Bursar

I guess it must be a relatively early book in the series; the undead are still rather unusual in Ankh-Morpork, and Ridcully appears to be a newish arrival at Unseen University (and the Bursar is fairly sane).

April Books 18) The Hanging Garden, by Ian Rankin nwhyte 2010

It is our desire that the Board authorize us to seek appropriate legislation to change Section 23-76 to read Comptroller where the word Bursar is now used.

Board of Visitors minutes 1956

AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the Rector be directed to appoint a committee of the Board to petition the Legislature of Virginia to change and amend the said statute as above mentioned, so that wherever the title "Bursar" now appears it shall be replaced with the designation

Board of Visitors minutes 1956

"Bursar" be eliminated from the statute and that the word "Comptroller" be substituted therefor

Board of Visitors minutes 1956

"The Bursar is the Rev.Mr. Abbott, who has a Salary of £100 a year, and is permitted to do his duty by Deputy.

McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Cyrus MacMillan 1916

As the students knew nothing of the aggregate damages, there was ample room for disappointment, and so they jocularly called the Bursar's old gray horse "Old

History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907

Me: There needs to be a line about the Bursar somewhere, but I don't quite know what.

Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway elisem 2010

Me: There needs to be a line about the Bursar somewhere, but I don't quite know what.

mrissa: You don't even want to know the line about L-space. mrissa 2010

One recipient is Mustrum Ridcully, Archchancellor of Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork who decides to attend on a whim (and the prospect of excellent fishing), dragging the terminally confused Bursar, the simian Librarian and the very keen young Ponder Stibbons (whose favourite word is 'quantum') along for the ride.

Archive 2009-10-01 Adam Whitehead 2009

The Bursar provides some amusing comic relief, but is thankfully not over-used.

Archive 2009-10-01 Adam Whitehead 2009