Victoria University of Wellington 1899 ~ 1999 A History
Index
Index
Page numbers in italic refer to illustrations.
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Academic Audit Unit, 357
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Academic Board (University of New Zealand), 38, 101–2, 107, 108, 108–9, 229
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Academic Board (Victoria University of Wellington), 357, 361, 362, 363, 366, 370. See also Professorial Board
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Acts: Adult Education 1963, 401n.67; Alien Enemy Teachers 1915, 35–7; Antiquities 1975, 254; Education Amendment 1990, 354, 356; Finance 1934, 386n.9; Historic Places 1980, 147; Massey University of Manawatu 1964, 110; National Military Service, 321; New Zealand University 1870, 11; New Zealand University 1874, 12; New Zealand University Amendment 1914, 34; New Zealand University Amendment 1919, 43; New Zealand University Amendment 1926, 38; State Sector Amendment (No.2) 1989, 356, 357; University Endowment 1868, 11; Victoria College 1897, 14–15; Victoria College Amendment 1914, 34–5; Victoria College Amendment 1933, 57; Victoria University of Wellington Amendment 1957, 102–3 Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi, 379– 80
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Adam Prize for creative writing, 379
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Adams, C.E., 20
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Adams Terrace houses, 330
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administration building, 29, 111, 113, 113. See also Robert Stout building administration staff, 112–15, 120
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adult education, 72, 401n.67. See also university extension
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Albany, 136
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Aliens Board, 36
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Alington, Bill, 153
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Allan, D.E., 234
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Alley, Rewi, 400n.42
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Alumni Association, 363
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Anarchist Club, 320
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Andersen, Johannes, 39
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Anderson, Grahame, 154
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anniversaries: 25th (1924), 49, 50, 72, 76; 50th (1949), 50, 72, 74, 76–7, 100; 75th (1974), 143–4
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Anschutz, R.P., 53
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Ansell, Jim, 169
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Antarctic New Zealand, 370
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Artists-in-Antarctica scheme, 370
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Arts Council, 306
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Ashby, Sir William, 386n.32
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Ashken, Tanya, 299
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Askin, Rosemary, 172
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Association of Technical Staff, 112
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Association of University Staff, 361
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Association of Women Academics, 125
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Atkinson, A.R., 32
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Attitudes of New Zealand Workers (IRC research monograph), 206
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Auckland University College (later University): academic freedom at, 53; and accountancy, 215, 228; and agriculture, 40–1; and anthropology, 64, 256; and architecture, 190; and art history, 297; and Asian studies, 197, 199; and criminology, 204; and educational psychology, 266; endowment, 14; and ethnomusicology, 308; and film studies, 294; founded, 12; and history, 276; inner city site, 129, 137; and law, 230, 232, 234, 241; library, 385n.11; and Maori studies, 253; and MBA programme, 224; mining school, 22; and music, 307, 411n.84; and nuclear science, 166; and nursing studies, 194; and psephology, 260; and public administration, 60; student radio, 351; summer Shakespeare productions, 349; university press, 302, 411n.60; and veterinary school, 191
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Axford, Ian, 146, 152, 170; arrival, 120–1; and arts centre, 310; departure, 352; and earth sciences, 180; and fund-raising from alumni, 363; and Hunter building, 147; and mathematics, 183; and music, 308; on open entry, 365, 414n.14; page 422 ‘precinct project’, 151; proposes summer teaching, 358; and Wai-te-ata Road houses, 151, 277
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badge, college, 19
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Bagley, George, 47
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Bagnall, A.G., 96
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Baker, Mary, 37
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Ballantyne, David, 318
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Barber, N.F., 167
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Barnes, Jock, 319
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Barrett, Peter, 173
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Barrowman, Fergus, 300
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Barton, J.S., 41
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Basketball Club, 83
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Beaglehole, Ernest, 243; and anthropology, 243, 251, 252; and industrial relations, 205; and library acquisitions, 249; and Maori studies, 252; memorial sculpture, 298–9; and psychology, 56, 58, 242–5; sociological work, 71; suggests naming buildings after professors, 111; mentioned, 65, 167, 248, 388n.59, 390n.61
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Beaglehole, J.C., 65, 272; and architecture, 312; and art collection, 297; assistant to Wilson and Ward, 47; committee work, 75; composes ode, 49, 128, 394n.1; editor and biographer, 70, 72; festschrift for, 300, 300–1; Frances Porter's supervisor, 302; head of Historical Branch, 60; lecturer in history, 53–4, 54–5; memorial sculpture, 298–9; personal chair, 275; recommended for but not appointed to history chair, 54; research adviser to Turnbull Library, 59; on research in history, 70–1; retirement, 271; room named after, 299; and school of political studies, 60; senior research fellowship, 69–70; and staff recruitment, 400n.36; termination of Auckland appointment, 53; typographical work, 59–60, 72; and university library, 394n.16; on University of New Zealand, 104; mentioned, 125, 272
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Beaglehole, Pearl, 56
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Beaglehole, Tim: as administrator, 125; and art collection, 218, 298, 299; and Asian studies, 197, 400n.31; and commerce faculty review, 352, 403n.51; executive dean of arts, 358; and student accommodation, 329; Students' Association activities, 319, 414n.97
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Beattie, David. See David Beattie Trust
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Beeby, C.E., 267
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Beijing International University of Finance and Economics, 367
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Belich, James, 277
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Bell, Alan, 290
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Bellette, Tony, 297
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Belshaw, Cyril, 251
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Benedict, Ruth, 243
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Benefield, Cathie, 414n.93
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Berendsen House, 151
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Bertram, James: China and Chinese studies, 195–6, 199, 279, 367, 400n.30; and Don McKenzie, 280; and drama studies, 291; honorary degree, 304; and library acquisitions, 367; and New Zealand literature, 303; personal chair, 408n.4
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Bills: Middle District of New Zealand University College, 1894, 13–14; SIS Amendment 1977, 333; Tertiary Students' Association Voluntary Membership 1994, 362; Wellington University College, 1887, 13
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Bishop Hadfield Hostel, 87
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Blair, Mary, 83
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Blake, E.M., 26
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Block, Gerd, 190
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Boddy, Gil, 303
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Bollinger, Conrad, 319
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Boyd-Wilson, Edwin: and Mulled Wine Reunion, 86; portrait, 282; professor of modern languages, 37; retirement, 281, 283, 317; and Tramping Club, 37, 82, 86
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British Council, 68
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Brook, J.S. (‘Brookie’), 81
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Brook, Mrs, 81
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Brook, W.S. (‘Young Brookie’), 81
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Brosnahan, L.F., 290
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Brown, John Rankine, 31, 38; building named after, 126; and capping ceremonies, 88–9, 90; composes Weir House motto, 87; elected to Council, 34; inaugural lecture, 16, 285, 380; pens college song, 19; portrait of, 54; professor of classics, 15, 16; retires, 51; teaches French, 17, 20; and university reform, 32, 34; vice-president of Hockey Club, 82; and women students, 83
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Brown, L.B., 245
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Buchanan, Sir Walter, 40
