SECTARIAN SCHOLARSHIPS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13510, 4 February 1908, Page 4

SECTARIAN SCHOLARSHIPS.

The Chancellor of the University i« pretmimniiiy fitted to appreciate -the diftieut--1 if tf which may arise from the Senate's acceptance of the bequest made by the tote Mi' O'Sullivan for the establishment of scholarships for the benefit, of mcdicaj. s'lirlentft belonging to the ltoman Catliolio Church, but his letter, which \rc reproduce to-day from a Wellington contemporary. does not convince us that ;l mistake was mails wk-n th-.- bjemsst, was accvpt-jd. The whole jusiilitiitjuu fur til®. exiitencs

t»!' tlm te.-t in eotutt-etiott with ilk- o*Su!l«r;m Sctiwla».»t»s|» 'i •* i» tnthai it is ;» privat«"• a ' »iiv.':.-;iy. .»> holiiifrtiij'. though f" l ' th" lx,n vcnience the f■ <tr a-kel the I niver-ity U> iuhnini-'K'r ii. I here v.oiiid t>' no •iifti.-utty at ;.!l it ilt.- X-w X-. aland I'ni versitv had to it. a„ tiie I'ni-vei-sitiss f, f Svdti y and Mt-lboutnt- b,»\--. sectarian >o!F*gfN. but. as tliett* at.- »•> «-uch institutions here. the Kit .- Mr l/Stit'i run iuut »>nlv Senate «•» applv ti> if tie wisbrd t'.> make his. .-eholar >hij> available to numbers ot' hi* chut'.li 1 hrounhoiir. the colony. Xin ..in m -r-------any n-' t>s-iiy for tnc ti:i>.h -ir.tbUi|tiemt> pr> dieted by Str Robert Stout j- lln oiitrome «>f tli" -S-irat•■">. ;» •• C|r:;> n»-» •>f th'- jr if; _ Th. vety nanc: »f the sehot.irsliip will afwwys di>-lin£ii>stt it f« a Cnivetiity -.-holarsbip in tt bit It. of f«utse. no sort of religious test uoiibi b. adntiwiblf. The calendar wii? no .i»iibt cuntum for all tim- full information about the circumstances and conditions of i;s ••stabishmeut. ami th"te ought to lie w> difficulty in arranging for its administration in with the vi-hes of ft> founder without th- imposition of ».»!■*- agreeable t• > tttion candidat •••-. The I'ntrireity ought !•» !»•* aIA- to manage that pait of it» business with much abilitv and tina- wonld lie displayed by the Public T: ir-.te-, in wiiuin Sir Robrt would prefer to have r-e'-n the tnnt vest- d. There tn.-iy something mot ■ in the Chiintellur's objection th:>t she ;<•:>eptance of (he U"Sulliv;m S (.•.!,.r.-iiip j>ii>rti./it!ly .tm>titntt> :>n invit;«ti"t» t<> ui-atthy lilFlubers »f •» h--c iieiu>nitii:'ti.ii wh» limy f«> I «lifp«!s-.l t" •[•-Vf.t-- their n.iiH'i the ftwnrliUi'in »f l"liivet>ity pri/j y f| shipv. tif t v'wlp t'ltlmli' ■ tr.>m th<- Iwptrf Lh 'ir IcncToh ru i-. ;<i»l i; miy b-r fr.ely ;nlnriU*il tha 1 '- i" n»mhl pm->v • th;' p'>»ibi'ity «f ftitme Jiftii-nit.i s if all hrur fa>tl»r.s «>f thr l"i;rvi.r>ity oinirl .| rr>.• •! fmm the ti>niiitii>ti.s ;ittiirliitr i r tt> their (lifts. tic- >-:« in.' v thi>i»- th.y liav the Tipfit- to fntm: - tiis "•ontiitiim.-. an>l ><> th»r <ufti«.-nlti>n ate n-'Mih>n> rarher than tetL th- Semite vrtmhi h:>rili» Its jn>titie'l in tefusinsr t«> niafc> thf- f;ift.-i available fur, that. Nfs' ndents trlmiu tW fntin>fer-> <*f x holarship* ir>_re p7iti«.«';trly •!► ►•irwPt; of nssiftinjr.