The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-06
ENCLAND'S FUTURE
 K|NC
PLANS ARE LAID FOR THE eDU. CATION OF THE PRINCE
 OF WALES.

1 division of the Royal Naval College. i Dartmouth, next April. It was al | first suggested that he should ac- ] company the king and queen on 1 their visit to India at the end of 1 the present year, but this idea has l been abaldo.Cd. As soon as he 1 leaves Dartmouth the prince will bc 1 gin to read for a short university | career and he will probably enter | Christ Church, King Edwards old ] college, in the autumn.
 1 He will not remain at Oxford for i the regulation four years, two years i being the utmost that can be spared i for this portion of his training. l Rooms are shortly to be fitted Up | for him at Buckingham Palace and | Windsor Castle, and his studies will 1 be directed by his present tutor. MT. 1 Hansell. assisted by various pro | fessors. The prince. it is stated, 1 is already well up in the subjects | necessary for matriCulation and he ! is expected to pass his examination i with ease.
 While he is at Oxford the prince i cG Wales will lead precisely the i same life and will be subject to he same discipline and routine as i any undergraduate. special suite i of rooms will be provided and fur
 nished for him and he will have
 his own tutor, but this will be the
 limit of exceptions made in his | favor.
 The king is very firm on this point, and so long as any of his sons | 1- hot, 1.i,, ,Il ln ;, lTt, ,,,,I l that their rank shall not assist them
 and that they must succeed or fall on their merits This much he l 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 cadet at the jun | i0r section of the Royal Naval Col. | leEe al Osborne He was invited 1 10 a garden party one afternoon and was anxious to attend. To his ! disgust. however. he was refused | permission to be present by the authorities of the college, on the l ground that his attendance was nee. | essary at a special class of instruC- l ton that was to be held that day. In high dudgeon, Prince Edward, 1 as lie was then, wrote a letter of 1 complaint to his father. The king al once inquired into inc true con l iition of affairs, and when he Was 1 informed of the circumstances lis 1 reply to his eldest son was at once 1 short and decisive. He saw no req | son, he said. in effect, to interfere 1 in the matter. His son Lad to learn as quickly as possible that he was ar the college merely as a cadet,
 and not as a royal prince, and that he rules that applied to his com
 radcs applied with equal force to himself. It was his place to set an example to the other boys by a
 cheerful obedience to orders, how ever irksome the task might be, and not to look for special favors because of his high birth. This taught the young prince
 very salutary lesson, and he has never complained to his father since If any duty that has been assigned 10 him.
 The prince is stronger in mathe- matics than in classics Though a great reader he has no great liking for the dead languages, but great ly prefers modern history and bo- graphy. He has some command of modern tongues, and can already speak French and German with a tolerable amount of proficiency. Mathematics is a very strong sub j5ct, and in it he carried off the palm at both Osborne and Dart mouth, the two naval training estab-
 lishments.
 When his university course is at m end of the prince of Wales will set off on tour of the British
 Empire, accompanied by his broth r, Prince Albert. The precedent
 of the similar tour undertaken by
 he present king and the late duke
 of Clarence and Avondale in the
 cruiser Bacchante will be very
 closely followed. Since that time
 however, the empire has expanded
 10 an extent hardly to be conceived
 and 1t is estimated that at least
 12 months will be necessary for the
 princes to gain even the most cur
 sorry knowledge of the great dO
 minions 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
 princes. and this will probably be of the Indomitable type. The prin- ces will be attended by rather large suite, including distinguished
 representatives of the army and the navy.
 Precedent lays it down most em- phatically that the heir apparent
 10 the British throne shall be close ly identified with the army. This
 is to be adhered to in the case of the prince of Wales. Prince Albert
 on the other hand is destined to
 follow in the footsteps of his father and to become in due course a sail or prince
 Therefore when the princes return
 from their tour around the world the prince of Wales will be at once gazetted to one of the regiments of cavalry of the line then stationed
 in this country.
 The life of the prince of Wales
 in the army will be that of any other subaltern. He will have his own quarters and his own servants, and that is all. Though attached in the first place to the cavalry he will
 in due course be acquainted with
 the duties of the various other
 branches of the service, such as
 the royal artillery and the royal engineers. It is the earnest desire
 of both the king and the queen that
 their eldest son shall be soldier in something more than name, and h~ &o ivN~,