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buildings, 26, 26–9, 27, 29, 40, 49, 52, 61, 104, 105, 128–57, 189. See also names of individual buildings
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bulk funding, 356
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Bull, Colin, 173
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Burchfield, Robert, 278
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Business Roundtable. See New Zealand Business Roundtable
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Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand (Hudson), 177
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Cable Price Downer Management Fellows Award, 224
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Cameron, T.W., 162
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Campbell, I.D. (Ian), 231; acting vice-chancellor, 165, 349–50; and banning of Spike, 94; and criminology, 203; and L.R. Richardson, 349, 396– 7n.20; and Law Amendment Group, 231; and Lysistrata production, 349– 50; professor of law and deputy vice-chancellor, 114, 230; publications, 71–2; and publications committee, 302; and radiation scare, 165; retires, 120; Salient article, 94
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Campion, Edith, 292
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Canterbury University College (later University): and academic freedom, 53; and accountancy, 225; and architectural school, 190; and art history, 297; and Asian studies, 197; and biological research, 173; capping procession, 88; endowment, 14; engineering school, 22; founded, 11; Ilam site, 129; and law, 232, 240; library, 385n.11; and MBA programme, 224; and music, 411n.84; and public administration, 60; student radio, 351; supports University of London model, 11–12
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Captain Hobson and the New Zealand Company (J.C. Beaglehole), 71
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careers' service, 325
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Carnegie Corporation, grants from, 58, 59, 68, 72, 197–8, 242, 244, 252, 257, 297
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Carrington, Athol, 225
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Castle, Les, 222
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Cave, Rod, 296
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Caveat, 230
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Centre for Asia/Pacific Law and Business (CAPLAB), 367
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Cercle littéraire français, 284
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Chancellor's Lectures, 112
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chaplaincy, 412n.45
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Chiessi, Enrico, 288
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Chinese studies, 367
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Chowning, Ann, 257
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CIROS (Cenozoic Investigation of the Western Ross Sea), 173–4, 174
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Citizen, 13
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Clark, Megan, 184
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Clark, R.H. (Bob), 161, 168–9, 170, 171, 172, 180, 329, 397n.37
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Clinton, Michael, 194
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Coastal Marine Research Unit, 177
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Coates, J. Gordon, 212
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Collins, Graeme (‘Kumara’), 339
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Committee of Vice-Chancellor and Deans, 113, 266, 285, 301, 357–8
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Commons, Jeremy, 289
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communications, 367
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comparative literature, 290
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Composers Association of New Zealand, 307
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Conlon, Pierre, 281
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Continuing Education, Centre for, 373.
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Cook Islands Maori, 368
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Cornish, H.H., 55
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Cotton building: first stage, 142, 148, 171; naming of, 141; planning of, 138–9, 140, 144; sculpture for, 299; second stage, 144, 151, 153; third and ‘final’ stage, 149; and University Grants Committee, 140, 144, 168
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Council: and academic development, 20, 22, 41, 43; and academic freedom, 53, 62, 320–1; and administrative heads of departments, 124; building and site review (1992), 371, 374; business reported in University Gazette, 112; and college building, 26; and complaints of sedition, 92–4; constitution, 15, 34, 356–7; and Cotton, 24, 52–3; and day teaching, 48; and fees, 361; funding matters, 40, 122, 360; and Hunter building, 142, 144, 145–6; and industrial relations (the subject), 63, 64, 66; and J.C. Beaglehole, 53–4, 70; and Maori graduation ceremony, 365; and McKinnon Walker, 374–5; and name of university, 102, 366; and Palmerston North branch, 108; and ‘procesh’, 90, 347; relations with Hunter as principal, 57–8; rents temporary accommodation, 17–18; and Sarah Anne Rhodes bequest, 45; and site, 25–6, 128–30; and staffing matters, 21, 22, 23, 23–4, 40, 44, 53–4, 59, 62, 236; and student accommodation, 327, 328, 329; and student health schemes, 325; student representation on, 58, 123; student union building, 312; and Students' Association, 311; teaching staff represented on, 75; and university reform, 33, 38; and von Zedlitz, 36–7; Weitzel affair, 92; welcomes foundation professors, 16; and women's hostel, 86
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Council for Recreation and Sport, 251
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credit degree, 126, 161, 259, 281, 303, 326. See also degrees
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Crozier, Mike, 264
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Cul de Sac: the question of New Zealand's future (Franklin), 263
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Culliford, George, 110, 287; assistant to principal, 109, 111, 113, 114; and Don McKenzie, 280; exchanges words with Michael Fowler, 144, 395n.44; and Kirk stairway, 140, 372; and L.R. Richardson, 397n.20; manager of building programme, 101, 114, 118, 135, 138, 140, 141, 142, 152, 155, 238; and Polhill Gully, 136; principal of Palmerston North University College, 109, 110; retirement, 120; suspicious of Massey's expansionist plans, 162
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Cullwick, David, 224
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Curriculum Committee, 104
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Curtis, Neil, 182
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Dakin, J.C., 208
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Dale, A.J., 119
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David Beattie Trust, 367
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Davidson, J.W., 272
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Davis, Colin, 276
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degrees: BA, 30, 42, 44, 63, 258, 367, 411n.81; BA honours, 280; BA/LLB, 232; Bachelor of Design, 373; BCA, 217–18, 224, 227, 228–9, 229, 258, 261, 374, 406n.64; BCA/LLB, 233; BCom, 41, 42–3, 44, 214, 217; BEd, 266–7; BMus, 306, 307, 411n.81; BSc, 22, 42; BSc ‘type B’, 161, 245; BSciTech, 370; LLB, 232, 233, 237, 369; LLM, 237; MA, 51, 63, 250, 251, 280; MA (Applied), 246, 251; MA by thesis, 280, 303; MA in creative writing, 370; Master of Management Studies (Technology), 370; MBA, 224; MLib, 296; MPP, 221, 227, 261; MusB, 69, 305; PhD, 69. See also credit degree; unit degree
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del Re, Arundel, 202
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Delbrück, Hansgerd, 288
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Department of External Affairs, 202
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Department of Internal Affairs, 59;
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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), 66, 184, 410n.44
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Department of Social Security, 248
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Desborough, L.O., 101, 102, 119, 381
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Development Finance Corporation, 168
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Dewes, Te Kapunga (Koro), 253
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Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, The, 371
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Dictionary of New Zealand English, The (Orsman), 278, 290–1, 305
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diplomas: educational psychology, 265– 6; Japanese studies, 367; librarianship, 296; pharmacy, 191; public administration, 61, 62–3, 221, 257, 261; social science, 248; study of tropical societies, 400n.32
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disabilities, people with, 366
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domestic science, 45
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Dominion Farmers' Institute, 40
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Downes, Cathy, 349
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Dowrick, Harry, 98
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Dronke, Peter, 286
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Duggan, Eileen, 47
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Dunham, Allison, 231
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Dunmore, John, 287
