The Washington bee., 1902-04-12
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
A Noble, Noble B quest.

ion of disinteHested magnanlmlty
and philanthropy. By the terms Of
the bequest. there are established
two sohO arships in any college III
the University of Oxford, England,
tenable for three years, for eaca
state and territory in the United
Stairs. There are several phases
of exceptional philanthropy ex-
pressed by this surprising aud in
spring bequest.
In the first pace, unlike most
beQuests in the interes; of popular
education, provision is made for
the education of Aliens. This in
itself expresses a generosity seldom
if ever heard of before.
In the second place, it recon-
mends a closer contact among the
nations and races. whereby a better
and more accurate understanding
may be had as to the relative mer-
its of the various political and civ
IL Institutions and civilizations.
In the next place 1t furnishes an
ideal basis upon which the awar
of schOlarthips is to be made, quail
tiles and requirements which are
calculated to promote liberalism
O. temperament and education well
calculated TO advance mankind
generally. In this spect the be
quest speaks for itself as follows:
MY desire icing that scholars who
shall be elected to scholarships shall
not be merely bOokworms, | direct
that in the election of a student to a
scholarship, regard shall be had to:
81. His literary and scholastic at
tainments.
~. His fondness for success in
manly outdoor sports, such as cricket,
football and the like.
g. His qualities ofmanhood, truth,
courage, devotion to duty. sympathy
or and protection of the weak, kind
illness. unselfshness and fellowship.
~. His exhibition during school
days of moral force of character, and
OF instints to lead, and to take inter
est il his schoolmates, for these latter
attributes will be likely in after life to
guide him to esteem the peifOrman e
of public duties as his highest aim"
It's not, possible to conceive of
a higher standard eff excellence as
the condition precedent to the ad-
mission of candidate to a great |
college. With tAe above prerequi-
sites, the student is prepared toin-
vestigate truths as he finds them
and will have the sincerity, honor,
and honesty To admit application |
without regard to prejudices and !
errors which are based upon un-
fou 1ded b lief. Perhps the most !
exceptionally happy and generous
feature is that part of the bequest
as follows;
mo student shall be qualified or
disqualified for election TO scholarship
on account of his race or religious
opinions"
Here is aPrOvision which empha-
sizes the grandeur Of charac-
ter OF Cecil Rhodes, which, in the
comparison with others who have
given hberalIy to the cause of ed
ueation, places him far above and
beyond all others.
Much mo icy has been donated
and bequealhed by many for ecu
cationsl purposes; some has b e.
contributed for the special benefit
of the caored people; bat We know
of no b,ques' which onens scholar
ships to competition in which
race, color aud religion are all sub
Ordinated to the more generous Of
fer upon equal terms to all man
kind. The elimination of race
constitutes an expression of ahid-
ing hone in the ultimate equality
of the races, an acknowledgement
of the brotherhood of man AM a
prophetic indication hat sooner or
later al, races will become one peo-
pie bound by the indissolubie ties
of brotherhood, community of in