Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-20
ENGLISH COLLEGE MEN Z
RETURNING TO CLASSES
Oxford and Cambridge Rapidly Re-
covering From Effects of
World War.
STUDENTS WORKING HARDER
Youths WHO Sprang TO Colors Come
Back to Prepare for Professions.
Many Manned and Disfigurcd.
Views Arc Changed.

! Many Manned and Disfgurcd.
Views Arc Changed.
OXFORD ENG. April la.-Ens lands
: TWO most ancien; seats Of learning
the Universities OF oxford and Cam
oridge--are already showing signs OF a
return 20 healthy. vigorous life. Twelve
hundred men are now ~ residence nj
the former. and large number OF
freshmen have come up 10 Cambridge
10 star; work Many more are also eN-
Dcctcd TO arrive.
such news will not bc Welcomed at
lyas, by the donS and masters Of the
colleges. who, during tho las; few
Wears, have seen the halls and playing
ilo!ds deserted and known that the war
WAS taking It's toll Of the flower Of
country's youth.
No places were reader recruiting
tenters than the universities Of Eng
land. At the outbreak Of war in .Au-
gust. 1914. the routine OF normal coll
leec life was surmar!iy broken The
rush OF men TO the colors was in
stantaneous. Practically all that were
left in residence were some Indians
scholarship students. The time hon
ored curriculum fell into temporary
allegiance and under the eXieeneies OF
war. the old places chanSed their
habits entirely Large spaces IN the
university precincts. Within doors and
4. without were adapted tor the use of
.
undergraduates were kneen to take a
commission as soon as possible and
entered accordingly the university Of
: Ulcers training corps; Others joined
ias privatos, tho Public schools Bat
: TALON, special unit formed TO sup
= Py ;he need OF the hour. which was
10 place men or similar interests and
standing toScthci
Hospitals Established.
The squares and quadranElcs OF the
grounds ana right up 10 the end OF
ti.n:s in last November were used
for that Purposc, while both at oxford
. amd Cambridge hospitals under Tho l;cd
" cross Society were established through
which hundreds OF cases PASSED before
INC war "as over.
Now, happily. times have changed
again and il is good 20 sec the rapidly
with which these historic institutions
are talking once more their peace
Time aspect, though the marks OF war
tho stoke ~ one OF the boats Of
Jesus College, Cambridge. lie rows
under difficulties THAT would not have
nccn considered possible for one in
his position before 1914. He has lost
mis- right leg III battle Ana he Is not
an isolated case. Nearly all the men
en- residence no" nave seen active ser
vice. and many OF thcm are manned Or
otherwise injured 10y wound. received
on duty.
{. Gut their past mas not que"ehcd their
q
s7or, arc well ahead and games will
soon be in fun swing. The, CARELESS.
.carr,frG co m manner Of the OLD Iays is
ness, inten, on work. Indeed it is the
fashion a. present ia college t. 10
d. found working in hour aud OH l'oGs
is an appreciate interval unI - tnusc
who, At the ou,br"ak "f war. were M
tn" midst OF u uiiivrrs iiN cuuv-c 10 has
meant the intcrrurti"n az a cancer "u
the other hand there I"' VIC utho~-
who were hurried airaiGht FROM ,hV"
into The army Anu n"~ .'i"t Tho IL ,y-
has done with them there Is nr 70 -cos-
si,y for them OF choosing a prolcssiou
Expenses Arc Varied
training a; oxford ,mi,c.sts j, M"
a year. though noccssalily hs mas.
nc rceKoncd as an appr9Aimatc sum.
IN INC first place The price of rooAls
cur college than IN rooms OUTSIDE
:il.n IN. rates for lectures differ a.
eordin-: - the course OF study lak"u
heSldcs which man has 10 i've dur
.n- the vacation periods tina; run "a
.Ltaiyerrsi,y year l;ut ~ these neW
rs Jogging along coHtcntedly enough
Nitll 'he other whom fortune has
= nor more keen imam the other on
making w for time spent IN teach
.1- .er b2chc MS manners
y, SaneT.aS" Speela.i$ ntcresti1s
new . M uniysrsi,y and in fact a
clrerJ p-ocIct OF tns "ar. This is the .
,hzt Is ~ tc to-ms! Of a number OF /
P 3. ,ss| A., N1ys s%hoq} a:
10 ing "he1 'Hr.tis4 al var called .
tacn 20 service, NOW after more than (
.otr Eeats ,cro%dee eNper.ence in
o. ) many TIMES either In he North Sea
p e, the tor;s % Comstaut!nople or
.stNntre on the itisA Seas they arc
70 ieays i"e,- snlpa, and r,esumc their
ia ;nc-e for five q, six, months and
'-:r= primary ohjcc, OF their course is
- rebuild and -epair the ordered fabric
o: ;.sorH "a mathematics md science
-tnet every naval officer mus, possess
can alone BE firmly placed
Planning for Women.
The!- work will be chiefly directed
~ ias.r own on.cers, for The party l.
u he accompanied hy a compc:cn:
staf Of I've commanders, six ins,ruc
urgeon-commandcr, 4 paymastcr sub
.llcGtcuaut and one civilian director
The techn!ca! instructions viii also DC
supplemented by lectures. and a spc-
applied science under the supervision
o tht University antiquities.
~ the same time oxford is prepar--
~ilcTe IL J. not CONNECTED with the train
nE 0: naval ohicers, but the improve.
HHcni o. tho conditions OF study FOR
women TINS, .manatIng from one 81
we most conservative Of The halls o
earning l. a step forward i'll tho cdu-
caio"ai world, The Importance OF
the council of EusEtn College has
decided 70 open hotel for women.
Were they may DC IN residence An
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