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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1935. Volume 6. Number 15.

The Bledisloe Medal

The Bledisloe Medal.

Tucked away in a corner of the "Dominion" of July 19 is a Press Association message conveying the news that the Bledisloe Medal Contest, held at Dunedin on the previous day, was won by Miss C. S. Forde, of V.U.C.

"Good old Cathie!" says "Smad." Her long and determined assaults on the Plunket Medal gave Cathie what many more fortunate contestants did not get—a training in oratory. As a spell-binder, Cathie stood pre-eminent at V.U.C. Through her, V.U.C. now stands pre-eminent among the University Colleges—as the first to put a woman competitor through the contest.

Cathie is entitled to be regarded henceforth as "some man or woman of note in New Zealand history," and no one will grudge her the honour.