THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS. MEMORANDUM. IQT4. United States of America. CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM OF ELECTION. Circumstances connected: with the administration of the Scholarship System at Oxford have compelled the Trustees to make a change in the method of selecting Scholars throughout the United States. _- Hitherto Scholars have been elected in all the States of the Union in two successive years, while in each recurring third year none were chosen. This method of election has complicated the problem of allocating the Scholars among the various colleges, in which the space for residence is strictly limited. The Trustees have accordingly decided to spread the election of Scholars over three years. To effect this change, Scholars will hereafter be elected from 32 States each year. The 48 States have for this purpose been divided into three groups [A, B and C] of sixteen each. For ‘the year 1916 Scholars will be elected from groups A and B; for 1917 from groups A and G3 and for tots from B and C, and subsequently in the same combination year by year. The group C, in which no election will be held for 1916, consists of those States which have furnished the east competition since the organisation of the Scholarship System, In order eat all Candidates may be able to take the Qualifying Examination at the time that best suits. their. preparation or purposes, this Examination will be held each year [in the month of October] in eF all the States of the Union. Candidates may take the examination in any year and, if they pass, offer themselves for election in any subsequent year without further examination, provided that they satisfy the other conditions of eligibility. The division of the States into groups for the purpose above mentioned is as follows :— As B. CS Maine California Arizona New Hampshire Washington Delaware Vermont Cregon Florida Massachusetts Colorado Idaho Rhode Island Nebraska Louisiana Connecticut Kansas Montana Pennsylvania Minnesota Nevada New York Wisconsin New Mexico Maryland Michigan North Carolina New Jersey Missouri North Dakota Virginia Towa Oklahoma Ohio Georgia South Carolina Indiana Texas South Dakota Kentucky Alabama Utah Illinois Arkansas West Virginia Tennessee Mississippi Wyoming The next Qualifying Examination will be held in a// the States of the Union on Tuesday, the 5th, and Wednesday, the 6th of October, 1915. The subjects in which Candidates will be examined at the Examination of October, 1915, will be found on pages 5 to 8 of this Memorandum. ELIGIBILITY, ELECTION AND ENTRANCE AT OXFORD. The Scholarships are of the value of £300 a year, and are tenable for three years. Scholars will be selected from candidates who shall have passed the Qualifying Examination, which will be held in each State or Territory to which Scholarships are assigned, at centres to be fixed by the Local Committee of Selection. Papers will be set in this Examination in Latin, Greek and Mathematics ; and only those candidates who may have passed in at least Latin and Mathematics will be eligible for a Scholarship. Subject to this condition, a candidate to be eligible must :— (1) Be a citizen of the United States with at least five years domicile, and be unmarried. (z) By the 1st of October of the year for which he is elected have passed his 19th and not have passed his 25th birthday. (3) By the rst of October of the year for which he is elected have completed at least his Sophomore year at some recognised Degree-granting University or Collegé of the United States of America. a 4 et” 3 ? D) ra) > 2 g Candidates may elect whether they will apply for the Scholarship of the State or Territory in which they have acquired any large part of their educational qualification, or for that of the State or Territory in which they have their ordinary private domicile, home or residence. Committees of Selection are particu- larly requested to give equal consideration to both classes of applicants. Candidates may pass the Qualifying Examination at any centre, but they must be prepared to present themselves before election to the Committee in the State or Territory they may select. The Local Committees will in each case appoint suitable persons to supervise the examination, and will arrange for its impartial conduct. It should be clearly understood that the examination is not competitive, but qualifying, and is merely intended to give assurance that every elected Scholar is up to the standard of the first examination (Responsions) which the University demands of all candidates for the B.A, Degree. The examination papers are set by a Board of Examiners in Oxford. The papers will be forwarded in sealed parcels to the Chairman of the Committee of Selection, Within these parcels will be enclosed sealed envelopes containing the examination papers. These envelopes shall only be opened by the supervising examiner at the time and place of the examination, Printed time-tables will be supplied. As the papers contain the full text of all classical passages used in examination, no text-books will be required by candidates. Arrangements will be made by the Local Committees to supply stationery to candidates at the place of examination. The replies made by candidates will be collected at the close of each examination, and forwarded to Oxford. The University of Oxford accepts a certificate of having passed this examination in Latin, Greek, and Mathematics as exempting the holder from Responsions. Although it is necessary to pass in these three subjects in order to be exempt from Responsions, a candidate who may have passed in Latin and Mathematics, but not in Greek, will be accepted as eligible to a Rhodes Scholarship. Such candidate, however, will not be held by the University of Oxford to have passed Responsions until he shall have further satisfied Oxford University Examiners in Greek.