In October, 1905, 67 more Rhodes Scholars arrived, followed in October, 1906, by 28 more, there being for 1906 no appointments in the United States. In the interval eighteen have ‘gone down’[27] and two have died.
The system of appointment, including Methods, Committees, and Regulations, has required some alteration and constant supervision—matters that occupy Dr. Parkin’s attention. At Oxford, personal negotiation, introduction, the adjustment of ever-rising individual questions, consultations, suggestion and advice when sought, and—by no means least—the issuing of quarterly cheques, are the technical functions of Mr. Wylie’s office.
Such, in brief, have been the successive steps by which the machinery has been set up and put in motion for realizing the elementary stages of the Rhodes Scholarship Scheme. By these means Rhodes Scholars have entered—and some have already left—Oxford. At present (January, 1907) there are in residence on the banks of the Isis 158 students who, in the words of the late Dr. Monro of Oriel, ‘benefiting by the munificence of Cecil Rhodes, now come from distant colonies and from nations joined to us by the tie of culture and of scholarship.’
The Rhodes Scholar enters Oxford, not as a ‘Scholar’, but as a ‘Commoner’[28]; his relations and responsibilities to the University are those of the ordinary undergraduate. He has served his time as a ‘curiosity’, the Chancellor has welcomed him, the Proctor has declared his approval of his presence, the Examiners have been ‘satisfied’, and the University has conferred degrees upon some of his number. His ‘Rhodes Scholarship’ is ceasing to be emphasized, and it is understood that it is his business and his purpose to live the life, so far as is compatible with his individual tastes, his character, and his principles, of the ordinary Oxford student.
RHODES SCHOLARS
A List containing the number of Appointments, etc., to date.
| No. of Scholarships open per year. | No. of Scholars allowed to be in residence at one time. | No. appointed in 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | Total number to date. | No. gone down. | No. deceased. | No. now in residence in Oxford, January, 1907. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 8 | 24 | [29] | 9[30] | 7 | 8 | 24 | 24 | ||
| Newfoundland | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Jamaica | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Bermuda | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Australasia (including New Zealand) | 7 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | |||
| South Africa | 8 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 16 | |
| United States | 48[31] | 96[31] | 43 | 38 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 77 | ||
| Germany | 5 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 11 | |
| Total number appointed each year | 12 | 72 | 67 | 28 | ||||||
| Total number appointed to date | 179 | |||||||||
| Total number gone down or deceased | 21 | |||||||||
| Total number now in residence | 158 | |||||||||
In 1904
Arizona, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, and New Mexico did not send scholars.