Editing Diamond Jenness (section)

=== Education ===
At an early age, Jenness showed proficiency for learning. He earned his first scholarship at the age of twelve by entering a composition competition for children under fourteen. In those days, in New Zealand, secondary education was only available to the wealthier families, so this scholarship enabled Jenness to complete high school and three years of college. He finished his final year of secondary education with six prizes: mathematics, science, Latin, French and English, and was named top student. He attended Lower Hutt School, then [[Wellington College (New Zealand)|Wellington College]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18990113.2.16?end_date=31-12-1899&items_per_page=10&query=Diamond+Jenness&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1897&type=ARTICLE |title= Junior scholarships |publisher=  Papers Past  |date= 1898}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19040126.2.6?end_date=31-12-1904&items_per_page=10&query=Diamond+Jenness&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1899&type=ARTICLE |title= Junior scholarships |publisher=  Papers Past  |date= 1904}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19040126.2.6?end_date=31-12-1904&items_per_page=10&query=Diamond+Jenness&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1899&type=ARTICLE |title= December Examinations |publisher=  Papers Past  |date= 1904}}</ref> He and sister May were the only two siblings to proceed on to college.<ref name="Rich"/>

Jenness graduated from the [[University of New Zealand]] (from the constituent college then called [[Victoria University College]]) (B.A. 1907; M.A. 1908), receiving first class honors for both degrees. Then, when 22 years old, he received a scholarship that allowed him to pursue further education at [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[University of Oxford]] (Diploma in Anthropology, 1910; M.A. 1916).