RHODES SCHOLARSHIP.
CANTERBURY COLLEGE NOMINEE. (Peb United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. October 10. The Professorial Board of Canterbury College to-night decided to nominate for selection as a Rhodes Scholar Mr Philip Leonard Matthew Soljak. Mr Soljak, who is 21 years of age, attended the Tauranga District High School and the Marist Brothers’ School at Auckland. In 1921 he entered the Sacred Heart College, Auckland, with a scholarship. He was dux of the school in 1924 and 1925, in the latter year winning a Junior University Scholarship. Entering Canterbury College in 1926, he was awarded the Robert Bell Scholarship in journalism. At college he was a member of the Drane Society and gained second place in the Dialectic Society’s competitions in 1926. He played in the Second Grade f-'otball team in 1926 and 1927. He was runner-up in the college swimming championship.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20536, 11 October 1928, Page 8
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