Boldt: Rhodes

Sports Reporter

Prominent university sportsman Murray Boldt was one of two New Zealand students awarded a Rhodes scholarship last December.

He has been active in university sport, student politics, and academic activities during his four years at Victoria, and is currently acting-president of VUWSA.

A physics honours student, he is a past holder of a university junior scholarship, and currently holds a university senior scholarship and Colonial Sugar and Philips Industries scholarships.

He has been president of the Maths and Physics Society, a member of the Science Club's Council, and is a keen chess player.

He plays rugby and squash, and has been captain of the Athletic Club. In 1964-65 he was Sports Officer on the VUWSA executive and he has been active in sports and tournament organisation.

A former Weirman, he has also had notable success as a member of the Victoria drinking team. While at Palmerston North Boys' High School he was for five years a flautist with the school orchestra.

In student politics, he has always stood out for what he believes to be the views of the student majority, subordinating his own views to the implementation of these.

"I believe that in the past executive has failed to act in the interests of the student body," he said early last year. "Indeed it may be accused of acting in spite of the interests of students using the excuse that the popular student opinion is unknown."

Although he has studied science at Victoria, he intends to read for a BA degree at Oxford in politics, economics, and philosophy. He says that this switch comes from a preference for human problems instead of the isolated, almost straight forward life of a scientist.