The endpapers are of the Old Court wall to Free School Lane. This is what the walls on the inner, court side would look like today had they not been rendered over early in the last century The Letter (formerly Letter of the Corpus Association) Michaelmas 2015 No. 94 Corpus Christi College Cambridge Corpus Christi College The Letter michaelmas 2015 Editors The Master Peter Carolin Paul Davies assisted by John Sargant Contact The Editors The Letter Corpus Christi College Cambridge cb2 1rh
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[email protected]) Typeset in Arno Pro and Cronos Pro Printed by Berforts Ltd (Berforts.co.uk) on 90gsm Amadeus Primo Silk (Forest Stewardship Council certified) The Letter on the web www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/old-members/alumni-news News and Contributions Members of the College are asked to send to the Editors any news of themselves, or of each other, to be included in The Letter, and to send prompt notification of any change in their permanent address. Cover illustration: The Wilkins’ Room – home of the Parker Library. Photo Elizabeth Abusleme. 2 michaelmas 2015 The Letter Corpus Christi College Contents The Society Page 5 Domus 9 Addresses and reflections A giant of a man: Oliver Rackham 13 The Chapel crypt: recent discoveries 21 Corpus conscripts: Michael McCrum’s 1959 National Service survey 27 On the due Obedience of servants to their masters: Mere’s sermon 33 Benefactions and academic values: Commemoration of Benefactors address 39 Ash Lichen. i.m. Oliver Rackham 43 Then and