RAODES'SCHOLARSHIPS CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 198, 7 September 1903, Page 2

RAODES'SCHOLARSHIPS CONFERENCE.

j PKlt PKmS ASSOCIATION. V> kli.imgion, tvptumbsr 6. j The Conference i • girding tbe Khode« s Hchoiaii-hips concluded on Saturday, 1 .-.tut ill'! lolloping aie r.he resolutions pasßorf, B'if.t Dg ou" the conditions which i.e Confer n<;a reconmended should be obssrved with regard to the sctolart htpd of New Zealand: — " That a candidate must be not under 19 and not over 22 years of age on lit J inuary m the year in which, if •fleeted, ha would enter into reeidenoe a tbe University of Oxford." " That a candidate must be a gttduite of tha University of New Zetland >r an undergraduate of that University if not less than two vears standing." " That, ceteris paribus, preference ba ;iven to a caudidate under 21 years of >ga on January Ist of the year on vbich, if elected, he would enter into esidence in tbe University of Oxford." " That a candidate must have been or ten years immediately preceding lis selection domiciled in the colony, ind must have been educated in tbe :olony for nine out of such tsa years." "That the Professorial Board of Mch of the institutions Affiliated to the University of New Zealand shall nominate one or more candidates tor election, and no one shall be a candidate unlets he has been so nominated." " That the selection of scholars should be entrusted to a committee of selection consisting of the Chancellor of the University of New Zealand, and four persons severally appointed fro* year <:o year by the Professorial Boards of the four institutions affiliated to t>ha University of New Zealand. "That every candidate must be a British eubjeet."

"That the committed of seleotion should be left perfectly free as to the tests by whioh thay will be guided ia electicg the scholars, but that ia their endeavours to carry out thp wishes of Mr Rhodes, as to the qualificatioas of candidates, they should have regard to the school, college, and university career of the candidates, and no candidate! shall be finally eleoted without a personal interview."

It was explained that these recommendations would be subject to the approval of the Rhodes trustees, but Dr. Parkin added he thought it quite probable they would be given effect to as passed by the Conference. Before the Conference closed a hearty v6te of thanks was accorded to Sir Robert Stout for the mmner in which he presided ovnr its deliberations.

The Chief Justice, in acknowledging the vote, said he hoped they would pardon him for saying he did aet agree vith the plan d-cided upon by the • Wference for allotting the scholarships. H« should have liked to have seen them mtde continuation or travelling scholarship!*, similar to those given from some of the Scotch Universities 'o some of the Universities on the Continent.