NEW PROFESSORS APPOINTED

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21972, 22 December 1936, Page 12

NEW PROFESSORS APPOINTED

TWO AT CANTERBURY COLLEGE LECTURER FROM VIENNA Two professors, a lecturer, and an assistant lecturer were appointed by the Canterbury College Council at its meeting yesterday. Dr. I. L. G. Sutherland, Ph.D., lecturer in philosophy at Victoria University College, was appointed to the chair of philosophy, Dr. E. H. Field, M.A., Ph.D., lecturer in education at the Institute of Education, London, was appointed to the Chair of Education, Dr. Carl Popper, Ph.D., of Vienna, was appointed to the lectureship in the department of education and philosophy, and Mr G. T. J. Wilson, M.A., of the Wairarapa High School, was appointed to an assistant lectureship in the department of history. The council also, appointed 12 part-time and assistant lecturers for the 1937 session. Dr. Sutherland After a fine career as a student, Dr. Sutherland, whose age is 39 years, has been lecturer in sophy at Victoria University College since 1924. He was born at Masterton, where he attended the district high school, and joined the staff of the Bank of New Zealand. His interest in philosophy, however, took him to Victoria College, where he won a senior scholarship in philosophy and psychology. He was later awarded the Jacob Joseph scholarship and a post-graduate scholarship in arts, this including a visit to England. In Glasgow in 1921 he began working for the degree of doctor of philosophy, and later transferred to London. After taking his doctorate he was offered a fellowship at the John Hopkins University in America, but he returned to New Zealand to accept the position of lecturer in philosophy at Victoria College. In 1929, Dr. Sutherland read a paper to the Ninth International Congress of Psychology at Yale University. During the last 12 years Dr. Sutherland has given much time to research into the history and customs of the Maori race, and has spent much time in the islands. His many publications resulting from his research, and the work which he has done, were recognised when he was appointed to the council of the Polynesian Society. He was appointed director of the Workers' Educational Association in the Wellington province in 1929. Professor Graham Wallas, under whom he studied in London, said that if Dr. Sutherland had stayed in England he must have obtained a university position commensurate with his great ability. Dr. Field The new professor of education, Dr. Field, was born and educated at Christchurch. His early education was at the Timaru - Boys' High School, and there and at Canterbux-y University College, he won distinction. In the three years he was an under-graduate at Canterbury University College he took six prizes. He took his B.A. degree in 1925, and with it a university senior scholarship in philosophy. In 1926. when he took his M.A. degree, he was assistant to the professor of philosophy. A fellowship of the Rockefeller Foundation granted in 1929 gave him opportunity for study in America, and the first of the two years of the fellowship he spent visiting many American universities and other educational institutions. The second year he spent as a special student at Harvard University. Two' years after Dr. Field went to England to attend the University of London Institute of Education, he joined the staff of the institution in 1933 as research assistant. He took his doctorate in the same year, and was appointed lecturer three years later. Dr. Popper The Austrian lecturer appointed to the department of education and philosophy is Dr. Karl Raimund Popper, aged 34 years. He took his degree at the University of Vienna, and in 1934 he was lecturing at Prague. The following year he addressed the Philosophical Congress at Paris, and has this year been lecturing in England at Bedford College. Mr Wilson, who has been appointed assistant lecturer in history, took his M.A. degree at Canterbury University College, and later took his B.A. degree at Cambridge, after two years at St. John's College. He has held various teaching positions since 1929, and is at present at the Wairarapa High School.

Part-time and assistant lecturers appointed for the 1937 session are:— Lecturer in journalism, Mr A, G. Henderson; lecturer in law, Mr K. M. Gresson; assistant lecturers in law, Messrs E. P. Wills, A. L. Haslam, L. W. Gee, A. W. Brown, A. C. Brassington, and K. G. Archer; lecturer in accountancy, Mr C. C. Holland; assistant lecturers in accountancy, Messrs C. H. Perkins and J. A. Henry; assistant lecturer in com" mercial law, Mr R. A. Cuthbert.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

NEW PROFESSOR FOR VICTORIA COLLEGE

(I'IiKSS ASSOCIATION TELEUKAM.) WELLINGTON, December 21. The Victoria University College Council has appointed Mr I. A. Gordon professor of English language and literature. Mr Gordon, who is 29 years of age, was a brilliant student at Edinburgh University, winning numerous medals, prizes, and scholarships. He took the degree of Master of Arts with firstclass honours in English literature and credit in English language. Since graduating he has acted as assistant lecturer to Professor Sir H, J. C. Grierson. He has also been lecturer in English at Herlot Watt College, Edinburgh, aqd a lecturer in Workers' Educational Association classes.