The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1902-06-04
bxFORD's UNIVERSITY.
Facts About the Institution En-.
dowed by Cecil Rhodes.
couPOsED OF SEVERAL COLLEGES.

Each 1. Distincs II Itself. hus Al
Arc Under one Head. the Vice
chance,lar-Couvse . Three Year
one-.urlons CUSTOMS ot sh~ tnt-
,~r.it,-iifc There Pleasant. bot
Expensive.
The ua.due will Of Cecil Rhodes. civ
ing 10 every state In the United State.
two scholarships In the University Of
Ol.orl .. $3.50 q year each. has ere
ale! w.ae interest In the famous old
last,u,.an. and II is not hard 10 IND oui
In Philadelphia what student lie AMI
wo-a at oxford is like. for q number
d. pA.laaclphlans went there in then
youth, says the Philadelphia Times
BARCLAY II Warhurion. owner ~ h
Event. Telegraph. went there: I,ariur
W.,..H. the brother In law ~ John la.
Oh .,star went there: the late EMS
AsAmeaa Bartlett and his brother. w ~
lam Ashmead Bartlett. who married
lie Earoucss Rurdeit. .Couiis. were oH
trl u.eu. the Rev. Frederick Burgess
formerly rector of 81. Asaph's church.
a, Ea'a. ANIL now bishop OF Long l.
land saa oxford man. and 80 also are
chaImeley Jones and Julian Story.
oxford ) admitted 10 be archi;"riur
aly 'ir mos, beautiful spot IN Eng
and II las between two rivers. tie
q. 4 AL 4
~! y spires, towers. uuahranglcs an.'
@ae'rNi aH.ldlngs. carved with stump
uoHNhess such rs !x not seen ioda.
y has sardens and lawns incrcdibl!
Vel beli aul II Is over 500 years old.
h'te {, a list Of all It's colleges. with
Tue daies oi their sc.eral foundations
~ SOUS. founded In li3,: Baiilol
- Hrasenose. 1900: Chris'church
-. 49,, corpus Christi. 1873; Exeter
's'f' ilortford 1874: Jesus. 1871. kc
w 1Na', Lincoln. 1927: Magialer
pronounced Mandlin. 1856: Merton
'-.H' Aew. 1880. Oricl. 1924: Pembroke
.'''r which Pembroke hall. nj Ery'
"a"r college. is modclcd,. l6.l
Vu''hs 1910: st. Johns. 1855: Trim
~, ~ '''''', University. l2io: Wadham
'"', Worcester. 1857. Then there Il
Wv hodleian library. founded In i6l-
a"eh has had the right since lGio-
,aoosh this right. Of course. II has MOI
m""'lahly uscd-of getting withou
- sal l'nei't copy of every book publish
~ III The I'nitaI 4. tpvslcu,
ne Young men who 20 10 this aged
a" "u beautiful place 20 there ms their
~, ~" masters. They may work or idle
mere arc no recitations. and the
.ss'"i'la'ions. save those for honors
A. -, not hard. II the young men nr'
,,,' m'f'cans or II they are cxtrcmc',
chn H." Or we'll bo,n. they go TO Christ
e.' "'n That Ia the fashionable col
H. ~ the one 10 which the royal fam
,,' '.'' The great peers SONS 60.
t,l ''rward. for his mntriculation. III
"li,u m examination that IL called thu
,,la l" co. or "rcsponsion." Then III
"di.' 'noderations." or ''mods:" thet
w., hn'h''y school," then the great go.
yin,. gives him his degree. The "d'
ha.'s school, examinations are yer!
ann M Inc other examinations arc easy
xtr, great latitude IL permitted to th'
e,,n,' ' IN the subjects which he i
cou.a ''''n In. But these are the pass
whn those taken by young mel
Thn "s're degree aud nothing more
han, "onor" courses. on the othe'
thoSa nfe much harder than any o
Fa' e OF American colleges.
itso,s college at Oxford 10 distinct II
lepoa ahd varies from ito ncighbor col
~ Its rples, yet all are under on