Robert O’Leary.
THE LYNN SCHOLARSHIP.
Katanning Boy’s Success.
Great Southern Herald
11 February 1933 – P3
(Contributed)
Master Robert O’Leary, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O’Leary, of Katanning, is the lucky winner of the Lynn Scholarship for 1933. This scholarship entitles him to two years at the Christian Brothers’ College, Perth, and three years at the University, Perth.
Robert’s school in Katanning is exceedingly proud of him, and both teachers and pupils extend their heartiest congratulations and wish him every success in the wonderful school career that is before him.
At the beginning of the year 1931, Robert was promoted to the Junior class, but only on trial, he being then 12 years of age. He was determined to keep his place in the class, and at the mid of the year sat for his Junior exam, securing a very good pass, the subjects being as follow: English, Latin, French, Maths. A, Maths. B, Biology, History, Drawing.
Entering the Christian Brothers’ College in 1932, and being so young, it was decided he should try for the Junior again, with this end in view – the Lynn Scholarship. His results in 1932 were passes in English, Latin, French, Maths. A, Maths. B, Physics, Chemistry and History.
Fifteen candidates competed for this scholarship, and Master Robert was the lucky one to carry off the “Honours”. The boys and girls of the Sacred Heart School join in a hearty three cheers for Robert and let us repeat “Your old school is proud of you.”
THE LYNN SCHOLARSHIP
1934 ROMAN CATHOLIC AWARD
West Australian
8 February 1934 – P12
The Lynn Scholarship committee has awarded the 1934 scholarship to John Francis Irvine, a pupil of Christian Brothers’ College, Fremantle. The scholarship is open to all Roman Catholic boys who have passed the Junior examination and have attended any Roman Catholic school within the Archdiocese of Perth. It provides for two years’ attendance at a secondary school on an allowance of £30 a year and three years at the University of Western Australia at £50 a year.
This year’s recipient of the scholarship was born in April, 1918, and passed the Junior examination in English, history, geography, Mathematics A and B, physics and agricultural science. His school report read: ‘His conduct is excellent. He is courteous and amenable, an honourable and industrious student. His record for the two years he has attended the college is without fault. He was for some years at Clontarf Orphanage, where he showed promise of possessing more than average ability and a place was offered to him at our college.‘
The Lynn Scholarship was established in 1924. In 1921 the late Mr. R. J. Lynn, who was managing director of Amalgamated Collieries, donated £5,000 to provide scholarships for boys in the Fremantle Province, which he represented in the Legislative Council for many years.
A committee was appointed to draw up the conditions under which the scholarship should be awarded. The fourth of these conditions stated that the candidates must be pupils of the Fremantle Boys’ School or other State High schools within the Province. As this clause made all boys attending non-State schools ineligible, the Very Rev. Father Callan and the Rev. Dr. J. McMahon interviewed Mr. Lynn, who stated that he was anxious to see that no injustice was done to boys attending Roman Catholic schools in the district, and handed over £1,875 to establish a special scholarship for Roman Catholic boys.
The original committee administering the second scholarship consisted, of the Rev. Father Callan, Dr. McMahon and Messrs. J. P. Maxwell and F. Connaughton, who drew up conditions and offered the first scholarship in 1925. Subsequently Mr. Lynn granted an interview to Dr. McMahon as a result of which a parcel of 1,340 preference shares in Amalgamated Collieries was exchanged for the £1,875, the donor considering that the interest in these shares would enable the scholarships to be awarded without the principal being touched.
Present holders of the scholarship are John O’Donnell, of Collie, who has been at the Christian Brothers’ College, Fremantle, for the last two years, and Robert V. O’Leary, of Katanning, who is in his second year at the Christian Brothers’ College, Perth.
Other winners of the scholarship at present at the University are Messrs L. Parker, B. Quin and M. Kileen, all of whom /relinquished the scholarship on receipt of Hackett bursaries.
The present scholarship committee consists of the Very Reverend Father Neville OMI, the Rev. Dr. McMahon, and Messrs. J. P. Maxwell and F. Connaughton. The last of the scholarships awarded from the original grant of £5,000 was made in 1932.
Robert O’Leary.