MANY RHODES SCHOLARS
REPORT OF TRUST NEW ZEALANDERS DO WELL (Special to THE SUN) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. That 187 Rhodes Scholars were regularly in residence for either the whole or part of the year, 94 being from the British Empire, and 93 from the United States, is contained in the report of the Rhodes Trust for the academic year 1927-28. During the year 5 Rhodes Scholars took up their scholarship for the first time. In the course of the year 67 scholars either completed the term of the scholarship or went finally out of residence without completing it. The academic year 1928-29 starts with 176 Rhodes Scholars in residence. The examination results for the year include the following New Zealanders* —R. S. Aitken (Balliol), D.Ph. Medicine; C. E. Low (Magdalen), final second-class honours in French; J. A Dunning (New College), final thirdclass honours in mathematics; C. E. Low was also awarded a Heath Harrison travelling scholarship for German, while A. E. Porritt qualified as bachelor of medicine. On the sports side, W. G. Kalaugher represented Oxford against Cambridge at athletics, and was selected to represent New Zealand at the Olympic Games.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 558, 10 January 1929, Page 11
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