THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1681, 18 May 1904, Page 2

THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.

; THE GOViamtNG REGITJI/ATIONS. ;v') /.3Efci& -Y|&celleuacy tho Governor (Lord ; hals forwarded to the Chanw 'oellor' of thes . New -Zealand;- University (Sir, Robert-Stout); particulars received by,Rim irespeoting the method of select: electrhg scholars-; under the '•/Rfibdea scbalarsklil) .trusts as applied to ;; ■ •/itfevri 'Zealand. • • .The. • ; Regulations; (ap proved by the trustees) are as fol lows ' Y/ ' The' committee of selection! ■ shall conY/suafc of, the Goyernor of the colony (in his ; Yprivate capacity), the Chief Justice of / the- Chancellor' of the Uniy;-.: ( vewarty r: of. Netv Zealand, and four, pert/ sons severally appointed from year : to g/v/year/hy' the “professorial boards of the •‘-'Y four instibdtionls affiliated to the UuiY. versiity of New Zealand. , ■ .. ;V \ Oaudidates must be British subject®,

; /v uinraaiTied, and not under nineteen year® > f or over twenty-five years of age oil Octo- : feef Ist; of the year in which", if elected, - they .would enter uipon residence at the /./ University of Oxford. They must be •V •:either graduate® of. the University, of Kew ca 1 undergraduates of that ' They finish - have been. for ~ five preceding .the ; 'Yyeaif of election domiciled in the colony, and must 1 have 'been educated in the colony four of sueh years. In any dbubt- • - ful case/of eligibility the decision of ; V.-tfie ooiqinaittee of " selection shall be final. C In ateoorda/noa -with the wish" of Mr Y? Rhodes, the triistee© desire that“ in the : ,Y-selection'Of*’a student to, a scholarship, Y, v regard shall be . had to (1) ■ his' literary "’ and scholastic attMnihentO, (2) his fond- /. - 'nega for and euocess iu manly out-door. '.. sports such as football, and the ; • •' like/ (3); his qualities of manhood, truth, courage, devotion to. duty, sympathy for ••v" and protection of "the weak, kindliness, ;Y- ; -uriselfkhneas and vfelfowship,, and (4) his i. exhibition ; duririg; sohooldays, of moral 'force, of character, , and of instincts to y .lead and : to take an. interest an his scffioolniates.’’ Mr Rhodes suggested //that (X)/ana should be deoided! in a.fiy ‘ ' school .or colloge by the votes of fellow-: VstudentSj vand (4) by the head of : the Y school or : college. ; • oiroumstahoes yY render it impraotioable to carry out the :-Y-letter of'these'suggestions, the trustees v hope. that, every effort will be made to - give; effect to their spirit, but desire it to be Understood that the final decision /-/ must rest with the Coiumittee of selection.; u ./ " Y Y YyTfoe professorial board of each of the /'/ affiliated to the University Y of New Zealand shall nominate in accordance with the above suggestions a :■ candidate for’final .choice by the com-m-ittiee v of., selection; Any secondary J . r soh6ol which; satisfies the conimittee or selection that it ordinarily prepares stu- : “ dents upi. to. the.level Of respoiisions may / also nominate a candidate. /Y; YY “.To aid the committee in making a .. choice, each'candidate-is required t© f mrY -nish" tq- the chairinain of • the .committee /.• ofselection : v (a) A'cert ificate • eliowing ; . that he is.; wither the eligible, limits., of. age; (b) a certificate from the head of the ;doll;ege stating that the oanY didate is iff h 4 .opirriion able to pass the Y responsdbns examination at Oxford; (c) r- a'certificate from his sohool or college ; ;. . that. ho has been Selected as; the cainai - date'for that school or, college who, best • fulfilo the •ideas, of Mr Rhodes’s bequest; , ./ and (d) a'statement from his school or L v college of the grounds upon which he was chosen, 1 linclu cling his educatioaial qualifications, his record in athletics, ).. and such testimonials from his masters at school or his professors at college in '.reference to the qualities indicated by as'seem best adapted to -vguide the\ judgment of the • selecting committee. •• ... • YY' Y Should advisable, the commit- : / tee of selection is-free to apply to the

