Arizona republican., 1914-04-19
ARIZONA BOYS
 AT 0LO OXFORD
Satisfactory Work of the Rhodes Scholarship Stu dents Who Have Gone from This State, Whence the Best Are Sent

pr. Wilde, of the University of Ari- zona, has been making inquiry of the oxford, England. secretary to the Rhodes trustees to ascertain the rec urds being made by the Arizona Rhodes Scholars at Oxford.
 The report is uniformly good and the state may have a satisfaction in the excellent representation it has secured at this important foreign university.
 Lester Disney remained three years at Oxford with credit. and left in June 1913. At the end of his second year he took the Final Honor School of Jurisprudence" obtaining honorS of the second class. His third year he de- voted mainly to the study of American law. The secretary to the Rhodes trustees received always satisfactory reports of Disney's college work, and the secretary says we may feel quite well satisfied with him as an Arizona representative.
 w. C. Lowdermilk is now in his sec ond year at Oxford and is studying forestry. He is reported to be working steadily and taking his share in the life of his college. In a recent report made at the end of the Lent term Low dermilk is noted as very satisfactory indeed The secretary regards him as making good in every way.
 c. F. Spaulding has only been at oxford one year and so the university has not yet had time to form a very good judgment about him. Unfortun- ately his health is not strong, but the reports of his work to date are quite satisfactory. It is believed that he will prove q creditable representative for Arizona
 It is the testimony of the Rhodes trustees that in states where there is hut one university. such as in Arizona, the nominat tions for the Rhodes schol- arships have been of high order There has been a tendency in other states for the scholarships to be traded around among colleges of the state.
 The Rhodes scholarship is good for S150o per year for three years which amount may seem large to an Ameri - can student. but for the purposes of the scholarship is regarded as only AAt'HNi'tNs Ai' ~ iipitit iS tAttOttO lp travel liberaHy and to live well at the university. It costs him something to maintain his prestige as an American in a group of English students The trustees recognize this and endow the scholarship accordingly.
 The committee on appointment. con- sisting of the president of the Uni versity of Arizona and two other mem- bers of the faculty. are doing their best to maintain a high standard of ap- pointment of men to Oxford. There is constant tendency for young men to come from other states of the union to Arizona, because we have but few can didates for the scholarships, and then hope to live here long enough to gain legal residence and then secure the scholarship, but the local committee on appointment discourages all such at tempts when it understands them
 More Arizona young men ought tc be looking forward to the Rhodes scholarships. They pay all the ap- pointee's expenses for three years anL give him an adrirable opportunity tc see foreign life at it's best.
 It is the testimony of the Rhodes trustees that there is no group of peo- pie in England at the present time thai are giving clearer impression oi American life than the American Rhodes scholars. Appreciating this the American universities who senG men to Oxford must use their effort tC secure the appointment of young mer who are most truly representative ir personal character of the best tradi- tions of American life.