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ZBIGNIEW ANDRZEJ PELCZYNSKI,
M.A., D.PHIL., Lecturer in
Political Studies. ARTHUR DENNIS HAZLEWOOD,
B.PHIL., M.A., Lecturer in
Economics. DOUGLAS GRAY,
M.A., Lecturer in English Language & Literature.
PETER JOHN CUFF,
M.A., D.PHIL., Lecturer in Ancient History.
B.M., M.A., D.PHIL., Nuffield Research Fellow in Medicine, Lecturer in Human Anatomy.
WILLIAM MAXWELL COWAN,
EDGAR LIGHTFOOT,
M.A., Lecturer in Engineering Science. HONORARY FELLOWS
VISCOUNT WILLIAM RICHARD MORRIS NUFFIELD,
M.A.,
HoN. D.C.L., G.B.E. SIR ABRAHAM JEREMY RAISMAN,
M.A., G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., G.B.E.
HON. SIR DONALD LESLIE FINNEMORE, HON. JAMES WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SIR THOMAS PERCIVAL CREED, THOMAS MALCOLM KNOX,
M.A.
M.A.,
HON.
D.C.L.
M.A., K.B.E., M.C., Q.C.
M.A.
PHILIP NICHOLAS SETON MANSERGH, D.LITT.,
M.A., D.PHIL.,
O.B.E. LEWIS ARTHUR LARSON,
M.A., D.C.L.
MASTER'S NOTES THE NORTH QUADRANGLE The principal events of the two years which have passed since the last Record have been the completion of the new quadrangle over Beef Lane and the addition of five Fellows to the teaching staff of the College. The new quadrangle was opened on 29th June, the anniversary to a day of the granting of the Colleges charter by the Privy Council in 1624. The Visitor of the College, Mr. Macmillan, very kindly undertook the formal opening and remained
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with us for the Gaudy which followed. The College is most grateful to him for giving us so much of his time. The weather was favourable. A dull morning turned into a bright sunny afternoon. The ceremony was attended by a very large number of Pembroke men. Those who had been invited to the Gaudy had invitations and all members of the Pembroke Society were notified of the event and invited to write for admission cards. Heads and Representatives of other Colleges and Heads of University Departments were also invited. The Mayor and Sheriff of Oxford were present on the platform and the Chief Officers of City Departments were also present. After the formal opening by the Visitor refreshments were served in the Chapel Quadrangle. We print below the Master's speech and the press report of Mr. Macmillan's address. Chancellor and Visitor, Mr. Mayor, My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, I must first of all express the thanks of the College to our Visitor for the very great favour he has done for us in finding time amidst his anxious public duties to visit us on this memorable occasion in the history of the College. For to us at Pembroke it is a great event. When Broadgates Hall was elevated into Pembroke College in 1624 the first quadrangle was built; that which you enter by the main gate of the College. Then in 1848-9 under the mastership of Dr. Jeune the new quadrangle was built and our Hall also. And now we have this new quadrangle. My predecessor, Dr. Homes Dudden, took the first steps many years ago by buying the property, these houses which you see before you facing, but now backing on to Pembroke Street. He left it as a legacy to me to complete. By 1953, thanks to the benefaction of M. Antonin Besse, we were able to add a new building, the Besse Building. This building at the West end of this quadrangle, designed for us by Sir Hubert Worthington, formed the first element of our scheme. The years 1624, 1848 and 1962 are therefore famous dates in our history. From this it appears that Pembroke College opens a new quadrangle once in every 169 years. It may seem slow progress but as Oxford Colleges go it is quite swift; it may even be a
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record. You will understand why we desire to celebrate it. The next opening, on these figures, should occur in A.D. 2131. The Visitor, Mr. Macmillan, has been good enough to undertake the task of declaring the new quadrangle open. It is for me to express the gratitude and respect of the College to those who have principally assisted in the work. First and foremost our thanks are due to the Mayor and Corporation of the City of Oxford for their action in promoting, at our request, an order for the closing of Beef Lane. Beef Lane was the thoroughfare which ran along the North wall of the College from St. Ebbe's into Pembroke Square. We appreciate this action very greatly. It is no small thing to close a thoroughfare which has existed so far as is known from the days of early mediaeval Oxford. It is true that although Beef Lane was ancient it was not a very valuable thoroughfare. It was short; it was narrow; and it was, to put it mildly, not beautiful. Even Mr. John Betjeman, who has written and spoken so charmingly of Pembroke, even he never started a crusade to save Beef Lane from the ruthless vandals of an insensate spirit of modernity. And so, I think, we are safe. We are deeply indebted to the Oxford City Council for their help in making our plan of a new quadrangle possible. I would mention especially the assistance we have received from the officers of the City, from the Town Clerk and his Deputy, from the former City Architect, Mr. Chandler, and his successor, Mr. Murray, from Mr. Riddell, the City Engineer, and other officials. They have given us courteous and generous help. Having received from the City this unusual boon of closing so