Ave Atque Vale.

Late in the second term an informal supper and dance was held in the Gym. to say farewell to Miss Heine and Mr. Richardson, the latest of our Travelling Scholars to leave these shores. The President of the Students' Association, Mr. McCormick, conveyed the blessing of the corporate body in his usual felicitous way, and his efforts were backed up with musical honours. Mr. Richardson replied equally felicitously for Miss Heine and himself. After the speeches dancing set in. The supper, it should be remarked, was exceptionally excellent.

Shortly before this occurred the arrival of the first occupant of the Chair of Agriculture at V.U.C., Professor G. S. Peren. Professor Peren has had a distinguished career (details of which are known to most of our readers) in England and Canada (B.Sc. of Toronto), and we hope and trust is going to shake things up in his particular line. After all, it is quite possible to treat Agriculture as part of a liberal as well as a technical education. The cordial welcome we extend to the Professor includes also Mrs. Peren, his mother, and Mrs. Peren, his wife; we hope they will stay long in New Zealand and become an indissoluble part of V.U.C.