The chronicle=news., 1914-07-18
Prince of Wales
Education Gets
Critical Reuieu


Wales. who has just completed two
years at oxford, is finding his eX-
pl0its at that institution of learning
under critical review in the news
papers. An underestimate. who has
had an opportunity to see much of
this future king of England, notes
his impressions In a seemingly frank
manner.
Viewed impartially." he says.
the Princes career has been neitii-
er better nor worse than that of the
average titled undergraduate. He
has embarked on many of the manly
sports of youth. and excclled in
none. Perhaps the best comment on
his good spirit and his lack of side
was the fact that he played consist
emily at Association football with the
Magdalen College second eleven.
For long time he was the de-
spnir of his equerry but as conccs-
sion to popular opinion, expressed
and uncxpressed, he has acquired
some skill in the saddle, and with it
some of the standing that falls only
to the hunting men at Oxford.
| THAT the Prince should take an
equal footing with all in undergradu-
ate life was. Of course. an innova-
tion attended, as one might expect.
by advantages and drawbacks. The
curious interest with which he was
pestered in his early weeks soon wore
off, but the natural desire to be in
timately associated with Il prince so
easy Of access was harder to kill.
"Magdalen second eleven last seas
on proved far more attractive to
many men than the college, senior
team. Little or no concession has
been made to his royalty. l saw him
1.-THE other day waiting at the door of
one of the leading doctors In Oxford.
On the other hand. he has had free
dom and ease which he will never
lagain enjoy: he has mixed unOstcn-
tatiously. with people OF all ranks;
he has endured bravely and well the
discomforts of camp life as private:
and he has been treated with quiet,
well-bred respect by every member
of the university
The Prince has rather startled his
|
ing to the pipe and giving up, for
the moment. the cigarette. A picture
of him with the Oxford Officers
training corps shows the Prince puff
fling at great bull dog pipe. and
apparently enjoying it. The next
day, however, he left his regiment,
which had not finuished its training
and came to London. Gossips are
saying that Queen Mary having seen
the picture sent for him.
| London, July 1S.-The London
Truth, discussing international
sports declares that while for years
it has been an article of faith with
the British that Americans are not
sportsmen, one thing after another
lately has gone to disprove this
charge. The writer reviews many in
stances of friendly competition, in
cluding the recent polo matches
when the Americans "acted from a
spirit Of. sportsmanship which was
IDEAL" in insisting upon the post
ponement of the first match because
Captain Cheape had been injected in
practice.
| On the line of athletics he recalled
the traces of old prejudice that were
seen at the last Olympic games. and
added:
| "Bounders in sport there must be
on both sides of the water But tax
en- all rund the average American
athlete is a better class man than his
| English antagonist"
He continues:
Il am so sick when advancing ra-
tional improvement in athletics OF
hearing the twaddle about specialize
alton, especially as practised by the
Americans, that | want to point out
that without specialization and or
ganization that tpolo) cup would
never have been lifted"
He pointed to the success which
Guy Nckalls. the past-president of
the oxford University Boat Club had
had in reorganiZing rowing at Yale
along English lines.
"It was big job" he said, cit
seemed practically impossible that
success could attend his first efforts.
Undergraduates are ticklish people to
IDEAL with, even though their loyalty
and god will may be assured. Well
Yale has won, and l believe with
rixed rowlocks. but only by foot.
They must have learned to finish a
race, and there was one god old
Etonian rowing for Harvard. If
Yale is wise they will once again
get Guy Nickalls to help them if he