RHODES EDITORIAL

To the Editors of The Crimson:

May I call to your readers' attention one significant point which you omitted in your editorial today regarding the restriction of Rhodes Scholarships to men?

Whether the American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust, Mr. William J. Barber, is "timid" or not has nothing to do with the matter. As much as I would like to see the restriction removed, I have to take into account, as a Trustee of the Rhodes Trust, that Mr. Rhodes' will stipulated that his money should be used for scholarships only for "male" students, and an Act of Parliament in 1946 imposed the same restriction on the Rhodes Scholarships. If Mr. Barber tried to break this law, the Rhodes Trustees would have to get another American Secretary.

But while I dislike the restriction, I am not disposed to take the high moral tone you suggest in talking with my fellow Trustees. In this country we do not yet ignore all the restrictions on use of endowment income that I disapprove. While it is usually comfortable to be moral about issues a long way from home, this is not the point in time when I feel in the best position, as an American, to lecture other countries on morality. Don K. Price