CONTENTS

The Society's President-Elect 1996-97 1 Editorial 1 The Development Campaign; Second List of Donors 3 As it was: undergraduate life 1929-32. E C Cullingford 5 Gifts & Bequests 7 Honours & Awards 8 A Lawyers' Celebration; The College Chapel 10 The American & Canadian Friends; Tom Henn Memorial Lecture 11 The New Law Faculty 12 The Botanical Gardens 13 The Middle Combination and Junior Common Rooms 14 The College Staff; Retirement of the Manciple 15 A Tree of Friendship 16 Publications: Reviews and Notes 17 'Gus' Caesar: a Memorial Address. Dr David Keeble 24 Engagements, Marriages and Births 28 Deaths 29 Donald Davie: a Valediction. Michael Schmidt 32 Obituaries 34 Officers of the Society 37 Annual General Meetings 38 Society Seminar; University Alumni Weekend 39 Invitation to the Society Dinner, Saturday 28th September 1996 40 Accounts 41 Branch News 42 Appointments & Notes 44 Governing Body 1996/97 51 Awards & Prizes 55 University Appointments & Awards (Cambridge) 58 Matriculations 1995-96 59 Blues 62 Clubs 62 The May Week Concert 69 Societies 70 The Chapel Choir 72 Return to Sarajevo. A H N Roberts 74 The Konigswinter and Molecular Quantum Mechanics Conferences 75 The Commemoration Sermon. Professor R P Gordon 76 The Society and Governing Body's Dinners 78 Change of Address; St Catharine's Gild 79

Cover: The newly designed garden beds in Main Court looking towards Hobsons. The other three sides of the court are now decorated by twenty four Versailles tubs which provide colour above the cobbles. Photo: Fletcher Morgan

The year against a member's name in the text of the magazine is their year of matriculation or fellowship. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 1 The Society's President-Elect 1996-97 Sir Derek Day, KCMG

Derek Day came up to St Catharine's in 1948 after two years service in the Royal Artillery. He had been at school at Hurstpierpoint College where two of his masters were Cat's men - Ken Mason (1926) and George Lambert (1934). Derek read History under Teddy Rich and played an active part in the sporting life of the College as goalkeeper of a Cuppers winning Hockey XI and as wicket keeper in the Cricket XI. He even played Table Tennis for the College! He played in all three University Hockey matches from 1949 to 1951 and went on to keep goal for England and for the Bronze Medal Great Britain team in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki. He now confines his sporting activities to golf. He joined the Foreign Office direct from Cambridge in 1951 and served in Israel. Italy, the United States. Cyprus and Ethiopia. Other appointments included two years as Private Secretary to successive Foreign Secretaries. George Brown and Michael Stewart, and as British Government Representative in Rhodesia in the months immediately before the indepen- dence of Zimbabwe. His last appointment before his retirement in 1987 was as British High Commissioner to Canada. He still maintains many connections in Canada and it is a happy coincidence that, during Derek's term as President, the Canadian High Commissioner to the UK will be a Cat's man. i Since retirement. Derek has been involved in a variety of activities - a Commissioner of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission 1987-93. Chairman of the Governors of his old School, and a Governor of Bethany School near his home in Kent. For six years he was a Vice-Chairman of the British Red Cross Society and is currently Chairman of Crystal Palace Sports and Leisure, the operating Company of the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace. Derek married in 1955. He and his wife. Sheila, have three sons and a daughter, and three grand- children. Editorial