* As soon as the report of the Examiners has been received, the Chairman of the Committee of Selection in each State will be furnished with a list of the candidates who have passed, and who are therefore eligible for a Scholarship. | _ The Committee of Selection will then proceed to choose a Scholar, having given due notice to all eligible candidates of the time and place of selection. In accordance with the wish of Mr. Rhodes, the Trustees desire that “in the election of a Student to a Scholarship, regard shall be had to (1) his literary and scholastic attainments, (2) his fondness for and success in manly outdoor sports, such as cricket, football and the like, (3) his qualities of manhood, truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship, and (4) his exhibition during school-days of moral force of character, and of instincts to lead and to take an interest in his schoolmates.” Mr, Rhodes suggests that (2) and (3) should be * See Appendix. 4 decided in any School or College by the votes of fellow-students, and (4) by the Head of the School or College. Where circumstances render it impracticable to carry out the letter of these suggestions as to the method of selection, the Trustees 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 Committee of Selection. Every candidate for a Scholarship is required to furnish to the Chairman of the Committee of Selection— (a) A certificate of age. (5) A full statement of his educational career at School and College ; his record in athletics, and such testimonials from his masters at School and his professors at College, in reference to the qualities indicated by Mr. Rhodes, as will assist the judgment of the Committee of Selection. Each candidate should personally present himself to the Committee of Selection before @ final decision is made, unless specially excused by the Committee itself, in which case a statement of the reasons should be sent to the Trustees. If a careful comparison of these records and personal interviews with the candidates do not furnish sufficient grounds for making a decision, the Committee of Selection is free to apply to the candidates, or to any selected number of them, such further intellectual or other tests as they may consider necessary. The selection should be completed not later than January the rst of the year for which the Scholars are elected. Scholars-elect will begin residence at Oxford in the following October. The Chairman of the Committee of Selection should at once notify to the Trustees and to Mr. I’. J. Wylie, the Oxford Secretary to the Rhodes Trust, 9, South Parks Road, Oxford, the name of the elected Scholar, and should forward to the latter all the records, credentials, and testimonials relating to the Scholar on which the selection was based. These papers should be transmitted immediately, as they are used in consulting College authorities in regard to the admission of Scholars. Scholars have frequently been unable to gain admission to any of the Colleges of their preference owing to remissness in forwarding to Oxford the necessary information, There are printed with this Memorandum full “Instructions” in regard to the steps necessary to be taken by an elected Scholar to have his name enrolled at one of the Colleges of the University. It is particularly requested that these “Instructions” should be furnished to the elected Scholar with the notification of his election. The Scholarship will be paid in quarterly instalments; the first on beginning residence at: Oxford, and thereafter terminally, provided that the College to which any Scholar may belong be satisfied with his work and conduct.” Marriage vacates a Scholarship. Should a Scholarship lapse, through the failure of a student to give satisfaction to his College, from marriage, from resignation, or from any other cause, it will not be filled up until the year in which it would naturally expire. This provision is made in order j30t to interfere with the rota of succeeding Scholars. Unless specially exempted, Scholars will be expected— (1) to reside in College for at least two years ; and (2) to take any degree for which they may have qualified, SUBJECTS IN WHICH CANDIDATES WILL BE EXAMINED IN THE QUALIFYING EXAMINATION OF OCTOBER, 1915 :-— r, Arithmetic—the whole. 2. L£1ther, The Elements of Algebra, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Greatest Common Measure, Least Common Multiple, Fractions, Extraction of Square Root, Simple Equations containing one or two unknown quantities, and problems producing such equations ; Or, The Elements of Geometry. The paper in Geometry will contain questions on Practical and on Theoretical Geometry. Every candidate will be expected to satisfy the Examiners in both branches of the subject, The questions on Practical Geometry will be set on the constructions contained in the annexed Schedule A, together with easy extensions of them. In cases where the validity of a construction is not obvious, the reasoning by which it is justified may be required. Every candidate must provide himself with a ruler graduated in inches and tenths of an inch, and in centimetres and millimetres, a.set