Word: barbering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cecil Rhodes's will, which established the Rhodes Scholarship program, specified that scholarships be given only to men. William Barber, American secretary of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust said yesterday...
...will is embodied in an act of the British Parliament, and American officials cannot after the conditions that it sets forth, Barber said...
...added that she was aware of Barber's position, but pointed out that the Rhodes will had been written before Oxford began to admit women. In light of other clauses in the will prohibiting discrimination on grounds of religion or race, the question of Rhodes's intent was "a moot point," she said...
McDiarmid said that Barber had made the decision on Lach's application after consultation with the Minnesota Rhodes Committee. Lach's rejection was not unexpected, he added...
However, she added that Barber has informed Harvard that female applicants would not be accepted. "Maybe Harvard can benefit from Minnesota's experience." Hutchins said...