Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-07

such uneasy places, on which to sit. and
dynamite bombs are so easily procured
the educational world as to the outcome
of the work instituted by Rhodes. Many
prominent educators have been inclined
to regard the scholarships in not very
favorable light. Some Of them have as
serted that the Rhodes students have
not made a great record at the venera-
BILE English university. This criticism
has been made in America and in Eng
land as we'll. Others declare that such
/ a conclusion can be reached only by a
superficial examination. and that II the
records of the Rhodes students be
studied intelIigently, it will be shown
that they have not been found wanting.
The oxford law course has appealed
to more of the Rhodes students than
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. Litera-
/ ture has BEEN the second choice. Theol-
ogy has not had many pupils. While 1t
may not be said that any OF the re-
! turned scholars have as yet set the
world on fire, 1t is yet fair to them to
say that almost without exception they
have entered upon careers of honor and
usefulness fully commensurate with the
hopes and ambitions of the man through
whose bounty they attended Oxford.
The American Rhodes scholars have
formed an alumni association, and they
publish a quarterly magazine which
| tells OF their whereabouts, their work,
and their prospects. The chapter OF
personals is one OF the most interesting
features of the magazine, and the read
| ing of these personals discloses the fact
that while they have become liberal
enough to see the good that lies in Eng
lish customs and English institutions,
their American patriotism has suffered
nothing, and they are by no means de
nationalized" set of young men. One Of
them Is the international secretary Of
the Y. M. c. A. Another writes that ''in
addition to 16 lectures a week, I have
been taking part Of the work Of the head
of my department while he was OF leo
turing to the uncultured masses In the
celluloid-collar belt of Arkansas" An
other has been doing excellent work as a
| field agent of the geological survey.
From the south comes a message in
which the writer states that he Is q
quiet parson with a marriage in pros
pect. One scholar who settled in San
Francisco has figured prominently in
derers. Another tells that he Is q row.
| ing worker with a shirt on his back and
| bed under his arm, and an address
wherever he happens to be. Several
have taken up life insurance as means
Of livelihood, but they expect to leave IL
for chairs In certain American UNIVERSE
ties.
When the first 81 American scholars
started for Oxford they sailed from Bos-
ton, and in order to promote mutual iden-
LITIGATION they pinned visiting cards on
the lapels Of their coats When they got
to Oxford they found a warm reception.
Everybody seemed willing to give the
Rhodes idea fair trial. although some
were skeptical of its ultimate success
At one time, they seemed to be threaten
ed with the handicap Of the bad name
which sticks to a man through life once
given to him. The newspapers were in
clined to everyday the athletic end of the
career OF the Rhodes scholars, and when
they carried away more than two-thirds
of the honors at the first field day after
their arrival, the world was ready TO
conclude that they were more set of
athletes than a group Of American stu
dents. So widespread did this belief be-
come that the secretary Of the Rhodes
foundation wrote an article for an Ameri-
can magazine, in which he declared that
the Rhodes students were serious and
earnest and deserved the excellent stand
ing they held In the schools Of the uni
versity.
The American candidates for scholar
ships are selected by local committees
from each state. According to the terms
of the bequest the students are to be
chosen literally without reference to
race, color or previous condition of
Had hxyf he
trustees Of the foundation that the stu
dents are to be selected from either the
state Of domicile or of education, yet IN
most of the states only residents ARD
held to be eligible, and the scholarship
often Is passed from one university to
another In the state.
The atmosphere and the conditions of
study at Oxford are vastly different from
those at any American university. Much
stress is laid on social intercourse, which
is one Of the features of the work Of
the institution among it's thousands of
students. Very little time is given for
reading during the scholastic year. The
vacations are much longer than those
In American universities, and it is OK
pectsd that the Rhodes students will
have SO husbanded their annual allow
ance OF 8, 800 as to be able to spend the
vacation season in Switzerland and else
where, where they are afforded oppor-
tunity to do the general reading that
is precluded by the social customs at
Oxford.
Comparing the American Rhodes stu
dent with the others Of the student body
at Oxford, one OF the leading teSchers
Of the university declares that they are
found to be brighter, to comprehend
more readily the things with which they
deal, but that they are somewhat more
superficial than the average English stu
dent. This shows up more clearly at ex-
animation time than at any other period
in the course Of their student career.
While the university man in the Ameri-
can schools takes his examinations by
piecemeal and at different times in his
scholastic year Oxford holds back every
thing until the work is ended, and then
the student is required to undergo an
extensive examination on his whole
COURSE