GRADUATES HONOURED.

Otago Witness, Issue 3827, 19 July 1927, Page 17

GRADUATES HONOURED.

ANNUAL UNIVERSITY FUNCTION. The ceremony of congratulation to giadu.ate-s of the L-Diversity of Otago which, this year, has taken the place the usual graduation ceremony, was held in His Majesty’s Theatre on Ihursday afternoon. The attendance of Students was a large one, despite the inclement weather. All spare seats were taken up by the public, who at the commencement joined in the singing of the University anthem.

T A? T 3 P-. ni - tlle Vice-Chancellor. Mr W. Morrell, the members of the University Council, the staff and the graduates for tne year entered in procession. Applause, and badinage greeted the appearance of tio graduates, but after the opening of the formal proceedings the audience was a comparatively quiet and attentive one the lively and humorous interjections being limited to a few remarks and sounds of laughter from the rear of the hall. After tne_ University anthem had been sung, the addresses were delivered by the ViceChancellor and Mr J. B. Callan, Dean ■of Rnn l r La "j Fa A’ l ' lt Vi < ' Ga ” de amus” was then ng, and after the graduates for the year had been presented the proceedings were Anthlm" h th<? ° f the * atioila >

Hie University orchestra was in attendance and supplied incidental music, as well as accompanying the singing. VICE-CHANCELLOR’S REMARKS.

.J 1 ? h / S op - ni "’ address, Mr Morrell said of th a > tu CelV 7 an aP° lo tO- f or the absence of the Chancellor (Mr T. K. Sidev MP ) who was detained in Wellingtofi ‘ in the m.eiests ot a practical reform in which 1, nu rv , 111110,1 int erested.-(“Hoar ntere tel i llOl th <; Vniversit v was not Lffmi n I'u ? olltlcs the -v hoped Mr Sidey’s U k’H be . cro ' v »ed with success. An apo ogy h a d also been received from the i , n ? n > , an cx-Ministei of Eduim \'• 10 ii_ la TT a, ' va - vs taken ? stroim interest in the University. The speaker also apologised for the absence of th J Dean Tnoli 1 ? ta . cu,t -V of Arts and Science (Dr vokp' ’ n ‘° • had r V nf oi'tunate]y lost his throimh n‘m P,te of .! lle statements he made in’ough the press there was still a certain lount of misunderstanding with regard loj '0 cessation for the tinm being oUhe graduation ceremony. H was not tlirn,. .i M c»«!l that the , w , Zcalu,ld Lniversity Council held jot students. Tim °UniveSv Cr cI CiSm r Of nons with x h r of X the l Tble f Association, and of the ceremony due to ho CCSSat . ,On ’ lf clauses "?n U Um which the TT 'I I c 1 p Peeihed the powers gate 'r m ™ T V C ° l "‘ Cll mi S h ‘ 'delegate’ tlm »oXr“tn Wa r 1IO > allo ' vcd ,o dole could be conferred TxStl C t Sre f S ’ ““1' "° lie of the council, Tt'wh ch 'Tn’ T’ were present IT.. i» i n i members steps bmm‘ inL-t!. ' atl 110 1 oubt that the was'everv Xson to f 'there wishing to lose rim onL ? ‘ . Collncil > not the students Mr tl PPOrtUnit - v 01 '-meting public, ‘decidedMo a ' S ° the prevailing for -> r e e * 1° the custom graduation ceremonv’wn yC£ "' S ’ .'if 011 the Tta ktoell hrf' tt’ ““ Vnlv.oit,. nnul-cal manner.—(Applniw? 11 ,!I’,? 1 ’,? ‘ e | y he migM eleln, iff ■phSisfxvr”*"» ,i,l' 'eA, CC ' ’mmainr |','o<ee<le,| to review Mie most important events in the life of r b< -’ Lni , velsitv during the year. First and foremost was the visit of the Duke of York hi’n-i? l^' 01 ' 17 -—( A ,PP ,au se.) That was a high honour to the University, and they Hm U P I d w P V aS - showln R the interest of the Royal House in the spread of knowledge and higher education. They valued the visit more on account of (.he unaffected gema itv and sympathy of the Duke. His Moyal Highness appreciated very huffily and 'firXi reCCptl f On E ’Y G . n !'>’ 1110 students and the haka performed in his honour. He 17’ : 'rr 0 ‘ 1 collf erriiig on the Duke ot life membership of the Students’ Association was regarded as a high honour by the recipient.—(Laughter.) Mr Morrell said he must refer to the very great loss; suffered during the year bv the death of Sir John Ross, who was for 'many years a member of the Univrsity Council and very active on its committees, and who years a member of the University Council Jolin hact been a great benefactor to Knox volieffe, and Ins will made provision in the shape of £lOO a year for 12 years for l*he advance of studies in commerce. St John s memory would live lone in Dunedin.

