The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
SECOND EXAMINATION TO BE HELD
 IN ALABAMA.
Another Ysung Man from This statc ter
 Re Selected te Jein IlF. Eklrk- n' patrick at OxfOrd,t U,
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The second qualifying examjnaticns for the Cecil Rhodes scholarship from Alabama in Oxford University. Eng.., land. will be held in Montgomery at theas Capitol on Tuesday and wednesday.4 January 1T and IS. 1905. The residence in England of the successful candidatea will begin In October. 1905.
 This information was made knowu~ yesterday, when w. F. Feagfn, Secre-x tary of the State Board of Examiners, | received his appointment as supervis-s Ing Examiner from Dr. T. w. Aber- crombie. President of the University off Alabama and chairman of the Committees tee of Selection. There is committed < of selection in every State and Terri- tory in the Union.
 The examination for qualifying forks the scholarship in January Is to be United States. Tn 1904 the examinations for Alabama was held in Montgomery and the successful student was Jamea~ H. Kirkpatrick of Montgomery. who began his residence at Oxford last Oc-@H tober. The selection for the 1905 schoi- .. arship will thus settle the two scholars from Alabama, and unless one of them dies in the meantime there will be no@ other like examination until the ex-K piration of Mir. Kirkpatrick's scholar- ship in 1901.
 The value of the Rhodes scholarshipr. is 800 pounds annually. or $1,45s.s5s which Is paid in four quarterly in stallments. the first on beginning res-s@ idence at Oxford and thereafter term-- inally on the certificate of the college at Oxford that the work and conduct of the student have been satisfactory. Ik his work and conduct are reported un- satisfactory, the scholarship lapses.
 The Rhodes Trust, of London, and the committees of selection in thee States and Territories are impresslnar T upon the prospective candidates the is not to be competitive but distinct-sss ively qualifying. This is shown by the {. fact that in the trust memorandum the wish of Mir. Rhodes Is to be carried out ~ in the qualifications of the scholars.& These are as follows with the value of Ns each:
 First-Literary and scholastic ate tainments--30 per cent
 second--Fondness and success in manly outdoor sports. such as cricketssE football and the like-20 per cent. Es
 Municipalities of manhood. truth courage, devotion to duty. sympathyAs for the protection of the weak. kindli-A ness. unseifishness and feliowship--s0E per cent. sss
 Fourth-Exhibition during school : days of moral force of character andsf of instincts to lead and to take an ifl- terest in schoolmates--2o per cent
 It will be determined before March,. P3l, 1905, who will be the selected cane didates for next year. The examina- ton papers will in few days arriveys in the hands of Chairman Abercrombies of the Alabama Committee of Eeiection.lk lk From him they will be forwarded to- MT. Feagan in a sealed parcel, to be opened by him on the first day, ef the examination in the presence of the can didates. sm
 The replies made by the candidates will be collected at the close of each z. examination and forwarded in sealed packages to Dr c. R. Parkin. at Washington. in care of Hon. w. T. Harris, Commissioner of Education. TheTA results of this examination as to the.@@ educational qualiflc ation will be fuF- s 'nished to the committee of selection and in this way it may be determined ss in each State and Territory what caIi-ss didates have passed and are eligible forss election. Then out of the list of eligi~N bles the scholar will be chosen. &
 To the committee of selection each qualified candidate will be required to- furnish evidence of his career at ecl-ans lege in the principal phases and givaes a certificate of his age. No candidates 2 can become such unless he is between s the ages of l9 and 25 years on October rf | i of the year in which he applies for election. The candidate must also be unmarried.
 If a resident of Alabama desires to stand the examination in the state where his alma mater s situated. he isrs allowed to do so under the regulations v of the trustees of the will of the late Cecil Rhodes.
 At what is known as the Respon- 1s sions Examination. the candidates will be examined in the following subjectas V
 First--Arithmetic--the whole. s
 Second-Either algebra or ge0metry v (including propositions enunciated by Euclid.)
 Third--Greek and Latin grammar. .
 Fourth--Transiation from English A into Latin.
 Fifth-one Greek and one Latin book. U
 Last year in Alabama there were five A candidates, It is believed that for the scholarship which is to begin in 1905 there vii be more candidates, - <.