RHODES SCHOLARS
REASON FOR NON-APPOINTMENTS (Per Press Association Copyright.) CHBISTCHURCH, December 1. One of the v chief reasons for the non-selection of New Zealand Rhodes scholars this year was the lack ot unanimity among the members of the selection 3 committee,** according to a statement made by Professor McMillan Brown, when interviewed this morning on bis return from Wellington. He added that there was no lack of suitable candidates, some of whom would again be available for nomination next year. l The Rhodes Trust Board would he communicated with to see if at least one of the scholarships not awarded this year would be carried over to increase the number next year. ' Professor McMillan Brown said three members o!’ the committee favoured the appointment of one candidate, and two favoured another candidate, while the rest of Ahe committee were at sixes and sevens.. It was very hard to make selections with the great number of qual ifi cat : .o ns’ deni a n ded.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19321201.2.53
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1932, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
164RHODES SCHOLARS Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1932, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in