Honours Students

The numbers of students successful with a masters degree until to 1965 or with the honours degree thereafter are tabulated. Those who are known to have subsequently passed a doctorate are noted.

Years		Honours students		Ph.D. gained somewhere*
1914-19		1		-
1920-		20		-
1930-		13		2
1940-		33		5
1950-		36		8
1960-		121		31
1970-73		40		1

By this, 11 have so far gained our M.Sc. since 1966 and three Ph.D.s have been awarded since 967.

Over the past 27 years honours graduates proceeded to (or changed to) the following occupations in 162 cases where we have some information.

University Posts		56
P. P. Teaching		51
A.M.D.		7
Other D.S.I.R.		11
Other Statistics		9
Computing		6
Actuarial		7
Engineering		5
Meterology		3
"science"		2
Church		2
Astronomy		2
Science editor		1

Probably a considerable number of the unknown people ultimately went to teaching.