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[("Unworthy of the dignity of this university," was the description applied to the new Senate room in Wellington by Mr. A. H. Johnstone, K.C., of Auckland, when addressing members of the Senate of the University of New Zealand in Christchurch. . ... The treasurer’s report, commented Mr. Johnstone, had grievously disappointed him, as no mention had been made concerning what he believed to be serious defects, notably in the acoustics, of the room. First, it was approached by crooked passages. The walls were covered by a cheap veneer, and not panelled as they should have been, and the room actually, was far too small.-News Item.] te AM appalled to hear That where the Senate sits The Dignity of its Concerns does not appear; Ah, deeply it appals Me, that the Senate’s Walls Are daubed with cheap Veneer! , University, My Wonder is aroused, Seeing your Senate housed So inauspiciously: Round Learning’s inmost Shrine Only the vulgar Shine Ot cheap Veneer we see, ¥2 Senators, though you Bewail your Walls veneered, The self-same Stuff is smeared Upon your Students, too; Many with fatal Ease Proceed to your DegreesYou let them smatter through! b gneh may, for All I care Bedeck the Senate Room, : Or shroud it like the Tomb, So long as while you’re There Your prime Concern is not : The Dignity (Great Scott!) You think you ought to wear.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 240, 28 January 1944, Page 4
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230Alma Mater New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 240, 28 January 1944, Page 4
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