LATE LORD RUTHERFORD.
A hint of the great future that lay before him is contained in the late Lord Rutherford’s term report at Nelson College for the quarter ended June 27, 1888, an excellent reproduction of which appears in the latest issue of the. New Zealand Railways Magazine as an illustration to an article on tho life of the famous New Zealander Vritten by Dr E. Marsden, head of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. In classics. Lord Rutherford, who was then, of course, just plain Ernest Rutherford, took first place in a class of fourteen. The master’s remarks are: “There is nothing to say, except that Ins work is ns good as ever. An occasional careless blunder is his only fault.” In English he was against first out of fourteen, and the remarks are: “Works his subjects up in capital style ; has a retentive memory and a great power of reproduction.” In mathematics he headed a class of six, and was commended as “Very quick; a very promising mathematician. Has made very rapid progress. Easily first.” In French he topped a class of 15, and is recorded as : “A very careful scholar whom it is a pleasure to guide in his studies.” Under the heading, “General Remarks,” the headmaster had simply written, “His record speaks for itself.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 10
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219LATE LORD RUTHERFORD. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 10
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