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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1934. Volume 5. Number 5.

Smad Hears . .

Smad Hears . . .

Mr. H. C. Read, of fame in hockey, Xtravs., Haeremai Club, Common Room two-up, and pedagogics, is to Ire married to Miss Agnes Aroha Syms at Remuera on 25th. August. Another good man . . .

Another engagement is that of Nancy Roberts and Doug. Burns. We feel we cannot rival the eloquence of our contemporary, the "Free Lance," on this subject, and so refer our readers to it. Best of luck !

Congrats, too, to Kingi Tahiwi and Reg. Larkin, our Joynt Scrollers, who were placed second to Dunedin in a debate so close that the judges had to call in an umpire to help them.

A letter has just reached us from Tony Chorlton who is billed to appear first at Minneapolis in July some time. We understand his hghest ambition is to be taken with Miss Mae West, by camera.

This year has been very disappointing from the point of view of Gym. dances. Bob hops seem to have disappeared completely, and only the more hoary and expensive functions have survived. The only dance since last issue was the Haeremai and Basketball Club's fancy dress turn out. Despite the judge we would certainly have handed the high hat to Hilda Hurley and Cedric Wright for their nurse- surgeon impersonations, had Cedric not squirted some nauseaus liquid in our partner's and our own face. We pointed out rather forcefully with our foot that he should confine his operations to his own patients and transferred our monster prize to Bob Hall, who turned out to be a snare and a delusion.

C. J. Seelye is leaving for Edinburgh University in about a fortnight's time. After the last meeting of the Maths, and Physics Society, Prof. Florence, Mr. Miles and several well-wishers from among the advanced Maths, and Physics students presented him with a handsome travelling case and expressed their good wishes. "Smad," too, sends its best luck.

Weir House was considerably enlivened by the presence of the ever cheery Robert K. Burns last week. he gave us many sidelights on American life at 'Varsity, which seems to have a very fair proportion of the brighter side. When asked if he had tasted the new American beer, he replied, "Aw, sure, I've lived on it." And that seemed to endear him to the whole house. His taste in dress was made clear by his statement that while the old Victorian hoop skirts covered the object but didn't touch the subject, his talk would be more like the scanty modern dress that touched the subject but didn't cover the object.

Stop Press news : This year's Rhodes Scholarshin nominees are K. J. Mc-Naught and C. M. P. Brown.