Excerpt from Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, 1904-1905, Vol. 36 The Council of the Royal Colonial Institute deeply deplore the death of field-marshal Sir Henry Wylie Norman, who devoted himself to the service of his country in various parts of the Empire, both as a soldier and administrator, was for twenty-one years associated with the Institute as one of its Fellows, and for several years past took an active part in its management, first as a councillor, and more recently as a vice-president. The council desire to convey to Lady Norman and the other members of the family of their distinguished and honoured colleague the assurance of their most sincere and respectful sympathy. I have now great pleasure in calling upon my friend, Dr. Parkin, to read his Paper on the Rhodes Scholarships. You are all acquainted with Dr. Parkin by reputation. On a previous occasion I have referred to him as one of the men who are entitled to the credit of having infused a real imperial spirit into the English speaking parts of the British Empire. Dr. Parkin has travelled more over the Empire than any other man I know with the exception perhaps of Lord Brassey, whom we are glad to see here to-night. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.