Scotch Professors at Edinburgh Commencement Portraits
A London Times Edinburgh correspondent recalls the University of Edinburgh commencement scene. Chancellor John Inglis and Principal William Muir lead a gallery of scholars including Masson, Fraser, Fraser Campbell, Butcher, Calderwood, Tait, Crystal, and MacLagan. The piece notes McEwan Hall's construction and profiles famed teachers, their achievements, and the festive academic mood.
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University of Edinburg
Glasgow
Bute Hall
McEwan
William McEwan
Edinburgh
Synod Hall
Castle Terrace
America
Elis
Senatus Academicus
John Inglis
Court of Sessions
Supreme Law Court of Scotland
Lord Brougham
Scotland
Sir William Muir
Sir William
India
Northwest
Supreme Council
Mahomet
John Muir
Sanscrit
David Masson
Proessor
Carlisle
John Milton
Masson
Aberdeen
Hestsay
Douglas Jerrold
Dickens
Thackeray
London
Cambell Fraser
William Bamilwell
George Reid
Fraser
Free Church College of Edinburgh
MacLagan
Crum Brown
William Turner
Crom Brown
Turner
Annandale
Great Britain
Flint
St. Giles’ Cathedral
W. Scorr Dalgleish
London Times
Roman pig of lead found near South Cave in East Yorkshire
In January a man plowing near Rowdales by The Cliffs unearthed a pig of lead 22 inches long and weighing 9 stones 9 pounds. It bears the raised inscription CIVL-PROTI BRIT-LVT-EX-ARG. Mr Haverfield doubts it is a Roman land trade relic. a portion of the block is missing but the inscription remains legible.
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London
Rowdales
South Cave
Brough
East Yorkshire
Humber
Haverfield
England
Pigs of lead from Roman mines linked to British owners
The Detroit Free Press reports inscribed lead pigs found across the Roman Empire, with 46 on our island. Some pieces near Boulogne may originate from British mines led by C Julius Protus from Lutudam, possibly in South Derbyshire, where silver-processed lead bore the imperial name.
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Our Island
Boulogne
C. Julius Protus
Lutods
Julius Protus
Lutadmn
Derbyshire
Adoration for Handsome Boxers Stirs New York Society
Clara Belles column notes a rising fad as Spanish dancer Carmencita attracts socialites to a basement beer garden, while fashionable women attend a stage show. It also sketches a Catskills sketching party, a French betting game, a society beauty’s late arrivals, and a street scene with dogs and a romantic boxing match.
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New York
Armencita
Fifth Avenue
Carmencita
McAllisters
Catskills
Bryant
Cooper
Irving
Boyesen
Columbia College
Catskill
Kuaterskill
Miss C
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U. P
Peter Guthrie Tait
Roger Bacon
Michael One
Baiwearie
Crystal
Thomas Richard Fraser
Materia Medica
Sir Robert Christison
Sir Douglas MacLagan
Detroit Free Press
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United States
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Africa
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Ant
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Murray Hill
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Joe McAuliffe
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Billy Maddeo
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Dregs
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Allegheny
the Moat Complete Bathing
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Azolian Co
Anton Seddl
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Suerte Bae
Ale
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Victoria
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