N.Z. RHODES SCHOLAR SELECTED

Wanganui Chronicle, 27 November 1947, Page 4

N.Z. RHODES SCHOLAR SELECTED

(P.A.) Wellington, Nov. 26. Messrs W. P. Packard (Canterbury) and L. C. Woods (Auckland) have been chosen as New Zealand’s Rhodes Scholars for 1948 by the selection committee, which met at Government House today under the chairmanship of the Governor-General (Sir Bernard Freyberg). Mr. Packard gained his M.A. degree at Canterbury Co’lege in 1946, being awarded first-class honours in geography. He is an old pupil of Christchurch Boys’ High School and trained as a teacher at the Christchurch Training College. At Canterbury College he has been outstanding as a cross-country runner, being both club captain and. club champion. In 1944 he also had been club captain of the Canterbury College Tramping Club and the ex-Training College Tramning, C'ub. He is prominent in the Student Christian Movement and in the international student, service. While at Oxford he will enter honours school of geography, and undertake special work in plant, geography, with particular rcvrence to the conservation of soil resources and tn soil management in h : gh country areas. Woods took his master’s degree in science at Auckland Univertty College and graduated with second class honours in mathematics, a specially meritorious achievement when it is noted that his stage 2 and honours work was performed after he became a pilot officer and was retained as an instructor in the R.N.Z.A.F. Duiing 1944 and 1945, in which years he performed several tours of duty with the 16th Fighter Squadron, he continued his studies towards his arts degree. Upon demobilisation he commenced serious study of engineering and is now pursuing a distinguished course at the School of Engineering, Auckland. Mr. Woods was educated at Seddon Memorial Technical College He was prominent in the Boy Scout movement, in Auckland. He has been an executive member of the Auckland University College Students’ Association, chairman of the Engineerin" S-v’ety. md chairman of lhe social committee. He was a member of the Auckland Uni’-erslfv Col!eg« First XV. and won h’s college "Blue:” Ho a'so played baseball and volleyball, and lip is a strong swimmer. He hooev. while at Oxford, to work for the degree of Doctor ef Philosophy in engineering science. He will latei concentrate upon research into then-

retical aspects of aeronautical engineering and application of mathematics to such problems. The other Canterbury nominee. P. E. Sutton. 'T Wellington, will be ordainer as deacon in St. Paul's proCathedral on Sunday.