St Edmund Hall Magazine 1993-94 by St Edmund Hall

St Edmund Hall Magazine

.AULA ST.I EDMUNDI. IN UNIVERSITATE OXON.

1993-94

ST EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE VOL. XIV. No. 4

October 1994

A NON-EDITORIAL ALAS, IAN SCARGILL has decided that the time has come to lay down the burdens of the editorship after eight years in the post. People have been diffident about putting themselves forward to step into such shoes. The present number is being put together by an inexperienced novice (the Principal), a very old hand (Graham Midgley), and put in a form legible for the printer by Keith Hatton. We hope that apologies, while they cannot bring satisfaction, will at least ward off anger. There has, for instance, been less than adequate information on graduate and undergraduate activities. In the meantime, perhaps you could join us in happy memories of !an's editorship, and sorrow at its passing. Many appreciative letters have come in over the last few years, commenting on the Magazine's excellence.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL in the course of the summer, and we had a memorial service in College on Saturday, 20 November, following the scattering of his ashes in the graveyard. His widow, Ann, came over for the ceremony and stayed in college for a few days. His obituary appeared in our last number. On a more cheerful note: David Yardley, our first Law Fellow, who held that position from 1953 to 1974, received a knighthood in the New Year's Honours List, and our Honorary Fellow, John Daniel, Vice-Chancellor of the Open University, was similarly honoured later in the year. Professor David Pettifor, Sir Peter Hirsch's successor as Isaac Wolfson Professor of Metallurgy and Material Science, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Professor Mark Child has been elected to the Coulson Chair in Theoretical Chemistry, thus bringing to an end twenty-eight years as a Tutorial Fellow. This year we have three other retirements. John Cowdrey retires after thirty-eight years as a Fellow. He is the last of the foundation HARRY IRVING DIED

Fellows on the Governing Body, having served as Chaplain, Secretary of the Governing Body, Deputy Dean and Archivist, to say nothing of membership of the numerous committees. A few years ago he gave up his university Lectureship and became a Senior Research Fellow, while still teaching for us, and in that period was elected to a Fellowship of the British Academy. The second retirement is that of Francis Rossotti, our senior Chemistry Fellow. He was elected the year after me. That was the first election in which I took part, - a responsibility I have been living with ever since. He was a long-standing member of the old Architectural Committee which oversaw the great building developments of the 1960's and 70's. Every Governing Body needs someone who will be the scourge of committees by attention to detail and research into earlier inconsistencies , and we are looking for a successor to Francis. The third retirement, in this case taken early, is that of Ken Segar, our German Fellow since 1966. Ken has been Dean of Degrees, in which role he was famou s for his sometimes Italianate, sometimes Germanic, Latin addresses to the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors. He has also served as Secretary of the Governing Body, Tutor for Graduates and Senior Tutor, and has been active in various reform movements over the years, most with regard to our complex machinery of government. It is always sad losing Fellows, especially those of long standing, but one of the attractive sides to college life is that contact is rarely lost, and these three having served long sentences will continue to be attached as Emeritus Fellows. Bill Miller, who last year accepted election to an Honorary Fellowship, was in the autumn inducted into the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors, and so now, when in Oxford, is to be seen in the magnificent Renaissance-style courtier's gown. He went through the ceremony with proper dignity, but was not allowed the Latin flourish of his induction as Honorary Fellow. His benefaction is already supporting the William R. Miller Fellow in Biochemistry, Dr Ferguson, and two William R. Miller graduate award-holders. In the course of the year, we elected the first William R. Miller Research Fellow, Dr Marc Knight, who will take up his position in October. The Steinway Model B piano (a gift from Robert Venables mentioned last year) has already proved its value. We have had a number of excellent concerts, and our current pianists have been stimulated 2

to discover greater gifts than they or we had suspected. It has also helped us to attract a professional pianist, Ms Donna Stoering, to become Artist in Residence. She will give us two concerts each year, and is proposing to run some Master Classes for some of our instrumentalists. Robert has also given us money for some choral awards for the next few years. This has already had a considerable effect on the choir. It has not yet brought any noticeable improvement to the singing in the bar. For the first time we won both the league and cuppers in Netball, and the Rugby League cuppers. On the river, Torpids was washed out; in Eights the men's second eight went up four places, as did the women's first, -a boat clearly out of its class, as they only needed to pass Donnington Bridge on the last day, and not far past then. The first eight went up two places and are now lying third. As we have two good oarsmen coming up next year and are probably only losing two of this year's eight, next year should be exciting. I should like once more to express appreciation to the Friends of St Edmund Hall Boat Club whose help, not only financial but in coaching and advice, has done wonders for morale. Sir Keith Thomas duly gave the third A. B. Emden Lecture, which was very well attended. Indeed, we needed one of the larger lecture rooms to accommodate the audience. Next year we shall have the Reverend Leonard Boyle, Librarian of the Vatican Library, whose title has not yet been decided. One occasion this year which must be mentioned is the lunch party at Wells organised by Michael and Hilary Cansdale. The party was on a Saturday and old members and their families were invited. Officially it was a West Country party, though the presence of a couple from Greenwich made me doubt the Cansdales' grasp of geography. Despite that, the occasion was most successful, and opening it to families seems to have ensured both greater attendance (about 80 all told) than one might have expected, and a more relaxed atmosphere. Not everywhere quite matches Wells for beauty and interest, and not many places can offer a venue for lunch comparable to the Vicars' Hall; but the format was excellent, and we should be pleased to give what help we can to anyone who is prepared to organise a similar event. If we are lucky, the Magazine will be out rather earlier this year, but although in that case it will be premature, may I wish you all a happy Christmas and New Year. Justin Gosling 3

PRIVATEYESATION AN EDITORIAL APOLOGY WHEN GEOFFREY BOURNE-TAYLOR joined

us as Bursar, a rather hasty consultation of his application led to a report which suggested that he had claimed positions and honours which he had never held or earned. This was picked up a month or two later by Private Eye, which, without checking the background, carried some offensive comments about false pretences. At the time the editor thought that to print a correction in the next number, some nine months later, would simply be to stir the matter up again to a mystified readership. Since Private Eye returned to the theme in May this year, we think it is time to set the record straight. Mr Bourne-Tay lor made no false claims to any position or honour, nor were those appointing him under any illusions on those scores, and we should like to apologise to him for the pain and embarrassment caused by our false report.

SENIOR COMMON ROOM NEWS has written a number of encyclopaedia articles and has given a paper to the Philosophical Society at the University of Sussex on "Conceptual Priorities and Such-Like Things". Dr P. J. Collins arrived in China under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and departed on Mao's State Train, through the Gobi Desert. He attended Council Meetings of Europa Nostra in Cardiff and Strasbourg where major concerns, on which action is being taken through the European Union, were the fragility of the landscapes of European valleys and the unfavourable VAT treatment for repairs and maintenance of historic buildings. Mr D. A. Wyatt gave a paper for the Copenhagen Institute of Legal Science in Copenhagen on 3 June entitled "Socio-Economic Fact Briefing of the European Court of Justice". Mr Wyatt will be visiting the Law Faculty of the University of Helsinki to deliver a paper and lead a seminar on "The Free Movement of Goods in the European Community". The visit is sponsored by the law firm Clyde and Co. Dr S. J. Ferguson lectured in Munich and San Diego. Dr N. E. Cronk has been Visiting Professor this year at the Universite de Paris Ill (Sorbonne Nouvelle). He has lectured at the THE PRINCIPAL

Maison Franc;aise in Oxford, at the Institut Franc;ais in London, and at Birkbeck College. Dr D. Phillips has been on leave in Trinity Term 1994. He has spent time in Israel as guest of the Ministry of Education and in Japan as a guest of Waseda University. He gave papers at conferences and meetings in San Diego, Grenoble, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Sankelmark (Schleswig-Holstein). Mr D. I. Scargill has spent the year 1993/94 on sabbatical leave pursuing his interests in the geography of France. He gave evidence on behalf of the Oxford Preservation Trust at the public inquiry into the Oxford City Local Plan. Professor M. S. Child visited China in October 1993 to lecture at workshops for young Chinese scientists at the University of Science and Technology, which was transferred from Beijing to Hefei in Anhui province at the cultural revolution. He climbed the Yellow Mountains of Huangsan - a series of stone steps up to 5000 feet. Mr J. P. D. Dunbabin gave a talk at D. C. Watt's retirement conference in London on "International History at Oxford since the 1920s" during the Long Vacation of 1993. He had a memorable holiday in southern Alaska in a (relative) heat-wave. Less pleasantly, he had much work in connection with the preparation of sub-faculty reading lists. During Michaelmas Term 1993 he was on leave. Most of his time was spent proof-reading and last minute revisions for publication, but leaving a little time for reading with a view to settling on future research topics. In Trinity Term 1994 he was an examiner for the M.Phil. in International Relations. Dr S. Watson won the Handicapped Doubles in the Ernst & Young National Interclub Real Tennis Tournament held at More ton Morrell, Warwickshire, with his partner, Rupert Wright. His club, the Oratory, also won the team trophy. He was also invited to join the International Union of Pharmacology Committee on Drug and Receptor Classification. Mr M. D. E. Slater continued editorship of Oxford Economic Papers. He taught again at Oxford University Business Summer School. He advised one of the participants in the recent Monopolies and Mergers Commission Report on the Gas Industry. Mr R. J. Whittaker has been awarded a Leverhulme Grant to investigate "Factors Limiting the 'Keystone' Attributes of Fig Trees in 5

Tropical Forests". He continues his journeys to Kraleatau and West Java to research into rain forest and tropical forest recovery from disturbance. Sir Denis Wright in September will be sailing round the Black Sea (as he did in 1992) as one of three lecturers on a Swan Hellenic cruise - touching, inter alia, at Constanza the Romanian port where he began his married life and Foreign Office career in 1939. He has been busy during the year in writing a number of biographical articles for Columbia University's Encyclopedia Iranica. H. E. J. Cowdrey has given lectures at Cluny and at Houston. R. E. Alton (Emeritus Fellow) still enjoys being Dean of Degrees, still edits The Review of English Studies, and is still a member of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examinations Board. E. G. Midgley (Emeritus Fellow), being now "half as old as time," plans to visit Jordan in the autumn and ride to the rose-red city and other notable ruins. N. C. Pollock (Emeritus Fellow): To escape winter cold we decided to go to Malta for three weeks in January. We stayed in Rabat-Mdina in the middle of the island high on a limestone ridge, and from our hotel balcony we looked out over tiny fields, farmhouses and small towns to the Valetta conurbation some 7 miles away, and rimmed by the sea, walking in the cold sunny weather, and enjoying exploring the old quarters of Rabat and Mdina. Sir David Yardley (Emeritus Fellow) has lectured in Salzburg, Mexico City, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Berlin and Lisbon. He will retire from the Commission for Local Administration in England in October. The Librarian, Deborah Baton, gave a recital of eighteenth century Italian songs, Haydn, Schubert and Berlioz in Wolfson Hall at the beginning of March.

AGE CANNOT WITHER THEM! busier during the last eighteen months than is proper for an octogenarian - taking part in the commemoration of two centenaries and also of an event that took place four hundred years ago. The first of the centenaries was that of Wilred Owen. He was born at Oswestry, but his formative years were spent in Birkenhead where his father was station-master. Some years later I became a governor of his old school and I led a campaign to use the money collected for a memorial to Owen to establish a library of modem poetry. As a I HAVE BEEN

result of this and of my meeting his closest school friend and my friendship with his best editor, Jon Stallworthy, I was called upon to give lectures, readings, and a television broadcast, arrange an exhibition, and be a judge of a competition of poems and prose about the First World War. The event that took place in 1593 was the death of Christopher Marlowe in a Deptford tavern, not far from my birthplace. As I had written and lectured on Marlowe, the Marlowe Society of America invited me to give the main paper at a conference at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. I sought to prove that Marlowe, though generally regarded an as atheist, was in fact a follower of Francis Kett, who was burnt at the stake at Norwich for denying the divinity of Christ and for telling the outraged Bishop that the persecution of heretics was itself heretical since it violated the obvious teaching of the Parable of the Tares. Both Owen and Marlowe had been intended for Holy Orders, but they had abandoned the intention for similar reasons. I found another link between the two poets: while I was preparing my paper I realised that Owen had derived his famous device of pararhyme from a single speech in The Jew of Malta. The other centenary was that of a famous Hispanist, E. Allison Peers, whom I knew and admired in his last years. Since my retirement twenty years ago, I have devoted most of my time to the translation of plays of the Golden Age of Spanish drama, trying to extend the repertory by choosing plays not hitherto available in English, all except one being by Calder6n. For this reason I was invited to contribute an article to a festschrift for Geoffrey Ribbans, Peer's successor in Liverpool and also to the volume in celebration of Peers. Peers had an alter ego, Bruce Truscot, whose books on Redbrick University did much to stimulate discussion about the future of university education. Truscot left unfinished a revealing autobiography, and one of its two editors is Ann L. Mackenzie who has been my collaborator in our translations of Calder6n. Kenneth Muir (matric. 1926) Honorary Fellow

THE REVEREND JOHN COWDREY RETIREMENT DINNER great sense of continuity at the dinner given to mark the Reverend John Cowdrey's retirement. Nearly thirty of his former THERE WAS A

students and colleagues gathered together to celebrate his thirty eight years as a history tutor at St Edmund Hall. They ranged from his first pupils back in the fifties to students who graduated in the nineties, but all were united in their appreciation of Mr Cowdrey as not only an excellent history tutor but also an exceptionally kind man. The dinner was held in the Old Dining Hall on a warm summer evening in July. The continuity was emphasised by the fact that Mr Cowdrey's predecessor the Reverend John McManners and his successor David Wey joined his colleagues John Dunbabin and Blair Worden and the Principal at the dinner. After a delicious meal of melon, haddock mornay, escalope of veal and chocolate and orange mousse, the serious business of the evening began. Roger Farrand, one of Mr Cowdrey's early students gave an excellent speech. Describing John Cowdrey as 'the conscience of the college' he captured the Christian kindness of the man. Mr Farrand illustrated this by explaining how when he was suffering from pre-finals stress his tutor took him on a walking holiday. In a humorous speech Mr Farrand also outlined the career of John Cowdrey the international scholar. He has written six books and more than 25 articles covering the Crusades, the Abbey of Cluny in France, Medieval Popes , Bede, the Anglo-Normans and the Bayeux Tapestry. Mr Farrand compared him to a character in a David Lodge novel for his frequent attendance at international conferences. However it was pointed out Mr Cowdrey unlike the fictional figure used his forays overseas to pursue academic excellence and not women. After this speech Bob Breese, representing the St Edmund Hall Association presented retirement presents of an eighteenth century print of Oxford and a picture of St Peter's in the East (which Mr Cowdrey had been so instrumental in turning into the college library). In response Mr Cowdrey set his career at the Hall in the wider context of the study of history in the college since the days of Thomas Hearne. The humanity of this particular Aularian historian came across as he described the college as a Commonwealth of friendship where lasting relationships developed between members of the J.C.R. and S.C.R. He said he had enjoyed and learnt from talking to his undergraduates. From the warmth of the applause there could be no doubt his former students and colleagues reciprocated those feelings of friendship and wish him a long and fulfilling retirement. Rachel Trethewey 8

APPOINTMENTS c. E. PHELPS, who has been Acting Dean, has succeeded Dr Reed as Dean. Professor Alien Walker Read (Rhodes Scholar 1928-31) has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship. Professor Read was for many years a professor at Columbia University. In 1986 he received the Distinguished Scholar Award of the American Dialect Society, and in 1987 was President of the Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States. He was awarded a D.Litt by the University of Oxford in 1987. Dr S. C. Hurley resigned her Fellowship with effect from 31 March 1994 on her appointment to a Chair in Philosophy at the University of Warwick. Professor M. S. Child has been appointed to the Coulson Chair of Theoretical Chemistry in the University of Oxford with effect from 1 October 1994. The Chair is associated with a Fellowship at University College which, sadly for the Hall, takes Mark to the other side of the High Street. Dr Marc Robert Knight has been appointed to a William R. Miller Junior Research Fellowship. Ms Donna Stoering has accepted the position of Artist in Residence for a period of two years in the first instance. The following have been newly appointed to Lecturships in the coming academic year: Mrs Henrietta Leyser (Medieval History), Dr Timothy Chappell (Philosophy), Mr J. Herring (Law). DR

HONOURS AND AWARDS THE MAGAZINE CONGRATULATES:

D. P. Aharoni on the award of the Field Fisher Waterhouse Prize for the best performance in EC Law in the Honour School of Jurisprudence. S. A. Henderson on the award of the Edgell Sheppee Prize for the best performance in Management in the proj ect, in the Honour School of Engineering, Economics and Management. W. R. Miller (Honorary Fellow) on his appointment as a member of the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors. B. G. Hughes on the award of a Turbutt prize for practical organic chemistry. 9

Miss G. D. Redpath on winning the Winter Williams Law Essay Prize and on being awarded a book prize in the Gibbs Prize Law Examinations. Miss A. C. Howard on being given an award for meritorious work in the Winter Williams Law Essay Prize. Dr D. C. M. Yardley (Emeritus Fellow) on the award of a knighthood in the New Year Honours, for service to local government. Dr S. J. Ferguson (Fellow and Tutor in Biochemistry), on his appointment to an ad hominem readership by the University of Oxford. Dr J. C. Wilkinson (1954) on his appointment to an ad hominem readership in Geography by the University of Oxford. Professor David Pettifor, Isaac Wolfson Professor of Metallurgy, on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society. David Pettifor's work is on the structure, at an atomic level, of metals and alloys. Sir John Daniel, on the award of a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours, and on being awarded an Hon. LL.D. by the University of Waterloo, Canada, and an Hon. D.Sc. by the Open University of Sri Lanka.

GIFTS TO THE COLLEGE THE GOVERNING BODY acknowledges with gratitude the gifts made

to the College during the past year: The Ramsay family have given the College a garden seat in memory of Dr G. D. Ramsay. This seat has been placed in the paved area outside the J.C.R. The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers have given two apple trees, "Sparton" and "St Edmund's Pippin" which have been planted in the graveyard. From the estate of the late Professor H. M. N. H. Irving, £1000 for the purchase of wine for the S.C.R., in memory of his first wife, Monica Mary Irving. Dr Anne Irving has given the College a further £1000 for the benefit of the Chapel. From the estate of the late Professor James Dunlap, $50000. Mr Robert Venables has given £600 per annum for Choral Scholarships up to and including Trinity Term 1996. Mr James Holleyhead (1975) has presented a St Edmund Pippin tree. Dr Kelly has purchased for the College the Tindle backdrop that hangs in the Wolfson Hall. 10

The Yen G. B. Timms (1930) has given new hymn books for use in the Chapel. Warm thanks are due to the St Edmund Hall Association for the following grants: £1000 to the Graham Hamilton Travel Fund. £100 towards publication costs of A Guide for Freshmen and Freshwomen. £200 to the Boat Club towards the cost of the new coaching launch. £250 for a noiseless piano for the Organ Scholar's room. £500 towards a noiseless organ for the same Organ Scholar's room. £100 towards the purchase of dictionaries for the M.C.R.

FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE J.C.R. President: Alice Clay Steward: Howard Cazin Secretary: Bryony Boxer

back through past issues of the Hall Magazine in the hope of gleaning some tips on the writing of J.C.R. reports from my predecessors, it was borne in on me what a very active student body the Hall has traditionally been. This year has been no exception, and it was even more encouraging to see students participating, not only in those areas in which the Hall has traditionally won renown, but in a number of "newer" activities. Individual Aularians have been prominent across the University. Ex J.C.R. President Akaash Maharaj spent the year as the Sabbatical President of O.U.S.U., while Elaine Glaser was eo-Chair of the University Women's Group. Meanwhile several Hall members kept up our reputation for journalism both by contributing articles to and providing subject matter for Oxford newspapers. Despite an excess of thespians from College last year, our theatrical tradition has also been maintained with two Aularians serving on the O.U.D.S. Committee: and both behind the scenes and treading the boards, our efforts have been prominent. Appropriately enough, the college will also be hosting part of the Hot Air Shakespeare Festival this summer with the unmentionable Scottish play being performed in the suitably eerie setting of the graveyard. Not to be outdone, the Opera Society Presidency will remain in Aularian hands for the second year running after the barnstorming success of the largely Hallproduced "Marriage of Figaro" in Hilary Term. Last, but by no AS I LOOKED

means least, there has been an impressive level of participation by both men and women in university teams, several as captains, and the air has been painted Blue by cries of "Hall!" Corporately, then, the Hall is more than playing its part on the university scene. But it has also been excellent to see more students becoming involved in activities within the College. Freshers were welcomed with a full week's induction for the first time- a successful experiment which will unfortunately not be repeated next year and there was an impressive involvement from first years from the start. On the sports field, the Hall continued to justify its glowing reputation. Despite a quarter-finals departure from Cuppers for the rugby team, they emerged top of the rugby league, and both the netball and football first teams stormed to victory when they won their leagues. On the river, "messing about in boats" may have been on the agenda for some crews, but both men's and women's Eights distinguished themselves. Torpids proved a frustrating wash-out as rain drowned our high hopes, but in Summer Eights both the Women's 1st VIII and the Men's 2nd VIII won blades and the men's First Boat reached third place in the top division. Meanwhile, in a rare but welcome departure from tradition the Syndicate remained fully clothed while holding the crowds entranced with their dancing. The Hall performed well in many other sports as ever - this is just a taste. Meanwhile, other college activities also flourished. After the financial problems of last year's Bearly a Ball, the Hall Ball had to make good. Despite rain, the organisers managed somehow not only to ensure that a good time was had by all, but that enough profit was made to pay off all last year's debts- impressive indeed. This was only one of the events which helped us maintain our reputation for providing good entertainment: the Christmas dinner, boosted by lusty singing from the assembled throng, was also a boisterous but enjoyable occasion. The prize for exceptional singing, however has to go to Anna Rentoul - last year's President - who enlivened the post-dinner revue by entertaining the troops with her rendition of "I have survived", clad, decorously, in more than just a bit of bikini. It was a rare note of encouragement to her successors. Musical activity was not limited to the loud and pulsing, however, as the chapel choir went from strength to strength, and the Aularian singers produced three major concerts including the Mozart Requiem. The introduction of choral scholarships will no doubt further this flourishing of musical activity. The College Music 12

