DEGREES CONFERRED

Evening Star, Issue 18690, 19 July 1924, Page 9

DEGREES CONFERRED

JHIVERSITY CAPPING GEREiOSY. ■PROGRESS OP THE IHSTITOTIOH. The ceremony of conferring degrees gained by students of the University o'* Otago was held yesterday afternoon in the Knox Church Sunday ' School. The Rev. Dr Cameron (Glianc-ellof Of Otago University), vflio had been appointed by j the Chancellor of the ■ University of New ! Zealand to confer the degrees, presided, and an address was delivered by Mr C. M. Gilray. Amongst those on the platform were members of the University Council, tho University staff, .the mayor | (Mr H. L, Tapley), Sir John Roberts, tin cl j several other prominent citizens. hotwithstanding the rumors that had gained , currency to the effect that things were going to be lively, the speakers were only subjected to occasional interruptions, and these were of the most inoffensive kind. THE CHANCELLOR’S SPEECH.

Tho Chancellor said that ho wished to congratulate all on the signs of the growth of the University. The list of the graduates was the largest they ever had. There were 171 names on the list, and he understood that others had been added since the list had been published. He wanted to congratulate the graduates on having reached a certain goal, but he expressed tho hope that it was only a start, and that they would go forth and show what could bo done at the Otago UniversityHe was particularly pleased at the fac* that move students were going in for higher degrees than had been the case m the past. At one time tho majority ot graduates were content to receive tho B.A. degree, but now many took much higher ones. Quite a number of students were doing research work at tho University, and many had gone elsewhere. _ He referred in this connction to Dr Hicks, and ho added that it had been announced in the newspapers that Mr A. Barnett ■ had been awarded a Cambridge Scholarship, and he understood that the Mr Barnett referred to was a son of their very esteemed professor of surgery. Miss Cameron and Miss Gloy had been awarded fellowships in America, whilst that day they had an old student with them. Professor Bennett, from Canada. Dr Cameron congratulated the members of the stall on tho work accomplished by them during the past year, referring parlieularly to the faculties of medicine and dentistry. He especially made reference to the fact.that both these important faculties would be housed in new buildings in the near future. Tho new medical block would have a frontage more than twice tho extent of the present block. However, this was only a small beginning of what would eventually be done. They coght not only to congratulate the faculty ®f medicine on the work done, but also on the fact that the school had brought forth expressions of appreciation from such a distinguished surgeon as Dr Mayo, who had referred to it as “ that splendid Medical School in Dunedin.” Ho also congratulated the Dental School on the provision that was being made in regard to buildings, and he paid a tribute to what had been achieved by the other faculties. Dr Cameron expressed satisfaction at the fact that the mayor was present, and be referred to the excellent feeling that ©listed between the University and the City of Dunedin. Last year, he said, Just before they had waited on the. Prime Minister, they had a conference with the Chamber of Commerce. Although the latter body was very anxious for a new Post Office for Dunedin, they stated that they were prepared to_ stand aside in order to allow the University to get what it ■wanted. Dealing with the bequests that had been left tho University in the past, the Chancellor said that the citizens of Dunedin and Otago had given a good many valuable gifts. They had to thank the City Council also for the annual grant of £2OO to the Museum, but, _ like other things, this was only a beginning. Another tiling that he wished to mention was a recent gift of the Hon. W. Downie Stewart, who had done more for the University than most people realised. On his last visit to Dunedin Mr Stewart had taken an interest in a certain student, and had made a gift of £ICO, so that the University Council was able to provide a travelling scholarship for tho student in question. The National Electric Company had made them a grant of £IOO for apparatus. The Mulford Company, of Philadelphia, had presented to tho bacteriological department a gift to the value of £l5O, and the father of a young woman medical student who had died had made a donation of £550 to the Medical School. One of their citizens who was interested in Logan Park had promised £I,OOO, whilst a man born here and now living in Auckland had given £I,OOO for scholarship purposes. He also wanted to mention the great gifts made to the Museum by Mr W. Pels. Realising that something should be done for ethnology, he had donated £I,OOO for a lectureship in tho subject and £SCO for specimens. He had also given £5,000 to erect a new wing at the Museum, and on top of that had presented them with 1,500 catalogued pieces. Amongst the gifts were a fine collection of Asiatic armor and a great collection of Maori stones and bones. The latter gift gave the University Museum the most extensive collection in the world of Maori bones and stones. Mr Pels had not only given them these articles, but he hud also given them tho result of fifty years’ collecting, and these gifts showed that Mr fids was greatly devoted to the University. That morning they had received an intimation to the effect that a further £SOO had been presented towards the erection of the ethnological wing, whilst a friend of Mr Pels had given £I,OOO. The speaker then called upon Mr C. M. Gilary, the 1907 Rhodes scholar, to deliver an address.

