Cambridge

1. Cambridge is mainly a town of students. Cambridge University is one of the oldest universities in Great Britain. Many great men studied at Cambridge, among them Newton, the scientist, Bacon, the philosopher, Milton, the poet, Cromwell, the soldier and statesman*.

2. There are 19 colleges at the University now, two of them are for women students. Women students do not take a very active part in university life at Cambridge. But they work harder than men and you seldom see them outside of the classroom.

3. The students are mainly English but there are plenty of others. There is a variety of races, religions and points of view among the students of the University.

4. Wireless is of importance in university education. At home students after their day's work can hear lectures by eminent teachers on all kinds of subjects. Every student has a tutor. The tutor plans his students' work and discusses with them their work.

5. The story of Cambridge University began in 1209. That year several hundred students arrived in the little town of Cambridge from Oxford. Life at Oxford was very hard at that time as there was constant trouble between the people of the town and the students. One day a student accidentally killed a man of the town. The Mayor* arrested three other students and ordered to hang them. In protest all the students moved to different parts of the country and some came to Cambridge; and so the new University began.

* Notes

1 statesman n — государственный деятель

2 Mayor n — мэр города