MR CHITTY, M.A.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 285, 5 June 1909, Page 5

MR CHITTY, M.A.

A BLIND MAN'S PERSEVERANCE rPRESS ABSOOIATjpN.I . ' .. WELLINGTON;, yesterday, ..The only student of, the Auckland University College, who had the honor of having the M.A : . degree conferred upon him this year is Mr E. Chitty, who won the distinction under the most exceptional circumstances, in that he has been totally blind since i birth. In referring tt> ■this fact at tlie capping ■ ceremony ■ to-day, Mr Joynt (Registrar of the /University of New Zealand), classed it as one of the most extraordinary achievements ever recorded in New Zealand. When Mr Chitty hud his B.dL degree con- . ferred upon him, two^years ago, . he . (the speaker) said it -was a very re- ■ markable performance:,, but now he . would go further and say that his subj sequent success was riot only very rei markable, but extraordinary.