TARANAKI SCHOLARSHIPS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 27, 31 January 1913, Page 8

TARANAKI SCHOLARSHIPS

THE AWARDS. The sub-committee appointed by the Taranaki Education Board to deal with the Taranaki scholarships met on Wednesday afternoon and made its awards, The awards are made subject to the usual regulations being complied, with. In regard to the Junior National Scholarships it is necessary to explain that if throe or more Junior Scholarships are offered annually in an education district, then at least one scholarship shall be awarded to one of the candidates from schools having more than 35, but no more than 200 in yearly average attendance, if there is a qualified candidate from such

schools. This explains why certain competitors with higher marks have been passed over in favour of certain others with a lower pass. With regard to the Board Junior Scholarships, it is provided that at least one-half of the scholarships given shall be awarded to competitors who have regularly attended for at least one year preceding December a school with an average attendance not exceeding eighty, provided that a sufficient number of these candidates is found to be duly qualified. The travelling and boarding allowances may increase tbe value of the scholarships up to £3O. The awards are as follows: SENIOR BOARD SCHOLARSHIPS. (of £5 each). Joyce H. Wilson (N.P. H.S.) 1323 Leonard Avann (N.P. H.S.) ... 1288 Hector J. Mail, St’tford D.H.S. 1273 Fiances I. McAllister (Stratford

D.H.S.) 1217 Charles H. Rogers (Stratford

D.H.S H 32 Nelson V. Hodgson (Stratford

D.H.S.) 1083 Grace B. Mouat (N.P. H.S.) ... 1066 Mary I. Whitaker (N.P. H.S.) 992 Leslie I. Day (N.P. H.S.) ... 941 Francis I, Clemow (Stratford

D.H.S.) ... .v. ... 890 ' . I In addition the following were granted free places:— Kathleen I. King (N.P. H.S.) 881 E. Harrison (N.P. H.S.) ... 866 Donald Grant (N.P. H.S.) ... 743 Trevor J. Hawkes (N.P. H.S.) 718 Frank W. Clemow (N.P. H.S.) 667 George H. W. Ewing (N.P. H.S. 647 Robert D. Kidd (N.P. H.S.) ... 627 Leonard D. Brown (Stratford D.H.S.) 615 Norah D. Moore (N.P. H.S.) ... 606 JUNIOR NATIONAL AND BOARD SCHOLARSHIPS. Eleanor A. Pope (N.P. H.S.), Junior National, £lO ... 566 Marjorie B. Wilson (Fitzroy School), Junior National), £lO 532 The following received Board Scholarships of £5 each, with an extra allowance for travelling or boarding expenses in the cases of children coming from country schools : Joan E. Cooke (Central) ... 5-12 Alex. R. Callander (Central) \.. 538 George E. Arms (Stratford) ... 525 Eveline L. Coad (West End) ... 522 Francis C. Kelly (Fitzroy) ... 521 Henry A. Anderson (Stratford) 520 Sydney S. Skelton (Hillsborough) 502 Douglas G. D. Mackie (Kaimata) 496 Arthur A. Huse (Omata) , ... 491 Alice M. Fox (Okato) ... 429 D’Arcy H. Bishop (Hillsborough) 418 Marjory Grace Morton (Egmont Village) ... ... 416 Free places were awarded as follows : John Charles Hall (Stratford) ... 518 Thomas Vickers (Stratford) ... 517 Charles C. Yates (Opunake) ... 511 Margery Chambers (Opunake) 500 Kenneth R. Brokenshire (N.P. H.S.) 495 Charles H. Clemow (Stratford) 481 Denis Winfield (Stratford ... 480 Aileen Mary Jenkins (Waitara) 477 William J. L. Gardner (Toko) 466 Astrid I. Overbye (Stratford) ... 465 Phyllis C. Wilson (N.P. H.S.) 463 Gordon F. Harkness (Stratford) 460 Albert S. Cammock (West End) 456 Campbell M'Allister (Stratford) 455 Alfred A. Mills (West End) ... 454 Alice M. George (N.P. H.S.) ~.. 451 Margaret A. Thompson (St’tford) 444 Horton E. Menzies (Stratford) 441 Lilian L. Medway (West End) 430 Norman K. Mackay (Stratford) 431 George J. C. Bain (Toko) ... 432 Arthur R. Blanchett (W. End) 420 Dorothy L. Reira (Stratford) 422 Emily A. Bennett (West End) 420 Elsie M. Bullard (West End) ... 419 Jean Laurenson (Stratford) ... 418 Robert K. Clemow (Stratford) 415 Thomas W. Stoddart (Waitara) 414 Charles M. Copestake (St’tford) 411 Ernest A. Way (Central) ... 410 Roy Lealand (Central ) ... 405 Albert B. Clark (Stratford) The allocation of the Bayly Memorial Scholarship to Ernest Roy Coutts-, of Stratford, was also approved. The following is the number of candidates who passed in the different schools in the Taranaki district: — Junior -National Scholarships.— Stratford District High School, 17: West End, New Plymouth, 7; High School, New Plymouth, 4; Central School, New Plymouth, 4; Fitzroy, New Plymouth, 2; Hillsborough, 2; Opunake, 2; Toko, 2; Waitara, 2; Egmont Village, 1; Kaimata, 1; Okato 1; Omata, 1. Senior Board Scholarship Examination.—High School, New Plymouth, 13; District High School, Stratford, 6.