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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2987, 26 January 1917, Page 5

"Back to. Bendigo—Prodigals Como Homo!" is tlia heading of a circular received by tho ! City Council from the secretary of the Bendigo Easter Fair at, Easter time. The circular says: To ex-Bendigonians,—We are having a. reunion of' ex-Bendigonians in Bendigo at Easter time. Wo want you to como bade to the dear old city for your Easter holidays, to be with your old friends again. Having spent part, of your life in Bendigo, wo feel sure that you have a warm spot in your heart for the old town, and we will bo pleased to see you." A conference, of representatives of the Societies for the Promotion of the Health of Women and Children is to be held in Wellington next month. The City Council has granted the use of the Concert' Chamber for tlie conference. Tho City Council agreed last evenlDg to allow tho 11 so of one' of the city reserves for the purposes of a Boy Scont demonstration. Which reserve that will be is to be determined by tlie Reserves Committee. At last evening's meeting of the City Council tho Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) mado flattering 1 reference to' Sapper MoorcrJoncs's water-colour pictures of Gallipoli, and said that at tn'e opening of tho exhibition he had suggested that the collection should be purchased for the National Art Gallery- .He said lie had, after consultation, with the Town Clerk, expended the sum of £5 5s on reproductions of the pictures for the Public Library. Tho council approved tho Mayor's action. "It cannot have failed to come under the notice of all of ns that the great majority'of scientific men appear to he unable to express themselves with sufficient clarity to be understood by the reader, except with great difficulty, said Dr. Anderson, Director of Education, during a discussion in the University Senate upon the question as to whether English should bo mado a compulsory subject for the Bachelor of Arts degree: "For this reason," added Dr. Anderson, "X think that the study of English to a point beyond tho matriculation standard should be mado compulsory for the B.A. degree."