They had lost no professors during the year, said Air Morrel.— (Laughter.) There was, however, a change approaching, which was a matter of very deep concern to the University. He referred to the approaching departure of their very distinguished professor of dentistry and director of the Dental School. Twenty years had elapsed since. Dr Pickerill, who had won high distinction in the Old Country, was appointed as professor and director of the Dental School.—(Voices: Good old Pick.) Dr Pickerill’s work spoke for itself. The renown of the Dental School was such that any succesor must find that he had a high standard to meet. The success of the tenool. was due beyond anything to Dr Piokerill’s high abilities as a teacher and Organiser.—(Voices' Good old Pick.) His ability as a writer on subjects pertaining to his . profession had won nim renown not oply in New Zealand and other British but with members of the denttl profession throughout the world. Dr

Pickerill’s great ability as a surgeon was shown during the wa.r and since, and the wonders he had done in the way of surgery were known to many of them. Dr Pickerill had done a great deal to advance science in his own profession, in which he was a source of pride in all of them. His departure was also mentioned as involving a great loss to the agricultural community. —(Laughter.) Ho was sure their best wishes went with Dr Pickerill.—(A Voice: And his wife.) They were sorry to lose him, and they trusted that he would have every prosperity and happiness in his new sphere.—(Applause.) The speaker mentioned that the dean •of the medical faculty (Sir Lindo Ferguson) was at present on a year’s leave, and was visiting the Old Country and Europe—(Voices: Good old Lindo) —after seeing his labours bear some fruit by the opening of the new Medical School. The new building was one of which they might well be proud; and he had no doubt that a few years would justify its erection. They hoped to see Sir Lindo back with new experience, which, he was sure, would be applied to the new Medical School. Sir Lindo’s duties were being ably carried on by Professor Kerens. He referred to the honour conferred by his Majesty the King on Dr Barnett. lie was glad to welcome Sir Louis Barnett, who had not only won eminence in his work but had enjoyed the recognition of his abilities in being chosen as chairman of the Australasian Medical Association. He also wished to refer to the benefit accruing to the University by the endowment of the Ralph Barnett Chair of Surgery. In the School of Arts and Sciences, Dr Focken had been appointed lecturer. In law the University had, as a result of outside influences, taken a step forward. Two new lecturers had been appointed—Mr A. N. Haggitt (Roman law) and Air R. L. Fairmaid (practical conveyancing). Next year other lecturers would be appointed, including a lecturer on international law. These men gave up a great deal of their time in return for a small remuneration, and their valuable services and co-operation were greatly appreciated.—A A oice: 3YA closing down, and loud laughter.) The University had lost Dr Cairney, associate lecturer in anatomy, in whose place had been appointed Dr Archibald Durward. Dr Aluriel Bell was also leaving. and her successor was yet to be appointed. Mr Herbert Black was to be appointed in the Alining School. The Home Science School had suffered recently the loss of Dr Storms, and Miss Al’Gill was also returning to America. Both had come to the University some three years ago and had won distinction in Dunedin both inside ami outside the Universty. Dr Olga Gloy and Aliss Enid Counter were, however, to take their place. Aliss J. ope and Aliss Rawson were two other women who were io be wehomed i.y the University.

