The Professorial Staff

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17038, 11 May 1923, Page 6

The Professorial Staff

THE RECTOR. Professor Chilton was educated at the West Christchurch School, Canterbury College, Otago University and Edinburgh University. From 1881 to 1886 he taught in various Christchurch Schools, and for the next two .ears he was tutor at ihe Dunedin Training College. From 1888 till 1895 he was rector of Port Chalmers District High School. Professor Chilton then went Home, and studied medicine at Edinburgh, Heidelberg, Vienna and London. Returning in 1900, he practiced as ari ophthalmic surgeon in Christchurch for two years. In 1903 he, was appointed Professor of Biology and Palaeontology at Canterbury College, and at the present time, occupies the position of Rector. Professor Chilton has taken a. prominent part in educational, and scientific work in New Zealand, having served on the Board of Education and the Board of Governors of Canterbury College. He was appointed to a scat on the New Zealand University Senate in 1909, and was President of the New Zealand Institute in 1913 i and 1914. Amongst his publications are numerous scientific

papers on Crustacea of New Zealand, Australia, etc.. especially subterranean Crustacea of New Zealand, and New Zealand Terrestrial Isopoda and Crustacea of Sub-Antarctic Islands of New Zealand, and the Amphipoda of the Scottish National .Antarctic Expedition. He was also editor of and contributor to “’ihe. Sub-Antarctic Islands of New Zealand-’/ published in 1909. Professor Chilton is a great collector.

HISTORY.

Professor Might is an old graduate of Canterbury College, where he took his M. A. degree, with first class honours. Subsequently he graduated as Doctor of Literature, amfwas: the first I to obtain that distinction in New Zeu- | land. He was afterwards chief modern languages master at Auckland College and Grammar School for a period of six years. He was appointed lecturer at Canterbury College in Political Econoniv and Constitutional History and Law. He also acted as editor' for Messrs AVhitcombe and Tombs. From 19U6 to 1909 he was lecturer in History and Economics and Director of Studies in Commerce. From 3909 till 1923 he was Professor of History and Economics, and since 1920 has been Professor of History. Dr Might lias served on various educational bodies, having been for some years Chairman of the Board of Governors of C hi ist church Technical College, a member of the North Canterbury Education Board, Chairman of tlie Normal Training College Com-

HEADS OF THE COLLEGE

mittee, a member of the University Senate for the last twelve years, a member of ihe Board of Studies since its establishment, and Deputy ( hair man of that body at tlie present time ;

also Deputy Chairman of the Professorial Board of Canterbury College. He has a number o* publications to his credit, chiefly educational works. He lias been a member of several Royal Commissions, n ainly on economic questions.

FRENCH AND GERMAN.

Professor Blunt. Professor of French and Gorman, was educated at Shrew*.bury School and at Christ Church, Oxford. After leaving Oxford he spent three years at the Sorborire, Paris, and Boon and Heidelberg. On . returning to England he was made head of the modern side of the Durham School, well a.» being University Extension Lecturer From there Professor Blunt received his appointment at C anterbury College. in 3901. He has always been interested in all kinds of sport, having been captain of the rowing club at school, and was stroke of his college eight. for three years. He won the Ladies’ Plate and Thames Cup at Henley Regatta. Professor Blunt was a keen supporter of Rugby football, and represented Durham County at hockey. Racquets a> d tennis also occupied bis spare moments, ami be still plays these games keenly.

Professor Blunt's second son. 33. C Blunt. is the well-known Canterbury and New Zealand representative cricketer, and is recognised as being one of the Dominion’s leading batsmen.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

In his young.er days Professor "Wall was educated .v: private schools vi England, hut for tlie most part ho is a self-taughf man He took his Loudon Universit-/ degrees of B.A. mil

AJ.A. by private study, and subsequently secured his Cambridge B.A by philological research. Professor Wail taught for eight years in various .schools in England and Ireland, and then was employed at Cambridge by a correspondence college. Subsequently he was appointed Assistant Professor and Acting Professor of English Literature at tlie University College of Aberystwyth, in Wales. From this college Professor Wall received Ids present appointment, in 1898. as Professor of .English l anguage and Liter-

EDUCATION.

Professor Shelley was educated Bablake School. Coven try. and Christ’s

Ci.liege. Cambridge Uni versify. where lie took his M \. degree and Diploma in Education h • >O7 lu- u; ap-Sf*roo*!-»Sf and 1 ‘ ol> i tig year he became tutor at the Training l appointed lecturer in education at ManI 92U ho was Yu oiV->m nt ol ' edu’eati :.n a t lii versi i y College. Southampton. lie ci< . in the l*oild>:i Demonstration School Record No. 2. and in "the ( p lands circular, etc. He is a keen student of drama, both in theory and practice, and ai Manchester he produced . Masefield:-. “ Pompcv the C-cat ” •• Milton’-: Comu-.'* and j Fbscn’s* “ B- , i.d.’ Professor Shelley was a second lieutenant in the Koval Field Artillery in' 19T? and by 1919'he had risen tu the rani, of Major. He was also Chief Instructor of the War Office School . of Education, Newmarket.

