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Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 19, No. 8. July 1, 1955

Bursary Scheme

Bursary Scheme

Candidates could be carefully selected under a Government bursary scheme and sent to university to follow a course based on useful and general knowledge as far as possible; they should have a moderate training in social and sporting skills; so that by graduation they would be able to quote and identify any author, translate any language—including codes—know all psychological reactions, deal with chemical experiments, know the habits of any animal or plant, be expert in graphology, poisons, fine arts, boxing and wrestling (i.e. Rugby), dancing, mechanics, and polite conversation—and, of course, be good looking and have the right politics.

It is a project Victoria could pioneer in New Zealand—and, indeed, in the world. We can foresee a rosy future when this career is the ambition of every youngster; when Jeevianism rivals even school-teaching as the end of a University degree, though of a much higher standard.