THE UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 776, 28 March 1910, Page 4

THE UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT.

>;: OPEMNC SPEECHES; J; ;p . - : iWCTORIA '. COLLEGE WINS RIFLE l ',' :; V;'-MATCH:;.;,-:: ... (By .TeleeraDh—Press Assoclatlnn.l -. ;;,•;- Christshurch, March.l 26; '■; Students' of Auckland University' Cot, / lege, .Victoria'and, Otago University are.nowj'isiting ■ .Christ-church.in connection with;the;lii->. "-ter-University V /College/ . Tournament'. -They .were'•formally' welcomed'::''at;'9 Vclock'tkis morning in the Canterbury ' College 'Hall. /'•//;■•'.-' -.}\ : > '■ [:::■■ ■■') '• '-'. Gabbatt (chairman of' the- - Cant«rbui7 (Allege Professbnal Board), who presided,, welcomed the visitors on '~' behalf., of • the',.; Canterbury authorities. / He predicted '._ success for tlie tourna- : ment, but deprecated the tendency to ■ describe it as' an''"inter-university 'coll-' test," stating : ;that, itwas more correctly. ..described as-.an : .func-, v tipn.",;'"The si>eaker expressed -approval 1 of a systoin under which;there was only onei -university (the- examining body); the four in : ;.. 'Btitutions..,. • , .•.•:-''.,-.:^!-- : ;;..;r r .-.;■■'•,/;:•;• ■ > Mr.. ■'• J. C. VAdams.' (chairraan-.'-of- the. .■'Board' of > Governors,of'Canterbury-Cok : '. lego) -"said."that ..it •was..;unriec6ssary,.fpr him to dwell on. the advantages of sudh :'■ tournaments,- and,'he- then;.went ;pn ip. /efer to' tho benefits of. having one university, instead, of'four,,and. expressed '■■ the. opinion that : in ;that" respect; .no. .'. change snould.b'e made': ;Any alteration.' wpuld cause.a less pf;nrestige,randf..tp. 'some extent a ■frustration" of'the 'purpose of the- establishment of. the<um-. versity: /''When, each'^college':had .large; : residential-. 'quarters -"'attached ; to;! it,-which-he hoped 'each'college, would-havo , ; verv'. soon, it -would then beHime enough to "speak about .each college'becoming'a' :,university, and having the right;to.conifer, degrees. 'The: speaker concluded by .expressing the;conviction -that' the; con-', tests'would'ibe very 'keenly/fought' out.-' ■' : ' '-Messrs. :A. G. -Marshall.;' (Auckland ..University College),. J-;'M;Hogben.(V-jCr.. . toria.College, - Wellingten); and ,W.. G. • \- Uttley (Otogo./University) brief : replies., in. acknewledgment of the; wel- '■ corhei and the function concluded' with -the interchange of cheers between the (Canterbury., College 'students/, and ;;the visitors.:./:'.: •-.-.•.'"- ■■.}'■ -'•"•:;';,,:'/:'■ //-Firing, for the Challenge; Shield-pre-i/Bented'by Professor; Ha slam-took/place. '■''■ at/Reddiffs; Range this. mornittfc;,Only : ."two'-'colleges'.- entered. .teams—Canter-, 'bury College ahd ;^^ Victoria College;(Wellington).' Three range's were fired—viz.-, 200 yds., 500 yds., and 600 yds.; the total ''scores - being';— Victoria, College,.- 659;: .'Canterbury College, -580. .-.-. ;■'. ';