THE PROVINCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2496, 15 February 1871, Page 2

THE PROVINCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

Our report of Monday’s proceedings in connexion with the scholarships was necessarily brief, the late hour at which the award of the examiners was made known preventing ns from giving it in full. In the first p’ace we must correct a typographical error, which occurred in that night’s issue. It was made to appear that there were five scholarships open for competition, the fact being that only three were obtainable—one bv High school boys and two by boys from the gramm r and district schools. It was necessary that 75 per cent, of the total marks obtainable should be made by a competitor to entitle him to a scholarship, but, as is already known, this was not done. At the opening of the competition we ventured to express the opinion that the standard was too high for any boy to carry off a scholarship, but that, notwithstanding, the competition would be most keen. And so it Las turned out. Fur the subj cts in which the High School boys were examined, the maximum number of marks obtainable was 1180. Stewart, the highest boy. only oM tained 723 ; and Siiiith, the other competitor, 657. The number required to obtain the scholarship was 885. For the subjects in which the boys from the d.strict schools were examined, the maximum number of marks obtainable was 930; an I 6974 to emble the comp Aitov to a scholarship. Cohen, the highest boy, made 668 ; Sinclair, the n.xt, 638; Stiling, 631; Aitkni, 626; Harper, 622 ; Eyies, GOO; and Kerr and Hislop, 583 each.

In making the award, Mr Hialop sud the result of the competition was very satisfactory, and the three fust boys, after they had attended school fra year, would, if they had acquitted themselves creditably, have their c nduot recogni ed by the Education Board in a s itisfa dory way. By the other examiners it was hinted that next year there would in all prob .bility be a further modification of the scheme, and both the Rector of the High School and Mr Fulton expressed the hope that measures would be taken by ivhieh the scholarships would, in future, be open to all schools in tho Fro vine 3, whether public or private, and open to girls.