College officer

Usage examples of bursar.

If the Bursar could be enlisted on the side of change, his assistance would be invaluable.

The Bursar, he had no doubt, was an ambitious man and unlikely to be content with the modest attainments of College life.

As he left his office and walked across the lawn the Bursar reviewed the strategy he had decided on during the night.

The Senior Tutor went down to the Boathouse to coach the first boat, the Dean slept until teatime, and the Bursar spent the afternoon doodling in his office wondering if he had been wise to tell Sir Godber about the endowment subscriptions.

Master seemed to have taken it, but then he rings the Bursar up and tells him to call the meeting.

On his left the Bursar fiddled with his pen while on his right the Chaplain, accorded this position by virtue of his deafness, nodded his agreement.

The Master had already shown himself to be a man of some determination the Bursar had not forgotten his ultimatum to the College Council and properly handled might well reward him for services rendered.

After all it had been the Bursar who had given him the information which Sir Godber had used to browbeat the Council.

He trailed off airily, leaving the Bursar with a sense of infinite financial connections.

It would take more than Sir Godber Evans and the miserable Bursar to change things.

With his support Sir Godber could manipulate the College finances as he pleased, and the Dean cursed the Bursar viciously as he climbed the stairs to his room.

But before the Bursar could think of anything to recommend the Public School system without offending his hostess.

Skullion would ask in a tone that suggested that he would like the Bursar to ask for a black eye.

The Bursar shuffled some papers and then looked fixedly at the doorknob which he could see slightly to the left of the porter.

The Bursar tried to think how to bring the conversation back to its original object.