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England's famed old Cambridge University (founded circa 1200) had long treated its women students as stepsisters. A full 28 years after Oxford (founded circa 1100), Cambridge has finally caught up with the times, made the women's Girton and Newnham Colleges full kith & kin to the men's colleges. Henceforth, women will be able to take their degrees, vote in university government, hold all but two Cambridge offices (exceptions: proctor and mace-bearer...
Placid Loafers. In Linden, circa 1895, the pace of life was leisurely. The horse-cars would stop while conductor and passengers got out to give some neighbor a hand. When a fire started, the volunteer fire fighters seldom got to the scene before the building was leveled. Most people worked hard but were not acquisitive enough, says Paul, to kill themselves at it. Even the town loafers, apparently a numerous caste, he remembers with respect for their placid bearing while their wives took in washing to support the family. But they were true to their natures, and so, it seems...
...under the same laws of heredity as living creatures. Through mutations, they constantly produce new breeds. But some strains remain remarkably pure. The mumps virus, for example, has not changed in thousands of years; mumps symptoms are still about the same as they were when first described by Hippocrates (circa...
...Gordian Knot Untied suite of Henry Purcell, Britain's earliest major composer (circa 1659-95), makes a delightful companion album by the same orchestra (4 sides). Both performances: excellent...
Most nostalgic note in the book: an exchange of letters between Melvin Hall's father and the Winton (automobile) Corporation, circa 1898: "Dear Mr. Winton: I am now in possession of my horseless carriage, which is giving me fine service. There is one feature, however, which disturbs me, and that is the question of repair of . . . puncture...