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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review, October 1904
Inter=University College Tournament — To Be Held At. Wellington, Easter, 1905
Inter=University College Tournament
To Be Held At. Wellington, Easter, 1905.
What this means to Victoria College and each Student thereof.
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As the Tournament is to be held in Wellington next year, it is essential that every student should know what the Tournament is, and in what manner he can help the Committee which is in charge of the arrangements.
Shortly, then, the Tournament consists of a series of competitions between the four University Colleges of New Zealand, under the control of a Committee consisting of two delegates from each institution. The series consists of Tennis, Debating, and Athletic Sports, and teams from each centre annually foregather in one of the College towns. At Christchurch, Auckland, and Dunedin our teams have been successively entertained and it is now for us to repay in some measure the kindness our representatives have received. It is probable that about one hundred' students from North and South will be with us next Easter.
The programme will be as follows:—
| Thursday and Good Friday, April 20th and 21st. | Visitors arrive. |
| Saturday, April 22nd. | Tennis, (Wellington Courts.) |
| Saturday evening, April 22nd. | Debating. |
| Monday, April 24th. | Athletic Sports, (Basin Reserve.) University Ball. |
| Tuesday, April 25th. | Tennis Finals. Picnic. (probably) |
The Tennis and Debating Contests are free to the public, but in order that the Tournament may be self-supporting a charge is made for the Athletic Sports.
Now all this means work, and we would ask each student to consider what he personally can do to make the meeting the success it is to be.
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| (1.) | Billetting. It is the custom for the home College to "billet" the visitors. |
| (2.) | Coming out to train. even if you are not much good your action may induce another to come, and he may be a champion. Even a third place helps the College. |
| (3.) | Umpiring at tennis. Volunteers, students of friends, are requested to give in their name to the secretary of the Tennis Club. |
| (4.) | Arranging your holidays so as not to miss the Tournament. |
| (5.) | Volunteering for odd jobs. Many details will have to be looked to and men are wanted who are not above small things. |
| (6.) | Awakening public interest by talking about the event, and when Easter comes attending yourself, and bringing your friends. |
The name of Volunteers will be taken by the members of the local Tournament Committee, who are as follows,—G. F. Dixon, F. A. de la Mare (Secretary), G. S. Prouse, P. W. Robertson, H. W. King, T. E. Seddon and A. G. Quartley.
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All correspondence relating to the general management of the Tournament should be sent to the Secretary of the Committee of Delegates (G. F. Dixon); all matters relating to local Management to F. A. de la Mare.
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