Senate-House
Neoclassical Portland stone hall where degrees are conferred and Tripos results are read aloud.
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This guide to the Senate House in Cambridge turns on 7 June 1890, when undergraduates packed the floor and a crowded gallery waited for the Mathematical Tripos results to be read aloud in order of rank. It follows the Senior Wrangler title, the students of Newnham College, and a university that let women sit its exams but not take its degrees. Best heard on the lawn facing the tall windows.
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