DEATH OF DR. CAMERON

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 20 May 1925, Page 9

DEATH OF DR. CAMERON

DEEP SORROW EXPRESSED BY UNIVERSITY SENATE.. '

(BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

CHRISTCHURCH, 19th May. The Eev. Andrew Cameron, 8.A., LL.D., of Otago University, dropped dead in Manchester street this morning, when oil his way to attend the University Senate. News of Dr. Cameron's death reached the members of the Senate during the luncheon adjournment. On resuming in the afternoon, the Chancellor (Professor Macmillan Brown) said that he thought it only fitting that they should record their deep sorrow at the loss of an esteemed colleague, and should adjourn forthwith. He moved in that direction. The motion was seconded by Sir Robert Stout, who said that the news of Dr. Cameron's' death had created deep sorrow amongst members of the Senate. The motion was carried, members standing in silence, and the Senate' accordingly adjourned until tomorrow morning. : Sir Robert Stout told a pressman that he had known Dr. Cameron since the latter was a boy. Dr. Cameron bad been intensely interested in air matters pertaining to. the Presbyterian Church, and I also in the social life of the community, [ especially that part of it which was connected with his church. At the time of his death he had a large hand iv the management ol the Presbyterian Church in Dunedin, the Ross Home Presbyterian Orphanages, etc. Dr. Cameron was beloved by everyone, and his death' would prove a great loss to the New Zealand University, the Presbyterian Churcn, and various, social institution's in which he bad been interested. He was of a quiet, unassuming, and kindly nature,and his efforts had ever been in the direction of enabling a University education to be placed at the'-disposal of poor people. He also had been a capable' business man, and had be:n largely responsible for the large contributions received by the Otago University.. (BI TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL TO THE POST.) : DUNEDIN, This Day. The Rev. Dr. Andrew "Cameron, B.A , Chancellor of the Otago University,' was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1855. He accompanied, his parents to Dunedia in 1863 by the ship City of Dunedin. He was educated at Fort Chalmers High School and. Otago University, where he held a scholarship for three years, and graduated, taking a senior university scholarship in science: For eighteen months he studied at the Otago Presbyterian Theological College, and in 1880 proceeded to Edinburgh to take the full course of theology at the United Presbyterian College, where he held "a" scholarship, for two years; Dr. Cameron also studied theology at Jena and Leipsic. He returned to New Zealand in 1884 and in that year was called to the charge of the church at Anderson Bay, which he resigned some years ago. He was a member of the New Zealand University Senate since 1902, and of the Council of Otago University since 1894. He was also for a time convenor of the Theological College, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Dunedin Girls and Boys' High Schools.