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Easterfield building, 15, 131, 131–2, 132, 139, 149, 179, 181, 193, 204, 372
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Easterfield, Thomas, 31, 38, 47; and additional science wing, 27; on bond between staff and students, 82; chemistry block named after, 111; on college motto, 19; director of Cawthron Institute, 17, 45; portrait of, 54; professor of chemistry, 16–17; provides specifications for science block, 27; public lecture, 21; teaches physics and mechanics, 17; and university reform, 31, 32; mentioned, 80, 82, 162, 181
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ecology. See environmental studies
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economics class (1970), 220
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ecumenical chaplaincy, 412n.45
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Edger, Kate, 383n.6
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Education in New Zealand (Dakin), 208
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Educational Reform: shall we Germanise our educational system? (H. Mackenzie), 34
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Eichelbaum, Siegfried, 83
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Electronic Music Studio, 306
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Ellinger, E.P., 234
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Elliot, Vic, 415n.32
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endowment, rent from, 14
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English I classroom, 279
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English Prose Technique (Gordon), 279, 410–11n.57
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equal employment opportunities, 366
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Esam, Irene, 410n.36
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ethnomusicology, 308
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European studies, 368
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Evening Post: on Axford, 120–1; on Extravaganza, 90; on ‘February specials’, 216; on Hunter building, 26, 154; on middle-aged students, 314; on Murphy building, 153; on open day, 340; on student protest, 333, 413n.73; on Von Zedlitz building, 148; on Winiata, 227
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Evison, Frank, 169
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Experiment, 318
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faculties: architecture, 146, 358, 373; arts, 79, 280, 358, 371; commerce, 79, 143, 211–29, 233–4, 296, 373, 373–4; languages and literature, 280–1, 358; law, 22–3, 79, 146, 154, 229–41, 358, 369–70, 371, 372, 373, 376, 414n.8; science, 79, 363; social science, 218
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Fairburn, Miles, 277
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Farce des bossus, La, 50
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Federation of Labour, 206
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Feilden Taylor (hostel), 326
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Fenton, Ethel, 47
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Fieldhouse, Alice, 195
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finances. See funding and finances
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Findlay, J.G., 381
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First Readings in Old English (Ardern), 410–11n.57
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Firth, Raymond, 252
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Fischer, Emil, 181
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Fleming, Ian, 412n.44
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Fleming, T.R., 381
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Forbes, A.R., 245
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Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, 363
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Fountain, H.R., 214
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Fox, William, 12
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Fraser, Reverend Ian, 349
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funding and finances: (c.1910), 24–5; (1930s), 51–2, 56–7; (1940s), 73–5; (1950s–60s), 105; (1970s), 117; (1980s), 121, 122–3, 355–6, 356; (1990s), 359–60, 361, 363
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Gabites Porter & Partners, 153
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Gager, Owen, 413n.63
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Galvin, Bernie, 319
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gamelan orchestra, 308
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General Assembly Library, 39
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George, H.V., 203
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Gibbs, George, 177
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Gibbs, J.G., 174
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Glide Time (Hall), 302
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golden jubilee (1949). See anniversaries Gordon, Bob, 184
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Gordon, I.A. (Ian), 65; on creative writing courses, 278; and drama studies, 291; and English Language Institute, 201–2; and extramural study, 108; and Hilltop, 318; and Lysistrata production, 349–50; and Mansfield, 303; and Palmerston North branch, 108; on problems of staff recruitment, 105–6; professor of English, 55–6, 60; and publications committee, 72; and site development, 395n.71
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Government Administration in New Zealand (Polaschek), 257
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graduates and graduation ceremonies, 24, 71, 88–9, 89, 196, 307, 348, 369, 378, 379
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Graham, Fred, 299
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Graham, J., 381
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Gray, Alison, 250
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Gray, Douglas, 408n.4
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Greek Tragedy Compared with Modern Drama (Greenwood), 72
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Greer, Germaine, 125
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Gregory, Bob, 412n.20
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Grossmann, J.P., 385n.28
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Groves, David, 289
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gymnasium: new, 133, 135, 193, 202, 312, 322, 324, 325; old, 77, 79, 311, 378
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Gypsies, The (Shaw), 302
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Haast, H.F. von, 381
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Hadfield House, 87
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Hall, T.D.H., 298
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Hall, W.J., 400n.38
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Halton, Brian, 182
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Hamilton, Augustus, 32
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Hancock, Keith, 272
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Hardy, Stewart, 414n.97
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Harris, Peter, 368
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Havel, Václav, 112
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Havinghurst, R.J., 248
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Hawke report, 354
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Hawthorn, Harry, 251
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Health Research Council, 366
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Health Services Research Centre, 366
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Hector, James, 11, 13, 20, 380
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Heine, Hilda, 75
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Henley Management College, 358
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Henning, I.A., 87
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Herenga Waka, Te (university marae), 153, 254, 255, 256, 365
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Heretics Club, 82
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Heritage Destroyed (Salmon), 175
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Heyes, J.K., 174
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Hill, Michael, 250
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Hinton, J.M., 268
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Hirschfeld, Michael, 336
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Hogben, George, 33
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Hogg, A.W., 14
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Hogg, Ralph, 405n.38
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Holborow, Les, 353, 355, 375; and accountancy, 228, 403n.51; on ‘bleak’ financial year (1962), 360; departure, 377; at Henley Management College, 358; and music, 308, 352; and occupation of Hunter building, 362; replies to Munz's open letter, 364; vice-chancellor, 228, 381
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Holland, Harry, 93
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Holmes, Frank, 213; and accountancy chair, 214; and Asian studies, 400n.33; economics professor, 209, 212–13, 220–1; on Horace Belshaw, 211–12; and New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, 272; and Planning Council, 222, 261; and public policy and public administration, 212–13, 218, 221, 261; secretary of Hughes Parry committee, 391n.8; and Survey Research Centre, 210; and university extension, 209
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Holyoake, Keith, 332
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home science, 45
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Hudson, G.V., 177
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Hughes Parry Report. See royal commission on the university (1959–60, Hughes Parry)
