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...third year. But there the similarity ends. Rhodeses are open only to unmarried men, aged 18 to 24, and winners must go to Oxford for undergraduate study. Marshall scholars are men or women, married or not, and as old as 26. They must be college graduates, which Rhodesmen need not be, and they work to earn either graduate or undergraduate degrees at any of Britain's 24 universities, including the rising provincial "red-bricks...
Feminine Gender. Marshall scholars are basically chosen by five U.S. regional committees, with the stress mainly on intellectual promise. Rhodesmen are basically picked by state committees, which seek "all-roundedness" as well as brightness. In highly competitive states, Rhodesmen are thus highly formidable young men. But in less competitive states they may well be more athletic than academic. Picked more evenly, Marshall scholars feel that they are more warmly interviewed. One Michigan boy recalls his recent Rhodes interview as a combination inquisition and fraternity rushing. His Marshall interview was a free-form discussion that became "an intellectual experience in itself...
This year not one but two of 32 U.S. Rhodesmen are Negroes. Culled from 544 formidable candidates nominated by colleges across the country, they had to meet Cecil Rhodes's requirement that each of his scholars be "the best man for the world's fight." Few young men have already fought so well...
Scope & Depth. Everywhere lay temptations to loaf for the next two years, forget that the Oxford tour ends with a do-or-die final examination. Officially on active duty, military Rhodesmen draw full lieutenant's pay as well as the $2,100 annual Rhodes stipend. Attached to the U.S. embassy in London, they get cut-rate PX privileges. They can dress in well-groomed contrast to their colleagues; they can buy cars and hi-fi sets, live in tonier style than all but the richest bloods of wealthy Christ Church College. "You chaps," said an envious Briton...
...year's crop includes five junior Phi Beta Kappas and 24 more who will get their keys by graduation. Two of the men were editors of their college newspapers, nine won varsity letters, four were captains or co-captains of varsity teams. Examples of this year's Rhodesmen...