THE RHODES SCHOLAR

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 55, 28 November 1917, Page 6

THE RHODES SCHOLAR

<► LIEUT. H, A. MACKENZIE SELECTED , A BRILLIANT CAREER

The* Rhodes Scholar for the year was selected yesterday by the committee set up under the .Rhodes Trust for this purpose, the meeting being held at Government House, flic candidate chosen was Lieutenant Hugo Alexander Mackenzie, of Victoria College. The selection in this case does not mean that tho scholarship has been awarded finally to Mr. Mackenzie, because it has been decided by the trust that owing to the war no awards shall bo made for 1918. The selection means that.after tho war in all probability 3tr. Mackenzie will be free to tako up the scholarship, and resume his interrupted studies at Oxford. Tho Selection Committee consisted of the Governor-General, the Earl of Liverpool (chairman), Sir Robert Stout (Chancellor of tho University of New Zealand and Chief Justice), Sir. Justice Hosking, and Professors Segar (Auckland University College), Ganw (Victoria University College), Salmond (Canterbury College), and Jack (University of Otago). The other three candidates were: —Auckland, 2nd Lieut. N. A. .lory; Canterbury, Lieut. R. H. Richards; Otago, Lieut. J. W. Hinton. Lieutenants Mackenzie and Hinton are now on their way to the front, while the other tiro are in camp in New Zealand. Lieut. H. A. Mackenzie, the selected candidate, has had a brilliant scholastic career, besides being prominent in athletics. He is the son of Professor Hugh Mackenzie, and was born at St. Andrews, Scotland, on November 20, 1896, and arrived in New Zealand when two years of age. From 1903 to 1908 lie attended the Karori Public School, and, in the two following years, the Terrace School. While at the Terrace he passed' his proficiency examination and gained an Education Board scholarship, entering Wellington College as a day pupil in 1910. At tho college ho secured a senior free place, and, later, tho Levin Languages Scholarship, a Rhodes Scholarship (Ist), a Turnbull Scholarship (Ist),, and, in 1913, passed ''with credit" for the Junior University Scholarship. Although he became 17 years of age only four days before the examination he was top for Wellington. He entered Victoria College in 1914, and his career there has been brilliant. In 1915 he.was granted a huisary in addition te the Turnbull Scholarship; he kept second year terms in Latin (Ist class), English (Ist class), and French (Ist class—the only first class pass that year). In 1916 he kept third year terms in Latin (repeat Ist class), and French (repeat Ist class). In each subject only two first class passes were given, and Lieutenant Mackenzie secured the year's record with the highest marks in the class. He has since won both his B.A. final and sor.ior scholarships in Latin and French. In 1909 Lieutenant Mackenzie played Rugby for the Terrace' School, and was a member of the team which won the cup that year. He has also played cricket, and been successful in botli running and swimming events. He is a keen chess player, and in 1914 represented the Wellington Chess Club for the annual chess congress of NW Zealand. His favourite sport, however, was week-end camping and hunting in the Orongo-Orongo ranges. He er.listed for service with the forces as soon as possible after attaining the age at which recruits are accepted.