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Show P BRIGHT UTAH MEN WHO WILL TRY lf? FOR CECIL RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS Ijfg University of Utah Boys Will Test Their Wits Against the Brightest Rflinds in the Civilized World. Examination. Wednesday to Test Fitness Fit-ness of Candidates to Enter the Great English University. The qualifying examinations for the election of scholars from the State of Utah under tho Cecil Rhodes scholarship scholar-ship bequest will take place next Wednesday Wed-nesday at the University of Utah. This examination Is not competitive, but is Intended to test the student's ability to enter on a course of study at Oxford. H All students who pass this examina- tloh will be eligible candidates for the j! i appointment, which will be made- on Hjl" I the following standard marked out by H; Cecil Rhodes in his own will: "My de- sire being that the students who shall be elected to the scholarships shall not HM be mere bookworms, I direct that in the cloction of students to the scholar-IHI scholar-IHI ship regard shall "be made to (1) his llt-jjHI llt-jjHI rary and scholastic attainments, (2) H his fondness of and success in manly H outdoor sports such ns cricket, football and the like; (3) his qualities of mun-hood, mun-hood, truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for tho protection of the H weak, kindness, unselfishness and fel-9 fel-9 lowship. and (I) hiy exhibition during HI school days of moral force, of char-HH char-HH acter, and. of instincts to lead and to take an Interest in his schoolmates. I Hjl record that my Ideal, qualified student Hj ' would combine these four qualifications PI in the proportion of 3-10 for the first, f 2-10 for the second, 3-10 for the third and 2-10 for tho fourth." I f Must Ba Tested. The examination which will be given next Wednesday will be based on the requirements for the responslons the 11 rat public examination exacted by the university from each candidate for a degree. The requirements of the rc-sponslum rc-sponslum examination are as follows: 1 arithmetic, tho whole; 2. cither algebra al-gebra or geometry; 3. Greek and Latin grammar; 4. translations from English Into Latin prose; 5, Greek and Latin authors. Dr. Parkin in Charge. Examinations covering this range of study have been prepared by the board of examiners and examinations all over thciclvlllzcd world will be held on. them next Wednesday.- Dr. George- R; Par-N&Wr-who has charge of the work in America, arrived In New York last week and has since been busily engaged en-gaged in making all necessary prepara- tlona for holding the examinations on the above mentioned dates. , Dr. Parkin is the president of the Upper Canada college, but for the past year he has been busily engaged in making a car(S ful Investigation of the educational conditions in tho United States. The subjects assigned for examination are not hard, but that Is no proof that the examination will not be hard. The arithmetic and mathematics will bo a snap for Americans, but it Is rumored that tho Greek and Latin will be otherwise other-wise because the English system Is to test the student on the exceptions rather rath-er than the rule. Two Who Will Try. So far only two university students have signified their intentions of taking the examinations and they have been busy "cramming " for the last few months. "Elbert D. Thomas and B. 11, Jacobaen are the two candidates, Thomas is the president of the college Htudent body and an active member of the Institution. For the last thrco years ho has managed and taken a leading part In school dramatics. He I has also taken an active part In Chron-iclo Chron-iclo work, having acted as reporter on and manager of the same. He has held numerous smaller offices, such as class president and representative on the executive ex-ecutive board. As president of the student stu-dent body ho has paid off all tho old school depts with the exception of tho "Chronicle debt." and he Is now boosting boost-ing a "Midsummer Night's Dream" performance with a view of paying ofE this debt. B. H. Jacobsen has the reputation of being one of tho best studenty tho university uni-versity ever turned out. He graduated from the college course with a B. A. in 1900. .For two years he served as principal prin-cipal of the Moab High school and returned re-turned to school again last fall for the purpose of doing some post-graduate work. Jacobsen is an athlete of moderate moder-ate ability. I-lc also has the reputation of organizing tho U. of U. Glee club, which has been a pronounced success. To be eligible to take the examination a student must have reached the end of his sophomore work at some reputable college or university. The scholar must be unmarried, must be a citizen of tho United States, and must be between the age cf 19 and 25. 9 B. H. JACOBSEN. ELBERT D. THOMAS. T i |
