CHRISTIAN BROS. OLD BOYS.

Evening Star, Issue 14931, 18 July 1912, Page 8

CHRISTIAN BROS. OLD BOYS.

I A SOCIAL REUNION'. The second annual reunion of the ChrisI lian Brothers" Old Boys' Association wao j held in the Victoria 'Hall last evening. 1 There was a lei-oid attenda-neo, o\<\ boys I } attending from all nfrrts of Otago and ! Southland, and even further aiie/d. Mazy i apologies wrie received from various pal ts of the Dominion. Mr A. J. Wullivan (president) moved the adoption of the annual report, containing, inter alia, the following clauses:—"The year's work is one upon which the, committee ha..* pleasure in congratulating the members. The enthusiasm of the members of tho n&soc'ai tion and their interest in it is niain- ! tiined, and the indications of a successful organisation, so abundantly evident a*, its formation, have been fullv realised. The association will never reach its full power. or include within its membership list mo:c than a proportion of its due comjlemen... of members, until we shall be in a position to institute a district sch-.-ms whereby : each town and suburb shall 1)2 in the ! hands of a small committee of enthusiastic ! gentlemen, whose duty it shall be to keep I the central committee in touch with the | members under its jurisdiction. A dor.a----1 tion of £5 from the funds of thci associa- ; tion to assist in carrying on the work of the Christian Brothers' School was made, i and the proceeds of tho. social and dance, j amounting to £4 10s, weie handed to the | brotheis for the same purpose. Regret I was expressed at tho departure from Dun- | edin oi five members of the association— I Rev. Brothers Brady and Cuaack and [ Messrs hj. Casev, M. lio.isb-otham, and X. j P. Laffey. j Tho following officers were elected for i the ensuing year:—Patron, Bishop Var- ! don ; vice-patron, Rev. Father Coffey; president, Dr O'Neill; vice-presidents, j Messrs D. L- Poppelwell ,-ind A. Quclch ; i Fecretarv, Mr E. W. Spain ; treasurer. IMr J. Hally; auditor, Mr F. W. Thorrpi son ; committee—Rev. Father O'Neill, Rev. Brothers Moore and O'Donoghue, and Messrs W. Higgine, J. A. O'Brien, K. Kilmartin, J. Dunne, J. Geerin, and J. M'Grath. The Rev. Brother O'Donoghue briefly returned thanks for the warm welcome accorded him. He had heard before coming to Dunedin of the good work the association was doing, and he would do what he could to help the work forward. Mr D. L. Poppclwell, m returning thanks for his election to the position of I vice-president, referred to the objects of j tho association. First, there was tho idea ; of keeping alive old memories and c«menti in" old friendships They were also en- ! abled to take an interest and raise a ; united voice in the matter of Christian. I education, with a view to alleviating the injustice which they believed they were suffering under the "present education system of the country. Further, the association provided the means whereby the members were able to discover the good qualities in one another, and to lend, aa it were, a helping hand, by their moral support, not only to one another, but to their beloved teachers and their Alma Mater. (Applause.) Oontributione to the evenings entertainment were acceptably rendered by Messra Meo, Poppelwell, Fogarty, the Christian Brothers' Choir, tvnd Mr H. £. D. Atonihan [WeUinctonL.