A Blind Student.
M.A. DECREE CONFBRIRBDi
(Per United Press Association.)
AiUGKLACNtD, June 4.
The only student of the Auckland,^ University College who had the hnor of having the M.A. degree conferred upon him. thju ye»r is Mr EL..Ckit±jfr who won the distinction iMi3»t---iww' exceptional circumstances, in that ho has been totally blind sincp birth. In referring to this fact at the capping ceremony to-day Mr Joynt (registrar of the University of New Zealand); classed it as one of the imost renmrki able laiohievements ever recorded in New Zealand. When Mi* Chitty hai his B>.As. degree conferred upon him two years a^go he (the speaker) ?aid it was. a very rernarka'ble- T«rforiii"ance, but now he would go further a.nd say his guibsequent- success was not only very remarkable but extraordinary.
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Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10240, 5 June 1909, Page 1
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129A Blind Student. Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10240, 5 June 1909, Page 1
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