Our Illustration.
MRS. DOHRMANN, M A
The subject of thi* month s illustration, Mrs Dohrmann, our N.Z. Treasurer, joined tlit* Waimate Union when founded some four or live years ago by Miss Rowell, and she has tilled the post of President ever since. Mrs. Dohrmann won her way through High School and University by a series of scholarships, finishing her University career at Canterbury College by securing her M.A. with double first honours. She will, perhaps, lx* better known in tin* student world by her maiden name of Elsie Low. Mrs. Dohrmann was a teacher in the Girls’ High Schools at Napier and at Christchurch, and is now married to Mr. Dohrmann, a farmer at Studhohne. Though a busy wife ami mother, sin* finds time, among other things, to conduct the VY.t \T.U. column in the local paper. Her letters to the press on many subjects of reform, notably anti-gambling, and her contribution'* are always worthy of thoughtful attention. In her own immediate neighbourhood Mrs. Dohrmann is an active social and Christian worker, helping in the Sunday School and the
Literary Society. Her little daughter, Susie, is a bright and prospermia little damsel, and the home life? at “ I'laxmere," Stud holme, suffers in no way from the sometimes arduous philanthropic work undertaken by its
mistress, Hotli Mr. and Mrs. Donrmann engage in IVmperanee work.
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White Ribbon, Volume 12, Issue 139, 15 December 1906, Page 8
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224Our Illustration. White Ribbon, Volume 12, Issue 139, 15 December 1906, Page 8
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