Held at the home of Master of Sciences Sir Jon the Lean (Jon FitzRolf). The University was founded by the College of Sciences to serve as the teaching branch of the College of Sciences in the Principality of the Mists. Some thirteen courses were taught over the weekend.
Annotations:
“I was unable to attend this event, but it marked one
instance of a definite trend toward SCA 'classroom
instruction' . The University of Ithra (Caid) was
contemporary if I remember correctly. In a sense this
was another organized effort from (if I may be P.C.)
an outreach angle, to address the acculturation problems that
William and others noted earlier. It was more effective when
we could bring folk into the SCA one on one, but that
option had been taken from us. On the other hand - many of
us learned that we loved being teachers of our own SCA pet
subjects in a lecture hall environment. (All those who agree,
raise your right hand).” – Kevin Peregrynne
Description of this event,
© Copyright 1980 by William R. Keyes (Wilhelm von Schlüssel)
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