twenty months we cannot but be struck at the change that has come over the College. This change is none the less noticeable for the fact that it seems scarcely a definite alteration in any specific thing or things, but rather a feeling that we are not the same as we were a short time ago. We do not hesitate to ascribe this feeling—this atmosphere of change—to the war and its direct effect upon us. And when we think of the number of students who were with us a few months ago and who are now thousands of miles away taking part in the great world-struggle that is convulsing Europe, do we wonder that the College is not as it used to be ? In our actual numerical strength there has been little depreciation. Many have gone, it is true, but then many have flowed in to take their places. But it is the older men whom we have lost, and whom we miss—the men who used to lead our Committees and Executives, who were the moving spirits in our social gatherings; the men who, before several worthy gentlemen became enraged at the interruption of the soporific effect of their interminable droning, and frowned down the Capping-ceremony, were the life and soul of that jovial function—these are the men whose places cannot be filled in a term; no, nor in many terms, either. Yet we must not overlook the fact that the younger students have come to the front sur- prisingly well, and endeavoured with no small success to fill the vacant places.

Nor have we, who are left behind, forgotten those who have answered the call, and flung themselves into that great mass of struggling humanity we term "The Front," to strike a blow for

3 honour and freedom against perfidy, violence, and insatiable greed—in other words, Prussian Militarism and German Kultur. We recognise that they have done much—have suffered and fore- gone much—that we whom they leave behind should be safe in our homes; that we should be able to go about our daily occupa- tions in comfort and security. These are the men who are engaged in a struggle greater and more fearful than any the world has yet seen: they are creating an Epic beside which the grandest conceptions of Homer or Vergil pale into insignificance. They are purging the world of a vile and poisonous weed that has threatened to over-run it—a loathsome, creeping thing that choked all fairer growths in its path, carrying with it nothing but horror and desolation. And, recognising thus what they are doing and what it has cost them, we honour them for it, and we are proud—justly proud—of them. Of course they will not all come back. Many a hastily-erected cross or rude mound marks a former friend and comrade's last resting-place. Many have not had even these last services rendered them, and lie in unknown graves. And every day, alas! fresh crosses, fresh mounds are arising, and there are others whom we shall never have amongst us again. And yet, mingled with the sadness that such events must bring in their train, there is a feeling of pride, almost of satisfaction. They have died fighting for the nation—for us; and how could death come better 1 They have "played the game" manfully and nobly. They have borne aloft the "Torch of Flame" in front of us, till the Empire—the whole world—has been illumined by its light, and, falling, have flung it to "the host behind"—to us: and it is we who are left behind who must still bear it onward, and continue the noble work that they began. It may not be our lot to continue it on the battle-field; it may be with the pen and the plough-share; for the world still calls for energy in the arts of peace as well as those of war. But wherever we continue it, and however, be it with the sword or the pen, we will not forget those that went before us in the fight, and "played the game."

4 Our Roll of Honour

We have good reason to be proud of the long list of our students on active service. And of those who will never return we feel doubly proud; they are a "lamp unto our feet, and a light unto our path"; for what could be nobler than to follow in their footsteps, with their shining example to lead us ? The task of writing about these our heroes is one which stirs many conflicting emotions. I confess it—and that without shame —that oftimes as I have sat writing of someone with whom perhaps I may have sat at school or college, a vision of the body which was will float before my eyes, and I stop to brush away tears. There is, however, the consolation that this is the death they would all have chosen. Some features of the Roll require explanation. First as to the length; I remember well how one night in the Common Room in the spring of 1914 a group of us put down the names of 50 people whom we knew were in camp. The next day there were 70 on the list, and in a week there were 100. This was but the nucleus of a Roll which swelled to 200, 300, and but a week ago to 400. In time the rank of every soldier was ascertained, and the names and ranks have been published on four occasions this year. Now we are presenting further information in the hope that all confusion as to the identity of any particular man may be avoided. The third column in our list shows (as far as possible) the branch of the service to which each man is attached. Al- though the ranks have been revised as news of promotions comes in, yet it has seemed preferable in most cases to consider a person as being still attached to his original unit. Some apparent dis- crepancies will perhaps be explained by the personal notes. The fourth column gives, as accurately as can be ascertained from the College records, the years of attendance. The test of a soldier's eligibility to be on the Roll is that his name should appear on the College books. Consequently we have, no doubt, absorbed a small number who have attended but few, and in some isolated cases,

5 no lectures. The fifth column, which needs do explanation, has been added in order to give greater certainty in cases where initials or 3'ears have been forgotten. Truly the Roll lias become almost encycloptedic; it appears to be like a work of reference in which to seek out some particular information. To me each name recalls some incident—perhaps a letter to a father, or a telephone conversation with a friend. The Roll is necessarily imperfect; there are errors and omissions. If all who read these pages and discover faults therein would let us know, it could be corrected until a time comes when we must establish a permanent memorial to our fallen of the Great War. With these words I bequeath to my Alma Mater a small token of my gratitude for what she has done for me. L. J. COMRIE.

Analyses of the Roll

RANKS. UNIVERSITY STATUS. Lieut.-Colonels .. -- 3 Members of Staff.. .. 5 Majors ------5 Graduates 63 Captains 19 Undergraduates .. .. 206 Lieutenants -- -- 84 Non-Matriculated.. .. 144 Sisters ------3 Secretaries, etc 2 N.C.O.'s -- -- -.123 Privates, etc 139 Enlisted 40

Total 418 Total 418

Killed 29 Wounded 34 On Active Service .. 330 Discharged 18 Enlisted 40 Returned to N.Z. .. .. 30 Mentioned in Despatches 6

Anyone desiring the full address of any of our soldiers is invited to communicate at College with the compilers, who have a very large proportion of the complete addresses.

6 Leto Insignes

Choosing rather death than submission they fled only from dishonour and met danger face to face; and in one supreme moment of destiny and surpassing glory, they passed from life. For this their sacrifice they received an ageless renown, and that noblest of sepulchres, wherein their glory is laid up for everlasting remembrance. For heroes have the whole earth for their tomb, and in lands far from their own an epitaph unwritten save in the tables of the heart. —THUCYDIDES.

AIMER, G. E. V. GRIERSON, W. A. ALEXANDER, W. M. HOUSTON, J. L. ALGIE, C. S. KENNEDY, W. ASTLEY, E. H. NORTHCROFT, H. C. BARNARD, H. RICHARDSON, H. G. BAYLY, R. H. R. RUDDOCK, E. O. BURTON, A. R. STUCKEY, F. CAMPBELL, D. B. TAYLER, E. H. COMMONS, K. W. WALLACE, A. DARROW, L. R. WALLACE, B. DAWSON, A. D. G. WEBBER, A. G. DROMGOOL, C. WELLS, W. S. DUNLOP, C. C. WHITAKER, C. G. FRATER, R. A. WILLIS, W. B. deL. GOODFELLOW, E. H. The Roll

If At the beginning of a line signifies killed. * Signifies Wounded. ** Signifies twice Wounded, t Signifies Returned to New Zealand, t Signifies Discharged. S Signifies a Member of the Staff. G Signifies a Graduate of Auckland University College. Gt Signifies a Graduate of some other University. U Signifies Undergraduate. N Signifies Non-Matriculated Student. * At the end of the line signifies a student of the Training College.

Abbot, R. M. V. Private 12th Reinf. 1898-99 U Adams, C. G. Lieutenant Main Body 1909 N Adams, F. H. Private Australian Forces1911-12 U Ahier, W. R. Private 12th Reinf. 1912-13 N* Aickin, T. W. Sergeant 16th Reinf. 1912-13 N* Aimer, G. E. V. Lieutenant R.F.C. 1913 N Aimer, K. W. Corporal 21st Reinf. 1911 N Airey, F. A. Lieutenant 21st Reinf. 1911-15 G Alexander, W. M Q.-M. Sergeant 7th Reinf. 1910-14 G Algie, C. S. Captain Main Body 1907 U Andrew, R. E. Lieutenant 20th Reinf. 1910 N* Armstrong, G. C. W. Captain 8th Reinf. 1913 N Astley, E. H. Sapper Main Body 1911-14 U Atkinson, R. V. Private 7th Reinf. 1912-14 U* Averill, W. W. Lieutenant 7th Reinf. 1915 U

**Bagnall, G. S. Sergeant N.Z.F.A. 1912 N Bailey, A. R. Lieutenant Imperial Forces 1914 N Baker, F. H. Private 16th Reinf. 1912 N Baldwin, H. E. Private 18th Reinf. 1915-16 N Barker, R. C. Sergeant 20th Reinf. 1912-13 N* Barnard, H. Private Main Body 1913 N Barr, S. D. Private 16th Reinf. 1910-11, 15 N* Basley, L. W. Sergeant 8th Reinf. 1908-11 U Bassett, J. C. Captain Imperial Forces 1897 U Bathgate, C. M. Sergeant-Major 16th Reinf. 1913-14 U* Battersby, G. H. Private 17th Reinf. 1914-16 U Bayly, R. H. R. Major Main Body 1909-12 U Bayliss, J. R. Private 7th Reinf. 1912-14 u* Beasley, F. L. Lance-Corporal 8th Reinf. 1914-15 u Bedford, F. H. Sapper Main Body 1916 N Beeson, C. B. Private 17th Reinf. 1907-08 u* Best, C. C. Lieutenant 12th Reinf. 1915 N Bilkey, E. E. Sergeant 5th Reinf. 1910-11 U*

8 Billington, A. J. Corporal Rifle Brigade 1912-15 U Bindon, E. B. Private Rifle Brigade 1914-15 N* Birss, W. Private H. S. "Maheno" 1906-10 U Bishop, J. J. Sergeant 13th Reinf. 1910, 13-14 u* Bishop, T. A. Sergeant 12th Reinf. 1914-15 u Bishoprick, A. E. Private 13th Reinf. 1915 N* Bongard, A. Lieutenant 14th Reinf. 1914-15 u Bongard, S. Lieutenant 10th Reinf. 1911 N Boucher, E. W. Sapper 9th Reinf. 1911-14 U Bowell, F. T. A. Private 7th Reinf. 1908 N Boyes, R. D. Sergeant 6th Reinf. 1910,12-13 U Braik, L. G. Sergeant 14th Reinf. 1913-15 G Bremner, L. R. Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1915 U Brett, T. R. Private 19th Reinf. 1916 U **Bridson, P. S. Private Main Body 1906-10 G Briggs, C. R. Private 7th Reinf. 1911-12 N* Broadgate, F. L. K. Lieutenant 14th Reinf. 1911-13 G **Brook, J. C. Sergeant-Major Main Body 1907-12 G Brown, M. G. Private 17th Reinf. 1909 N* Buddie, G. A. Lieutenant Imperial Forces 1905-06 Gt Buddie, R. Lieut. R.A.M.C. Imperial Forces 1907-08 Gt Bunkall, E. A. Sergeant Main Body 1909 U Burton, A. R. Private 5th Reinf. 1913-14 U Burton, C. M. Gunner 12th Reinf. 1913-15 N Burton, 0. E. Private 3rd Reinf. 1910-11, 13 U* Butler, C. 0. Sergeant Main Body 1911-13 U

Campbell, D. B. Lance-Corporal 7th Reinf. 1911-12 U Campbell, F. A. Private 7th Reinf. 1912 N Campbell, N. A. Sergeant 14th Reinf. 1907-12 G Carden, S. R. Private 4th Reinf. 1912 U Cardno, A. C. Sergeant Main Body 1908, 1912 N Carr, J. H. V. Private 15th Reinf. 1915 U Carr, N. McL. Lance-Corporal 17th Reinf. 1911-14 G* Carruth, H. G. Corporal 20th Reinf. 1914-15 U Cheeseman, L. C. Sergeant 15th Reinf. 1915-16 N* Chilcott, W. C. Lieutenant N.Z.E. 1912 N Ching, W. T. G. Lieutenant Imperial Forces 1908 N Christophers, H. H. Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 1914 N Clark, C. J. M. V. Lieutenant 17th Reinf. 1914-15 U Clark, G. S. Sergeant 14th Reinf. 1906-07 U Clay, G. E. Sergeant Australian Forcesl907-08 U* Clay, N. Sapper 8th Reinf. 1914 N Clayton, C. E. Sergeant Australian Forces1910-11 U Cole, D. C. Corporal 16th Reinf. 1915 N Collins, L. E. Private 19th Reinf. 1915-16 N* Collins, R. Y. Gunner Main Body 1912-14 N Collins, S. W. M. Q.-M. Sergeant Rifle Brigade 1909-10, 12 N Commons, D. R. Sister N.Z.A.N.S. 1909 N

y Commons, K. W. Sergeant Main Body 1913-14 N Cory-Wright, S. Lieutenant 12th Reinf. 1912-15 S Cox, F. J. Sergeant 18th Reinf. 1911-14 U Cox, H. W. Sergeant 8th Reinf. 1912-14 N Cranwell, A. M. Private 10th Reinf. 1912 N Crickett, A. G. Corporal 7th Reinf. 1914 N* Cronin, T. M. Sergeant Samoan Force 1914-15 N* Crook, H. L. Gunner 8th Reinf. 1908-12,15 U*

Darrow, L. R. Sergeant Main Body 1911-14 U Davenport, N. R. Lieutenant R.F.C. 1912-13,15 U Dawson, A. D. G. Lieutenant Australian Forces1911-12 U Dawson, B. P. Gunner Main Body 1914 N *Dawson, T. H. Major Main Body 1897 U DeMontalk, A. S. Private Main Body 1914 U Dinneen, J. D. Captain 7th Reinf. 1912-14 G Donnan, A. V. Lieutenant 17th Reinf. 1914-15 U Dove, W. W. Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 1914 U Driver, E. H. Private 18th Reinf. 1914-16 U Dromgool, C. Trooper 4th Reinf. 1910, 13-14 U Dugmore, G. Gunner 14th Reinf. 1914-15 U Duigan, D. F. Lieutenant 9th Reinf. 1914-15 U Dunlop, C. C. Private Main Body 1913 N Duthie, D. K. Corporal Rifle Brigade 1912-14 U

Earle, W. J. Corporal 13th Reinf. 1911-13 N* Elliffe, J. M. Lieutenant 11th Reinf. 1912-14 N Ellis, R. F. Sergeant Main Body 1910-11 U Ellis, S. H. Lieutenant R.F.C. 1907-10 G Erickson, A. R. Sergeant 12th Reinf. 1914-15 U Esam, S. 0. Lieutenant 13th Reinf. 1915 N *Espiner, R. H. Lieutenant 9th Reinf. 1914-15 U

Farrell, J. P. Sergeant 17th Reinf. 1911, 13-14 N* Fell, H. R. Private 19th Reinf. 1910-14 G Ferriday, H. Sergeant 12th Reinf. 1912 N Fisher, R. J. Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1913-14 U Fitzgerald-Eagar, N. Sergeant H. S. "Maheno" 1912 U Fletcher, A. Corporal Rifle Brigade 1913-15 U* Flett, A. 1. Corporal N.Z.F.A. 1912 N *Fordyce, A. B. Lieutenant Main Body 1910-12 N* Forrest, A. H. Lieutenant 21st Reinf. 1910-14 U Forsdick, C. F. Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1911-15 U Fowlds, W. F. Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 1914 N Frater, R. A. Lieutenant Main Body 1913-14 N

Gash, E. T. Gunner Fort Bastion 1914-16 U» **Gasparich, J. G. Lieutenant Main Body 1910-11 N* Gerrand, P. A. Private 8th Reinf. 1907-08 U* Giles, A. H. Private 7th Reinf. 1912 N

10 Goldstein, H. M. Captain N.Z.M.C. Rifle Brigade 1895 Gt Goodfellow, E. H. Lieutenant Imperial Forces 1910 U Gordon, A. R. Lance-Corporal 7th Reinf. 1913-14 G Gordon, K. F. G. Captain N.Z.M.C. 7th Reinf. 1898-99 G f Goss, P. H. Private Main Body 1914 U Gossett, R. W. Corporal 17th Reinf. 1914-15 N Goulding, F. S. Sergeant Rifle Brigade 1908-09, 13 U Goulding, T. A. Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1912-14 U *Gray, W. A. Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 1907-10, 13 G Gray, W. P. Lieutenant 6th Reinf. 1912 U Gregory, H. V. Private 17th Reinf. 1914 u Gribbin, C. R. Sergeant-Major 8th Reinf. 1914-15 u Grice, L. L. J. Sergeant 12th Reinf. 1912-13 U" Grierson, C. K. Sergeant 18th Reinf. 1908 u Grierson, W. A. Private Main Body 1911-13 u Griffin, C. J. A. Captain R.A.M.C. Imperial Forces 1900-05, 07 G

Hall, H. F. Corporal 8th Reinf. 1909-10 N* * Hall-Jones, F. G. Sergeant-Major Main Body 1914 Gt Hally, C. Lieutenant 13th Reinf. 1910 U *Hally, J. P. Private 3rd Reinf. 1911 U Hames, G. M. Private 7th Reinf. 1910-11, 14 u* Hammond, H. M. Private 7th Reinf. 1912-14 u Hampson, W. T. Private 19th Reinf. 1911,1913 u Hanna, S. J. Lieutenant R.F.C. 1910-11, 13 u Harris, A. L. Gunner 18th Reinf. 1915-16 N * Harston, E. S. Captain Main Body 1912-14 u Hayter, E. Lance-Corporal Main Body 1911-12 N * Hayter, R. Private 15th Reinf. 1911-12 N* Heather, B. 0. Private 17th Reinf. 1914-15 N* Hessell, J. Sergeant 13th Reinf. 1913-15 U Hill, W. S. Private 16th Reinf. 1907,1911 U Hogg, H. R. Lieutenant 15th Reinf. 1906-08 u Hogwood, E. J. L. Corporal Main Body 1907-10 « U* Holland, J. C. Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 1908-10, 13 N Horrocks, H. A. Trooper Main Body 1911-13 U Hosking, F. A. Lieutenant 14th Reinf. 1915 U Houston, J. L. Private Main Body 1914 N Hugill, J. 8. Sergeant Hqrs. Featherston 1912-13 N Hunter, J. F. K. Lieutenant 5th Reinf. 1913-14 U Hutchinson, A. Trooper Main Body 1914 N