ancient a street it was our duty to produce something that would be worthy of the opportunity conferred upon us. And here we were fortunate in securing the services of our architect, Mr. Peter Cleverly, of the firm of Messrs. Moore, Simpson and Partners of London. We were fortunate; I would say also that we were wise. He had indeed no easy task. He had to adapt these houses which you see before you, each house built at a different time, of different materials in a different style, with different interior arrangements. He had to lay out the quadrangle to best advantage, to provide as much light and space as possible. Of a baffling diversity he had to make a harmonious whole. It is not for me to pronounce a judgment; you are the jury who will give your verdict; I hope, I trust, I would even venture to expect that it will be favourable.
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I must also mention the work of the Contractors, Messrs. Benfield and Loxley, represented here today by Mr. Trodd, their general manager and chairman, for their work in executing and completing the contract. At no time in the history of Oxford has so much building work been on hand as at present, new construction and repair. We well know the difficulties that that brings to all employers of labour. I would like also to mention the master of the works, Mr. Oakley, for his constant care and the hard work that he and his men have done during, let it be remembered, the coldest winter that Oxford has known for seventy years. Within the College I must mention the work of the Buildings Committee. They have served for seven years with little change of personnel, Mr. Heuston, Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Browning and the late Mr. Neville Ward-Perkins. It has cost them many hours of patient labour. They have devised with the Architect what you now see before you, thinking out every problem of detail and keeping the work within their hands. It has been a model of devolution of power in a College. I must pay a special tribute to our Bursar who served with the Committee and was their executive officer, Mr. Bredin. Throughout the long period of preparation he has been, as always, ready, available at all times, patient, courteous and constructive, the regulator and moderator of all that has been done. The remainder of the Fellows I thank for their continuous interest in the project and for their abstinence from too much comment and interference in the work of their Committee, a form of abstinence reputed in academic societies to be rare and unusual. With these words of thanks to all those who have permitted, promoted and perfected the work which you see before you, I will now ask the Visitor to make the formal opening.
THE OPENING OF THE NEW QUADRANGLE BY MR. MACMILLAN, CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY AND VISITOR TO THE COLLEGE "A most ingenious and highly creditable piece of work which deserves much praise" was how the Prime Minister, Mr. Macmillan, Chancellor of the University, described the new North Quadrangle of Pembroke College, which he formally opened as Visitor of the College, on Friday afternoon.
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The new quad has been created by transforming a row of ten old houses in Pembroke Street into a new block which, with the Besse Building, opened in 1955, will provide accommodation for about 50 undergraduates and two Fellows. This has involved closing Beef Lane, the narrow, medieval thoroughfare running from St. Ebbe's to Pembroke Square, along the old north wall of the College. The age of the houses ranged from the 16th century to the Regency period and the cost of the scheme, carried out by Mr. Peter Cleverly, member of a firm of London architects, has been ÂŁ60,000. A 16th century well, one of three which was disclosed in demolition work, which still has water in it, has been preserved. Among the 600 guests were University representatives, Heads of Houses, past and present members of the college, and the staff, as well as the craftsmen of Benfield and Loxley, the building firm which carried out the scheme. The Mayor, Ald. E. 0. Roberts, was present with the Mayoress, the Sheriff and Mrs. Conners, Ald. W. H. Kinchin, Chairman of the Highways Committee and the Town Clerk, Mr. Harry Plowman. In his welcome to the Chancellor, the Master of Pembroke, Mr. R. B. McCallum, pointed out that his predecessor, Dr. Homes Dudden, took the first steps in the scheme by buying the property and left it to him to complete. From the history of Pembroke, he went on, it appeared that the college opened a new quadrangle once in every 169 years. "It may seem slow progress" he continued, "but as Oxford colleges go it is quite swift: it may even be a record." "First and foremost our thanks are due to the Mayor and Corporation of Oxford for their action, in promoting, at our request, an order for the closing of Beef Lane." "Having received from the City this unusual boon of closing so ancient a street, it was our duty to produce something that would be worthy of the opportunity conferred on us." The task of their architect, he emphasised, had not been an easy one. He had to adapt the houses, each built at a different time, of different materials, in a different style, with different interior arrangements, and had also to lay out the quadrangle to the best advantage.