THE UNIVERSITY AND THE COMMUNITY. Mr Gilray, who was received with rounds of applause, said that ho understood that Lord Jellicoe had intended to grace that gathering, and l he regretted very much that he was not present, as he thought that it would have been extremely fitting ior him to have been there, seeing that it would have been the hist opportunity afforded him of attending their graduation function. He felt hurt that the Governor-General had not communicated his speech by wireless. He had been given no subject to speak on, and he took it that he could “ blow on all he could." (A Voice: “But not on me.') Ho congratulated the University on the imposing list of honors and gifts, and these spoke very highly for the future cf tho iustitution. (A Voice: “Now you are blowing.”) He wished to congratulate the Medical School on the honor Unit had been conferred on Sir Lindo Ferguson, as no doubt it was partly in recognition of the success of his deanship that he had been knighted, whilst he also rejoiced in whit Dr Mayo had said about the Medicil School. The speaker then went on to deal with tho ideals of tho modern university, and showed how these ideals had changed from those of the past, xio stated that the chief task of the UniTsraity to-day was in the training of intellect for the service of the community. Ho did not think that they had much to worry about as far as special schools were concerned, as they could take care of themselves, but ho was afraid that the older studies would he crowded out by the claims of the special schools. He went on to show what university-trained men were doing in different directions, and he thought that business men should look more to university men than they had done in the past. He considered that a university course should be established on a broader basis than was the case with any of the courses at present, and ho emphasised that logic and psychology should be two of the subjects chosen, stressing the importance of each. He thought that a purely linguistic or a science course was too yarrow. The graduates, he said, were 'starting life at a very interesting period in history, and, although there were many

like Dean Inge, who were very pessimistic about the future of democracy, he thought that if. tho students made their presence felt in the life of the community they need not despair ot democracy. What was wanted was mental and moral capacity, and if they did not got this from tho universities ho did not know where they were to obtain "it. THE GRADUATES. The following were capped by the Chancellor : Doctor of Medicine.—Munro May Hockin, Edgar Robert Eeay, Kenneth James Langhmds Scott, George Edwin Waterworth.

Doctor of Dental Surgery.—Raynor Colin Bell.

Masters of Art.—Thomas Sillenco Adam, first-class honors in economics; James Garfield Anderson, in history; Edward Ernest Andrews, in history; James Whiter Armstrong, first-class honors in history; Arthur Joseph Deaker,.in History; Stanley Bruce Dunn, first-class honors in history; George Homy Gubkins, secondclass honors in history; Lelia Agnes Sophie Hurlo, first-class honors in Latin and French; Eva Mary King, second-class honors in history; James Ernest Kinnear, second-class honors in Latin and French; Ronald George Lockhart, second-class honors in history; Winifred Joyce Caroline Moody, first-class honors in Latin and French; Margaret Patience Morrell, se-cond-class honors in English and French; Kenneth Cornwell M‘Donald, first-class honors in history; Robert George M’DowaU, in philosophy; Margaret Victoria M’Grcgor, second-class honors in Latin and French; Jennie Reese M’Kinnon, in history; Kathleen Frances Oswin, second-class honors in English and French; Leo Sylvester O’Sullivan, in economics; James Edgar Rankin Paterson, secondclass honors in history; Wiliam . Albert Ritchie, second-class honors in history; Ralph William Soutcr, second-class honors in economics; Marion Anderson Steele, second-class honors in history; John Laing Thomas, first-class honors in economics; William Thomas, first-class honors in economics; Alan Cameron Whitson, se-cond-class honors in philosophy; Rupert Vivian De Kenzy Worker, in history.

Masters of Science.—Robert Sutcliffe Allan, first-class honors in geology; Milos Aylmer Fulton Barnett, first-class honors in mathematics and first-class honors in physics (electricity and - magnetism); Mary Ellen Matheson Macdonald, secondclass honors in physics (electricity and magnetism); Elma Margaret M’Carthy, second-class honors in botany; Catherine Oswald MTlaflie, second-class honors in physics (electricity and magnetism); Earle Fead Northcroft, second-class honors in botany; Kenneth Charles Roberts, secondclass honors in chemistry. Master of Laws. —David Renfrew White, M.A.

