Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-12
CECIL RHODES, GIFT.
Plans to Spend MiIionaire's Educa.
tional Fund.

IiOldi r unQs
When Cecil Rhodes, the South Afri-
can millionaire, and practically the
ruler of South Africa, died last year,
every one in America read of the be-
quest in his will by which American
boys were to be given free scholar
ships at Oxford university in order
to promote good fellowship between
the English speaking peoples. But now
the realization of that bequest Is COM
ing close to the people of the west
Recently at the Hotel Baltimore the
presidents of the state universities of
the southwest met with DR.. George r.
Parkin of Toronto, Coanada, who rep
resents the trustees under the Rhodes
will, to decide upon the method by
which the scholarships from this Sec
tion of the country shall be awarded.
pleted last night and man from each
| of the states and territories will be
sent to Oxford under the terms of the
will.
DR.. Parkin has been closely connect
ed with Oxford and has also has wide
experience in all the British colonies,
and in the United States and on this
account was selected as the man to
make the arrangements for the selec-
| ton of the students. After visiting
Oxford and making arrangements for
| the admission of the American stu
| dents to the twenty-one colleges which
constitute the university he returned to
| this country and began his series of
conferences with the leading educators
| in every part of the country. The
country has been divided into nine
groups, the states in each group pre-
senting similar characteristics, and the
manner of choosing the candidates for
the scholarships is necessarily varied
according to local conditions.
His last visit has been to Atlanta
where he met representatives of nine
southern states. The group which cen
tiers in Kansas City is composed of the
states Of Missouri Kansas, Arkansas,
Texas and Oaklahoma. The represen-
tatives here yesterday We're: Presi-
dent William Prather, of the Universe
ty of Texas; President D. R. Boyd, of
the University of Oaklahoma; Presi-
dent Henry L. Hartzog of the Univer-
sity OF Arkansas; DR.. w. S. Chaplin,
of Washington university, ST. Louis,
and DR.. w. B. Brown of the University
of Missouri. Kansas was not repre-
scented.
4 In regard to the manner of selecting
candidates for the scholarships the
i conference recommended that the
/ president of each state or territorial
university should appoint two or four
heads of educational institutions in
/ his state, who, with himself as chair
man, shall constitute committee of
selection The applicants must be be-
tween the ages of IS and 90 years and
must be legal residents of the state
from which they are selected. 1t is
also required that the applicant must
have at least the training for entrance
to the junior year of the A. b. course
i in the standard colleges. These, can
didates so recommended will have to
pass an examination for entrance to
Oxford, the examinations being given
probably at the state universities on
questions sent from England.
The bequest is so arranged that
100000 will be available in perpetu-
ity for the maintenance of these schol-
arships They pay $1,000 year for
three years. Provision is made for
two from each state, but as they run
for three years, this means that one
man will be appointed from Missouri,
for instance, in 1904, another in 1906,
while 1906 would be skipped, taking
up the turn again in 1907. The fund is
in charge of seven trustees. They
are: Lord Roseberry, Lord Grey, Lord
Miner of South Africa. Belt, the South
African millionaire; Micchell, Rhodes
business successor; Hawksley, the
London solicitor, and DR.. Jamison, of
Jamison raid fame.
Dr. Parkin has found that G200
year is ample for the student support
during the school year at Oxford, leav.
, ing him e1O0 for vacation, which will
enable him to spend that time on the
continent. This makes it the most
liberal scholarship ever offered