The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
RHODES SCHOLAR ID. BE SELECTED HERE
 ON TUESDAY, DEC. 28
Alabama Committee Will Meet at TutwiIer Hotel and All Eligibles Will
 Appear Before It

According to statement given out yesterday by Dr. J. II. Philips, the se- lection of Alabama's Rhodes scholar for the three-year period of 1s16-19 will be made by the Alabama com mittee Tuesday evening. December 2S, when a committee session will be held at the Tutwiler hotel,
 The committee chosen by the trus- tees of the will of the late Cecil Rhodes consists of Dr. George H. Dem ny. president of the University of Ala bana, president; Dr. ]. H. Phillips su- perintendent of the Birmingham schools, secretary; Dr. Andrew Sledd, president of the Southern university at Greensboro; pr. C. c. Thach. pres ident of Auburn, and Dr. J. D. Simp- son, president of Birmingham college.
 Dr. Phillips has notified the sev- eral candidates that they will appear before the committee at that time, when after a conference and thorough examination of the records of those who have already passed successfully the Rhodes scholar examinations, the appointment to Oxford will be made. pr. Phillips explained that not only those who took the examinations in Birmingham in October, but that Ala bana boys studying at Harvord. Yale, Princeton or elsewhere and who havc taken the examinations outside the state, will also present their credentials to the above named committee at it's session.
 The last election of Rhodes scholar from Alabama was made in 1913. There will be another election in 1916. but none in the year Of i 9aT, since every third year 4s oflrsitted The eholar- ships are tenable for three years, and so the plan Of election for the first and second years and the omission of the third out of every three-year period results in the keeping of two scholars from each state and territory to which scholarships are assigned In Oxford continuously. The scholarships are of the value of f30o-approximate tely $500 a year. or $450o for the three year period
 Alabamas two scholars now at Ok ford are O.. c. Carmichael of Goodwa- ter, who is completing his course this year, and Ben Harvie Branscomb of Birmingham, who is now doing his second years work.
 Dr. Phillips explained that with respect to America, g. candidate to be eligible must be citizen of the United States with at least five years domicile, and be unmarried; must by October 1 of the year for which he is elected have passed his nineteenth birthday and not have passed his twenty-fifth; must by October of his election year have completed al least his sophomore year at some recoG- nized degree granting college of university of the United States of America. He said the regulations further provide that any person who may have passed the qualify ing examination once will be eligible at any subsequent time of election or ap- pointment without further examination. In accordance with the wish of MT Rhodes. Dr. Phillips stated, the commit tee of selection in making it's appoint ment. takes into consideration. first, the candidates literary and scholastic attain ments: second, his fondness for and sue cess in many outdoor sports. third. his qualities of manhood; fourth, his exhibi- tion during school days of moral force Of character.
 Dr. Phillips suggested that it is a grat- flying fact to him that the state of Ala baina presents each time goodly crop of eligible cand dates. and keeps her quota of two Rhodes scholars at Oxford con tinuously,' and added that there are states without representatives at all, and that there are many fine fellows in Ala barna vino do not avail themselves Of the great opportunity, purely because the matter of the Rhodes scholarship is not brought forcefu'iy enough to their atten- ton. if indeed they are informed at all as to the particulars and conditions of it's being awarded.