SCHOLARSHIPS OF MUSIC

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 72, 18 December 1926, Page 29

SCHOLARSHIPS OF MUSIC

DUNEDIN RESIDENT’S BEQUEST.

Dominion Special.

Dunedin, December 18. The late Mr.' John Blair, of Morning-

ton, one of the founders of the firm of Nimmo and Blair,, was a lover of music, and his love took a practical form. After making certain provision in his will, which he termed primary objects, he made provision for a number of secondary objects of an educational nature, and some of these have already been made public, particularly scholarships for orphan children. The fifth of the secondary objects was provision for the salary ol' a lecturer of music at Otago University, and by virtue of this bequest Dr. Galway has during the last year been lecturing there. It is proposed that these lectures be extended as time goes om so as to provide students sitting for the degree with lectures of a more advanced nature.. Mr. Blair went further, and made provision, if the income permits, for scholarships in music, art, science, or literature, or the trustee may purchase a picture for the Art Gallery. The Trustees, Executors and Agency Co is the trustee of the will, and this rear it has made provision for a scholarship in music, tenable for two years (1928 and 1929) of the value of £5O pel annum. The examination will’ he Held early in 1925. The subjects arc harmony and counterpoint. Candidates must be natives of Otago.