The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09
THE NEW ENGLISH PRoPAGAN-

mans and Colonials for whom he has provided scholarships at Oxford must not be simply young gentlemen with q thirst for knowledge who burn the mid night oil while delving into the classics, higher mathematics and sciences. Scholars of brawn and muscle will be given preferences over applicants sick lied OCT with the pale cast of thought,
 MT. Rhodes made this very plain in his
 Will My ideal of a qualified student"
 he wrote, would combine these four
 qualifications in the proportions of
 three-tenths for the first-literary; two
 tenths for the seeond-fondness for
 sport; three-tenths for the third-the
 qualities of manhood; wo-tenths for
 the fourth-exhibition of moral force'
 It will not be difficult, probably, to
 lind in Germany and in the British col
 onles young men who possess all the
 qualifications which MT. Rhodes sug-
 sested for the guidance of those hav-
 ing the selection of the scholarships.
 Certainly 1t will be easy to find ideally
 qualified students for the one hundred
 scholarships which, under the terms of
 MT. Rhodes will are to be allotted to
 the states and territories of the United
 States. In this country we will be em-
 barrassed by our riches in raw materi- al. In every form of sport, except row. ing, the United States leads the world We have beaten the English athletes on their own soil, and we have vanquished them when they came over to this coun- try to try conclusions with our young men. As to the qualities of man hood, that, 1t must be owned, is q vague term. There is no rigid, inflexi- ble standard The fashion in manhood | changes so frequently that what may l be the proper thing in one generation | may be laughed at in another So also with exhibition of moral force." The late William E. Gladstone believed that | justice, equity and even magnanimity should characterize the relations of the strong to the weak. This was the key note of his policy in South Africa. That sort of moral force" is no longer held in admiration in England. Those who exemplify it in speech or in action are held up to scorn and derision. It is 10 longer the vogue to be moral in lealing with the weak-perhaps of there were Understandings on this side of
 he Atlantic it would be found to be equally unfashonable over here As
 or literary qualifications, while our Anglo Saxon brethren have not a high opinion of our literature, we are not lismayed. We have had some authors If renoWn, and we never developed q. poet who could write more distressing nonsense than the present laureate of ireat Britain.
 There will be great times at Oxford when the American contingent of seekers puts in it's appear 1
 nee at that venerable institution. MT. Rhodes probably imagined that the
 oung men from this republic who went 0 Oxford to study would be Anglicized n short order. He doubtless imagined hat after they had breathed the atmos- here of Britain for three years they yould return home more English than he English" and conduct q British : in the United States. Pos lbly some of the beneficiaries of his ounty may become ashamed of their . ative land after they have lived a !, 'hle at Oxford. They may contract q ne monocle habit, the side -whisker abit, the cold, naughty stare, the bah T ove' manner. They may in time y link the American eagle an inferior T ort of bird, They may regard the a on as the noblest beast in the interna- n onal menagerie. They may have the f erve to come back and tell their rude h nd vulgar countrymen that the Uni n d States is no place for gentleman F } live in" There are Americans who ave never been abroad who idealize ,hn Bull and believe he is the only entleman in the universe. They are q ever so happy as when comparing our < ferior civilization to the greatness and . 'andeur of British institutions. If k icy can worship Brother Bull without p eing him, it is not impossible that n me of our impressionable young men n ho are permitted to live on equal a rms with him in his native land may N
 ccumb to his charms and humbly ad- it their inferiority.
 On the whole, however, the Americans | n ho are enabled to study at Oxford q iOukH MI. ItIlbuSS ltluilillttICb may pi
 expected to retain their American II aracteristics while abroad. They will II t be sorry they were born in a repub- Il !, nor will they apologize for it. They SC III not crawl nor abase themselves in " " way. On the contrary, they will be in oud of their citizenship and exult in Q,
 The basic principle of manhood in h. Q United States Is self-respect, The ic troduction of a wholesome, aggressive Is nerican element at Oxford will be pt cd for that great but conservative in- tl- tuition. If the right sort of Ameri- w ns are sent there, Oxford may in time or come the headquarters of an Ameri- si' Il propaganda in England, instead of as our young men on the Brit
 plan and sending them back to the lited States to Anglioize Americans. pc Q experiment will be an interesting iii 2, and great results may be expected CT m the transplantation of Uncle W nj s sons to British soil, We are not m
 people who can he aWed by cold
 re, sienoed by monocle or made to na l humble because we haven't any IS ms in the United States. When our VII ing men from Texas, who are quick Sl, the trigger: our bronco busters from
 zona; our cowvoy scholars from the
 ntana ranches; our students from
 Kentucky and West Virginia feud ca tricts make their appearance at Ok bo