RHODES SCHOLARS

Evening Star, Issue 23124, 25 November 1938, Page 8

RHODES SCHOLARS

PASSAGE MONEY DIFFICULTY! HAVE SEEK SIGNING ON AS STEWARDS PROVISION BY SENATE SUGGESTED [Pee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, November 25. Rhodes scholars do not receive any, payment under the scholarship until they have taken up residence at Oxford, and the question whether they should be given their passage money was raised and discussed at the Victoria University College Council meeting last night. Mr M. H. Oram, the mover’of the motion in the matter, said students had to work their passages Home. They, had to go almost cap in hand to the various shipping companies to obtain a passage under varying conditions, such as ship’s writer or steward. It seemed - to him that this kind of thing was not in accordance with the dignity attaching to the position of Rhodes scholar and the honour of selection. Ha thought a small amount of money should be provided, either by University Senate or in some other way. It was decided unanimously to approach the Senate with a view to steps being taken for the provision of passage money. In seconding, Mr A. A. Huggins suggested that if a fund was established from which passages back could be paid, more might return to New Zealand. Professor Mules suggested that there should bo a fund from which advances could be made to all travelling scholars, and Professor Hunter mentioned that 3 certain number of free were provided by the shipping companies to post-graduate scholars who otherwise would have difficulty in going abroad.