DOCTORATE AWARD
MR. PERRY HONOURED
THESIS ON EDUCATION
Cabled advice has been received in Christchurch that the examiners have recommended that the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education of the University of London be conferred on Mr. A. L* M. Perry, of the staff of the Christchurch Boys' High School.
The titie of Dr. Perry's thesis was
"An investigation into recent tendencies in post-primary education in England and America and their implications for the reorganisation of postprimary education in New Zealand." The investigation was suggested by Dr. C. E. fßce'by, now Assistant-Director oi Education New Zealand, and was carried out during Dr. Perry's two years' leave of absence in England and the United States, under the direction of Professor F. Clarke, Director of the University of London Institute of Education.
On their recommendation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded Dr. Perry, while in London, a Carnegie Fellowship to enable him to conduct a personal investigation into post-primary education in America, with a view to his conclusions being considered in the reorganisation of education in New Zealand. After seven months devoted to this inquiry, Dr. Perry returned to London to complete the writing of the thesis.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19380803.2.119
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19699, 3 August 1938, Page 8
Word Count
197DOCTORATE AWARD Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19699, 3 August 1938, Page 8
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in