NEW PUBLICATION

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5, 4 February 1909, Page 179

NEW PUBLICATION

The current issue of Blue and White, the magazine of St. Patrick's College, Wellington, is a bulky publication ot close on 120 pages, its size being due to the fact that ib is a record of the work done in the class-room and the athletic field for the past two years. The issue contains a great doal of interesting information regarding the college, no aspect of the many-sided activities of the students being overlooked. The letterpress, illustrations, and general getup of the magazine are excellent, and very creditable to all concerned.. With regard to successes of the students during the past year the editors have this to say: — The examination results disclose the fact that in Junior Civil Service we were very near the top, as indeed we expected to be. In Senior Civil Service we have the pleasure of recording a, departure from old ways. Two college boys passed the examination right out at their first attempt, and we have every hope that the lucky 'two -will have many successors this year. A very fair number passed matriculation. One student gained a credit pass in the junior scholarship examination after three years at the college. When we turn from the scholastic arena to the department of sports, we must declare at once that this y«ar has been pre-eminently a football year. And our successes, which are detailed further on, clearly indicate that we have every reason to be proud of our achievements in the national game. Never before had we undertaken such a -grand tour as that which led us to Nelson, thence to Auckland, and passing through Napier, back to Wellington. We met four strong college teams, and defeated them to. the tune of 53 to 12. Never before was tour own peculiar game — sharp, crisp passing amongst a set of backs moving like clockwork — brought to such perfection. On the running track, too, we have met no superior. . . On the whole, then, the record which these pages will unfold is one of which we may reasonably feel proud, and we are confident that no Old Boy who will read these pages will deny that we have worthily upheld the Blue and Whit© banner.