R. F. SCHOLZ S. K. HORNBECK
HENRY FROWDE
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON, NEW YORK AND TORONTO
1907
OXFORD: HORACE HART
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
The primary object of this book is to present, in conciseform, a large variety of facts which have been and are, inone way or another, of value or importance to those whoare interested in the Rhodes Scholarships.
The frequency and the diversity of the inquiries whichhave been made, both officially and unofficially, andespecially the questions which have been asked by andof Rhodes Scholars, have suggested the practicability ofan attempt to compile an elementary reference-book whichshall contain answers to many of these queries.
It must be clearly understood at the outset that thisvolume is in no way official, having been in no wayauthorized or approved by the Rhodes Trust or by OxfordUniversity. For the fact of its appearance and for itsform and contents the authors (or, perhaps better, the‘editors’ of the material which it contains) must and doassume the sole responsibility. Yet for the facts whichit contains we have had recourse to official or semi-officialpublications, and for accuracy we plead the authority ofthese sources.
Inquiries have varied from such simple questions as‘How many Rhodes Scholars are there in Oxford?’ to,‘How may a Rhodes Scholarship be obtained; how doesOxford differ in system from an American University;what courses of study can I pursue at Oxford?’ It is[iv]hoped that the facts contained in the following chapterswill answer a large number of these questions, and thatthey may not only save much time and perplexity forthose who are especially interested in the Rhodes Scholarships,but that they may be of considerable additionaluse in explaining many points which are popularly misunderstoodor overlooked with regard to the RhodesScholarships and their relation to Oxford.
Our purpose to compile at once a short record and aworking handbook has made our task largely that of selectionand arrangement. We have drawn freely for informationupon many sources. Thus, the first chapter isbased almost entirely upon facts set forth in Mr. W. T.Stead’s Last Will and Testament of Cecil John Rhodes; thesecond chapter is merely an arrangement from a copyof Rhodes’s Will; the third rests upon information obtainedfrom Dr. Parkin’s written statements, especiallyfrom an article in the London Times of October 13,1904, and from an address before the Royal ColonialInstitute (December, 1904), and from answers which havebeen given to direct questions; the fourth is based onpublished ‘Memoranda’ of the Rhodes Trust; and thesixth represents a condensation or rearrangement, withsome personal comment, of information from the officialpublications of the University of Oxford (see alsoBibliography, p. 169). The fifth and the seventh may besaid to have more of the personal colouring, but they, too,represent impressions gained from various reading andcomparison of opinions, as well as of those of personalexperience.
The division into Parts I and II has been determined[v]by the fact that the first four c