Ironside, G. Corporal Main Body 1913 N

Jack, D. L. Corporal Rifle Brigade 1913-14 N* Jackson, A. B. Sergeant 6th Reinf. 1909-12 U Jackson, T. G. Corporal Main Body 1912-15 N Jacobsen, C. M. N. Sapper 8th Reinf. 1911-14 G Jameson, A. B. Corporal Main Body 1909-14 G

11 Jenkins, C. E. Private 19th Reinf. 1914-15 N* Johns, A. C. Sergeant 18th Reinf. 1914-15 U *Johns, W. H. Lieutenant Main Body 1910-11 U* Johnson, J. C. Captain N.Z.M.C. 1914-16 s Johnson, L. A. Sergeant 5th Reinf. 1912 u Johnston, A. G. Gunner Main Body 1910 u Johnston, H. G. Private 18th Reinf. 1911-13 u* Johnstone, T. M. Lieutenant 15th Reinf. 1914 N Jones, W. M. Sergeant Main Body 1910-14 G

Kay, W. Major Rifle Brigade 1895, 1899 U Kayes, J. L. H. Q.-M. Sergeant Rifle Brigade 1910-15 U Kempton, R. Gunner Fort Cautley 1915 N Kendon, C. W. Private 19th Reinf. 1911-13 U* Kennedy, W. Sapper 4th Reinf. 1913 N Kent, W. S. Sapper 8th Reinf. 1910,13-14 U King, H. W. Captain 16th Reinf. 1910,13-15 G King, W. J. Lieutenant 15th Reinf. 1912,14-15 U Kingsford, F. Sergeant 18th Reinf. 1915 U Kinloch, R. E. D. Sergeant 16th Reinf. 1913-15 U Kirker, H. R. Lieutenant 16th Reinf. 1906-08, 10, 15 G Knight, C. L. Lieutenant 4th Reinf. 1910, 12-14 N

Laurie, F. N. Private 17th Reinf. 1915 N Laws, C. R. Sergeant 12th Reinf. 1909, 14-15 U* Leaming, J. E. Private 19th Reinf. 1915-16 u Leeds, A. T. Sergeant Tunnelling Corps 1913 N LeGallais, O. Sergeant 8th Reinf. 1910, 1913 N* Lorking, S. E. Corporal 3rd Reinf. 1907-08 U* Lush, A. Sapper 4th Reinf. 1907-08 Gt Lynch, N. C. von T. Private Australian Forces1906-08 N Macdonald, R. H. Lieutenant Imperial Forces 1910-12 U Macfarlane, D. G. Private Rifle Brigade 1913-15 U Mackay, T. Private Signalling Corps 1915 N* Macky, J. T. (Field Sec.) Y.M.C.A. 1910-13 U Macky, N. L. Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 1908-09, 12-13 U Macky, T. R. B. Sergeant Rifle Brigade 1906 N Macleod, J. D. Sergeant 8th Reinf. 1910-11 U* Malone, C. L. Trooper 17th Reinf. 1916 U Mark, C. V. Sergeant 8th Reinf. 1910 N Marks, R. O. C. Sergeant Rifle Brigade 1912-14 U Marsack, C. C. Sergeant Rifle Brigade 1910-12 G Marshall, A. G. Lieutenant Imperial Forces 1906-10 G Marshall, H. H. Private Rifle Brigade 1912-14 U Mason, R. G. Lance-Corporal Main Body 1912-14 U Massam, J. A. Sergeant Main Body 1910-13 U* Massey, F. G. Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 1908-09 U Mather, T. Corporal 15th Reinf. 1909, 1914 N McCabe, G. L. Sergeant 10th Reinf. 1912-15 U*

]2 McCormick, D. T. Corporal 21st Reinf. 1915 U McDonald, I. F. Trooper 16th Reinf. 1915 N* McDougall, J. M. Trooper 14th Reinf. 1914-15 U McFarland, R. D. Lieutenant 8th Reinf. 1914 N *McGregor, A. G. Lieutenant 8th Reinf. 1913-15 U Mclntyre, K. J. Gunner 16th Reinf. 1912-13 U* McKay, E. C. Trooper 5th Reinf. 1914 N McKenzie, F. R. Private 13th Reinf. 1915 N* McKenzie, G. S. Sergeant 1914 N McKenzie, J. Captain Main Body 1910-11 N* McKenzie, J. M. (Asst.-Chaplain) Presbyter'n Inst. 1910-14 G McKenzie, R. W. Trooper 16th Reinf. 1912-15 U* McKinnon, M. Corporal 21st Reinf. 1914 N* McLean, H. S. Lieutenant 12th Reinf. 1911 N McLean, N. C. Sergeant Rifle Brigade 1913-15 U Meikle, H. C. Captain Rifle Brigade 1912-14 G Meldrum, W. Lieut.-Col. C.M.G. Main Body 1885 U Melville, R. H. Sapper Main Body 1909-13 G Menzies, A. Gunner Main Body 1910-11 N* *Merrington, A. R. Lieutenant 4th Reinf. 1910-11 U* Milligan, H. G. Lieutenant 5th Reinf. 1912,1914 N Milnes, H. A. E. Sergeant 16th Reinf. 1906-15 S Mogridge, S. J. Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 1912-15 U Montague, J. F. Gunner 8th Reinf. 1912 U Moody, H. W. J. Corporal 18th Reinf. 1908-11 N Moore, A. E. Captain R A.M.C. Imperial Forces 1906 Gt Moore, W. E. Lieutenant Imperial Forces 1901-8 G **Morgan, H. L. Sergeant 1st Reinf. 1912-14 U Mossman, A. B. R. Trooper Main Body 1914,1916 U Murray, D. N. W. Lt.-Col. N.Z.M.C. Main Body 1894 (cir.) Gt Murray, G. B. Corporal Rifle Brigade 1912,1914 U Murray, R. M. J. Gunner Fort Cautley 1909-10,12-13 U Myers, B. E. Lt.-Col. R.A.M.C. Walton Hospital 1890 (cir.) U

*Newcomb, A. C. Private Main Body 1911-12 U Nicholson, O. E. Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1912-14 U Nisbet, A. W. Sapper 14th Reinf. 1915 U Northcroft, H. C. Lance-Corporal Main Body 1906-10 U

*O'Brien, D. Lance-Corporal Main Body 1913 N* Ohlson, A. W. M. Corporal Rifle Brigade 1910-14 U Ohlson, E. M. D. Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1912-14 U Olds, E. T. Sergeant Rifle Brigade 1915 N Oliphant, J. Lieutenant Imperial Forces 1904-09,12 U Olphert, J. W. Private N.Z.M.C. 1913-15 U*

Parr, J. H. Sapper 13th Reinf. 1915 U Penlington, W. A. G. Lieutenant 10th Reinf. 1907-08,10,14 G* Perks, T. E. Private 19th Reinf. 1911-16 U Perry, W. C. J. Gunner Fort Bastion 1914-16 U*

13 Pirrit, J. C. Private Rifle Brigade 1912-15 U Poff, L. J. Sapper Main Body 1909-12 U Potter, J. F. Sergeant Main Body 1909-10 u» Powley, A. J. Captain Rifle Brigade 1912 N Price, F. M. Private 19th Reinf. 1914-15 N* Proud, R. J. Sergeant 13th Reinf. 1913 U

Ramsay, H. V. Lieutenant Reserve 1910-11 U* Rattray, C. M. W. Private 9th Reinf. 1913-16 u Reed, M. R. Lieutenant 5th Reinf. 1913 u Rees-George, A. Private 7th Reinf. 1910-13 N Rennie, J. C. Private 19th Reinf. 1908-10 U Rewa, W. S. Corporal 3rd Native Cont. 1914-15 N* Rhodes, E. H. Lieutenant Australian Forces1906-09 Gt Rice, S. D. Sergeant 7th Reinf. 1913-15 U Richardson, A. E. B.Sergeant 17th Reinf. 1907-09 U4 Richardson, C. Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1913 N Richardson, H. G. Lieutenant 2nd Reinf. 1910 U Ridling, R. G. Lieutenant 18th Reinf. 1906 U Robb, M. Corporal 9th Reinf. 1910-15 U Robertshaw, A. K. Lieutenant 20th Reinf. 1912-13 u* Roche, E. H. Lieutenant Imperial Forces 1914 N Rohan, M. D. Lieutenant 19th Reinf. 1908-11 G* *Rope, C. M. Trooper Main Body 1909-10 N* Rose, E. J. Lieutenant 19th Reinf. 1912-15 U Ruddock, E. 0. Sapper Main Body 1912-13 U Rushbrook, W. H. Private 13th Reinf. 1909-10 U Ryburn, W. M. Private 13th Reinf. 1915 U

Scholium, J. W. Private 18th Reinf. 1912-14 u* Scott, O. Corporal 19th Reinf. 1907-12 N Scott, Winifred M. Sister N.2.A.N.S. 1905-07 U Seatey, A. D. Private 18th Reinf. 1911-12 N* Sefton, W. F. Private Main Body 1913 U Senior, C. H. A. Lieutenant 7th Reinf. 1912-14 G Senior, S. E. Lieutenant 13th Reinf. 1914-15 U Sexton, A. C. A. Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 1910-11, 13-14 G Shaw, J. L. Private 14th Reinf. 1913-14 N* Sheridan, G. B. Lieutenant 11th Reinf. 1915 N Short, A. W. Captain 20th Reinf. 1899-01, 06,14 Gt Simpkin, C. H. Private 11th Reinf. 1913-14 N* Sissons, T. Sergeant 8th Reinf. 1910-11 N* Slevin, F. R. Private 15th Reinf. 1913-14 U* Smerdon, S. V. Corporal 21st Reinf. 1909-10 N* Smith, C. F. M. Private 17th Reinf. 1915-16 U Smith, W. G. S. Private 7th Reinf. 1908, 12-15 U Smith, W. M. Lance-Corporal 12th Reinf. 1913-15 u* Snedden, C. A. Gunner 8th Reinf. 1912-15 u Southey, C. C. Private 12th Reinf. 1910 N*

14 Speedy, R. E. Gunner 9th Reinf. 1915 N Spencer, H. P. Sapper 8th Reinf. 1909-11 N Spencer, N. B. Sergeant Rifle Brigade 1908-13 G Stanton, J. A. Private 9th Reinf. 1911,13-14 N* Steadman, A. M. Corporal 8th Reinf. 1913-14 U Steele, R. B. Sergeant Main Body 1909, 11-12 U* Steele, T. I. Sapper Main Body 1914 N Stephenson, G. F. Private Main Body 1911-12 N* Stewart, G. M. Sergeant Main Body 1907-10 G Stewart, M. R. Lance-Corporal 5th Reinf. 1912-14 U Stillwell, W. F. Lieutenant Main Body 1913-14 N Stuckey, F. Major Main Body 1898-1901 G Sutherland, F. E. Lieutenant 3rd Maori Contgt. 1913-15 N

Tall by, W. Lieutenant 18th Reinf. 1913-15 U Tayler, E. H. Lieutenant Imperial Forces 1910-13 U Taylor, A. B. Private 7th Reinf. 1914-15 u *Taylor, F. A. Lieutenant 7th Reinf. 1909-14 G Taylor, R. E. Corporal 19th Reinf. 1910 N Teesdale, W. D. Private N.Z.M.C. 1911-13 N* Thomas, A. W. Lieutenant Main Body 1909, 1911 N Thomas, N. R. W. Sergeant 19th Reinf. 1910-15 U Thomson, A. Captain Rifle Brigade 1911-13 G\ Tobin, C. E. O'H. Chaplain N.Z. Forces 1899,1906-07 U Tonks, E. Corporal Rifle Brigade 1913-14 N Towle, R. P. Corporal 21st Reinf. 1906-08 N

Utting, Ruth Sister N.Z.A.N.S. 1907 N

Vickerman, N. L. Sapper 6th Reinf. 1910-15 U Vivian, J. A. H. Gunner 17th Reinf. 1912-15 N Waddingham, C. E. Private Main Body 1908-12 U Walker, S. Lieutenant 20th Reinf. 1905-06, 10-15 U Wallace, A. Sergeant Main Body 1908-11 G Wallace, B. Gunner 2nd Reinf. 1911 N Wallis, S. W. Private N.Z.M.C. 1914-15 N * Walton, R. H. Major N.Z.M.C. Main Body 1897-98 Gt Watts, P. H. Corporal 20th Reinf. 1894-98 G Webber, A. G. Lance-Corporal Main Body 1911 N Webber, S. W. Private Hqrs. Featherston1914-15 U Wells, J. F. Private 7th Reinf. 1914-15 G Wells, W. S. Sergeant Main Body 1912-13 U* Whitaker, C. G. Sapper Main Body 1912-13 N White, C. J. Sergeant 8th Reinf. 1913 N White, K. R. Corporal 14th Reinf. 1914 N* Wilkes, T. M. Captain Rifle Brigade 1908 U Wilkin, A, C. Sergeant H. S. "Marama" 1909-11, 13 U Wilks, F. Corporal 14th Reinf. 1908-10 G* Williams, E. L. Corporal 13th Reinf. 1914-15 N* Williams, O. W. Captain 9th Reinf. 1899, 1902-04 G Willis, W. B. deL. Corporal Main Body 1906 N Willis, F. P. deL. Lieutenant Imperial Forces 1910-14 G Wilson, F. R. Sergeant 6th Reinf. 1906-10 N* Wilson, G. S. Private Main Body 1911-14 U Wilson, J. V. Lieutenant 18th Reinf. 1915 S Wilson, L. F. Private 3rd Reinf. 1914 N Wilson, W. A. Bombardier Fort Cautley 1913 N

15 Winks, A. F. Gunner 14th Reinf. 1912-15 U Woods, S. G. Lieutenant 12th Reinf. 1911-14 U* Woodward, W. H. Q.-M. Sergeant Samoan Force 1902-07 G Wooster, F. R. Private 15th Reinf. 1914-15 U Worley, C. P. Lieutenant 9th Reinf. 1912-14 U Worley, R. P. Sergeant 18th Reinf. 1909-12 G Worsley, H. J. Lieutenant 12th Reinf. 1913-14 U Worsley, W. R. Lieutenant 16th Reinf. 1914-15 U

Yarrall, H. S. Corporal 11th Reinf. 1912 N

Enltetefc The following have enlisted and at the time of going to waiting to be called up:— Alderton, T. D. H. 1911 U Barker, E. L. 1914-16 v* Beaumont, F. L. 1916 N Cahill, B. P. 1907-13 G Campbell, A. R. 1914-15 U Carter, S. C. 1913-14 N* Clark, P. G. 1914-16 U Comrie, L. J. 1912-16 G Cornes, J. J. S. 1911-16 G Dellow, K. J. 1909-12 G Dignan, A. A. 1912 U Goulding, A. M. 1908-10 G Griffith, G. L. 1913-14 N * Hannken, W. P. 1908, 12-13 U* Hart, A. T. 1909-11, 14 U Hart, B. C. 1914 U Holden, V. W. 1915-16 U Howes, B. 1915-16 N* Jory, N. A. 1914-16 U Lang, F. W. 1912-16 G Lownsborough, F. J,. 1912-14 U* Mark, L. J. 1907-8, 11, 14-15 N* Matthews, R. E. N. 1914 u McCarthy, C. 1916 u McDonald, M. A. 1911-14 u* McGechie, J. W. 1910-11 N* Owen, G. 1914-16 s Pezaro, M. G. 1915-16 u Phillips, S. K. 1905-07 G Ready, W. H. 1909-12 U Reynolds, J. B. 1907-12 G Roope, L. R. 1913 N Simpson, J. 1914-15 N Small, H. 1914-15 N* Snedden, N. C. 1909-14 U Speight, H. B. 1905-14 G Vause, H. 1910-11 N* Voysey, W. D. 1913-14 N* Walters, A. 1914-15 U Warren, T. F. 1897-99, 1905 G Winter, R. M. 1914-16 U

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R. H. R. BAYLY. E. H. TAYLER. Leto Insignes

E. H. GOODFELLOW. R. A. FRATER. Leto Insignes Leto Insignes

A. G. WEBBER. D. B. CAMPBELL. Leto Insignes

C. G. WHITAKER. C. C. DUNLOP. \

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A. WALLACE. F. P. deL. WILLIS.

W. A. GRIERSON. H. BARNARD. Leto Insignes

W. KENNEDY. J. L. HOUSTON. Careers of the Fallen

Flight-Lieutenant George Edmond Vernon Aimer

Lieut. Aimer was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Aimer of St. Stephen's Avenue, Parnell. Born at Hokianga in 1886 he received his primary education at Auckland, and entered the Government Lands Department, being for some time at Rotorua. A few years later he moved to Fiji, but unfortunately lie contracted severe blood-poisoning. He returned to Auckland to re- cuperate, and was on the staff of the Bank of New Zealand until on a recurrence of the old trouble he took a trip to England, hoping to find relief in the sea journey. On arrival, however, he was taken ashore in an unconscious state.

He appears to have made a rapid recovery, for soon he offered his services to the War Office. On being rejected he entered a private aviation school and obtained his pilot's certificate. He was now accepted and soon appointed an instructor in the Provincial Aviation Company's school. It was while in this capacity that he met his death during a flight near London.

Aimer, ever faithful to duty, was a warm-hearted friend, always ready to help where most needed. He was a member of St. George's Rowing Club for some eight years, part of the time as club captain. His connection with our College was slight—he attended a few lectures at the School of Commerce in 1913.

Sapper Eric Henry Astley

Sapper E. H. Astley was the son of Mr. J. E. Astley of Morn- ingside. Matriculating from the Auckland Grammar School in 1910, he decided to enter his father's tannery business. He attended chemistry classes under Professor Brown and later, in June 1914, left New Zealand to pursue his studies at the Leather Industries Department of the Leeds University.

