Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-01
STATE HOUSE.
Names College Presidents
Will Meet Here Tomorrow.
Will Formulate Plans for Students
:to Strive for Rhodes Scholarships.
Other Matters of Interest at the State
Capitol.

Al the request of Hon. w. w. Stet-
son, State superintendent of schools
there Will be meeting of the presi-
dents Of the four Maine colleges at the
educational department, State house
tomorrow, for the purpose of formuIat-
ing plans TO be followed by applicants
for scholarship under the provisions o.
the will of the late Cecil Rhodes of
South Africa. These gentlemen will be
present: William T. Dewitt Hyde.
Bowdoin college; George C. Chase.
Bates college; Charles l.. White, Colby
college. and George E. Fellows, Univer-
sity of Maine.
Full particulars of the Cecil Rhodes
requests for educational purposes have
been published in these columns. AS a
result, some 20 applicants in this State
have made known their desire to secure
one of the scholarships provided for in
the will of the dead South African fl
nancier. Mr.. Stetson is interested in
the matter and regards it as of the ut
most Importance.
The example set by many of the
English merchants and nOblemen has
been caught uD and far exceeded by
Mr.. Rhodes" says Mr.. Stetson. "As
for the advantages or disadvantages of
this opportunity this is not the time to
discuss. Our young men will not go to
Oxford for the purpose of becoming
scholars. They can do that at home.
or in Berlin, Leipsic or Munich. The
purposes for which they go to Oxford
are largely human. When DIR. Whe-
well, master of Trinity College, OK
ford, was once told that they did not
make the scholars there. he replied:
True, but we make men,"
"A nobler type of manhood and a
finer type of the true gentleman is the
result of training at Oxford. AS high
intellectual, scholarly. ethical and
social qualities are demanded in the
students who receive these scholar
ships so also will these nobler human
qualities be developed and enriched by
n course at this university. Courtesy,
gentility and exalted patriotism are
among the most prominent virtues in
culcated. In all of these points oxford
gives a training such as no other coun-
try can approach. Stanford, Carnegie
and Rockefeller have all made princely
donations to the cause of education,
but the gift of Cecil Rhodes is to the
cause of humanity.
Il also consider that this princely
provision of Mr.. Rhodes will nave Il
mighty effect in elevating our scholar
ship here in Maine. Every ambitious
student will have his eye on one OF
those scholarships. and to attain it nc
will devote his best energies and tai
ents. If he fails in winning the prlZc
he will at least find himself more thor
oughly prepared to grapple with the
stern duties of life at home. 1t VIII be
a perpetual incentive for our young
men to do their best. and this cannot
fail in having an elevating influence
ur,on our entire educational system.
Yes. it is a good thing. and congratu-
late the State on securing so valuable
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Teachers institutes will be held as
follows: Rockland, Monday, Oct. .;
Ashland. Thursday and Friday, Oct. >
and 10: Dresden. Thursday. Oct. >;
Augusta, Friday, Oct. 10; Wiscasset'
Monday. Oct IL.
State Superintendent w. w. Stet-
sons busiest months are July and Au-
gust with his work in Maine. He taxes
his vacations at other seasons OF the
wear while he is studying school ques-
lions in other states and lecturing be-
fore teachers conventions.
The annual meeting of the state
Teachers Association will undoubtedly
he held in Waterville during the
Christmas vacation, although the exact
dates have not vet been determined
upon. 1t was voted at the last session
to change the time for holding the an
nual meeting from December 10
October, but this has been founo I'M
possible by the officers OF the associa-
ton. Hence the meeting Will occur as
usual in December.