Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05

wN the Athens OF the British en-
pIre, surrounded by the time-eaten
dty, under the shadows Of the
colleges Of Englands Oldest unlver-
mighty trees where for centuries
the greatest scholars Of our litera-
4 ture have walked, l write for my
American readers. BY the request
AZ Cecil Rhodes, oxford university has
b.come to us the most interesting seat
q Earning outside the United states
From now on hundred picked Amer
Ian boys, two from each state and ter
rItoy. are TO be kept here at school.
Mr. Rhodes viii provides that each
STUDENT is to be allowed $500, or $l,5OV,
syear for expenses, ana tnat the num-
Yer shall be kept full by new appoint
usns made through competitive exam
nations from year to year. For thls
reason examinations for oxford VIII
Ntaseforth be as common In our coun-
uya examinations for West Point and
Annapolis, and q stream or oxford
graduates will slowly permeate every
IiI OF the Union.
IN OLD OXFORD.
But first let me give you some Idea
81 the university and It's surroundings.
despair Of transmitting more than an
Impression Nathaniel Hawthorne has
truly seId that THE world has no place
Ike II, and II would take lifetime and
more than one 20 comprehend and en-
w Il satisfactorily"
have visited most Of the classic
Eoa on the globe, but none like this
lnoFd Is more impressive than Athens
tti the spirit OF learned antiquity
sans TO hoyCI more closely over It
tln over the oder ruins OF India, Chi
and Japan. For more than l,0OO
laN men have gathered here Tor
rAY Tradition ascrihes Oxfords
isadaton to King Alfred in 972. When
J. began IL was connected with the
rNasterles, but for more than seven
oilurles Il was a university pure and
sape, During the middle ages II had
smany as 5000 students at one time,
NJ on through the centuries new col
lsss have grown up about II, and II
aH held its own as one OF the chief
Aacallonal institutions OF the world.
fWENTY.THREE DIFFERENT COL
LEGES.
The town OK oxford has now 10000
people. II is situated about 60 miles
rom London, in the heart Of rural
Lhgland 1t Is embraced by the Isis
" Upper Thames, and the Cherwell.
thleh here join and flow on TO Lon
sVa as the Thames 10 the sea. The
s@ieges are scattered all over the city.
lhsy are not like our great schools
tnl you can get no idea Of them by
ileh comparisons
oxford university Is not one college,
oul . colleges. Each college has its
WE buildings, massive stone struc-
Mres OF two and three stories. sur
rounding green courts or quadrangles
'ul mighty trees lining the streets
, ~ noht OF them, and parks are scat
wlsu mere and there about them. BY
.o9e 'he Isis and the Cherwell flow
"p r, N others stand trees centuries old.
ne colleges are indescribable In
men ume-worn and venerable
s.anueui, Many Of them are more like
,uh.onaslefles than colleges. They have
MeI elolsters looking out upon the
saIahgles and through their carved
nosi' ass you might expect 10 see a
I'm M w gown and cowl come forth.
, walls are fairly chewed by the
I. Nv, Oh time. The pillars have holes
~ tneh Ike those In the bark Of a
atnIy tree long since dead. and on
a. luis Oh some the slate Is as worn
va ne wo"dsn shingles OF a house 100
ma avg, oll Each college has its chapel
sts,,u uIinlhg han With Its windows OF
~ "a glass, many Of them painted by
issn cg masters Some have walls
n s 49, carved, some are paneled
y.S "A ana wondrous architecture meets
''s az every step.
hoW COLLEGES ARE CoNsTI-
rllTED.
vs Saeh college Is Independent OF the
~ zach has its own students. it's
I'M, plu,lessors and its own lecturers,
tn.Nsu lne students OF the various
,.s,''S may attend lectures where they
An ne students OF a college live
III u1 the number varies according
is,Ss. room and popularity OF the in
rs,~s AT present there are $500
h.,.alustes going to school here.
tsnl., s y professors and large
non 'slem Of instruction Is different
Il ssr. y'hlng we have at home, and
VIII A.. 70 me that the American boys
tble ,'e an easy time and will be
Nj AXE honors without working
" IN the United States. The