CLASSICS.

Professor Stewart" was educated at Fettes and. at Trinity College, Cambridge. He took his M.A. degree at Cambridge. He was later on the staff of Rugby School and the University of Liverpool. From the latter institution lie received his present appointment at Canterbury College, in 3 932. His pub lications include “ Provincial Russia.” ‘'Our Debt to Antiquity,” “Latin

Phonetics.” and “ History of the New Zealand Division.” as well as various articles contributed to classical and other journals. Professor Stewart, who is honorary A.D.C. to his Excel- J lency the Governor-General, Lord j Jellicoe. has an enviable record of war service. As .-Colonel lie com- j manded the Second Battalion Canter- i bury Regiment. N.Z.E.F., in France, from March. 1916. to December. 1918. having previously been through the Gallipoli campaign. Tie was twice wounded in action. His decorations include the M.G. and Croix de Guerre with palm, received for service on Gallipoli, and the C/M.G. and D.S.O. with bar. conferred for service in France. After the Armistice lie acted as Directoi of Education X.Z.E F.. with the rank of colonel. Professor Stewart is president of the Christchurch R.S.A.. and of various college societies, includ- i ing the Rugby Football Club and Dia- I lectio Society.

CHEMISTRY.

Professor Denham was educated at ihe Christchurch Bovs’ High School and at Canterbury College. At the

latter institution he obtained his M.A. and M.So. degrees. He then went Home to .Liverpool University us the holder of the 3 853 Exhibition. Science Research Scholarship. He studied t-heie for two years, and obtained his D.Sc. degree. He then went to Heidelberg for eighteen months, and during that time he. had the degree ol Ph.D. conferred upon ’urn. Professor Dechain afterwards came back to New Zealand, and. after spending about twelve months in Christchurch, he joined the staff of the University or Queensland. He remained in this position till 1920, when he received an appointment a, ( ape Town. University jo. Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. A• the beginning of the present yea: Professor Denham was appointed Professor of Chemistry at t .mlerbury C'ol lege, as successor to Professor Evans

GEOLOGY.

Professor Speight was educated at Christehuvch Boys’ High School, and later at Canterbury College, where he obtained bis M.A. and M.Sc. degrees. He was then appointed to the staff of the Boys’ High School, where lie taught for nearly twenty years, chiefly as science and mathematical master He was appointed Lecturer in Geology at Canterburv College in 3905. a position ho held till U2l. when 3m was made Professor. He was assistant curator of the Museum for four year:, and has been curator since 1914. Hi is a member of various geological societies in England and 'America, ami was granted the Hector medal foi work in geology. Whilst at Canterbury College Professor Speight was a member of the first fifteen for a number of years, and was also a member of the Canterbury Rowing Club. He was a member pf the crew which won ihe New Zealand Championship Fours, held at the Nelson Regatta. • Whilst on tlie staff of the Boys' High School Professor Speight acted .as coach to the school first

fifteen, and during this period tlie. sciiool teams had a remarkably successful run. and produced some footballers who later represented tlie pro\ inee and New Zealand.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Professor Powell was educated at Liverpool College, and at the University of Liverpool. He took his B.Sc. degree (Victoria, Englandin 1901, with first-class honours in engineering. In 190-1 he obtained ! the degrees of AT. Sc.. and M. Eng. He is a member of both the English and American Tnst-itu-r tions of Electrical Engineers. He won . the University Scholarship at Victoria)*in 1901. also the David Rew Memorial Scholarship (Liverpool) for research work in electrotechnics, being the first, holder of this scholarship. In 1902 the] fellowship of Victoria University was. conferred upon him. this being the I only fellowship in engineering ever J conferred by thia university. He 1 obtained much, experience at Aieserss Siemens Bros.’ works at Stafford j test house assistant and assistant in the technical department. In 190t5 lie! was appointed to Canterbury Col lego j as lecturer and demonstrator in Elec- i trical Engineering, being later appointed lecturer. Jn 1913 he was Acting Professor in charge of the School of 1 Engineering, and in 1922 ho was made 1 Acting Director of the school, and this year was appointed Professor of Electrical Engineering. Professor Powell’3 publications inc lude " The Ballistic Galvanometer, '' which was read before the British Association : " Hydro-, dynamical and Electro-magnetic Investigations Regarding the Aiagnetio

Flux Distribution in Toothed-Core Armatures ” (in conjunction with Professors HeJe-Sftaw and Hay. before the Institution oi Electrical Engineers he* was awarded the Paris Exhibition premium) : “ The Air Gap Correction Coefficient " (an original communication to the Institute c.f Electrical Engineers). Professor Powell is a keenrifle .shooting enthusiast, being a member of the Christchurch Rifle Ciub, whilst he i< also a devotee of tenuis and motoring-

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

Professor Si’■ole wr.- educated ai the Christ-, l.r.n l. Bo - High School. • 1 » iiu to Canterbury Colic?* with 1899. 11U He graduated in i 902 Vx . in engineering. He was on the Caff .*i Canterbury College from 3 901 til! 1906. as demonstrator at tii • c.f Engineering. In 3 907-8 lie was on the sraff r.f tb WanganuiTechnical School. From 1908 till 1917

he was demonstrator in mechanical’ engineering at- Canterbury College, and He recc ■cd Jfis professorial appoint

ECONOMICS.