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Hui Marae, 85
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Humphrey, Ron, 164
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Hunter building, 98, 145, 146, 193, 239, 314; and art collection, 298; colonial Gothic style, 26–7, 154, 372; damaged by earthquake, 142; and law, 133, 143; and music, 143, 144, 146, 308; naming of, 111; occupation of, 361–2, 362; occupied in student protest, 361–2; and physics, 143, 144, 146; restored, 154–5, 360; vacated and threatened with demolition, 142–7, 359. See also buildings
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Hunter, Thomas Alexander, 31, 38, 57, 65, 129; advises Council against expansion, 48; appointed lecturer, 21–2; arts building named after, 111; and Asian studies, 195; college principal, 39, 57–8, 381; complains of traffic noise disturbing classes, 136; and complaints of sedition, 94; compromises with Auckland over sociology and anthropology, 64; death, 242; envisages amalgamation of Victoria and Massey, 110; establishes psychological laboratory, 22; festschrift for, 72, 158; footballer, 21, 82; gives adult education course, 72; knighted, 58; and library acquisitions, 249; and philosophy, 242, 267, 269; president of student clubs, 82; proposes separation into four independent universities, 38; and psychology, 22, 244; rationalist, 22, 77, 269; recommends public lectures, 66; reorganises administration, 113–14; retires, 100; and site of college, 129, 129; and social science, 51, 65, 162; supports Sunday tennis, 80; and university reform, 31, 32, 33; mentioned, 65, 77, 94, 387n.12
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Huntington, Frances, 281
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Hursthouse, Mrs Richmond, 32
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Ideal Society and its Enemies (Fairburn), 277
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Ihimaera, Witi, 289
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Illusions, 294
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income, annual. See funding and finances
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Indonesian, 367
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Industrial Development Conference (1960), 188
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Industrial Relations in New Zealand (Hare), 63
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Introduction to Modal Logic (Cresswell and Hughes), 268
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Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 272
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Institute of Professional Legal Studies, 373
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International Festival of the Arts, 378, 379
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Jack, Avery, 250
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Jackson, Fraser, 214
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James, Canon Percival, 94
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Japanese, 367
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Jarden, Ron, 317
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Jenness, Diamond, 251
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Jenness House, 256
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John Buridan on Self-reference (trans. and comm. Hughes), 268
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Johnsonville (Pearson), 250
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Johnston, Graham, 278
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Jollie, Reverend William, 32
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Jones Men, The (Gray), 250
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Joynt, J.W., 17, 20
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Jugand, Jean-Pierre and Claire, 289
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Jurisprudence (Salmond), 22
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Kaihu, Te: the wind-eater (Hulme), 302
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Keating, E.J., 205
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Kedgley, Helen, 414n.93
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Kedgley, Sue, 414n.93
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Kelburn arsonist, 293
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Kelburn Bowling Club, 139
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Kerr, Roger, 357
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Keynes, J.M., 212
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Keys, A.C., 284
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Khan, A.M., 197
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Kiernander, Adrian, 289
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Kirk building, 140, 193; and biochemistry, 179–80; extension requested, 134–5; and Ilott coffee lounge, 152–3; and molecular biology, 179–80; named, 111, 141, 394–5n.35; ‘retrofitting’ planned, 149; south wall infested with field horsetail, 384n.38; stairway (‘Culliford's folly’), 140, 372, 379
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Kirk, Harry Borrer, 31, 38, 47; biology block named after, 111; and library of the New Zealand Institute, 46; and marine laboratory, 163; professor of biology, 20–1; retires, 51, 66; and a single Department of Biology, 179; and university reform, 31, 32; war work, 35
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Kooznetzoff, Con, 287
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Labour Archives Trust, 206
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Labour Club, 94
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Laidler, Allan, 412n.46
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Laing, R.D., 112
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Laking, R.G., 413n.67
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Landcross Street houses, 330
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language laboratory, 282
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law, 229–41, 369–70; English no longer compulsory for, 279; in Hunter building, 143; Maclaurin teaches and publishes in, 17; moves downtown, 371, 373, 414n.8; in New Kirk, 372; professorial appointments, 22–3; in Rankine Brown, 154, 239, 372; student numbers, 79, 234, 238–9; teaching of, attacked in Spike, 94. See also faculties: law
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Laws, Michael, 362
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Leave Committee, 125
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Lecturers' Association, 105
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Legal Information Retrieval System, 241
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Levenbach, Fritz, 322
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library: beginnings of, 28, 34, 385n.11; book and journal acquisitions, 206, 249, 284, 367n.37; computerisation, 186; cutbacks, 121–2; development of, 58–9; expansion of, 372; and Labour Archives Trust, 206; and McEldowney report, 393n.75; new building, 132–3, 134, 321; old building, 133; and student identification cards, 322
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Lilburn, Douglas, 50, 68, 69, 297, 301, 305, 305–6, 307, 349
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Little Theatre, 291
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logo of university, 365
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Lord, Robert, 294
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Lotsky, Dr Karl, 49
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Macarthy School of Economics, 42
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Macarthy, T.G., 41
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McCallum, R., 381
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McCaw, Malcolm, 319
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McCreary, John: conscientious objector, 388n.38; and Extrav. (1941), 96–7; and The Infernal Machine (1947), 349; and Pacific studies, 201; and School of Social Science, 248; and ‘social science’, 242, 244; and sociology, 249, 250
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McGee, Greg, 293
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McGill, David, 152
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McKay, Frank, 303
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McKay, Pat, 127
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McKenzie Apartments, 372
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McKenzie, Don, 295; Cambridge fellowship, 280; and classics, 285; and creative writing course, 300; and credit degree, 409n.9; and Downstage, 292; and library studies, 280, 296; and musicology, 280, 294; Oxford professorship, 309; plans for English department, 280, 304; and proposed arts centre, 411n.87; and publications committee, 301, 411n.60; on restructuring of faculty, 289; and Russian, 285; and university press, 301, 411n.60; and Wai-te-ata Press, 301; and writer's fellowship, 299
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McKenzie Foundation, 126
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Mackenzie, Hugh, 15, 31, 38; inaugural lecture, 16, 303; portrait of, 54; president of Debating Society, 79; professor of English, 15–16; public lecture, 21; retires, 51, 55; teaches mental science, 17; and university reform, 32, 34; mentioned, 82, 298
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McKenzie, Jock, 14
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Mackenzie, Seaforth, 83
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Mackie, A.G. (professor of applied mathematics), 160
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Maclaurin, Richard, 15, 16, 17, 22–3, 54, 79–80, 82, 162, 183, 384n.25
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MacNee, Patrick, 154
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Maconie, Robin, 350
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McPhail, Margaret, 37