Society also held a number of excellent concerts featuring a range of music written and performed by both students and professionals. On occasion these even drowned the strains issuing from the everactive bar. In the meantime, JCR posts have continued to fall into the hands of women. Although the creation of a Men's Officer may do something to redress this bizarre balance (doubly so, since the first year intake of women was unusually low this year), the ratio currently stands at 4:1. What this means is unclear ... The College Women's Group has flourished with regular meetings and fortnightly lunches. Welcome developments this year have included the Upper Quad scheme, which has transformed the Emden-Kelly area with shrubs and paint, and which saw an encouraging response from undergraduates . A Freshers' handbook is currently planned for next year's Freshers, as well as a parenting scheme, both of which will, we hope, facilitate the transition from school to university. The M.C.R. and J.C.R. are also working at greater co-operation between their committees. The Hall has hit the headlines of the student press on a number of occasions this year, with increasing university-wide concern over rising battels rates and admissions procedure. Financial uncertainty is now affecting both students and college alike, as grants are cut and fees increased. The Hall is no exception, and the imposition of another year of differential battels rates may well prove a divisive issue in the college. At this time it seems particularly important for Senior and Junior members to work and communicate with one another, and the plans to set up an exchange panel of views may go some way to achieving this end. But despite this unease and uncertainty, it has been in many ways a year of which we can justly be proud. The communal Hall spirit has flourished: long may it continue to do so, and good luck to everyone for next year! Floreat Aula! A. C. C. FROM THE MCR OFFICERS has seen a variety of members involved in its activities. First, a record number of five members chose to divide the three available MCR posts among them, thereby ensuring that a considerable percentage of MCR funds was spent on the traditional present after retiring from office: the beermug. After the president in Michaelmas Term decided to take on the heavy responTHIS YEAR'S MCR

sibility of Junior Dean, his replacement was found in the humble undersigned. Given his laziness, two terms of tenure were just bearable for him. Nor was it given to the Steward, Dave Williams, to fulfil the standard three terms of office. After a warm-up first term, cricket activities disguised as academic conferences in the Pacific, demanded his attention. However, he was not missed. It did not take the (again) humble undersigned too long to find an extremely capable and enthusiastic replacement in Doug "Super" Binks. He willingly took time off his duties assisting the Thames Valley Police Force arresting burglars to devote his energies to portcupboards and dinners. Refreshed and rejuvenated the original steward reassumed his duties in Trinity Term. The only officer to complete his three terms of office was the secretary, probably because he had nothing better to do anyway (the World Cup only started after his tenure was over). But, of course, MCR officers do not an MCR make! It art thou, memorable members, unwashed multitudes, cavorting commoners that unfortunately compriseth it. For one, there was our own American-Canadian Dougie McPherson, visual image processing representative, staging a video show every week. Many thanks! The most responsible job within the MCR, though, was taken by our women's officer, Deborah Greaves. There was no female problem on any level she could not handle. Deborah likes this new post so much that she will continue to hold it next year. This year's MCR has seen unprecedented participation by the fourth year linguists, who tried unsuccessfully to lower the traditional high standard of intellectual conversation by their undergraduate prattle. Somehow, though, they seemed to feel at home in the MCR very quickly. Of course, tradition was preserved. All the usual events and dinners took place in orderly fashion, notwithstanding a record consumption of Bacchus wonderstuff. Hopefully, we have started a 'new tradition' in organising termly trips to various beautiful parts of Britain. This year, a group of members went to the Peak District and Wales. Fun was had by all! Rumour has it that next year's trip will be to the adventurous forests of Sri Lanka, where you are cordially invited to stay with Miriam Czech. On the Sporting level the MCR had a sabbatical. Individual members, of course, engaged in various sports at the collegiate and university level, but the MCR as a body was conspicuous by its absence on the sporting grounds. Next year better. In one respect, though, the MCR was not what it used to be. Unfortunately, Mrs Brown could not be with us this year and her absence was keenly felt. Her replacements as MCR butler have done a fine job in providing us with coffee, but with all due respect, Mrs Brown's lively presence and her thorough knowledge of all members and of the college is very hard to replace. It was good to see her attending the Trinity Term Dinner and the Garden Party, for the latter of which she took most of the preparation in hand. We sincerely hope that she will be back in our midst as soon as possible. Jill Pattison took on the presidency in Trinity Term. She has energetically shown that she wants to keep the MCR a lively and active place. The new secr~tary is Rob Dryffe, who, being a thrifty Scotsman, can be trusted with the financial manage-

ment of our society. Dave Williams will continue his stewardship and we all can be sure that he will perform as outstandingly as he did. Shekhar Aiyar Maarten Doude van Troostwijk FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE SEH ASSOCIATION a number of memorable events during the year. Last September there was the splendid birthday party for the three Emeritus Fellows - Reggie Alton, Graham Midgley and Bruce Mitchell. The entertainment by Aularians and the speeches by the three Septuagenarians will long be remembered for the wit and panache displayed throughout the proceedings. It was a great day and my particular thanks go to the key organisers Barrie Shaw and Douglas Botting who went to tremendous lengths to ensure its success. Then at the January London Dinner, John Palmer gave us a most amusing series of reminiscences, a lovely example of humour to inform as well as entertain! Members of the Association also arranged a most enjoyable dinner party for John Cowdrey, to mark his retirement after 38 years as a Fellow of the Hall. At the time of writing, a similar event is planned for Francis Rossotti this coming September. In early June Michael Cansdale organised an informal party at his house in the precincts of Wells Cathedral, to which about 85 Aularians and their families from the West Country came. This was a splendid day despite persistent rain and proved to be a most successful regional gathering. If any Aularian reading this is similarly inspired, do please get in touch with Richard Wade or me and we will be delighted to support your enterprise in any way we can. Members of the Committee have also been laying plans for celebrating the 750th anniversary of the canonisation of our Patron in 1996. We intend there will be visits to the Abbey at Pontigny at Whitsun and again in September '96 with various commemorative celebratory activities designed to appeal to a wide cross-section of Aularians. Specific programme details will be published this time next year. At the Reunion on 25th June last the Committee decided to make grants to: the Graham Hamilton Travel Fund; towards the purchase of a portable (electronic) keyboard with headphones for "nondisturbing" use by the organ scholars; to the Boat Club ; for the purchase of dictionaries for the MCR - reflecting the multinational composition of the MCR today; and for the publication of a Freshers' Guide to St Edmund Hall. The Reunion dinner that evening was one of the larger ones of recent years with 250 Aularians present. The highlight of the evening was the Auction or Roup organised by Richard Wade. Thanks to the generosity of old members, the Hall will have raised from that event the best part of ÂŁ9,000 for the Development Fund. I conclude this note by again appealing to all Aularians to contribute to the Development Fund. We must help the Hall achieve the financial independence it requires to ensure its continued survival without the presence of government funding. Richard Wade's Newsletters have specified the various ways in which we can subscribe to the Development Fund: by 4 year covenant; donations via gift aid; legacies; purchase of memorial stones for the front quad; sending items WE HAVE ENJOYED

worth £100 or more to Phillips the Auctioneers; and so on. A former President of the Association reminded me recently that St Hilda's College, which has now closed its appeal, has raised getting on for £5 million and over one third of this sum was raised by donations from 25 % of the College's alumnae. Over the years only 11% of Aularians have contributed to the Hall appeals, yet most, if not all of us, owe our experience at the University and subsequent success, to the fact that it was Teddy Hall which gave us our place here originally. Surely therefore it is not too much to ask every old member who receives the magazine to make a contribution - remember a very substantial number of modest covenants will collectively add up to a substantial sum over 4 years. For those fortunate enough to be better placed, a slightly larger sum, either as a one off gift aid or repeated over 4 years or more will create collectively an even more substantial sum. Support from old members now will enormously strengthen the Hall's argument when seeking support from outside organisations and individuals whom we hope to persuade to support Fellowships on a bigger scale. Please act now so that we can continue to raise our glasses to ... Floreat Aula! R.J.L.B. CHAPEL IT HAS BEEN a very happy Chapel year with a good sense of worship and fun. This has been due very much to the impact of a larger choir, Huw Morgan, the Organ Scholar, building on the work of his predecessor David Willington, to enable a choir of about twenty regulars and willing to tackle more difficult and complicated anthems. The continuing development of this renewed choral tradition has been placed on a firmer foundation with the provision of four choral scholarships by Mr Robert Venables, another of his splendid gifts to the College's musical life. Also, the Revd George Timms, has given us a magnificent gift of a set of the New English Hymnal, of which he is editor. The new range of lighting in Chapel has paid off handsomely, especially during the gloomier winter evenings and together with the completion of the redecorations we now have a brighter setting to match the worship. Gifts from various sources but especially from old members have realised £1400 towards the refurbishment of the woodwork in Chapel. This is now enough to go ahead with the much needed essential repairs to panelling and stalls but the envisaged new rails for the front stalls will have to wait. At a time of financial difficulty when the College is inviting help for substantial pressing needs we are very grateful for those gifts towards the Chapel fabric. It is probably a first for Chapel that one of our Chapel Wardens, Alice Clay, was elected President of the JCR at the end of Michaelmas term. Now Steven Fisher is helped by Theresa Weir and together they have brought their distinctive gifts to bear on the organisation of Chapel life. A great highlight in the Hilary term was the confirmation in Chapel of Catharine Field, a final year modern linguist, and Steven Todd-Hall, a first year medic. It was a particularly effective and moving occasion led by Bishop Peter Walker. All who had been confirmed had the opportunity to consider the meaning of their own confirmation while the dignity, grace and joy of the occasion was a welcome testimony to the difference faith can make.

As usual the variety and interest of visiting preachers reached across traditions effectively pointing to the shared inheritance of Christian faith counting the various expressions of it so that both the Revd Michael Barber, US Naval Chaplain, and Bursar of Campion Hall and the Revd Dr Dick France, Principal of Wycliffe Hall, could in similar terms call us to respond to the truth of the gospel by the obedience of faith and discipleship. At the end of this Trinity term we said farewell to the Revd John Cowdrey and Professor Mark Child, Dean of Chapel. They are both faithful supporters of Chapel. We wish them both well, John in his retirement, writing on Gregory VII, and Mark as he moves to Univ. The Chapel year ended with our Trinity term party, in the Churchyard of St Peter in the East, like the year, a good and happy time. Gerald Hegarty ST EDMUND HALL CHAPEL CHOIR for the Chapel Choir was the provision of four Choral Scholarships funded by Robert Venables, who has proved to be very well disposed towards College music. These Scholarships provide a solid nucleus around which a highly competent choir can be built. Credit must be given at this point to David Willington, the departing Organ Scholar, who has built an enthusiastic choir up after several years of Doldrums, and the choir is now flourishing with the help of the Choral Scholars. We have been hampered somewhat this year by an out of commission organ, confining the Choir's repertoire to unaccompanied music. However when the roof and organ were repaired, it emerged that accompanied works were next to impossible, due to the layout of the Chapel. The provision of an Audio-visual link will solve all these problems. The Choir has been kept busy this year, with regular Sunday services, the Patronal Festival service, an excellent Advent Carol Service, and a scattering of services in the crypt of St Peter in the East. The Choir has also performed an important function at a handful of Memorial services. In all, it has been a flourishing year for the Chapel Choir, and the prospects for its future are very encouraging. H.M.

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR

COLLEGE MUSIC this year has been one of the most active in the history of the College. Two major strands can be identified. One involved the activity surrounding the Venables Grand in the Wolfson Hall. The other concerns performances of major choral works under the direction of our Organ Scholars, David Willington and Huw Morgan. The Hall is only just beginning to understand the full potential for musicmaking which Robert Venables' marvellous gift of a Steinway Model B can realise. Christopher Hopkinson, second year undergraduate in German and Czech, inaugurated the new piano with a full scale recital, containing performances of Debussy, Ravel and in particular, Copland (the first sonata). Stuart Estell, first year English undergraduate, together with Peter Lynan, second year MUSICALLY SPEAKING,

music graduate (harpsichord), accompanied Deborah Eaton (Librarian) and Theresa Weir, first year historian, in songs ranging over the whole period of existence of the College. Our Music Lecturer, Tim Jones, performed piano duet with Stephen Devine (St Peter's) of music by Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert . . . . and Tim Jones (premiere of 'When Soft Voices Die'). Of special mention is a recital of piano quintets by Dvorak and Schumann, performed by the American concert pianist and recording artist, Donna Stoering, with the Schidlof Quartet. As heralded elsewhere in this issue, the College is delighted at the appointment of Miss Stoering, as Artist in Residence at the Hall, and looks forward to her wider participation in its musical life. The Aularian Singers, in association with Musica in Ecclesia, an orchestra made up predominantly of Hall instrumentalists, has performed choral works in Exeter and Merton Chapels, including Haydn's Creation (under David Willington) and the Te Deum (under Huw Morgan). Encouraged by the enthusiastic reception of large audiences, there are plans afoot for a German Requiem next year and, in the Sheldonian, Verdi's Requiem in November 1995. Watch this space. Another generous gift from Robert Venables has established for a period of two years, four Choral Scholarships, one for each voice. This has added lustre to our now excellent Chapel Choir, and further enhanced the singing talent upon which College conductors can call. Jim Griffett, tenor and singing teacher, has continued to advise our vocalists and take part in our concerts. Especial warm thanks are due to him this year for giving us a number of scores of Palestrina masses. And the College will not forget the spirited readings of string quartets by Purcell, Mozart and Schubert ('Death and the Maiden') by Tim Corbett-Clark (third year Engineering and Computer Science) with his Cruise Quartet, or joint concert recitals with the University Opera Society, making use of the Tindle back-drop in the Wolfson Hall, and the Venezuelan Society with pianist-composer, Carlos Duarte. During the year, Martin Goodwin and Huw Morgan took over as Presidents of the Music Society from Richard Bratby and David Willington. P.J.C.

RIVKA GOLANI GALA CONCERT is widely recognised as one of the greatest viola players of all time. She plays throughout the world and more than 180 pieces have been composed for her. Ms Golani will be playing at a Special Gala concert at St Edmund Hall on Saturday 3rd December in aid of the Development Fund. The concert will begin at 8.30 pm and will take place in the Wolfson Hall. The provisional programme includes the Schumann Marchenbilder Op 113, the Paganini Sonata per la Gran Viola and a world premiere commissioned from John Rushby-Smith. Tickets are available now from the Development Office at £9.00 each (students £5.00)- cheques payable to St Edmund Hall. A limited number of tickets is available at £50.00 per head for a special RIVKA GOLANI

package to include drinks, a buffet supper (served at 6.30 pm), admission to the concert and dessert after the performance. Tickets for this are also available from the Development Office.

A NEW BOOK OF BENEFACTORS instituted a new Book of Benefactors in which major benefactions received in the twentieth century and thereafter will be duly and gratefully recorded. The previous Book of Benefactors is one of our greatest treasures. It was instituted by either Principal Thomas Tullie (1658-76) or by his successor Stephen Penton (1676-84) at some date after 1673. It opens with benefactions made in and after 1659, when Tullie rebuilt the old dining hall. Its earlier entries, which are superbly written and decorated, include many that record benefactions in connection with Penton's building of the chapel and old library in the 1680's and Principal Thomas Shaw's rehabilitation of the north range of the front quadrangle in the 1740's. Entries petered out in the 1850's, no doubt because gathering uncertainties about the future of the Hall created circumstances in which benefactions were hardly to be hoped for. The Book of Benefactors is of national importance on account of its red-morocco binding, tooled with a sumptuous design of gold floral sprays and borders. The erstwhile attribution of the binding to Roger Bartlett is open to serious objections (see The St Edmund Hall Magazine 7 (1956), 11). For the present, the craftsman concerned must be deemed to be unknown. It would be inappropriate to add new names to the old Book in view of its artistic and historical unity. But the twentieth-century rise of the Hall to new heights, first as the oldest of the Halls and then as a college, calls for a fresh beginning to record the revival of benefactions since about the time of the World War of 1914-18. This has been duly recognised by the St Edmund Hall Association, to which we are indebted for a new Book which can worthily be placed alongside its predecessor. Made, under the watchful eye of Graham Midgley, by Alfred Maltby & Son Ltd of St Michael's Street, Oxford, it is made up of high-quality paper (120gsm cream goatskin parchment). It is hand-sewn and hand-bound in full acid-free goatskin, with marbled end-papers and with head and tail bands, and all edges of leaves are gilt; there are raised spine bands, and the Book is tooled in gold leaf on the spine and boards. It is housed in a buckram-covered slip-case. Entries will be made by a professional calligrapher. They will be retrospective to the earliest of our twentieth-century benefactions. As is surely right, Dr A. B. Emden's name will stand at their head. The new Book of Benefactors which Aularians have generously provided will worthily record the munificence of those who have taken the first steps in advancing the Hall towards an endowment which will match its collegiate status as well as those who will in future years respond to the challenge of building an endowment to ensure its pre-eminence and prosperity in the next millennium. H.E.J.C. THE HALL HAS

THE QUEEN'S LANE FRONT OF THE HALL lN 1887 of the Revd J. S. Reynolds (matric. 1938), the Hall was recently informed about a watercolour, dated 1887, of the Queen's Lane front of St Edmund Hall. It shows how the Hall looked before the insertion of a second vertical set of windows at the north end of the fa<;:ade, while the building to the south of the Principal's Lodgings ri ses almost to the height of the Lodgings themselves. Since we possess no comparable record of the appearance of our west front in late Victorian times, we take the opportunity of printing below a photograph of the watercolour. The artist, who signed at the bottom left-hand corner only by a decorated letter A (or possibly a monogram combining the letters A and F), has not been identified; can anyone shed light? The watercolour is owned by Dr and Mrs T. W. Tinsley, to whom we are most grateful for permission to include a photograph in the Magazine. H.E.J.C. BY THE KINDNESS

THE THOMLINSON BUILDING of this Magazine contained a brief notice of some hitherto unknown letters and other papers of Principal Thomas Shaw (1740-51), now on deposit in the Northumberland County Record Office at Gosforth, which make possible a more precise dating of the buildings at the western end of the north range of the front quadrangle. The letters provide details about how Shaw financed the building work, as well as of the difficulties that he encountered and overcame. As promised, the letters have now been published, with an introductory paper, in Oxoniensia 58 (1993), 287-304. A summary of the paper is as follows:

THE LAST NUMBER

The discovery in an Accounts- and Letter-Book of Robert Thomlinson, who was the main benefactor of St Edmund Hall during the reconstruction of the north range of its front quadrangle during the 1740s, of a series of letters and other items from Thomas Shaw, then principal of the Hall, has made possible a precise dating of the stages in which the work was undertaken. The eastern half of the range was refurbished by Shaw in 1741, largely at his own expense. The construction of the western half, thereafter known as the Thomlinson Building, was begun in 1746 and was essentially complete by the end of 1747. In conjunction with St Edmund Hall's Book of Benefactors, Shaw's papers show how he raised the funds to complete the Thomlinson Building, as well as the problems that he encountered. There are details of the building costs. Shaw's letters also make clear the significance for the building work of the Oxford University Almanackfor 1747, which depicted St Edmund Hall and a number of its alumni and benefactors, including Thomlinson. The paper concludes with an edition of Shaw's letters and associated items. H.E.J.C. PRIZES AND GRANTS THE FOLLOWING

Prizes and Grants have been awarded:

LYNN GILBERT BURSARY

Miss Sarah Prowting ARMOURERS AND BRASIERS' TRAVEL AWARDS

P. D. Lee, Q. Han ~CHARDFARGHERBURSARY

Matthew Appleton (£100), D. Cotton (£150), D. Edwards (£400) INSTRUMENTAL BURSA~ES

T. Weir, G. Gli::ickler, G. Fairey, S. Estell, P. Ross-Da1e, S. Jeffery PHILIP GEODES

MEMO~AL P~ZE

The University Prize was awarded to Robert Norton of Exeter College, for a portfolio of work published in student and national newspapers which included profiles and articles from news, business and sports pages. The College Prize 21

was awarded to Timothy Judge Houghton, who presented a portfolio of reviews and features published in Oxford undergraduate publications. BRITISH TELECOM RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PRIZE FOR COMPUTING SCIENCE

G. A. McCusker TURBUTT PRIZE

B. Hughes SCHOLARSHIPS

K. A. Vardy, M. A. Wigmore, D. R. Spring, A. J. Clark, M. C. F. Leung, T. A. Corbett-Clark, P. B . Cassidy, C. L. Spooner, A. R. Lappin, D. J. Hart, S. Koura, J. E. D . Plumstead, A. J. Skae, A. C. Clay, J. Chambers, A. C. Howard, S. G. Fisher, C. R. Bodycote, C. J. Hopkinson, A. D. Kitsantonis, P. E. Fry, F. L. Wong, S. N. Khan EXHIBITIONS

S. Sanmugaratnam, J. W. Lipscomb, C. P. Webster, C. Harris, K. Johnson, J. M. Watkins, M . J. Goddard, T. W. H. Bryars, E. Dernke, D. R. McGill, K. J. Mitchinson, B. V. Arumugam, S. P. Chatterjee, Z. Akle, A. Pearce-Higgins, E. Shelton, E. Broomby, T. F. Weiss, H. E . Spink, D. J. Barker, S. S. Aiyar, A. P. Lester, W. L. Smith, K. M. Heeger, S. K. Melford, S. S. C. Harries FROM THE GRAHAM HAMILTON TRAVEL FUND

D. Willington (£50) to conduct choirs in the Czech Republic, C. Ball (£100) for a holiday in Vietnam, B. Stephenson (£100) for an expedition to the Himalayas, T. Weir (£100) for a trip to Lourdes. FROM THE MICHAEL PIKE FUND

R. Maunsley (£100) for an expedition from Ethiopia to South Africa, J. Mort (£100) and M. Parsley (£100) to go on the same expedition. FROM THE COCHRANE FUND

R . Bratby (£100) for performing in a string group in Vienna, L. Turner (£150), for investigating jarrah dieback in Australia. W. R MILLER AWARDS

R. Dryfe, A. Atkinson, A. Juel. Accommodation grants. BROCKHUES AWARDS

M. Gercor, C. Hutton, L. Haynes, S. Kelly, J. O'Connor, S. King (£200 each).

THE MICHAEL PIKE FUND RALEIGH INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITION TO GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 1993 ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, a friend of mine i~vited me to a slide show she was giving about an expedition called Raleigh International (formerly 'Operation Raleigh'). The main aims of this charity are two-fold: firstly, to send young people between 18 and 25 years, called 'Venturers', to work on projects in foreign countries, enabling them to experience a different culture, and secondly, to provide a challenging environment in which personal development can be achieved, whilst at the same time helping communities in mainly 'third world' countries. I applied to go on a Raleigh expedition myself, and after a rigorous, non-stop selection weekend, I was told that I had gained a place, provided I could raise ÂŁ2950 - not an easy task - but one which I eventually managed to achieve. I chose to go to Guyana in South America, with the expedition starting at the end of September 1993 and finishing 10 weeks later. To begin with, we had an orientation week in which we were taught, amongst other things, the basics in radio communications, first aid, map reading and satellite positioning systems, how to set up a jungle camp and how to use the equipment we would be needing. We were split into groups of 6 men and 5 women, of different ages and from different backgrounds, and a medic. The first trip to the south of the country involved going down 'The Trail' (approximately 150 miles), the only road running north-south through Guyana, and passable only in the dry season. The only vehicles which could get through were ex-British Army Bedford trucks, and even these were nearly beaten by the sludge-filled tracks (I have some very interesting photographs to prove it!). One of the most memorable times was, on approaching the first river, we discovered that the 50 ft 'bridge' consisted of two tree trunks, fallen at convenient wheelwidths. We jumped out of the truck quickly, and it became particularly hairraising when one of the front wheels began to slip on the muddy bridge! It was only saved by a touch of expert driving from one of the locals who seemed completely unphased by it all! The first project lasted four weeks and involved trekking around 15 Amerindian villages in the southern savannah regions conducting a comprehensive health and nutrition survey amongst mothers and their children, on behalf of the Guyanese Government. Questions ranged from the mothers' breastfeeding habits to the source of their drinking water, to the foods the infants ate, and at what age, etc. As well as the survey, we also helped to administer vaccinations to children who needed them- BCG, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus and polio- a total of 535 vaccinations. In each village we asked to see anyone who had had a malaria-type fever in the previous two weeks, then took a blood smear and tested the sample; of the 85 smears taken, 5 were positive and the medic was able to administer the appropriate drugs. Finally, before we left each village, we performed a short Health Education play (which we had written ourselves) about how to prevent cholera and diarrhoea and how to minimise the risk of catching malaria.

