El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-03
Rhodes Students At Oxford
TO Promote Peace For World
AMERICANS TAKE LEAD

PREPARATIONS are being made for
~ the 1910 examinations Of appli-
cants for scholarships at Oxford
| under the terms of the will of the late
Cecil Rhodes. eEnpire-b builder, diamond
king, and phuanthrOpist. When ne was
only q years of age. CECIL Rhodes
wrote his first viii, an instrument
which would do credit to one of ma
ture years and extended experience.
In this Will he recited the fact that he
was living for three objects. One of
these was service to his country. the
second was the betterment of the hui
man race, and the last was the end of
all wars.
When he wrote his last will, making
the munificent> bequest for the educa-
ton of selected men at Oxford. he had
all three of these objects in mind BY
its terms opportunity is afforded to
about 200 young men to take a three
years course at Oxford, one Of the
worlds most ancient and greatest cen
ters of culture OF these IT is provided
that two shall come from each state and
territory in the United States. Is shall
come from Germany. and the rest from
the colonies Of the mother country
scattered throughout the globe.
World Peace by Scholarships
1t was Rhodes's first intention that
all these scholarships should go to the
United States and the English colonies
The provision for the Is from Germany
was an afterthought, and was made in
codicil TO his last will. His purpose
in making this additional provision was
in furtherance of his hope that at
some future time the three great leu
tonic nations of the wOrld-the United
States, England and Germany-might
establish a hegemony for the insurance
of an abiding world peace. In this
Rhodes was nearly a decade ahead of
the latest advocates of such a world
peace. When Andrew Carnegie re
Gently made his speech at the National
Press club in Washington, he declared
that no nation was better fitted to sit
in judgment in its own cause than an
individual was equipped for the hand
ing down of a proper decision in a case
where his own interests are at stake.
RhOdes's Scholarship Conditions.
1t was the fond belief Of Rhodes that
he could have accomplished the same
thing for which Carnegie and Root have
been working by esta blishing these
scholarships at Oxford He was per-
suaded that as the Rhodes's scholars
went out into the world Of affairs, they
would cOnstitute~the little leaven of in
ternatiOnal friendship which would
leaven the whole lump of world affairs
In order that this might be madee pos
sible, his will laid down many inter-
esting and thoughtful tests that should
be applied to the prospective applicants
for scholarships.
The Rhodes's student must be I'M
married. He must have gone through
a least the sophomore year in some
recognized university. He must be be-
tween 10 sand % years of age And no
mere boOkwOrm need expect to COM
mand the $4,000 a Rhodes's scholarship
is worth Mr.. Rhodes always felt that
an influential mind needs a strong body
to back it up. and therefore provided
that every successful candidate should
be interested In cricket IT cher ath-
letics. Furthermore he must have
shown himself to be possessed of the
manly Enthusiastically for the Op-
pressed. sympathy for the weak anG a
desire to do something for his fellow
men, Personal magnetism and well de-
veloped qualities of leadership, in con-
junction with fondness for athletics,
count more in the Rhodes examination
than the educational tests
United States Students Lead.
Last year there were 179 Rhodes stu
dents lin residence" at Oxford Ninety
OF these came from the United States
fS from the English colonies and Il
from the German empire There were
SO students from the United States who
had completed their courses at the be
ginning of the present calendar year.
Eighty-two OF these have returned to
the United States. and have entered va
rious vocations here; the others remain
ed in England to engage in business
there.
Students Make Good.
There has been much speculation in
the educational world as to the outcome
OF the work instituted by Rhodes Many
prominent educators have been inclined
to regard the scholarships in a not very
favorable light Some of them have
asserted that the Rhodes students have
not made great record at the vener-
able English university. This critf- |
clSm has been made in America and in !
England as we'll Others declare that I
such conclusion can be reached only |
by q superficial examination. and that !
il the records of the Rhodes students |
be studied inteiligently. it will be |
shown that they have not been found |
wanting
Law and Literature Attract
The Oxford law course has appealed /
TO more of the Rhodes students 1han
any other. Yet comparatively few OF /
those who have taken the law course
have entered directly upon the practice
OF that profession. The majority of |
them hold chairs of law and jurispru-
dence in American universities.
Literature has been the second choice