"CAPPING DAY"

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 135, 9 June 1928, Page 17

"CAPPING DAY"

♦ ! GRADUATES OF THE YEAR COLLEGE FUNCTION CONGRATULATIONS ~~~ In the absence of an official ceremony this year for the presentation of the diplomas to the graduates, tho students of Victoria University College orgahisnised a congratulatory function on similar lines to vho capping ceremony of former years. This was held at the Town Hall last evening prior to the students' ball. The Mayor (Mr. G. A. Troup) presided, and associated with him on the platform were the Minister of Defence (the Hon. P. J. BVlleston), and Mr. G. G. G. Watson, representing the past students of the college. The undergraduates were much in evidence at the back of the hall, but the speakers were given . good hearing, being interrupted infrequently The Mayor congratulated the students upon undertaking tho responsibility of carryin out the annual graduation function themselves, and ou behalf of the city welcomed the graduates of the year. Wellington, he said, was proud of its Victoria College. In conclusion, Mr. Troup referred to the five evidences of education given by Dr. Butler: precision in the use of the mother tongue; refined manner and behaviour; the power and habit of reflection; the power of growth; and efficiency—tho power to do things. The Hon. j?. J. Rollcston expressed pleasure at being asked, as a graduate of the sister college of Canterbury, to speak to his fellow-graduates. He spoke of his associations at Canterbury College, including Sir Ernest Rutherford, the great authority on radium, and Sir William Harris, who had made his mark in the Government of India and in literature. Referring to college life, Mr. Eolleston said that before one could specialise in any subject, it was necessary to have- a foundation of a broad and liberal education, but later a desire was developed for something outside one's ordinary occupation. He also stressed the importance of the study of tho dead languages, which made for sane and accurate thought. Ho concluded by again congratulating the successful students. Mr. Watson extended to the graduates the hearty congratulations of the Students'. Association, and said that tho real benefit of university life was derived from the. social and sporting activities of the institution, and participation in the building,up of a university tradition. It was gratifying that through the munificence of the late Mr. Wheeler, the college would soon have residential quarters attached to it. On behalf of the old students, he urged the present students to take their full share in the sporting and social life or! the college and give tho lie to tho taunt that it 'was merely a night school; and when they left the college to keep in touch with it as much as possible. GRADUATES FOR THE YEAR. The list of graduates for the year is as follows:— Doctor of Philosophy.—David Millar. Masters of Arts (with honours).—Cora Bartlett (2nd class in English and French), Erucst Beagleholc (Ist class in Philosophy), lan Watson Fraser (2nd class In Philosophy), Walter James Hall (2nd class in History), Elizabeth Paulino Hogarth (2nd class in History), Fascr .Mackenzie (2nd chiss in EubUsli 'and French), Fraser Muckenzio (Ist class in French, Diploma of Honours only), Robert Henry Craig Mackenzie (2ml class In French), May M'Leod (2nd class in English and French), William Ball Hutch (2nd class in Economics), Amyas Constantine Zohrab (2nd class in English), Amyas Constantine Zohrab (2nd class in French, Diploma of Honours only). Masters of Arts.—Alice Itona Benbow, Robert Catley Bryant, Kona Cross, Isabel Frances llaLllian May Mitchell, Sarah Louisa Mulholland! Gordon, Bennett, Richardson, Sophia Rana.Rubick,. George Frederick Sleight, Constance Gretta Smith Bachelors of Arts.—Eleanor Ballingall, Kenneth John Barling, Kathleen Ray Barnes, Rcrc Constance Bcckway, John Bosley Bennett, Alfred Watson Bird, Katherlne Charlotte Birnie, Phyllis Blackburn, Clifford Patrick .Bowler, William Leslie Shirtcliff Britton, Kitty Clara Frances Bullen, Arnold Everitt Campbell. Dora Isabel Campbell, Agnes Ella l.loso Ciittanach, Harold Veruou Clark, John Dash, Cecil Charles Day, David James Donald, Rose Marjorie Duff, William John Eric Eason, Kola Annette -Mabel Elder, Alexander James Ferris, ■ Walter Ernest Fossette, John Galloway, Amy May Gernhoefer, Robert Gilpin, Dorothy .Caroline Grant, John Robert Patrick Griffin, Rhys Charles Griffiths, Jon Reginald Grigg, Bernard Raymon Hamcs, Ralph Hogg, Ain.slle Ivey, Edith May Johnson, Rita Mary Elizabeth Johnston, Alwyn Charles Keys, Maurice Kinder, Irene Eleanor Landon-Lane John George Charles Leach, Jaen Hunt Mather, Gilbert Alexander Mills, Mary Aventon Movnihan: Olive Marguerite M'Cardlc, George Ernest Overton, Daisy Winifred Pillar, Arthur Donald Priestley, Frances Ena Rainforth, Ruth Cleaver Reid, James Morton Reidy, Raymond Allan Robbie, Basil Analcm Aloyslus Rodgers, Leslie Russell, Geoffrey James Sceats, Alice Rose' Sheat, George Speijce Simpson, George Lancelot Stafford, James Ernest Tier, Julia Nannie Wallace, Edward Jamus Watts, Victoria Athol Welch, Eileen Mem Wesney, Douglas Hallam White, Margaret Grace Whyte, Cecil James Henry Williams, Margaret Grace Wood. Masters of Science with Honours.—Arthur Kenneth Dixon (2nd class in Mathematics), James Roy Dixon (2nd class in Mathematics), Walter Reginald Brook Oliver (Ist class In Botany), Charles Stephen Plank (2nd class in Mathematics), Audrey Shallcrass (2nd class in Mathematics). Master of Science.—Cyrus Roy Lovatt. Master of Laws.—Charles* Frederick Atmorc, Charles Evans Scott, Norman Leonard Knell. Bachelors or Science.—Edmund Edinhorough Chamberlain, Harrison William Cormack, William Cottier, Ira James Cunningham, Richard Malcolm Dolby, John William Harding, Enoch Bruce Levy, Averill Margaret Lysaght, Margaret Spence Maclaurin, John Muggerldge, Arthur Keith Ralph M'Dowell," Albert Matthew M'Gavln, Arthur de Terrottc Nevlll, John James Gerald Peddle, Theodore Penrose Rollings, Emiico Mary Wall, Desmond Frederick Waters, Lawrence Andrew Whelan, Frederick William George White. Bachelors or Laws.—William George Balrd, Charles Edward Hula Ball, Harry Kenneth Bullock, Joseph Iluiii Cowdell, Malcolm Joseph Earle, Walter Vcrnon Roy Fletcher, Lindsay Marquis Graham, Rawo Ivan Hawkins William Hay, Alfred Maurice Hollings, Zella Harton Hunler, Glynno Manscll Lloyd, Cornelius .lames O'Regan, Reginald Walter Osborno. John Faithful Fortescuc Platts-.Mills, Guy Richardson Powlcs. John Stockman, Athol Bracken Wilson, William Campbell Wylie. Bachelors of Commerce.—Henry Foley. Edwin Lloyd Greensmith, Gilbert Ross Haldane, Eric Arthur Watkln. Eric John Wingent Worry. Diplomas in Education.—Maude Josephine Browne, Mary Elisabeth Cooler, Alice Mary Downes, Ella Sybil Fletcher. Thomas Leonard James, Olive Marcla' Sheppard, George Frederick Sleight, Julia Nannie Wallace. Diplomas in Social Science.—Vivian Frederick O'dem Francis,; Kenneth Ross.