On average, we spent two days in each village and trekked between each one. Because it was too hot to walk after about 10 am (by which time temperatures reached around 30Â°C with high levels of humidity), this meant having to wake up at 4 am and be trekking by sunrise at 5 am to complete the walk in time. Even so, some members of the group suffered from heat exhaustion, particularly in the early days when people were not used to carrying 30+ kg packs! In the final two weeks of the project, we were trekking high in the Pakurima Mountains, visiting fairly remote villages. It was a big surprise, and a great help, to find the Amerindians spoke perfect English. The second two-week project was based at Mahaica hospital on the north coast, which houses 21 patients left with deformities after having suffered from, and been cured of, leprosy. Although no longer contagious, the community still shuns them due to age-old prejudices, so the hospital provides the only home they know. The project at the hospital was to re-decorate one of the patients' 'cottages', which involved lots of painting, along with some carpentry and glazing. For the final four days, the expedition artist joined us so we were able to paint pictures on the furniture and produce a large mural on the windows, thus creating a much brighter environment for the patients. Whilst there, we had a 'fun day', which helped both to introduce the community to the patients and the hospital, hoping to dispel some myths about leprosy victims, and to raise money, over ÂŁ190, which helped to buy Christmas presents for the patients, and the remainder went towards buying a much needed generator for the hospital. It was rumoured that the Queen will be visiting the hospital as part of her tour of Guyana in February 1994, so watch the TV closely! The final project involved work at an archaeological site of an old Dutch fort on the Berbice River. The Government is hoping to open the site up to the Guyanese people as part of the country's cultural heritage, and had asked Raleigh to build a stelling (a jetty) to allow the ferry (the only means of transport to the site) to stop, and then build a small museum to house artefacts found at the site. Initially there were problems with obtaining the wood which meant the project was behind schedule, so by the end, the museum was only half finished, the remainder having to be completed by the locals. We did, however, manage to finish the stelling, so the site is now accessible. Overall my 10 weeks in Guyana were an unforgettable experience. We managed to visit many different regions - the southern savannah region, the northern coastal region and the rainforest belt. We met many people, both the Amerindians in the south and the Afro-Caribbeans and East Indians in the north, all with their own unique cultures. A lot of community work was done for the Guyanese people and we made many friends. This has been a very brief resume of my visit to Guyana and should anyone be interested in going on a Raleigh expedition, contact: Raleigh International Raleigh House 27 Parsons Green Lane LONDON SW6 4HS Tel: 071 371 8585 24

asking for an application form for a selection weekend. You can be assured of an experience you will never forget! I would not have been able to take my place on the expedition if it had not been for the generosity of the following companies and charities who between them sponsored me for a total of approximately ÂŁ1600, the remainder being raised by various fund raising activities, e.g. a triathlon, a bungee jump, car boot sale, part-time job etc., and I thank you all for your help: The Liverpool Blue Coat Brotherly Society; The Clothworkers' Foundation, London; The Godlinton Charitable Trust; The Jocelyn and Katherine Morton Charitable Trust; The Nimrod and Glaven Trust; R. J. Paul's Charitable Trust; The Michael Pike Fund, St Edmund Hall, Oxford; Soroptimist International of Garston and Speke, Liverpool; The Ulverscroft Foundation; The Wall Charitable Trust; The Bemrose Corporation plc, North Humberside; Edward Billington and Son Limited, Liverpool; Booker Charitable Trust, London; Bowring Financial Services Ltd, London; Cearns and Brown Ltd, Catering Wholesalers, Runcorn; Dears Brack and Associates, Chartered Surveyors, Liverpool; Golden Wonder Crisps, Market Harborough; Hamilton-Burke Dufau, Chartered Accountants, Liverpool; Electrolux, Household Appliances, Luton; HPL Packaging, Liverpool; Lilly Industries Ltd, Pharmaceuticals, Basingstoke; McKechnie plc, Walsall; Merchantile Group, Basingstoke; News International Newspapers Ltd, Knowsley; Ocean Group plc (P. H. Holt Trust), Liverpool; Sayers Confectioners Ltd, Liverpool; Smith Young Partnership, Chartered Surveyors, Liverpool; Travis Perkins plc, London; H. D. Vince Limited, Liverpool; Wagon Industrial Holding plc, Telford; Weir and Carmichael, Packaging Sack Manufacturers, Liverpool. and not forgetting to thank my brother Peter who walked the streets of Liverpool delivering my letters, thus saving me many pounds in postage, and my sister Niccila who bravely 'volunteered' to undertake a sponsored bungee jump with me. Also my family and friends who sponsored me for the various fund raising activities undertaken. Once again, thank you all very much indeed. Derek Hilton AULARIAN CALENDAR THE FOLLOWING DATES THE GAUDY:

in 1994-5 are of special interest to Aularians:

Saturday 1 October 1994 for matriculation years 1977-81 inclusive.

of Pontigny will give an illustrated lecture at the Hall about St Edmund's resting place, either before or after dinner on Sunday 23 October 1994. Those interested in attending are advised to enquire early in October about the precise details.

PROFESSOR TERRYL KJNDER

STEDMUND'S DAY:

Wednesday 16 November 1994.

preceded by the A.G.M. of the S.E.H. Association at Simpson's-in-the-Strand, on lOth January, 1995.

THE LONDON DINNER,

at the Hall, Saturday 24 June, 1995. Invitations to those invited every year and those of later years eligible for this Reunion, will be sent out in March 1995 .

THE REUNION

A GARDEN PARTY will be held in Hall on the afternoon of the 1995 Summer Reunion, on Saturday 24 June. All old Members, whether they are attending the Reunion in the evening or not, together with their spouses, partners and progeny, are heartily invited to what has always proved a happy and very popular event. DEGREE DAYS: (All on Saturdays at 11.30 a.m.): In 1994: 22 October, 6 November, 26 November. In 1995: 21 January, 4 March, 20 May, 10 June, 15 July, 29 July, 21st October, 4 November, 25 November. Members of the Hall wishing to make arrangements for taking degrees should write in advance to The Dean of Degrees' Secretary, The College Office, St Edmund Hall, Oxford OXl 4AR. The College has a strict quota of places for those wishing to receive degrees in person, and early enquiry is therefore advised. Tickets are required by visitors and these are issued through the College. Degrees can be taken in absentia at any ceremony.

THE GAUDY 1993, was probably the wettest day of the year in Oxford, wet enough to bring down the ceiling of the organ loft before Evensong in Chapel, but not enough to dampen Aularian spirits on an evening of celebration and reunion. Invitations had been sent to all who matriculated in 1972-76 inclusive and it is understood that Aularians from overseas are always welcome on these occasions. In fact a number had travelled specially from the United States and the Principal, in his speech after dinner, gave a warm welcome to Bill Miller who had been installed earlier in the week as a member of the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors, Alan Westaway and Warne Boyce. The evening also included a short piano recital by undergraduate Christopher Hopkinson on the newly-acquired grand piano which has been installed next to the High Table. Purchase of the piano has been made possible by the generosity of Robert Venables QC, and it was appropriate that Robert was present to hear this superb instrument being played. There were present: the Principal, 19 Fellows (including Emeritus Fellows and Honorary Fellow W. R. Miller), the Chaplain, Ms C. Hall (organist), C. Hopkinson (pianist), and the following Old Members: 1941 A. A. Westaway; 1946 F. W. Cosstick; 1947 Rev Canon I. F. Church; 1949 R. J. L. Breese (President of the St Edmund Hall Association); 1951 R. G. Lunn; 1952 A. W. Boyce; 1971 R. J. Henshaw; 1972 P. B. Buckle, J. N. Goater, D. G. Miles, R. S. Monro, P. N. Mounsey, G. J. Price, J. B. Smith, R. Stephenson, J. C. Trotman, M. A . S . Winter; 1973 K. A . Bromboszcz, R . E. Cawthorne, G. K. Chamberlain, W. L. Eddleston, R. J. Godden, D. W. Grice, D. N. Holmes, A. P. Jordan, B. D. Kelly, D. A. Knight, M. Mahon, A. R. McGregor, S. J. McNulty, R. C. Moore, A. Rigby, C. R. Russell, J. C. Saunders, J. J. Tholstrup, I. L. Timrnis, N. K. Webb; 1974 D. Anderson, D. G. Begg, P. S. H. Budden, Dr R. OCTOBER THE SECOND,

Cerratti, Dr A. G. Crosby, P. Desmond, S. P. Edrich, V. H. Flood, R. A. Fryer, P. R. Grossbard, M. W. Hardy, E. C. Inions, C. M. Jones, I. F. C. Murray, G . B. K. Rocks, P. H. Tudor, R. D. Warren; 1975 P. J. Congdon, R. J. W. Gove, L. S. Greig, M. A. Jones, A. J. Lomas, N. A. Malcolm, C. D. Miller, R. M. Osterley, Dr R. Peskett, C. Shaw, C. B. Sunter, P. M. Watson , D. D. H. Way, M . P. Wilkins; 1976 Dr R. W. Avery, R. P. Beckley, J. M . Collingwood, H. R. C. Den Dulk, S. L. Edwards, C. J. Elston, R. A. H. Finch, R. M. Head, M. S. Hockey, K. J. Jones, J. C. Keey, C. S. Latimer, S. G. M. Parsons, J. J. R. Pugh, K. R. Scott, S. A. Staite, I. M. Taylor, S. J. Tetley, N. R. Wilkes, J. J. Young. THE REUNION AND THE ROUP had a chance to read recent missives from the Hall you will know that Roup is the Scottish or Northern English for an auction and that we have since Easter been encouraging all Aularians to take part in the Teddy Hall Roup . Well, the Reunion Dinner on Saturday 25 June was the occasion not just to participate by sending lots to Phillips the international auctioneers but actually to bid at an Aularian event and so help contribute to the development campaign. It was a fine hot evening as 250 Aularians, from the matriculating years of up to 1955 and 1982-1989, gathered for chapel and dinner. The Front Quad hummed to the sound of old friends catching up on news. By the chapel guests could see the first few flagstones laid to commemorate recent benefactors in the scheme whereby a donation to the Hall allows you to have a fine York stone laid with your name inscribed in Times Roman for future generations to admire (for fuller details see the report on the Development Campaign, "It's not too late to Roup"). The chef was on excellent form with a menu of Soup au Melon, Saumon Grille, Poulet en crofite with Pommes Proven<;:ale and fresh vegetables, followed by Strawberry Romanoff. After dinner and a break to stretch one's legs and touch base with that other former colleague you had not seen for years, the tables were laid for dessert and coffee. The Principal then rose to welcome Aularians and present a picture of the year just passed with a pithy account of achievements, academic, sporting and cultural. Then came the moment of the roup - the auction of 6 unusual lots donated by Old Members and a Fellow. Michael Welch, Director of the local Phillips Salesroom was the auctioneer and showed all his professional skill as he started with the pith helmet donated by Emeritus Fellow Graham Midgley. This elegant beige head-dress, briefly modelled for diners by its donor, had belonged to one Admiral Carpenter and the original Japanese hatbox was clearly marked with labels to Bombay. It was knocked down to Tarquin Grossman (1983) for a handsome ÂŁ160. Next in the bidding came Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm in a charming replica of the first edition donated by Nigel Blackwell (1966). The buyer this time was A. Warne Boyce (1952), over in England for the Reunion from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Warne and his wife Doreen had recently made a handsome pledge of $50,000, no less, to the Hall's development fund and Warne now purchased Zuleika for ÂŁ220 and donated the volume to the Library so that students may enjoy this delightful tale of a former Oxford in the adventures of Miss Dobson. IF YOU HAVE

Another major donor came forward to buy the next item as Bill Miller (1949), Honorary Fellow and Member of the Court of Benefactors purchased the magnificent Ackermann's "History of the University of Oxford, its colleges, halls and buildings" with 100 odd hand coloured aquatints including the Front Quad and St Peter's in the East. The lot was hammered down at ÂŁ2600 and Bill likewise made a gift of these two rare volumes to the Library. Another gift from Graham Midgley - this time his own sculpture of "Minotaurs and Polyphemes" stimulated lively bidding all over the Wolfson Hall and finally went to Richard Luddington (1978). The piece de resistance was Patrick Garland's (1956) superb set of 37 first editions of The Thomas Hardy novels in the famous Mellstock edition. The works were signed by Hardy in the first volume of Tess of the D 'Urbervilles. The bidding became tenser as a number of Aularians vied for this very special set of books . In the end they went to Ivor Burt (1954) and made a noble ÂŁ3800. Those present at this highly enjoyable evening of reunions, good living and acquisitive excitement were: Fellows: G. Bourne-Taylor (Domestic Bursar), A. Briggs, Dr P. J. Collins, Dr. N. E. Cronk, Dr R. Fargher, Dr S. J. Ferguson, Professor P. Ganz (Emeritus Fellow), J. C. B. Gosling (Principal), Revd G. Hegarty (Chaplain), A. Marsh (Emeritus Fellow), Dr R. B. Mitchell (Emeritus Fellow), Dr L. Newlyn, Dr C. E. Phelps, Dr F. J. C. Rossotti, Dr F. Salvatorelli, M. D. Slater, Dr N. J. Stone, Dr A. G. Taylor, R. L. Wade (Director of Development), K. Ward-Perkins, C. Wells, Dr W. S. C. Williams (VicePrincipal), Dr. A. B. Worden, Sir David Yardley (Emeritus Fellow); 1922 R. Hill, Canon C. N. Wardle-Harpur; 1926 Professor K. Muir (Honorary Fellow); 1930 Sir Claude Hayes, Ven G. Timms; 1932 D. Floyd, Revd P. H. Rogers; 1933 F. Finch, J. Lee; 1934 Right Revd P. Burrough, B. Coates, F. Mountain, F. Rawes, A. Wilmot; 1935 Revd Professor J. McManners (Honorary Fellow), F. Radley; 1938 R. E. Alton (Emeritus Fellow), Professor C. Grayson, S. Leathart, Dr C. Starey; 1940 G. Brain, C. Mounsey, Revd Preb G. Sunderland; 1941 W. Hillier-Fry, Revd E. G. Midgley (Emeritus Fellow), Dr G. Missen, Canon J. Spence, C. Weir; 1942 J. Anderson, A. Arthur, H. Fuller, S. Swallow, Dr J. D. Todd (Emeritus Fellow), W. Tunley; 1943 W. Dunsmore, Revd P. Haynes, J. Power, J. Scarr; 1945 D. Goldsmith, Professor N. Haile, C. Halley, J. Paul; 1946 D. Dunsmore, M. Goodman-Smith; 1947 Sir Robin Day (Honorary Fellow), Ven J. B. Evans, Very Revd C. Campling, J. M . Scott; 1948 N. Dromgoole; 1949 W. Asbrey, R. J . L. Breese (President of the S.E.H. Association), J. McElheran, W. R . Miller (Honorary Fellow), J. Parker, S. Pierce, Judge R. Southan, B. Wicker; 1950 J. Holmes, K. Homer, P. Smith; 1951 D. Bloom, M. Chatterjea, R. Cooper, D. Day, Sir Geoffrey de Deney, R. Williams; 1952 A. W. Boyce, D. Fitzwilliam-Lay, C. Jones, A. Waters, D. Wright; 1953 E. Jenkins, D. Owen, H. Smith; 1954 S. Bilsland, I. Burt, J. Morgan, J. West; 1955 R. Hurren, P. Lewis; 1961 D. Band, J. Heggadon; 1966 M. Ridley; 1976 R. A. H. Finch; 1977 I. Durrans; 1980 S. King, R. Martel; 1981 J. Turner; 1982 D. Aeron-Thomas, W. Cabral, T. Christopherson, N. Cox, C. Dale, D. Eckley, S. ffitch, I. Harvey, T. Holman, E. Marsh, P. McWilliam, K. Sealy, Dr N. Sellars, T. Smith, A. Snook, P. Stanton, H. Travers; 1983 M. Abbott, S. Coates, S. Freethy, T. Grossman, M. lddon, M. lrwin, P. Mitchell, Dr 28

R. Taylor, E. Thomas, W. Thomas, M. Triggs, C. Wynter; 1984 S. Crummett, J. Day, A. Duffy, J. Gallivan, C. Giles, N. Haigh, R. Heaton, S. Hughes, S. Hynes, S. Maw, E. Parsons, H. West; 1985 Dr I. Grant, Dr P. Harding, Dr S. Hodgson, T. Owen, J. Weiner; 1986 S. Adams, P. Allison, M. Bedser, L. J. Beresford, C. Bird, P. Boasman, M. Borrett, S. Bradford, L. Cabral, A. Chalmers, J. Charles, T. Dudley, M. Evans, Dr T. Fell, W. Fraser, A. Gamble, P. Glynn, L. Hardiman, A. Harrison, C. Harrison, B. Hepworth, Dr S. Hodgson, N. Hargreaves, N. Jacob, J. Lindsay, A. Maxwell, S. Mills, S. Moran, S. Murphy, A. Rabin, Dr P. Richards, N. Sharrock, D. Streatfeild-James, A. Welby; 1987 D. Bayley, A. Brown, Dr P. Gartside, D. Gomez, D. Gruenstein, J. Harrison, J. Hulse, K. Inglis, Dr J. Rainbow, J. Walker, R. Wright; 1988 M. Bromfield, W. Crerar, K. Davies, S. Ford, C. Garrison, I. Gibson, K. Gordon , T. Greenham, K. Hamilton, K. Howard, R. Kilgarriff, A. Laws , R. Luckraft, C. Mann, P. Matthews, N. Mavrikakis, K. Mellhuish, J. Milligan, D. Neal, H. Parry, T. Perrett, C. Powell, A. Roberts, U. Saunders, R. Shafran, A. Sidebotham, J. Tabinor, S. Waters, A. West, K. Wilson; 1989 E. Biagioni, A. Borrie, R. de Rennes, L. Donovan, J. Grinberg, M. Lauder, F. Macdonald, S. Orbell, R. Owen, M. Pill, K. Samuel, C. Sawyer, P. Schulze, R. Surpin, A. Wells; 1992 A. Clay; 1993 H. Morgan (Organ Scholar), J. Pattison IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO ROUP in this magazine I posed the question "Can Teddy Hall make it to the year 2000?" A very uncomfortable question, I thought, and one which I had hoped was pretty much rhetorical. Today I am still not too sure what the answer is. And that worries me. What's the problem and what are we doing about it? In the financial year '92'93 we traded at a deficit of £105,000 and that was on a turnover of only £2.8 million. In the financial year '93-'94, it will be around £lxx,OOO. Next year the picture is still unclear. The fundamental difficulty is that we get around half our income from fee income and the Government is cutting, as a matter of policy, the real value of those fees. Our running costs, despite substantial cost-cutting and rationalisation of resources continue to rise with inflation so the result is the spectre of increasing deficits unless we can generate new income. Other richer colleges fin the gap between income and expenditure by drawing on their substantial endowments. Our endowment is tiny beside the relative wealth of some of our peers. We already are the recipients of their largesse in the form of a cross-subsidy from the richer colleges to their poorer brethren (for which much thanks) but it is not a handout we can depend on indefinitely. How much do we need? A substantial sum- if we are to be self-sufficient for the foreseeable future, then we must build up a Development Fund to provide an endowment income of around £500,000 and that requires a capital sum of £10 million. How are we setting about raising such an intimidating sum? Well, just over a year ago, I arrived as the first full time Development Director to have a go. The first thing anyone in my shoes needs is information about his constituency. So quickly we embarked on the publication of a "Who's Who" of Teddy Hall. The purpose was twofold - we want to provide some useful services for Aularians, not just put out a begging bowl, so the first one was to provide Old Members of the Hall with a reference book by which they could A YEAR AGO

network to find Aularians in their professional fields of interest or business, or simply could catch up with old friends. We also are building up a set of data files on those Old Members who have said they are happy to give career advice or contacts. This is not an alternative to the excellent University Careers Service but a useful add-on for Aularians. Already there is a steady stream of younger members in contact with the Development Office for such contacts. The other reason for the "Who's Who" was to get accurate information about what all those Aularians had been up to since they left the Hall. The splendid thing is that within 5 months of starting to send out questionnaires over 50% of those for whom we have addresses had returned their forms. A remarkable response, but then this is a remarkable college, isn't it? Work on the "Who's Who" is going great guns but publication will not be until '95 because we are trying to make certain that the published entries really are accurate. So we are planning to send most people their entry back to check in its edited form. That, obviously, will take time. Crucially, though, for the Development Office we now know that you not only matriculated in '49 or '87 but that you are an insurance broker, history master or comedy writer - quite important if one is seeking advice or contacts or even a vital contribution to our Development Fund! Previously we have known very little about what Old Members did from the day they went down. So building up a meaningful database has been a magnum but essential opus for my small but very busy office. Next, we set about setting up closer ties with Members of the Hall. At Christmas a first Newsletter went out to more than 5000 alumni and alumnae telling them about some of the events in and out of college. Many letters welcomed the innovation designed to complement not replace this Magazine which of course is the more formal record of the Hall's year. At Easter a second Newsletter followed with the launch of an unusual Roup or auction. The idea is simple enough. You send or take an item worth ÂŁ100 or more to Phillips the international sales house, and they auction the lot and give the money to the Hall. If you yourself have not yet participated in this virtually painless method of donating, please do so now. No ready money is required, merely some object you have meant to get rid of for years anyway! The list of Phillips salesrooms is reprinted towards the end of the magazine. To start the ball rolling the Artistic Director of the Chichester Festival Theatre, Patrick Garland ('56) donated 37 magnificent first edition volumes of Thomas Hardy's novels signed by the author. These and five other lots were sold during dessert at the Reunion Dinner on June 25th. It was a lively evening. The Hardy's sold well and will bring the college over ÂŁ5000. Ackermann's "Colleges, Halls and Buildings of Oxford" (donated by Sir Claude Hayes '30) too made a strong price at ÂŁ2600 and has been donated to the Library for future generations to enjoy, as has a delightful replica edition of Zuleika Dobson donated by Nigel Blackwell ('66). A pith helmet donated and modelled by Emeritus Fellow Graham Midgley plus a delightful Midgley sculpture both stimulated strong bidding and a cake of the Front Quad (less the Bursary side so that you could see in to admire the detail) went to a recent graduate for a friend shortly to be married. 30

