FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN

Evening Star, Issue 22954, 11 May 1938, Page 15

FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN

RECEPTION TO THE GRADUATES OF 1938 Allen Hall was most artistically decorated with bowls of chrysanthemums on Tuesday afternoon, when the women graduates of 1938 were entertained at a reception given by the Otago branch of the New Zealand Federation of University Women. The guests who included the wives of the members and the University Council, professors,' and lecturers, as well as members of the federation, were received by the president, Miss Muriel May, who wore a smart frock of marine blue and blue hat. In bidding them welcome to the gathering, Miss May stressed the value of the federation and expressed the hope that the new graduates would all become members. She spoke of the growth of the federation in many countries of the world since its inception in 1919,' In conclusion, she also welcomed Miss Stewart (president of the Canterbury branch) and Miss F. M. Allan, who represented the Otago Women Graduates’ Association. There followed a very pleasant little ceremony, when each gradnate, who wore academic dress, came forward to receive a charming posy, the gift of the federation. The only other speaker was Mra'W. H. Borrie, who .announced that Miss Muriel May had been selected as the federation’s candidate for election to a vacancy on the University Council. Then followed a social hour, when afternoon tea was served in the canteen and many happy reminiscences of past cappings were exchanged. The 1938 graduates present were:— Misses H. D. L. Denford, G. M. 5. Hall, F. E. Alexander, S. J. Cochrane, N, Hay, M. L. Jefferis, J. M. Lawless, A. H. Miller. I. R. Reid, R. C. Simpson, A. A. Thompson, I. C. L. Thorn. B. B. Uren, F. M. Wilson, E. R. Brookfield, E. J. Cairns, D. A. Doak, O. M. Hills, T. Marsh, J. C. Cowan, G. S. M'Millan, C. N. Tewsley, J. V. Rae, R. D. Haig, M. Moody, E. 0. Naylor, 0. G. M‘Leod. P. M. Blake, M. L. Dalrymple, J. Hanning, P. M. Macalister, J. L. Wilson, and A. G. Menzies. Other guests included Lady Sidey, Mesdames Benson, Borrie, I. Borrie, P, Milne, Wood, Gordon Bell, F. G. Soper, Kerr, Longbottom, Holloway, H. Ferguson, Billing, A. Ross, G. E. Thompson, F. J. Turner, Professor Strong, Dr Siedeberg M'Kinnon, Dr Elizabeth Gregory, Mrs E. T. Cox, Lady Allen, Mesdames A. C. Stephens, ,1. A. Hanan, Carswell, Fitchett, H. Chapman, Gowland, J. B. Dawson, Herrington, Morrell, Jack, Newlands, J. Renfrew White, Bevan Dodds, Hunter, J. Harris. J. Robertson, E. W. Bennett, Craddock, Focken, K. Glasgow, Misses I. Turnbull, Barrowdough, Cowie, Inez Herrick. Mac Gibbon, N. Woods, Stevenson, P. Allan, M. Fleming, Ross, M. Fyfe, Kerr, E. Brickell, Ramsay. Campbell, Anderson, Ida Lawson. M'Kinnon, Dallaston. E. Gilchrist (Missouri), D. Davies. Dalrymple, S. Foote, H. Fenwick, Ulrich, Scott, Doris Francis, B.'Henderson, V. Barron, V. Macmillan, A. Blackie, D. Martyn, and Farquharson.