TRENTHAM SCHOLARSHIPS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18062, 28 December 1920, Page 5

TRENTHAM SCHOLARSHIPS.

FOR SOLDIERS’ CHILDREN. 66 AWARDS ANNOUNCED. During the latter stages of the war, while both the Trentham and Featherston military training camps were still in existence, an idea was p-omoted which found immediate favour with the public. This was scheme of scholarships for the benefit of children whose fathers were killed or injured in the war. Bo the Trentham Scholarship Fund was inaugurated, having as its chief promoter Colonel H. R. Potter (Officer commanding Trentham Camp). One of the principal means of raising the money was a monster art union—the biggest thing of its kind ever promoted in the Dominion—which realised a sum that ran into five figures. Numerous concerts, entertainments, and donations raised the amount to £3 8,000. This laud is being administered by an executive, the members of which are Mr S. Kirkcaldie (chairman), Colonel TI. R. Potter, C.M.G., Dr J. W. Anderson (Director of Education), M. C. P. Skerrett, K.C., Mr A. F. Roberts, Mr J. Caughley (Assistant Director of Education), Major James O’Sullivan, Major-General Sir Edward Chaytor, K.C.M.G., and Mr J. Mclntosh (secretary). Some time ago applications were invited for lhe scholarships, and a good many were received. After due consideration priority of claim was given in the following order, viz.— (1) To chil dren of deceased soldiers. (2) To children of disabled soldiers, In accordance with the degree of disability suffered by the soldier, after taking into consideration the financial position of the applicants and the purpose for which assistance nas been sought. The executive resolved to make the awards for twelve months only, and subject to satisfactory arrangements being made by the recipients to avail themselves of the educational advantages offered. The aim of the executive is to disburse the fund by annual scholar snips, so that it will exhaust itself in twenty years’ time. Sixty-six awards have now been made (the applicant in each case having supplied proof of eligibility) in. the following way:—Three of £5O, nineteen of £4O, twenty-three of £3O, eighteen of £2O, and three of £lO, involving an outlay of £l9BO.