RESIGNATION TENDERED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 44, 22 February 1940, Page 6

RESIGNATION TENDERED

DR. E. M. MERRINGTON MASTER OF KNOX COLLEGE L Per AbbocJaUon.j WELLINGTON, P eb. 21. Dr. E. N. Mernngton, master ol Knox Presbyterian college, Dunedin, tendered his resignation io take eueci from the end ol me year in a . wv received by the Centennial c Assembly of the Presbyterian enurca to-day. The letter was received by a sub-committee set up to consider the resignation and report back to a later session of the Assembly. Dr. Mernngton, in a letter, said he took up his duties at tne beginning ol 1929 in succession to Proiessor vV. Hewitson. Since receiving lhe appointment it had been his constant aim to maintain the high standards of the first master while ever looking forward lo the future expansion and beautification of the college, The lime of his retirement was tine in August of next year, but he wished Lo relinquish office while he was on the sunny side of the retiring age m the hope that he might still take some part in lhe Ministerial service of the Church. “As L lay down office f do so with a strong conviction of the great value of the college lo lhe Church and university and with the assurance that Knox College is firmly established lor all time," said Dr. Merrington. “Throughout the Dominion and beyond it the good name of the college is being upheld by numerous former students who are seeking io realise the ideals set forth week by week n Ross Chapel and in the life of the college.”