End of an auld sang

So the decision has been made: St Hildas is going mixed.

I will miss the tradition of people going past in punts pointing it out as a 'girls' college', and the loud cry of 'WOMEN'S' from the St Hilda's lawn.

On the other hand, since S. Hilda presided over a double monastery, one could argue that it's quite appropriate. Nevertheless, my inner Sentimental Oxonian is sad to see one more peculiarity go (though as my own institution was formerly a bastion of masculine exclusivity, I suppose it's a bit hypocritical of me...)

(no subject)

I hate authors who modernise or anglicise names. Fair enough, substituting 'of' for 'von' or 'de' is useful, because it removes the possible confusion with the Adelsprädikat, or whatever you call indicators of noble rank in English. And substiting 'Geneva' for 'Genf' is defensible.

But why, oh why, does John Coakley -writing in 2006 - find it encumbent upon him to transform Heinrich of Nördlingen into a Henry, or Dorothea of Montau into Dorothy (particularly daft, given that I've encountered Dorotheas in English. Not a Swallows and Amazons fan, it seems). On the other hand, Elisabeth of Schönau stays Elisabeth, which is inconsistent, really (Elisabeth of Thuringia, for instance, being invariably transformed into Elizabeth of Hungary in English texts).