A TRIBUTE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 895, 15 August 1910, Page 6

A TRIBUTE.

TO MR. J. W. JOYNT. Some neatly-turned verses in praisoof Mr. J. W. Joynt, Registrar of the University, were sung by Mr. H. P. von. Haast, at the dinner given to Mr. Joyut on Saturday night, to the tune of "Father O'Flynn." The verses caused much. merriment, and the audience joined with great spirit in the chorus. The following are typical stanzas:— 'y Who is beloved by the whole University? Who of ripe scholarship has ■ not V scarcity? Students exclaim without any diversity "That is our popular Registrar Joynt. Soon he is leaving and crossing the sea, 'Varsity agent in London to be, . Hence this i'arewelling, our sorrow 1 we'« quelling,' . The praises we're swelling of Registrai Joynt. ■ \ Chorus: Here's a health to our Registrar Joynt, For to his record with praiso he can, point. Patron aesthetic and man energetic/ and friend sympathetic, J.' W. Joynt. Who, when the task in this town was a . dreary 'un, ■'"'.. Life in the evenings a wasted and weary 'un, - - Helped to establish the drama ' Shnkes- ■ pearean? That was our scholarly Registrar Joynt. Music and art were both languishing sore/ When to revive them he came to the fore,' Strengthening our fibres, and getting subscribers, and crushing tho gibers, J. - W. Joynt .

Soon he'll be back by the lakes of .Killarney, ' ' And giving the colleens a. taste of his blarney, ''■..■■ With Kathleen Mavourneen and also Kate Kearney, One. on each side of bould Registrar Joynt. . When, he gets tired of code words and marks, _ . Back to 'his green little island he harks, Boycotting daily, and dancing jigs gaily, and twirling shillelagh, J. W. Joyuu Now let him sea what you think of hii quality,— : ■:■'■ Give him a taste of your fun ■ and frt . !: ..V01ity,'....-. : Shout out- that chorus of jovial jollity, "Jolly good fellow" is Registrar Joynt. When he embarks on his new scholar-ship, We'll grasp his hand in a long parting . grip,' ', ■•.••; "■ '~' Eyes strangely wetting, and always re.gretting, but, never forgetting, our 'Registrar' Joynt.