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Social Service Club.

Vacations come and go, but still the work of the Social Service Club goes on. It is the only Club in the College that operates the whole year round. If some of our members are away, there are still plenty of others to carry on.

The festivities held last Christmas at the various Homes were very successful indeed, and the Club can recommend H. J. Bishop as a Father Christmas, who helped us greatly by distributing the little gifts from the trees at the various Homes and we feel sure that the children appreciated the fatherly advice he gave each one.

On the Wednesday before Christmas we took a party to the Miramar Receiving Home, and after regaling the children on all manner of Christmas cheer, games were indulged in, until Father Christmas appeared and distributed a small gift to each child; they seemed to be appreciated by the recipients, and certainly all members of the Club who made the trip were amply rewarded by the happiness of the kiddies. The following night a similar party was taken to the Austin Street Home, when the boys were given their turn.

The work at the Mental Hospital at Porirua is still running as smoothly as ever, the institution being visited by a car-load of students every Saturday fortnight.

Miss A. Mason and Miss L. Mitchell are in charge of the work at the Girls' Borstal Institution at Point Halswell. They visit the girls every other Saturday afternoon and once a month on Thursday evenings.

The Annual Meeting of the Club was held on April 9th, at the College. There was a fair attendance of students, and the election of officers resulted as follows:—President, Professor F. P. Wilson; Vice-Presidents, Professors T. A. Hunter, H. H. Cornish, W. H. Gould and Dr. I. G. L. Sutherland; Organiser and Secretary, R. L. Page; Treasurer, G. McKenzie; Committee: Misses Mason, Mitchell and Godfrey, Messrs. Williams and Kingsford.

There are now many avenues of work open to students who may be interested in Social Service, and no matter how many more join our ranks, we have work for all of them. We would like to have more visiting Porirua, and can assure students that they would not find it half as bad as they imagine; certainly, all psychological students should see the institution at least once. Then there is the taking of the kiddies from the Homes to the football matches and pictures on Saturdays, and would like to hear from the students who are willing to help in this direction. A note in the rack will find us.