In the main auction scheme, direct to Phillips, there has been a fascinating range of articles from sculpture and silver sauce boats to a Speed map and 2.6 carats of aquamarines! The procedure of giving lots to Phillips and making a donation in this unique way is not closed - you can still look for something around the house and help the Hall. All you have to do is send or take the item to Phillips, fill in the Auction Instruction Form making the payee St Edmund Hall and send it to us. We will then do the rest and tell you how your donation has sold and benefited the college. Re-establishing relationships with our previous generations is at the heart of Development if we are to succeed. Through you we need to find entrees to Trusts and Foundations, and avenues to Major Benefactors who may have no connection with Oxford but could relish a close association with an ancient college. Please do think about whether you yourself may have some contacts which could help your college make progress in the now urgent task of safeguarding its financial future. To renew some of those first line contacts with Aularians, the Principal has now held some 18 "Old Library Dinners", each for a dozen or so guests to bring alurnnilae and Fellows together to dine and talk. Our alurnni guests have been a wide selection of judges, academics, media moguls, marketeers, bankers, economists, advertising men, artists ... all who may have distinguished themselves in their chosen jobs or professions. Over post prandial coffee a fellow or sometimes a guest speaks for just 10 minutes on a subject with some common appeal - the future of computation, Russia tomorrow, privatisation or preservation and then as port and claret circulate, the conversation too goes round the table though not always clockwise. Indeed, some evenings rallies of discussion have volleyed on long after cars should have departed to take senior executives home to London or Birmingham. Some of our guests had not been back to the Hall for 30 years, some had never seen the inside of the very special Old Library. Many have written in the most generous terms to thank the Principal for a memorable evening. More such dinners are planned. But how is our campaign to raise a major Development Fund going? Well, we have only just begun. David Band, Chief Executive of Barclays de Zoete Wedd, has, as Chairman of the "Teddy Hall 2002" campaign, already written to all Aularians to take part - to preserve the Hall of which so many Aularians have such warm memories. Support and funds are beginning to roll in but, if you have not yet added your help to this vital effort, please do so now. David Band and other senior Aularians will be in touch with you over the next weeks and months, please respond. One unusual and maybe, unique response could be to buy a Flagstone to repave the quadsÂˇ. Already since our Easter Newsletter we have sold enough to make a considerable impact on the Front Quad. And very handsome they look too - neatly engraved in Times Roman in Latin (of course!). Each donor's flagstone declares silently: DONODEDIT HOMO AULARIENSIS M.A. MAT. MCMXCIV

The first few have cost their donors £500 (minimum) but as space becomes more limited we shall be putting the price up, so if you would like to be laid still living around the Front Quad, please get in touch quickly. The next six flagstones will be at £500 but thereafter the price must respond to market forces - for the Front Quad! But don't worry, there are plenty of extremely attractive positions elsewhere in the college where you can lie in elegant Latin as a benefactor warmly to be remembered! R.L.W.

Contact Richard Wade, Development Director, 0865 279055 or fax 279092.

A NOTABLE EXHIBITION of the Wolfson Hall backdrop and the official portrait of the Principal, painted by David Tindle R.A. , former Ruskin Master of Drawing and Honorary Fellow of the College, reported in last year's magazine, will be followed this year by a major exhibition of David Tindle's work in College from 16th- 22nd October 1994. You will find in this mailing details of the exhibition and the banquet being held on the 21st to mark the occasion; why not come up for this Bohemian occasion? Guests will, of course, be welcome and you may be sure of a diverting evening. At £35 a head (£60 double) and the opportunity to view and even purchase pictures otherwise not yet available to the public, this could make an exceptional evening out. Please write to The Bursar, St Edmund Hall, Oxford OXl 4AR, enclosing a cheque made out to "The Bursar, St Edmund Hall".

THE GENEROUS PROVISION

TEDDY HALL SHOP attending the Reunion and the Gaudy and visiting the Front Quadrangle during the Long Vacation will have noticed the new position for the Teddy Hall Shop. Adding a discreet sparkle to the already beautiful quadrangle, the shop has proved to be very successful in this experimental first summer on this site, known unimaginatively as the Sick Bay Guest Room, adjacent to the Lodge. The sale of mementoes of the Hall has become an opportunity for our guests to take away something of the Hall when they return from conferences, summer schools and general visits to the College. We have received many compliments on the standard of merchandise, which is always at the top end of this otherwise rather vulgar market. But there is a tendency towards vulgarity, nonetheless, for this summer saw the introduction of tea-cosies, "Barbecue" aprons, and bags in the popular College teddy bear livery, developed for the purpose. It is now possible to have a different College tie for every day of the week and we hope in this way that no one will see the need to patronise the High Street shops, giving them our much needed profits! MANY OLD MEMBERS

Edmund Bear continues to be the most popular line with many thousands now having been sold, followed closely by the excellent bone china mugs and top-of-the-range Briggs umbrellas. An order form for all memorabilia may be found at the back of the magazine as usual. G.B-T. THE LONDON DINNER Of the St Edmund Hall Association was held at Simpson's-in-the-Strand on Tuesday, 11 January, 1994. For once, and for no obvious reason (transport strikes, weather, etc.), the event was not sold out but with 115 present the atmosphere in the South Room Restaurant and Smoking Room Bar was hardly subdued. Saddle of lamb was back on the menu after a year's sabbatical. The new President of the Association, Bob Breese, began by greeting the Association's five guests, the Principal and Mrs Gosling, Sir John Palmer, the JCR President, Alice Clay, and her predecessor Anna Rentoul. Dr Kelly, who could not be present, sent his usual "affectionate wishes" to a "truly Aularian occasion". The President then referred to the achievements of the Association over the past year, in particular its contribution to "the beautification" of the Upper Quad by way of a grant for garden furniture. There had been a successful celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Three English Dons and plans were well in hand for even more momentous festivities in respect of St Edmund in 1996. The Endowments Committee continued its vital work and would be involved in a two-tier fund-raising appeal in 1994. In his reply the Principal paid tribute to Ian Rae, who had died recently, both as one of his former pupils and as a fellow member of the Association's Executive Committee. On a happier note, he referred to the knighthood of Dr David Yardley, an Emeritus Fellow. As for the recipients of the 70th birthday party (Reggie Alton, Graham Midgley and Bruce Mitchell), he had "looked for decay in these pillars of College but in vain". Highlights of Hall activity were the enrichment of musical life through the gift of a grand piano from our former Law Fellow Robert Venables, another busy year of drama productions and the continuing success of the Boat Club. When it came to matters of finance, the Principal gave reassurance that the Endowments Committee was intent on tight discipline and in this regard he had never seen it as the Principal's job to be pleasant to people! He then wished his audience a Happy New Year! After thanking the Principal the President introduced his special guest speaker, Sir John Palmer, a former President of the Law Society. In a charmingly selfdeprecatory tone Sir John volunteered that this invitation had been "a boost to his morale". His time at Oxford had after all been notable only for the recording in a 1937 Union debate "This House deplores modern morality" of "an irrelevant intervention by J. C. Palmer". He had once been invited, as President of the Law Society, to address the Women's Institute only to find that his audience was expecting him to talk about basketmaking. As a modern linguist he had arrived at the law by accident, courtesy of intelligence tests at the Foreign

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Service which had directed him towards the Department of Overseas Trade. He concluded with a fond reminiscence of A. B. Emden at High Table in 1940 "when the War seemed so distant." In addition to the Association's guests the following Aularians attended the Dinner: 1930 Sir Claude Hayes; 1931 The Revd R. J. Vaughan; 1932 K. D. Luke; 1933 F. H. H. Finch, J. Lee; 1934 A. T. de B. Wilmot; 1935 G. Earner, H. A. F. Radley; 1937 J. P. de C. Meade; 1938 R. E. Alton (Emeritus Fellow); 1941 W. N. Hillier-Fry; 1942 Dr J. D. Todd (Emeritus Fellow); 1945 J. R. Paul; 1946 E. M. Goodman-Smith, A. R. J. Lloyd, J. Pike, M. G. Sarson; 1947 G. Castro; 1949 W. P. Asbrey, R. J. L. Breese (President, S. E. H. Association), T. P. Kelly; 1951 M. K. Chatterjea, R. C. M. Cooper, D . J. Day; 1952 D. M. Jacobs, C. J. Jones, N. F. Lockhart, Revd E. A. Simmonds; 1953 A. J. Kember, H. A. Smith; 1954 S. R. Bilsland, I. L. R. Burt, J. C. M. Casale; 1955 R. A. Farrand, P. R. Lewis; 1956 M. J. Cansdale, A. F. Ham, D. H. Johnson, L. P. Tempest; 1957 R. W. Jackson, G. R. Mihell, S. E. Shepley; 1959 F. di Rienzo; 1960 P. J. Hayes, C. H . L. Long; 1961 Dr W. J. Burroughs, R. I. Chard, S. M. Donald, Wing Cdr M. Easby, J. M. Heggadon, A. M. Rentoul; 1962 M. G. M. Groves, W. G. Gulland, N. H. Pegram, J. R. Taylor; 1964 D. A. Ashworth, A. C. Barker, Dr M. J. Clarke; 1965 S. R. Garrett, Dr M. R. D. Randall; 1966 D. J. Hansom, J. D. Shortridge; 1967 P. V. Robinson, J. L. Seccombe, M. C. V. Spencer-Ellis; 1969 M. J. Birks, G. J. Coates, P. E. Ramell; 1970 F. E. Hansom, P. G. Harper, J. W. Hawkins, L. N. Kaye; 1973 G. K. Chamberlain, T. R. Lucas; 1974 J. A. B. Gray; 1975 A. Davids, J. G. Hamilton, D. D. H. Way; 1976 R. A. H. Finch; 1977 I. W. Durrans; 1978 P. A. Darling, S. I. Heilbron; 1979 Mrs C. J. Smith (Morgan), Miss B. M. Walker; 1980 P. A. J. Broadley, Dr. J. T. G. Coutts; 1981 Dr H. C. Duckworth-Smith (Duckworth), Ms C. P. Ivins; 1982 Ms D. Bhatia, S. K. ffitch, J. G. Franks, D. J. Heaps, Mrs A. Hindhaugh (HartDavis), P. D. McWilliam, P. J. Murray, A. J. Sandbach, T. J. Smith, H. A. Travers, S. R. T. White, J. J. Williamson; 1983 M. R. S. Irwin; 1984 J. M. Day; 1985 D. S. McCallum; 1986 D. A. Gillett. The following other Fellows also attended: G. Bourne-Taylor (Domestic Bursar), Dr P. J. Collins, Dr R. B. Mitchell (Emeritus Fellow), R. L. Wade (Director of Development), Dr W. S. C. Williams (Vice-Principal of S. E. H.), Dr A. Blair Worden. R. A. H. Finch ST EDMUND HALL ASSOCIATION MINUTES OF THE 63rd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION- 11 JANUARY 1994 THE 63rd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION was held in the

Smoking Room of Simpson's-in-the-Strand, 100 Strand, London WC2R OEW on Tuesday, 11 January 1994 at 6.15 pm, R. J. L. Breese presiding. 45 members were present. 1. MINUTES The minutes of the last, 62nd, Meeting held on 12 January 1993, having been published in the Magazine and copies being available, were confirmed and signed in the Minute Book by the President. There were no matters arising. 34

2. PRESIDENT'S REPORT R. J. L. Breese said he would make his report at the forthcoming dinner. 3. PRINCIPAL'S REPORT J. C. B. Gosling said he would make his report at the forthcoming dinner. 4. HONORARY SECRETARY'S REPORT P. R. Lewis said he had nothing to report. 5. HONORARY TREASURER'S REPORT J. R. Paul presented the audited accounts which had been published in the 1992-93 Magazine. These were adopted. 6. VICE-PRESIDENTS The President thanked the sub-Committee for their work on this question. The sub-Committee had submitted a paper making several recommendations but the Executive Committee had decided to maintain the status quo ante. 7. ELECTIONS The following were elected unanimously: P. R. Lewis a. Honorary Secretary b. Honorary Treasurer to end of financial year J. R. Paul c. Honorary Treasurer from end of financial year to January 1995 I. W. Durrans ( 1977) d. Up to 1934 Sir Claude Hayes e. 1945-54 A. R. J. Lloyd f. 1955-64 A. C. Barker g. 1965-74 R. M. Ridley h. 1975-84 Miss R. M. Martel I. 1985-94 Dr J. R. Rainbow (1987)

re-elected re-elected elected re-elected re-elected re-elected re-elected re-elected elected

8. APPOINTMENT OF HONORARY AUDITOR L. D. Page was unanimously re-appointed Honorary Auditor. 9. DATE OF NEXT MEETING Tuesday, 10 January 1995, Simpson's-in-the-Strand, 6.15 pm. 10. There being no further business, the President closed the Meeting at 6.28 pm. P. R. Lewis Honorary Secretary ST EDMUND HALL ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President R. J. L. Breese MA (1949) The Principal J. C. B. Gosling BPhil MA Immediate Past President J. M. Heggadon MA BSc(Lond) FCIM FFB (1961)

Honorary Secretary P. R. Lewis MA (1955) Honorary Treasurer J. R. Paul MA FCA (1945) I. W. Durrans BA (1977) Representatives by Matriculation Date Groups Up to 1934 Sir Claude Hayes KCMG BLitt MA (1930) G. H. L. R. Shield MA (1933) 1935-44 H. A. F. Ridley MBE MA (1935) W. N. Hillier-Fry CMG BA (1941) 1945-54 A. R. J. Lloyd MA (1946) D. J. Day OBE MA (1951) 1955-64 M. G. M. Groves DipEconPo!Sci (1962) A. C. Barker MA (1964)

1965-74 J. D. Shortridge MA MSc (1966) R. M. Ridley MA (1966) L. Cummings MA (1971) 1975-84 R. S. Luddington BA (1978) Miss R. M. Martel MA (1980) Miss J. B . Turner BA (1981) 1985-94 D. S. McCallum BA (1985) A. C. Greenham BA (1988) Dr J. R. Rainbow BA BM BCh (1987) eo-options J. Lee MA CIPM (1933) Revd E. G. Midgley BLitt MA (1941) D. I. Scargill JP MA DPhil (1954) Revd E. A. Simmonds MA (1952) R. A. H. Finch MA (1976) P. G. Skokowski MA (1979) S. Aiyar (1992) Honorary Vice-President Canon J. N. D. Kelly DD FBA 36

VISIT TO USA : MARCH 1994 Richard Wade and I went to the Campaign for Oxford Jamboree in New York via visits to various old members in different parts of the USA. I started with two nights with some friends in snowbound New Jersey, and then flew to temperatures in the 70's Fahrenheit in San Francisco. We both flew back to a rain-sodden Pittsburgh, on to 20 Fahrenheit in Boston, where Alex McCallum arranged a lunch at the Marriott at Long Wharf (indoors), and back to early Spring weather in New York. Planning clothes had been interesting, and my own personal triumph had been to survive the two weeks in a case which would fit under my 'plane seat. Fortunately the variation of temperature in the weather was not matched by any variation in the warmth in out welcome. In San Francisco I stayed with Paul and Paula Skokowski, who had moved into their new house some three weeks before. Paul had just got a consulting professorship at Stanford, so the campus took on a special interest. The next morning we took a walk through the redwoods in an attempt to earn the breakfast to follow, but I have never discovered the amount of exercise that would justify the number of pancakes I find myself eating when tempted by an American breakfast. It was then necessary to do justice to the magnificent spread Paul and Paula had put together for the Aularian party that evening. It was not in any way a grim necessity, but could well have proved dangerous. The party was a great success. There were about eighteen people there, and it seemed the ideal mix of those who knew each other and new acquaintances, so that no-one felt isolated but everyone had one or two discoveries to make. Unfortunately Paul and Paula had to take their toddler Rachel to the doctor with a fever, so that they did not experience at first hand the gratitude and appreciation of their guests. Our next stop was Pittsburgh, where it was pouring with rain. We stayed with Warne and Doreen Boyce for three nights. On the Monday Warne took us to see two of his Microbac laboratories, which were made interesting even to the ignorant. That night we had dinner at the Duquesne Club with a mixture of Aularians and people with relatives at, or other interest in, Oxford. There was characteristically American uninhibited political discussion, at which not even the English claimed the sanctuary of the topic's not being their subject. The next day we had a lunch for 'old' Oxonians ranging from old lags like Alan Westaway to those who were still at Oxford. On both occasions Warne managed to break, or perhaps I should say shatter, the ice by demanding mini-autobiographies from the participants. There is a degree of embarrassment after which talking to one's neighbour is child's play. One morning, when I had barely woken up, Wame came into my bedroom with an uncharacteristically solemn expression on his face. I thought he was about to announce a death and composed myself appropriately. It emerged that he and Doreen had decided that they wanted to pledge $50,000, to go towards the funding of a Fellowship. I tried to look solemn, but found it made me feel rather cheerful. When we had a meeting in New York with those who have been organising our USA fund-raising it was agreed to use this pledge to initiate a change of direction. Our old members in the USA have for a year or two been aiming to fund a new JCR, which would certainly be a boon. Unfortunately the THIS YEAR

costs keep rising so that the objective was in danger of becoming a labour of Sisyphus. In addition, circumstances have changed since that aim was adopted: fees, which constitute about half of our income, but are Government controlled, are due for steady erosion in real terms over the next few years. Since the conference market, which we rely on to boost income, has flattened out as a result of the recession, this threatens a precarious situation for the tutorial system. It was therefore agreed to ask our USA old members to change their objective to the funding of a tutorial fellowship. With help from the Boyces' pledge, this looks like an achievable aim over the next year or so. The Campaign party was an improvement over last year: the venue was more attractive and the speeches more audible and, even more, listened to. Bill Miller once more hosted a reception for the Hall, with success as usual. Bill and Irene took Richard and me out to a very pleasant dinner in an Italian restaurant, which rounded off an extremely enjoyable day. Each visit to the States seems too short, but perhaps there is something to be said for being left, as I was once again, wishing for more. Justin Gosling DE FORTUNIS AULARIUM Dr W. Adema (1989) works for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. C . M. Arrnitage (1950) dressed for the part and riding a restive horse, acted William Richardson Davie, founder of the University of North Carolina, at that university's bicentennial celebrations. J. A. Brett (1934) is in "Who's Who". D. Brockington (1989) is working on African resource management as a postgraduate student at University College, London. P. Carpenter (1942) has been awarded the Verdienstkreuz Erste Klasse by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Prof J. Chadwick-Jones (1948) is Professor of Psychology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. D. A. Clarke (1958), having retired from the Headship of Sandbach High School, has had some small success in his new occupation of minor poet. His poems have been published, or accepted for publication, in several magazines: Acumen, Enovi, Orbis, Poetry Nottingham, Smith's Knoll. He also won first prize in the 1993 National Open Poetry Competition organized by the Open University. J. H. E. Colton (1972) formed his own company, Kingcombe Aquacare, in 1987 which provides a specialist service of fisheries and water management. He is a member of the Institute of Fisheries Management. K. J. W. Crossley-Holland (1959)'s six plays for radio, "Arthur's Knight: The Redeeming of Thomas Malory'', were broadcast on Radio 3 in December 1993. He has published three new books for children and holds the Endowed Chair in the Humanities and Fine Arts and the University of St Thomas, St Paul, Minnesota. Sir John Daniel (1961) has been appointed a Trustee of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (USA) and is an Elected Member of the Council of Foundation of the International Baccalaureate. 38

P. Desmond (1974) has recently completed an MBA at Sheffield Business School and is now Managing Director of Desmond Owen Consultants Limited as well as Visiting Fellow of Richmond College, the American International University in London. Miss L. C. Donovan (1989) is a Production Statistics Clerk. T. P. Dudley (1986) is an Accountant at the Lloyds Underwriting Agent, Hiscox Syndicates Ltd. J. E. Farrand (1951) has become a member of Macclesfield Borough Council. The Very Revd D. Frayne (1955) was appointed Provost of Blackburn in 1992. Dr N. S. Haile (1945) has been appointed Visiting Professor in Geology at Oxford Brookes University for 5 years from February 1994. Lydia C. H. Harrison (1990) is employed as a research associate by Ernst and Young in the City. J. A. Hawley (1959) has been appointed Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Staffordshire. J. C. D. Holmes (1950) is a freelance book production consultant, and UK agent for the French printing and binding group, Partenairs Fabrication. Miss S. Hughes (1984) is now a manager in the Corporate Tax Department of Coopers & Lybrand. Clare H. Jack (Reece, 1981) works for the Hampshire Training and Enterprise Council. E. Jenkins (1953) is Chairman of Bath Mental Health NHS Trust, and Vice Chairman of the Association of District Councils. D. C. Kennedy (1936) is not dead. R. Kent (1982) and J. Kent (Cox, 1983) have returned to the U. K. after three years working on engineering projects in Botswana. T. R. A. Mason (1959) has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Prof J. H. McCabe (1978) is on an international sales & marketing assignment with Gillette Canada. J ane S. Moody (1985) has been elected to the Rosalind Lady Carlisle, Research Fellowship at Girton College, Cambridge. D. Nelson (1955) has taken early retirement from teaching psychology at Edinburgh University, to try and earn a living as a psychological consultant to industry etc. He and his wife Prances live in Fife. Two of his three children, affected by cystic fibr~sis, have been awarded posthumous degrees. The youngest is fit and studying Artifical Intelligence and Computer Science at Edinburgh. S. E. Orbell (1989) is a Software Engineer for Data Connection Limited. J. R. Paul (1945) is director of the charity "Action for Victims of Medical Negligence". Miss T. J. Perrett (1988) is a trainee solicitor for a firm of construction/commercial lawyers in Covent Garden. Dr J. Proctor (1962) of the Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences, University of Stirling, has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Oxford.

