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RHODES SCHOLARS TO Be
NAMED IN DECEMBER
Al Candidates Must Have Ap-
pile ations in Before
October 7.

Early In December Of the present
veAr. the uaual Committee Of Selec-
Nm. serving tho cause OF the Rhodes
ochclarShipa in Delaware. viii make
Ne eelel ton for 1929. II viii doubtless.
- remembered thu. these scholar
oAira are available for residence and
study az the University 81 Oxford.
England. are tcnable for three years.
And are the result OF the foundation
of Cecil Rhodes.
Colleges and universities make a
preliminary selection. and the results
q tho preliminary selection are con-
otdered by the Committee OF Selection.
and a Anal determination made a. be-
tween the competing candidates. Col
leges and institutions with less than
Ave hundred students may sCend be-
fore the Committee OF Selection not
moro than two candidates. colleges
With students ranging In number from
Ave hundred students may send be-
before the Committee OF Selection not
more than three candidates. II follows
therefore. that there Is no limit 10 the
number OF students who may report
e. the proper officer ~ their respec-
tive colleges that they desire To be
considered In the preliminary selcc-
ton. The college committee. out of
al the students so presenting them
selves, viii select IN accordance with
the schedule above listed and these
selcctions viii come before the nnal
Committee az Selection directly rep
rseentlng the Rhodes Scholarship
Foundation. The colleges viii make
their preliminary selection between
October and october rs In order &c
make n possible for the representa-
,ives 81 the colleges. chosen AZ tho
preliminary selection. 60 file applica-
tions with the Secretary 81 state Com
mittce ~ selection not later than Oc-
tobcr 2ist.
Rhodes Scholarships provide an an
nusl stipend az three hundred and
nifty pounds per year.
Rhodes Scholarships are appointed
without examination. on the basis OF
their record IN school and college. \
candidate may apply either in the
state IN which be resides or in any
state IN which he has received al
least two years of his college educa
ton.
A candidate 10 be eligible must: ca
Rc a male citizen OF the United States
and unmarried; tbl Re between the
ages % nineteen and twenty Ave
years, Co Have completed AZ least
the work 81 the sophomore year in
college.
The qualities which will he Consid-
cred IN making the selection are
Qualities 81 manhood. force ~ Charac'
ter and leadership. literary and Soho
ia-tic ability and attainmenis, physi-
cal Visor ~ shown by interest in out
door eyorts or In other ways
THE Committee of Selection for Della
ware. In accordance with the new plar
~ the Rhode Trustees. consists II
the main ~ former Rhodes scholars
nr. Walter HulNhen Of Delaware Col
lego Is chairman Of the committee TIL,
remaining members are James
pOyce. Fac. ana William w. Pricket,
Foo both OF Wilmington; Will
Charles II. Mshsf'e. ESQ. Of Waehins
ton. Henry Y. Issaos. OF Wilmington
10 secretary OF the committee. and al
communications respecting the Ri ode
Scholarships may he addressed 20 him
The committee urges all young mei
az Delaware q sive serious considera
ton 10 the unusual opportunities 81
fercd by thes. scholarships. and inso
far as young men contemplate be
eominr candidates for selection. Il vii
h~ advisahl, fer them 10 report thei
decisions ne promptly as possible q
the proper authority In their psrtlcula
college. and IN no event later tina,
octoN~r :.