ISSUE 22 MICHAELMAS 2005 Univ On the Road From the Master Thanks to the generosity of Old Members and friends, A Governor of the the College is able to offer travelling scholarships to Univ Bank of England undergraduates and postgraduates. We awarded 14 this once told me about summer to visit the US, Canada, Hong Kong and China, the perverse way in Turkey and (for overseas graduates) the UK. Emma and Neel with Ernie Hartz (1961) in San Fran which his fellow Students greatly appreciate the opportunity to travel and meet Old Members and the experience is of real central bankers value in widening the horizons of very able young people. Many Old Members also enjoy the chance to respond to meet current students and often host or entertain them during their visits. Every travelling scholar writes fluctuations in their a diary which is kept in the Library for the benefit of future students. national currency. An appreciation in Jack Fanning’s (2003) and Alex Cook’s (2003) Master’s scholarships enabled them to travel from the west to Lord Butler value, though often the east coast of the US and provided a great flavour of the country and its culture. Neel Mehta (2002) and of Brockwell bad for economic Emma Allum (2002) also travelled across the States exploring the diversity of American culture with the activity, exports and production, causes particular focus of researching the origins of different genres of music, investigating why each became central bankers to preen themselves. successful. Jenny Buckett (2003), meanwhile, travelled across Canada, thanks to the generosity of Canadian Conversely, those whose currencies Old Members, whilst Somak Ghoshal (2004) received a Brewster Scholarship to travel to Warwickshire and depreciate look hangdog and sheepish. Shakespeare’s England, an area which had significance for him as a student of Medieval and Early Modern English Literature. My response to Univ’s being fifth in the Norrington table this year is somewhat Anna Holmwood (2003) embarked upon an epic journey from Hong Kong around thousands of miles of the similar. No doubt the Fellow is right who Chinese mainland. She writes: “My interest in China has been developing over the past few years and my said that such results are meaningless History thesis focuses on a Swedish explorer who undertook ambitious trips throughout eastern China at the and only the product of random beginning of the last century. So I was delighted to be given the opportunity to become an explorer myself and to statistical fluctuations. Nevertheless, retrace some of his footsteps, and I am looking forward to entertaining our exchange students from Peking Law I feel a good deal better now that we are School in February.” back in the top quartile, and I face other Theo Papaioannou (2003) and Edwin Nissen (2004) were two of the first students to Heads of House more jauntily. be awarded Roger Short Memorial Fund Scholarships to travel in the Middle East for Meanwhile, the University has moved study purposes. Theo writes: “Thanks to the generosity shown by friends of Roger, I was into slightly calmer waters. The Office for fortunate enough to spend 6 weeks in Turkey over the summer, conducting research for Fair Access has approved the University’s my thesis in Archaeology. I visited Istanbul, Bodrum, Aphrodisias, Pergamon, Priene, application to charge tuition fees of Miletus, Ephesus, Sardis, Troy and Iznik. The funds allowed me to spend longer periods of £3,000 from October 2006, in return for time at each site, giving me a chance to get to know the area and its people more a programme to promote the widest closely.” Edwin adds: “For my Earth Sciences DPhil I am studying earthquakes and possible range of access, including a new Theo in Ephesus tectonics in Asia, and this Fund, together with another College travel grant, gave me the scheme of bursaries for students from opportunity actually to visit some of the faults in this field. I travelled to western Turkey, where earthquakes have disadvantaged backgrounds. The always been a deadly hazard, and seeing the faults in person helped me to interpret corresponding satellite University’s corporate plan, which images. Once the tectonics are understood, we will be better able to predict where future earthquakes may occur caused so much trouble in the summer and reduce the risk to human life.” when Congregation voted down the The College would especially like to thank Bill Bernhard (1956), Paul Chellgren (1966), Jimmy Coleman proposal for University/College annual (1963), the Canadian Friends, Richard Morgan, Carson Wen, friends and family of Roger Short (1963), and assessments of academic staff, has now the many Old Member hosts worldwide who have together made these scholarships possible. been passed without a vote in a slightly