Booklet concerning the scholarships to be established at Oxford under the will of the late Cecil John Rhodes. Includes an extract from his testamentary dispositions

Hawksley, Bourchier F.

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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Reports of the Secretary to the President Student Affairs President’s Correspondence, 1900-1907 William J. Kerr 1-1-1906 Scholarships to be Established at Oxford under the Will of the Late Right Honorable Cecil John Rhodes Bourchier F. Hawksley Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/kerr_reports Recommended Citation William Kerr papers, University Archive, 03p01s04d02Bx002Fd07 (Scholarship, 1906) This Scholarship, 1906 is brought to you for free and open access by the William J. Kerr at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Reports of the Secretary to the President Student Affairs President’s Correspondence, 1900-1907 by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@usu.edu. Scholarships to be Established at Oxford under the Will of the Late Right Honorable Cecil John Rhodes. Th e T r ustees o.f t lte Wzll to Mr. Choate. 30, MINCING LA NE, E. C., London, June I6, I902. DEAR Sm.: At the request of my colleagues, trustees of the will of the late Mr. C. J. Rhodes, I send you an extract from his testamentary dispo-sitions relating to scholarships to be established for stud en ts from certain colonies and from the U nit ed States of Amer ica. Your Excellency will note the qua lifications whic h Mr. Rhodes des ired should be sought for in the candidate s and his sugges tion that before elec-tion the trustees shou ld con sult with the ministers having the control of education in the various colonies, St ates, or Territories to ·which his dispo-sition s apply. The trustees are desirous of making regulations with regard to the method by which qua lifications of candidates are to be ascertained and as to the examinations. They will, th erefore, be obliged if yo u will be so good as to bring th e scho larship provision s of Mr. R hodes' will to the notice of your Govern-ment, with a request on their behalf that the vievvs of th e chief officials having the control of education in the vari ous Stat es and Territories of the Union may be ascertain ed and comm uni cated to the trustees. It would furthe r be of great assistance to the trustees if they cou ld be furnished, through your kindnes s, vvith the opinion of the leading educa-tional authoritie s in th e United States, especially the heads of Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and other universities, with regard generally to the election of qualifying student s and th e best mode of giving practical effect to the scholarship trust. It is hoped that the stud en ts can be elected in time to go into residence at Oxford in 1903. I am, Dear Sir, Yours faithfully, Bou RCHIER F. H AWKSLEY. T o H is Exce llency the H on . JOSEPH H . CHoA TE, Unded Sta tes Amb assador , Carlton l-£ouse Terrace, S. W. THE RIGHT H O]\". CECIL JOH N RHODES. Provzsz'ons o.f th e wz'll relatz'ng· to scholarships. The following are the provisions in the testamentary dispositions of the late Mr. Rhodes relating to the estab lishment of scholarships at Oxford for students from the colonies and the United States of North America: 2 Whereas I consider that the education of young Colonists at one of the U niver-sities in the United Kingdom is of great advan tage to them for giv in g breadth to their views for their instruction in life and manners and for instilling into t h eir minds the advantage to the Colonies as well as t o the U nit ed Kingdom of the r eten -tio n of the unity of the Empire A nd whereas in the case of young Colonists study -ing at a Univers ity in th e United Kingd om I a tt ach very g rea t imp or t ance t o the Unive r sity h av in g a residential system such as is in force at the Universities of O xfo rd and Cambridge fo r without it those students are at the most cr i tical period of their lives left without a ny supervision And whereas there a re at the pr esent time 50 or more students from South Africa studyin g at th e Univ ersity o f Ed inburgh many of whom are attracted there by its exce ll ent medical sc h oo l a nd I should like to estab li sh some of the Scho larsh ips hereinafter mentioned in that University bu t owing to its no t having such a residential system as afo resa id I feel obliged to refrain from doing so And whereas my ow n University the Un iv ersit y of Oxford has such a system and I suggest th at it should tr y and exte nd its scope so as if possible to m ake its medical school at leas t as good as that a t the University of Edinburgh And whereas I also desire t o encou rage and foster a n appreciation of the advan tag es which I implicitly believe will result fr om the union of the English-speaking peoples through out the world and to encourage in the students fr om th e U nit ed S tates of North America who will benefit fr om th e Amei-ican Scholarships t o be esta bli shed for the r easo n above give n a t th e University of Oxford und er thi s my Will an attach -ment to the country from which they have sp ru ng but without I h ope withdrawing them or their sympathies from the land of their adopt ion or birth Now therefore I d irect my trustees as soo n as may be after my death a nd e ith e r s