CECIL RHODES'S WILL.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11279, 21 May 1902, Page 8

CECIL RHODES'S WILL.

GREAT SCHEME FOR THE ENGLISHSPEAKING RACE.

EXTRACTS FROM A NOBLE TESTAMENT.

THE BEQUESTS FOR EDUCATION.

London papers received by last nightmail contain the full text of the will oi the late Cecil Rhodes. We reprint that portion referring to tne great educational bequests for colonials, Americans, and Germans: — "Whereas I consider that the education of young colonists at one of the universities of the United Kingdom is of great advantage to them for giving breadth to their views, for their ___rt_u_tion.in life and manners, and for instilling into their minds the advantage to ; the colonies, as well as to the United Kingdom, of the retention of the unity of the Empire • "And whereas in the case of young colonists studying at a university of the United Kingdom I attach very great importance to tne university having a residential system such as as in force at tue Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, for without it those students ore at the most critical period of their lives left without any supervision; "And whereas there are at the present time fifty or more students from. South Africa studying at the University of Edinburgh, many of whom are attracted there by the excellent medical school, and I should like to establish some of the scholarships hereinafter mentioned in that uudversity, but owing to its not having such a residential system as aforesaid, I feel o_<uged to refrain from doing so •, "And whereas my own university, the University of Oxford has such a system, and I suggest that it should try and extend its scope, so as, if possible, to make its__e_ical school at least as good as that of the university of Edinburgh: ,"* . ■ "And whereas I also desire to encourage and foster an appreciation of the advantages which l implicitly believe will result from the union of the English-speaking people throughout the wond, and to encourage in the students from the United States of North America, who will benefit from the American scholarships to be established for the reason above given at the University of Oxford under this my will, an attachment to the country from which tihsy have sprung, but without, I hope, withdrawing them or their sympathies from the land of their adoption or birth: "Now, therefore, I direct my trustees as soon as may be after my aeath, and either simultaneously or gradually as they snail find convenient, and if gradually then m such order as they shall think fit, to establish tor male students the scholarships hereinafter directed to be established, each of whioh shall be of the yearly value of £300 and be tenable at any college in the University of Oxford for three consecutive academical years. COLONIAL SCHOLARSHIPS. "I direct mv trustees .to establish certain scholarships, and these scholarships 1 sometimes hereinafter refer to as 'the Colonial iSchc_a__hips.* . "The appropriation of the Colonial scholarships and the numbers to he annually filled up sh_'.l be in accordance with the following table: — - [The number of scholarships to be hlled up in each year is as folLows: —Rhodesia three, South".African .College-School, Cape Colony, one; 'Stelleribosch CoJege School, Cape Colony, one; Diocesan College School, Cape Colony, one; "St. Andrew's College School;. Graham-town, one; Colony ot Natal one; New South Wales, one; Victoria,'one; South.Australia, one; QueensLand, one; West Australia, one; Tasmania, one; New Zealand, one; Province of Ontario, one; Province of Quebec, one; Newfoundland, one; the Bermudas, one; Jamaica, one.] AMERICAN _K_HOLAR6HIPS. "I further direct my trustees to establish additional scholarships ( sufficient in number for. the appropriation in the next following clause hereof .directed, and chose scholarships I sometime, .hereinafter refer to as 'the American scholarships.' "I appropriate" two of the American -ohoLarships. to each of'the present States and Territories of the.United States of North America. Provided that . ._my trustees may, in their uncontrolled' discretion, withhold for such time a. they think fit ,the appropriation of such scholarships to any ._.rritory. _; . "I direct that of the two scholarships appropriated to a State or territory not more than one shall .be- filled -up in any year, ■go that at no t_rie _ha_t nvore than .two "scholarship- be. held, for the ____c. State" or t___itary. "My desire.(being tliat the students who shall be elected, to thte -oholarships shall not be merely bookworms, I direct that in the election of a student to a scholarship regard shall be had to: THE QUALIFIOATIONS. - (1) Hifc literary and echolasfio attainments. " (2) His fondness- of and success in manly outdoor sports, such as.cricket, football, and the like_ (3) His - qualities c_* .manhood, truth, courage, devotion; to duty, sympathy for the .protection, of,the weak, ldndliness, un- _ _________e_s, and fellowship;. and (4) His exhibition during {schooldays of moral force oi character, and of instincts to lead and to take on interest in his schoolmates, for those latter attributes w_l be likely in after ".life to guide him to esteem the perfo____i_*_.of public duties as his highest aim. As mere suggestions for the guidance of those who will have the choice of stud__ibs for the scholarships, £ record that (1) My. ideal qualified student would combine these four qualdficationa in the proportions of "Three-tenths for the first, "Two-tenths for the second "Three-tenths for the third, and "Two-tenths for 'the fourth qu_'.__cation. So that, according to my ideas, if tbe maxiamim number of marks for any scholarship were 200 they would be __por_.oi_ i e- aa follows*. —'Sixty to each of the first and third qualifications and forty "to each of the second .and fourth qualifications. f (2) The marks for the several qualifications would be awarded "i_dep__dently as fouows (that is to say): —the marks for the first qualification by examination, for the second and third qualifications respectively by ballot by the fellow-students of the candidates, and for the fourth qualification by the headmaster of the candidate's school. And . (3) The results of the awards (that is to say, the marks obtained by .each candidate for each qualification) would be sent as soon as possible for consideration to the trustees, or to some person or persons appointed to receive the same, and the person or persons appointed would ascertain by averaging the marks in blocks of twenty marks each of all candidates the best ideal qualified students. "No student shaE be qualified or disqualified for election to a scholarship on oc count of his race Or religious opinions. "Except in the coses of the four schools hereinbefore mentioned, the election to scholar-hips shall be by the trustees after such (if any) consultation as they shall think fit with the Minister having the control of education in such Colony, Province, State, or territory. 4 __ qualified student who has __en elected as aforesaid shall within six calendar months after .'his election, o. as soon thereafter as he can be admitted into residence, or within such extended time as my trustees shall allow, commence residence as on undergraduate afc some college in the University of Oxford. "The scholarships shall be payable to him from the time when he sha.l commence such residence. "I desire that the scholars holding the scholarships sha-'l be distributed among the colleges of the .University of Oxford, and not resort in undue —umbers to one or more colleges only. "-*otwith_t_n_ing anything hereinbefore contained, my trustees may in their uncontrolled discretion suspend for such time as they shall think fit or remove any scholar from his scholarship.

■iMi..linn,, 1,, j'-„.'*i.;'_ a ■ '.ii 1 ',,,v.. _.■--• A MEMORABLE GTCTHERING/ "In order that "the scholars past and .present may have opportunities of meeting and discussing their experiences -and prospect., I desire that my trustees shall anxtuatly give a dinner to tbe past and present scholars able and williugto attend, at which I hope that my trustees or some of them will be able to be present, and to which they w£_, I hope, from time to time invite as guests persons who have shown sympathy with the views expressed by mc in this my will." GERMAN SCHOLARSHIPS. By codicil executed in South Africa, Mr Rhodes, after stating that the German Emperor had made instruction in English compulsory in German schools, establishes fifteen scholarships at Oxford (five in each of the first three years after his death) of , £250 each, tenable for three years, for s-udents of German birth, to. be nominated by the (_ern___ Emperor, for "a good understanding between England, Germany, and the United States of America will secure the peace of tihe world, and educational relations form the strongest ti-." The tenor only of this codicil has been cabled to London from Capetown. There may be. some differences in the precise wording.