RHODES SCHOLARS.
REPORT FOR THE YEAR. WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The report of the Rhodes Trust for the academic year 1927-28, states that during the year 65 Rhodes scholars took up their scholarships for the first time. The number of scholars regularly in residence for either the whole or some part of the year was 187, 94 from the British Empire and 93 from the United Stales. There were also in residence for one or more terms 15 ex-scholars.
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 1 928-29 starts with 176 Rhodes scholars in residence. The examination results for the year include the following New Zealanders: —R. S. Ailken (Balliol), D.Ph. Medicine; G. B. Low (Magdalen), final second-class honours- in French; .1. A. Dunning (New College), final third-class honours in mathematics; G. 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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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17605, 9 January 1929, Page 8
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