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The details for the resumption of the election of Rhodes scholars in the United States were announced last Tuesday evening by Prof. Frank Aydelotte of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, American Secretary to the Rhodes trustees. Qualifying examinations will no longer be required. His statement authorized by the trustees in London reads:
"It has been decided that the qualifying examinations, hitherto required of all candidates shall no longer be held and scholars will be elected on the basis of their collegiate or university record, supplemented if necessary, by any further tests that the committee of selection may in its discretion impose. Other conditions of eligibility will remain as before.
"Information as to procedure and date of election will be issued as soon as possible.
"These sixteen states will elect for 1918-1919: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Misouri, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin."
The following sixteen states will elect for 1918 only: Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming.
For 1919 only: Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia.
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