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ST HUGH'S COLLEGE

CHRONICLE 1998-99 Number 72

Chronicle Addresses

Editor

Mrs Joan Swindells Oak House, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5QG Tel/Fax: 01865 390897 E-mail: jswindells@patrol.i-way.co.uk

Development Manager

Ms Trish Carter Development Office St Hugh's College Oxford OX2 6LE Tel: 01865 274958 Fax: 01865 274912 E-mail: development.office@st-hughs.oxford.ac.uk

Editor's note Dr Carolyn Price, who has been College Editor of the Chronicle for six years, is leaving St Hugh's to take up a Lectureship in Philosophy at the Open University.

Carolyn has been at St Hugh's continuously since she matriculated in 1982, an unusual achievement in the modern history of the College. She was awarded a first in Lit Hum in 1986, followed by a doctorate, and for the last few years has been Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy.

Carolyn was recruited in 1993 to be the Senior Common Room member who would fill the new 'College Editor' slot, and has been largely responsible for nudging the Chronicle forward, both in the sense of earlier publication in the academic year and in consolidation of style. In her own gentle but determined manner, having decided which articles to commission from members of the three Common Rooms, she has charmed the writers into meeting the deadline for copy. She has given generously of her own time to the Chronicle, much of it during the long vacation when most of the collating of the College material is done.

Chronicle would like to express here its own thanks and very best wishes to Carolyn for her future.

Cover photograph: copyright Oxford Picture Library/ Chris Andrews Printed by Oxiiniprint, Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford

Contents The College Foundress, Benefactors 1 Visitor, Principal and Fellows 2 Honorary Fellows, Emeritus Fellows 4 Lecturers, Chaplain, Librarian, Research Fellows 5 Administrative and Domestic Staff 6 The Principal's Report 7 In Memoriam Miss Rachel Trickett 11 Miss Theodora Cooper 15 1998-99 Record Appointments, Awards and Prizes 20 Degrees Awarded 24 Examinations Final Honours 24 Honour Moderations 27 Preliminary Examinations 29 Bachelor of Medicine 30 Post-Graduate Certificate of Education 30 Higher Degrees 30 New Students Graduates 32 Matriculation 33 Senior Common Room New Fellows, self-introduction 38 St Hugh's College Library—Deborah Quare, Librarian 38 Middle Common Room MCR Vice-President's report 40 Junior Common Room JCR President's report 41 Drama Report 43 Sports Report Boat Club 45 Biopsy 45 The Doveton Society 46 Modern Languages Society 46 Law Society 47 Medical Society 47 A Trip to Bucharest—Katherine Brading 51 The Association of Senior Members The Committee June 1999 53 Annual Meeting 1999 54 The ASM President's Report 54 Annual Meeting 2000, Notice 57 Gaudy 2000 58

London Informal Dinner, 1999 London Sherry Party 194-5 and Earlier Year Group Reunion Colloquium: St Hugh's in the Twentieth Century Men at St Hugh's A Career in The City More Tales from the Himalayas Jane Sampson St Margaret's House ASM Charitable Trust ASM Network ASM Members' News Publications Appointments and Personal News Marriages Births Obituaries In Memoriam Joan Bayley Margaret Buckley Mary Gillan George Harris Betty Jay Mary Lenton Sheila Paterson Valerie Pitt Margaret Potter Olive Shapley Betty Sharp Kathleen Spalding Ernest Westbrook Isis Idolette 1921 1999-2000 Diary of Events Accommodation in College Development Office St Hugh's College Donors Tinted Section Contents Form to Attend London Sherry Party ASM Annual Meeting 2000 Election Details Forms for News of Senior Members Forms for Giving to ASM Charitable Trust Senior Members Addresses, Addresses Wanted

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St Hugh's College Foundress Elizabeth Wordsworth

Benefactors Marjorie Anderson Bellamy Mary Towerton Dorothea Helen Forbes Gray Mary Alice McNeil Mary Kershaw Margery B Maplethorpe Irene Margaret Sims Dorothy Elizabeth Ackroyd Peter J Placito Joan Silverhow Lumsden Gladys Mary Thomas Frances Winifred Hare Anna Mary Hedley Dorothy Ethel Uglow Pope Phyllis Mary Carlyon Evans Joyce Mary Hawkins Kathleen Mary Evans Joyceline Gledhill Russell Nancy Hobson Hilda Mary Taylor Mary Doreen Lobel Emily Mary Frisby Eva Maria Dresel Evelyn Maud Dunn Marjorie Mary Sweeeting Helen Cecilia Thomson B V Hanss Esther Chawner Elizabeth MacLean C H Wong Eunice Turner

Clara Evelyn Mordan Edward Gay Eliza Mary Thomas Charles Selwyn Awdry Philip Maurice Deneke Mary Gray Allen John Gamble Mary Monica Cunliffe Wills Evelyn Martinengo Cesaresco Catherine Yates Elsie Theodora Bazeley Ernest Cassel Hilda Mary Virtue-Tebbs Isabel Stewart Tod Aspin Lottie Rhona Arbuthnot-Lane Cecilia Mary Ady Catherine Fulford William, Viscount Nuffield Dorothy May Lyddon Rippon Marjorie Fowle Theodora Marion Elizabeth Evans Edith Marion Watson Kathleen Emily Babbs Mary Ethel Seaton Annie Hadfield Joan Evans Christine Mary Snow Vivien Brynhild Caroline Foley RhysDavids Olga Delfina Bickley Dorothy L'Estrange

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Visitor The Right Hon Lord Browne-Wilkinson, PC Principal Derek Alexander Wood, QC, CBE, BCL, MA

Fellows Avril Gilchrist Bruten, MA (BA Birm, PhD Cantab), Tutor in English Language and Medieval Literature, University Lecturer

Mary Lunn, MA, DPhil, Tutor in Mathematics, University Lecturer, Fellow for Senior Member Relations

Jennifer Clare Green, MA, DPhil, Reader in Chemistry, EPA Cephalosporin Fellow, Tutor in Chemistry

Laetitia Parvin Erna Edwards, MA (MA Cantab, PhD Lond), Dorothea Gray Fellow, Tutor in Classics, University Lecturer

Glenys Lilian Luke, MA, DPhil (BA Western Australia), Ida Busbridge Fellow, Tutor in Mathematics, University Lecturer, Vice-Principal

John Frederick Morris, MA (BSc, MB ChB, MD Bristol), Professor of Human Anatomy, Wellcome-Franks Medical Fellow, Tutor in Medicine

Henry Colin Gray Matthew, MA, DPhil, FBA, Professorial Fellow Margaret Miriam Esiri, MA, DM, MRC Path, Professorial Fellow, Professor of Neuropathology

Barbara Anne Kennedy, MA (MA British Columbia, PhD Cantab), Tutor in Geography, University Lecturer, Senior Tutor

John Frederick Iles, MA, DPhil, Mary Snow Fellow, Tutor in Zoology, University Lecturer, Custos Hortulorum, Vice-Principal (Development) David Bruce Robertson, MA (PhD Essex), Tutor in Politics, University Lecturer Ian Honeyman, MA (MA Aberdeen), Senior Bursar Philip Allan Charles, MA (BSc, PhD Lond), Professor ofPhysics (Astrophysics), Tutor in Physics John Charles Robertson, MA, DPhil, Tutor in Modern History, University Lecturer Ian Zem Mackenzie, MA, DSc (MD Bristol), FRCOG, Professorial Fellow, Clinical Reader in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Lecturer Julian Anthony Jonathan Raby, MA, DPhil, Additional Fellow in Islamic Art and Architecture, University Lecturer Anthony Watts, DSc, MA (BSc, PhD Leeds), Cyril W Maplethorpe Fellow, Professor of Biochemistry, Tutor in Biochemistry Isabel Rivers, MA (MA Cantab, MA, PhD Columbia), Reader in English Language and Literature, Rank Fellow, Tutor in English Literature, University Lecturer Michael Blair Holland, MA, DPhil, Tutor in French, University Lecturer, Curator of Pictures Mary Clapinson, MA, Professorial Fellow, Keeper of Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library 2

Adrian Llewellyn Harris, DPhil (MB, ChB Liv), FRCP, Professorial Fellow in Clinical Oncology

Adrian William Moore, MA, BPhil, DPhil (MA Cantab), Tutor in Philosophy, University Lecturer

William Rodney Eatock Taylor, MA (MA Cantab, MS, PhD Stanford), FEng, Professorial Fellow in Mechanical Engineering George Stephen Garnett, MA (PhD Cantab), Tutor in History, University Lecturer

Thomas Mark Kuhn, MA, DPhil, Cassel Fellow, Tutor in German, University Lecturer, Library Fellow

John Timothy Chalker, MA, DPhil, Tutor in Physics, University Lecturer, Tutor for Graduates

Kim Plunkett, MA (BSc Lond; MSc, DPhil Sussex), Tutor in Experimental Psychology, University Lecturer, Dean

Michael B Giles, MA (MA Cantab, PhD Mass), Rolls-Royce Professor in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Jeyaraney Kathirithamby, MA (BSc Madras, PhD, Lond), Senior Research Fellow in Zoology

Joshua Simon Getzler, MA, DPhil (BA, BL Australian National University), Tutor in Law, University Lecturer Carolyn Susan Price, MA, BPhil, DPhil, Tutor in Philosophy Roger Parker, MA (BMus, MMus, PhD Lond), Tutor in Music, Professor Music

Luet Lok Wong, MA, DPhil, Tutor in Inorganic Chemistry, University Lecturer Steven Arthur Hill, MA (MA Cantab, PhD Edin), Additional Fellow in Plant Sciences

Giuseppe Antonio Stellardi, MA (Dott Fil, DipPerFil, Pavia; DEA, Dr Univ Sorbonne), Bickley and Martinengo Cesaresco Fellow, Tutor in Italian, University Lecturer

Mark David Lacy, MA (BA PhD Cantab) Tutor in Physics (Astrophysics), University Lecturer, Assistant Dean

Peter John Mitchell, MA, DPhil (MA Cantab), Rhys-David Fellow, Tutor in Archaeology, University Lecturer, Tutorfor Admissions

Professor Robert Keith O'Nions, MA (BSc Nott, PhD Alberta, MA Cantab), FRS, Professorial Fellow in Physics and Chemistry of Minerals Lionel D Smith, MA, DPhil, (BSc, Toronto, L LB Western Ontario, L LM Cantab), Ann Smart Fellow and Tutor in Law, University Lecturer Peter McDonald, MA, DPhil (BA, MA Rhodes), Tutor in English, University Lecturer

John Kim-Ho Quah, MA (BSc Singapore, PhD Berkeley), Tutor in Economics, University Lecturer

Shelagh Vainker, MA (BA London), Additional Fellow and Lecturer in Oriental Studies

Richard Peirce Brent, (BSc, DSc Monash, MS, PhD Stanford), Professorial Fellow in Computing Science, University Lecturer

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David James Walker, MSc, DPhil (BSc Glasgow), Tutor in Computation, University Lecturer

Stephen Richard Duncan, MA (BA Cantab, MSc, PhD Lond), Tutor in Engineering Sciences

Katherine Jane Willis, MA (BSc Soton, PhD Cantab), Tutor in Geography

Honorary Fellows The Rt Hon Baroness Castle of Blackburn, DBE, PC, BA The Hon Mrs Miriam Lane, CBE, DSc (Hon), FRS Professor Joan Mervyn Hussey, BLitt, MA (MA Cantab, PhD Lond), FSA, FRHS Professor Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe, MA, DPhil Dame Helen Suzman, DBE (Hon), DCL(Hon), (BCom Witwatersrand) Margaret Beryl Chitty, CMG, MA The Rt Hon Baroness Warnock of Weeke in the City of Winchester, DBE, BPhil, MA Jean Ann Monk, MA David Alec George Monk, MA Mme Elisabeth Soderstrom-Olow Professor Marilyn Speers Butler, MA, DPhil Tessa Audrey Hilda Solesby, CMG, MA Marjorie Ethel Reeves, MA, DPhil, DLitt, FBA Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, MA, DCL (Hon), (DCL (Hon) Cantab) Her Honour Judge Monique Viner, QC, CBE, MA Mabel Rachel Trickett, MA Sir Quo-Wei Lee, CBE Jane Alison Glover, MA, DPhil (DLitt (Hon) Exeter) Emeritus Professor Dame Leonie Judith Kramer, DBE, DPhil, (DLitt (Hon) Tasmania, LLD (Hon) Melbourne, LLD (Hon) Australian National University) FACE, FAHA Bridget Louise Riley, CBE, Hon DLitt (DLitt (Hon) Manchester, Ulster, and Cantab) James Desmond Caldwell McConnell, MA (BSc, MSc Belfast, PhD Cantab) FRS Professor Rebecca Posner, MA, DPhil The Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd, PC, DCL (Oxon) David Verey (MA, Cantab) Emeritus Fellows Betty Kemp, MA (BA Manc), FSA, FRHistS Madge Gertrude Adam, MA, DPhil, FRAS Pamela Olive Elizabeth Gradon, MA (PhD Lond) Vera Joyce Daniel, MA (BA, PhD Lond) 4

Susan Meriel Wood, BLitt, MA, FRHistS Margaret Jacobs, BLitt, MA, Dean of Degrees Elizabeth Ann Smart, BCL, MA John Craven Wilkinson, MA, DPhil, DLitt Lecturers Edith Michele Franck McMorran, BLitt (Licence es Lettres, Diplegne D' Etudes Superieures, Universite de Paris, Sorbonne), Lecturer in French Simon Rowland Francis Price, MA, DPhil, Lecturer in Ancient History Derek Charles Goldrei, MA, Lecturer in Mathematics Edward Hector Burn, BCL, MA, Lecturer in Law Robin W Fiddian (MA, PhD Edin), Lecturer in Spanish Jennifer Kemp, MA, DPhil, Lecturer in Biological Sciences Peta Ginette Fowler, MA, DPhil, Lecturer in Classics Jaideep Jagdeesh Pandit, MA, BM, BCh, DPhil, Lecturer in Medicine and Physiology, FRCA

Elizabeth Baigent, MA, DPhil, Lecturer in Geography Martin T S Holmes, MA, DPhil, Lecturer in Politics David J Waters, MA, DPhil, Lecturer in Earth Sciences Marcus John Banks (BA, PhD Cantab), Lecturer in Archaeology and Anthropology

James Robert Ryan (BA Exe, PhD Lond), Lecturer in Geography Alexander P Ljungqvist, MPhil, (MSc Lund), Lecturer in Management Louise E Bird, MA, DPhil, Lecturer in Biochemistry Professor Keith Alan McLauchlan, MA (BSc PhD Bristol), Lecturer in Chemistry

Christopher Joseph Schofield, MA DPhil (BSc Mane), Lecturer in Chemistry Jonathan Patrick Whiteley, BA, Lecturer in Mathematics Jordan Christopher Bell, BA BPhil, Lecturer in Philosophy John Charles Smith, MA, Lecturer in French Linguistics Suzanne Elizabeth Aspden, MSt (BA, MMus Victoria NZ), Lecturer in Music

Geoffrey Edward Westgate, BA, Lecturer in German Daniel Sgroi, MPhil (BA Cantab), Lecturer in Economics Marie-Louise Weighill, DPhil (BA Cantab), Lecturer in History, Assistant Dean

Paul Hayton, BA, DPhil, Lecturer in Engineering Science Elizabeth Mary Hook, BA (MA Dunelm), Lecturer in English Marco Guido Dorigatti, DPhil (Laurea, Florence), Lecturer in Italian Harry Sidebottom, MA, DPhil, Lecturer in Ancient History Chaplain Revd Jeremy David Gilpin Librarian Deborah Christine Quare (BA, MLitt Bristol), ALA 5

British Academy Research Fellows Heather Kate Montgomery (BA Sheffield, MPhil PhD Cantab) Matthew Townend (BA DPhil) Randall Maclver Junior Research Fellow in Archaeology Anna Holland (BA) Elizabeth Wordsworth Junior Research Fellow Robert D Goulding (BSc, MA Canterbury NZ, MA, London) Mary Lunt Junior Research Fellow Mark Herbert (BSc, MB, ChB Bristol, MRCP London) Junior Research Fellow in History of the Theatre David Gowen, MSt (BA Toronto, MFA Calgary) College Staff College Secretary Maureen Hamilton (BA Open) Admissions Secretary Rosslyn Carlisle David Whitaker (BA Hull) Assistant to the College Secretary Principal's Secretary Deborah Gibbs Ria Audley-Miller Tutors' Secretary Stephen Humble (BSc Lond, Development Director PhD Birm) Development Assistant Trish Carter (BA Dunelm) Finance Officer Neil Beckley Assistant Finance Officer Dot Grafton Finance Assistant Una Brocklesby Computing Officer Martin Hoare (BA Soton) Secretary to the Senior Bursar and Pat Toms (BA Lond) to the Dean of Degrees Graduate Library Assistant Lynsey Hopkins (BA, MPhil) Domestic Administrator Brian Goodfellow Secretary to the Domestic Janet Souch Administrator Domestic Bursar Nicky Watson Assistant Domestic Bursar Joanne Bell Head Chef Tony Lyford Buildings and Services Manager Ted Barrett Groundsman John Brooke Dining Hall Superviser Pat Spring Gill Kiefer SCR Steward Martin Wilks Head Porter Mari Webb Housekeeper Bar Manager Vass Karatzios

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Principal's Report 1998-99 The end of this academic year was overshadowed by the sudden and untimely death of my predecessor Rachel Trickett, who died on 24 June at the age of 75.

She had been Principal of the College from 1973-1991, and before that was a much-loved and highly respected Fellow and Tutor in English. Virtually the whole of her working life was devoted to St Hugh's, to her writing and to the study of literature. As Principal of the College she presided over some profound changes: the election of men Fellows in the late 1970s and the ultimate creation of the fully-mixed College in 1987; the huge expansion in graduate studies; and a significant increase in our physical accommodation, notably the Rachel Trickett Building itself. The College memorably celebrated its Centenary in her time. Associated with that was a highly successful financial appeal.

Her work as a scholar and as a writer has already been recorded in public obituaries, and we will be celebrating her life and work at a Memorial Service in the University Church on October 16th. I would like to record in this Report my personal debt to her for the great warmth and friendship which she showed me when I was elected to succeed her. Both before and after I arrived at St Hugh's we had many happy conversations about the place. She was full of sharp observation and deep insight. She knew where the bodies where buried, and she shamelessly indulged my own taste for gossip. Both the College and I have lost a true and unique friend.

Many other changes have moved across the face of the College in the last year. The construction of the new building, the conversion of many of the Victorian houses for graduates, and the significant re-landscaping on the western side of the College have progressed dramatically. It is not an exaggeration to say that the work has created another spacious and entirely new garden between the backs of the Woodstock Road houses and the western face of the new block. In a short time we have already accomplished a great deal of the work embodied in our Master Plan. The quest for funding of the final element, the Lecture Theatre, continues. At the beginning of the next academic year all undergraduates, whether they are undertaking three or four year courses, will be able to live within the College grounds for the whole of their time in Oxford.

We will also be able to accommodate nearly eighty of our graduate students, leaving us just over twenty short of our ultimate target.

Many of our colleagues are leaving at the end of the academic year. Dr Avril Bruten has held her Fellowship and Tutorship in English for thirty-five years, and was one of Rachel's closest colleagues. She was a remarkable exponent of her subject, devoted to the welfare of her students, a poet, and organiser of her writers' Workshop which welcomed students from all disciplines and from many colleges other than St Hugh's. That work will continue, much to the benefit of future creative writers. Dr Laetitia Edwards too, almost equal in seniority to Dr Bruten, has retired. She was the distinguished successor to Dorothea Gray and has driven the study of Classics at St Hugh's with an equal passion and enthusiasm. I am pleased to say that the security of the study of that 7

Last year's Chronicle showed an aerial view of the St Hugh's College site with the proposed new buildings. [Phase One was inadvertently labelled Phase Two and vice-versa.] The photograph shows work in progress earlier this year on Phase One (96 study-bedrooms and suite of seminar and conference rooms on ground floor), which is scheduled for completion for the Michaelmas Term. Photo: Peter Dunn

subject was firmly endorsed by the Governing Body in her final year. Professor Roger Parker has been elected to the Professorship of Music at Cambridge, which is perhaps the most distinguished appointment in the field in the United Kingdom. Dr Mark Lacy has accepted an appointment to continue his research in Astrophysics in Berkeley. Two of our Junior Research Fellows, Anna Holland and Robert Goulding, have reached the end of their term of appointment. Both of them have made valuable contributions to the life of the SCR. Marie-Louise Weighill, after an energetic year in which she combined the offices of Stipendiary Lecturer in History and Assistant Dean, is to be congratulated on her appointment as co-ordinator of the work of the Save the Children Fund in the Middle East.

I must also record the retirement of the College Doctor, Dr Finnigan, whose wise and intensely pragmatic counsels will be missed after many years of service. But even more serious still is the retirement of the College Chef after thirty-three years. During that time he has produced annually excellent Freshers' Dinners, St Hugh's Night Feasts, College Christmas Dinners, Schools' Dinners and has victualled the biennial Gaudy. He has catered for more than 1,500 formal dinners on Tuesday nights, and well over 4,000 lunches for the SCR, which for many of us is the most important focal point for the conduct of business during the day. At the end of our 1998 Christmas Dinner Barbara Castle wrote a message to him on her menu card: "Chef don't leave us. College will never be the same without you." I am glad that we were able to mark his 8

many years' of service with a lunch in a marquee in the College garden for all our staff, Chef's family and friends, and many past and present Fellows.

Happily for him on that occasion he did not have to provide the catering.

During the year we have been joined by Dr Stephen Duncan, Fellow and Tutor in Engineering, Dr Kathy Willis, who replaced Dr John Wilkinson on his retirement as Fellow and Tutor in Geography, Dr Jaideep Pandit as a Senior Research Fellow in Medicine, Dr Heather Montgomery as a British Academy Doctoral Fellow in Sociology, and Dr Andrea Capovilla as a Junior Research Fellow in German. We also took great pleasure in electing our former Honorary Financial Adviser, Mr David Verey, the Chairman of Lazards, as an Honorary Fellow.

Professor Keith O'Nions was awarded a Knighthood in the Birthday Honours' List, and has recently been appointed as Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence. Of course he will retain his Fellowship of St Hugh's during the period of his secondment to that post. Jennifer Green was promoted to a Professorship in Chemistry by the University. Heather Hallett QC, after a period of office as the first woman Chairman of the Bar, became St Hugh's first High Court Judge.

The departures of our various academic colleagues have been matched by no fewer than seven elections to new posts, upon which I will be reporting next year. It is sufficient to record at present that the Senior Tutor, many other colleagues and I myself have been completely exhausted by a record-breaking round of reviewing applications for academic posts, short-listing and interviewing. Next year's Governing Body and SCR will contain many newcomers, and we look forward to welcoming them.

Eighteen firsts were awarded to St Hugh's undergraduates in their Final Examinations this year. Bryony Reid was awarded a first in Archaeology and Anthropology and Georgia Bedworth and Graham Vernon were both awarded firsts in Jurisprudence. James Burbidge obtained a first in Literae Humaniores, Nicholas Hackworth and Christopher Lane both achieved firsts in Modern History and Stephen Calling was awarded a first in PPE. In Modern Languages, firsts were awarded to Jonathan Midmer, who was also joint winner of the Arteaga Prize for excellent work in Spanish, and to Toby Rogner and Kirsten Smith. In the sciences, firsts were awarded to Alison Rothery and Lois Goldstone (Chemistry), to Rachael Button, Andrew Collins and Jennifer Smart (Mathematical Sciences) Katherine Mabey (Physics) and to Saira Hameed and Kate Liddiard (Physiological Sciences). Martyn Patel obtained a distinction in the B.M. Part II. Diana Magnay was joint winner of The Arnold Prize for her thesis in the Final Honour School of Modern History and Adrian Johnson was awarded the Magnox Electric Prize for his submitted work in Physics. Gibbs Prizes were awarded to Paul Bulger (Chemistry Part I) and to Oliver Bingham and Kok Eng Lim (Engineering Part I). Nine undergraduates obtained firsts and fifteen obtained distinctions in their First Public Examinations.

A number of St Hugh's graduate students achieved outstanding results in their examinations. Benjamin Parker was awarded a first in the BCL and won the Allen & Overy Prize for Corporate Insolvency Law. Distinctions were 9

awarded to Frauke Wedemann (Diploma in Legal Studies), Richard Watkins (MPhil in. English Studies) and Cornelia Schnelle (MPhil in European Literature).

In my Report last year I mentioned some important changes which were taking place within the wider University. We are promised a new stream-lined form of administration, replacing two deliberative bodies—Hebdomadal Council and the General Board - with one; a career Vice-Chancellor who can hold office for up to seven years; and a radical reorganisation of the way in which academic staff allocate their time between College and University. After strong entrenchment of College interests in the new setup, it has received general approval.

We have also received the final bad news about the financial consequences of the abolition of the College Fee. The funds which each college received separately from publicly funded students within the United Kingdom and the EU have been withdrawn and will be replaced by an almost equal amount of enhanced block grant payable to the University centrally, to be reduced by an annual amount of £6.5 million phased over a period of ten years. Inevitably this means that we will end up with less money in our pocket at a time when we could certainly use more. It is a sad reflection that the Government takes pride in the smallness of its cuts at a time when teaching and research at the levels achieved by Oxford and Cambridge should be supported more. A second year of students will arrive at St Hugh's in October 1999 with the burden of a personal liability to pay a tuition fee of £1,025, and we have to be extremely watchful of the hardship which this may cause to some individuals.

