CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9126, 10 June 1895, Page 3

CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

DEGREE DAY. At the recent pt'-s'-ntalion of degrees St Canterbury College the Kegistiar, Mr A. C. Wilson, read the following report:—" Twelve students from the College havo this year obtained the degree of M.A. J. A. Erskine gained at the same time first-class honours in mathematics and iiist-cla3s honours in physics ; W. H. Dawsou ti rat-class honours iv chenvstry and J. Might first-class honours in languages and literature (English aud French), and C. A. Craig second-class honours iv mathematics ; A. T. Ngata and A. Dutin second-clußs honours in political science; Misses J. W. Inglis, K. lsherwood, and B. P. Richmond second-class honours in languages and literature (English and French); and A. J. Buchanan secondoloss honours in languages and literature (English and Latin), ami Misses E. M. Baber third-class honours in languages and literature (English and French) aud E. R. Broome third-class in language, and literature (-uglish and Latin). Twenty-one students of the College have passed the -final section of their B.A. examination:— Misse" C. A. Barnicoat, L. E. Bing, A. M. Fordham, E. V. yon Haast, G. H. Johnston, M. M. KebbcH, 0. I. Locking, J. Mulholland, M. E. Oswin, A. E. J. Spencer, u_d F. H. Bakewell, H. O. Craddock, G. Dalglish, A. Gray, G. J. Lancaster, C. E. Mackay, P. Menzies, F. J. Rolleston, J. M. Waddell, F. D. Waller, and H. Williamß ; whilst twenty-seven have passed the first section of their B.A. examination —Mi—es E. Campbell, J. Currie, L. Gibson. E. Graham, K. Gresson, C. R. Kirk, M. E. Lawrell, B. Martin, T. Max, C. B. Mills, M. Williamson, and E. G. Atkinson, 8. A. Atkinson, W. D. Bean, A. E. Flovcr, 0. W. Garrard, A. G. Henderson, K. Kippcnb.rger, F. Miluer, T. A. Murphy, T. R. Quill, A. W. Shrimpton. J. Sutherland, J. Waddell, A. H. Wall, J. Williamson, and W. Wilson. E. Rutherford, M.A., and E. S. Buchanan, M.A., also attained the degree of B.Sc. ; J. luues, M.A., obtained the degree of LL.I)., and D. Bates, A. Dunn, A. R. Kirk, and C. P. Knight that of LL.B. T. A. Murphy also passed the first section of the LL.B. examination aud A. G. Muir passed tbe first section of the B.Sc. examination, whilst he and A. R. Craddock pa-ied the first section of the B.Sc. (engineering) examination, T. R. Burt the second section, and G. A. Julius and J. Parr the third. G. Lancaster gained the senior scholarship in mathematics, A. Gray J— at in physics, and H. 0. Craddock that in Greek. A. G. Henderson gained , the Bowcn prize for 1894 for an essay on " The causes of British success in the rivalry with other powers for supremacy in India." (The College exhibitions, given for excellence in honours work at the College annual examination, were awarded as follows :—For Latin, J. M. Waddell; for English, Miss .J. Mulholland and F. J. Wilkes (equal); for mathematics, C. —. Mackay and G. Lancaster (equal); for experimental science, G. Lancaster and A. Gray (equal); for natural science, Miss M. E. Lawrell; for German, Miss E. V. yon Haaat. C. A. Pemherton passed the Intermediate Medical Examination. The graduates of the University of New Zealand, who have been educated at the College, now number 178, eighty-four of whom have obtained the degree of M.A., ninety-six the degree of 8.A.., six that of LL.B., and two that of B.So. Nine arts graduates have also obtained the degree of LL.B., eight that of B,Bc, and two that of LL.I). Of the Masters of Arts, four gained double firstclass honours, one a double first-class and a second, one a first-class and a second, one a first-class in arts and a second-class in science, thirty-three first-class honours, two double second, twenty-six second, and fifteen third-class ; and of the Bachelors of Bcience, one gained second-class. Thus, out of 422 who havo taken decrees in tho of New Zealand (exclusive of medical degrees, for which this College can--not enter candidates), 178 belong to Canterbury College; out ot the 176 who have taken tho if. A., ninety-three belong to it; and of the sixty-six who have taken firstolaas honours, forty-one belong to it. Of the 113 senior and third year and John Tinline Scholarships awarded by the University of New Zealand during the last eighteen years, the period during which the present scholarship regulations have been in force, seventy have been awarded to students of Canterbury College. Of the twenty Bowen Prizes which have been awarded by the University for an essay ou a subject connected with English history, and open to all undergraduates of the University of Now Zealand, fourteen have been gained by students trained in this College, whilst the only three mentioned as proxime accessit have also been of this College."