COLLEGE JUBILEE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 99, 30 April 1935, Page 4

COLLEGE JUBILEE

REUNION OF OLD BOYS ST. PATRICK'S, SILVERS'! RE AM A party ot St. Patrick s College old boys ana parents journeyed borough from Wanganui to attend the reunion in connection with the jubilee celebrations at Silverstream and also at the Town Hall, Wellington. St. Patrick’s College, Sil verst ream., was bathed in glorious sunshine on the occasion of its jubilee reception on Friday afternoon. Many visitors from all parts of the Dominion were present, and the arrangements were well carried out. After guests had arrived, many joined in the sports, ten nis, golf, quoits, rackets, etc., while others strolled about the spacious grounds. At 3 o’clock the majority wended their way to the large Assembly Hall, where a short programme of music was provided, followed by speeches. The items rendered by the school choir and orchestra under the leadership of the Kev. C. Feebly, were excellent and showed very line training of the boys. Among those present were Archbishop O’Shea, lather Cullen uSt. Patrick's, Wellington , Monsignors McManus (Palmerston North), Connelly (Kilbirnie), the Kev. Father Hurley (Provincial of the Mari.st Order), the Kev. A. Berge», S.M. (Rector of St. Bede’s. Christchurch), Monsignor ALorkane, D.D., M.A. (Dunedin), the Kev. F. L. Diguan (formerly student and master at St. Patrick’s College). B. McCarthy, K.iS.G. (Hawera;, presiu:nt of St. Patrick's Old Boys’ Association. A fitting finale to the golden jubilee celebrations, the Old Boys’ ball, took plate on Friday evening at the

Town Hail, which had been hand somely decorated for the. occasion. The central figure of the decoration .scheme was a ‘‘cut-out’’ of the college in Cambridge Terrace. This screened the organ loft and with windows illuminated fium behind and a charmingly-arranged shrubbery in front was most realistic. From the gallery swathes of blue and white muslin formed a misty canopy with trails of lycopodium, which were caught in the central chandelier of tiny electric bulbs- Against the centre of the back gallery hung a hand-somely-painted shield bearing the college coat of arms on a silver background. Flanking this, surrounding the hall, hung the coats of arms of the late Archbishop Redwood (founder r.f St. Patrick’s College). Archbishop O'Shea (the first pupil), St. Patrick’s Old Boys’ Association, St. Patrick’s, Silverstream, the Society of Mary, and of tne other schools, which originated from St. Patrick’s, Woodlawn i Australia), and St. Bede’s College (Christchurch). The vestibule of the Town Hail,: where the guests were received by Dr. Rolland O’Regan (chairman of coni mittees) and Mrs. O’Began, was arranged as a comfortable lounge and was a bower of flowers and greenery. Mrs. O’Regan wore a becoming gc-wn of cocoa-beige lace with touches of .uown velvet and she carried a bouquet of autumn-tinted flowers. Messrs. B. F. Kelly, W. R. Hart, AL O’Connor, J. R. Wickliffe, L. B. Day, and Dr. O’Regan were members of the