square, a protractor, and compasses. Questions may be set in which the use of the set square or of the protractor is forbidden, The questions on Theoretical Geometry will consist of theorems contained in the annexed Schedule B, together with questions upon these theorems, easy deductions from them, and arithmetical illustrations. Any proof of a proposition will be accepted which appears to the Examiners to form part of a systematic treatment of the subject; the order in which the theorems are stated in Schedule B is not imposed as a sequence of their treatment. So far as possible candidates should aim at making the proof of any proposition complete in itself. In the proof of theorems and deductions from them, the use of hypothetical constructions will be permitted, Schedule A, Bisection of angles and of straight lines. Construction of perpendiculars to straight lines, Construction of an angle equal to a given angle. Construction of parallels to a given straight line. Simple cases of the construction from sufficient data of triangles and quadrilaterals. Division of straight lines into a given number of equal parts. Construction of a triangle equal in area to a given polygon, Construction of tangents to a circle and of common tangents to two circles. Simple cases of the construction of circles from sufficient data. Schedule B. (a) Angles at a Point. Ifa straight line stands on another straight line, the sum of the two angles so formed is equal to two right angles; and the converse. If two straight lines intersect, the vertically opposite angles are equal. (b) Parallel Straight Lines. When a straight line cuts two other straight lines, if (i) a pair of alternate angles are equal, or (ii) a pair of corresponding angles are equal, or (iii) a pair of interior angles on the same side of the cutting line are together equal to two right angles, then the two straight lines are parallel; and the converse. Straight lines which are parallel to the same straight line are parallel to one another. (c) Triangles and Rectilinear Figures. The sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles. If the sides of a convex polygon are produced in order, the sum of the angles so formed is equal to four right angles. If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, and also the angles contained by those sides equal, the triangles are congruent, If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and also one side of the one equal to the corresponding side of the other, the triangles are congruent. If two sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite to these sides are equal; and the converse. If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent. 4 If two right-angled triangles have their hypotenuses equal, and one side of the one equal to one side of the other, the triangles are congruent. If two sides of a triangle are unequal, the greater side has the greater angle opposite to it; and the converse. Of all the straight lines that can be drawn to a given straight line from a given point outside it, the perpendicular is the shortest. | The opposite sides and angles of a parallelogram are equal, each diagonal bisects the parallelogram, and the diagonals bisect one another. : (d) Areas. Parallelograms on the same or equal bases and of the same altitude are equal in area. Triangles on the same or equal bases and of the same altitude are equal in area. Equal triangles on the same or equal bases are of the same altitude. Illustrations and explanations of the geometrical theorems corresponding to the following algebraical identities :— k(a+bt+ct...) = katkbt+ket..., (a+b)? = a?+2ab+0? (a—b)? = a*—2ab+b*, a’—b* = (a+b) (a—b). The square on the side of a triangle is greater than, equal to, or less than the sum of the squares on the other two sides, according as the angle contained by those sides is obtuse, right or acute. The difference in the cases of inequality is twice the rectangle contained by one of the two sides and the projection on it of the other. (e) Leci. The locus of a point which is equidistant from two fixed points is the perpendicular bisector of the straight line joining the two fixed points. ~ The locus of a point which is equidistant from two intersecting straight lines consists of the pair of straight lines which bisect the angles between the two given lines. so a , (f) The Circle. A straight line, drawn from the centre of a circle to bisect a chord which is not a diameter, is at right angles to the chord; conversely, the perpendicular to a chord from the’centre bisects the chord, There is one circle, and one only, which passes through three given points not in a straight line, In equal circles (or, in the same circle) (i) if two arcs subtend equal angles at the centres, they are equal ; Gi) conversely, if two arcs are equal, they subtend equal angles at the centre, In equal circles (or, in the same circle) (i) if two chords are equal, they cut off equal arcs; (ii) conversely, if two arcs are equal, the chords of the arcs are equal. Equal chords of a circle are equidistant from the centre; and the converse, The tangent at any point of a circle and the radius through the point are perpendicular to one another. If two circles touch, the point of contact lies on the straight line through the centres. The angle which an arc of a circle subtends at the centre is double that which it subtends at any point on the remaining part of the circumference, Angles in the same segment of a circle are equal; and if the line joining two points subtends equal angles at two other points on the same side of it, the four points lie on a circle, The angle in a semicircle is a right angle; the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle. The opposite angles of any quadrilateral inscribed in a circle are supplementary ; and the converse, If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a chord be drawn, the angles which this chord makes with the tangent are equal to the angles in the alternate segments. If two chords of a circle intersect either inside or outside the circle the rectangle contained by the parts of the one is equal to the rectangle contained by the parts of the other, 3. Greek Grammar. 