CAPPED AND GOWNED.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1479, 29 June 1912, Page 9

CAPPED AND GOWNED.

DEGREES CONFERRED. GRADUATES OV Till; YKAIi. Tho nnmml capping .ceremony anil pront Washington (U.S.A.); anil jnoiiiljpK: of : tlio year at Victoria Cb'iicgo axis. licit! at' tho Town Hall yesterday liioi'iniif;-- in the presence of a very large irftherfiyf of. undcrgnuluales, old graduates, parents, and friend-. Dr. F. Fiiclicit,. V-lcq-tSiia.n- ; cellor of tlio Umversitjf, pros'idiiti iiiid. conferred tlio degrees, ti'.Uf amongst tiifi-Sb present were his Excellency .'(Tie' Governor (Lord Islington), tho l.'ifrht. Hon. Air. .his . Bryce, British Minister I*!piiipotr-ntin'i\v at Washington (U.5.A.),. and menibers. of the Victoria Collego Coiincif and of the J. College Professorial Board. Several .gratisnates of the year from.O.t.ago l>.iver.-:ty were present and received,t.hej.r degrees' in company with tho Victoria Colleje grad-. nates. Tho proceedings were,..practically ?pi liking, _ of a most orderly - ccptions were expected;' lint what' there wero of them wore comparatively'' few in, number, nnd of quite- a. harmless aiid, inoffensive kind. The principal speaker,. the Eight Hon. J«me3:.i®rycev:(\vligse ,r'e- : marks are reported elsewhere). '.Was lis-" toned to with tho create.-.! .attention and was accorded a most cordial:' reception. Dr. F. I'itchott (\'ice ; Ch';triecllor' of Clip 1 . Sew Zealand University) said ihat this was in fact a Victoria^^l%o^pii(i.i<)^., po well had tho studen.ts*>of Vtliat. 6oilege. : done. (Laughter.)., "I am," he cbntim'.ed, "limited to a ton-nliuuies , (Xx ; U(i applause from- the gallery;).': Dr. FitcUett proceeded with his addressi.. Tho Gallery: We can'E hear.', Raising his voice, Dr. : E.itchet,t:''s!ii.ti that-' Victoria College had been- a 'c.ort .of .Cinderella. It was the youngest.of the four colleges, nrchitechtriulr.^!^..ta^H^t..'sji)Oji- : ■cially the poorest, and yot in graduates and undergraduates it was this year tho richest of the four. Gbd^;f9i•l).i.d :, that ho should afflict them with figures, li'ut — Tho gallery: Take them', as read. The undergraduate rcll' of- the various; colleges, said Dr. Fitclibt^' 1 ..jv%? Afipfe: land, 287; Canterbury, .'V3SS.;- .-.'Otagp-, -lit; and Victoria. Ccllcgo, 513.- ;■ D.egr.eos ':had gone as follow:—Auckland;- ;26;\_ 'Ciinterv bury, 27; Otago (om;riif xiey grees, which were peculiar to Oiago, and therefore should not tcria College, 44. Tho 'fpeaker/ saicl that j Victorn College was fin.l'r.'cialiy poor, .hut that ho had every confidence..;iri,'t%;lilwTr ality of tho Parliaments... tho Governor, as was his manner,' lia'd marked his sense of nf ■ education by his presence on- the. p'at: form. (Hear, hear.) Dr: Eitehett then introduced Ins Excellency;.":'."_. . His Excollcncv was received- with the. warmest of applause. Hp'Jioped/.h's: SEii'd,.. that lie would be able to 'make' himself heard. Tho students: His Excellency: 'Toi;r ; :,ghairmaff; told vou that he, with all ability, was limited to a ten minutes' speech. Hut I, with the omnipotent p_6\vcrs; ed to a Governor in a million—l take it there can be r.o limitation of time npon :

Tile gallery: Oh. fy.'J: His Excellency: .»-P am going to tiiko nipotence by being brief.-. ■; .A: 1 His Excsllency said (hat flip, function was not merely import?.!!!- in cii'ics-

tional circles, but was also. .aii : thing in national life. Ho co:igi'atiiia'fd Victoria College upon graduates and his understanding of lectics did not permit Otago's iigurcs as Dr. Pitchottj;iKaU.\doffis> (Laughter.) However, bow : "to i)r. l-'itchett'« reckoning.