imult aneously o r gradua lly as they sh all find co nvenient and if gradua ll y then in such ord er as they shall think fit to establ ish for male students th e Scho lar ships h e reinaft er d ir ec ted to be es t ab lish ed eac h of whi ch shall b e of th e yearly value of £300 and be tenable at any Colleg e in th e U niversity of Oxford for three consecutive academical yea1·s. Tair ectrn y Tru s t eesto establi sh ce rt a in Sch olar ship s an d th ese Scholarships I sometimes hereinafter refer to as "the Co loni al Scholarships" . The appropriation of the Col o ni a l Scholarships and th e numbers to be a nnu ally fill ed up sha ll be in accorda nce with the fo llowing table:--9 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 To be tenable by Students of or from Rh odesia ... . ... . .. . ............. . ... . ..... . ... ... . .. ............ . . . ....... ............... . . . . . .. . ..... . . Th e South African College School in the Co lony of the Cape of Good H ope .. . The Stellenbosch College School in the same Co lony .... .. . ...... ... .. .. ... ...... .... .. The Diocesan College Sch ool of Rondebosc h in the sa m e Colony .. ... ... ..... .... . St. Andrews College School Grahamstown ............................ . .. ............... .. The Colony of Natal in th e same Colony .............. .. ............ .. ... . ............... .. The Co lony of New Sou th Wales .......... . ...... ................... . ........ .. ........ . ...... . The Colony of Victoria ..... . .... . .......... . ..... . ............ . .... . ...... . ..... .. . ... .. .. ........ . Th e Colon y of Sou th Au stralia ... ... .. .. . ....... . ... . .. .. .. ........ . .. .. .... . .. ,. .. ... ......... .. The Co lo ny of Que en sla nd ...... . .... .. .. . ... .. . .......... . .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. ..... .. .. .......... .. . The Col ony of Western Australia .... ... ..... . ... .. ... ... . .... .. ............................. . Th e Colony o f Tasmania ... . . . . ... . . ... . ... . ........ . ... . .. . ....... ...... . .. . ........... . ....... .. The Co lony of New Zealand . . . . . . . . .... ..... ...... ........ . . ... . . . .......... . ...... .. .. . .. .... . . The Province of Ontario in the Dominion of Canada .... . .. .. .. ..... ... . .. .. .......... . Th e Province of Quebec in the Domi ni on of Canada .......................... .. . . .... . The Colony or Island of Newfoundland and its Dependencies ................ .. . . .. . The Colon v or Islands of the Bermudas ...... . .. .. ..... . ....... . .... .. .. ................... . The Colon~ or I sland of Jamaica ....... . .......... .. . .. ........... · ·············· .. .. · · · · .. ... I No. of Schol a r-ships to be filled u p in each yea r. 3 and no more. r and no more . r and n o m or e. I and no more. r and no more. r and no more. r and no more. r and no more. I an d no more. I a nd no m ore. r and no mor e. I and no m ore. I and no more. I and no more . r and no more. I and no more. I and no more. 1 and no more. I fur th er direct m y Trustees t o es tab li sh add iti onal Schol arships sufficient in numb er for th e a pp ropria ti on in the next following clause h e reof directed an d those Scholarships I sometimes hereinafter refer to as " the Americ a n Scholarships". 3 I appropriate two of the American Scholarships to each of the present States and Territo r ies of the United States of North America Provided that if any of th e said Territories shall in my lifetime be admitted as a State the Scholarships a p pro -priated to such Territory shall be appropriated to such State and th a t my Trustees may in th eir uncontrolled discretion withhold for such time as th ey shall think fit th e appropriation of Schol ars hips t o any Terri t ory. I dire ct that of the two Scholarships appro pri ated to a State or Territory not more than one sh a ll be filled up in any year so th at at no time shall more than two Scholarships be held for the same State or Territory. The Scholarships shall be paid only out of income and in t h e event at any time of income being insufficient for payment in full of all the Scholarships for the time being payable I direct th at (wi th out prejudice to the vested interests of h old-ers for the time being of Scholarships) the fo ll owing order of priority sha ll r egulate the pay m en t of the Scholarships . (i) First the Scholarships of students of or from Rhod es ia shall be paid. (ii) Secondly the Schol a rships of students from the said Sou th African Stellen-bosch Rondebosch a nd St. Andrews Schools shall be paid. (iii) T hirdl y the remainder of the Colonia l Scholarships shall be paid and if t h ere shall not be sufficient income for th e purpose such Scholarships shall abate propor tion ate ly; and (iv) Fourthly the American Scholarships shall be pa id and if there shall n o t be suffi cient inco m e for the purpose such Scholarships shall abate proportionately. My desire being that the students who shall be elec ted to the Sc hol arshi ps shall not be merely boo kw orms I direct that in the election of a student to a Scholarship regar d shall be had t o (i) hi s literary and scholastic attainments (ii) his fond n ess of and success in manly outdoor sports such as c r icket football and the like (iii) his qualities of manhood truth courage devotion to du ty