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Of a baffling diversity he had to make a harmonious whole. "It is not for me to pronounce a judgement" he added. "You are the jury who will give your verdict; I hope, I trust, I would even venture to expect that it will be favourable." The Chancellor added his congratulations to all those who had been concerned in the new scheme, and particularly the city for their ready and far sighted co-operation. He paid tribute too to the interest and ability which the architect had displayed and to the skill and craftsmanship of the workmen who had been engaged on the scheme. What had been achieved was another landmark in the history of the college, a history of steady progress and expansion. "In these three quadrangles we have a range of buildings which show the growth of the college from its small beginnings and how it has developed over the centuries into an all-round college providing for all the principal studies in the University." "There are not many colleges which can claim to have established five new Fellowships in one year as Pembroke did in 1960-1, and the striking progress which has been made is shown by the way in which the undergraduate body has grown from very small numbers to the 230 which it is today." "This indeed is striking progress and a development of which all connected with Pembroke can be greatly proud." As Visitor of Pembroke, he explained, he had immense powers which he had not yet found it necessary to exercise; all was well with the college, he was told — "if it wasn't I wouldn't be told" he added — and he hoped that happy state of affairs would be maintained. Later the Chancellor attended the Gaudy which celebrated the 338th anniversary of the granting of the Charter to the college by King James I. Reprinted by courtesy of "The Oxford Times"
THE NAMES OF THE QUADRANGLES Since the second quadrangle was constructed together with the Hall in 1848 it has been known as the new quad as opposed to the old original quadrangle. Now that we have a still newer quadrangle it was necessary to formalise the names. The Governing
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Body have therefore ruled that the three quadrangles shall be known as The Old Quadrangle, the Chapel Quadrangle (the former new quad) and the newest quadrangle is to be known as the North Quadrangle.
FELLOWSHIPS The College has made a notable increase in the number of its Fellows. The general aim is to have the principal Honour Schools represented among the Fellows. The following elections have been made in the past two years: Dr. Z. A. Pelczynski, who was already Lecturer in Politics for Pembroke at Merton, was elected Fellow and Lecturer in Politics. He graduated originally at St. Andrew's University and came to Queen's College, Oxford where he obtained the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in Politics and later the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Mr. A. D. Hazelwood, who is a research officer at the Oxford Institute of Statistics was elected Fellow and Lecturer in Economics. Mr. Hazelwood graduated originally at the London School of Economics and came to Queen's College, Oxford, where he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in Economics. Mr. A. D. Gray who was lecturer in English Language for Pembroke and Lincoln Colleges was elected Fellow and Lecturer in English Language. Mr. Gray was originally a graduate of New Zealand University, and came to Merton College, Oxford, where he won a First Class in the Honour School of English Language and Literature. Dr. P. J. Cuff, formerly scholar of Queen's College, Oxford, and later Prize Fellow of Magdalen, was Lecturer in Ancient History for Pembroke and Keble Colleges. He has the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in that subject. Dr. W. M. Cowan, University Demonstrator in Anatomy, was elected to a Nuffield Research Fellowship in Anatomy and teaches the Pembroke Medical Students in that subject. He graduated originally at the University of Witwatersrand and has since qualified in Medicine at Oxford and obtained the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