We are grateful for the considerable support which our Senior Members give us both financially and in many other ways. Our round of reunions both for matriculation years and subjects continues unabated, and I should mention two parties in particular. On 26th April under the auspices of Dr Caroline Jackson MEP St Hugh's had a dinner in the European Parliament Building in Brussels, mainly for modern linguists and mainly for our Senior Members living in Continental Europe, although a good many other enthusiasts seem to have crept in.

The specific purpose of the dinner was to raise money for the study of Modern Languages at St Hugh's, and as I write that campaign is under way. On 22 June our newly-elected Honorary Fellow Mr David Verey kindly joined the College in holding a party at the Serpentine Gallery to mark an important retrospective exhibition of works by another of our Honorary Fellows, Miss Bridget Riley CH. We were delighted to be able to welcome many supporters and friends who had expressed strong interest in our redevelopment scheme, and the fundraising for that project too is continuing. We are also grateful to the many Senior Members who responded generously to our first attempt at telephone fundraising, which yielded £100,000 in September 1998, and established a warm and friendly dialogue between present and past students of the College.

Finally, the College continues to be grateful to the Association of Senior Members for its continuing advice and help. It is always a pleasure to record how greatly the College values the Association's activities, and to thank it at its AGM and through the pages of the Chronicle.

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In Memoriam Miss Rachel Trickett Principal of St Hugh's College, 1973-91 Fellow and Tutor in English 1954-73 Honorary Fellow 1991-99 The sudden and untimely death of Rachel Trickett occurred so close to going to press that the Chronicle is particularly grateful to The Times and to The Independent for their permission to reproduce the following.

Portrait by Margaret Foreman 1982.

From The Times , 25 June 1999 As Principal for nearly twenty years of St Hugh's College, Oxford, which was established as a women's college in 1886, Rachel Trickett presided over its transformation into a coeducational institution.

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In manner she was warm, sympathetic and outspoken with a liking for literary and autobiographical anecdotes and a strong pride in coming from the North of England. Responding to situations and to people easily and quickly, sometimes, indeed, too impulsively for comfort, she had a deep-rooted wish to excel and, perhaps to compensate for a certain impatience and restlessness in the face of obstacles, she was flexible rather than obstinate in her ambitions.

Mabel Rachel Trickett was educated at Wigan High School for Girls and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she took a first in English. In 1945 she spent a year as an assistant in the Manchester City Art Galleries before becoming an assistant lecturer at University College, Hull.

She remained there for eight years, spending the year 1949-50 as a Commonwealth Fund Fellow at Yale. Moving to St Hugh's as tutor in English in 1954, she was elected a fellow in the following year. She was also an energetic member of the faculty board from 1964 to 1970. Having been a visiting professor at Smith College in 1961, she returned to the US several times during the 1970s to lecture at universities and summer schools.

She wrote six novels—of which The Return Home (1952) was generally regarded as the best—and The Honest Muse (1967), a thoughtful study of Augustan poets. She was a strong adherent of the tradition of close reading.

She was elected Principal of St Hugh's in 1973, and the assurance and confidence of her personality were to prove valuable attributes in ensuring that the gradual steps by which men were introduced to the college at all levels were understood and accepted by those affected, including old members attached to the traditional character of the college.

She had no qualms about exercising authority and no difficulty in delegating it; she enjoyed planning rather than execution, and was only moderately interested in day-to-day administration. Warmth of manner and spontaneity, along with her considerable presence, stood her in good stead as Principal. She greatly enjoyed college and public occasions of all kinds, and was a polished public speaker.

She frequently gave the address in chapel, and was a staunch defender of the Book of Common Prayer and the King James Version of the Bible, writing several times to the newspapers to protest against their successors.

She derived much pleasure from the friendships and contacts she made outside Oxford, cultivating them zestily to the benefit of the college. She was elected an honorary fellow of Lady Margaret Hall in 1978 and of St Hugh's in 1991.

She was for many years a trustee of the Wordworth Trust at Grasmere.

From The Independent, 30 June 1999

A day or so before her death, and surrounded by cards from former pupils— many now very distinguished—Rachel Trickett was laughing with delight at Halifax's remark that "the vanity of teaching often tempts a man to forget he is a blockhead".

This was the real Rachel Trickett. She loved Oxford, to which she had given 12

her life, she loved literature and true learning, she loved teaching and she would fight for a colleague in trouble. But she had a wicked eye for the conceit of academics, their insularity and devious manipulations. She saw no need to tell. Like her hero Queen Elizabeth I, her motto was video et taceo, I see and I am silent—unless you were privileged to share delicious conversations. Or when she was provoked. Then she gave a reprimand, which no self-importance could evade. She was a regal head of house-18 years Principal of St Hugh's College—and chairman of committees.

Halifax was a favourite author of David Cecil. Trickett regarded Cecil and Kate Lea as her formative tutors when she was an undergraduate at Lady Margaret Hall, between 1942 and 1945. Both became lifelong friends. They were so dissimilar as to be near opposites. She loved Cecil for his writing on mainstream authors and Lea for her unusual and massive erudition. She loved Cecil's sense of family and Lea's reclusiveness, which went with a huge dedication to the disabled and deprived. She would contrast their methods: "I was an over-voluble student. David would epitomise what I was struggling to say, Kate would tirelessly dissect it. They could not have been more courteous, but each method was devastating. And I am only half cured."

Her own discourse had an "infinite variety"—like Cleopatra, a heroine to whom she was always indulgent: "Hopeless case, Antony: and do I know them." In debate, she was a double-handed tennis player: as well as everything else, there was concealment, finesse, sudden drive and ambush. But the rest was there too. Her Wigan upbringing went with a Northern grit over detail and preparation.

Her passion was imagination in the university. "Imagination, a licentious and vagrant faculty, impatient of restraint," as Dr Johnson wrote, "has always endeavoured to baffle the logician, to perplex the confines of distinction and burst the inclosures of regularity." She could see why Oxford had expelled Shelley but she was on gurd to see it did not happen again. When examining, she fought for the left-of-centre candidate. She defended the Oxford college system because its diversity gave imagination a chance against the pressures of conformity and centralisation.

She rejoiced in the Oxford which commissioned Wren and Hawksmoor: she felt that less happy choices were made now. She was a Visitor of the Ashmolean Museum (her first job had been as an assistant to the Curator at Manchester City Art Galleries). She was especially proud that, as Principal of St Hugh's, she had commissioned her old friend Laurence Whistler to decorate the chapel and design the wonderful swan gates in Canterbury Road.

As for imagination in intellectual life, Trickett had no doubt that she lived in one of the great ages of Oxford. She singled out—but always said you could make the list five times over—E R Dodds, Christopher Hill, Nicholas Kurti, Hugh Lloyd-Jones, John McManners, R W Southern, Ronald Syme, J R R Tolkien, Geoffrey Warnock, Edgar Wind and her own dear friend Rosemary Woolf. It delighted her that a Professor of Medicine should write like David Weatherall.

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In the English Faculty, it gave her joy that poets of the stature of John Fuller and Craig Raine were college tutors. She played an important part in the election of John Bayley to the Warton Chair, she was confident of the leadership of John Carey, and it lifted her heart that so many former pupils were now members of Faculty. Her last weeks were saddened by the death of Graham Midgley but cheered by the return of their joint pupil Gabriel Josipovici.

She was also a trustee of the Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust and of the Wordsworth Trust, frequently lecturing at Dove Cottage for Jonathan Wordsworth.

When she became a tutor at St Hugh's in 1954-, her academic writing was overshadowed by her first novel, The Return Home (1952), which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize and was hailed throughout the press: Joyce Cary reviewed it as "truly original". She had also written the libretto for Joubert's opera Antigone. None of this was to the taste of the Principal of St Hugh's, an historian of Spain in the 14th and 15th centuries: "Let us have no more, Miss Trickett, in these lower forms."

Fate put them in the same house and, as Evelyn Procter in the flat below reflected on King Alphonso IV, she could hear the life of her young colleague.

There were five more novels. And another libretto.

Trickett was also preparing a major academic work. The Honest Muse: a study in Augustan verse (1967) argued that 19th- and 20th-century critics had focused on the style of Augustan poets rather than their cast of mind, an error for which Dryden himself had attacked Hobbes. Her guide was Quintilian, the favourite rhetorician of Pope, and in particular his account of ethos and moral goodness whose pleasure is rooted in sober truth. There followed discerning and brilliant readings.

Joyce Cary also wrote that Rachel Trickett "disdained the least concession to what is supposed popular taste". It was not that her novels lacked plot: Frederic Raphael reviewing A Changing Place (1962) judged that "she handles narrative with an effortless flexibility". What she disdained was sensationalism. The ethos of The Honest Muse was of a piece with her own imaginative dynamic Her novels move to a point where home truths are articulated, or nearly articulated, by characters who are not larger than life, pointedly not. "I wanted him to be happy, but I wanted him to understand too," says Elizabeth in The Course of Love (1954) and that is the author's wish for her characters as well. There is then a chance for love to "mend and straighten and construct".

The ordinariness of her characters' lessons does not make them less tough.

"I loved him," cries the heroine of The Return Home. " He has left me nothing."

Her anguished father can only reply, "If you have nothing left, you had nothing to start with."

That love should straighten went with Rachel Trickett's very firm religious faith. Her childhood was non-conformist but she became an Anglican, devoted to the 1662 Prayer Book and deploring some trends in the Church today—the Church failed in its duty to teach that evil sprung from disobedience to our creator. There was an occasion when she was an elector to a

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theological post. The favoured candidate had advanced views. Who but Trickett would dig out the original 18th-century endowment? The stipulated purpose of the post, she read, was to combat "heresy". So the candidate must be ruled out. And he was. The startled electors might have been facing Miss Procter. Or, in Byron's words, "the most Gothic gentlemen of Spain".

If there was a paradox here, or near paradox, there were others. Carlyle was a favourite author but she relished Gibbon. Her pupils were not allowed to shirk major authors but she could not quite face The Faerie Queene. In describing imagination as he did, Dr Johnson might have added that it made for a remarkable tutor: too alive to be cosy, far more concerned with literature than herself or you, yet so much her own woman that you had better become yourself also.

Michael Gearin-Tosh

Miss Theodora Cooper Emeritus Fellow 1995-98 Lecturer in Economics 1960-63 Tutorial Fellow in Economics 1963-95 Estates Bursar 1966-76 Senior Proctor 1980-81 Vice-Principal 1981-84,1992-93 Miss Rachel Trickett wrote the obituary to Miss Theo Cooper which appeared in the Chronicle last year. The following is the text of the Address given by Dr David Robertson at the Memorial Service to Miss Cooper held at St Margaret's Church on 24 October 1998

Voltaire says, in his letter on Oedipus, that, 'We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth.' That could be a difficult saying, to one charged with the commemoration of a life, were his subject less transparently full of probity than was Theo Cooper. With Theo, of course, the most ruthless and penetrating examination would disclose nothing to reduce the enormous respect in which we all held her, and hold her memory. Because, you see, there could be no dodging Voltaire's injunction—one could say nothing true of Theo Cooper were one not to start from her most glaringly obvious virtue.

Whatever else Theo was, and she was much else, she was the most honest person I ever knew, and the person of all I have known for whom honesty was the first and most all-embracing of characteristics.

I refer to her honesty as a 'glaringly obvious virtue' not because cliches are the stuff of memorial services, but to remind us all of how visually obvious was Theo's honesty. Though can anyone who ever sat on Governing Body with her 15

actually ever forget 'THE LOOK'?—that expression, combining incredulity and horror, with which she met so many half thought out ideas or ill judged counter arguments? Most of the time, I think, Theo was completely unaware of the effect her inability to disguise what she thought of idiocy had on interlocutors. Most of the time. I am not persuaded she was completely innocent in this respect—her sheer intelligence and her surprising sensitivity preclude a complete acquittal on the charge of knowingly letting her shock at stupidity show. In her obituary of Theo, Rachel Trickett suggests that people learned rapidly that 'The Look' was evidence primarily of the high regard in which she held them—it was not that Theo could not suffer fools gladly, but that she could never quite believe there were so many fools around. I think this is in large part true Theo was crushingly intelligent—and I think she had genuine difficulty in grasping that the truth was, often, simply less obvious to most of us. Failure to understand matters she understood so readily, for example with a colleague's unwillingness to grasp financial imperatives when sitting with her on Finance Committee or, inevitably, a freshman's failure to see just why demand curves must slope upwards genuinely puzzled her, and in the example of the colleague, sometimes made her suspect wilful irresponsibility. Thus `The Look' may have been a more complex phenomenon when received by a colleague, but never, never, by a student.

For students, or for anyone to whom she conceived a duty of care, Theo had enormous concern and was capable of infinite pains. Ian Honeyman has noted how much effort she would put in to helping a member of staff with the complexities of a pension scheme, working with enormous patience to ensure they fully grasped all the implications of any decision (and also, incidentally, how sensitive and compassionate she was when helping him on delicate and personal staff matters). Those of us who worked with her in PPE know full well how deeply she cared about our students; she worried about them far more than either I or Adrian Moore could ever pretend to, though that honesty, and her great diffidence, meant that we did sometimes have to go out of our way to make students recognise this care and interest.

Theo must have looked, that slightly austere manner, and that diffidence must have made her look, to students, at times an intimidating figure. They will not often have known her well enough to learn the other great quality, her complete tolerance. If she did sometimes find a failure of rationality hard to tolerate, that was absolutely the only weakness for which she had the slightest degree of intolerance. Did Theo ever judge anyone ill for any other reason, I wonder? If she did her liberalism, her own deep sense of privacy, and her deeply felt tolerance precluded her ever showing it.

I worked with her more closely than anyone for 16 years—over half my career—and there probably is no closer relationship in any profession than college tutors in a joint honour school. In all that time we once and once only had a clash so strong, over a matter that concerned both of us so deeply, that Theo actually told me, outright, what she thought of something I had done. I was crushed. To this day I monitor my behaviour in this respect with an eye to

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Theo's judgement, and I always will. On that occasion I persevered. I won on the issue. Within months I regretted it. Theo had, of course, been in the right.

I think Theo deliberately cultivated that tolerance in order to work effectively with people, for the good of the two institutions she loved, this university and this college. One example must suffice. It is common ground that the height of her university career, the year that gave her most satisfaction and in which she was most fully able to use all her talents was 1980/1, the year she served as Senior Proctor, the University's first ever woman Proctor. Her Junior Proctor was one Paul Hayes of Keble. Paul Hayes was, in the defamation-avoiding-language of universities, an interesting character. He could have been designed as a deliberate test of Theo, a sort of anti-Theo from some parallel universe yet I know, because he told me, that he had nothing but admiration for her, and that working with her had made that year almost as important in his life as it clearly was in Theo's. But how Theo must have exercised those virtues of tolerance! and how silent her drive to honesty must have made her much of the time in that shared Proctorial Office.

Theo started her year as Senior Proctor with a major victory over the University which I think has been misinterpreted, and which I now give, almost literally ex cathedra, the correct and authoritative interpretation, because, properly understood it helps us see further into her character. The University had since ancient times and quite properly laid down that the head gear of female graduates should be different from that for men—women were to wear a soft, floppy, essentially feminine hat, a bonnet as it were, while men were to bear the hard edged, firm dignity of the proper academic cap. Theo refused to do this as Proctor, and forced the University to go through the labyrinthine procedure of changing its dress code so that she too could wear a hard hat.

Many thought this a powerful symbolic blow for feminism. It was nothing of the kind. Theo had precisely no use for symbolism, was a feminist of the generation who needed no such empty external significance of her equality—she remained always, for example, Miss Cooper the Chairman, never Ms Cooper the Chair. No, Theo's objection to the floppy hat was purely rational—Proctors have to doff their hat several thousand times during each degree ceremony, floppy hats cannot be doffed, floppy hats had to go. That simple.

Because that is the other key, along with honesty and tolerance—rationality. I chose Voltaire because I believe that in very many ways Theo Cooper is best understood as a quintessential child of the Enlightenment. Rationality, a paring down of what one believes, a strict restriction of what one says to what can be clearly shown and demonstrated to be true, combined with tolerance of anything except intolerance, and a faith in the capacity of human reason to build and reform institutions for the betterment of the human lot, this was far more Theo's creed than for most of us. Onto that peg we can attach much— her love of nature, both in her walking holidays and in her joy in nature's tamed form in Gardens.

And as that child of the enlightenment, Theo was an atheist. It is absolutely necessary that today and in this place we acknowledge that fact. Those of us 17

who believe that on this, perhaps only on this one thing, she was wrong, will have no moment of satisfaction, saying to her in another realm, 'I told you so', because her reply will simply be that we believed on inadequate evidence, and her position was the only tenable one. It probably cost her a good deal to come to her atheism; we know she comes from a devout family, and she was, of course, an Ulster woman who cannot have treated religion or its absence lightly. But that atheism caused her no weakening during the more than ten years she struggled with cancer. She cried once in my presence, for perhaps thirty seconds. It was when she came to tell me, shortly after deciding to take early retirement precisely so that she could conserve her strength to write the book she had so long researched, that the cancer had returned. They were so manifestly tears of frustration, and not of fear. During that next year I often drove her to her chemotherapy sessions, and never saw a weakening, never saw one hint of fear, and never, ever, did I see Theo give in to self-pity. Not all who hold to the intellectual propositions of the Englightenment have its corresponding courage—Voltaire himself certainly did not.

That faith in reason, in the ability of man to craft rational institutions for the betterment of the world was, of course, what she gave herself to professionally. It is a pity, perhaps, that during much of her career the fashions of academic economics were not with her her style of institutional and welfare oriented economics is, too late for her, returning to the forefront—but from her early days as an economist with the Swedish government, the ILO and the Cabinet Office and throughout all her teaching years, and in the unwritten book there was this powerful enlightenment search for rational institutions and pragmatic, incrementalist, long-term oriented policy. Some have speculated whether those early and apparently most happy days as a government economist suggest Theo might better have pursued a career as a civil servant, for which her administrative talents and her concern for policy questions would seem to have suited her. But is this so? There was that intransigent honesty, and that fierce independence of judgement. Would Theo have survived the need for dissimulation and the obligation to replace one's own judgement with that of higher authority which the civil service requires?

We were lucky in Theo, but Theo was lucky in us too. Any Oxford college, but St Hugh's more than most, honours intellectual and personal honesty, tolerates even its excesses, as we tolerated and cherished Theo. And the College, along with the University in some aspects, gave her an arena of the right size, one in which she could be so useful, do so much good, so much of it hardly known to her colleagues, some of it by downright stealth. How many people remember, or even noted at the time, her work with AUT and on university pensions? And much of it was by stealth. One learns, when it is known one has a task like mine today, things one would never normally find out, as people come up and tell you their own reasons for honouring her. Inevitably most of these things, by their nature, cannot be divulged. But one example: One younger colleague—not in PPE—believes firmly that she saved his career by advice and intervention at a crucial time—advice of a sensitivity and

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perception he had not before imagined her even remotely capable. How well known, I wonder, was her generosity? I happen to know, though I should not, that her donations to the endless appeals for contributions to SCR leaving presents were totally disproportionate, and that many people would have left the College much less impressed by our collective generosity but for her cheques.

Ah, but even that generosity was so carefully, so rationally conceived. Most know she left money very generously to the College in her will—who but Theo though, on leaving a sum of money for the Fellows garden would so carefully write in the provision that we only get it if we guarantee to keep a Fellows garden for at least ten years after her death? Who but Theo, herself rationally very keen to help the College bust open useless trust funds to use the moneys for general purpose, would so very carefully provide in her will, when leaving money to go towards research fellowships: the bequest is to be strictly a trust fund and its use is not to be changed except by approval of the Privy Council.

I know personally of her generosity my daughter always received Christmas presents, for example—but rational ones. Ellen was only seven months old when she first received a Christmas present from Theo. An abacus!

Theo's life closed in public service as it started. As soon as she decided on early retirement she joined the Citizen's Advice Bureau. She specialised in problems of welfare entitlements and client debt. I have often imagined the discomfort the clients may have felt if Theo could not quite hide her exasperation with their lack of an adequate paper trail for their accounts but with real joy I have imagined the sheer terror of the lazy and arrogant bureaucrat if Theo decided he had been withholding a penny her client was due.

Obligation, service and community loyalty were the hallmarks of this life.

If the Intimations was her favourite poem, I would choose the sterner lines of the Ode to Duty for Theo Cooper, especially the end: Give unto me, made lowly wise The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give: And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me live.

But I want to end by reflecting not on Theo but on our debt to her. Some lines have been in my head since I received this commission. Theo may not have approved the source, and some of you may think them trite. Today I owe you nothing, and Theo would forgive me, as she daily forgave my idiosyncrasies.

Hers may have been the last generation of which they can be spoken, because that sense of institutional loyalty and service is not very modern: Let us now praise famous men Men of little showing For their work continueth And their work continueth Broad and deep continueth Greater than their knowing

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Appointments, Awards and Prizes University and College Appointments and Prizes (Oxford) Victoria Appel Bruno Currie . Felix Weichman Anna Holland Jennifer Green

Junior Research Fellowship at Wolfson College Christopher Tower Junior Research Fellowship at Christ Church Fellowship by Examination at Magdalen College Stipendiary Lectureship in French at St Edmund Hall Professorship of Chemistry

University Appointments and other Academic Awards (other than Oxford University) Roger Parker Mark Lacy Carolyn Price Robert Goulding Hao-Jeng Huang Dan Ma Sarah Knott Margaret Rigaud-Drayton Marco Trombetta Jon Wilson David Wengrow

Ben Bowles

Professorship of Music at Cambridge University Research Post in Astrophysics at Berkeley Lectureship in Philosophy at the Open University Research Post at the Greenwich Maritime Museum Faculty position at National Cheng-Kung University Post in the Sub-department of Animal Behaviour, Cambridge University Visiting Fellowship, American Philosophical Society Teaching Assistantship in the Department of French, University of Virginia Non-tenured Professorship at Carlos III University, Madrid Lectureship in Imperial History, King's College London Ben Cullen Award from the Trustees of Antiquity for the best article of the year by afirst-time contributor Royal Academy of Engineering Leadership Award

University Undergraduate and Graduate Awards and Prizes Caspar Graf von Moy Paul Bulger Oliver Bingham Kok Eng Lim Adrian Johnson Diana Magnay Jonathan Midmer

Turbutt Prize Gibbs Prize (Chemistry Part I) Gibbs Prize (Engineering Part I) Gibbs Prize (Engineering Part I) Magnox Electric Prize (Physics) The Arnold Prize for the best thesis in the Final Honour School of Modern History (joint winner) Arteaga Prize (joint winner)

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College Awards and Prizes Undergraduate Exhibitions

Centenary

Tatiana-Maria Comerzan (History &Modern Languages)

Clara Mordan

Ethel Seaton Hodgson Irene Shrigley Jubilee

Mary Lunt Memorial Nuffield Smith Rippon Theodora Evans TW Fowle

Antonia Hedley-Dent (Archaeology &Anthropology) Helen Lawson (Modern Languages) Robert Truswell (Modern Languages) Amir Aussia (Mathematics) James Bushell (Mathematics) Yogendra Patel (Mathematics) Alaistair Pickett (Mathematics) Ian Shipley (Engineering) Christopher Warner (Biochemistry) Philip Broadbent (English) Matthew Howling (English) Alice Spencer (English) Amal Alamuddin (Law) Matthew Gretton (Mathematics) Jennifer Smart (Mathematics) Alexandra Chalton (Classics &Modern Languages) Laura Chamberlain (Modern History) James Foreman (Mathematics &Philosophy) Diana Magnay (Modern History) Hugh Roberts (Modern Languages &Philosophy) Claire Unstead (Biochemistry) Matthew Peakman (Engineering) Jonathan Rohrer (Medicine) Daniel Jones (Physics &Philosophy) Toby Rogner (Modern Languages) Nanna Liineborg (PPP)

Undergraduate Scholarships

Centenary

Clara Mordan

Ethel Seaton

Frances Dowling (PPE) Raphael Mokades (Modern Languages &History) Bryony Reid (Archaeology &Anthropology) Claudio Rossi (Modern Languages &Philosophy) Rachael Button (Mathematics) Rachel Connolly (Mathematics) Jonathan Kelly (Mathematics) Kok Lim (Chemistry) Mark Bamber (Physics) Georgia Bedworth (Law) Justin Chow (Biochemistry) Barry Egan (Physics) 21

Ho, Leung, Ho & Lee

Hodgson Irene Shrigley

Jourdain Memorial Jubilee Marjorie Clark Mary Lunt Memorial Nuffield Smith Rippon

Theodora Evans TW Fowle

Christopher Pooley (Physics) Alison Rothery (Chemistry) Albert Chiu (Mathematics) Justin Chow (Biochemistry) Koon Li (Engineering) Steve Wong (EEM) Michael Flexer (English) Barry Parsons (English) David Anderson (Mathematics) Paul Bulger (Chemistry) Alvin Tay (Chemistry) Joanna Keefe (Mathematics &Philosophy) James Burbidge (Classics) Graham Vernon (Law LSE) Solomon Lim (Geography) Victoria Hoyle (Biochemistry) Naomi Price (Biochemistry) Kate Lidiard (Medicine) Martyn Patel (Medicine) Adam Cleggett ((Chemistry) Lois Goldstone (Chemistry) Caspar Graf von Moy (Chemistry) Michael Konaris (Classics) Simon Mack (Engineering) Jessica Metcalf (Biological Sciences) Jonathan Midmer (Modern Languages) Ruth Buchanan (PPP) Christopher Lane (Modern History)

Prizes Collections

Cara Henderson (History) Hannah Keever (History, Ancient &Modern) Christopher Lane (History) Sarah Tullis (Modern History)

