Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 570 Scholarship

Although on the surface, Nyasaland University is more similar to American universities, but in essence, Nyasaland University and European universities are in the same line.

Many universities in Europe have political backgrounds, such as Oxford University, because there was a bit of unhappiness between the King of England and the King of France, and then the King of England recalled the British scholars from the University of Paris and forbade them to work at the University of Paris. Hence the University of Oxford.

Nyasaland University was established with Rock's private funds, and it must serve Rock's needs in terms of operation. This is fundamentally different from universities like those commercial companies in the United States. No matter what a commercial company does, it is out of profit Starting out, Nyasaland University has many political purposes, such as poaching people from Germany. While enhancing the strength of Nyasaland University, it will definitely have a great impact on Germany's domestic scientific research capabilities.

That is to say, Nyasaland University does not lack this little money. Otherwise, Roque would use this as an excuse to go to the British government, and maybe the British government would still give the money.

Nyasaland University is indeed not short of money now, some people line up to send money to Nyasaland University, Stoudemire is very keen.

Speaking of which, the Rhodes family has a tradition of investing in education. In 1902, just before the death of Cecil Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes established the "Rhode Scholarship" at Oxford University, aiming at Sponsor those "excellent, courageous, benevolent and charismatic" young elites from around the world to study at Oxford University.

It looks pretty good, right? In fact, the original intention of Cecil Rhodes to set up the scholarship was to cultivate Anglophiles among American students, and ultimately create conditions for the British Empire to "recover" the United States.

But this does not hinder the achievements of the "Rhode Scholarship". The Rhodes Scholarship is also known as the "Roche Scholarship". After its establishment, a total of more than 21 people have received the Rhodes Scholarship. US President Bill Clinton, Canadian Prime Minister John Turner, and Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke have all received the Rhodes Scholarship.

After the establishment of Nyasaland University, Stoudemire expressed his hope to establish a "Rhode Scholarship" at Nyasaland University to support those outstanding students.

Scholarships are also a double-edged sword. If Nyasaland University accepts this scholarship, it will inevitably be affected by Stoudemire in the distribution of scholarships in the future.

The purpose of Rock's establishment of Nyasaland University is to cultivate talents for Nyasaland. This purpose cannot be shaken, so Rock has never agreed.

Now there is finally an opportunity to establish a scholarship, but this scholarship is not for students, but for European scholars who are willing to immigrate to Nyasaland.

"In general, the Rhodes scholarship at Nyasaland University is to provide assistance to those scholars who are living in poverty, whether they want to immigrate to Nyasaland or not, of course, they are willing to immigrate to Nyasaland, to Nyasaland If you work in a university, you will definitely get more scholarships. In this regard, a budget of [-] to [-] pounds per year is enough. In addition to the Rhodes Scholarship, Nyasaland University can name the School of Chemistry as 'Rhodes' Cecil Rhodes' contribution to Nyasaland." Roque is not opposed to the establishment of scholarships, no matter what the purpose of the scholarship is, the ultimate beneficiaries are those who really need it.

To say that Cecil Rhodes' contribution to Nyasaland is really unparalleled.

If Cecil Rhodes hadn't sold Nyasaland to Rock, there would be no Nyasaland University now, and even the Southern African Federal Government would not be in the current situation, so in Nyasaland , streets and squares named after Cecil Rhodes are everywhere, in almost every city.

Of course, Stoudemire is happy to see the results of this situation. At the level of the Rhodes family, money is no longer important. Can you justify Cecil Rhodes' name and establish a positive family image? important.

Because of the colonial development in southern Africa, Cecil Rhodes actually has a bad reputation in southern Africa. Many people refer to Cecil Rhodes as a "greedy and brutal colonist", so Stoudemire Now he is very keen on investing in public facilities such as museums, libraries, and parks, trying to slowly change the image of the Rhodes family in people's minds.

"No problem, I can personally contribute 100 million pounds to establish the Rhodes Scholarship. I don't care who you send the prize to, but the statues and libraries I require must be available, and Nyasaland University must also organize manpower. My father writes a biography, and commemorates my father every year.” Although Stoudemire has many requirements, the cost is actually not high.

The statue of Stoudemire is ready-made and can be pulled over at any time. The library has it now, just change the name. As for the biography and commemorative activities, it is not a problem for the school. There are so many professional lecturers in Nyasaland University. There is no need for professors to be in charge, and one or two professional lecturers can complete the work in three to two months.

