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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 404, 4 February 1904, Page 3

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,Pr.cr'.-BHorf; nt t;ii\ „! s'ty of ebiaaffo IlcneefbrlJi to Be AddrtMffl.'■;;• .»■•■'"3l b»ter. w -: . ,„ <•■■•-■_ ■■ Nothing except plain ''misjter" can; be User! by oUcvprofes'sorvin address*', irig another at the-University-of-»6hi-, cago hereafter. *vßy a mutual agreed ment between «ll the .membersfof thefaci;!,; r.;,d various «SiceTS »f university this. r * ■ ***Kbe »bow«wrt tintil further legieNrtSKp ifi dtnoMl swfcessary. "» v ' There aje sfcw&fifHjfcies and appella* tious us*d for foe" officers and professor* of different degree* of notoriety at the JMJd way school thatit was foundimperative by the titled men for their own preservation that they make-some 'jar'd ancl fast rule about what they should bewailed. ;.-. ,'•.' ( , ik Confusion of titles has reignedLat'tniei university for sometime and much embarrassment has been caused ito the riiemh'ers by .having a colleague who •night to know better call him"docent" vhen he was a "head professor," or a "doctor" when he was a "bachelor," or 'an "associate" when he was an "assistant." So numerous and misleading are many of the titles that the pro-' fessors do not understand them themselves, and it was this fact which caused them to become so desperate as: to ,be wished to be calle&sHtf]jila>in appellation "mister." .V:; , |§ Speaking of the InnovationifeProf. Oliver said that it did seem 'strange for awhile, especially the firs* time he heard the university's president'called "Mr." Harper. ■: ~ . v jy