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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 6

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j- ,v ■ ( The anmlal. meeting., of the Wellington < College Old Boys'. Association was held , in Armifs -Eooms last; evening, .the presi- j ment'; {Mr. W. H. Denton) occupying, the , chair. :'•. ; ■ " - '■ ■ t I- General satisfaction was-: expressed' at £ the report and' balance-sheet ;(wliich have t already been published in these columns), j . The election of officers' w resiilted, as fol- j 'lows: -President; Mr. A'." R. '-Meek'; eecre- j t ,tary, ! Mr., Ai"G.-;-Audry; treasurer, -Mr. J. j L. Paleth'o'rpo;'; "coiiilnittee'. "Messrs., W. t ■H. Denton,"W.,E. E.'G. Pilcher, It. St. ■ J. 1 Beere, G. Lyon,' E. Dar-, j rocb, • and I'. Jacobsen. , t i It was decided, on , the motion of the r

chairman, that the association donate "£5 ss. to the college ground fund,'and £2 2s. to the prize fund.. An honorarium of .£2O was voted to the secretary. It was moved by the chairman: "That the'association..communicate with similar . bodies with the object of having old boys of secondary schools' ' directly represented on Boards ' of Governors." 'In seconding the': motion, Mr. A... E. Meet; said that as a matter :of fact the Old Boys were represented on the ; present . Board of Governors in having Mr. A. de B. Brandon, Mr. H.'Field, and an ex-master, Mr. Ward, on the board, but that might not always obtain. What'' they. wanted' .to bring . about was for ■ a member.'-to .be elected by a constituency of old boys. He understood, that Nelson College ana other colleges favoured the proposal; and the incoming committee should do what they could to push'. the matter forward. Mr. B. G. .Pilcher :also spoke' in'favour of the motion, which was carried. The chairman,proposed: "That the fol-lowing-rule be'added to. the Rules of the '4;bii;everitof.a part 'w. theyEesfcrvp 'required • for current expenses;" tlie= amount: can only be wiihflfiwn affer^'S'Seneral 1 Heeling' has been called,' .and.'..'with''the approval . ! of, | at least, 50 _ members.',"' As an. amendment, Mr. Pilcher/moved:' "That'in the event of a part' of the Reserve Fund being required for' current expenses,. the amount, cannot .be .withdrawn unless the sanction .of a three-fifths majority at. a general- meeting 'called .for the purpose, . at. which, there" shall- be'-, a quorum of 50 -member?." i.Jhe ,';en"endjnen t was earned-and-.the. motion-lost-i/'' i 'i ' leives for Eng-land-,next -month;'>was,' on the ' motion Mr.' wished ;bon* voyage. '.'"" The chairman .announced that the association -would:' come' of-age' this vear,' a fact tluit should be marked by an especially, hearty-annual.'"dinner., '. \-