"Filthy Little Hole."

In fact, Professor Wood may be said to have made a flying start, for, when asked his impressions of the College he sad:—"Before leaving Sydney I was told to prepare for a filthy little hole where the University was a sort of week-end cottage with about two books for a library. I was agreeably surprised and, thanks to Mr. Miller and the Carnegie Corporation, the library was one of the chief elements in my surprise. It is quite a good library—in some directions anyway—and I have noticed new book there which could not be obtained for the Sydney University Library." This statement was capped with the remark: "I met Mr. Brook, and gathered he was an institution!"