A. N. Ridley (1968) has been appointed Headmaster of St Edmund's School in Canterbury. The last but one incumbent was F. R. Rawes (1934). General Sir Michael Rose (1960) has been appointed Commander of the United Nations Forces in Bosnia. D. C. Sandiford (1989) is taking the Common Professional Examination in Law at Northumbria University, having obtained a scholarship from Gray's Inn. D. J. A. Shears (1944) has been writing books and articles as well as running Starfish Press, a small publishing house, in Washington D.C. since he retired from The Daily Telegraph in 1986. Summoned last year to jury duty- having become a U. S. citizen - he found himself in a courtroom presided over by Steffen Graae (1962). J. L. Smith (1957) has taken early retirement from his Senior Lectureship in English at Southampton University and is now acting under the name of Jarnes Clarkson. M. J. K. Smith (1953) was appointed Manager of the England test cricket team which toured the West Indies in 1994. E. J. Snape (1982) is a solicitor and Senior Lecturer in Law at Nottingham Law School. R. K. Taylor (1978) is Head of Equity Capital Markets, Daiwa Securities, Hong Kong. L. P. Tempest (1956) is Director General, World Petroleum Premanent Council and World Petroleum Congresses. C. J. Till (1979) has been promoted by his company, British Aerospace, to the position of Project Al Yamamah Personnel Manager. He is based at Warton, near Preston. J. D. Waring (1987) is still in the City but has moved from Flemings to NatWest Securities. B. Wicker (1949) has been appointed Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford. He is editor of the recently published book of essays "Studying War- No More: From Just War to Just Peace" . Dr Lorraine S. Wild (1981) has been appointed to a Lectureship in Geography at Christ Church, Oxford, with effect from 1 October 1994. Dr B. S. Wilks (1955) left Medinat Qaboos in Oman, where he was the Superintendent of the American-British Academy for the last three years, to take up the post in June 1994 of High School Principal at the Nido de Aguilas international school in Santiago, Chile. R. C. Wright (1987) is a Microbiologist for Callitheke, a premium soft drinks manufacturer. MARRIAGES Parnela M. Anderson to Stephen Birkett, on 16 April1993 . Tanya D. Ashby to Mark Spilsbury, on 31 July 1993. Isabel R. Atkins to David Merrifield, on 24 April1993. Tiffani D. Betts to Shahriar Razavi, on 19 June 1993. C. A. Cahall to Anna Harnbleton, on 7 August 1993. Allison A. Carruthers to Baron Carel van Randwyck, on 2 October 1993. 40

S. M. Chadwick to Ealasaid Gilfillan, on 16 October 1993 . Alison L. Charlton to Kenneth Compitus, on 17 April 1993 . R. Colsen to Noriyo Sugihara, in March 1994. Alison J. Cooke to Robert Voyce, on 21 August 1993. Dr D . J. W. Cooper to Deborah A. Rees, on 18 April1993. N. I. Cox to Dr Naomi A. Sellars, in September 1993. Dr Katherine A. Finucane to Chris Burton, on 13 March 1993. Helena L. French to David Sellars, on 2 April 1993. N. E. Greensmith to Karen Griffiths, on 16 October 1993 . R. J. Grylls to Lae1 Adiah, on 31 July 1993 . Nicola M . Hallows to Samuel McGee, on 30 October 1993. C. T. Hawksworth to Jennifer Melling, on 23 April1994. M . G. Heslam to Frank Knight, in May 1993. Dr M. S. Hockey to Dr Penny Weston-Smith, on 3 July 1993. Dr S. D. Hodgson to Dr Sally R. Mortimore, on 17 April 1993. Nancy C. Inman to David Hargreaves, on 16 October 1993. A. N. Marshall to Alison Frost, on 16 October 1993. Dr A. J. McClearly to Helen E. Woodley, on 12 September 1993. R. H. McCreath to Jane Beacham, on 21 August 1993. D. J. Mills to Nataya Khantasa-Ard, on 7 October 1993. J. G. Nutt to Dr Mayra Troya, on 19 December 1993. Brigitte A. Plecher to Dr Winifried Stollmaier, on 21 May 1993. Beryl L. Rands to Ailton de J. Silva, on 13 February 1993 . Clare H. Reece to Angus Jack, on 6 November 1993. J. M . Risman to Catherine Starkie, in May 1994. G . Roberts to Gwenna Robinson, on 3 April1993 . R. E. J. Silkstone to Ann E. Goodchild, on 22 May 1993. Kate E. Simmonds to Robert S. W. Barry, on 3 September 1993. J. P. Smith to Elizabeth Mullings, on 2 February 1993. Kathryn J. Smith to Stephen H. Neal, on 2 October 1993. D. J. Southall to Emrna E. Doyle, on 16 February 1994. C. W. G. Tritton, to Gillian M . Gamrnie, on 16 October 1993. Fenella L. S. Willis to John de Falbe, on 13 February 1993. BIRTHS M. I. Adlestone, a second daughter, ChlOe Olivia, on 3 March 1994. Gladys A. Akponasa, a son, Benjamin, on 8 October 1993. A. R. F. Banks, two sons, Frederick Storm, on 14 July 1991, and Harrison Storm, on 7 June 1993. M. Barratt, a son, Christopher, on 19 December 1993. Revd A. C. Bing, a third daughter, Julia, on 16 November 1993 . R. G. Birch, a second son, Douglas, on 16 July 1993. C. Bird, a daughter, Jessica, on 27 March 1993. Dr D. C. Blakey, two daughters, Alexandra Mary, on 16 November 1991, and Katharine Rebecca, on 7 July 1993. C. J. Blount, two sons, John Hubert Raul, on 31 October 1991 , and Arthur Charles Godfrey, on 13 November 1993. 41

Helen Bray (Bonsall), a second daughter, Charlotte, on 4 May 1992, and a son, Jack, on 4 November 1993. P. S. H. Budden, a daughter, Lucy Anne, on 16 March 1992, and a son, Peter J ames, on 21 December 1993. P. M. Buechel, a daughter, Cathryn Alexandra, on 28 October 1993. G. Cadwallader, a third daughter, Corrie, on 31 March 1994. C. J. and Kathryn J. Coleman (Penney), a son, Hugo John, on 11 January 1994. Revd S. Coulson, two daughters, Emma Rebecca Chelsea, on 16 July 1991 , and Miriam Mary N amuddu, on 20 December 1993. A. R. Craston, a second daughter, Sarah, on 31 July 1993. Sarah J. Croutear (Smith), a son, Thomas Aaron, on 6 September 1992. P. Cubbon, a son, Jack, on 9 February 1992, and a daughers, Kelly, on 22 August 1993. P. Cunnell, a daughter, Genevieve Rose, on 20 July 1993. W-R. Daetz, a third son, Maximilian, on 7 May 1993. A. Dale, a daughter, Charlotte, on 24 October 1993. Catherine L. Dale (Watson), a daughter, Caroline Philippa Claire, on 22 March 1993. Dr Hayley G. Davis, two daughters, Zoe, on 10 September 1992, and Ella, on 4 January 1994. A. G. Deakin, a daughter, Serena Elizabeth Rosemary, on 10 May 1993. M. P. Dunn, a second daughter, Marsha, on 12 March 1991, and a son, Jonathan, on 14 July 1993. P. J. Edwards, a daughter, Cordelia Tryfana Madeleine, on 19 May 1993. S. L. Edwards, a second son, Daniel, on 26 February 1994. T. R. Elliott, a son, Tom, on 21 November 1992, and a second daughter, Emily, on 25 November 1993. Dr A. J. Fairhurst-Winstanley, a daughter, Eleanor, on 13 June 1993. Dr S. C. Flood, two daughters, Sarah Elizabeth, on 3 February 1991, and Rachel Catherine, on 24 September 1993. V. H. Flood, a daughter, Jessica, on 12 April1993. J. L. Hallett, a daughter, Melanie Jane, on 4 February 1993. A. J. Haxby, two sons, Edmund John, on 23 June 1992, and William Henry, on 7 December 1993. Dr A. E. K. Holbrook, two sons, Matthew Ernest, on 12 March 1991, and Jonathan Anthony, on 20 March 1993. T. M. Hooper, a daughter, Emma Louise, on 18 June 1993. R. T. Howe, a daughter, Isabella, on 24 June 1993. Dr S. A. Johnson, a daughter, Isabel Louise, on 8 June 1993. J. C. Keey, a daughter, Catherine Anastasia, on 7 November 1993. Josephine (Cox) and R. Kent, a second son, Alan David, on 30 June 1993. T. M. King, a second daughter, Matilda, on 1 April1994. Flight Lieut S. J. Lloyd, a daughter, Rachel, on 5 January 1994. M. C. Lovick, a son, Jacob Hubert John, on 13 January 1993. R. S. Luddington, a daughter, Jessica, on 19 January 1994. A. G. Mercer, two sons, Calum, on 9 February 1991, and Oisin, on 21 August 1993. 42

FRESHERS 1993

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Back Row: Tian Y. , Lee J., Bingham P., Adcock J. , Walker A., Fox K. , Heyho,L. , Wan C., McEachran K. , Coren A. , Chong K. , Berridge A. , Harris-Curti s E. Brh Row: French E., Yun S., Ross-Dale P., Underwood C. , Duncanson-Hunter R., So C. , O'Conner J. , Bailey~., Pitts 1., Unwin C., Ghali M., Boucher J., Williams H., Hucks L. , Cotton D. , Patti son J., Cazin H., Cruz S. 7rh Row: Mortimer G., Robinson K. , Henderson G., Morgan H. , Rushton S., Stanley M. , Keen S., OwfJP D. , Wickes D., Petassi A., Bird K. , Chorley H. , Smith C., Woolley C. , Gotch K., Bradley A., Ferns M. 6rh Row: Lutener N., Barton N. , Wil son 1., Hamilton D. , Green L. , Manse!-Long A., White M. , Weir T. , Oabtey J., Estell S., Grice A. , Newman A., Gibbons E., Bearchill M. , Cotton L. , Todd-Hall S., Wall ace B. , Teo G. 5rh Row: Adatia R., Johnson K. , Arbour M., Parsley M ., Pathak K. , McCiellend T., Owens J. , Arlow R., Jackson T. , Atkin son A., Dear T., Adshead J., Lemos K. , Chambers E., Parkin J. , Askin B. , Bourgeois Y. 4rh Row: Hook J., Kanai M., Marzi M. , Kerr L. , Skerrett R. , De Souza B., Hepworth P., Mort J., Richardson J., Gent C. , Denholder A. , Richards M., Yap D. , Gi les D., Wood E., Mordaunt A. , Birch A., Mullin H. Jrd Row: Butler M., Boxer B., Eykyn A., Hackett S., Newlove L., Alien C. , Appleton M., Robinson D. , Grade! N., Neil T., Ramsay M., Myers P., Fairey G., Firth R., Mansley R. , Linden N., Hughes A. 2nd Row: Joy D., Goodwin M., Livermore S., Smith M. , Tufft R. , Jeffery S., Nicholl s R. , Morley S., Smith G., Rusholme B., Zondervan K., Evans A., Tottingham J., Webber T., Washington R., Gloeckler G. , Hunter I. , Spence D. Fmnr Row: Jeffery C., BrownS., PaJdwin P. , Gu sh G., Glanville M., Yicenzino M., Cherr.ett A., Aiyar S. , Alton R. E., Rentoul A. , Hardy S., McPherso n D., Stoll R., Van Sauken D., Kahmann J., Lukmani M. , Webb M.

A. J. T. Miller, two daughters, Natalie Samantha, on 1 February 1991 , and Rosanna Charlotte, on 25 November 1993 . Dr R. F. Montague, a daughter, Maria, on 25 June 1993. J. C. Murkett, a daughter, Kristina Kay, 15 May 1994. H. P. Orme, two daughters, Anastasia Daisy, on 13 August 1991, and Tatiana, on 23 October 1993. T. C. Parkinson, a son, Thomas William, on 26 September 1993 . Revd M. J. Partridge, a second daughter, Bethany Laura, on 9 April1993 . J. S. Pathak, a son, Advai Swamp, on 13 October 1993. A. G. Patterson, a third son, Joshua, on 25 September 1993. C. S. Penn, a son, James Samuel Godfrey, on 8 January 1991, and a daughter, Olivia Clementine, on 20 March 1993. M. Pheby, a son, Paolo, on 10 June 1993. Dr V. J. H. Randall, a son, Kristin, on 6 August 1993. Dr D. L. Rathbone, a daughter, Anna Joy, on 9 October 1993. M. J. Rictal, a son, David Mark, on 7 March 1994. Mrs Anne B. Riedl (Luttenberger), two sons, Martin, on 4 February 1991 , and Christian, on 3 February 1993. J. A. Robertson, a son, Harry Argyll, on 13 June 1993 . J. D. H. B. Rothman, a daughter, Georgia, on 28 February 1993. Revd B. Rothwell, a second son, Benjarnin, on 5 May 1993 . Lieut R. M. J. Russell, a daughter, Daisy, on 18 June 1993 . J. P. Smith, a daughter, Rochelle Jean Louise, on 5 February 1993. A. M . Stansfield, twin daughters, Antonia and Kimberley, on 10 February 1993. P. J. Stanton, a daughter, Molly, on 14 March 1993. Dr H. P. Stevenson, a son, Finn, on 1 May 1992, and a daughter, Georgia, on 5 December 1993 . Dr A. G. Surnnall, a son, Adam, on 19 January 1993. C. J. Sutton-Mattocks, a second son, Robert, on 25 January 1993 . P. F. Tindall, twins, a son, Matthew Paul, and a daughter, Lucy Victoria, on 20 May 1993 . Dr G. Tridimas, a son, Vasilis-William, on 27 January 1993. Dr A. Vadher, a second son, Harnish, on 17 August 1993 . S. Vivian, a son, Alexander William, on 26 January 1993 . Dr D. M. Weary, a son, Methian Steven, on 5 March 1994. H. M. Wheaton, a second daughter, Tiffany, on 11 April1993. Dr C. R. Wilson, a daughter, Rebecca Claire, on 26 April 1991, and a son, Alexander James, on 22 January 1993. I. R. Wright, two daughters, Stephanie, on 17 October 1991 , and Madeleine, on 15 March 1993. J. C. Wright, a second son, Laurence, on 3 October 1991, and a second daughter, Monica, on 15 September 1993.

DEATHS Revd J. H. Boothroyd, MA; commoner 1933-36, on 23 May 1993. F. Buchanan, MA; commoner 1922-25, aged 89, on 15 April1993. A. Butovsky, MPhil ; commoner 1982-84, aged 34, on 8 October 1993, as a result of a minibus accident in Syria. G. S. Cansdale, BA, BSc, FLS ;commoner 1929-32, aged 83, on 24 August 1993. J. S. Clarke, VRD, MA, RNR; commoner 1948-50, aged 70, in October 1993. A. C. Corlett, MA; commoner 1922-25, aged 90, on 3 September 1993. R. P. H. Davies, OBE, MA; commoner 1938-39 and 1947-48, aged 74, in October 1993. D . D. Double, MA, DPhil; G. K. N. Scholar, 1966-70, aged 49, on 31 December 1993. W. J. Epton, BA; commoner 1961-64, aged 50, on 13 November 1992. J. T. Evans; commoner 1953-56, aged 60, in June 1994. Revd R. C. Hastie Smith, BA; commoner, 1933-36, aged 80, on 27 December 1993. J. R. Hayston, MA; commoner 1929-32, aged 83, in May 1992. W. A. W. Jarvis, MA; commoner 1935-38, aged 77, on 21 May 1994. R. D. Lutyens, MA ; commoner 1967-70, aged 45, in February 1994. J. E. Lynch Gamero; commoner 1963-66, aged 54, on 12 September 1993. R. McAdams, MA; commoner 1941 and later, aged 69, on 22 June 1993. H. Meltzer, MA; commoner 1948-50, aged 74, on 19 August 1993. A. H. C. Meyrick, BA; commoner 1939-41 and 1946-48, aged 63 , on 23 October 1993 . T. O'Keeffe; exhibitioner 1948-50, aged 67, in March 1994. Timothy O'Keeffe was a publisher with a particular affinity for the best contemporary writers from his native Ireland. He started his own publishing house with two friends, Martin Brian and O'Keeffe, in 1971, and he had a knack of dealing with difficult writers. H. E. Packer, MA; commoner 1931-35, aged 82, on 3 May 1994. R. C. Poston, MA; commoner, aged 81, on 13 September 1993 . F. E. Rusby, MA; commoner 1951-54, aged 62, on 28 January 1994. G. K. Stanton, MA; commoner 1954-57, aged 59, on 26 February 1994. Keith Stanton worked in the Statistical Department of the Government of Bermuda for nearly 25 years. Whilst there he was instrumental in making Bermuda's 'Comsumer Price' Index a relative economic indicator. His spare time was devoted to drama and the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. J. F. Tait, MA; commoner 1930-33, aged 84, in January 1994. The Ven D. Walser, MA; commoner 1946-48, aged 70, on 1 October 1993 . David Walser was Archdeacon of Ely. N. B. Worswick, MA; commoner 1945-48, aged 71, on 21 June 1994. Dr Donald Richards, who coached the First Eight and after whom an Eight was named, died in March 1994 at the age of 73. He was a GP in Oxford for 35 years and received an MBE in 1987. Don Filer, the Hall's last Manciple, who served the College for well on 50 years, died on 14 March 1994, aged 81. 44

OBITUARIES G. S. CANSDALE television viewers, George Cansdale will be remembered as 'the zoo man'. He came up to the Hall from Brentwood School in 1929 and read Forestry, staying on for a B.Sc. and to train for the Colonial Service. His first appointment, in 1934, was as a forestry officer in what was then the Gold Coast and it was there that he began collecting animals for zoos at home. In 1948 he was persuaded to accept the position of Superintendent of London Zoo and it was during that time that he started to broadcast for television. Various series of animal programmes followed but it was his appearances over many years on the children's programme, Blue Peter, that made him a household name. Of him it was said, 'if it crawled, slithered, flew, climbed or swam, he brought it to the studio'. He was a natural broadcaster, with a great love of children. In addition to his television work, he lectured and published numerous books about animals , including the standard work on West African snakes. Whilst working at Natureland in Skegness he also pioneered a water filtration system that has since been widely used to provide clear water in the villages of developing countries. George Cansdale and his wife Sheila were committed Christians and for more than 20 years he was a Churchwarden of All Souls', Langham Place. He was also a Vice President of the evangelical Crusaders Union, having been an active member of the then infant Christian Union whilst at the Hall. Michael Cansdale adds: 'Although other members of my family (including my brother) went to Merton, George would not hear of it for me, and insisted that the Hall was the only possible place he would consider for his favourite nephew. He unfailingly followed the Hall's sporting achievements, and otherwise, and his Oar from Torpids 1931 had pride of place in his beautiful Hampstead home. When he retired to just outside Cambridge he had to saw a couple of inches off the handle to get it to fit into the hall of his tiny cottage, the only place it would fit, and it was the first thing visitors saw on arrival.' D.I.S. TO MILLIONS OF

JOHN SPENCER CLARKE of John Clarke last October the Hall lost one of those men who made post-war Oxford such a rich and enjoyable experience. His presence at Hall Reunions never failed to bring back to us the pleasures of those years, and his last appearance at Reggie Alton's and Bruce Mitchell's party on the 25th September was no exception. It is sad that only three weeks later he died while out on a Shoot he ran in Hampshire. John was a man of many parts and not least a very fine sailor. After leaving St Edward's School, Oxford, he joined the Royal Navy in 1941 and served on the 1942 Malta Convoy and subsequently on one of the Arctic convoys. He finished his service as first Lieutenant on HMS Newcastle in the Pacific war. He then joined the RNVR and concluded his service as a Captain commanding the Solent WITH THE DEATH

Division. A keen sailor in his yacht Maresca, he gave many years to the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen of which he was Chairman. At Teddy Hall few of his contemporaries could fail to remember John, whether on the rugger field, as captain of hockey, President of the JCR, or taking JNDK up the Iffley Road on the back of his motor cycle for a game of squash. But perhaps we recall best his manner of holding court in his room in the back quad where he would give his considered opinion on matters of the moment, so well described by his old friend John Anderson who gave the address at his funeraL " ... John would speak with all the gravitas of- and more than a fleeting resemblance to - a former Lord Chancellor, Lord Hailsfiain. But we would wait for the moment when, with impish, often Rabelaisian humour, he would summon up our laughter with a well turned and well timed throwaway line; above our laughter would rise like a descant his own high-pitched chuckle and a repetition of the punchline would show his delight in the merriment he had provoked." Equipped with a law degree John qualified as a solicitor in 1954 joining his father in his practice in Whitchurch, Hampshire. In 1960 he realised the opportunities to expand his business when the plans for greater Basingstoke were approved, and he opened an office there which remains today. In 1976 he became President of the Hampshire Law Society. In 1962 he was appointed Coroner for North East Hampshire - an office held by his father and grandfather and one he held for twenty-six years. John had an affection and keen interest for Whitchurch, its people and its activities. He was instrumental in the formation of the Sports and Social Club, the Whitchurch Welfare Trust in its present form, and he was a member of the Cricket Club and other local organisations. To his many friends, and especially those of us who would seek his advice from time to time, John was a practical counsellor, full of common sense. His robust contempt for status and pomp was matched by a generosity which his good humour enabled him to display discreetly and modestly. Our sympathy goes to his wife, Joan, whose generous hospitality at The Roos for thirty-five years reflects the happy home she and John created for their family and friends. H. A. R. Long

ROGER PETER HARVARD DAVIES variously known to Aularians of his time as Roger, was one of the 1940s generation whose total membership could be comfortably seated in the Old Dining Hall. He was a "revenant", a term applied to those who had been obliged to break off their studies, in his case Modern Languages, on being called up for military service. He returned in 1946 from the battlefields of North Africa and Italy, where he was twice wounded, and twelve months later became President of the Junior Common Room. Callers at his door became used to finding it invitingly ajar, with coffee spouting in a new-fangled percolator. Deeply versed in music, and endowed with an exceptionally fine voice, he was also equipped with a stack of classical records, to which at least one frequent dropper-in owes a nostalgic affection for the horn concertos of Mozart. As a freshman, he had originally put PETER DAVIES,

his weight about on the rugby fy1{1, as well as helping the Hall to heroic feats in the First Eight, where he won \!{s oar. He had two notable careers. The first was in the British Council, whom he served in Hungary, Israel, Malaysia, Finland, Chile, and ultimately Calcutta, with a spell in London as head of music and drama along the way. India was to have a special place in his heart, for it was there that he encountered the plight of thousands of young children being used as slave labour in the carpet-weaving industry of Uttar Pradesh. After his retirement from the British Council he made frequent return journeys in support of a charity he had helped to set up there, Project Mala, devoted to building schools for the Indian carpet industry's infant victims . The rest of his life was no less selflessly spent. At 60 he was appointed Director of the Anti-Slavery Society, which he at once began restoring to its historic role, infusing it with his own vigorous sense of purpose. His diplomatic lobbying at the United Nations, cooly received at first, soon began to win him new friends and champions. He was appointed President of the International Service for Human Rights in 1986, a year that also saw the appearance of a collection of authoritative papers, under his editorship, aimed at bringing the reformist situation up to date. More personally, his friends will recall his wry musings on men and affairs, his pride in his spirited and talented family - a daughter, Jessica, won a place at the Hall in 1981 - and the undimmed glow of his company. At a full-throated memorial service held at the Guild Church of St Andrew, Holborn Circus, on 11 January, glorious in musical acclaim, a fund was launched to help set up a Peter Davies Scholarship programme for training candidates from developing countries in human rights procedures, based in Geneva. Among those who helped to organise the service were Anti-Slavery International; Human Rights Network; International Service for Human Rights ; Project Mala; and the United Nations Association. Family and loving friends apart, Peter himself could hardly have chosen more welcome company. Denis Thomas RODERICK (MAC) McADAMS (Matric 1941) RODERICK McADAMS WAS one of the small band of men who came to Hall in 1941, to spend a year strangely combining academic work and military training with the O.T.C. before leaving for the Army, but not before firm friendships were formed which survived the war and continued through all the years after our safe return. Mac was a leading figure and unmistakable voice and laugh in the group which formed Staircase 6. After taking his degree in Modern Languages on his return from service with the Intelligence Corps, he became a schoolmaster and taught at Lord Weymouth School in Warrninster for 35 years, a much-loved and inspiring teacher to generations of boys , sharing his wide interests in music and theatre, architecture and travel. In his retirement, which he enjoyed immensely, he took up yet another interest, in a subject entirely new to him, and took an Honours Degree in Mathematics, of which he was justly proud. His sudden and unexpected death came as a great shock to the school and his many friends. At his funeral in the crowded church, were those old friends of staircase 6, remembering days in Hall over fifty years ago. G.M.

