Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-12
CECIL RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR ST.
JOHNS STUDENTS.
PreSideot Fell Receives a Circular
Letter From Trustees of
Rhodes Will.
ST. JOHNS UNSUCCESSFUL
IN THE PAST.

DR.. Fell received the following an.
nounoement this morning from the
trustees of the Cecil Rhodes will.
concerning the scholarship to Oxford,
which is open every year 60 one man
from each staGe and territory in the
United States. Two st. Johns men
tried for this scholarship last wear.
Messrs. Woodcock and Wilmer, but
neither was successful. The circular
was. In part, as follows:
1.-THE trustees of the will of the late
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes have prepared the
following memorandum for the infor-
nation of college authorities and in
tending candidates for scholarships in
the United States:
"The next qualifying examinations
for scholars in the United States un-
der the Rhodes bequest will be held
on Tuesday and Wednesday, January
II and IS, 1905, the selection of schoi-
ars is to be completed before the end
of March, and the elected scholars
will begin residence at Oxford in Oc-
tober, 1905.
1.-THE examination will be held in
each state and territory to which
scholarships are assigned, at centres
To be fixed by the local committee of
selection. This committee will ap.
point suitable person to supervise
the examination, and will arrange for
it's impartial conduct 1t should be
clearly understood that this examina-
tion is not competitive, but simply
qualifying, and is merely intended to
give assurance that every elected
scholar is able to pass the first exami-
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of all candidates for the b. A. degree.
1.-The Rhodes scholars will be Sc
lected from candidates who have sue
cessfully passed this examination.
One scholar will be chosen from each
state and territory to which scholar
ships are assigned. Candidates must
be unmarried, must be citizens of the
United States, and must be not young
er than nineteen nor older than TWEEN.
ty-five years of age on October of
the year in which they are elected.
1T has been decided that all schol.
ars shall have reached, before going
into residence, at least the end of their
sophomore or second year work at
some recognized degree granting Uni.
versity or College of the United States.
An exception to this rule is made in
the case of the State of Massachusetts,
where, at the request of the commit
tee of selection, authority is given to
appoint from the secondary schools.
Candidates may elect whether
they will apply for the scholarship of
the state or territory in which they
have acquired any large part of their
educational qualification. or for that
of the state or territory in which they
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home or residence. They may pass
the qualifying examination at any
centre, but they must be prepared to
present themselves before election to
the committee in the state or territory
they select. No candidate may COM
pete in more than one state or terri
tory"
The circular then goes on to tell the
subjects in which candidates are to
be examined. They are as follows !:
/. Arithmetic--the whole. g Either
the Elements of Algebra or of Geome-
try. The Algebra is to take through
Simple Equations and the Geometry is
to include nearly the whole of Euclids S
Elements, that is, the first three
books. 3. Greek andL attn. Grammar.
4. Translation from English into
Latin. 5. One Greek and one Latin
book.
The scholarship will be paid in
four quarterly installments: the first
on beginning residence at Oxford, and
thereafter terminally on the certificate
of his college that the work and con-
duct of a student have been satisfac-
tory. Without such a certificate the
scholarship lapses. A scholarship
which Iapses 81 ther from failure of a
student to secure this college certifi-
cate, from resignation, from marriage
or from any other cause, will not be
filed up until the year in which it
would naturally expire. This proyi-
isun is made in order not to interfere
with the rota of succeeding scholars.