December 23 was Old Boys' Day at Medhurst College. A football match was played in the afternoon between past and present students. The match was disappointing from the point of view of football but, after all, Old Boys cannot be expected to compete with ycwng cues as they invariably get winded before the first half is finished. Nor can the present generation be expected to take too seriously the efforts at football made by those of a previous generation. Consequently the match was hardly exciting and ended in a draw.
Tea was served at the college and then the Old Boys adjourned to the Oriental Hotel where the annual banquet was to be held. Before dinner the annual business meeting took place. Some alterations were made in the rules of the Society and the officers for the ensuing year were elected. Afterwards the Principal of the College, the Rev. H. Bunce, gave some account of the progress made by the College during the past year, and stated that the College was now almost full and on the boarders' side entirely so. He afterwards spoke of his ideals for the College, as a place not for the mere acquisi-
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