1974 Fredericton Encaenia
James, Eric John Francis
Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.)
Orator: Condon, Thomas J.
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L to R: Eric John Francis James, Sir Max Aitken
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Source: Joe Stone fonds-UA RG340, 1974 (#11088B)
Citation:
ENCAENIA, MAY, 1974
ERIC JOHN FRANCIS JAMES (LORD JAMES OF RUSHOLME)
to be Doctor of Letters
Throughout a long and distinguished career in so many areas of the field of education, Lord James has never lost sight of the fact that whatever the kind of preparation for teaching, whatever the size or shape of the classroom, and at whatever level of the teaching process, there comes ultimately that essential interaction between teacher and student and learning takes place at that point. Whether as High Master of Manchester Grammar School, a post which he graced from 1933 to 1945, or as Vice-Chancellor of the University York, a new university which he headed from its establishment in 1962 until his retirement last year, he has been fiercely dedicated to improving and extending the education of the very young and to enhancing the quality of the professionalism of the teacher.
His White Paper of 1972 produced a great furor in many quarters in Great Britain. And yet it cut through elaborate arguments and theoretical obfuscations on a subject such as class size, coming to the conclusion that government should be guided by the judgment of experienced teachers, an eminently sensible view. His aim was sweepingly ambitious and yet appropriate -- for the teaching profession to have a share in training its own members and establishing its own standards which would be almost certainly greater than that enjoyed by teachers anywhere in the world.
Knighted in 1956 and elevated to his life peerage in 1959, Lord James has given outstanding service on those national commissions and councils that have provided such great vitality, leadership, and direction to many areas of British cultural and academic life –- the University Grants Committee, the Commission on Museums and Galleries, the Press Council, and the Social Science Research Council.
UNB is honoured to have this distinguished British educator present for the renaming of the Teachers College Building as Marshall d’Avray Hall, a symbolic joining of past and future in our own sweeping transformation of teacher training in the province of New Brunswick.
Praeses admittit Ericum Johannem Franciscum James honoris causa ad gradum Doctoris in Litteris.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 2
ERIC JOHN FRANCIS JAMES (LORD JAMES OF RUSHOLME)
to be Doctor of Letters
Throughout a long and distinguished career in so many areas of the field of education, Lord James has never lost sight of the fact that whatever the kind of preparation for teaching, whatever the size or shape of the classroom, and at whatever level of the teaching process, there comes ultimately that essential interaction between teacher and student and learning takes place at that point. Whether as High Master of Manchester Grammar School, a post which he graced from 1933 to 1945, or as Vice-Chancellor of the University York, a new university which he headed from its establishment in 1962 until his retirement last year, he has been fiercely dedicated to improving and extending the education of the very young and to enhancing the quality of the professionalism of the teacher.
His White Paper of 1972 produced a great furor in many quarters in Great Britain. And yet it cut through elaborate arguments and theoretical obfuscations on a subject such as class size, coming to the conclusion that government should be guided by the judgment of experienced teachers, an eminently sensible view. His aim was sweepingly ambitious and yet appropriate -- for the teaching profession to have a share in training its own members and establishing its own standards which would be almost certainly greater than that enjoyed by teachers anywhere in the world.
Knighted in 1956 and elevated to his life peerage in 1959, Lord James has given outstanding service on those national commissions and councils that have provided such great vitality, leadership, and direction to many areas of British cultural and academic life –- the University Grants Committee, the Commission on Museums and Galleries, the Press Council, and the Social Science Research Council.
UNB is honoured to have this distinguished British educator present for the renaming of the Teachers College Building as Marshall d’Avray Hall, a symbolic joining of past and future in our own sweeping transformation of teacher training in the province of New Brunswick.
Praeses admittit Ericum Johannem Franciscum James honoris causa ad gradum Doctoris in Litteris.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 2
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