Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-03
CREIGHTON MAN
APPOINTED AS
RHOADES SCHOLAR
First Named From United
States for Two Years; Names
. Of % Announced.

Boston. Mass, Nov. 2.-The first
Rhoades scholars to be appointed
from the United States for two
years were announced tonight by
Prof. Frank Aydelotte of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy, American secretary to the
Rhoades trustee, who is in charge of
the selections. The names of IS were
announced, the full number but one
allotted to the United States this
year instead of the yearly quota of
z. The 9th will be announced later.
The same number will be appointed
next year, Professor Aydelotte said,
TO make up for the year during
which the scholarships were sus-
pended IN account of the war.
The men selected this year were
those who would have gone to Ok
ford in 1918 and 1919, respectively,
lad it not been for the war.
Those selected as of 1918 will
enter Oxford next January and
those selected as of 1919 will enter
next October, The competition was
keener than at any time during the
is years since the scholarship began.
Professor Aydelotte said this was
due in large measure to increased
interest in England resulting from
the war. .
Many in Military Service.
A large proportion of the candi-
dates we're men who had been in
military service, and many of them
lad already studied short term at
Oxford under the educational plan
arranged by the American expedi-
tionary forces.
Scholarship was also increased by
the announcement that the Univer-
sity of Oxford would in the future
offer the ! phi. d. degree.
After next year the regular yearly
quota for the United States will be
81, the distribution among the states
being so arranged that each state
will send one man two years out of
every three. The method of selec-
tion has been altered in two ways.
W. The qualifying examination in
Latin, Greek and mathematics, for
lnerly required of all candidates, has
now been abandoned and commit
tees of selection are composed of
ex-Rhoades scholars acting under
the craftsmanship of one of the lead
ing educational men of the state.
Record Being Computed.
The war record of the American
Rhoades scholars is now being com
puted by Prof. B. E. Schmidt, West
erh Reserve university. Between
80 and 800 of the 400 Rhoades schol-
ars who have gone to Oxford since
the scholarships began in 1914 were
in military or government service
during the war, most of them in the
American army, few in the British
and French. Twelve American
Rhoades scholars lost their lives in
service.
Those whose selection was an
nounced include:
Arisona-ts1s, James A. Tong. Untver-
sty Of Arizona.
cslitornia.lsls. Axe,bGss G5aysa Uni,
p Esrsr.s q University Ens Of California.
Colorado-1s1s. George F. Wilson,
Denver, University of Colorado; 1918
Walter e. sykes, Denver; Union Theo-
idaho-lsls. Walter e: ssndelius, Mos
sow, idaho. University Of Idaho.
iowa-1s1s, Maxwell hain ESQ He Varsi;
Melvin Hancher. University Of Iowa.
Kansas-1s1s, Davidson r. Mcbride;
Wamego. Emperia college; 1919, Edward
S. Mason. Baxter Springs. University OF
Montana-1s1s. c. X. STREET.. Missoula,
University of Montana.
Omaha Boy Selected.
Nebraska-1sls, Ralph Timothy Wilson,
Omaha, Creighton university 1913, Al
fred Irwin Reese, Sioux City. a. Uni
Nevada-1e1s, Stanley M. Pargellis,
Cambridge Mass, University of Nevada.
New Mexico--1s1s. Donovan NJ. Rich
ardson. Roswell, University Of Mexico
North Dakota-ls1s, John Rea Bacher,
Fargo, Fargo college.
Ohio-1s1s, Clark L. Mock, Cleveland,
Western Reserve university.
Oklahoma--1siS, Thomas O. McLaugh-
iin, East Enid. Phillips university.
oregon-1sts, Stephenson Smith. Top
Cudworth Flint. Portland. Reed college.
South Dakota-1s1s, Bryton Barron.
Sioux Falls college.
Texas-Is1s, Joseph d. Doty. Dallas.
Southern Methodist university; so isis.
ern Methodist university.
Utah-fs1s, John A.. V. Devies, Salt
Lake City. Princeton university.
ashington--1s1s, John NJ. Saunders.
Rolling Bay: University Of Washington;
of Washington.
wyoming-1s1s. V. spicer. Berkeley.
Cal. University of Wyoming. I