Win a Prize

Where are the brains of this University? Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought indeed. The intellegencia of this sanctum of study need jolting. Surprised? No, they do not spend their days playing cards, or drinking coffee, but they might as well for all the honour and glory they bring to the University. As a class they are worthy of much admiration, but they too, are indifferent, and they are selfish.

How many people have heard of the University Macmillan Brown Prize, the Habens Prize, the Arnold Atkinson Prize, or the Bowen Prize? How many know what they are? They are prizes which may be won by any University student in New Zealand, should he be eligible and Desire to compete. They cover such fields as poetry and prose composition, history, politics, psychology, and so on.

It would be absurd to say that there are no scholars in these fields good enough to compete for the prizes. That could be the impression gained from the numbers | that enter each year, but it is not the truth.

On the average, there are Four entries each year from all over New Zealand for the University Macmillan Brown Prize. That means that there is at least one entry from Victoria University. That is very good indeed because it is not unusual for no entries to be received for the other prizes—there are sometimes one or two.

The truth is, only a few of our many good scholars know about these prizes and fewer still, care about them. Entries for this year closed on April 1, and once again the University Grants Committee were fooled. So how about a few more entries, Victoria? You have got until April 1 next year.

—M.J.B.