COLLEGE DANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 67, 21 March 1938, Page 11

COLLEGE DANCE.

FRESHERS WELCOMED. BRIGHT UNIVERSITY SCENE. The freshers' welcome, the social event of the college j r ear, was held in file University Hall on Saturday night. The importance of the social activities connected with college life was stressed by Professor H. Belshaw, chairman of the Professorial Board, who urged the students to enter into other activities besides ordinary lecture work. A short address was also given by Mr. Eric Halstead. the president of the executive of the Students' Association, following which supper was served in the women's common room. The supper tables were tastefully decorated for the occasion with large bowls of autunuicoloured flowers. Following supper dancing was held in the hall, and the ladies' committee responsible for the arrangements included: Miss Margaret McLean, who wore a frock of powder bine crepe relieved with a poey of flowers in a deeper shade of blue; and Miss Muriel Smeed, who was in gold satin. Among those present were: Mrs. H. Belshaw, Mrs. Willis Airey, Mre. J. A. Bartrum, Mrs. D. Brown, Mrs. E. fi. Briggs, Mrs. H. G. Forder, Mrs. K. Bullen, Mrs. R. H. Melville, Miss M. Bourne. Misses Marie Best, Pat Mowbray, Mary Tewsley, Sheila von Hadelsiten, Joyce Key-Jones, Margaret Lippincott, Natalie Eastgate, Betty Delpratt, Margery Taaffe, Pauline Batty, Betty Hope, Doris McGhie. Hinemoa Wilson, Audrey Davenport, Mary Barton, Jean Livingstone, Rita Steele, Dorothy Gil-bert-Smith, Oliver Cowie, Gwen Amess. Shona Paterson. Joan Stewart, Barbara Davies. Molly Christie, Helen MaeCormick, Dorothy Bell. Violet Ward, Patricia Woods, Evelyn Asmuss, Gwen Morris, Hope Hamilton, Margot Griffin, Joan Rob-Smith, Jean Campbell, Valerie Burton, Muriel Evans, Catherine Matthews, J. Harmsworth, Pat Christophel, and D. Hodder.