The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-03-20

college tradition and promotes the
early growth Of friendship among the
undergraduates Since the social fea-
lures Of oxford form one Of the most
important os IT'S advantages. and since
the man who does not form friends in
the first year may not succeed in max
ng many during ihe remainder Of his
course, the assignment to quarters in.
side the college is apparently based
upon practical considerations OF
value
The manner in which the athletic
leaders sought out and interested the
fie hmen IN Their respective lines
# sports placed the new arrivals in
quandary at lrst for they deemed
it impractioable TO train for foot bail
and for boating at the same time; but
they found that they were expected
70 show up" in the practice work for
both sports only until the coaches had
taken .heir measure ana selected the
men capesie Of adding to the college,
athletic reputation.
Evidently beth the Rhodes men and
the regular Englsh undergraduates
were somewhat reluctant to make ad-
vances to each othe' out this form Of
shyness lasted only short time. and
at the end of three months the Ameri-
cans were made to feel entirely at
home. The picture of the social side
Of the great English university life
is very interesting and charming
Mr. Vincent's paper deals chiefly
with the purly educational aspect of
the undergraduates experience. He
notes. as does Mr.. schutt, the tendency
ia make up i'm vacation for a part of
the seeming idleness in term time.
when about zen hours a week consti-
utes the average amount OF work
ing AID studying activity Mr. Vim
cent. however. regards the English
honor school as much more specialized
and complete than is the traditional
classical courso" OF the American
college. Also he consideres that the
practice OF studying Tor two or three
years along one line and then coming
up for an examination upon which
alone the whole Of the students univer
sity standing depends is a severe or
deal, different from anything in ouI
American collegiate courses. AS the
standard set is Is high-for each ans
wer In the examinations calls for a
short specialist essay-it is probable
that few of the Rhodes scholarship
men win go in for honors until they
have taken term or two Of prelimi
nary work, although some Of them
owing to their standing and exper.
ence in American colleges and tC
their peculiar fitness for particular
lines Of research-were admitted e
honor and graduate work at the start
THE close touch of the tutors will
the students was part t.cularly noticed
by the writer's OF both the articles
the tutors taking a personal interes
in the l.fe Of their charges quite al
much as in Their students.
II is still too soon to form an opin
ION upon the possibility of oxford de
riving from it's 100 Rhodes men an!
satisfaction equal to that likely to b.
acquired from oxford by the Ameri
cans The latter from the first hav,
sought to adapt themselves wholly {,
Their new conditions and have aske,
no favors on the score Of their pre-
vious collegiate training To all ap
pearances they have taken the sam,
position as if they had been younl
Englishmen entering college for The
first time. Nevertheless, there ma.
be enough Of we-ten breeziness II
the 100 scholarship appoiAtees T.
have some appreciable influence upol
the oxford atmosphere; and, ip tn,
course Of several years, that infiuenc
may become apparent Meantime tn,
experiment will be worth the atten
tion Of university men on both side
of the Atlantic, and papers like thos
Of Messrs. Schutt and Vincent will b.
read with pleasure and profit