CAPPING CEREMONY.

Otago Witness, Issue 3671, 22 July 1924, Page 24

CAPPING CEREMONY.

CROWNING THE STUDENTS’ LAOURS.

The annual ceremony of conferring degrees won during the past year by students of Otago University took place in Knox Church Sunday School on Friday afternoon. There was a very large attendance of friends and relatives of the graduates, and many of the general body of students were unable to gain admission. A number of undergraduates took possession of the back pa-t of the hall and early made their presence felt. Two toy balloons with paper attached and some referees’ whistles kept them happy and amused before the formal opening of the proceedings. The entrance of the year’s graduates to the front seats reserved for them was hailed with cheers and sundry pointed messages of personal greeting. They continued to show a live but inoffensive interest in the proceedings to the close. The entry of the year’s graduates was followed by the procession of the Chancellor (the Rev. Dr A. Cameron), members of the council, and members of the staff to their seats on the platform. The Mayor, Mr 11. L. Tapley, and two exmembers of the council, Sir John Roberts and the Hon. T. Mac Gibbon, were also among those seated on the platform. Doubtless in pursuance of the thought that “music hath charms to soothe,” an innovation was introduced in the,form of opening the proceedings with the united singing of a few verses of the University Anthem and a verse of “Gaudeamus.” The idea was a happy one, and had an immediate effect on the order and harmony of the gathering. Trio opening speech of the Chancellor, who presided, was cf a highly congratulatory nature. He said he wished to congratulate not only the graduates, but all connected with the University that day on the signs of growth of the University. The list of graduates that day was the largest that they had ever had.—(An Astonished Voice: “No fear.”) There were the names of 171 graduates on the list, and ho thought some others had been added since the list was published. He wished to congratulate those who were to be capped on having reached a certain goal in their studies. It was something to gather the fruit of some years of concentrated effort, and he hoped the graduates would realise that this was only the beginning of things with them, and that they would go forth from the University to show to the people of the dominion what could be done in Otago University. He was specially pleased at the number of graduates taking higher degrees than the pass. At one time almost all they did in the University was to pre pa.ro students to take their B.A. degree. Now they had a quite large proportion taking the higher degrees. Then, in addition to that, they had quite a number of students taking past graduate work in the University and doing research work.—(A Voice: In the Reith !) lie also reminded them that quite a number of graduates, after doing seme research work had gone elsewhere.—(A Voice: Cheer up, Jerry!)—to do research work. They had Dr Hicks, who had been appointed to the Beit fellowship, and in that day’s paper they had intimation that an “A. Barnett,” s«f New Zealand, of Claire College, had been awarded a scholarship in Cambridge. Be had no doubt that was a son of their