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Dr. E. Lightfoot was elected Fellow and Lecturer in Engineering Science. At the same time he was appointed by the University to be Demonstrator in Engineering. Dr. Lightfoot was a graduate of the Imperial College of Science in London University and later a Reader in Civil Engineering at Leeds University and a Doctor of Philosophy of Leeds. The College has now seventeen Fellows engaged in teaching for the College. This we feel to be a remarkable step forward in making Pembroke a College fully equipped to hold its place in the severe intellectual race of Oxford Life. Not all subjects can be covered and there is one obvious gap. The College has no Fellow in Mathematics but we are served in this subject by Dr. Caine, Fellow of St. Peter's Hall. The College is, however, offering for the first time Open Scholarships in Mathematics and will no doubt in due time hope to have a Fellow as well. But the recent increase in Fellowships has thrown a strain on our resources and a pause is for the moment necessary. One observation may be made on the present body of Fellows. It is sometimes objected by critics of Oxford that Colleges inbreed and never look outside the University for their Fellows. That is probably less true than a generation ago. But Pembroke has the unusual number of six Fellows who had not Oxford Degrees at the time of their election, three from London, two from Dublin, and one from Sheffield. Five, including the Master, hold degrees from other Universities as well as Oxford. Readers may note that all the Fellows whether originally from Oxford or not are listed as M.A. The explanation of this is that when a scholar not being an Oxford graduate is elected a Fellow of a College or appointed to a University post the University confers the Degree of M.A. by decree in order that he may have the status of M.A. as a Member of Congregation, as an examiner and become eligible for election as Proctor. It may be asked how this process of more fully providing teaching Fellows has affected the academic performance of the College? In the last two years 1961 and 1962 the results of final honour schools have shown a high level of efficiency. Figures of the achievements of Colleges are published in the press showing the number of Firsts, Seconds, etc., won by different Colleges and also the achievements of schools in scholarship examinations. A great deal is sometimes made of these by commentators and often some dubious deductions are made with sociological and political inferences. Too much perhaps should not be made of them and
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in any one year some institution may have reason to complain that it is an unrepresentative year. But there is a general efficiency rating, that is the number in the First and Second Classes, as opposed to the numbers of the two lower classes and the failures. In this rating Pembroke came eighth among the Oxford Colleges in 1961 and third in 1962. This is a high position to hold. It is not a work of nature. It depends on careful testing at the entrance level, much careful oversight by the tutors, encouraging comment by the Master at Collections, shading off into admonition, censure and threats. But most of all it depends on the keenness of the men themselves, their inherent interest in their subject, stimulated by keen tutors, a general feeling that while life at Oxford is varied and enjoyable it is also a real intellectual training, an opportunity not to be lost. I believe that this is happening and that it will continue. On the other hand there is no room for complacency. The IV ratio is a good test of general proficiency. It is a I, good thing to be high by this test. But it is not in itself brilliant. The test of real brilliance is to be high among the Colleges which obtain many firsts. In the last two years we have had four First Classes in Finals as stated below. In addition not a few of our candidates came very near. This is not yet a very high proportion but we hope that it may steadily increase. Another test is University scholarships and prizes and we state below those that have to be reported over the last two years and there is a gratifying number. In the smaller Colleges, and although numbers all round have generally increased, we are still relatively not a large college, there is a certain tendency for the men to be easily satisfied with college life for its own sake and not venture out enough in the University, in the leading societies and in competition for academic distinctions. Certainly the tutors at Pembroke lose no chance of encouraging their pupils to compete when there is hope of success but it is very much a matter of the men themselves deciding to be ambitious and overcoming what is sometimes modesty and sometimes apathy. In 1961 the following were placed in the First Class in Final Honour Schools: In Modern History: G. C. Baugh; C. S. Yeo. In Physiology: W. H. Bannister. In Agriculture: I. M. T. Stewart.
