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Ramsey & Muspratt, Oxford THE MASTER
THE VICEGERENT THE REV. COLIN MORRIS Vicegerent 1968-9
LIST OF MASTER AND FELLOWS Michaelmas Term 1968
MASTER SIR GEORGE WHITE PICKERING, D.M., F.R.S.; F.R.C.P. Lond. I and Ed. (M.D. Camb.; Hon. D.Sc. Durh. and Dartmouth; Hon. Sc.D. Dub.; Hon. LL.D. Manc. and Nott.; Hon. M.D. Ghent, Siena and W. Australia). FELLOWS DONALD GEORGE CECIL MACNABB, M.A. (elected 1935), Lecturer in Philosophy. GODFREY WILLIAM BOND, M.A., B.A. (Dublin), (elected 1950), Senior Tutor and Lecturer in Classics. REVD. COLIN MORRIS, M.A. (elected 1953), Vicegerent, Chaplain, Tutor for Admissions and Lecturer in Modern History and Theology. JOHN RICHARD PERCIVAL O'BRIEN, B.Sc., M.A. (elected 1954), Lecturer in Natural Science. PIERS GERALD VACICESY, M.A., D.Phil. (elected 1954), Lecturer in Modern History. JOHN WILKS, M.A., D.Phil. (elected 1956), Lecturer in Physical Science. ROBERT ANDRE EDOUARD BALDICK, M.A., D.Phil., F.R.S.L. (elected 1958), Lecturer in Modern Languages. ZBIGNIEW ANDRZEJ PELCZYNSKI, B.Phil., M.A., D.Phil. (M.A. St. Andrews) (elected 1961), Dean of Graduate Students and Lecturer in Politics. ARTHUR DENNIS HAZLEWOOD, B.Phil., M.A. (B.Sc. Econ. London) elected 1961), Lecturer in Economics. DOUGLAS GRAY, M.A. (M.A. New Zealand) (elected 1961), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. PETER JOHN CUFF, M.A., D.Phil. (elected 1961), Bursar and Lecturer in Ancient History. EDGAR LIGHTFOOT, M.A., (M.Sc. London; Ph.D. Leeds) (elected 1961), Lecturer in Engineering Science.
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B. Litt., M.A. (elected 1963), Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon. ARTHUR LAURENCE FLEET, M.A., (elected 1964), Professorial Fellow. IAN PHILIP GRANT, M.A., D.Phil. (elected 1964), Research Fellow in Mathematics. VERNON SPENCER BUTT, M.A., (B.Sc., Ph.D. Bristol) (elected 1965), Lecturer in Biological Science. JoHN RAYMOND RooK, M.A., (Ph.D. Manchester) (elected 1965), Lecturer in Mathematical Physics. ALEXANDER CRAMPTON SMITH, M.A. (M.B., Ch.B. Edinburgh) (elected 1965), Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetics. CHARLES JAMES FRANK DowsETT, M.A., D.Phil. (M.A., Ph.D. Cambridge) (elected 1965), Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies. GORDON HARLOW WHITHAM, M.A. (Ph.D. Manchester) (elected 1965), Lecturer in Chemistry. JoHN DAVID FLEEMAN, M.A., D.Phil. (M.A. St. Andrews) (elected 1965), Lecturer in English Literature and Language. JoHN MICHAEL EEKELAAR, B.C.L., M.A. (LL.B. London) (elected 1965), Dean and Lecturer in Jurisprudence. SAVILE BRADBURY, M.A., D.Phil. (elected 1966), Nuffield Research Fellow in Medicine, Lecturer in Human Anatomy. ALISTAIR CAMPBELL,
SUPERNUMERARY FELLOWS B.Litt., M.A. ROBERT FRANCIS VERE HEUSTON, M.A. (M.A. LL.B. Dublin). GEORGE RICHARD FREDERICK BREDIN, M.A., C.B.E., Editor of The Record. HERBERT STANLEY DEIGHTON,
HONORARY FELLOWS SIR ABRAHAM JEREMY RAISMAN, M.A. (Hon. LL.D. Leeds), G.C.M.G. G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I. SIR DONALD LESLIE FINNEMORE, M.A. (Hon. LL.D. Birmingham).
M.A., Hon. D.C.L. M.A., K.B.E., M.C., Q.C. SIR THOMAS MALCOLM KNox, M.A. (Hon. LL.D. Edinburgh, Pennsylvania and Dundee). HON. JAMES WILLIAM FULBRIGHT,
SIR THOMAS PERCIVAL CREED,
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PHILIP NICHOLAS SETON MANSERGH, M.A., D.Phil., D.Litt. (Ph. D. Cambridge), O.B.E. LEWIS ARTHUR LARSON, M.A., D.C.L. CHARLES STEWART ALMON RITCHIE, M.A. ROLAND ALMON RITCHIE, B.A. CHARLES LESLIE WRENN, M.A. (Hon. D.Litt. Nat. Univ. Ireland). SIR ROBERT REYNOLDS MACINTOSH, M.A., D.M. JAMES MCNAUGHTON HESTER, M.A., D.Phil. (Hon. LL.D. Princeton). LAWRENCE FITZROZ POWELL, M.A. (Hon. D.Litt. Durham). RONALD BUCHANAN MCCALLUM, M.A. (Hon. LL.D. Dundee, A.M. Princeton). ASSOCIATE CHAPLAIN REVD. JOHN EMERSON PLATT, M.A.
