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"I further direct my trustees to establish . . . 'the American Scholarships.' I ap propriate two of the American Scholar ships to each of the present States and Territories of the United States of North America."1 To these Colonial and American Scholar ships, by a codicil to his will, Mr. Rhodes adds fifteen other scholarships at Oxford,

"a good understanding between England Germany and the United States of America will secure the peace of the world and edu cational relations form the strongest tie." Having apportioned the scholarships, Mr. Rhodes states the qualifications. "My de sire being that the students . . . shall not be merely bookworms I direct that in the election of a student . . . regard shall be

GKOOTE SHUUR. each of £250 value, for students of German birth to be nominated by the Emperor, for Northwest Territories, and British Columbia; in the West Indies, Bahamas. Leeward Islands. Windward Islands, Barbadoes. Trinidad and To bago: in the Mediterranean, Gibraltar, Malta, and Cyprus; in the Indian Ocean, Mauritius and Cey lon; in the far east, Borneo, New Guinea and Hong Kong. The Indian Empire, Egypt, and the Soudan are also unmentioned in the bequest. The average of scholarships to population is one in 760,000 in the United States, and one in 224,000 in the fifteen British Colonies to which they have been allotted. If the omitted colonies were dealt with on the same basis, 33 new schol arships would be needed.

had to i his literary and scholastic attainments ii his fondness of and success in manly outdoor sports such as cricket and football and the like iii his qualities of manhood truth cour age devotion to duty sympathy for the pro tection of the weak kindliness unselfishness and fellowship iv his exhibition during school days of 'At the time of the last census there were forty-five States and five Territories.