CONFERRING OF DEGREES

Otago Witness, Issue 3775, 20 July 1926, Page 16

CONFERRING OF DEGREES

CEREMONY IN HIS MAJESTY’S ... - . THEATRE. ADDRESS BY DU HERRINGTON. UNIVERSITY IDEALS. • \ ~ The.bnnunl ceremony ©jt'tWT conferring of degw&s and diplomas students ' of jjniversify took in fais MajestyVTheatre on Wedngij&ay last. As always, ceremony est, ai\d' drew a very large-tftfendanee of spectators! The Chancellor,/ Mr T.- I K. Sidey, f M.P.,' hiembers of the- coujaeil, and the staff occupied seats on tke stage, and the graduates of the year were. accommodated inj, the front seats of tiie orchestral stalls.. T§ie.7 richly-hued acaclemic gowns made a brilliant spectacle, and the entrance of members of the staff was uproariously greeted by the undergraduates, who were grouped in large numbers at the bnck of the theatre. An orchestra played before the opening of the proceedings; and led the singing of the University Anthem. The Chancellor presided. The Rev. Dr Mcrrington, who delivered the main address of the afternoon, was subjected to considerable interruption, which increased in volume towards the close of his speech. The nplse did. not appear to indicate anything'except thnlt under the excitement of capping week undergraduates were unable to Bit quiet for as long as a quarter of an hour. After {he singing of “Gaudeamus” the graduates /Were presented by the deans of their several, faculties to the Chancellor, who conferred the degrees. Those were given to a running commentary of applause and of highly personal remarks, sometimes humorous, from the back of the theatre. A very hearty vote of thanks to Dr Merrington was carried bv 'acclamation before the gathering concluded wish the singing of the Nationnl Anthem. LIST OF GRADUATES. The graduates for the year were as follows: Doctors of Medicine.—Muriel Emma Bell, Norman Reav Mnckay. Doctor of Dental Surgery.—Cecil Haden Tait. Masters of Arts.—Christina Sylvia Bell, first-class honours in mathematics (winner of Cook Memorial prize); Ethel Emma Block, seoond-class a honours in history \ Georgina Bruce Blaikie, in English (winner James Clark prize); George Macgregor

Cameron, second-class honours in French (George Young scholar); Archibald John CamjSbell, seoond-clas9 honours in history (winner James Clark prize); Dorothy Marion Galloway, in English and Latin; Hectorina Jessie Macdonald in Latin and French (winner James Clark prize); William Graham M‘Clymont. first-class honours in history (winner James Clark prize); Rachel Margaret Naylor, in English and French; Lawrence Moter Rogers, second-class honours : n philosophy; Alexander James 81igo, second-class honours in English and French; Richard George Webb second class honours in economics; Violet Agnes White, in English and French. Masters of Science.—Peter Walker Aitken, second-class honours in chemistry (applied science scholar); Kenneth Alfred Allen, first-class honours in chemistry (Smeaton and National Research scholar); Geoffrey Alan Cox, in chemistry; Colin Campbell Geddes second-class honours in physics (electricity and magnetism); Hugh Marshall Nimmo, first-class honours in mathematics and first-class honours in physics (electricity and magnetism); Wolfram Hermann Albert Penseler, second-class honours in geology (Victoria College). ' Masters of Law.—Trevor Ernest Henry (Auckland University College), George Victor Murdoch (second-class honours in jurisprudence, contracts and torts, companies), Aubrey Counsell Stephens (in jurisprudence, contracts and torts, negligence, etc). Bachelors of Arts.—John Maclellan Bates (senior scholar in philosophy, and winner James Clark Prize), Alfred Ernest Bennett, Kathleen Hilda Benzoni, Dorothy Boyd, James John Buchan, Thomas Herbert Burton (Victoria University College), Olive Josephine Carter, George Charles Edward Chapman-Cohen, Sydney Robert Crimp, Alexander Cumming (Victoria University College), Muriel Agnes Ellis, Herbert Leslie Fiebig, James Grant Forbes. Rossallan Fraser, Irene Winifred Gibb, Stewart Cecil Gibb, Janet Waddell Gibson, Elizabeth Hannah Hendra, Kathleen Joan Hendrie, William Leslie Jolly, Mary Dominica Lynch, lona Lamont Mackenzie, Dorothy Mathew's (Auckland University College), Doris Edgar Matthews, James Moore, Katharine Anne Morrell, John Stanley Murray, Lawrence Cradock M'Nickle, M. 8., 0h.8., Philip James Palmer, John Rule Pullar, Jean Finlay Rennie, Effie Lesley Rogers, Alison Langlands Scott, Hazel Madeline Hanbury Smith, John Horace Starnes (winner James Clark Prize), Clare Agnes Kittson Terry (Auckland University College),

