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. Matriculation (once only) £3 10_s._
2. University Quarterly Dues, 12_s._ 6_d._ (twelve shillings and sixpence)
per Term (four times per year).
3. Examination Fees (see Table, p. 103).
4. University Degree Fees (see Table, p. 103).
=2. College Expenses.=
1. Entrance, or Matriculation, Fee required in most Colleges—average
£5 (once only) (see Table, p. 105).
2. Caution money. Caution money is a deposit of a certain sum in advance,
required in most Colleges, in order to secure the College against loss
through damage to property or non-payment of College bills. With regard
to _Rhodes Scholars_ each College has made its own arrangements. As these
arrangements stand at present, fourteen Colleges require no deposit; four
have required £10; one has required £20; and one has required £40; while
two do not require caution money of any one. (For the sake of foreign
students, the sums ordinarily required of Commoners have been included
in the Table at the end of this Chapter, col. 2.[67])
Caution money, when required, is, as a rule, paid back, in whole or in
part, when the student ‘goes down’ (finally); in some instances a part
is retained and applied to the expense of ‘keeping name on the College
books’ and towards paying for M.A. degree.
=3. Furnishing.= It is necessary for every student in College to provide
himself with table-linen and table-ware, bed linen, &c. For instance,
one College suggests, ‘2 pair sheets, 3 pillow-cases, 3 table-cloths,
6 towels, toilet-covers, glass-cloths, dusters, set of china (½ doz.);
6 each of small knives, large knives, teaspoons, dessert-spoons,
table-spoons, small forks, large forks, tumblers, ... cruet-stands,
salt-cellars and spoons.’ Kettle, coffee and teapots are also needed.
These items may involve from £7 up, according to the taste of the
individual. Frequently some of them may be purchased from the scout.
The incoming tenant often finds it necessary to purchase or rent several
additions to the furniture which he finds in his rooms (see _Furniture_,
_infra_), and often has to see to numerous repairs—for the furniture is
handed on ‘from generation to generation’.
=4. Tuition.= Under ordinary circumstances undergraduates pay the regular
tuition specified in the following Table, averaging £8 per Term. Research
students are in some cases released from a part of this tuition, but may
have to pay for other tuition (special).
=5. Room-rent.= Rhodes Scholars will spend their first two years at least
_in_ College. (For rental rates, see Table, p. 105.) On an average, rooms
in College cost less rental than ‘licensed lodgings’. (See p. 66.)
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