HAROLD EUSTACE (BILL) PACKER (Matric 1931) to the Hall in 1931 with a great sporting record at his school at Ketton, and he continued to play cricket not only for the Hall, where he read Modern Languages, but for Leicestershire. He was elected President of the JCR, and to Vincents, and was a great friend of the A.B.E. with whom he used to go on walking holidays. On going down he joined the staff of Stamford School, and until 1977, as teacher and Housemaster, the school was his life. It was here he made the acquaintance of a future famous Aularian, whom he put into the 1st Cricket XI at the age of 13- M. J. K. Smith. Mike Smith acknowledged him as "a major influence in my early sporting career, both rugby and cricket" and kept in touch with him over the years. Bill Packer died in May 1994 after a long, happy and active retirement. He leaves a wife and daughter. BILL PACKER CAME

THE AMALGAMATED CLUBS tasks which I have taken on is acting as Senior Treasurer of the Amalgamated Clubs, and I thought you might like to know how this works. The Clubs were established by the Governing Body to be responsible for expenditure on non-academic activities. Naturally, this includes the major sports, but I get involved with drama, music, chess and ballroom dancing, to mention only a few. oNE OF THE

The funding is arranged by means of a grant from the Governing Body, and this is a fixed percentage of the student fees and now amounting to about £40,000 p.a. Naturally much of this is committed since it includes rental of the sports ground from the university, newspapers and magazines for the JCR, employment of our boatman, repairs and insurance of sports equipment. Manual accounts are kept by me and audited for inspection by Fellows annually. Formality is, however, kept to a minimum and a minuted meeting is held each term with such students as care to attend; major clubs are usually represented. Requests for payment are made to me directly, but I respond-rather poorly when I only hear of expenditure in arrears; as a result most students come and talk about proposed costs before the meeting. One trend seems to me interesting. I fund fewer sporting ventures in other places, fewer tours, but far more individuals, particularly those participating at University level. The University sporting committee and its Clubs Committee have had their central income cut back and university sporting costs are increasingly borne by individuals, so that subscriptions go up and travel costs etc. are passed on. As student grants fail to keep up with inflation more students beat a path to my door. Of course there is a set of rates which could be sent to you were you interested. Broadly I try hard to support clubs rather than individuals, but I avoid making block grants as this is a sure way of losing control. You may have heard from other sources that ballroom dancing has been popular for the last few years; the Principal is senior member of the Ballroom Dancing Club. Did you know that at University level a student needs individual tuition several times a week throughout the term at a cost of £8-£10 per hour? And if you attempt more than one dance ... C. E. Phelps

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES THE BOAT CLUB Captain of Boats: JAMES OWENS THE MENS BOATS

2 colleges boating more crews than the Hall this summer, there has been something of a resurgence in rowing at the Hall this year. A strong first year interest in boats has come about for two reasons. Firstly, strong men's and women's 1st VIII's have led by example, encouraging the lower boats to overcome equipment problems, and the elements. Secondly, a revival of interest in rowing at the Hall from old members and the SCR, both as a direct result of success on the river and the hard work and commitment of The Friends of SEHBC. Over one hundred members of college were on the river this summer and with the Hall's success this year, this enthusiasm will carry on to next year's Boat Club. If lower boats were bumped this happened only after a struggle. That 3rd VIII's from other colleges are bumping the Hall 6th VIII is a fact for others to be ashamed of, not our 6th VIII. Next year we do plan revenge as only befits a crew with true Hall spirit - 6th VIII or not! Success for the men's 2nd VIII was well deserved, rowing in the Graham Midgley which won blades in Torpids in 1993 . The Hall 2nd VIII bumped Osier 1st VIII, Pembroke 11, Corpus 1st VIII, and Univ II to win their blades. 2nd VIII: R. Skerret, M. Golder, C. Jeffrey, S. Riley, E. Houper, T. McClelland, A. Green, B. Askin, and cox J. Parkin. From this crew, Matt Golder and Ben Askin are now stroking the two University Lightweight development VIII's for Henley. For once Oriel was outdone by the Hall in terms of the press coverage their respective 1st VIII's received. Much was expected of the Hall. The 1st Torpid had missed blades due to the cancellation of Torpids by the floods. This, plus 6 rowavers behind Christ Church gave both energy and aggression to the early training sessions, which bore fruit with a win at Wallingford Regatta (The trophy won holds 3 pints and will be in use at the Friends Dinner in September!). Training at Godstow was made much easier by the new coaching launch provided by the Friends. Invaluable for coaching, videos were taken for training purposes, and it also allowed old members to follow outing as well as crew members' family and friends. It also allowed a President of the Boat Club, Graham Midgley, to keep up with our progress on the water, and we were especially delighted that he was able, in grand style, to wash down Oriel, something they have had a monopoly on up until now! Thanks to Steve King, the 2nd VIII boys, and Jonny Seccombe for driving the launch for our coaches Richard Lyndon Morgan and Chris Jones . Eights week itself brought success in the shape of 2 bumps, finally against the House, and also against Univ. We closed to within three quarters of a length of Pembroke in the gut on Saturday, but were disappointed that Pembroke pulled away again down the green bank. However, 3rd on the river is the highest the Hall has been for almost 20 years. The Headship is within our grasp. 1st VIII: Blake Hughes, Mark Lauder, Richard Miller, Dave Ryan, Dave Wilson, Simon Henderson, Jonny Clayton, Grant Gush and James Owens as cox. WITH ONLY

Next year we lose Lauder and Henderson, but we are gaining 3 more heavyweight oarsmen, and an international cox. We expect the Hall to be faster next year. This year we had to borrow a boat from Shiplake College as our current eight is too small, built for a 12.5 stone crew. Our average weight was 14 stone, and next year it will be higher. We are in the process of raising money to help pay for a new eight, with a gap of ÂŁ5-ÂŁ6000 to make up the difference from the value of our current eight which we would sell. Any form of help will be gratefully received, and a substantial donation would put a name on the boat, which should stand a real possibility of taking the Hall to the Headship, in 1995 or 1996 - 30 years since we were last there! M.L.

THE WOMENS BOATS been one of the most successful yet for the Women' s Boats. However the year began shakily with Emma Broomby and Gill Pottinger being the only 1st VIII rowers available to row. Bryony Boxer, a junior international rower came up to add vitally needed experience to the crew, the remainder of which most were novices. Under the coaching of Sean Cochrane and Grant Gush the crew improved rapidly, being placed 14th out of 44 in the Cambridge Fairburn's Cup, beating many Oxford crews. The novice crew had great enthusiasm and looked impressive in Christ Church Regatta, with easy victories through the first few races. They reached the semi-final where they were unfortunately beaten by the eventual winners of the Regatta. Hilary term began with the confidence to build on the achievements of the previous term. The 2nd VIII were unable to row due to bad river conditions and the 1st VIII had to resort to three weeks of land training before the river was reopened. The coaches, Grant Gush and Mark Lauder, prepared us well and the first day of Torpids found us placed lOth of the 2nd division. Chaos ensued ahead of us due to a crash, however the decision was made to carry on rowing. We eventually bumped the head crew of our division, catching up a staggering 25 lengths. To our disbelief the river was closed for the following days of Torpids due to dangerous flood levels; the disappointment of the crew was unmeasurable. Trinity term commenced with far better river conditions. Trials for the 2nd VIII began at the beginning of term, coaching being undertaken by Anthony Bastin. The crew trained hard and rowed over in the 5th fastest time. Luck was unfortunately not on their side for Eights being technically bumped four times on the first day. Despite this initial setback they rowed over comfortably on the last two days. This crew showed great promise for next year. The 2nd VIII were: Mariam Ghali, Cathy Unwin, Liz Gibbons, Sarah O'Neil, Elaine Noone, Kallina Bird, Claire Smith, Helen Williams and cox Laura Hucks. The 1st VIII trained at Godstow, following the men's training schedule. Training progressed well under the coaching of Peter Reynolds, Richard Fishlock, Grant Gush, Mark Lauder and Annabel Eyres . THIS YEAR HAS

Wednesday of Eights saw us placed 8th of the 2nd division, chasing St John's . We gained on them quickly and had a very satisfying bump under Donnington Bridge. On the 2nd day we were behind a rather feeble St Hugh's crew which we easily destroyed. Friday was the day determining whether we would win our blades. We were chasing Magdalen, one of the fastest crews around us, who were following a much weaker LMH crew. By Donnington Bridge we had overlap on Magdalen who also had overlap on LMH but due to excellent coxing and the crew's determination we won the bump. The final day saw our fourth bump on LMH and the crew jubilant at winning their blades. We are now placed 4th of the 2nd division, poised on moving into the 1st division next year. Credit is due to the whole crew for their dedication, particularly Sally Rushton, Mel Bearchell and cox Clare Webb who all show great promise. This year's 1st VIII were: Becky Liddicoat, Katy Gotch, Kathryn Haslam, Mel Bearchell, Emrna Broomby, Bryony Boxer, Sally Rushton, Gill Pottinger and cox Clare Webb. From the rather shaky beginnings the women's boats have triumphed. A lot of our success is due to the help from the Friends of the Boat Club who have helped purchase a new boat, a set of blades and a launch. All these have helped to raise the standards of women's rowing at the Hall considerably. I would like to thank Grant Gush, Richard Fishlock and Mark Lauder who have shown considerable support and encouragement throughout the year. It is a great shame that Mark Lauder is leaving. He has dedicated much time and energy to Hall rowing and will be missed. The prospects for next year's rowing are excellent with six 1st VIII rowers still at the Hall and the whole of the 2nd VIII to choose from. Mel Bearchell is to take over the captaincy and I wish her and the continuation of a high standard of women's rowing at the Hall every Success. G.P. THE CRICKET CLUB

Captain: P. B. CASSIDY

AMIXED SEASON for the Hall was brightened by the emergence of some talented first years, who should form the nucleus of a strong team next year. The league programme saw a series of matches in which the side only performed for half of the match; the team's batting and bowling were rarely of equal merit on any one day. However, a strong finish to the season with victories against Corpus/Linacre and against a vacuous Trinity saw off the prospect of relegation from Division 1. Exeter scuppered any hope of a Cuppers run with a large 1st innings total and a subsequent victory in round 1. Meritorious contributions came in the form of shrewd swing bowling from Don Edwards and Nick Gradel and confident batting from Al Eykyn (a century against Queen's sticks in the mind). The likes of Al Mordaunt (next year's captain), David Wickes, Henry Mullen, Mike Butler and Tommy Farrand also performed with some distinction. Special thanks go to the Fixture Secretary Nial Stanage, who burdened much of the club's administrative workload and also kept the umpire and slip cordon busy with his productive bowling spells on the field . Tim Perkins is also

deserving of praise for pulling the strings on the pitch as captain in his final year. His bowling was of particular value to the side, whilst he was always a threat with the bat. At University level, Alistair Maclay has regularly pitted his wits against firstclass batsmen this year and has a good chance of gaining a blue. P.B.C. THE WOMENS CRICKET CLUB Captain: SARAH O'NEILL UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO a combination of rain and difficulty finding grounds, women's cricket this year never really got going, and we were knocked out of cuppers in the first round. On a more positive note, however, it was encouraging to see so many girls keen to play this year, and Amanda Pearce-Higgins played for the University. S.S.O'N. THE WOMENS' HOCKEY CLUB Captain: SARAH O'NEILL Secretary: Lucy CLOWES THE STANDARD OF hockey at Teddy Hall remained high this year, helped by the arrival of several talented and enthusiastic freshers. Our assault on cuppers began well with good results against Magdalen, LMH, St Hilda's, Brasenose and St Anne's meaning that we won our group and cruised through to the knock-out stages. Unfortunately, we went out in the quarter-finals, losing to Jesus College, the eventual finalists . Our league season was less successful as we often struggled to get a full team together. However we still comfortably retained our place in the first division. I would like to thank all the girls who played this year for the commitment and enthusiasm they have shown. Congratulations must go to Amanda PearceHiggins (Blue), who again represented the University. S.S.O'N. THE ATHLETICS CLUB Captain: Matt Weaver TEDDY HALL CONTINUED its strong athletic tradition by placing 3rd in men's cuppers with a team consisting mainly of freshers. We were particularly lucky to be blessed with so many talented and enthusiastic individuals for a competition that depends so much on team spirit. This enabled us to qualify comfortably for the final with a below strength team. Unfortunately injuries to Richard Tufft (a 49-second 400 m man at best) and Richard Washington (16-second hurdler) on the very morning of the final put paid to any realistic hopes of winning. However the team performed admirably to achieve 3rd place behind the two combined teams of Worcester-Nuffield and Corpus-Linacre (We can claim a moral victory by being the highest scoring individual team!). Highlights included excellent performances by Niall Linden in 6 races of 400 m or longer, finding time to high jump when he wasn't racing, by Matt Weaver and James Richardson, who were both just 3 events short of completing a decathlon in a

day, by Xen Gladstone in all 4 throws, by Stuart Brown in events as diverse as 400 m, Javelin and high jump, by Gavin Henderson and Ben Astin over the longer distances and by Howard Cazin and John Sackree in the sprints (Howard's 4.8 m in the hammer also attracted a good deal of notice!) Other team members included Mark Webster, Matt Golder, Nick Gradel, Nick Tyler and Gareth Fairey. We are hoping for even better next year and the age of the team and the return of distance blue Richard Collier from his year abroad all bode well for the future. Unfortunately the women were not able to keep up with the men, due to lack of numbers, and although our 4 women team performed creditably they were never in the hunt for any of the top placings. Teddy Hall was very active University wise where Matt Weaver, Niall Linden, Richard Tufft, James Richardson, Howard Cazin, Ruth Wyndow and Claire Woolley have all competed in University teams. Matt Weaver won his 2nd blue with a new University and Varsity Match Pole Vault record of 4.90 m (16' 1") and has also gained a 4th place in UAU championships and 15th in the AAA championships in Sheffield. He will be the University president for next year. Claire Woolley and Niall Linden (next year's 2nd team captain) both showed excellent potential in the 800 m and were particularly unlucky to miss out on places in the blues team in that event although Claire gained her half blue in running the 400 m relay. Richard Tufft and Ruth Wyndow sho~ld both be hoping for blues team positions next year, Richard in the 200 m/400 m and Ruth in the Javelin. M .W.

THE NETBALL CLUB Captain: LOUISE TURNER FOR TEDDY HALL netball, it has been a memorable year. For some the early Monday morning practices may have been what stuck in their minds, for others it may have been the dinner parties or the Ann Summers evening. IÂˇ think however, for most of us it will be the amazing achievements that both the B and A teams attained. The B team with some fighting play promoted themselves into the first division and clashed head to head with the first team in cuppers. They gave the A team the best ruri for their money during the whole competition but star shooting by Alice Clay and Natasha Walker proved too much. The A team went on to win cuppers -the first time for Teddy Hall in over 50 years. Next year we return without some great players - Kath Wroath, Natasha Walker and Blues players Lindsay McQuillian and Jo Carry. Luckily a great cove of players remain - Jane Boucher, Lucy Newlove, Isobel Pitts and Clare Wooley deserve special mention. We also wish Sally Racket luck as next year's captain in maintaining the momentum that the team created for itself this year. "There's only one netball college," I believe I heard sung one night in the bar. I couldn't agree more.

L.T.

THE WOMENS SQUASH CLUB Captain: ALICE CLAY AFfER THE STRING of victories last season, the women's squash team suffered somewhat this year from lack of man - or rather woman - power. Despite this, however, we performed well in the league and continued to climb the charts, moving up several places, powered by unbeatable performances from Chloe Griffiths, whom we will sadly lose this season, and Katy Gotch, who won her Blue and will captain next year's side. There was a lot of talent on the side. Making up numbers, however, proved more of a problem, and we succumbed to a first-round defeat in cuppers at the hands of a strong Wolfson team. Thanks must go to Vanessa Sangwin for filling in so often, and indeed to all those who played - and good luck for the next season. A. C. C. THE SQUASH CLUB successful year for Teddy Hall, especially in the League where the 1st team got promoted by two divisions and the 2nd team went up one division. An injection of 'New Blood' meant that we had a strong team, which included Jim Hook, Kieran Johnson, Ziad Akle and our late discovery, Ali Mordaunt. In Michaelmas we were also very lucky to have Tim Howard - a very enthusiastic and talented postgraduate from the States. Other key players included Tim Perkins and Simon Blezard. Unfortunately, our progress in 'Cuppers' was brought up short by an affliction of 'Post-Saturday-Night Blues' amongst some (a lot!) of the team!! THIS WAS A VERY

THE WOMENS TENNIS CLUB Captain: Caroline Ball OWING TO THE planned captain's inexplicable desertion of tennis for the much less wholesome paths of JCR politics, Caroline Ball nobly stepped in to take over this year's tennis captaincy - for which many thanks. The year began with an enthusiastic response from keen first years modelling themselves on Steffi Graf; but in the event, the exam season, as so often, hindered this promise from being fulfilled. A regular team proved hard to establish, competing, as ever, with other summer sports. The Hall held its own, though, breaking about even with cuppers and league victories and defeat. However, the absence of overall success was amply compensated for by very strong individual performances notably from Clare Smith, next year's captain. These suggest that next year could see the Hall's big break. Many thanks to all who played, and good luck to next year's side. A. C. C. THE TENNIS CLUB ALTHOUGH OUR COURTS in the Parks retained their infamous standard, we did manage to avoid any home matches and were very fortunate to have a large number of people available for both teams, guaranteeing considerable success in both Cuppers and League.

The core of the team consisted of Scott McCreedy, Matt Lim, Ziad Akle and Anders Markvardsen, whilst other members of the squad included Nick Osbourne, Al Eykyn and Julius Mort. With many talented players, including several university ones, we had few seroius rivals in our division (however as expected exam-time did take its toll). A great term of tennis and many thanks to Mike Robbins for captaining and handling the 2nd team.

THE SWIMMING CLUB UNFORTUNATELY, SWIMMING COPPERS, the only event in the college swimming calendar, did not take place this year as it was not organised by the University Swimming Club. Next year's College Swimming Captain is Dave Doran. A. B.

THE BRIDGE CLUB OUR BRIDGE TEAM has seen a dramatic turn of fortunes this year due mainly to the talents of fresher Luke Kerr. Luke has been a regular member of the University 2nd team with his partner, but he was promoted to the 1st team for the match against Cambridge, a particularly fine achievement. In the college cuppers matches, Luke was partnered by Matt Weaver and the other pairing was the established partnership of Neil Tyler and Brian Wallace, both of whom are freshers. This team, though unseeded, won through to the quarter-finals where they were matched against a strong Keble side. The Hall were actually ahead at the half-way stage in this match but unfortunately were unable to hold the lead and Keble finally triumphed. No doubt this team will be looking for greater heights next year. Well done to everyone involved. M.W.

THE POOL CLUB Captain: D. WILLIAMS THE LOSS OF many of last year's star players meant a new look, an untried pool team for the start of Michaelmas term. Early results were encouraging as the Hall pressed home its superiority in both cuemanship and spirit, and thoughts turned to the possibility of a league win. The 9-0 defeat by Pembroke was rather a setback, but a respectable mid-table position was achieved by the end of term. The reins of power were then taken by Andy Keeley, as the captain disappeared to the Southern Hemisphere for Hilary term. Bad organisation from the University Cuppers organisers meant this competition did not reach a conclusion, but the Hall managed a couple of successful matches. I thank everyone who turned out for the teams this year, and I wish Luke Kerr the best of luck as next year's captain. D.W.

Unfortunately reports from the Captains of other sports were not submitted in time to be included before we went to press. We are indebted to the wide interests and knowledge of the President of the JCR for the following tabloid reports.