Elizabeth Francis Anna Haxworth Hilary Haworth Hurry Joseph & Nancy Burton Katherine Lawrence Mary Lunt

Sarah Biddle (Modern Languages) Olivia Hinman (Music) Benjamin Wong (Economics &Management) Benjamin Parker (Law) Thomas Startup (PPE) David Anderson (Mathematics) Jonathan Sharples (Biochemistry)

Graduate Scholarships Biological Research

Nicholas Brown (Clinical Medicine) 22

Hyun Kim (Biochemistry) Dame Catherine Fulford Edward Gray (International Relations) Denise Skinner Luisa Cale (English) Katherine Mullin (English) Oliver Ranner (Classics) Dorothea Gray Stephen Jeffrey (Materials Sciences) Ethel Seaton Rhona Cox (Organic Chemistry) Harris Andrew Ker (Computer Science) Larkinson Margaret Hoverd (International Relations) Ruy de Ribeiro (Mathematical Biology) Mary Lunt Elizabeth Gerry (French Literature) William Thomas & Katherine MacDonald (Renaissance Studies) Gladys Willing Christian Brigger (Theology) Yates Joseph Shaw (Philosophy)

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Degrees 1998-99 Degrees 1998-99 were not available at time of going to press but will appear in next year's Chronicle

Examinations 1999 Final Honour Schools Archaeology and Anthropology Bryony Reid Class I Class Ili Antonia Hedley-Dent Classics and Modern Languages Class IIi Alexandra Chalton* *Distinction in French Computation Class Ili Richard Tonge Engineering Science Part I Oliver Bingham*, Daniel Childs, Robert Haroutiunian, Pass Judith Kelly, Kok Lim* Matthew Peakman * Gibbs Prize (jointly awarded) Engineering Science Part II Class III Elizabeth Kaijuka, Koon Li Engineering and Computing Science Part II Class IIi James Golding Richard Germuska, Damien Smith Class nu English Language and Literature Julian Bennetts, Philip Broadbent, Penuel Burchall, John Class IIi Cavadino, Christopher Chang King, Joanna Combes, Catherine Joynes, James Morris, Barry Parsons Class IIii Jennifer Pimblett Experimental Psychology Fiona Jackson Class IIi Geography Richard Gutsell, Solomon Lim, Charlotte Middleton, Joanne Class IIi Raybould, George Richards Franziska Bockenheimer, James Corry, Rebecca Jolly Class IIii 24

Class III

Steven Stych

Jurisprudence Class I Georgia Bedworth, Graham Vernon Class IIi Mandesa Anthony, Matthew Brehaut, Rebecca Eeley, Emma Farrell, Antoni Kwiatkowski, Maya Mehta, Aaron Nelson, Louise Nicholson, Thomas Tolley, Claire Watson Class IIii Robert Lou Literae Humaniores Class I James Burbidge Class Hi James Clements, Alice Dryden Class IIii Richard Edwards Mathematical Sciences Class I Rachael Button, Andrew Collins, Jennifer Smart Class IIi Yassar Hussain, Jessica Imhoff Class IIii Laura Donelly, John Newall Mathematics Part I Pass Matthew Gretton, Jonathan Kelly Mathematics Part II Class IIii Donna To Mathematics and Philosophy Part I Class I Rachel Connolly Mathematics and Philosophy Part II Class IIi James Foreman, Joanna Keefe Modern History Nicholas Hackworth, Christopher Lane Class I Class IIi Jessie Buscombe, Laura Chamberlain, Jennifer Dodd, David Hancock, Linda Kennedy, Diana Magnay*, Robert Morgan, Jessica Nelson, Parmjit Rana, Sarah Scudamore Class IIii Anton Shelupanov *Arnold Prize (joint winner) Modern Languages Class I Jonathan Midmer*, Till Rogner, Kirsten Smith Class IIi Umeeda Bhaloo, Danielle Poulain, Hannah Turner, Catherine Wynne Class IIii Tania Gulati, Claire McKenna *Arteaga Prize (joint winner)

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Music Class IIi Class IIii

Holly Rogers David Griffiths

Natural Sciences: Biological Sciences Philip Chamberlain, Kim Hawkins, Jason Mottley Class Ili Caroline Humes, Andrew Ornitharis Class IIii Chemistry Part I Paul Bulger*, Mark Fischer, John Guiton, Craig Jones, Alvin Pass Tay, Adrian Walker *Gibbs Prize Chemistry Part II Lois Goldstone, Alison Rothery Class I Yin-Hong Li, Kelvin Yeung Class Hi Philip James Class IIii Geology Class Hi

Sarah Sangster

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Part I Benjamin Fenby, Caroline Grice, Catherine Hopkinson, Pass Guillaume Stewart-Jones Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Part II Justin Chow, Dominic Higgins, Claire Unstead, Christopher Class IIi Warner Physics Class I Katherine Mabey Tewdar Ansell, Adrian Johnson* Class Ili *Magnox Electric Prize Physics (MPhys) Mark Bamber, Suzanne Chadwick, Martin Cooling, David Class Hi Menezes April Robson, Vanessa Smart Class IIfi Physiological Sciences Saira Hameed, Kate Liddiard Class I Rasha Al-Lamee, Laura Kenny, Kathryn Ludgate, Julia Class IIi McGill Oriental Studies Nikolas Heyng Class IIi 26

Philosophy and Modern Languages Class IIi

Mark Gartside, Hugh Roberts

Philosophy, Politics and Economics Class I Class Ili Class IIii

Stephen Catling Georg Caspary, Carishma Gillani, Crispin Ovenden, Thomas Startup, Alessia Zuliani Frances Dowling, Nicholas Fang, Rose Meller

Physics and Philosophy Part B Class IIi

Daniel Jones

Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology Class IIii

Jennifer Darwin, Jessica Snell

Theology Class IIi

Rachel Millward

Honour Moderations

Ancient and Modern History Class I Class III

Hannah Keever Pavan Kalia

Archaeology and Anthropology Class II

Alexander Benitz, Chris Clark, Joe Mercer Naime, Helen Simons

Biological Sciences Class II

Max Haimendorf, Emma-Jayne Keevill, Elizabeth Orton, Christopher Roterman

Classics Class I Class Ili Class IIii Class III Aegrotat

Michael Konaris Robert Dale, Thomas Edmunds Annabel Andrewes, James Morrist Emma Musgrave Sarah Scott

English Language and Literature Distinction Claire Allitt, Samuel Davies, Katherine Hoare, Donovan Rees, Brendan Rolle-Rowan Pass Allen Beever, Alexander Flynn, Luke Lewis, Hannah MacKay, David Norman, Aimee Rhead, Edward Smith

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Geography

Class II

Kristina Duffin, Eleanor Glacken, Julia Hieber, Iain McGowan, Charlotte Tullett, Jonathan Whittaker, Wei Wu

Law

Pass

Rebecca Armison, Nikolai Christodoulou, Alistair Edwards, Rebecca Ellis, Ellin Huckle, Matthew Ingham, Karis McLarty, Miriam Shalom, Alexander Turnbull

Mathematics

Class I Class II Class III

Richard Blennerhassett, Dominic Carpenter, Christopher Potter, Elizabeth Wharton, Jennifer Wilson Alexander Billig, Kevin Brenton, Jennifer Cox, Simon Gough, Pirita Paajanen Aimee Biggin

Mathematics and Computation

Class I Class II

Anthony Daly Michael Denyer, Adam Dossa, Konstantin Putnik, Richard Underwood

Modern History

Class I Class II Class III Music Class II Class III

James Brown Emily Boon, Kate Harris, Anna Jebb, Richard Manyon, Lucinda Millward, Anna Power, Sarah Tullis, Thomas Turner, Sasha Willmott, Anna Winterbottom Helen Artemiou Emma Hood, Zoe Poyser Olivia Hinman Supplementary Subjects

Anthropology Matthew Hodgkinson Pass Chemical Pharmacology

Distinction Victoria Hoyle, Naomi Price Graham Bentham, Jonathan Taylor Pass History and Philosophy of Science

Pass

Victoria Hoyle

Quantum Chemistry Pass Celeste Biever, Adam Cleggett 28

Preliminary Examinations Economics and Management

Pass

Gregory Hely Hutchinson, Richard Shafer

Engineering Science

Distinction Christopher Humphrey, Tsz Wong Pass Robert Livesey Partial pass Paul Solomon Fine Art

Pass

Thomas Johnson

Modern History and Modern Languages

Pass Lucy Stone* *Distinction in French Modern Languages

Kate Bain, Anthony Creaton, Tristan Gilchrist, Andrew Gorman, Alexandre Lindsay, Michelle Maisey, Alastair Matthews*, Haryjot Minhas, Thomas Walkden, Amy Williams *Distinction in Linguistics Pass

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Distinction Naila Khodabukus, Jakob Suckale Rehan Ali, Jennifer Smith Pass Partial pass Rehan Verjee Philosophy and Modern Languages

Pass

Sarah Lang

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Pass

Mark Chua, Emily Croot-Jones, Sherree Halliwell, Tyran Kam, James Louttit, James McDonald, Lucy Mulloy, Mark Nichols, Richard Parker, Bryony Widdup

Physical Sciences

Distinction Alexander Gough, Daniel Rodbourn Richard Abraham, Daniel Barker, Nicola Barlow, Dawn Pass Grenshaw, Lucy Helme, Christopher Jones, Philipp Kukura, Julian Ratcliffe Partial pass Ellen Dove, Aaisha Saleem Physiological Sciences

Pass

Anna Hadfield, Gabrielle Swait 29

Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology Distinction James Matthews, Paul Matthews

Theology Pass

Isabelle Almeida, James North

Bachelor of Medicine 1st BM Part I Distinction Ethan Sen, Michael Weekes Partial pass David Hovord, Andrew Ladwiniec

1st BM Part II Distinction Martyn Patel Edward Danson, Claire Gifford, Miriam Samuel Pass

Post Graduate Certificate in Education Pass

Stuart Chevalier, Nina Jakeman, Katie Morris, Severine Reneaud, Claire Wilson

Higher Degrees Bachelor of Civil Law Benjamin Parker* Class I Class II Nicholas Auden, Tracy Bazeley. Make Ni Shuilleabhain * Allen and Overy Prize for Corporate Insolvency Law

Diploma in Legal Studies Distinction Frauke Wedemann

Master of Business Administration Pass

Patrick Gasparro, Janice Jordan, Irfan Keshavjee

MPhil in English Studies (iv) Distinction Richard Watkins

MPhil in English Studies (v) Pass

Rebecca Pearson

MPhil in European Literature Distinction Cornelia Schnelle

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MPhil in Middle Eastern Studies

Pass

Will Hanley

MPhil in Social Studies: Economics

Pass

Jie Yang

MPhil in Social Studies: International Relations

Pass

Edward Gray

MSc in Economics for Development

Pass

Shabih Mohib

MSc in Educational Research Methodology

Pass

Rachel Wilson

The following results came out after the deadline for the 1997-98 Chronicle

MPhil

Devendra Mooljee (Management Studies) Ulrike Tappe-Nakata (Politics)

MSc

Christian Dahm (Mathematics) Michael Lim (Engineering) Samir Nath (Education) Joseph Shaya (Computation) Takis Solulu (Entomology)

MSt

Carl Friedmann (Gen Linguistics) Christine Joynes (Theology) Isabelle Rorive (Law) Patricia Beatriz (Classics)

BCL

Sanjay Gandhi Siobhan McInerney

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New Students Graduate Degrees

Faculty of Anthropology & Geography Lise Albrechtsen MSc Prob Res Astrid Steverlynck, Biao Xiang

Faculty of Clinical Medicine 2nd BM James Gagg Prob Res Charles Wykoff

Faculty of English Language & Literature MPhil

Andrew Sage

Faculty of Law Diploma Frauke Wedemann Nicholas Auden, Tracy Bazeley, Benjamin Parker BCL Make Ni SIthilleabhLn, Rilta Simelyt, Rajesh Singh MJur Prob Res Kypriani Nikolopoulou

Faculty of Literae Humaniores Prob Res Nicholas Aubury, Tarek Hayfa

Faculty of Mathematical Sciences MSc

Christopher Ferro, Clare Hebden, Christopher Padgett, Benjamin Williams

Faculty of Oriental Studies MSt MPhil

Tehnyat Majeed, Jian Xu Jane Clark, Will Hanley

Faculty of Physical Sciences Prob Res David Clifton, Mridul Mukherji, Sotirios Psomas, I-Chun Shih, Jose Zarco Gonzalez, Yongyue Zhang

Faculty of Psychological Studies Prob Res Rainer Spiegel, Liza van Zyl

Faculty of Social Studies MPhil

Edward Gray

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Department of Educational Studies MSc PGCE

Rachael Wilson Stuart Chevalier, Nina Jakeman, Katie Morris, Severine Reneaud, Claire Wilson

School of Management Studies MBA

Patrick Gasparro, Janice Jordan, Irfan Keshavjee

Taiwan Diplomat's Training Course/Foreign Service Programme Susan Cheng, Raul Montiel Gasto

Visiting Students Arne Feickert (Heidelberg University) Classics Sohui Lee (University of Boston) English Jennifer Smith (Dalhousie University) Biochemistry

Matriculation 1998 Archaeology & Anthropology Alexander Benitz, Harrow School Chris Clark, King's School Joe Mercer Nairne, Eton College Helen Simons, Berkhamsted

Biochemistry Behan Ali, Bedford High Naila Khodabukus, Edgbaston High School Jakob Suckale, University of Hamburg Rehan Verjee, Harrow School

Biological Sciences Max Haimendorf, St Paul's Emma-Jane Keevill, Arnold School Rahil Malik, Woking VI Form College Elizabeth Orton, Ryeish Green Christopher Roterman, Harrow School

Chemistry Nicola Barlow, Priestley College Dawn Grenshaw, Bruton Girls Philipp Kukura, University of Hamburg William McGee, New College

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Daniel Rodbouna, Bristol Cathedral School Aaisha Saleem, Ss Helen &Katharine, Abingdon Classics Thomas Harrison, University College School, London John O'Connell, Reigate Grammar School Richard Power, Perse School, Cambridge Eleni Ramphou, Athens Campion School James Sterling, Manchester Grammar School Emmanuel Wedlock, London Oratory Computer Science Konstantin Putnik, Bundes Oberstufen Realgymnasium, Austria Earth Sciences Daniel Barker, Westminster

Economics & Management Gregory Hely Hutchinson, Lycee Francais Richard Shaffer, Manchester Grammar School Engineering Economics and Management (EEM) Steve Wong, La Salle College, Hong Kong Engineering Science Christopher Humphrey, Bedford Modern Robert Livesey, Tring Paul Solomon, London Oratory English Claire Allitt, Devonport High Allen Beever, Elliott School, Putney Samuel Davies, Bristol Cathedral School Alex Flynn, Manchester Grammar School Katherine Hoare, Bury Grammar School Luke Lewis, Dr Challoner's High School Hannah MacKay, Haberdashers' Aske's School Kiran Nihalani, Sevenoaks David Norman, Bridgewater County High School Donovan Rees, Hampton School Aimee Rhead, Newcastle Under Lyme Brendan Rolle-Rowan, King's School Edward Smith, Merchant Taylors' School

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Fine Art Thomas Johnson, Canford School, Wimborne Geography Kristina Duffin, Portsmouth High Eleanor Glacken, Bishop Gore Julia Hieber, European School, Munich Iain McGowan, Dr Challoner's High School Charlotte Tullett, Shrewsbury School Jonathan Whittaker, King Edward VI, Chelmsford Wei Shi Wu, Hwa Chong Junior College, Singapore History & Modern Languages Lucy Stone, Holy Cross College History Ancient & Modern Pavan Kalia, King Henry VIII School, Coventry Hannah Keever, St Michael's Catholic School, London Law Rebecca Annison, Queen's School, Chester Nikolas Christodoulou, King Edward VI Grammar School Alistair Edwards, Sevenoaks Rebecca Ellis, Nottingham High Elfin Huckle, Abbey School Matthew Ingham, Cardiff High School Karis McLarty, Belvedere Miriam Shalom, South Hampstead High Alexander Turnbull, Cardiff High School Mathematics Aimee Biggin, Yateley, Camberley Alexander Billig, Bedford Modern Richard Blennerhassett, St Andrew's College, Dublin Kevin Brenton, Judd School, Tonbridge Dominic Carpenter, Barclay School Jennifer Cox, Monmouth Simon Gough, Worthing VI Form College Pirita Paajanen, Turku Teachers' Training School, Finland Christopher Potter, Hills Road Lizzie Wharton, Allerton Grange High School, Leeds Jennifer Wilson, Sutton High School

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Mathematics & Computation

Anthony Daly, Epping Forest College Adam Dossa, Whitgift School, South Croydon Richard Underwood, Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe Medicine

David Hovord, King John, Thundersley Andrew Ladwiniec, Aylesford School Ethan Sen, King Edward VI Grammar School Michael Weekes, Cambridge High Modern History

Helen Artemiou, Notting Hill and Ealing High School, London Emily Boon, St Michael's Catholic School, London Kate Harris, Downe House Anna Jebb, Tiffin School, Kingston upon Thames Richard Manyon, Eton College Lucy Millward, Ludlow Anna Power, St Paul's Sarah Tullis, St George's School Thomas Turner, John Leggot 6th Form College Sasha Willmott, Shrewsbury VI Form College Anna Winterbottom, Colchester Sixth Form College Modern Languages

Kate Bain, Wirral Grammar Anthony Creaton, Kingsbury Tristan Gilchrist, Cranleigh School Andrew Gorman, Whitgifi School, South Croydon James Lindsay, Radley College Michelle Maisey, King Edward VI School, Southampton Alastair Matthews, Wesley College, Dublin Jyoti Minhas, Withington School, Manchester Thomas Walkden, Bradford Amy Williams, Talbot Heath, Bournemouth Modern Languages & Philosophy

Sarah Lang, Newstead Wood Music

Olivia Hinman, Ardingly College Emma Hood, Sudbury Upper School Zoe Poyser, Barr Beacon School, Walsall

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Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) Mark Chua, Victoria Junior College, Singapore Emily Croot-Jones, United World College of the American West Sherree Halliwell, Kirkham Grammar Tyran Kam, St Paul's James Louttit, Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe James McDonald, Wellington College, Crowthorne Lucy Mulloy, United World College of the Atlantic, Llantwit Major Mark Nichols, Hills Road Richard Parker, Dame Alice Owen Bryony Widdup, Wakefield

Philosophy & Theology Isabelle Almeida, Haberdashers' Aske's School

Physics Richard Abraham, Heaton Manor VI Form Ellen Dove, Solihull VI Form College Alexander Gough, Reading School Lucy Helme, Walthamstow Hall Christopher Jones, Peter Symonds' College, Winchester Julian Ratcliffe, Charterhouse, Godalming

Physiological Sciences Anna Hadfield, St Swithun's Gabrielle Swait, St Edward's School Rebecca Wood, Brighton &Hove

Psychology & Philosophy James Matthews, Felsted School

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Senior Common Room Self-Introduction by New Fellows Stephen Duncan Fellow and Tutor in Engineering I joined St Hugh's in October 1998 from UMIST, Manchester, where I was a Reader in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

My field of research is control engineering, where the aim is to design systems that make processes or machinery operate in a desired manner. Although the modern world is full of control systems in everything from an electric kettle to the space shuttle, the science that underpins the analysis and design of these systems is relatively young, having started in the 1950s as a development from applied mathematics and engineering. My main interest is the design of systems for controlling processes such as papermaking, metal sheet rolling and plastic film extrusion. These industries produce many of the items in our lives, from the metal for car bodies to this sheet of paper, and the systems that control these processes are becoming increasingly sophisticated. This is partly a result of the increasing demands of customers, who are forcing manufacturers to produce high quality, specialised materials and partly, because of the need to improve throughput, the machines are becoming faster. I have implemented control systems for the plastic film industry and I am currently looking at ways to improve the measurement techniques in these processes. I have also designed systems for metal rolling mills and paper machines. Other systems that I have studied include telescopes, the spread of epidemics and the defrosting of frozen foodstuffs.

St Hugh's College Library October 1997 saw the formal opening of the physical transformation of the Library; October 1998 was the starting date of an automated circulation system.

During the period of the building work and the concentrated drive to add the Library holdings to the University computerised union catalogue, OLIS, an extra member of staff had been employed. From February 1998 a full-time cataloguer was also employed.

Before the Library could benefit from joining the central automated circulation system, 80% of the loan stock had to be on OLIS and barcoded. Since items in the stackrooms are less used and periodicals are confined to the Library, it was felt that a total of 50,000 items accurately reflected the main loan stock. This meant that we needed 4-0,000 items on OLIS before we could start the automated circulation. In Febrary 1998 there were approximately 25,000 items barcoded and on OLIS. It made sense to start the new system at the beginning of an academic year, so the challenge was to add 15,000 records 38

between February and September. One full-time cataloguer with the Librarian and Senior Library Assistant cataloguing part-time the sort of problem often associated with mowing meadows or filling baths, at least in the maths lessons I remember. A growing tide of green tape, used to identify books on OLIS, spread over the shelves, covering everything that didn't move.

We hit the target, exhausted but triumphant, by September, just as the contract for the Senior Library Assistant expired, so the Librarian and the new Graduate Trainee went on courses to learn how to operate the system. Full of theoretical knowledge, we awaited the installation of the terminal which would, together with a barcode reader, enable readers to issue their own loans. We had to learn a new vocabulary: readers are patrons, there are CIN and COUT statistics and messages from Robo Librarian are now a regular feature of our lives. On the day before the Library tours were scheduled the system was finally up and running and, after some teething problems, seems to be working satisfactorily. Not only is it much easier for 'patrons' but it has cut down staff time spent filing borrowing slips and means that individual items can be traced and identified more securely. The annual stocktake should also be much easier as items with barcodes can be checked off on laptops in true supermarket style.

The next goal, that of having 50,000 items on OLIS before the full-time cataloguer's contract expires at the end of June, has been reached with a month to spare.

Whither next?

Obviously there are still numerous items to be added since we have a total loan stock of approximately 75,000. We plan to move on to the stockroom material, dealing initially with series such as Selden Society, Camden Society, Malone Society, etc. There is, however, also an exciting possibility of working on some of the material in the rare book stack. The University is in the process of making a bid for a grant to work on early printed books in foreign languages. St Hugh's will be involved in this programme if the bid is successful, since we have a significant collection of such material as a result of the bequest from Miss Jourdain. Much of this material may be unique to Oxford and consequently of interest to researchers to have its location more widely known.

Our 27 incunabula, more than in any of the other women's/former women's Colleges, have been publicised in printed form by Dennis Rhodes A catalogue of incunabula in all the Libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian, so it would be a logical progression to make details of our other rare books generally available. In addition to bequests from Miss Jourdain and Dame Joan Evans, there are the significant bequest from Dean Church and the Duchess of Bedford and numerous individual gifts and bequests, which make up a small but interesting collection with considerable potential research interest.

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St Hugh's College Archive

As a result of the article on the College Archive in last year's Chronicle, Audrey Webb (Nugent) wrote to say that she had taken part in a production of Princess Ida, 'performed jointly by (I think) "Teddy Hall" and St Hugh's in 1948-49 . . . [It] was held at a hall in Summertown, and from memory, the female "leads" were brought in from London.' Does anyone else remember this, or any other performance of Princess Ida? Please do let me know as it would be interesting to add it to the records, since we have relatively little information about musical or dramatic performances.

Deborah Quare Librarian and Archivist

Middle Common Room MCR Vice-President's Report The 1998 99 academic year has been an eventful one for the Middle Common Room. Our MCR members, an impressive amalgam of international and home students, have achieved a great deal, which is the product of a tremendous effort, studious application, and savvy planning. We have a great deal to be proud of. It is a catalogue of success: Paul Stupple, a Hugh's Jubilee Senior Scholar, will finish his Chemistry DPhil this year. After completing seven years at Oxford, Paul will go on to work in Kent as a Team Leader Researcher at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.

Andy Simpson, Junior Dean, has taken a post as a computer science lecturer at Oxford Brookes after finishing his post-doctoral research.

While working on the last stages of his DPhil thesis on Pindar, Bruno Currie, one of our Dorothea Grey Senior Scholars, will move on to Christ Church to take up the Christopher Tower Junior Research Fellowship for Greek Mythology.

Rachel Wilson, held a Junior Deanship while finishing her MSc in Educational Research Methodology. Not content with these achievements, Rachel has skilfully secured a St Hugh's Denise Duthoit Turner Senior Scholarship through her impressive academic work. The first year of this scholarship will mark the second year of her DPhil in Education, which will pay particular attention to the effects of hearing on children's learning rates.

Emily O'Brien, resident medievalist, has had a long history at Hugh's. After completing her junior year abroad from Wellesley here at Hugh's, Emily returned to work on a DPhil on Edward the Confessor. Emily received the Horton-Hallowell Fellowship from Wellesley College to aid her rigorous academic research.

Elizabeth Kennedy and Robert Lou both finished their second BA degrees -

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this year. Many congratulations to both.

Andy Spencer, reading for a DPhil in Maths, left us for a few months to pursue antipodean maths education at Australia's ANU Canberra and UWA Perth. Unstoppable in all directions, Andy rowed Hugh's to blades fame this year, much to the delight of those of us huddled on the sun-soaked banks.

Caroline Madge (Politics), Neil Graves (Renaissance English Literature), John Redmond (Contemporary Poetry), Ken Mitchell (Political Science), Sarah Knott (American History), Jessica Schaeffer (Politics), and Isabel Rorive (Law) all submitted their DPhil theses this year.