Elma Frances Turner, Beatrice Blyth Webster, Evelyn Mary White, Jean Norah Will. Bachelors of Science.—Mary Munro Coutts (senior scholar in physics), James Hector Gault, William Aldred Hayward, Thomas Clarence Hinkson Hewitt, Joseph Lindsay M'Cluggage, Charles Clarence Roberts (Sir George Grey scholar). Bachelors of Law.—Arthur Gordon Butchers, Owen James Howells, Morris Morell Macdonald, Eoin Bruce Chisholm Murray (Auckland University College), Denis Jack Sumpter, Warrington M‘Carter Taylor, John Bryce Thomson. Bachelor of Commerce—Frederick James Gair, B.A. (Macandrew scholar). Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery.— Catherine Ellen Weppener Anderson, Frederick Gault Barrowclougk, James Henry Beaumont, Francis Oswald Bennett, Hugh Barton Berney, Robert Eldred Bevan-Brown, M.A., William Anderson Bird, Keith Buchanan Bridge, Douglas James Brown, Percy Charles Edward Brunette, Eardley Lorimer Button, Cicely Mary Aroha Clarkson, Leonard Kerr Crow, David M'Kee Dickson, Mary Douglas, Archibald Durward (medical travelling scholar), Theodora L/lemens Easterfield, David Nathan Eppstein, James Herbert Fahey, Henry Walden Fitzgerald, Robert Louttit Flett, William Sw-an Fogg, lan Comyn Fraser, Desmond Makgill Frengley, Carlyle Bond Gilberd, Henry Percival Gray, Janette Muir Grave, Merville Simpson Harris, Robert Turnbull Hay, Frederick William Helmore, Nina Catharine Howard, Adam Irvine Hunter, Stew'art Hunter, Cedric Walter Isaac (winner Batchelor Memorial Medal), Hoani Turner Jennings, Henry Nicholas Johnson, Albert Edward King, Charles Herbert King, Moe Kronfeld, Ella Langley, Francis Reginald Leonard, Trevor Grahame de Clive-Lowe, Joseph Cecil Douglas Macky, William Eric Minty, Bertram George Mitford, Effie Muriel Morgan, Chisholm M‘Dowell, John Bell M'Miken, Basil Ainslie Porritt, Charles Edward Reid, Bruce Clarkson Rennie, Gordon Francis Rich, William Gordon Rich, Leith Alexander Riddell, Roy Vernon Shaw, Edward Battersby William Smyth, Philip Edwin Starr, Uriti May Strack (B.Sc. in Home Science), Arthur Beresford Sturtevant, Graeme Gibson Talbot (winner of Marjorie M'Callum Medal and of New Zealand Medical Graduates* Association prizes in clinical medicine and clinical surgery), Frederick Thomson, Thomas Howard Thorp, John Fortescue Zohrab,

