Talk:Barbara Calvert (academic)

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=== Barbara Calvert nee Johns - Wikipedia === Ariadne95 declares conflict of interest in suggesting edits below

Calvert, born Barbara Johns, was the eldest of three daughters born to Victor Roy JOHNS a pioneer in N.Z. Radio ¹ and Alice Margretha Beatrice BUTTERFIELD

"At school she became friends with Dorothea Horsman, and the two remained friends for life."

They were 2^nd and 3^rd in NZ Scholarship in 1936 ²

At University she also became a lifelong friend of Lloyd GEERING³ and Harold TURNER founder of the University Bookshop and the Stuart Halls of Residence⁴

Otago Daily Times 9 February 1945 Page 4

She also won two university prizes in philosophy. ⁵ a scholarship in Home Science ⁶

In 1945, drawing on her experience of living in student hostels, private boarding and her recent purchasing of a cottage in North Dunedin, Calvert wrote a report for the Professorial Board on student lodging, recommending the purchase of land for student housing. The report like many of her projects suggested a practical approach using an alternative model.

Her thesis was titled The determination of the ascorbic acid content of New Zealand tomatoes, tomato products and tree tomatoes using the spekker photoelectric absorptiometer.

This research lead to development of the process of extracting Vitamin C from Rose-Hips ⁷

The process was widely adopted in Britain during World War II when oranges became scarce ⁸

She and her husband designed built and later donated the Opoho Playcentre building.] ⁹

Calvert worked [as] a marriage guidance counsellor, one of the first two accredited as such in Dunedin.

"After her retirement, Calvert worked as a volunteer for the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study."

The Multidisciplinary Study published Barbara’s Eating for Even Less : Food for the Frugal

ISBN 0-908701-19-5

Calvert and her husband funded the establishment of a South African Garden at Dunedin Botanic Gardens ¹⁰ and were the first people to support the fundraising appeal to establish a Mediterranean garden at Dunedin Botanic Gardens, with a donation of $40,000. They also funded a Walking Track on Mt Cargill ¹⁰

"Barbara Calvert, The Role of the Pupil. London; Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1975"

(Reprint forthcoming) translated into German and Italian

Die Schülerrolle, Erwartungen und Beziehungen. Ravensburg, Maier, 1976

Il Ruolo Dell' Alunno

Lisciani & Zampetti

1979

1 (see Death of Radio Pioneer in Auckland ) attached original publication not found possibly an amatures Radio Journal

2 Auckland Star 22 January 1937 Page 9 retrieved 5 August 2024

SCHOLARSHIPS. DOMINION AWARDS. AUCKLAND SUCCESSES. GRAMMAR SCHOOL PUPILS

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Thursday.

The University of New Zealand entrance scholarship results are announced as follow: — UNIVERSITY JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

M. A. Jermyn (Nelson College). 1976.

D. J. Morrell (Auckland Girls' Grammar School), 1959.

B. Johns (Auckland Girls' Grammar School) 1943

3Lloyd Geering Portholes to the Past p. 95 Steele Roberts Wellington ISBN 978-0-94749333-2

Harold Turner Prize in Religious Studies

Established in 1991 by the Stuart Residence Halls Council Incorporated, the governing body of Arana and Carrington Halls, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Council's foundation and to honour Dr H.W. Turner, founder of the Council, first Warden of Arana Hall, and distinguished scholar of world religions.

5 Newspapers Otago Daily Times 22 September 1943 Page 3

OTAGO UNIVERSITY MONTHLY MEETING OF COUNCIL

The monthly meeting of the Council of the Otago University Dr Findlay recommended that the MacGregor prize for a written examination on philosophy be awarded to Miss Barbara Johns. —The recommendation was approved.

Newspapers Otago Daily Times 22 September 1943 Page 3

OTAGO UNIVERSITY MONTHLY MEETING OF COUNCIL

The monthly meeting of the Council of the Otago University Dr Findlay recommended that the MacGregor prize for a written examination on philosophy be awarded to Miss Barbara Johns. —The recommendation was approved.

6 Newspapers Otago Daily Times 19 March 1941 Page 9 Award of Scholarships The Professorial Board recommended the award of the following scholarships:— ...... Anna P. Stout scholarship, Barbara Johns and Joan Kelly (two awards, since no award was made in 1939 or 1940).

7 Newspapers Otago Daily Times 11 April 1942 Page 10

MEETINGS OTAGO HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION. WINTER PROGRAMME. MEETINGS TO BE HELD IN HOME SCIENCE SCHOOL. OTAGO UNIVERSITY At 7.30 p.m.

May 11: "Sources of Vitamin C." Miss B. Johns.

8 Evening Post 6 November 1944 Page 4

HEDGEROW VITAMINS. Last year Britain's hedgerows produced the biggest ever crop of rose hips, a ten times more valuable source of Vitamin C than oranges. In England and Wales (writes "Dee Mcc") 500 tons were collected, the equivalent of 25,000,000 oranges, estimated to produce 2,500,000 bottles of rose hip syrup for children.

9 Opoho Playcentre moved into a purpose-built Centre on the site at 28a Signal Hill Road in the 1960s

10 Couple show the way Otago Daily Times 2 February 2002

“.................And they look forward to the opening of a walking track from Sullivan's Dam to Mount Cargill, to which they recently pledged $100,000.

Last year, they set aside a similar amount to develop a neglected part of the Dunedin Botanic Garden into a South African plant collection area.” Ariadne95 (talk) 13:00, 13 August 2024 (UTC)