After submitting her DPhil on 18th century American history, Sarah Knott will split in two and be both here, pursuing a JRF at Wolfson, and in London, where she will take up a research fellowship on the "Feminism and Enlightenment" project sponsored by the Leverhulme Foundation.

Christine Appel, reading for a DPhil in Medieval history, secured a Junior Research Fellowship at Wolfson.

After submitting his DPhil on contemporary poetry, John Redmond's verse will appear in an anthology of new poets, New Poetries Two, a volume which will be published by Carcanet Press. Please line up for the author's signature.

Our Comfy Room saw a refurbishment of its floor, a change of its curtains, and the new appearance of attractive furniture. The MCR looks forward to an increase in its number of rooms next year. This increase will enable Hugh's to provide housing to more graduates than ever before.

With such an impressive year behind us, there would seem to be few heights remaining for Hugh's students to scale. However, in the year to come, the MCR will doubtless see many more such successes.

Michael Deibert MCR Vice-President

Junior Common Room JCR President's Report Let me say it now, loud and clear: St Hugh's is the best. What might sound like the idiotic boast of someone with a reading age of nine is, in fact, the truth. Our JCR has evolved into an extraordinarily happy, united and content community.

Over the last few years more and more JCR members have been getting involved in various wholesome activities, and this year the payoff has become really visible. A few months ago, a visitor remarked to me that College felt like a holiday camp. While I was at pains to remind him that we are here to study for we are, and we do I took his point. Strolling around the beautiful gardens dotted with sunbathers, watching people playing basketball or tennis on the (new) outside courts, hearing a band practice in the 41

Principal's music rooms, a visitor to College will take only a few minutes to see how very privileged we are. Even within the community of the fortunate that is Oxford University, we are an especially lucky bunch. And we appreciate it.

St Hugh's involvement in drama, always massive, has grown still greater this year. Michael Flexer is a star of Oxford drama, seemingly destined for fame, and has been in University production after University production, writing, directing, acting, and probably making the props as well. Laura Morrod is a College-based star, who wrote and directed the pantomime Bintorella, performed in the Mordan Hall, and also directed a daring, and very successful, Much Ado About Nothing in the St Hugh's gardens. These two are joined by legions of other thespians—Helen Lawson, Claire Gifford, Emma Ross-Thomas, Jamie Walker-Howarth, Bijan Sheibani, Hannah Mackay, Karis McLarty, and many more. The Rag Society also backed James Golding's very impressive Jesus Christ Superstar, again performed in the Mordan Hall.

Entertainments in College have been spectacular over the last year. From the International Forum's Shugadelic event and Arab Cultural Evening to Entz Reps Tom Griffin's and Laura Morrod's incredibly varied parties—dub reggae to guitar-based rock, Wild-West bops to Seventies Nights, all in one term, to Rag's Christmas Ball, St Hugh's has been a fun place to be over the past year.

The culmination of the energetic Entz programme was the Tom's Adventure Weekend in Wales, which consisted of thirty hardy souls being dragged through freezing water and up muddy mountains in the name of fun. Thanks, Tom. Even before the infamous Christian Aid barbeque in aid of Kosovo, we were already famed around the University for our Entz.

St Hugh's music has also taken off in the past year, with the formation of a College orchestra with three rock bands in College: Delorean, Magicboy and OD5. OD5 recently played Freud's, an ultra-chic cafe in Walton Street.

St Hugh's students continue to do sterling voluntary work in Oxford and beyond. Miriam Samuel, Nicki Pearce and Garth Wilkinson currently run OU's largest charity group, Homeless Action. Tom Harrison and Emily Larbi-Jones have established the St Hugh's Amnesty and Burma Action Group (SHABAG), which has actively promoted human rights in Burma. Meanwhile JCR members Ben Bowles and James North hitchhiked to Morocco and back for charity, and Mark Gartside will spend his summer trekking from the Cumbrian coast to the Northumbrian coast to raise funds for the Warrington Peace Centre. Perhaps most noteworthy of all, however, was the JCR's decision to give a thousand pounds to Kosovo to help alleviate the refugee crisis there.

And now we turn to politics. To say that the past year has been eventful is rather like saying that Tony Blair won the 1997 election: self-evidently true, but something of an understatement. The year began in dramatic fashion as, following an emergency meeting of the JCR in which only first years were able to vote, forty freshers refused to pay tuition fees as a protest against the Teaching and Higher Education Act. While publicity seekers in other Oxford colleges grabbed many of the headlines, St Hugh's had by far the biggest contingent of non-payers. The protest ended at Christmas. Come the New

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Year, another issue reared its head, as the JCR decided to appoint a Development Officer to assist College in maintaining links with ex-students and fundraising. The first incumbent, Ted Damon, was duly elected.

The summer term saw the most dramatic action of all. First came College's threat to raise rents by 9%. This move, interpreted by many in the JCR as unexpected and unfair, united the student body in opposition and as the deadline to pay rents passed with negotiations still deadlocked, some three hundred students refused to pay their rents. Following a dramatic meeting of Finance Committee, an acceptable settlement was finally reached and the JCR paid up, receiving in return a rise of 4.6% frozen vacation residence, and a new system for domestic services.

Then St Hugh's moved to flex its muscles in the University Student Union, seeking to precipitate a referendum on reform. At the time of writing, three more Common Rooms have followed our lead in demanding a plebiscite and we are confident of getting the six more that we need to make a vote certain.

As we wind down and look forward to a summer of relaxation, one more big event awaits us. The 1999 Apocalypse Ball looks set to round off a spectacular year in vibrant style: a unique, unusual, eccentric ball for what has become Oxford's most exciting, individual, and united JCR. Raphael Mokades JCR President Drama Report It would be trite and cliched to say that this academic year has been a healthy and interesting one for St Hugh's drama. It would also be true. The College has, in spite of its relative anonymity within the university, acquired a strong reputation for student drama. This is mainly due to the efforts of John Cavadino, Jo Combes, Kate Joynes and Barry Parsons who founded the St Hugh's Theatre Company. The company produced a series of successful plays at the Old Fire Station concluded by the Michaelmas production of Cabaret, which sold out for five of its six performances. Inter-war musicals aside, there have been a number of St Hugh's productions, three of which actually took place within College.

At the end of Michaelmas term we had the Alternative Pantomime Bintorella written by Laura Morrod. In Hilary there was the annual Rag musical Jesus Christ Superstar which, under the direction of James Golding, set new standards for the production values of College plays (by actually having some).

The event was a stunning display of the transforming powers of a little bit of technical know-how, and much of the credit for changing the Mordan Hall into a viable performance space must go to Simon Mack and the team responsible for Shugadelic. Finally, earlier this term there was the revival of the St Hugh's Garden Show with Laura Morrod directing Love's Labours Lost. Sadly, freak rainstorms (ie British summer) dampened the play's brief run, though not to the extent to dissuade Laura from directing A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Burton Taylor theatre (BT) next term.

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There have also been termly productions at the BT, beginning with Michaelmas A Thought in Three Parts which had more nudity and dangly parts than late night Channel 5. All in the name of Art, obviously. Although but four tickets for the run were sold, there were empty seats for every performance suggesting that the play's reputation preceded it. That same week and at the same venue was a production of Bouncers and Shakers which had the St Hugh's actors, myself and Tom Edmunds, and was directed by Claudio Rossi. The drive to become the Burton Taylor repertory company was aided by the Hilary production of Lucky Numbers. This new writing counted among its cast Alan Beever, Sam Davies and Karis McLarty and was directed by Hannah Mackay. Hannah will be taking a production called Pattycake Blues to the Edinburgh fringe this year, with backing from St Hugh's.

To conclude the year was another piece of new theatre, also at the BT, called Play Light with myself and Bijan Sheibani in the cast. Bijan is also the common link between St Hugh's JCR and the Priapus Theatre Company who produced Taste of Honey at the Old Fire Station this term. If all goes well, he may even be keeping Hannah company north of the border. The year ahead should have a promising start with Jericho Place at the Playhouse, directed by myself and with Karis in the lead role. In spite of such cheap and shameless plugs, drama is something St Hugh's can be proud of and I apologise to any whom I have denied due praise in this article.

Michael Flexer

Sports Report 1999 has been a good year for St Hugh's sport at all levels. New courts have made tennis, basketball and 5—a-side football more accessible to everyone in College and have proven very popular. They are at least partly to thank for the St Hugh's tennis, basketball and 5—a-side football cuppers success. These clubs all reached the semi-finals (and were unlucky not to proceed further) except the women's basketball team who lost, in double overtime, a very close final. The men's tennis team deserve a mention as they lost on the toss of a coin! A man who needed no luck, though, was Nick Fang who won cuppers fencing for the first time for St Hugh's.

Earlier in the year, many winter sports enjoyed equivalent league success.

The rugby team were promoted twice into the first division, the 2nd XI football team were promoted into the first division and both the men's and women's badminton teams were promoted into the first division. Congratulations should also go to Sheree Halliwell, Iain McGowan, Jonathan Parker and Matt Jones who were involved in the athletics varsity match win over Cambridge.

Ben Bowles Sports Representative

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Boat Club I am fortunate in having the year of 1999 to write about on behalf of the boat club. No excuses, no near-misses. I can write about results. At the beginning of the year, the Boat Club agreed a sponsorship deal with S J Berwin & Co. As well as the support of a prestigious law firm, the club benefited from a brand new 'international class' Eton Phoenix racing boat, expert coaching from Jonathan Schultz of Sydney Rowing Club and new S J Berwin kit. This enabled a relatively young men's 1st VIII to win blades in Torpids and Eights, a feat that has been managed by only two other college 1st VIIIs in the last ten years. The men's 1st VIII were rewarded with discretionary senior status by OURC. The women's 1st VIII also started the year strongly, bumping up three places in Torpids, nearly repeating last year's blade winning performance.

Unfortunately, during Trinity term, several rowers were lost with finals and their coach had to leave for America. This was reflected in their performance in Eights when they were bumped on three of the four days. Both the 2nd eights performed well with the women bumping up on their only day of racing in Torpids and the men bumping up three places in Eights. A St Hugh's mixed VIII successfully defended its title in the Oriel regatta.

The potential of the Boat Club is even better. The men's 1st VIII will be losing only one rower next year and four members of the Boat Club will be rowing for the University in the Henley Royal Regatta this summer, including Ian Shipley who will be stroking the men's lightwight 1st VIII. The men's novice `A' team are also confident, having started their training a term early for the Christ Church Regatta.

Ben Bowles Boat Club Captain Biopsy Biopsy is a new society for the Life Sciences in St Hugh's. It covers Anthropology, Biochemistry, Biology, Physiology and Psychology. It is intended both as a means for Life Scientists to meet socially and as a forum for debate between these closely related disciplines. Areas of overlap include neuroscience, social intelligence, evolution, and human behaviour. We feel it is important for students in different years to meet, since older students can provide useful advice on such things as project tides and which papers to choose. In the past there have been no college societies for most of the Life Sciences, which covers nearly sixty students in St Hugh's this year, so we set up Biopsy in Trinity term to meet this need.

So far this term we have held two events: punting on the Cherwell and an inaugural dinner at the Bombay restaurant with our Senior Member. For the dinner we even received interest from outside the Life Sciences. We are also planning a Post-Mods tea-party in the University Parks after the first years finish their exams. We intend to hold speaker meetings and discussion groups next year on various Life Science related topics such as GM foods and the

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evolution of human intelligence.

We would like to thank our Senior Member Dr Iles for making our society possible and for help in setting it up.

Paul Matthews Biopsy Treasurer

The Doveton Society In recognition of Dorothy Mary Doveton's prodigious contribution to geography at St Hugh's—she gained the very first First Class degree in the comparatively new Honour school of geography in 1934—the Doveton Society has continued its recent upsurge, enjoying a varied yet traditional year. Under the auspices of Kelly Parreira, Doveton members and their guests have had great pleasure in attending two Black Tie dinners in the Wordsworth room; the latter being held in honour of the departing Dr James Ryan. Furthermore, Dr Barbara Kennedy addressed Doveton on the subject of Patagonia and Argentina, embellishing her most interesting talk with a variety of slides and geographical anecdotes.

Earlier in the year, Doveton hosted a freshers drinks party and also held a remarkably pleasant cheese and wine evening. Aside from these independent events, Doveton joined members of the International Forum for a cocktail evening. Plans are already afoot for next year, with Doveton committed to providing a varied programme of events—both academic and social.

Former members of the College are most welcome to attend Doveton functions, and we would appreciate input regarding our events from anyone with a geographical interest.

William Mudd

Modern Languages Society The St Hugh's Modern Languages Society is open to all modern linguists and joint schools linguists in all years. This year we have enjoyed a range of cultural and social activities. We began and ended the year by a meal out at a local restaurant. Another social event was a successful cheese and wine tasting evening. French and German film evenings have also been on offer with cinema and theatre trips as well, organised by the Society such as to see the new Lelouche film Les Miserables and a production of Wedekind' s Spring Awakening.

All events were well attended and enjoyed by all.

Sarah Biddle and Catherine Hobbs President and Secretary

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The St Hugh's College Law Society This year saw the Law Society hold a variety of social, academic and careeroriented events, beginning with the inevitable Freshers' Drinks.

The long-established mooting tradition was upheld with the Principal's Moot and developed after links were forged with Lady Margaret Hall, who were suitably crushed by the St Hugh's team. We also ventured into the world of commercial negotiation, courtesy of Linldaters' property department, hosting a competition between ourselves and LMH, Wadham and Christ Church. St Hugh's proudly took the teamwork prize.

Several events, including a visit to Lovell White Dun-ant and a careers evening, gave students a chance to meet potential employers and consider futures.

The Law Society also delved into current legal and political issues with visits from Gillian Shepherd, Justice Santour of Australia and a speaker on Restorative Justice from Thames Valley Police. We also visited HMP Crendon, a nearby therapeutic prison, which highlighted the grim contrast with the more glamorous and academic aspects of the law.

Both Michaelmas and Trinity terms were rounded off nicely with the Christmas Dinner at The Mitre and the Finalists' Garden Party respectively.

Hopefully next year will see such events built on and links continued with other college Law Societies. Sarah Collins and Nicola Pearce Co-Presidents

St Hugh's College Medical Society Medicine for the Millennium The St Hugh's College Medical Society Annual Reunion was held on 15th May 1999. As it has done over the last three years, the reunion took the form of a symposium, this year entitled 'Medicine for the Millennium' and was organised by Dr Mark Herbert, the Mary Lunt Junior Research Fellow in Medicine. The symposium was successful in attracting 48 current and past members of St Hugh's College and the four lectures of the day were given by members who all studied Medicine at St Hugh's. Dr Jennifer Dennis, Paediatrician and Chair of the Down's Syndrome Medical Interest Group, and Dr Kathryn Pritchard-Jones, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Cancer Hospital, The Royal Marsden NHS Trust, spoke in the morning session. Pre-lunch drinks, lunch and a post-prandial stroll around the gardens of St Hugh's gave plenty of time for members to catch up with each other. In the afternoon, Dr Susan Iles, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at the Broadmoor Hospital and Dr Anne Lingford-Hughes, Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, and Research Fellow at the MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital and at the Department of Psychopharmacology, Bristol University, gave talks in the afternoon. The four talks covered a wide range of medicine and medical science and stimulated much discussion during questions.

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Medics Reunion: L—R: Susan Iles, Kathryn Pritchard-Jones, Jane Sampson, John Morris, Jennifer Dennis, Mark Herbert, Anne Lingford-Hughes

At the start of the afternoon session, Dr Jane Sampson, who has spent much of her life working in a rural hospital in the Himalayas, gave a short commercial. She outlined the difficulties but enjoyment of her life's work, but now approaching 80 years old, advertised for a successor to continue medicine in a part of the world that but for her would be without any doctor. Anyone interested in continuing Jane Sampson's work in the rural Himalayas should contact Dr Sampson via St Hugh's.

Dr Jennifer Dennis has spent her working career devoted to children with Down's syndrome and her understanding of the condition was reflected in the depth of her lecture. Those with Down's syndrome are susceptible to a multitude of medical conditions, including sleep disorders, increased incidence of certain leukaemias, autoimmunity, orthopaedic conditions in part related to ligamentous laxity, and neuropsychiatric disorders, such as epilepsy, autism and depression. Cognitive function is often hard to assess in Down's syndrome children because speech is affected more than other areas of intelligence. Boys have worse speech delay than girls, and in both difficulty in producing sequential speech leads to staccato sentences, and an inability to express feelings verbally. Future investigations into Down's syndrome will not only benefit those with the condition, but may offer a window to better understand diseases that affect all of us. In this respect, we could do better by understanding the increased susceptibility of those with Down's syndrome to dementia, diabetes, autoimmunity, pulmonary hypertension, and leukaemia.

Dr Kathryn Pritchard-Jones discussed the increasingly good survival of children with cancer and the influence of molecular genetics in oncology.

With long-term survival, for instance rates of 65-70% for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, attention is focusing on refining chemotherapy so that it maintains 48

its effectiveness but causes less damage to the child. Molecular genetics is increasingly helpful for stratifying cancers into those that can be treated with less cytotoxic agents and those that need more aggressive therapy. For instance, the copy number of the N-myc oncogene in a tumour cell line relates to survival; with only two copies, children often do well, but with greater than two copies, most die. The latter group could be targeted with more intensive chemotherapy. Some conditions are associated with an increased risk of cancer, such as aniridia and Wilm' s tumour, and through molecular genetics and the study of these conditions we may be able to better understand the aetiology of cancer.

Dr Susan Iles produced a tour-de-force on the duty of care dilemma faced by psychiatrists, not just a duty to the safety of patients but also to the community. To understand the dilemma, the recent history of British psychiatry from pre-1808 was outlined. Initially, the doctor's role was to certify the mad under the 1805 Lunatics Act and later under the 1890 Lunacy Act. Once committed, patients were not usually released from asylums, so that they became overcrowded. Primitive treatments and chaining were surpassed by psychoanalysis and doctors became involved in looking after the mentally ill, not just in certifying. The psychiatrists' role is seen as duplicitous by patients, they are not there purely to help but also to decide on detention and then subsequently on release. With the advent of modern psychiatric drugs, more patients were able to achieve independence so that care in the community became increasingly realistic. But care outside institutions can only be possible where patients are safe to themselves and others. A number of recent cases, such as that of Ben Silcock who climbed into a lions den at London zoo, and Christopher Clunis and John Robinson who both killed others after being released, indicate that determining who is safe to be released can be a difficult decision. Wherever possible, Dr Iles urges, the principles governing mental health care should be the same as those which cover physical health care: patients should consent to treatment (where this is possible), the system should be non-discriminatory, and patient autonomy, diversity and reciprocity and human rights should be maintained.

Neuroimaging and addiction was the subject of Dr Anne Lingford-Hughes' fascinating lecture. Up to 30% of adults have used illicit drugs some time in their lives and alcohol dependence affects 2-4% of adults. Addiction is a brain disease and it matters. Dr Lingford-Hughes described the use of PET, SPET and MRI imaging to look at brain perfusion, blood flow, metabolism and structural brain changes in subjects with addictions. These imaging modalities can define changes in the brain that occur with chronic addiction, and it has become apparent that in long standing alcohol dependence for instance, women are more susceptible to cognitive damage than men. Imaging can also be used to identify areas of the brain that become active when the addictive substance is conceptualised, thus determining the areas of the brain that are involved in the aetiology of addiction. Perhaps future advances in neuroimaging will not only identify those that have been most affected by 49

addiction, but also those with subtle brain changes indicating susceptibility to or early development of addicition.

The next St Hugh's College Medical Society Annual Reunion will be held in May 2000. We welcome any suggestions for the subject of the symposium.

Please send any proposals to Professor John Morris or myself at St Hugh's.

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A Trip to Bucharest The following article is sent in by Katherine Brading, an MCR member preparing for a DPhil in Philosophy

Last year a Romanian graduate student, Dana Jalobeanu, visited Oxford. We found that our interests overlapped, and before long we were spending hours (even days) arguing and discussing. Eventually we decided to write down some of what we had been doing, and the arguments continued as we tried to produce a paper. This year, Dana is a fellow of New Europe College, Bucharest, Romania, and in April I visited her for three weeks: After a few days travelling around admiring the spectacular and varied scenery that Romania has to offer, and sneaking a couple of days' skiing, the pace hotted up. We presented our paper to the fellows of the college, and this was followed by more than two hours of wide-ranging and demanding discussion, and a sumptuous lunch cooked by the director of the college. Two days later, I was a guest speaker at an evening panel discussion put on by the college and open to the public. More than fifty people came, most from Bucharest University. The discussion lasted two and half hours; although the official language was English, much was in French—quite a challenge to my memories of schooldays French!—and as I fell on a glass of wine in exhaustion afterwards, a woman with a tape recorder approached me and said that she was from Romanian radio and could she ask me a few questions . . . in French. The party was beginning around me, and I could hardly hear what she was saying— I will never know if what I said made any sense.

In Bucharest the evidence of the Ceaucescu era is all around you. A third of the city was flattened to make way for his grandiose building programme which was never completed. The bullet holes from the final days remain in the walls of the TV building. In the countryside, the peasant villages and lifestyle appear largely unchanged from the beginning of the century. Next to these traditional homes, however, sit incongruous concrete blocks of flats where peasants were relocated, removed from their land, their communities, losing their animals, and having their basic needs such as water, power and heating put under the control of some anonymous central system. More than the flattened areas of Bucharest, the concrete monstrosities, the bullet holes, and the tales of disappeared friends and family, this removal of control over one's own life, this total disempowerment of the people, is what struck me the most about Romania. People don't feel that they have any power to do anything to change their situation or to shape their own futures, and worse than that, many do not feel they have any responsibility to do so.

During my stay Dana and I managed to finish and submit our paper, and we are off to Poland in the summer to present it at a conference. My trip ended with an eight-hour train journey to Cluj where I gave a talk at the university.

The students there survive on bread and cigarettes, and have no job prospects.

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research on a full stomach and with access to computers, to recent books and to western journals. It gives them the chance to travel outside Romania, and to develop ideas and ways of thinking that may help Romanians to have hope for a brighter future.

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St Hugh's College Association of Senior Members Committee (June 1999)

President

Mary Clapinson (Cook) Corvellon Cottage, Heyford Road, Kirtlington, OX3 5HL Tel: 01869 350616 e-mail: mary.clapinson@bodley.ox.ac.uk Hon Secretary

Helen John (Vincent) Half Cottage, 45 Granville Road Limpsfield Oxted, Surrey RH8 OBY Tel: 01883 713582 e-mail: helen.john@hm-treasury.gov.uk Editor of the Chronicle

Joan Swindells (Dukes) Oak House, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5QG Tel/Fax: 01865 390897 e-mail: jwindells@patrol. i-way . co.uk Committee

elected to 2000 Olivia Bloomfield (Provis) Gillian Huntrods (Sibley) Carolyn Price, Dr, College Editor, Chronicle elected to 2002 Sally Allatt, Dr (Jackson) co-opted members Ann Ridler, Dr (Morris) Helen Ghosh (Kirkby) Governing Body Representative Professor John Morris

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St Hugh's College, Oxford Association of Senior Members The seventy-fourth Annual Meeting of the Association took place on 26 June 1999, at 2.30 pm, in the Wordsworth Room. Forty-one people were present.

The President, Mary Clapinson, welcomed members to the meeting.

Those present were asked to stand in memory of those who had died during the past year, with the sad addition of Rachel Trickett.

The Minutes of the meeting held on 27 June 1998, which had been published in the Chronicle, were signed as correct.

The President's Report I wonder how many of you, apart from those whose jubilee year this is, still count the number of years since you were a student at St Hugh's. I remember, over ten years ago, reaching what seemed the momentous point of 25 since matriculation, and, with several of my contemporaries, deciding that it was time to stop counting. Perhaps we'll start counting again in another ten years!

Meanwhile, I have been honoured to become President of the Association of Senior Members, which was enough to make me check that number of years again, just to reassure myself that I was old enough. I haven't done anything as ungallant as checking the age on election of my immediate predecessors in post, but I certainly cannot match their wisdom, so I will have to ask you to make allowances for someone who feels very junior in the presidential role.

Your committee has met three times since the last AGM in October, February and this morning. The old (or perhaps I should say the established) team of Helen John (as Secretary), Joan Swindells (as Editor of the Chronicle), Olivia Bloomfield, Gillian Huntrods, Carolyn Price and Ann Ridler, was reinforced by Sally Allatt, Helen Ghosh, and John Morris, Professor of Human Anatomy and Tutor in Medicine (who kindly agreed to take over as Governing Body Representative). By far the liveliest discussions in a committee which is always energetic have centred on plans for the seventh ASM colloquium.

Previous colloquia have been devoted either to eminent members of the College (Joan Evans, Margery Perham, Kathleen Kenyon and Helen Wallis), or to topics closely associated with the history of St Hugh's (neurosurgery and women in politics). We have been extraordinarily fortunate in having Helen Ghosh take charge of the arrangements for the next colloquium on 18 September, which will combine these two strands with a day on 'St Hugh's in the Twentieth Century', at which many eminent members of College are scheduled to speak. Barbara Castle, Betty Kemp, Marjorie Reeves, Colin Matthew, our Senior Bursar, Ian Honeyman, and Marilyn Butler, Rector of Exeter College, are among those scheduled to explore the development of St Hugh's from its early days to the present in the context of higher education in general and the issue of gender and equal opportunity in particular. There will be plenty of opportunity for everyone to contribute their own perspectives on 54

life of College and we hope to see many of you there. Thus far 30 have booked to attend and you still have until 31 August to decide to join us. The application forms came with the College Newsletter but if you have mislaid yours, there is a supply on the reception desk and on the table in front of me. Please fill one in today.

Next year's Gaudy has already featured twice on the committee's agenda.

