Word: oxford
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...student of an English university is an almost unknown subject, Their information about it is mainly derived from the brilliant pictures of university life which the English novel occasionally affords us. It would be difficult to imagine a life more free and pleasant than that which the Oxford student enjoys. Although the social entertainment and amusements of the town of Oxford are few, he need never be at a loss for occupation, for the university is most completely a world by itself, which possesses innumerable sources of amusement on account of this very absence of outside attractions. Oxford presents...
...long article in a prominent daily the question of admitting women to degrees at Oxford and Cambridge is fully discussed. There is not a doubt in the author's mind but that the much sought after sanction by the college faculties will be given, and that in future years we shall have fair as well as sturdy A. M's, A. B's. and Ph. D's. Just when this golden age will arrive, cannot be safely predicted, nor may the present generation hope to see it. Yet, when we look at the debatable point logically, a point at which...
Professor Monier Williams, the famous professor of Sanskrit at Oxford, has had a very successful visit in India. The main purpose of his journey was to obtain funds for his great Indian Institute at Oxford, and more especially endowments for scholarships, and also to collect objects for his Indian Museum. In this latter respect he has been most fortunate, and has received, among other curiosities, two great doors, ornamented with beautiful brass work hammered into the wood...
...photographic illustrations of "Oxford and its Surroundings"will be given this evening in Boylston Hall. The stereopticon will be used...
...board in the village, and hence are called "oppidans," probably from "oppidum," a town, the expenses of an "oppidan," amounting to over $1,000. From a classical school exclusively, Eton now teaches mathematics, physics, etc., and all the branches of learning necessary for admittance into the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, and the school has a number of fellowships connected with either university. A singular custom called "montem" was practiced at Eton triennially, but was abolished in 1844, as it created...