It has been said that one of the finest holidays a man can have is to get out into the great open spaces where he is unbetrammelled with the artificial restraints of modern civilisation. Our Dominion is wonderfully endowed by Nature, and yet how few take advantage of this priceless opportunity almost at our doors.

This time, as in almost every other Spike, we must mourn the loss of another of our most enthusiastic trampers through the departure for England of our former secretary, Mr. E. Beaglehole. We desire to offer him our heartiest congratulations on the successful culmination of his splendid scholastic career at V.U.C., and we sincerely hope that he will be equally successful in his studies in London. This is now the third member to leave for England during the last six months, and we are very much afraid that if this migration continues, we shall page 14 soon have a large and important branch of V.U.C. trampers arranging tramps and cycle tours around the British Isles and the Continent. We wish them, one and all, every success in their new sphere of work, and we hope that their sojourn in the Old Country will be both profitable and enjoyable.