RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
MR. P. L. M. SOLJAK NOMINATED Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, WecJjnesday. The Professorial Board of Canterbury College to-night decided to nominate for selection as a Rhodes scholar Mr. Philip. Leonard Mathew Soljak. Mr. Soljak, who is 21 years of age, attended the Tauranga District High School and the Marist Brothers’ School, Auckland. In 1921' he entered the Sacred Heart College, Auckland, with a scholarship. He was dux of the school in 1924 and 1925, in the latter year winning a junior university scholarship. He entered Canterbury College in 1926 and was awarded the Robert Bell Scholarship in journalism at the college. He was a member of the Drama Society and gained second place in the Dialectic Society’s competitions in 1926. He played second grade football in 1926 and 1927, and was runner-up in the college swimming championship.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 482, 11 October 1928, Page 9
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138RHODES SCHOLARSHIP Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 482, 11 October 1928, Page 9
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