RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22366, 13 September 1934, Page 10

RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS

CHRISTCHURCH NOMINATIONS. il’cb Unitki) Press Association! CHRISTCHURCH, September 12. The Canterbury College Professorial Board decided to-day to nominate Alan Dudley Bonham and Winston Francis Monk for tbc Rhodes scholarships to be awarded this year. Mr Benham is 2J years old and was educated at Wellington College. Immediately on passing the matriculation examination, he left the college, taking a position in the physics laboratory of Victoria University College as assistant to Professor Florance. In his two years at Victoria College he studied for two sections of his B.Sc. degree—the engineering preliminary examination and the engineering intermediate —gaining high marks’ in chemistry, applied mathematics and calculus. In 1932 he entered Canterbury University College, and at the end of the year he passed the B.E. first professional examination, being first among the candidates from the Canterbury" and Auckland Engineering Schools. Last year he took his B.E. second professional and was again first, and was awarded a senior scholarship in engineering. Tie has represented Canterbury College in athletics at the University tournament for two years. Mr Monk was educated at St. Andrew’s College, Christchurch, entering Canterbury University College in 1931. In his first year he was first in New Zealand in history, and in his second year he won the John Connal scholarship in history and English, and was first in New Zealand in political science. Last year he won a senior scholarship in history. He is captain of the Canterbury College Gymnastic Club.