OTAGO GRADUATES

Evening Star, Issue 21784, 28 July 1934, Page 22

OTAGO GRADUATES

ASSOCIATION WOUND UP Its animation suspended for many years, the Otago Unh'ereity Graduates’ Association was wound up‘finally last night. - , , The association has been ■ almost defunct for a long period, and when the ■members met last night V;the; of the last secretary , was -not ascertainable. The association’s activities have been lost in the limbo of the past. Dr G. E. Thompson ' (professor of languages) presided at the meeting, and i Mr H. Chapman, now registrar of the ' University, and a bachelor of arts of . the University," was . associated with him. . ■■ ‘' .Dr Thompson explained 'that the meeting had been called to wind up the affairs of the Graduates’■ Association, which had been long defunct, or, if not ■' actually defunct, had. suffered from suspended animation. The association was formed ip Dunedin r many, years beforo the Court of Convocation'-was constituted. Dr P. Marshall was the last president, and he ■ was vice-president. When the Court of Convocation was revived or made a more living thing ■ the funds at the association’s disposal amounted to £l7 lis Bd, and a question often discussed ‘ was whether the funds should be handed over to the court, the lineal successor. Nothing had been done through all the years, and the funds bad accrued by interest to £37 12s 9d. The disposal of the nest egg now remained to be decided. After the treasurer (Mr Chapman) - had explained the financial position it was decided that the .association be wound up, and that the funds be handed over to the>, court after the wishes of the life members as to the disposal of their subscriptions had beeiv ascertained.- ',