VALEDICTORY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2849, 21 October 1908, Page 86

VALEDICTORY.

It was with deep regret I received ibe news of Homa's projected departure to the north. I Ehall feel hi 3 going as a. personal loss. In the .olden -time when tho club was in its youthful days I noted ' Horn's name regularly mentioned in the i reports. Mlembers came- and went, but. Homa remained loyal and devoted to the club, doing all he could to further the interest in it in a most charmingly candid and unaffected manner —never obtrusive, but quietly and cheerfully doing his very best. His bright, sunny face always beamed vritb. hearty good-will towards all who car;*; or ' went, and he will be sadly missed, irom the long table in the little u^tr room. I wa 3 pleased that the members patented iini with, a tokerj. of tthear appreciation of ■ Jis many htt, tt acxs of kindness, and we I man hits, ihany long years of success and 1 ■ a ?ft? e6B- M »y he ever be the same candid, happy Homa! Just in passing let m<Lf ay a few wcrds cf appreciation with regard >.o another member of our club who also m a quiet, unobtrusive manner, has done a great deal in making the southern cub what it is—our Midgie. There has always been a very warm place in my heart for Midgie She was one of my first D.L.P friends, and -will ever bo one of my £?a "l at- - Jt Her ro. a<jy wit a«d tact, combined, with a winning personality, have ofk-n tnrown oil on troubled waters when a. wordy . warefaro seemed almost inevitable. She is on« of our most regular attenders: as secretary she was always in her p!ace, and bet reports were most interesting and imZZ ,* 11 VeXy iin S, good or Indifferent, •waa fully reported. As librarian she haa shOTm the same seal asd interest in her office, and has taken a great deal of trouble arranging and cataloguing the books It is io members lik* these that the club owes Us success. The president may and does ft •sra^ t dt?k but il n<*ds »*«» tfcat each individual club member should become mT>ued wiifa the !de* that the ojub does not belong to Shasta, nor to Willow Broak, j «or to MiMieent or Bolivar: that it ia j your club—my dub. In-tead of looking , • *a Uw president to carry th* whole weight '

of the club on her shoulders we must each do with all our might whatever little part is allotted to us. In this willingness lies til© whole secret of success. The office of president is not always a oed of roses, for whoever may grow weary in welldoing, the president must not "grow weary. Some may — in the words of the old hymn grow sick and some grow sad: the presid-enl must go on for as iong as the term lasts. Th e n, ccmrades north and south, support your presidents; do not hang back, loaving undone all you might and could do to helpbs willing and ready to write or speak, and above all, attend regularly. __ > __ — LOLA.