Musical Society.

The occasions on which the orchestra has been called upon to perform recently have been few. Such occasions have been marked by the production of a working model of an orchestra out of nothing at the shortest notice. Since the Extravaganza, we have been hibernating, but awoke to feverish activity about a week before the Dramatic Club's production of the "Young Idea." Overture and entr'acte numbers were carried to a tolerably successful conclusion, and where individual members paused to take breath or to look for a missing beat, the situation was saved by some well-directed solo efforts from the drums section, to which our best thanks are due. We wish also to express our appreciation of the assistance given by friends outside the College.

As usual, the orchestra was again called upon to contribute some musical items at the annual Plunket Medal contest—with this important difference, that this year something like reasonable notice was given. Smaller numbers on this occasion were made up for by a first-class performance, in which Zeus descended from Olympus, assisted with the viola, and waved his bow instead of a baton. Violin solos and songs were contributed by Miss Reid and Miss Davis respectively. For a fuller account of the antics of the vocalist and the conductor-accompanist of the encore number that could not be found—what time, the singer looked very red, the accompanist very worried, and the wits from the back of the hall passed the remarks appropriate to the situation—of the final discovery of the offending song in the other portion of the album behind the piano—for all this, we refer the reader to the "City and Suburban" column of the following Monday's "Dominion."