The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-19

" $3.50 a year TO each scholar whose
term of residence at Oxford may be three
years One scholarship is to be awarded
IN each state and territory of the United
States this year and another next year.
Only ;wo scholarships can be held at
one time for the same state. The income
is sufficient to support young man Of
modest tastes.
President Jesse was made chairman of
the committee OF selection for Missouri.
and he appointed other members as fol-
lows:
Chancellor w S Chaplin. Washington
University. ST. Louis: President William
Henry Black Missouri Valley College,
Marshall: Right Reverend Daniel S. Tut
tie. ST. Louis, and President John Henry
McCracken. Westminster College. Fulton.
The vacancy caused by the depa rture or
Dr. McCracken from Missouri viii be
filled at the first meeting of the com
nnittee.
The requirement that application shall
be made in January will not be enforced
this first year Therefore. all persons who
desire to be candidates for the Rhodes
scholarship in Missouri should send their
H Jesse. whose address is Columbia. No.
Next spring at Columbia the qualifying
examination will be held, Of which notice
will be sent to all applicants that have
made application on or before March 10.
Tie elected scholars viii commence res
idence in October. 1904.
\ qualifying examination Will he held
within this period ia each state and t"rri-
tory or al centers which can easily be
reached This examination is not COM
petitive. but is intended to give assur-
ance that all candidates are fully quail
fed 10 enter on course OF study at
Oxford University.
The committees and the universities
making appointments will be furnished
with a statement Of the qualifications
which AIr Rhodes desired in the holders
OF his scholarships, and they will be ask
ed in exercising their right OF selection
To comply as nearly IS circumstances viii
permit with the spirit of the lestator's
wishes.
They also win be asked to furnish 10
the trustees as full statement as pos
sible Of the school and college career OF
each scholar. with the special grounds of
his appointment. together with sugges-
tions. il desired. as TO the course Of study
for which he is best fitted
It has been decided that all scholars
shall have reached at least the end of
their sophomore or second year work of
some recognized degree granting univer-
ait or college Of the United States.
Scholars must he unmarried, must be
citizens of the United States and must
be between 10 and p years Of aSe.
Where several candidates pree,nt them
selves from single college or university,
the committee Of selection will request
the faculty Of the college to decide be-
tween their claims on the basis OF MT
Rhodes suggestions, and present TO the
committee the name OF the candidate
chosen by that college as its representa-
tive in the final election.
Candidates may elect whether they will
apply for the scholarship Of the state in
which they have acquired the above men
toned educational qualification, or for
that Of the state in which they have their
ordinary private donicile home or resi-
dence. They must be prepared to present
themselves for examination in the state
they select No candidate may compete
in more than one state.
ANY inquiries about oxford, its colleges
and the courses of study there should be
addressed to F. ]. Wy1Ie. Esq, the OK
ford agent of the Rhodes Trustees. The
presidents Of American colleges are re-
quested to send to Mr.. Wyiie for the in
formation of the trustees. copies of their
annual calendar. and such other college
literature as they may think useful.
Comics of the oxford ReSponsiOn papers
for past years can be obtained from the
oxford University Press. 81 and 80 Fifth
avenue New York. The Students hand
book of oxford can be ordered at the
same address. 1t gives full information
about the examinations Of the univer-
sity, subject Of change made since the
last edition was issued.
Oxford as ii is" small pamphlet
prepared by Mr.. Louis Dyer of Harvard
and Baliol colleges for the use OF Ameri-
can candidates gives all essential Informal
ton in a condensed form.
oxford and its Colleges written by
Mr.. !. Wells OF Wadham College and
oxford and Oxford Life, edited by the
same gentleman. may be recommended
for those who wish 20 gain fuller informa-
ton about the university and is COL
ieees.