GRADUATION CEREMONY AT LINCOLN COLLEGE

Press, Volume C, Issue 29506, 6 May 1961, Page 14

GRADUATION CEREMONY AT LINCOLN COLLEGE

A large crowd which filled the decorated college refectory building saw a Colourful graduation ceremony at Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, yesterday afternoon. The conferment of degrees and diplomas was a recognition of certain standards in education, said the chairman of the board of governors (Mr T. D. J. Holderness). With a growing number of students entering, the college would have to make every endeavour that the value of these hallmarks was in no way impaired, but rather strengthened. The Pro-Chancellor of the University of New Zealand (Dr. L. J. Wild) then conferred the following degrees and diplomas:— Doctor of Philosophy Anthony Paul Mulcock, in agricultural microbiology. Master of Agricultural Science Barry Ralph Wilkinson, first-class honours in wool science. Bachelors of - Agricultural Science Charles Thomas Dougherty (senior scholar. Sir James G. Wilson prize), David Douglas Collie, Kenneth Raymond Drew, Weil Graham Gow, John Aldred Hayward, John Stewart Holden, Carlisle McCully Kelland, Alan Henry Nordmeyer, Edwin Dodds Parkes, Devendra Canagasaby, How Soo Ch’ng, David Wallace Kidd, Abubaker Bin Mahmud, Kok Kuan Woo. Bachelor of Agriculture Horticulture Retno Oning Ing Sih. Masters of Agricultural Science Mervyn Keith Hill, firstclass honours in agricultural botany; Ewan Wallace Vartha, second-class honours in plant husbandry. Diplomas in Valuation and Farm Management Valwynne Sefton Ingham (gold medallist), Joseph Wade Briscoe. William David Bulman. Ranald William Clark. Warren David Fiebig, Allan Gerald Johnson. Peter Roger Lawrence, Murray Alexander Mclver, Gary John McKay. William Noel Macbeth, Grahaeme Thomas Mars, Anthony Morell Millson, Stuart Digby Morice, Brian Kenneth Neilsoc, David Bracken Nicoil, Stewart John Skeet, Arthur John Smales,

Rodney Herrick Bruce Tonkin, Nigel Lockhart Watson, David Duncan Webster, Aird Park Wells, John Richard Barton, William Henry Burleigh, Raymond John Chappell, Brian Robert Hedley, William Herbert Bruce Mitchell, lan Robert Mollison. Roderick Desmond Plank Noel Frank Thomas, Nigei Thompson, Donald Bruce Todd, John Seymour Wilson. Diploma in Agricultural Engineering Gilbert lan Stuart Burnett (with honours). Diploma In Agriculture George Alistair Ewing (Gold Medallist), Barry Mitchell Armstrong, Richard Maclean Bailey, Malcolm Richard Amnerst Barrer, Kenneth Chesterman Boughton, Raymond John Bowden William Dalgleish Cannington, Emmanuel George Doukidis, Christopher John Elliott, David Andrew Fraser, Christopher Edward Grigg, Lindsay Lewis Hughes, Lance Ilford Ibbetson, Paul Carlisle Inwood, James Doig McDonald, Neil Gordon McNabb, Herbert James Maunsell, Roderick Harris Menzies, James Willis Paterson, Colin William Paton, George Rennie Reid, John Stuart Rennie, Peter Desmond George Sleigh, John David Wallace. David Blake Ward, Harold Thomas Weir, Timothy Alan Cooke, William Ormond Heath, Charles Alderson Rankin, Charles Macathur Shanks, Timothy Kenneth Whitehead. Diplomas In Horticulture Martin John Conway. Anderina Suzanne Dale, Leslie Allan Scherp, Michael Lusty, Douglas William White. Special Awards Leonard White Memorial Cup, B. M. Armstrong; C. C. Leitch Memorial Cup, G. A. Ewing; Wreford Reid Memorial Cup and Marcroft Challenge Medal, B. M. Armstrong; W. A. Yardley Cup, R. M. Bailey; W. O. Rennie Memorial prize, B. A. Scoggins; E. R. Hudson prize, T. A Cooke; Dalgety and Company's Challenge Cup, B. T. Robertson; David Sidey Memorial Challenge Cup. B. J. McLaughlan; Southdown Sheep Society’s Challenge Shield. G. J. W. Beere; S. C. Harris Memorial Cup, A. S. Dale; N.Z. Farmers’ Cooperative Cup. J. McGregor: Geo. F. Wright Cup, A. H. Nordmeyer; Bledisloe Cup. John Alexander Bell.