To advance the education of boys and girls with a preference for the education and maintenance of boys and girls who come within one or more of the following categories and in particular boys and girls who in the opinion of the board of governors are in need of financial assistance:- (a) boys or girls who have lost one or both parents; (b) boys or girls who have been abandoned by their parents or guardians; (c) boys or girls whose parents are divorced or separated or whose home life is for any reason unsatisfactory, unhappy or abnormal.