OUR NEW MASTER The last issue of the Record contained a brief announcement of the election of Sir George Pickering as the Head of the College, but added that it must be some time before he would be free to take up his new duties. The formal installation of the new Master was carried out on November 20th and, after being in residence in the Salt Room since the beginning of Hilary Term 1969, he and Lady Pickering took over the Lodgings on February 3rd. Every detail of the life-history and qualifications of the new Master are matters of the keenest interest to all Pembroke alumni. If they turn to the pages of WHO's WHO they will find, set out in that publication's familiar staccato style, the following: — PICKERING, Sir George White, Kt. 1957; F.R.S. 1960; F.R.C.P.; Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, since 1969; Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University 1968- ; Chairman, Clinical Psychiatry Committee, Medical Research Council; Member Council for Scientific Policy; President, British Medical Association 1963-4; Born 26 June 1904; s. of George and Ann Pickering, Whalton, North-
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umberland; m. 1930 Mary Carola, y.d. of the late Sir A. C. Seward. F.R.S., one s; 3 d. Educ. Dulwich College; Pembroke College, Cambridge (Scholar); St. Thomas' Hospital (Scholar). 1st Class Hons. Nat. Sc. Tripos, Pts I 1925 and II 1926; M.B. 1930; M.D. 1955; F.R.C.P. 1938. Formerly Assistant in Dept. of Clinical Research and Lecturer in Cardio-vascular Pathology, Univ. College Hospital, and Member of Scientific Staff Medical Research Council; Herzstein Lecturer, Stanford Univ. and Univ. of Calif. 1938; Sims British Commonwealth Travelling Professor 1949; Member of U.G.C. 1944-54; Member Medical Res. Council and Clinical Res. Board 1954-8; Prof. of Medicine in London University and Director of Medical Clinic, St. Mary's Hospital, London 1939-56; Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford University; Student of Christ Church; Master of God's House in Ewelme and Physician to the United Oxford Hospitals, 1956—December 1968; Member Standing Committee on Legal Education; Trustee Beit Memorial Fellowship; Ciba Foundation; Hon. Degrees, D. Sc. Durham, 1957; Dartmouth (U.S.) 1960; Sc.D. Trin. Coll. Dublin 1962; M.D. Ghent 1948, Siena 1965; Univ. Western Australia 1965; LL.D. Manchester 1964; Nottingham 1965. Hon. Fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge 1959; American College of Physicians; American Medical Association; R.C.P. Edin; R.C.P. Ireland; Academy of Medicine of Mexico; Hon. Member, Assoc. of American Physicians; American Gastro-enterological Assoc. Swedish Medical Society; Membre correspondant &ranger, Soc. Med. des Hopitaux de Paris; Foreign Hon. Member American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Czechoslovakian Med. Soc; Hellenic Cardiac Soc; Foreign Correspondent, Royal Belgian Academy of Medicine, Danish Society for Internal Medicine. Publications: High Blood Pressure, 1955; The Nature of Essential Hypertension, 1961. The Challenge to Education 1967. Papers relating to vascular disease, high blood pressure, peptic ulcer, headache and education. Recreations: gardening, fishing. Club: Athenaeum. This bald narrative summarises a career which has already been of immense value to medical research in general and to Oxford in particular. As Professor of Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School he used experimental methods in a bold attack on the fundamental problems underlying high blood-pressure in man, and gathered a team of talented assistants around him. So it was no surprise that, on appointment as Regius Professor of Medicine in Oxford in 1956, he made history by being the first holder of this Chair to create and run a department of experimental medicine.
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In the past twelve years the Regius Professor has left his mark on the Oxford Clinical Medical School in many ways. He reorganised and expanded the administration to meet its growing needs, cut much of the dead wood from the curriculum, and fostered the development of new teaching methods and better student facilities. Above all he has given encouragement and help to countless able young men and women, on both hospital and university staffs, to develop their talents in clinical investigation or fundamental research. Largely through his kindness and perception, his determination to maintain the highest possible standard in practice and research and his very practical common sense, the United Oxford Hospitals have become united as never before. The Regius Chair of Medicine carries with it a bewildering collection of obligations and responsibilities but, in addition to all these, its retiring incumbent has for many years been a member of the Hebdomadal Council. In Lady Pickering the Lodgings will have a hostess of charm and distinction who is no newcomer to College life. Her father was Sir Albert Seward, Master of Downing College, Cambridge, and she herself is a graduate in Natural Science of Newnham College. After taking her M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. at University College Hospital she held the post of Assistant Pathologist at Hertford County Hospital and was House Physician at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and Pathologist at the Institute of Medical Psychology. Looking back through the annals of the College it would seem that history has turned full circle, for the last medical man to hold the Headship was none other than the great Dr. Thomas Clayton, Principal of Broadgates Hall and first Master of Pembroke. He too was Regius Professor of Medicine. He "disputed in Natural Philosophy before the King" in 1605, was made "King's Professor of Physick" in 1611, and was the first to hold the Ewelme preferment when it fell vacant in 1628. He delivered his inaugural lecture (on the circulation of the blood) in 1624. "Under Dr. Clayton", says Maclean, "were fostered in an enquiring age of faery and imaginative Baconianism, the medical studies of that last of the great nurslings of Broadgates and first of the eminent sons of Pembroke — Sir Thomas Browne." And so the new Mastership opens under the brightest of omens and, on behalf of Pembroke men everywhere, the Record extends to Sir George and Lady Pickering a warm welcome and the best of good wishes for their term of office.
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THE VICEGERENT'S NOTES The College celebrated New Year's Day 1969 by welcoming its new Master, Sir George Pickering. He had been elected as far back as February of last year, but was obliged to give considerable notice before he was able to leave his existing post as Regius Professor of Medicine. In electing him, the College was returning to the rock whence it was hewn, for our first Master, Dr. Thomas Clayton, was also Regius Professor of Medicine. In the seventeenth century it was possible to hold both posts (less onerous then than now) in plurality. It must be confessed that the medical tradition of the College lapSed for a long time after Dr. Clayton, but it was renewed in this century, with the foundation of scholarships by Dr. Theodore Williams and Lord Nuffield, and with the election of three Fellows in Medicine. Pembroke can now claim to be one of the best medical colleges in the university, and it is therefore especially appropriate that our new Master should come to us from a distinguished career in this field. In inviting Sir George to be our Master, the Fellows of course knew of his outstanding services to medical research and teaching; since then, we have discovered also the remarkable courtesy and hospitality of Sir George and Lady Pickering. We count ourselves fortunate to have them with us. Sir George's arrival ended the longest interregnum in the history of Pembroke, and restored us to our true monarchical constitution after more than a year as a republic. For most of this time Mr. O'Brien bore the heat and burden of the day as Vicegerent, but for the later part of 1968 I succeeded him in order to release him for a well-deserved leave. During our republican days we achieved the remarkable record (for modern Pembroke) of electing no new Fellows. By way of compensation, Donald Macnabb, who will be remembered by very many Old Members, will be retiring in the summer, and his friendly wisdom will be greatly missed. Dr. Keatinge has already left to take up a Readership in London after a short, but much appreciated, stay as Fellow in Physiology. Dr. Ian Grant is, by a paradox, both remaining and being replaced; replaced as Atlas Fellow, but fortunately remaining as an Official Fellow. We shall therefore have in the future two Fellows teaching Mathematics. Finally, I shall myself be leaving after sixteen very enjoyable years at Pembroke, to take up a new post.* The assiduous attention of press and T.V. has kept before the public the question of student unrest. It is impossible to travel far from Oxford without being asked about it, and one is sometimes treated * The Professorship of Mediaeval History, University of Southampton. G.R.F.B.
