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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 2, No. 13 July 5, 1939

Overseas Oddments

Overseas Oddments.

A. T. S. McGhie, well known to his many friends and enemies at V.U.C. not so long ago as "the McGhie" has succumbed at last. He was alternatively an immovable object and an irresistible force in debate, but the citadel of his indefatigable heart has been stormed by two eyes as soft as two bunches of violets in the spring (or something like that.) His engagement was announced several months ago and news now comes that he is to be married on July 22nd. They all fall in the end; the bigger the harder! Our very best wishes to Mac and the future Mrs. Mac.

John Hatherly is returning to N.Z. shortly after an absence of two and a half years, spent partly in South Africa as assistant master at a Johannesburg Boys School and partly in England. We prophesy that his views on Nazi Germany will be sufficiently interesting to warrant a talk to the Free Discussions Club on the subject. He lands about the middle of August.

Jack Aimers informs us in a letter that they hold dances in hotels in Australia. No charge is made for admission as the proprietor hopes to make up for this in additional bar trade. We think he probably would.

Henry Abraham has left the University of Melbourne and is now a member of the Melbourne Observatory staff. He now spends long periods of time star-gazing and enjoys his work very much.

John White has been having a very interesting time in England. He has done a trip over to Ireland and has been through the Courts of Justice, both in Eire and in Northern Ireland. Just at present his attention is concentrated on Wimbledon where he is the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association delegate.

Janet Grainger has recently completed a tour of France and Germany. She is now back in Scotland and intends to do a trip round England very shortly.

Bill Combs, who is at St. John's College, Cambridge, on a post-graduate scholarship, has been awarded a first class pass. In Part I of the Modern Languages Tripos, a College Scholarship and the Wrights Prize.

Pat Kelly worked his passage to England and is now doing theological work at St. John's College, Durham.

Don McElwain is now lecturing at the University of Western Australia. He is playing wing-three-quarter for the University 1st XV.