UNIVERSITY WOMEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 114, 15 May 1936, Page 11

UNIVERSITY WOMEN.

RECEPTION TO GRADUANDS. In honour of this year's women graduands, a reception was given at Milne and Choyce's tea rooms this morning by the president and members of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Federation of University Women. The Auckland University College crest held pride of place over the tea tables and drapings m the college colours of blue and white formed .an effective colour scheme. Bronze bowls of Iceland poppies adorned the tables and autumn tinted posies were presented to, each graduand. The guests -were received on arrival by the president, Mrs W. H. Cocker, who briefly addressed the graduates after tea ftad been served. In speaking of the contribution that university women could make to society, Mrs. Cocker appealed to the younger graduates to make an effort to mako people outside of the university more conscious of the fact that such a thing as a university did exist in Auckland, and that it could and did serve a purpose that no other institution could emulate. She stressed the necessity.for women to bring their trained minds to bear on problems that were confronting the world and in mentioning the suppression of the federations in Germany and 'Italy pointed out the devastatingly far-reaching effects that this might have. During the morning violin solos were played by Miss Helen Gray and songs were sung by Mrs. Chisholm ManDowell. Graduands present were: Mrs. K. Sellers, Misses Barbara Allan, Mary Aitken, Nancy Bamford, Margaret Bnrtrum, Annetta Bowden. Marie Buddie, Ailsa Clark, Jean Charters, Nancy Coates, Sydney Cole, Jean Crosher, Joan Curry, Aileen Dadson, Alice Deighton, Marie Delaney, Winifred Edwards, Hilda Fancourt, Marianne Foster, Joyce Grey, Marsraret Grimshaw. Margaret Hankett, Phyllis Harvey, Joan Herd man. Maisie Hopkins. Milicent-Hoyle. Nofma Kemble, Ida Lewis, Elsie Mackenzie. Flora Mackinnon, Lorraine, Malov. Kathleen McLeod, Margaret Nofrish. "ReWe 1 T?owlandson, Beatrice Ryan, Mary Saunders. Kadia Scott, Margaret Shaw, Isabel Thomson, Berntine Thratia, Sheila Woodhouse, Barbara Woods, Lorna McKinlay, Phoebe Norris.