Among the private gifts received by the Lniversity during the year, besides the legacy of Sir John Ross, was an anonymous gift of £lOOO which had made possible the appointment of Dr Focken, and a much needed gift of £ll2O for the new Home Science School fund. This had been collected during the Exhibition period by the ex-Home Science students, the late Airs James Dunbar had left £940 to the University, and a gift of £lOOO had been made by the trustees of the Dunedin Savings Bank. Though the many gifts were deeply appreciated, he would be false in not saying that the University would be grateful for more. In 57 years £240,000 had been presented privately and semi-pri vately to the Universitv, vet more was needed and would be greatly appreciated when presented free from riciunbrances. In concluding, he thanked all studynts for their co-operation in University affairs and congratulated all graduates. ADDRESS BY MR CALLAN. Air J B. Callan (dean of the faculty of law) who received a very good hearing, said he was sure that most of them were 'cry happy to know that he was the onlv speaker to be allowed to inflict himself upon them.—(A'oices: “Hear, hear.”) He thought that someone on behalf of the staff should express the cordiality with which the staff associated itself with what Mr Morrell had said about Dr Pickerill. He did not think they should allow Dr 1 ickerill to go away without saying how great they thought the loss of his services would be. Dr Picckerill was a gain to any community in which he lived, and the loss Dunedin would be very great. Those who had seeb his work as a teacher and as a member of the Professorial Board knew that ho was a man of extremely active mind, and Dunedin was very unfortunate in not being able to retain him. They wished him every success, and they knew that he had qualities which commanded success.

Mr Callan went on to refer to the object for which the gathering was held. The gathering was held because a number Tef students who had trusted themselves to the University for education were about to leave them and take their further education in the wider school of life. He wanted to say to the graduates that everyone congratulated them warmly on the fact that they had graduated. That meant that they had made a great and important step upwards, but they were still somewhat near tho base of the pyramid and by no means at the apex. ‘ They had finished their days of Formal training.— (A \oice: “Amen.”) They were full knights, fully trained and free to go out and seek their own adventures, and he would say to them: “Go forth and seek ypur adventures and meet them bravely.” He had no doubt that in the years to come (hey would prove that they were doing their work diligently, faithfully, and well, that they had become leaders of the community, and that they tried to lead honestly and wisely. Then their teachers would congratulate them with all their hearts, and might also dare to congratulate themselves a little because the success of their students would make it seem that their teachers’ work was well done. The tutors might be regarded as hosts and the students as guests for a while, and they had gathered that day to speed the partln(s guests. Out in the world there was said to be money, which was a very mysterious object and one very repellant to the academic nature. In the Universitv they had developed very greatly the faculty for spending, and up to the present they had not developed an equal cunning in getting money. If. w hen the graduates went out in the world, they met people with more money than they required to make them happy, they might mention the un-

happy situation of the Otago University, tho lack of a balance between its spending and acquiring qualities giving it a bad balance on its balance sheet. There was one other thing in regard to which he wished to congratulate them, and in this he desired to include the under-graduates —(“Hear, hear.”} He congratulated all of them on having the good sense and judgment to be born in New Zealand. He did the same thing some years ago, and he had neved had any occasion to regret it. In this country education and opportunity were open to all, and the way was made easy and favourable.

Mr Callan went on to refer to an address given recently by Professor Hiuton, who had mentioned that he had come in contact in Central Europe with students who had to work. Alany of them were on the poverty line, and some of them were under-nourished and were unable to get one square meal a day. The references to work afforded an opportunity for good-natured interruption by some of the students, an interesting interlude following. “Thank God,” said Air Callan, “we live under different conditions. At this time of the year you show r yourselves on the streets, and your fellow-citizens will vouch for the fact that there are no signs of under-nourish-ment about you. 1 suggest that you use your brains and your training in order to understand why this country is a good little place to live in.— (A Voice: VVhy is Dr Pickerill going away?) Try to make your fellow-citizens cnjo.v their happiness wisely and help the country to do its duty in the world of which it is a part.”' — ( Loud applause.)

