Lincoln Graduands Warned Of Class Distinction

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30745, 8 May 1965, Page 17

Lincoln Graduands Warned Of Class Distinction

There might be “an insidious creeping-in” of a class structure in yew Zealand today—jie was worried that it might be so, said Mr L. A. Atkinson, chairman of the State Services Commission, when he addressed Lincoln College graduands yesterday.

The professions were also •gently pushing their doors a little closer.” said Mr Atkinson. "mainly in the interests of the profession, but sometimes I suspect, less creditablv. to keep numbers down.” Mr Atkinson spoke to a packed gathering in the refectory at Lincoln College. Small communities especi,llV. in New Zealand were in’certain danger of a selfdetermined social stratification. said Mr Atkinson. “I believe this is a trend we have to watch and guard against— one has only to study overseas countries to see the tragedy of privileged sections." he said. Mr Atkinson was contrasting social conditions of 40 rears ago with those faced by graduands today. Forty tears ago. one sought a job—'they were often hard to get” —but pay was less significant than the job and its prospects. People stayed with one employer—“a strange happening today." Mr Atkinson said. There was “a job loyalty." Forty years ago the need was to pass examinations. There was little opportunity to drift leisurely through

school and college, of which there was a suggestion today for some people, who had no incentive to get out into the world of employment. The universities had a large pah-time student population and a small full-time one. "You worked at your job, you studied, you married, and in due course you qualified for a degree.” said Mr Atkinson. "This was wasteful, as you spent too much of your time balancing these various aspects of your living, but it was. I think, character forming" Now the door was gradually being closed to part-time students. and much of a university education could be obtained free— “and there are many good reasons for this.” Mr Atkinson said. He believed the demand' for graduates of Lincoln College would remain at a high level, said Mr Atkinson. They would be sought after and almost confused by the selection of jobs offering. They could look for the highest salary offering. Many of those graduating would be engaged in the State services, said Mr Atkinson. where they would be supported by technicians to a greater extent than in the past. Compared with 40 years ago, “job loyalties” would remain fairly loose, he thought, and the graduands would be influenced by salary factors. But Mr Atkinson warned them that the State services lost a lot of people who found the pastures over the fence not so green after all, a d wanted to come back. “Your tasks in the next dO years are going to be vital to the welfare of New Zealand." Mr Atkinson told the graduands. “When you are concerned with soils, plants, animals. and agricultural Products you are concerned with our economic life-blood." In conclusion, Mr Akinson hoped graduands would develop a greater obligation “towards the national good.” Mr T. D. J. Holderness, chairman of the Lincoln Col■ege council, thanked Mr Atkinson for “an excellent ad-

?. res ® ®nd then called on i Z Perl£ ins, chancellor' or the University of Canterbury, to confer degrees as follows:

master of agricultural science Paul Edmund Herriot Gregg (second class honours Ist division in soil fertility), David Anthony Robert Has'am (second class honours Ist division in Management methods), John Stewart Holden (second class honours in production economics), Mohammed Abdul Haque (in animal science). In absentia: John Howard Troughton (second class honours Ist division in agronomy). David Malcolm Peggs (second class honours -nd division in marketing trade and policy). BACHELORS OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE Colin Campbell Boswell, Edwin Chien Wen Chen, John Wilson Henderson, Leslie John Hill, Kah Yen Ho, Donald Bruce Lawson, Donald McClatchy, Grant Harper McFadden, Nicolas Scobie Mackenzie (senior scholar), Donald Alistair Manson, Elaine Jessie Nordmeyer (nee Cross), Herbert John Plunkett. Robert James Riddell. William Hamilton Risk, lan James Rogers, Graeme William Rothwell. Kelvin Thomas Sanderson. Timothy Patrick Seay. Warwick Kingsley Smith, William John Thompson, Gordon Lyn Walker, John Trevor Witchalls, Alastair Frank Wright. In absentia: John Kennedy Moore, Robin John Pawsey. BACHELORS OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE John Anton Bradley, James Craig Isdale, Anthony Edwin Jackman, Gillian Frances Kellock (senior scholar), Robert Paul Pollock, Barrie David Wallace. The following were presented with degrees and diplomas conferred since the last graduation ceremony in May, 1964: MASTERS OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE Bruce Alan Scoggins (first class honours in wool science), John Malcolm Hayman (second class honours in soil fertility)MASTER OF

HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE James Gavin Brown (first class honours in entomology). BACHELOR OF HORTICULTURE

Darsono Rahardjo. DIPLOMAS IN VALUATION AND FARM MANAGEMENT Evan Cuthbert Bowis, Paul William Buist, Raymond Eric Hampton, David Alan Lucock (with credit pass), Howard Louis Arthur Morley, Lawrence lan Rolls, Nigel Marris Simpson, Robert Rundle Warden. In absentia: David John Abbie (with credit pass), Peter Maxwell Brown, John Raymond Lovelace Bull, William Dalgleish Cannington, James Lovel Carter, Charles Nelson Chamberlain, Bryan Stuart Charman, Patrifek Mahon Cleary, Brian Roxburgh Cooper (with credit pass—gold medallist), Rodger John Crosman, Salamat Dean. Neil John Franks, Graeme Ross Lili, David Christopher Mating, Owen Edward Small, Francis John Tyson. DIPLOMAS IN AGRICULTURE Robert Edward William Austin, David Thomas Cain, Robert Leonard Chetwin, Peter James Clarke (with distinction—gold medallist), Nelsoi Collie, John Douglas Spencer Cowper, Edwin John Crampton, John Leonard Dicker, Raymond Thomas Dowling, Bruce William Gebbie (with distinction), David Campbell Gee, Bruce Alexander Halliburton, Julian John Drummond Holderness, Michael Roger Hurst, Rich-

ard Clifford Blyth King, Hamish Colin Geoffrey Kyle, Maurice Kenneth Long, John Davidson Low, Graeme Archi.bald McDonald, Hamish FerI guson McDonald, Maybin James McKee, David Stewart Mac Lean, Ross William Man- > son, Ronald Gray Mathews, I Lindsay Alexander Maunsell, Kevin John Mulvey, Neil Perfect, Bryant James Quarterman, William Anthony Rendall, Neville Graeme Robertson, Richard Henry Shelton, Hugh Dalrymple Simmers, Arnold Graham Snodgrass, Paul Joseph Studholme, Timothy Read Tatham, David John Taylor, Peter Maxwell Wilkes. In Absentia: Keith Robert Chinn, Geoffrey Charles Davidson, John Hanmer Montagu Foster, William Allan Henderson (with distinction), Allan Kane, Peter James Lewis, Kenneth Peter Macdonald (with distinction), (John Schoenmaker. DIPLOMAS IN HORTICULTURE Douglas Juan Kinvig (with distinction), Ella Maude Scott, Marilyn Dawn Wright (with distinction). In Absentia: Joseph Charles Carter, Judith Marilyn Bowes Clarkson.