17 Arriving in England shortly after the outbreak of war, he was amongst the first to enlist. He joined the British Section of the N.Z. Forces, and after spending about three months in camp joined the N.Z. Field Engineers in Egypt. He took part in the landing at Anzac. Having been slightly wounded in the trenches at the end of May, he was employed, after a short rest, on the beach, until on June 23rd he was fatally wounded by shrapnel. He was buried in the Bay off Gaba Tepe. Those who remember Astley in the lab. will recall a quiet, retiring youth who worked faithfully and conscientiously. He gave promise of becoming an expert in his profession. He but shows again the spirit of self-sacrifice which has been so much to our Empire; he has made a name which England will prize for ever. Private Henry Barnard

Private Barnard, the second son of Mr. H. J. Barnard of Eltham, was born in Wellington in 1890. In 1905 he entered the office of Messrs. Findlay, Dalziell and Co., solicitors, of Welling- ton. He was with them for four and a-half years, during which he passed several law examinations at Victoria College. After two and a-half years with Mr. D. Syme, of Eltham, he joined Messrs. Stewart and Johnson of Auckland, by whom he was employed when war broke out. He left with the 3rd Auckland Infantry of the Main Body. Sickness prevented him from reaching Gallipoli till May 8th. During a bayonet charge for which he volunteered he received a slight wound in the head, but was back to duty after a few days. He was actively engaged on the fighting front until killed by a sniper on August 12th, whilst helping to remove a wounded comrade during an engagement. He was buried at Anzac. Barnard was an enthusiastic hockey player. He will also be remembered by the Auckland Rowing Club and our Law Students' Society. Four of Barnard's brothers have seen active service—two, who left with him, have since returned invalided. Major Robert Horatio Roy Bayly

Major R. H. R. Bayly left with the Main Body in command of the 15th North Auckland Company. He was educated at King's College, and afterwards took up a position there on the staff. As a boy he earned the reputation of being an indefatig-

18 able worker, one of the fastest middle-distance runners the School ever had, a tower of strength to any scrum, and an excellent rifle- shot. His work as a master was invaluable. He was a splendid teacher, a good disciplinarian, and possessed unbounded tact. He worked untiringly for the School during the seven odd years he was on the staff, and left on the Lower School such a mark of his ability as will not wear off in many years. The interest he took in the boys' games and out-of-school life, his strong personality, and buoyant, equable nature made him a general favourite. He was one of the first to fall in the landing at Gallipoli. He was a man we could ill spare; but he has left a record deep in the hearts of many life-long friends such as few men can ever claim.

Private Athelstan Roy Burton

Private Burton was educated at his father's school, Te Aroha District High School. There he won the tennis championship of the Secondary Class. After matriculating he spent 1911 and 1912 in the Sixth Forms at Auckland Grammar School, from which he passed the Entrance Scholarship Examination "with credit." He was articled to Mr. G. E. L. Alderton, solicitor, a former student of the College. In 1914 Burton gained the Pre- mium in Jurisprudence and Constitutional History and passed the first section of LL.B. He took his share in College life, with a special interest in the Debating Society and the Christian Union. When just over twenty-one years old he left New Zealand with the "Dandy Fifths," reaching Gallipoli just in time for the great effort in August, 1915. Nearly every man in Burton's section was wounded, and Burton, who would not keep under cover, was hit twice. He passed away on the Hospital Ship "Valdivia" in the early hours of August 12th. He was buried at sea near Anzac. Nothing shows Burton's high sense of honour and duty better than the spirit in which he left. At his parents' wish he completed his year's work at the University, and then again urged the insistence of the call to arms. His letters at this time showed a lofty patriotism. "What does it matter whether we die young or old as long as we have done something worth while." "If it is my fate to bump up against a bomb or a bayonet it will be in a great and good cause and I shall be in good company." Truly his was a spirit to elevate others wherever he went. England has lost in him a true patriot. But he has his reward, for we know he felt "Dulce ct decorum est pro patria mori."

19 Lance-Corporal Dallas Bertrand Campbell

Lance-Corporal Campbell was the youngest son of Mr. R. Campbell, of Tarawhare, Coromandel. From Coromandel public school he entered the Auckland Grammar School, and left in 1910 after matriculating. He won, on two occasions, prizes in Mathe- matics and Science. After teaching for a short while, he entered the Auckland branch of the Public Trust Office, where he was highly esteemed by his superior officers. He was among the first half-dozen to enlist in Auckland, and went to Samoa with the Advance Guard. On his return he re- enlisted and went with the 7th Reinforcements to Gallipoli and later to France. He was killed on June 13th. 1916, by a bomb explosion, just before the beginning of the British offensive. Campbell's cheery disposition made him a general favourite. He was always full of sparkling humour, yet knew just when duty demanded his full attention. He has the special distinction of being our first to fall on active service in France; so far as we know, he is yet the only one.

Sergeant Kenneth Wrigley Commons

It was with much regret that we learned in January that Sergeant Commons was "believed to have been killed." We cherish with his parents the hope that he may still be delivered back to us. He was the son of Mr. W. M. Commons of Mountain Road, Epsom. After being at the Auckland Grammar School, where he was a promising shot, he went in 1911 to Nelson College, which he represented in both shooting and football.

In 1912 he was chosen to represent Nelson in the Cadet Team which won such success in competitions in Canada. As one of the two sergeants of the team, he undoubtedly deserves much of the credit for that success. On his return to Auckland he joined Munro Wilson, Esq., Civil Engineer. At College he was a member of the Rifle Club, and was one of the leading members of the Haslam Shield team in 1914.

At the outbreak of war he went into Epsom camp. When offered a commission in the Indian Army, he declined, wishing to remain with his chums. He passed through the landing, and on May 8th he was in the rush across the "Daisy Patch" at Krithia. When the company was reorganised next day he was missing.

20 Commons was loved and respected by all. Sergt.-Major F. G. Hall-Jones wrote to Commons' people: "Ken's section was admittedly the best in the company. He was extraordinarily popular his good nature and his knack of handling men smoothing over many a difficulty during our long period of training On the 8th came the big charge Ken had the honour of being right in the forefront of the battle line We expected Ken at any time, but he never came and I am afraid of the result. But let me assure you that you have every right to be proud of him as a brave and courageous gentleman.''

Sergeant Leslie Rotorua Darrow

Sergt. Roto. Darrow was the youngest son of the late Mr. James Darrow, formerly a well-known contractor at Thames. On the death of his parents he resided with his brother, Mr. H. A. Darrow, headmaster of Avondale School. He entered the Gram- mar School as a Junior Scholar, and left in 1910 on matriculating. While in the office of Messrs. Alison and Alison, and later of Mr. G. W. Basley, he studied law at this College.

On the outbreak of war he enlisted and filled the post of Orderly Sergeant on the Headquarters Staff of the Auckland Battalion, and later held the same position on the Headquarters Staff of the N.Z. Brigade under Major A. C. Temperley. He landed at Gallipoli on the afternoon of April 25th, 1915, and for some weeks was in the thick of the fighting. Though somewhat run down by the long strain he hung on to take his share in the big offensive of August 7th-10th. On this latter date he was killed instantaneously by a shrapnel pellet. Darrow was a prominent member of our hockey team and also played a good game at tennis. Of a frank, open, and genial disposition, he will be missed by many. Letters to his relatives from his comrades and superior officers all testify to the esteem in which he was held. Just out of Tararu, Thames, where he was born, there is a little cemetery on the hillside. Here on the grave of his father and mother, between the sea and the hills that he had known and loved with the joy of youth in his heart, there is a little stone of marble which will testify to all generations of the life he laid down for his friends.

21 Lieutenant Allan Douglas Gibb Dawson

Lieut. A. D. G. Dawson entered the Grammar School in 1906 with a Junior District Scholarship. In 1909 he won the swimming championship of the Upper School and was captain of the team which won the Secondary Schools Swimming Champion- ship in 1910. In shooting he represented the School in the Schools of the Empire "Cadet" Match in 1908, and in the Camp- bell Vase team in 1909 and 1910. For two years he was in the first fifteen. He was also a lieutenant in the cadets and a prefect. Taking up law he attended lectures at College in 1911 and 1912. Shortly after the outbreak of war, finding he could not get away for some time by enlisting in Auckland, he went to Sydney and joined the Australian Forces. He received his commission and proceeded to the Dardanelles, where he met his death. Dawson's genial good-nature and athletic powers made him many friends. At school he was very popular. He has chosen the noblest of deaths, and in his supreme sacrifice has added another to the long list of names that are part of the undying story of Gallipoli.

Trooper Charles Dromgool

Trooper Dromgool was the youngest son of Mr. P. Dromgool of Waiuku. From there he came to the Auckland Grammar School in 1906 as a Junior District Scholar. After being a cadet in the Native Lands Office, Auckland, for a couple of years he entered the office of Messrs. Earl and Kent, with whom he re- mained till the outbreak of war. He served with the Samoan Advance Guard. On his return he joined the "Wellington Mounteds in the 4th Reinforcements. He was present at the landing at Chunuk Bair, where he is believed to have met his death. He was reported wounded and invalided to Egypt, but the most anxious inquiries proved fruit- less. He was finally reported dead by the Court of Inquiry in January, 1916. Dromgool was very popular with his fellow-students and in the Native Land Court. He was a prominent member of the Auckland Rowing Club. Just how he fell we know not; but we can be said he died like a true soldier, fighting for his conutry. To him, indeed, belongs "the epitaph unwritten save in the tables of the heart.''

22 Private Cyril Charles Dunlop

Private Dunlop was the son of Mr. Charles Dun! op of Gis- borne and Auckland. The prizes he won at King's College include one for an impromptu humorous speech. He was a junior footballer; and later as a member of the Hunt Club he won the Light-weight Hunters' Point-to-point Steeplechase in 1909. He entered the legal profession and passed his last examination in the office of Logan and Williams of Hastings. On the declaration of war he was the first trooper to enlist in Hawke's Bay, and was the first to fall in the "affair of an out- post" at Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli, on May 30tli, 1915. His party was entrapped, many being lost before help came. The Major commanding wrote: "Cyril's example was a help to us all, and had he survived he would have received certain recognition." Before he left Egypt his mother wrote in his diary the lines from George Eliot: " .... be to other souls A cup of strength in some great agony;

So shall we live again In souls made better for our presence.'' He was worthy of such counsel; for a comrade has said: "Cyril was the very life of us all, in the hours of our greatest dangers.''

Lieutenant Robert Andrew Frater

Lieutenant R. A. Frater was the youngest son of Mr. Robert Frater of City Road, and was at the time of his death 23 years old. He matriculated at the Auckland Grammar School, and joined the Union Steamship Company, and after some three years, the firm of Frater Brothers, of which his father is a partner. He was always an enthusiastic volunteer, and was a sergeant in the Highland Rifles. In the Territorial Forces he became eventually a colour-sergeant. At the outbreak of the war he joined the Main Body as sergeant of the Machine Gun Section of the Auckland Infantry Battalion. In Egypt, after being promoted to lieutenant, he took command of the Auckland Machine Guns, and later took part in

23 the historic landing. In the evening after the landing he was fatally wounded on the slopes of Sari Bair. He died on a transport on April 28th, 1915, and was buried at sea. Frater's frank and manly disposition made him many friends. At the Grammar School he was noted as a runner, and was a member of the first fifteen in 1908. His favourite sport was tennis; he represented the College at Easter Tournaments, and was runner-up for the Eden and Epsom Club Championship in 1913-14.

Lieutenant Eric Hector Goodfellow

We deeply regret the death in Mesopotamia of Lieut. E. H. Goodfellow. At the Grammar School he reached the Lower Sixth form in 1909, when he was also captain of the first fifteen. He came to us in 1910 to study medicine. In 1913 he went to Edinburgh, where he greatly distinguished himself in his first year by winning medals in each of his six subjects. He was also awarded the Vans Dunlop Scholarship, and was considered the most brilliant student that had been at the University for years. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the R.A.M.C., and served in France till the end of the year. Then, having had experience as an artillery lieutenant, he got his commission in the R.F.A. and went to the Front in February, 1915. He went through Neuve Chapelle and Loos, when he was slightly wounded. While convalescent in England he was ordered to Mesopotamia with his battery. His brigade doctor, Dr. Wilson, of New Zea- land, says:—"He was a general favourite of the officers and men. He was absolutely fearless Wounded while out with the infantry directing the fire of his guns,... .he carried on and was killed while standing up to get a better view New Zealand has every reason to be proud of him, while we all mourn with his relatives.'' To have known Goodfellow will always be a source of pleasure. Of a powerful build, and a keen sport, he was still a true student; his popularity was the outcome of solid worth. And now he lies in a land far from his own: " But little he'll reck if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.''

24 Private Walter Alexander Grierson

Though Private Grierson is believed to be dead, we shall still cherish hope till the end of the war reveals the truth. He was the son of Mr. J. C. Grierson, Secretary of the Auckland Co- operative Building Society. He attended Mt. Eden and Epsom Public Schools. At the Grammar School he took prizes for Lan- guages, for Mathematics and Science, and Mr. P. M. Mackay's Laboratory Prize. Entering the office of Messrs. Parr and Blom- field, solicitors, he had reached the responsible position of manager of a new branch at Kohukohu, and had passed his first section of LL.B. when the call to arms came. He went into Epsom Camp at the end of 1914, joining the Army Service Corps to get to the front quickly. In Egypt he exchanged to the 3rd Auckland Infantry, in which most of his friends had enlisted. He landed at Gallipoli on April 25th, 1915, and fought for about ten days in the trenches, frequently crawl- ing out under fire for water for his comrades. On May 8th, in the dash across the "Daisy Patch" at Cape Helles, he was seen to be wounded and was lost sight of by everyone afterwards. For months he was reported as "Wounded—progressing satisfac- torily"; but in January, 1916, the Court of Inquiry reported him '' Missing, believed to be dead.'' Grierson hid behind his reserve a wealth of solid worth; anything left to him was in safe hands. If he has passed away his parents have lost a good son, we have lost a good student, and Auckland has lost a good citizen. Private James Lidderdale Houston

Private J. L. Houston was the son of Mr. J. Houston, of Kihi Kihi, Te Awamutu. He entered the Hamilton High School, passing the Civil Service Exam, in 1909, after which he joined the Union Steamship Company at Auckland. In 1913 he qualified for matriculation, and came to us in 1914 to study for the Medical Intermediate Exam. On the declaration of war, however, he enlisted, and left with the 6th Hauraki Company of the Main Body. His period of service was exactly one year. He was wounded at the landing, but recovered after two months in hospital. After another seven weeks in the trenches he was killed instantaneously on August 8th, 1915. He was a man of high principle and determination, who knew what it was to overcome difficulties. We cannot but mourn for a life so young, sacrificed so nobly.

25 Sapper Wilfred Kennedy Sapper Kennedy was the son of Mr. W. F. Kennedy, now of Waihi, and was born in 1892 in Nelson. He was an old boy of Nelson College, leaving in 1908 to accept an appointment in the New Plymouth office of the Land and Survey Department. In 1910, after passing the Senior Civil Service examination, he was sent to Napier, and later came to the Auckland branch of the Land Transfer Department. While in Auckland he took up Law, and passed both Professional examinations. He left New Zealand with the Engineers of the 4th Rein- forcements. On August 15th, 1915, in the heavy fighting after the advance from Suvla Bay, he was killed while engaged in the dangerous work of digging new trenches under fire. Kennedy was fond of all outdoor sports, particularly football, although he took but little active part in the game in Auck- land. He was a good swimmer, and a member of the Auckland Rowing Club.

Sergeant Roy Wilson Lambert These tributes would not be complete without a reference to one who will live so long in College memories as will Roy Lam- bert. Although never an actual student of our College, yet to us he was "Roy Lambert, centre-threequarter for the first fifteen"; to others he was more. Who does not remember him always in his place to attack or defend; and his goal from the field which saved the match against Ponsonby ? We owe much of our success while he played to his untiring activity and buoyant cheerfulness. On the battlefield he was the same—always in his place— and he met death as fearlessly as ever he charged for goal line. He was one of the first to enlist; at Auckland he became a corporal, and a sergeant on the way to Gallipoli. He fell on the memorable 25th April, 1915, racing at the head of his men up an incline to close quarters with the enemy, to the help of a force that had sent urgent messages for reinforcements. He was buried at night on the ridge where he fell. His inseparable friend, the late Sergeant Commons, says that he was the "best friend I have ever known." He was the youngest son of Mr. Will Lambert of Mt. Eden, and at the time of his death was in his 26th year. An Old Boy of the Grammar School, he entered the firm of Macky, Logan, Caldwell and Co. He was held in high esteem by his employers, his fellow- employees, and the clientele of the firm. Truly, in giving such a life for his country he has '' scored his best try.''

26 Lance-Corporal Harry Cuthbert Northcroft

Lance-Corporal Northcroft attended the Auckland Grammar School from 1898 to 1905. In his last year he won the Governors' Watch (Senior) at the School Sports. After qualifying as a solicitor, and passing two sections of his LL.B., he commenced practice in May 1914, with every prospect of a successful career. Always a keen volunteer, he held a commission in the Auckland Mounted Rifles, but resigned shortly before war broke out. He left with the Main Body as a trooper in the Auckland Mounted Rifles. Northcroft was of fine physique, and was keenly interested in athletics, always taking part in the annual Law v. Insurance match. He will be keenly missed by many, especially by younger members of his profession. His father, Captain H. W. Northcroft, of Grafton Road, until lately Resident Commissioner at Rarotonga, is one of the eight officers who hold the N.Z. Cross, granted for distinguished service in the Maori War. He took part in forty-nine engagements, and was mentioned in despatches on twelve different occasions.

Lieutenant Herbert George Richardson

Lieutenant H. G. Richardson, only son of Mr. G. J. Richard- son, of Omahu Road, Remuera, matriculated at the Grammar School in 1908. He was a fine shot and represented the school in all the shooting teams. In 1908 he was third for the School Challenge Cup, and was a lieutenant in the Cadets. He worked first with Mr. Percy Spencer, solicitor, and later with his father in the Richardson Piano Agency. As a volunteer he gained several shooting prizes in the Vic- toria Rifles. In the Territorial Forces he received in 1912 a commission in the Coast Defence Detachment. He left New Zealand in command of the Second Auckland Infantry Reinforcements, and took part in the Gallipoli landing on April 25th, 1915. In the afternoon he was wounded in the back and died during the night. Richardson was loved by all who knew him. His genial disposition, his good nature, and his unassuming manners won him friends everywhere, who will mourn the death of a thorough sportsman, a keen soldier, and a devoted citizen.

