STUDENTS NOMINATED.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 215, 11 August 1937, Page 9

STUDENTS NOMINATED.

FOR RHODES SCHOLARSHIP. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Aug. 10. The names of the students nominated ns the Victoria University College candidates for the 1938 New Zealand Rhodes Scholarships were announced to-day l>y the Professorial Board. The nominees are Messrs A\. I. Coombs, 8.A., and R. L. Meek. Mr Combs received hi* early education at * the Dannevirke High School where, ill 1930 ho won a Senior National Scholarship,' and in 1933 a University Entrance Scholarship. Entering Victoria College in 1934 he gave special attention to lan. images. Last year lie .completed the Bachelor of Arts degree, being awarded a Senior Scholarship m French and being proximo aocossit to the Senior Scholar in Larin. With another, he was awarded the Robert Stout Bursary. While at Victoria College Mr Ccmbs has been a member of the harrier club and defence rifle c |„b and has played in college football .earns. He holds the position of nows editor on the college paper, Smad. He is 21 wars of a-ffo. M,. Meek attended the llutt \alby limit School, obtaining a University Buri.,,v 1933 Jlc entered Victoria College m y i934, ar.d b» since been studying for iho ISachclor 01 Laws rlcgrcc. . . He has taken a leading part m the college swimming club, representing it at the ititcr-universitv tournaments in 1935, 19-6, and 1937. and being For" ttfc past hroe”” he has been an ernhusiaetic Hamper. ,'Vfo'e at secondary -bool^he was prominent at ( m nv p sneaking, -nl was New /ca and am' J ; t |, o Victoria musical pla.vs o"’ in 1936 and (.nllege tovit v ■PP 26 'years of age. 1937 respectively. He >■» J