TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20496, 15 March 1932, Page 14

TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

OLD STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL MEETING. Last evening the annual general meeting of'-the Christchurch Technical College Past and -Senior Students' Association was held at the Technical College, Barbadoes street, when the pre-, sident, Miss I. Agassiz, wai in tlie chair, presiding over a large attendance of members: .Report and Balance-Sheet. The annual report stated that the Association had experienced another successful season, all the affiliated clubs continuing their various activities with cood results, whilst there had been considerable development m connexion with the Dramatic Society, which had fully justified its formation, whilst the annual debate with the day school had also proved a great success. There had been a substantial increase m membership, there being thirty more members than in the previous year, and whilst there had been a slight falling off in the Association's finances, .this had been largely due to the paying over of £l2 to the Memorial Hall Fund. Also the fact that quite a number of the members were unable to pay their subscriptions had also proved a factor in the reduction of the Association's credit balance, which, allowing a liberal amount for depreciation, now stood at a little under £>lo. V The report and balance-sheet were adopted without discussion. Election of Officers. The election of officers resulted as follows:—President, Miss I. Agassiz (re-elected); vice-presidents, Miss M. B. Robertson, Messrs F. N. Howarth and AV. Hughes (re-elected); hon. secretary, Mr C. Sanderson (re-elected); assistant hon. secretary, Miss B. Harris; bon, treasurer, Miss A. Hughes (re-elected) ; hon. auditor, Mr R. JV McLaren (reelected) social committee, Misses C. Powell, "M." Christian, K. Clayton, Messrs J. Taverner, S. Muirson, J. Berry, arid R. Marriott; magazine committee, Miss D. Irving, Messrs A. Howarth, C. C. Geddes, E. Wood, and D, Bentley. Oratory Contest. Mr W. J. Dobbs spolce regarding the proposed of an oratory contest amongst the members of the Association. At the time of the school's silver jubilee, Mrs J. H. Howell, the wife of the first principal of the CWristchurch Technical High School, had written offering the sum of £25 for the purpose of providing a cup for an annual speaking competition. Mrs Howell in her letter had suggested that the speeches should be confined to matters of international importance. M:iss M.' L; Higgins and Dr. D. E. Hansen both spoke in support of the proposal and it was decided to thank Mrs Howell for her generous gift and to express the pleasure of the Association in being requested to promote a contest of such interest.

Mr W. Hughes outlined the proposed details for the competition and said that, it was ,suggested that the contest should take place during Jul.y next.