EMPIRE SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE AT CAMBRIDGE NEW ZEALAND BENEFACTION (N.Z.P.A. Special Correspondent) (Rec. 9.15 p.m.) LONDON. Sept, 4. The sum of £IO,OOO has been made available by Mr and Mrs Arthur Sims, of Christchurch, for Empire scholarships available at Cambridge University to graduates from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and South Africa. They wili be known as the Sims Empire Scholarships, and will be for one graduates from each dominion for two years, the selections being made at that interval. The first scholarships will not be available until 1950. They will enable graduates to do research work in any subject desired. Mr Sims said: “My idea in starting the scholarships in 1950 is to avoid the possibility of anyone who might have taken part in the war from benefiting. I want graduates to come to England, which is the pivot of the Empire, to broaden their views generally. The scholarships will not be awarded only for scholastic ability, but for all-round good character and leadership. Local committees will make the selection. If one superman is discovered every 10 years then the scholarships will be worthwhile.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25941, 6 September 1945, Page 6
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