NEW SYSTEM FOR RHODES EXAMS.

A new plan for electing the Rhodes Scholars from the United States for 1916 will go into effect next October, when the examinations will be held. Hitherto scholars have been elected in all the states of the Union in two successive years, but in each recurring third year none was chosen. In the future scholars will be elected from 32 states every year, and for this purpose the 48 states have been divided into three groups of 16 each--A, B, and C. Thus in 1916 scholars will be elected from A and B; In 1917 from A and C; and in 1918 from B and C, and subsequently in the same rotation. The New England States, with New York and Pennsylvania, are among those in group A, and hence will send scholars this year.

The examinations to these Rhodes Scholarships are not competitive, but qualifying, and are in essence the same as those for entrance into Oxford University, consisting of Latin, Greek, and Mathematics.

The conditions regulating the award of scholarships in the United States provide that candidates shall have satisfactorily completed the work of at least two years in some college of liberal arts and sciences. The upper age limit is 24 years at the time of the candidate's entering upon the scholarship at Oxford. To be eligible the candidate must be a citizen of the United States or a son of a citizen, and he must be unmarried.

In most of the United States the final choice of the scholar is left in the hands of a Committee of Selection. Great care has been taken in the constitution of these committees, as it has been felt that on the wise and impartial exercise of their judgement depends more than upon anything else the full success of the scheme. These committees take into account different qualities of the candidates, such as, and in this they were directed by the founder, literary and scholastic attainments, love of outdoor sports, high moral character, and desire to serve in public affairs.

The stipends from these scholarships are awarded for three years to each successful candidates, provided he spends these three years in study at Oxford University. Each student receives an allowance of 300 pounds a year, the equivalent of $1,500, payable in quarterly installments, which is sufficient to enable a man to pay for the expenses of vacations as well as terms. The first installment is not payable until the student has actually gone into residence at Oxford. Inquiries as to particulars may be mailed to any American college by intending candidates. More specific information, however, may be obtained from The Rhodes Trust, Seymour House, Waterloo Place, London, S. W., or from F. J. Wylle, Secretary to the Rhodes Trustees, 9 South Parks Road, Oxford, England.