Lincoln College Warden’s Wide Range Of Interests

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29715, 8 January 1962, Page 6

Lincoln College Warden’s Wide Range Of Interests

A man who has been intimately associated with the social and sporting activities of students st Lincoln College ended a psriod at slniost 15 years at the college on New Year’s Eve. He is Mr J. D. Mackay, the first fulltime warden at the college, who is returning to teaching after a break at about 25 years. At the beginning of the new school year he will take up a teaching appointment at Papanui High School.

In his capacity as warden at the college. Mr Mackay has been responsible for the management of the boarding establishment and has been

involved in almost every branch of student social activity. Numbers of students in residence at the college have increased over the 15year period from IM to 313. In addition, he has had to attend to the increasing numbers of tra.ning and conference groups that have come to the college. Last year almost 2000 persons, including students, spent some tune in residence at the college.

During this period Hudson Hall and the new refectory and matron's block have been built and Mr Mackay was associated with the furnishing and equipping of these buildings. Sporting Interests

A man with a notable sporting career himself. Mr Mackay was very active in all sporting activities at the college. For five years he coached the Rugby team and it was under his auspices that the annual fixture between the college and Otago University was initiated. In addition to being a member of the Ellesmere Rugby SubUnion during most of his time at the college he was president for two years and is at present vice-chairman of the Canterbury subunions.

For most of his time at the college he has also coached the First XI and he has himself played for the Ellesmere Sub-Association. He has also been a member of the college athletic club's committee and has been starter at its meetings over the whole period he has been at the college and he has also been interested in tennis and swimming. He has been secretary of the college Blues Committee since its inception and he has lately been a member of the New Zealand University Blues panel.

Interested in all social activities, Mr Mackay, who has been a member of the vestry of the Lincoln Angli-

can Church, organised chapel services at the college conducted by visiting Christchurch ministers and he has recently been a member of the Canterbury University chaplaincy committee Tn the period that the Lincoln District High School was moving from a district high school to a high school, Mr Mackay was for two years secretary and for five years chairman of the school committee.

Born in New Plymouth Mr Mackay was educated at the New Plymouth High School, where he had a fine sporting record in Rugby football, cricket, athletics, in which he broke four records, shooting and tennis. He also won a national scholarship. Teaching Posts

After six months on the staff of the Wellington Diocesan Boys’ School, he joined the staff of Wellington College, with which he was associated from 1928 to 1937. In his first six years at the college he took a bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degree at Victoria College and at the same time he won 15 New Zealand University and Victoria College Blues in athletics, Rugby and cricket.

Between 1928 and 1931 he represented Wellington at Rugby, being a member of the 1930 team which won the Ranfurly Shield and defeated Great Britain. In 1928 he played for the All Blacks against New South Wales in Christchurch and in both 1929 and 1931 he represented New Zealand Universities. Mr Mackay was a member of the New Zealand Univer-1

sity Rugby Football Council and he also served as secretary of the secondary schools' Rugby football and athletic associations in Wellington. When the Royal New Zealand Air Force was established Mr Mackay was selected in 1937 to initiate educational training programmes with headquarters at Wigram. In this capacity he was also responsible for establishing social and cultural activities and in this he became associated with services Rugby, boxing, swimming, athletics, cricket and basketball. In 1943 he was appointed staff officer in charge of educational. welfare and sports activities in the South Island and in 1945 he became responsible for these in the Pacific Islands group. His activities, as the war drew tq a close, were directed increasingly to rehabilitation of servicemen. In 1948 he was awarded an M.B.E. (military division). Services’ Sport From 1938 to 1942 Mr Mackay coached the Air Force Rugby team in Christchurch. This team won the senior championship in 1942. He was also a selector of New Zealand Air Force and New Zealand Services Rugby teams. He also served on the Canterbury Rugby Union and was a provincial selector for two years. He was associated with the establishment of the Junior Advisory Board and was its first president and he also presided over the Canterbury Coaches’ Association. At cricket he captained the Air Force senior team in Christchurch for five years and played for the South Island Services and was a selector and manager of the New Zealand Combined Services team. He also served on the management committee of the Canterbury Cricket Association. Gay Returning (IV.Z Pres.' Assn Lupuru/rai NEW YORK, Jan. 5. President Kennedy's personal representative in Berlin, Genera! Lucius D. Clay, was fiying home to demand a freer hand for the American military command in Berlin, the “New York Herald Tribune” stated today. There had been reports he would protest at State Department efforts to curb the authority of the Ameri- ■ can military commander in Berlin. Major-General Albert i Watson, the paper said.