FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23717, 26 January 1939, Page 18

FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN

DOMINION CONFERENCE PEN-PORTRAITS OF DELEGATES The triennial conference of the New Zealand Federation of University Women, which opens to-morrow morning in the women’s common room, Medical School, will be presided over by Mrs Gertrude Helen Benson. M.A., Natural Science Tripos, Cambridge. Arrangements for the conference have been in the hands of the New Zealand executive—Mrs Benson, Miss Marion

Fyfe, M.Sc., Dr Muriel Bell, Dr Elizabeth Gregory and Miss Muriel May. Delegates will attend from the four associations, Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago. Of the Auckland delegates. Mrs A. V. Cocker M.Sc. (London), was educated at the Auckland Girls’ Grammar School, and at Cheltenham Ladies’ College. She ht.s been president of the Auckland branch of the N.Z.F.U.W. since 1030, and since 1935, president of the Auckland Girls’ Athletic Association Mrs Cocker has twice been a New Zealand delegate to the conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations —at Kyoto in 1929, and at Shanghai in 1930. She has also been an executive member of the Auckland branch of the National Council of Women at various time.,, and is at present on the local executive and also on the Dominion Committee. Mrs Dorothea Turner (nee Mulgan), BA., was secretary to the Auckland branch of the federatio for several years, and a delegate to the Dominion conference in Wellington in 1936. She is on the executive of the New Zealand Women’s ood Value League, as well as being its publication editor and one of its delegates to the National Council of Women. F'.e is also a member of the Advisory Board of Woman To-day. Miss A. L. London, M.A., headmistress of Epsom Girls’ Grammar School, is president of the New Zealand Women’s Food Value League, president of the Collegiate Hockey Association, president of the Auckland Girls’ Secondary Schools’ Games Association, and vice-president of the British Drama League and of the Auckland Girls’ Athletic Association Wellington’s delegates arc Mrs Amy Hefford (nee Cule) and Miss Ka'e Simkin. Mrs Helford, B.A. (honours in history, University of Wales, Aberystwyth; diploma in secondary leachm University of Cambridge; post-gradu-ate scholar of University of Wales at Oxford), took her diploma in the Oxford School of Geography, and taught for Iwc years in South Wales. During lie Great War she was for two years on the staff of the Ministry if Agriculture and Fisheries, London. Mrs Hefford arrived in New Zealand in 1926. For 10 years she was a mem-

ber of the executive of the Parents’ Association of Wellington Girls’ College, holding the positio of president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary and secretary of the association. At present Mrs Hefford is treasurer of the Wellington branch of the F.U.W.

Miss Kate Simkin, M.A., B.H.Sc., on the staff of Wellington Girls’ College, is president of the Wellington branch of the Home Science Alumnae, its representative on the National Council of Women (Wellington branch), and Professor Strong’s deputy on the Exhibition Committee. She is a member of the National Girls’ Work Committee of the Y.W.C.A., and lecturer in dietetics to post-graduate nurses. Miss Simkin has been a member of committee of the Wellington branch of the federation for several years, and has been treasurer for the last four. Of the Canterbury delegates, three — Miss M. E. Sims. M.A., Mrs Dorothy Shrimpton, B.A. (nee Stewart), and Miss Jenny Stewart. B.A. —were educated in Dunedin. Miss Sims, after some teaching in Otago, was appointed to the staff of the Christchurch Girls’ High School, where she taught until her retirement in 1935. Miss Sims is a former president of the Canterbury Association of the F.U.W.. and was Dominion president from 1929 until 1932. In 1930 she was a delegate from the university women to the second Pan-Pacific Conference at Honolulu. Mrs Shrimpton graduated from the University of Otago and later studied for her Diploma in Education in London. She was lecturer in English at Canterbury College and is well-known as the author of “ Speech Training by Phonetic Methods.” Other books are “ Teaching of French by Phonetic Methods.” in which she collaborated with Miss P. M. P. Clark, and a book of French songs, where her collaborator was Dr Griffith. Miss Jenny Stewart, president of the

Canterbury Association, carried out her post-graduate studies at Moray House. Edinburgh, and with Paul Passy in Paris. Miss Stewart is now on the staff of the Avonside Girls’ High School. „

Mrs Campbell, B.A. (nee Hendra), is treasurer of the Canterbury branch of the N.Z.F.U.W. Mrs B. C. Penney, 8.A., vice-presi-dent of the Canterbury Association, has, since her graduation, been a very active member of the federation, serving on her local committee in capacities. In addition, Mrs Penney was the first woman vice-president of the Canterbury College Graduates’ Association. She is a member of the committee of the Canterbury (N.Z.) Travel Club, and leader of the economic section of the Study Group of the Pan-Pacific Women’s Association. Otago’s delegates include graduates in arts, science and medicine. Mrs A. C. Cameron (before her marriage Miss Dorothy Cameron), M. 8., Ch.B. (Edin.), was for two years house surgeon at Scarborough Hospital. Since coming to New Zealand she has been keenly interested in the affairs of the federation.

Miss L. S. Morton, 8.A., a former president of the Otago Association, has recently returned from abroad, where she represented New Zealand at the council meeting of the International Federation in London. Miss Morton is first assistant at the Otago Girls’ High School. Miss Vida Sheddan, M.A., was for several years vice-principal of Columba Girls’ College. She has had experience abroad, and was recently senior English mistress at St. Helen’s, Northwood. At present Miss Sheddan is on the staff of the Otago Girls’ High School. , Miss Sadie Foote, M.A., of the Otago University Library staff, did postgraduate study at the Sorbonne, where she obtained a certificate from the Institute of Phonetics. She is an active member of the Dunedin French Club. Miss Elizabeth Wilson, M.H.Sc., after teaching in Hamilton, went to England, where she studied under Dr Harriet Chick, at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. Since returning to New Zealand. Miss Wilson has been engaged on nutrition research, under the Medical Research Council.