The Staff

We wish to extend the heartiest welcome to the two Professors newly appointed to our College. Professor Robertson is a Wellingtonian. He was educated at our own College and gained his M.A. in 1905, and in 1906, having completed his M.Sc., was chosen as Rhodes Scholar—the first man from V.U.C. to gain that distinction. His successful study at Oxford resulted in him obtaining the degree of Ph.D. His appointment to the Chair of Chemistry, left vacant by the appointment of Professor Eastrefield to the position of Director of the Cawthorn Institute, is undoubtedly a popular step.

"The Latest in Professor"

Observing the Strive

Professor Wilson is another New Zealander. He was born and educated in Canterbury, gaining his M.A. with First Class Honours in English and French in 1908, and B.Sc. in 1909. From 1910-12 he studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, gaining First Class in the Medieval and Modern Languages Tripos. He returns to fill the Chair of Modern Languages at our College after eight years' experience abroad—first of all at Antwerp, then in Sydney, and later in the University of Western Australia. We hope that Professor Wilson will enjoy his position at Victoria, and that he will continue to do so for a long time.

May we offer our heartiest congratulations to Professor Murphy on his appointment to the recently-formed Chair of Economics at page 31 our College. Professor Murphy has gripped and enthused his students from his first appointment as lecturer, and we could ill have afforded to lose him.

Professor Tennant, too, we heartily congratulate. As Principal of the Training College, as well as Lecturer in Education, Mr. Tennant was for many years ridiculously overworked. We are glad to see that his services in both capacities are being recognised, first by the appointment of Mr. W. Gould to act as Vice President of the Training College, and secondly by promoting Mr. Tennant himself to the newly-created Chair of Education.

Another New Wing

The new wing to the north progresses slowly. It is hoped that by the beginning of next year the basement, which is to supply a long-felt need in the form of adequate accommodation for women students may be sufficiently complete to be opened for use.

Now comes the delightful and almost incredible news that £20,000 has been granted for the erection of yet another four-storey wing to the south of the main building, thus balancing the one in course of erection. It is intended that the base shall be reserved for the use of Geology students. The top storey will probably take the form of a spacious Lecture Theatre, thus supplying a long-felt want.

Social Teas

Whether from deliberate policy or regretable lack of interest, the Executive of this year have allowed this most useful and most enjoyable of College relaxations to fall into oblivion. The Social Tea served several purposes. It was informal and helped to bring the freshers and older students together; it formed a fitting conclusion to a good afternoon's tennis; it gave opportunities to those fond of dancing and unable to afford the time for, or waste the energy on, a big dance and the consequent preparations; it occasionally increased the attendance at debates.

Personally we found these socials far jollier than any big formal dance, and they certainly did much to promote good feeling among the various bodies of students and to create the unity and the definite policy so evidently lacking among student affairs this year. We wonder if the Tennis Club could reinstate those good old V.C. Social Teas? It would be a most welcome revival.

Women Advance!

It is seldom that women students have anything better to do than cut sandwiches for social teas, hence it was a pleasant surprise to be circularised about an International Federation of Women Graduates. Unfortunately, so far, Victoria College has been unable to do her bit to "internationalise." The first step will be, of course, to form a New Zealand Women Graduates' Association. This in itself will be an excellent thing if it but accomplishes the establishment of a scholarship for women on the same lines as the Rhodes. It win be very useful, too, if it can act as an intelligence bureau and introducing agent to universities overseas.

We quote from an English paper:—"The first annual conference of the International Federation of University Women has been held page 32 this week at Bedford College. Professor Caroline Spurgeon took the chair at the inaugural meeting on July 15th, when Lord Grey was the chief speaker. The value of such a Federation is best summed up in the words of Lord Grey: 'I asked when in America what were the chief obstacles to a thorough understanding between the two countries. One of the most interesting replies given to me was from an American University woman. "I think" she said, "that the two chief obstacles are—in England—ignorance of the United States, and in the United States misconception of England." The answer applies not only to the relations between America and Great Britain, but very much to international relations generally. . . The cure for ignorance is knowledge, and the cure for misconception is truth.... You will not have good relations and which secure peace of any two nations unless the Universities of those two nations are in touch and friendship with each other."