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Malcolm, Wilf, 125
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Mallard, Trevor, 124
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Mann, Athol, 229
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Man's Country, A (Phillips), 277
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Manson, Hugo, 366
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Maori Poetry (trans. Mitcalfe), 301
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Maori staff, 366
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Maoriland Worker, 206
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Maoris of New Zealand, The (Metge), 252
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Mapes, R.E.A., 210
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Marchant, John, 320
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Marsden Fund, 363
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Marshall, Jack, 261
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Martin, W.R.B., 182
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Mason, Bruce, 292
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Mass Observation, 96
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Massey Agricultural College (later University): and Asian studies, 197; established, 41; expansionist plans, 162; and Maori language course, 253; merger with Palmerston North branch, 110; precocious development of, 117; proposed merger with Victoria, 129; proposed merger with Wellington Polytechnic, 374; and Sarah Anne Rhodes bequest, 45; and teacher education, 266–7; veterinary school, 108, 191
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Massey House, 312
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Massey, William, 40
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Masskerade, 347
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Masterton Trust Lands Trust, 129
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Mathieson, D.L., 234
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Matthews, Jacquie, 273
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mechanics, 17
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medical examinations (of students), 97
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Meek, Ron, 96
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Menzies, Bobbi, 414n.93
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meteorology, 169
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Middle District, The, 111
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Miles, F.F., 75
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Millar, Nola, 292
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Milner, Ian, 388n.40
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ministerial residence (Tinakori Road), 25
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Minn, W.G. (Bill), 248
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Mitcalfe, Barry, 301
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Moller, Gordon, 154
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money and finance, chair of, 220
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Money, John, 388n.59
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motto, college, 19
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Mulcock, A.P., 192
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Mune, Ian, 154
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Munz, Peter, 275; on administrative heads of department, 124; and ancient history, 286; and Asian studies, 400n.31; and Commonwealth history chair, 275; and drama lectureship, 292; and early modern history, 276; first impressions of Victoria, 77; and foreign language requirement, 409n.6; inaugural lecture, 271; open letter to Vice-chancellor, 364; and philosophy of history, 70; and Rankine Brown building, 274; and site development, 395n.71
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Murphy, B.E. (Barney), 42, 42, 44, 82, 83, 92, 211, 212, 223
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Murray, John, 412n.45
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Musaphia, Joe, 299
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Muston, Ron, 412n.6
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Myers, Phoebe, 32
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name of university: in English, 102, 144, 366; in Maori, 365, 415n.17
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Nash, Walter, 93
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National Archives, 276
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National Development Conference, 205
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National Film Unit, 305
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Native Trees of New Zealand (Salmon), 175
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Neill, Sam, 349
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New Kirk building. See Kirk building
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New Zealand and the Statute of
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New Zealand Butterflies (Gibbs), 177
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New Zealand Constitution, The (Scott), 259
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New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 59
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New Zealand Educational Institute, 21
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New Zealand Employers' Federation, 66
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New Zealand Film Commission, 294
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New Zealand Geological Survey, 170
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New Zealand Geomorphology (Cotton), 300
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New Zealand Institute. See Royal Society of New Zealand
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New Zealand Institute of Architects, 312
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New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, 212
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New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, 272, 367, 410n.44
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New Zealand Journal of Business, 224
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New Zealand Journal of History, 276
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New Zealand Slavonic Journal, 285
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New Zealand Social Work Training Council, 248
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New Zealand String Quartet, 308
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New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, 306
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New Zealand Universities Law Review, 234
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New Zealand Vice-chancellors' Committee, 353, 354, 357, 410n.44
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New Zealand Wars (Belich), 277
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New Zealand Ways of Speaking English (Bell), 291
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New Zealand Welfare League, 94
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New Zealand's Universities: partners in national development (Watts report), 353, 371
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Ngati Poneke marae, 251
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Nicholas Copericus: quadricentennial addresses (published lectures), 72
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Nicoll, Archibald, 54
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Nielsen, Margaret, 146
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Norris, E.T., 381
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Nuclear Science, Institute of, 166
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Numbers, 318
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O'Brien, Kevin, 116, 298, 304; as chancellor, 115, 116–17, 145, 356, 381; and Hunter building, 145; and Industrial Relations Centre, 205; on library, 132; president of Students' Association, 319; and Student Welfare Services, 325; on Victoria's site, 395n.49
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O'Brien, Maurice, 319
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Ogilvie, Sheila, 114
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Old Kirk building. See Kirk building Olds, Paul, 297
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O'Leary, H.F., 381
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On the Nature of Evidence of Title to Realty (Maclaurin), 17
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open day, 340
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Otago, University of: and architectural school, 190; and BEd, 267; and biochemistry, 179; and Burns Fellowship, 299; and debating, 85; and degrees in divinity, 269; and educational psychology, 266; endowment, 14; enrolments, 118; founded, 11; and law, 240; library, 385n.11; and MBA programme, 224; and medical school, 191; and mixed flatting, 331; and music, 411n.84; and nuclear science, 166; and nursing studies, 194; and pharmacy training, 366; and student protests, 335; and University of New Zealand, 12; university press, 302, 411n.60; and veterinary school, 191
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outdoor Shakespeare. See Summer Shakespeare productions
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overbridge (across Kelburn Parade), 152
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Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature (ed. Robinson and Wattie), 305
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Pacific Island students, 365
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Pacific languages, 368
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Pacific, its past and future, The (Scholefield), 39
