Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-05

ground. at the most famous Of the old uni
versities.
"What will result in the future presence
Of Americans and colonials, In what has
so long been one OF the most conservative
and Anglican centers Of Great Britain the
future must decide. The influx of so much
American and colonial blood may have very
important consequences, at which some Of
the old Oxonisns would stand aghast.
Having decided that each state or colonial
unit should have one scholarship allowed to
Il every year. Mr.. Rhodes will proceeds
to define the terms upon which the scholar
ships should be allotted. Mr.. Rhodes al
ways opposed the modern ideas of awarding
an educational prize solely for literary at
tainments. The tendency to award a schol-
arship solely for success in passing literary
examinations seemed to him to put a pre-
MUM on bookworms. Hence, he has drawn
up a scheme for the election Of students
for his scholarships, which is extremely
original and very characteristic Of the man.
1t is as follows:
Conditions of Scholarships.
In the election of a student to a schol-
arship regard should be had to:
'First-His literary and scholastic at
tainments.
"'Second-His fondness for or success in
manly. outdoor sports, such as cricket,
foot ball and the like.
"'Third-His qualities Of manhood, such
as truth, courage, devotion to duty, SYM
pathy for and protection Of the weak, kind
illness, unselhshness and fellowship.
"'Fourth-His exhibition during school
days Of moral force Of character and in
stincts to lead and take interest in his
schoolmates, for these latter attributes will
likely in after life guide him to esteem
the performance Of public duties as his
highest aim.
Marks for these qualifications should
be awarded somewhat in the following pro-
portions: Four-tenths for the first, one
tenth for the second, three-tenths for the
third, and two-tenths for the fourth.
Marks for Qualifications.
Marks for the several qualifications
shall be awarded independently as follows,
that is to say, marks for the first qualifca-
ton of examination, for the second and
third qualifications, respectively, by the
ballot Of fellow students of the candidates,
and for the fourth qualification by the
head masters of the schools, and the re-
suit Of the awards, that is to say, the
marks obtained by each candidate for each
qualification, should be added together and
the successful student be the one who re-
ceived the greatest number Of marks. CIV
ing him the highest all-round qualiica-
ton
His object In laying down these con-
ditions was to secure the best men for the
worlds fight, to bring them together in
one center, and to secure for them the best
education obtainable. He has undoubtedly
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dull monotony Of modern competition.
Unity of Anglo Races.
"Of MT. Rhodes political will and tesla
ment it sufices to say that there stands
in it's forefront the promotion of the unity
of English-speaking races, and, although
It is not laid down specifically in his will In
written statements in which he has ex-
pressed his political ideas, he has specific
ally set forth that the political question
is to be found in a copy of the constitution
Of the United States.
what an awful thought It is he writes,
that II even now we could arrange with
the political members OF the United States
assembly and our House Of Commons the
peace Of the world would be secured for all
eternity. We could hold a federal parlia-
ment Ave years in Washington and five in
London. The American has been taught
the lesson of home rule and Of the sue
cess Of leaving the management of the local
pump to the parish beadle. He does not
burden his house Of commons with the re-
sponsibility of cleaning the parish drains.
The present position Of the English house
Is ridiculous. You might as we'll have ex-
pected Napoleon to have found time to have
counted his dirty linen before he sent 1t
to the wash, and to have recounted 1t on
its return
81 have said enough, however, to show
Mr.. Rhodes last political will and tesla
ment Is as remarkable as the career Of
which 1t remains a worthy monument. At
least hope the world will begin to APP
preciate the essential greatness Of the
great man whom 1t has just lost.
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