VICTORIA COLLEGE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 110, 12 May 1927, Page 8

VICTORIA COLLEGE

GRADUATION CEREMONY

- TO BE HELD.IN LIBKARV

Considerable time was spout; at the mooting of tho Council of tho Victoria Univorsity College lust evening in discussing fho question of tho form and placo of tho holding of tho graduation ceromony noxl, month. Mr. R. MMJallum prosidod. Tho Knanco Committee- recommended: "That in accordunco with tho recommendation of tho Professorial Bourd, Hii unofficial graduation corernony, bo hold in tho Town Hull on Friday, 10th Juno, and that His Kxc.olloncy tho Govcrnor-Gonora) bo asked to rocoivo tho graduutcs." Br. T. :D. M. Stout said ho thought tho council ought to know doflnitoly what tho function wiih going to bo. Ho wag present at tho lost corumony, and o.iimo away very much ashamed of it. Jt was most importnnt that tho council should ho quito certain that tho conduct on tho part of N omo HtudontH such as on tho last occasion should not occur whon tho Govoruor-Gonoral wns present.

Professor lUornnco suid ho was very much afraid that thoy could not bo absolutely certain how somo students would behave on wir.h un occasion. The Professorial Hoard thought thoro should lie some coromony and congratulation of tho graduates. Ho suggested that it committee bo appointed to decide on tho nature of tho e'ero monial. It wns suggt-Htcd last year thnt tho ceremony ho held in the collogo library. Dr. Stout thought that tin- presontution of tho diplomas should not bo mixed up with tho students' celebration.

Mr. A. Fair, X.0., remarked that Cur many yenrs a great many of UiohccoreinonicM had beon wrecked by tho bohnvionr of somo undcrgruduatoß. Ho moved tho deletion of tlio words "in tho Town Hull."

In reply to Mr. Fuir, tho chninnini Rind thnt tho recommomktion of tlio 1 rofcHHorial Hoard last yesr wns Unit tho curomony bo hold in tho college library.

Mr. F. 11. Dakowoll oxprcsfiod t.li*> opinion that it whs tho speaking, ami especially tho number of spuoches, which in tho past led largely to tho dißturbnnoo on tho part of tho studwitfi.

After some discussion, it wns ngrtewd, on tho motion of Mr. Fair, "that tho graduation oorcmony bo hold in tho eollogo library," and a comirfttoo was appointed to arrango tho ceromony.