GONE TO THE FRONT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16293, 28 January 1915, Page 5

GONE TO THE FRONT.

UNIVERSITY AND ITS STUDENTS. HONOUR TO THE BRAVE. (Pea United Fbkss Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 27. . The New Zealand University Senate has dccided to honour its students who have gone to the front. It is having a complete iiut prepared, on whieh all the names will appear, and this list will be inserted m the University calendar. At the close of to-day's session Dr Collins spoke with regard to a clause in the Medical Committee's interim report which recommended tliat the names of those who have passed the medical and dental examinations of the past year as certified by the Examinations Committee in Wellington should be embodied in the minutes of the Senate. These list 3 include the names of students who were granted a special professional examination in Aiigust, and who are now on active service at the seat of war. Dr Collins said that he wished to draw attention to the latter part of the clause, in order to do honour to those students whq had gone to the front. By the fact of their having been granted a special professional examination their names would appear in the mir.utes of the Senate. The number of 6tudcnts who passed this special examination was 16, but while wishing to do honour to them he would also like to do honour to those members, teachers, graduates, and undergraduates of the University who had gone to the front. He would like to see a list compiled by the four different colleges of the names of those who had gone to the front and inserted in the calendar of the New Zealand University. While on this topic of doing honour, to these men, he wished to draw attention to the fact that Dr F. G. Batchelor, of Dunedin, had also gone to the front. Dr Batchelor had been for over 40 years a very prominent and influential citizen of Dunedin. He was for 30 years on the Hospital staff; _he was some years a member of the Hospital Board, on which he did very useful work; for 26years he was lecturer on midwifery and gynecology at the Otago University; he was examiner for the New Zealand University in those subjects for about the same number of years; he was also for some time professor of midwifery m the New Zealand University. He originated the Forth Street Maternity Hospital, where students gained their practical knowledge in midwifery, and lie wa6 the -first superintendent of that institution. Ho was aieo at one time president of the local branch of the British Medical Association, and was "resident of the great Australasian Medical Congress which was held in Dunedin in 1896. "I feel," continued Dr Collins, " that wo ought to do him honour after the strenuous years of active life that he should have been one of the first to volunteer for the front when the call from King and Empire came at the time of the declaration of war. One cannot help feeling gratified that those medical students who have gone to the front will know that their old teacher is there, to whom at any time they will be able to go for advice and help." Dr Collins then moved—" That the names of the members, teachers, and undergraduates of the University who have gone to the war should be recorded in the University calendar." The motion was seconded by the Rev. A. Cameron and carried unanimously. GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN RESIDENTS. (From Odh Owa Cobbespondmjt.) GRE Y MOUTH, January 27. The proposal which eminated from Auck land to intern all German and Austrian residents, whether naturalised or not, is being freely discussed in Greymouth It is stated that locally feeling is pretty strong owing to utterances and sympathy shown by these aliens for their native lands. Several instances have occurred, showing plainly that the Aucklandere have good reasons for their proposal. Locally a couple of "scraps" have taken place, in one instance with a New Zcalander which, but for the forbearanc> and calmness shown bv our people, would havo caused much trouble. OTAGO REINFORCEMENTS; ENGINEERS URGENTLY WANTED. The local Defence authorities have received instructions to send to Wellington almost immediately the Otago quota ~of Field Engineers. As the quota will have to go into camp probably in a few days early application from men for this branoh of the service is necessary.