CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18263, 23 December 1924, Page 4

CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

A YEAR OF STEADY PROGRESS. The Bast rear ha 3 been aa uneven, ful year cf steady progress at Canterbury College. At the elections in Junc considerable alteration was made in t.ie personnel of the Board of Governors. De3i< Harper and Mr J. C. re tired after many years of service. Dean HarpeT being at the time of retirement the oldest member of the Board and Mr J. C. Adams having been previously chairman for several years. Other members who had served for a iong time were Mr H. B. Boyd and Mr T. Hughes: Mr Bcvd's death shortly' after his The otb°r3 who retired were the Rev. S. Lav*y and Dr. G. if. L. Lester. The vacancies were filled by tne election of Mrs W. H. Clark. Miss Chaplin. Dr. Orchard, Messrs W. A. Banks, C. B. H.irdie and E. J. Howard. M.P. For the first time in the history of the College two of the women graduates ha\ e taken a place on the Board of Governors. On the College Staff Dr. C. E. TVeatherburn was appointed to the Chair of Mathematics to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Professor Gabbatt. Professor Powell was on leave of absence during the year in England and was entrusted with the purchase of electrical machinery and other equipment for the new wing of the School of Engineering. The number of students joining the College as matriculated students during the year was 242. the total number attending lectures being 962, of whom 595 (452 men and 143 women) were matriculated. In addition there were 72 exempted students who were tmab'.e to attend lectures. At the Annual College examinations at the end of the session 410 obtained "Terms." the numbers being distributed in the different faculties as follows: Arts, 235; Science, 55; Commerce, 12; Law, 57; Engineering. 38; Medical Intermediate, 5; Agricultural Intermediate, 4; Forestry, 1. At the graduation ceremony in May 63 students received diplomas for degrees as follows: — Litt.D., 1: M.A. (first-class honours), 7; M.A. (second-clas3 honours), 13; M.A., 5; 8.A., 29; D.Sc., 1; M.Sc. (first-class honours), 2; B.Sc., 3. LL.B., 1; B.AgT., 1. The following obtained Senior University Scholarships:—G. Burns (History), R. Newcomb (Economics), Olive M. Rowe (English). The Engineering Travelling Scholarship was awarded to D. A. Lightband. Mr H. O. Askew, M.A., was awarded one of the two recently established Imperial College Scholarships for New Zealand, to enable-him to study for two years at the universities in England or elsewhere. Mr P. T. Cox, MA., was awarded a free passage to England. During the year three important appointments in different professions were filled by Canterbury College graduates, namely, Mr G. E. Archev, M.A., who was appointed Curator of the Auckland Museum: Mr F. T. M. Kissel, 8.E., Chief Electrical Engineer to the Government to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Mr L. Birks; Professor D. B. Copland, M.A., Director in charge of the Department of Commerce in the University of Melbourne. The first tender for the installation for the much-needed heating system in the College buildings has been accepted and plans-for the boiler-house have been prepared. During the year the committee in charge of the College Memorial Window arranged for a series of public lectures in the Jellicoe Hall, as a result of which the funds will profit to the amount of over £2OO, bat a considerable sum is still required to enable the window to be obtained and erected free of debt. A coloured sketch of the design has been submitted for the approval of the College authorities. Other public lectures in connexion with the College were delivered by the Rev. John Takle on "The People and Problems of India"; by Professor Shelley on "Drama and Art"; by Miss Fitzgerald on "The Life of a Forest Tree"; by Dr. "VV. P. Ivens on "The Languages of the Pacific." Other lectures were delivered in connexion with the Classical, Historical, English and other societies. Advantage was taken of the presence of Professor John Adams, Emeritus Professor of Education of the University of London, to deliver the first Wilding Memorial Lecture, the subject chosen being "Woman in Education." By arrangement with the Education Department Professor Adams also delivered another lecture at Canterbury College and several at the Training College. These were largely attended, and the visit of this distinguished educationist proved to be most stimulating to those engaged in the active work of teaching.