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D. G. C. MACNABB SENIOR TUTOR AND LECTURER IN PHILOSOPHY Vicegerent 1957-1959, 1961
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THE NEW PAVILION Photograph by courtesy of The Oxford Mail
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In 1962: In Literae Humariores: E. L. Bowie. In Jurisprudence: D. J. D. Davies. In Music: L. J. Pike. In Theology: R. J. Bradnum. In all that I have said I have been speaking of the work of the majority of our students who take the Final Honour Schools. It should be remembered that this is by no means all the picture. Increasingly we have a considerable number of graduate students. Some of these are men who have taken their B.A. and continue to work for a higher degree, the Doctorate in Philosophy being the most frequent, especially for Scientists. There is also the new and very difficult degree of Bachelor of Philosophy which is available in various subjects. In the last two years two of our American students have taken this degree, Mr. A. Segal in Politics and Mr. B. Fetter in History and Mr. R. Sorabji in Philosophy. In future many of our alumni who rise to distinction will be men who have made their mark in graduate study as well as or instead of in the Final Honour School. We congratulate two such in obtaining election to Oxford Fellowships. Dr. John Kelly of the National University of Ireland and of Heidelberg has been elected Fellow and tutor in Law at Trinity College, Oxford, and Mr. A. D. Fowler, formerly of Edinburgh University has been elected a Fellow of Brasenose College in English. Since graduate students tend to lead somewhat isolated lives in their research and since many of them are more mature than the ordinary undergraduates a Middle Common Room has been formed, the members of which are all the students reading for advanced degrees or diplomas. The Middle Common Room is an institution: it has not yet a physical chamber to inhabit. Under the leadership of Mr. B. E. Keen, a graduate student in Physics and formerly Townsend Scholar, the graduates meet for dinner at intervals during the term in the Weatherley Room.
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UNIVERSITY PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS Mr. G. Raisman has been elected to a Senior Scholarship at Christ Church in Anatomy. Mr. E. L. Bowie has been elected to a Craven Fellowship in Classics. He has also been elected to a Harmsworth Senior Scholarship at Merton College. In 1961 Mr. D. P. Mackilligan and Mr. D. E. H. Jago were appointed to the Civil Service, Administrative Grade. In 1962 Mr B. D. Winkett and Mr. G. A. Hart were appointed to the Civil Service, Administrative Grade and Mr. P. K. Williams to the Foreign Service. Mr. D. Lanch was awarded the de Osma Scholarship in Spanish Studies. Mr. P. McCarthy and Mr. A. P. Kemp were elected to Heath Harrison Scholarships in Modern Languages. Mr. D. J. D. Davies has been awarded the Martin Wronker Prize in Law and Mr. J. F. Mummery has been awarded a Winter Williams Prize in Law. In Law studies at the Inn of Court Mr. M. D. Riegels was awarded a Stuart Cunningham McKenzie Scholarship, Mr. D. J. D. Davies a Bacon Scholarship and Mr. D. G. M. Boyd a Lee Prize by Gray's Inn.
THE NEVILLE WARD-PERKINS INDUSTRIAL SCHOLARSHIP The many Pembroke men and others who so generously contributed to the appeal for a memorial fund in honour of Neville Ward-Perkins will be interested to know that the fund is now established. The College decided to offer an industrial studentship and invited many of the principal industrial companies and the nationalised industries to present candidates whom they were willing to send on leave for a term's study at Pembroke College. The response of the firms approached was uniformly courteous and much interest was shown. Out of the candidates presented the College elected Mr. C. D. Anderson, an officer of the Central Electricity Board. Mr. Anderson resided with us during Trinity
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Term 1962 and was a most welcome member of the Senior Common Room. He worked on fuel resources for electric power in Britain and Western Europe and a copy of his report to his Board, which is not a public document, has been sent to the Master and the Fellow in Economics. We are very pleased with this first attempt to use the fund for an industrial student and we congratulate Mr. Anderson on achieving so much in his limited time. The College hopes next year to elect another Industrial Student. The terms of the appeal however do not confine us to this particular use, but in recollection of Mr. Ward-Perkins' very keen interest in the co-operation of academic economists with workers in the field of practice it appears to us at present to be the best use that we can make of it.
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BEQUESTS The College in the past year has received two valuable bequests. Mr. George Buchanan of Gask whose death on 30th January, 1962, will be mourned by his many friends amongst Pembroke men left the sum of £2,000 to the College. The late Mr. C. H. W. Godfrey who died in 1931 made a bequest to the College subject to certain life interests. The College has now received the sum of £2,300 from his Trustees. Sir Vincent Baddeley, K.C.B., Honorary Fellow of the College, died on 25th July, 1961. Sir Vincent served throughout his career in the Civil Service at the Admiralty of which he was latterly Deputy Secretary. He was also an active member of many charitable institutions and was especially prominent as a member of the Council of Oxford House in Bethnal Green. He was a member of the Fishmongers Company and he left to the College a very beautiful silver loving cup presented to him when he was Prime Warden, an exact replica of a seventeenth century cup presented to one of his predecessors in that office. Sir Vincent Baddeley has also made a bequest to the College subject to a life interest.
