COMMERCIAL SCIENCE STUDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21980, 15 June 1933, Page 10

COMMERCIAL SCIENCE STUDENTS

. ANNUAL PRIZE-GIVING The second annual prize-giving function of the Association of Commercial Science of New Zealand was held in the Y.M.C.A. Hall last night, when the certificates and medals won at the association’s 1932 examinations were presented. 'The president. (Mr G. J. Errington) occupied the chair, and he had associated with him on the platform Mr W. Downie Stewart, Mr James Hogg, Mr J. G, Jeffery, and Mr R. S. M. Sinclair, After extending a welcome to those present, the chairman said that a pleasing feature of the'association’s activities during the past year had been the sympathy and assistance extended to it by outstanding men in the commercial world and the, educational authorities. He was pleased to be able to state that whilst in Wellington recently he had spoken to the Minister of Education (Mr R. Masters) and the ex-Minister. of Education (Mr H. Atmore), both of whom endorsed and were sympathetic towards the ideals of' the association. Which they realised was doing something for non-matriculated students and frisking 'an effort' to bridge the gap between public school and university. The association’s pupils he would remind that they were now receiving better opportunities than the young people of a generation ago, and he urged them to make the most of them. Mr Downie Stewart, who was accorded an enthusiastic reception, congratulated the association on the results it ‘had already achieved, and said that it was only natural to expect that any forward movement in education should originate in Dunedin, which was rich in educational tradition. He noted that the association had the endorsement, of commercial and educational bodies,, and the fact that the president was able to claim the support of thd ex-Minister and the present Minister of Education seemed to provide ample evidence that it was meeting a want not previously supplied. The problem of providing work for boys and girls leaving-school’was one of -paramount importance, and anything that facilitated the entry of students into commercial life must be a great boon to parents and of substantial assistance in keeping the young people from arriving at a dead end. The work of the association enabled employers to judge the qualifications,' capabilities, and experience of candidates for employment, and a striking feature that appealed to him was that it had been initiated, launched, and sustained by private citizens, and had made no claim for assistance on the Government. There was a possibility, he understood, that as the organisation exnanded it might be taken over by the Government,, which should not involve the State in any large expenditure. A second feature was that the work carried out demonstrated the willingness of a group of students to undertake voluntarily the focussing of their work on to practical commercial studies so that they would be enabled more easily to take their place in the business community. Such of them who had already entered into business had the great good fortune to be associated with a commer-, cial community whose integrity and high standards were recognised in every part of New Zealand and Australia, and as they were living in a time when trade and commerce were the main problems of the world they could not be too well prepared. He congratulated the successful students, and wished them and the association all success and good fortune. _ At the conclusion of Mr Downie Stewart’s remarks he, with Messrs Hogg, Jeffery, and W. B. Steel, presented the awards to the successful candidates. The prize list was as follows: Junior Bookkeeping Certificates. Arthur Ernest Barclay,. , Lorna Meta drivers, Leonard Doull, Clifford Duerdon. Kenneth Burdett Kendall, Harold Spencer Latimer, Charles Henry Lorden, Leonard John Paine, Reginald Alexander Peat, Martha Jean Ponder, Alexander Ramage, William Provan Scott, Stanley John Leslie Taylor, Ella Shaw White. Isabel Myra Wilkinson, Ethel Rodgers Wrightson. Senior Bookkeeping Certificates. —Violet Olwen Rood, Ellon Wells, Leonard Millar. Junior Shorthand Typists’ Certificates. —-Lorna Meta drivers, Charles Henry Lorden, Ella Shaw White, Isabel Myra Wilkinson. „ A 1 Senior Shorthand Typists Certificates. —Eva Mavis Graham. Junior Printing Trade Certificates.— Albert Stephen Warren. Senior Printing Trade Certificates Alfred Cyril Scrivener. Senior Salesmanship Certificates.— Donald Sutherland Mackenzie, Gordon Turner • Medals.—Miss Ella S. White (junior shorthand typists’), Miss E. M. Graham (senior- typewriting), Miss Violet 0. Rood (senior bookkeeping), Mr Gordon Turner (senior salesmanship). At the conclusion of the function tne chairman announced that a Dominion typewriting speed contest would be held tins year, probably in August, and that the association’s annual examinations, tor which four additional centres had entered. would be conducted towards the end of the year. During the evening vocal solos were tendered by Messrs A. Highet and F. Benton, and Miss I. Rawnsley.