27 Sapper Edward Oliver Ruddock

Sapper E. 0. Ruddock was the son of Archdeacon Ruddock of Napier. After becoming head prefect of the Boys' High School there he came to St. John's, Tamaki, in 1912 and 1913, where he passed the first two grades in the Theological course. At University College he passed the Medical Intermediate examination, and then went to Edinburgh University to complete his medical course. He succeeded in passing his first year's examination. Soon after, war was declared, and he joined the New Zea- land Forces in England. As a member of the Field Engineers he took part in the early Gallipoli fighting. After four days he was sent back to Egypt suffering from appendicitis; the delay before it was possible to operate proved fatal. Ruddock was the ideal of a clean sportsman. At Napier he gained prizes for running, and established a mile record which is still unbroken; he was also awarded a certificate for swimming two miles. At our Interfaeulty Sports in 1913 he established records in the 880 yards, 1 mile, and 3 miles. He was also a prominent member of our football team. He won many friends by his genial nature and frank disposition. Major Frederick Stuckey

Major Stuckey was an old boy of Nelson College. He not only proved quick at learning but secured the School Champion- ships in swimming and gymnastics, and held the Junior Cup for running. He was on the staff of King's College from 1898 till the war, almost continuously. In 1906 he went Home for a trip, seeing a good deal of France and Germany, and acquiring a first- hand knowledge of their languages. On the outbreak of war, he was sent out with the Main Body to Egypt. After the landing at Anzac we have heard nothing definite of him. Recently a Court of Inquiry decided that the evidence of his death was conclusive; but some still believe he is alive. Stuckey was a man that any College might be proud to own, and his death is one of the greatest blows we have suffered. Of fine physique and bearing, of a most striking personality, he was the personification of "mens sana in cor pore sano." He was loved and respected by all. His pupils would do anything for him; the men he led would have gone anywhere with him at their head. He had a just mind, sound judgment, and an overwhelming energy.

28 It is said that he saved King's in the troublous years of 1903 and 1904; he did splendid work with the football team and the cadets. But the best epitaph for the man is what he has done, and the re- collections of those who know him as a student, a master, an officer and a friend. In their hands his reputation is secure. Lieutenant Eric Hardwick Tayler

Lieutenant E. H. Tayler was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arch- dale Tayler, of Auckland. Matriculating from the Auckland Grammar School in 1909, he took up his residence at St. John's College, Tamaki, holding a Maria Blackett Scholarship. He devoted himself to the military profession, and in March, 1912, received a commission in the Coast Defence Detachment of the 3rd Auckland Regiment. Two years later, out of 180 candidates from all parts of the Empire for direct commissions in the Imperial Army, Lieut. Tayler headed the list with 3307 marks out of 4500. Leaving Auckland two days before the outbreak of war, he joined the York and Lancaster (Old 65th) Regiment at Jubbul- pore, India. The regiment was ordered to England, and proceeded to the Front in January, 1915. Owing to the severe weather Lieut. Tayler contracted double pneumonia and died on February 9th. He was buried with military honours in Hazel- brouck Cemetery. Tayler was above all an English gentleman, but at College he was little known except to St. John's College men. Of a re- served and even shy nature, he revealed" to his friends a fund of good spirits and merry humour. His rich voice and handsome appearance added to the beauty of his character. His death at the early age of 21 has terminated what promised to be a brilliant military career. To him was denied the glory of death on the actual field of battle; but he died as he had lived, in the quiet performance of his duty—the death of a real soldier. Sergeant Allan Wallace

Alan "Wallace wras born in Auckland, in April, 1891. In 1903 he entered the Auckland Grammar School, where he distinguished himself both in school-work and at games. In 1908 he came up to College as the second Junior University scholar of the year. He worked actively and generously for College societies, by choice inconspicuously. His personality, not less than his distinction as a student and as an athlete, gained him

29 almost universal admiration and something more than respect; but he never sought popularity. He was very modest, very sen- sitive; and not many were fortunate enough to penetrate his reserve. In 1910 he qualified for three Senior Scholarships; in 1911 he took double Honours (in Mathematics and Chemistry), was the first winner of the Cook Prize, and was elected Rhodes Scholar against very strong competition. In his second year at Oxford he gained a First Class in the strenuous Honour School of Mathe- matics—no bad preparation, perhaps, for a more strenuous school of honour. Immediately after our declaration of wa£, he offered himself "for unconditional work." His letters at this time show that his "one desire, to help against the enemy," was—a finer thing even than obedience to duty—the supreme expression of his whole nature. After many delays and disappointments, he found his place in the British section of the New Zealand Force. As a Sergeant of Engineers he did exceptionally fine work—how fine, we may sometime know—during the first terrible fortnight on Gallipoli, then was badly wounded in the head by a sniper's bullet, lav for several days unconscious, and died 011 the 10th May, 1915. The world has lost a scholar of uncommon brilliance, and a noble man. But there is more of triumph than of pathos in a soldier's death of eager sacrifice, while his strength is unabated, his ideals undimmed, and the weariness and grief of the world unknown. He has seen the Vision; he is a part of the undying story of Gallipoli; to some, he is still a living presence and an inspiration.

Lance-Corporal Alleyne Gordon Webber

Lance-Corporal A. G. Webber was the second son of Mr. A. S. Webber, headmaster of the Newton West School. After leaving the Auckland Grammar School in 1901 he took up civil engineering, being engaged for some time with the Ferro-Concrete Co. on the Railway Wharf and the Grafton Bridge, and later with the Auckland Drainage Board. He also spent some time in the Northern Wairoa. When war broke out he was Assistant City Engineer at Invercargill. He left New Zealand with the Main Body as a trooper in the Otago Mounted Rifles. While in Egypt he received his first stripe, and afterwards in Gallipoli was noticed by his superior officers for his valuable work in range-finding, very often at grave

30 personal risk. As a result he was sent out with the destroyers several times to assist in directing the warships' fire. It was on August the 6th, when the Otago Mounteds suffered severely, that Webber fell in a charge on Bauchop's Ridge. Only a few days before he had been recommended for one of the first commissions in the regiment. Quiet and retiring, Webber was a capable and conscientious gentleman. Besides being an exceptionally strong swimmer, he was well known in yachting and rowing circles, especially in the West End Rowing Club. His younger brother is with the Royal Fusiliers. Sergeant William Stephen Wells Sergt. Wells was born in Onehunga in 1894. He was educated at the Onehunga Public School and the Auckland Grammar School. In 1911 he matriculated, and went straight to the Auck- land Training College. During his two years there he was a hard-working student, and a keen footballer, hockey-player, and boxer. At the University College he made new friendships and cemented others. In 1914 he was appointed to the charge of two half-time schools in North Auckland. A few months later he left for the Front as a corporal in the 15th North Auckland Company of the Main Body. Later he received his third stripe. He served on Gallipoli until, on No- vember 19th, 1915, he was killed instantaneously by shrapnel. Wells was the first Training College man to "go under." Just previously it had been said that "Old A's" seemed to have charmed lives. All Old A's are as brothers; at the Front they realise more than ever the worth of good fellowship. It is pleasant to know that Wells' fellow-students lined his grave with a shrub resembling our manuka—truly a fitting tribute to one who ever lived up to the motto, Totis Viribus.

Sapper Cecil Grayton Whitaker Sapper C. G. Whitaker was the eldest son of Mr. J. R. Whitaker, Headmaster of Mt. Albert School. He was an old Grammar School boy, leaving in 1909 to take up ac- countancy. When the war broke out he was employed in the office of Mr. S. G. Chambers, and had almost completed his Asso- ciate Degree of the N.Z. Society of Accountants. He was a member of the College Rifles, and went with the Main Body in the Divisional Signalling Company. He was on Gallipoli from the landing at Gaba Tepe till his death.

31 While carrying out his duties of establishing and main- taining communications on Chunuk Bair, he was struck by a shrapnel bullet. The stretcher-bearers succeeded in getting him down to the beach. Finally he was transferred to the Hospital Ship "Gascon," on which he died. He was in the same section as Cyril Bassett, Y.C. His employer says of him: " In business Cecil could be absolutely relied on He was of a quiet, unassuming disposition, always at his post, and always willing and happy." He went in for boating and yachting, sailing and partly owning the yacht "Peri."

Corporal William Brian de Laval Willis Corporal Willis was the eldest son of the late Archdeacon Willis, of Cambridge, N.Z., and a nephew of Major-General Lan- don, who was largely responsible for the successful transporta- tion of the first Expeditionary Force from England to France. Willis entered St. John's (since Pah) College in 1904, from the public school at Cambridge. At the end of his first year he was elected senior prefect, and before he left was Head Boy. He was a member of the first eleven in both his years, and in the second was a member of the Campbell Vase shooting team, of the first fifteen, and of the Secondary Schools representative fifteen. In the cadets he was a sergeant. He earned the respect of boys and masters alike, and for his leadership was awarded the Aickin Prize in 1905. He qualified as a Government Surveyor, and was in charge of a party in all parts of the North till war broke out. He had always a strong desire to join the army, and seized the first opportunity of enlisting. While at the Dardanelles in May, 1915, he received fatal wounds. Willis' amiable disposition endeared him to all who knew him; he was ever popular—at school, in his profession, and in private life. This is well exemplified by the fact that his first assistants were still with him when he joined the Forces. And now he has passed away, yet we bow to the memory of one of those who have left us as a heritage their glorious deeds in the "far- flung battle line.''

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News has been received, while we are in press, of the deaths In action of W. M. Alexander (LL.B.), C. S. Algie, brother of R. M. Algie, and B. Wallace, brother of the late Alan Wallace.

32 Doings in the Field

Private F. H. Adams, who was wounded on the afternoon of April 25th, 1915, has been invalided to Australia. Sergeant G. S. Bagnall was wounded on August 6th in the Gallipoli campaign, and was invalided to England. Just lately he has been wounded again, and is reported to be dangerously ill. Sergeant-Major C. M. Bathgate is now in a position to pay off old scores, for he is Sergeant-Major of the company to which Sergeant H. A. E. Milnes is attached. The latter is sitting for his commission. Five of our names appear on an interesting Round Robin that was reproduced in the Star some short while ago. They are H. A. E. Milnes, S. D. Barr, G. H. Battersby, D. C. Cole, and C. F. M. Smith. Sergeant E. E. Bilkey (Monty) was disabled while playing football in Egypt, and has now been discharged. He has resumed his teaching duties. Private P. S. Bridson has been twice wounded, but is now back on active service. Sergeant-Major J. C. Brook was twice wounded on Gallipoli. He took part in the first landing, and was a member of one of the last shore parties during the evacuation. During leave which he spent in England recently a bullet which he had received in Gallipoli wras extracted from his cheek. Lieutenant S. Cory-Wright, of the staff of the School of Mines, left New Zealand in charge of the Engineers of the 12th Reinforcements. Flight-Lieutenant N. R. Davenport has been seeing service aboard a seaplane carrier. Recently while setting out with a full load of bombs his engine failed, and the aeroplane fell for 200 feet. As fortune would have it there was no explosion, and he is now convalescent in the Netley Hospital at Southampton. Gunner B. P. Dawson, who was wounded on Gallipoli, has been discharged and is now on a sheep station in Hawke's Bay.

33 Major T. H. Dawson, of College Rifles fame, saved the British line on one occasion at Gallipoli. Placed on the extreme flank, outnumbered ten to one, he and his little party held on to their position for two days, and prevented the British from being driven back into the sea. For this he received mention in despatches. He himself was wounded and was invalided to England, where he was for a time in charge of the Base Hospital in London. His character is well described by one writer, "With Major Daw- son with us we could go through hell itself.'' News has been received that Private A. S. deMontalk has just recovered from a severe attack of scarlet fever. Lieutenant J. D. Dinneen has been promoted to Captain, and has been transferred to the New Zealand Forces in France. He is with his former fellow-workers, Lieutenants C. H. A. Senior and F. A. Taylor. We regret to learn that Lieutenant S. H. Ellis is a prisoner in Germany. Owing to the failure of his engine he was compelled to descend behind the enemy's lines. An officer in an accom- panying aeroplane reported that he made an excellent landing. Curiously enough he met his brothers, Sergeant R. F. Ellis and Corporal C. Ellis, in a village in Flanders on May 6th last. Lieutenants A. B. Fordyce and J. G. Gasparich, old A's, have earned their promotion on Gallipoli. Lieutenants W. P. Gray and J. K. F. Hunter spent a while at the rest camp at Lemnos. The latter was recovering from the effects of jaundice. Sergeant-Major F. G. Hall-Jones, also of Victoria College, was, with Lieutenant A. B. Fordyce, a corporal in the late Ser- geant Commons' section. He was wounded and invalided to Scotland, but has now returned to New Zealand and been discharged. Private G. S. Wilson, who was also in the same section, has returned and been discharged on account of heart trouble. Lieutenant S. J. Hanna is serving with the Motor Transport "somewhere in France." Captain E. S. Harston, an ex-St. John's man, who will be remembered as the Chinaman in our last Carnival, has earned the distinction of being mentioned in despatches. Lieutenant J. C. Holland was wounded on January 23rd last in the engagement with the Senussi in western Egypt. He has returned and is now at Rotorua. He was mentioned in despatches. Trooper H. A. Horrocks was the victim of a severe attack of rheumatic fever in Egypt. He is now with Messrs. Parr and Blomfield, solicitors.

34 Lieutenant F. A. Hosking has left as officer commanding the Machine Gun Section (Specialist Coy.) 14th Reinforcements. Corporal A. B. Jameson and Private W. F. Sefton have been discharged and have resumed medical work at Otago University. The former was slightly wounded in the finger, while the latter was discharged on account of continued ill-health. Lieutenant W. H. Johns, who was wounded on Gallipoli, has returned, and after a spell has been granted a commission in the Mounted Rifles of the 19th Reinforcements. Professor J. C. Johnson is attached to the N.Z.M.C. but has extended leave till November. Sergeant W. M. Jones, our Rhodes Scholar for 1914, is still well. He spent a while in hospital in Egypt. Captain H. W. King is the Senior Officer of the 16th Rein- forcements. Lieutenant C. L. Knight, who was wounded, has rejoined his company after a spell in England. Private N. C. von T. Lynch, a member of the Australian Forces, was wounded by shrapnel during the landing on Galli- poli. He has been discharged, and has returned to New Zealand. Mr. J. T. Macky was licensed at St. James' church on June 1st last to be a minister of the Presbyterian Church. He has left to take up Y.M.C.A. work in France. Lieutenant A. G. Marshall, our Rhodes Scholar for 1910, was a despatch rider in Belgium for a while. He is now, as far as is known, in Mesopotamia. Captain J. McKenzie, an old Training College student, has earned exceptional promotion, for he left New Zealand as a sergeant. Mr. J. M. McKenzie, until lately travelling secretary for the Presbyterian Bible Class Movement, is now in France attached to the Presbyterian Institutes there. Prior to his departure he held the rank of captain in the Territorial Forces. Lieutenant-Colonel W. Meldrum, of Hawera, who kept terms here over thirty years ago, has been mentioned in despatches, and has been created a C.M.G. Sapper R. PI. Melville, a former editor of this magazine, was wounded on June 1st, 1915, and was invalided to New Zealand. He is now in the Paymaster's office. Captain A. Eisdell Moore, R.A.M.C., reached Amara, on the Tigris, on January 27th last, after a three days' trip up the river, and was stationed there as one of the medical officers in charge of the base hospital.

35 Lieutenant "W. E. Moore hag received his commission in the Royal Horse Artillery, and was, at the beginning of February, in training at St. John's Wood Barracks, London. Sergeant H. L. Morgan has been twice wounded, the first time by a bomb on June 7th, 1915. He was in the hospital at Malta for some time. Writing to the KIWI he says, "I do not think that everyone knows yet the irksomeness and trying ordeals endured in different periods between important actions. Any idea of glory in battle is clean gone to the participator, and great events just seem real events in an ordinary way. I mean for any who write or feel poetically about battle, it would be necessary to be merely an onlooker, or at least a man viewing afar off his past experiences of fighting." Later, "You can tell the Literary Club that we discuss Kipling even more than they, though he is a 'genius who drops his aspirates.' " Lieutenant-Colonel D. N. W. Murray has been appointed to the charge of the New Zealand Base Hospital in Egypt. Lieutenant-Colonel B. E. Myers is in charge of the New Zea- land General Hospital at Walton-on-Thames, London. Rifleman 0. E. Nicholson was wounded while serving with the Rifle Brigade in Egypt. We have received a long letter from Rifleman E. M. D. Ohlson, who took part in the engagement with the Senussi. He mentions a number of A.U.C. men who are in his battalion, including his brother Athol, and N. C. McLean, 0. E. Nicholson, D. G. McFarlane, C. F. Forsdick, R. J. Fisher, and Lieutenants A. C. A. Sexton and S. J. Mogridge. Lieutenant J. Oliphant, King's Own Scottish Borderers, has been promoted to Adjutant of the 1st Composite Battalion of the 29th Division. Sergeant J. F. Potter, after spending some time at Lemnos, has been invalided back to New Zealand. Lieutenant E. H. Roche lias joined the Royal Garrison Artillery, and is now at Hurstcastle, Milford-on-Sea, after being over two months on the Isle of Wight. Lieutenant C. H. A. Senior has been promoted to 1st Lieu- tenant, and has been acting as official interpreter to his brigade. Sergeant R. B. Steele, also of Training College, who was wounded on Gallipoli, has been mentioned in General Munro's despatches. The report that Private A. B. Taylor was wounded is incor- rect. He was confined to the hospital for a few days.