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with special consideration, as a warrior temporarily escaped from the battle-front. Undoubtedly, the general spirit among undergraduates is different from what it was ten years ago; but "different" does not necessarily mean "worse". Universities, like wines, differ with the years, and what is called a good vintage is often a matter of personal taste. It is certainly true that undergraduates now expect serious notice to be taken of their opinions. J.C.R. meetings do not merely pass resolutions, as they always have done; they expect that as a result something will happen. By and large, this is not a bad thing, and the criticism of existing arrangements is often constructive and valuable. In such an atmosphere, it is always possible for clashes to occur, but on the whole reason and good will are still to be found on both sides in modern Oxford. All of this has visible manifestations, which may be observed by visitors to our city. Undergraduate clothes are not quite the same as they used to be, and, as the College's first statutes observed, "Clothes both cover the body and often discover the mind." Present fashions, to the middle-aged observer, seem better adapted to the second purpose than to the first. Another sign of the times is the wall-slogan. This, if painted in the wrong place with the wrong material, is on occasions tiresome, but in favourable circumstances it has considerable interest. The walls of Oxford at present bear signs of wide international concerns; the tragedy of Biafra, and the Rousseau-like influence of the second French Revolution, are to be observed upon them. Exeter garden wall appropriately proclaims that La societe est une fleur carnivore. More specifically local issues are not neglected: Park your car on a proctor. The record of the College in Schools in June 1968 was less satisfying than in recent years, and, whatever method of calculation we devised, it was impossible to make Pembroke come high in the Oxford league table. Yet, as the Record indicates elsewhere, several of our undergraduates distinguished themselves, and for the last two or three years the number of applicants for places has been large. There is good reason therefore to hope for better results in the future. I would like to end these remarks on a purely personal note. It is not an easy task to act as Head of a College in a vacancy, but it has compensations. One learns to appreciate the friendly and co-operative spirit of one's colleagues, and one realises also the strength of the bonds which exist among so many members of the College, both past and present. In such a situation, it becomes apparent to what a remarkable extent the College is an invisible community bound by common memories, sympathies and affections. Sic semper floreat Pembrochia. March 1969.
Corns MORRIS.
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THE COLLEGE SOCIETY The Annual General Meeting of the Society was held immediately before the London Dinner in the Connaught Rooms on Friday, 5th July, 1968. Mr. A. C. Snowden presided. Of the business transacted and resolutions passed at the Meeting the following are of particular interest. The Chairman reported that, in accordance with resolutions passed at the 1957 Annual General Meeting, a request had been submitted to the College authorities that the Society be allowed to hold its Annual Dinner in the College Hall once every three or four years, preferably just before the beginning of Michaelmas Term; and further that once every four years or so the College should hold an "Open Day", providing lunch and tea for alumni and their families at a charge to be assessed by the Bursar. He was very glad to be able to inform the Meeting that both these requests had at once been met by the College. The Annual Dinner for 1969 would be held in the College Hall during the first week of October and notices would be sent out to all alumni indicating that overnight accommodation in the College would be available. As regards the At Home this would be held during the Summer of 1970 at a date to be arranged with the Bursar by the Executive Committee. These announcements were greeted with acclamation and a resolution was passed recording the gratitude of the Society at this further demonstration of the College's generosity and interest in its welfare. Mr. M. Silverman, Mr. E. H. A. Stretton and Mr. St. C. C. Hood were re-elected to the Committee for a period of three years, and Mr. G. R. F. Bredin was re-elected Secretary and Treasurer of the Society for the coming year. Following on a recommendation by the Committee, it was agreed unanimously that, in view of his long and distinguished service to the Society, a letter be addressed to Mr. R. B. McCallum inviting him to be its Honorary Life Patron. The Meeting expressed its gratitude to the Rev. Dr. B. A. C. KirkDuncan for taking over from Mr. Chaplin Snowden the responsibility for arranging the Annual Dinner of the Society and thanked him warmly for having made the arrangements for the present occasion. Noting that Mr. Chaplin Snowden had filled the post of Secretary to the Annual Dinner for no less than twenty years the meeting resolved to put on record the keen appreciation of all members of the Society for the unvarying enthusiasm and efficiency with which these arrangements had been made, thereby giving immense pleasure to a host of Pembroke men over the years. G.R.F.B
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PEMBROKE COLLEGE SOCIETY DINNER The annual London Dinner of the Pembroke Society was held at the Connaught Rooms on Friday, 5th July, 1968. Mr. A. C. Snowden, who had for the past twenty years been responsible for the organisation of the Dinner, presided at the Dinner, and proposed the toast of the College. Dr. S. Bradbury, Fellow of the College, and Mr. R. J. de Ste Croix, President of the Junior Common Room, replied. The following attended the Dinner: — 1937 K. W. Lovel 1908 D. Finnemore 1938 C. E. L. Thomson 1912 B. B. B. Smyth 1940 St. C. C. Hood 1917 T. P. Creed 1941 J. H. Price 1919 L. T. P. Coke 1946 J. A. Kenchington 1921 T. I. Casswell A. M. Godley 1923 H. T. Hopkinson P. R. Millest L. Nye S. J. D. Nowson 1924 J. F. Sinclair A. J. M. Schooling 1926 C. G. Maby K. M. Willcock F. H. Ziegler 1949 J. D. Lloyd 1927 K. C. B. Mackenzie 1950 G. E. G. Wightwick A. C. Snowden 1952 J. E. Barlow 1928 E. G. Langford J. B. G. Gilchrist E. A. Owens D. C. M. Prichard 1929 A. D. Worton 1955 R. J. Lorimer 1930 W. G. Monk F. W. Morgan E. A. Sutcliffe-Smith D. J. Shorey S. F. M. Cressall 1959 C. A. Wood 1932 J. B. Masefield 1960 G. M. Langford 1933 F. Brewer 1961 K. J. Mackenzie 1934 R. B. Crail 1963 G. R. Gray C. H. R. Hillman 1966 R. J. de Ste Croix M. Silverman 1935 R. Graham Fellows H. W. S. Horlock E. H. A. Stretton S. Bradbury 1936 B. A. C. Kirk-Duncan G. R. F. Bredin G. K. Newman I. P. Grant Members are reminded that the 1969 Dinner will be held in the College Hall in the autumn. on Friday, 3rd October. Overnight accommodation will be available in the College.
