The pen sketch shows the University Club's hut in the Southern Tararuas. This hut was built as a memorial to two members of the club who lost their lives in a climbing accident in the Nuemann Range in the Southern Alps. These two, Roy Dixon and Stanley Alloway, were members of a large club party that was climbing and tramping in the Alps over the Christmas vacation after the 1946 session of the University. On New Year's Day. 1947, the party had reached a col in the range and were descending in steps when a slip occurred and 11 of the party were involved in an accident that resulted in the death of two, Dixon and Alloway, and nine injured.

As a memorial to the two dead, a hut was built by members of the club, and today it is the centre of the club social occasions during the year. It is situated about two hours from the end of the road, the track in being through beautiful New Zealand bush. The only obstacle of any dimensions is the notorious "Puffer," a saddle of about 700 feet between the Kaitoke Valley and the Tauherenikau valley, which the track follows for the remainder of the distance in to the hut.