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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 5, 1890

Volume 98 — UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

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(New "Physical Examination" Style.)

Oxford, April 1, 1890.

The Regius Professor of High Jumping will commence his Course of Lectures, accompanied, in the way of illustration, by a practical exhibition of several physical tours de force on the spare ground at the back of the Parks, at some hour before 12 o'clock this morning. Candidates for honours in Hurdle Racing, Dancing, and Throwing the Hammer, are requested to leave their names at the Professor of Anthropometry's, at his residence, in the new Athletic Schools, on or before the 3rd inst. The subject selected for the next Term's Prize Physical Essay Composition, which will have on the reading to be practically and personally illustrated by several feats of the successful candidate himself, will be "Leap Year."

LIGHT AND AYRY.

Rejected! in bad grammar I declare I can't forget this year, nor yet that Ayr!

The Recording Angel in the House, or the Gal in the Gallery.—"Que diable allait-elle faire dans cette 'galerie.'"

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