CAPPING DAY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23339, 6 May 1939, Page 21

CAPPING DAY

r FORMAL CEREMONY UNIVERSITY GRADUANDS LARGE number of guests One of the most important events in universitv life and one which marks the crowning of the year's work, is the annual graduation ceremony of Auckland University College, which took place in the Town Hall last night, before a large gathering of parents of "the graduands, and friends. The stage had been banked with golden chrysanthemums and green foliage. -Proceedings opened with a pioccssion Jcraduands hall; the women taring white frocks, with gowns and mortar boards. This was followed by the procession of convocation, in which we rc included the president and members of the staff, and after this came the official procession, in which were + }, e Mavor, Sir Ernest Davis, and the town clerk, Mr. J. Slelling. Addresses were given by Professor r W von Zedlitz, Professor Emeritus, Victoria University College, Sir. W. TT Cocker, president of the college, and Professor W. A. Sewell, chairman f the Professorial Board. The deLees were then conferred, each woman Lduand receiving a posy of flowers as she stepped off the stage. Those who accepted invitations to be uresent included: —Sirs. W. H. Cocker, rs a. W. Averill, Lady Ellis, the Hon. M". Ernest Molesworth, Mrs. A K -Turner, ''Mrs. Douglas Robb, fr rs C. R. Knight, Mrs. H. Belshaw, Mrs' H- H. Toy, Mrs. P. W. Burbidee, Mrs. J. A. Bartrum, Sirs. C. 'G Cooper, Sirs. H. G. Forder, Sirs. A. B. Fitt, Sirs. H. Hollinrake, Sirs. J Rutherford, Mrs. Julius Stone, Sirs. tt Segar, Sirs. S. E. Lamb, Sirs, •p p Worlev, Sirs. W. T. C. Airey, j[ rs G. B. Bell, Sirs. L. W. Holt, Mrs E. M, • Blaiklock, Sirs. H. J. Butler, Sirs. K. Bullen, Sirs. Dennis Brown, Mrs. L.' H. Briggs, Sirs. A. M. Chisholm, Sirs. L. W. A. Crawley, Mrs. L.*o. Desborough, Sirs W. N. Jebson, Mrs. H W. King, Mrs. T. L. Lancaster, Sirs. vA. G. Marshall, . Mrs. R. H. Melville, Sirs. H. R. Rodwell, Mrs. F. ,H. Sagar, Mrs. A. B. Thompson, Sirs.-, S. D. eir, Sirs. F. A de la Slare (Hamilton), Mrs. Or. H. Baker, Sirs. Norman Hanna, Senora Quiros y'Quiros, Mrs R. SI. Algie, Sirs.. K., W. Aimer, Sirs. J. Hogben, Mrs. A. C. Paterson, Sirs. F. h Armitage, Sirs. D. L. Algie, Sirs. -E W. J. Bowden, Sirs. J. S. Brigham, Sirs. K. J. Del low, Mrs. P..Hayward, Mrs. SI. K- Draffin, Mrs. H. H. Watkins, Sirs. T. C. Webb, Sirs. A. Esdell .Sloore,. Sirs. H. J.. D. Slahon, Sirs. Basil Buddie, Sirs. Brockway, Mrs. H. G. Bell. Mrs. W. J. Campbell, Mrs. C.. Mi Littlejohn, Sirs. G. S. B. Morrison, -Sirs- O. Purchas, Sirs. A. M. Seaman, Sirs.- G. Wmstone, Mrs. H E. Yalder (Hamilton), Mrs. A. C. A. Sexton, Sirs. W. A. Fairclough, Sirs. E. H. Bryant Sirs. Carter, Sirs. N. A. Campbell, Sirs. SI ; SI. Dreaver, Mrs. G. H. Fleming, Sirs. W. R. Golden, Sirs., Kenneth Gordon, Sirs. W A. Wilson, Mrs. F. J. Gwynne, Mrs. W. A; Gray, Sirs. E. K. Hansard, Mrs. H;\B. Harper, Sirs. F. SI. Hills, Mrs- J..8. Johnston, Sirs. A. Kidd, Mrs. F. M. Hay, Sirs. W. G. Sliller, Mrs.'G. S. Slurray, Sirs. A. H. Bowell, - Sirs. 3lacMurray, Mrs. D. N. W. Slurray, 3lrs. C. R.' Orr Walker, Sirs? A. L. Noakes, Sirs. J. C. Rennie, Sirs. W; R. Reyburn, Sirs. A. Robb, Sirs. H; A. Chatfield, Sirs. H. W. Shove, Mrs. W. S. Spence, Sirs. G. E.'Spooner, Mrs. C. Tewsley, Sirs. J. Steele, Mrs. J. F. WellsV Mrs. Frank' Wiseman,. Mrs. D. Donaldson', Sirs. J. A. Algie, Mrs. A. Ely, Sirs. W. K. Howitt, Sirs. T. SlcNab, Sirs. G. R. Hutchinson, Mrs.- T. W. Leys, Sirs. L. Coakley, Mrs. R. 0. Gillie, Sirs. Northe. Sirs. W. E. Parry, Sliss Fair, Sliss Brockway, Sliss Elsie Bennet, Miss E. R. Edwards, Miss L. Clouston, Sliss L. M. Cranwell, Sliss A. Kennedy, Sliss _JI. L. Loudon, Miss E. Griffin, Sliss A. C. Morrison.

AFTERNOON RECEPTION GRADUANDS HONOURED UNIVERSITY FEDERATION The Auckland branch of the New Zealand ? Federation of University Women entertaiped this year's graduaiids at an afternoon party in the Milne and Choyce' Reception Hall yesterday. The president of the federation, Dr. Alexandra Warnock, wel- ■■ corned .the graduands and presented each with a Victorian posy of mixed flowers.

On behalf of the, members, a presentation of a book and a bouquet was made by Dr. Warnock to Sirs. W. H. )^. er » immediate past-president of H e Auckland branch of the federation. Airs. Cocker has recently been elected Zealand president of the federa>on, and Dr. Warnock paid a tribute to her work. / ' ™ the graduands and conSwuiatmg them on their success, Dr. ponsibihties to the world as university tiuents. There was never a time when contribution,of thinking people was 1L L l ni . ore than to-day, and if people suit - intc l'igently, democracy would

; t(T£ h . "j?' 1' ' Tinii -, ever y graduate woman in the in +if fSe ma(^G b er trained thought felt }, ■ lam sure we would e a much saner world than we have she adcled.