A Great Achievement.

On landing in England, Natzke lost on time in paying a call on Sir J.B. Wright, who had been entrusted, by the trustees of the fund, to look after Natzke's affairs. Natzke was shown into his office.

"My name is Natzke", he announced.

Sir J.B. White looked at him in amazement.

"Good heavens!" he exclaimed, "I thought you were a Maori"

It so happened that Albert Garcia was teaching at Trinity College. The name Garcia is well known in musical circles throughout the world - it was Albert's grandfather, Manuel Garcia, who helped Rossini with the score of his famous opera "Barber of Saville", and who, with other members of the family, gave the first presentation of this opera in America. Albert was so pleased with his new pupil, that he treated Oscar like one of the family, giving freely of his time outside college hours, and Natzke fully justified the old master's great faith in him by winning the Hammond Prize. Scoring 96 out of a possible 100 is considered an outstanding achievement.