St. Patrick's College, Wellington SCHOLARSHIPS

New Zealand Tablet, 15 October 1908, Page 21

St. Patrick's College, Wellington SCHOLARSHIPS

Four Scholarships of the yearly value of ,£25 each, tenable for four years, will be offerjed for Competition in December, 1908/ These Scholarships are open to all jCatholic boys attending the „ Parochial Schools of the Dominion. CONDITIONS. 1. Candidates for Scholarships must be under the age of fourteen on the Ist day of January, 1909. 2. Application to be examined should be forwarded to the Rector before the 10th day of November, 1908 ; such application to contain (a) a letter of recommendation from the Parish Priest ; (b) a certificate of date of birth ; (c) an entrance fee of 10s. 3. The examinations will be conducted in writing, and will be held in December, 1908, at centres to suitjihe general convenience of candidates. 4. Candidates will be examined in (a) The' New Zealand - Catechism, No. 2 ; (b) Writing, Spelling, English Grammar, Essay, and Arithmetic. The questions will be of the same grade of proficiency as^the Sixth* Standard Board of Education. 5. The Scholarships will be allotted in the order of merit to those candidates who obtained the highest aggregate of marks. 6. A Scholarship will be forfeited unless the successful candidate shall have lodged the sum of with the College Procurator on or before the 15th day of February in each- year of tenure, and unless he shall be present in the College on the Ist day of each session. 7. Should the diligence or conduct of any scholar prove unsatisfactory, the Rector is empowered to declare his Scholarship vacant. 8. In all questions concerning the obtaining or holding of Scholarships, the decision of the Rector shall be final. 9. All Scholars must provide a full outfit according to College Prospectus. AUGUSTINE KEOCH, S.M. 8./\., ~™ Rector. St. Patrick's College, Ist October, 1908.