THE FOOTBALL CLUB: The first XI won the League this season. The second XI reached the semi-final of Cuppers. Ryan Mills, Richard Washington and Chris Seymour played for the University. THE RUGBY CLUB: The rugby team finished the season third in the First Division, and reached the quarter final of cuppers. The Rugby League team won their cuppers. Toby Watson won a Blue; T. Gladstone, J. Sackree, M. Elliott and M. Butler all played for the University. THE CROSS COUNTRY CLUB: This year the Teddy Hall Cross Country Club has produced a number of runners for the University. One was awarded a Blue, one placed in the 2nd team, and several others. There are strong hopes for next year. SQUASH: The men's first team has been promoted twice this year, to the 2nd division. The second team is now in the 5th division. SPORTING DISTINCTION WAS achieved by the following members of Hall: Fred Burt (University Golf team), Niko Lutener (Skiing Blue), Lucy Malt (University Lacrosse player), Rorie Duncan (OU Boxing Team captain), Luke Powell (Boxing Blue), Steve Riley (OU Basketball captain), Brittany Betts (University Basketball team), Jacqui Broughton (OU Polo Team captain and Extraordinary Full Blue), Ian Wilson (OU Men's Lacrosse captain for next year), J. Plumstead (OU Riding team) , and Alistair Mordaunt (University Racquets player).

BALLROOM DANCING

of dancers continues to take the floor with elegance and accuracy. Though this is but a short report from the lips of one of the more aged terpsichoreans, it congratulates the Hall team on coming second in Ballroom Dancing Cuppers, and providing members of the University team.

THE HALL TEAM

THE BLUE CONTEMPTIBLES FOR THE FIRST TIME ill its 350-year history the Oxford University Officers Training Corps has formed a Regimental Association, known as The Blue Contemptibles. Its first Annual General Meeting and Dinner were held in 1993.

Former members of the OU OTC are invited to join their Association. Please write with an s.a.e. to The Secretary, The Blue Contemptibles, OU OTC, Manor Road, OXFORD OX1 3UQ. YOUR ASSOCIATION NEEDS YOU! THE CHRISTIAN UNION REPRESENTATIVES: SARAH O'NEILL, SARAH PROWTING, RUTH WYNDOW

WE WERE PARTICULARLY encouraged at the beginning of the year by the arrival of several committed and enthusiastic freshers, meaning that there were now about 25 members of the C.U. The major focus of the year was the OICCU mission, 'alive and kicking'. In this we were grateful to have Warren Watson and Suzanne Ewing living in college for the week, and they were able to get to know and talk to many college members. In our Wednesday meetings we have studied John's Gospel, Jonah and I Thessalonians, and many different C.U. members have been involved in leading worship, prayer and Bible studies. It has been good to see an ever-increasing involvement in OICCU throughout the year with many people taking advantage of the excellent speakers at OICCU Bible teaching meetings, as well as house parties, prayer groups and other associated groups. One of our aims over recent months has been to increase our commitment to prayer as a college group. To help with this, we have appointed a specific prayer co-ordinator as one of our successors. We would particularly like to thank Gerald Hegarty for all his support and encouragement over the year. S.S.O'N S.J.P. R.D.W. ST EDMUND HALL MUSIC SOCIETY

THIS HAS BEEN a busy year for the music society, with a strong recital series and regular major choral concerts - all of which bodes well for the future. The kind donation of a fine Steinway Grand piano by Robert Venables has spawned a great many piano recitals in the Wolfson Hall given by Chris Hopkinson, Dr Jones (the College Music lecturer) with Steven Devine, and the Donna Stoering Quintet, playing, amongst others, the Dvorak piano quintet. Donna Stoering is the Artist in Residence at St Edmund Hall for 1994/5 and will be giving a solo recital early in Michaelmas term, 1994. The piano also saw use in a visit from the Opera Club, and in a recital given by Theresa Wier, Peter Lynan, Stuart Estell, and Deborah Eaton, the College Librarian. This occasion included works ranging from Mediaeval plainsong, through Purcell and Schubert, to Debussy and Shostakovich. Other musical highlights of the year included a recital of catches and partsongs given by the Oxford Catch Club and the Gishneck trio, and the Fresher's concert where the new talent in the College had a chance to show itself. The Aularian Singers - the Choral Society associated with the College - and their orchestra, Musica in Ecclesia, put on two major concerts this year: Haydn's Creation in the University Church, organised ably by Richard Bratby and conducted by David Willington, the senior Organ Scholar; and Mozart's

Requiem Mass in Merton College chapel organised by Martin Goodwin and conducted by Huw Morgan, the junior Organ Scholar. With professional and semi-professional soloists, these concerts were well attended and highly successful. The Aularian Singers put on a further concert in Trinity term of English Anthems, conducted again by Huw Morgan. This included Organ solos from David Leigh (organist of St Peter's and Magdalen) and a piece written for the occasion, "Who Drinks On", by Stuart Estell. H.M. THE JOHN OLDHAM SOCIETY

has continued to support the flourishing dramatic skills of Aularians. An enthusiastic response to the challenges of Drama Cuppers resulted in a vivid interpretation of Sophocles' "Antigone" - if somewhat constrained by the imposed limits of performance time and budget! Members of the Hall have performed in many venues throughout the University, and a growing number are also involved in the vital work that goes on backstage, as producers, publicity managers, stage managers and costume designers. At university level, Tim Bryars and Rachel Stafford are members of the OUDS committee, and Jamie Hamilton has passed his responsibilities as President of the Opera Club to another Aularian, David Taylor. This summer sees the return of Hot Air Productions to Oxford, and to St Edmund Hall, whose gardens are the setting for open air performances of "Macbeth" and "Othello", as part of the Shakespeare Festival. Once a studentrun venture, Hot Air is now a professional production company, run by Old Aularian, Aaron Simpson. R.L.S.

THE JOHN OLDHAM SOCIETY

THE AULARIAN BOOKSHELF THE GIFT'S THAT poured onto the Aularian Bookshelf this year were more varied in their subjects and their types than ever before, with one or two delightful surprises. I will just mention a few of the many to offer a taste. We already know A. K. Barton (1929) as a philatelist of some standing from his gift to the Hall of several score of mint sheets of stamps commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. To this he has added his collection of First Day Covers, the majority produced by the Post Office, but some designed by himself with great wit to mark certain political or sporting or cultural events which the GPO deemed not important enough for a special issue of stamps. And, not only does he collect stamps, but he has also assembled an important set of 1000 World War I postcards, which he has also given to the Hall. To my great surprise and delight I found several concerning an army training camp in my home town of Wakefield, Massachusetts; knowing that it is Wakefield's 350th anniversary this year, I asked Mr Barton if these might be donated to the town with copies remaining in his collection, and he readily agreed: there will be a major article using these postcards in the town's newspaper later this year. Not stopping at this Mr Barton has also composed a great number of humorous limericks:

Young burglar around on the sneak, Surprised by the din of a peke, At once dropped the swag, Complete in the bag, And au pas disappeared gymnastique. A visitor in stately hall Asked if it were haunted at all. The man at her side said "Sometimes" and glide -ed quietly through a stone wall. Music and theatre have seen contributions from Aularians old and new: The French Fellow, Nicholas Crook, among his other works this year, produced a contribution to the programme for the Hamlet of the Theatre des Arts in Rouen; Geoffrey Alien (1945) has written "The parson's pleasure" for piano solo dedicatedto Graham Midgley, and Stuart Estell (1993) composed "Who drinks on" for soloists and chorus which the Aularian Singers performed this Trinity Term in Exeter College chapel. Classical and affiliated studies, although sadly not offered any longer at St Edmund Hall, have seen some contributions: The new Russian Fellow, Andrew Kahn, who read Classics as well as Russian, wrote "Readings of Imperial Rome" in the Slavic Review; and our last graduate student in archaeology, Timoaki Nakano (1991), wrote of his recent excavations. In response to my hints to visiting Aularians at last year's summer reunion G. A. K. Missen (1941) sent me an excellent variety of his articles on vascular, cardiac and cancer diseases. During the past year the Undergraduate Library has seen a veritable landslide of important texts given as gifts. Most notable amongst these are: 19 PPE books from the father of Gabriel Gloeckler (1993); 31 physics and philosophy books from M-J. Janezic (1989); 30 politics books from Dr L. D. Johnston, a former lecturer; 35 Spanish texts from Revd R. Lee (1950); and 9 books on the Czech language from John Waiters (1959). I was also personally charmed by the fact that a casual mention to Dr T. Takamiya of Cambridge that all our copies of his book Aspects of Malory have gone missing resulted in a gift from him of another copy. Supplements to the funds for Politics and Law have come from their Fellows, J. P. D. Dunbabin and Derrick Wyatt, respectively, when they have given the Library various of their fees for Associated Student tutoring, for lecturing, and for candidate assessment. These gifts are especially welcome because they offer the Library some little hedge against the ravages of book and periodical inflation on the Library budget. D.E.

GIFTS TO THE AULARIAN BOOKSHELF ALLEN, G. (1942)

For the parson's pleasure, piano solo (Perth, 1993) BARTON, A. (1929)

A lude of limericks. BENBOW, C. (1951)

Gladys Morrell and the Women's Suffrage Movement in Bermuda (Bermuda, 1994) BRENNER, D . J. (1971)

Radon: Risk and Remedy (New York, 1989) COWDREY, H. E. J. (Fellow)

'Building work on the north range of the front quadrangle of St Edmund Hall, 1741-8' in Oxoniensa 58, 1993 'The Carthusians and their contemporary world' in Die Kartiiuser und ihre Welt,' Band 1, Salzburg 1993 'Pope Victor and the Empress A' in Byzantische Zeitschrift, 84185, 1991/2 'Simon Magus in South Italy' in Anglo-Norman Studies XV, 1993 Review of Gwynn: 'The Irish Church in the 11th and 12th Centuries,' m MediumAevum 62, 1993 'Pope Gregory VII and the Bishoprics of central Italy' in Studi Medievali 38, 1993 CRAMPTON, R. (Fellow)

Bulgaria, chapter in Whitefield: The New Institutional Architecture of Eastern Europe (New York, 1993) CRONK, N. (Fellow)

'Moliere-Charpentier's La malade imaginaire: The First Opera-Comique?' in Modern Language Studies Vol. XXIX, 1993 'The Play of Words and Music in Moliere-Charpentier's Le malade imaginaire' in French Studies, Vol. XLVII, 1993 'The Invention(s) of Literary History' in Continuum 5, 1993 Hamlet, Theatre des Arts, Rouen 1994 Ed. Voltaire: Letters concerning the English nation (Oxford, 1994) CUMMINGS, L. (1971)

Logistics goes global (Cranfield, 1992) DOULTON, A. (1963)

Exchanging information with the public (Oxford, 1993) DUNBABIN, J. P. (Fellow)

'The League of Nations' place in the International System' in History 78, 1993 61

ESTELL, S. (1993)

"Who drinks on", musical score for soloists and chorus FINDLAY, R. H. (1968)

Gondwana Eight (Rotterdam, 1993) GANTZ, P. (Emeritus Fellow)

Ed: palthen, Joh. Phil.: Tatiani Alexandrini Harmoniae Evangelicae antiquissima Versio Theotisca (Amsterdam, 1993) GATRELL, S. (1965)

Thomas Hardy and the proper study of mankind (London, 1993) HARRIS, R. (1951)

Le semiologie de l'ecriture (Paris, 1993) Ed: Saussure's third course of lectures on general linguistics (1910-1911) (Oxford, 1993) Linguistics and philosophy: the controversial interface (Oxford, 1993) JONES, D. N. (1969)

Understanding child abuse (London, 1987, 2nd ed) KAHN, A. S. (Fellow)

'Andrei Belye, Dante and "Golubye glaza I goriashchaia lobnaia kost"' in The Russian Review 53, 1994 Review of Schweitzer, V: 'Byt I bytie Mariny Tsvetarvoi' in The Russian Review 53, 1994 'Readings of Imperial Rome' in Slavic Review 52, 1993 KEMBER, T. (1953)

The NHS - a kaleidoscope of care - conflicts or service and business values (London, 1994) KING, S. (1980)

'The use of Z in the restructure of IBM CICS', and 'Specifying the IBM CICS application programming interface' in Hayes: Specification Case Studies (New York, 1993) (2 copies) KNIGHT, J. (Fellow)

'The length of life and the standard of living' in The Journal of Development Studies 30, 1993 Griffin, K. and Renwei, K. (eds), The Distribution of Income in China (3 chapters) (New York, 1993) 'The spatial contribution to income inequality in rural China' in Cambridge Journal of Economics 17, 1993 MATTHEWS , P. (1977)

'Death and the coroner' in Gazette 90/9, 1993 'The Hague Trusts Convention of 1st June 1985: the present position' in The Offshore Tax Planning Review 3, 1992/3 'Discovery before the tax commissioners' in The Personal Tax Planning Review 2, 1992/3

'The coroner and the quantum of proof in Civil Justice Quarterly, 1993 A guide to the leasehold reform, housing and urban development act 1993 (London, 1993) Discovery (London, 1993) Jervis on coroners, 11th ed (London, 1993) MISSEN, G. A. K. (1941)

16 articles on clinical medicine MITCHELL, P. J. (1983)

'Archaeological investigations at two Lesotho rock-shelters.' in Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 59, 1993 'The archaeology of the Phuthiatsana-ea-Thaba Bosiu basin' in Antiquity 68, 1994 'The archaeology of Tloutle rock-shelter' in Navorsinge 9, 1993 MITCHELL, R. B. (Emeritus Fellow)

preview of An invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England in Medieval English Studies Newsletter 29, 1993 NAKANO, T. (1991)

'The site of the Furuwatari Castle' in NAR, 1993 PALMER, N. F. (Fellow)

German literary culture in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: inaugural lecture, 1993 'Ars morendi und Totentanz' in Borst, A et al (eds), Tod im Mittelalter, 1993 POLLOCK, N. C. (1945 and Emeritus Fellow)

News from Masai (Vienna, 1993) PRICE, J. (1949)

Ed. J. Price: Wollstonecraft, M.: Vindication of the rights of men (Oxford, 1994) Blamire: Poetical works (Oxford, 1994) READ, A. W. (1928)

The adjective 'American' in England in American Speech (New York, 1950) Seits (ed): Festschrift in honor of Alien Walker Read (DeKalb, Illinois, 1988) ROSSOTTI, F. J. (fellow)

'Structure and stability of carboxylate complexes XIX' in Acta Crystallographica B49, 1993 SCARGILL, D. I. (1954)

'Local government - the French three-tier experience' in Town and Country Planning' (February 1994) 'Crisis in rural France' in Geography 79, 1994 'Making plans for Oxbridge' in Planningweek 2, 1994 The battle of Kidlington gap (Oxford, 1993) SHIPTON, A. (1972)

Barker with Barker, edd.: A life in jazz (Oxford, 1986) 63

The glass enclosure- a life of Bud Powell (Oxford, 1993) Fats Waller (Tunbridge Wells, 1988) SMITH, E. (1958)

Clocks: a guide for owners (Cambridge, 1993) SPURR, B. (1974)

Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar (Glebe, NSW, 1994) Ernily Dickinson (Glebe, NSW, 1994) The poetry of W. B. Yeats Literature and spirituality (Glebe: Fast Books, 1993) Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn TRAFFORD, B. (1974)

Sharing power in the schools: raising standards (Ticknall, 1993) TYTLER, G. (1954)

'Lavater and the 19th century English novel' in Shookman, E.: The faces of physiognomy - interdisciplinary approaches to Johann Caspar Lavater (Columbia, SC, 1993) VENABLES, R. (Fellow)

Tax raising and fundraising for charities (London, 1993, 2nd ed) WATSON, S. (Fellow)

The G-protein linked receptor: factsbook (London, 1994) WHITTAKER, R. (Fellow)

'Dispersal, fruit utilization and seed predation of Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum' in Journal of Tropical Ecology 10, 1994 'Plant population patterns in a glacier foreland succession' in Ecography 16, 1993 'Stochasticism and determinism in island ecology' in Journal of Biogeography 19, 1992 'Relationships between the crown condition of Sitka and Norway spruce and the environment of Great Britain' in Journal of Applied Ecology 30, 1993 'Dispersal and establishment of tropical forest assemblages' in Miles, J. & Walton, D. W. H. (eds): Primary Succession on Land (Oxford, 1993) WILLIAMS. W. S. C. (Fellow)

Solutions Manual to Nuclear and Particle Physics (Oxford, 1994) WRIGHT, D. (1929)

'Sir Peter Sykes and Persia' in Central Asian Survey 12, 1993 WYATT, D. (fellow)

Yearbook of European Law 1992 (Oxford, 1993) YARDLEY, C. D. M. (Emeritus Fellow)

Local Government Ombudsman, Annual Report 1992/1993 64

GIFTS TO THE LIBRARY WE THANK

the following donors :

ALFRED WALLER LTD

Sauer: Why Information Systems Fail (Henley on Thames, 1993) ATKINSON, D. (Library Assistant)

Micros: Viruses, their Removal and Prevention BARTON, A. (1929)

1000 WW I postcards 25 books collection of UK and overseas First Day Covers BRIGGS, A. (Fellow)

Halstead: Protecting Intellectual Property (Hemel Hempstead, 1993) BULLOCK, G. H.

The Bible in the light of Modern Knowledge (Braunton, 1992) CHARLOTTE BONHAM CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST

Willson, F. M. G. :A Strong Supporting Cast CLEARY, D. & WATSON, T. P.

7 books by philosopher Antonio Rosmini COTTERILL, A. W. (North Carolina Summer School)

Partridge, E.: Shakespeare's Bawdy COWDREY, H. E. J. (Fellow)

Iogna-Prat, D.: Saint Maieul, Cluny et la Provence, Alpes de Haute Provence (1994) 'Lanfranc, the Papacy and the See of Canterbury' in ltalia Sacra 51 (1993) CRONK, N. (Fellow)

Jellou , T. B.: Harrouda (Paris, 1993) DALYELL, T.

Dick Crossman, A Portrait (London, 1993) FARGHER, R. (Emeritus Fellow)

Atlas de biologie (Paris, 1970) Eds. GARRIGAN, S. & REEVES, K.

Oxford Poetry VIII 1993 GLOCKLER, G. (1993)

19 PPE books HAYES, C. (1930)

Textes Franr;ais Modernes Vols 198, 199

JANEZIC, M-J. (1989)

31 physics and philosophy books JOHNSTON, L. (former lecturer)

30 politics books KELLY, J. N. D. (Honorary Fellow)

Proceedings of the British Academy 199111992 KIEFFER, R.

Estuaires 11 & 20 Les fleurs ont froid (Luxembourg, 1993) KIERNAN, D. (1966)

The Derbyshire lead industry in the sixteenth century (Chesterfield, 1989) in memory of George Ramsay KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON

Diesel vehicle emissions and urban air quality (London, 1993) LADDER, M . (1989)

Bardgett, F. D.: Scotland Reformed Sanderson, M. H. B. : Scottish Rural Society in the 16th century Lynch: Scotland, a new History (London, 1992) LEE, R. (1950)

Set of Hall Magazine, 195035 Spanish texts LOVAR FOUNDATION

Walker: Solar Blue (Worcester, 1991) MACKAY, C. (1985)

via author, Bemheim, P-A.: Cannibales! (Paris, 1992) NAUGHTON, J. (Fellow)

Slovensko-Cesky Slovnik (Prague, 1967) 7 Czech books NIAGARA INSTITUTE

Luik, J.: Do tobacco advertising bans really work? (Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, 1994) PHILLIPS, R. (1991)

3 undergraduate economics texts PITTOCK WESSON, J.

The ascendancy of taste (London, 1973) Aberdeen and the Enlightenment (Aberdeen, 1987) RHONE-POULENC LTD

Rose, S.: The making of memory (London, 1992)

ROBSON, B. (1959)

Blair, M.: Life at 100 miles per hour (Ludlow, n.d.) RVDRVM, Alan

£40.00 to buy a book in the memory of George Ramsay SALVATORELLI, F. (Fellow)

8 Engineering management books SEEBOARD PLC

Middlemas: Power to the Consumer (London, 1993) SIDEBOTHAM, A. (1988)

8 law text books STICHTING ONS ERFDEEL

The Low Countries: A Yearbook (Rekkem, 1993) SUMMERS, D.

Selden Society Vol. 108 (1992) TAKAMIYA, T.

Aspects ofMalory (Cambridge, 1981) VANDIJK,E. W.

!-Psychology (Utrecht, 1993) WALTERS, J. (1959)

4 books on Czech grammar 5 Czech language texts WARD-PERKINS, K. (Fellow)

Burrow, J. (ed): English Verse, 1300-1500 Shakespeare: The Tempest WAUGH, J. (for The Ultimate Club)

Neill, A. : Life Contingencies (1977) Benjamin, B. & Pqllard, J. H.: The Analysis of Mortality (Oxford, 1980) (2nd ed) WYATT, D. (Fellow)

£150 lecture fees to buy Law books Basic Community Laws (London, 1993) (4th ed) Basic Community Laws (London, 1993) (3rd ed) (5 copies) £50 from assessment fee for Cambridge £50.00 (candidate assessment fee) YAKUMO-GOTO REMINISCENCE SOCIETY

3 issues of The Japanese Spirit (Nishinomiya, 1993) YARDLEY, D. C. M. (Emeritus Fellow)

Local Government Ombudsman, Annual Report 199211993 YUSUFAZI, F.

