The Spike or Victoria College Review, June 1908

Socials and Entertainments

Socials and Entertainments.

College Picnic.

The Ladies' Hockey Club, having shown how such things should be done, the Students' Association had no hesitation in deciding to hold a College Picnic, on the 30th November, last year. Four drags and a funereal stage coach left the Government Buildings about ten o'clock, and only one of them broke down before Trentham was reached. After a meal had been prepared and disposed of and the men had performed the washing up in a manner highly satisfactory to themselves, rounders, cricket and other frivolities were indulged in. On the arrival of a later drag a sports meeting was carried out, with much attention to battle the fair admirers of their prowess prepared more appeasement for the appetite. The moonlight drive home was an excellent conclusion to an excellent day's outing.

Ahuareka.

A sense of immense relief was the dominant feeling at the "Ahuareka" (bust-up social) held after the last day of last year's November examinations. The first part of the evening was occupied by a short concert programme; songs were delivered by J. D. Smith, Chas. J. Gamble, D. N. Isaacs and Miss C. T. Strack, while recitations were inflicted on the audience by G. H. Gibb and E. Lyon. After these items W. Perry proceeded to express the regret of students at the departure of Professor Maclaurin, the note of grief in his speech being considerably relieved by his Hibernicisms. He presented Professor Maclaurin on behalf of the Students' Association, with a framed enlarged photograph of the College. The departing professor replied briefly and to the point. It is almost unnecessary to add that the remainder of the evening—and part of the subsequent morning—was devoted to dancing.

Supper To Rhodes Scholarship Candidates.

On the evening before the selection of the Rhodes Scholar, the four candidates were entertained in the Common Room at a supper—men only. There were over forty students present, and the passing of the evening was hastened in the usual manner by speeches supporting and replying to toasts, songs and recitations. W. H. Wilson's prophecy of the approaching evolution of the four University College of New Zealand into four separate Universities, attracted as much attention as any other remark made during the evening.