RHODES' SCHOLARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 245, 5 March 1910, Page 4

RHODES' SCHOLARS.

■Another Rhodes scholar having been selected by the New Zealand University authorities, it is not out of place to draw attention to a point raised by a correspondent of one of our contemporaries. Elaborate arrangements aie made to secure a young man whose talents m the educational arena, whose prowess m the field of sport, . whose good influence upon his fellow students, and whose personal popularity, all tend to place" him m the foremost rank as a promising man. "Truth" entertains no doubt that the method of ■ selection is more or less m accordance, with the expressed intentions of the late founder. Unquestionably suitable men have been selected m the past, and, no doubt, will be m the future. DiiTerent colonies and dependendencies, however, being independently, authorised to select; their own. scholars, it may naturally be assumed that it was the aim of Mr Rhodes that each separate colony or dependency should benefit by the degree of success attained by its respective representative. This is the point raised to which we refer. Of what benefit is it to Canada if her Rhodes Scholaa subsequently settles m England* to Australia if her selection settles m Europe, or to New Zealand if her choice seeks his fate m South Africa? Clearly none, beyond mere sentiment. It might be a* well to make it a sine qua non tnatany. student to whom are awarded the privi* leges attaching to the Rhodes Scholarships should, on the completion of his studies under such scheme, spend at least the ensuing ten years m .: tl» country which had done him the honor of selecting him, so as to ensure that country, benefiting from the result ef few Bttttiw*