The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-05-08

NerhtN-Lfe fhere Pleasant but
Expensive.
The unique viii o. Cecil Rhodes. Civ.
Ing to every state 90 The United states
two scholarships 10 the University Of
oxford Of 1880 a year each. has Gre
ated wide interest To- the famous old
institution. aud It is not hard 20 fnd out
In Philadelphia what student life and
work az oxford Is iiEe. Tor "a number
Of Phiiadeiph.aus went there .n their
youth. says the Philadelphia Times
Barclay II Warlurton. owner Of Tbs
Evening Telegraph. went there. Barton
Willing. the brother. in.iaw of John ia.
cob Astor. went there: the late Ellis
AshmeaJ Bartlstt and bis brother. Wi.
liam Ashmead Bartlett. who married
the Baroness Burdctt-Cvutts. were OK.
ford men: the Rev Frederick Burgess
'gumeriy rector ~ ST Asaphs church.
at Baia. ard now bishop % Long ls.
land. is an OXford man. ard so also are
Z. Choimeiey Jones ami Julian story.
oxford is admitted % bc archtectur.
ally the most Leiutlful spot in Eng.
land. IL lies between two rivers. the
Thames and the ChefweH "a great ar
ray u spires. towers. guadrungies and
ancient buildings. carved With a sump-
tuousness such as is not seen today
II has gardens and lawns incredibly
well kept, and II IS over 800 years old.
Here is list Of all its colleges. with
the dates Of their several foundations:
All Souls. founded In 1887; Balliol.
1882; Brasenose. 1909: Chrisichurch.
1925; Corpus Christi. 1925; Exeter.
1914; Hertford 1874: Jesus. 1871; Ke-
Bile, 1896; Lincoln. 1927; Magdalen
pronounced Maudllnl. 1856; Merton.
1864; New. 1880: Oriel. 1924: Pembroke
after which Pembroke hall. at Bryn
Mawr college. Is modeledl, 1924:
Queens. 1870; 81. Johns. 1855; Trim.
ity. 1855; University. l240 Wadham.
1900; Worcester. 1888. Then there is
the Bodleian library founded In 1912
which has had the right since 1910
though this right. Of course. II has not
Invariably used-of getting without
payment a copy Of every book publish
ed In the United Kingdom.
The young men who go TO this aged
and beautiful place go there as their
own masters. They may work or idle.
for there are no recitations. and the
examinations. save those for bonors,
ere not hard. IL the young men are
Americans or II they are extremely
rich or well born. they 90 TO Christ
church. That Is the fashionable col.
lege, the one 10 which the royal fam.
fly and the great peers sons 60.
Afterward. for his matriculation. he
takes an examination that is called the
little 60" or "responsion." Then he
takes "moderations, or mods" then
divinity school," then the great GO"
which gives him his degree. The "di.
vinity school" examinations are very
hard. The other examinations are easy,
and great latitude Is permitted 10 the
student In the subjects which he is
examined In. But these are the pass"
courses. those taken by young men
who desire degree and nothing more
The honor" courses. on the other
hand. are much harder than any OF
those OF American colleges.
Each college at oxford is distinct in
itself and varies from its neighbor col
leges in its rules, yet all are under one
head. the vice chancellor. IL is as
though Yale, Cornell. Harvard and
Pennsylvania. without changing their
ways, should unite in West Phiadel-
phia under Provost Harrison. West
Philadelphia then would be younger
hitler oxford.
The undergraduates wear IN hall
NN..t 4.
caps and gowns and they wear them
also AZ chapel and at lectures In hall
they have n pleasant time, eating sump.
tuously, with beer from the buttery
and wiki wine now and then. The dons
sit az one set OF tables. the undergrad.
yates according 10 their years, az an.
other. After dinner they 20 10 their
common room. where formal English
dessert Is served 10 them. with port
and sherry, nuts and fruit. II later on
they go down town, they may be "gat.
ed'-that is 10 say. II they do not re-
turn before o o'clock they are fined |
slXpence and II not before - o'clock |
a shilling.
Each college has two proctors. -four /
proproctorS and four bulldogs" a |
group Of ten unsleeping fellows who |
in all sortS OF dsguises prowl about |
the town looking for undergraduates |
who are doing wrong A proctor can.
81 be Is ill natured. lead an undergrad. |
uate an insufferable life. for oxford |
Is old, It's system never changes. and |
hence IL has many absurd rules. n Sc
rules are usually regarded as dead let
tiers, but grabbed proctor may bring
them TO life at any time.
Life at oxford is expensive and pleas
ant The atmosphere 10 a youth Of
literary bent Is the most inspiring one
In the world but this atmosphere does
not appeal 10 the mathematical and
hcientlhc youth. He goes 10 Germany,
for the German universities have far
outstrlpped in science their old Eng.
Ish sister.
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