Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-19
didates those men deemed best fitted

| didates those men deemed best fitted
for three years Mt the greatest univers-l
! ity In the world. Utah, together with
! the other statesand territories. has tho
| opportunity eff sending a. man. The fol-
4 lowing years VIII send another man.
and, after the lapse of 81 year, the
| proposition repeats itself and two more
/ Utah men Will go This succession OF
scholarships continues indefinitely
Thus fai|the competition in Utah for
| Rhodes scholarships has been Very linz
| tied. This limited competition llas been
due in part to5a feeling that the din
iSCulty and uncertainty of getting a
scheiaEship Was very great. and in part
~: non-appreciation OF oxford. BY
| most Americans Oxford Us little under-i
stood and at best san uncertain qutlli-
tity Those who have W1'itteniof5 Oxford
are In a large measure responsible. The
orthodox way. to write about oxford is
to apologize for the attempt and to sug
geat inst oxford is an elusive some
thing. an atmosphere that can neither
SIC defined nor fully explained In the
send Oxford has always been made out
ms something very old. "Old suggests
Morn out. An Institution both old and
worn out IS likelysto bs. in o state Of
decay ". ;,ssS FATS it Is likely not to
Offer practical training a,e Truth Is
oxford Is very 3 Igorons ami very tingi 4
hlc.
. L I Z
THE C'1NtrsI1 t5F DQtfi3I'.
Writer'S speak OF oxford as different,
very different from other universities.
lsnt they LEAVE the difference indefinite
ana ,nlinteliigible. Descriptions of Ok
ford uaualiy convey a tliird Impression.
an impression that oxford Is very
great. How great nobody knows. and
great ftlr sy.ha t Is uncertain. These do
,scriptions have largely succeeded III
casting serious doubts on American stu
dents as to whether Oxford Is worth
white. Men persuade Themselves that
the scholarship might be a good thing.
they make II more or lsss superficial I
in3sthc course of which |
they encounter the description of OK
ford referred 10 and they decide that |
Oxford IS not worth While. 1t is too
old. tho meddiaeval. Jtsisn'ttltpito date.
and nothing bart the latest fashion In |
Will suit. These ifirestisa |
tors report their findings 10 Others and |
the Impression grows that the Rhodes
are /. ilaciing up instead OF |
a going forward. 'Fhese considerations |
Inc To drop a word to Utah |
.ttudeilt s concerning the Rhotles schol
arshins and Oxford.
Tho Rhodes scholarships are tilc8l
create inf,erta king OF the kind eyer
They are without parallel /
in tbs history OF the wprld not only
in general scope and possibility but III
the opportunity they offer to the indi-
yiduaI holders. They go to men all oyer
the glish speaking world gand In q
limited ru1nbeta$Ito Germany Each
pscarries q. Very liberal fnan-
Ella allowance With no conditions At
tached that are oEerous or annoying.
,N4ithotles scholar receives C 800 yearly
ial. thr,-9 years. ol.5a little over s1,d65s 4
This amount comes TO him L
b pi1tlftcrlv tn&tallnlents which The is
At liberty TO bank and DRAW as he
tiaases.
DER NO DELEGATIONS.
Rhodes scholars ar placed under no
disability. The scholarship funds are
ii no way connected with the 'Uniyers-