Of hungry cats and immortal pigeons (Woodfield, 1992)

THE SCHOOLS TRINITY TERM 1994

Honour School of Natural Science: Biochemistry: Part !I: Class 1: Ms K. A. Vardy. Class 2/1: M. A. Wigmore . Class 2/2: J. R . M. Harris. Part 1 (Unclassified Honours): Ms T. R. Evans, Ms C. L. Smith. Chemistry: Part !I: Class 2/1: D. Ison, A. W. Jones, A. J. Lee. Part I (Unclassified Honours): A. W. Armstrong, A. J. Clark, M. R. Harden, D. R. Spring, P. B. Ward. Pass: J. M. Oliver. Engineering Science: Part !I: Class 211: H. A. C. Bruce-Gardyne, A. S. L. Green, C. P. Webster. Class 2/2: G. C. Hinton, M. D. Powe. Part I (Unclassified Honours): D. D. Britz, P. B. Cassidy, C. Fussell, J. W. Lipscomb, S. R. McCreery. Engineering and Computer Science: Part !I: Class 2/2: J. A. Alderton. Part I (Unclassified Honours): T. A. Corbett-Clark. Engineering and Materials Part If: Class 211: J. M. Bailey, Ms E. L. Noone. Class 2/2: M. 0. S. Lim. Part I (Unclassified Honours): A. H. C. Fishlock, D. J. Gradwell, P. J. Wallace. Geology: Class 2/I: M . J. Goddard, H. C . Goulding, MS C. E. Harris, M. G. Little, A. J. Skae. Class 212: Ms B. A. Betts, Ms K. R. Greaves . Metallurgy and Science of Materials: Part !I: Class 1: E. F. J. Shelton. Class 211: Ms E. E. Broomby. Class 212: Ms C. F. Braban. Part I (Unclassified Honours): C. M. Davies, Ms B. J. Glassey, R. T. Naisby, Ms A. K . Pearce Higgins, C. W. E. Seymour. Physics: Class 1: P. E. Fry. Class 2/1: R. B. Macdonald, D. I. A. Oswald, R. A. Pearce, T. C. S. Watson, F. L. Wong. Class 212: J. C. L. Clayton, J. D. A. Willington, T. Willis, R. J. L. Williamson. Class 3: J. E. Martin. Physiological Sciences: Class 1: Ms S. N. Khan. Class 211: A. J. Bastin, Ms S. S. C. Harries, S. K. Melford, M. E. Morley. Honour School of Engineering, Economics and Management: Part !I: Class 2/1 : S. A. Henderson. Honour School of English Language and Literature: Class 1: Ms C. Harris, A. R. Lappin . Class 211 : B. J . E . Bowden, Ms M . Brady, F. M. Burt, J. M . Hamilton, Ms S. L. Steele. Class 2/2: Ms K. G. Wroath. Honour School of English and Modern Languages: Class 211 : Ms A . J. Gordon, Ms N. N. T. Walker. Honour School of Experimental Psychology: Class 2/1: Ms K. Johnson. Honour School of Geography: Class 211: C. N. Ash ton, S. A. Brown, Ms K. M . Little, Ms H. E . Morgan, T. R. Perkins, Ms A. H. Sales, R. J. Wellings. Class 2/2: D. G. Searle. Honour School of Jurisprudence: Class 1: D. P. Aharoni, J. Chambers, Ms A. C. Howard. Class 211: Ms L. V. French, Ms L. H. McQuillan, K. J. Mitchinson, Ms G. D. Redpath, D. A. Smith. Class 2/2: M. R. Ashelford, Ms C. Cosgrave, Ms J. R. Magee.

Honour School of Mathematics: Class 211: B. V. Arumugam. Class 2/2: T. H. M . Eccles. Class 3: Ms C. P. Edgar. Honour School of Mathematics and Computation: Class 211: C. R. Bodycote. Class 3: N. R. Lane. Honour School of Mathematics and Philosophy: Class 1: S. P. Chatterjee. Honour School of Modern History: Class 1: A. D. Barker, D. R. McGill. Class 211: R. G. Bratby, Ms G . K. Hails, A . J. Keeley, A . J. Peach, Ms A. L. Rentoul, Ms V. J. Sangwin, Ms L. Sullivan, A. L. Thompson, Ms A. L. Weir. Class 2/2: J. C. Cater, N. J. Wenboume. Honour School of Modern History and English: Class 1: T. J. Houghton. Class 211: Ms S. E. Beecham. Honour School of Modern Languages: Class 211: Lady Katherine Bligh, Ms M. M . Czech, Ms C . A. Field, Ms C. L. Kilbum, S. J. Shaw, Ms J. C. Simner. Class 2/2: J. P. Gill, Ms A. D. Kitsantonis, L. S. McDonald, Ms H. E. Spink. Class 3: C. J. Brough. Honour School of Music: Class 211: D. J. Barker. Honour School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Class 1: S. S. Aiyar; Class 211: B . A. Cattell, A. P. Lester, L. J. Powell, C. J. Rhodes, D. E. Woodfine. Class 2/2: Ms J. L. Corry, Ms E. S. Davies, Ms C. Griffiths, Ms M. B. McDermott, Ms C. L. H. Phillips, Ms S. C. Toll. Class 3: S. E. Engel. Final Examination in Fine Art: Class 1: Ms S. Koura.

GRADUATE DEGREES

1993- 1994 D.Sc. : J. Proctor. D.Phil.: P. N. Ahrens, A. J. Barr, M. G. Booth, A. 0 . Chang, P. M. Gartside, P. A. Harding, C. W. Kay, R. J. Lingard, M. J. McNamee, Ms C. R. Mandeville, J. C. Milloy, D . J. Monaghan, Ms J. S. Moody, J. N . Pettitt, M: A. Qizilbash, J. M. Reese, P. Richards, Ms E. Vibert, S. Yi, Ms S. Zhang. M.Phil. : Ms I. Taksz. M.Juris: Class 2: M. Marzi, D. von Saucken. B.C.L.: Class 1: A. J. Dickinson. Class 2: Ms A. F. Coren, A. G. Denholder, D. A. McPherson.

B.M., B.Ch.: S. W. J. Cochrane, R. N. Cunliffe, S. Dhillon, J. I. Ferguson, M. R. Fox. Postgraduate Certificate in Education: Ms J. Adcock, Ms P. Bingham, Ms K. Fox, Ms E. Harris-Curtis, P. Hepworth, Ms K. McEachran, Ms A. Walker. Special Diploma in Social Studies: Distinction: G. Gush. DEGREES B.A.: 23rd October 1993 Ms S. J. Bantges, P. J. Brady, Ms D. A. Cane, Ms C. S. W. Crombie, P. T. Drummond, Ms E. K. Field, Ms I. M. Fry, J. G. D. Larsson, A. D. Laws, Ms S. J. Manu, P. S. Matthews, A. D. Penn, *Z. J. Qureshi, Ms S. J. Ranee, Ms R. von Bethmann-Hollweg; 6th November 1993 Ms A. J. Carysforth, Ms L. C. Donovan, Ms S. R. Emmison, D. S. Guha, M. R. Pluck, R. J. Rednall, D. T. Ryan, C. F. A. Watts; 27th November 1993 J. R. Bum, MS K. V. Carpenter, *Ms V. C-K. Cheng, R. J. de Rennes, J. Hulse, R. J. C. McRobbie, A. K. Mitchell, *P. A. Sanders, Ms U. P. Saunders, *D. S. Tereshchuk, *C. F. N. Todd, J. A. Zemmell; 22nd January 1994 Ms J. C. Brown, J. E. Carr, N. G. Corrie, Ms J. R. Coulson, C. M. Emerson, Ms V. L. Griffiths-Fisher, M . C . A . Manby, A. T. Naylor, Ms A. Trigell, J. D. J . Wickham, D. A. Williams; 5th March 1994 M . J. Ball, *Ms S. E. Breese, E. M . Burr, Ms C. S. Burroughs, A. J. Dickinson, Ms C. Georgiadis, Ms L. C. H. Harrison, E. A. B. Hobart, Ms H. K. Ixer, M. D. Johnston, R. Law, S. A. Luke, R. K. Mills, C. J. Newman, S. A. Noone, M. J. Oakman, B. E. Palmer, J. P. Probert, R. M. Salter, A. G. Sunderland, S . M . J. Surrey, M. C. Woodfine; 21st May 1994 R. A. M. Breen, D. Brockington, Ms A. M. S. Cookson, Ms S. J. E. Davison, H. I. Georgeson, R. J. Grylls, D. J. Jordan, Ms F. Macdonald, I. J. Murphy, *R. N. Oliver, S. R. Owen, A. H. Somalya, M. W. Spencer, C. I. Vigars, S. P. Whittington, D . P. Williams, *J. WillisRichards; 11th June 1994 Ms C. M. A. Buchanan, Ms K. V. B. Clark, Ms S. E. Felstead, D. M. Gauke, T. C. Harwood, Ms D. C. Hewitt, P. R. Hocknell, M-J. Janezic, J. M. Kelly, Ms E-J. Kirby, E. J. Linforth, Ms R. C. Phillips, Ms E. E. Pinches, Ms G. R. Pottinger, M. G. Roberts, A. T. Simpson, Ms F. M. D. Woodward; 16th July 1994 Ms E. P.A. Biagioni, A. M. D. Boyd-Heron, Ms S. L. Chevis, Ms A. C. Cooley, *D. Grey, M. N. Hedges, M. T. Jordan, Ms A. H. McKenna, A. P. Q. Michaelis, A. Pickford, Ms A. C. Wells; 30th July 1994 Ms J. J. Ensor, N. R. Lane, Ms S. L. Massey, Ms A. Musson, C. M. H. Oulton, B. M. Pearson, Ms R. Quinlan, R. J. Sennitt, R. L. Wong. B.A. by Incorporation: 23rd October 1993 *Ms C. M. Donner. B.F.A.: 23rd October 1993 *Ms E. J. Harland; 6th November 1993 Ms M. J. Greenslade; 22nd January 1994 D. J. Jubb. M.Eng: 21st May 1994 Ms B. J. Reed; 16th July 1994 M. 0. S. Lim. M.A.: 23rd October 1993 J. N. Cole, Ms C. S. W. Crombie, Ms I. M. Fry, N. C. Hall-Palmer, P. A. Harding, *W. M . Johnson, *D. J. Monaghan, *Z. J.

Qureshi, P. Richards, G. J. Turner, Ms R. von Bethmann-Hollweg; 6th November 1993 P. M. Gartside, *1. E. Gazidis, *S. D. P. Gerrish, Ms M. E. Hawk.ins, "'' . J. McGowan, *D. R. Plowright, *R. M. W. Rednall, *A. F. K. Rutland, *Ms S. J. Sheard, *S. J. Waygood, G. A. Worth; 27th November 1993 *C. R. Carter, *W. S. Fraser, *S. S. K. Saggar, *P. A. Sanders, *D. S. Tereshchuk; 22nd January 1994 S. D. Hodgson, A. M. Till, Ms A. S. Ulrich; 5th March 1994 *Ms E. A. Bliss; 21st May 1994 *Ms C. J. Cowley, *P. R. Grossbard, *H. Lear, *R. N. Oliver, *W. J. Shaw; 11th June 1994 P. A. J. Broadley, K. A. Hale, Ms N. M. Hallows, Ms E. A. Mayburym *Mrs S. J. Croutear (nee Smith); 16th July 1994 J. M. Bloomer, J. A. Brown, W. R. S. Chevis, *P. G. Croissant, Mrs V. L. Russell (nee Drew), *S. J. Granger, Ms J. R. J. Lacey, *P. J. Latimer, T. J. S. Learner, *Ms T. L. Oglesby, R. M. Russell, R. H. Upton; 30th July 1994 Ms D. Bhatia, S. K. ffitch, Ms M. A. M. Hall, Mrs A. Hindhaugh (nee Hart-Davis), Ms N. S. J. Jones, P. D. McWilliam, P. J. Murray, Ms C. J. Muskett, C. M. H. Oulton, *Ms B. L. Rands, S. R. T. White, P. S. Williams. B.M. & B.Ch. : 16th July 1994 *S. W. J. Cochrane, *R. N. Cunliffe, S. Dhillon, J. I. Ferguson, *M. R. Fox. D.Phil: 23rd October 1993 *F. C. Akbasoglu, *Z. J. Qureshi, P. Richards, A. Tchoudnowsky, Ms E. Vibert; 6th November 1993 P. M. Gartside, Ms M. E. Hawkins, Ms C. R. M. Mandeville, Ms A. M. Volfing, Ms L. S. Wild, G. A. Worth; 27th November 1993 *M. A. K. Qizilbash; 22nd January 1994 S. D. Hodgson, Ms J. S. Moody, A. Vadher, *D. R. Johnson, D. J. Monaghan; 11th June 1994 Mrs S. Q. Zhang; 30th July 1994 A. J. Barr, P. A. Harding. M .Phil: 21st May 1994 *G. Mitchell; 16th July 1994 Ms I. Taksz. M.Sc.: 6th November 1993 Mrs T. Bourmina; 21st May 1994 *G. Mitchell. B.C.L.: 6th November 1993 J. A. Kettle. M .Juris: 30th July 1994 *M. Marzi. D.Sc.: 30th July 1994 J. Proctor. MATRICULATIONS 1993 Adatia, Rishi (Haberdashers ' Aske's School) Adcock, Julie Amanda (University of London) Adshead, Jonathan Stuart (Stockport Grammar School) Alien, Lucy Charlotte (Camberwell College of Arts) Appleton, Matthew (Nottingham High School) Arbour, Matthew Anthony (Tiffin School) Arlow, Ruth Marian (Bridgewater College) Ask.in, Benjamin James (Reading Blue Coat School) Atkinson, Anthony Paul (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

Bailey, Mark Peter David (Stoke on Trent Sixth Form College) Bald win, Peter Philip Emmanuel (Hazel wick School) Barton, Nicholas James Oliver (Winstanley College) Bearchell, Melissa Clare (Haywards Heath Sixth Form College) Berridge, Alison Rose (City of London School for Girls) Bingham, Paula Prances (Oxford Brookes University) Birch, Andrew James (Boroughmuir High School) Bird, Caroline Jane Kallina (Castle Rushen High School) Boucher, Jane Elizabeth (The Abbey School) Bourgeois, Yves Joseph (Universite de Mancton) Boxer, Bryony Clare (St Paul's Girls' School) Bradley, Alistair David (John Beddoes School) Brown, Matthew James (The Bolles School) Brown, Stewart Gregory (Godalming College) Butler, Michael Peter (King Edward VI School, Lichfield) Cazin, Howard Adrian Bradley (Haberdashers' Aske's School) Chambers, Esther Claire (Bolton School Girls' Division) Cherrett, Adam John (Poole Grammar School) Chong, Kian Shing (Raffles Junior College, Singapore) Chorley, Helen Jane (Carmel College) Coren, Ann Freda (University of London) Cotton, Daniel James (Winchester College) Cotton, Lynda Jean (Aston University, Birmingham) Cruz-Leon, Sergio (International Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, The Netherlands) Dear, Terence Neil (University of Sydney) Denholder, ANthony Gerald (Queensland University of Technology) De Souza, Barry-Jon (University of Exeter) Edwards, Daniel Dennis John (Epsom College) Estell, Stuart Antony (King Edward's School, Edgbaston) Evans, Andrew Cassius (Westminster School) Eykyn, Alastair Olaf (Radley College) Fairey, Gareth Alan (Bolton School Boys' Division) Ferns, Matthew Gerard (Worth School) Firth, Robert Michael (Poole Grammar School) Fox, Karin Rachel (University of Leeds) French, Emma Jane (Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School) Gent, Christopher David (Bradfield College) Ghali, Mariam Samir (King Edward VI High School for Girls, Edgbaston) Gheorghe, Manuela Eugenia (University of Bucharest) Gibbons, Elizabeth Jane (Simon Balle School) Giles, David Patrick (Westminster School) Glanville, Matthew James (Charters School) Gloeckler, Gabriel (Grammar School in Leipzig) Goodwin, Martin David (Chigwell School) Gotch, Katrina (Chesham High School) Grade!, Nicholas Holger (Kensington School, Barcelona) Green, Louisa-Jane (The Grammar School for Girls, Wilmington) Grice, Andrew Liam (The Crossley Heath School) Gush, Grant Griffith (McGill University)

Hackett, Sally Louise (Sevenoaks School) Hamilton, Duncan Samuel (Methodist College) Hardy, Samuel Brian Eric (University of South California) Harris-Curtis, Emma (Oxford Brookes University) Henderson, Gavin Dorninic (Truro School) Hepworth, Peter Anthony (University of Nottingham) Heyhoe, Louise Beatrice (The Godolphin and Latymer School) Hook, James Alexander (Hitchingbrooke School) Bucks, Laura (Queen Elizabeth's School) Hughes, Alexis James Corbet (Portsmouth Grammar School) Hunter, Ian David (The Royal Belfast Academical Institution) Hunter, Rosalind Duncanson (Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls) Jackson, Timothy Stuart Stopford (Purley Sixth Form College) Jeffery, Clive Howard (Trent College) Jeffery, Stephen (Wood Green Comprehensive School) Johnson, Kieren James (Ardingly College) Joy, David Robert (Formby High School) Kahmann, Jan Dirk (University of Marburg) Kanai, Masaaki (University of Keio) Keen, Sarah Marie (Exeter Tutorial College) Kerr, Luke Barnaby (Tonbridge School) Lee, Jek Suen (Raffles Junior School, Singapore) Lemon, Kyriakoula John (Lycee Frans;ais Charles de Gaulle) Linden, Niall (Methodist College) Livermore, Scott Francis (The South East Essex Sixth Form College) Lukmani, Mark Faris (Merchant Taylors' School) Lutener, Niko Christian (Winchester College) Mansell-Long, Antonia Francine Helena (Loughborough High School) Mansley, Robert James (Dartford Grammar School) Markvardsen, Anders Johannes (University of Aarhus) Marzi, Matteo (Universita Cattolica di Milano) McClelland, Thomas Ian (King's College School) McEachran, Katrina Emily (University of Reading) McPherson, Douglas Alfred (Osgoode Hall Law School) Mordaunt, Alastair Nigel Charles (Eton College) Morgan, Huw Llewelyn (Monmouth School) Morley, Simon James (Haberdashers' Aske's School) Mort, Jules James Stringer (Haileybury) Mortimer, Geoffrey (University College of Swansea) Mullin, Henry Edward James (St Edward's School, Oxford) Myers, Peter Jonathan (The Royal Belfast Academical Institution) New love, Lucy Mary (St Paul's Girls' School) Newman, Anton Israel (Handsworth Grammar School) Nicholls, Ruth Mary (University of Manchester) Oakley, James Robert (Monkton Combe School) O'Connor, John Daniel (University College, Galway) Owen, Daniel John Campbell (St Bede's School) Owens, James Richard Puleston (Radley College) Parkin, James Miles (Clifton College) Parsley, Mark Alan (Loretto School)

Pathak, Rakesh (Reigate Grammar School) Pattison, Jill Marilyn (St Helena Girls' School) Petassi, Anastasia (Tasis Helenic International School, Athens) Pitts, Isabel Pauline (Varndean College) Ramsay, Matthew Derek (Princethorpe College) Richards, Matthew Paul (Sir John Deane's College) Richardson, James Hajime (Harrow School) Robinson, Daniel Alexander (Deepings School) Robinson, Kevin Peter (University of Exeter) Ross-Dale, Paul Jonathan (Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College) Rusholme, Benjamin Alan (St Olave's Grammar School) Rushton, Sally (Pershore High School) Skerrett, Robert Mark (Hereford Cathedral School) Smith, Clare Elizabeth (St Mary's School, Calne) Smith, Gary Paul (Dr Challoner's Grammar School) Smith, Matthew Hall (King George V College, Southport) So, Chek Leung Bassanio (University of Hong Kong) Spence, David James (King Edward's School, Birmingham) Stanley, Michael Edward Thomas (Saints Fisher & More Roman Catholic High School) Teo, Chun Ching (Singapore) Tian, Ya-Min (University of Warwick) Todd-Hall, Steven Matin (Yarm School) Tottingham, John Edmund (Lutterworth Grammar School) Tufft, Richard James (King Edward VII School, Lytham) Tyler, Neil John (Richard Hale School) Underwood, Clare Maria (Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College) Unwin, Catherine Prances (Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls) Vicenzino, Marco (University of St John's) von Saucken, David (Universitat Heidelberg) Walker, Amanda Clare (University of Liverpool) Wallace, Brian John Michael (Bedford School) Wan, Colin Kok Yan (Loughborough Grammar School) Washington, Richard James Keith (Bolton School Boys' Division) Webb, Matthew John (Goffs School) Webber, Tom Demion George Simunek (Westminster School) Weir, Theresa (Dover Grammar School for Girls) White, Marcus James (Charters School) Wickes, David John (King Edward VI School, Southampton) Williams, Helen Louise (Hertfordshire College of Art and Design) Wilson, lain David Cooper (Stockport Grammar School) Wood, Emily Sarah (The Cheltenham Ladies' College) Woolley, Claire Marion (High Pavement Sixth Form College) Yap, Boon Siew Damian (Anglo-Chinese Junior College, Singapore) Yun, Seong-Deok (Seoul National University) Zondervan, Krina Tynke (University of Leiden)

THIS PRINT OF the 1927 water colour by Wilfrid R. Wood will be featured on the 1994 Hall Christmas Card. Please use the order form at the back of the magazine.

ST EDMUND HALL ASSOCIATION BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MAY 1994 31 May 1994

£ ASSETS Deposit with Charities Official Investment Fund Bank balances Debtors

31 May 1993 £ £

11,300 38

Less: Creditors

826 5,673

11,338 (4,968)

6,499 (2,700)

6,370

3,799

REPRESENTED BY ACCUMULATED FUNDS General Fund at start of Year Surplus from Income Account

3,720 600

1,794 1,476 3,870

Directory Fund at start of Year Appropriation this Year

3,270

529 1,971

3,000 2,000

2,500

5,000

Less: Half cost of production & mailing of 1992 Directory

(4,471) 2,500

529

6,370

3,799

RJL BREESE (President) I W Durrans (Honorary Treasnrer) I have examined the books and vouchers of the Association for the year ended 31 May 1994. In My opion the above Balance sheet and annexed Income and Expenditure Account give respectively a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Association at 31 May 1994 and of the surplus of income over expenditure for the year ended on that date. 31 August 1994

The Coach House 29a Bennet Park Blackheath London SE3 9RA

LDPAGE (Honorary Auditor)

ST EDMUND HALL ASSOCIATION

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT For the year ended 31 May 1994 Year Ended 31 May 1994 £ £ INCOME from Subscriptions Legacy Bank interest Emden bequest interest 'Hall' publication surplus Video sales

8,649 500 291 135

Year Ended 31 May 1993

£ 8,578 215 200 125

37 9,612

EXPENDITURE (2,975) Magazine production (half) Magazine postage and mailing (half) (1 ,250) (361) Honorary Secretary's expenses (306) A.G.M. notice printing (34) Executive Committee meeting expenses Hall Arms research Letterhead overprinting Bank charges

Less grants: Development Office database Graham Hamilton Travel Fund Contribution to electronic organ Boat Club MCR Dictionaries Freshers ' Guide Outdoor furniture for Upper Quad Benfactors Book

Appropriation to Directory Fund Surplus transferred to General Fund

9,118 (2,625) (1 ,100) (331) (186) (8) (141) (31) (20)

(4,926)

(4,442)

4,686

4,676

(1,500) (1,000) (750) (200) (lOO) (lOO) (900) (300) (1,200)

(3,650) Add back grants no longer required Piano for Hall Benefactors Book

1,500 35

(1,971) 600

(2,115)

(1,200)

2,571

3,476 (2,000) 1,476

These accounts will be submitted for the approval of the members at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting on 10 January 1995.

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All those associated with St Edmund Hall, past and present, will be distressed to hear of the death on 23 September 1994, of Mrs Kay Brown, the Middle Common Room Butler. Mrs Brown had served the College for over 25 years and was best known as 'housemother' to everyone who had passed through the MCR for many, many years. After a years incapacitation with cancer, she passed away as this magazine was being typeset. A full tribute to her will be published in the next issue.

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