"No problem, when we distribute the Rhodes Scholarship every year, we will hold a memorial ceremony for Mr. Cecil Rhodes-as for the scholarship, we are going to entrust the Rand Bank to invest and use the annual profits for the scholarship So that the Rhodes Scholarship will last forever." Douglas is also familiar with this kind of thing, and Stoudemire established the scholarship for Cecil Rhodes for a few years. For the United Kingdom, Cecil Rhodes is a Contributed, so Douglas has no psychological barriers in this regard.

"That's good, please—" Xiaosi said sincerely.

If the money is handed over to Rand Bank for operation, it is indeed more appropriate than in Nyasaland University. Rand Bank now also has financial management projects, and many people will give the excess money to Rand Bank for investment and operation. Profits are still huge.

At least it is better than direct bank deposits. Most of the banks these days are vampires. There is no interest in depositing money in the bank, and you have to pay storage fees. Therefore, Rand Bank not only does not charge storage fees, but also pays interest. to expand so rapidly.

After talking about the establishment of the scholarship, Roque also has requirements for the distribution of scholarships. "Struggle" is actually a very flexible word. Some people are satisfied with an annual salary of [-] pounds, and some people have an annual salary of [-] pounds. Life is hard in Europe. There are too many scholars, and it is impossible to give Rhodes scholarships to everyone. It is mainly those scholars who are willing to immigrate to Nyasaland, or intend to immigrate to Nyasaland.

Douglas is in charge of this aspect of work: "In principle, one hundred Rhodes scholarships are awarded every year, and each one is about two hundred pounds. This is already a great improvement for a family. If more help is needed, It depends on whether you are willing to work for Nyasaland University. Even if you don’t immigrate to Nyasaland University, you can contribute to Nyasaland University. The situation in Europe is very bad now, and all countries put money into it When it comes to national defense construction, there is very little investment in education, the funds received by universities are gradually decreasing, and many relatively unimportant disciplines are basically hovering on the verge of abolishment. There are 12 people who have made it clear that they are willing to stay in Nyasaland. These people will all receive a reward of [-] pounds. The money was paid by Nyasaland University in the past, and now it is also paid by the Rhodes scholarship—”

"One hundred is too little, increase it to two hundred, and two hundred pounds is too much, reduce it to one hundred pounds, expand the beneficiaries, reduce the amount of bonuses, so that more people can enjoy the funding of the Rhodes Scholarship, so that we can have more money." Greater influence." Rock was dissatisfied with Douglas's arrangement, this year's annual income of [-] pounds is considered middle class, and [-] pounds is indeed too much.

"Okay—" Douglas immediately wrote it down in his little notebook.

This is the advantage of being in charge of one's own house. Stoudemire established a scholarship at Nyasaland University. After paying the money, there is nothing for Stoudemire. Stoudemire even has no say in the distribution of scholarships.

Rock can make a decision with one word, and whether Douglas is willing or not, he can only cooperate with Rock's decision. This kind of right is indeed easy to inflate.

"Locke, I'm going to change the name of Salisbury to Rhodes City, what do you think?" Stoudemire has bigger plans, and finally he can think of asking Rocke's opinion.

Salisbury, the capital of Rhodesia, was named after the British Prime Minister at the time, the Marquess of Salisbury. From this point, it can be seen that Cecil Rhodes and Roque are really of the same kind. people.

After Roque got the Zambezi River Basin, he immediately named the only port city of Nyasaland after King Edward VII, which was actually a show of loyalty to the British royal family.

"It's too early—" Rock faintly felt that something was wrong. The Marquis of Salisbury had only passed away a few years ago, and now he changed the name of the city named after the Marquis of Salisbury. It's too late for the tea to get cold.

"Of course I won't come forward, just let the state government vote. Now it's the federal government, and it's up to the vote—" Stoudemire's method is not very clever. Although Rhodesia, like Nyasaland, also joined the Southern African The federal government, but the influence of the federal government on Rhodesia is also not enough. Although Stoudemire did not serve as the governor of Rhodesia, the status of the Rhodes family in Rhodesia is still unshakable.

To put it bluntly, without the consent of Stoudemire, Rhodesia would not dare to make such a decision. Although the previous Marquess of Salisbury has passed away, the Salisbury family is still there, and their influence is still Yes, doing so is asking for trouble.

(End of this chapter)