In 1995. suggestions were made within My attention was caught this year by a College that the format of the Society Magazine personal letter to the Master from E C Culling- was due for updating. This has been considered ford (1929). reproduced with his permission on by the Committee of the Society, and a few pp.5-6. Writing about his undergraduate days, changes have been made this year. Do particu- he says, "... it really does seem as if those days larly note that the cut-out reply to the invitation belonged to another age." For him. a £100 schol- to dine in College on 28th September is now in arship from the Grocer's Company, together the middle page. p.40. On that evening our with '"considerable sacrifice" by the family made guests will be Mr Rodney Barton, the Manciple, Cath's possible. This was true of a great many of and his wife. Mr Barton has retired after 42 years ECC's generation, and may account in part for of dedicated and quiet administration in College. the fact that St Catharine's Society has in-built (See p. 15) characteristics of loyalty and gratitude. 2 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Today, the Governing Body has to spend to construct an international standard, astroturf much time discussing how best to provide and hockey pitch, of which we are proud, and which plan for the twenty-first century. The news from we hope will encourage entry applications from the Master in his report that the Development budding hockey internationals! (See pp.61 and Campaign in 1995 reached its target for that year 68). brings encouragement to those who have to A photograph of the Master, looking unusu- make decisions with so much shifting sand ally sombre, taken in the grounds of Papworth ahead. The very success of the College at this Hospital was printed in the Cambridge Evening time is the harbinger of this necessity. News on 22nd September 1995, recording his We have not previously printed the names retirement as a cardiac surgeon. In his capacity and educational background of those arriving as as President of the British Medical Association undergraduates or graduates at College. Doing for 1995/96 or as a surgeon, he has visited in the so this year may help to bid them welcome. In course of this year Canada, South Africa, Maur- the 1995/96 admission of postgraduates it may itius. India, Pakistan. Ethiopia and Hungary. One be noted that roughly one in four come to Cath's of his most notable predecessors as Master also from a university outside the United Kingdom. apparently had to travel during his term of office Similarly, amongst our new appointments, - see p. 19. We further note his Hon DSc from pp.52-53. you will see we have a new Hon Hull University and the honour accorded to him Fellow. Fellow, and Research Fellow who took in his appointment as Deputy Lieutenant of the their first degrees in Malaya. Athens and County - see p.8. Budapest respectively, and we welcome their Having begun this Editorial with reflections contribution in the Senior Common Room. You on College life as it was in the 1920s, let me end will notice on pp.16 an important symbol of by bringing you up-to-date with two modern international concord in the planting of a 'Tree developments. First, to contemporary statistical of Friendship". We hope to continue already tables: at the time of writing, the College has established relationships between the College collected 53 First Class marks in the 1996 Tripos and schools and in other parts of the world. For Examinations. This is down a little on 1995. example, this year Paula Adderley is the fifth when our 68 (or 65 or 62 depending on exactly Bahamian to graduate from Cath's, and we read what is counted) Firsts elevated St Catharine's to that one of her predecessors, the Right Rev'd an astonishing second place, within the Uni- Michael Eldon (1949) has retired as their versity, in the Tompkins Table of 'academic Diocesan Bishop. If our members diminish in performance". Final year results alone are used the seats of Divinity, (see pp.45 and 46). we are by Tompkins. and in 1995 27% of our finalists well represented in the Law. Never before have achieved Firsts. This year it is 22%. not as good, we had four of our number named Queen's but nevertheless more than respectable. Second- Counsel in one Honours List (see pp.8-10). ly. I am informed that all student rooms in Music in College has been exceptional, as College are, in the next few months, to be wired you will discover on pp.71 and 73. The 1995/96 by cable to enable students to connect their repertoire in both Chapel and Chamber was computers to College and University facilities: extensive. In July, a delightful dinner was held "Through national and international links, this in Hall to celebrate the 80th year of Yehudi will allow access to network resources world- Menuhin (Hon Fellow 1970). preceded by a wide at speed..." (see p. 11). Such, apparently are concert given in his honour in Chapel. Lord the necessities of being in the forefront of Menuhin was seen to be listening with intense modern scholarship, although we may take heed concentration and apparent pleasure to some of 'Q' as he concluded his lecture on The Com- seven of our young musicians who gave merce of Thought, delivered to the Royal Society outstanding performances. just a decade before ECC came up to Cath's: Readers who turn first, with a keen nostal- "Nevertheless, I tell you. who have listened so kindly to gia, to the Sports Club reports must be aware of me for an hour, that in the commerce and transmission the great enthusiasm they reflect. On the sports of thought, the true carrier is neither the linotype held, it was not a vintage year. Almost all machine, nor the telegraph at the nearest post office, nor the telephone at your elbow, nor any such invented College teams did well but, with a few excep- convenience: but even such a wind as carries the seed: tions, we fell short, sometimes tantalisingly ... the old. subtle, winding, caressing, omnipresent wind short, of final league and/or cup victories. At of man s aspiration. For the secret — which is also the University level things were similar - we had reward - of all learning lies in the passion for the somewhat fewer Blues than usual, and they were search."* usually on the losing side. There is a wider spec- JOHN MULLETT trum of sporting activities than many of us might have dreamed of fifty years ago. and the gener- * 'Q': Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, in Studies in Literature. ous benefaction of Peter Boizot has enabled us CUP 1918 p.23 (the italics are added). St Catharine's College Society Magazine 3 St Catharine's Development Campaign A progress report by the Master

