The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-11
A NEW PLAN
SCHOLARSHIPS
CONVERSE OF THE RHoADEs
FOUNDATION is EXPECTED TO
TAKE PLACE IN LONDON.

London, March 10.-A plan for a sys-
tenn of imperial scholarships, to serve
as the converse of the Rhodes scholars
foundation, is expected to take shape
here in short time. In addition to
the self governing dominions of Great
Britain, It Is believed the United States
will be brought into the plan, which
viii be supported at first by private
philanthropy. Later, attempts will be
made to interest the various govern
pents concerned, with the idea of
making the plan part of their public
school systems.
Some time ago several wealthy men
of the United States were approached
IL behalf of this plan. They promised
substantial aid, and the campaign here
has progressed so far that the COM
mittee in charge of the movement will
soon announce the details of the
scheme
1t is recognized that English public
school boys suffer from form of in
sularity, which only study abroad can
cure, and that such foreign instruc-
ton must come if England expects to
remain an empire. The plan, as ten
ia lively formed, contemplates a sys-
tenn of travelling scholarships open to
English boys for study in American,
Canadian and AuStralasian institu-
tions.
Dogs of High Degree.
Dogs of high degree, the aristocrats
of the canine world Of Great Britain,
are competing this week in large
numbers for the yearly allotment of
blue ribbons, but the most popular,
the most admired, and the most petted
animals at the dog show at agricul-
tural hall are a group OF sixteen dogs
without lineage, each of which has
saved a human life. The aristocrats
who have nothing but ancestry and
form to commend them to ths dog-lov-
ing public are passed by for khe mon
grels' who have proved theif worth
Under the ordinary rules practically
all of these sixteen hero dogs would
have been excluded from the COM
pany of the 1000 higa-bred animals
which occupy the benches of the show,
for with two or three exceptions the
heroes boast no pedigree and must be
described as just plain dog" The
advocates of eugenics and the Men
delian theory have been rather sub
dued in the presence of these mongrel
life savers which have receivd more
attention from visitors than the pam:
pered champions. Rover, apparently
cross between an Irish terrier and
sheep dog, was a great favorite, for it
was stated that during a heavy gale
he had rushed into the water off Straw
Island, caught drowning man by the
clothes, and dragged him ashore. He
belongs to the keeper of the Straw
Island light, where ne is counted an
extremely valuable assistant. The
most aristocratic dog of the lot is
Duke, a collie, said to have saved the
life of a child by snatching it from
under the feet of 1ray horse.
Betting on Football.
A police court prosecution at New
Castle for gambling has revealed the
startling fact that one firm of football
betting commissioners has made
profit of $4,000 in three months. When
the firms offices were raided over So,
600 betting coupons were found.
Betting on association football, which
is the premier winter professional
sport of the British Isles, is rapidly
assuming the proportions of scandal,
and it is now openly charged that the
morale of the game has suffered Sc
verely because of the efforts of the
gamblers to fix games. 1t is also free
" charged that the owners of the big
clubs have conspired to play to draw
ia some of the big cup matches, which
SSll4S liS SAe'lii p4olAEA4P7 a. LIZ
of the season, so that their profits
might be augmented by the playing
Of an additional game.
Some of the daily papers have taken
the matter up and rumblings of an
impending storm of protest are be-
ginning to be heard. Two rival and
warning associations exercise joint
control over both amateur and pro-
fessional association football. Lately
attempts have been made to reconcile
their differences, and this proposed
consolidate IS being fought by the
gamblers and some of the managers,
who fear that their operations will be