The sun., 1919-11-03
RHODES SCHOLARS
FOR 1919 SELECTED
Sixty-three Names Announced
by Frank Aydelotte,
Secretary.
MANY EX-SERvICE MEN
Same Number to Be Chosen
Next Year-Names and
Homes.of Winners.
IANY Ex-sERvICE MEN

BOSTON, Nov. 2.-The nrst Rhooes
scholars to be appointed from the United
States for two years were announced
tonight by Prof. Aydeiotte Of the Mass
achusetts Institute OF Technology, Amer
lean secretary to the Rhodes trustees,
who was in charge of the selection.
The names of sixty-three were an
ncunced, the full number but one al
'otted to the United States this year In
stead of the yearly quota of thjrty-two.
The sixty-fourth. whose selection from
Michigan was postponed. will be an
nounced later. The same number will
be appointed next year. Prof. Aydelotte
said. to make up for the two years dur
ing which the schola ships were sus-
pended on account OF the war.
The men selected this year were those
who could have gone to Oxford in iyis
and 1918 respectively had II, not been
for the war Those selected as of 1918
VIII enter Oxford next January. ana
those selected as of 1919 viii enter next
October. The competition was keener
than at any time during the fifteen
years since the scholarship began, Prof.
Aydelotte said. due in q large measure
to increased interest In England re-
sulting from the war.
Winners Ex-service Men.
A large proportion Of the candidates
were men who had been In military SER
vice. and many of them had already
studied a short term at Oxford under
the educational plan arranged by the
American Expeditionary Forces. Inter.
est in the scholarships was also In
creased by the announcement that the
University OF oxford In the future
would offer the Pm. D. degree.
After next year the regular yearly
quota for the United States will be
thirty-two. the distribution among the
States being so arranged that each STAT.
will send one man two years out or
every three. The method OF selection
has been altered in two ways
The qualifying examination IN Latin,
Greek and mathematics formerly re-
Quired Of all candidates, has been aban-
doned. and committees OF selection are
composed of ex-Rhodes scholars, acting
under the craftsmanship of one Of the
leading educational men of the State.
With the Rhodes scholars now ap-
pointed and large number whose term
at Oxford was interrupted by the war
and who are now returning to complete
their course. the University OF Oxford
during the next two or three years will
have larger American population than
ever before In Its history.
The war record of the American
Rhodes scholars IL now being compiled
by Prof b. f. Schmitt. Western Reserve
University. Between $50 and 800 Of the
400 Rhodes scholars who have gone 70
Oxford since the scholarships began in
1904 were in military or Government
service during the war. most Of them In
the American Army and a few In the
British and French. Twelve American
Rhodes scholars lost their lives in SER
vice.
STATE SELECTIONS. --s.f'.
Subject TO ratification Of the Rhodes
those whose selection was an
tonight follow:
ALABAMA-1s1s. ]. Clifford DUR.
MONTGOMERY university of Aiabama) /;
1919. Charles NJ. williams, Birmingham
(Howard College,.
ARIzoNA-1s1s. James A. Tong (Uni-
versity of Arizona).
ARKANsAs-1s1s, Eugene Stevenson.
Parsgould (Hendrix College) 1918.
Shelby McCloy. Monticello Davidson
College,.
CALrFoRN1A-1sls. Axelberg Cravea
university Of California; 1919, Will
lam Ray DENIES. university OF Califcr-
nia).
coLoRADo-ls1s. George F. Wilson
Denver university of Colorado) 1913.
Walter e. Skies, Union Theological
seminary. New York tDenver Univer-
sity).
CoNNHcrIcur-1sls, william Dwight
Whitney, New Haven .(Yale).
DELAwARE-191S. F. Baynard Carter.
Newark delaware College).
FLoRIpA-1s1S. Thomas Myers Palmer
University of Florida).
, GEoRoIA-1s18, William B. Stubhs. Jr
Savannah emory University i01s.
Frank W. Harrald. Americas (Uniyer.
sity of GeorgIa).
ILLINoIs-1s1s, Charles w. Carter. Jr.
Aledo (Harvard).
INDiANA-i91s. e. r. Baltzell, Prince
ton Undiana University.
1owA-1slS, Maxwell Haines ,Herriett
Grinnen (Grinnell College) !; Virgil Mel
vim Hancher university OF Iowa).
KANsAs-1s1s. Davidson r. Mcbride
Wamego (Emporia College) 1919, Ed
ward S. Mason. Baxter Springs (Univer.
sity of Kansas).
KENrucKY-l919. Ira c. Powers.
Cleveland Georgetown College).
LoUIsIANA-l91S. Philip Harold Jones'
Baton Rouge louisiana State Univer-
slty).
MAINE-1s1s. Philip Dyer Crockett,
Everett. Mass (Bowdoin College).
MARYLAND-i919, Frank " Morley.
Baltimore (Johns Hopkins University. =
MAssAcHUsrrTs-191 Crane Brinton,
Rhinebeck. N. Y. (Harvard).
MIcHIGAN-i91s, Ralph w. Carson,
Ann Arbor university OF Michigan).
MINNEsoTA-1s1s. Raymond w. An
derson, st. Paul university Of Mime
sota); 1919, Herbert e Clefton, Mime
apolis University OF Minnesota).
MIsstssrPPI-1sl9. Bryan England,
West Point. Miss. university of Mis-
sissippD 1919. Louis NJ. Jiggetts, Can
ton university of MississippD.
MIssouRI-lslS. Raymond p. Brandt,
ST. Louis University of Mlssouri) ;
1919, John @. Madden, Kansas City
University OF Missouri).
MoNrAHA-lsl8, C. X. STREET, Mis-
soula university Of Montana.
NEBRAsKA-191s. Ralph Timothy Will
son, Omaha Creighton University
1919. Alfred Irwin Reese, Sioux City,
Iowa university OF Nebraska).
NEvADA--1sis. Stanley NJ. ParEellls,
Cambridge Mass. university Of Ne
vada).