GRADUATES OF THE YEAR. The following is a list of the graduates: — Doctor of Philosophy.—Rudolf George Penseler. AI.Sc. (recommended by the examiners). Doctor of Aledicine. —John Winferton Costello. Alasters of Arts. —John Alaclellan Bates (first class honours in philosophy; Ross Fellow), James John Buchan (first class honours in history), Philippe Sidney de Quetteville Cabot (in education), G-orge Charles Edward Chapman-Cohen (second class honours in history), Aluriel Agnes Ellh (first class honours in history). Janet Waddell Gibson (in English and French), William Leslie Jolly (second class honours in philosophy), Richard Peter Kurt Kania (second class honours in mathematics), Alexander Alilne (in history), John Ktanlc.v Alurray (second class honours in history: winner Janies Clark prize), Philip James P liner (in history), Jean Findlay Rennie (se and class honours in history), Ellie Lesley Rose Rogers (second class honours in history), Alison Langlands Scott (in English and French), Walter James Scott (second class honours in English and Latin; winner James Clark prize). Alexander Glen Simmers (first class honours in mathematics; winner of Cook prize), Elma Frances Turner (second class honours in history), Alalcolin Al’Pherson Watt (in history), Evelyn Alary White (second class honours in English and French).

Honours in Arts.—George Alacgregor Cameron, AI.A. (second class honours in English; winner Janies Clark prize), William Lang, AI.A. (second class honours in Latin). Alasters of Science. —William Aldred Hayward (second class honours in chemistry; Lubecki scholar). Charles Clarence Roberts (second class honours in chemistry). Bachelors of Arts.—Eileen Alargaret Ballantync. Nigel Ernest William Barclay, Elizabeth Annie Barrowclough, Nora .Eileen Bews, Alexander Bringans, Sadi Hypatia Brown, Roma Lilian Campbell, Archibald Alacfarlaue Elliffe, Sadie Alargaret Foote (senior scholar in French), Thomas Fyfe, Kenneth Eliot Grinling, William Hunter, Alary Agnes Hurst. Gertrude Lilian Oelanis Jeffreys. Stewart Miller Ki ross, Agues Alary Alacßean, Hermo i David Morgan, Agnes Stillie Al‘Cr< . Hector Keith Al'Kay, Hugh Livingstone Al’Kinnon, Rudolph Everett M’Lay, Alexander Hare APLintock, Henry Charles Al’Queen, Josephine O'Neill. Ngaire Edith Penrose, Alabel Ellen Ray, Marion Louise Roberts, Elizabeth Frances Cuthbert Robertson, James Robertson, Louie Robertson (John Tinline scholar in English), Charles Alexander Sharp (senior scholar in Latin, George Young scholar, winner Macmillan Brown prize), Frances Muriel Smyth, John Edward Stevens, Carl Carrington von Rotter, Lillian Alexina Walker, John Alexander Fleming Watson, Alvan Willmette White, Nora Wilkinson. Bachelors of Science.—Harry Arthur Aehwell Aitken (Smeaten scholar), William Lyall Barr (Sir George Grey scholar), Allan George Harrington (senior scholar in mathematics). James Kawarau Horn. John Allan Hurst, Alexander Francis Lowrie, Karl Iversen Nissen (senior scholar ir. chemistry), William Al'Naughton Somerville, Phyllis Jessie Sutton (Beverly scholar), Harold Al’Carter Taylor (senior scholar in physics, George Young scholar), Helen Catherine Thomson.

Bachelor of Laws. —David Alexander Williams.

Bachelor of Commerce.—George William Jack Bell.

Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery.— Eleanor Kathleen Abbott, Melville Huia Aiken, Roger Anker Bakewell, Horace Laurenson Bowell, Raymond Edward Bridge, William George Bridgman, Joseph John Brownlee, Corban Assid Corban Charles Desmond Costello (winner of Medical Graduates’ Association medal in junior clinical medicine;, Newell Raine Cotton, Fawcit Miller Dodds, Helen Edith Dougall. George Alorton Evans, Edgar Francis Fowler, Margaret Alarion Vida Grater, Thomas Bennett Hamilton, M.A.. AI.Sc., Keith Alorris Hiskens, Lewis Edmund Jordan, Beryl Jessie Lawrence, Ronald George Trounce Lewis, Alexandra Carson Mathieson, Trcvlyn Ernest Miller. Alexander George Minn, Phyllis Maud Moir, James Duncan Murdocli, Walter Gordon Chisholm Paterson, Rahiri Hildyard Pitcaithly, Newton Quilliam. Lindsay Sangster Rogers (medical travelling scholar; winner of Batchelor memorial medal, Matjorie M‘Callum medal, Medical Graduates’ Association medals for senior clinical medicine and clinical surgery), Mary Jan e Hulse Russell, Thomas William Stoddart, Feicia Walmsley. Morris Netterville Watt, Archibald Wallace Wilkinson, George Wood. Bachelors of Dental Surgery.—Alan Devereux Brice, Tade Gerald Fouhy,

Gerald Joseph Faulkner, Alexander Buckley Galbraith, Leslie Innes Browse Gilberd, Harry Leslie Palmer, Maurice Ed- 1 mond Priestley, William James Moni Rvan. Riel.aid Morris Stovin Tavlor. Ronald Cavvossoe Tonkin, Earle Ravnwnd Ogilvie iinsett.

Bachelors of Science in Home Science. Monica Beatrice M'Kenzie, Anne Ada Stubbs, Jessie Eliza Todd. Bachelors of Engineering.—Robert Cyril lalrick Andrews (completed at Canterbury), Adam Gordon Begg (completed at Canterbury). Bacheloi of Medical Science. — Norman Lowther Edson.

ASSOCIATESIIIPS AND DIPLOMAS. Liplorna in Land and Aline Surveying..— Wolfram Hermann Albert I’enseler, B.Sc. B.D. ’ ' '

Certificate of Proficiencv in Dental Surgery.—Raymond Horace Bailev (winner < f Leask gold medal and Leask silver medal), Robert Campbell Ball, James Patrick Cartwright Francis Bert Davy, Thomas James Moynihan. I> rederick Murray, Noiman Stewart .Nicol, Natanahira Arthur Owen, . Edward Arthur Sapsford. Zelh I runty Simmers, Hugh Gerald Simpson. Diploma qf Associate of Otago University lr !.H°me Science—Annie Borrie, Aiice May Gilihrn-t Marie Hllen Gonlev, Miriam Maigaret Herrick, M.A., Ruth Maude Jody, Maiy Cecilia Marshall, Vera Muriel M George, Eileen Bina Newcomb, Sylvia Mary Norie Ynys Eira Owen Catherine Rodger Ritclii.-.. Eden Irwin Smith W-’ni-y'7,‘ a !'y .henhouse, Evelyn Isabel WadMary Wilkinson. Diploma in Education.—L’hiiinpe Sidnev de Querieviile Cabot, M.A., Letitia, Loui.e p^ SOn ’ Henry Charles M‘Queen, Diploma in Social Science.—Waller James Bora man, M.A., Roy Andrews Dickie, M.A., George William Hunt. Diploma in Journalism.—Ngarita Inez Gordon. Diploma in Public Health.-Ralph Jack Mecredy, M. 8., Bac. Surg. (Dubl), Harold Bertram J urbott, M. 8., Ch.B. Diploma in Banking.—James Alunav Alexander, Edward John Curtin. SCHOLARSHIPS. UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND. Senior University Scholarships.—Charles Andrew Sharp (English)—declined Charles A"<ltew Sharp (Latin), Sadie Foote (firench) Allan George Harrington (mathematics), Harold M‘Carter Taylor (physics) Karl Iversen Nissen (chemistrvh J. A* Hurst (geology). John Tinline Scholarship (Engli-.li) — Ngaire Penrose (declined), Louie "Robertson.

