The number of students attending lectures this year is 180, as against 167 last year.

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Professor Kirk has taken up temporary quarters in Miss Baber's school, in Pipitea Street. He has fourteen students, who talk about biology as though it were football or some other exciting pastime. An enthusiastic student writes that on the 22nd May "Kirk's Lambs" went "bug-hunting" at Petone, "bent on capturing and killing water-fleas, frogs, and other dangerous animals." This sounds like philanthropy. "After an interesting and exciting day," we are told, "the excursionists returned home richly laden with specimens." We wish the "lambs" luck every time.

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The budding biologists were somewhat lacking in facilities for work at first; but, thanks to Messrs. Hoby, Watson, Haylirh, Richmond, Evans, and Miss Myers, microscopes were obtained. Professor Easterfield threw in some antique skulls and a few venerable bones, so that now things are looking quite homelike at the Pipitea branch.

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Students will no doubt look upon the new seal (which appears on our cover) with feelings of intense relief. We have long desired (vainly) that the stain of "desideranda" should be washed away. We have ourselves "little Latin and less Greek," but we do not like to see the show given away on the College seal.

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Since our last number P. S. Foley has gone to other fields and pastures new. How we miss the smile of genial Pat. The Hockey Club lost a fine goal-keeper, the Tennis Club a mine of cheerfulness, and all of us a jolly good fellow, the day Foley left for Napier. Here's luck, Patrick.

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We regret to have to chronicle a painful scene which occurred during a recent hockey match. It was indeed de-plorable to see a member of the city Licensing Committee—one elected on the Reform Ticket at that—in the clutches of Beere. We are glad the matter was settled out of Court.

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The College has suffered considerable loss in the departure of G. V. Bogle, who has accepted the position of junior master at the Napier High School. Bogle has distinguished himself during the last two years as a good all-round man. At football, hockey, and tennis he has proved one of the most useful men in the College first teams. At hurdling and long jumping he has given considerable promise, and it was with great regret that the team heard of his inability to go to Auckland as one of our representatives at the Easter Tournament. Such a good athlete should prove of great advantage to a school, and we congratulate the Napier High School on its selection.

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We are asked to announce some results of a careful analysis of a valuable collection of stones brought from South Africa by H.O.S. The large diamond consists of 95% Sio2, and 5% veldt dust—total, 100%. Our correspondent remarks enigmatically, "Most people wonder why De Wet was not cornered." We don't.

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