4. Latin Grammar. Translation from English into Latin Prose. 6. £ither, Unprepared translation from Greek and Latin ; Or, Unprepared translation from one of these languages, and a book in the other ; Or, One Greek and one Latin book. Any of the following portions of the undermentioned authors will be accepted as a “ book” :— Euripides (any two of the following Plays): Hecuba, Medea, Alcestis, Bacchz. Homer : (1) Iliad, 1-4 or 2-5 ; ov (2) Odyssey 1-5 or 2-6. Plato: Euthyphro and Crito. | Xenophon ; Anabasis, 1-3 or 2-4. Cesar: De Bello Gallico, 1-4. Cicero: (1) In Catilinam, 1-4, and In Verrem Actio I. ;.0* (2) pro. Murena and pro Lege Manilia ; ox (3) de Senectute and de Amicitia. Horace : Odes 1-4. Virgil: (1) the Bucolics, with Books 1-2 of the Atneid; or (2) the Georgics ; or (3) the Afneid, Books 1-4 or 2-5 or 3-6. : Sets of the Responsions Examination Papers for past years can be ordered from the Oxford University Press, 29-35, West 32nd Street, New York. The Texts used in setting the Examination Papers are those of the series of Oxford Classical Texts, so far as these have been published by the Oxford University Press. INSTRUCTIONS TO SCHOLARS ELECT, 1. In order to be admitted to the University of Oxford, it is necessary to be first accepted as a member of one of the Colleges which compose the University. Election to a Rhodes Scholarship does not of itself admit to a College. Every College has its own standard for admission, for Rhodes Scholars as for all other applicants, and accepts or rejects at its own discretion. Moreover, the number of Rhodes Scholars which any one College will admit is strictly limited. In the great majority of cases four is the maximum. From the different candidates for admission a College will select those whose record suggests that they are most likely to do it credit. It is therefore essential that, in applying for admission to a College, a Scholar should submit evidence as to his character and attainments. 2. ‘The procedure for a Scholar elect should be as follows :— (1) Immediately on receiving notice of his election he should write to the Oxford Secretary to the Rhodes Trustees, Mr. F. J. Wylie, 9, South Parks Road, Oxford, stating in order the Colleges which he prefers. This list should contain the names of at least eight Colleges. . (2) He should satisfy himself that the credentials which he submitted to the Committee of Selection have been forwarded to Oxford. (3) He should himself forward without delay any portion of the following information which may not have been included in the documents submitted to the Committee of Selection : (a) A certificate of age. (6) A few testimonials. (c) Certified evidence as to the courses of study pursued by the Scholar at his University, and as to the gradings attained to by him in those courses. This evidence should be signed by the Registrar, or other responsible official, of his University. (d) A Calendar of his University, (e) Information as to the line of study which he proposes to follow at Oxford. It is also desirable that the Scholar should state to what religious denomination he belongs. 3. Information about Oxford is to be found in “The Oxford University Handbook ;” in “ Oxford and the Rhodes Scholarships,” by Scholz and Hornbeck ; and in “The Rhodes Scholarships,” by G. R. Parkin. Of these Books the first two can be obtained from the Oxford University Press, 29-35 West 32nd Street, New York ; and the last named from Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston. 4. The Scholarships will be paid quarterly. The first payment (£75) will be made at the beginning of the Scholar’s first Term at Oxford. No request for any earlier payment can be considered. The sum. of £300 is no more than is necessary to cover the expenses of the year, allowing for vacations. A Scholar must not, therefore, count on his Scholarship leaving any margin. It is even desirable that he should bring a little money with him. 5. When a Scholar has been once accepted by a College he should conduct all further correspondence as to residence, studies, &c., directly with the College in question. He should, however, keep Mr. Wylie informed of his movements. Michaelmas Term begins normally in the second week of October. A Scholar must arrive in Oxford not later than the day on which his College assembles. 