The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-07
CAESAR" WILL
OF CECIL RHODES
London Newspapers Discuss With
AVidity Its Provisions.
ROSEBERY MAY Be TRUSTEE
ALLOWANCE FOR THE STUDENTS
Is CONSIDERED TO BE AMPLE.
7 oNDoN. April The Daily Nail

T oNDON. April The Daily Nail
this morning gives the opinion Of
some distinguished oxford dons
concerning the Rhodes scholarships.
Or. Moberly, canon Of Christ Church
college, spoke in eloquent terms of the
plan. 1t would, he said, bring picked
men of the best type of Americans who
had heretofore come TO Oxford mainly
for social advantages.
/ Mr.. Skane, bursur of Christ Church
college, said if the yearly allowance
l of e30O was merely for the yearly
semester it would enable the scholar
/ to live comfortably, but if II was in
tended to include also vacation ex-
/ penses, the balance left for the uni
Versity would render il inadvisa Bile
that the beneficiary of the scholarship
come 10 Christ Church
DR.. McGrath. the popular provost of
Queens college, was emphatic in his
predictions of future good arising for
| Oxford from the Rhodes scholarships.
He said he was particularly struck
with the wisdom of Mr.. Rhodes ia ar
ranging that the gradual operation of
the plan spread over three years
1t viii give the scholars" said DR..
McGrath, time TO assimilate with the
mass and it will prevent undue herd
ing with their own kin"
Although the scholars win enter as
undergraduates. DR.. McGrath said that
possibly he would be quite willing. il
his colleagues agreed, TO place them in
queens college on a level with
Queens own scholars, provided the
educational tests proved adequate.
Allowance Is Ample.
Dr.. Essen of Merton, Professor
Smith, history tutor Of BallyoiI. and
others welcomed the idea as heartily.
The dean Of New college said he con
sldered $500 ample even If the stu
dent had to maintain himself the year
round but he said that Cecil Rhodes
had fallen into the same error as most
educational benefactOrs in forgetting
that the university needed an endOW-
ment quite as much as the scholars
Canon Weldon Of Westminster ABB
hey and late bishop Of Calcutta also
expressed approval of Mr.. Rhodes
plan Dr. Stevenson of Exeter college
said he thought the plan would bring
Oxford good athletes and enable the
university to achieve the much desired
object of vanquishing Cambridge in
athletics.
Wants Rosebery For Trustee.
The Daily Chronicle also publishes
the opinions on this subject of Lord
Stratchona and Mount Royal. the Can
adam high commissioner in London
and the Australian agent general. all
OF whom concur in Cecil Rhodes SPLEEN
did idea.
A member Of OrieI college approved
Mr.. Rhodes plan, especially as one
likely to lead 10 other benefactiOns,
particularly from America. This OK
oman referred to the fact that Mr..
Rhodes plan would prove expensive to
the university which, he said, was al
ready poor.
The Times, in an editorial on the re-
eeption of Mr.. Rhodes plan abroad,
says:
1T is unnecessary TO discuss the
political aspects Of the scheme as Is
indicated by Mr.. Rhodes aspirations
for better understanding between
England, Germany and the United
States; but it cannot be doubted that
the effect on oxford viii be far-reach-
ing. The influx of Americans and Ger
mans viii tend to quicken the intel
lectual life
Owing to the absence Of most of the
authoritative men of Oxford at the
present moment. says the Times, it
would be impossible 70 get an express
sion of university opinion on the sub
ject. but doubtless the trustees have
many important points to decide under
the large discretion left them.
The Times considers that if Lord
Rosebery would accept the presidency
of the trust. the decision would be gen
orally welcomed, and says that he is
by far the best of the executors for
that office.
The daily Telegraph today announces
that Emperor William and President
Roosevelt both received an intimation
from the will of Mr.. Rhodes estate as
to what the viii proposed before that
document was made public The presi-
dent ana the emperor both intimated 10
the trustees, according to the Tele-
graph, their pleasure at the approval
of the legacies in friendly and graft
ned cables.