DEGREE DAY.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19616, 11 May 1929, Page 19

DEGREE DAY.

MANY GRADUATES. AN ORDERLY GATHERING. TLe Graduation ceremony at Canterbury College yesterday afternoon was an orderly gathering. Admission was by ticket, and not many undergraduates were present. Those who were, becoming tired, after a time, of kepeing silent, struck up ao original chorus now and then or fired an occasional interjection. Colonel G. J. Smith, M.L.C., chairman of the Canterbury College Board of Governors, presided, and there were also on the platform, members of the Board of Oovemors, the Professorial Board, Canterbury M.P.'s, and members of the Legislative Council. Colonel Smith referred to the presence on the platform of Dr. H. D. A. Major, of Ripon Hall, Oxford, who, said the speaker, was proud to call himself half a New Zealander, and of Dr. Lawson, Professor of Education at Otago University, who was to deliver the address.

'' Graduates and undergraduates (Cheers) will be pleased to hear that this ceremony has been restored in all its ancient form .a-nd glory," added Colonel Smith. "I think it was stopped because some of our undergraduate friends (ironical cheers) did not always keep quite within bounds.'* (Cries of dissent.) He congratulated the graduates of the year. "The undergraduates, I am sure, rejoice with you In your success," he added, but this the undergraduates present strenuously denied.

The Rector (Dr. J. Hight) as DeputyChancellor then conferred the degrees, the graduands being invested with the hoods proper to their respective degrees. Many of them were the butt Of their friends at the back, as they stepped forward. Solicitous enquiries were made of one as to whether he was still a misogynist, and .another if he had sown his wild oats. When the engineering students came to be capped the audience was informed that "This is a real degree." Scraps out Of the student revue relating to the "Municipal cow," and "conveniences" seemed as if they were sung for the special benefit of the Mayor, who was on the platform. "Jump, you little devils, jump!"—another revue number—also received a good hearing. "Now we have a real man," exclaimed the undergraduates as Professor Shelley stepped forward to read the names of the graduands in the social sciences.

"Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen," began Dr. Lawson, in his address. "Andungraduates," chimed in the students. "I thought they were included in the 'gentlemen,' " observed the Professor amid laughter. Later he made the point that students, in order to get a broad outlook on life should have more free time. "And free beer," #dded the students enthusiastically. "I don't know about that," said the speaker. "I am only speaking of spirit." Later in his address Dr. Lawson was informed that afternoon tea w.is ready, that "Percy" waß snoring, and that "Dr. Farr can see a star." He asked to be allowed to finish, but was told soon after that that supper was ready, the undergraduates enquiring "if this was the bedtime story." "Would you like your breakfast in bed?" they interjected. "Yes, I would be very glad—at your expense," retorted the speaker. "Do you go by electricity or steamf they wanted to know, soon after. "By neither, by hot air!" ventured one of their fellows.

Following is the list of graduates for 1929.

TAcm/rr or arts. Masters of Arts. John George Armstrong, Second Class Honours in Mathematics. George Daniel Ashton, in Economics (in absentia). Violette Frances Balkind, Second Class Honours in History. Frederick James Bennett, First Class Honours in Latin. George Henderson Bowie, in Education (degree to be conferred at Dnnedin). Alice Jean Broadhead, Second Class Honours in Latin and French. Margery Helen Cotterell, First Class Honours in Economics; and Royal Holloway College Scholar. Margaret Montgomery Durward, in English (in absentia). Eichard George Hampton, Second Class Honours in Economics. Erna Marianne Heine, Second Class Honours in English and German. Allan Frederick Lee, in Education (in absentia). Andrew Norman Balfour McAloon, Second Class Honours in Latin and French. John Boucher Nanson, First Class Honours in English. Havel Neville, in Latin and French. Albert Leslie Royston Noonan, in Education (degree already conferred). Alexia Jean Page, Second Class Honours in History. Arthur Hollier Payne, First Class Honours in Geology. Baden • Cecil Penny, Second Class Honours in Economics. Eric McCabe Rule, Second Class Honours in History. Clyde Romer Hughes Taylor, Second Class Honours in Economics. Veda Frances Townsend, Second Class Honour in Latin and French. Leicester Chisholm Webb Fust Class Honours in History; Post Graduate Scholar in Arts. Frederick Archibald Wicks, Second Class Honours in Mathematics.

Bachelors of Arts. Donald William Bain. Edgar Chatterton Baldock (in absentia). Eva Alice Brassington. Alfred Breward. James Thomas Burrows. Douglas Sidney Clay (in absentia). Alexander Stanislas de Montalk (in

absentia). Archibald Harry Denne (in absentia). Alan Logan Dewar (in absentia). Joan Augusta Ellis (in absentia). Vincent Bradley FoxOn (in absentia). Fitzgerald John Gill (in absentia). Edward Hayes (in absentia). Eileen Alfreda Hewitt. Mary Eileen Areta Hulston. Margaret Hunter. Alexander Kernohan. George Stephen Maloney. k George Manning. William Moffatt. Phyllis Barr Montgomery. Alexander Wyndham Morrison (in

absentia). Mary Elizabeth McAuley (in absentia). Thomas Bryan Mcßreen (in absentia). John Duncan McDonald. Gordon Melville MeKenzie. Clara Catherine McKinnon. Enid Oxford.

