NELSON COLLEGE OLD BOYS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19916, 1 May 1930, Page 7

NELSON COLLEGE OLD BOYS.

i; 4' • ' | ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL J', -*''. MEETING. ul'Therf was..ft\f»ir attendance at the :.|jauat-'ifoeetuig. of the Christchurch the Nelson College Old Boys' held ia .the. Farmers' ' v, Cfropeiative tearooms last night. The \pmsfkt, Mr T. H. Williams, was in ' * T&si&bti»! report showed £hat many eld: wslpHad taken the opportunity of boys' ties and blazers. Mr C. a distinguished MelJwturMStogeon,' had been entertained while in Christchurch in College itself continued ;tc - both scholastically ujjllji Two, boys had won "UninrjflHHmce scholarships at. the lcnHffl|Htion3, while a Nelson Cottopped the Public Ser- ' ticl«lSiHrae examination list for New Zealttd, An old boy, P. Berry, who ■waßOoly 21, had won,the belt for the DoiMUQa'99 champion rine shot for the Unreport and balance-sheet, the UitSr Noting a „ small ;credit,.i' were; made reference to the l«pii; growth of the College, partiesthe boarding establishment*. Iw*jj('W«re now well over 400 boys on- ' tie Wll and plans for three new hostels \ W. the most modern Hues had been .pttparid. • .' • .• . / f "The f'annual reunion was fixed for ; Saturday, June 14thi ;■ It>wa3 decided €0 ask Mr. H. P. KidMjn, headmaster of Hutt High School, &nd an old boy, to' he the, principal Speaker. It was also .decided to make_a personal #mvass of old boys in Canterfcnry to raise funds to make a "donation if books to the College scriptorium. Officers' for the year were elected as follows s—-Patron, Mr C. H. Broad (principal of the College); president, Mr T. H. "Williams; vice-presidents, Messrs'A.'R. Jordan', A. F. L. Ledger, and H«, J\ Baird; secretary arid treasurer, iffx L.-E. Palmer; committee, Messrs'JT. Bigg-Wither, W. J. Walker, C. R .Dart, and J. M. Mitchell; hon-' wary auditor, Mr P, 15. Allen.