The Young Farmers' Club

5 Some cast away with careless eyes,

With happy smile and cheerful heart : But others kept the lovely prize

Tight-clasped, and could not bear to part, And thought, "The shell will weigh so slight,

The pilot cannot notice me". And sail'd away, the shell clasped tight,

Away upon a dusky sea. 6 A while the wave upheld the brim

Of boats with secret cargoes hid, Then broke across the burdened rim

And down into the deep they slid. The pilots swam, the children sank

And cries of "Help ! oh, help !" rang loud; The pilots swam, the children sank,

The half-moon sail'd behind a cloud. 7 Those with unburdened hearts and hands

With shining faces onward sailed, And found the far Elysian lands,

Harboured in triumph, joyous-hailed : They watched a feeble-hearted friend

Returning to the fatal shore, But they had reached the rainbow end

And found the crock of gold—and more:-

Leader: MR. K. G. COULTHARD. Deputy Leader: D. C. HOLMES. Committee: R. D. WHEATLEY (Chairman), E. W. PEAT (Vice-Chairman), H. C. BULMER (Secretary), M. J. MCCALLUM (Treasurer), C. R. G. McNum (Librarian),

J. B. HUZZARD, P. R. B. MEGGINSON.

This term the Club had visits from four outside speakers and one quiz.

The first meeting of the term was held on 4th of February, in the form of a quiz. C. R. G. McNeil captained one team, and E. W. Peat the other. The questions were all based on agricultural facts. The result of the quiz was a victory for Peat's team, with a score of 44 points to 402.