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Pacific Viewpoint, 263
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Page, Frederick, 65, 306; on Farquhar, 305; on Hunter building, 146; lecturer in music, 68, 69; lunchtime recitals, 144, 309; and Matisse's The Dance, 297; on patronage of performers, 308–9; and Rankine Brown courtyard, 299
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Palmer, C.E., 96
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Palmier, Leslie, 196
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Parker, Bill, 253
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Parker, R.S. (Robert), 61, 63, 72, 131, 257, 258, 258, 259, 388n.40
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Parr, C.J., 92
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Peace, Power and Politics in Asia conference, 333
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Pearson, David, 250
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Peking University, 367
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Penty, F., 26
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Perkins, Christopher, 54
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pharmacy training, 366
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Philpott, Bryan, 222
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Piddington, Ralph, 256
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Pigott, Eileen, 47
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Playmarket, 294
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Plunket, Lord, 26
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Plunket Medal, 85
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Polaschek, Ray, 257
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policy studies, 221, 261. See also public administration
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Political Parties in New Zealand (Milne), 259
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Political Science and Public Administration, School of, 50, 60–1, 62–3, 131, 218, 229, 258, 261
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Politics of Utopia, The (Cleveland), 260
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Pollock, Nancy, 201
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Powles, Sir Guy, 384n.28
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Prendergast-Knight, C., 381
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Prendeville, James, 79
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Price, Hugh, 301
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Price Milburn, 301
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Pride, John, 291
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Professorial Board: of 1909, 31; against extramural study, 107; and Asian studies, 195; bans capping processions, 90–1; bans Spike, 94; business reported in University Gazette, 112; and Cappicade, 98; composition amended, 34; considers appointing permanent academic head for college, 57; and criminology, 203–4; Culliford retains seat on, 114; and day teaching, 41, 48; delegates disciplinary powers to Students' Association, 81; elects one member of Council, 15; first meeting, 19; and Free Discussions Club, 93; and geography teaching, 66; and heads of departments, 124; Industrial Developments Committee, 160; investigates conduct of students, 94; and name of university, 102; and naming of buildings, 141; opposes moving academic departments off-campus, 371; and Palmerston North branch, 108; powers of, 18; prohibits Sunday tennis, 80; publications committee, 72; recommends fundraising, 122; rejects proposal for chair in industrial relations, 66; and religious studies, 269, 270; report on nuclear sciences, 166; reprimands Gordon Watson, 93; and Salient, 76– 7; and Sarah Anne Rhodes bequest, 45; and school of agriculture, 40; and school of social studies, 64; and science, 171; short meetings, 18; and social sciences, 244; student representation on, 123, 337; and student welfare, 325; and Taylor, 116; and von Zedlitz, 36; and women's hostel, 86. See also Academic Board (Victoria University of Wellington)
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professorships, reduction in numbers of, 123
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Progressive Publishing Society, 60
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Progressive Students' Alliance, 342
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public administration, 50, 60, 61, 62–3, 218, 229, 258, 261. See also policy studies
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Public Administration Society, 60
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Public Good Science Fund, 363
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Puvirajasingham, S., 197
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Quad. See Rankine Brown courtyard
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Quentin-Baxter, Alison, 236
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Radcliffe-Brown, A.R., 256
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Radio Active, 351
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Rakau studies, 244
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Ralph, Patricia, 176
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Rankine Brown building, 134, 193, 274; approved and planned, 132–3; and commerce departments, 218, 229; and DSIR Appied Maths Division, 184, 410n.44; external stairway, 372; and history, 274–5; and law, 154, 239, 372; and library, 132–3, 143, 150, 372; lifts, 275; opening of, 332; quality of air in, 133, 246, 274– 5, 336; and Staff Club, 150
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Rankine Brown, John. See Brown, John Rankine
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Ransom, W.S., 278
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Read, Herbert, 112
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Rees, Nonita, 294
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Reeves, William Pember, 35
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‘Refocussing Victoria’ (McKinnon Walker restructuring plan), 374–7
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refresher leave, provision for, 69
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registry, 120
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Reichel, Sir Harry, 37, 41. See also royal commission on the university (1925, Reichel–Tate) religious studies, 269–71
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Reporter, 112
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research: commissioned, 63–4, 66; fellowships, 45, 63–4, 69–70; funding of, 69, 224, 242, 243, 244, 248, 257, 363; scholarships, 34; staff publications, 71–2; student theses, 70–1; Victoria's early emphasis on, 22
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research committee, 125
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Rhodes, Sarah Ann, bequest of, 45
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Rice-Davies, Mandy, 333
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Richards, A.M., 62
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Richardson, L.R. (Larry), 66, 158, 162–4, 163, 175, 349, 394–5n.35, 396–7n.20
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Ritchie, Jane, 244
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Ritchie, John, 410n.36
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Robb, Margaret, 249
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Robert Stout building, 133, 154, 155, 193, 372. See also administration building
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Roberts, ‘Big Jim’, 206
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Robertson, Jean, 65
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Robinson, Alan, 221
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Rockefeller, Nelson, 342
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Rotman, Jan, 151
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Rowing Club, 82
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Rowley, Ross, 391n.8
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royal commission on the university (1878), 12
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royal commission on the university (1925, Reichel–Tate), 37–9, 48, 58, 77, 87
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royal commission on the university (1959–60, Hughes Parry): appointment and report, 103–4; and bursary scheme, 313, 321; consequences of, 117, 137; on neglect of applied science and technology, 160; on Palmerston North colleges, 109, 110; on salary scale, 105; on teacher training, 266; on third engineering school, 189; on Victoria's building plan, 131, 134; Victoria's submission to, 106, 135, 161, 188, 190, 326–7; Watts report compared to, 353
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Royal Society of New Zealand: fellowships, 182; library, 46, 75; Marsden Fund, 363
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Rua and the Maori Millennium (Webster), 256
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Rudman Hall, 326
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rugby, 317
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Russell, Peter, 289
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Russian with a Smile (Danilow), 284
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Rutherford House, 380
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Sacksen, Lisa, 341
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Salient, 143, 339; on accommodation, 328, 329; on Arachne, 318; and Asian studies, 198, 343; and association elections, 339; attacks Ausubel, 244; banned, 77; becomes more businesslike, 338; becomes weekly, 338; best ever headline, 324; cartoons and psychedelic doodles in, 331–2; circulation, 99; and commerce faculty, 227, 228; conservative phases, 319, 332; dull, 320; editorials, 77, 332; on Extrav., 345, 347; final issues, 318; on foreign language requirement, 343; founded, 76; on halls of residence, 328; includes course critiques, 343; left-wing, 76–7, 95, 219, 341–2; on ‘procesh’ (1958), 345; reviews Beaglehole's jubilee history, 76–7; on spies on campus, 333; on student counselling, 325; on student radicalism, 332, 333, 334; and Student Representative Council (SRC), 340; on student union building, 312, 322; on students' sartorial fashions, 331; on Victoria as ‘glorified nightschool’, 105; on Victoria's reputation, 349; on Victoria's showing at Tournament, 316, 317; Whitcombe's advertisement in, 323; mentioned, 348, 349