esteemed professor of surgery.—(Applause.) In America, Miss Gladys Cameron had been given a fellowship, and Miss O. Gloy would be goina; to America shortly as the holder of another fellowship. These two were valuable fellowships awarded by the j-vockefeller Foundation. That day they had on the platform one who had been a student there for two years and then went to ®the war. Afterwards he was awarded a soldier’s scholarship in Cambridge, and was now professor of English in the Dalhousio University in Canada He refer:ed to Professor Bennett. Those were tilings that indicated that the Univer sit- was not now merely qualifying men and womtn to take the lower degrees—(A Voice: Cheer up. Lindo!) —but were qualifying them for the higher work connected with the University. He would hke also to congratulate the members of the start on the work that they had accom nlished. Very specially they congratulated tile faculties of medicine and ' den tistry on the fine buildings to be erected to accommodate those two important branches of the University. . The new alack for the Medical School would have a frontage of more than twice the extent of the frontage of the present block. —(A oicc: Shame!). The Medical Faculty was to be congratulated on that, but if 'hey asked the Dean he would tell them bat was only a small beginning. 'j hev ought to congratulate the Faculty of Medicine not only on the provision being made for it, but on the appreciation of the school from distinguished men like Dr iayo, who described it as “the splendid ’ v< edical School of New Zealand.” They ought also to congratulate the Dental School on the provision being made for it. It had been scandalously housed in the past—(A Voice: What’s the matter, Pick?) • —but it would Ire housed very much more adequately. While they rejoiced in that ! “ov ought also to recognise the work being done in the other faculties—Arts am! Science —(Chorus of “Hear, hears”) —Min irur. Home Science—(A Voice: “Hurray!”) —Commerce, and I.aw. In these faculties he was persuaded that they had men and women who were doing good to the community such as they could not even measure, and they were laying the foundations of still greater work to which they hoped to progress. He also wanted to congratulate the citizens. He was giau they had the Mayor there.—(VoicesWhere's Keg? We want Reg!) The University did well to congratulate itself on the attitude the citizens had taken up with regard to then institutions. Last year they had a conference with representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and the manufacturers.—(A Voice: In the Captain Cook!) ’they wen* very anxious to get a new post office, but they said: If it is a question between new buildings lor the medical and dental work of the University and a post office tve are willing to stand aside and let the post office wait so that the University may get what it needs.” —(Applause.) He” wished to acknowledge that; but that was not all. In the past the citizens—(A Voice: “I’ve got my eye on you !”) —of Dunedin and Otago had clone a great deal for the University in the way of gifts.—(At this point an alarm clock, apparently concealed somewhere beneath the platform, began to go off.) He was not going to refer to all that had been done in the past, but only to what had been done this year. First, he wished to thank the City Council through the Mayor for the annual contribution they

nad given for the Museum. That was only a beginning, and there was mere to follow. One of the great friends of the University, the Hon. W. Downie Stewart—(apffause) —had done more them than mcft-t knew. The last time Mr Stewart was in Dunedin he became interested in one of the Indents, and gave £IOO to enable the cowrit to give him a travelling scholarship for two years. Then the National Electric Company gave them £IOO to enable them to furnish the home science department with electric apparatus. The 11. K. Mulford Company in America had presented the department of bacteriology with a gift of the value of £l5O. Not long ago ■‘herj was in the Medical School a lady from Blenheim, who was far on in her course when unfortunately she took unwell and died. Her father, in appreciation of the work of the school, and of the members of its staff, gave £550 for research in medicine. That was a gift they ought to be very grateful for.—(Applause.) One of the citizens was so interested in their playing fields down at Logan Park —(A Voice: “Hurrah!”) —that he had promised £looo. (“Hurrah !” and applause.) Before a great many of them were born there was a man in Dunedin, who was now living in Auckland. He was getting on in years, and thought he ought to do something for the Otago University. He sent £2OOO for scholarship funds. —(Applause.) Then there was one great gift made to the Museum. Some time ago Mr Wijli Fel3 felt .hat something ought to bo done for ethnographic study in connection with Otago University.—(Sounds of shoring from the back.) First of all he gave £IOOO to help the fund for the lecturer; then £2500 for a fund for buying ethnographic specimens, then he gave £SOO0 —(shrieks) —to build a wing at the Museum, and on top of all that he had given them a gift of almost priceless value—a collection of 1500 catalogued pieces. It was a collection of Asiatic armour of which it was said that no museum in Australasia could boast such a. collection —(sounds of another alarm clock starting below the stage)—and a great collection of Maori stone and bone implements.— (Hustling of many papers turning in the back seats.) Their Museum would now contain the most extensive collection of this nature in existence. —(A Voice: “Smile, Bobby!”) These gifts had been collected as a result of more than half a lifetime of effort, ami they had been purchased not only in New Zealand but all over the world. That morning they had received intimation from an important body in New Zealand that it was giving £SOO towards the erection of the ethnological wing.—(Applause.) Mr Fels had got one of his relatives, Mr De Beer, to give £IOOO towards the ethnographic collection. They had good cause to congratulate themselves in the accession '.o the staff of Dr Lawson, Dr Holloway, Dr Storms, and Miss M’Gill. —(Applause.) He had much pleasure in calling on the Rhodes scholar of 1907, Mr Colin Gilray, to address them. Mr Gilray had been most intimately connected with the University, not merely as a student but as the son of one of thenprofessors who was long spared to do great work for the University. Mr Gilray, who was warmly applauded, began by addressing himself to the Chancellor and various sections of the audience.

