“As a matter of fact most temperance “ reformers fail to reach the root of the “ matter ; they should begin with the “ cooking stove and the teapot ” ! The proceedings at the Girls’ High School concluded with a most interesting ceremony—the presentation to the school of the portrait of Miss Dalrymple, which has been subscribed, for as a testimonial to the valuable public services of that accomplished lady in being the initiator of the institution. Mrs W. H. Reynolds, whose name is associated with every good work in this City almost since its foundation, was fitly* chosen to present the portrait, and did so in a happily-worded _ address, in which she graphically described the part taken by Miss Dalrymple in the estab lishment of the school. “ We will not stay “ to argue whether she was the originator “ of the idea. All will agree, I think, that “ she, at least, seized the practical side of “ the idea, and never ceased her agitation “and action until the Otago Girls’ High “School was an accomplished fact.” This is a plain statement of fact, and the credit of realising the idea cannot be taken away from her. The modest statement of the whole cir cumstances attending the foundation of the school which she read in the course of her speech acknowledging the honor conferred by placing her portrait side by side with that of Sir John Richardson on the walls of the school, sets forth the whole truth in the clearest light, and can leave no doubt whatever on the mind that it is to the

intelligent exertions of this lady that Otago owes the establishment of the Girls’ High School—an institution which has been of inestimable value in moulding the family life of this portion of the Colony. “ Honor to whom honor is due,” and it is truly due to Miss Dalhysipi.e.