Resisting the temptation to ignore the date and to assume that by 1 July 2000 everyone will be tired of millennium celebrations, we have (with the encouraging help of the Development Office) begun to discuss ways of making it even more memorable than most—though, unlike the undergraduate organisers of last Thursday's College Ball, we do not intend it to be apocalyptic.

College Development Office has organised several reunions for Senior Members this year, all of them welcome opportunities for us to meet and to enjoy returning to College. I would like especially to express our gratitude to Trish Carter, Nicky Watson and all the administrative and domestic staff, who so cheerfully undertake the organisation of these events and make them such enjoyable occasions. Perhaps most notable this year was the reunion on 5 June when well over fifty Senior Members who matriculated before 1945 (and so have every excuse to be counting the years) gathered with their guests and a few present members of the Senior and Junior Common Rooms, for deafening drinks in Mordan Hall, followed by lunch. Occasions like these are a glorious reminder of the achievements both of College as a body and of the most senior members of our Association as individuals—an inspiration to those of us who follow in their footsteps.

With College and the Development Office so active on our behalf, the ASM itself has organised fewer reunions in recent years, but Members in several regions keep in touch with each other and meet locally.

Throughout the year Gillian Huntrods has continued to run the Network, making sure that the list of contacts is kept up to date and putting Senior Members in touch with others when they move to a new district. Gillian reported this morning that the Network stands in need of a few new recruits, to replace those contacts who have moved or who are no longer able to act as contact point. Wherever you live, if you would like to take a more active part in your area, Gillian would be glad to hear from you. She will be at the Garden Party, waiting to be approached. We are particularly in need of volunteers in Wales and Scotland. We would be sorry to see devolution hit the Network!

Helen John added to her many professional and family commitments the organisation of another London Dinner. Nineteen of us gathered on May 20 at the Boulevard Brasserie in Covent Garden for an informal meal and enjoyed the chance to meet old friends and to make new ones. We plan next year to revive the traditional London sherry party. Please look out in the Chronicle for the next announcement.

In September we were delighted to learn from the British Library that the first recipient of the fellowship named in honour of Helen Wallis has been appointed. The modest profit from that most successful ASM colloquium in

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1997 went as a contribution to the fund which supports this award. Its first holder is Professor Henry J Stewart of Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, who is pursuing his research in an area which overlaps with Helen's interests at many points—the careers of two military colonels who surveyed and mapped Barbados in the early 18th and early 19th centuries.

In October we received the Secretary's Statement of Finance for the year ended August 1998 and I am pleased to report modest balances in both current and reserve accounts. None of us on the committee needs to think twice about the finances while we have the benefit of someone from the Treasury as our very able and numerate Secretary. To her the sums involved must seem modest indeed. They are nevertheless so carefully protected by recent legislation from embezzlement or money laundering, that it took me four visits and a wearisome amount of documentation to provide the NatWest bank with sufficient proof of my identity to enable me to countersign the cheques. Our largest transaction was the division of your generous donations at last year's AGM between St Margaret's House and the ASM Charitable Trust. As usual the collection will be made as we leave this meeting. The report of St Margaret's House will be in the Chronicle.

At this point in the last four years, our President would don a second hat and, as its Secretary, present the report of the Charitable Trust. Veronica Fraser has not relinquished that post, I'm glad to say, and her full report will appear in the Chronicle. From it you will see that the fund continues to grow and that the Trustees were able to make a book grant to enable a Senior Member with mobility problems to complete a research project. You will, I am sure, wish me to thank Veronica for her work on our behalf. Please be on the alert for those who might be glad of a grant application to be made on their behalf. All correspondence with the Trustees is, of course, confidential.

Publications are a regular item on the committee's agenda. None of you will need me to draw attention to the very pleasing results of Joan Swindells' and Carolyn Price's work on the Chronicle. But not many of you will know how their collaboration has transformed that point of the committee meeting from one of anxiety for the chairman into one of pleasant anticipation. Together they have produced a succession of excellent issues which are not only a jolly good read, but are also issued earlier each year. I am glad to have this opportunity to thank them both on your behalf, and to wish Carolyn well as she leaves St Hugh's to teach at the Open University and to start a family Recent reports have also mentioned progress on the Register—a massive undertaking to provide a published record of all members of College past and present—an undertaking first mooted by Ann Ridler in which I enthusiastically volunteered to participate several years ago. I regret to have to report that our work on this fascinating project has slowed almost to a halt this past year. Trish Carter is still managing to fit in a little work on the data base between her many other commitments. All I can say at this point is that we hope to do better next year and once more to have progress to report. Our original schedule was publication at the millennium, which we have persisted in

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reckoning as 2001. I fear that the pressure of other commitments on the ASM and shortage of staff on College side may mean that we reluctantly have to revise that schedule.

Before handing over to the Principal for the College Report which is what you have really come to hear, I would like to thank all the committee for their work which has made this last year an enjoyable and productive one for the Association.

The Principal's Report (The Principal's Report appears on p. 7)

Other Business No other business was raised and the meeting closed at 3.35pm.

Association of Senior Members Annual Meeting 2000 The seventy-fifth Annual Meeting of the Association will take place at St Hugh's College on Saturday, 1 July 2000, at 12 noon. (Please note the earlier time) Agenda 1. Minutes of the meeting held on 26 June 1999.

2. Business arising from the Minutes.

3. The President.

4. The College Report.

5. Elections.

6. Other business.

Additional items for the Agenda, in writing and bearing the signatures and years of matriculation of at least two members, may be sent by 12 June 2000 to ASM Secretary, c/o Development Office, St Hugh's College, Oxford, OX2 6LE. June 1999

Helen John (Vincent) Secretary

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Gaudy 2000 There will be something extra special about the Gaudy in the year 2000! Planning is well under way for the weekend beginning Friday 30 June and the programme will be arranged to cater for all tastes and ages.

The Gaudy invitation and the booking forms will be found enclosed.

More information, with specific details, will appear in the St Hugh's College Newsletter which will be sent out in spring.

London Informal Dinner Several groups of old friends from the '50s to the '80s matric years at St Hugh's gathered at the Boulevard Brasserie in Covent Garden for a reunion on 20 May 1999.

A sudden thunderstorm on a balmy evening drove revellers off the streets and indoors and the atmosphere in the brasserie, with windows wide open to circulate the warm air, crackled as much inside as out. Cheerful waitresses were bustled off their feet but the food they served was without exception delicious and wine and good conversation flowed easily. Some male partners/ husbands came as companionable guests and everyone was delighted to make new friends as well as catch up with the old.

For the many Senior Members living and working around the metropolis, some tied perhaps with family responsibilities, a meeting in London is their best chance of attending a St Hugh's gathering. We thank Helen John (Vincent) most warmly for making the opportunity, taking care of the arrangements and facilitating a most delightful occasion.

Since Helen's own family commitments are increasing (watch the birth announcements), would someone like to contact our ASM President, Mary Clapinson, with a suggestion for future London reunions? .

London Sherry Party Elaine Fairless has kindly offered to make arrangements for a London sherry party, a St Hugh's ASM tradition which preceded the informal dinner party, for September 2000. She will approach the Council Chamber of the Institute of Actuaries, Staple Inn, High Holborn, for a date on a Friday evening, 6 pm to 8 pm. Senior Members and their guests are welcome.

If you think you may be interested and would like further information, please send in the form which appears in the tinted section enclosed with the Chronicle.

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1945 and Earlier Year Group Reunion Current members of the JCR can look forward to many years of association with the College. No one expects that, once they had graduated, they will return every year. They may not reappear for decades, especially as careers and family life make their own heavy demands for a while.

On June 5, 1999, one lady (woman' to be politically correct today but who would deny her the title?) paid her first visit to St Hugh's in seventy years! Our congratulations to Miss Irene Yarwood Tester on choosing one of the finest days of the year (real strawberries and cream weather) to re-acquaint herself with the College and some old friends. She was in good company with eightyfive other Senior Members, four in their 90's, seventeen in their 80's and one, Miss Megan Edwards, who managed to be celebrating her 82nd birthday that very day. What a remarkable gathering!

Many Senior Members and their guests were delighted to see each other again; several Junior Members were equally delighted to meet so many who remembered a very different St Hugh's from the College they know today.

Miss Ella Wallen (m 1933), who revisits often, was pleased to meet a pupil she had helped with her college entrance studies and whom she had not seen for many years: Monica Simms who matriculated in 194-3 went on to an illustrious career in the BBC and elsewhere. The ASM President in her Report records the conversation at drinks in the Mordan Hall as 'deafening' . Who can imagine the range of topics touched on by such long-lived and richly experienced women of St Hugh's? Miss Gwyer, Principal (1921 46), who looked down at the proceedings from her portrait on the wall, was recalled by many with respectful affection.

This group of more senior Senior Members clearly appreciated the warmth of welcome they received from College and were delighted by the keen interest shown by the Principal and others in their accounts of earlier days at St Hugh's.

One Senior Member, Miss Sheila Ottley, who was asked by the current Principal how long it had been since she was last in College, was told—a sentiment to be echoed—`Don't leave it so long next time.'

Colloquium St Hugh's in the Twentieth Century The many, complex, arrangements that Senior Member Helen Ghosh and her helpers have been preparing for this year's Colloquium on 18 September are nearly all made. Those who have signed up to attend are sure of a fascinating day as the proceedings, launched by the keynote speaker, the Rt Hon the Baroness Castle of Blackburn, 'will explore the problems facing the College in its early years, in establishing its status alongside those of the old men's colleges and consider how the College developed from those early beginnings to its fully mixed status today. Finally, it will look at the issue of gender and 59

A 'member of the first women's class to receive an Oxford degree.' (see pp 101, 102).

Kathleen Spalding celebrating her 99th birthday with members of her family.

equality of opportunity in higher education as we move into the 21st Century' There will be a booklet printed, covering the day, similar to the publication put together for the History Reunion in November 1996. It will be available sometime after the event, at a price to cover the modest cost. Details will be given later.

A full report of the Colloquium will appear in the next issue of the Chronicle.

[An interesting letter arrived on the desk of the Editorfrom John Carruthers, twin of Janet (m 1958). It enclosed a copy of the note written about 1969 by their mother, Mary Carruthers (Morton 1931).]

`John Wain in Sprightly Running refers to treading the broad shallow stairs up to C S Lewis's study in the "new building" at Magdalen—with the deerhaunted grove on one side and the tower and bridge on the other.

I trod the same way 1931-3. John Wain was up 1943-6.

In the Times Diary of April 9, 1969, it was stated that Lewis "would never tutor women": this statement was incorrect. He tutored me and other women, at times.

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I knew him before he was known as a Christian apologist, literary historian and prolific writer of science fiction and children's books. I found him both jovial and remote, with a tendency in "off-duty" moments to poke fun at the women's Colleges, which I was not prepared to stand for!

The dark flop of hair (referred to by Nevill Coghill p. 57) was there and my memories of the man and his appearance must be a mixture of Coghill's and Lawlor ' s .

Rev Walter Hooper, Chaplain to Jesus College, Oxford, a friend, and Roger Lancelyn Green, a former pupil . . . are engaged in writing his biography. '

Men at St Hugh's It is twelve years since the first men undergraduates were admitted to St Hugh's. Dr Mary Lunn, Tutor in Mathematics and Fellow for Senior Member Relations, sets the scene and the following Senior Members (in alphabetical order) who were all at St Hugh's during that period, readily agreed to give some of their own personal impressions of the time: Simon Dickson, a seniorfilm producer with the BBC Jason Hollands,Deputy Managing Director, BEST Investment Brokers plc, and columnist , Financial Adviser newspaper Charlotte Hume, Consumer Correspondent, ITV Channel 5 News Heidi Kaye,BA Georgetown University, MPhil, DPhil, Senior Lecturer in English and Women's Studies, De Montfort University Introduction from Mary Lunn:

Strong feelings are still aroused by this issue, but combatants tend to ignore the plain fact that it is vastly different being a single-sex college when all around are also single-sex, from being one of a very few single-sex colleges amongst otherwise totally mixed colleges.

From a position of academic and social strength in undergraduate and graduate membership, one could chart a gradual, inexorable weakening of the women's colleges' positions as women were admitted to previously adamantly male colleges. Naturally, many of the girls arriving from school wanted to join a mixed society. Within women's colleges the scientific and mathematical subjects were particularly affected, not in the sense of admitting poor students, but in the sense of losing the top end of the year, academically speaking. A continual battle to keep standards up and encourage applications ensued in all subjects, but it was a battle that five women's colleges could not possibly win.

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example, the posts for Science Fellows were normally allocated jointly with the University, to the colleges. However, if a post was allocated to a women's college there would be a back-up allocation to another college in case a man was offered the position (as was statistically most likely). In this way, the other college would benefit and the women's college suffer from lack of a Science Fellow. Funding an entire Fellowship, as opposed to partially funding a joint post with University, is very expensive. It must reduce the number of posts a college can afford to support.

St Hugh's became mixed at the Fellowship level some eight years before going mixed at the junior levels. This permitted the College to maintain its arts /science balance. It was, however, an artificial world, both for the women students and also for the new men Fellows. When all the colleges were singlesex, the girls were able to fight for their place in the University from a position of pride in their institution. As academic standards became hard to maintain with a steady drain of applicants to the ex-men's colleges, the overall standing of single-sex institutions was lowered.

Many thought that the old single sex system gave the girls the opportunity to find their feet and acquire self-confidence. Nowadays, they have to do that within a mixed society, but looking at our latest year of students contributing to academic prowess in mathematics from St Hugh's, it is clear that the girls are making their own way both academically and socially, as the boys were always assumed to do. And we have settled into a mathematics group within the College, which can take pride in all of our members.

From Simon Dickson (m 1988):

It would only be telling half the story to say that I applied to St Hugh's because I knew the ratio of women was going to be 2 to 1. I chose it because I knew that the influx of men would create tremendous change. It would mean that people would find it impossible to say, "Take note, laddie: this is how things are done around here."

At other colleges, time stood still. Unblinking pelicans, pristine quads: postcard Oxford. But St Hugh's was alive with uncertainty and possibility.

Was there animosity towards the men? Maybe, but it was almost always covert. I decided early on that I wasn't going to spend three of the best years of my life apologising for my sex. St Hugh's needed men to raise its profile across the University as a whole. If you think that constituted an unworthy objective, stop reading now. As things stood in 1987, the College was—in University-wide terms—a backwater. St Hugh's students didn't engage with Oxford life anything like as sucessfully as they do now. Men changed that. We provoked introspection and confusion. More than that: we threatened to over-run the place. But we gave the College the transfusion it needed. It was like: St Hugh's is dead. Long live St Hugh's.

You can waste a lot of time arguing about the relative merits and demerits of the two sexes. In the end it comes down to individuals. Just outside the College library—on the first floor is a statue. You will have seen it. Maybe 62

it will have given you the same frisson of fear and fascination I used to feel as I caught its grey eye in the half-light of the staircase. Long cloak, pointed nose, thin and ruthless lips. I had always assumed it to be the image of a venerable female scholar. It was only on my last day at College that I discovered it was the statue of St Hugh.

From Jason Hollands (m 1987):

Arriving at St Hugh's in 1987, I was well aware of the controversy over the College admitting men. I had some sympathy with the notion, far from "politically correct", that single-sex colleges had a continuing place in the options available to Oxford applicants. By 1987, the male-only colleges had already been assassinated (to the glee of most feminists) but now it was the turn of those precious female colleges to give up their special status.

It was therefore with some trepidation that I entered St Hugh's through the open application system. I half expected to cross picket-lines of angry young women on the one hand and become the recipient of endless jokes from members of other colleges about being at a "girls' college". Whilst there was a harmless dose of the latter, College itself proved to be an altogether more relaxed and liberal place. It did, after all, tolerate me for three years.

The College has undergone significant development in recent years and one can only marvel at the quality of rooms now available. Back in 1987, accommodation was far more scarce and it was in fact the common practice for second years to live out. Finalists were, of course, a mysterious breed, only ever seen after dark in the libraries. So, all in all, the atmosphere in Michaelmas 1987 was not really feminine. The College buildings were dominated by its first years who were equally split between men and women.

There were, of course, some practical problems and one close to my liver was that the bar was hopelessly small. The College now had to cope with the greater consumption habits of male undergraduates and also with the fact that more women were inclined to stay in College rather than go out for an evening of mixed company. We had some merry times in that tiny basement bar.

Men soon became active in all parts of College life; male sports teams quickly sprang up and many St Hugh's men and women went on to play very active parts in University life through the Union, OUSU and Cherwell. At the first meeting of the JCR I established myself as a trouble-maker by passing a motion renaming "the Winnie Mandela Room" the "Junior Common Room" and packing a meeting of St Hugh's Left Caucus to force through the motion "Margaret Thatcher is the Saviour of Britain". I think after a term even my political opponents began to enjoy the humour of these skirmishes.

Understandably, there were those who were keen to ensure that the College was not overrun by men and a rather odd "JCR King and Queen" system had been passed so that there would be a male and a female JCR President.

Such compromises rarely work in practice and after a year as the first-ever male JCR President, myself, and my female counterpart Siobhan Garrigan, put forward a motion scrapping the system. St Hugh's had finally accepted it 63

was a mixed college and had to live with it.

I cannot say my year as JCR President was one of great achievement. The dual President system wasn't working and Siobhan commanded a wider degree of respect from all those people on the Left that I had antagonised with my first term antics. However, my one mission had been to lobby for (you guessed it) a bigger bar. Sadly, the biggest bar in Oxford eventually did arrive at St Hugh's—after I left. I look forward to using it one day.

From Charlotte Hume (m 1986):

October 1987,St Hugh's Term has begun. I came through the door into Main Building and it smelt different. There was a strange tang in the air—a blend of sock, civet and aftershave. Then I remembered—the men had arrived.

That's how I recorded the advent of men at St Hugh's in my diary. It shows how defensive many of us felt when the College went co-educational; how scared we were that our lives were going to be disrupted. Before men, the environment resembled a girls' boarding school; the world of Angela Brazil meets Bridget Jones. It felt supportive but socially unchallenging, absorbing yet somehow exclusive. Mine was the last all-female year in St Hugh's. We'd all joined knowing that it was going mixed and most of us didn't share the disappointment of more senior years that we were saying goodbye to anything precious. The College had always produced students who 'made it' in the wider world of the University. We'd had editors of the Cherwell, the Isis and stars of the Union and OUDs but when you are eighteeen it mattered that you had to work so hard to get a social life. That seemed more important than defending the traditions of St Hugh's.

My first year at College connected seamlessly with life at school—an allgirls' school. It was an easy step to take and because of that it seemed an anticlimax. I valued the strong female friendships that I formed but I still lacked the opportunity to make relaxed friendships with men. The atmosphere was rarified. There was even something known as the brothel book sitting in the porters' lodge. If you had a man to stay you were meant to sign him in and pay 30 pence. I never worked out whether this was a joke or not. Thirty pence seemed terribly cheap.

Some of the social events struggled to attract any men. I remember one themed devil's party where four girls wandered around College dressed in red leotards with cardboard horns taped to their heads. Four hours later they were slumped drunk in the JCR alone. Girls had preferred to go outside College for entertainment. After the men came the bar had to be extended along with the opening hours. For those wanting a good time in a mixed environment you could now stay in College. That had to be a good thing.

The first mixed year was a real test of patience for everyone and there were numerous rustications. There seemed to be extremes in behaviour. Bluestocking women appeared more uptight and some men took behaving badly to 64

an art-form. Gradually though these stereotypes seemed to fade away and with it the feeling of confrontation between the old St Hugh's and the new. By the following year it was as if the College had never been anything but mixed.

The brothel book disappeared.

Mae West had it right. 'It's not the men in my life that count it's the life in my men.' Men breathed new life into St Hugh's. They brought more noise, mess and disrupted the previously genteel corridors. They angered women who weren't used to having their food stolen from the fridges or their sleep being interrupted by footballs slamming against their doors. But at least if felt like university life in the late eighties rather than the fifties. And they made good friends.

From Heidi Kaye (m 1983):

It was inevitable that in the first year of men joining the MCR, the new President would be a man, and we collectively kicked ourselves for allowing it. St Hugh's MCR had always been a fairly sociable group, without any of the political thrusting characteristic of JCR committees; people tended to take on the offices out of duty rather than ambition, and were more often than not elected unopposed. So when no women could be bothered to stand, we found ourselves with a male President. We'd feared that men would 'take over' the MCR, and we actually let them. That's why I ended up standing for Vice President that year when someone resigned the post, and why I ran the following year to become President in 1989. I felt that I'd better stand up for what I believed in rather than just complain, so I suppose it taught me something useful for my current role as Subject Leader in Women's Studies at De Montfort University.

It wasn't a personal thing about the first male President, Andrew Duralski just a matter of principle. The MCR, like the JCR, had voiced their strong disapproval of the decision to go mixed. People felt that when even with three women's colleges, Oxford still didn't have 50% female students, St Hugh's fulfilled a real need. As postgraduates, we were all too aware of the fact that looking up the academic hierarchy, from undergraduates to postgraduates to lecturers to professors, the percentage of women rapidly decreased.

When I first came to St Hugh's as an undergraduate, visiting from my American university for a year, I couldn't understand why anyone would want to go to a 'girls' school' . The way we were locked in college at night and had to let late visitors out with our keys—unlocking doors from Kenyon through Wolfson, MGA and Main Building to the front door—only reinforced the feeling of being in a convent (although I wonder how many it encouraged to stay the night instead). But I soon learned that the situation in British education was very different to my American experience, with a lower percentage of women going on to university, and fewer still encouraged to study the sciences.

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women's separate education to play, offering an environment for women to take on roles they might otherwise not try, to excel and not defer to men, and to form supportive friendships with other women. I'm glad that St Hugh's is going strong twelve years on from going mixed, but I do hope that it always maintains its tradition of fostering confident, creative, and independentlyminded women to contribute to the university and the wider society. Despite what the 'post-feminists' say, we still have a long way to go.

Readers wishing to send in their own experiences or comments on the above , please address them to the Editor, The Chronicle.

A Career in The City In the final year at Oxford what occupies the mind most: exams or 'the future'? Some forward-looking members of the JCR gathered in the Wordsworth Room in the early evening of 18 February 1999 to hear what four Senior Members had to say about life in The City. The media often report the vast salaries and opulent lifestyles enjoyed by successful business people, but it is to the credit of those JCR members present and the speakers that other issues were gone into much more fully, and the work aspect and, to some extent, the ethics were also covered.

The JCR audience felt relief on hearing every speaker say that they did not know what they were going to do after university. If that had been the case, each speaker had done extremely well. All have a list of achievements too long

Careers event 99: L—R: Francesca Barnes, Bridget Rosewell, Robert Forrester, Maya Batheja

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for the space here. Briefly then, Robert Forrester (m 1987) joined Arthur Andersen and is now a senior manager and has been closely involved with big companies like Airtours and BICC. Maya Batheja (m 1982) was a maths graduate and therefore it was not so surprising that she went into a career as an actuary, but she was probably the only one whose degree could be called `relevant'. She is a founder member and partner of Punter Southall & Co. Francesca Barnes (m 1977) is an executive director of Warburg Dillon Read where she works in the Leveraged Finance Group. Bridget Rosewell (m 1970) has had many positions and government appointments, and is Chairman and a founder director of Business Strategies Limited. She was a natural 'Chair' . `The City' is a broad term, and speakers showed that it covers many aspects of the world of finance and is not confined to the City itself. Francesca Barnes, to make the point, carried out an interactive exercise, enlisting the help of the audience to effect a merger between a corporation in America with a company in Britain. She and all the other speakers pointed out that often, especially when conducting negotiations of this kind across global time-zones, work can continue through night as well as day. What came across was how demanding a career in the City is and, perhaps to the dismay of the JCR, how incompatible with a regular social life. However, the excitement each speaker expressed in doing the work they do was infectious and the rewards in terms of satisfaction, not simply the monetary ones, were quite clear.

Lizzie Wharton, the JCR Women's Officer, who attended, said how much more valuable this type of careers evening was compared with others she had experienced. To hear the career paths of those who had also passed through St Hugh's was itself inspirational. Also the opportunity to talk after the presentations one to one with the speakers, sharing the College background, she found invaluable. With the other undergraduates present she appreciated the time and very considerable trouble the Senior Member speakers had taken, evidence of the strong link they still felt with St Hugh's.

The following pages from her sister's diary were sent to the Editor by Shirley Sampson (Robinson m 1943) , who thought readers of Chronicle might enjoy reading them

More Tales from the Himalayas Kunhar Christian Clinic, Balakot Road, Garhi Habib Ulla 21240 Dist: Manshera, Pakistan. e-mail KC C@KC C SDNPK UNDP 0 RG January 1999

After clinic on Jan 1st '99 I set off to explore the upper reaches of our Kaghan Valley heading north, with a view to explore the medical and spiritual needs.

It is good to see the living conditions from which our patients come.

As dark was falling I reached Kaghan, 75 kilometers up the river Kunhar.

Rosa had just ended for the day. I was shown into the only "hotel" said to be 67

Muzaffarabad — taken from the mediaeval castle (forbidden to foreigners now)

open and was immediately asked to sit on a bench before a lovely hot wood fire. The wood was in large pieces, poked into a mud made oven with two holes over which to put the pans. I looked up to a low wooden ceiling, and saw that there was no chimney. There was an electric light bulb, but they told me there had been no electricity for five months. There was an old and battered paraffin lamp. Six of us sat around the fire and the innkeeper made chapatis (unleavened round bread) on an upturned bowl over one of the holes. Then he offered us platefuls of steaming stew meat and potatoes and the meat was very tender indeed. One of the men showed us a handful of stones that he had mined. Rubies encrusted with rock and pretty small I thought. Then in walked the butcher, a very rotund Afghan. He immediately started talking very fast in Pushtu. This did not bother the rest who were native Kindko speakers. He told us about his relatives in Kabul and his eighteen years in Pakistan. Then we discussed the terms for my night's stay. Charpai, or string bed, 50 pence, supper 10 pence and breakfast 10 pence. Total 70 pence!

