Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-12
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.
President MacLean, of the University,
Gives His Views.

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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. Fin addition to
| those letters to Governor Cummins rel
ative to the Rhodes scholarships,
| printed in these columns Saturday, DIR.
George e. MacLean, president OF
the Iowa State university, replied more
at length than either OF the others.
saying:
You ask in particular for sugges-
! lions as to regulations which might be
adopted by the trustees respecting 1he
! selection and examination of those Who
have an ambition to enjoy the scholar :
ships. Following the printed excerpts
| from Mr. Rhodes will as to American
scholarships, venture the following
suggestions, the first of which may DE-
jSupertiuous.
THAT the trustees follow literally
Mr.. Rhodes suggestions as to the four
qualifications for an election to schol-
larship, namely: ID literary and scho.-
astic, Gid fondness Of and success IN
many outdoor sports. Gid qualities OIL
manhood as enumerated, dv) eXhlol-
! ton OF moral force of character.
90 Following Mr.. Rhodes suggestion,
| a marking system distributing the
marks as he suggests, and taking 2oo
as the maximum number of marks.
I believe that Mr.. Rhodes must have
| seen that this would give opportunity,
| for example to give 20 points to liter
| airy (power of expression) and 40 points
| to scholastic attachments, out OF the
possible so under point 1.
"S. Mr.. Rhodes suggestion for the
II mi M ~
This examination in a state like Iowa,
with state university. should be Civ
en- to the university. The university
should invite representatives from the
college section being practical fed
Grafton of the university and the stand
ard colleges of the state.
II. Mr. Rhodes provides for the sec
ond and third qualifications respective
ly by ballot by the fellow students of
the candidate The examining board
above mentioned should arrange for
the taking Of this ballot by the fellow
students in the institutions respective
~ from which the candidates come.
..E. The above mentioned board IN
the same way should receive the fourth
qualification made by the headmaster,
that is president, Of the candidates
school.
sc. The marks obtained by each can
didate should be tabulated and aver
aged by the university board abova
mentioned, and sent as Mr.. Rhodes d.
reefs. for the consideration Of the
trustees.
In explanation of the suggestions
made offer the following remarks.
The entrance requirements at Oxford
must be met by these candidates. Their
requirements differ, grading the groups
Of studies as pass and honor examin-
ations. 1t would seem to me desirable
that the American scholarships should
be taken by men who have ambitions
for honor examinations, and honor
schools The. preparation of students
in the middle west would therefore be
that of our best high schools, plus
not less than a year in a standard coll
lege. The candidates would therefore
be American college students. In some
colleges they would have to complete
sophomore year. The regulations sug-
gested, therefore, speak of the univer-
sity. with professors from the standard
colleges as assessors. AS the greatel
includes the less, the scholarastic ex-
work only, and the balloting properly
would be by college mates. The first
regulation should be that some form
OF declaration be made by the candi-
dates. If the student is competent at
the end of his freshmen year In ou,
colleges to meet the entrance require
ments at Oxford, with the three years
residence there the time required would
r. ~ H. ,asy -.
ordinary American college. l deem ii
extremely important that the scholar
ships should not be open to those whs.
have not had at least a year in an
American college. have assumed that
the trustees will require the highest
standards of admission to the colleges
at Oxford. and the subjects required
there for the different groups or
schools.
1T will be hard to adopt one set OF
general regulations that will be equally
fitting for the American scholarship in
all the states and territories of the
union. In the great middle and west
ern and southern states it might be
possible to have general regulations
because these states have great pub
lie school systems crowned by great
|state universities, and the national as
ISOLATION of state universities would
be able to handle this subject equit-
ably. In the New England states for
the state university there might be
substituted the senior Institution of
learning. for example Harvard in Mas.
sachusetts. Yale in Connecticut. and.
I believe, Columbia in New York, and
Princeton In New Jersey.
"Mr. Rhodes refers to the minister
having the control of education which
fits colony or province. In a stata
this might suggest a state superinten-
dent Of public instruction, but in most
Of the states the state superintendent
has to do with the common or lower
schools. In some states the head Of thu.
state university, as. for example IN
Nebraska, is called in the statutes the
chief educator For Mr.. Rhodes pur-
pose it is likely that in most cases