Mastery of Surgery.,—James Alfred Jenkins.

Bachelors of Arts. —Daniel Ferguson Aitken, Christina Sylvia Bell (senior scholar in mathematics), Ethel Emma Black, Howard Andrew Elliott Betting, George Henderson Bowie, Edgar Brownlie, John Henry Conly, Alfred Bramwell Cook, Martin Cowen, Roy Andrew Dickie, William Reed Edge, Horace Fawcett, Dorothy Marion Galloway, Daphne Olga Henderson, James Francis Henley, Ivan Blackstone Hubbard, William Hawton Jackson, Marjorie Kirker, Wililam Lang (senior scholar in Latin), Reweti Oratosh Mason, Thelma Besant Maurais, Thomas Hay M'Donald, John Finlay M'Kay, Alexander Charles M'Lean, Winifred Isabel M'Millan, Arnold Henry Nordmeycr, Bernard William Pearcy (Canterbury College], _ William Scott Robertson, Eileen Louise Service, Alexander James Sligo, Isabel Dunnet Sutherland, Annie White Todd (senior scholar in philosophy), Louisa Wallis Todd (senior scholar in botany), Richard George Webb, Ellen Mary Wyllie. Bachelors of Science.—Kenneth Alfred Alien (Auckland University College, senior scholar in chemistry), Robert Rutherford Nimmo (senior scholar in physics), Rudolf George Penseler, Wolfram Hermann Albert Penseler, John Thomas Samuel. Bachelors of Laws.—Charles Leslie Calvert, George James Kelly, George Victor Murdoch, James Crombie Parcel!, James Crichton Train, David Andrew Young.’ Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery.— Duncan Roy Abernethy, Robert Findlay Aitken, Leslie Gordon Austin, Harold Havelock Barnett, Walton Howarth Bremner, Eric Hattaway Bridgman, Edward Brown, William Henry Blinman Bull, Edward Coventry Bydder, Mary Anderson Champtaloup, Winifred Ethel Cox, Stewart White Crawford, Alexander Gumming, James Keith Davidson, Eric Frederick Do Ath, Derek Ernest Denny-Brown, John Paterson Donald, William Julius Dickel (B.Sc.), Mollio Fisher, Robert Searson Rodney Francis, Noel Edward Hertslet Fulton, Isabella Gault, Sylvester Lot Geerin, Wiliam Keith Eemvick Hamilton, Benjamin David Hart, Adam Hamilton Hnrvie, Allan Hopkins, Edwin Warwick Hunt, James Dewar Hunter, John Alexander Douglas Iverach (8.A.). Elizabeth Kate Jary, David Richmond Jennings, Harry Selwyn Kenrick, John Paulks Landreth, Eugene Gribben Lynch, Robert Gordon Butler Lusk, Gladys Munson Macalistcr, Eric lan Alan Macdonald, Norman Rcay Mackay, James Gilbert Mackereth, Charles MTntosh Marshall, Aubrey James Mason, Norman Murdoch Matheson, Robert James Maunsell. Dermis Douglas M'Carthy, Archibald Hector MTndoo, Donald Dixon M’Kenzio, Horace Webster Nash, Claude Vincent Page, Roland Glnydwr FhiJlips-Tuwicr, John Herbert Rule, Wilfred Robert Ryburn, Robert Gemmell Burnett Sinclair, Kingsley Rupert Steenson, Caroline Morrow Stcnhouse, Ralph Grainger Stokes, Angus Leslie Sutherland, Dorothy Sweeneyq Claude Alexander Taylor, Patrick Arthur Traahy, Francis Gerald Ward, James Lewis Wickon, John Uphara Williams.

Bachelors of Dental Surgery.—Harold Roy Domigan, Robert Elder, Hilda Hutchinson liarle, Alfred John Walters Redder, Herbert Stanley Wilkinson, William Thomas Kcesing. Bachelors of Science in Home Science.— Pearl Allen Brash, Margaret Ethel Brown, Kathleen Ailsa Ewing, Maureen Gertrude Frengley, Elizabeth Gregory, Zeta Tui Miles, Sheila Elder Richardson, Henrietta Frances Rudall.

