ABSTRACT
When Cecil Rhodes, Britain's greatest empire builder and noted misogynist, died, he left behind a testament which embodied his imperial vision. Rhodes's dream was to bring to Oxford University young men from America, the British colonies, and Germany who had "qualities of manhood, truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness, and fellowship." The response of the American Rhodes selectors was to ignore the women's applications. The traditionalists have won this round of the fight. The tutor took up the matter with Katherine Hutchins, director of fellowships for Harvard, and they decided to discuss the issue with the Rhodes Committee at Harvard. Don K. Price, dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and the only American Rhodes trustee, also opposes Harvard's attempts to promote women Rhodes scholars, although he dislikes the tactics more than the ultimate goal.
