Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-31
SATURDAYS Exercises.

The third day of the Assembly, Sat-
rrday, duwncd bright and clear ana
the boys ana young men occupying
tents in the Pines we're up betimcs. A.
ter the early breakfast in Mcdonald
hall. morning prayers We're conducted
in Dunn auditorium by Alexander Cor
don of orange. Y. j.
David Il. Porter. Rhodes student
from Trinity College. oxford. WAS the
speaker Of the service ut 1890 A. NJ.
Mr.. Pnrtcr'S subject was The Rhodes
Scholarship and oxford University"
Mir. Porl,l'S address was listened To
with closest attention was in part as
follows:
The Cecil Rhodes scholarship in
Oxford University is the greatest pdu-
catiOnal scheme ever conceived by the
mind of man. This scheme means two
things: First the establishment Of an
empire which should be co-existent
with the English language: Second. The
establishment of universal praise in
the world. Two big policies, Cecil
Rhodes said that The declaration Of
Independence put th" world back more
than two centuries. In unity is
strength and when America separated
herself from the mother country she
made two countries vi ere should nave
i,cen but one.
Tho study of TIE ,ife of Cecil Rhodes
has been an inspiration to me. Mis-
takes Il" made. faiings he had but
there We're qualities in his character
which ought to be an inspiration TO the
who'll world.
Mr.. Porter referred to the Roer war
Is the blacklist spot in England's his
toy ana Of Cecil Rhodes relation to il.
cecil Rhodes" he said, was not. COM
11ratively speaking. Il wealthy man.
He wanted money not for itself but
MS a means 10 an end.
81 could never understand" said tho
spcak"r why the bumps on Il boys
head OF the snap" Of his head should
ndic&tn the boys ability to do certain
things. Not whit 4 hoy or man looks
like doing but what he gets up and
does should be the standard by which
we should judgn him. Let Us look a.
Cecil Rhodes life from this standard"
lie then spoke of that vast state Of
Rhodesia- the product of Cecil Rhodes
brain: of the Cape Horn to Carlo
Route, another of his schemes and
which today is two-thirls finished; and
of his great plan for the immigration
of that great country of South Africa
for purposes Of agriculture and for
the good IF the people
Looking from tn" physical or tangi-
bic To the ideal we see his great plan
Tor the purposes of education which
led him to give to oxford an endow-
nent which yields am annual income Of
$500. 900 and which is devoted to the
establishment of 200 scholarships
about one-half of these is given to COL
tge men in the United States. Last
year IS states might have had these.
but only this year Is states failed to
pass examinations.
"Oxford is Il city rs we'll as n uni
Iersity. 1t is the educational center of
the world. it is the center of education
To the tourist ana beautiful always. Mr.
Porter tolG of the twenty-five colleges
comprising Oxford University and ex-
rlained the difference between the COL
lese and tie university. He told some
thing Of tie student life in oxford un-
der their heads:
Social. Studious. strenuous socially.
in America n college is a place to go
to study books; in Europe it is place
to study books and men,"
The social life in oxford occupies
much of the time and men are enter
tanned or entertaining at every moment
in the day-breakfast. lunch. tea and
dinner The speaker described at
some length the social customs obtain
ing here which in some respects might
| be a lesson 10 US. He then spoke of
the studious side of Oxford life. A
man can study there if he will even
though so much time is spent socially
| and judging by the grand and gifted
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