STUDENTS' ANNUAL MEETING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21732, 14 March 1936, Page 8

STUDENTS' ANNUAL MEETING

REPORT AND BALANCESHEET PRESENTED The annual general meeting of the Canterbury University College Students' Association was held in the college gymnasium last evening. The meeting proceeded with rather ' more order than is usual in students' gatherings, the only interruptions being caused by the application of a hose to the platform, and by intermittent fireI works. .- Extracts from the annual report included an official appreciation of the work done by Miss C. Hanna, who was in charge of the retail business and of the information and service bureau, and an appreciation of the work of Miss Middleton in her supervision of the tearooms. The report showed that it had been proposed that the headquarters of the New Zealand Universities' Students' Association should; be stationed permanently in Wellington to avoid the confusion arising from an annual change. An increased income of approximately £IOO was shown in the bal-ance-sheet for the year ending March 13, 1936. Details stated the gross receipts at £949, £942 being from students' subscriptions. Expenditure included:—Grants to clubs £348, to the Students' Union Council £285, to the Students' Association £205, reserve for depreciation £25, for club' equipment (a special fund created last year) £25, building reserve £25. Credit balances were shown by bal-ance-sheets for the association executive's general accounts and for the Students' Union Council accounts. A loss of £7B was shown by the tearooms balance-sheet. The election of officers for 1936 resuited as follows:—President, Mr R. M. Young; men's vice-president, Mr O. P. Gabites: women's vice-president, Miss W. Billins; .honorary secretary. Mr R. J. Rodger; treasurer, Mr J. M. Steeds; honorary assistant-sec-retary, Mr M. Heenan; men's executive officers, Messrs A. G. Boyle, C. E. Innes. 1. O. Stace; women's evecutive officers, Misses M. A. Hitchcock and B. Williams. . The meeting 'dosed- without discussion after the confirmation of the report and balance-sheet" • - ■ - -- ?"