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Social life, sport and problems at British Universities

Each college at Oxford has several clubs of its own. Most of the students belong to one or more clubs. There is a debating club in every college as well as athletic and football clubs, and so on. At the clubs the students may read a book, a newspaper or play billiards with a friend. There are many University clubs which bring together students who are interested in literature, art, music, drama, traveling.

There is hardly any form of sport in which students do not engage. Of all the sports, rowing plays a leading role. Then comes cricket, a national English game, and then football.

The earliest English club is known to be Le Court de Bone Companies. It flourished in the 16 th centuries and was likely to be a dining club.

With the rise of coffeehouses in the middle of the 17 th century clubs seemed to acquire more or less settled homes and they began to take a distinctive character. We believe it to be usual for the landlord of a coffeehouse to rely for his profit on the food and brink consumed by the members. The presence of notable men was desirable. It was at this period that the term “club” in its modern sense first came into common use.

In the 18 th centuries the number and variety of clubs increased very rapidly. Important and influential was the political clubs. But the literary, artistic and social associations were the most characteristic of the period.

A university consists of a number of departments: art, law, music, economy, education, medicine, engineering, etc. After three years of study a student may proceed to a Bachelor’s degree, and later to the degrees of Master and Doctor. Besides universities there are at present in Britain 300 technical colleges, providing part-time and full-time education. The organization system of Oxford and Cambridge differs from that of all other universities and colleges. The teachers are usually called Dons. Part of the teaching is by means of lectures organized by the university. Teaching is also carried out by tutorial system. This is the system of individual tutorage organized by the colleges. Each student goes to his tutor’s room once a week to read and discuss an essay that the student has prepared.