36 Lieutenant F. A. Taylor was slightly wounded on July 8th last. He has been invalided to England and is progressing satis- factorily. Lieutenant A. W. Thomas joined the British Section of the Field Engineers on the outbreak of war. On the fourth day after the landing he fell wounded while sprinting with water to the front line trenches. He was the first wounded soldier to land in New Zealand. He is leaving New Zealand again as officer commanding the Signalling Company attached to the 15th Reinforce- ments. Sergeant N. R. W. Thomas, who was President of the Stu- dents' Association last term, is in the specialist company of the 19th Reinforcements. Chaplain-Captain C. E. O'H. Tobin has been stationed at Malta, but expects to leave shortly. Sapper N. L. Vickerman was in one of the last parties to leave Gallipoli. Lieutenant J. V. "Wilson, of Canterbury College, who was on the staff last year, has received a commission in the 18th Rein- forcements. Quarter-Master W. H. Woodward has been to Auckland from Samoa on a short visit. He left with the first Expeditionary Force, and now holds a position in the legal department under the Samoan Administration. We fear that several of our men who are waiting to be called up, and who hold territorial commissions, will be hampered by the military regulations. They are E. L. Barker, P. G-. Clark, V. W. Holden, and B. Howes. Our science faculty will be well represented in the December batch of N.C.O's. The names of F. W. Lang, N. A. Jory, R. M. Winter, and L. J. Comrie are on the list, while M. G. Pezaro, whose name is first on the January list, hopes to be transferred to December. C. M. W. Rattray will also be a member of this batch. Professor G. Owen and Messrs. H. B. Speight and L. J. Mark leave for camp in August as N.C.O's. Our list includes the names of five who are, or have been, on active service at the local forts, viz., E. T. Gash, R. Kemp ton, R. M. J. Murray, W. C. J. Perry, and W. A. Wilson. We are sorry that space does not permit of our publishing letters from the Front. We have heard, in acknowledgment of last year's KIWI, from G. C. W. Armstrong, F. G. Hall-Jones, A. B. Jackson, H. L. Morgan, E. M. D. Ohlson, F. T. A. Bowell, A. Rees-George, A. B. Taylor, and N. L. Vickerman. We hope that more will reply to this issue.

37 Extract from Report of Commissions set up to Explore the Men's Common Room

The survey was undertaken by your energetic secretary and an able body of Commissioners of Geological fame, with all the vigour and methodical thoroughness that has characterised the Club's work during the year. Much has been found to interest the meeting concerning both the land and its strange inhabitants. The following has been passed by the censor:—

TOPOGRAPHICAL AND GENERAL.—The deposits on the whole show a great and characteristic lack of uniformity, being thickest and most highly fossiliferous in places where over-hanging preci- pices have protected the sediment from the all-cleansing broom.

MINERAL DEPOSITS.—Several ferruginous deposits are found in a quarter near the water supply area. Deep sea ferruginous breccias of great antiquity, plicated, faulted and disrupted almost out of recognition occur in the great basins which are known to the inhabitants as the kettle and tea-pot, from their respective colours, black and brown. The sediment here settles at the almost incredible rate of J-inch per year. The flora and fauna of these regions present a wide field of research to the bacteriologist.

FOSSIL DEPOSITS.—These consist largely of cast-off clothing. Their age is Middle Jurassic, and their pattern and fashion pre- historic. The fashion of some, however, which resemble black sheets gathered at the top, is cosmopolitan, and they would serve as well to strangle a baby as to cover a hayrick. Yet these are affected by many of the inhabitants still, even by the tolerably young ones. There are traces of recent hypogene action through- out the district, great disorder everywhere prevailing. The condition may be best described as the solfataric stage of plutonic disturbances. Among the fossil deposits may be mentioned certain beds of coprolites, resembling guano, but supposed to be of mammalian origin occurring in the commissariat department in a bag branded A.l.

38 The inhabitants of these regions are many and various in character, ranging from the tadpole to the common bookworm. These latter are estimated by Prof. Darwin to cast up 1,000,000 tons of paper into the Waste Paper Basket per term. The tadpoles are found only round the R.T. They have practically no heads and very long tales. These tales are sometimes quite half-hour long, and are often dark in colour and pretty thick. They are greatly enjoyed by the other tadpoles.

How the First Jam was Made

"Caesar adsum jam forte." Members of the Debating Society who heard the impromptu speech on "Whether Jam is Preferable to Treacle on Bread," were interested to hear the speaker discourse feelingly of the Semantic history of "Treacle." Perhaps they may care to peruse the following account of the origin of the word "Jam," from an old manuscript found in Caesar's tomb. It has been ably translated from the Latin by Mr. Rdyrd Kplng:— "In the High and Far-off Times, there was a Roman man. He was not a Greek nor an Anglo-Saxon, nor even an Old French, although he might have been, O Best Beloved; he was a Classical Latin man, and his name was Caesar. And his wife's name was Calpurnia, and that means 1 She-who-must-be-above- suspicion,' but we, O Best Beloved, will call her just 'Caesar's Wife.' Now attend and listen. For this befell and behappened and became and was, O My Best Beloved. 4' One night Caesar went out with a friend, and his name, O Best Beloved, was Cicero. And Caesar's wife (for she was a Roman) took a Roman candle and went roamin' down to the Roman Kitchen to stew some Roman peaches for Caesar's supper. But just as she was putting in some soluble Carbo-Hydrate—but we, O Best Beloved, will call it sugar for short—the Roman candle went off and left her in the dark; and she was so frightened that her hair stood on end, and she spilt all the sugar into the

39 pot. Then she ran upstairs to wait till Caesar came, and she waited for hours and hours and hours and hours, but still, 0 Best Beloved, Caesar didn't come, and she thought her peaches would be quite burnt. So she took another Roman candle, for she was a Roman, and went bravely down into the Roman kitchen, and lo and behold! Best Beloved, the peaches were not burnt, but they smelt 'scruciatingly nice and they looked 'scruciatingly nice and they tasted 'scruciatingly nice—but they were very hot. So Caesar's wife took an Amphora (for it was empty) and put the rest of the peaches in it and went upstairs to her Roman bed. "And soon Caesar came in—though he had found Difficulty in Ascertaining the Most Direct Route to his Domicile (and that means, 0 Best Beloved, he'd lost his way)—and he went into the kitchen and leant against the kitchen mensa (this is what the Romans always called their kitchen tables), where the Amphora was. Then Caesar, for he was a Roman, said 'Hie' several times, and then he looked at the Amphora and said ' Hoc!' and picked it up. But there was no 'Hoc' in it, but only red, sticky stuff that looked 'scruciatingly nice; so he ate and ate till the Amphora was empty. Then he went to his Roman bed "Next morning, 0 Best Beloved, when Caesar's wife went down to make the porridge she saw that the Amphora was empty. So she burst into tears—for she was a Roman, and the Romans are descended from the Pius Aeneas, who always wept.—After that she began to call out to Caesar, and to ask him if he had seen her stewed peaches. Then she said, 'Ubi iam?' (but the Romans called it Jam, although it was spelt with an i). And Caesar said faintly, for he was feeling very ill, 'Fuere.' But Caesar's wife did not hear him and she went on calling out' Ubi iam ? Ubi iam ?' (But she called it jam, for she was a Roman). "And after that, O Best Beloved, Caesar's wife often used to stew peaches for a long time with a lot of Carbo-Hydrate (but we will call it sugar, for short). And every time Caesar used to eat them up straight away, and Caesar's wife used to ask Caesar where the Peaches were (for he was not above suspicion), and she used to say ' Ubi iam ?' and Caesar used to whisper softly to himself, so that she couldn't hear, 'Fuere.' "And so peaches stewed for a long time with a lot of Carbo- Hydrate used to be called 'Ubi iam' by the Classical Romans (and they called it jam although it is spelt with an i)—but we call it jam for short. "So now we know all about jam, 0 Best Beloved ! Gaudeamus igitur PHILOLOGOS.

40 The Storm - An Allegory

THE Fiend of the tempest came rushing by With grey-flecked hair and bloodshot eye; (Lurid and black the evening sky.) Lightning-sceptred and thunder-voiced The monarch in far-flung peals rejoiced At the anguished moans of the dying day, In funereal purple clad. Then away Over continent, ocean and land He led Destruction by the hand, As gallant a pair as you might see On May-day night at Felunsee. Ghastly Ruin followed after While Death shrieked loud with ghastly laughter At the havoc and carnage, sin and wrack They left behind them on their track. Graves and tombs were opened wide, Ghouls flitted round on every side. Heaven grew black with a sullen frown As through Hell's gates it looked adown On many a witch and many a devil Engaged on some foul work of evil. Terror and Fear were busy then Amongst the stricken hearts of men. Some they healed who had been mad; From some they took the sense they had.

The black fiends, Hatred, Avarice and Lust With grasping talons ground into the dust A thousand innocents. Fell Slaughter, too, Went raging o 'er the earth till blood like dew On every blade of grass was shed. Lone Grief Sobbed midst her stricken homes, nor found relief For her lost children, slain. Dread dreams of ill The tender infants' hallowed sleep did fill. Sweet lovers died with intertwined arms, While watch-towers woke and clanged dread war's alarms.

41 Deathfires blazed in market places Till woe was writ on frighted faces. The gale went sobbing through the eaves And drove the sere brown autumn leaves Against the folk in mighty hosts. They swore that they were struck by ghosts And fell down in a swoon like death— You scarce could hear the sighing breath Pass through their lips. Then on and on The Storm-fiend went till he had gone In endless night. There was he lost With Death and all his fiendish host.... The night grew calm, and day new-born Beheld Earth smile in Love's fair morn. —PAOLO.

Two Voices

"Two voices are there—one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains—each a mighty voice."

Yet we seldom listen to them or even hear them. We have lost our ear for such mighty music. The first voice from the sea we do sometimes hear; but we know little of its real fullness. It sounds a little harsh to most of us; but there are a few who have heard every note of it. Perhaps if you asked them they would tell you they did not know it; but it has left its mark on their souls and afterwards that voice is ever calling them. What true sailor ever lived contented ashore? That brave, tender soul, generous and kind-hearted, simple we say, but with a knowledge that few of us will ever have—too little we realise what he has been through, what awful power has been gathered against him. Near shore or on the wide seas the struggle goes on day and night with little rest. There is no time for smug self-congratulation, no time to rest on your oars. Wave comes swelling behind wave, squall howls after squall—and through it all the ship, whose "every plank is a Fate, and has men's lives wreathed in the knots of it," comes leaping and falling, lifted high on one wave- crest, half-buried beneath the next.

42 All the wonder of the sea is in her. See her as she conies into port, modestly resigning herself, now that the battle is won, to the care of the tug. Even now she has a homely beauty—those yards trimmed to her last effort, those masts with the "delicate switch forward" from long straining; those low curved sides hinting at depth beneath; that magic bow for ever parting the moving waters, first of all breasting the unknown deep. But think of her at sea in all the glory of her silent struggle. Think of her in fair weather with a good breeze; blue sky above with crystal-white, grey-shadowed clouds blowing across it—the darker blue sea with here and there the foam of a broken wave—the ship just bent before the breeze, gently rising and falling, tossing on each side the spray beneath her bows. Think of the leaping curves of her grey sails, almost white against the blue of the sky. Hardly a straight line will you see—everything shaped to the wind. Nowhere, I think, will you see man's work more capable of blending with God's.

And then in the storm with the gale howling and roaring through her rigging, with seas pouring over her; think what it means—no mere landsman's gale half-checked by hills and trees, no white-horses of a harbour; but the unchecked race of winds over infinite fields of sea, heaving up great masses of icy water with nought to try their gathered strength but that lonely ship. No rock, no shore, no solitary islet, no fitful gleaming light; but ever those awful grey seas thudding against those glistening, curved sides; ever those heavy, drooping masses of black cloud driving from one blurred sea-horizon to the other. And we sit at home complaining because it is so windy and wet, while that brave ship is plunging, bows under, through those living, leaping waters; and her crew piped up at all hours to shorten sail, soaked with flying salt spray and the sea itself, cling half-blinded and half-frozen to the dizzily-swaying yards, struggling with that wild bellying canvas.

Now that canvas is passing and giving place to steam you may perhaps think that the character of the sailor is changing; and so, too, it is to a certain extent. The steamship-sailor is not altogether a real seaman; but still there is something grand in the blunt old weather-beaten tramp; and most of the officers are splendid men. But there is one place where the true sailor still lives (may he live for ever thus!) in all his rugged fineness—in the Navy. Officers and men alike have heard the deep true voice of the sea. They seldom speak of it—they are "silent poets." Nor do I speak of them now—their own superb silence leaves so little to say—" silence becomes them best at all times."

43 The voice of the sea we have learnt to hear of late, but the other voice I think is almost unheard—the voice of the hills and the mountains. It, too, is a mighty voice with the full deep tones of the sea; but besides there is a sweeter air trembling through the deeper notes—full of wonder and plaintive wildness. We know it not, but it is the very soul of the hill-peoples. Half children, ignorant of our scientific foibles and conceits, they have the real science of simple, true experience. They have no ambition but to be a "herd" or a "herd's wife." To have a real home, to tend their flocks, to serve their kinsmen, and welcome the stranger—that is their summit of happiness, not without its trials. Their way is not ours, and for us many have had to leave their native hills. But some still remain to hear the sound of running waters, and the wind moaning in the pines and howling among the rocks and crags, some bare, some rich with moss and lichens, '' the first mercy of the earth''—and all among them grow the heather, purple and scented in summer, and the green and russet bracken, or on the velvet-green knolls rich golden gorse. There the birds' songs are not unheard, the mavis and the merle swinging on the birches that droop to the lakes; and the tender wild flowers are gathered by hands no less tender from beneath the sheltering rock. There, too, the eagle's flight is not unmarked—wings spread motionless as she wheels silently over bare mountain-top, dark lake, and foamy stream. All these are in the inland hills. In some places, too, the hills run down to the sea in bold, rocky headlands and the sea winds far up into the mountain valleys. Sea-voice and mountain-voice are now one. Out on the rolling waters is the fishing-boat and hidden away in the hills but still near the water of the sea is the little white shieling, each in its way the consummation of all that is grand and noble. "What words can do justice to these or the souls that live by them?—to that smallest of boats poised on "waves rolling for ever," to the fisherman taking from the sea that bears him its rich harvest, not in reckless slaughter, but with humble thankful- ness ; or to that smallest of homes, raised, perhaps, from the rock on which it stands, and to the life it shelters— " some gentle heart wrong-proof, Meek, patient, kind,—and were its trials fewer, Belike less happy." Theirs is indeed a life of trials, and work without end. "That is not right," you say, "we should have some amusement." Gently, you pleasure-seekers, they have their amusement, as all who do true work will have it. They do not need to seek it; "their amusement grows out of their work, as the colour-petals

44 out a fruitful flower." Perhaps they alone who have never sought it as such truly know amusement. It was no idle saying— '' were its trials fewer, Belike less happy." Happiness shines in the faces of those sea and mountain dwellers; the fisherman's flushed and bright with cold wind and spray, rugged and strong but gentle, like some rough headland that looks far out over the sea, offering shelter to the stricken vessel; and the guardian angel of his home, hers is full of "sweet records" of work in house and field, of wind-swept hills and flowery nooks, foaming torrents and deep-green pools, blue skies and deep-piled snow-wreaths, even of the wind shrieking down the narrow valleys tearing the ragged clouds against the crags. They know, too, both of them '' The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills." All these are a part of their life—some wholly beautiful, some trials bringing their own reward—and happiness. On this happiness is built true national greatness. Is it not the power to make homes in the wilderness that has won us an Empire, not measured by square miles of land and pounds' worth of trade, but by deep love and reverence ? The power to endure silently and rejoice silently, claiming no reward but quiet happiness—that is what we British people should be most thankful for in our Empire-builders; and that, too, is what we are losing, many of us, or, rather, have almost lost, now when we most need it. We cannot all be sailors and fishermen and mountaineers, but we can all live like them, so far as our power is, making all our time, whether it be work or play, real, true life and not a mere shadow and mockery; so that when the time comes, we may say, "I thank Thee, God, for my life." As a nation, too, we might well learn from the little home that knows the might of hill and ocean—learn to endure our trials silently, to be thankful for success and prosperity, to covet love and happiness, that are eternal, rather than the passing triumphs of wealth, trade, and diplomacy. Instead of doing our own work truly, we spend our time blaming others or excusing ourselves. We use our own weaknesses to profit by those of others. With stories of noble courage and self-denial coming ever to us from past and present, true British stories of true British men, for ourselves we do not know those virtues. But now is our chance to win through deep wounds and fiery trial heroically borne new vigour and beauty. And who, thinking on the many real wounds that have been borne in patience, and the many souls that have gone forth in

45 silence trusting to those behind, will dare to doubt the coming of a day when our nation will be as true and steadfast to its duty through storm and calm as those pure, happy souls that live to the eternal music of sea and mountain. Till then let us make it our aim, '' Still to be strenuous for the bright reward, And in the soul admit of no decay, Brook no continuance of weak-mindedness— Great is the glory, for the strife is hard !" —F.A.

The Red Cross Ship

SWIFTLY and silently down the channel glides The ship of mercy. Vivid on her side, Beaten by the tempest and the lash of water, Yet, undimmed and unmistakable, enduring Stands the Cross,—the symbol of her errand. The darkness gathers round, and night's black shades Obscure the vessel and the land behind her, Till there remains a shadowy, ghostly image, Bearing no features of the daylight's beauty. Still in the darkness gleams the cross triumphant ; Giving us promise of a future daylight: Sign of th#, e dawn that mus* t come back once# more.

So in the tumult of a world's mad fighting, All that we honoured, cherished, held most sacred Seems to have vanished utterly and gone, Vanished like the sun behind the rain clouds. Only the Red Cross, with its work of pity, Rescues the stricken and the torn and maimed; Shows, in the midst of frenzy and of hatred, Love pure and holy, love of man for man; Gives us the promise of a future daylight, Sign of the dawn that must come back once more. L.L.

