OTAGO UNIVERSITY.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12849, 6 July 1907, Page 10

OTAGO UNIVE RSITY.

GRADUATION CER EMON Y.

RETIREMENT OF PROFESSOR SALE. Q (PKF.SS ASSOCIATION" TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN, Julj 5. The ceremony of presenting the University diplomas took place this afternoon, the hall being crowded. The undergraduates mustered in great force at the back of tho hall and kept up a running lire of playful badinage. Professor Sale, who was deputed to present the diplomas in the absence of the Chancellor of the New Zealand University, referred chiefly to the relations existing from the beginning l>etwoon the Now Zealand University and Otago University, and he also gave a short history of how the affiliation was brought about and the advantages of the union. The list of diplomas included the following : — Honours in arts—William John Martyn (first class in English and French, also first class in mathematics and mathematical physics), Tom Dagger Adams (first class in Latin and French), Robert Campbell Beeg (first class in mental science), Walter IJuthrio Hlackie (second class in geology), James Ritchie (second chi.ss in geology). Honours in science—Alexander Moncrieff Finlayson (first class in geology, also first class in electricity and magnetism). Senior scholars—Walter Patorson Anderson (in Latin), John Arthur Bartrurn (in physics), Charles Andrew Cotton (in physics), debarred from holding by having accepted the Sir George Grey scholarship. Janet McLeod (in tal science), Arthur Watt (in English). ■lohn Tinline scholarship — Rebie Eleanor Rowlandson. Cecil Rhodes scholar —Colin McDonald Gilray. The Rev. W. TTewitson. in opening his address, said: — "-Mr 'Chairman (Professor Sale), it is a source of pleasure to your friends that yon have been chosen to preside upon this interesting occasion, especially as this is the last year of your long service- as a professor of the University. I can assure you that yon will carry with you into your retirement the fjood wishes of all who are connected with the University. We hope that you may belong spared to enjoy your time of leisure, filled with the rich and satisfying interests of tho scholar. It must be a source of satisfaction, as you are quitting your work, to know that you have been a strong inspirational force in the intellectual life of able students like Mr Adnms and Mr Gilray. and that the students of an earlier generation gratefully acknowledge a similar debt to you. (Applause.) In your capacity as senator and councillor you have earned the respect of those who have long known you by your keen and wide_ interest in the affairs of tho University and of our own college—an i"terest that has been untainted by selfregard. I am delighted, Sir, that Professor Gilray is chairman of the Professorial Board at the time when his son has been chosen as Rhodes scholar. Tt is a matter for thankfulness that th,e father's zeal for the University, his study tastes, his blameless life, and —shall I add? —his athletic prowess hnve been transmitted to his son. We all wish for Colin Gilray a brilliant jind useful life, spent in the service of God and men and books. May he never be other than that." (Applause.)

Mr Hewitson went on to advocate a closer union between the primary schools, vSccondary schools,! and. university.

Mr Colin Gilray, in an interesting speech, referred to the social side of university life, and appealed for assistance in building a much-needed sochl hall.

The students celebrated the occasion by a procp.ssion in the morning and a carnival in tho evening.