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Show 13 NMD ON OXFORD'S LIST! Ted Conroy of Ogdcn Among Utahns Aspiring for British I Scholarship TMivard E. Ted) Conroy. son of Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Conroy of this city. Is among the thirteen Utah aspirants for the Cecil Rhjbdes Scholarship, according ac-cording to information from the secretary sec-retary of state's office Conroy lias recently oompleted his work at Cornell, Cor-nell, Appointment of the Utah representative repre-sentative who will be bestowed the scholarship will take place September 25. Conroy, while at college, enlisted with the marines and while a second lieutenant won his Croix de Guerre. Candidates for the Rhodes scholarship scholar-ship are selected in the first instance by the college which they have attended, at-tended, to represent that college for any Riven j ear. Th University of I'tah is represented repre-sented by five men- Ralph E Lewis, A v Shafaky and w J. Cope of Salt Hike. Hugh A Wing oT Mapleton and Thomas J I'armley of Sandy. The Utah Agricultural eollege has six men in the race K. B. Sauls. J. M Chrlstensen, J. Clyde Worley and George Hansen of Logan; J. II. Claw-son Claw-son of Providence and Scott Ewlng of Smithfleld. Paul F. navies Salt Lake, a graduate of Princeton, is also: entered In the competition. These young men have heen selected by their respective colleges because of the high standards 'of scholarship, leadership and character attained and manifested bj them during their school careers. Several. of them have served as presidents of their student body Organisations, at the same time maintaining excellent class records So1 the warning sent out to the various' states by the American secretary- of! the Rhodes trustees not to make a selection ionlesa a really worthy candidate candi-date presents himself is entirely un-' necessary In the case of Utah, as anvi one of a half score of the candidates; would reflect ery distinct credit and honor on his college and his state, no-: cording to the committee of investigation investi-gation here. The competition itself does not in-! elude any examination, hut the sue-' cevsful candidate ma; I,,- reclined pass an examination in Latin and mathematics after reaching ixford. He Is then at liberty to pursue any course of study along literary scientific or professional line;., leading to a degree at the end of the three years for which the scholarship is good. The value of the scholarship is 300 poun.is t i -ling, or nearly $1500 a year, but even this liberal purse is scarcely sufficient since the war to meet all expenses, including those for the extensive traveling trav-eling which Rhodes scholars are expected ex-pected to do. The state committee of selection consists of ir. John a widtsoe. chairman; chair-man; M. D. Thomas. B. II. Jacobson. secretary, and 1 E. Holman. This year two appointments will bo made for Utah and the results in each state' will be published .simultaneously on! Monday, September 27. |