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BENEFACTION According to the will of the late Lt. Colonel D. K. Hopkyns (1902) the College is to receive securities to the value of about £18,000 to be used unconditionally for its benefit and advantage.
OBITUARY The deaths of the following Pembroke men have been reported since the last Record was issued: — 1908 Fish, W. W. B. 1911 Humphreys, G. 1902 Lee, A. L. 1964 Livingstone, G. H. 1920 Merrick, M. 1907 Moore, J. L. M. 1948 Mundy, B. C. D. 1926 Pembroke, The Earl of 1946 Warren-Green, T. THE EARL OF PEMBROKE The following paragraphs appeared in the Obituary Column of The Times on March 17th, 1969: — "The sixteenth Earl of Pembroke, C.V.O., died yesterday at the age of 63. From 1942 to 1948 he was Comptroller and Private Secretary to the Duchess of Kent, and formerly Equerry to the late Duke of Kent. From 1954 to 1967 he was an alderman on the Wiltshire County Council; since 1954 he was Lord Lieutenant for Wiltshire, and a J.P. Sidney Charles Herbert was born on January 9, 1906, educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Oxford. During the Second World War he served with the Royal Artillery. He was a former trustee of the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery. He was president of the Boy Scouts Association and of the Historic Churches Trust. Among his publications was a catalogue of the paintings and drawings at Wilton House, Salisbury. The sixteenth Earl succeeded his father in 1960; his heir is his son, Lord Herbert. In 1936 the sixteenth Earl married Lady Mary Dorothea Hope, daughter of the first Marquess of Linlithgow."
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S. C. Herbert, as he then was, came up to Pembroke in Michaelmas Term 1926 but, presumably for family reasons, did not complete his course and went down after Trinity Term 1928. He continued to take an interest in the College which bore his family name and when the Appeal was launched in 1963 not only became himself a generous subscriber but personally entertained the members of the local Appeal Committee in Wilton House when the Master and I attended their inaugural meeting there. We shall always remember the courteous hospitality of our reception and the privilege of holding our meeting against the splendid background of the Earl's drawing room. G.R.F.B. FINAL HONOUR SCHOOLS: FIRST CLASS TRINITY TERM 1968 Modern History: R. J. Bonney; P. D. Castle. English Language and Literature: J. G. Turner. Physics: P. E. Chantry and J. R. Steinberg. Forestry: T. E. Benedikz. Engineering Moderations: D. J. Duffill. UNIVERSITY AWARDS 1968 Hall-Houghton Junior Septuagint Prize: P. S. Alexander. Mrs. Claude Beddington Prize in English: I. D. McGowan. Brian Johnson Prize in Pathology: J. M. Talbot. Radcliffe Infirmary Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology: P. A. Stanworth. Charles Oldham Shakespeare Prize: D. Lindley. APPOINTMENT Pembroke men will be interested to hear that Brigadier V. de B. Oland (1935), the Director of Olands Breweries and a leading public figure in his part of Canada, has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. THE COLLEGE LIBRARY The Library continues as usual, apart from spending, inevitably, an increased amount each year on books and periodicals. Ten years ago the annual sum was about ÂŁ900: in 1968 it was nearly ÂŁ2,000. The undergraduate subscription has remained throughout at 30/- a
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term. The pressure on shelf-space will have to be met, eventually, by some form of book-store; this need is felt by many college libraries and the possibility of shared storage has been discussed. The system of recording borrowings on slips is working well, and will be extended to vacation books. Tracing a book borrowed by another reader is now a quick and simple matter. During the year three books were lent to the exhibition of Fine Bindings at the Bodleian Library. It is possible that some of the Johnson manuscripts, together with other Johnson relics, may go to Tokyo in 1969 to form part of a British exhibition. Enquiries continue to come in. many from abroad, about college books, manuscripts and (occasionally) pictures, and arrangements are made for them to be photographed or studied. One visiting scholar has recently listed, from the Library Registers of 1824-5, the books borrowed by Thomas Lovell Beddoes when he was an undergraduate. Nearly all of them were eventually produced for inspection, some from remote parts of the College. An eighteenth century print of the College was photographed for use as an illustration in a new edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson. and the portrait of a former Master, Bartholomew Price, was photographed for his grandson. Among other varied requests was one for plans of an estate near Reading, given to Pembroke by one of the founders in 1625 and sold about a hundred years ago. This, too, was tracked down, thanks to the invaluable work of Mr. F. J. King in reorganising the Muniment Room. M. W. CORDY, (Assistant librarian). GIFTS TO THE LIBRARY, 1968 Author Title ÂŁ10 for theological and medical books. Gwatkin, J. Copy of article on Sir Peter Renouf. Mr. H. R. S. Pocock Pocock, H. R. S. The Conquest of Chile. Morris, C. Copy of article on Geoffrey de Rev. C. Morris Villehardouin and the Conquest of Constantinople. Dr. J. D. Fleeman Fleeman, J. D. Copy of article on Johnson manuscripts. Boswell, J. Folio Society Life of 12r. Johnson (2 vols.) Dr E. Lightfoot Thadani, B. N. Modern Methods in Structural Mechanics. Graves, R. The Spiritual Quixote (1772). Mr. D. Huntley (2 vols.) Gordon Sir George Pickering Pickering, G. High Blood Pressure (2nd edition). Mr. A. R. Hands Hands, A. R. Charities and Social Air in Greece and Rome.
