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Show DE0DB3 5C5GLAnS3i?S:UCv FOR TOUNG - AMERICANS: Dr. Parkin -Arrives to Conduct Preliminary. Examinations for En-trance En-trance to Oxford. ' ci) W S (i) APIIIL 1SIH DAT3 ' SET FOR HOLDING- TITS rxa.l3ATI02TS. . . An eTamlnatlon for Rhodes scholarships will be held imul- taneously ln this country and In the Dominion, April 13th at places ae- lected by tta. varlwus committees In charge ln this country composed 0 of the presidents of universities and coheres. 1 NEW TORK, March U. Dr. George R. Parkin, representative of the trustees trus-tees of the Cecil Rhodes scholarships, who ha Just arrived from England to make arrangements for the holding; of preliminary examinations ln the United States and Canada, had 4 brief encounter encoun-ter with the customs officers over the ln- spectlon of his bargare. The Utter contained con-tained the examination papers and the Inspector declared he must examine them. The doctor made a vigorous protest pro-test and Collector Stranahan Quickly notified his deputy to desist. . "The trustees of the scholarship fund are now simply feeling their way," saia Dr. P rkln, "ad the method of selecting select-ing the first scholars may not be good for all time. We first want to make sure that the men who get the scholarships scholar-ships are Qualified to enter Oxford according ac-cording to the Oxford standard. I have brought with me examination papers ln subjects, which 4 fellow must pass before be-fore he Is eligible to enter Oxford, and the men here who pass them are qualified qual-ified as competitors for one of. the Scholarships. The pspers are about on 4 grade with those used In the entrance test at Harvard except that 4 knowledge knowl-edge of Greek is required.1 ' "America I ft world power, and' she now must have men with world knowledge knowl-edge to represent her abroad. Oxford is the place where those men will get the training that "will fit them to stand with the statesmen of other great countries." coun-tries." ' . |