I also knew enough mathematics, as, to my astonishment, a mathematical tutor at Oxford in an unguarded hour confessed to me, to enable me to take a First in Mathematical mods.
"The Adventure of Living"
John St. Loe Strachey
The result of all this was that when I at last got through Responsions and entered Balliol, with the understanding that directly I got through Pass mods.
"The Adventure of Living"
John St. Loe Strachey
In spite of the Dons, about whom I troubled singularly little, in spite of my being ploughed twice for mods.
"The Adventure of Living"
John St. Loe Strachey