CHRIST'S COLLEGE OLD BOYS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21622, 5 November 1935, Page 11

CHRIST'S COLLEGE OLD BOYS

ENGLISH BRANCH ANNUAL DINNER HELD frmoSl OUlt OWN CO»RKSrOHDP.irT.) LONDON, October 12. Mr Hal Williams presided at the fifty-third annual dinner of the English branch of Christ's College Old Boys' Association, which was held at Vernon House on October 1. The toast of the evening was proposed by Mr Melville Jameson (18841887). He spoke of the death of Mr Corfe, whose personality seemed to permeate the college. The sons of his old boys still felt the repercussion of the atmosphere he created, and benefited by the watchword, "Justice tempered by Mercy," which he had left behind him. Mr Jameson said how glad he was that Mr Crosse was present. He had no doubt that even in the difficult times through which the school was passing when he became headmaster, Mr Crosse had noticed something which he at first could not quite catch hold of and which he probably learned later was the Corfe tradition. The toast, which was received with the usual enthusiasm, was responded to by Mr P. J. C. Burns (1928-1932), who said .at he had been much struck by the place which Christ's College occupied amongst the Empire public schools, and that when he spoke of New Zealand he was asked: "That's where Christ's College is, isn't it?" While at college he had received what he thought at the time to be extraordinarily severe and unjust chastisement for some infringement of the rules, but his opinion as to this had changed with the yoars, and he now viewed the matter in another light. Mr Williams proposed that, in future, anyone who wished to do so should be allowed to invite a guest who was not an old boy to the annual dinner. This was seconded by Mr Melville Jameson, and after an animated discussion, which ranged backwards and forwards round the table, was carried on a show of hands by 21 to 4, 3 not voting. The solo of the college song was sung by Mr W. Wilson (1893-1899), the accompaniment being played from memory by Mr Melville Jameson. The attendance was not so large as usual. Those present were the Rev. E. C. Crosse, Messrs J. M. Barrett, B. G. Blunt, P. J. C. Burns, A. H. and C. E. Carrington, C. P. Clarkson, E. B. Cocks, H. D. Cook, J. T. Irving, W. Irving, A. Melville Jameson, Raymond Kirk, E. K. McLean, J. F. Moir, J. D. Maling, R. H. Mackerell, W. Ormond, Paul Pascoe, Basil S. Smyth, C. E. W. Steward, M. Tancred Stack, D. E. Thomas, J. G. D. Ward, Dr. W. Gordon Weston, Messrs G. D. WhiteParsons, W. Wilson.