Graduates Are Entertained By Varsity Women

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 702, 29 June 1929, Page 23

Graduates Are Entertained By Varsity Women

Successful Function of Federation Branch PLEA FOR SCHOLARSHIP ! University training for women provides access to new and broad fields of mental recreation, where complete rest from even the most uncongenial pursuits may betaken. VJO said Nlrs. A. E. Mulgan, president of the Auckland Association of the New Zealand Federation of University Women, which, last evening, entertained the graduates of the year at a congratulatory dinner in the Mecca Cafe. It was a happy and spontaneous function, perfectly arranged, and imbued with that spirit of varsity comradeship that exists for all time, linking ex-students and young graduates in a bond of genuine interest. In every way the evening was a complete success, and the unanimous decision of all present was that it should be made the first of many others. Nlrs. Mulgan presided, and apologies were received from Miss Sandford (Oxford; and Dr. Margaret Knight for their absence. After the toast to the King, Miss Clouston (Sydney University) honoured the federation and traced its aims and history in the course of a bright speech. In reply. Dr. Buckley Turkington spoke of the united efforts of women throughout the world to better the conditions of their fellow-women. The principal toast of the evening, “The Guests," was proposed by Mrs. Mulgan, who stressed the value of a university career for every woman. Miss Mueller replied and referred to the comradeship and interests of university life. Mrs. Shepherd (Dublin University) proposed the toast to the New Zealand University and spoke of the future that lay ahead of the younger seats of learning. She hoped, she said, to see in the future something like a Cecil Rhodes scholarship scheme for women, though with less emphasis on the sporting side. A brilliant speech in reply was made by Mrs. A. G. Talbot, who sketched the foundation and growth of the New Zealand University. She made a plea for the retention of all that was best in the university traditions of the Mother Country, and paid a tribute to such women as Mrs. W. Evans, and Miss Helen Collin, who later became Mrs. McMillan Brown. They had paved the way in earlier New Zealand days for those who had followed. During the evening songs were contributed by Misses Walker and Lambourne. The 1929 graduates who were the guests of the association were: Miss L. Hardie, Nliss I. Cress well, Nliss NT. McCormick, Miss J. Mueller, Nliss R. Walker, Miss A. Lambourne, Nliss D. Gilmour, Nliss L. Talbot, Miss 1,. Moore, Nliss F. Kissling, Miss C. Bouillon, Miss D. Potter, Nliss I. Jenkin, Miss L. Cranwell, NJiss F. Homer, Miss J. Mclntosh, Miss Nr. Macky, Miss E. Wann, Miss K. Dunning, Miss H. Donald, Miss N. Whitelaw, Nliss N. Clarke, Miss G. Hayward, Miss M. Milne. Members of the Auckland Association present were:— Mrs. Mulgan, Nliss Clouston, Dr. Buckley Turkington, Dr. Warnock, Miss Yates, Miss Johnston, Mrs. Thompson, Miss Macdonald, Miss Innes, Mrs. Harvey, Nliss Stewart, Nliss Hall, Mrs. Scott, Nliss A. Bouillon, Miss B. Bouillon. Nliss T. Bouillon, Mrs. Gankrodger. Mrs. Hewitt, Mrs. X. A. Campbell, Nliss Himmel, Mrs. Tuthill, Nliss V. Hay, Miss Campbell. Nliss Smith, Nliss Adams, Miss French, Nliss Dive, Nliss Eentham, Miss Begg, Nliss NT. Hay, Miss MeXiekle, Mrs. Shepherd, Nliss C. Gray, Nliss T. Gray, Nliss Edgerley, Dr. Crawley, Mrs. Talbot, Miss Currie, Mrs. Bevage, Miss F. Taylor. Nliss NT. Taylor. Mrs. Macdonald, Miss Sheat, Mrs. Nlawson, Mrs. Clarke, Miss Wright, Mrs. Astley, Dr. Montgomery, Mrs. X". A. Thomas. Mrs. McKenzie, Miss Henderson, Miss Davis, Miss Evans. Miss Shillidy, Miss C. Astley. Nliss Patterson, Mrs. Osborne, Miss Smeeton. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED The engagement is announced of Enid Alwyn Stebbings Moore, only child of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Stebbings Moore, Ponsonby, to William Auchinachie Milne, son of Mr. W. A. Milne, Birkenhead.