(An aggrieved voice: “And students 1”) Mr Gilray retorted pleasantly. “I thought I included them among the ‘ladies and gentlemen.’ ” —(Laughter and applause). He said he had understood that his Excellency Lord Jellieoe was to address the gathering that

afternoon.—(A Voice: “That’s why you’re here!”) “That is exactly why I an. here!” Continuing, ho said he regretted very much Lord Jellicoe’s absence, and he felt hurt that the chairman of the Professorial Board had not arranged that his Excellency’s address should be communicated by wireless. — (Laughter.) As it was, he had been given no subject to speak on. He took it he had liberty to wander as he would, to blow on whom he pleased.—(An Anxious Voice: “No you haven’t.”) First of all, he would like to congratulate the University on the evidence the Chancellor had just given them of its exceedingly thriving condition. That amazing list of gifts spoke well for the health and vitality of the institution and for its future.—(The Voice: “There you are 1 You’re blowin’ 1”) He wanted to congratulate. also, the Medical School, fir-t of all in the share it had in the honour that had beer, conferred on Sir Lindo Ferguson. He took it that that honour had been conferred in some sense in recognition of the success of his deanship. He congratulated the school also cn the very high compliment paid to it by Dr Mayo. He was a man of such eputation in the medircal world that he could not afford to pay such compliments lightly. They all rejoiced that he was so struck with the Medical School, He wished to speak to them for a few minutes, and he would be obliged if the people at the back would tell him his time limit, about the University a.t:d its relation to the community. The modern universitv had many functions to perform. In addition to the teaching of science and the humanities, it had special schools to fill the professions. Its function was that of training intelligence in the service of the community. He had no doubt that it would continue to do that well as far as the professions were concerned. He did not think there was much reason to worry about the special schools. Thev had shown and Were showing that they were well able to look after themselves. \\ hat he was rather afraid about was that the old studies, which had their values, and a very high value, might be crushed out in the interest which the community naturally took in the special schools He wanted to say a word or two about the study of the humanities and the study of science. There was no doubt that toe study of the humanities and of science conducted in the "roper spirit made tnat broadening of spirit which was to serviceable in all walks of life. In Eurone more and more attention was being given to the university a$ a source of supply of men of high intelligence for all purposes m life. At the Versailles Conference students of the old universities who had been brought up on the study of the humanities and science were present to advise the Ministers and statesmen. On the League of Nations they would find that the ranks were largelv filled by students. In tne Indian civil service, tnan which there had never been a finer civil service in the world, the majority of the men had been brought up on the study of literature, history, philosophy, and science. He was not quite sure that we paid quite enough attention to that general basis of culture in our University of New Zealand. —(A Voice: Put Bobby Jack on the City Council 1 Hurray!). ®IIe did not think the community realised what a store of power it had m the University graduates. Men of business ought to begin to look to the University for captains of industry and heads of departments. tie thought they would find what people were finding in the Old Country—that special training was not really necessary at that stage for the highest work that had to bo done by people who had trained intelligences and could apply them to any set of facts put before them. He believed they could encourage tne to take a greater interest in the Umvesity from the ppint of view of supplying such intelligences if they had a course on some broader basis than the present M.A. Such a course might be established by a grouping of the present M.A. subjects to train men who had either the means or the ability to postpone their special training till later in life. It was not his place to say what subjects should be included in such a course.—(A Voice: Certainly not!) In fact, he had been greatly daring to suggest that there should be any course that there was not. But he. would suggest two subjects that should be in that course—logic and psychology. They might not be popular, but the subject of logic dealt with the means of the attainment of knowledge in any of its branches. Psychology dealt w-ith the forms of human thought, and it was beginning to be felt that it was a necessary subject for anybody in any line or walk of life. In such a course as he had mentioned logic and psychology were essential. He congratulated the graduates and wished them all success in life.—(A Voice: Know any yarns?) He was not competent to offer them advice, but he would say that they were going out to start their careers at a very interesting time in history. We had many black prophets like Dean Inge who told us that the twentieth century was going to be a very unpleasant one to live in and that democracy was on its last legs. If those graduates and those who followed after them would make their weight felt in the community he had no doubt that they need not despair of democracy. After all, what they wanted in the citizen was a certain amount of mental capacity and a certain amount of moral capacity; and if they did not get that from the University he did not know where they would get it from. He hoped that all of them would be privileged to be of great service to their day and generation.—(Applause.) The graduates, amid the applause and comments of their fellows, were then duly presented one by one by the deans of their faculties to the Chancellor, who duly conferred on them their degrees in the name of the University of New Zealand. The following is the list of graduates for the year:—

