El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-12
PRINCE makes
GOOD RECORD
iSiSTUDENT
Takes His Place Readily
With Other Boys at Ok
ford; Learns Rapidly.
SEEKS NO TRIBUTE
EXCEPT ON MERIT
r ONDON, Eng, Dec. 12,-The presi-

r ONDON, Eng, Dec. 12.-The presi-
dent of Magdalen college, Oxford,
| - has written a curious account of
the two years of the prince of Wales
/ at the university. He does not at
tempt to make out that the prince was
a fine scholar, but attributes to him
! sufficient character and intelligence to
make an efficient ruler Of the empire
| Those who knew him well, who re-
| member his advent ana saw him often
| throughout his course, will agree that
| few undergraduates, taking things all
/ round, could have got more II so much
| out OF TWO years., says the educator.
! THE prince arrived, at little over 10
| years, well forward in the SIudles ana
! training of the navy, moral, physical
/ and intellectual-but naturally some
what newer to, and less directly pre-
| pared for, university life and studies
| than the public school boy.
! IN a very few weeks, however, he
| began TO find his feet develop rapidly.
From the first he took his own line,
| with equal mOdesty and flrmness, de-
| termined in his own mind that he
/ would seek and accept no tribute eX-
| cept on his merits. His natural Dig
/ nifty and charm, and, it should be add
| ed, the good sense and good feeling
| of his college companions and Of OK
i ford university that democratic aris-
! tOcracy, enabled him to go far in this
! resolve without mishap or untoward
result
Had to Make Sacrifice.
Some sacrifice had to be made. He
/ saw very little of the seniors in the
] university, and was little seen by
| them. except by those with whom he
| came officially in contact. He did not
1 want to spend any time at all, even
4 a little, in being treated as a prince.
/ But all the more he made wide &C
/ quaintance with a great variety OF
/ juniors. His rooms were more and
more open to his friends and to his
| friends friends. He went in turn to
| scores of rooms of other men.
He played football, lawn tennis, golf,
/ tennis and squash rackets; he mo-
| tored; he ran with the college boats,
| he ran great deal with the beagles;
| he shot at various country houses
| round Oxford; he rode, for experience,
| and to hounds. In this last accom-
/ plishment he started at a disadYan-
| tage; but by real perseverance and
pluck soon made up for it and became
| quite proficient.
study Time short.
As to his set studies, his time was
| short It was not clear at the first
| that he would have the second year;
| the career for which he was to pre-
/ pare was unique one strict eouca-
| tional economy" had to be practiced.
Il r
the command of literary expression in
his own language, were necessary for
| him. History, political economy po-
litical science and constitutional law
| were desirable.
| For this last study he was singular
! " fortunate in having at hand one OF
! the first living authorities and per-
. haps the first living teacher, IN the
late Sir William Arson. Young him
I self in mind and body to the last; a
CT q nd T0nh1iClgf and ElnRu-
larly happy in his relations with IN
| dergraduates, Sir William Arson at
once put the prince at his ease, and
there sprung up between them a
friendship which grew and strength
ened every term.
Side BY side with this the prince
! attended lectures on history, on politi-
cal economy, and on political science
He also had many special hours of in
sEruction with the university teachers
of French and German.
Makes Good Progress.
It is interesting to notice how his
command of all three languages pro-
ceeded together, and how he acquired
both arrangements and form, in both
English and French, at much the same
rate. His essays which at first were
( conscientious, reproductions and COM
pilations, became more and more his
| own. both in thought and expression.
In the end, though not yet 20 and only
, ! at the age when many 90 form boys
were just beginning oxford, he &C
quired a considerable mastery. Gifted
with a good verbal memory, a fresh
ness of view, and decided independ-
ence of character, his essays, if not
exactly literary, became more and
more interesting and again and again
were striking and eloquent il only in
their genuine sincerity and simple hon
| esty.
VIII Not BE 'BOOkish."
"Bookish he will never be; still less
| a British Solomon Kings, perhaps
fortunately, seldom are this last. That
is not to be desired, but the prince of
! Wales will not want for power of
ready and forcible presentation, either
| in speech or writing.
IF the role OF princes in a cOnsti-
tutional country is to guide rather
than to dominate, to persuade rather
| than to compel, to influence by the at
| traction of character and personality
and the example of the chivalry OF
I modern days, and of duty, steadfastly
and eagerly If unOstentatiously pur-
sued. he stands on the threshold of
| life today wanting neither in natural
gifts nor in such preparation in its
more modern form as it has been the
privilege Of England's ancient and his
| toric schools and seminartes of true
religion and useful learning from age
to age to confer upon each succeeding
| generation of her sons"