,-> l> ? ? , t ; G Z atluate Scholarship in Science.— Rudolf George Penseler AI.Sc. Medical Travelling Sciiolarship.-I.it, d ; ay Sangster Rogers. J UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO.

Sir George Grey Scholarship in Experimental Science (granted bv New Zealand Government).—William Lyall Barr. Beverly Scholarship in Physics I.—James lowers Campbell (honorary), Gordon Douglas Anderson.

National Research Scholarship (aivarded by Department, of Scientific and Industrial Research).—Peter Walker Aitken, M.Sc. Beverly Scholarship in Higher Mathematics.—Harold M’Carter Taylor (honorary), Allan George Harrington (honorary). Beverly Scholarship in Advanced Physics. —Phyllis Jessie Sutton.

Smeaton Research Scholarship.—Harrv Arthur Ashwell Aitken.

Ross Fellowship.—John Maclellan Bates. George Young Scholarship.—Charles Andrew Sharp and Harold M'Carter Tavlor, equal.

Anna P. Stout Scholarship (Home Science).—Elizabeth Neige Todliunter, B.Sc. in lI.Sc. Lubecki Scholarship in Applied Science. —William Aldred Hayward. Fowler Scholarship (Modical).-—Cedric John Charles Britton. WINNERS OF PRIZES. UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND. William Ledinghain Christie Medal (Applied Anatomy).—Alfred Bramwell Cook, B.A. UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO. Stuart Prize (Physics).—Janies Towers Campbell. Ulrich Memorial Medal (Geology).—Gordon John Williams. MacGregor Prize (Philosophy).—Effie Macintosh M’Kinnon and Frances Flora Merrington, equal. Parker Memorial Prize (Biology).—Kenneth Gillies MTndoe. James Clark Prizes.—George MacGregor Cameron (English). Walter James Scott (Latin), Henry Alexander Mitchell (Greek), Effie Macintosh M'Kinnon (philosophy), Muriel. Agnes Ellis and John Stanley Murray (history) equal. Leask Silver Medal (Dental Surgery).— Raymond Horace Bailey. I.eask Bronze Medal (Mechanical Dentistry).—Raymond Horace Bailey. Chamber 'of Commerce Prizes (Accountancy).—Neville Alexander Thomson (mer-

ea nt iI c bookkeeping). Stanley Lockhart Lying (adianeed bookkeeping), Reginald Urooks (accountancy law, first vear),' Ada >‘ ; U:e Sewell (accountancy law, second year), lheodore James King (economics of coniine: ee). H a U4ielor . Memorial Medal (Gymcology and Obstetrics). —Lindsay Sangster Rogers. Macmillan Brown Prize (English Compositiouk—Charles Andrew Sharp. New Zealand Medical Graduates’ Association Clinical Medal.—Lindsay Sangster Rogers (senior clinical medicine), I.imlsay Sangster Rogers (senior clinical surgery), Charles Desmond Costello (junior clinical medicine). Gilray Memorial Prize (English) — William Albert Cowan. Marjorie M‘Callum Medal (Clinic al Medicine). — Lind-ay Sangster Rogers. Scott Memorial Medal (Anatomy).— Selwyn Bentham Alorris. A KINDLY ACT. After (be ceremony the vice-chancellor, the registrar (Mr H. Chapman), and the chairman of the Professorial Board (Professor T. 1). Adams), together with a number of students, visited the Hospital to congratulate Dr Penseler on attaining his doctorate of philosophy. Dr Penseler had been confined to the Hospital since tho beginning of tho week, and had undergone a throat operation.