The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-09-21

68ClLe6 England no less tnan ole
Harvard game does America. Rowing
continues throughout the year, be
ginning with the fall term and being
kept up through series OF races Up
to those of paramount interest in
Fights Week in May. Also there is
the English substitute for our football
Rugby or Kruger, az the Oxford
undergraduate Is pleased to term it.
Rugger Is not as hard game as cur
football, but still q player may get
rough handling enough to make the
game nearly similar to ours Soccer
and Lacrosse also find their enthus-
iastic supporters.
But not only for his leisure mo-
ments has Oxford advantages. Her
curriculum is most extended, Offering
a student nearly anything in which
he may wish TO specialize. The law
is faVorite with the Americans and
while it does not fit one directly for
practice in this country, yet il does,
although indirectly, fully equip him.
One student after studying two years
at Oxford, came back to his state
passed the bar exams, and then re-
turned to Oxford to complete his
course. The classics stand next in
popularity, while history, science.
literature, languages, theology. medi-
cine, etc. each attracts students in
varying numbers. oxford is well
equipped TO give instruction in all
these branches and the degree which
she beStOws ranks high all over the
world. If one wishes to be lawyer,
teacher, preacher or writer, ne can
have a splendid preparation at Ok
ford.
THERE ARE THREE TERMS.
So far only term time has been
mentioned. Now a term consists Of
but eight weeks and there are only
three terms. Between the first and
the second there intervenes a Christ
mas vacation OF six weeks and be-
tween the last two an Easter vacation
Of the same length. This leaves three
periods amounting in all to over half
the year in which the student is fTeo
TO pursue his own inclination He
may retire to some peaceful resort
whore he can quietly carry on hts
studies or he may travel. All Europe
lies at his feet England, teeming
with points OF historic interest, can be
toured by bicycle. France affords
him entertainment in country or III
city. The art galleries and music
halls OF Germany, the ruins Of Italy.
the mountains of Switzerland, the
quaintness Of Holland. all these and
more too may be enjoyed during the
vacations.
II is sometimes said that the
Rhodes scholars are not given sum
Client funds with which to do all this.
This is not true. The allowance is
about $1,000 a year, and this, with
careful management, will enable q
student not only to maintain himself
well while at Oxford, but will allow
do 70 TnIv
or less extended trips. This summer,
for instance, some of the scholars
have travelled as far as the Holy Land
while others Of us have returned tor
q visit to Oun states. We have all
been able to do this on the scholar
ship money.
But IL the prize is really so great,
why are there so few contestants
Simply because it Is commonly but
enormously thought that the require
ments must be terribly high. The
qualifying exam. IL more simple than
the ordinary college entrance exam.
Formerly it was necessary to take,
I. Greek Grammar and one author
usually XenOphOn). ?. Latin Gram
mar, prose and one author casually
Caesar. 3. Arithmetic and either
algebra or geometry. But now, owing
to the fact that so few Americans are
studying Greek. II is made optional
whether or not to take IL. And so
now the exam. may be taken on mere
ly the latin and the mathematics.
Then after a student has been elected
to the scholarship, he will be required
to study up the Greek before entering
Oxford. AS there are about nine
months between the date OF getting
the appointment and going TO oxford,
ample time is afforded to get up the
Greek, and who would not be willing
10 study Greek a short while if ne
was assured of 81, 500 a year for the
three years during which the scholar
ship is tenable? The appointment CT
a scholar is made by each state each
year for two and skipping the third.
One is to be appointed this fall take
residence at Oxford the following fall.
The qualifying exam. mentioned above
is TO be held this year on October
18th and goth and may be taken at
any of the following places: Gaines
Vile, Fla, Athens, Ga, Chapel Hill,
n. c., Columbia, s. c., Charlottesville.
Va, and at other cities in other
states. After a man has once passed
this exam. he stands eligible for cleo
ton up to the age of twenty five; he
first becomes eligible at the age of
nineteen Another requisite is that a
student must have finished his sOpho-
more year at some degree granting
university OF college.
SOME QUALIFICATIONS
After a candidate has passed this
comparatively simple exam. he then
refers his name to the committee of
the state from which he intends TO
compete. Il is left to his own choice
to Try from either the state where he
has lived or from that where he has
been educated The committee then
proceeds to elect the best all-rOund
man, using as q guide in their 5eiCc-
ton the clause left by Rhodes in MS
will: Regard shall be had to u mis-
literary and scholastic attachments.
% his fOndness for and success In
manly outdoor sports such as cricket.
football and the Ike. 80 his quail
des Of manhood, truth. courage, de-
vOtiOn to duty, sympathy for and pro
lection of the weak, kindness, unset
hshness and fellowship. and (4 ais
exhibition during school days of moral
force and character and instincts to
lead and take an interest in bis