TUITION AT LINCOLN

Evening Star, Issue 22515, 7 December 1936, Page 13

TUITION AT LINCOLN

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS ANNOUNCED At tli* field day held at Burnside on Saturday in connection with the annual competition of tbe New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board lor the bat Lamb Export Challenge Shield, MrjA. C. Cameron, president of tno New Zealand Federation of Young Farmers Clubs, announced the winners of two scholarships which had recently been made available. . , , , Mr Cameron, warmly congratulated . the New Zealand Refrigerating Company on having given a scholarship which entitled the holder to one year s free tuition at Lincoln College. _ The gift was a tribute to the interest in the movement in Otago and it should be an incentive to greater activity The aim of the clubs was to develop interest in both the scientific and practical aspects of farming and the scholarship would be of value along these lines. It was available to a member of any Young Farmers’ Club in the Waihemo, Waikouaiti, Peninsula, Taieri, Clutha, Tuapeka, Maniototo, Vincent, and Lakes Counties; and the first winner was Mr Herbert A. Duff, immediate past chairman of. the Moa Flat Young Farmers’ Club. . - Mr Duff, Mr Cameron said, came . from Edievale, and was a son of Mr H. ' G. “Duff, a prominent sheep farmer in : that district. A dozen entries were re- ' helved -and- the applications were considered by a committee consisting of • Messrs J. M. Smith (field -superintendent, Department of Agriculture), G. A. - Holmes (technical adviser to the National ’ Mortgage and Agency Company), S. D. Blomfield (honorary secretary of"the South. Island Council), • and himself, and after very full inquiries were made as to character, personality, general ability, and record of ", service with the Young Farmers’ Club ' in-the district concerned, several candidates were interviewed, and Mr H. A. Duff was awarded the scholarship. During the year in which Mr Duff acted as chairman of the Moa Flat Club the club was conspicuous for its activities, and besides being placed among the best fotir clubs in the South.lsland, it won the solid silver cup’presented by the .Point Blank Newspaper. Company for the best district survey sent in by any club in the federation. The subject chosen for the survey was ‘Fat Lamb • Production,' and the judges remarked . upon the remarkably able and compre- ■ hensive manner in which it had been carried ont, and the fact that it was 1 obviously .the result of good team work on .the part of the club; Mr Duff proved himself to be an able, club chairman, having good control V over the members and showing plenty of initiative in arranging programmes:. He was educated at' the Durirobin .and Tapanui ‘ District High Schools, and for the past “ six years had, been working on his father's property at-Edievale. He was 22 years of ago. v ~ •’ !, - The runner-up in the competition was i Mr ■ William Cummock,) of Galloway, i son, of Mr James Cnminock, farmer, of i that; district. Mi* Cunimock was chair* ' . . man of,ihe Alexandra - Young Farmers’* Club, and had a very, beditable record, Mr Cameron remarked that, in connection with the work of the clubs, it was interesting to note that the winning'pen of sheep in the' cfiihpetition held that day had been selected by Mr Arnold Bain, a member of the Young Farmers’ Club in the Roxburgh district, from his father’s * flock. - ,Mr Duff acknowledged the 1 applause * the'* anrfpuncinilent *ef the award. Mr Flint then presented a photograph of Mr Duff to the Moa FlatClub on behalf of the company, and Mr A. M'Kehzie, secretary of the club, in returning thanks, made reference to the great assistance Mr Duff had been to

the club. 1 1 In the course of his - address of weL coino to the guests. Air W. Flint, chairman of the. New Zealand. Refrigerating Company, said that, the Otago district had been selected for the gift of the first scholarship, as it was here that greatest interest was shown in the Young Farmers’ Clubs. There write 56 such clubs in the South Island, and 29 of them were in Otago. The day of haphazard farming was past,'j he said, and if the object of the clubs was to help scientific farming they were worthy of any such encouragement as the, scholarship plight give. Air James Begg, referring to the gift of the scholarship, said it should be a ■wonderful stimulant to the clubs in' Otago. The company, had given a wonderful lead and one which might well he followed by other ■ concerns. | Air G. A. .Holmes characterised the company’s action as a most public-spirited one. , .

Mr A. C. Cameron also announced that the Lincoln College Old Students’ Association scholarship, which entitled the holder to one year's training at Lin coin College, and .which was eligible to any member of the South Island Young Farmers’ Clubs; had been won by a South Canterbury candidate. Mr J. W. T.' Anstey, of the Hunter Club. There had been a number of Otago competitors for this scholarship. The successful candidate was the secretary of the' Hunter Young Farmers’ Club and chairman of the Central Committee of the Waimato Young Farmers’ Clubs. Not only had he taken a prominent part In the executive work of the . clubs in South Canterbury, but he was well known in Waimate as a prominent - athlete and tennis player. . He was the son of a well-known farmer in the Hunter district, Mr J. T, Anstey. The runners-up were Mr J. D. Grogan, of the Hunter Club and Mr L. J. Mercer, of the Dunsandel Club, North Canterbury. Mr Gregan was immediate past chairman of the Hunter Club, and a lad who had taken a prominent part in the club activities. He was well known in athletic circles, and was producer for the local Drama Club and leader of the Young Farmers’ Club debating team. He was a pupil of the Timaru Boys’ High School. Mr L. J. Mercer was a son of a farmer at Dunsandel, and, although by reason of his employment he had not been able to take » very active part in the Dunsandel ■ Young Farmers’ Club, he was very highly spoken of by his employers, and had held several positions of responsibility. The judges were very much impressed with both Gregan and Mercer as very little separated them from Anaieyf The Selection Committee comprised Mr A. C. Cameron (president of the New Zealand Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs), Mr J. M. Smith (fields superintendent. Department of Agriculture, Otago), Mr G. A. Holmes (vicechairman South Island Council of Young Farmers’ Clubs), and Mr S. P. Cameron (a member of the South Island Council of Young Farmers’ Clubs). Mr A. C. Cameron, commenting on the selection, said the committee had had a most difficult task. There was very little to choose between the winner and the runners-up, and it was a pity that only one scholarship was available. It was hoped that other organisations and individuals might follow the splen- , . did lead given by the Lincoln College old students and give a scholarship for young farmers and give other men a chance to go to Lincoln. Numerous entries had been received from Southland, Otago, North, Mid, and South Canterbury, and an exhaustive examination

had been necessary to select the three finalists. The fact that Mr Anstey had been chosen from the whole of the South Island was a credit not only to Mr Anstey’s outstanding qualities, but also to his district. Mr A. Bain (Roxburgh) then thanked the New Zealand Refrigerating Company ou behalf of the young fanners for the invitation to be present at the competition that day.