The Residential Colleges of the University

The Residential Colleges of the University The establishment of residential colleges was envisaged from the foundation of the University and their affiliation was expressly provided for in the original Act of Incorporation. The Govern ment set aside sites for the purpose within the area generally reserved for the University. The first of the colleges, Trinity (an Anglican foundation of 1870), was opened in 1872. The first Warden of Trinity, Alexander Leeper, quickly built up a comprehensive system of col lege teaching. This was adopted by other colleges on their foundation, and remains a distinguishing feature of the Melbourne collegiate system. So too, do the large enrolment of non resident students and the provision of significant college libraries. The college tutorial system (in which International House also participates) is in general sup plementary to teaching offered by the University's faculties, and is organized in part on an inter collegiate basis. Formal links with the University on academic matters are maintained through a Joint Committee of the Academic Board and the Heads of Colleges, and under a Statute of the University (S.2.4.2.), "any teacher in any affiliated college" may be appointed to membership of a faculty. Heads of colleges sit in rotation as co-opted members of the University Council, and play a considerable part in the committee work of the University. The other three colleges for which sites had been originally reserved were established as follows: Ormond (Presbyterian foundation, 1870), opened 1881; Queen's (Methodist foundation, 1887), opened 1888; Newman (Roman Catholic foundation, 1916), opened 1918. A residential hostel for women students was opened by Trinity College in 1886, the first institu tion of its kind within Australia. Janet Clarke Hall, as it was in due course named, became an independent college in 1961. University College (private non-denominational foundation, 1936) was opened in 1937 on a site made available by the State Government. From 1937 to 1975 it was known as University Women's College. St Mary's College, originally a house of residence in Parkville for Catholic women students, obtained full college status in 1965 and moved to a new site made available by Newman College. St Hilda's College (Methodist-Presbyterian foundation, 1963) opened in 1964 on a site made available by Queen's College. Whitley College (Baptist foundation) was opened in 1965. Ridley College, founded in 1910 as a place for the training of Anglican ordinands, and as a hostel for University men, became an affiliated college in 1966. Graduate House, established by the Graduate Union of the University in 1962 as a postgraduate hall of residence, became an affiliated college in 1972. All Colleges of the University are now open to both men and women students. 849 Trinity College History Trinity College occupies that portion of the University Reserve which was granted by the Government of Victoria to the Church of England under the authority of Parliament. The first formal steps towards its establishment were taken in 1853, the College was founded in 1870, the first students were enrolled in 1872, and the College was affiliated with the University in 1876. The principal founder of the College was the Right Reverend Charles Perry, first Bishop of Melbourne, who named the College for Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he had been a Fellow. Although an Anglican foundation, the College has always freely admitted non-Anglicans to membership and applies no religious test. Parliament expressly confirmed this policy in the Trinity College Act 1927. The College was incorporated by Parliament through the Trinity College Act 1979. The oldest building of the College is Leeper, opened in 1872 and intended for "the Provost's Lodge"; it now contains the College offices, the Library and two flats, and its name com memorates the First Warden. Bishops', the first building designed for student use, was opened in 1878 and named for the first two Bishops of Melbourne, Perry and Moorhouse. Clarke, another residential building containing also a Junior Common Room and a Billiard Room, was built in two stages in 1883 and 1887, and named in gratitude to the two principal contributors to a suc cessful appeal, Sir William Clarke and his brother Mr. Joseph Clarke. A great benefaction from Mr. John Sutcliffe Horsfall led to the building of the Horsfall Chapel; it was consecrated in 1917 as the chapel of the Holy Trinity. The Dining Hall, originally a simple wooden building, was rebuilt in stone in 1925 and enlarged again in 1955. Behan was opened in 1933 and named for the Second Warden (it was extended in 1963-1964). A Deanery was also built in 1933 and later used as a Warden's Lodge. The First post-war building was a Memorial ("Jeopardy", as it is com monly called), opened as a war memorial in 1958. A new Warden's Lodge was built in 1960. The most recent