Bachelors of Engineering (Mining).— Cecil Reginald Davies (B.Sc.), James Craig Leitch (B.Sc.), Wolfram Hermann Albert Penseler. Bachelors of Agriculture. Jeremiah Horan Dcnnchy, George Andrew _ Holmes (M.Sc.), Kenneth Edoudale MTCinnon. ASSOCIATES AND DIPLOMAS. Diploma of Associate of Otago School of Mines in Mining.—Cecil Reginald Davis, Wolfram Hermann Albert Penseler. Certificate of Proficiency in Dental Surgery.—Victor Lancaster Buckley, Lines Caine Clissold, Charles Alfred Collier, Roger Brocklehurst Davies, Norah Telford Drummond, Alphonsus Cecil Fahey, Clarence Moore Holdaway, Almond Edward Hope, John Sewell Hornbiow, Neal Marsdcn Irwin, Agnes Maude Milne, Mary Alexander M'Lachlan, Arthur William Sims, Ronald Gordon Spenco, Joseph Shaw Thompson. Diploma of Associate of Otago University in Homo Science. Catherine Martha Anderson, Annie Erena D’Auvergne, Anna Christina Finlayson, Neman Margareta Johan Finlayson, Dorothy Elaine Firth, Olive Mary .Goldie, Irene Margaret Harrop, Mary Brebncr Macadam, Edith Marion Reid, Margaret Jean Aclele Seay, Winifred Louisa. Shanks, Bessie Amio Walker, Evelyn Zilla Wild, Elbe Isobel Wright. SCHOLARSHIPS.'' —University of New Zealand.— Rhodes Scholarship.—Robert Stevenson Aitkeu, M. 8., Ch.B. Medical Travelling Scholarship.—John Alexander Douglas iverach. Senior University Scholarships.—William Lang (Latin), Annie White Todd (philosophy), Christina ; Sylvia Bell (mathematics), Robert Rutherford Nimrno (physics), Louisa Wallace Todd (botany). —University of Otago.— Macandrew Scholarship (Economics). — Alexander Charles M'Lean. Sir George Grey Scholarship in Experimental Science (granted by New Zealand Government).—Rudolf George Penseler.

New Zealand Research Scholarship in Experimental Science (granted by Now Zealand Government). —Harold John Finlay. Beverly Scholarship in Pass Degree Mathematics. Alexander Frederick M'George. Beverly Scholarship in Higher Mathematics and Mechanics.—'Christina Sylvia Bell.

Beverly Scholarship in Advanced Phy sics.—Robert Rutherford Nimrno.

Srneaton Research Scholarship (Experimental Science). Robert Rutherford Nimmo.

Sir Robert Stout Scholarship (Economics). —William Thomas, Thomas Sillence Adam, John Laing Thomas (proximo acccsserunt). •. George Young Scholarship.—Daniel Ferguson Aitken. John Edmond Scholarship (Industrial Research). —Frederick Henry M'Dowall, Anna P. Stout Scholarship (Economics). —Reweti Oralosh Mason. PRIZES. —University ot New Zealand.—

Cook Memorial Prize (Mathematics). — Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett. Sir Julius Von Haast Prize (Geology). —Robin Sutcliffe Allan. William Lcdingham Christie Medal (Applied Anatomy). Gladys Munson Macalistcr (1923), Morris Axford (1924). —University of Otago. —

Stuart Prize (Physics).—Christina Sylvia Bell.

Parker Memorial Prize (Biology).— Louisa Wallace Todd. MacGregor Prizo (Philosophy). —John Maclcllan Bates.

James Clark Prizes. —James Ernest Kinnear and Winifred Joyce Caroline Moody equal (Latin), John Herbert Hall (English), John Maclellan Bates (philosophy). Flora MacLcan Allan (Greek). Leask Medal. —Clarence Moore Holdaway (dentistry). Chamber of Commerce Prizes (Acountancy).—Robert Henry Henderson, George William Jack Bell, Isobel Hope Blair, Leonard M’Kcndrick Sattcrthwaite, Annio Margaret Foster. Batchelor Memorial Medal (Gynaecology and Obstetrics).— Mollio Fisher. Macmillan Brown Prizo (English Composition,).—Francis Oswald Bennett. Marjorie M'Cnllnm Medal (Medicine).— John Alexander Douglas Iverach. Now Zealand Medical Graduates’ Association Clinical Prizes.—James Fitzsimons (junior clinical surgery), Norman Murdoch Matheson (senior medicine), Archibald Hector MTndoe (junior medicine, Archibald Hector MTndoo (senior clinical surgery.)