Word: oxford
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Notwithstanding his great age, the late Dr. Pusey took a leading part, until recently, in all affairs concerning Oxford University. His venerable figure, with the black skull-cap he invariably wore, was seldom missing from the meetings of the council...
...examination has been going on at Barsenose College, Oxford, which marks the abolition of one of the richest abuses in the university. In 1691 a Mr. Hulme founded four exhibitions, which were to be confined to members of Brasenose. The property, being situated in Manchester, has enormously increased in value, and latterly there have been seventeen exhibitions, each of the annual value of pound135 in cash and pound20 in books. They were held for four years, and any member of the college who had resided three years was eligible. There was no pretence of any examination, and the authorities...
...Pussey's death adds another to the vacant professorships at Oxford. The chair of Hebrew in itself has only a stipend of pound 40 a year, but it carries a canonry of Christ Church along with it, worth pound...
...Brittanica, the volumes accredited to the principal college libraries are as follows: Cambridge (Eng.) University Library, 200,000, besides a total of 266,500 volumes belonging to the separate college libraries; Trinity College, Dublin. 192,000; Edinburg University, 140,000; Glasgow University, 125,000; University College, London, 100,000; Oxford Bodleian, 400,000, besides a total of 306,000 among the several colleges; British Museum, 1, 500,000; Sarbonne (Paris), 125,000; Berlin University, 200,000; Bonn, 225,000; Breslaw University, 350,000; Erlanger University, 147,000; Frieburg University, 270,000; Giessen University, 160,000; Gottingen, 400,000; Halle University...
...Oxford has thrown off the mantle of conservatism and finally allowed women to attend the lectures on history and literature. - [Cornell...