RHODES HOUSE
BUILDING AT OXFORD
TRIBUTE TO A GREAT PATRIOT SINGULAR LIBRARY (United Press Aesn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, May 12. Rhodes House, which has been built at Oxford for the Rhodes trustees, was formally opened yesterday by Sir Otto Beit, who said that, the inscription round the top of the building was, “This house stands for ever a reminder of the name and example of Cecil Rhodes to the Oxford he loved.” It gave a true impression of the intentions of the trustees in erecting it. Viscount Grey of Falloderi, Chancellor of the University, said that Rhodes cared for personal prestige, success and renown only so far as they counted towards the objects he had in view. He was a great patriot, but he realized that the future of the British people lay not in rivalry and opposition, but in association with other nations with great resources and great capacity.
The library of Rhodes house will in many respects be unique. In it will be collected all books dealing with history, social, political and economic questions and also to literature of the English-speaking British dominions and colonies and of the United States of America.—British Official Wireless.
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Southland Times, Issue 20773, 14 May 1929, Page 5
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