Evening star., 1902-04-19
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

| tonished were it found that there are in all
| three wills, for it has been pointed out as
| curious that the testament already pub
| lished does not deal with the surplus estate
| OF the deceased. The whole estate of the
| dead empire builder is stated to be about
| f12 ,0OOO 600
His magnificent gift to oxford is the
greatest benefaction which that ancient seat
| OF learning has ever received, and, is nat
urally the chief topic of conversation every
where. Great surprise must have been felt
In America at Rhodes gift to students
there, as he was never known to have IA
vored Uncle Sam in any way.
| From the schools of the United States
will be drawn about a hundred scholars at
| the rate of thirty a year. and apparently
| the attractions of Oxford are set against
! those OF the American universities But it
! is well known that for years the stream
| OF American graduates has passed oxford
! and Cambridge and gone to the German
universities, to which they are led purely
| by the excellence of the high education pro-
| vided there. More students however have
| mainly come to Europe for postgraduate
| courses, and it would seem almost better
II the will had provided for such students
rather than for the ordinary under grad
uate course.
The Advantages Of Oxford.
The peculiar advantages which Mr.
Rhodes saw in the Oxford system appear to
be breath of view, instruction In life and
greatest tmportance) 1.-THE residential sys-
tenn That is to say, it is moral rather than
intellectual training that he esteems To
qualify a student for Oxford literary and
scholastic attainments must be reinforced
by 'fondness of and success in manly out
door sports; by manhood, truth, courage
devotion to duty, sympathy for the protec-
ton of the weak kindliness, unselfshness
and fellowship; by moral force and the
instinct to lead and take interest in
schoolmates;" because these attr tbutes will
be likely in after life to guide him to es-
TEEN the performance of public duties as
his highest aim" His view Of the value of
the residential system is deeply inbred in
the English mind.
The scheme of education involves a very
| high cost, e3OO a year per scholar. The
peculiar advantages of oxford, as Mr..
Rhodes knew, can hardly be obtained at
lower rate, but to men acquainted with the
university systems of every nation the fig
ure would appear absurdly high. The uni
versities of the world, except those of
England, have been, and are. accessible to
persons of limited means. Hence, indeed,
the necessity for endowment. Further, it
can hardly have escaped the eye of a man
who knew the world so well this bene-
factor that all the moral qualities required
of his ideal student will be exercised to
stand the strain of q mode of life unfa-
miiar to him, and which he may be unable
afterward to maintain. There are many
who think that the high ideals aimed at by
Mr.. Rhodes would be better attained by the
distribution of scholars among the great
universities of the world than by the train
ing "in life and manners of a few hundred
select schoolboys at single secluded resi-
Dental center, however costly and distin-
guished.
Flaw in the Will.
According to the lawyers, the will of Mr..
Rhodes as It is published. contains a very
serious flaw Indeed, if it We're worth any
body's while to contest the disposition OF
coli hor icta 10
terday, "a large slice of the money would
come into our hands, The restrictions
which 1t is sought to put upon the inherit
ance of the Daham Hall estate are not
legal, because they seek to control the sue
cession Of freehold property for all time.
The law of mortmain has been altered in
these days and the dead hand can no longer
stretch down through all the centuries
imposing It's will upon the living. If 1t
should ever be to the advantage of an heir
to break the conditions imposed he will be
able to do so without very much difficulty,
and so a 'loa fer" the pet adherence Of
the dead man, might inherit after all.
Kensington and St Johns Wood We're
busv on last Sunday afternoon with the
carriages of society people invited to the
various studios to see the pictures now
ready for sending to the academy. On
dav like this il is impossible to accept half
the Invitations received, and only a COM
paratiyely few of the studios can be visit
ed Thanks to the colapse this year of the
regulation ''show Sunday owing to Its CO.
incidence with Easter, most Of the minor
studios had their turn then. and last Sun
day was devoted to the greater artists.
Kensington remains the most favored local
ity of artists, and here the president had
on view his picture storm NymphS" dis
nortine with Wreckage at the mouth of
cavern Sir Edward Poynter is also send
ing in a small water color portrait. In the
neighboring studio of Mr. Val Prinsep.
though there are works of sufficient i'm
portance to Justify large contribution to
the academy the artist intends to send in
only a small painting Of, an oriental scene.
Mr.. Alfred Parsons Exhibit.
Mr.. Alfred Parsons has, two of his water
| side scenes ready One Is entitled Gwen
ing' a scene by the Thames, and the
| other, Brown Autumn, At Mr.. Colin
| Hunters studios are three-sea scenes on the
Scotch coast Mr. David Murray has not
| gone so far north sfor his subjects. Three
of them are paintings in the immediate vi
cnity of Bolton abbey. IsMr. Luke Fildes
| traits, but the time of the artist has been
so taken up with royal commissions that
he has not been able to undertake any work
| specially for the academy
to be still more interesting. 1t being Mr.
G. F. Frampton's first show day as a
member of the academy, special interest
was taken in his work The marble bust
|
| he is engaged may not be ready by send
| ing-in day That of Mr.. Alfred East is,
however, complete, as is also fine bust of
| Chaucer Mr. M. R. Corbet the new as
sociate. had not issued any general invi-
| tations but he was receiving friends, who
found some Italian scenes on the point of
completion Mr.. Stanhope Forbes, who
| does most Of his work in Cornwall. has
| also a studio in st. Johns Wood, and here
were on view some portraits. His three
| other pictures are west country scenes.
! At least two of the last paintings of the
| late Mr. Sidney Cooper will be on view at
the academy. They. were begun in his own
meadows at Canterbury last summer, and
| received their finishing touches in the au-
| tumn. The selection committee will have
| the chance of accepting two others, not
quite complete, with the purely sentimental
| merit that they were the last pictures on
| which Mr.. Cooper was engaged. No fewer
/ than 401 of Coopers pictures are to be
| disposed Of at an auction sale, which be-
gins next Saturday, and lasts over three