Warren Beatty a Hollywood star, he decided to work as a stagehand at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. during the summer before his senior year. After graduation, he was reportedly offered ten football scholarships to college, but turned them down to study liberal arts at Northwestern University (1954–55), where he joined the Sigma Chi fraternity. After his first year, he left college to move to New York City, where he studied acting under Stella Adler at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Fearing that his acting career would be interrupted by being drafted, Beatty used a well-thought-out scheme to resolve the
Allocation of Rhodes Scholarships 9 geographic constituencies: Australia; Bermuda; Canada; Jamaica; Rhodesia; Newfoundland; New Zealand; Southern Africa and USA. In 1903, a further 5 scholarships were allotted to Germany. Although 2 Scholarships were awarded in 1902, and 12 in 1903, the first "full" round of scholarships were not actually awarded until 1904, at which time 73 Scholarships were awarded. During the ensuing 100 years, the Trustees have added, at one time or another, approximately another 40 scholarships, though not all have continued. Some of these extended the scheme to Commonwealth countries not mentioned in the Will. Currently, scholars are selected from 14 specified geographic