Donor Mr. C. J. Manning Miss J. Gwatkin
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THE CHAPEL The Chapel continues to express a dimension of the College life. A dimension consciously rejected by some as meaningless, approved by others as all-important, but for the majority one which is dimly sensed and scarcely articulated. At all times it is the College Chapel and not just one of Pembroke's societies competing with the others for membership — though, if we were to play this game with its consequent counting of heads, we could ask what other college group can assemble some thirty members on every week of term come rain come shine. But this would be seriously to misunderstand the fundamental purpose of our College Chapel. It is not to be seen as the private possession of the 'Godsquad', as existing merely to provide facilities for the religiously inclined just as, say, the Boat House does for the rowing fraternity. The Chaplains do, of course, seek to provide such facilities by means of study and discussion .groups but the Chapel worship is the offering of the whole life of the College. The handful who join in the daily office and the tenth part of the College who come together Sunday by Sunday are involved in an activity which transcends their private concerns. Thus it is to the College sacristan, Desmond Buxton, and to the College organist, Richard Peaver. that thanks are due for the faithful and efficient discharge of their duties. it is impossible to conclude this article on the place of the Chapel in College life without expressing deep appreciation of the work of Colin Morris, Fellow and Chaplain for the past sixteen years. As one who was an undergraduate in the earlier days of his Chaplaincy, I can speak at first hand of the great respect and affection in which we held his wise and yet unobtrusive guidance. He, Brenda, and their family will carry with them to Southampton the gratitude and good wishes of a host of Pembroke men. J. E. PLATT, (Associate Chaplain).
THE BOAT HOUSE As predicted in the last number of the Record. the new Boat House is now well under way. The photograph, taken at the beginning of March, shows that the main structure is almost complete, and we hope that the whole building will be finished in time for Eights Week. The design consists of two virtually independent Boat Houses joined at the level of the first floor, to which there are common access staircases. The Pembroke Boat House is on the left (almost opposite the site of the old Barge), and St. Edmund Hall's on the right. Each
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College has a complete set of club and changing rooms, and there is the possibility of combining the two club rooms for special occasions. The architect is Mr. G. P. Howse of Kenneth Stevens and Associates, and the builders are Messrs. Hinkins & Frewin. We hope that many Old Members will be able to visit the Boat House either during Eights or later in the summer. It will be in the charge of Mr. W. Smith, whom we are sharing as Waterman with St. Edmund Hall. JOHN WILKS.
THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE COLLEGE Year by year, at the Service in Chapel of Thanksgiving for our "Founders and Benefactors", the Master reads out the long, and everlengthening, list of the names of the men and women by whose generous good-will the endowments of the College have been built up and maintained over the centuries. Immediately after the opening name, that of "King James the First who gave us our Charter", come those of "Thomas Tesdale and Richard Wightwick who founded this College." Who were these men but for whose munificence 350 years ago Pembroke College would not be in existence today? On 31st May, 1610, while he lay, a dying man, in his family home Thomas Tesdale Esquire of Glympton near Woodstock made a will which, after providing for his widow and kindred, bequeathed the then princely sum of five thousand pounds wherewith to purchase endowments for the maintenance of seven Fellows and six Scholars to be elected out of Roysse's Free Grammar School in Abingdon into Balliol or some other College in Oxford. He had been born under the same roof sixty years before and on the early death of his father (another Thomas Tesdale) was left to the care of his uncle Richard Tesdale, a sadler of Abingdon. When the Free School there was founded by John Roysse, citizen and mercer of London, in 1563 young Thomas became the first scholar to be admitted by the founder into the school. He married a widow from Abingdon, made a fortune in the malt trade, and at the early age of 21 was elected a bailiff of the Borough. In 1581 he was elected Mayor, but absolved himself from office by payment of a fine and retired to the peace of Glympton where he went in for the growing and marketing of woad (then much used by dyers) and became, according to his biographer (Francis Little of Abingdon writing in 1627), "the greatest dealer therein that was in the noble realm." He must have been a most kindly and generous man as well as a prudent man for "he
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gave much alms and relief to the poor to whom his purse was ever open and his hand never shut, and having no child living to whom to bestow his wealth he gave in his lifetime many liberal portions to the marriage of divers of his kindred and to some of them stocks of money to trade withal, that while he yet lived he might be an eyewitness of their honest endeavours and frugal courses." By his will, after providing for his widow and kin, he "likewise gave portions to all his household servants to recompense their true and faithful service, something also to his familiar friends and old acquaintance." His gifts to charity were widespread but it was his endowment to finance former scholars of Roysse's School to attend an Oxford College which surpassed them all and which is of the greatest interest to us. Sir John Bennett, afterwards Lord Ossullton (himself subsequently a benefactor) whose arms appear on the College tower and whose portrait (by Phillips) dressed in armour and scarlet sash of the Order of the Bath hangs over High Table in Hall, was made one of the Trustees of the benefaction. His colleagues were the Archbishop of Canterbury and Dr. Henry Airay, Provost of the Queen's College, Oxford. Of the investments made by the Trustees two interesting ones survive. One is the freehold of All Hallows Churchyard at Wallingford — now a forlorn patch of waste land near the centre of the town encumbered by gravestones which has long been an embarrassment to the Bursars of the College and which we hope will soon be taken over by the local Council. Another is the flourishing dairy farm at Can Court in the parish of Lydiard Tregoze near Swindon, complete with a splendid two-storied Elizabethan farm house in Cotswold stone with oak panelling within and handsome staircase in carved oak. This was bought in 1616 for £3,800 from one Thomas Baskerville. At first the Trustees attempted to convey the new endowment to 13alliol according to the preference expressed in the will but for some reason the negotiations were so prolonged that thirteen years after Teasdale's death they were still not completed. At that time various circumstances coincided to divert it into another channel. The citizens of Abingdon, in their anxiety to see their sons benefiting from the Tesdale Scholarships, began making representations to Parliament. At the same time, by a happy chance, Richard Wightwick made known his offer to augment the Tesdale Benefaction. These circumstances inspired the Earl of Pembroke, then Vice-Chancellor of the University, to suggest to King James that these handsome endowments, considered too large in sum to be added to those of one existing College, should be used to upgrade the ancient teaching hall of Broadgates to the full status of a College.