.candidates or to any fleeted number of intellectual or other /:•> . tests as • they may consider - necessary. No candidate sha'll bo finally elected withouta personal /interview. , , v i-y ;Tfie‘ chairman of tho committee of sel :■< lection. .mil vat once notify to> the tra®- • . tees ,0?: their agent the' name of the •: elected scholar,. forward to Mr . . fi'. J. Wylie, the Rhodes Trust, Oxford, ; all t-he; credentials and testimonials replaiting to 'scholarship and character on / /Which the' selection was made. : f The elected scholar ' will thenbe furniSlred" by chairihan of the commit- / ■ fteefif, select ion a?meanprandttm pr e- '{. ■pared by.the representatives .of thetrusty .tees fit Oxford, of the-steps necessary to. ;:be taken to have ‘.his name. enrolled fit : .;diie of the collGges of the University,? \ 9- - y.TChe’ schdlarsMp will;; be; *paid in "Jojnr ' injftaim^nte.;.. the . first on beginning' resilience at 'Oxford, and 9 /theireafiter {terminally on the certificate .; of this, college that', the .work aud con- ■ duct of a .student .have - beeir satisfac- ‘ : toiy. v .Without such' a/ certificate the scholarship .lapses. ... A scholarship which lapses, through failure of a student .to secure ;this college Certificate; from fe- ,• ’ • sighation,; from ; nlan*iage,,.pr from any v..’;Other cause, will; not bo filled mp till the year, in which- it Would naturally ex- ‘ pirp. This provision is made in order noth to interfere with the rota of succeeding scholars. ;" A. memorandum of instruction' sets ■' .out that election to a Rhodes scholarship does not of itself admit to the tytlniversity of Oxford; such admission '•/ > is secured only by previous admission to 'a college or to the body c: :ton-eo!l.’y;;

students. As-a Rhodes scholar must, by the conditions of his scholarship, be a member of a college, and not a nomcollegiate student, bis first step on election should he to apply for admission to one of the colleges. With a view'to admission, a scholar should write immediately on election, to Mr F. J. Wylie, the Rhodes Trust, Oxford, stating, in order, the colleges which he prefers. If for any reason a scholar fails to gain admission to the college that stands first on his list of preferences, Mr Wylie will' enter into negotiations with the college second on that list —and so on. Where he is specially requested to do sq, Mr Wylie will select a college for a scholar, but it is preferred that each scholar should make the selection. In every case- it is desirable that application be made at the earliest possible opportunity. The Oxford summer term ends with, the month of June, and applications for admission should.-reach Oxford as early in that month as possible. No college in Oxford is able to accommodate all its members within its own walls. Some undergraduates, therefore, in each college are obliged to reside in lodging®. Ordinarily i't is the senior men who do so, but sometimes it happens that a freshman, owing to the late- . neSs of . hi 3 application, finds himself unable to secure rooms in college, and is obliged to spend his first term, or first year, in lodgings. This is a serious disadvantage, and perhaps not least so to one coming from abroad. Tlie ' colleiges are willing 'to give Rhodes scholairs rooms; in college, whenever possible. but they do not undertake to reserve rooms indefinitely. This offers an additional reason for making application as early in suramar as possible. Micbaelmas begins, this year, m the. second week of October, some colleges assembling.on the 13th of the month and others a day later. Every scholar must 'be in Oxford at the latest by the day on which his college assembles. In the event of any scholar having failed to secure rooms in college, he is advised to go to Oxford at least some days before the beginning of term. He may have -difficulty in finding satisfactory lodgings, and -all such arrangements; slioluld be completed before term begins. In writing ,to his college, a scholar is iecommended, unless otherwisedn'eoted to address Ws ' letter to the Senior Tutor.” * Y -'. < ••••'>■•