AGRICULTURAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 625, 30 September 1909, Page 10

AGRICULTURAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

, .-""■:;':'.;; ..-- Christchurch, September.'29.;,' - / A tentative, report was submitted -, to -.; 'tji/e i ~ Education Board to-day regarding the protiosed-l . at Lincoln Collegd [ii&pVesentatVK!j of the college submitted *:jtne t" following proposals:—(l) Students must bo:over. ) sixteen years, of age. (2) 'Students musb-pa'ss' ; a further eritranco examination at Lincplh ~ .College.-. IS) "The,.amount the -scholarsHip i, t'o-:be>paid on ,domanpV!.tb Lincoln.- ''• students'-;-'fees, ;tb.o remaining : Wti'onof the'fee to'be paid'by'tho'stud'ent. i : (i) All conditions of entry to.bo. the jsame• as for other students with the above exception.! I' 'MStudents must enter the first,- yearns, course; f Lincoln' College agreed to':furnish/' Reports to 1 •-' tho Education Board at the end "of each term ;• as to itKo progress/of;students. It was/recog-. i; nisedV.that the-scholarships-would rcquirq.toi- be held -subject to-the'approval, of. tho. Lincoln ■ College Board,: and -under their regulations' |.' : that the .duration of. the. scholarships should 1 be tlirco years,''and-that tho winners of the' - scholarships should spend a year on tho farm 1 before :attending--the college/.that .is if no i previous farm, experience nas been had. Of; the -jßW'per',annum--required to ipaintain each 1 "scholarship, it was 'proposed by//th'e 'directors ■that the board 'should find £%> and tho college 'authorities .£ls. ,?The report/was/received,, and; 1 'the- discussion .postponed till the',details' were' i 'finally, settled. ■',/ '-"..'..".,".'- ~; :o'-.':■■ '.:.■'/