THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AUTUMN CONGREGATION FOR THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES FRIDAY, OCTOBER TWENTY-FOURTH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT O CANADA o Canada! Our Home and Native Land! True patriot-love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North, strong and free, And stand on guard, 0 Canada, We stand on guard for thee. O Canada, glorious and free! o Canada, we stand on guard for thee! O Canada, we stand on guard for thee! . MUSICAL PROGRAMME by MISS JOAN JOHNSTON PROGRAMME OF CEREMONY . 0 CANADA INVOCATION by Reverend Dr. Charles G. Stone REMARKS by ALBERT EDWARD GRAUER Chancellor of the University of British Columbia CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES by the Chancellor THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS Eedson Louis Millard Burns Froudena Gilroy Eaton THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCE John Harry Williams INTRODUCTION OF CONGREGATION SPEAKER by Norman A. M. MacKenzie President of the University of British Columbia THE CONGREGATION ADDRESS by Lieutenant-General E. L. M. Burns CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE by the Chancellor CONGRATULATIONS TO DIPLOMA STUDENTS by the Chancellor GOD SAVE THE QUEEN Reception in Brock Hall 2 THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Cross, George Elliot, B.A., M.A. (Daihousie), Victoria Mathematics Thesis: “On the Uniqueness of Multiple Trigonometric Series.” Hickman, Cleveland Pendleton, A. B. (DePauw), Zoology M.S. (New Hampshire), United States Thesis: “The Osmoregulatory Metabolism of the Starry Flounder, Platichthys Stellatus.” Houston, Arthur Hillier, B.Sc. (McMaster), M.A., Nova Scofia Zoology Thesis: “Locomotor Performance and Osmoregulotion in Juvenile Anadromous Salmonids Following Abrupt Environmental Salinity Change.” THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS Akpore, Demos Onoliobakpovba, BA. (Ibadan), Nigeria Classics Thesis: “The Ancient System of Rhetoric with a Partial Study of its Influence on Virgil as Seen in the Similes in the Aeneid.” Barrett, John Edward, B.A. (Manitoba), Rosslond Psychology Thesis: “The Critical Requirements of First Line Supervisors in the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited Trail Operation.” Crompton, Onesia, B.A., Vancouver Education Thesis: “The Prediction of University Freshman Performance on the Basis of High School Achievement in British Columbia.” Currier, Ann Agnes, D.V.M. (Ontario Veterinary College), Ontario Zoology Thesis: “A Preliminary Study of Cellulose Digestion in the Beaver (Castor Canadensis).’ Diers, Carol Jean, B.A., B.A. in Ed (Western Washington College), Psychology United States Thesis: “The Stability of Social Desirability Judements in Relation to Items on Edwards’ Personal Preference Schedule.’ Dyck, Harvey Leonard, B.A., Vancouver International Studies Thesis: “Hitler’s Policy Towards the Soviet Union January 1933 - June 1941.” Garm, Richard, B.A., Vancouver Biology and Botany Thesis: “Some Aspects of the Nitrogen Cycle in Soil of the Douglas..Fir Forest.” Groome, Agnes Jean, B.A. (Brandon College), Education B. Ed. (Saskatchewan), Diploma in Theology (St. Andrew’s College), Saskatchewan Thesis: “The Working Mother a Problem for the School?” Hardwick, Walter Gordon, B.A., Vancouver Geography Thesis: “The Effect of the Proposed Moran Dam on Agriculture Within the Middle Fraser Region, British Columbia.” Home, Edgar Byron, B.A., B.A.Sc., Vancouver Education Thesis: “The Relationship between the Reading Comprehension of Short Para graphs and Lang Passages of Science Textbook Material.” Kruytbosch, Carlos Egbert, B.A., Vancouver Sociology Thesis: “Flight and Resettlement of the Sopron Forestry Faculty: A Study of Group Integration and Disintegration.” Langlands, Robert Phelan, B.A., White Rock Mathematics Thesis: “Some Algebras of Linear Transformations Which are not Semi-simple.” Leedham, Lelia Rachel, B.A., Vancouver Psychology Thesis: “An Empirical Investigation into Areas of Moral Awareness and the Formulation of Principles Basic to the Construction of a Scale to Measure Conscience.” MacKenzie, George Alexander, BA., Vancouver Slavonic Studies Thesis: “Soviet Investments: A Study in Direct Apportioning of Financial and Material Resources.” Newbery, Arthur Christopher Rolls, Mathematics B.A. (Cambridge), B.A. (London), Vancouver Thesis: “Numerical Methods for the Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations.” 