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Search For Rhodes Scholars Begins

Davis Heads Local Quest

By Jay Morse
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

"A combination of Mr. Jefferson,
Daniel Boone, and the
Angel Gabriel" is the object of
a search by Arthur Kyle Davis,
chairman of the University Committee
of Rhodes Scholarships.

The quip derives from a Look
Magazine article as the annual
Rhodes Scholarship competition
begins at the University and
other schools across the nation.

Applicants should obtain information
and the necessary
forms from the English Department
offices on the fifth floor
of Cabell Hall or from Mr.
Davis. All applications must be
returned to Mr. Davis by the
last week of October.

Prospective candidates should
also plan to talk with Mr. Davis
and appear before the University
Committee in late October.

States Pick Two

Candidates who pass the University
Committee's approval will
appear before the State Committee
in December. Each state
may send two candidates to its
district committee, each representing
six states.

Of the twelve applicants who
appear before the district committee,
four will go to the University
of Oxford as Rhodes
Scholars. They will attend Oxford
for at least two years and
will receive an annual stipend
of 1150 pounds.

To be eligible for a Rhodes
Scholarship, a candidate must be
a male citizen of the United
States, with at least five years'
domicile, and unmarried.

Must Be Eighteen

By October of the year of application
he must have passed his
eighteenth and not have passed
his twenty-fourth birthday; and
he must have attained at least
third-year standing at some recognized
degree-granting institution.

The Rhodes Scholarships were
instituted by Cecil John Rhodes,
a diamond entrepreneur in South
Africa but an undistinguished
Oxford student.

Mr. Rhodes willed much of his
fortune to establish a trust to
encourage scholars to attend his
alma mater.

Mr. Rhodes indicated in his
will that candidates should have
(1) "literary and scholastic attainments;"
(2) "fondness for and
success in" manly sports; (3)
"qualities of manhood, truth,
courage, devotion to duty, sympathy
for and protection of the
weak, kindliness, unselfishness,
and fellowship;" and (4) "moral
force of character and of instincts
to lend."

Among the more illustrious
American Rhodes Scholars are
Sen. J. William Fulbright, Supreme
Court Justices John Harlan
and Byron White, Secretary
of State Dean Rusk, and Rep.
Carl B. Albert.

The University's record in
Rhodes Scholarships has been
outstanding, according to Mr.
Davis. "For many years it stood
fourth in the nation in number
of Scholars," he said. "It now
ranks sixth."