PRE-EMINENCE IN SCHOLARSHIPS
WHO HOLDS THE LAURELS?: (By TeleeraDh—Press Association.! • ' Nelson, January 25. In. connection, with the , New Plymouth',', telegram claiming' that Taranaki holder first place in junior scholarship eiamina-, tions the. Nelson Education Board office] furnishes an appended' memorandum dis-J puting the claim; For the last fcjvoi years the highest place in the examination, referred to has been gained by pupils in : the Nelson education, district. In thei ■ 1909 examination" -William' H. Morris,. Keefton District High School, came first in the Dominion, with,6Bl marks out.of 1 , " a possible 800, and/last year Edward Gif-i ford, 'of the' , Westport-..District J :High' School, gained' top'place-with 690' mirks:'''" The Taranaki comparison appears to bal' of little value,. as the; numbers of competitors from each district does not seem'-, to be taken into account in the basis o£j computation. In the 1910 examination] eleven candidates from the Nelson' dis-< trict gained higher marks than the can-* didate who was placed top in the borough district, whichs gained second; " place, according to the hew Plymouth telegram. ; .
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1035, 26 January 1911, Page 4
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