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Show ' IeciI i I to , ATTEND one Sixty-three U. S. Students Awarded Rhodes Scholarships. BOSTON, Xov. 2. The first Rhodes scholars io be appointed from the Unit-ad Unit-ad States for two j ears were announced tonight by Professor Frank Aydelotte ' of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tech-nology, American secretary to the Rhodes trustees, who was in charge of the selection. The names of sixty-three sixty-three were announced, the full number I but one allotted to the United States this year. Tho sixty-fourth will be au- j notiueed later. The samo number will bo appointed next year, Professor Aydelotte said, io make up for the two .years during which the scholarships j were suspended on account of the war. The men selected this year were those who would have gone to Oxford i in 1918 and 1910, respectively, had it - not been for the war. These selected as of 1918 will enter Oxford next January Jan-uary and those selected as of 1919 will enter next October. The competition compe-tition was keener than at any time during dur-ing the fifteen years since the scholarships scholar-ships began, Professor Aydelotte said, due in large measure to increased iu- I terest in England resulting from the war. ' A large proportion of the candidates , wero meu who had been in military service, and many of them had already studied a short term at Oxford under the educational plan arranged by the 1 American expeditionary forces. Interest Inter-est in the scholarship was also in-I in-I creased by the announcement 'that the ' 1,'nivcrsity of Oxford would in the future fu-ture offer the Ph. D. degree. ; After next year the regular yearly quota for the United States will le thirty-two, the distribution among the states being so arranged that eacb state will send one man two years out of every three. Tho method of selection has been altered in two ways. Tim qualifying examination in Latin, Greek and mathematics, formerly required re-quired of all candidates, has uow keen abandoned, and committees of selection are composed of ex-Rhodes scholars acting act-ing uuder the chairmanship of one of the leading educational meu of tho state. The war record of the American Rhodes scholars is now being computed by Professor B. E. Schmidt, Western Reserve university. Between 250 and 300 of the 400 Rhodes scholars who have gone to Oxford sinco the scholar-tliips scholar-tliips began in 1909 were i military or government service during tho war, most of them in tho American army and a few in tho British and French. Twelve American Rhodes scholars lost tli c i r live3 in service. The western men whose selection was announced tonight include: - Arizona: 191S, James A. Tong, University Uni-versity of Arizona. California: 1918, Axelborg Graven, University of California; 1019, William Day Demies, University of California. Colorado: 1918, George P. Willison, Denver,. University of Colorado; 1919, Walter E. Sikes, Union Theological seminary, New York, (Denver). Idaho: 1918, Walter E. Snrdelius, Moscow, Idaho, University of Idaho. Monlana: 1918, C K. Streit, Missoula, Missou-la, University of Montana, Nevada: 1918, Stanley M. Pargellis, Cambridge, Mass., University of Nevada. Ne-vada. Oregon: 191 S, Stephenson Smith, Top-renish, Top-renish, Wash., Recti cqjloge; 1919, Frank Cudworth Flint, Portland, Reed college. Utah: 1918, John A. V. Davies, Salt Lake City, Princeton university. Washington: 1918, John M. Saunders, Rolling Bav, University of Washington; Washing-ton; 1919, Ford K. Brown, Seattle, University Uni-versity of Washington. Wyoming: 1918. V. Spicer, Berkeley, Cal., University of Wyoming. |
