The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-01
EXAMINATIONS FOR
HELD.
BY COMMITTEE HERE.
Two Alabama Men to At
tend Oxford University.
DR.. Denny Emphasizes
Importance of Plan

The examination of applicants for the
two Rhodes scholarships to be awarded
from Alabama during the coming year
were held at the Tutwiler hotel yester-
day.
The names of the successful applicants
viii be announced during the coming
week by the central committee in New
York, to which the results of the exami-
nation yesterday will be forwarded.
Eleven young college men of Alabama
applied for the appointment. and the
examinations were conducted by the Ala
bama committee of selection for Rhodes
scholarships consisting of DR.. George II.
Denny. president of the University of
Alabama, chairman; r. l.. Lang, William
Rogers, o. c. Carmichael and Addison
White, secretary
The number of applicants yesterday
was greater than ever before, in spite
of the fact that the several colleges had
already conducted preliminary examna-
tons and had eliminated many men who
did not attain the highest degree of
scholarship. Those applying were Milton
20. Howle, Birmingham, from Auburn;
j. Horace Couliette, Birmingham, from
rmingham-Southern college: Ida Pc
CUES, Sulligent from Birmingham
Southern college; L. L, Holbrook. Mo-
bile. from Fordham university; Robert
A. Hambrick, Birmingham, from Uni
versity of Alabama; J. l.. Carmichael,
Goodwater. from University of Alabama;
&c. w. Williams. Birmingham from How
ard college: S. l.. Price, Pine Level, from
Howard college; c. j. Durr, Montgomery,
from University of Alabama: r. T.. Min
ter, Birmingham. from Birmingham
Southern college, and T. E. Davis,
Ramer from University of Alabama.
Davis was disqualified because he was
too young, being only IS when the re-
quirements for the scholarship are that
a man must be between 10 and % years
of age.
Two of the applicants yesterday are to
be selected for the Rhodes scholarships
at oxford university. One begins in jan
uary. 1920, and the other in October. 1920.
There was never a time when it was
more important for representative young
men of the United States to study at Ok
ford and other leading universities OF
England" said DR.. George Fl. Denny last
night 1.-THE world war has brought this
country in closer touch with the other
nations of the world and especially with
England. I consider it essential for the
future of our country that we have n
better understanding with England and
there is no surer way to bring this about
than to have representative young men
of every state educated at oxford. Cam
bridge the University of London or any
of the other great universities of that
country.
During the period of waiting after the
armistice last spring and summer. sew
eral thousand representative men and
officers of the American expeditionary
forces were sent to British and French
universities on detached service and
they gained much better idea of the
people of those countries than they could
have secured any other gay. Also,
they did much to acquaint those people
with our ideals and with our purposes
As result of the attendance of our men
at their universities, new interest was
created in education and large numbers
of representative Englishmen are to en-
ter our leading universities in the future,
There is nothing which creates a
more friendly feeling and which plays a
greater part in building up closer politi-
cal and business relations among ma
ticns than a perfect understanding 1t is
impossible to have a proper understand
ing of people one does not know init
mately. Putting this matter the
lowest possible plane-that of business
and commemorative gains would more
than justify the interchange of students
and professors. But there are higher
and more important phases of this ques-
ton which should commend them to the
people of this country and should result
in large increase in the number of
men of our country who have been edu-
Gated partly at least, in British uni
versties."