RHODES SCHOLAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 163, 16 December 1914, Page 2

RHODES SCHOLAR.

CANTERBURY'S NOMINEE SELECTED. ' ■" MB. H. S. RICHARDS, B.A. The nominee of Canterbury College .Henry Stoke Richards, has been selects as the New Zealand Rhodes scholar of 'thi9 year. The meeting took place oi Saturday morning, His Excellency tin Governor presiding. The nominated candidates were: Mr '■ H. S. Richards (Canterbury), 'Mr. J. P ' Hewat (Otago), Mr. F.T. ciere (Welling ■ ton), and Mr F. A. Airey (Auckland), . The successful candidate is just ovei twenty years of age, and received his early education at the Rangiora Dis trict School and Rangiora School, enter in the latter by means of a scholarship. He passed the matriculation examination with credit on the Junior Universit> Scholarship papers at the age of 15, and 'the following year gained third placi in the Junior University Scholarship Examination, At the High School he took a great interest in athletics, qualified for a commission in the cadets, and gained second place in the rifle shooting competition. At Canterbury College Mr. Richards took his B.A. degree in IAI3 at the age of W. He also obtained the Senior Scholarship in pure mathematics. In the examination for the scolarship in applied mathematics, tlio examiner remarked that Mr. Richards's aggregate marks were indistinguishable from those of the successful candidate. In other brandies of University life the 'candidate has also been very active, and has filled numerous executive positions. He has taken a keen interest in athletics, 'and has represented his college in the middle and long distance events at the University tournament. As a rifle shot he has also been a member of the team from the college in the last two years' competitions for the Hasiam Shield. He lias also been a member of the Canterbury College Benior Rugby team. On the outbreak of the war he volunteered for service with the Expeditionary Force, and was accepted, but owing to the appeal to Headquarters of his parents and friends, was debarred from leaving. In the college Dialetic and Debating Society he has been an active member. The record of Mr. Airey, of Auckland, shows him to be a distinguished student, but he is two years older than Mr. Richards. In commenting on the nominees, Sir Robert Stout said that they were a particularly bright lot this year.