Oxford and the Rhodes ScholarshipsScholz, R. F. (Richard Frederick)
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Oxford and the Rhodes Scholarships
Scholz, R. F. (Richard Frederick)
Rhodes scholarships
‘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.[42] 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. Few Colleges will admit more than five
in any one year; and in the majority of cases four is the maximum. From
the different candidates for admission a College will select those whose
records suggest that they are most likely to do credit to the College
to which they may belong. It is therefore essential that, in applying
for admission to a College, a Scholar should submit the fullest possible
evidence as to his personal character and academic record.
‘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, The Rhodes
Trust, Oxford, stating in order the Colleges which he prefers.
(2) He should satisfy himself that the credentials which he submitted to
the Committee of Selection have been forwarded by the Chairman to Mr.
Wylie.
(3) He should himself forward _to Mr. Wylie_ 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;
(_b_) Testimonials as to character;
(_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 Catalogue of his University;
(_e_) Evidence as to the general tastes and pursuits of the Scholar
outside his Academic Course;
(_f_) Information as to the intentions of the Scholar in regard to the
line of study he proposes to follow at Oxford.
It is also desirable that the Scholar should state to what religious
denomination he belongs.
_All this material must reach Mr. Wylie_ by the beginning of the Summer
Term—that is, _by the middle of April at the latest_.
‘3. When Mr. Wylie has the necessary information in his hands he will
attempt to secure for each Scholar admission to the College of his
preference. That will not be always possible. When a Scholar fails
to gain admission to the College which stands first on his list of
preferences, Mr. Wylie will enter into negotiation with the College
second on that list, and so on.
Where he is specially requested to do so, Mr. Wylie is prepared to select
a College for a Scholar, but it is greatly to be preferred that each
Scholar should, so far as possible, choose for himself.’
[Sidenote: Payment of the Scholarship.]
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