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October 23 Deadline Set
In Rhode Competition

A Rhodes Scholar should be "a
combination of Mr. Jefferson, Daniel
Boone, and the Angel Gabriel," according
to Look Magazine. Competition for
Rhodes Scholarships will begin at universities
and colleges all across the nation at
the end of this month.

The deadline for submitting applications
at the University is October 23, to
J.J. Murray, Room 254, Gilmer Hall. Last
year, the University was represented by
two Rhodes Scholars, Charles C. Calhoun from
Florida, and Pieter Schenkkan from Texas.

An applicant for the Rhodes Scholarship
must be a male United States citizen,
unmarried, have at least five years domicile in
the United States, be between the ages of 18
and 24 on October 1st of the year he is
applying, and be at least a third-year man at
some recognized degree-granting American
university or college.

Thirty-two American Rhodes Scholars are
chosen every year. Groupings of six or seven
states form a district, with each district sending
four students to the University of Oxford as
Rhodes Scholars. A Rhodes Scholarship entitles
a student to at least two years at Oxford
University, with a stipend of 900 pounds per
year. A student may pursue almost any-course
of study that appeals to him while at Oxford.

Cecil John Rhodes amassed a fortune in
diamonds and gold while colonizing South
Africa in the late 19th century, and left the
greater part of his fortune to establish the
program that bears his name. He was not an
undistinguished student in his years at Oxford
University.

Mr. Rhodes indicated in his will that
candidates should possess: (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; (4)
moral force of character and of instincts to
lead.

After applications have been handed in here
at the University, a committee of faculty will
review all candidates and choose those it feels
are eligible and best fulfill the requirements set
down by Cecil John Rhodes. Those candidates
who have received satisfactory recommendation
from the student faculty committee will next
face competition at the state level in December.
Each state then may send two candidates to
compete at the district level.

All students who are interested in applying
for a Rhodes Scholarship are urged to Contact
J.J. Murray as soon as possible. He has
applications available in Room 254, Gilmer
Hall.

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