CAPPING DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 112, 13 May 1926, Page 11

CAPPING DAY.

STUDENTS AT TOWN HALL. CONFERRING OF DEGREES. RECORD NUMBER OF GRADUATES. The annual capping ceremony of the Auckland University College was held in the Town Hall this afternoon. The Hon. George (president of the College) conferred the degrees, and addressed the lar?e gathering. An address was also delivered by Professor H. W. Segar (chairman of the Professorial Boardl. and Mr. S. F. Meiklejohn spoke as chairman ot " tne Students' Association. Members of the College Council and staff «'ere present on the platform, and past _—aduates occupied the choir Stalk- The graduates of the year, in their hoods and gowns, took their seats in procession in front of the platform. The ceremony opened at 2.30 p.m. The Hon. George Fowlds, in congratulates the board and students on the examination results, said the number of degrees this year was a record. There were l n ~ degrees to be conferred, as against !ul for 1925. Regarding the working of the College, the president stated ! thaL the School of Engineering was! again well attended, and already there were 104 students, compared with 101 last year. The staff had been greatly strengthened hy recent appointments, i The School of Architecture was now j T?ry successful under the directorship I of Professor Knight: and, lor the first! time in the history of university educa- ; tion in New Zealand an appreciable number of students were giving their full time to the study of architecture. Six Scholarships Gained. With regard to University scholarships, the College again, as usual, had gained more than the average number af scholarships, and the continued superiority of Auckland, which was marked by thi3 success, was very gratifying. This year the College had obtained sis out of the total number of fourteen scholarships that were awarded. Miss G. M. Ward had achieved the distinction of winning two scholarships, the i senior scholarship in English and the senior scholarship in Latin. Professor Segar congratulated the students, on behalf of the staff. There iad been very important developments during the year affecting the students and the College: and additions had been made to the staff by the appointment of professors of agriculture and forestry. The importance of these appointments must be far-reaching, as the economic ■conditions of the country made it certain that the situation in the future would depend upon what could be grown on the land. In some other countries; similar developments had been among the most profitable investments that the State had ever made; and there was no reason to doubt that, in New Zealand's case, equally important results would follow. The B.A. Course. Another important development was that of the new course for B.A. degree, | fequiriisg a far greater amount of wort v a minimum for the degree. This was likely to have several effects. It would, firstly, tend to eliminate many of the •weaker' intending students, especially among the evening, and exempt Students who were attempting University work at the same time as they were earning a living. Hitherto the number of B.A. and B.Sc. graduates had been remarkably Unequal, compared with the relative numbers in similar institutions in the Old Country. "This change, which becomes effective in the present year, is likely to reduce the disproportion,'' Professor Segax remarked. "Another important and welcome difference it is certain to make is that the proportion of the time spent on more advanced work on the part of both professors and students will be decidedly greater than in the past." The following degrees were conferred: — MASTER OF ARTS. Owen Walter Bayly, in. Economics. Edward Musgrave Blai_loc_, First Class In I_tin and French. Charles Wallace Boswell, in Education. William Gordon Victor Fernie, Second Class in Economics. Edward William Grigs, Second Class in History. __ Edward Noel McLachlan Hogben, First Class in History. Arthur Henry Hunt, in Economics. Felix Maxwell Keesing, First Class in ■ducation. _~.,. j John Edward Learning, in English and -a tin. Amy Lillian Louch, in History. Kathleen Maudie Merritt, in Matneautics, Charles Andrew Noble, in Matnematies. Cornelius Francis O'Connor, in Economics Jean Riaen, SecoHd Class in English and Fr ~ch- - _,- ,_ _ Agnes Marion Low Robb, in English and French. Zilla Mary Simpson, Second Class in History. Arthur Ballard Thompson, Second Class fci Education. . _ Nancy Grace Wilson, First Class in English. MASTER OF SCIENCE. John Clark Andrews, First Class In Chemistry. _ . _, Wallace Armstrong Mackay, Second Class In Physics (Electricity aid Magnetism t. Francis John Turner, First Class in Geology. MASTER OF LAWS. David Leonard Bone, in Jurisprudence", Contracts and Torts; Companies. Henry James Butler, Secend Class in Roman Law: Contracts and Torts; Companies. ' William Thomas Dobsen. in Junspnideace; Contracts and Torts: Companies. James Renshaw Dmmmond. Second Class in Jurisprudence ; Contracts and Torts; Companies. Trevor Ernest Henry, Second Class in Reman. Law; Contracts and Torts; Companies. m _, Ronald Ormistoa Sinclair. Second Class in Jurisprudence; Contracts and Torts; Companies. William Rodney Lewin Vailance, Second Class in Roman Law; Contracts and Torts; Companies. Jack Duddingston Willis, in International Law and Conflict of Laws; Contracts and Torts; Negligence, etc. MASTER OP COMMERCE. David Harvey Steen, Second Class (Economics and Economic History)BACHELOR OF ABTS. Marjory French Erne Adams, in Englisn, Latin. Florence Beatrice Armstrong, in Matnematies. Helen Venley Asser, in Pure Mathematics, French. _ Cicely Jean Astley. In Latin, Frencn. Lewis Agassiz Barnes. In Latin. Alan Basseft, in Education. Sholto Black, in French. Philosophy. Edna Jean Bowell. in English. History. Winifred Braithwaite, in French. Leslie Vickery Bryant, in History. Keith Edward Builen. in Mathematics. Robert Vernon Burton, in Economics, Education. Cecily Maude Canavan, in Pure Mathematics, English. Margaret Dorothy Connor, in Education. Yarner James Cooke, in French, Education. Oliver Gordon Cos, in French. Edna Mary Davis, in History, Botany. . Atfiell Hodgson Donnell, in History, Eng-li-k. Irene Grace Evans, In Economics, History. .Murray Holman Feist, in Economics. French. Herbert Leslie Fiebig, in HistoryMarion Bertha Forde, in English, Lalin. Ella Mildred Fowler, in Botany. Kenneth Hampton Fricker, ln Education. William Bryce Gillespie, in English, Edn-W-tion. Bernard Owen Heather, in French.

