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4. CANTERBURY COLLEGE, Visitor. —The Hon. the Minister of Education. Board of Governors. Appointed by His Excellency the Governor-General—Miss E. A. Chaplin, 8.A.; John Joseph Dougall, Esq. ; Right Rev. Dr. Campbell West-Watson. Amjointed by members of Parliament—E. J. Howard, Esq., M.P.; Colonel the Hon. G. J. Smith, Esq., C.8.E., M.L.C., V.D. (Chairman); Hon. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes, K.C.V.0., K.8.E., M.L.C. Appointed by graduates—J. H. E. Schroder, Esq., M.A.; Mrs. E. L. Clark, M.A.; J. R. Montgomery, Esq., M .A. A E Flower Esq., M.A., M.Sc. ; G. M. L. Lester, M.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.; J. R. Cuningham, Esq., LL.B. Appointed by teachers-C. T. Aschman, Esq.; J. G. Poison, Esq. M.A.; L. B. Wood, Esq., M.A. Appointed by School Committees —H. D. Acland, Esq., 8.A.; W. A. Banks, Esq.; W. M. Hamilton, Esq. Representatives of the Professorial Board—Professor J. Hight, M.A., Litt.D. (Rector), ex officio; Professor H. G. Denham, M.A., D.Sc. Registrar.—~G. C. Kemp, A.R.A.N.Z. Staff. Rector. —Professor J. Hight, C.M.G., M.A., Litt.D. Professors Classics —L. G. Pocoek, M.A. Mathematics—W. Saddler, M.A., D.Sc., 8.A., F.R.S, English T nnOTintre "and Literature F Sinclaire, M.A. French and German—T. G. R. Blunt, M.A. (Oxford). Chemistry— Language and mmi» , Engineering _ ( Blectrical) P. H. Powell, M.Sc., M.Eng., M.1.E.E., MA TEE • (Civil) 3. E.'l. Cull, B.Sc., A.M.I.M.E. ; (Mechanical) S. Steele, B.Sc. (Dean of Eng. Faculty). Biology—E! Percival, B.Sc. (Dean of Science Faculty). History—J. Hight, C.M.G., M.A., Litt.D^ F.R.E.S. Physics— P P Fa it DSc FPSL F.N.Z.lnst. Mental and Moral Philosophy—C. F. Salmond, M.A. Education and Director of' Extension Work-J. Shelley, M.A. Economics-A. H. Tocker, M.A. (Dean of Commerce Faculty). Lecturers, twenty-three. EXTRACT FROM THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS. I have pleasure in presenting the sixtieth annual report of the Chairman of the Board for the year ended 31st December, 1932. The year has been one of constant anxiety and deep concern because of the continued decrease in revenue derived from the Board's land endowments. The unprecedented economic and financial conditions which prevail throughout the world have been reflected in materially reduced returns for primary products, and most of the Board's tenants, dependent as they are on overseas markets, have been faced with a serious and embarrassing position. At the annual meeting held in July, Colonel the Hon. G. J. Smith, after completing four years as Chairman of the Board of Governors, did not seek re-election. Appreciation was expressed of the valuable services he had rendered while occupying that position, and there is some satisfaction that, as a member of the Board, Colonel Smith's energy, enthusiasm, and keen business insight are still to be retained. Mr. C. T. Aschman was elected Chairman, and Mr. A. E. Flower, Deputy Chairman. During the year under review, Dr. James Hight, Rector of Canterbury College, had conferred upon him the order of C.M.G., a distinction that was generally recognized as a well-earned recognition of long-distinguished service in the cause of education in New Zealand. In February Professor A. Wall, who was appointed to the Chair of English Language and Literature and History in 1898, and whose resignation was referred to in the last annual report, severed his official connection with Canterbury College. He was succeeded by Professor F. Sinclaire, late of the University of Western Australia, who took up the duties of the Chair of English at the opening of the session. Professor Shelley, who had been granted leave of absence by the Board to take advantage of a Travelling Fellowship,' offered by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to study educational developments abroad, returned in August to resume his duties connected with the Chair of Education. Mr. W. H. Rhodes, M.A. (Melb.), was appointed to the position of lecturer in English vacated by Dr. Helen Simpson, who resigned at the end of the year. Commemoration Day was observed on the 21st April, the address being given by the Right Rev. Dr. Campbell West-Watson, Bishop of Christchurch, on " Spiritual Values in Education." The iubilee of the foundation of the School of Art was celebrated in July. An exhibition of the work of past and present students was opened by Colonel the Hon. G. J. Smith, Chairman of the Board Governors, and this display, together with a programme of social functions and the publication of a booklet dealing with the history of the School of Art, marked the important occasion in an effective manner.

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