HONORARY DEGREE
A DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE (Per United Press Association) 'CHRISTCHURCH, January 21. The honorary degree of doctor of literature was conferred on Diamond Jenness by fie senate of the University of New Zealand to-day on the recommendation of the Academic Board. Dr Jenness was formerly a student of Victoria University College, graduating M.A. in 1908 with first-class honours in classics. He is at present chief of the anthropological section under the Canadian Government, and in charge of the Anthropological Department of the Canadian National Museum, Ontario. Dr Jenness has written numerous and extensive reports on various phases of Eskimo anthropology, and, in addition, a well-known book, " Children of the Twilight," published in 1928. He has al6o published and edited reports on the American aborigines. He is recognised as one of the leading anthropologists of the present day, and hie published works are evidence of his outstanding literary ability.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22476, 22 January 1935, Page 8
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