student building, Cowan (named for the Third Warden), was built in two stages be tween 1963 and 1965. Trinity College now accommodates more than 250 resident students and about 20 College Officers and Tutors. Since 1877 it has also enrolled non-resident students, who attend classes in the College and enjoy other benefits of membership. In 1883, the College became the first in Australia to offer membership to women students. A women's Hostel was opened in 1886 and the first Janet Clarke Building for women in 1890. The Hostel, known after 1921 as Janet Clarke Hall, was extended in 1927, 1930 and 1956. In 1961 arrangements were completed for the affiliation of Janet Clarke Hall as an independent College of the University and it thereafter ceased to be part of Trinity College. Trinity College has ad mitted both men and women students to resident and non-resident membership since 1974. The remarkable tutorial system of the Melbourne Colleges was pioneered in Trinity College. The first Resident Tutor was appointed in 1876 (J. Winthrop Hackett) and the first endowment for a Lectureship was received in 1893. The College Library, begun in the earliest days of the College and now known as the Leeper Library, aims to provide a useful working collection for undergraduates in the principal fields of undergraduate study represented in the College. It also contains primary research collections in Theology and Australiana. The Mollison Library of the Diocese of Melbourne is separately housed in Leeper; this collection is mainly theological. The College has a Theological School, established in 1877 largely as a result of the efforts of the Right Reverend James Moorhouse, second Bishop of Melbourne. Although concerned to train candidates for the Anglican priesthood, its classes are open to any suitably qualified student. Since 1969 it has formed part of the ecumenical United Faculty of Theology. The Centenary volume. Perspective of a Century, gives full details of developments and may be purchased from the Librarian. 851 TRINITY COLLEGE The names of successive Principals and Wardens of Trinity College will be found elsewhere in this Calendar. The following information is correct at the time of going to press but interested persons should consult the College office for more recent information. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne WARDEN The Reverend E. L. Burge, BA Q'ld MA Oxf. & Princ. PhD Prim. DEAN AND CHAPLAIN The Reverend P. N. Wellock, BA BEd STh N.Z. PhD Murdoch DIRECTOR OF THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL The Reverend R. W. A. McKinney, BA BD DPhil Oxf. SUB-DEAN T. J. Egan, BA FELLOWS Sir (Edward) John Bunting, KBE BA Emeritus Professor Sir Joseph Terence Burke, KBE MA Hon. DLitt Monash FAHA Sir Roderick Howard Carnegie, BSc MA Oxf MBA Harv. Charles Manning Hope Clarke, ACMA HonDLitt FAHA FASSA. Sir Rupert William John Clarke, Bt MBE MA Oxf Robert Winston Humphrey Cripps Alan Morton Cuthbertson, MB MS FRCS FRACS FACS (John Holmes Shaw Fellow) Professor Peter John Dennison BMus Syd. MA Oxf. & Camb. DPhil Oxf PhD Camb. FRCO. The Right Reverend James Alexander Grant, BA ThL BD James Stuart Guest, AM OBE VRD BSc MB BS FRCS Eng. FRACS The Hon. Sir Rupert James Hamer, ED LLM John Hueston, BA MD MS FRCS FRACS Peter Griffith Jones, MB BS MS FRCS FAAP Professor John Riddoch Poynter, Chevalier des Palmes Acad6miques MA Oxf BA PhD FAHA FASSA Robin Lorimer Sharwood, LLM Calif SJD Harv. BA LLB Professor Alan George Lewers Shaw, MA Oxf BA FAHA FASSA The Hon. Sir Reginald Richard Sholl, MA BCL Oxf MA The Right Reverend Sir Frank Woods, KBE DD Lambeth MA Camb. Hon. LLD Monash DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Professor P.J. Dennison, BMus Syd. MA Oxf & Camb. DPhil Oxf PhD Camb. FRCO. HONORARY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES A.J. Buzzard, MB BS FRCS Eng. FRACS COLLEGE TUTORS AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE Agriculture: N. Warwick, BHortSc Massey DipSc Massey Biochemistry: C. Troiani, BSc Monash Biology: M. Deacon, BSc LaT. Chemistry: C. McKenzie, BSc Geology: N. Warwick, BHortSc Massey DipSc Massey ARTS Chinese: X. Wang, BSc Beijing Classical Studies: M. Thawley, BA ANU Criminology: G. Rogers, BA LaT. DipCrim English: W. Tonetto, BA Fine Arts: A. Trumble, BA; T. Lindsey French: D. Kemp, MA Dip Ed LaT. German: M. Thawley, BA ANU Greek: M. Thawley, BA ANU History: S. McFarlane Indonesian: T. Lindsey Italian: A. Mackie, MA Auck. DipLit & Lang Perugia 852 TRINITY COLLEGE Japanese: M. Nakahara, BA RMIT Linguistics: P. Kipka, BSc BA Philosophy: N. Yeo, BA Politics: M. Wooldridge, BSc MB BS Psychology: M. Wooldridge, BSc MB BS COMMERCE Accounting: S. Phillipson Commercial Law: B. Fitzgerald, LLB Economics: M. Hayward, BCom ENGINEERING Chemistry: C. McKenzie BSc Introduction: P. Knights; N. Holder Mathematics: D. Baird, PhD Physics: S. Koutsoliotas, BSc LAW Company Law: R.

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