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ADDITIONAL NOTES VICEGERENTS OF THE COLLEGE Mr. Macnabb was Vicegerent in the years 1957-1959, 1961 and Mr. Heuston in the years 1960, 1962-3.
THE NORTH QUADRANGLE Elsewhere in this issue of the Record are references to the formal opening of our North Quadrangle by our Visitor. The sight of the quadrangle on that sunlit June afternoon, celebrating in so fitting and so historic a way the College's 338th birthday, will surely live long in the memories of all who were present. For those members of the College who were absent and who have as yet had no opportunity of seeing this splendid addition to our buildings, the description below tries to give a mental picture. By way of introduction to what is to follow, as you approach the College from St. Aldate's you now see before you and on your left, in place of our once dingy facade, an expanse of Bath stone washed clean of grime and restored to its true honey-coloured tint. As you round the western end of St. Aldate's Church, now itself enlarged to contain its growing congregation, you notice that the bicycle shed has disappeared and its place taken by an open area, paved and cobbled. Across the entrance to what was once Beef Lane stands a pair of wrought iron gates with a smaller side gate for pedestrians. At once your eye travels along the length of the 'Lane' to the far end where a similar pair of gates bars the way to St. Ebbe's. On your right is a brick wall which surrounds the Fellow's House, now fully restored to its XVIIth century beauty. For a moment, it restricts your view but, as you take a few steps along the line of the 'Lane', the whole quadrangle opens before you. Opposite, alongside the St. Ebbe's gate, is the familiar face of the Besse Building, but, on your right, extends the north elevation of the new quadrangle. Here the backs of eight houses have sprung dramatically to view; houses long hidden by an unattractive screen of sheds and outbuildings and once falling sadly into decay. Built at dates which span three centuries, they provide an astonishing variety of architectural design and material: mullionwindowed houses built of homely stone around 1600 stand side by
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side with Georgian fagades. But, although the houses differ so widely in period and style, they now blend together in a harmonious and pleasing whole — a triumph for our architect who skilfully carried out the renovation of these historic buildings. A paved terrace stretches from end to end in front of them. Below this, a semi-circular pond and fountain is set in the cobbles of the quadrangle floor. There are beds of flowering shrubs at both ends of the quadrangle and a row of London plane trees now marks the line of Beef Lane. The 'Lane' itself has now completely disappeared apart from the original lamp posts. These were purchased from the City and now light up the wide quadrangle around them just as, for so many years, they shone among the restricted shadows of the 'Lane'. Our former northern boundary has been described, aptly enough, as "the high black cliff of Pembroke". It still towers over the quadrangle, but no longer menacingly, and its gleaming expanse of freshly-cleaned stone, with a strip of bright green turf at its foot, gives an air of cheerful spaciousness to the quadrangle below. Two new archways through the wall give access to the Chapel Quadrangle behind. The task of adapting the Pembroke Street properties so as to form a range of undergraduate rooms along the north side of the new quadrangle involved a complete reorganisation of their interiors. Staircases were removed and party-walls erected to create bed-sitting rooms: the doors into Pembroke Street were closed and new ones opened to the south. Two staircases only now serve what were originally seven houses, and handsome XVIIIth century doorways salvaged from Lord Mildmay's house lead from them into the new quadrangle. The trouble and expense of installing plumbing throughout these ancient buildings has been avoided by putting the showers, handbasins and lavatories into the basement. Apart from eight rooms at the west end the whole range of houses is covered by an oilfired central heating plant. Including the Besse Building the North Quadrangle now contains 49 undergraduates' sets, 2 Fellows' sets and a seminar, representing a great stride forward towards the day when the College can give every student two years' residence within its walls. G.R.F.B.