Vincent Noel Hubble, in History. Economics. Mabel Gow Johnston, in Economics, History. Clodagh Mary Kitcat, in English, French. Kathleen May Leiehton, in History. Economics. -N'ormaa Alexander Leonard, in History, —conomics. . Eric Norman Le Petit, in French. Education. Evelyn Charlotte Mahoney, in French, n-nghsh. History. Margaret Marie Martin, in History. Salter Robert Hugh Martin, in French. Education. Kathleen Annie Marnew. in Economics. Dorothy Mathews, in French, Education, English. Botany. wfr\i cc E^hel Minchin. in Education. Pure Mathematics. James Duncan MeiJuire. in Economics. Gerard Guy Li.-wellyn McLeod. in Economics. Winifred Edith McNickle. in Greek. French S g '" lr Newick - iv History, Fr?nch lePn Bnr^-™e Owen, in Engli S _,| Edu^n* 1 in p j vw m^ S r> Ph - illps in Economics. \nH»-, R T &inal s Raines - Economics. Isohel pf^ an^ R ° bertson ' lQ French. Ha™}** 0 Dumont Robins, in French. ln Economics. Roy Smallfield. in Latin. History History Archi "aid Smyth, in Economics, Inl Hi« n «? ta f lw^ rth '- in Botany. tna .May Steele, in History HPDry Th i/' Economies, Tnf v^ R ° b T- r | 3 rm *- in Education. |^ s a M;;^d n v n ED E s\^^Kathleen Emily Wright. = in Latin BACHELOR OF LAWS pertvTr Joh S de Co <*. In ProP S n t L Procedure. E^_L c p s ° d c rd ttr i ould - iQ *~m a. naUon a al ß CW3holm Murra *' ln Int <- I_^Co__ic? y „7f terSOn ' in International cedure. 3 ' 11., Prod«c.rP^£_' OB - in "" E^ BACHELOR OF COMMERCE tor C rail i Seering Battler, ln Modern Hisv^l C _ Geography, Economics, Spamfh Met hod\ Currency and Banking. Robert Boyd Hardy, in French. t2 s?..^ lln McXair, in Modern HisB__Un| UCal Method ' Currency, and zF&SSS ___£_?* in **°^<*** DIPLOMA IN EDTCATION. Edward William Peace Massey. DIPLOMA IN SOCIAL SCIENCE. Christopher George Bottrell PAS ££2 IN St-SJ-BCTS PRE-HEQrrSITE FOR CANDIDATURE FOR M.A EXAMINATION. Dorothy Fiona McLeod. in Economics. Albert William Harvey West, ln Latin. BACHELOR CkF SCIENCE. Norman Stanley Alexander, in Physics, Chemistry. Dawson Donaldson. In Physics. John Dum'ble. in Physics, Geology, Chemistry. Richard Seymour Fletcher, in Mathematics. Howard James Gauoin, ln Zoology, Chemistry. William Ernest la Roche, in Pure Mathematics. Eugene Dumont Robins, in Physics, Geology, Chemistry. Doris Myrtle Smith, in Mathematics, Botany. Conway Taylor, in Physical Technology and Laboratory Arts, Physics. Thomas Eric Thompson, in Physics. Herbert Lea Towers, in Chemistry. BACHELOR OF MUSIC. Kathleen Madge Jackson.