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Delighted at the prospect of being thus associated for posterity with a new academic foundation King James at once approved the suggestion, and the Charter of Pembroke College, dated 29th June, 1624, bears his name. In recognition of their royal patronage the Coat of Arms of the College carries the Rose and Thistle of the United Kingdom above the three lions rampart of the Earl of Pembroke. And so, nearly fifteen years after Thomas Tesdale's death, his endowment bore splendid fruit. Thomas Tesdale and his wife "Mawde" were buried in Glympton Church and their impressive tomb* is well worth a pilgrimage if only to pay tribute to the memory of this kindly and far-sighted man to whom the citizens of Abingdon and the scholars of Pembroke owe so much: Of the life of Richard Wightwick, the other Co-Founder, less seems to be known. He was born in 1547 at Donnington near Lillieshall in Shropshire though his family originally came from the little town of Whitwick near Ashby-de-la-Zouch. He graduated from Balliol College at the unusually advanced age of 32. After taking Holy Orders he was appointed Chaplain to Lord Norris of Rycote and later became vicar of Hampstead Norris. From there he went to East Ilsley in Berkshire, of which living he was the incumbent until his death at the age of 82. According to his biographer Francis Little he remained a bachelor all his life and was "a man very prudent, provident and circumspect in all his actions, diligent and painful in his calling and profession and just in all his dealings in worldly affairs." Travellers today as they pass East Ilsley on the main road from Oxford to Newbury can see Richard Wightwick's church standing high on the hillside above the village. In his day "Market Ilsley" had the largest sheep fair in the kingdom after Smithfield and it is recorded that as many as 80,000 sheep have been penned there on the Wednesday in Easter Week. On such occasions its many taverns seethed with drivers, merchants, race-horse owners and their hangerson. "Ilsley remote amidst the Berkshire downs Claims these distinctions o'er her sister towns — Far-famed for sheep and wool, though not for spinners, For sportsmen, doctors, publicans and sinners." Such was the community over whose turbulent spiritual affairs Richard Wightwick presided for so many years. His stipend, like that of his colleagues in similar office, was slender. and it must have taken all * This tomb was restored by the Fellows of Pembroke in 1704 and again in 1871. Those of us who knew the late Mr. Lionel Drake, Fellow of Pembroke from 1908 till his death in 1958, will appreciate his intense satisfaction on discovering that his predecessors had been guilty of a grammatical error in drafting the Latin epitaph!
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the prudence and circumspection ascribed to him by his biographer to amass the capital with which to carry out his long-nurtured plan for founding Fellowships and Scholarships at Oxford. It was, as we have seen, his undertaking to use these accumulated funds to augment the Tesdale Benefaction which decided the day in favour of promoting Broadgates Hall to the full status of a College. The Wightwick Benefaction consisted of a capital grant of £500 towards the building of the new College and an income of £100 a year during his lifetime besides the reversion of the freehold of all lands part of the rent of which should in the meantime go to the College. The immediate income so provided was to be allocated partly to the Master's stipend and partly to provide for one Fellow and three Scholars at the new foundation. After a long life of remarkable health and vigour Richard Wightwick's health finally began to fail, and he was unable to make the journey to Oxford when, on 5 August, 1624, the Letters Patent and the Charter of Pembroke College were read, the first Master was installed, and the first Fellows and Scholars were duly admitted. He died in January 1630 and was buried under the chancel of the church. No flowery epitaph marks his resting place, but the last years of this unassuming country parson must have been cheered and lightened by the thought of a great philanthropic ambition achieved. Such were the two men who founded our College three and a half centuries ago. Today their austere 17th century portraits look down upon us as we assemble daily in Hall contemplating, we trust not too adversely, the community their efforts did so much to establish. G.R.F.B. THE MIDDLE COMMON ROOM President: J. K. Withrington. Secretary: R. A. M. Ross. The Middle Common Room has 70 — 80 members and provides a meeting place for graduates in the form of a conversation room, where newspapers are provided and where coffee and other drinks are obtainable. The M.C.R. organises one or two dinners in college every term. These dinners have proved very successful, and especially on Ladies' Nights have brought together many married graduates and others whose visits to the college are otherwise infrequent. Negotiations are at present being undertaken with the S.C.R. to provide a Graduate Reading Room. J.K.W.
