Word: oxford
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...great interest taken in foot ball in England, and the skill with which it is played, is well shown by the fact that the combined foot ball teams of Oxford and Cambridge were recently defeated with ease by a London eleven...
...Robie can accommodate another club table. Apply at 16 Oxford...
...American universities which include music in their regular curriculum for the bachelor's degree; they are Harvard and the University of Michigan. But music has always been a traditional part of a liberal education. It was one of the socalled "seven arts" of the mediaeval universities; and at Oxford and Cambridge it has been continued uninterruptedly to this day, among the regular courses of instruction. There the degrees of Bachelor of Music and Doctor of Music, based on theoretical work and actual competition required from candidates, stand on an equal footing with the degrees in Arts...
...Oxford Freshman games on Monday, the 17th of November. H. Madeley won the quarter in 53 4-5s. The mile was captured by H. Munrce in the creditable time of 4m. 44 3-5s. W. P. Montgomery won the high, clearing the very decent height of 5ft. 6 1-2in.; and 20ft. 8m was covered by H. G. Fanands in the running broad...
Russia is said to be the only civilized nation whose laws exclude women from a college course. And yet Dean Burger says that God has forsaken Oxford since women have been admitted to examination in that institution...