In spite of the unusual circumstances I slept like a log. Breakfast was at 4.30 am before they started their day of fast at 5.30 am. And he kept ringing a bell to wake up the reluctant Pathan. I set off north in a slow winter dawn menaced by fierce dogs who complained, barking and growling, until I left their territory.

Cedars, pines and hemlocks covered the valley sides. I could see trout in the fast river amongst the boulders. There were long icicles and snow beside the unmetalled road. Two hours later the first vehicle approached and, as always in these remote places, expected one to need a lift. Naran was still 68

20 kilometers ahead. They were four miners. It seems mining, forestry, subsistence farming and tourism, which is in its infancy, are the only alternatives to going to Karachi or Saudi Arabia to look for work.

They dropped me in Naran with the only family who were visible. I was taken into a completely dark room with no windows, but the woman quickly kindled some chips of wood and the fire blazed up. They promised me supper, a bed and breakfast for 100 rupees this time. So I left my rucksack and went out to explore. It was hard to tell if the residents were hibernating, gone away south or dead. The hotels, shops and houses were all boarded up for the winter and were deserted. The family asked me the usual questionnaire.

Age? Husband?

Country?

Children?

Grandchildren?

Children where?

Work?

Now?

72 years Dead 15 years England 6 14 One in Peshawar the rest in UK 10 years doctor in Bach Hospital, after retiring in England as GP and geriatrics. in Kunhar Christian Clinic with Dr Haroon

When I had satisfied them I set off with six children to see the small hospital.

Not a patient in sight. A chowkidar told me the "Doctor" had gone to look at a patient. The "Doctor" arrived shortly and was a Medical technician. He treats the mild cases and sends the serious ones to Abbottabad complex six hours away. He gets help from a doctor from June to October. I then went on up past a trout hatchery, which was not in use, and three new fancy hotels (unfinished and boarded). I then passed a big school, and then a family building their own new house. Three men and a woman on the roof hard at work. It was a beautiful glacier valley with huge boulders. The mountains and a lake ahead and much snow which now began to fall in earnest. I sheltered in the nearest stable. It was built using the natural rocks as a base and cleverly arranged smaller rocks for the walls. Big timbers held up the roof. One small door frame open to the winds, which also whistled in between the rocks. No mortar or mud used. I ate my bun, and began to wonder if it was in just such a stable that Jesus was born. There were standings for three cows, and a space for a donkey and in front living space. And more rocks for a fireplace. Outside were sixteen potato fields hand dug with a pick and the stones and rocks making the walls.

Across the valley a similar but had piles of new wood for repairs, but no one was there. There are more than 100 sq miles of underdoctored and unreached people in this northern area, which is well populated in the summer months.

Thirty-nine cases a week of leprosy were treated in 1998. Tuberculosis is rife. Ten new cases a week in our clinic Infertility a BIG PROBLEM in the women. General obstetric and medical problems I see every day. Childhood cancer seems more common than in the west. No money for treatment. One 69

11 year-old needs urgent treatment for an inherited eye cancer. One brother died and another is very ill with the same problem. Three out of five children affected. Osteogenic sarcoma also seems to have a higher incidence than in Essex.

Leischmaniasis and Leprosy patients also came in the last two weeks. I do wish we would find a young woman doctor to replace me, and then I would take my bicycle (and perhaps a donkey) and go to live further north. The new ultrasound is great fun and three of us are learning its ABC—by do and see.

The new X-ray machine is waiting to be installed. These came almost before we had started praying for them!

We hope to start building our small 20—bed hospital this month and I hope a Midland Team of Christians will come to build it.

Please pray for: 1. My replacement 2. 3 midwives 3. Money to equip and complete our small hospital.

A little money goes a long way here. If you wish to help, please make cheques payable to AKASH, and send to Shafqat Chandi, Akash Treasurer, Bach Christian Hospital, Qalandarabad Hazara, Pakistan.

Jane Sampson (Robinson m 1944)

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St Margaret's House In October last year I took on the role of St Hugh's representative on the St Margaret's House Council. The association between the College and the Settlement in Bethnal Green is of very long standing, and it was clear that my long-serving predecessor, Olive Chandler, was viewed with much affection and respect for her contribution.

On leaving Oxford some forty years ago, I lived for a year in one of the London Settlements, and remember it well. Many of the residents were new graduates, pursuing post-graduate studies, and sharing the communal life and community work through living in the Settlement. I would think that the times of the old-style Settlements are long past.

Over the past few years St Margaret's, amid changing fortunes, no longer houses residents; the new residents are a large group of charities, whose rent for the rooms covers the costs of running the buildings. By this innovation, Tony Hardie, the Director, has succeeded in putting the House on a viable financial footing. With the Chapel in the midst, a variety of community activities still takes place.

These are exciting times for St Margaret's House. The Settlement complex on Old Ford Road, is fronted by a row of beautiful old houses. St Margaret's House owned two and rented two. When the rented houses came up for sale this year, a successful bid was made to the Lottery and other charities for help with their purchase. A bank loan was needed to complete the purchase, but it is hoped that Tower Hamlets will provide promised funding to repay the loan.

There is no doubt that this move by Tony Hardie has been one of vision, both securing the future of St Margaret's House, and heralding great opportunities for the future. The purchase of the houses will free up monies hitherto spent on rent, enabling the employment of new staff, and the development of new inititatives in the work of the Settlement, serving both Bethnal Green and the wider community.

It feels an exciting time to be involved in the planning for the future: I look forward to taking part in the coming discussions, and would welcome your ideas to contribute to them.

Gillian Miles c/o The Development Office St Hugh's College Oxford, OX2 6LE

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Association of Senior Members Charitable Trust Report for 1998/99 At the end of the last financial year, 31st August 1998, the Trust capital stood at just over £6,800 and had increased to approximately £7,500 by December.

Income in the year totalled £895.62, with further tax (on covenants) to be recovered. The Trust's funds have been invested with Mercury Asset Management since the end of 1995 and the Trustees believe that their performance is satisfactory. Although the market was depressed towards the end of last year, funds had achieved average growth over the period of about 15%. A full set of accounts may be inspected in the Treasurer's Office.

The Trustees have made a book grant to enable a Senior Member with mobility problems to complete a piece of research. They ask all Senior Members to be on the alert for those who might be glad of a grant application to be made on their behalf—but requests are often made direct by the applicant. The Trustees re-affirm the confidentiality of all correspondence.

The Trustees are most grateful for the donations which are received throughout the year, and for those Senior Members who continue to covenant. As this is the last year of the Century, other Senior Members might consider marking the year 2000 with a donation or a covenant to the Trust: the coloured forms are included with the Chronicle. All donations are acknowledged by College and, personally, by the Secretary.

Veronica Fraser, Secretary Ian Honeyman, Treasurer Trustees:

Francesca Barnes Jeanette Cockshoot Mary Clapinson Susan Clear Jean Monk

ASM Network The ASM Network is an informal link between Senior Members who may wish for social contacts, some support in times of trouble or local advice in a new area. It does not usurp the Development Office's role of fundraising. We are very grateful to those listed here for their part as local contacts, and are always glad to add new names. If you would like to help in any way please tell Gillian Huntrods whose address is given among those below.

Mrs C Barton (Green 1949) Culmore, North Road, Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales SA48 7HZ tel: 01570 422347 72

Mrs M L Clayton (Lomer 1951) Chytan Cottage, Trethurgy, St Austell, Cornwall PL26 8YE tel: 01726 850531 Mrs J Cockshoot (Johnson 1944) Gateways, Harcourt Hill, North Hinksey, Oxford OX2 9AS tel: 01865 241269 Mrs C Coppin (Stock 1952) 135 Coast Drive, Lydd on Sea, Romney Marsh, Kent TN29 9NS tel: 01797 320258 Miss E Cosnett (1955) 34 Meadway, Wavertree, Liverpool L15 7LZ tel: 0151 722 2909 Miss L David (1946) 7 Heol-y-Pavin, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales CF5 2EG tel: 01222 553786 Mrs B Davies (Hamilton 1933) 15 Bridge Road, Rudgwick, Horsham, W Sussex RH12 3HD tel: 01403 822807 Mrs J Donajgrodzld (Dodd 1963) Paradise Cottage, Pateley Bridge, N Yorkshire HG3 5J0 tel: 01423 711024 Mrs W M Down (Davies 1967) Amberley, 2 The Farmhouse, Mill Road, Little Melton, Norwich NR9 3NT Mrs M Duncan (Mogford 1947) 116 Herrick Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 2BU tel: 01509 214259 Miss E Fairless (1970) 63 Broom Park, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 9RR tel: 0181 977 6890 Miss V Fraser (1952) Timbers, Upper Churchfields, Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. WR13 5LJ tel: 01886 880676 Mrs B Hall (Henderson 1945) Hopedene, 15 High Street, Elie, Leven, Fife, Scotland KY9 1BY tel: 01333 330216 Miss J Higham (1943) 6 Delves Way, Ringmer, E Sussex BN8 5JU tel: 01273 812326 Mrs G Huntrods (Sibley 1947) White Gables, Harker Marsh, Broughton Moor, Cumbria CA15 7RL tel: 01900 817044 Mrs S Hutton (Vaughan 1983) 26 Artillery Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 4NW tel: 01483 505331 Mrs J Johnson (Lancaster 1978) 33 Amner Road, Clapham, London SW11 6AA tel: 0171 207 1003 Miss C Jones (1953) 7 Regency Court, Park Road, Surbiton, Surrey KT5 8UQ tel 0181 399 4475 Mrs D Knight (Sherwood 1933) The Coach House, Bothenhampton, Bridport, Dorset DT6 4BT tel: 01308 424909 Mrs S Knight (Jones 1952) Magnolia Cottage, Cage End, Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishops Stortford, Herts. CM22 7HT tel: 01279 718650 Miss L Lewenz (1943) Calvert's House, Westhorpe, Southwell, Notts. NG25 ONG tel: 01636 813631 73

Mrs N Little (Smith 1947) Newbold Pacey Hall, Warwick, Warks. CV35 9DP tel: 01926 651270 Mrs M Maitlis (Basco 1952) 13 Park Avenue, Sheffield S10 3EY tel: 0114 2660888 Mrs M Matthews (Henderson 1969) 12 Valleyview, Delgany, Co. Wicklow, Eire tel: 01 876 787 Mrs S Newby (Maries 1961) 9 Merrytree Close, West Wellow, Romsey, Hants. 5051 6 RB tel: 01794 322993 Mrs A Round (Le Vin 1956) flat 12, The Woodlands, 39 Shore Lane, Sheffield S10 3BU tel: 0114 2683570 Mrs A Sanders (Vokes 1982) 30 Thorpe Lea Road, Peterborough, Cambs.

PE3 6BZ tel: 01733 60821 Mrs E Savidge (Hadrill 1963) 228 Combe Lane, W Wimbledon, London SW20 OGT tel: 0181 241 8533 Miss E Shearer (1969) 1 Malthouse Cottage, Preston Bowyer, Milverton, Taunton, Somerset TA4 1PJ Mrs G Smith (Wood 1971) Brook House, Gilling East, York, N Yorkshire YO6 4JJ tel: 01439 788385 Mrs S Strawbridge (Hassid 1942) 222 North Allington, Bridport, Dorset DT6 5EF tel: 01308 423117 Mrs J Tozer (Morland 1941) 17 Hyland Grove, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS9 3NR tel: 01179 503665 Mrs E Wake (Kirkpatrick 1963) 78 Pereira Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9JN tel: 0121 426 3882 Mrs A Webb (Nugent 1947) 102 Circe Circle, Dalkeith, Western Australia 6009 tel: 0061 9 3814 118 Mrs J Williams (Hackney 1944) 5 The Glebe, London Road, Wheatley, Oxon. OX33 1 YN tel: 01865 874-055

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Publications 1998-99 Books, Conference Proceedings Matric 1943 Patricia Crampton (Wood). Translation from German of The Final Journey, by Gudrun Pausewang, Viking, 1996.

Translation from Dutch of No Roof in Bosnia by Els de Groen, Spindlewood, 1997.

1948 Hazel Rossotti (Marsh). Diverse Atoms: Profiles of the Chemical Elements. OUP, 1998.

1954 Sarah Curtis (Myers), editor, The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt, Macmillan,Vol I, 1998; Vol II, 1999.

Children Who Break the Law or 'Everybody does it', Waterside Press, 1999.

1958 Gianetta Corley, editor, Older People and Their Needs. A multi-disciplinary perspective. Whurr, London, 1999.

1964 Margaret Stearn, with foreword by Claire Rayner. Embarrassing Problems: Straight Talking, Good Advice. Health Press, 1998.

Sue Styles. Elizabethan England. Heinemann, 1998.

1965 Rosemary (R A) Bailey, editor, Surveys in Combinatorics, 1997.

Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Celia Cramp (Bastie). The New NHS—How will it change the delivery of child health care? Conference Dec 1998, published by the British Association of Medical Managers, Jan 1999.

1966 Joy Burrough-Boenisch (Boenisch). Righting English that's gone Dutch. Sdu, The Hague, 1998.

Margaret Hunt. Translation of four twelfth-century liturgical dramas, in The Fleury Playbook I, edited Wyndham Thomas, Antic Editions, 1998.

Penelope Johnstone. Medicine of the Prophet. (translation of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, al-Tibb al-Nabawi. Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge, 1998.

A Historical Introduction to Islamic Theology (translation of R Caspar, Traite de Theologie Musulmane I-1X). Collection `Studi arabo-islamici del PISAI', number 11, Rome, 1998.

1968 Angela Ashwin (Bennett). Woven into Prayer. Canterbury Press, March 1999.

Helen (HS) Goldie, with AC Waltham, M Simms, A Farrant.

Karst and Caves of Great Britain. Conference Proceedings, Geological Conservation Review of British Karst, Champman Hall. with J Cox. Geomorphology of Limestone pavements of some British, Irish &Swiss sites, Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Speleology, Vol 1, Symposium 8, pp 285-288. `The Clouds: an example of structurally complex limestone pavements', in Karren Landforms, edited JJ Fornos and A Gines, 75

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Elisabeth Maxwell (Meynard). A Mind of My Own. Pan Books, 1995.

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`Silence or Speaking Out', in Cultures of Ambivalence and Contempt—Studies in Jewish-Non-Jewish Relations, edited by Sian Jones, Tony Kushner and Sarah Pearce. Valentine Mitchell, London, 1998.

Lyn Thomas. Annie Ernaux: An Introduction to the Writer and her Audience. Berg, 1999.

Alison Armstrong. Attitudes towards death. Talk delivered at Hastings Center for BioEthical Studies, Feb 10,1998.

Joanna Trevelyan. Holistic Home. Apple Press, London, 1998.

Pamela Clemit, editor, Lives of the Great Romantics, III, Vol 1: Godwin. Pickering and Chatto, London, 1999.

Sharon Fekrat, with DiBernardo & Schachat. Opthalmic Ultrasound: a diagnostic atlas. Thieme Publishers Inc, New York, 1998.

Caroline McCubbin (Jones), with Keith Binding and Liz Doyle.

Technology Transfer in the UK Life Sciences. Arthur Andersen, Garretts and Dundas and Wilson, October 1998.

Angela Eder. Das Theater in derJosefstadt , ed Robert Jungbluth and Wolfgang Creisenegger. Wien (Vienna), 1996.

Wang Beitian. Finite element time domain simulation of non-linear waves and a closed form velocity potential solution of solitary waves. 2nd Conference for New Ship and Marine Technology into the 21st Century, 25-27 June, Hong Kong, 1998. (in Chinese). Selection of forefront research subjects of applied mechanics in UK. Science Publish, China.

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(Sheila) Margaret Ottley. 'A few red-and-green paper chains . . . only served to accentuate the general drabness', (an account of a Christmas-time stay in a 1930's fever hospital), in Yorkshire Ridings Magazine, volume 35, number 6, December 1998—January 1999, page 57.

Charlotte Franklin (Hajnal-Konyi). 'Oxford and Hungary', in Oxford Today, Volume 11, number 2, Hilary Issue 1999.

Sarah Curtis (Myers). Fiction reviews in the Times Literary Supplement.

Carol (EC) Sheldrick. 'Child psychiatrists in Court: their contribution as experts in child care proceedings', in The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 9,1998, pp 249-266. `Practitioner Review: The assessment and management of risk in adolescents', in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40,1999, pp 507-518.

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erties of conjugates of Latin squares based on groups, and an application to bipartite tournaments', in Bulletin of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications, 21, 1997, pp 95-99. and Gordon Royle. 'Optimal semi-Latin squares with side six and block size two' in Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A 453, 1997, pp 1903-1914. `Statistics and mathematics: the appropriate use of mathematics within statistics', in The Statistician, 47, 1998, pp 261-271.

Penelope Johnstone and Jan Slomp. 'Islam and the Churches in Europe: a Christian Perspective', in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, volume 18, number 2, pp 355-63.

Marilyn Bruce-Mitford Luscombe. 'Into the training zone', National Sports Medicine Institute newsletter, May 1998.

Angela Ashwin (Bennett). A chapter in 'Christ is our Morning Star', Veritas, May 1999.

Helen (HS) Goldie. 'The limestone pavements of Great Asby Scar, Cumbria', in Environmental Geology 28, 3, pp 128-36.

1996, 1997 and 1998. Durham University Observatory: daily meteorological observations (Annual Reports), Dept of Geography, University of Durham.

Elisabeth Maxwell (Meynard). 'The impact of Auschwitz and Vatican II on Christian perceptions of Jewish identity', in Jewish Identities in the New Europe. The Lithman Library of Jewish Civilisation, 1994. `The crystal of memory or the smoke of remembrance' in Confronting the Holocaust—a Handbook for the 21st Century, edited by G Colign and Marcia Littell, University Press of AmeriCa Inc. 1997.

Lyn Thomas, with Emma Webb. 'Writing from Experience: The place of the personal in French feminist writing' , in Feminist Review 61, Spring 1999.

Judith Morris (Hazelden). 'Continuing powers of attorney and wills', in Solicitors Journal, 27 Feb 1998.

Alison Armstrong. 'Richard Upjohn in Philipstown' , Parts I and II, The Ninham Times Magazine, Nov/Dec, 1998; Jan, 1999. `Food thoughts', The Ninham Times Magazine, monthly column, May 1998—present.

Shamima Rahman and JV Leonard. 'Mitochondria' disorders', in Current Paediatrics, 7, 1997, pp 123-127. and MG Hanna, IP Nelson et al. Cytochrome c oxidase deficiency associated with the first stop-codon point mutation in human mtDNA', in American Journal of Human Genetics, 63, 1998, pp 29-36.

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Anna Round. 'Grammatical constructions and prototype effects in a group of analytic phrases' in Papers from the 34th Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society, 1998.

Philipp Novales-Li. 'Health promotion in the next millennium', in Clinics and Hospitals Bulletin, Vol 99, 1997, p 24. `Preventing tetanus infection', in Clinics and Hospitals Bulletin, vol 99 (c), 1997, p 27. `Health effects of caffeine', in Clinics and Hospitals Bulletin, vol 99 (c), 1997, p 7.

Angela Eder. `Ktmsker and Kaufleute am Theater in der Josefstacit' , in Zeit der Befreiung, ed Hilde Haider Pregler and Peter Roessler, Vienna, 1997.

News and Appointments of Senior Members Matric 1930 Sylvia Goodfellow has kindly reported news of friends. She also writes of 'belated pangs of conscience about the limited nature of my philosophy on the PPE course and the great pleasure I've had in reading the penguin Pocket Plato which I am hoping to discuss with an old colleague who graduated in Greats a few years after me, indeed immediately before the last war broke out.'

1933 Joan Bayley (Greaves) celebrated her diamond wedding anniversary on 23 July 1998 to Hugh Bayley (Clare College, Cambridge). At a party for over 50 friends and family were their four daughters, including Clare Hartley (Bayley, m 1961) and Helen Daltry (Bayley, m 1974).

1935 Rina Howard (Pomphrett) and her husband Tony (Balliol 1934) celebrated their Diamond Wedding on 27 July 1999, 'having first met at a Labour Club dance in the unromantic setting of Ruskin College. Now with five still-married children and ten grandchildren we have much to be thankful for.'

1942 Stella Strawbridge (Hassid) writes, 'For the last seven years, for a few days each summer, my husband David and I have enjoyed visits from University College Master's Scholars, overseas post-graduate students from various part of the world and having a variety of specialist interests. It has been a pleasure to show them some of the delights of Dorset and to compare their Oxford experiences with our war-time ones.'

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Paul, son of Wendy Stevens (Watson) on 5 September 1998. They were married by Paul's father, the Rev David Stevens (Keble). Stella Strawbridge (Hassid) and her husband were bell-ringers.

Patricia Crampton (Wood) writes, 'My husband's illness has kept me busy in Wiltshire (no bad place to be), with little time for my own work for the past two years or so, but results of the last two translations have been very happy: The Final Journey won the TSB Birmingham prize (Senior Group) 1997, the first time the prize has been won by a translated book. In January 1999 it won the Marsh Prize for best translated book for young people. No Roof in Bosnia was selected as the British Honour Book for Translation 1998 by British IBBY. It was also a runner-up for the Marsh Prize in 1999.'

Jeanette Cockshoot (Johnson) as well as being active in the West Oxford U3A Local History group and serving on the Committee of the Friends of North Hinksey, has recently been elected to the Parochial Church Council for the Church of St Lawrence, North Hinksey.

June Lancelyn-Green (Burdett) is Editor of Ness Gardens Newsletter.

Margaret Lyddon's (Wilkinson) husband, Ken, died on Christmas Day 1997.

Sheila Ottley 'having successfully completed the story of her mother's family, has now been prevailed on to start work on that of her father's. It is producing some fascinating characters. They include the great-uncle who built and ran a full-scale theatre in a Yorkshire mining village, entered a lion's cage for a dare and emerged safely; the great-aunt who, pronounced at twenty to be dying, married, raised four children and died at ninety-one; and the great-uncle who for some reason of his own, for years lived exclusively on treacle-and-bread. She has been fortunate enough to find approximately fifty family photographs to use as illustrations and, by some patient detective work, has been able to put names to all of them—a reminder to put names and dates on photographs as soon as they are printed.

Jane Sampson (Robinson), Dr—see article page 67.

Brenda Hall (Henderson) is 'continuing to practice as free-lance indexer, working mainly for the Netherlands Institute for International Law. She still teaches and demonstrates floral art and plays golf regularly. Stuart and she now have eight grandchildren so family life is very busy.'

Mary Feaver (Harvey) has been a voluntary guide at Chichester Cathedral since May 1999.

Hazel Rossotti (Marsh), Dr is retired from her Tutorial Fellowship at St Anne's.

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Now , Brown Cow" was published in the '80s 'but is still a best seller— but only of interest to EFL teachers!'

Liz-Anne Bawden (Davies) was awarded an MBE in 1998 for services to the Lyme Regis Museum.

Deirdre Baker (Daniel), who has been licenced as Reader at St Paul's Cathedral, Nicosia since October 1998, writes, 'Alec and I will finish our time (six and half years) in Cyprus, returning to Melbourne just after Christmas 1999.'

Susan Marshall (Westcott) has 'obtained 2 Credits on the Foundation IT Programme of the Bucks Open College Network!'

Josephine Pickering (Burgess-Parker) retired in July 1998 from teaching at Our Lady's Convent School, Loughborough, Leics (Music—O, GCSE and A level).

Adele Vincent (Bagnall) retired as head of the Cummins Engine Foundation on September 30, 1998. 'I am now enjoying more time with my grandchildren and my garden, and also doing some writing.'

Jane Wagner (Hodges) reports, 'I retired from the UN World Food Programme in 1997. Have subsequently, and perhaps consequently, become a translator of UN documents (French to English), receiving and returning work by means of e-mail. I live partly in Calabria, sometimes in London and travel extensively. Still play the piano . .

Fiona McKenzie retired from Cassell in 1998, but still does copyediting/proof-reading as a freelance.

Jane Hill (Prosser) writes of extensive travelling April, May and November 1998 through Crete, Turkey, Britanny etc before 'returned to Antalya, Turkey for winter.' She writes, 'May and June 99 we sailed our 31 foot sloop "Crazy Lady" to Bodrum, crossed the Aegean Sea by S Cyclades, Amorgos, Ios, Serephos. Visited Santorini by ferry. Hence to Argolic and Saronic Gulfs; from Naplion visited Mycenae. Through Corinth to the Ionian islands of Ithaca and Levkas. Yacht is now at Preveza, Greece and in July-August we plan to sail to a port near home.'

Ann Kettle was elected Dean of Faculty of Arts, St Andrew's University from 1998 Kate Garratt (Robinson) writes, 'No news, alas, and certainly no appointments. Having been made redundant in 1994 at the age of 50, I am now a freelance book editor-for-hire. For most of the last year I've been working for (and at) Heinemann Educational at the top end of Banbury Road, so I pass St Hugh's quite often. It feels very strange to be back in North Oxford again after so long.' Her permanent address is now in Alston, Cumbria.

Jenifer Milner (Willis) formerly Mrs Stolkin, remarried in June 1997. She is still Head of Modern Languages at James Allen's Girls'

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Diabetes Research Laboratories, and as commissioning editor of the journal `Medicine'. 'Publication of my book, Embarrassing Problems attracted a lot of media attention, and I appeared on TV chat shows and radio—which I was surprised to find I enjoyed. Bika Karlekar (Chanda 1965) who lives in Delhi, and Susan Scott (1964) have stayed with me in the past year.'