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THE JUNIOR COMMON ROOM President: R. J. de Ste Croix. Secretary: N. C. Jackson. Treasurer: J. D. Fisher. A year of world-wide student agitation has not left Oxford, or Pembroke, entirely untouched. The newly formed Student Council, to which each College elects representatives, has already made its presence felt with reports on syllabus reform and university discipline. Within Pembroke itself a joint J.C.R., M.C.R., S.C.R. liaison committee now meets twice a term a few days before the Governing Body meeting. The need for more public rooms has been much discussed, and thanks to a very generous grant from the College it is hoped that a sumptuous subterranean bar will be built in the present 'submarine' in the near future. J.C.R. meetings continue to be well attended and motions have included one canvassing the idea of making Pembroke co-educational, and another demanding that the J.C.R. buy a tortoise as an attraction for our tourists. We have also, during the year, welcomed the Bursar and the Dean to the Common Room where they answered members' questions. Ladies hours have been extended to midnight and a late key system has been introduced. However, it is whispered that the more agile among us have not abandoned more traditional means of gaining entry to the College. R. J. de STE C. THE PEMBROKE PLAYERS The Society continued its weekly playreadings during the Trinity Term. While all were enjoyable, the programme ranged from a highly successful reading of "Billy Liar" to a near disastrous one of "The Merry Wives of Windsor." Our Trinity Term production this year was Shakespeare's "Henry 1V Part 1" for which we joined with Corpus Owlets. It was produced by Richard de Ste Croix in the seventh week in the Chapel Quad. While perhaps lacking the quality of an exclusively Pembroke production, I think we gained from co-operation with Corpus' enthusiastic Dramatic Society. Our Cuppers production this Michaelmas Term has been J. P. Donleavy's "Peach Shoes." P.K.M.L. Officers for the year were: — President: I. R. Ferguson. Sectetary: P. K. M. Longley. Treasurer: R. J. de Ste Croix.
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PEMBROKE COLLEGE DARKROOM 1967-8 The continued success of the College Darkroom may be partly attributed to the fact that the management of its affairs is placed entirely in the hands of one J.C.R. member (this year Mr. John Skeels). Certainly a major reason for the enthusiasm shown for Pembroke's Darkroom is that, with Nuffield Darkroom being converted back to a broom cupboard, Christ Church Darkroom fighting off its debtors, and St. Catherine's being too far from the centre of Oxford, Pembroke offers virtually the only Darkroom facilities for undergraduates in the whole of Oxford. Now that it commands such influence over Oxford's photographers, the Darkroom is about to take the bold step of converting its equipment for colour work in the hope that editors of university publications, which at present exhibit an abysmally low standard of photographic technique, may be persuaded to follow suit. A visual record of college events is in the process of being compiled. At present only one entry has been made — a remarkable photograph of a second year man's collection of empty fruit pie boxes. But there are many more serious college activities which it is hoped to record, and perhaps by this time next year we shall have a full photographic record of the full year's activities at Pembroke. J.R.S. EIGHTS WEEK BALL, 1968 The 1968 Eights Week Ball was very successful, the star attractions being P. P. Arnold and John Maya11, while supporting groups and cabaret artists in various parts of the college provided varied entertainment for all. This year the Ball will take place on 31st May. We expect to provide a similarly varied programme of entertainments, though at the time of writing it is not possible to give details. A breakfast will be provided included in the double ticket, which costs 5 guineas, and other refreshments will be available. Tickets and sitting out rooms (the latter are always scarce) may be ordered from me as early as possible. Please come. We're sure you will enjoy it. M. R. HEDDY. THE MUSIC SOCIETY The Music Society has never had a formal existence, and so has no officers. During 1968 one concert was mounted, of Baroque Chamber Music, given in Chapel on 12th May. With the arrival of a new Organ Scholar, Richard Peaver, the generations change, and we look forward to a continuation of musical life in Pembroke. D.L.
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THE BLACKSTONE SOCIETY At the last meeting of the Blackstone Society the retiring Committee consisting of Mr. R. J. de Ste Croix (President). Mr. A. A. Goymer (Secretary), and Mr. J. A. D. Watters (Treasurer) handed over to the present Committee for the academic year 1968-9. The Officers of this Committee are: President: Mr. G. W. Edwards. Secretary: Mr. P. Cuthbertson. Treasurer: Mr. I. D. A. Russell. During the academic year 1967-8 one meeting was held per term. The guest speaker in Michaelmas Term was Mr. Jacobs, a solicitor, who gave an enlightening account of his side of the profession. Hilary Term saw the return of the Irishmen and a debate was held between University College Dublin Law Society and the Blackstone Society. The highlight of the year probably came in Trinity Term when the Annual Dinner was held in the Wetherley Room. The Society's guests at the Dinner were Mr. Justice Bridge, Professor R. F. V. Heuston, Mr. J. R. P. O'Brien and Mr. J. M. Eekelaar. The present Committee wish to thank the retiring Committee, especially the ex-Secretary, for all their work on behalf of the Society. P.C. BEAUMONT SOCIETY President. W. F. M. Horsley. A period of inactivity is recorded for the Society over recent terms, but it is confidently expected that a resurgence of life will take place during Trinity Term 1969, beginning with a paper from J. E. Havard on some aspect of the competing claims of science and religion. W.F.M.H. CHESS CLUB Secretary: January — October, T. D. Harding. October — A. H. Smith. Pembroke I, won the inter-College League; Pembroke II were also in the first division, but were forcibly relegated on account of a new rule which does not allow second teams in the first division. We were beaten in the final of Cuppers by Jesus, drawing 3-3 but lost on board count. A.H.S.
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SPORTING ACTIVITIES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
Hilary Term 1968:
Captain: K. V. Vaughan. Secretary: R. Corbett. Treasurer: I. D. Cormack.
Michaelmas Term 1968: Captain: I. D. Cormack. Secretary: J. Quarmby. In contrast to Michaelmas Term 1967, Hilary Term 1968 was a poor one for the Rugger Club, with few games being won, and with the defeat by Balliol (9-3) in the first round of Cuppers. However, the gaiety and unhibited merriment of the annual dinner went a long way towards making up for the failings on the field. In Michaelmas Term 1968 the College was most unfortunate to be relegated from Division I after only one season there. All the league defeats were very narrow, and the College even managed to run St. Edmund Hall close for most of the game. 1968 Senior Trials. I. D. Cormack; J. Quarmby; K. C. Vaughton. P. D. Burge; K. de M. Price. Final Trial: T. D. Cormack; K. de M. Price. I.D.C.
FOOTBALL CLUB
1968-9 Captain: L. Morgan. Secretary: D. C. Rikert. Treasurer: T. A. Brydon. The Club has enjoyed a reasonably successful year in the League competition, finishing fourth in the First Division championship. The team played consistently, but always slightly disappointingly, its best performance being in the game in which it deprived Exeter College of the League championship. The second team finished second in the First Division of the Second team League. Congratulations must be given to Alan Soulsby who became the first Pembroke man for many years to win a Soccer Blue. L.M.
