EXAMINATION AT SEA

Evening Star, Issue 22806, 15 November 1937, Page 16

EXAMINATION AT SEA

GIRL STUDENT'S DOUBLE ORDEAL

LATIN AND SEA SICKNESS [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, November 14. Special permission to sit for a degree examination while a passenger on the Aorangi from Auckland to Sydney on Wednesday has been granted to a young Auckland student, Miss Patricia Webb, by the authorities of the Auckland University College. Miss Webb, who will leave Auckland by the Aorangi on Tuesday en route for Singapore, will sit for the examination in Latin for the LL.B. degree on Wednesday afternoon under the supervision of an officer of the liner or some other approved person. Her examination will coincide with that being held ashore, and at the conclusion her paper will be locked in the ship’s safe and then posted to Auckland under seal when the liner reaches Sydney. The chief supervisor at the college, the Rev. A. J. Greenwood, said the circumstances were exceptional, but the University’s method was to help students as much as possible, commensurate with proper supervision. So long as a responsible person was in charge it was quite safe to allow an examination to take place in this way. Miss Webb is an inexperienced sailor and in therefore combining a lastminute study of Latin with acquiring a knowledge of how to prevent aea sickness.