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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25, No. 9. 1962.

Rhodes Scholarships

Rhodes Scholarships

For some time past, certain members of the Central Selection Committee have expressed concern with the falling off in the quality and the number of candidates for these scholarships which still have a distinctive status and value, and which still rank as one of the leading awards open to University students.

The Central Selection Committee is convinced that many suitably qualified students do not apply for the Rhodes Scholarships. There may be a wide variety of reasons for this, but the Committee would not like to think that lack of publicity of the closing date is a major factor.

It is felt that very often a worthy student is reluctant to make application without considerable prompting from friends and advisers who know him best.

Although the qualities demanded of applicants may be somewhat intimidating to the more modest, those looked for by the Selection Committee are qualities with which the best type of New Zealand student is normally well endowed. The Trustees place particular emphasis upon the qualities of character in terms of Mr Rhodes' Will, but it is essential that every scholar have sufficient intellectual ability to derive advantage from a course at Oxford.

Applications close with your Registrar on July 15th.