This week in Ҵý History - March 10

03/10/2023Library and Archives Team
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March 3, 1978: Spring Break-themed comic strip by student J. Dixon

 

Burgess in 1986March 2, 1973:  British author Anthony Burgess (A Clockwork Orange) visited Washington College, teaching English classes and giving a talk at 4:00 pm in Hynson Lounge.  Just 11 days later, he visited City College of New York, where he gave a lecture on Christopher Marlowe’s death, excerpted here:      

ʰdzDZԴ’s Pizza...And 40 years ago this week, in March 1983, ʰdzDZԴ’s was already serving “The Best Pizza in Town”, charging just $5 for a 16” pie. 

 

You can dig into Ҵý’s past by paging through the Elm on our Internet Archive site:   

 

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