THE RHODES SCHOLAR.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 126, 20 February 1908, Page 7

THE RHODES SCHOLAR.

.. S' 'Va" i'. '.'.'. : 1 ,;.v:; ; WHO WILL BE CHOSEN? 1 There null bo fivo young men 111 Wellington ■ 'to-day/; whose: futures;-will ,depend remarkably on what to-morrow ■ may bring .'forth. : For to-morrow the five candidates ! for the ■Neu% Zealand Rhodes' Scholarship/ who have already .thrown, into the; balance > their pliysical, moral' and scholastic .qualifications, m tho : form of'written .statements..'and' testimonials; . . will confront in 'persontheir judges.' The candidates are as follow: — ,G.V. Bogle,' nominated by-Yic- : toria-College. ■. i, v.* S. M.;Ziman, 'Auckland University . ■ ..College..' H. Rovell, Canterbury College. r' :. vj, A. Bartram, Christchurch Boys' • ; , • . High School. , < . v ~' A. -M. Finlayson,: Otago University College. ■■■ . ■'•i i ■ '/ :The selection. committee, which they will .go before to-morrow^ will consist of the Chancellor (Sir Roberta Stout),' Mr. Justice Don-- • ; niston,'. as' the 'senior judgo of - the Supreme ; Court, available; and one professor from each Univfersity/Cpllege. - -'Professor Maiclienzio will be-the' j repre'sontativo', of Victoria College. \''.-.To'''assistithe'-'judges in-their..solcction, the results achieved-Jby tho candidates in tho last nniversity examinations have : been. received . from'\Engiiiid;;in bf.-the 'gerieraH'e- > ■ suits/ to'-a special'.cabled request. ■-These' results: havo riot, yet; been- made pub- ;• lic. : ---*;>.'. • Four out of tho . five candidates wero in "Wellington yesterday. The fivo will bo en- ' tertained by .the Victoria College Students' Association -at a dinner in :tho collego to- . ,night>- to fortify them- in-;somo.measure,for ■ their ordeal: - .; ; -j-