66 The Far North

and the Kauri Gum Industry

It is surprising how few people in New Zealand have any real knowledge of the extreme North of their country. By "extreme North" I mean all the country lying north of a line drawn from Awanui to Ahipara and cutting off roughly some eight hundred square miles of country. This tract contains no real towns, is very sparsely populated, and in short, appears at first sight, as one gumdigger put it to me with a considerable amount of superfluous profanity which I will omit, "as if the Almighty got sick of the creatin' game half through, and just let it rip any'ow." So it is not surprising that few of us ever find ourselves up in that God-forsaken place. Yet I, who have spent two years up in this wilderness—this great Loneliness forsaken of God and of man—I have found much to like, almost to love about the place. For the first month I didn't see much in it. I didn't have time: for I was kept pretty busy cursing a Govern- ment that had planted me out in such a hole, and I found it took me all my time to keep pace with my feelings. But I gradually found a certain charm in the vastness—the very loneliness of the place. I began to see its harbours and rolling dunes, its scrub- covered plains and its swamps—those awful, interminable swamps —not as a barren wilderness, but as a splendid and fertile tract of land—a country of possibilities, that would one day bear a great and prosperous farming community. And thus, realising that it was a great country in posse, and being caught by the charm of its largeness and solitude, I have learnt almost to love it. Topographically considered, the country I speak of ter- minates in a peninsula averaging little more than fifteen miles across, and some fifty or sixty in length. It is made up of extremely large flats, separated from one another by low sandstone hills, in height seldom exceeding 250 feet above sea-level, alter- nated by huge areas of rolling sand-dunes. These flats are extremely rich in kauri gum, and up to date over twenty millions sterling has been taken out of them in gum. Geologically considered they are of extreme interest, for it is a common thing to dig for 12 or 15 feet, through a tangled mass of kauri roots, till

47 one comes to a bed of solid sandstone perhaps ten feet through. Having pierced this, one comes again on a layer of roots, thrown about and interlaced in the most fantastic shapes, and even leaves in a good state of preservation. It is extraordinary that the great possibilities of these swamps should have been so long overlooked. In those dreary, interminable bogs lies countless wealth waiting but for the spade and the plough to lay it bare; and yet it still remains useless and unproductive. Of course land in the North is patchy. There is much of it that will scarcely grow weeds, let alone grass; but of where I write there are 20,000 acres or more of raupo and flax swamp that, if treated properly, is quite capable of carrying two cows to three acres. I am speaking from my own knowledge when I say that these swamps are easily drainable, and in many cases the gum recovered during the process of draining will more than cover expenses. Had such land been situated anywhere else but in the North, it would long ago have been opened up; but for some inexplicable reason the North has always been regarded as the Cinderella of New Zealand. There are two splendid harbours here within fifteen miles of each other, and some nineteen hours' steam from Auckland. Added to this, though such quantities of gum have been extracted, the surface has scarcely yet been scratched, and the amount remaining is enormous. But farming and gumdigging do not exhaust the possibilities of the North. There is another industry which is yet so young that it is worth can scarcely be accurately estimated. I refer to the extraction of peat oil. I have watched this process rather carefully from its inception, and have had opportunities of inspecting the results of the experiments. So far I can call it nothing but an unqualified success. The peat, of which the supply is unlimited and absolutely inexhaustible, is dug out and conveyed to the factory, where the oil is extracted by a distilla- tory process. I have seen altogether thirty-two different grades of this oil—the crudest evil-smelling stuff like black treacle, the most refined a clear, thin white oil. In various tests it has been proved beyond doubt that this oil will generate as many revolu- tions per minute as any benzine. As a result practically every oil-engine in the neighbourhood is driven by it entirely, and with the most satisfactory results. The cost of production, I have been informed from reliable sources, does not come within 15 per cent, of the retail cost of benzine: so the oil can be placed on the market at a far lower price than any other motor fuel and still leave a very large margin of profit. Again, if the gum supply should become exhausted, there is a big possibility that this peat

48 oil, which is after all only gum oil, will be capable of replacing the gum in most of its commercial uses. To give the Government its due, it has to some extent awakened to the possibilities of the North. In 1914 a Commission was set up to visit the Kauri Gum reserves, and to report on the industry generally. After a tour of the district, it recommended that 71,000 acres should be withdrawn from the original reserva- tion of 250,000 acres; that the State should develop the land before cutting it up into holdings; that a new Government Depart- ment should be formed to administer the affairs of the Gum In- dustry; and that the encroachments of the sand-drift in various places be immediately attended to and, if possible, checked. They added that the development of these lands would afford a practical solution of the unemployed difficulty for many years to come. Of course this industry needs careful and strict manage- ment. In the past anyone has been allowed to dig by payment of a nominal fee of five shillings. The land has not been dug con- sistently or thoroughly, and competent observers affirm that more gum has been destroyed by fire than has been taken from the land. It is hoped, however, that closer supervision will lessen this danger in the future. As regards the people to be found there, they are of a -con- sistently lower type than the rest of New Zealand. Somebody has termed it a land of Maoris and pariahs. To a great extent he is right. Those who have found that civilisation was not desirous of their company; those who have left more populous parts in haste with vivid impressions of a blue uniform somewhere in their wake, all find a refuge and a fair living up here. Austrians, Serbs, and Dalmatians also abound; for peculiarly enough the Dalmatian is never so happy as when up to his middle in slush looking for gum, or digging a drain. The men are not so uncouth, but the women disappear like rabbits when a European comes into sight. But of course gum-digging in breeches made of sacking and a pair of gum-boots is not the way to catch the average lady at her best. Peat mud is very black, too, and clings fearfully. Even your English miss is inclined to be snappy if you catch her early in the morning in the curl-paper stage, and before the rouge-pot and powder-puff have had a chance. The country is a mass of natural water-sheds, and so floods are extremely frequent. It is no uncommon thing after a heavy fall of rain to find a flat that two days ago was comparatively dry, knee—or even waist—deep in water. Then life is miserable indeed for a few days. As one trudges along, carrying the theodolite and tripod, it is wonderful how many roots there are just under the surface of the water. The gumholes, too,—deep

49 shafts perhaps eight feet wide—vary the performance occasional- ly. There is a weed that grows in the North—curses on it!—that has a particular affection for gum-holes. It covers the mouth with a tough, wiry mat, completely hiding it. Woe to the un- wary that goeth carelessly! If he finds himself in fifteen feet of water all of a sudden he need not be surprised. New chums seem to have an unerring sixth sense which enables them to strike these holes and fall into them. Some of them seem to make quite a hobby of it. This is in wet weather. In fine weather it is all different. The climate is milder than the rest of New Zealand, and in the absence of rain the North is not at all a bad place from a climatic point of view. Game is plentiful, and the fishing is as good as can be got in any part of the Dominion. And when I come to leave the North and return once more to civilisation; in spite of the weary stretches of swamp, and the floods, and the gum-holes, and the loneliness of it all, I wonder shall I be just a little sorry to leave it behind me. I somehow think that I shall.

Lines Written in an Examination Room

On facing the following question: "Write an appreciation of Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale.' "

The Poet sings of Pegasus, and blushful Hippocrene, Of magic wine, Of Muses nine And visions he hath seen. He sings of balmy darkness where inspiration lies, Where all the world is dead to care and heavenly thoughts arise.

If I were in that poet's place and he sat here in mine Then I might sing With magic ring Of poesy divine. But as I'm here, and here must stay, these thoughts in me arise: 'Tis the poet who is balmy and the poet 'tis who lies. MOSQUITO, 1912.

50 Two Sonnets

1. On the Beauty of Chaucer

THE sweetest melodies which e'er I found Lurk in those homely tales that Chaucer told; For me, the music and the joy they hold Creates an Earthly Paradise. The sound Of his quaint lines doth linger, and around My heart there breathe the singing words of old— Those strange words—kindly, gentle and yet bold, Which early found a home on English ground. The fresh, green beauty of the wak'ning year, And all the joyous sounds of early Spring, Do find a living echo, bright and clear, Within his music; Chaucer, thou dost bring With thee a breath of England old and dear— A breath of England whiles she first did sing. " C."

WHEN from the struggle of this life I go, Weary and sore perplexed to think that I Have done so little, much have let go by; If then one only that I leave below Thinks kindly of me—feels within him grow Some pulse of love, some link that cannot die, That, when he falters with a weary sigh And says, '' I cannot,'' fills him with a glow Of lofty courage, impels him to the task Thinking, '' This he wrought nobly, with full heart; Then will I"—that is all I ask; Then have I not lived in vain; a part Of Nature I have been; some purpose grand Has been fulfilled under some Master-Hand. C.N.C.

51 A Garden of Poetry

You who have gardens and grow flowers—I wonder how you do it? Do you prepare your ground scientifically and plant scentless, loose-leaved roses all carefully labelled, and rows of chrysanthemums propped up with stakes, and a single, lean rank of rare daffodils? And do you guard your tender plants with lime, and pamper a few god-blooms and sacrifice all the natural life of the plant to them, picking them when they reach their proper stage to show to your gardening friends with no small pride that you have produced them? Or perhaps you pre- fer to have a "good show" and a "blaze of colour"? You may get some pleasure from these, but I do not think you will ever have the rare joy that crowns another way. Take the old, simple flowers, the "common" ones that you so seldom see now. Do not think them unworthy. For do you not find them all in the poets who see into the heart of things ? The snowdrop, and then the violet, ^irose from the ground with warm rain wet.'' Plant them round under the hedges or close by the fence and let them spread. And do not forget to put '1 A violet by a mossy stone Half-hidden from the eye." And then "narcissi, the fairest among them all,"—have whole bands of them—"a host of golden Daffodils," "fluttering and dancing in the breeze." " And the hyacinth, purple, and white, and blue, Which flung from its bells a sweet peal anew Of music so delicate, soft, and intense It was felt like an odour within the sense.'' Let them cover the ground with their spreading leaves and raise their prim little drooping heads as close as they can. '' And the rose, like a nymph to the bath addressed, Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast, Till, fold after fold, to the fainting air, The soul of her beauty and love lay bare.'' Not the huge ones that send out a few struggling top-heavy flowers 011 leaf-bare stems; but leafy bushes of tea-roses and rich-

52 scented, close-packed red blossoms. Let some of them open their widest—let them fall. You do not know the beauty of a full- blown rose. Over the hedge and the fence you can grow " wild roses, and ivy serpentine, With its dark buds and leaves wandering astray,'' and drooping wisteria; and let cream banksia roses twine through it. And everywhere in secret nooks, under banks and by stones plant primrose-tufts, the old pale yellow primroses; and, if you can, plant one on top of a bank or rock to remind you how the " One coy Primrose to that Kock The vernal breeze invites," " A lasting link in Nature's chain From highest heaven let down." Perhaps, too, you will find room for some harebells and bluebells, " tender bluebells at whose birth The sod scarce heaved;" " the pliant harebell swinging in the breeze On some grey rock.'' Last, let the blue forget-me-not fill what room it will. " Blue! Gentle cousin of the forest-green^ Married to green in all the sweetest flowers— Forget-me-not,—the bluebell,—and, that queen Of secrecy, the violet.'' Grow them all round a green lawn where the daisies will come in Spring; " those pearled Arcturi of the earth, The constellated flower that never sets." If you want more colour let it be "the wood anemone, star after star, closing every now and then into nebulae.'' And now you have them, "such company of joyful flowers as I know not the like of among all the blessings of the earth." Just think of them—truly a "company of joyful flowers," "crowded for very love"—"ivy as light and lovely as the vine; and, ever and anon, a blue gush of violets, and cowslip bells in sunny places," "all showered amidst lie golden softness of deep, warm, amber-coloured moss." What joy will they not give you, those flowers that make "all kindness registered and known!" How they will weave themselves with your life and loves, keeping fresh old memories and waking new hopes! What joy to view your whole garden, what joy to kneel beside some flower and gaze into its heart, what joy to pick whole bunches dew-sprinkled, with thankful heart that it is given you to have their fellowship, and to mingle your love, and life, and labours with theirs!

53 The Day-spirit Singing at Evening

I arise in the mists of the Morning, I float on the first faint ray; Thro' the crimson clouds of the da wning I wing my triumphant way: I dissolve in the dying of Day— Then be glad, ere its glory be sped.

Child of the Night and the Sunbeam, Nursling of Mists in the Height, As I float o 'er the waves of the daystream, On my cloud-couch I swoon with delight: But alas! for the coming of Night— When the Day shall be stricken and dead.

I laugh in the morning-thunder, I ride on the lightning's beam, And gaze on the old Earth under, Bathed in the sunlight's stream; With the night I shall fade as a dream— Ah! be swift, ere the Daylight hath fled !

I bathe in the hues of the rainbow, Fair child of the Mist and the Sun, A many-hued web of enchantment That the fingers of fairies have spun, I expire when its splendour is done— Then rejoice ere its glory be sped.

My mist-car is hurled thro' the Heaven By its coursers, the Whirlwind and Sleet; With the speed of desire it is driven On soundless, invisible feet: But I faint when they slacken their beat— Haste! ah! haste ere their swiftness hath fled.

54 They traverse the Highway of Heaven Wherever my fancy may lead; Its mists are the dusts of my passing My desire is the breath of their speed: They can outstrip the lightning at need— Lo! the sky in the west gloweth red !

My car reeleth giddily downwards, The heads of my coursers are bowed; The creeping night vapours enwrap me In a clinging, white vesture of cloud; Ah me! They are weaving my shroud— For the Day and its joy are nigh sped.

The Sun treads the brink of the Darkness On a pathway of crimson and gold; The arms of the Night, reaching upwards, My tremulous being enfold... . Her kiss on my brow falleth cold.... And the fire in my soul lieth dead. —W.

Professor to a Graduate

OTHERS abide our question; thou art free: We ask and ask—Thou smilest and art still, Out-topping knowledge. For—0 bitter pill ! Thou hast escaped from my exams., from me. And thou who, padding with the greatest glee, Guessed at each point which thou couldst not get round, Showed not at all thy ignorance profound To his foiled searchings who examined thee;— Though thou didst naught in any subject know, Unschooled, unprepared, most insecure Thou pass'dst B.A. by guessing. Was't not so? Each Lab. the undergraduate must endure, Each lecture causing grief, and every row Leaves its impression on that furrowed brow.

55 Personal Notes

Miss H. J. Adlington, M.A., lias resigned her position at Whangarei High School to accept an appointment on the staff of Wellington Girls' College. Miss E. G. B. Lynch, M.A., is also at the same College. Messrs. F. R. Combes and H. F. Taylor are now at Canter- bury College pursuing their engineering studies. Messrs. W. J. Bishop, M.A., L. Matheson, M.A., L. J. Comrie, M.A., C. R. Jones and N. H. Smith have joined the staff of the Auckland Grammar School. Mr. E. S. West, M.A., and Mr. P. G. Clark have accepted appointments on the staff of King's College. News comes to hand of the success of our former students at the Otago School of Medicine. We are represented by Miss Phyllis Haddow, Miss Dorothy Crawley, and Messrs. W. H. Davy, D. B. Walker, M. M. Hockin, E. J. Cronin, M.Sc., I. M. Allen, R. Cashmore, V. J. S. Currie, and also A. B. Jameson, M.Sc., and W. F. Sefton, who have returned from the Front. Mr. D. B. Walker is President of the Otago University Students' Association. Miss A. C. Tizard, M.A., is now teaching at St. Cuthbert's Presbyterian College, Mt. Eden, while Miss B. M. Bell, M.A., is at the Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Miss N. Russell, Miss B. Battersby, and Miss M. Schischka are at Melmerly College, Parnell. Three of our graduates still hold positions as Inspectors under the Education Board. They are Messrs. N. T. Lambourne, M.A., G. H. Plummer, B.A., and T. F. Warren, B.A. Mr. H. G. Cousins, M.A., is acting as Principal of the Train- ing College during the absence of Mr. H. A. E. Milnes on active service. Mr. S. N. Ziman, M.Sc., Rhodes Scholar for 1908, is now attached to the Indian Civil Service. Messrs. R. R. Bell, LL.B., and H. B. Speight, LL.B., have entered into partnership in a legal practice. Mr. Speight goes into camp in August.

56 Since our last issue Lieutenant S. 0. Esam has passed the N.Z. Surveyors' Examination in all subjects. The Grey Scholarship for 1915 was won by Private G. H. Battersby, but owing to his departure on active service was awarded to Miss D. V. Burrow. "We are pleased to welcome so many Junior University and Senior National Scholars this year. They are G. B. Bell, J. C. Dickinson, A. P. Grant, J. K. S. Hall, R. G. C. McNab, C. C. Robinson, and R. Y. Smith. We also welcome Miss G. Burrow, winner of the Sinclair Scholarship for 1915. Mr. W. Wilson, B.E., M.Sc., of the School of Mines, has joined the firm of Messrs. Vickers, Maxim and Co., in England, as an Inspector of Munitions. We would like to offer our somewhat tardy congratulations to Mr. A. H. Bowell on his election as a Fellow of the Chemical Society. We feel sure that he deserves the honour. Mr. W. H. Baker, B.Sc., is now the Director of the Thames School of Mines. Mr. W. B. Black, LL.B., is pursuing Theological studies at Knox College, Dunedin. Mr. J. J. S. Cornes, B.A., has been appointed Science Master at the Auckland Training College. In the Dominion Laboratory at Wellington we have three former students, Doctor J. S. Maclaurin, W. Donovan, M.Sc., and E. Bond. Mr. P. E. E. Dromgool, LL.B., is now a partner in his brother's legal business. Mr. A. M. Goulding, LL.B., is managing Howard Ellis's business in Fiji. Miss F. J. Taylor, B.A., has returned from her trip to America and has resumed her duties at Tauranga High School. Miss May Moore has returned to Gisborne and is now an enthusiastic horticulturist. Perhaps the names of some of her plants will recall memories of A.U.C. Miss B. E. K. Tobin has taken up teaching duties at Mamaku School. Mr. E. J. Russell, M.Sc., spent a holiday in Auckland recently. He is enjoying his work at Canterbury College. Miss A. C. Morrison, M.A., is acting-headmistress of the Auckland Girls' Grammar School during the absence of Miss Butler. Miss Irma O'Connor has resigned her position at Melmerly College on account of ill-health.

