Cow birth, PhD paperwork, and turn of the century Spanish scholars

Jun 28, 2006 16:48

Writing my story right now, and have a few details I'd like to flesh out.

1. What would be the general process of birthing a cow? I have a vet going to a farm with a non-medical observer telling the story. We're in the mid-90s, mid-Missouri.

2. Is there any outstanding process to getting your Ph.D. other than taking the classes and writing and defending your thesis? I suppose I'm just asking if there's anything largely different from applying for graduation for your undergraduate... when, for example, do they say "You're not getting this degree until you pay your library fines!!"
Edit: Thank you everyone who has detailed the long road to their Ph.Ds. I am largely interested in the last act, however; I want to know the little details that could hold you back, mainly on the paperwork and fines level.

3. This one is the most vague, which is why I'm most at a loss for finding anything useful on it. But... what would the general life and routine be of a Spanish scholar who lives at a university around 1895 and likes to travel around Europe? I know how my professors travel, give papers, and study in seminars now-a-days, but how was the academia life a century ago?

Thank you. Good-bye, and hello as always.

spain: history, usa: education: higher education, ~veterinary care

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