Doctors of Medicine. —Munro May Hockin, Edgar Robert Reay, Kenneth James Langlands Scott, George Edwin Waterworth.

Doctor of Dental Surgery.—Raynor Colin Bell. Master of Arts. —Thomas Sillence Adam, first class honour in economics : James Garfield Anderson, in history; Edward Ernest Andrews, in history; James Walter Armstrong, first class honours in history ; Arthur Joseph Deaker, in history; Stanley Bruce Dunn, first class honours in history; George Henry Gubbins, second class honours in history; Leila Agnes Spohie Hurle, first class honours in Latin and French; Eva Mary King, second class honours in his tory; James Ernest Kinnear, second class honours in Latin and French; Ronald Georgo I.ockhart, second class honours in history; Winifred Joyce Caroline Moody,

first class honours in Latin and French; Margaret Patience Morrell, second class honours in English and French; Kenneth Cornwell M'Donald, first class honours in history; Robert George M’Dowall, in philosophy; Margaret Victoria M 'Gregor, second class honours in Latin and French; Joanie Reese M’Kinnon, in history; Kathleen Francos Oswin, second class honours in English and French; Leo Sylvester O’Sullivan in economics; James Edgar Rankin Paterson, second class honours in history; William Albert Ritchie, second class honours in history; Ralph William Souter. second clas3 honours in economics; Marian Anderson Steele, second class class honours in history; John Laing Thomas, first class honours in economics; Williaim Thomas, first class honours in economics; Alan 'Cameron Watson, second class honours in philosophy • Rupert Vivian de Renzy Worker, in history. Masters of Science.—Robin Sutcliffe Allan, first class honours in geology; Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett, first class honours in mathematics and first class honours m physics (electricity and magnetism) ; Mary Ellen Matheson Macdonald, second class honours in jihy.sics (electricity and magnetism) ; Elma Margaret M'Carthv. second class honours in botany; Catherine Oswald M’Llaffie, second class honours in physics (electricity and magnetism) ; Earle Fead Nortbcroft, second class honours in botany; Kenneth Charles Roberts, second class honours in chemistry

Master of Laws.—David Renfrew White, M.A.

Master of Surgery.—James Alfred Jenkins.

Bachelors of Arts.—Daniel Ferguson Aitken, Christina Sylvia Bell (senior scholar in mathematics), Ethel Emma Black, Howard Andrew Elliott Botting, Go rge Henderson Bowie, Edgar Brownlie, John Henry Cecily, Alfred Bratnwell Cook, Martin Cowen, Roy Andrew Dickie, William Reed Edge, Horace Fawfett, Dorothy Marion Galloway, Daphne Olga Henderson, Janies Francis Henley, Ivon Blackstone Hubbard, William Hawton Jackson, Marjorie Kirker, William Lana (senior scholar in Latin), Reweti Oratosh Mason, Theluyi Besant Maurais, Thomas Hay M‘Donald. John Finlay M‘Kav. Alexander Charles M‘Lean, Winifred Isobel M Millan, Arnold Henry Nordmeyer, William Scott Robertson, Eileen Louise Service, Alexander James Sligo, Isabel Dunet Sutherland, Annie White Todd (senior scholar in philosophy), Louisa Wallis Todd (senior scholar in botany), Richard George Webb, Ellen Mary Wyllie. Bachelors of Science.—Kenneth Alfred Allen (Auckland University College, senior scholar in chemistry) ; Robert Rutherford Nimirio (senior scholar in physics), Bernard William Pearcy (Canterbury College), Rudolf George Penseler, Wolfram Hermann Albert Penseler, John Thomas Samuel. Bachelors of Laws. —Charles Leslie Calvert, George James Kelly, George Victor Murdoch, James Crombie Barcell, James Crichton Brain, David Andrew Young.

Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery.—• Duncan Roy Abernethy, Robert Findlay Aitken, Leslie Gordon Austin, Harold Havelock Barnett, Walton Hocvarth Bremner, Eric Hattaway Bridgman, Edward Brown, Wiliam Henry Blinman Bull, Edward Coventry Bydder, Mary Anderson Champtaloup, Winifred Ethel Cox, Stew-art White Crawford, Alexander Gumming, James Keith Davidson, Eric Frederick De Ath, Derek Ernest Denny-Brow-n, John Paterson Donald, William Julius Dickel, B.Sc., Mollic Fisher, Robert Searson Rodney Francis, Noel Edward Hertslet Fulton, Isabella Gault, Sylvester Lot Geerin, William Keith Renwick Hamilton, Benjamin David Hart, Adam Hamilton Harvie, Allan Hopkins, Edwin Warwick Hunt, James Dewar Hunter, John Alexander Douglas Iverach, 8.A., Elizabeth Kate Jury, David Richmond Jennings, Harry Selwyn Kenrick, John Faulks Landreth. Eugene G ribben Lynch, Robert Gordon Butler Lusk, Gladys Murison Macalister, Eric lan Alan Macdonald, Norman Keay Ma-kty, James Gilbert Mackereth, Charles MTntosh Marshall, Aubrey James Mason. Norman Murdoch Matheson, Robert James Maunsell, Dennis Douglas M'Carthy, Archibald Hector MTndoe, Donald Dixon M‘Kenzie, Horace Webster Nash. Claude Vincent Page, Roland Glnydwr Phillips-Turner, John Herhert Rule, Wilfred Robert Ryburn, Robert Cemmel Burnett Sinclair, Kingsley Rupert Steenson, Caroline Morrow Stenhouse, Ralph Grainger Stokes, Angus Leslie Sutherland, Dorothy Sweeney, Claude Alexander Taylor, Patrick Arthur Treahy, Francis Gerald Ward James Lewis Wi-ke.n. John Up'-arn Williams. Bachelors of Dental Surgery.—Harold Roy Domigan, Robert Elder, Hilda Hutchinson Harle, Alfred John Walters Hodder, Herbert Stanley Wilkinson, William Thomas Keesing. Bachelors of Science in Home Science.— Pearl Allen Brash, Margaret Ethel Brown, Kathleen Ailsa Ewing. Maureen Gertrude Frenglev, Elizabeth Gregory, Zeta Tui Miles, Sheila Elder Richardson, Henrietta Frances Rudall. Bachelors of Engineering (Mining).— Cecil Reginald Davis, B.Sc., James Craig Teiteh, B.Sc., Wolfram Hermann Albert Penseler.

Bachelors of Agriculture.—Jeremiah Horan Dennehy, George Andrew Holmes, M.Sc.. Kenneth Edendalo M’Kinnon.

