TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 468, 25 April 1919, Page 1

TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP

Dr. Ivan McDonald Allen PUKEKOHE PARENTAGE The latest winner of the Travelling Scholarship is Dr Ivan McDonald Allen, son of Mr and Mrs William J. Allen, who, prior to their marriage, spent the whole of their lives in Pukekohe, but are now living at Hamilton. It may be of interest to old residents to be reminded that the wedding was celebrated in the Pukekohe Presbyterian Church, on September 26th, 1894, and the son here referred to was born in the following year. The grandparents of the latter are Mr and Mrs J»hn Allen, of Paerata, and Mr and Mrs Thomas Pollock, of Pukekohe Hill, four of the oldest residents in the Franklin County, their term of residence being about half a century Briefly, the conditions of the Travelling Scholarship are that it is awarded to a Batchelor of Mediciue in the University of New Zealand, at the end of his course, on the recommendation of the Faculty of Medicine and this recommendation is based on a consideration of the merit shown in all courses taken during the student's whole period of study. It is the highest award obtainable in New Zealand, and -jjrries a bursary of £l5O for one year. The holder is required to study in Europe or America, within fifteen months of semiing the- scholarship, and to writ- a full report of the woik lone j ' \- l.iiii while holding the -"'ir -< I'r Alien pas>efl the highest standard at the Pukekohe primary school in r.' (| T, and in I!'0S ii • entered the town, gaining the Junior Educational Scho'arship in the same year, with the highest marks awarded in the r rovince of Auckland standing to his credit At the beginning of 1909, Dr Allen went to the Auckland Grammar School, securing the Senior Educational Scholarship in 1910 The talent so early displayed proved to be of a " staying " quality, for in 1913 he won the Junior University Scholarship, and commenced his medical studies early iu 1914. He recently graduated at the Otago University and Medical School, as Bachelor of Medicine, and he has been granted the Travelling Scholarship this year just after passing the twenty-third anniversary of his birthday. it will, therefore, be readily > ecog nised that in Dr Alleu (who at one time relieved Dr Bronte at Pukekohe) his relatives and friends, and the community at large have- a scholar whose achievements they may take a just pride in. Dr A lien is a grandson of the late Mr John Allen, of Paerata.