ST. MARGARETS COLLEGE

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21413, 4 March 1935, Page 3

ST. MARGARETS COLLEGE

g&VBB JUBU.EK GAB»E>' I ,ARTY _,, Traps'"-! bv the «V tTS «:etnon nf the of their «,!!«,. com- ** with oar'v held :n the grounds North and '"J — y u v--ir rrrne t'((_nllSt--ons. t^^Lguc.s-.vh^-owdod ground-- c'n.-i-.r.d K.rmerly U S and her ,traw &*. s ,epped from a cab curry--3 'ZIJ, pccu e tomed to men si at St. Margaret's in fc* in their old open behind them present S* arrived in an up-to-date **f Se three vehicles were 3* the conveyances usea by the decades. ejf?2 rnorner.t that they F.gncd J:a Lm's in the visitors hooks at to the ground*, old girls. "f,""gi'ris, and members of the past teaching staffs were not c * £t 10 have one dull moment. constantly finding old & ** d «n«vin(r acquaintances had not seen for years and were there, and they ffUer at a loss for conversation. tad taken their cameras to have fe wn private record of the oc-

! OU Girls' Corner XKBt girl* felt even prouder ,"uts college by this display of Iflltr on the part of the old girl?. 2* pleasure in escorting the visitors iJ the hostel and -bowing the im--rraests that had been made duri the vears. The old girls' corner -aeo'f the rooms with its relics of -a* davs proved of special interest, • irreral old girls had lent some of Z' college souvenirs, including I -©graphs of the first prefects, the 1 "s tacitey teams, early records of J yttsol, the first prospectus, and a 1 asp of The Gui!d of St Margaret—fj paid started by the sisters in 1911 I {xpuj-ls, past and present, who had | bee racilrmed. The beautifully bound

1 acbership book of the Old Girls' | LttOUKV which had been presented | n ae association by Mi.-s Janet Storry, 1 «the blue cloths that old girls had « cMHteed with the college shield | e*. sttto were much admired. I Programme I Sirtuees had been erected on the I ira for the serving of afternoon tea J ;:is buffet for children had been arI izged ia the hostel. Music was played I iv.'joujiy and could be heard by 4 it guests as they explored the ori *-* di and kitchen gardens at the back I " "it hostel or wandered through the I 'fiir.ooscs and summerhouse. I S*\eral competitions were held, a p -mve hunt being won by Miss Ena I "'•'■*. Obstacle races for "senior and I _x-r pupils were won by Misses Rae I, jams Neroli Jarman, and Mona Mc*>/iaLd Miss J. Searvell judged the |*.J'-!Je competition, which required Ittrapeiriors to arrange objects on a I *raij fable cr stand so as to make an j <rjlte picture suitable for a painting. j '$ Maurice Warren, honorary scc- | "irj' of the Cflristchurch branch ot J ' Hilda's Old Girls' Association, was | -* successful competitor. % '-display of vaulting by senior I "-?~s under the supervision of Miss I ■ IL-Lg and tennis matches on grass 1 ~". &pshalt courU. quoits, clock golf, i ~". vis-: garaes added interest to the

rf -« Jtan Ballantyne was in charge - -e moving picture' camera, and '-"■s? ere taken during the afternoon c: it the church service vesterday, ««11 be shown at a later date. Miss «tt Storry arranged the procession c naides. Committee f B«obCT of the Old Girls' Associa--s sponsible for the arrangements JReJrsC. L. Young 'patron). Mrs £?Cottenll (president;, Miss Mary tzfL <vi «-president>. Miss Rose (honorary secretary*. Miss ««Eauantyne <noncrarv treasurer), W Best. J. Eddv Owen £«, Dorothy Gerard. Alma'Chamf*n, Mesdames E. Archbold and ■ ~'s tcommittec->. The Guest* *S*SHL y viied e utsl:s v.-cre mem- »••*.• bcard of directors, memc*. t 6 f ler §y wh « have lectured ** Ktool and their wives, Christ2Stt°r St. Hilda's Old Girls' Slf": C*jghead School girls re2g»Cnristchurch. old girls of the the members of the staff ** ana present.

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mouth), Doris and Ngaio Gardiner (Purau), Bettty Palmer, June Palmer, Ngarita MacDougall, Betty Aird, Betty Simpson, Violet Larson, Rayna Morgan, Florence Hutchison (Rangiora). Waveney Davis, Betty Johns, Rona Bryce, Noel Kibble-white, Marie liungcrford, Madeleine Payne, Edith Mason (Hawnrden), Aileen Mulcoek, Molly Dart (Met liven), Gladys McClelland, Bernice Smith. Sylvia Smith, Phyllis Ford, Natalie Danks, Madge Mathews (Wellington;, Vera Fox, Gwen Rankin, Betty Andrews, Mae Hall, Rita Hall, Joan Baxter, Dorothy Gerard, Isabel Bates, Davina Bates, Dora Charters, Jean Ferguson, Margaret Webley, Yvette Rigg, and Lois Bradshav. Among others present were M?is O. h. Young (patron of the Old Girls' Association), Canon and Mrs Norris, Rev. and Mrs A. K. Warrpn, Mesdames J. B. Holdsworth, J. C. Bradshnw, F. J. Reynolds, Maurice Warren, M. Tolley, Misses A. Richards (president of St. Hilda's Old Girls' Christchurch branch)., ,T. Fitch. M. Wigley, G. M. Glanville, K. Bell, D. Hosking. M. Westall, C. Bradwell, H. .J. Kdgar, E. M. Hunt, B. Hannam, A. King, l'i. Hoy, Muir, I. Hunter, .7. Scarvell, D. Clowes, Winifred Cox, Dean Julius, and Rev. F. X. Taylor. • Reunion Dinner In the evening about 150 guests attended the dinner held at the Hotel Federal. The following toasts were honoured: "The King," proposed by Mrs J. Roy Smith (in the absence of Mrs Guy Cotterill, the president); "The School," proposed by Mrs Smith, responded to by the patron, Mrs C. L. Young; "The Staff, Past and Present," proposed by the vice-president, Miss Mary Morten, and responded to by Miss Gwen Rankin; "The Association," proposed by Mrs Young, and responded to by the honorary secretary, Miss Rose Reynolds.

Greetings were read from Sister Winifred, past principal of the college, who is at present in England, and it was agreed that letters of acknowledgment should be sent to her and to Sister Catherine. Later, the guests adjourned to the Regent Theatre, where they were joined by other old girls to watch the screening of "What Every Woman Knows."