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Salmon, Beatrice, 194
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Salmond, George, 366
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Samoan, 368
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Sansum, Harry, 341, 413–14n.92
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Sapir, Edward, 243
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SCM. See Student Christian Movement (SCM)
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Scott, W.J., 333
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seal, college, 19
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Security Intelligence Service, 333
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Seelye, C.J., 184
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semesters, 358
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Senate (University of New Zealand): and agricultural college, 40; and architectural school, 190; and chair in political science, 60; constitution, 12, 38; and degrees in divinity, 269; and extramural study, 109; and medical school, 191; and question of separation, 101–2; report on nuclear sciences, 166; and special schools, 22; and university reform, 33; von Zedlitz serves on, 37
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sexual harassment committee, 366
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Shallcrass, Jack, 265
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Shand, Tom, 205
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Shaw, Alick, 413n.75
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Shearer, Ian, 406n.66
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Shelley, James, 384n.42
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Sheppard, D.K., 223
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Short, Joe, 151
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silver jubilee (1924). See anniversaries
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Sinclair, Peter, 346
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six o'clock closing, 336
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Smart, Ninian, 408n.98
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Smith, Dave, 349
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Smith, J.N., 179
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Smith, Shirley, 233
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Smith Women, The (Gray), 250
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Smithyman, Kendrick, 318
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Society of Friends hostel, 87
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Somerset, Gwen, 265
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song, college, 19
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Sonic Circus, 308
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Sparrow, Margaret, 412n.44
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special schools, 22, 23, 39, 107, 187, 229, 366. See also Political Science and Public Administration, School of; Social Science, School of Spence, Sir Basil, 112, 136
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Spike: on Arachne, 318; banning of, 94, 114; becomes annual, 95; beginnings, 80; and de la Mare, 80; on Debating Society, 84; on Extrav., 345; founding editors, 82, 83, 94, 100; on growth of college and loss of ‘corporate whole’, 99; on history for BA and MA, 51; jubilee issues, 49, 50, 76; protests about 1927 capping ceremony, 89; on relationship between ‘Town and gown’, 91; mentioned, 85, 87, 158, 285, 305, 348, 349
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Stace, Michael, 205
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Staff and Student Relations Advisory Committee (SASRAC), 340, 351
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Staff Association, 112
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Staff Circular, 112
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staff numbers: in accountancy, 215, 216; administrative and technical, 112; in business administration, 224; in chemistry, 181; in economics, 213–14; in English, 304; growth in, 46–8, 73–5, 105; in Italian, 289; in law, 234; in psychology, 245; in science faculty, 159, 168; ‘steady state’ (1970s), 118–19
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staff:student ratios, 365; in accountancy, 215; in arts and general faculties, 105; in Asian studies, 400n.45; in classics, 285; in computer science, 186; in economics, 221; in law, 240; in Russian, 285; in science departments, 168
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Stanford University, 153
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Statistics and Operations Research, Institute of, 185, 186, 210
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Stephenson and Turner, 153
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Stout, Robert, 12; administration building named after, 111; asks Jordan to comment on university system, 30–1; chairman of Council, 381; and government scientific establishment, 13, 20, 50, 161; and music, 380; opposes university reform, 31, 33, 34, 38; president of Hockey Club, 82; proposes specialisation scheme, 22; proposes university college in Wellington, 13–14; reforming speech (1886), 32; suggests permanent academic head for college, 57; supports Sunday tennis, 80; university chancellor, 30; unveils memorial window, 49; vision of a ‘people's university’, 15, 315; wants extension or correspondence classes, 21
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Stravinsky, Igor, 306
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Stuart Williamson House, 326
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Student, 93
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student allowance scheme, 359
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student arts festivals, 350
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Student Assistance Fund, 361
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Student Christian Movement (SCM), 94, 270; cabin, 193, 320; Helen Lowry Hall, 326, 328, 330
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student clubs and societies, 79–86, 315– 16, 337–8. See also names of individual clubs and societies student demonstrations. See student protests
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student identification cards, 322
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student loans, 359
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student numbers, 382; (1899), 19; (1909), 25; (1914–17), 35; (1927), 48; (1939–42), 61–2; (1942–45), 67–8; (1945–49), 47, 51, 73, 104; (1950s), 104; (1950–90), 313; (1960s–1986), 106–7, 117–18; (1970s), 141, 142; (1980s), 117–18, 149; (1990s), 359; in accountancy, 41, 214, 215, 216, 225, 227–8; in business management, 224; and circulation of student newspapers, 99; in commerce subjects, 227–8; in Cook Islands Maori, 368; in drama studies, 293; in English, 304; in French, 286–7; in Japanese studies, 367; in law, 79, 234, 238–9; in modern languages, 368; in nursing, 192–3; postgraduate, 365, 414n.13; in psychology, 245; in science, 159
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student protests, 98, 333–5, 334, 335, 336, 342, 343, 343, 344, 360, 362
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student radio, 351
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student union building, 193, 290, 311–13, 313, 348; approval for, 133; extension of, 135, 312, 322, 340, 372; opening of, 149. See also cafeteria; Memorial Theatre
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Students' Arts Council, 350
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Students' Association: administrative structure, 337–8, 339; and anthropology and Maori studies, 252; and art collection, 297; bans Student, 93; building fund, 312; and campus development, 128, 150–1, 372; and capping, 89, 91; and capping stunts, 346; coffee bar, 322; contraceptive vending machines, 324; creche, 324; Executive, 99, 102, 319, 321, 338, 342; fees, 312; and foreign language requirement, 281; hairdressing salon, 324; liquor licence, 339; and loss of free period on Wednesdays, 358; manifesto (1941), 97; new constitution, 343–4; occupation of Hunter building, 361–2; participation in university governance, 123; powers and responsibilities, 80–1; protests against reduction in library hours, 122; provides bus service between downtown law school and Kelburn, 373; and student accommodation, 329; and student radicalism, 333, 334; Williams elected life member, 313. See also Students' Society
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Students' Society, 79, 81; executive, 81. See also Students' Association
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study grants, 343
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Study Right, 359
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Sutch, Helen, 414n.93
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Syme, Ronald, 286
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Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants (Kaye and Laby), 24
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Tapper, Garth, 116
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Tate, Frank, 37, 41. See also royal commission on the university (1925, Reichel–Tate)