sympathy for the protection of the weak kindliness unselfishness and fellowship a nd (iv) his exhibi-ti on during scho ol days of moral forc e of ch aracter and of inst in cts to lead a nd to take an interest in his schoolmates for those latter attributes will be likely in afte r-life to guide him to es t ee m the p erformance of public duties as his highest aim As mere sugg·estions for the guidance of those who will have the choice of s tudents for the Scholarships I record that (i) my ideal qualifi ed student would combine these four qualifications in the proportions of i'\ths for the fir st 120 ths for the second i'\ ths for the third and 120 ths for t h e fourth qualification so that according to my ide as if the maximum number of marks for any Sch olarship were zoo they would be apportioned as follows-60 t o each of th e first and third qualifications and 40 to each of the second and fo urth qualifications ( ii) the marks for the several quarifications would be awarded independently as follows (that is to say) the marks for the first qualification by exa min a tion fo r the second and third qualifications respectively by ba llot by the fellow-students of the candidates and for th e fourth qualificati on by the h ead m as ter of the candidate's school and (iii) the res ult s of the awards (that is to say the m a rks obtained by each cand idate for each qualifica-tion) wo uld be sent as soon as possible for co nside ra ti on to t he Trustees or t o so me person or persons appointed to receive the same and the person o r pe rsons so appointed would asce rtain by averaging the marks in blocks of 20 mark s each of a ll candidates the best ideal qualified students . _ No_ student shall be qualified or dis-qualified for election to a Schola r ship on account of his race or religious opinions. Except in the cases of the four schools herein before mentioned the elect ion t o Scholarships shall be by the Trustees after such (if any) consultation as they sha ll think fit with the Minister ha vi ng t h e control of educat ion in such Colony Province State or Territory. A qualified st ud en t who ha s been elected as aforesaid shall witbin six calendar months after his election or as soon the reafter as he can be adm it ted into residence or within such extended time as my Trus tees sha ll allow comme nce residence as an undergraduate at some college in the University of Oxfor d. The scholarships shall be payable to him from the time when he shall commence :Such residence. 4 28. I desire that the Scholars holding the scholarships shall be distributed amongst the Colleges of the University of Oxford and not resort in undue numbers to one or more Colleges only. 29. Notwithstanding anything hereinbe fore contained my Trustees may in their uncontrolled discretion suspend for such time as they shall think fit or remove any Scholar from his scholarship. 30. My Trustees may from time to time make vary and repeal regulations either general or affecting specified Scholarships only with regard to all or any of the following matters that is to say: (i) The election whether after examination or o therwise of qualified Students t o th e Scholarships or any of them and the method whether by exa mination or otherwise in which their qualifications are to be ascertained. (ii) The tenur e of th e Scholarships by scholars. (iii) Th e suspe nsi on and removal of scholars from their Scholarships. (iv) Th e method and times of payment of the Scholarships (v) Th e method of giving effect to my wish expresse d in clause 28 hereof and (vi) Any and eve ry other matter with rega rd to the Scholarships or any of them with regard to which they shall consider regulations necessary or desirable. , 31. My Tru stees may from time to time author ize regulations with regard to the election whether after examination or otherwise of qualified students for Scholar-ships and to the method whether by examination or otherwise in which their qualifications are to be ascertained to be made-(i) By a school in respect of the Scholarships tenable by its students and-- (ii) By the Minister aforesaid of a Colony Province State o r Territory 111 resp ect of the Scholarships tenable by students from such Colony Province State or Territory. 32 . Regulations made under the last preceding clause her eof if and when approved of and no t befor e by my Trust ees sh a ll b e equivalent in all re sp ec ts to regulations m·ade by my T-rustees. No regulations made under clause 30 or made and approved of under clauses 31 and 32 hereof shall b e inconsistent with any of the provisions her ei n contained. In order that the scholars past and present may have opportunities of meeting and discussing their experiences and prospects I desire that my Trustees shall annually give a dinner to the past and present scholars able and willing to attend at which I hope my Trustees or some of them will be able to be present and to which they will I hope from time to time invite as guests persons who have shown sympathy with the views expressed by me in this my Will. The Trustees are the Earl of Rosebery, Earl Grey, Lord Milner, Mr. Alfred Beit, Dr. Leander Starr Jameson, Mr. Lewis Loyd Michell and Mr. Bourch ier Francis Hawksley. 

Scholarships to be Established at Oxford under the Will of the Late Right Honorable Cecil John Rhodes

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