New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-31
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.
1mericqn Gnd Colonial Students az
Crford.
LONDON. July 70.


physical Energy recently exhibited in the quad
-angle Of Burlington House; but the manager
NJ tie oxford scholarships is the living
ho5hne-t OF Cecil RhoGes's restless spirit. i'm
ne-.al aims and Anelo-Saxon faith. He has
taken the wings Of tbs morning and gone TO the
..ternlost parts OF tie empire: and wherever he
RS conferred with educational authorities
addressed bodies OF students he has been armed
with ". Rbodes's power OF inspiring enthusi-
esra. Whether he has been answering the objec-
,,ens OF colonial educators n Australia or or
raalz:ng his worG IN the States Of the American
Union. he las been intensely in earnest and
most plausible and ingenious optirrist Wherever
r. has gone he has created an atmosphere for
la-ee project. and thai was Mr.. RhoGes's habit,
whether he was working out amalgaration
sc,-er1es a. Kimberley or Eeering the road open
from the Cape ID Cairo or saving South Africa
Gar ENGLAND by thwarting German intrigUes or
foracasLrg the reconciliation OF races after war,
.he federation OF the empire acd the co-opera-
tim OF Ang!c-Sazors il the worlds work. DR..
r3--Lin with his ere-gv. v.ylcity ard cheerful
-,sr has been -ernlaeRty qualified for the
.r-2- Of organizing chs Rhodes scholarship trust
70 has -ot Only overcome the inertia Of Oxford
oo,servatlsrn and The preiu6ices OF educators in
-he colonies and il the United States. but he
has also succeeded in interesting the English
race anu t44S y
educational enterprise.
The success Of the scholarship trust has never
been in doubt since the publication Of Mr..
gaoaes's VIII. Throughout his career he acted
On the principle that everything could be done
with money. and nothing without Il. and he
valued his wealth as a suitable instrument for
carrying out projects Of worldwide importance
When General Gordon remarked that he had
once been IN the way OF making a fortune and
had turned his face from it, Mr.. Rhodes told
hin that il was { mistake. What IS the Use o.
IDEAS" the millionaire asked, unless YOU have
The means 10 carry them cute His faith il the
efficiency of ncney~was shown when ne left a
liberal endowment for the Oxford scholarships.
When grants OF $500 were available students
were naturally drawn 70 the English university
Dr. Parzin's real work has net been the easy
task Of filing scholarships so valuable as these.
but the more difficult one Of securing picked
body OF men with the assistance of educators in
the United States and IN the empire. lie has
accomplished his purpose by making many jour
neys holding hundreds Of conferences and i'm
parting dignity and Importance TO the move
merit. He has established high tests Of efficiency
in the entrance examinations. aroused whole
some competition n the American States and
British colonies. and displayed 1lexibility pa
tience and tact in arranging all details. While
he has had generous grants TO offer to American,
German and colonial students. he has nagniled
the value of the privileges os an Oxford educa-
ton and converted the scholarships into the
highest prizes for ambitious youth in Anglo
saxondom
AS Dr. Parkin has been bent upon working
with. and not against. colonial and American
educators. he has scrupulously avoided coEnpari-
sons. He has not brought a storm about his
head by asserting that American universities
were inferior 10 Oxford and that superior prep
arauon and more thorough training were re-
CURED for the Rhodes scholarships than for
entrance AZ the best American colleges. He has
contented himself with portraying the advan- !
tages q three years residence IN university
with stored past where great men have drawn
inspiration for noble careers. Without doubt he /
has been pleased with the failure Of considera-
bic proportion CT the American candidates 70 |
pass the responsions test first because II facili-
tsted the survival Of the fttest and second. |
because Il has indicated that the Oxford train I,
Eng IS thorough and accurate. He has rot de- 4
MED that the requirements for entering Aueri- I
can universities Ike Harvard. Yale Princeton. /
Brown and Columbia were broader and more /
numerous than the oxford tests in classics and /
mathematics; but he has laid stress upon the I
fact that wei trained men in American colleges !
scholarship examinations. When closely ques-
toned respecting the university plant at Oxford /
or the system Of coaching by tutors IN the col /
leges he has ratified OF the names Of statesmen ]
who have been educated there and has asked /
whether system good enough for them would /
not serve the purposes Of colonial and American 1
students. He has explained IN detail the reading (
and work involved in. IL. GIadstone's achieve
meat Of winning double first. and has con-
tended that young coloRiaIs or Americans would .
make a good use OF their time and efforts n /
ernulatiag the performance. DR.. Parlzin in his /
oEr tncisive way IS TIE most adrot and logical /
fuglenan Oxford has ever had. This fact is /
thoroughly understood at the university 1t has |
made him popular and Influential, and has en-
aoled him 70 gain many concessions from the !
heads Of the colleges IN carrying the Rhodes /
Scholarships into operation.
The American and Colonial students who are :
70 settle down in Oxford during the second week /
q October VIII be o. terms OF equality with the ,
other students in residence. They are not al
lowed 10 choose their colleges. since the accom-
inoeatoas are restricted. and they must be con-
tent TO nave places found for them; but they are
III liberty 10 name n order the colleges which /
Hey prefer, anG their places are assigned after !
'he'r credentials testimonials and examination 4
papers have been carefully read Mr.. T. J. wylie. .
VINO hiss an al around knowledge % the colleges.
receives the applications and fits in the men |
~heFe they belong. Bauiol Christ Church Mad /
'-isn and New are the favorite colleges men
Ioned IN the lists OF the forty-three American /
s.'oeats; and fewer than twenty out Of the |
~ contingent entering every year from the !
e.leea States ard the Colonies can be provided |
I'm rooms in those four institutions with their /
E1---oie record -or scholarship and their water !
ans lovely gardens, broad sweeps Of meadow. !
- PARIS and cloisters. IN the smaller colleges