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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1946)
Applications Now Open For Rhodes Scholarships By ANN PAULSON Applicants for Rhodes Scholarships for the year 1946-47 are asked to make a conference appointment at the graduate division, Johnson hall, on or before October 24, Dean Victor P. Morris, dean of the business administration school and chairman of the international scholarship selection committee, said Thursday. Sunday. October 27. the faculty selection committee will meet to interview qualified candidates in terested in the Rhodes scholarship. Time and place for all interviews will be decided after applications have been filed. Interviews will be individual and will be conducted by members of the selection committee. Time limit will depend on the applicant and will not exceed an hour and a half. All interviews will be oral. Applications will be received by the graduate division from all in terested students and alumni. Fac ulty advisers are urged to encourage all Rhodes scholarship student pos sibilities to make application for the scholarship. Applications will be receved by Mrs. Clara L. Fitch, secretary of the graduate division. Sunday appoint ments will then be given eligible students for a conference with, the faculty selection committee. Along with the regular scholar ships, war scholarships, the first in the history of Oxford, will be issued. An applicant for a War Scholar ship must meet the following quali fications: applicant must be be tween the ages of nineteen and thir ty-two on October 1, 1947, have completed at least one year of war service, either as a member of the armed forces, or as a participant in civilian war service, and have com pleted one year of college or univer sity work by the time of applica tion. A candidate to be eligible for a regular scholarship must be be tween the ages of nineteen and twenty-five on October 1, 1947, and have completed at least his sopho more year in college by the time of application. War service scholar ships will include the GI Bill of Rights along with the Oxford sti WELCOME—ALUMS for a GALA HOMECOMING Come in now and see our / —BARGAIN SALE on suits, coats, and a few dresses —GORGEOUS NEW FORMALS just the thing for those special occasions WESTGATE SHOPPE Next Door to the Side BEST OF LUCK TO THE DUCKS in Saturday's FOOTBALL GAME FIRST NATIONAL BANK SERVING LANE COUNTY SINCE 1SS3 EUGENE OREGON Member F.D.I.C. pend. Regular candidates may not 'oe married. Applicants selected by the Uni versity Committee will go to Port land early in December to appear before the state committee. Selec tions for Oxford will be made on the basis of literary and scholastic abil ity, attainment, qualities of charac ter, and physical vigor. Definite qualities of distinction, whether in intellect, character, or personality will be important decid ing factors in choosing candidates. Applicants should have senior or graduate standing. However, Dr. Morris emphasized that students with exceptional qualifications will be considered. Al umni students, here for Homecom ing week, who may be interested in the scholarship, are urged to ap ply. The international scholarship se lection committee of the University of Oregon will be comprised of the following faculty members: Dean Morris, chairman; C. B. Beall, pro fessor of Romance languages; Dr. P. S. Dull, professor of history de partment; Professor R. R. Hues tis, professor of zoology; Dean W. D. Smith, head of the department of geology and geography; and Ani bal Vargas-Baron, assistant profes sor of Romance languages. MAKE A SCORE at HOMECOMING by ordering "her" flowers from Eddies' Flowers V now located at 1400 Willamette Phone 265 CHANGEABLE AS THE WEATHER! \ FOR WORK FOR SCHOOL FOR SPORTS HEAD SQUARES— The ideal and most appropri ate head dress for these cold damp mornings. Be smart and wise. You won’t go wrong when you purchase one of these. 100% wool. Colors of white, Kelly, red, yellow and mist blue. —also a large assortment of plaids. 98c