3 Otke, Paul Gerald, B.A. (Manitoba), Alberta Psychology Thesis: “A Study of the Method of Officer Cadet Assessment Employed by the Royal Canadian School of Mechanical Engineering Utilizing the Critical Requirements and Peer Rating Techniques.’” Prakash, Anand, B.Sc. (Delhi), M.Sc. (Allahabad), India Zoology Thesis: “Food and Feeding Habits, Maturity and Fecundity of Spring Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Southern British Columbia Coastal Waters.” Quinn, Michael James, B.A., Vancouver Psychology Thesis: “Effect of Chlorpromozine (Largactil) on Porteus Maze Performance.” Singh, Harcharan, B.Pharm. (Pan jab), India Pharmacology Thesis: “The Role of Sodium in Activation of Uterine Smooth Muscle.” Stathers, Jack Kenneth, B.A., Surrey Geography Thesis: “A Geographical Investigation of Development Potential in the Squamish Valley Region, British Columbia.” THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE rnniunity and Regional Clegg, Edward Terrence, B.S.F., Rossland Thesis: “A Regional Planning Analysis of a Single Enterprise Community of Settlements.” Connelly, Barry Thomas, B.Sc. (Sydney), Ontario Chemistry Thesis: “Photolyses of Ketene at 3130 A and 3340 A.” Hoen, Ernst Leon Wilhelm Bhalthasar, B.A., Victoria Geology Thesis: “The Geology of Hornby Island.” Hogenkamp, Harry, B.S.A., United States Agricultural Microbiology Thesis: “Phosphate Metabolism of Pseudomonas Aeruginasa.” Milants, Henri Yves, Lic.Sc.Ch. (Brussels), Belgium Metallurgy Thesis: “Kinetics of the Dissolution of Copper Metal in Some Chelating Systems Under Oxygen Pressure.” Nichol, Denis William, B.A., Oliver Physics Thesis: “Space-Charge-Limited Currents in Germanium.” Rau, Jayaseetha Nittoor Sreenivasa, B.Sc. (Mysore), India Physics Thesis: “A Theoretical Investigation of the Nuclear Resonance Spectrum of B in Kernite.” Rodgers, George Keith, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ontario Physics Thesis: “Current Measurements in Knight Inlet 1956.” Ruzicka, Dalibor Josef, Cand.Mag. (Oslo), Norway Chemistry Thesis: “The Pyrolysis of Diallyl and Reactions of Allyl Radicals with 1-Butene.” Zane, Alexis, B.A., Burns Lake Chemistry Thesis: “The Pyridine Denitration of CIS- and TRANS-I ,2-Cyclohexanediol Dinitrates.” THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE Coburn, John Wyllie, B.A.Sc., Vancouver Engineering Physics Thesis: “The Statistical and Thermodynamic Theory of Thermal Radiation and its Application to Detector Sensitivity.” Dullien, Francis Andrew Leslie, Dip.Chem.Eng. (Budapest), Hungary Chemical Engineering Thesis: “Reconsideration of the Diaphragm Cell Method of Measuring Diffusion Coefficients.” lsaacs, Albert Thomas, B.Eng. (Nova Scotia Technical College), Nova Scotia Electrical Engineering Thesis: “Iterative Methods for Stagger-Tuning Multicavity Klystron Amplifiers.” Lee, Richard Way Mob, B.Sc. (Manitoba), Vancouver Civil Engineering Thesis: “Analysis of Flexible Hingless Arch by an Influence Line Method.” 4 Leon, Humberto, B.A.Sc., Venezuela Chemical Engineering Thesis: “Kinetics of Production of Acetylene from Methane.” Parkhill, Douglas Leonard, Fellowship Dip.Civ.Eng. Melbourne Technical College), Vancouver Civil Engineering Thesis: “The Validity of the Simplified Limit Design Method for the Design of Structures.” Pelton, Thomas Edward, B.A.Sc., Vancouver Civil Engineering Thesis: “Magnification Factors for Hingeless Arches.” Riley, Peter Julian, Celista Engineering Physics 7 18 17 Thesis: “The Direct Capture Reactions T( )Li and 0 (p, )F .“ Speers, Edward Albert, B.A. (Manitoba), B.A.Sc., Vancouver Chemical Engineering Thesis: “Thermodynamic Properties of Normal Propanol.” Whittle, Donald James, B.A.Sc., South Burnaby Chemical Engineering Thesis: “An Apparatus for Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Measurements under Pressure.” THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE Hoes, Josephus Antonius Johannes Marie, B.S.A., Vancouver Plant Science Thesis: “A Study of Five Mechanically Transmissable Cherry Virus Isolates with Herbaceous Hosts.” THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FORESTRY Shen, Kuo-Cheng, B.S. (Taiwan Pray. Call, of Agric.), Formosa Thesis: “The Effects of Dryer Temperature, Sapwood and Heartwaod, and Time Elapsing between Drying and Gluing on the Gluing Properties of Englemann Spruce Veneer.” THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION Aitchison, Kenneth McBride, Burnaby Archibald, Charles Gilbert, Burnaby Semail, Gilbert Charles Eugene, Vancouver Smith, Leon Edward, United States Watt, John Earl, Vancouver THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK Cutcher, Allen Charles, B.A., B.S.W., Ontario Thesis: “Group Work Methods in a Treatment Home for Girls.” Maung, Myint, B.A. (Rangoon), B.S.W., Burma Thesis: “Sacial Services far the Disabled in a Family Context.” Mclnnis, Margaret Richmond, B.A., B.S.W., Vancouver Thesis: “Socio-economic Factors in the Rehabilitation Potential of Arthritic Patients.” 5 CLASSIFICATION: (1) First Class. (2) Second Class. (P) Passed. THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK Aghai, Mohammed Ahmad, (S.M. College, Ziegler, Herbert LeRoy, Sind University), Pakistan (1) B.Sc. (Washington), Alberta (P) Walker, Wilson Calvin, B.S. (Oregon), United States (P) THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS Gilbart, Marjorie Anne, Victoria Secand Class Honours in French and English Literature and Language Greathed, Edward