During the later part of the first session, Professor Brown received leave of absence on account of ill-health. Two very serious operations were rendered necessary. His recovery has naturally been somewhat slow, but towards the end of July he was able to leave on a trip to Sydney. We sincerely hope that the change will have benefited his health.

The second session saw another change in the Physics Department—this is the second since the outbreak of war. In 1915 Professor Marsden enlisted, and left in

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November with the 14th Reinforcements. The last news of him was from France, where he was sound-ranging, i. e., locating the enemy's guns by sound. He still had with him his faithful henchman, G. B. Dall.

Professor Marsden's place was taken by Mr. P. W. Burbidge, who occupied the position until June, 1917, when he, too, went into camp.

The Council were then very fortunate in securing the services of Dr. Clark, who has had a distinguished career in science. Born in Roxbury, New York State, U. S. A., Professor Clark was educated at Roxbury High School, Queonta State Normal School, and, as Gould Scholar (1903-7) at New York University where he graduated B. Sc. in 1907, and M. Sc. in 1908, and won the Morse Gold Medal in Physics. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa Fraternities. From 1903-7, he was Assistant in Physics and Mathematics, from 1908-9 Instructor in Physics at Steven's Institute, New Jersey. In 1910 he went to Hardvard University, Camb., Mass., where he was Whiting Fellow (1910-11), and graduated M. A. in 1911, and Ph. D. in Physics in 1914. He was Assistant in Physics at Harvard 1911-14, Instructor 1914-17. During the sumer of 1914 he studied radivacturity in Gif, France, with M. Danne. Professor Clark is a member of the American Physical Society, and a contributor of original papers to its proceedings.

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The question of a suitable memorial in honour of those students who have fallen in the war, appears, for the present, to have been shelved. It was the Professorial Board that dealt first with the mater, and two suggestions were put by them to the Council.

1)	That a library wing be added on the piece of land to the right of the College.
2)	That a suitable hall be built, in which College functions might be held.

In either case, it was estimated that the cost would be somewhere about £10,000.

The Council set up a committee sonsisting of representatives from the Council, the Professorial Board, the Graduates' Association, and the Students' Association, and it recommended that the scheme should be adopted. page 42 The Council agreed to this proposal, but, so far, nothing more seems to have been done in the matter.

The money is to be collected from the Wellington University district, and it seems a thousand pities that the Council should delay making a definite appeal. The question of raising funds must eventually arise, and the students must be prepared to do their part. We should like to arouse interest, and if possible discussions and suggestions on this subject.

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