A CHRISTCHURCH GIRL STUDENT.
••HEBi RBMAIIKABLE ACHIEVEMENT.. >,-■■;. (Bγ Tclccraph-Special. Oorr'cano'ndont'.)'' '' ' ~, ",',7;...> ,''; ''■■■'■■ ciiristrtiurohi' September .2. • '. A7paper entitled "pbservations on. Gonio ■Now.:, Zpalaiid. Halophytes", (plants ' grpwiiii* 'in salt marshes) was ifead.bv Miss Br'I); 1 ■Ci'Oßs'*at 'tho :meefthg\ J of uio Canterbury, philosophical.-Institute' lasf.''cVcning.-. "'Miss , 'Cross ..gave .'a general.: description . of ..'.'■the vvarious lifo forme comprised in the classifica,;tion,: and, tho results -of obsorvations roado ;of halophytic. vegetation . at . Christchurch 'and-'at Timaru: '-;' In congratulating Miss. Cross upon : her papor,7wliioh was that submitted by her for tiio hpnours: examination of tho Now Zealand .University; .Dr.', Cockayno sa'id. that,, in :!,is opinion , it.was the finest ever produced.by.a ■student: of Dr. Chilton..''; It -compared-very 'favourably -with similar theses from. America, ■and contained, many observati6Ds,o£.dstrenio '■ importance-'. >'.-.''■.-; ■'-.' ' ;■■' ; '~-,■. '~■:■ ...■'■;'.'■'.'. ..' ;I)r. Chilton said that the exam.incr-(Pro-fessor Oliver). had referred in the,iribst.complimentary" terms to Miss Cross's paper, and .had said, that he -had do hesitation in re-; .'commending"• it-: for firßt-class honours,' .:,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 4 September 1909, Page 10
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150A CHRISTCHURCH GIRL STUDENT. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 4 September 1909, Page 10
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