Word: proctor
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...slow were overtaken by hard-breathing "bullers" (bowler-hatted, black-coated Oxford cops) who tipped their hats and inquired "Are you a member of the university, sir?" After the inevitable admission, the guilty were led to a solemn and unhurried figure standing nearby in cap & gown-a university proctor-who demanded "Name and college...
Without fear of proctor and bullers, Oxford's students could drop in at any tavern they pleased, but there was no mad rush. "It's a subtle scheme," complained one undergraduate, "to undermine our illicit pleasures...
...regulations on this count, while Yale permits women in men's rooms until 8 p.m. on weekdays and 10 p.m. on Saturdays without proctor's permission. Princeton allows men to entertain until midnight during the week and 1 a.m. Saturday, likewise without the necessity of proctor's approval...
Current Harvard grad school regulations allow entertaining until 10 p.m. with the written permission of the proctor...
Under the present arrangement, women are always allowed in student rooms from 1 to 10 p.m. providing they are escorted at all times and written permission is obtained from the proctor...