SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1932. Volume 3. Number 5.
The Student Christian Movement
The Student Christian Movement.
During the past month there have been a series of interesting activities amongst the students in the Student Christian Movement.
On the 3rd. July, the day of prayer was observed at. the Kelburn Presbyterian Church, where the Rev. J. Hubbard, Chairman of the Wellington District Council, conducted Communion at 10 a.m. and Evening Service at 7 p.m. Despite the very wintry conditions which prevailed, there was a good muster of students and past students. The Rev. H. W. Newell, Chairman of the National Executive, spoke at the tea, which was held preceding the Evening Service, on the "World Student Christian Federation."
On the 12th July, a special meeting was arranged at which Mrs. W. Ponsford, a graduate of Victoria University College, and now resident in England, spoke upon the "Oxford Group Movement," a Movement which has played a great part in the lives of students in England in recent years.
A concert party was taken to the Akatarawa Men's Relief Camp on the 16th July, when a programme of play reading and items was presented.
On the following week-end. the 23rd. and 24th. July, separate camps were held, the women's meeting at Chilton House, Island Bay, and the at Hay wards. About twenty women attends a. the Camp at Island Bay, and ten men that at Haywards. Two studies on the aims and objects of the New Zealand Student Christian Movement provided excellent material for discussion.