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Feb. 7th, 2012 11:04 amReal Life has been absolutely INSANE. So if anybody had anything exciting happen and I didn't comment, I probably didn't know about it. Rather than try to go to skip =280 or whatever, I'm sitting on the sofa with John Henry (I love having a laptop!) watching Manchester City kick Fulham's ass in a snow storm. Yes I know that game was played on Saturday. It's a recording. And please don't spoil me for the ending.
I was re-reading bits of Gaudy Night the other day, in a rare moment of solitude, and I am perplexed. Most of the academic staff at Shrewsbury College are referred to as "Miss". Only the Warden is referred to as "Dr". For the uninitiated, Gaudy Night was written in 1935, and is a mystery novel set at a women's college of Oxford University (in those days there were no co-ed colleges). Now, it seems to me that by the 1930's surely to be a university teacher would require a doctorate, wouldn't it? Particularly at a prestigious university like Oxford. Or am I wrong?
Edited to Add: apparently I'm wrong. See, this is why I love the net. Someone, somewhere always has the answer to my questions.
I was re-reading bits of Gaudy Night the other day, in a rare moment of solitude, and I am perplexed. Most of the academic staff at Shrewsbury College are referred to as "Miss". Only the Warden is referred to as "Dr". For the uninitiated, Gaudy Night was written in 1935, and is a mystery novel set at a women's college of Oxford University (in those days there were no co-ed colleges). Now, it seems to me that by the 1930's surely to be a university teacher would require a doctorate, wouldn't it? Particularly at a prestigious university like Oxford. Or am I wrong?
Edited to Add: apparently I'm wrong. See, this is why I love the net. Someone, somewhere always has the answer to my questions.