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BOAT CLUB
1968-9 Captain: M. C. Berry. Secretary: T. E. Green. Treasurer: K. E. 0' Riordan. The fortunes of the Boat Club were somewhat varied during the course of the year. The 1st Torpid VIII went up one place overall and so finished at 10th place on the river, though the 2nd Torpid VIII went down three places. During summer Eights the first VIII suffered badly from an initial lack of people prepared to spend much time on training, and by the time a crew had been assembled it was too late to achieve much. The VIII went down four places. The 2nd VIII on the other hand showed commendable enthusiasm and went up two places, eventually finishing at 37th position. M.C.B. CRICKET CLUB
Trinity Term 1968: Captain: R. J. de Ste Croix. Secretary: L. Morgan. Pembroke Cricket Club had a term of mixed fortunes. Most of our recognised first team players were involved with Finals, thus forcing us to play a weak side in our ordinary matches. However we managed to tempt our third-year players to appear in our Cuppers side and we had great success in this competition, reaching the semi-final. However the date of this crucial match was arranged so that it coincided with certain members' School obligations, and so Pembroke's depleted team lost to New College. One hopes that we shall have a stronger influx of Freshmen this year to remedy the misfortunes of 1968. A. B. SAYERS, (Captain 1969).
HOCKEY CLUB
Officers of the Club: Captain: R. 0. Clarke. Secretary: A. B. Sayers. D. J. Stevens. Our successful run in Cuppers in 1967 was followed by a frustrating season in Hilary Term, 1968, when Pembroke were deprived of winning their division by a technical mistake by the League Secretary —
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not by their inability. However, in Michaelmas Term, 1968, the team made up for this by getting to the final of the University 6-a-sides competition with a fine display. In Cuppers we went out to the perennial holders, Corpus Christi, by 2-1, after two resounding victories earlier on. Nevertheless, next Term we shall, at last, win our division. R. 0. Clarke and D. J. Stevens played regularly for the O.U. Occasionals this year, as did K. Gibson. R.O.C.
ATHLETICS CLUB
1968-9 Committee: M. Silverberg, I. D. Tinsley, J. McLaverty, J. F. Shemilt. We have declined to a lowness at which some teams disappear from inter-college athletics. In May we were eliminated from Cuppers in the first round. In the inter-college relays in October we were relegated to the third division. Yet the College has athletes who could form a strong team for the next Athletics Cuppers. Most of our track athletes are running again and other sports are taking care of our field athletes. With our cross-country runners strong desires have been followed by strong performances. The system of inter-college races was revised for the Michaelmas Term and in the new league Pembroke was placed in the second of two divisions. But our numerous and determined team have improved quickly. We finished sixth in the 1968 crosscountry Cuppers and won a League race later in November against good opposition from University College. We hope to be promoted to the first division after the two remaining league races. University representatives have been: — W. J. Angerson: 3rd cross-country team, Michaelmas Term 1968. Centipedes, Trinity Term 1968. J. Birkin: R. M. Ford: 3rd cross-country team, Michaelmas Term 1968. J. F. Shemilt: Freshmen v. Cambridge, cross-country, February 1968; Centipedes v. Cambridge, 3 miles, May 1968; 1st team v. London University, 3,000 metres, May 1968; Relays team v. Cambridge, 1 mile, November 1968; 1st cross-country team v. Cambridge, December 1968. J.F.S.
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SQUASH RACQUETS Captain: R. C. Procter. Secretary: S. P. C. Clarke. Squash got off to a bad start in 1968 with Pembroke being knocked out of Cuppers in the first round by Merton, and although Squash is a fairly dormant sport in the summer the League Competition was our aim. We succeeded in rising to the Third Division by coming top in the Fourth. The following played among others: — R. C. Procter; R. S. Hallam; R. J. de Ste Croix; W. F. M. Horsley; S. P C Clarke; D J. Stevens; D. B. Dale. R.C.P.
THE DOMESTIC STAFF During the past year the College has been saddened by the death of no less than four of its domestic staff, three of whom were still in the service of the College. REGINALD CLIFFORD ("Reggie") HUNT came to the College in 1912 and left to join the Forces in 1914. After serving right through the War he returned to Pembroke in 1918. He was first on what is now No. 10 Staircase and then, from 1928 until his retirement, was in charge of the College baths. Ready to turn his hand to any task entrusted to him, and to carry it out with characteristic thoroughness, his cheerful personality will long be remembered by hundreds of Pembroke men. After his retirement to Weymouth he used from time to time to revisit the College where he was always sure of a warm welcome. HILDA PULLEN joined the kitchen staff in 1951 and in 1962 was transferred to No. 2 Staircase in the Front Quadrangle. When York House in St. Aldates was acquired by the College and opened as an annexe she was put in charge and carried out the responsibilities of her independent command faithfully and well. NORMAN EDWARD READ came to us in 1938 and after five years' service in the Second World War returned to Pembroke. Throughout his time with the College he was in charge of the Hall. From first to last he took an immense personal pride in his task and the scoured
PEMBROKE SOCIETY DINNER, July 5, 1968
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floors and polished tables of the Pembroke Hall have been admired by countless visitors and must have been the envy of many of our sister Colleges. He has left behind him a splendid standard for his successors to maintain. DULCIE TURNER'S family, the Pricketts, have been connected with Pembroke for generations, during which they lived in a seventeenth century house in Beef Lane. Here she worked for many years as laundress to the Fellows and to the Buttery, and even after she and her husband took over the Almshouse Staircase and the Salt Guest Room she continued to carry out much of the finer laundry work for the Senior Common Room and the Hall. I remember well my concern at having to break to her the news that her family home must be pulled down to make room for the North Quadrangle. She accepted the decision with cheerful resignation. That it was for the benefit of the College was good enough for her. In setting out these brief notes, covering as they do so many years of devoted service to the College, we who worked with them here put on record our sorrow at their departing and our gratitude for all they did for Pembroke. G.R.F.B.