1975 Fredericton Encaenia
Neatby, Hilda Marian Ada
Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.)
Orator: Condon, Thomas J.
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ENCAENIA, MAY, 1975
HILDA MARIAN ADA NEATBY
to be Doctor of Letters
Hilda Neatby has had a remarkable career as historian, University teacher, and critic of Canadian education and the Arts. After a BA and MA at Saskatchewan she went on to French studies at the Sorbonne and a PhD at the University of Minnesota. Her dedicated service to the University of Saskatchewan, where she returned to teach for nearly three decades was notable in many respects. She contributed greatly to the development of the Department of History and the University even as she deepened the study of provincial history as Editor of the journal, Saskatchewan History. Her distinguished studies of French Canadian history brought her into touch with scholars throughout the nation.
Her service to the profession, particularly to the Canadian Historical Association of which she was President in 1962-3 has been equally devoted and notable. Few could have failed to come away from the annual meeting at Laval that year without an intense admiration for this woman, who presided so magnificently and commandingly in French and English over that assemblage, making what is an endurance contest for most mortals seem effortless.
As a critic of historical writing or of society, Dr. Neatby has spoken calmly but clearly -- though her voice does not rise neither does she lower her sights. Her deservedly renowned So Little For the Mind was a devastating attack on Canadian education; her work from 1949 to 1951 as a member of the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences led to significant change in areas that had been neglected for far too long in Canadian society.
Honored publicly by the University of Toronto and Brock University and by her country as a Companion of the Order of Canada, Hilda Nearby has been held in honour privately for years by scores of historians and academics across this land. UNB takes pride in bestowing upon her today, regrettably in absentia, its highest honour.
Praeses admittit Hlldam Mariannam Adam Neatby honoris causa ad gradum Doctoris in Litteris.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 2
HILDA MARIAN ADA NEATBY
to be Doctor of Letters
Hilda Neatby has had a remarkable career as historian, University teacher, and critic of Canadian education and the Arts. After a BA and MA at Saskatchewan she went on to French studies at the Sorbonne and a PhD at the University of Minnesota. Her dedicated service to the University of Saskatchewan, where she returned to teach for nearly three decades was notable in many respects. She contributed greatly to the development of the Department of History and the University even as she deepened the study of provincial history as Editor of the journal, Saskatchewan History. Her distinguished studies of French Canadian history brought her into touch with scholars throughout the nation.
Her service to the profession, particularly to the Canadian Historical Association of which she was President in 1962-3 has been equally devoted and notable. Few could have failed to come away from the annual meeting at Laval that year without an intense admiration for this woman, who presided so magnificently and commandingly in French and English over that assemblage, making what is an endurance contest for most mortals seem effortless.
As a critic of historical writing or of society, Dr. Neatby has spoken calmly but clearly -- though her voice does not rise neither does she lower her sights. Her deservedly renowned So Little For the Mind was a devastating attack on Canadian education; her work from 1949 to 1951 as a member of the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences led to significant change in areas that had been neglected for far too long in Canadian society.
Honored publicly by the University of Toronto and Brock University and by her country as a Companion of the Order of Canada, Hilda Nearby has been held in honour privately for years by scores of historians and academics across this land. UNB takes pride in bestowing upon her today, regrettably in absentia, its highest honour.
Praeses admittit Hlldam Mariannam Adam Neatby honoris causa ad gradum Doctoris in Litteris.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 2
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