THE JACOB JOSEPH SCHOLARSHIPS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1665, 27 January 1904, Page 62

THE JACOB JOSEPH SCHOLARSHIPS

RECOMMENDATIONS OF VICTORIA COLLEGE COMMITTEE. At the meeting of the Victoria College Council last week, the report of the committee on the Jacob Joseph scholarships wes presented by Bishop Wa’lis. It was recoinmeivled that two scholarships of tho value of £6O each be awarded annually on the result of the honours examination j that, ceteris paribus, preference bo given to law and science, provided that no scholarship shall bo awarded to a candidate who fails to get second-class honours at least in the honours examination of the University; provided also that the scholarships -so* awarded be not paid (a) until the end of twelve months after the award; (b) until the Council has been assured by the professorial hoard that the successful candidates have done substantial work in their particular studies sinco they graduated. Bishop Wallis explained that the committee, after several! meetings, had coane to the conclusion that the best form of reward in . connection with these scholarships would bo to offer them to post-graduate students, to enable such students, after obtaining their degrees, to get further study. There were already in existence a fairly large number of scholarships to help students, and in coming to its decision, Mr Joy lit. Registrar of the New Zealand University, had expressed h:s cielight at the course of action taken by the committee, because lie- feCt that the committee should go out of its way to give a reward to those who, after obtaining their degrees, would have an opportunity of going on with their education. Mr Fleming pointed out that tho report was practically an agreement between the committee and the professorial board, after lengthy deliberation on the subject-. Sir Robert Stout saw some difficulty about the recommendation -of the committee which meant that no law student would get any of these scholarships, as such a student could only take honours in law, and was therefore limited, whilst an arts student could take, lioncurs in classics,mathematics and science, and was not limited. He would like to sco the calendar before definitely voting on this matter. It seemed to him that, it. would be better to make one scholarship for law atone, leaving the other one open for students in arts and science. Mr Fleming said that Dr Knight and Mr Meek had raised this point- in committee. Their first desire was to make these scholarships available . for poster graduate work. (When- they came to the ‘law point’ difficulties arose such

as Sir Robert Stout bad mentioned. The recommendation of the committee, it was thought, would encourage a law student to go further with h s studies. Sir Robert Stout said he would like to see the calendar first, in order to exactly ascertain the position, because be did not think the recommendation of tho committee would work in. The further consideration of the report- was postponed until next meeting.