57 Miss A. J. W. Barriball is at Mt. Eden Public School. Miss K. M. Curtis, M.A., the 1851 Exhibition Scholar for 1915, is at London University. She is preparing a thesis to sub- mit for her B.Sc. degree. Mr. T. H. C. Partridge, M.A., is now at Matamata, while Rev. K. J. McFarland is at Palmerston North. Both are former students of St. John's, Tamaki. Mr. W. G. Aldridge, M.Sc., is on the staff of the Christchurch Technical College. Miss S. A. Robertson and Mr. J. M. Cole are still pursuing their medical studies at Edinburgh University. Miss E. J. Salmon, M.A., is an English mistress at the Sed- don Memorial Technical College. Miss D. Timewell is still at Otago University studying for the degree of Bachelor of Home Science. We have quite a number of marriages to record, some of which were overlooked in our last issue. They are as follows:— 1915—Miss E. J. Cumming, M.A., to D. S. Smith, LL.M., of Vic- toria University College; on May 5th, G. E. L. Alderton to Mil- dred, daughter of Mr. D. Hay, Remuera; on May 18th, Lieut. R. G. Ridling to Henrietta, daughter of the late John Cormack, of Oamaru; on June 5th, Lieut. A. G. Marshall, Rhodes Scholar for 1911, to Felice Knight, of Oxford, England; on September 30th, Lieut. A. J. Powley to Jean, daughter of Mr. J. Morgan, Ota- huhu; on October 2nd, Lieut. G. C. W. Armstrong to Amy Dorothy, daughter of Mr. R. Cochrane, Devonport; Lieut. F. G. Massey, third son of the Prime Minister, to Dora, daughter of the late Mr. A. H. Grainger, of Norfolk Street, Ponsonby; Private H. H. Marshall to Miss Constance Hill, of Palmerston North; on December 29th, Sergt. N. A. Campbell to Jessie, daughter of Mrs. M. Scott, MacDonald Crescent, Wellington; Lieut. M. D. Rohan to Hazel, daughter of Mr. W. Lane, Editor of the N.Z. Herald. 1916—On January 5th, Miss 0. M. Clark, B.A., to Mr. T. N. Benge, of Napier; on January 18th, Capt. K. J. Dellow to Eva, daughter of Mr. R. J. A. Bell, of Dominion Road; on May 11th, Lieut. W. J. King to Miss Dimmock; on July 8th, F. W. Gamble, M.A., to Lidie Rosie Goldie, daughter of the late G. F. Dickeson, of Kaikohe; and Miss F. L. Applegate to Rev. Evans. We regret that our list of engagements cannot rival the above, but we wish to convey our best wishes to Miss Virginia Dobie and Lieut. C. H. A. Senior, both of A.U.C.; to Lieut. F. A. Airey, who is engaged to Miss Muriel Wilson; and to Lieut. S. J. Mogridge, who is engaged to Miss Phyllis Isaacs; also to Sergt. E. T. Olds, engaged to Miss Calvert.

58 Miss E. D. Haselden. M.A., is teaching at Thames High School, Miss D. Holmden, M.A., at Waihi High School, Miss M. E. Freeman,' M.A., at Pukekohe High School, Miss T. D. Tomp- kins, M.A., at Hamilton High School, Miss E. Shrewsbury, M.A., at the Normal High School, Auckland, Miss F. J. Taylor, B.A., at Tauranga High School, Miss G. H. Heward, M.A., at Whan- garei High School, Miss E. G. Griffith, M.A., at Dunedin Girls' High School, Miss N. Ross, B.A., at Paeroa High School, and Miss 0. E. Wylie, B.A., at Coromandel High School. Miss C. M. Cruickshank, M.A., M.Se., is Principal of Wanga- nui Girls' College. With her is Miss 0. J. Gruar, B.A. Miss R. 0. Andrews has taken charge of Queen Victoria Maori Girls' College in Parnell. Mr. T. R. V. Gulliver has succeeded in passing the pre- liminary examination for A.M.I.C.E. News has come to hand that K. Sisam, M.A., B.Litt., our Rhodes Scholar for 1910, has been awarded the Mark Guested Exhibition. This Exhibition, given by the Fishmongers' Com- pany for research, is of the annual value of £60, and is tenable for three years. Sisam has also been working on the Oxford New English Dictionary, and a revision of Skeat's edition of "The Lay of Havelok the Dane.'' Since our last issue the following have qualified for first appointments to commissions in the Territorial Force:—E. L. Barker, 0. W. Carter, F. R. Combes, F. J. Cox, E. G. Harper, E. G. Hudson, and N. R. W. Thomas. V. W. Holden and M. P. Stewart have passed the examination for full lieutenants. Miss Nora Macky, M.A., has passed the 1st Year Nursing Examination at the Auckland Hospital. Mr. H. R. Fell, late of this College, has graduated M.A. He sat in Auckland and spent some time here before the examination. Mr. W. G. Slade, M.A., has returned to Auckland after an absence of some time. Mr. L. J. Comrie was last year elected a member of the British Astronomical Association. Mr. W. S. Dempsey is in charge of the Kio Kio School in the King Country. He is at present in Australia on leave of absence for the benefit of his health. Before enlisting, E. H. Roche won the 1st Science Scholar- ship and passed his pre-sci. examination with distinction at the London University. Since our list of club officers was made up Mr. N. R. W. Thomas has resigned owing to his departure for camp. Mr. V. R. Browne fills his place as President of the Students' Association.

59 That the Anglo-Saxons were most indulgent parents. Our authority is—"Nis hit na god thait man nime bearna hlaf and hundum weorpe.'' Ably translated—'' It is not good that a man should take half of his bairns and cast them to the hounds." That a coral island has been compared to a hat—the reef is like the brim, and the mountainous island like the crown. In the middle we have, of course, the inevitable cocoanut. That '' Kyd was one of the University wits.'' That "Caesar. .. .et," and "..et..." The gourmandiser! That the Romans used to waterproof their togas with soap solution and alum. "There is nothing new under the sun." That an eminent science Professor, by his own statement, "Ought to be able to stand here and lecture for an hour, without saying a word!'' That in the Statutes of the University of Oxford there is one running:—"Statutum est quod nullus scholasticus prout con- suetudo est cum virginibus coinmunicet nisi per legatum." But the Archbishop hasn't been able to find it yet. That a T.C. botany class looks very like an accident or a cheap-jack's show. Two highly respectable undergrads made this mistake, at any rate. That a "cathedra" is a nice, easy chair much affected by women and professors.* That the ladies of the 9 a.m. advanced Latin lecture just missed the rain nicely the other day. "A heavy shower fell about 9.10 a.m." Extract from daily paper. That there is quite a romance, nay! a mystery, round a certain tree in the College garden. It was unfortunate those two Blatant Beasts—(no, not those two)—were about when the camera was at work.

[*! !—ED.]

60 That there is likely to be a sale at College soon. What a fine attraction! "Reams of lecture-notes slightly damaged"—by salt water, no doubt. That an A.U.C. student is suspected of trying to burn down Government House. What rot! They would do that properly, if nothing else. That manners and morals are taught at this University. One wet day a certain young professor reproved a student for neglect- ing to address three ladies as "Ducks." That the library is not the best place to practise the "Dead March in Saul." That the physics lab. is inhospitable. Every notice con- cludes with G.O.! That some day at lunch-time we will come in and find a little roast turkey all ready by the Common-room fire. Maths, have invaded even Penrose Range. Fancy judging the result of a falling plate competition by the value of where t and n are two independent variables.

A wooden tube pierced with a few round holes And keys affixed thereto—and yet what souls Hast thou not moved with thy divine sweet voice, Speaking pure truth till the list'ning heart rejoice? Not aping nature's sounds, but like a sound Of nature's own—part of the voice that round Us whispers night and day, in running stream, And murm'ring wave, in wind, and when doth seem A silence deep at eve, and earth doth speak With trembling leaf or twig, or blade of meek, Dew-sprinkled grass; as wonderful to me Thou seem 'st as these: or is it that through thee I hear her soul, else mute, speaking the song That these and all things still are singing, the long, Unending song of Love.

61 Club Officers, 1916

STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION.—President, N. R. W. Thomas; Vice- Presidents, Miss C. E. Hames, V. R. Browne; Secretary, N. A. Jory; Treasurer, F. W. Baxter; Executive Committee, Miss B. Battersby, Miss D. V. Burrow, W. J. Piatt, H. W. Shove, A. C. Whitelaw. LADIES' COMMON ROOM CLUB.—President, Miss B. Batters- by; Secretary, Miss G. E. Kenderdine; Treasurer, Miss V. L. Nutsford; Secretary and Treasurer Tea Club, Miss C. E. Hames; Delegate to Students' Association, Miss 6. E. Kenderdine. MEN'S COMMON ROOM CLUB.—Hon. President, P. S. Ardern, Esq.; Executive President, F. W. Baxter; Vice-Presidents, L. J. Comrie, N. A. Jory; Secretary and Treasurer, M. G. Pezaro; Executive Committee, W. J. Piatt, V. R. Browne, H. E. Rey- nolds; Library-Anne, W. T. G. Airey; Tea Club Secretary, J. C. Dickinson; Sleuth, J. A. Kyd; Censor, J. E. Learning; Dele- gate to Students' Association, L. J. Comrie. DEBATING SOCIETY.—Hon. President, R. M. Algie, Esq.; Executive President, L. Matheson; Vice-Presidents, Miss C. E. Hames, W. J. Piatt; Secretary, H. E. Reynolds; Treasurer, F. L. Davis; Executive Committee, Miss D. I. Garrard, A. J. Grigg, T. Milliken; Delegate to Students' Association, H. E. Reynolds. SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.—Hon. President, Prof. J. C. Johnson; Student Chairman, N. A. Jory; Secretary and Treasurer, M. G. Pezaro; Executive Committee, Miss H. Tizard, Miss D. V. Burrow, V. R. Browne, R. M. Winter; Delegate to Students' Association, M. G. Pezaro. CHRISTIAN UNION.—President, A. C. Whitelaw; Vice-Presi- dents, Miss B. Battersby, W. T. Blight; Secretary, R. M. Winter; Corresponding Secretaries, Miss L. Sheat, L. J. Comrie; Treas- urers, Miss A. M. B. Butterfield, A. J. Grigg; Executive Commit- tee, Miss P. Abercrombie, H. W. Shove. LITERARY CLUB.—President, Prof. C. W. Egerton; Vice- Presidents, Miss C. E. Hames, P. S. Ardern, Esq.; Student Chair- man, W. T. G. Airey; Secretary and Treasurer, A. J. Grigg; Executive Committee, Miss E. M. Egerton, Miss B. Battersby, F. W. Baxter, W. J. Piatt, C. C. Robinson.

62 CERCLE MoLiiiRE.—President, Prof. Maxwell Walker; Vice- Presidents, Miss V. L. Nutsford, L. Matheson; Secretary, W. J. Perry; Treasurer, Miss B. Brendel; Committee, Miss E. M. Eger- ton, Miss G. E. Kenderdine, H. E. Reynolds. RIFLE CLUB.—Hon. President, Prof. G. Owen; Executive President, L. J. Comrie; Vice-President, A. H. Bowell, Esq.; Secretary, R. M. Winter; Treasurer, N. A. Jory; Committee, C. C. Robinson, E. G. Hudson.

Graduates of the Year

BEATRICE M. BELL M.A. (Honours) ANNIE C. TIZARD .. M.A. (Honours) L. J. COMRIE M.A. (Honours) L. MATHESON M.A. (Honours) E. S. WEST M.A. (Honours) F. P. de L. WILLIS M.A. (Honours)

CLARICE E. HAMES B.A. A. J. WINIFRED BARRIBALL .. B.A. NELLIE ROSS B.A. L. G. BRAIK B.A. F. W. LANG B.A. K. J. McFARLAND .. B.A.

W. J. GATENBY, B.A. LL.B.

V. R. BROWNE B.Sc.

Tinline Scholarship (English) : CLARICE E. HAMES

Senior Scholarship in Geology: F. W. LANG

63 Answers to Correspondents

"Bluebell"—Are afraid it is a trifle weak, and also perhaps a little obscure. But try again next time. "Paolo"—Shows a good deal of enterprise and originality. But keep a tight rein on your metre. You are inclined to inter- mingle tetrameters with pentameters. But you get the "atmosphere" very successfully—which is saying a good deal for any verse. "Vesta"—You would be quite surprised if you knew with what a thud your modest contribution sought the W.P.B. The office- boy rushed in thinking the Editor had fallen down-stairs. "Audax"—I wonder if Editors ever commit suicide? "Sixteenth Campaign"—Not bad, but smacks rather too much of the lecture-room. We thought you had sent in next day's Latin Prose by mistake. "I remember"—Parody contains good deal of mirth—but even a parody must scan here and there. "Eleventh Plague"—It may be true, and it may not. Your parody is decidedly clever—it has a "punch" behind it—but we can scarcely print it. Try "Truth." "A Solution"—Interesting in a way—but hardly suitable. "Sub-Collecting"—It came rather late, and we regret we had no room for it. "Prof. Incendarius"—Are afraid not. Rua's feelings might be hurt. "Exegi Monumentum"—Clever. It came too late for us to find room for so long an article, though. "Siccus"—Splendidly named. It was the siccusest thing we ever dreamt of. " Aratova"—You may congratulate yourself there is in existence no "Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Editors." "Shakespeare on Sleep"—We are not certain whether your contribution was meant in a humorous sense, or whether it was a serious treatise. Anyway it's pretty rough on a fellow to have his poaching propensities dragged into the light of day after he has been dead for three hundred years.

64 WINNERS OF THE ATHENAEUM CUPS, 1915.

Standing: F. L. Davis, H. E. Reynolds, W. J. Piatt. Sitting: L. Matheson, R. E. D. Kinloch, W. M. Ryburn. Inset: A. B. Taylor. WINNERS OF HASLAM SHIELD, 1915.

Back: C. H. J. Wily, L. J. Comrie, S. Cory-Wright (Range Officer), E. G. Hudson, A. R. Erickson. Front: R. E. D. Kinloch, C. J. M. V. Clark, F. R. Combes, F. L. Beasley.

WINNERS OF HASLAM SHIELD, 1916.

Back: P. G. Clark, E. G. Hudson, R. M. Winter, G. Owen (Club President). Middle: L. J. Comrie, N. R. W. Thomas, Lieut. T. Milliken (Range Officer), F. J. Cox (Tournament Delegate), N. A. Jory. Front: H. E. Reynolds, M. G. Pezaro. Clubs and Societies

Christian Union

The activities of the Union have so far been chiefly directed towards forming Bible-study circles. As we have lost a large proportion of our members who have gone to the Front, there are not so many circles as usual, but an attempt has been made to give every student an opportunity of joining one. The study-book in use is Fosdick's '' Manhood of the Master.'' During the first term we had a visit from Miss Irene Wilson, M.A., one of the Lady Travelling Secretaries of the Australasian Student Christian Movement. Miss Wilson spent a fortnight in Auckland, and students had a number of opportunities of meeting her. During her visit we had a half- day conference at St. John's College, Tamaki. The afternoon was spent in the environs of the College, and in the evening the party proceeded to Somervelle Memorial Church, where short addresses were given by Miss Wilson, and by Rev. J. M. Saunders, M.A. There was a good attendance and the day proved a very enjoyable one. General meetings have been held on each alternate Wednesday. The opening address for the year was given by Professor Owen, who spoke on "Evidence of Design in Nature." Since then we have been favoured by the following speakers:—Revs. D. D. Scott, G. Budd, H. G. Hercus, and the Rev. Principal Garland. The attendance at general meetings has not been as good as usual this year, especially in the case of the men. All members of the Union should make a point of attending the remaining meetings of the session; it is only fair to the speaker to give him a good audience. These meetings are:— July 19th: Missionary Address, Bishop Averill. August 2nd: Address, Mr. P. A. Wisewould, Travelling Secretary. Sept. 6th: Address, Miss Isobel J. MacDonald, M.A., Principal of St. Cuthbert's College. Sept. 20th: Social Service League. From July 26th to August 10th we shall have with us one of the Aus- tralian Travelling Secretaries, Mr. P. A. Wisewould, who is visiting New Zealand in the absence of a local Men's Travelling Secretary. He will be much about the College, and it is hoped that all students will make his acquaintance. On the afternoon of July 29th a social gathering will be held at some convenient place, at which Mr. Wisewould will be present. All students are cordially invited to attend. On August 2nd our usual general meeting will give place to a special general meeting to be held in St. An- drew's Hall, Lower Symonds Street, at which Mr. Wisewould will speak. Members of the other local Christian Unions and the Social Service League will be there, and a hearty invitation is extended to all who are interested in the student movement. In closing, it would be well to remind students of the Summer Con- ference to be held just after Christmas. The place and the exact date have

63 not yet been fixed, but all should seriously consider the possibility of their going, as those who have been to one are always keen to go to another. A week at conference is a week well spent in every sense of the term. E. M. WINTEE, Hon. Sec. Rifle Club

Considering the fact that a large number of our members are either in camp, or at the Front, this has been a very prosperous year. Commend- able enthusiasm has been shown by new students, so this augurs well for the future of the Club. Our membership has fallen considerably, it is true, since there are only 22 men as against 30 last year; but that is to be expected. During the first term there was shooting at Penrose on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings. The Club competitions consisted of a Championship and a Handicap Aggregate, 200 yards and 500 yards, largely under service conditions. Some of the scores were excellent and the leading aggregates were very close. Messrs. Comrie and Jory came first and second respectively in both competitions, with scores of 386 and 382 out of a possible 420. On Easter Tuesday a prize meeting was held, for which an entry fee of 1/- was charged, the Club making a grant to swell the prize money. The morning was devoted to target shooting as for the club match, while in the afternoon, iron plates were used. The winners of first prizes were:— Open Championship, L. J. Comrie. Handicap, N. A. Jory. New Members' Championship, T. C. Thomson. Iron Plates, H. E. Eeynolds. This meeting was the occasion of an exceptionally brilliant score. Mr. L. J. Comrie, the executive president of the Club, firing at 200 yards, with a sling and Y sight, succeeded in scoring 43 successive bulls on a service target. The forty-fourth shot was a magpie, subsequently traced to nickel- ling in the barrel. Mr. Comrie has accordingly offered the Club a trophy worth £2 2/- for the first member who succeeds in making 44 successive bulls under the same conditions. On April 29th the Haslam Shield Match was fired. Owing to the shortage of second and third year men, it was with difficulty that we managed to raise a team. As it was, every available man fired. The day was very stormy and unfavourable for shooting, so that our score of 703 out of 960 is fairly creditable. As uo one else has fired, Auckland retains the shield. The following is a list of the members of the winning team and their individual scores:— 200 yards 500 yards Name. Slow Eapid Slow Eapid Total Comrie, L. J. . . 24 34 22 31 111 Clark, P. G. .. . . 24 33 20 29 106 Winter, E. M. . . 25 33 22 25 105 Jory, N. A. . . 20 30 21 25 96 Hudson, E. G. . . 24 24 19 15 82 Thomas, N. E. W. . . 21 30 18 7 76 Pezaro, M. G. . . 19 33 11 5 68 Eeynolds, H. E. . . 20 23 16 0 59

Totals .. .. 177 240 149 137 703

66 Our best thanks are due to Lieut. T. Milliken, who acted as range officer, and to Mr. Bartrum, who superintended at the butts. At the beginning of this term, Mr. F. H. Combes once more very kindly offered the Club the use of his miniature rifle range, so it was decided to hold a ladies' competition. Though quite a number of the ladies have never used a rifle before, the results are very promising, while some of the scores are very good indeed. A trophy will be awarded for the best aggregate of three shoots. On August 10th a special general meeting of the Club will be held, at which some important business will be brought up, and the N.Z. Uni- versity Tournament badges for the Haslam Shield team, and all trophies won during the course of the year, will be presented. The annual general meeting will be held during the third term, and further competitions may be arranged before the close of the year. We should like to take this opportunity of expressing our apprecia- tien of the sacrifice which our Hon. President, Professor Owen, is making, in volunteering for service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Prof. Owen has been Hon. President of the Rifle Club ever since its inception, and has always been a keen and active member. lie has won from us as students our esteem and affection wherever we have come into contact with him, and we are sure that all those connected with the College will join the Rifle Club in wishing him God-speed and a safe return. E. M. WINTER, Hon. Sec.

