Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-11-19
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
EXAMINATION OCT, 1920
Next Rhodes Scholar AT Oxford
University A Baltimorean
And ]. H. u. Man
BIRD SCHOLAR OF FAMILY

Frank Morley. Jr, 2032 Park ave-
nue., Baltimore, a graduate of Johns
Hopkins University has been selected
as Marylands next Rhodes scholar at
Oxford University He will enter Ok
ford in October, 1920. The scholar
ship pays three hundred pounds a
years and is tenable for three years.
Much Of the time can be spent in
travel.
Mr.. Morley was the choice of four
well-qualified candidates He is
brilliant and versatile student. has en-
gagged actively and successfully in ath-
letics, and was prominent in student
affairs at Haverford College and Johns
Hopkins University He spent two
years at Haverford. where he led his
classes and won prizes in mathe-
mates, Latin and philosophy He
played soccer football and cricket and
held number of class and club of
fees. He spent one year at Johns
Hopkins, where he was graduated in
1918. Here he was elected to the Phi
Beta Kappa and the Omicron Delta
Kappa societies. the latter an honor
airy fraternity for general ability He
was on the varsity football squad and
on the championship lacrosse team
He was also a member of the Debate
Council, the Athletic Association and
the Glee Club.
He was an instructor in the military
courses at the University, and during
the summer of 1918 instructed over
three hundred business men of Balti-
more. Later he joined the Coast Ar
tillery Candidates School, from which
he was discharged last January with
the rank of second lieutenant in the
Reserve Corps.
AT the present time Mr. Morley is
taking graduate work in mathematics
at Johns Hopkins and is student-as-
sistant in that department. At oxford
he purposes to study applied mathe-
mates and engineering
He is the third member of his family
to be Rhodes scholar from Maryland
One brother, Christopher Morley. was
elected in 1910, and another, Felix
Morley, was selected for 1917 The
father, Frank Morley, is professor of
mathematics at Johns Hopkins.
The next election of a Rhodes
scholar for Maryland will occur in Oc-
tober, 1920. The man chosen then will
enter Oxford in January, 1921. The
members of the committee of selection
are: President Frank ]. Goodnow, of
Johns Hopkins, chairman; Instructor,
r. B. Foster, u s. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, secretary; DR.. E. F. Hol-
man, Johns Hopkins Medical School,
and E. II. Niles, 2O10 Edgewood street,
Baltimore. The three last-named are
former Rhodes scholars. The mem
bers of the committee will furnish full
information to prospective candidates
In brief, the requirements are that
candidates must be American citizens.
unmarried between the ages of 10 and
%, must have at least two years of
work in a recognized .degree-granting
college or university, and must be Sc
lected as that Institutions candidate
Colleges with an enrolment of less
than 1000 may select two candidates
to appear before the committee; the
method of selection is left to the col
leges to decide. Candidates must ap-
ply for election in the State where
they have their home, or in any State
where they have received two years
collge education
The committee, in making the final
selection, is guided by the suggestions
of Cecil Rhodes: who wished that re-
gard should be had for literary and
scholastic attainments, fondness for
and success in outdoor sports, quail
ties of manhood, moral force of char
acter, and leadership in college life.