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THE COLLEGE LIBRARY For some years the Fellows charged with the care of the library have been exercised about the capacity of the present building to accommodate both books and readers. In 1959 an adjacent set of rooms was annexed and made the entrance to the old building. As the photograph shows, it contains an alcove for the Assistant, a rack for periodicals and shelves for about 2,000 books. Now the Librarian has it in mind to ask the College to construct a bookstack in the cellars of the Master's Lodgings. If the College agrees, it will be possible to house there the Chandler collection of Aristotelia and the old books which at present occupy valuable shelf-space in the gallery of the library and in the Law readingroom. Such a book stack would have to be damp-proofed and air-conditioned, but it would seem to offer the readiest way of greatly increasing accommodation for the books that students use. The following books were presented to the library: "The Negro in France" by the author S. T. McCloy; "The Third Law of Thermodynamics" by the author J. Wilks; "The Law and its Compounds" by R. F. V. Heuston; Theology books by W. M. Cowan; "Memoirs of Chateaubriand" by the editor R. Baldick; "Torts" (13th ed.) by R. F. V. Heuston; "Concise D.N.B. part II, 1901-1950" by the Master; "Politics in post-war France" by Z. A. Pelczynski; "When Nations Disagree" by the author L. A. Larson; "Samuel Johnson" by the author M. J. C. Hodgart; "Sir Thomas Browne" by the author F. L. Huntley. I.R.B.
THE PAVILION AND THE BARGE Thanks to a bequest of ÂŁ5,000 by our late Emeritus Fellow, Mr. H. L. Drake, the College has been able to rebuild the sports pavilion. The old building had come to the end of its useful life, and Mr. Drake's bequest to the Amalgamated Clubs came at a very opportune moment. The new pavilion is solidly built of brick, is appreciably larger than its predecessor, and has hot and cold showers so that teams can change on the ground. The architect was Mr. C. P. Cleverly and the work was carried out by P. H. Newport & Co. under difficult conditions occasioned by the exceptionally wet summer of 1960. The building was formally opened by the Master at the end of Trinity Term 1961.
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In addition, the ground is now provided with a main water supply, both for the use in the pavilion and for watering the tennis courts and cricket squares. Two new tennis courts have been laid out, a large storage shed built, and the telephone installed. Thus with the purchase of a new motor mower, we may hope that the ground and its equipment will be in good condition for several years to come. In contrast, the condition of the Barge is now giving rise to some concern. Twice during the last two years it has started to take in an appreciable amount of water. At the time of writing all appears well again, but it is clear that a major overhaul will be needed before very long. However a walk down the towpath shows that the college barge is now a vanishing species, and that a College with a barge rather than a boathouse is now something of an exception. We may regret the passing of the barges but the Boat Clubs find the new boathouses much more convenient because of their ample storage space and facilities for working on the boats, besides giving adequate accommodation for changing. Thus we will soon be faced with the difficult decision of whether to spend a large sum in renovating the Barge or to attempt to raise an even larger sum to build a boathouse. The latter course has been consistently advocated by the Boat Club for several years. Whatever we decide cannot be longed delayed, because the only economic way of building is in association with one or two other colleges, and there are now only a very few colleges left without a boathouse or not in the process of building one. J.W.
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MR. H. S. DUKE The death of Henry Duke, who for 27 years presided over the staff and arrangements of our Senior Common Room, has removed from the scene one of those almost legendary figures who do so much to build up the tradition of Oxford Colleges. Brought up in a rigorous school of personal service the standards which he demanded of himself and of his subordinates never faltered. The arrangements for every College occasion were made with a care and foresight, born of long experience and of pride in the College and of his place in it, which ensured unfailing success and enjoyed the unquestioning confidence of us all. The sight of his stocky immaculate figure standing at the entrance to the Senior Common Room and smiling a welcome to arrivals on College guest nights was in itself an assurance of the enjoyment of the evening to follow and an embodiment of service in the highest tradition. His personal devotion to H. L. Drake, especially during the years when the Senior Fellow's increasing infirmity confined him to a set of rooms at the summit of a long and weary stair, was beyond praise. These two seemed to recognise in each other kindred qualities of uncompromising self-discipline and pride in the punctilious discharge of public duties. Each in his own way imprinted his personality on the College, and their names will live on together in the affection and respect of those whose task it is to try and maintain the standards bequeathed to them. G.R.F.B.
MR. LESLIE EAST The death of Leslie East in February 1962 was a severe shock to the College, and perhaps most of all to the Boat Club. He had joined the staff in 1928, and on his return from war service in the R.A.F. he took over the post of waterman. Successive crews found him always ready to advise and assist with coaching — he was an experienced and celebrated sculler. They probably did not realise how much their achievements and enjoyment owed to his painstaking and skilful maintenance of boats and equipment. Without him, the College barge now seems incomplete. He is greatly missed by all College oarsmen and by his fellow watermen. J.O.K.