10 CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES OF SELECTION. Alabama: President GEorGE H. Denny, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., University of Alabama. Arizona: President A. H, WILDE, A.M., Ph.D., University of Arizona. Arkansas: President J. C. Furrati, M.A., University of Arkansas. California: President B. Ip—E WHEELER, LL.D., University of California. Colorado: President JAMES H. Baker, LL.D., University of Colorado. Connecticut: President ARTHUR T. HapDLey, LL.D., Yale University. Delaware: The President Delaware College. Florida: President A. A. MuRPHREE, LL.D., University of Florida. Georgia: Chancellor Davip C. Barrow, A.M., University of Georgia. Idaho: President M. A. Brannon, Ph.D., University of Idaho. Illinois; President E. J. JAMEs, Ph.D., LL.D., University of Illinois. Indiana: President W. L. Bryan, Ph.D., LL.D., Indiana University. Iowa: President J. G. Bowman, A.M., State University. Kansas: Chancellor Frank Stronc, LL.D., University of Kansas. Kentucky: President M. B. Apams, D.D., Georgetown College. Louisiana: President T. D. Boyp, LL.D., State University. Maine; Dr. Payson Situ, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Maryland: President IRA Remsen, LL.D., Johns Hopkins University. Massachusetts ; President ABBott L. Lower, LL.D., Harvard University. Michigan: President-H. B. Hutcutns, LL.D., University of Michigan. Minnesota: President G. E. Vincent, Ph.D., LL.D., University of Minnesota. Misstssippi : Chancellor A. A. Kincannon, LL.D., University of Mississippi. Missourt: President A. R. Hitt, LL.D., University of Missouri. - Montana: President E. B. CrAIGHEAD, LL.D., University of Montana. Nebraska: Chancellor S. Avery, Ph.D., University of Nebraska. Nevada: President J. E. Stusss, D.D., LL.D., University of Nevada. New Hampshire: President E. F, Nicnors, LL.D., Dartmouth College. New Jersey: President J. G. HipBEen, Ph.D., LL.D., Princeton University, New Mexico: President D. R. Boyp, Ph.D., University of New Mexico. New York State: Aucustus S. Downinc, Esq., LL.D., Education Department, Albany, N.Y. [Secretary to the Committee of Selection.] North Carolina: President F. P. VENABLE, Ph.D., University of North Carolina. North Dakota: President F, L. McVey, Ph.D., LL.D., University of North Dakota. 11 Oho: President W. O. THompson, D.D., LL.D., State University. Oklahoma: President StrATTON D. Brooxs, LL.D., University of Oklahoma. Ovegon : President P. L. CAMPBELL, B.A., University of Oregon. Pennsylvania : Provost EpGAR F. Smitu, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Rhode Island: President W. H. P. Faunce, D.D., Brown University. South Carolina: The President University of South Carolina. South Dakota: President R. L. Stacie, University of South Dakota. Tennessee: President Brown Ayres, Ph.D., LL.D., University of Tennessee. Texas: President S. E. Mrezes, Ph.D., University of Texas. Uiah: President J. W. Kincssury, Ph.D., D.Sc., University of Utah. Vermont: President G. P. Benton, D.D., LL.D., University of Vermont. Virginia: President E. A. ALDERMAN, D.C.L., LL.D., University of Virginia. Washington : The President University of Washington. West Virginia: President THomas E. Hopces, LL.D., West Virginia University, Wisconsin :- President C. R. VAN Hise, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Wyoming: President ClypE A. Duniway, Ph.D., LL.D., University of Wyoming. Copies of this circular may be obtained from the Offices of the Trust ; from the Commissioner of Education, Washington; and from the Chairmen of the Committees of Selection. THE RuHopeEs TRUST, SEYMOUR HOUSE, WATERLOO PLACE, Lonpon, S.W. Cable Address :—“ Augury, London.” June, IQT4. APPENDIX. The University of Oxford exacts a minimum of Greek of all members of the University who intend to proceed to the ordinary degree; and there is no immediate probability of any change in this regard. Greek therefore forms one of the subjects for the Examination which candidates for the Rhodes Scholarships in the United States are expected to pass in order to become eligible. This examination is accepted by Oxford University as exempting from Responsions. It has, however, been frequently pointed out that even the small amount of Greek required for this Qualifying Examination prevents a proportion of otherwise desirable candidates from competing for the Rhodes Scholarship. In view of the probability that some such students, while unwilling to prepare the required Greek on the mere chance of getting a Scholarship, would willingly do so when once a Scholarship had been definitely awarded to them, the Trustees, anxious as far as possible to bring the Scholarships within the reach of any student of ability, decided in 1909 that thereafter any candidate from the United States who had passed the Qualifying Examination in Latin and Mathematics should be eligible for election to a Scholarship, even though he might not have passed in Greek. It must be distinctly understood, however, that Oxford University has not changed its requirements. Responsions, or its equivalent (and in either case Greek is a necessary subject), must still be passed by all who wish to follow the ordinary curriculum. American Students who pass the Rhodes Qualifying Examination in all three subjects (Latin, Greek and Mathematics) will, in the future as heretofore, be exempt from Responsions. Those, however, who qualify in Latin and Mathematics only will be obliged to satisfy Oxford Examiners in Greek before their exemption from Responsions is complete. 13 Moreover, the Oxford Colleges which accept Scholars who have still to pass in Greek expect them to do so before coming into residence. They will have several opportunities of doing this. The Oxford University Delegates of Local Examinations are prepared to examine them in Greek at their own Universities or Colleges in the United States either in March or in July: and there is always a Responsions Examination at Oxford in the latter part of September. 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