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When he earned his shilling
The College Laws of 1734 levied a five shilling fine for "Fighting; lying; drunkeness; tumultuous and indecent noises; and going on roof of old Harvard or cutting lead from same." The penalty was ten shillings for "Profane cursing an swearing; playing cards or dice; neglecting analysis of scripture; walking or...
The College Laws of 1734 levied a five shilling fine for "Fighting; lying; drunkeness; tumultuous and indecent noises; and going on roof of old Harvard or cutting lead from same." The penalty was ten shillings for "Profane cursing and swearing; playing cards or dice; neglecting anaysis of scripture; walking or...
Hampered by Puritan prudery, the early presidents like the Reverend Increase Mather imposed what now appear to be ludicrous regulations. For lying, a student would be fined one shilling, a good sum. But for eating plum cake, students would be fined 20 shillings! Somehow, Mather had gotten the notion that...
Fretting over how posterity would remember him, the late George Bernard Shaw left his country cottage at Ayot St. Lawrence to a national trust in the hope that the place would survive him as a shrine. But he left not a shilling for its upkeep. For a year after G.B.S...