THE LATE CECIL RHODES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 68, 7 April 1902, Page 3

THE LATE CECIL RHODES.

M BEQUESTS. A r 'O.MPRUHKNSIVE SCHEME FOR UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received f, 6.13 p.m. Lundon, April 5. Mr Rhod-s' will, daei July Ist, . 1899, wbh codicils rta'ed Janunry 18th 1902 (vh« ia'/ioi' relating to family and German bequest), deals with six mil-, I lions sterling,including two millions be-; queathed for education. Reg rdiiig his final resting placd he declares: " I admire the grandeur and loneliness of Matoppo Hills, and desire 1-0 burit-'d on toe liiil I ciled 'View of thri World.'" Mr Ehodes bequeathed £4OOO annuilly to preserve his grave and transform the hill into a State burial ground for persons deserving well of their country after the federe'ion of South Afriei, and for the establishment of a park at Buluwayo. He also leaves £2QQQ annually fo? irrigation, forestry, and an Agricultural College in Mashonaland. His house at Groot Scbuur is bequeathed as a residence for the Federal Premier, wi<h •£IOOO per annum for the up-keep of boijjSfS, carriages, servant*, and grounds, Meanwhile it will be used as a public park.

1 The £IOO-,000 left to Oriel College (Oxford) includes £40,000 for exten- | siou of the college buildings, the rei mainder being for the improvement of | income, comfort, fellowships, and .general repairs. He emphasises, the ! importance of the Residential system. 1 Thv. f< llowicg endowm nts are conferred : Sixty colonial i-cbolarships a' Oxford University, twenty to be filled aonu-illy, of a yearly Value of £3OO, tenable three years by male students, namely three from Rhodesia ; one each from the SoutL African, Stellenbosch, Rondebosch Diocesan, St. Andrew*, and Grahams'own College schools ; one each from Natal, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, West Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Ontario, Newfoundland, Quebec, Burmudas and Jamaica. Two similar scholarships are given (one to be filled yearly) to each of the forty-five States and seven territories of the tjnited States. Fifteen similar scholat ships of the value of £250 per annum, are for German Studen;s nominated by the Kaiser, in recognition of the promotion jof the study of English iD Germany. I Mr Rhodes adris that the good underj standing of Ei gland, Germany, and America would secure the peace of the world. Educational relations formed the strangest tie. The scholarships are free frcm any religious or raci 11 test. Thirty points [ per cent. mus r ba awardtd for literary and s- holastic attainments, and twenty for sports. The school-mates of succes ful candidates ballot thirty pointrj for qualities of manhood, trutfc, and courage ; and ;% similar b:<llot of twenty points f'.r qua! ' ; s of icoial force of charactar, bus- d upon the rtparC of the headmaster of the school. The tvtal number of seholarships is 175.