DOCTOR OF LITERATURE
SENATE CONFERS DEGREE EX-STUDENT OF VICTORIA COLLEGE I Par Prasa Aiaociation. ] CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 21. An honorary degree of Doctor of Literature was conferred on Mr Diamond Jenness by tho Senate of the University of New Zealand to-day, on the recommendation of the Academic Board. Dr. Jenness was formerly a student at Victoria University College, graduating M.A. in 1908 with first-class honours in classics. He is at present chief of the anthropological section under the Canadian Government and is in charge of the Anthropological Department of the Canadian National Museum, Ontario. Dr. Jenness has written numerous and extensive reports on various phases of Eskimo anthropology and, in addition, a well-known book, “Children of the Twilight,” which was published in 1928. He has also published and edited reports on Amcri can aborigines. He is recognised af one of tho leading anthropologists of the present day and his published works are evidence of his outstanding literary ability.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 18, 22 January 1935, Page 7
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