Bayard Eugene Vincent Parham. Elsie Pengelly. Ernest Bickley Read. Arthur Horace Robins (in absentia). Marjorie Rosa Scott. Ruth Isabel Slater. Philip Leonard Soljak (in absentia). Lawrence Frederick Thomson. Caroline Mabel West-Watson; Senior Scholar in Economics. Kezia Isabella Wills. George Thomas Jamieson Wilson. Ellis John Wood. John Wright (in absentia); Senior Scholar in English. FACULTY OP SCIENCE. Masters of Science. Alexander Brodie, Second Class Honours in Mathematics (degree already conferred). Mervyn Ansley Bull, First Class Honours in Mathematics. Harold Cecil Holland, Second Class Honours in Chemistry. James Kawarau Horn, Second Class Honours in Mathematics. Terence Henderson McCombs, Second Class Honours in Chemistry. James Neville Fairhurst Newbold, in Mathematics. Hugh Noble Parton, First Class Honours in Chemistry. Ritchie Gibson Simmers, Second Class Honours in Physics (degree to be conferred at Wellington). Bachelors of Science. Donald William Anderson. George Stanley Aylmer Biltcliff. Douglas Archibald Campbell. Paul Glendwr Evans. Chester Marmion Gray. Eric Ernest Hendriksen; Senior Scholar in Engineering. Ernest William Hullett; Charles Cook Memorial Scholar. Kilburn Cormae Edwin Hugh Keane. Annie Elizabeth Lorimer. John Burgess Rowntree. Bernard Harold Wood. Masters of Agricultural Science. Albert Hugh Flay, Second Class Honours in Agricultural Economics. Christen Edward Iversen, Second Class Honours in Agricultural Economics. Bachelors of Agricultural Science. B. J. Geddes. Leslie William Gorman. William Bailey Martin (to be conferred at Wellington). FACULTY OF COMMBBCE. Bachelors of Commerce. Albert Boyd Anderson. Olive Nelly Louisa Talbot. Isaac James Wilson.

FACULTY OF LAW. Elmo Connal Champion. John Ashley Johnston. William Bruce Tebbutt Leete. Leicester Tredinnick Koberts. John Abbott Scott. Charles Edgar Weston Wacher; Gold Medallist in Law. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING. Bachelors of Engineering. Alexander Brodie (Civil) (degree already conferred). Cedric Lloyd Button (Electrical) (to be conferred at Auckland). James Ford (Civil) (in absentia). Leslie John Graham Fyfe (Electrical) (in absentia). Walter Leslie Harrison (Electrical) (degree already conferred). George Cameron Johnston "(Civil). Millen Macbeth (Electrical) (degree already conferred). Alexander Frederick McGeorge (Civil) (Engineering Travelling Scholarship). Archibald Andrew David McGregor (Electrical) (in absentia). Boderick Arthur McLennan (Electrical). Hector McNeil (Electrical) (degree already conferred). Hugh Marshall Nimmo (Electrical). Edward Gay Samuel Powell (Civil) (in absentia). Raymond Steadman Ryburn (Electrical) (degree already conferred). Allen Raymond Smith (Civil). James Bobert Smith (Electrical) (in absentia). Struan Robertson Watson (Electrical) (in absentia). DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES. Diploma of Education. Alexander Bringans. Percy William Campbell, M.A. Edith Ada Griffiths. Harold Alexander Kirby. Margaret Cheston Thome. Diploma of Social Science. Percy William Campbell, M.A. Diploma in Banking. Eric Lancaster Young. Certificates of Associateship of School of Engineering. Jack Reginald Lough (Electrical). Raymond Danvers Baker (Civil). Stanley Jeremiah Cotter (Electrical). Thomas Henry Fancourt Nevins (Civil). UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS. Post-Graduate Scholarships In Arts. (Tenable abroad for two years.) Edward John Riches, M.A. Leicester Chisholm Webb, M.A. Engineering Travelling Scholarship. A. F. George, B.E. (Civil). Senior University Scholarships. English. John Wright, B.A.

Economies. William Lancelot Holland (resigned). Caroline Mabel West-Watson, B.A. Engineering. E. E. Hendriksen. Morton Eoger. (Equal.) COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. Sir William Hartley Scholarship. (Tenable abroad for three years.) Flora Buchan Murray, M.A. Royal Holloway College Scholarship (Tenable at Royal Holloway College, London, for two years.) Margery Helen Cotterell, M.A. Sir George Grey Scholarship. Chester Marmion Gray. John Connal Scholarship. Elizabeth Annie Sheppard. Charles Cook Memorial Scholarship. Ernest William Hullett, B.Sc. Ziissie Rathbone Scholarship. Hazel R. McCaughern. Robert Bell Scholarship. D. M. Taylor. Helen Maemillan Brown BursaryLynda M. Loy. Gold Medal In Law. (Presented by the Canterbury Law Society.) Charles Edgar Weston Wacher, LL.B. The following students have also satisfied the examination requirements for their respective degrees:— Masters of Arts. Henry Dowling, in English and Latin. Alan Robert Dunlop, Second Class Honours in History. Walter Bernard Harris, in Education. Leonard Russell Palmer, in History. Bachelors of Arts. James Fallon Bell. Susan Clarke. William L. Holland; Senior Scholar in Economics,

Bachelor of Science. Thomas Webb Tothill. Bachelors of Law. Ernest Everest England. Thornton Murray Hobbs. • Bachelors of Engineering. L. C. Stephens (Electrical). W. H. Ward (Electrical).