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Having small boys provide this kind of service to school seniors is a long tradition in British public schools. It has been a practice for three centuries at Eton, which counts among its old boys (i.e., alumni) 18 of Britain's Prime Ministers, including William Pitt the Elder and Anthony Eden, and a pride of literary lions, including Percy Bysshe Shelley and George Orwell. In their day, these illustrious personages, like all new boys, were on call to serve tea, run errands, and polish boots of top seniors. Eton was founded in 1440 by Henry VI, but fagging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Eton Bids Farewell to Fagging | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

...Princeton took command of the meet. Behind the five-victory performance of Charlotte Tiedemann, the Tigers rolled over second-place Pitt and third-place Penn State. Pitt boasted a five-time winner as well, with Amy Jackson dominating the butterfly and middle-distance freestyle events...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Tigers Coast at Easterns; Gildea Cruises in 1650 | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

FIESTA BOWL: Pittsburgh (10-1) vs. Arizona (6-4-1)--Pitt's freshman QB Chuck Marino will be one of the all-time college football greats. Pittsburgh 42, Arizona...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Bowling for Scholars | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

...Institute, CalArts, or an Eastern European studio probably acknowledge a Harvard Vis Stud alum in the credits. Last weekend's New Personal Animation Part I included a Harvard senior thesis (Eggs. by Ruth Hays), a ten-foot set built in one of the studios in Vanserg for Asparagus, Susan Pitt, and three short diary films by Susan Rubin, who seems to be the guardian angel of the animators at work in the basement in Carpenter...

Author: By Jean A. Riesman, | Title: As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Dragonflies Draw Flame | 2/22/1979 | See Source »

Suppose it's raining and you're afraid to melt, or suppose you live in either Chapel Hill or Pittsburgh; then I guess you may as well tune in Channel 5 for the Pitt vs. UNC football battle. Undoubtedly some of you may stay home for the NBC baseball game of the week. Football starts at 1:30 and baseball at 2:00 for you shut...

Author: By Bill GINS Berg, | Title: Fresh Footprints | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

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