Scientific Society It has been said that the second year of a society's life is its most critical. If this is so, it augurs well for the future of our society. Our membership this year totals over 90. We have this year elected as vice-presidents two gentlemen who have shown a great interest in our society—Mr. Miller and Mr. Wylie, who HO kindly conducted us over the Colonial Sugar Company's Refinery and the A.C.C. Electrical Works respectively. After last year's KIWI went to press, four papers were read. On September 20th Mr. Gilbert by lantern slides gave us a brief survey of the geology of the Auckland West Coast. Mr. Comrie then gave an extremely interesting paper on explosives, illustrated by many experiments. A fortnight later Mr. Caradus took as his subject "Coal and its Products." He showed what a tremendous industry was connected with the preparation of the distillation products. Mr. Jory gave many beautiful experiments in dealing with recent developments in electricity. This year's session began on April 3rd, with the Presidential Address. Prof. Johnson took as his subject, '' Flies in Relation to War Sanitation.'' By means of figures he showed that the percentage of deaths from sickness in war was gradually decreasing owing to the sanitary measures adopted. On April 8th we had a scientific launch excursion to Rangitoto, where we spent the afternoon. Prof. Johnson gave a short talk on Algae. In the evening we went for a short cruise up the harbour. On April 17th Mr. Winter gave us the principles of '' Intercommuni- cation in Warfare," dealing with telegraph, telephone, and wireless tele- graphy. In the last paper of the term, on '' Extinct Monsters,'' Mr. Pezaro traced, with the aid of lantern slides, the gradual development of animal life on our earth.

67 On April 29th we were to have been the guests of Prof, and Mrs. Segar at Deep Creek. Owing to the inclement weather we were forced to adjourn to the College, where a pleasant day was spent. During vacation Miss Hume read a paper on the "Relationship between Flowers and In- sects," showing the various devices adopted by flowers to attract insects so necessary for pollination. Our Annual Social Evening was held on June 26th. First Mr. N. A. Jory gave a very amusing but interesting series of experiments on '' Optical Illusions." We then adjourned to the Physics Laboratory where various games were held and later supper was served. The remaining papers for the year are:— July 10th, "Colloids," Mr. V. R. Browne. July 24th, ' < Water Plants,'' Miss V. Johnson. A F 7FVL f " Forest Life,'' Mr. R. S. R. Francis. August

68 The Club celebrated tlie ter-centenary of Shakespeare's death by a Shakespeare Evening. Scenes were chosen from '' Richard II," " Henry VIII," "Macbeth," "As you like it," and "Midsummer Night's Dream." The rehearsals were most enthusiastic, and for some time before the meeting, one continually came across parties in the garden, the Common Room, or some deserted lecture room, rehearsing their parts with full dra- matic effect. The performance, which drew a record attendance of 67, was entirely successful. The best use was made of the little platform for stage effects, but we are looking forward with keen anticipation to the time when, with a College Ilall of our own, we may display our histrionic talent to the best advantage. A. J. GRIGG, Hon. Sec.

A.U.C. Debating Society Report

In spite of war conditions the Debating Society is enjoying what is probably the most prosperous year of its existence. This is due partly to an active recruiting campaign and partly to the enthusiasm shown by the ladies. At the beginning of the year the Society seemed in danger of losing its representation on the Executive of the Students' Association, but by vigorous canvassing the ranks were swelled to one hundred and ten financial members and the society is now the largest affiliated to the Students' Asso- ciation. The ladies have been very active this year. Besides having a special debate of their own, they have entered a team for the Inter-Faculty Debate and have also taken part in the open debates. This is a very pleasing feature, especially at the present time, and we heartily thank the ladies for their co-operation. The session opened with the Presidential Address. Mr. Algie gave a very entertaining and instructive lecture on '' The Art of Public Speaking.'' Unfortunately the meeting clashed with another College function, the attendance being only thirty-five. On June 19th the Impromptu Speeches were delivered before a highly amused audience of about fifty members. Speeches on every conceivable subject from bread and treacle to bachelor taxes were given with varying degrees of fluency, and after the speeches the speakers were subjected to a running fire of questions and criticism. The First Year Debate, on the subject "That the History of the Past Century is more interesting than that of any other Age,'' was held on May 3rd. Messrs. J. C. Dickinson, R. McNab, T. C. Thomson and A. Taylor spoke on the affirmative and Messrs. A. M. Nicholson, C. C. Robinson, J. K. Hall and G. B. Bell on the negative. The negative were placed first by the judge and his decision was confirmed by the meeting. The Competitive Debate for the President's Trophy attracted eleven speakers. The subject chosen was, "That the training afforded by a modern University is the best equipment for an industrial or commercial career." Prof. Owen, judging, placed MT. Reynolds first, Mr. Davis second, and Mr. Piatt third. The Open Debate on the subject '' That Retaliative Measures should be adopted against the Enemy both now and after the war," was a new feature and was highly successful. The question was opened by Mr. F. C. Jordan (Aff.) and Mr. V. W. Holden (Neg.) and then thrown open to discussion. Many members spoke (according to conviction), and although the speakers were limited to three minutes, the discussion lasted for an hour and a-half. The motion was finally lost by 11 votes to 9.

69 The Ladies' Debate was held on July 12, and was the best meeting of the year. There was an attendance of over sixty members and the judge ex- pressed surprise at the high standard of the speeches. The subject was particularly appropriate, "That Women should enter into competition with men on an equal basis." Miss Egerton, Miss Battersby and Miss Ilume \ supported the affirmative, and Miss Butterfield, Miss Garrard and Miss Brendel the negative. The motion was put to the meeting and declared lost on a show of hands. H. E. EEYNOLDS, Hon. Sec.

A.U.C. Cricket Club There is little to report in cricket circles but another year of good fellowship and pleasant Saturday afternoons. Only the two leading teams showed any of the usual interest and we were not one of them. As a matter of fact we finished last in the championship. Nevertheless, we had some close matches and if we had chosen to devote ourselves systematically to the game we could probably have done much better. Owing to the departure of members for the Front we had to draw to a large extent on the younger members. It is pleasing to note that a considerable number of students who have had little previous experience of the game are now turning to cricket; most of them, too, have showed no small skill. Apart from the pleasure of the game itself, cricket, more than any other game perhaps, has the advantages of intercourse between the members of the team, both on and off the field. As usual our bowling was weak. Even those we have relied on in the past did not show any consistent form. Our batting, also, had its usual unexpectedness, failing when most was expected of it. Our most consistent batsmen were those who were promoted from the 2nd grade after the first few matches. Our 2nd grade team again had a hard struggle to fulfil their engagements, and it is to their credit that they did so. But they seldom had a full team and their personnel was constantly changing. J. A. Kyd and H. Tizard were the only members who played in every match. We congratulate them on their good spirit in the face of such discouragement. Of the rest several were promoted to the seniors or left for camp; others did not join till the middle of the season. The remainder played on odd Saturdays when they felt in the mood. We should like to remind the last that they can get little real pleasure from the game and cause continual disappointment to the rest of the team. At our Annual General Meeting Lieut. F. A. Taylor, lately wounded in France, was made a life member of the Club. He has been one of our most useful members in every department of the game and we thought that we could not express our appreciation of his services better than by conferring this honour on him. We wish him every success in his new life and look forward to his safe return. WILLIS T. G. AIREY W. J. PEEEY ) Hon- Secs-

Hockey Club

On account of so many of the older players enlisting for Active Ser- vice, the prospects of the Club at the beginning of the season did not seem very bright. It was found that only three teams could be entered in the

70 grade championships. The teams were entered in the first, second and third grades and this gave the younger members of the Club an excellent opportunity to gain early promotion. In the forward line the Senior team greatly missed the presence of such old players as Messrs. Jacobsen, Mahony, Grice and Rowe (who have formed a new club—Edendale Old Boys). Nevertheless their respective places have been ably filled by Messrs. Reynolds, Menzies, Mark and Garrard. The absence of Messrs. Robinson, Bongard and Cockerell in the backs, whose respective positions were filled by Messrs. Player, Coldham and Fawcett, was also felt greatly. Their achievements have been very creditable. So far they are leading for the championship honours and have only been defeated twice, each time by Mt. Eden team and by very narrow margins. The second grade team has not been so fortunate, although if their late improved form continues they will have a good chance of winning their grade. At the beginning of the season their forwards greatly lacked combination, but in the second round the team improved beyond expectations and gained several decisive victories over the leading teams. No doubt this was due to the energetic coaching of their captain, W. A. Wilson. The impression given by the early play of this team is that they did not take matters seriously enough. The third grade team, which consists mostly of novices, can hardly be expected to prove a stumbling block to their more experienced opponents. Nevertheless they are very keen and have gained several well deserved wins. The names of over ninety past and present members of the Club who had enlisted for Active Service were included in the annual report. G. S. MEAD, Hon. Sec. Football Club The annual meeting of this Club was held on the evening of the last day in the first Term. Except for a rather small attendance the meeting was entirely satisfactory. It was seen that the Club was in a good financial position, and the annual report was adopted. Owing to the determination of the Rugby Union to prevent players exceeding the age of twenty in the Senior Grade, or eighteen in the Second Grade, it was decided to enter an " A " and a "B" team for the Senior Grade. Only four of last season's players were left, but by the efforts of the Committee, and through the withdrawal of the College Rifles Team, enough men were found to fill both fifteens. The "A" team possesses a heavy pack, who, as the season progresses, are learning to know one another better, and are consequently acquiring better combination. They could, however, pay a little more attention to training; though they keep the ball well and tackle well. The backs are all fast, and for the most part sure in their handling. Boucher, half-back, is light but "nippy"; Maxwell is a most reliable man who uses his head splendidly; Piatt, at wing three-quarter, has developed great dash, and is very sure, especially in his ground-fielding. The "A" team has, up to the present, been undefeated, and is just equal with the Grammar School Old Boys "A" Team. The "B" Team has not been quite so successful as the "A's," but it contains a number of keen and promising players, requiring only a little more knowledge and experience to make them useful men on the field. T. MILLIKEN, Hon. Sec.

71 Ladies Common Room Club

This year we were glad to welcome a large number of new members to the Ladies' Common Room Club, which still continues to be very popular and to be recognised as a powerful factor in promoting social life among the students. But in spite of its flourishing condition, the usual activities of the Club have considerably decreased, and the past year has been a most uneventful one, there being little to record but '' the daily round, the common task.'' But of course, under the present conditions, this was only to be expected. Unlike other College Clubs we are not suffering from a loss of members, nevertheless a great change can be observed in the Common Room life. A comparatively new, but now well-established and popular feature, has been added by the introduction of knitting. (But let it not therefore be said that we have a reputation for blue-stockings here.) For some time now it has threatened the popularity of lectures and provided a useful and pleasing occupation for much time formerly spent on prose, problem or essay. We are glad to take this opportunity of recording our appreciation of two retiring members of our Executive, Miss Cozens and Miss Tizard, and of thanking them for all the time and energy they devoted so willingly and untiringly to all forms of College life. In this respect few members have done more or had a greater influence. G. E. KENDERDINE, Hon. Sec.

Men's Common Room Club

The Club, of course, feels the effect of the war. Many of our members have left for the Front. Financially, too, we were affected last year. Owing to the rise in price of foodstuffs we were unable to meet our liabilities. The Students' Association, however, generously come to our assistance. At the end of last year a Special General Meeting was called to consider the position. Subscriptions for this year were raised considerably. At the same meeting two reports were submitted: the Common Room Geological Survey, an extract from which appears elsewhere in the KIWI, and the Water Supply Investigation Commission's Report. These were enthusiastically received. The whole meeting was very successful. Early this session was held the Annual General Meeting of the Club. After the usual election of officers, Mr. J. E. Learning was appointed to the new position of Censor. His duties he has fulfilled to general satisfaction, being never present when occasion arises for his interference. The meeting was the most enjoyable for some years, members being in good form. One of the points raised was the gender of Library-Anne. The final decision was that it was neuter, and the holder of that office should in future be referred to as it. Mr. Ardern has been appointed to his old position of Advisory Board to the Club, and in that capacity has rendered inestimable services. Mr. John Kyd fills the new position of Sleuth, his duties being "to detect." From the Executive Committee we have lost Mr. C. F. M. Smith, who has left for the Front, with Mr. G. H. Battersby, Secretary for 1915, as hut- mate. Mr. V. R. Browne fills the vacancy.

72 Energetic action has been necessary this year to make the Club's financial position secure. In spite of war conditions the membership—nearly 80—is the largest for some years. The Club should thus be able to show a credit balance at the end of the year. Action has been taken to revive interest in the noble and athletic exercise of ping-pong. A new net and bats have been purchased, and a ladder competition has been set going. Since the inception of the scheme the standard of play has vastly improved. At the end of the first term a concert was held in the Common Eoom, musical items and supper provided, smoking tolerated but not encouraged— cigars and cigarettes supplied. The evening was a great success. Notwithstanding abnormal conditions the Club has done much to im- prove the social life of the College. M. G. PEZARO, Hon. Sec.

Cercle Moliere Cette ann6e il y a eu une augmentation considerable dans le personnel du Cercle. Pendant le premier trimestre eut lieu une soiree musicale et sociale. L'assistance y etait tr&s nombreuse et la fete se termina par un souper 616gant. Au cours de plusieurs reunions nous avons fait representer des pieces entieres et des scenes detachees de Moli&re dont le Mariage Force, qui a joui d'un succes eclatant. L'6venement le plus Spatant du deuxieme trimestre fut la lecture de 1' amour Medecin. A un certain moment le Cercle se vit en danger de perdre son identity on a propose de fondre notre cercle dans le club fran§ais d'Auckland. Les membres ont decide d'une voix unanime que le cercle MoliSre devait con- server comme par le passe son independence et son caractere purement col- legia! L'enthousiasme des membres est du meilleur augure pour l'avenir et quoique nous regrettons la perte de notre secretaire qui a devout pendant si long temps tant d'energie aux affaires du Cercle; c'est la le seul nuage sur 1'horizon de nos espoirs. pour le secretaire, A.S.E.K.

73 Letters to the Editor

THE EDITOR. Dear Sir,—Kindly allow me to bring to your notice what seems to be a most reprehensible practice on the part of some members of the Ladies' Common Room Club. It is the custom with some of the College Clubs, for instance, the Cercle Moli&re and the Literary Club, to bring their evening's entertainment to a close by holding a "petit souper." In order that the members of these clubs may partake of refreshment the members of the Men's Common Room Club have usually "lent" their "mugs," cups and other drinking utensils for this purpose. Of late, however, the ladies seem to have taken a liking to several of the men's "mugs," etc. (which by the way are both antique and unique), and return on an average only 66%% of those lent. Whether these missing cups are retained by the ladies concerned as commission for their trouble in providing tea, or whether they are used to replace their broken ones (I know to my cost that breakages are common in the Ladies' Common Room) is a mystery. My action in removing drinking vessels from the men's lockers without the men's consent has been severely criticised and I am considered answerable for their safe return. Knowing, therefore, of the great influence your magazine exercises I am hoping that through its medium you will be able both to assist me and the poor fellows who have been so imposed upon and prevent the recurrence of such atrocities. —I am, etc., PRO BONO PUBLICO.

THE EDITOR, '' KIWI. '' Dear Sir,—Permit us through the KIWI to reply to the accusation lodged by PRO BONO PUBLICO against the Ladies' Common Room Club. We wish to express the opinion that the cups and mugs of the M.C.R.C. are generally in such a condition that no lady would desire to have them in her possession. We also desire to point out that whenever the Cercle Moli^re, the Literary Club, or any other society, holds a supper in the Ladies' Common Room, the funds of the L.C.R.C. and the Tea Club provide the tea and sugar for the supper; and the ladies of the Common Room spend much time and trouble in preparing the supper and in tidying and beautifying the room in which it is held. Do not the gentlemen of this College owe us gratitude, and not censure, for the way in which these suppers are arranged? Like Elia, "I am ashamed that this trifling writer should have power to move me so.'' G. E. KENDERDINE, Hon. Sec. L.C.R.C. C. E. HAMES, Hon. Sec. & Treas. Tea Club.

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