The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-09-17

- ~ EAIlor OCala Banner:
Ia following from one of our Flor
N4a Rhodes scholarship students at
N4Iord England. Mr.. w. T. Stockton
81 Iack1onslIle. Florida, viii doubtless
- ~ Nrtat interest 20 yopng men who
~ apply Tor the next scholarship
uEnF. naiIcn a. Gainesville, Florida,
e. ne 18th and Goth of October. Mr..
MIurElon'a statements are authorita-
nv and special attention is called to
rundItiona. time and place of the quail
IIFInn examinations.
A. A MURPHREE,
Chalrman a. the Florida Committee
~ selection OF Rhodes Scholars.
notwithstanding the fact that
Amefica has now sent four sets of
men 10 Oxford there seems to be very
Nltle knowr about the Rhodes schol-
nrahlps. and this Is true, too, for if it
wgFe fuIly realized what a great prize
they are there would be many times
more % compete for them than the
mrrg handful who do now. A short
l1lier cannot begin to explain all the
various features OF the system, but it
mny succeed In suggesting a few
I1naa. and IN some slight degree, at
lrnsl 20 set the people Of Florida
more interested. They should be in
anEesiod. TOO. and strive for their best
mnn 20 BE- appointed. for these schol-
mra are representatives of their
elnten. and the better the man the
mnrs credit 90 the state.
Ths idea with which Cecil Rhodes
fuuBded thu tremendous movement is
80 end noble. His object was to
halp N welding together the ties be-
1uoen tie three great Anglo-Saxon
nnweru. TIE greatness of this pur-
nuss a. % b. worked out by the schol-
nsn whom Cecil Rhodes has arranged
e. 81 sent annually 10 oxford. But it
A. ne the purpose now TO enlarge on
nho1es' conception. but on the other
nnna. % point out what the scholar
nHip means 20 the individual schol-
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To scholar takes his residence at
Oxford. Ne becomes a member of
~ groatest university in the world.
Do cones into contact with the best
uulnil &C the age, not only in the per-
nnns q the professors. but also Of the
mumerous visitors. Theodore Roose-
srli b 20 be oxford's guest next
march. and others not less noted are
40 90 BE- her guests during the COM
lna ycar. Oxford Is social event to the
nnlreme. One does not merely hear
a. professors and the visitors from
~ platform and the pulpit, but meets
lAnm personally az the various social
fnnciions Cor which Oxford life is so
u1n Known. But no less important is
~ mseting Of the students them
nnlvea They hail from all over the
uorld-Europe. Asia. Africa and the
nmerlcaa ! have often been in lee
InTe room where there were Chinese,
lapanose. Germans. Russians. Canad-
lnna English and Americans. These
nan are 10 be met not only in the lee
inre fooms but on the athletic field,
~ M club rooms and at the social af-
lalIa What a wealth of education is
e. ~ had from contact with such a
rulIurtd and cosmopolitan set Of men.
English athletics offer opportunity
81 NJ most restless Americans. True,
a. zane az cricket is as slow as the
American papers love TO portray it,
~ yet during the time that cricket
A. being played q student has many
allernatives First. he may play base
an Cor the Americans have introduc
e the ramC even into the classic qui-
Is az medieval Oxford. So far no En-.
nIsh students have been induced to
~. bui some OF the Colonial schol
nra have entered heartily into the
sane Besides baseball. tennis gives
. chance 10 the less strenuous; row
lnr % the most strenuous. Rowing is
~ chief sport AZ oxford. ranking as
fnufhal does In our colleges. The
Oniord Cambridge match excites Eng
IND no less than a Yale-Harvard
unme does America. Rowing contin-
80 throughout the year, beginning
wllh ne fall term and being kept UP
fhrousk a series Of races up to those
e paramount interest in Fights Week
m Nay. Also there is the English
nnhstiiuie tor our football-Rugby, or
~RuEger." as the Oxford undergradu.
mis h pleased 20 term II. Rugger is
80 ~ hard a game as our football,
80 I'm a payer may get rough hand
nnH enough 20 make the game nearly
nlmllar 90 ours. Soccer and Lacrosse
80 and their enthusiastic support
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Bui not only for leisure moments
ln.Ta~N nv,r,-ira-