The gallery: Hurray.' The liight lion. James. Brycp then delivcred his speech. '£ s ;.v;[ ' -.-. Professor G. K. Von Zediifcicbmpiained.of his luck in having to .fo!lov,-":subh an orator as Mr. Bryce. Ho said/.that/arßreat doat of credit for the success oi' Victoria College was due to tlio fessoTS, one of whom Professor; jAl'Laun'n. ilo declared that the Government had not given Victoria Collide i Ikfinancial aid it was eatitlcdv:toi,-Md;.SaJd •' that the Government's timidity ■: ; in: .'.tli'a't... respect had been unjustified,.. It had been a pleasing thing to reflect- upon that the Professorial Board and the^CounciPwliiichs; managed tlio universities',■.'latfairs • lia'd, worked in harmony, without which hannonv it would have. been' impossible to achieve this year's siifecess,.-.. ;'ln/. cbiiv elusion,", commenced tlio ... Tlio Gallery: Hurray! * - Professor Von Zedliiz .continued fpf some time. .-v...;, . The Gallery: One, two,4hTee, fo-ir, five, 611, 'seven, eight, nine—out;.."' : Mr. Charles Wilson (chairriian of tha Victoria College Council) said.ihat, tlio. institution needed moro friends. monstrous that Professor. .Hunter, with' tho enormous number of studcn.ts .he .had and the amount of work he ;did,:;sHould bo ■ paid less than other /professors; .Ho. hoped that tho .'of. tho House would take into^consideratiph. the matter of the institution's-/.financial position. Unless, next year;;;they;-;had rif least ,£3OOO moro they simply could not. do tho work properly. ■ That concluded tho proceedings.; "Good-bve; Governor, phouted sximoonp in tho gallery as his Kxcellcncy was leaving tho platform. < rl .. His Exceilcncy turned, and faro,--well. ' "' ■ LIST OF GRADUATES. The Vice-Chancellor then .presented tlib degrees, tho list being as t'oHows Doctor of Science.. . J. A. Thompson (Otago).v . Honours in Arts and M..A. Ellen C. Casey (third-cUiss), ttth'U and English. . Elsio D. Graham (seco'nri-c'lass), I.iitm and Gprman. . . Nora G. Isaac (third-clas's),;/bou'iny. Harrietlc Jenkins second-cjhss). ■botany:, Gwendoline Sasou (second-c!as<), l'rench and German. :. Annio Teychenne (secondjelass); iiintlicimnties and mathematical plvysigs. John C. Burns (third-cl.as'S), ji'o'Mti'cat science. Alfred E. Caddiek (third-class); lOnglrsh and German, Honald S. AVatson (second-c'lasS), wciita) science. 0. C. Mniscngarb, Otaga .(sscbiid'CTcssi, political science. Master of Arts.. A. N. Burns. Bachelors of Af-fe.' Winifred A. Cathie, Gladys G. Everett, Norma E. Fogelborg, Winifred.'.®'.;. M'Hnr* (ii«. A!ic« M. Pnluiftt', MU '-B- I. PewbSf' . ton, J.ejsie Ssott, William E:, pird,?.Q§wg() :

: .lai I!i me M. ICibid'-wiiile. .1. I ArilialJ .ifOtagfi), !'r;'ilei if -c A.. .lialeSi. Alfred 4. It. jjeyge, lierberl; ]', Bund;;. Ay- I fii-iir P. I :>;l". V"i.n'.ec'n;t ,1. il. Inul. i'i'i'derfek JVi.ili-.7pii.ps-; liufftrt l.feniiersoiv, | -lolni C. Mo.i'i:isfiii, .All'red .11. iiobinsdn. ■ Aileeu I. iOiago). ' i llcii.'Uis i.i) SeifciiCo and JI.Sc. J Rerey \V. liurlndgp, lir-t-cla'-s in dec- . i.rie.it.y, secbiuUcluss iii heat-. J Bacheior's pi' Scie:vce, f Leila- E. I.evi-, George- it. liobertson-. Bachelors of Law. F. tie 'a :f\ 0. V, Ac'heson. P. E. Kelfy, S. E.i'e.lieibaiini., 11, T,. Cook 1 , ■)', j/. G. \Vest, St. 1.1. Oral ii,. ,1. Jf. Dale, N. it. l!iisse:!i (Aue'ulaiid). Sc'n'i.'bi'' 'Scholarships. Winifred A. (.'athic-, hptauy: nerbor't P. ' Biv.e'c. Lalin: : Gp.oi;ge Tl. Hobeiit'soii-, zoo- i .logy; Aiffeii- 11. l'<)bi:nsoii, Greek,. .It'CoI) Joseph Stlioiarshi.ps, ] . .H'a'rric'tfe Jenkins, j?'. W. Byrbidge. i. Sir Georg.o Grey Scholarship: ) ! .T. G. I'uiton, Is;., ji. B.ruee.-. | 1851 Kxhihition. Kesearel; Scholarship, j :. Thcb.doi'.e Rigg, .P. \V. Burbi'dge speeinlIy commended. i