, 1903-03-18
PARK|N
MAKES SOME SUGGESTIONS CON,
CERNlNG APPLICANTS. FOR
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.
Must Be Unmarried, Not More Than
Twenty-four Years of Age, and
Preference to Be Given to Stu
dents Who Have Taken Education
in University They Represent.

DR.. Parkin, who represents the
Rhodes scholarships in the west, in
speaking of the requirements for
awarding the scholarships, says:
Il find great interest among oduca-
tors in the United States End through
out the British colonies in these schol-
arships. While l would not advise
every young man to go to Oxford, it
offers great advantages to certain
types. The scholars will be literally
provided for out of the Rhodes fund,
receiving 81 500 a year for three years.
That will entail an expenditure of
nearly 100000 a year There are
about 200 scholarships in all. The fund
is about $4,000, 900"
At the opening of the conference at
Denver DR.. Parkin made a highly in
lteresting address, explaining the
scholarship plan. The first important
point, he explained, decided by the
trustees, was that all the students
coming to Oxford must pass the exam
nation known as responsions, which
include the whole arithmetic, either
algebra through quadrations or two
books of geometry, Latin and Greek
grammar, TRANSACTIONS from English
into Latin prose, and two books, me
Greek and one Latin, from a list of
specified authors. Therefore, all can
didates must have a classical prepare
ton.
The conference recommended that
The student shall have completed at
least two full years of college work
before beginning his residence at Ok
ford.
That the maximum age of candi-
dates must be "a years when entering
the scholarship, and must be unmar-
ried: that he shall be advised to enter,
as a rule, upon undergraduate work
for honors at oxford; that in the Sc
lection of candidates, all other things
being equal, preference shall be given
to students who have taken their edu-
cation in a university or college To-
Gated in the state they represent; that
in the states of Wyoming and New
J Mexico the committee for the selec-
ton of candidates shall be the presi-
dent and faculty of the state uni
versity. and that in Colorado the com,
mittee shall consist of the heads of
the University of Colorado, the Uni
versity of Denver and Colorado col
Ilege, with the president of the Uni
Iversity of Colorado as chairman; that
the expense of selection shall be borne
by the institutions in the state; that
there shall be no appointment of men
who have not been in college or uni.
versity classes for two years; that
there are to be two men in Oxford
every year; that there will be n ap'
pointment for the year beginning DC
tober, 1904, one in October. 1905, but
none in 1906. After that the selection
will begin over as before in 1907, the
aim being to keep two Colorado men In
Oxford all the time.
DR.. Parkin gave the following list Of
books for all prospective candidates tc
read: "Responsions Papers," publish
ed by the Oxford University Press
Oxford and Oxford Life" Wells "Ox
ford and It's Colleges" Corbin's "Ar
American at Oxford" Goodwin Smiths
"Oxford and Her Colleges"
The tri-state conference committee
will meet in a week or ten days, al
which time further announcement
will probably be made.