Dear Sir,—It has been said by someone that "the path of duty is the way to glory," but in most cases the glory is merely of a private nature. In search of a little extra brilliance for my personal halo, I recently had occasion to attend the Plunket Medal Contest.—Not that the duty was at all one of an onerous nature, in fact, I spent a far more pleasant evening than I anticipated. I noticed, however, that one o rtwo far more notable beings than myself had evidently found the duty one to be shirked. Amongst the audience were many persons well known in the public life of the city, but I failed to notice one single representative of the College staff. Surely this was a most singular lapse. The chairman commented, unnecessarily and in rather bad taste, on the absence of the Governor General, but I am sure that the absence most keenly felt by the members of the Debating Society, in fact by every student present, was that of the Professors. I am informed that the Society had reserved a block of the best seats especially for such of the Professors and their friends as might wish to come, but this block unfortunately remained empty. I am sure that this slight to the students, for such it was, was unintentional, but T feel that it should not be allowed to pass unnoticed.—I am, etc.,

Amicus Victoriae.