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Appendix D.

The Institutional TAfe of the College. —The students by means of their association and committees have done good service to the College in many ways. At the annual meeting reports were presented showing that the social, intellectual, and athletic life of the College is not neglected. Report of the Students' Executive : Mr. Colquhoun, president, and Mr. J. Smith Nelson, secretary, presented a satisfactory report and balance-sheet of the year's work. '- " Social Committee: Mr. J. G. Menzies, secretary, reports, " The event of the year, the annual social, was held on the 23rd June, and, although much work had to be done, the students proved equal to the occasion. We think that we may fairly claim that this function did honour to our College." The College Magazine Committee: Editor, Miss D. C. Farnie; business manager, Mr. J. S. Nelson; committee —Messrs. Hicks, Menzies, Marwick, and Grieve. Two very successful numbers of the " College Magazine " have been issued, and the committee hope that their successors will continue the magazine as a veiy necessary adjunct to the history and life of the College. Tennis Club Report: Mr. H. R. Anderson, the able and energetic secretary, reports that there are over fifty playing members of the club; out of the sixteen players who represented the University in the various local matches, no fewer than ten were members of the College. Christian Union : The meetings of the year were very well attended with an average attendance of about thirty students. Training College Library : The report of the library committee was moved by Mr. Frederick H. Wilson, seconded by Mr. A. G. Sawell. It is interesting to notice the kind of books that have been read. Of the ninety-six volumes taken out, twelve were sciences, twenty-one dealing with education, and fifty-four teaching. Thirty-nine volumes were added this year, and there are now 456 volumes on the shelves of our library. . The Staff of the School and the College. —The normal practice school is under the able direction of Mr. E. Pinder, M.A., and his staff of teachers. They are one and all enthusiastic and experienced teachers, and I place the direction and supervision of the students in their hands with the greatest confidence. The pupils of the school are so frequently in the hands of the students that one cannot avoid the suggestion that the training of the former must suffer in consequence. To judge, however, by the Inspectors' reports, this is not so. So far as we are able to gather, the work of the practice-school is quite equal to that of any other school of the same grade. Miss E. M. Stevens retired from the staff after a long period of service from the foundation of the normal school in 1876. Outside the staff, few are aware of her enthusiastic devotion to her daily duty during her long tenure of office. Mr. David Stewart, headmaster of the model school, received an appointment as Organizing Inspector at Wanganui. He was a most capable teacher, and we were very sorry to lose him. Mr. Marryatt, his successor, is of great service to us, having special experience in agriculture and school gardening. My thanks are due to the regular and visiting staff of the College for their willing and ready co-operation during the past year. I have, &c., The Secretary, Otago Education Board. D. R. White, Principal.

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