Rhodes Scholarship Examinations

The qualifying examinations for the Rhodes scholarship will be held in room 207, Administration Building, Harvard Medical School, on October 19 and 20, 1909. The final award will probably be made in January, 1910, on the basis of these examinations, and the successful candidate will matriculate at the University of Oxford in October of the same year.

An innovation is being tried this year in omitting Greek from the list of required subjects on the qualifying examinations. This does not mean, however, that Greek is not required for a degree at Oxford. Any student who does not offer Greek upon the qualifying examinations, must offer it in the Responsions which are held in Oxford towards the end of September of each year. Since the final election of Rhodes scholars is announced about January first, any man who has not passed in Greek on the qualifying examinations in October will have nine months in which to prepare it before the Responsions.

The committee of selection for Massachusetts includes President Lowell of Harvard University; George H. Martin, of the Massachusetts Board of Education; William Orr, principal of the Springfield High School; Alfred E. Stearns, headmaster of Phillips Andover Academy, and Frederick C. Perry, dean of Williams College.

Prospective candidates must apply to the Chairman of the Committee of Selection for the Rhodes Scholarships, from whom further information may be obtained at University 5.