Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-05
RHODES SCHOLARS ARE
FELlClTATED BY GREY


Roswell n. NJ, March 4.-Dono-
van Richardson of this city, a
Rhodes scholar now at oxford, has
sent number of booklets to his
| friends here, giving a brief BIZ
ographical sketch of each member
of the Rhodes party from the
| United States, compiled on the ship,
and a greeting to them from Wis
count Grey of Fallodon, former
British ambassador to the United
States, who returned to England on
the Adriatic, the vessel on which
the students were passengers. The
greeting follows:
II should like to offer my best
wishes to the Rhodes scholars on
board the Adriatic who are on THEM
way to oxford, and | cannot wish
them better fortune than that they
should enjoy the years at oxford as
much as | did, and feel for it still.
] will not attempt to describe OK
ford life; there is great freedom
and undergraduates can adapt the
life to their own tastes, and the
lectures and method of teaching
are not, | suppose very different
from that of other universities But
the place has beauty and an at
mosphere of its own, and a life in
college rooms in the old colleges has
great attractions for those who &c
there. Amongst other advantages IT
affords the best possible conditions
for making friendships and fof
most of us the friendships made at
n university are the most intimate
in our lives. 1t was my good for
tune to make one such intimate
friendship with an American grad
uate from Harvard university who,
entered Balliol college as fresh
man on the same day as myself.
Jowett, who was the master of Bal
liol, used OF say Keep your friend
ships in repair and that American
friendship and a few British ones
made at oxford have remained one
of the most precious possessions in
my life. ..a.,. ..ss r., tt
You belong to the generation
which is going to do the intellectual
work, and shape the thought and
policy of the United States and
Canada in the coming years. You
will meet at oxford some of those
who are going to do the same for
Great Britain. If you form some
such friendships with British UNI
dergraduates and they with you,
they will do something to help the
countries on each side of the At
lantic to understand each other, to
keep in touch and to like each
other. 1t was the idea of Cecil
Rhodes that they should work to-,
gether. This he believed to be for
their own interest and for that of
the world. Many of us think that is
true. and believe that the things.
mots necessary is for the leading
minds of each country to become
acquainted with those of the others.
| hope in time that British schol-
ars will go to American universities
and to Canada in the same way as
you are now going to oxford. | be-
aieve the more association of this
kind there is the more the coun-
tries will find points of agreement
with each other. 80
The life at oxford university
was suspended during the war, for
every one of an age to be an under
graduate was in the army, and the
dons of military age were either in
the army or engaged in war work.
But I hear the university is now
fun again and that the undergrad
yates who now fill it are showing
keen desire for knowledge and a.
serious purpose in life and l hope
you will find the years you spend
there both interesting, useful and
pleasant"