Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Introductory Problem Dean Donham...
...Introductory Problem Dean Donham...
...Introductory Problem Dean Donham...
...problem that faces the college and university authorities of Oxford and Cambridge is how to make an institution pay which has only twenty four weeks income to fifty two weeks expenses in a year. This problem is largely solved by sending in such fantastic bills that the student remembers with regret that the great universities were founded as a refuge and alma mater for penniless seekers of learning in the eighth century of our Lord. Nevertheless, the authorities still find themselves with an empty university on their hands, for a greater part of the year, notably the finest summer months...
...tale is duly recognized by the author." Nevertheless she manages to draw a convincing flesh & blood portrait of her subject. Although The Scandal of Sophie Dawes, for all its impressive documentation, emphatically does not solve the great mystery of Sophie's career, it does outline the problem in a manner calculated to provoke thoughtful speculation...