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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 18, No. 9. July 1, 1954

Weir Of Age!

Weir Of Age!

As these notes are being written, activity in the House is mounting towards a crescendo with our 21st celebrations only a week off. The recreation room and the Little Theatre see constant practices for the concert, while the basement is once again littered with jars of paint and unprintable expletives as the painting staff try to construct a backdrop out of newsprint Divers committees can be found all over the place in earnest consultation, and senior Housemen are getting into strict training for the Drinking Horn contest against the Old Boys.

After Saturday's activity Old Boys (Present residents can take it) will be only too glad for the more subdued programme for Sunday. The morning has been left clear. In the afternoon Former Housemen will be able to wander round Weir at their leisure and reminisce in the atmosphere of their old rooms. (Still much the same except for new Pin-ups). and at 3 o-clock Afternoon Ten will be served on the front lawn.

The weekend is planned to get under way with the Association Ball, which will begin at 8 o'clock on Friday night and conclude . . . with such admirable training the House Rugby XV should have no difficulty in trouncing the Old Boys in the match at the Prince of Wales No. 2 ground (10.30 a.m. Saturday). With the cream of past and present Ruru Shield talent, this game will undoubtedly provide the most entertaining football of the season. In the afternoon past and present residents will compete in the lounge of the Midland Hotel, what promises to be a Homeric trial of strength—the Drinking Horn! Almost immediately after, the company will adjourn to the R.S.A. Hall for the Smoke Concert, which is timed for 7.00 p.m. Invitations have been sent to the Chairman of the College Council (Dr. Stout), the Principal (Dr. Williams), the Registrar (Mr. L. O. Des-borough), and the College Accountant (Mr. M. J. Mason).

The celebrations are planned to romp to a final climax at the Little Theatre on Sunday evening, July 4. with the liveliest of variety shows, "Weir On Parade," presented by this year's residents. Over half the house is taking part in the programme which is predominantly musical but interspersed with humorous sketches, a sleight-of-hand act, and a mannequin parade of current Weir types and styles. The Weir orchestra with clarinetist John Doran and led by Guy (Lombardo) Jansen, and a lusty chorus conducted by Sir David Bracken Wilson, Mus. B., will support the show. Great work is being done in rehearsals, but the laurels will go to producers David Wilson, and Terry Corbett, to assistants Perry Stephenson and Ian Rich, and to stage manager Bryce Evans, whose time and energy are being devoted to the concert's success. As past and present residents are expected to attend in force, few seats will be available to the public.