Rosemary Bailey, Prof was President of the Mathematical Sciences Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1997-98.

Celia Cramp (Bastie), Dr is Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Director for Children's Services, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Caroline Jackson (Harvey) writes, 'I was selected in June 1998 as number 1 on the list of Conservative candidates for the European Parliament in the South West for the European elections on 10 June 1999. This means that I have every hope of being one of the rather small band of Conservative women MEPs when we have the elections under proportional representation in 1999. I am also the deputy chairman of the Conservative MEPs in the Parliament, and in October 1998 chaired one of the sessions of the Conservative Party Conference in Bournemouth. Any Old St Hugonian (??) who is visiting Brussels or Strasbourg and would like to see round the Parliament should contact me because I can either look after them myself or put them in touch with someone who can.'

Margaret Hunt (married name Wiedemann) was elected chairman of Radius, the religious drama society of Great Britain, in 1998.

Marilyn Bruce-Mitford Luscombe (Luscombe), National Director, The Association of Personal Trainers, writes that she 'is one of Britain's leading fitness consultants and author of the best-selling book Designer Body. She was previously Head of Public Relations at the British Museum and founded the Association of Personal Trainers in 1992. In 1995, she was a finalist for the Exercise Association of England's Special Achievement Award.' She is also the Editor of Aptitude, the APTs official quarterly newsletter, since 1995.

Angela Ashwin (Bennett) writes, 'From January to May next year (2000) I shall be studying, and doing a bit of lecturing, as a Resident Scholar at The Institute for Ecumenical & Cultural Research at St John's College, Minnesota. I shall be researching connections between Spirituality and Liturgy.'

Judith Brims (Butcher) continues to teach part-time at Sutton High School, 'though nowadays it's Politics and Religious Studies rather than History.

Ann Templeman (Williams) is Headmistress of Durham High School for Girls. '

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June Bruton has been Editor-in-Chief of the Open University Society Journal, A Groat's Worth of Wit, 1996-99 and was on the

Horfield (Bristol) Area Housing Committee from 1992-95.

Claire Douglas (Shrigley) writes, 'October 1998: consultancy with Campus Ventures to examine needs of incubating and early years SMEs. This followed up by British-Council sponsored visit in Dec 1997 to Russia to examine SME training and support in Novosibirsk.' In July 1998, she was awarded MBA by Manchester Business School, also the Chartered Institute of Marketing Prize for Best PartTime Marketing Student.

Judith Kidd (Maclean) lists 1.5.98 , Director, Ataxia; 1995 obtained Open University MBA; 1995 appointed Lay Member, Employment Tribunal.

Elaine Fairless Chairman, Staple Inn Actuarial Society, October 1998.

Felicity Lawson was ordained Deacon in June 1998 and is due to be ordained Priest in May 1999. She continues as Dean of Ministry and Director of Ordinands in the Diocese of Wakefield but is now also Honorary Assistant Curate at the Cathedral.

Elisabeth Maxwell (Meynard), Dr became Hon Doctor Temple University (1989); Hon Fellow Tel Aviv University; Hon Doctor Bridgeport University (1998); Hon Doctor Florida Atlantic University (1999) and Hon Doctor Mount St Vincent University, Canada (1999).

Susan Precious writes, 'I have been appointed an Hon Treasurer of the Lymphoma Association, a national charity which provides information and support to patients and their families.

Fiona Hall (Cutts) writes that she 'stood (unsuccessfully) as a Liberal Democrat Euro candidate (Northeast region), June 1999' .

Judith Morris (Hazelden) is a Consultant with Bircham & Co, Solicitors, Westminster, London SW1. She writes, 'After no less than 20 years with Freshfields, in the City, doing first private client, and more recently corporate tax work, in January I moved to become a private client consultant with Bircham & Co and am relishing the change.

Alison Armstrong, Dr is a Publisher's Representative with Sirak & Sirak Associates and Adjunct Professor, Marist College, Dept of Humanities, Poughkeepsie, New York.

Carole Lee is Head of LB Innovations a creative problem-solving agency.

Elizabeth Lutzeier (Byrne) reported that 'from 1 September 1998, I am to be Headteacher of All Hallows Catholic Comprehensive School in Farnham, Surrey.'

Sara Panter writes, 'We moved over to Ireland last September and Seamus, Nelly [Eleanor—see Births] and I are now living in the

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country, just south of Belfast. I am still working for Ashridge Management College as an Associate Tutor, as well as doing some private business consultancy. But Nelly takes up most of my time, which I enjoy enormously!'

Nicola Park was appointed Editor in April 1998 of Destinations, the magazine for Shell expatriate families worldwide. She writes 'we have lived abroad with Shell since 1982 in Holland, Canada and Nigeria.'

Helen Cox (Steele), Dr completed PhD in Atmospheric Sciences at UCLA in May 1998, followed by a year at Cambridge on a fellowship from the US National Science Foundation, 1998-99.

Melanie Johnson (Jacques) reports that she has been working the last 6 years as Sector Chief Podiatrist at Community Health Services, South Derbyshire, working in foot surgery and biomechanics teams.

Mother Macrina (Rosemary Woodward) formerly Sister Martha, made her vows on 8 April 1998. She continues to work on English translations of the Bible and Offices and has also helped revise the English text of a book written in English by a Swiss on the Syriac Church.

Carol Hardcastle (Thomas) writes, 'After two years as IT Director for De La Rue Cash Systems, I have just returned to Management Consultancy. I joined Deloitte Consulting as a Senior Manager in February and am currently working in Denmark.'

Kathryn Johnson (Jones) writes she is 'just beginning the 2nd year of part-time PhD student at the University of Sheffield, researching into treatment of female nudity on stage in England in the 20th century. Still singing with the London Choral Society too! Am about to weather the move of my department from the British Museum to the magnificent new Library building at St Pancras.'

Jennifer Rigby (Chetwynd-Talbot) was appointed Bursar and Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge from 1 January 1999.

Jane Tai Sen Choy has been Director, Info-Cite Limited, since April 1997. She writes 'Info-Cite is my own company and Hong Kong's only specialist provider of continuing legal education.'

Elizabeth Griffiths, Rev writes, 'I left a computer career to enter theological college in 1996. In June 1998, I was ordained as Deacon by the Bishop of Monmouth and I am currently serving as Assistant Curate in the Parish of Bettws.

Hanya Dezyk was appointed Head of Financial Research, Opinion Research Corportation International, from 1997.

Jill Evans (Williamson) reported that she was about to move to Heidelberg, Germany, with her husband's latest overseas work assignment.

Mary Frost (Thomas) has changed her job and is now working for Smith's Industries, Cheltenham, as fuel systems specialist.

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working with mentally handicaped children near Bristol, I am now about to change to working with mentally handicapped adults. The setting is a residential community where the staff live and work alongside those with handicaps.'

Janet Simpson (McDowell) writes that following the birth of her son James in August 1997, she returned to her job as a Market Data specialist in the City and has recently moved to Reuters as a Project Manager.

Benita Yu became a partner in Slaughter & May, Hong Kong, in 1996.

Anne Carrigan Said (Carrigan) writes, 'After working for a small company in Monaco for five years, I took up a post managing the translation unit at Nestle headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland, where I worked for two years. I am now free-lance translating in Monaco and looking after my son.'

Helena Jones writes, 'I left the Church Commissioners last May, having qualified as a London Registered Blue Badge Guide in April. I am now working as a freelance Blue Badge Guide—coach panoramics, walking tours of London, day trips to Bath, Salisbury, Oxford etc.'

Katy Lindsay (Weaver) writes, 'After three years in South America, my husband and I moved last year to Australia, where we expect to be for the next five years. I am working part-time as an investment banker with Rothschild, and taking care of my son Thomas, who is nearly two. I am in touch with Jackie Bott, Sarah Faircliffe, Alison Fogg, Moataza Saad, Liz Webster and Helen Williams, but would dearly love to hear from Karen Bryan.'

Pamela Clemit, Dr has a Fellowship at The Center for Scholars & Writers, New York Public Library, from September 1999 to May 2000.

Sharon Fekrat is Assistant Professor, Vitreoretinal Surgery, Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC, USA. Katherine Stork (Kearney) is teacher of French and German at the Edinburgh Academy.

Charlotte Hume is Money & Consumer Correspondent, ITN Channel 5 News.

Caroline McCubbin (Jones) is Manager at Garretts Solicitors, Reading, the UK law firm associated with Andersen Worldwide Organization since January 1998. She was co-speaker at Arthur Andersen/Garretts sponsored Oxford Innovation Society Lecture in

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March 1999. 'Current Government thinking on IP and tax issues in the context of technology transfer.'

Anna Round was appointed Lecturer in English at King's College, London, from 1992. She writes, ' I am still lecturing in the English Department at KCL and undertaking research in Cognitive Linguistics. I've just started to work on a team research project with members of the Dept of Forensic Psychiatry at the Maudesley Hospital.

Last couple of years include linguistics-related travel to the US, Australia and Sweden, but I'm still finding time to play the clarinet as much as possible.'

Lynne Stacey was appointed Marketing Manager—Vodafone Corporate Ltd, in December 1997.

1987 Helen Smith was appointed Senior Property Manager for Terminal 1 at Heathrow Airport by BAA in October 1998.

Michelle Waterworth writes that she is 'currently heading the Press and Public Relations Office at the University of Essex—after 3 years as Assistant Press Officer at the University of Oxford (1995-98) and 3 years as a regional newspaper journalist (1992-95).

Andrew Webb received an MBA (with distinction) from Said Business School, University of Oxford.

1988 Beatrice Caplan (Lang) is studying for a PhD in Yiddish Studies at Columbia University.

1989 Philipp Novales-Li was appointed Manager of Business Development at BioGenex Laboratories, a diagnostic company based in Northern California and reported that he would be leaving Los Angeles and taking up residence in San Francisco.

1992 Miles Elliott was appointed Senior Credit Analyst at Abbey National, Central Milton Keynes, from 1 January 1997.

1994 Simon Bond is a Junior Statistician in the Cancer Research Department of Mount Vernon Hospital.

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In Memoriam Joan Bayley (Greaves) Joan had no particular academic background or family motivation towards science, the subject which she was determined was going to be her own. She was the daughter of a Chartered Accountant, and the future wife of a Chartered Accountant. She was, however, a second cousin once removed of Miss Barbara Gwyer, the Principal of St Hugh's when Joan was in residence. This did not confer any special privileges on Joan, but the formidable Miss Gwyer's special permission was obtained for Joan to attend her future husband's twenty-first birthday at Cambridge during term, on the grounds that she was as good as, if not officially engaged, so perhaps the rules could be bent (and they were).

Joan was proud to be the first of a remarkable dynasty of St Hugh's women.

Her eldest daughter Clare and fourth daughter Helen both followed her there, as did finally Clare's elder daughter Katharine (Hartley)—a family achievement which was duly reported in the College News Letter, Spring 1998 edition.

Joan was born in London on the 9th day of the First World War. After the family moved to the Midlands, she was educated at Edgbaston Church of England College for Girls in Birmingham. Another family move took her to Manchester around 1931. She worked for a time at a Textile Research Institute, and then, having made up her mind to go to University, after a considerable interval since leaving school, she studied at a local Tutorial College in order to meet the requirements for her Oxford entrance.

Having obtained a place in a "by-term", Joan was in residence at St Hugh's from January 1935 to December 1937. The MGA Building was under construction when she arrived at St Hugh's. After its opening, she was the first occupant of a room on the ground floor of the new building. She was the only woman chemist of her year in Oxford. She is reputed to have said that "the only safe place for a woman to leave an unlocked bicycle in Oxford was behind the Chemistry labs." She sat her Finals in Trinity Term 1937, but being obliged to keep a 9th term's residence in order to qualify for her degree, she read PPE during the Michaelmas Term, 1937. Her finest achievement was to rise through the Committee ranks to become, in her last term, President of the University's Junior Scientific Club. In this capacity, she had to welcome and introduce many distinguished speakers at the Club's meetings, and invited as her special guest, an old friend of her father's, the popular comedian Will Hay, FRAS to speak on 'Astronomy and the Amateur' .

Joan married her husband Hugh in 1938. Two St Hugh's contemporaries, Joan Moignard (Dawson) and Joan Pye were bridesmaids; since the bride and her two bridesmaids as well as the bridegroom's sister were all called Joan, this led the Best Man in his speech to pun atrociously (on the theme of Jonah and the Whale) by saying: "It could not have been a Joaner wedding but that is 89

nothing to wail about." During her husband's war service of six years, Joan worked for several years for ICI (Dyestuffs Division) in Manchester in their library, as a technical abstractor of scientific literature (including translations from German, which she had studied part-time in her Oxford days).

Her first and second daughters were born in Manchester, the first during the war and the second after the termination of hostilities and her husband's return from a long stint of service overseas. The third and fourth daughters (twins) were born after the family's move to Surrey in 1949. Some years of very busy motherhood then ensued, but this did not see Joan entirely idle in other directions; among other activities she acted as membership secretary for the local ward of Epsom Conservative Association. She was also a keen tennis and badminton player.

Joan entered the teaching profession in her mid-forties, having been invited by the Headmistress of a girls' school (Parsons Mead, Ashtead) to fill a casual vacancy for a science teacher, due to illness. She accepted, and did the job so successfully that she was soon offered a permanent position. She was instrumental in building up the school's science department, which needed modernization and enlargement. One of her best friends and a fellow teacher of science at the school was Elsie Alexander (Crosland) who had been her predecessor by a few years at St Hugh's (obituary reported in the College Chronicle 1997/98). Joan taught both Chemistry and Physics at this school with great success and enjoyment for fifteeen years, in addition to holding a temporary post at a local State School.

In retirement, Joan became a dedicated and active Samaritan, giving twenty years of her life to the Charity until she reached the age of 80 in 1994. She suffered a stroke in the summer of 1995, and died peacefully in her sleep in hospital after a further stroke in November 1998. A full life, of giving to others, for which many were truly thankful, had ended.

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Margaret Buckley Margaret was the Jubilee Scholar of her year, 1951. She brought with her to Oxford a bright intelligence and the quiet certainties of her Nonconformist Shropshire background. The strength of her own faith and of the religious community from which she came were never to leave her, and sustained her through the last years of her brave struggle with the cancer which finally defeated her in November 1998.

Margaret's room at 78 Woodstock Road was a haven of orderliness and serenity, with a little china clock, painted with roses, ticking quietly on the mantelpiece. Despite her high intelligence and scholarly approach to her work, a First eluded her, and perhaps she lacked the assertiveness required for an academic career. Her many friends were a witness to the breadth and depth

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After her degree, Margaret took a Diploma in Education, and taught History, first at Peterborough, then at Sheffield High School. She returned to Shropshire to be nearer her sick mother and taught at a private girls' school in North Wales, and then at the Sir John Talbot Grammar School at Whitchurch.

From there she went on to lecture at the Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology and obtained a second MA at Keele in American History.

A change of direction in her mid-forties brough her to the field of mental health, in London, training with and working for, the Richmond Fellowship.

She became Warden of a hostel for those recovering from mental illness, with a responsibility also for training students. She then returned to Shrewsbury, where she worked in a Local Authority hostel, and became heavily involved in the development of voluntary services. A self-help group was set up, which still offers ongoing support in the community, and she also pioneered a counselling service, which now has thirty counsellors. Margaret was unusual in that she had an ability to work effectively in the wider community, raising funds from business, securing appropriate publicity, inspiring volunteers, and also a great skill in offering in-depth support to emotionally disturbed people on an individual basis.

She continued this voluntary work when her illness had forced her to give up her residential post, and combined it with a lively interest in politics, putting much time and effort into the Liberal Democratic cause. She was an enthusiastic gardener, and enterprising cook, with a lively interest in music, theatre and books, but after her work and her faith, her chief concern was always for her family. When her niece and nephew became parents themselves she delighted in the next generation of children. She was of those who share generously in the lives of others. She had a lively curiosity about human motivation, a shrewd and quite unsentimental understanding combined with enormous warmth and unfailing kindness. Many of her contemporaries achieved a great deal more in the way of material success: few brought such enrichment to the lives of all with whom they came in contact. At her funeral, the church where she had worshipped for much of her life was crowded with people.

They were of all ages and backgrounds, and most were mourning one of the dearest friends they had ever had.

Everyone has a favourite memory of a much-loved friend. I can see Margaret now, contemplating some minor domestic disaster caused by increasing weakness and clumsiness, and cheerfully commenting, "And now for my next trick . . ."

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Mary Gillan (Paterson) The word that springs to mind to describe Mary throughout her life is her steadiness. Not a boring steadiness but an ability to cope with any situation, make the right decision or give the right advice, always with a sense of humour and twinkle in the eye. She came up to St Hugh's in 1962, the year of the big freeze: the rooms of Main Building had fireplaces and an allowance of one scuttle of coal per week to supplement the meagre heating. Socialisation was a pleasurable necessity to keep warm and a group of first years huddled in each other's rooms in the evenings. We all have very happy memories of that time, talking into the night with Mary as the expert on keeping the fire burning. She was a serious student, was and remained passionate about Physics throughout her life, and continued the determination to succeeed that she had shown whilst at school. Having deservedly achieved a First Class Degree, she remained at Oxford for her D Phil in Theoretical Physics, and married Mike, also an Oxford Theoretical Physicist, in 1969. It was obvious that she would stay in academic life. After completing her D Phil she lectured at Birmingham and then spent a year in the USA with Mike. On her return to Oxford, she tutored at Hertford College and this was a very happy association which continued for the next seventeen years. Her natural gifts as a tutor together with her enthusiasm for her subject inspired a generation of Physics undergraduates.

During this time her children, Matthew, Robert and Ellie were born. Mike was appointed to a Professorship at Keele University in 1988 and Mary then started teaching at St Helen's and St Katharine's School in Abingdon, transferring to Newcastle-under-Lyme School when the whole family finally made the move to Keele. Again her skills as a teacher were remarkable; she managed to convey her love of her subject to all ages and levels, from explaining relativity to Oxbridge candidates to demonstrating how an eclipse of the moon works to eleven year old girls.

Although a serious scientist, Mary had many facets to her personality. She developed a love of poetry at school and this stayed with her throughout her life. She read widely and was keenly interested in the theatre. She had a great sense of humour and, most of all, cared deeply for her family and many friends. She nurtured her friendships, was a dependable letter writer, and could always be relied on to lend a helping hand or just be there when needed.

As she became increasingly ill over the last few years she was an inspiration to all who came into contact with her. Supported by Mike, her courage, her cheerfulness and her determination to achieve as much as she could never left her, nor did her concern for those around her. Mike gave a very moving address at her Memorial Service at Hertford College. The chapel was full to overflowing, a testament to the impact that she had made on so many lives. She is very sadly missed and our sympathy goes out to Mike and the family.

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George Harris The following are notes for the address given at Mr Harris' funeral by the Reverend Jack Jarvis and are reprinted here with his permission.

George was the eldest of four in his family, he left school at 13, then he went to train as a gardener at Lady Morrell's estate in Headington. Later he worked at St Hugh's College, and there he stayed for 45 years, right up to the time that he retired. What an achievement. When he retired (and let's remember, he was in retirement almost as long as he worked) he had reached the top of the ladder, as head gardener.

The College obviously thought very highly of him as they made him a member of the Senior Common Room, an honour he was very proud of, and rightly so.

He married Annie his wife, and they had 56 years together. George was cetainly a stayer. 45 years at St Hugh's College, 56 years married, and lived to reach the age of 95.

George and Annie had a daughter Anne, and he lived with her in Steventon for a number of years, where he was looked after well.

George lived in South Oxford for 50 years (another long time), he was an active member of the commmunity and the Church. He was a founder member of the South Oxford Civil Defence Club, also President of the Horticultural Society, where he was always willing to give advice. He was a keen follower of sport, most sports, as a spectator. How he enjoyed telling stories of Oxford in the Good Old Days. I am sure most of you heard some, if not all of them. They ought to have been recorded to be able to pass them on.

George, Dad, Grandad, however you knew him, was a kind and generous husband, father and grandfather, very proud of his two grandsons Martin and David. In the last few months, the arrival of a great grandson thrilled him and gave him great pleasure. This love for his family, his love for life in general was clear to all who knew him.

In 95 years what changes George had seen, what a life full of experiences, going through those hard times of the 1930's, seeing all those new gadgets, from cars to aeroplanes. What a book he could have written.

The reading I read from St Paul's letter to the Corinthians George I am sure would have understood it. He knew that what was planted as a seed was not what grew, or came into life. A month or so ago we were planting bulbs in the garden. Who could imagine that those dried- up looking things could produce such an array of beauty when they spring to life. This is what St Paul was saying: the body which we dispose of is not the body that will be. It will be raised a different body, a spiritual body, a body that God has chosen. That part that lives on is that part we cannot touch, in a way we cannot see. It is personality that is the part that lives, without the earthly body. When it is time for us to walk that path, then I am confident that we shall be united with all those have gone before us.

May he rest in peace and rise in Glory. Amen.

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Betty Jay Those members of the ASM who belonged to the SCR and JCR in the 1950s and early 1960's will remember Betty Jay, who died on 14- September 1998, as a knowledgeable and very efficient assistant to two College Treasurers— Gertrude Thorneycroft and Priscilla Wells. Deans of Degrees and those taking degrees will also remember her, perhaps more poignantly as a resourceful provider of gowns, hoods, black stockings, white blouses and other necessary pieces of academic dress. She was a stickler for the rules, and knew how to bend them.

She left College in the mid 1960's to work in the University Chest and retired in 1982.

Betty Kemp

Mary Lenton (Foster) Obituaries were published in the Methodist Recorder, 30.7.98 and in the Whitby Gazette, 31. 7. 98.

Mary Lenton (Foster) matriculated in 1932 and read English. She trained as a teacher at the Oxford Department of Education and was appointed to the staff of Polam Hall School, Darlington. In 1940 she married Arthur Lenton (Oriel). She had one son, John, who married Christine Greaves (St Hugh's 1966-69) and there are three grandchildren.

Mary had been brought up in a Methodist family and at Oxford was involved in the Student Christian Movement as well as in the activities of her own church. She was accredited as a Local Preacher in the Methodist Church in 1934 and continued to conduct worship throughout her life. In the fifties and sixties she became well-known as a preacher and leader of study conferences in the Birmingham area and she made an important contribution to the debate on the Anglican-Methodist conversations in the Methodist Conference in 1965. In 1978 she was elected Vice-President of the Methodist Conference—the highest office open to laity in the Church. Her address to Conference (later published as a pamphlet) stressed the importance of the family worshipping together for spiritual growth. She served on several committees concerned with the good government of the Church and was for nine years Treasurer of the General Purposes Fund.

Throughout her life she was deeply involved in the life of the local church wherever she lived, working through house-groups, women's movements and personal contacts, always encouraging spiritual growth and inter-church reconciliation.

Arthur Lenton

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Sheila Patterson (Pridmore) The following has been reproduced by kind permission of The Guardian

In the 1950s the social anthropologist Sheila Patterson, who has died aged 80, began studying the settlement of West Indians in Brixton, south London. The result was her best-known book, Dark Strangers (1959). The image of this committed, conservative lady, with her cut-glass accent, studying conditions in the inner city may have seemed incongruous, but if it shattered any social stereotypes she would have regarded it as a beneficial side-effect.

In 1959 she began working for the new Institute of Race Relations in London. Her study of the employment of immigrants in Croydon earned her a London University doctorate, after which she edited the Institute's newsletter, a factual chronicle of events that included an occasional commentary. It was later supported by a book-length record of the years 1961-67.

A radical critic, inspired by the spirit of 1968, wrote disparagingly of "the lords and ladies of race relations" in Britain. Patterson retorted that very few ladies were involved, but this failed to impress those of us who saw her as one of them.

After education at Roedean—of which she was proud—and a classics degree at Oxford, she had helped with the reception of Polish servicemen in wartime Britain and learned their language. Later, in South Africa, she became friendly with Ellen Hellman, one of the founders of the South African Institute of Race Relations and researched the history of the Cape Coloured people.

Colour and Culture in South Africa and a history of the Boers, The Last Trek, followed. After an interval in Canada, Patterson returned to Britain and began work in Brixton.

Following her newsletter editorship and a break for research in Barbados and St Vincent, she was for 16 years editor of New Community, the quarterly journal of the Community Relations Commission (CRC), which was later succeeded by the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE).

In the mid-1960s, E J B Rose, director of the survey that became Colour and Citizenship, had observed that there was a lack of academic interest in the issue of race. "There seemed," he observed "to be no professional mileage in race relations in Britain." Within a decade much had changed, but many in the universities still saw the field as one of controversy rather than of intellectual interest. The 1970s were also a decade of ideological confrontation and both the CRC and the CRE were assailed by right-wing and left-wing critics.

New Community set out to bridge the gaps between academics, those working in the applied field, and policy-makers, by publishing a wide range of research findings in a jargon-free style. As an editor, Patterson observed strict standards of accuracy in reporting, in the choice of appropriate names for groups and social processes, and in political impartiality.

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processes set in motion by the settlement in an industrial society of migrants from the third world.

She stopped using her maiden name of Caffyn after her first marriage to Bruce Patterson in South Africa, but was happiest with her third husband, Tadeusz Horko, living in Hove.

Writing about the death of Ellen Hellman, Patterson wrote that she had been complimented for helping the South African Institute of Race Relations "steer a course between complacency and mad radicalism", not least by editing an annual reference book that had a reputation, even among the institute's critics, for accuracy, honesty and objectivity.

