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...head porter of Christ Church, Oxford University, bustled up to an American student one day last week to ask a most unusual favor. The porter wanted the Yank's signature in his "Blim [Blighters I've Met] Book"-an honor reserved only for Christ Church students who have made a special mark at Oxford. As everyone at the university knew, 23-year-old Donald Hall of New Haven, Conn, deserved such special attention: he had just won Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize for English Verse-the first American who ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Yanks at Oxford | 6/9/1952 | See Source »

PROFESSOR to Junior, who comes late to a quarter-past eight recitation: "We thought you were dead, Mr. Blim." Mr. Blim (solemnly): "Not dead, but sleeping...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 1/13/1883 | See Source »

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