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Taylor, D.B.C. (Danny), 124, 344; and appointments by invitation, 295, 307; and Asian studies, 200; and criminology, 204; and economics, 221; egalitarian, consultative style, 116, 149; and Hunter building, 145; overseas tour, 119, 153; and Quentin-Baxter's leave of absence, 404n.73; and reform of administration, 119; and ‘Sidebotham's fund’, 402n.21; and student participation, 123; on student protests, 335; vice-chancellor, 115– 16, 117, 381
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Te Aro Hall, 372
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Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia, 369
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Tebbs, Maurice, 153
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Templeton, Malcolm, 261
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Tenants Protection Association, 329
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Théâtre des Iles, 289
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Theory of Light, The (Maclaurin), 17
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Thomas, Allan, 308
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Thomas, J.C., 236
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Till the Day I Die (Odets), 97
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Tira Whakaemi Korero, Te, 255
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Tirohia, 176
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Titmuss, Richard, 250
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Tolstoy Society, 284
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Tomlinson, Pamela, 302
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Topoi: the categorical analysis of logic (Goldblatt), 186
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Toynbee, Arnold, 195
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Trade, Growth and Anxiety: New Zealand beyond the welfare state (Franklin), 263
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trimesters, 358
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Trinity Newman, 330
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Tripe, M.E.R., 387n.14
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Trodhal, Joe, 168
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Trudeau, Pierre, 334
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Tumu Te Herenga Waka, Te. See Herenga Waka, Te (university marae)
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Turnovsky Endowment Trust, 308
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Turnovsky, Fred, 308
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Twiss, Greer, 366
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UBS, 323
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Union Prize, 85
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Unity Theatre, 292
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Universities Entrance Board, 104
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University Book Shop, 323
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University Grants Committee: abolished, 154, 354, 355, 356; and arts centre proposal, 310; and building plans, 131, 140, 146, 148, 155, 157; and education for librarianship, 296; and Electronic Music Studio, 306; and engineering, 189; and engineering school, 189; and English Language Institute, 202; and enrolment projections, 117; established, 104; and Industrial Relations Centre, 206; and medical school, 192; and Palmerston North branch, 109; and postgraduate study, 105; and quinquennial system, 106; and ‘rationalisation’ of MBA programmes, 224; and science funding, 161, 168, 243; and staff salaries, 325–6; and ‘steady state’ planning, 118; subsidy scheme, 330; Victoria's submissions to, 194, 391n.13; mentioned, 253
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University Teaching and Research Centre, 126
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Vasil, R.K., 197
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Vere-Jones, David, 365
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veterinary school, 191
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Vice-Chancellors' Committee. See New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee
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vice-chancellor's office, 151
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vice-chancellor's residence, 134
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Victoria Link, 363
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Victoria University College (J.C. Beaglehole), 9–10, 72, 76–7, 187, 300
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Victoria University Review, 121
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Vignaux, Tony, 185
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Von Zedlitz building: and Asian studies, 367; authority pending, 142; English department moves in, 281; height of, 147–8; name of, 141; opened, 293; painted, 152; sociology department moves in, 330; topping-off ceremony, 287; ventilation chimneys, 148
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Waddington, Patrick, 286
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Wainwright, Chris, 406n.66
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Waitangi Tribunal, 371
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Walcott, Richard, 180
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Wall, Arnold, 30
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Walls, Peter, 294
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Wananga o Raukawa, Te, 403n.49
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war (1914–18), 35
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Ward, W.F., 41
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Wattie, Nelson, 305
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Watts, Ronald, 353
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Wear, Bob, 177
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Webbs in New Zealand (ed. Hamer), 302
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Webby, George, 349
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Weir House, 88; acquires lawn from Kelburn Bowling Club, 139; corporate culture, 87, 317, 330–1; designed by Gray Young, 132; extended and upgraded, 372; motto, 87; new wing, 329; and New Zealand Truth, 326, 413n.48; opened, 87–8; quality of food at, 77, 326, 413n.48; scandal of 1963, 326; and student magazines, 317; and university extension, 209; women admitted to, 331
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Weir, William, 87
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Weitzel, Hedwig (Hetty), 92
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Wellington Acclimatisation Society, 45
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Wellington teachers' training college, 43–4, 130, 266, 296, 374; accommodated at Victoria, 62, 68; closure, 52, 78
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Wheeler, Ralph, 264
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White, Douglas, 338, 375; chancellor, 356–7, 381; law student and association president, 337, 338, 413n.73; and Miss Victoria contest, 414n.93; and VUW Foundation, 414n.9
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Williams, James, 101; and building programme, 134; elected life member of Students' Association, 313; and English Language Institute, 202; hopes for engineering school, 135, 188; and library studies, 295; and L.R. Richardson, 396–7n.20; and name of university, 102; and Palmerston North branch, 109–10, 111; plans for university development, 107, 380; professor of law, 55, 230; and proposed university arts festival, 350; retirement, 115; and rugby club, 317; and student hostels, 327; and student union building, 312, 313, 340; and Student Welfare Services, 325; suspicious of Massey's expansionist plans, 162; his term a period of growth, 117; vice-chancellor and principal, 100–1, 103, 113, 381
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Williams, Robin, 398–9n.67
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Winchester, David, 265
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Wolfskehl, Karl, 283
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Women Associates of Victoria University College, 125
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women students, 78, 78, 83, 85, 86, 86, 225, 232, 314, 327, 341
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Women Students' Hostel, 86
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women's hockey. See Ladies' Hockey Club
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Women's Indoor Basketball Club, 84
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Wong, Helene, 349
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Wood, F.L.W. (Fred), 54, 65; and Asian studies, 197; on Boyd-Wilson, 284; centennial historical survey, 60, 272; chooses ninth floor of Rankine Brown for history department, 274; on Danilow, 284; festschrift for, 300; Frances Porter's supervisor, 302; good lecturer, 271; Munz's first impression of, 77; professor of history, 54, 55
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Words, 301
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Workers' Educational Association (WEA), 72
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works and services building, 153
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Xiamen university, 367
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York, Duke and Duchess of, 26
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You Are Now Entering the Human Heart (Frame), 302
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Young, Warren, 205
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Young, William Gray, 87
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Zanetti, John, 219
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Zedlitz, George von, 31, 35; building named after, 141; opens private University Tutorial School, 37; portrait of, 54; professor emeritus, 37; professor of modern languages, 20; removed by act of Parliament, 35–7; serves on university Senate, 37; and university reform, 32; mentioned, 77, 354