the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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university undergraduates : Pink 'Un

'I remember being called to Cambridge to act as a judge at an exhibition of basket-work at the local institute. My office concluded, I strolled about, admiring the beauty of the architecture of the colleges and the charm of the riverside. Passing by the back of King's College, I caught site of a punt lying along the river bank wherein lounged two reading undergraduates. Now, thought I, will be evident the ennobling standard of reading which public school and university teaching develop in the upper classes. I drew near and looked. They were reading the "Pink 'Un"!'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: university undergraduates     Print: Serial / periodical

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