Supper to Rhodes Candidates.

On the night before the fatal day on which this year's Rhodes Scholar was to be chosen, the Students' Association gave a complimentary supper to the candidates. The only damper to the evening's entertainment was the absence of representatives from Otago and Canterbury—the former because he did not arrive till the following morning, and the latter because the Canterbury College authorities did not appoint a candidate. The two candidate present, however, to wit R.L. Ziman of A.U.C. and G. V. Bogle of ours, did their best to make up for this loss; and their efforts were ably seconded by those of a hungry individual from the "N.Z. Times," who helped to keep things moving in fine style. During the course of the evening, the usual complimentary speeches were made, the usual toasts were honoured the usual songs were sung, and—de la Mare recited But the pièce de résistance of the evening was the reply by W. Gillanders to the toast of the University of New Zealand; we doubt if the advantages of University life and the widespread power of a true University spirit could have been better described by the Registrar himself. The gathering was indeed one of those occasions—and may they ever increase—when purely College interests are forgotten, and spirit of loyalty to University alone is evident.