Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-05
DOWRY TO EDUCATION
oeoil Rhodes Will TO Promote Union Of
English-speaking Races.
PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS At OLD OXFORD
Two TO Each Territory snd State Of
American Union.
REMEMBERS GERMAN COUSINS ALSO
Leaves Diamond and Gold Mines 10
Public Uses,
REMEMBERS GERMAN COUSINS ALSO
W. 7. STEAD COMMENTS ON TESTAMENT
Asserts Document shows Author Not
as Mere British ImperiaIist, but
Citizen of EngIish-speak-
ing World.

Copyright 1902. by Press Publishing Coz !
LONDON, April 4-(New York World |
CabIegram-special Telegram.)-The will Of
Cecil Rhodes provides for the establishment |
Of colonial scholarships. as previously an
nounced and two American scholarships TO |
each Of the present states and territories of |
the United States. The will also provides |
for fve scholarships for students Of Ger
man birth at Oxford.
All the Rhodes scholarships, American, |
colonial and German are at oxford
Mr.. Rhodes will is remarkable and |
voluminous document Of more than $500 |
words. Even this is not the entire will, as |
che executors only gave out the portions |
which they consider to be Of public interest. |
1t was executed in 1899. There is a codi- |
ell attached on the day Of the deceased's
last departure from England and another
cabled from Capetown, leaves $4,000 yearly |
20 keep up the spot in the Matopopo hills |
where his remains are to be buried. The
will further directs that railroad exten- |
sion be made into the Matopopo hills, SO
that visitors may go there at the weekend
TO inspect the majesty and glory OF their
surroundings"
Mr.. Rhodes explicitly says he is to be
buried in an aperture, cut in the solid rock.
surmounted by a brass tablet bearing the
John Rhodes"
No one else is TO be buried there who
has not deserved we'll Of his country
Mr. Rhodes bequeaths all his landed prop
arty near Buluwayo and Salisbury, both In
Matabeleiand, to trustees, whom he directs
10 cultivate the land for the instruction
Of the people Of Rhodesia. His celebrated
country place at Groot schuur. not far from
Capetown, Mr.. Rhodes leaves as resi-
dence "for the prime minister OF the fed
eral government OF South Africa" with
Rl0cO for It's maintenance.
Request to OrieI College.
Mr.. Rhodes divides the 100000 be-
uueathed 20 oriei college into several funds.
Indicating exclusively how he wishes them
10 be applied and adds this characteristics
hentencei
.,And finally, as college authorities live
secluded from the world and 30 are like
children as to commercial matters. would
advise them to consult my trustees regard
ing the investment OF these various funds
DC far as they would receive great help and
Assistance from such advice"
Regarding the American scholarships,
Mr.. Rhodes says:
Whereas desire to encourage and fos-
ter an appreciation OF the advantages
which implicitly believe will result from
union Of the English speaking people
throughout the world and to encourage in
the students from the United States who
will beneht by these scholarships an at
tachment to the country from which they
have sprung, but without, hope. with
drawing them or their sympathies from the
land of their adoption or birth"
Az to Territorial Scholarships.
The will provides that the executors may
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territorial scholarships until such time as
they may think fit. but it provides also that
the territorial scholarships once estab-
llshed shall not lapse upon the admission
Of the territory to statehood.
Another provision is that no student shall
be qualified or disqualified for election to a
scholarship on account Of race or relig-
iouS opinion.
Mr. Rhodes desIres that the students
should not patroniEe any particular college.
but distribute themselves throughout the
university. The trustees are allowed to
suspend or remove any scholar at their dis
erection.
Mr.. Rhodes expresses the hope that the
trustees will arrange an annual dinner and
reunion for all students and scholarship
graduates who are able to attend and invite
thereto guests persons who have shown
sympathy with the views expressed BY me
In my win"
Heritage 40 Brothers.
In eodicil 10 his will Cecil Rhodes set
lied the Dalham Hall estate on his brother,
Colonel Francis William Rhodes and his
male heirs, with remainder to his brother
Ernest Frederick Rhodes and the male OF
his heirL.
In a clause referring to this settlement
Mr.. Rhodes expresses his objection to the
expectant heir developing into a "Ioafer''
and says that the essence of a proper life Is
that every man should have a definite oc-
cupstion during a substantial period Of his
career. In the disposition of the DaIham
Hall estate It is provided that the success
cor TO the estate must have been ten years
IN business or a profession other than the
army, OF IN the case OF an infant heir he
must enter business and remain there for
ten years otherwise the entail will tsrmi-
nate. The will guards strictly against en-.
sumbering the estate.
Text of BeaueHts.
Following is the actual text OF Cecil
Rhodes bequests for American scholarships:
Whereas, desire 20 encourage and foster
an appreciation OF the advantages which
lmpHcitly believe Will result from a union
ot the English speaking people Throughout
from "1bla' ,bs Sna 20 encourage In student:
from American scholarships 10 be estab-
lshed al the University OF oxford under
this, my will, an attachment TO the coun-
try from which they spring, but without,
1 hope, Withdrawing them or their SYM
pathies from the land OF their adoption or
birth; now, therefore:
direct my trustees as soon as may be
after my death. and either simultaneously
or gradually as they shall md IL conven-
lent, TO establish FOR male students the
scholarships hereinafter directed. each OF
which shall be OF the yearly value OF $50
ana be tenable at any college in the Uni
ademical years.
| direct my trustees TO establish certain
scholarships lhere follows the application
OF these scholarships referred 10 as Col
onlal scholarships and american schOl-
arships'l. | appoint two of the American
scholarships 10 each OF the present states
and territories OF the United states pro-
Nced, that IL any OF said territories shall