STUDENTS CAPPED

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 108, 10 May 1930, Page 6

STUDENTS CAPPED

TOWN HALL CEREMONY

MRi JUSTICE BLAIR'S

ADDRESS

Good-natured banter made serious speeches out of the question at the- annual graduation ceremony at the Town Hall last evening, but the speakers adapfed themselves to the' circumstances,- and the occasion was a very happy one. • The chairman of the Victoria College Council (Mr. IV-Levi) presided. The principal speaker was Mr. Justice Blair, who prefaced his remarks by saying that he had been invited by the Professorial Board to say a few sentences and not to make a speech. (Enthusiastic applause.) He had adopted that policy when he visited a, Borstal institution—(laughter)—and he had had made a distinct hit. Ho knew that iii the eyes of the students he was a "good thing," and he intended to act on the principal that it was possible to have tod'much even of a. good thing. Taking a more serious line, lug Honour said that education differed from the ordinary things of life in that ono was allowed to help oneself to as much as ono liked. ' The State saw that everyone had a certain amount of education in the primary schools, but after that it dependid on the- individual how much more he received. Those who were receiving diplomas that night had boeu wise enough to partake of the plenteous feast of education that was offering for those who sought it, but even the possession of a diploma did not end the matter. A diploma would not assist very much unless it were followed up by zeal and honest work in tho outside world. No substitute had yet been found for hard work, and he hoped that those who were- receiving degrees that evening would leave the world a.| little better than they found it. Ho was afraid there were many people who deserved nothing more on their tombstones than the bare statement when they were born and when they died. Mr. Justice Blair warmly congratulated the graduates on the success they had achieved. I

The chairman of the Professorial Board (Professor Bankine Brown) conferred tho degrees upon the graduates, acting on behalf of the Chancellor of the New Zealand University. He expressed the hope that in addition to their degrees, the graduates had taken away with them from their University studies some- element of character, thinking power, and culture. THE DEGREES. The following were the degrees conferred: — • Doctor of Medicine: Lawrence M(Nickle (from University of Otago). Doctor of Philosophy: Ivan Weston. Masters of Arts with Honours: Annie Lambourne, 2nd class English and Latin (from Auckland); Colin Bailey, Ist class in education; Lawrence Bibby, 2nd xslass. in philosophy; Arnold Campbell, Ist class in education; Howard. King, 2nd class in English and Latin; Alister M'lntosh, 2nd class in history; Marcus Biske, 2nd class in philosophy; Violet Thomson, Ist class in Latin, and French; John Wright, Ist class in English. . ■ .. - : ' ' Master of Arts: Edward Aim, Bere Beekway, Henry Carver, Myra Daniell, Clarence Frazer, Andrew Hamilton, Cecil Harris, Millicent Lenz, Arthur M'Kinlay, Eileen Nicholls, Anna Power, James Reidy, Alice Sheat, Julia Wallace, William Walsh, Karen Ziesler. ' .-. ..-■■■ - ■.; Bachelor of Arts: Maude Browne, Max Bryant, Kenneth Button, William Cumming-,' Ethel Ellis, Lewis Fairbrother, Margaret .Godfrey, Evelyn Hardy, Kathleen Marry, Margaret Kember, Emily Kennedy, Sheila -Marshall, Alice Mason, Mavis Mooney, Florence M'lntyre, May Patterson, Alice Presants, Dorothy Sales, Richard Sharp, Violet Thompson, Phyllis ' Trapp, Florence Woodruffe.

Masters of science with honours: Ivy Arthur, second class in chemistry; Moira Dennehy, first calss in chemistry; Nigel Wood,-first class in zoology. Masters of science: Leslie Davis, Ellen Heine, Desmond Waters, Lawrence Whelan. , .

Bachelors of'science: Dora Campbell, Edwin Davies, Dorothy Ellison (senior university scholar), Athol Pear, Oswald Keys, Charles Noble, Philip Buston, John Sinclair-Loekhart (from Auckland University College), John Singleton. " ,

Masters of laws with, honours: Guy Caldwell, second class in international law and conflict of laws, contract, ancl torts, negligence, etc.; Clement Nash, first class in international law ancl conflict of laws, contract and torts, negligence, etc. Masters of laws: Bartholomew Cahill, Janies Stewart, Eichard Tripe. Bachelors of laws: Ronald Clarke, James Dunn, Thomas Ennis, Neil Gillespie, Irvine Hart, Edward Haughey (senior university scholar), Alexander Jessep, Harry Kennard,. Keith Knapp, lan Macarthur, Thaddeus McCarthy, Michael M' Gahan, Prank Pears, Robert Rutherford,. Elliee Toogood, William Wilson. - ■ -r ■

Master of commerce with honours: Edwin Greensmith, second class in economics and law of companies. Bachelors of commerce: Leonard Atkinson, Harold Austad, 'Ernest Eastwood, Andrew Hickson, Arthur Jenkins, Henry Bowden, Hector Smith, Bachelor of engineering (civil): John Sinclair-Loekhart (from Auckland University College). : . ■ • Diploma in education: Eraser Baillie, Arnold Campbell, Winifred Mather, Raymond Bobbie, Percival Smith, James Tier.

Diploma in social science: James Tier. . . - :

Diploma in banking: Keith Geary, Francis Grant, Hector M'lvor, Gilbert Scott. '