Word: oxfordian
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...Existentialism," a course not given for the past few years during the winter term. Also at this time is a course never offered before, Comparative Literature S-174, "Modern Greek Literature." This could be one of the most exciting courses of the summer, and is given by a visiting Oxfordian, Prof. C. A. Trypanis...
...book Potter quotes Smail's account of James FitzJames' exploits in beating the exam system. FitzJames reputedly gained immortality by meeting his exams with studied non-chalance. Now, says Potter in his book, an Oxfordian who pretends calm before an exam is called a "Harvard...
...Looking for Trouble, recounted her five years (1936-1941) as a roving European correspondent with the charm and looks to meet the right people, lately special assistant to U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's John G. Winant; and R.A.F. Flight Lieut. Aidan Crawley, 37, athletic Oxfordian who was elected to Britain's new Labor Parliament, son of the Rev. Canon A. S. Crawley, chaplain to King George VI; both for the first time; in London...
...once heard him deny publicly at Dartmouth the retort, "Who would examine me?" when asked why he had not taken the Ph.D. degree. "That would have been nonsense!" he exclaimed, and added humorously, "I don't think I could have passed an examination for that degree." About the Oxfordian who told him that the only man who could answer an obscure question about Shakespeare was the American scholar Kittredge, he was still more emphatic. "That story," he said, "had no connection with me whatever. Something like it was true of my teacher, Professor Child, who was solemnly referred...
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