Professor Condliffe was educated ut> the West Christchurch District High School and at Canterbury College, were he obtained his M.A. degree with

first class honours in lYonomics." He was then appointed lecturer at the College as assistant to nhe Professor of History and Economics Joining tlie New Zealand Expeditiona y Ki he took part in the armv education;. I scheme .at Hornchurch for several months. He was awarded the X.Z.E.!’'. Scholarship in be held at Cambridge l niversity. and wbustThere* jhe was elected to the Sir Thomas j Gresham Research Studentship 1 Gnnville and Cains College, Cambridge. ! He returned to New Zealand in March, j l.)20, and four months later he was ap- ■ pointed to the position of Professor of Economies, on the recommendation off the English Selection Committee set-. J up bv the High Commissioner on 1 half of the University.

PHILOSOPHY

P ref o**so r Salmond was odu.-nted at the Otago /»-•>:• s’ Hi hool *t ‘ tlie l niversitv of Otaro. where lie graduate.l M.A.. will) li: ohtss honours in Philosophy. Ho u.-.-- appointed ;ivi?vair it ast t r at the Ashburton High School in 1596, and remained there for ten

'ears. From 1901 till 1900 he war, part time lerturer in philosophy at Canterbury Oollesre. From 1900 to mO he was lecturer in philosophy and assistant to tlie Professor of Classics He was appointed Lecturer in Philosophy in 1910 and Professor of Philosophy in 1914. a position he has held up to the present time.

CIVIL ENGINEERING.

Professor Campbell was educated at Wanganui College and the Christ - church Boys’ High School. Later, at Canterbury College, he graduated in engineering in 1902. He was assistant engineer to the Grand Junction Goldmining Company for two years, and, afier spending twelve months in England. gaining further experience, lie was for three years and a half assistant engineer to the Bengal North-west

Railway Company, India. Then followed a period of eight years' service with tlie Public Works Department and Irrigation Commission in Sydney. Three years of this time were devoted to war service in Palestine, where Professor Camp*fell was a lieutenant in the Australian Engineers. He was appointed Lecturer in Civil Engineering at Canterbury College in 1920. and was Professor this year. He was elected an associate member of the Institute of Civil Engineers in 1912.

MATHEMATICS.

ActingyProfe &sor Pitman was educated at South Melbourne College, Victoria, and was also a resident student of Ormond College. Melbourne. Tie graduated as M.A. and B.Sc., with first class honours in Physios and Mathematics. Whilst at the University he wou the Dixson Scholarship and

\\ yst laski.' Scholarship in mathematics. He was appointed to the staff of Canterbury College last year as locuui tenons to Professor Cabbott. On the latters resignation, at the end of last year. Professor Pitman was appointed acting professor for tlie present: year He served for two years in the ‘a u «l Italian Imperial Forces.

PHYSICS.

DR C. C. FARR. D.Sc. Professor Farr was educated at St Peter's Collegiate School. Adelaide, the L uiverrii:y College. London, and at the Adelaide and Sydney Universities. lie obtained his degree in 188 S, and tne Angus Engineering Scholarship the following year. In 1891 hi uas appointed lecturer in mathematics and physics at St Paul's ( bllege. in the Sydney University, a position Jie held till 1895 The following year he received an appointment as lecturer ;n electrical engineering at Adelaide University. In 1898 he undertook a magnetic survey of New Zealand, and was engaged on this work up to 1904. He established the Chri.stclnlrch Magnetic Observatory for the New Zc-aland Government. From 1904 till TTTTTi he vos lecturer in physics and survey at Canterbury College, and. being ma« c Professor of Physics in 1911. he ha* held that position ever since. His publications include “.Some Expressions for the Radial and Axial Components of Magnetic Force, n Solenoid.” ‘ Some Continuous Observations on the Rate of Dissipation of Electric Charges in the Open Air ” “ Interpretation of Milne Seismograms/’ A magnetic Survey of the Dominion of New Zealand and s-ome of the outlying islands, in which work he was associated witli Mr H. F. Skey and several others. In conjunction with Professor Florance and Dr Macleod lie worked on the Radium Content of tlie local v j.ters and rocks, and with Dr Macleod on the Viscosity of Sulphur. He has lately been associated with Mr H. E. Fhilpott on an investigation into the causes of failure of the Lake Coleridge insulators.