NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES. A Committee of five, to be named by the Lieut.-Governor and the Judges of the Supreme Court of the Territories. In S. Africa the conditions are in part determined by the Will, which assigns a certain number of the Scholarships to specially named Schools or Colleges. For the rest, no final scheme has yet been approved. [August, 1903.] For Australasia, the Atlantic Islands, and the West Indies, no regulations have as yet been issued. 2. THE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIPS. These Scholarships also are of the yearly value of £300, and are tenable at any College in the University of Oxford for three consecutive academic years. In directing the establishment of these Scholarships, Mr. Rhodes states that he does so because he desires 'to encourage and foster an appreciation of the advantages which' (he implicitly believes) 'will result from the union of the English-speaking peoples throughout the world, and to encourage in the students of the United States of North America, who will benefit from the American Scholarships, an attachment to the country from which they have sprung, without withdrawing them or their sympathies from the land of their adoption or birth.' Two Scholarships have been assigned to each of the following States: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklohama, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. The following Regulations have been issued by the Trustees for the United States : The first election of Scholars in the United States under the Rhodes bequest will be made between February and May, 1904. The elected Scholars will commence residence in October, 1904. A qualifying examination will be held within this period in each State and Territory, or at centres which can be easily reached. This examination is not competitive, but is intended to give assurance that all Candidates are fully qualified to enter on a course of study at Oxford University. It will therefore be based on the requirements for Responsions (see p. 126)—the first public examination exacted by the University from each candidate for a degree 1. The Rhodes Scholars will be selected from candidates who have successfully passed this examination. One Scholar will be chosen from each State and Territory to which Scholarships are assigned. Papers covering the range of study prescribed for Responsions will be prepared by examiners appointed by the Trustees, and will be sent to each centre, where, at a date publicly announced, the examination will be held under proper supervision, and the papers returned to the examiners. A list of those who have successfully passed this test will as soon as possible be furnished to the Chairman of the Committee of Selection in each State or Province, or to the University making the appointment, and from this list the Committee or University will proceed to elect the Scholars. It has been decided that all Scholars shall have reached at least the end of their Sophomore or second year work at some recognized degree-granting University or College of the United States. Scholars must be unmarried, must be citizens of the United States, and must be between nineteen and twenty-five years of age. Where several Candidates present themselves from a single College or University, the Committee of Selection will request the Faculty of the College to decide between their claims on the basis of Mr. Rhodes' suggestions, and to present to the Committee the name of the Candidate chosen by that College as its representative in the final election. Candidates may elect whether they will apply for the Scholarship of the State in which they have acquired the above-mentioned educational qualification, or for that of the State in which they have 1 Responsions papers can be obtained from the Oxford University Press, 91 and 93 Fifth Avenue, New York. their ordinary private domicile, home, or residence. They must be prepared to present themselves for examination in the State they select. No Candidate may compete in more than one State. Candidates for Scholarships should, during the month of January, 1904, notify the Chairman of the Committee of Selection in the State or Territory for which they apply, or the Head of the University appointing to the Scholarship, of their intention to present themselves for examination. The decision of the Committee of Selection or of the University making appointment shall be final as regards eligibility. A list of the Chairmen of State Committees is appended, and of the Universities which make appointments. The President of the State University or College is in each of the following States Chairman of the Committee of Selection for that State: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklohama, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. The following Chairmen have been named for other States :Connecticut.-President Arthur T. Hadley, LL.D., Yale University. Illinois.-President W. R. Harper, Ph.D., D.D., University of Chicago. Kentucky.-President D. B. Gray, D.D., Georgetown College. Maryland.-President W. A. Remsen, LL.D., Johns Hopkins University. Massachusetts.-President Charles W. Eliot, LL.D., Harvard University. New Jersey.-President Woodrow Wilson, LL.D., Princeton University. New York State.-President Nicholas Murray Butler, LL.D., Columbia University. Rhode Island.-President W. H. P. Faunce, D.D., Brown University. In the following States appointments will be made by the chartered Colleges and Universities, in rotation : California.-University of California. Leland Stanford University. Smaller Colleges every seventh year. Maine. (The order of rotation yet to be fixed.) Middlebury College. Washington.—(The order of rotation yet to be fixed.) 3. GERMAN SCHOLARSHIPS. By a codicil to his Will, Mr. Rhodes, in view of the order issued by the German Emperor making instruction in English compulsory in German schools, and because he believes that 'an understanding between the three great powers will render war impossible, and educational relations make the strongest tie,' establishes fifteen Scholarships at Oxford, of the yearly value of £250 each, for Students of German birth, to be nominated by the German Emperor for the time being. These Scholarships are tenable for three consecutive years; and Mr. Rhodes intended that five Scholars should be elected each year. The Trustees under Mr. Rhodes' Will are the following:-' -The Earl of Rosebery, Earl Grey, Lord Milner, Alfred Beit, Esq., Sir Lewis Lloyd Michell, Bourchier Francis Hawksley, Esq., Dr. Jameson. The London Offices of the Trust are at 171 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, E.C.; and letters should be addressed to The Joint Secretaries, The Rhodes Trust,`at that address. The Oxford Agent of the Trustees is F. J. Wylie, Esq., late Fellow and Tutor of Brasenose College. |