What was said of her friend may be said of Sheila Patterson.

Michael Banton

Valerie Pitt Obituaries appeared in The Independent, 13.1.99, The Guardian, 29.1.99, The Church Times and The Tablet, 23.1.99.

Valerie died on January 4, 1999, from a return of the cancer which had seemed successfully overcome. She was born on February 14, 1925, the eldest of a remarkable family Her father was a lorry-driver, a great believer in education (four of his six children went to Oxford). He trained them to argue by sitting down at mealtimes and propounding some outrageous theory for them to attack—and argue Valerie did, for the rest of her life, with anyone from an archbishop to a recalcitrant child on a bus.

She went as an Exhibitioner to St Hugh's in 1943, from the Mary Datchelor School for Girls. On our first day, someone said to me, "You must come and meet this girl. No one can understand a word she's talking about," and there was Valerie, in an open-necked shirt, in imitation of her idol, Shelley, descanting to a bemused group about the Cinquecento. I couldn't understand a word either but I was not going to reveal it so I said, "Oh, do you really think so? Why?" That stopped her in her tracks and after that we were friends for 55 years.

In the Freshers' play that year, Valerie and I played a pair of Chinese warlords. At the dress rehearsal, in the garden of Holywell Manor, Valerie was idly stirring the waters of the pond with her sword when Miss Gwyer called from a window, "Miss Pitt! Miss Pitt! Leave tormenting those poor fishes!"

Valerie became secretary of Stella Aldwinclde's Socratic Club, where C S Lewis, its president, used to debate with the likes of Freddie Ayer, CEM Joad, Fr D'Arcy. This led to a friendship with Lewis which lasted until his death: "I knew him well enough for him to say, 'Why don't you call me "Jack"?, but not well enough for me to feel I. could do so."

After getting her First, Valerie taught for a year and then went back to St Hugh's for two years as the Mary Gray Allen Senior Scholar to take her B Litt.

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Her subject—Dualism in Shelley—combined Literature and Philosophy in a way that was innovative in those days. Lewis refused to supervise her on the grounds that she was a woman, so she was supervised by the Theologian and Philosopher, Austin Farrer.

She then lectured at the University of Wales in Cardiff for four years and for six years at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she taught the Drabble sisters and Sylvia Plath—"brilliant but unstable". The rest of her career was spent at Woolwich/Thames Poly, which eventually became the University of Greenwich. She created the Humanities Department and became one of the first professors in the former polys. After her retirement in 1987 she continued to do some teaching; she was clearly a very gifted teacher—her ex-students of all kinds and ages rush to tell you both how good she was, how stimulating and knowledgeable and also how kind. Although she wrote copiously all through her life pamphlets, sermons, poems, polemics—her only major published work was her "Tennyson Laureate" and it is her lectures and sermons that people remember most. Hers were the only sermons where I can remember being so interested that I was both surprised and regretful when they came to an end. She gave the Scott Holland Lectures in 1980; she preached a University sermon in St Mary's and a memorable sermon at the College Centenary celebrations.

There was also her work on committees, where she was a doughty, often heated campaigner for the causes she believed in: academic integrity, leftwing principles, the disestablishment of the Church, the admission of women to the priesthood. (It was a matter of pride to her that she had both a nephew and a niece who were priests in the Church of England.) She served on the Council for National Academic Awards, the Archbishop's Commission on Church and State, the Church Assembly. She was a fearless, outspoken, trenchant critic, especially of the institutions most important to her—universities, the Church, the Labour Party. I have seen bishops look uneasy at the mere mention of her name. As a young woman she sometimes got too heated for the good of her cause; she mellowed somewhat in later years but that made her an even more effective fighter and she had the saving grace of a great sense of humour.

Valerie was a woman of many talents: a keen gardener as long as her health allowed, a superb cook, an accomplished embroiderer (she would sit quietly doing her tapestry work in the Church Assembly before launching into one of her tirades), an experienced handler of babies and small children, a student of Italian (in order to read Dante), a devoted family member and a very good friend.

Jean Cardy (Robinson)

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Margaret Potter (Newman) Notice was published in last year's Chronicle. The following has been reproduced by kind permission of The Times

Few established novelists could match Margaret Potter's range of published work. Writing as Anne Melville, Margaret Newman and Anne Betteridge, as well as under her own name, she produced more than fifty novels in a variety of genres, and countless short stories for collections and magazines. She traced her remarkable storytelling ability to an early stay in hospital, aged five, when she was unable to sleep and devised picture stories in her head to stave off nightmares. "I still lie awake, creating characters and making up adventures for them to enjoy or to endure, " she wrote in 1994.

Margaret Newman was the eldest daughter of Bernard Newman, a civil servant, lecturer and traveller, and himself the writer of more than a hundred books, including spy stories and travel guides. She won a scholarship to St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she first learnt the value of the meticulous research which would be a trademark of her historical novels. On graduation she taught in Egypt and edited a magazine while waiting for her husband-to-be, Jeremy, to finish his own studies and find work.

Members of the Hampstead Choral Society, of which she was then secretary, would have recognised characters in her first published novel, Murder to Music (1959). This was followed by a series of novels published by Hurst and Blackett, one of which brought her the Romantic Novelists' Award. She then found time for nine children's books while, for the mid-1970s, her considerable energy was devoted to family sagas. The six volumes of the Lorimer saga (beginning with The Lorimer Line) first attracted a large readership to her work, her readers' loyalty thereafter evidenced by the considerable sums she received from having her books borrowed from public libraries under the relatively recent Public Lending Right.

In these sagas, as well as in her 1990s novels such as A Clean Break and Standing Alone, the interest in the lead female characters does not lie in their love life or their marriage but in their independence and determination to make what they can of challenges and opportunities.

Margaret Potter herself was full of such spirit. When she was not writing, she gardened with enthusiasm, she sang until she felt her voice had faded, she played tennis weekly and she did voluntary work. Her husband Jeremy— magazine publisher, sportsman and author—died in November last year; they were married for 47 years. She leaves a daughter and a son.

Her last book, Debutante Daughters by Anne Melville will be published next year by Orion.

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Olive Shapley The, ollowing has been reproduced by kind permission of The Times

As a pioneer of radio features before the war, Olive Shapley was one of the first broadcasters to allow ordinary people to talk on the radio. Later, as a presenter of documentaries and of Woman's Hour during the 1950s and 1960s, she was ahead of her time in airing social issues which were once unmentionable and are now unavoidable.

Her early years were greatly influenced by Dame Dorothy Brook, head of Mary Datchelor Girls School in South London, and then by her time up at Oxford, where she went in 1929 to read modern history. In her very first night at St Hugh's a sturdy girl with red hair and a brown velvet dress introduced herself to Olive and proceeded to sing the praises of the North of England. They became close friends, especially when Barbara Castle invited her to stay with her family.

One result of another Oxford friendship, with Freda Houlston, who became a Buddhist nun, was that Shapley was able to interview the Dalai Lama during her extensive travels.

Her BBC career began in 1934 on Children's Hour in Manchester, where her first impressions were of cobbled streets, endless mill chimneys and "magnificent chemical sunsets". Children's Hour was then in transition from being "something for the kiddywinks" to a balanced service for the young. The jolly days of Aunts and Uncles were numbered. Shapley—known at the microphone as "Anna"—started a series of "Your Own Ideas", which encouraged children to send in poems, stories and plays to be read and performed by professionals.

After three years of bringing Children's Hour into the real world, Shapley joined the adult features and drama department. She vividly remembered a broadcast in which a party of Durham miners were invited to talk live and unscripted. Shortly after the transmission began she had to take a hastily chalked notice into the studio, reading "Don't say bloody or bugger again".

The BBC's North Region was then headed by the Marxist Archie Harding, whose first words to her were "Welcome, Comrade" and who encouraged his team to break away from the plummy conservatism of Broadcasting House.

A prime example of how Shapley rose to the challenge was The Classic Soil, with a remarkably radical script by her friend and fellow leftwinger Joan Littlewood.

Shapley' s highly individual radio features were greatly assisted by the introduction of the mobile disc recording van, with cables long enough to be taken into the homes of the kind of people who had never been allowed to broadcast before. "By the outbreak of war," as she later said, "the battle for the radio feature had been won. Broadcasting did now consist of more than the voices of the great and the good."

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in Manchester. This meant leaving the BBC under the rules regarding staff marriages, but she continued to work on contract, making documentaries about how people coped with the privations of war.

When Salt moved for the BBC to New York after the attack on Pearl Harbor, she went too and worked as a documentary and talks producer. She also broadcast her own series of fortnightly Lettersfrom North America for children between 1942 and 1945. On one occasion she was baffled when a man she had just interviewed declined her invitation to dinner "You and I, a coloured man, could not be seen in the same restaurant together," Paul Robeson explained.

Before the death of her husband in 1947, she had three children—who were to become very well-informed on a range of subjects, because all of her scripts were taken home and used for scribbling pads.

By 1949 she was back in London presenting Woman's Hour and tackling forbidden subjects such as single mothers and "the change of life". She also presented the television series Women of Today, and had a storytelling slot for young children.

In 1952 she married a businessman, Christopher Gorton, but he died in 1959. She went on to present three series of The Shapley File, which took a personal look at social issues such as homelessness. She also worked as a freelance for BBC Children's Television, where she launched Brian Redhead as presenter.

After Gorton's death, she turned their large house in Didsbury into a home for unmarried mothers, who at that time were expected either to abandon any hopes of worthwhile jobs or higher education, or else give their babies up for adoption. With help from Dame Kathleen 011erenshaw, she established the Rose Hill Trust to help to change this.

Later, she sheltered 25 Vietnamese refugees for two years, and tried to organise communal living for old people. She published her autobiography, Broadcasting a Life, in 1996.

She is survived by her daughter and two sons.

Betty Sharp Miss E B Sharp, LVO, died in her own home at Liphook after many years of disabling rheumatism. She received the MVO which was converted to the LVO for her work while with the Industrial Society which helped in the organisation of the Duke of York's camps bringing public school boys and working lads together. One doesn't hear of these now, but the Duke of Edinburgh was the Chairman of the Committee which Betty served.

I got to know Betty only after retirement. Brigid 0 'Dovan was a contemporary of mine and she used to holiday with Betty. When both Brigid and I settled in this part of the world we played Bridge occasionally but since I gave up my car we have only had occasional chats on the 'phone.

Sylvia Goodfellow

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Kathleen Spalding (Paterson) Kathleen G L (Paterson) Spalding died 20 January 1999 at home in Falmouth, Maine, USA. She was born in Norwich, 21 June 1899, a daughter of William and Ethel Lamplough Paterson. She attended Norwich High School, and upon graduation she spent two years working in the Women's Land Army.

In 1918 Kathleen Spalding came into residence at St Hugh's College. She was a member of the first women's class to receive an Oxford degree. During her years at Oxford, she was Captain of the women's hockey, tennis and lacrosse teams, and a member of the Bach Choir. She is one of the very few Oxford undergraduate women to have won a Triple Blue.

After receiving an honours degree in English, Kathleen Spalding moved to Canada where she taught at Havacol College in Toronto. In 1923 she accepted a teaching position at Rosemary Hall in Greenwich, Connecticut. She married Richard W Spalding of Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1926. They moved to the Portland, Maine, area, where she resided for the rest of her life.

From 1930 to 1980, Kathleen Spalding made frequent trips to England to visit her family. In 1948, King George VI awarded her the King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom, for services rendered to the Allied Cause during the war.

She is survived by a son, a daughter, six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Gretchen Wetzel

Ernest Westbrook There are some people who do make a very valuable contribution to the life of the College in the most practical of ways. This is so true of Mr Ernest Westbrook who died in January of this year at the age of 88. He had served the College on the maintenance side but was so adaptable that he could become a Lodge porter or a wine waiter at High Table if asked to help out in this way.

He came initially in 1947 to look after the heating and electrical systems in all the College properties which of course began to increase in size and number. He had to cope with all types of boilers which in his early days were fed manually. They needed constant attention and long hours of hard and very hot work, especially when emergencies arose sometimes curtailing his own social life, but his duty to College always came first. As the work grew he needed other maintenance staff under him and he was an excellent team leader. He was indeed very versatile and could make the wittiest of speeches at farewell parties for his colleagues and provide diversions on the piano too.

It was good that his most important support came from his wife who also worked in the College, making her own special contribution by being equally adaptable and fitting in wherever there was a need on the household side. They enjoyed living in the East Lodge and later in West Cottage next to 101

the Principal's Lodging. They even celebrated their Golden Wedding while still working at St Hugh's some years after what would have been his usual retirement age. The College had become their real home and remained so until he finally retired having given forty years of his life in this service.

Eva Major Bursar (1957-76)

Isis Idolette 1921 K. G. L. PATERSON (St. Hugh's College),

Captain, O.U.W.L.T.C., 0.W .U.H.C. To choose the first Idolette was not difficult for, owing to her athletic distinctions, she has been well-known since she first came up to the University. Her youth from the auspicious date of her birth at Norwich on June sat, 1899, was an energetic preparation for her future greatness. Turned loose in the garden at the age of two, she solemnly assisted her family to play Red Indians, a Spartan game, for the loser's penalty was to eat whatever first 'caught her eye. This evidently made a great impression on our Idolette, for the habit remains to this day. Another relic of her childhood is her passion for cart-wheels, which, since her arrival at the Varsity, has had to be sternly repressed.

At the tender age of seven she entered Norwich High School, where her career may be described as nothing

During the recent Women's Inter-Collegiate Tennis Tournament, one Six reports the following experiences t— The first College they played provided by way of refreshment cider cup and Russian mgalettes, the second lemonade, and the third water. We leave to Our reader the difficult eenundrum of apportioning the various beverages to their respective Colleges.

The, other night four studious undergraduettes were startled by hearing a masculine voice outside their window exclaim 'I'm a Dublin man I am, and I believe in being honest about it.' It is reported that they are making a gradual recovery, and have even been able to partake of a little light nourishment.

We note with regret that the obnoxious strap-hanging habit has spread even to this cool and sequestered path of life.' Only to-day two of our number were seen progressing down the High at a remarkable speed, upon bicycles attached to a well-populated motor-bike by means of two convenient and serviceable leather straps. And yet there are some who would have it that Cambridge is more progressive than we arc. Surely that is hardly the right term`(unless, of course, they go in for three straps and a Rolls' there. You never know.)

This is an old story, so if you know it already, you'd better not read it, and if you don't you'd better read it, but not believe it.

short of brilliant.

She was Captain of Lacrosse and Hockey, and also half the first Tennis Pair, be ides gaining gymnastic and aquatic distinction. When, at the age of nineteen, she left school as head girl, there were found in her possession innumerable examination ce tifirates and traces of a scholarship from 1913—'17. Two heated summer holidays she spent delving in Mother Earth for the good of her country.

In Michaelmas 1918, our Idolette came into residence at St. Hugh's, where ' her numerous scholastic accomplishments have been somewhat lost sight of in a career of unbroken success in the various games clubs of which she is a member. At the end of her first year she had gained her Blue for both Hockey and Lacrosse, and played Tennis for her College. The Times' report of the 19ao Oxford v. Cambridge Lacrosse Match was the first of a series of enthusiastic Press notices, which culminated in that journal's account of her play in this year's Hockey Match. She is a member of her county team, and also plays for the East of England. For two years she has been Captain of Oxford Tennis, and it is hoped that when the gloom of Schools, which now lies heavy upon her, has lifted, that she will put a successful finish to her brilliant career on June 16th by bringing the Inter-Varsity Cur, back to Oxford.

if you have ever been to Sunday evening service in Magdalen Chapel, you will have noticed that the admission cards have printed upon them a pathetic request to visitors to ' join in the service silently.' One lady (not, we will take it, an undergraduette, although I wouldn't vouch for all the lady Dons), felt constrained, despite this prayer, to exhibit her weal powers. Immediately she was pounced upon by an irate Don, who drew her attention to the above-mentioned notice. ' Sir,' she answered with dignity, ' this is the House of God.' House of God, madam,' replied the Don, with some heat, what are you thinking of ? This is Magdalen College Chapel I ' History does not relate .

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Oxford Revisited And Found—Alas!—Defiled by Frequent Gaudy FaciaFronted Branches of London Enterprises and all the Sordid Symptoms of Slow Civilization,

by MISS BELINDA BLINDERS, (Authoress of Sandford of Merton and The Nouveau

Poor).

If ever shame-faced Present slant: 'fore proud Pasts and blustering Beyonds,— Oxford, 'tis true of thee; trim City of Spires and Ponds !

D.C.

KGL Paterson (Kathleen Spalding), ISIS 15 June 1921

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Diary of Events 1999 14- November

Lunch for the families of Freshers

20 November

Locals Lunch Party

The Spring Newsletter will list events in 2000

Accommodation in College Senior Members who would like to take advantage of Bed and Breakfast accommodation at the College may wish to note the following: Term Time Accommodation

Senior Members are welcome to apply to Nicky Watson, Domestic Bursar (01865 274908) for use of the Senior Common Room Guest Room at any time during Term. There is one single Guest Room available. The charges for 1999/2000 are: Sunday to Thursday night inclusive (bed and cooked breakfast)

—£25 per night

Friday and Saturday night (room only)

—£22 per night

NB We regret that a Saturday and Sunday breakfast service is not available.

Vacation Time Accommodation

For one month during the Easter Vacation and for three months during the Summer Vacation the Rachel Trickett Building provides single or twinbedded rooms, en suite with shower, toilet and wash hand basin on a bed and continental breakfast basis. Costs are £35 for a single en suite room and £45 for a twin-bedded en suite room. This accommodation may be booked in advance through the Domestic Bursar or at short notice during the Easter and Summer Vacations directly with the Bed & Breakfast booking office on 01865 274907.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Brian H Goodfellow Domestic Administrator

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Development Office This last year we introduced an Annual Fund for financial support toward items other than the capital building programme or the endowment of fellowships. Following a careful enquiry into whether to telephone Senior Members, we looked at the results and then went ahead with a telephone programme. A team of undergraduates raised £100,000 in a period of two weeks, mostly from Senior Members who had not donated before to the College. The students were able to discuss what we wanted the money for— student hardship, for example, and room refurbishment—and were able to bring Senior Members up-to-date on College news and developments. We plan to build on this success this autumn with another telephone team.

Legacies play an important part in the funds raised each year, and so does support from abroad. In the past few months a close relative of a Senior Member long resident in the US visited the College to settle a sizeable bequest in favour of student hardship. Another generous pledge in the form of a legacy has also come from a US-based friend of a Senior Member.

The events programme continues to flourish. Besides year group reunions for Senior Members our aim is to cover everyone in a five year cycle—and subject reunions, this year we organised a reception at the Serpentine Gallery, Hyde Park, celebrating an exhibition by an Honorary Fellow, Bridget Riley CH. There was a supper party in Brussels for Senior Members resident in continental Europe and for those with a modern languages connection. We put on a panel discussion for undergraduates with the participation of Senior Members who have made careers for themselves in finance. And by the time this Chronicle is published, an event for Senior Members in the north of England will have taken place in Durham.

The Development Office depends heavily on all the hard work put in by Trish Carter, and this is an opportunity for me to express my gratitude to her.

I would also like to thank the students—those who are helping with our telephone work and our events, Raphael Mokades, the JCR President, and Ted Danson, the JCR Development representative, who have done so much to foster good relations between the Development Office and undergraduates.

If you would like to discuss ways of giving to St Hugh's, including tax benefits and legacy pledges, please get in touch with me at the Development Office, St Hugh's College, Oxford, OX2 6LE; tel: 01865 274958; fax: 01865 274912; e-mail: development office@st-hughs . oxford . ac .uk.

Dr Stephen Humble Development Director

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St Hugh's College Donors July 1998—June 1999 1922

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Miss Margaret Cary Field Miss Dorothy Morgan Miss Olive Chandler Mrs Edith Hoare (Temple) Miss Hannah Buchan Mrs Dorothy Knight (Sherwood) Mrs Vivienne Nurse (Hughes) Miss Sylvia Andrews 1934 Miss Eileen MacKinlay Miss Joan Pye 1935 Mrs Barbara Ennis (Tyler) 1938 Mrs Margaret John (Dowler) Miss Freda Lloyd Mrs Elsie Howarth (Eade) 1940 Mrs Marjorie Thresher (Davies) 1941 Miss Margaret Jacobs 1942 Miss Muriel Easter MBE 1943 Miss Jean McCall Miss Kathleen Stedmond Mrs Marjorie Lyle (Watt) 1944 Miss Anne Madge Dr Jean Normand FRCP Hon FRCPCH (Smellie) Mrs Daphne Painter (Tuck) Mrs Nancy Shrigley (Billitt) Mrs Jean Williams (Hackney) 1945 Mrs Kitty Michell (Dawson) Dr Pauline O'Neill (Ripley) Mrs Ruth Ovey (Eade) Mrs Audrey Blin-Stoyle (Balmford) 1946 Mrs Gay Weyndling (Sellers) 1947 Ms Christina Gibb (Godfrey) Mrs Sheila Nicholls (Fernyhough) Lady Thorne (Anne Piery) Mrs Mary Wolton (Seton) 1948 Mrs Margaret Arnold Thomas (Bird) 1949 Mrs Cecilia Barton (Green) Dr Maureen Owen (Howard) Mrs Anne Mead (Brewin) 1950

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Mrs Ursula Wright (Belman) Mrs Jean Beeden (Riach) Miss Janet Dawson Mrs Ann Green (Mitchell) Mrs Jane Hill (Prosser) Professor Anne Hudson FBA Mrs Lucia Paton (Parker) Mrs Wendy Sharpless (Barron) Mrs Joan Swindells (Dukes) Mrs Sandra Lello (Nash) 1958 Mrs Caroline Morcom (Stainer) Miss Felicity Murdin Ms Christine North (Renshaw) Mrs Jan Sanders (Child) Mrs Anne Spence (Kiggell) Mrs Gay Catto (Hunt) 1959 Professor Cora Diamond Mrs Pamela Dignum (Dormer) Mrs Margaret Jenkins (Edwards) Mrs Anita Money (Auden) Mrs Ruth Scott (Cook) Mrs Angela Sell (Crabtree) Mrs Ingrid Traves (Bedford) Dr Susan Wallington (Connell) Dr Karen Arms 1960 Mrs Mary Burnard (Morgan) Mrs Arlyn Caldwell-Nichols (Brierley) Mrs Jane Campbell (Hannah) Lady Hart (Margaret Powell) Dr Elizabeth Haslam (Newton) Mrs Sally Kettle (Thorne) Ms Liz Moon (Montague-Jones) Mrs Carol Morgan (Hayes) 1961 Mrs Elizabeth Boileau (Watts) Mrs Maureen Davies (Walker) Ms Janet Elson Mrs Penny Gammage (Hedley) Miss Elizabeth Hannay Ms Susan Jaine (Fisher) Mrs Anne Read (Cromwell) Mrs Jane Robinson (Piachaud) Dr Carol Sheldrick Professor Freda Stevenson FRCPath (Hartley) Mrs Hope Stewart (McIntyre) Dr June Boyce-Tillman (Boyce) 1962 1957

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Miss Elizabeth Dovey Ms Lynn Earnshaw Mrs Jane Forgacs (Hodgkins) Miss Rose Heatley Dr Diana Ingenhaag (Bullock) Mrs Caroline Jackson (Marriott) Mrs Janine Lee (Amato) Ms Susan Precious FCA Dr Barbara Rushton (Mounsey) 1973 Mrs Helena Bowen (Crabb) Mrs Anne Clements (Paine) Dr Rosalyn Davies Ms Fiona Hall (Cutts) Dr Helen Hall (Pocock) Mrs Mary Martin (Underhill) Mrs Cilla Massey (Awdry) Ms Rachel Trinder 1974 Mrs Kate Buss (Lloyd) Mrs Victoria Clemson (Luzny) Mrs Rosemary Clutton (Skett) Mrs Helen Daltry (Bayley) Mrs Vivienne Duncan (Salisbury) Mrs Valerie James (Watson) Ms Carole Lee Ms Phyllida Ritter Mrs Laura Todd Widing (Todd) Mrs Pamela Williams (Strong) Mrs Julie Wilson (Halfpenny) 1975 Dr Harriet Stewart Mrs Margaret Storey (Maffey) Dr Lalage Wakefield Mrs Elizabeth Wise (Lowther) 1976 Mrs Susan Adcock (Prince) Mrs Penelope Belcher (Lucas) Mrs Davina Freeland (Salisbury) Mrs Rosalind Morrill (Gibb) Mrs Caroline Phillips (Iceton) Mrs Lindsey Smith (Furze) 1977 Miss Francesca Barnes (Barnes) Miss Angela Fawcett Mrs Ann Fisher (Spilsbury) Dr Sara Gregson (Whibley) Mrs Renny Gye (Walker) Ms Christina Herman (Cobourn) Miss Rosamund Hughes

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Other friends and supporters Mr John Andrewes British Schools & Universities Foundation inc Sir Ernest Cassel Trust Mr Jonathan Chalton College Clothing Supplies Cummins Engine Foundation Miss Margaret Eames Mr Frederick Fisher Robert Gavron Charitable Trust Mr Ian Groden Dr Freda Newcombe Oxford High School Emeritus Professor Rebecca Posner Mrs Gretchen Wetzel

Legacies Miss Theo Cooper Ms Rosemary Syfret Dame Mary Cartwright DBE FRS 1919 1920 Dr Mary Chattaway Miss Mary Wait 1926 Mrs Beatrice Colman (Roberts) Miss Enid Baker 1929 Mrs Audrie Birkett (Disney-Roebuck) Miss Mary Halmshaw 1940 Ms Patricia Thomson 1962 Mrs Vivien Thomas (Cook)

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