Diploma of Associate of Otago School of Mines in Mining.—Cecil Reginald Davis. WMfram Hermann Albert Penseler. Certificate of Proficiency in Dental Surgery.—Victor Lancaster Buckley, Tnnes Caine Clisscld, Charles Alfred Collier, Roger Brocklehurst Davies, Norah Telford Drummond, AlpHonsus Cecil Fahey, Clarence Moore Holdawav, Almond Edward Hope, a ohn Sewell Ilornblow, Neal Marsden Irwin, Agnes Maude Milije, Mary Alexander M‘Lachlan, Arthur William Sims, Ronald Gordon Spence, Joseph Shaw Thompson. Diploma of Associate of Otago University in Home Science.—Catherine Martha Anderson, Annie Erena d’Auvergne, Anna ■ istina* Finlayson, Nenian Margareta Johan Finlayson, Dorothy Elaine Firth. Olive Marv Goldie. Irene Margaret Harrop. Mary Brebner Macadam. Edith Marion Reid, Margaret Jean Adele Seav. Winifred Louisa Shanks, Kathleen Smith. Bessie Amie Walker, Evelyn Zilla Wild, Elbe Isobel Wright. Diploma of Education. —S. G. Macfarlane. Diploma of Social Science.—Allan C. Watson. SCHOLARSHIPS. 1. —University of New Zealand. Rhodes Scholarship.—Robert Stevenson Aitken, M. 8., Ch.B. Medical Travelling Scholarship.—John Alexander Douglas Iverach. Senior University Scholarships.—William Lang (Latin), Annie White Todd (philosophy), Christina Sylvia Bell (mathematic*),

Robert Rutherford Nimmo (physics), Louisa Wallace Todd (botany). 2.—University of Otago. Maoandrew Scholarship (Economics).— Alexander Charles M'Lean. Sir George Grey Scholarship in Experimental Science (Granted by New Zealand Government). —Rudolf George Peneseler. New Zealand Research Scholarship in Experimental Science (Granted by New Zealand government). -Harold John Finlav Beverly Scholarship in Pass Degree Mathematics. —Alexander Fredk. MUeorge. Beverly Scholarship in Higher Mathematics and Mechanics. —Christina Sylvia Bell. Beverly Scholarship in Advanced Physics. —Robert Rutherford Nimmo. Smeaton Research Scholarship (Experimental Science).- Robert Rutherford Nimmo. Sir Robert Stout Scholarship (Economics). —William Thomas, Thomas Sillence Adam and John Laing Thomas (proximo aecesserunt). George Young Scholarship.—Daniel Ferguson Aitken. John Edmond Scholarship (Industrial Research). —Frederick Henry M’Dowall. Anna P. Stout Scholarship (Economics).— Reweti Oratcsh Mason. PRIZES. 1. —University of New Zealand. Cook Memorial Prize -(Mathematics). — Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett. Sir Julius von Haast Prize (Geology).— Robin Sutcliffe Allan. William Ledingham Christie Medal (Applied Anatomy).—Gladys Murison Macalister (1923), Morris Axfovd (1924). 2.— University of Otago. Stuart Prize (Physics).—Christina Svlvia Bell. Parker Memorial Prize (Biology).—Louisa Wallace Todd. MacGregor Prize (Philosophy).—John Maclellan Bates. Janies Clark Prizes.—James Ernest Kinnear and Winifred Joyce Caroline .Moody (equal Latin), John Herbert Hall (English). John Maclellan Bates (philosophy), Flora Mac Lean Allan (Greek). Leask Medal.—Clarence Moore Holdaway (dentistry). Chamber of Commerce Prizes (Accountancy).—Robert Henry Henderson, George William Jack Bell, Isobel Hope Blair, Leonard M’Kendrick Sattertbwaite, Annie iviargaret Foster. Batchelor Memorial Medal (Gynfecology and Obstetrics). —Mollie Fisher. Macmillan Brown Prize (English Composition).—Francis Oswald Bennett. Marjorie M'Callum Medal (Medicine). — John Alexander Douglas Iverach. New Zealand Medical Graduates’ Association Clinical Prizes.—James Fitzsimmons (junior clinical surgery), Norman Murdoch Matheson (senior medicine), Archibald Hector indoe (junior medicine), Archibald Hector MTndce (senior clinical surgery).