Bachelors of Dentul Surgery.—Hugh Middleton Blakeley, Ida Elizabeth Cox, Parke Zinzan Harris, Frank Joseph Jacobs, Thomas Alexander Jones, John Stewart Heath Kinnear, James Herbert Nicholson, Basil Roland Page, William Alexander Paterson, Enid Sarah Pragnell, Frank Bruce Rice, William Eric Williams. Bachelors of Science in Home Science.— Annie Selwood Aslin, Ruth Armstrong Blaikie, Frances Dorothy Davies, Maud Bertha Strain, Elizabeth Neige Todhunter. Bachelor of Agriculture.—Kenneth Gillies MTndoe. Bachelor of Engineering (Civil). —Frederic Jackson (Canterbury University College). DIPLOMAS AND ASSOCIATESIIIPS. The following students gained associateships and diplomas during the year:— Diploma of Associate of the Otago School of Mines in Mining.—Henry Gray, Thomas Clarence Hinkson Hewitt, Lindsay Joseph M'Cluggage, Arthur Wilfred Turner. Diploma of Associate of the Otago School of Mines in Geology.—Horace Edwin Fyfe. Certificate of Proficiency in Dental Surgery.—Robert Renton Bell, Ronald Ellis Brown, Frederick William Canter, Wilton Lawry Irwin, Clifford Johnson, Ellen Adele Jones, Alexander Steven M'Kenzie, Graham riteaithly, Thomas Taylor Redman. Diploma of Associate of Otago University in Home Science. —Joanna Calder Black, Winifred Hitchen, Jean Davina Law, Ella Annie Margaret Pithie, Helen Marion Sheila Thomson. Diploma in Education.—Roy Andrews Dickie, M.A.; Horace Fawcett. M.A.; Agnes Lang Loudon. M.A.; Hectorina Mary M‘Kenzie Maeßae 8.A.; Muriel Wallace May, M.A.; Grace Marion Patterson, B.A. Diploma in Social Science.—George Henderson Bowie, 8.A.; Martin Cowen 8.A.; Arthur Joseph Deaker, 8.A.; Henry Charles M Queen, Alexander John Woods. M.A. Diploma in Banking.—Robert Eric Free. SCHOLARSHIPS The following students gained scholar ships: UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND. Senior University Scholarships.—John MacLellan Bates (philosophy), Mary Munro Coutts (physics) Medical Travelling Scholarship.—Archibald Durward. 1851 Exhibition Scholarship.—Robert Rutherford Nimmo, M.Sc. Post-Graduate Scholarship in Science.— Kenneth Charles Roberts M.Sc. UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO. Sir George Grey Scholarship in Experimental Science (granted by New Zealand Government).—Charles Clarence Roberts. Beverly Scholarship in Pass-Degree Mathematics.—Harold M'Carter Taylor (honorary), Allan George Harrington. Macandrew Scholarship (economics).— Frederick James Gair, B.A. Smeaton Research Scholarship (experimental science). —Kenneth Alfred Allen, B.SC. George Young Scholarship.—George Macpregov Cameron, 8.A.; Norman Lowther Edson. Applied Science Scholarship.—Peter Walker Aitken, B.Sc. National Research Scholarship (awarded by New Zealand Government).—Kenneth Alfred Allen B.Sc. WINNERS OF PRIZES. UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND. Haydon Prize (essay).—Charles Andrew Sharp. Cook Memorial Prize Christina Sylvia Bell, B.A. UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO. James Clark Prizes.—Hectorina Jessie Macdonald B.A (Latin) ; Georgina Bruce Blaikie, B.A. (English); John Horace Starnes (philosophv); John MacLellan Bates (Greek); Archibald John Campbell, 8.A., William Graham MUlymont, B.A. (history). Gilray Memorial Prize (English).—James Towers Campbell. Chamber of Commerce Prizes (accountancy). Ethel May Hume and Alfred Charles Hudson (mercantile book-keeping); John Barron (advanced book-keeping); John Frederick Poole (mercantile law I and company law); Stanley Lockhart Laing (economics of commerce); Charles Philip Edwards (accountancy law, second yeari. Batchelor Memorial Medal (gynaecology and obstetrics).—Cedric Walter Isaac. Marjorie M‘Callum Medal (clinical medi cine).—Graeme Gibson Talbot. New Zealand Medical Graduates' Associa tion Clinical Prizes.—David Nathan Eppstein (junior clinical medicine); Graeme Gibson Talbot (senior clinical medicine); Graeme Gibson Talbot (senior clinical surgery). Scott Memorial Medal (anatomy).—Norman Lowther Edson. Stuart Prize (philosophy).—Louie Robertson. Ulrich Memorial Medal (geology).—Stanley Webster MTntosh. Parker Memorial Prize (biology).—Robert Francis Stenhouse. Percy Smith Prize (anthropology).—Henry Devenish Skinner, D.C.M., 8.A., Dip. Anthr. (Cantab.)