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Glover/A/A1/11/3/2
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GB 275 Glover/A/A1/11/3/2
Title
ALS to T. R. Glover from the University of New Brunswick, Canada
Date(s)
- 27 Jan. 1939 (Creation)
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4 p. paper
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Refers to their conversation in Cambridge, before he left England. Explains that he has delayed replying to Glover's letter in order to marshall his impressions of Canada. Records his thoughts on his arrival on Canada and subsequent settling to his teaching post in the Department of Classics at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. Remarks on the difficulties for education posed by the distances students have to travel to schools, and understaffing. Comments that his female students regard College as a 'matrimonial agency rather than a liberal education'. Mentions his research on Plautus.