revised form. We Will Remember Them The proposals for reform of the 18 months ago the Newsletter reported that Head Porter, Dusty Miller, was writing a short history to University’s governance are still in the commemorate the 270 Univ men listed on the Chapel war memorials who lost their lives in the machine. There was a debate in various wars and conflicts of the last 107 years. Congregation at the beginning of November. This was a deliberative Dusty’s anthology, We Will Remember Them, will we hope be published in December 2006. General Bernard occasion providing an opportunity for Rogers (1947), the retired former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO forces in Europe, has kindly written comment which will be taken into the foreword. The stark reality and anguish of war, as well as the sacrifice of those members who account in refining the plans. My guess volunteered to defend freedom with their lives, are two themes which run through the book. This is seen is that the proposal for a bicameral clearly in extracts from a letter to his sister written by Bryan Todd-Naylor (1912), a 2nd Lt., at the battle of system, with a Council (including Delville Wood during the Somme offensive of 1916: “You see tomorrow we take part in an attack which, outsiders) looking after the financial humanly speaking has no chance of success. Of course we don’t let the men know and I believe Eric and I are management of the University and an fairly successful at going round smiling saying what a good show it is going to be.” He carries on to say, “I don’t Academic Board looking after the Mind [sic] taking my chances but this is murder and our General is a coward and a murderer & has never yet academic policy, will go through done a thing for us.” Todd-Naylor, one of eight oarsmen who rowed the College to the head of the river in provided it can be shown that the 1914, was killed at the battle. overriding powers of Congregation are Another Old Member featured in the book is Andre Melly (1919) who was awarded a Military Cross in not diminished. 1918. When he left Univ as a Doctor of Medicine he went to Ethiopia as a medical missionary. In 1936 he Meanwhile the new Pro-Vice-Chancellor raised 16 ambulances for the Abyssinian conflict. Whilst operating one of these, he was shot and killed. for External Relations and Development Andre was awarded the Albert Medal (now the George Cross) in Gold which his mother received at a has arrived and the new Registrar arrives private investiture held by Edward VIII shortly before his abdication. in the New Year. So change is going on Dusty would welcome contact from any Univ members who were relatives or friends of those Old Members and will continue. The dreaming spires who have died in conflict, either as members of the Armed Forces or as civilians, from the Second Boer War will be tossing and turning for some in 1898 to the present day. Individual photographs and pictures of OMs, units, ships or squadrons, citations time yet. or any other general information would be greatly appreciated. College News The Master’s Sunday evening guests this term the Prime Minister’s Adviser, Justin Forsyth, the included Sir Colin McColl, former Chief of MI6, former Kenyan Cabinet Minister John Githongo who attracted such a vast audience that the took issue with the notion of “saving Africa”, meeting had to move to another, more secret highlighting a more constructive approach to location; Libby Purves and Paul Heiney, who engaging countries on the continent. A useful spoke about commotions in the media; and note of scepticism about aid was injected by Mark Thompson, who spoke about the job of the former Africa Editor of The Economist, and the Director General of the BBC. now President of the Royal Africa Society, Richard Dowden. Finally, the head of the Sarah Haggarty has been appointed to a Janice government’s Commission for Africa (and Scott Junior Research Fellowship in English. currently a Research Associate of the GEG Sarah comes to Univ from St. Catharine’s Programme), Myles Wickstead, gave his view College, Cambridge, where her doctoral work from the perspective of the Commission. The has been on William Blake and gift panel was the first of this year’s Friday 2pm relationships. Her next research project will GEG seminars which are held at University look more broadly at representations and An invention by John Allen (Emeritus Professor College and run through Michaelmas and practices of giving in the ‘long eighteenth- of Engineering) and Dr Beatrice Annaratone Hilary Terms. It is a great pleasure to see so century’. has won recognition from the Institute of many Old Members at these events and to Dr Graham Taylor (Special Supernumerary Electrical Engineers (IEE) at their inaugural benefit from their contributions.