Published by the Gordon Technical College and the 

 Allied Associations. 



VOL. II.— No. ^. NOVEMBER, 1896. No. 5. 



All communications to be addressed to the Editor, Gordon Technical 

 College, Geelong, Victoria. 



NOTES. 



The Wombat is now the official paper of the Gordon Tech- 

 nical College, and of all the Societies connected therewith. 



As several of our correspondents have informed us that 

 some of the numbers of our last volume did not reach them, 

 we have to specially request that all irregularities in delivery 

 be notified to the Editor. 



The term which ended on 19th September, shows a decided 

 improvement upon the preceding ones for the year, and for 

 the corresponding period of last year. The numbers enrolled 

 in the various classes for the time just ended are: — Theoretical 

 Chemistry, 6; Practical Chemistry, 6; Veterinary Science, 6; 

 Mathematics, 12; Carpentry, 28; Plumbing, 12 • Woolsort- 

 ing, 13; Manual Training, (Carpentry for boys), 24; Freehand 

 and Model Drawing, 20; Mechanical Drawing, 14; Building 

 Construction and Architectural Drawing, 5 ; Painting, 7 ; 

 Shorthand, 16; Book-keeping, 8; Writing and Correspondence, 

 6; German, 3; Total, 186. 



Encouraged by their success at the Ballarat Industrial 

 Exhibition, several of our students in the trade classes have 

 sent exhibits to the Albury Exhibition recently opened. 

 The result of the jurors' awards will be watched with much 

 interest as it is expected that the competition will be keen, 

 several exhibits being entered from other technical schools. 



The rainfall at the College for the month of October 

 has been -71, number of days on which rain fell 5, rainfall for 

 ten months of this year 25*76, days on which rain fell for same 

 period 97. It is hoped that the meteorological instruments 

 belonging to the College will be placed in position before the 

 end of the year, and the registrations commenced at the 

 beginning of 1897. 



