Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-04-09
CECIL RHODES'S GREAT GIFT
Many Scholarships Established at Ok
lord For Americans.
RACE UNITY AND PEACE HIS AIM
In n Most Remarkable Will He Provides
S1o,OOO,0Oo For FREQ Scholarships Tor
Every state and Territory, Well
For the British Colonies and Germany
directions For His Burial.


directions For His Eurial.
London.-Thc will of Cecil J. Rhodes
provides for the establishment OF colo
NAL scholarships: for two scholarships
TO each of the present States and Ter
ritories OF the United States. and for
five scholarships for students of Ger
man birth. These scholarships arc OF
the value of $500 year. tenablc for
three years at oxford University. The
German students are TO be nominated
by Emperor William.
Commenting on his bcqucst. Mr..
Rhodes. in codicil telegra phed from
South Africa. said:
For Il good understanding between
England. Germany and the United
Sta.cS will secure the peace OF the
world ana educational relations form
the strongest tie"
Regarding the American scholarships
Mr.. Rhodes said:
Nv hercaS | desire to encourage ana
foster IN appreciation OF the advan-
tagHS which | implicitly believe. will
result from 4 union of the English
speaking peoples throughout the
world. anG to cncOurI ~C in the stu.
dents from the United States vino will
benefit by these Scholarships an attach
mcGt 70 the country from which they
have sprung. but without, | hope. with
drawing them or their synpathies from
The land Of ,hoir adoption or birth"
y provision in The Will is that no Str-
dent shall lie qualified or Disqualified
for appointments to scholarship on
account of race or religious opinion.
Nh Rhodes desires that the students
shall not patronize any particular col
lcgc, but distribute themselves through
out the university. The trustees are
allowed to suspend or remove any
scholar at their discretion.
Mr. Rhodes expresses the hope that
the trustees VIII arrange an annual
dinner ana reunion for all students
and scholarship graduates who are
able TO attend and invite thereto rs
guests persons who have shown SYM
pathy with the views expressed by me
in my will"
Mr. RhodeS'S VIII. as published. is Il
remarkable and Voluminous document.
Even this is not The entire will. as the
executors only gave out the portions
! which they consider 10 he of public in
teroSt. The will WAS executed in 1890.
y codicil was attached on the dav Of
Mr.. RhOdcs's last departure from En--
lahd, ana another. Cabl"d from Cane
Town, leaves $20.O3O yearly TO kccO
up the SPOT in Matoppo Hills where
Mr.. Rhodcs's body is 10 be buried.
The VIII further directs that railroad
extension be made into the Matopuo
Hills. so that visitors may 20 there mt
the week end 10 inspect the majes,y
and glory Of the neighbOrhood.
Mr.. Rhodes explicitly says that he is
to he buried in an aperture cut in tho
solid rock, and that the tomb is to he
surmounted by brass tablet bearing
the words:
Here lie the remains OF Cecil John
Rhodes"
No one else is to he buried there who
has not deserved well of his country.
Mr. Rhodes bequcathS all hiH landed
property near Buluwayo and Salisbury
(both in RhodesiaD to trustees. whom
he directs to cultivate the land for the
instruction of the people of Rhodcsia.
His celebrated country place. Grootc
Schnur (near Cape Town. Mr.. Rhodes
leaves as residence for the ''Primn
Minister of the Federal Government
OF South Africa" with $4,000 yearly
Tor its maintenance.