RHODES SCHOLARS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 420, 1 February 1909, Page 7

RHODES SCHOLARS.

'.;■;"; v: ■ : V-; ; '; 'i : i ; ' ■'■discussion^ J/-/ :■ ~ (BX. TEtBGB'APH—tBESS- ASsdcUTION.7 '..,: ' ■'" v . -J ■?:.', v : rj'.:.:'-;:',f ...■V.'AudUlßndi- January '30. - '< ■; This /morning: Mr. Fγ E. Bau'mo, -M.l 5 moved at\th& University Senate:—"That- the Senate-pfittie 1 University.,of."Now Zealand;is of -opinion /that- it:would.;be:-in; with the views-'held :and exprossed'by tho. late'-Rt.vHonY- Cecil -Rhodes,>if;the .ages-of-Rhodes: : :sbholarß\.'were-.,altered' 7 -to- 21 1 .years maximum and 18, minimum." Mr. Baume said that there'.-had been a great number of differ;e'nt opinions; expressed.-as: to:tli6 value of'the Rhodes Scholarshipsj andthe' efFect upbn'thej people., who-won them and wont to'.Oxford.■The ages''at- -present ywero 19 - and 25.: :The avefage'-"ag6'was 2l::,br : '-22.:-It seemed that. the.age' limits:frere too;high;: ; It would mea'ri then'.thatitho'wiiinera would eriter-Oxford it a:very'ordinary.ago.:: The' object-of the. scholarship, was" .not that, students should go-to Oxf ordto purstio /post-graduatei'- work, but a ■mder—an Imperial, object. -The real: object would:.be:.more.'readily' obtained if younger students we're- sent;- ,';■:-■ :'•'

•■ the motion.' •The:-advantages attached to! tho; scholarship were, greats—three'years at -Oxford and-in' Europe; and-plenty,of I:money. . Then these young: men found .'themselves" stranded. •' The three years led to nothing, and tho students' had'.not learnt -a'.'.'prqfessipnyv- .i: ■' . ■■,- ■ vv'

: :■ Sir Robert/Stout said that, he- would not ask .Sir. ; Baume to withdraw'- the motion, '■. but it savoured of impudence : for 'the 'senate;,to tell, the.Trustees;;of .Oxford.how.to interpret'Mr.'■Rhodcs's.wiU. Was it a proper thing, to come from- the> senate when they ..had not been "asked f-OThoy had taken up an attitude ;which' ; ho. other;university.: in the world..had been recognised as a benefit,, to, have'.the,older students, and the post-' graduate .wprki/v-Why should;tho.:s'onato volunteer an interpretation.when they had hot bfeen asked? ,. Why'should they, want to send grammarschdol'poys' who had : not had , any university training P ■': : : ..'I": ■■'.'.■ ■■ Professor G.M;-Brown hoped that the motion would be;withdrawn. -': .' ■ .:. ; :, : ■',

:■ Replying to. the;charge,of:impudence, Mr. Baume ;said"that.'hewas' not : acting on his' own initiative,vbut on a recommendation of the Secondary , -Schools Conference.:'ij ■:.■.. ...The motion'was lost by 13 to 7 votes. .'.'■'.