MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 53

MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

' ,'{Fkc;m. Otri^Owir. CbEBEspokDENi.) ' ', ' . - .", '^^^WELIJNGtMv.' January '25.. ■Tlje TJniversity> 3e.naig.' 'found'litself >in 'a ' dile'mma^-ye^terSay when the registrar "read a letter from" 'a^ferrd^of, solicitors, at *Timaru. offering' an. endowment" under- a v will for the_ establiehmenfr lof - medical J 6cholarships', for students of the* R-oman Catholic faith. ~ ' ' ' y The Chancellor (Si r l-Robert • Stout) " aslced how the Senate was to tell -whether'^ a candidate was a Catholic or notl A ease' occurred a considerable * number of ' years back, where the Stenate was asked to limit a scholarship to a particular district, but 1 it oojuld not_do 60. "" ' Mr George- Hogben thought some^ "defimte answer might be given. The purpose was a good one, though the i proper, way ' wouldbe to P have the scholarship -administered by the trustee, who should- be the head j of the -Roman Cafholio -Church 'in' New Zealand. -The Chancellor agreed. He asked what would occur. -jin the . case,- - say, of a candidate' who was a Catholic, ,but' ,who, • after a year at college, did'not comply with the requirements of the Catholic- Church. •• Professor. Shand consiidered^ the matter should be referred to jfche- Law Committee" in order that it might >o into'tlie conditions out- in' the -will. The Senate was a purely secular body. Obviously such oT bequest should' be' in the hands of trustees. - -< , • ~ - - "~\ ; The Senate agreed/ to -refer the letter to the Law Committee. '- I