IV.
[The Scholarships at Oxford.]
16. Whereas I consider that the education of young Colonists at one of the Universities in the United Kingdom is of great advantage to them for giving breadth to their views for their instruction in life and manners and for instilling into their minds the advantage to the Colonies as well as to the United Kingdom of the retention of the unity of the Empire And whereas in the case of young Colonists studying at a University in the United Kingdom I attach very great importance to the University having a residential system such as is in force at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge for without it those students are at the most critical period of their lives left without any supervision And whereas there are at the present time 50 or more students from South Africa studying at the University of Edinburgh many of whom are attracted there by its excellent medical school and I should like to establish some of the Scholarships hereinafter mentioned in that University but owing to its not having such a residential system as aforesaid I feel obliged to refrain from doing so And whereas my own University the University of Oxford has such a system and I suggest that it should try and extend its scope so as if possible to make its medical school at least as good as that at the University of Edinburgh And whereas I also desire to encourage and foster an appreciation of the advantages which I implicitly believe will result from the union of the English-speaking peoples throughout the world and to encourage in the students from the United States of North America who will benefit from the American Scholarships to be established for the reason above given at the University of Oxford under this my Will an attachment to the country from which they have sprung but without I hope withdrawing them or their sympathies from the land of their adoption or birth Now therefore I direct my Trustees as soon as may be after my death and either simultaneously or gradually as they shall find convenient and if gradually then in such order as they shall think fit to establish for male students the scholarships hereinafter directed to be established each of which shall be of yearly value of £300 and be tenable at any College in the University of Oxford for three consecutive academical years.
17. I direct my Trustees to establish certain Scholarships and these Scholarships I sometimes hereinafter refer to as ‘the Colonial Scholarships’.
18. The appropriation of the Colonial Scholarships and the numbers to be annually filled up shall be in accordance with the following table:—
| Total No. appropriated | To be tenable by Students of or from[12] | No. of Scholarships to be filled each year |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Rhodesia | 3 and no more |
| 3 | The South African College School in the Colony of Cape of Good Hope | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Stellenbosch College School in the same Colony | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Diocesan College School of Rondebosch in the same Colony | 1 and no more |
| 3 | St. Andrews College School Grahamstown in the same Colony | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Colony of Natal | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Colony of New South Wales | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Colony of Victoria | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Colony of South Australia | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Colony of Queensland | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Colony of Western Australia | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Colony of Tasmania | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Colony of New Zealand | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Province of Ontario in the Dominion of Canada | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Province of Quebec in the Dominion of Canada | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Colony or Island of Newfoundland and its Dependencies | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Colony or Islands of the Bermudas | 1 and no more |
| 3 | The Colony or Island of Jamaica | 1 and no more |
19. I further direct my Trustees to establish additional Scholarships sufficient in number for the appropriation in the next following clause hereof directed and those Scholarships I sometimes hereinafter refer to as ‘the American Scholarships’.
20. I appropriate two of the American Scholarships to each of the present States and Territories of the United States of North America provided that if any of the said Territories shall in my lifetime be admitted as a State the Scholarships appropriated to such Territory shall be appropriated to such State and that my Trustees may in their uncontrolled discretion withhold for such time as they shall think fit the appropriation of Scholarships to any Territory.