Arizona republican., 1911-01-31
ENGLAND'S FUTURE KING
PLANS FOR THE EDUCATION OF
 THE PRINCE OF WALES.
He Will Take a Short Course at Oxford and Then Make Tour of the Brit ish Empirc-To Be Treated st Col
 eqe Just Like Other Students.

London-An obviously authoritative
 statement has been published dealing
 with the future career of the Prince of Wales
 The young prince will complete his
 course of training in the senior division of the Royal Naval college. Dartmouth, next April IL was at first suggested that he should accompany the king and queen on their visit to India at the end of the present year. but this idea
 has been abandoned AS soon as he
 leaves Dartmouth the prince will begin
 to read for short university career
 and he will probably enter Christ
 church. King Edwards old college. in | the autumn.
 He will not remain at oxford for the lregulation four years. two years being
 the utmost that can be spared for this portion of his training. Rooms are
 shortly to be fitted mp for him at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Cas- | tie. and his studies will be directed by various professors. The prince. it Is stated, is already well up in the sub jects necessary for matriculation and
 he is expected to pass his entrance eN- Iamination with ease.
 l While he IS at oxford the Prince of Wales will lead precisely the same life
 and will be subject to the same discip- line and routine as any other under graduate. X special suite of rooms will be provided and furnished for him and
 he will have his own tutor. but this will be the limit of the exceptions made in
 his favor.
 The king is very firm on this point.
 and so long as any of his sons are be ing educated he is determined that their rank shall not assist them
 and that they must succeed or fall on
 their merits This much he has made
 clear to his family on more than one occasion.
 An illustration of this was given shortly after the Prince of Wales was ! entered as a cadet at the iuniu- section of the Royal Naval college at Osborne. He was invited to garden party one afternoon. and was very anxious to at tend To his disgust. however, he was refused permission to be present by
 the authorities of the college, on the ground that his attendance was neces- sary al a special class of instruction that was to be held that day.
 In high dudgeon. Prince Edward as he then was. wrote letter of complaint
 to his father The king at once in- qured into the true condition O. affairs. and when he was informed of the cir cumstances his reply to his eldest son
 was at once short and decisive He saw no reason, he said. in effect, to inter fere in the matter. His son had to learn as quickly as possible that he was at the college merely as a cadet, and not as a royal prince, and that the rules that applied to his comrades applied with equal force tO himself IL was his place to set an example to the other boys by cheerful obedience to orders. however irksome the task might be. and not to look for special favors be- cause of his high birth
 This taught the young prince a very salutary lesson. and he has never com plained to his father since of any duty that has been assigned to him.
 The prince is stronger in mathc- matics than in classics. Though great reader he has no great liking for the dead languages. but greatly prefers modern history and biography He has some command of modern tonGifes and can already speak French and German with tolerable amount of proficiency. Mathematics is very strong subject. and in it's he carried off the palm at both Osborne and Dartmouth. the two naval training establishments.
 When his university course is at an q, tour of the British empire. accom- 1 panied by his brother. Prince Albert ! The precedent of the similar tour un- dertaken by the present king and the l late Duke of Clarence and Avondalc in | the cruiser Bacchante will be very 1, closely followed Since that time, how ever. the empire has expanded to an | extent hardly to he conceived. and it is | estimated that at least twelve months | will he necessary for the princes to | gain even the most cursory knowledge | of the great dominions over which their | father rules
 As was the case in the tour of the | king a cruiser will be specially fitted | up for the accommodation of the i princes. and this will probably be of | the Indomitable type. The princes will | be attended by q rather large suite. in cluding distinguished representatives of | the army and the navy
 Precedent lays it down most emphat- ically that the heir apparent to the | British throne shall be closely identi- | fled with the army. This is to he ad- hered to in the case of the Prince f Wales. Prince Albert. on the other hand. is destined to follow in the foot steps of his father and to become in due course sailor prince
 Therefore when the princes return from their tour round the world the Prince of Wales will be at once ga zetted to one of the regiments of cay airy of the line then stationed in this 
 The life of the Prince of Wales in the army will be that of any other subaltern. He will have his own quar- ters and his own servants. and that is all. Though attached in the first place to the cavalry he will in due course he