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A little movement has reached us ...
CREATED/PUBLISHED
London, England: Times, November 11, 1865
NOTES
Dodgson's diary entry for November 11, 1865, stated: "Appearance in The Times of the undergraduates' complaint of the high prices of commons {food}, etc., and a leader on the subject." The Times published the leader (see below) and a series of letters concerning the so called "Bread and Butter" controversy, in which the undergraduates aired their concerns about the power of the Dean and Chapter as it affected them. In particular, they were being over-charged for essential foods such as bread and butter, by the Christ Church Butler, sanctioned by the Dean and Chapter. In February, a petition, signed by 108 undergraduates, was presented to the Dean and Chapter, complaining about the high price they had to pay for basic foods, but the matter was not resolved. Nine months later, the undergraduates decided that public exposure of their complaint might be more effective, hence the letter. The leader was in full support of the undergraduates' cause and it spurred a number of letters to the paper from tutors, former and present undergraduates, and also from Charles Waldegrave Sandford (1828-1903) and Thomas Vere Bayne (censors at Christ Church). These were printed on November 14, 15, 16, 17, 21 and 22, all supporting the undergraduates' claim for fair treatment.
SUBJECT
Newspapers
Times (London, England)
MEDIUM
Newspaper clipping
LANGUAGE
English
PART OF
Lewis Carroll Scrapbook at the Library of Congress, page 42
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Washington, D.C. 20540
DIGITAL ID
lchtml 004202
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lchtml.004202
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