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SPORTING ACTIVITIES BOAT CLUB 1960-1961. Captain: D. P. R. Mackilligan, then M. T. Cooper; Secretary: J. A. O'Brien. Revival: regained ground lost in previous years. Torpid overtaken once, hit buoy once — down 4 places. VIII down 1. 1961-1962. Captain: J. A. O'Brien; Secretary: D. P. Jewell. First Torpid rowed over 8 times as sandwich boat. Inexperienced 1st VIII was bumped 3 times by powerful crews behind, but nearly all of the crew remain for next year and a new boat is being built.
RUGBY CLUB 1960-1961. Captain: J. M. Wright; Secretary: J. M. Cruickshank. Enjoyable and reasonably successful Guernsey tour. 1961-1962. Captain: M. Troughton; Secretary: A. N. Antonovics. Moderate season with disappointing freshman intake.
FOOTBALL CLUB 1960-1961. Captain: R. J. Ing; Secretary: E. P. Brown. Nothing to match the previous season's achievements. 1961-1962. Captain: G. D. Bentley; Secretary: P. Herriot. Relegation to Second Division. Almost no freshmen played.
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ATHLETICS CLUB 1960-1961. Captain: C. A. Clark; Secretary: C. Seagroatt. Disappointing season, relegated to Division 2 track relays and field events. 1961-1962. Captain: J. Sheard; Secretary: V. Kumar. Year of improvement; promotion in field events. Third in the Cross-country league and up 30 places in Hyde Park relay. Sheard and Kumar ran for the 2nd University Team.
CRICKET CLUB 1961. Captain: M. P. Berry; Secretary: J. R. Ellis. Won 4, drew 2, lost 8. Ing and Ellis good season with bat; Keen and Witts, most prolific wicket takers. 1962. Captain: J. R. Ellis; Secretary: K. F. R. Lofthouse. Only two reasonable freshmen players and both involved with Law Mods. Three wins; Lofthouse, Ellis and Herriot many runs. Very disappointing season.
HOCKEY CLUB 1960-1961. Captain: M. C. C. Skinner; Secretary: J. R. Ellis. Just missed promotion from 3rd Division. 1961-1962. Captain: J. R. Ellis; Secretary: D. B. Moody. Some Cuppers progress but poor league performance. Successful and highly enjoyable Paris tour in March. Dynamos a new and vital force in Pembroke Hockey. J. R. Ellis played centre half for Occasionals and Cambridge U. Wanderers.
TENNIS CLUB 1961. Captain: G. H. James; Secretary: G. A. Hart. 1962. Captain: G. A. Hart; Secretary: M. Gilsenan.
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SQUASH CLUB 1960-1961. Captain: A. J. Denyer: Secretary: C. B. Fitzhugh. Moderate season. 1961-1962 Captain: A. J. Denyer; Secretary: 0. R. Stansfield. Flourishing club. League position maintained, considerable interest in College Squash ladder. 0. R. Stansfield elected to the University Squirrels.
MISCELLANEOUS GOLF G. M. Langford awarded his Blue. In University match won his singles 7 and 6 and foursomes 3 and 2. Elected Secretary next year.
SHOOTING J. F. Melland 1 Blue, 1959, 60, 61. D. White-Cooper could get 1 Blue this summer, depending on his Bisley performance in July.
OTHER ACTIVITIES The Pembroke Music Festival in May 1962 made about £20 for the Oxford Borstal Camps. May 1961. Colin Barker produced Ann Jellicoe's "The Sport of My Mad Mother" at the Clarendon Press Institute.
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OBITUARIES (1893) Sir Vincent W. Baddeley (1920) G. P. Batchelar (1887) R. J. M. Borough (1897) G. A. Buchanan (1911) H. B. English (1897) G. P. Holme (1908) W. W. Johnson (1907) E. K. Kline (1959) M. T. Killip (1901) N. J. Poyntz (1927) E. M. Rhea (1890) T. Slator (1907) P. J. H. Stent (1897) C. W. Welman (1920) C. W. Williams (1905) C. E. Worthington
Photograph by courtesy of Edmark, Oxford
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