Eligibility for Rhodes Scholarships.

At a meeting yesterday of the Rhodes-Scholarship Committee for Massachusetts, of which President Eliot is chairman, it was decided to admit graduates of secondary schools to the qualifying examinations. This will include graduates of high schools, academies, Latin schools and such private schools as prepare for college.

The former rule that a candidate must have completed at least two years in a college or university was made by the trustees of the Rhodes will, but they have given the state committees the option of changing it, as has been done in this case by the Massachusetts committee. The reason given for the change is that in the opinion of the committee for this state the rule which it has adopted is more in accordance with the spirit of Cecil Rhodes' will. This decision does not, of course, affect any state except Massachusetts.

The exact dates for the examinations, according to a cablegram received by the Commissioner of Education yesterday, will be January 17 and 18