Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham, V. C. and Bar. We wish to place on record our very great appreciation of the award of the Victoria Cross and Bar, to Charles Upham, an old student of this College, and the only New Zealander to gain this most singular honour. We are deeply gratified that this honour has come to an old boy of this College. We do not intend to eulogise further, as the Old Students' Section has more mention of the matter, and we conclude by wishing that Captain Upham may live to a ripe old age to enjoy the fruits of his exploits (Source: 1945 November Canterbury Agricultural College Magazine, P12).