THE LATE MR D. J. M. DUNBAR.

Otago Witness, Issue 2849, 21 October 1908, Page 65

THE LATE MR D. J. M. DUNBAR.

On the 2nd inst. there passed away, at iii these columns there passed away, at the early age of 24, Mr D. J. M. Dunbar, the ooly surviving son of Mr and Mrs Jame.3 Dunbar, of Roslyn. The late Mr Dunbar was at the time of his death just at the close of a brilliant university career, in the course of which he had won the high esteem ar.d respect of all who knew him. His first education was gained at the Kaikorai Public School, and having won a Junior Board Scholarship there he went to the Otago Boys' High Schcol in 1897 Two yeara later he took a very high place on the Otago Education Board a Senior Scholarship list, and at the end of 1901 was placed fifth among the junior university scholars of the year. Going on to take a science .course at the Otago University. h/» won h>is B.Sc. in 1904, and then entered upon his medical studic-6. He had aleeadv passed his first and second professional examinations with distinction, and was looked upon by his fellow students as certain to secure his medical degree at the final examination next January. In his school days he took a keen interest in sports and athletics, and only last month represented the Roslyn Bible Class and the Medical Faculty in Rugby football. He was a prominent member of the University Debating Society, and this year he, associated with Mr W. H. Pettit, won the inter-faculty debating contest for the Medical School. He vas one of the Medical Faculty's ohostn representatives on th» executive of f.ie Students Associa- {■>,-> and was also a m»-n.ber of ihe Uni-•-•ersMv Oristian Union and a teacher m '>!>■> R<-lvn Presbyterian Sunday School Vno-Jt a" month aao he took ill with iv'?>y^za, xv'ioh develop*! into bronchitis and then into pneumonia and pi* wisy. which fuial"y Liou«?hT, about his death laat Friday mornir.tr. He was of a emgularly frank" awl wiminsr disposition, and was a great favoun o with the many who had learned to know hi« sterling wonh. The fact that Uls mi!y brother. V> illiam, was drowned in t»,e Lor.er Harbour in January of 1906 also At rhe end of a <h~tmpruishe<J university course, makes ti.f- ca.se a peculiarly distressing one for the parents with whom t'r.o ? reate,r svmpatJiy is felt. At the '■ve->ir.3- service <n Knot Chuj-ch on Sunday ' the ' Rev. Mr Hewit-on made reference to th- death of Mr David Dunl«r who, alo«if witls v .^ [ate broker, William, iva' a former member oiKnox Church and in Bible cla^o*. Mr H^vit«on s-poke of the unwillingness of tlie Hebrew kin- Hezekiah to go through the gates of the grave in the noontide ot his fiav, »nj r-o'>-- fl =^J vt th-i.fr to cling io life is "the natura' instinct which is intensified by youth and deei^ned by work. Behind Mr Dunbar lay a brilliant record in school and in universitr. Before him there was opening one of the noblest professions in which any man could engage. He was in love with the green earth and with the companionships of life, and it was not to be wondered at if in his youth and with his keen enthusiasm for his work he shrank from the prospect of leaving it. Spencer

had pointed out that life was not to be | ' measured by length only, but by breadth i and depth. The motto chosen by the ' Princess Royal for the cairn erected to the Prince Consort at Balmoral was taken from the Bcok of Wisdom, and contains the words : " Being made perfect in a little while he fulfilled long years." Mr Dunbar's brief life was perfected by filial relations that were singularly loving and beautiful, by the rich and varied associations of a studeart life, and by a sincere and humble fellowship with his Maker and Redeemer. To Chrfstian men even, such an event as the departure of one whose life was so full of promise and for whom the world has so much need was a great and solemn mystery. At a. meeting^ of. the P.rofessorial Board of the Uriivei'3itv on Saturday last the following resolution was adopted, on the motion of the chairman (Professor Giiray): — "That this board has heard with great regret of the death of Mr David •T. M. Dunbar, one of the most promising of our medical students; and deeply sympathises with the bereaved parents in ! their sore affliction, and that a copy of j this resolution be forwarded to Mr Dunbar." I