In the twelve months since the last Society Our overseas Campaign co-ordinators have Magazine, with its progress report on the also been busy and you will have read reports in Development Campaign, you will. 1 hope, have the Newsletter about some of their activities. received the Spring 1996 Campaign Newsletter More recently Sani El Darwish (1952) in Geneva bringing you up to date as far as January. Shortly organised and hosted an extremely successful thereafter the total in donations and pledges reception for Old Members resident in Switzer- passed £ 1,000,000 and we have also been very land and you will be able to read a short piece fortunate to receive gifts in kind - stock, silver about this elsewhere in the magazine. At the time and premium bonds - all of which are warmly of going to print Paul Everard (1959) is arrang- welcomed. Overall this is a satisfying result for ing a get-together of Old Members in the Hague: which the College is exceedingly grateful to Tom Travers (1978) is kindly organising a dinner each and every Old Member who has made a to coincide with my visit to Hong Kong in contribution. The names of all Old Members September, and Nikki Mollat (1985) is planning who have made a donation to the Campaign, an event in Paris during the Michaelmas Term. together with those of the Woodlark Society, are Although these gatherings are intended primar- listed in The Book of Benefaction which is on ily as social occasions, the opportunity is also display in a cabinet in the entrance to the Hall. taken of making a short presentation on what life Meanwhile the names of those who have is like in the College today. This is usually given contributed since the publication of the last by a Visiting Fellow and is accompanied by a Society Magazine appear in this edition. It has video of the College and information on any been particularly pleasing to see the growing recent academic, sporting, or cultural successes, number of donations - large and small - which and why we have felt the need to embark on the are valuable and welcome not only in themselves Development Campaign. but which emphasize the support which the Other Campaign initiatives are also meeting Campaign enjoys amongst College alumni, with success. The launch in the UK of the which is an important factor when approaching MBNA College 'Affinity' card has been received Trusts and Foundations for financial support. with interest by a good number of Old Members In the Michaelmas Term we were delighted and the College receives a royalty for each to welcome for the first time members of the account opened and on all retail purchases made Woodlark Society, formed recently for those using the card. Having met with one or two unex- who have remembered St. Catharine's in their pected difficulties which regrettably delayed its Will, to the 1995 Commemoration Day Chapel publication, the first edition of the Directory of Service followed by Dinner with the Fellows Old Members has now been published and repre- and second-year undergraduates. It was an ex- sents an attempt to record and disseminate tremely enjoyable evening and with the matric- biographical information on Members of the ulation years of the Woodlark Society members College. I hope that those of you who have attending ranging from 1927 to 1990 it was also purchased a copy will find it interesting as well an informative and entertaining one. Lent Term as useful. saw the first of the subject-group dinners, with It has been a busy twelve months for those [he St. Catharine's lawyers gathering to honour involved in the Campaign and here I would like Professor John Baker and mark the 25th anniver- to thank particularly Roy Chapman for his sary of his Fellowship. It was a most convivial Chairmanship of the Development Campaign evening and we hope to arrange other "subject" Group and Kate Brown for running the Develop- dinners in the near future. ment Office so efficiently. Much has been Alongside these events continues the equally achieved but much remains to be done and I important work of the UK year group corre- therefore urge all of you who have not yet spondents and overseas coordinators. The supported the Campaign to do so soon and help response this year to letters written by the year to ensure the financial future of St Catharine's. group correspondents to their contemporaries has been gratifying and reflects the time and care (See Second List of Donors). they devote to this task. 4 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Second list of Donors

See St Catharine's Development Campaign, p. 68 (1995), p.3 (1996)

Akinsete, Professor Vincent A (1957) Dritschel, Dr David G (1992) Laws, Peter M( 1937) Allen, Matthew C (1974) Duckworth, Reverend Brian (1952) Levett, Michael AC (1946) Andrews, Richard E (1957) Dutson, Colin S (1960) Levy, Dr Ralph (1950) The Arthur Andersen Foundation Lewis, Dr Christopher N (1976) Auster, Professor Henry (1960) Eames, Ian (1994) Ling, Richard LJ (1965) El Darwish, A Sani M (1952) Lloyd, James R (1938) Bagnall, Peter H (1951) Eldred, Dr Vernon W, MBE (1943) Longley, Dr James B (1946) Baker, Professor John H (1971) Ellis, Dr Robert H (1939) Lovett, Colin F (1932) Baker, John AC (1940) Engel, Anthony J (1961) Lund, Howard M (1921) Balchin, Prof William G V (1934) The Evelyn Hodgson Trust/The Bartram, George C (1949) Sudborough Foundation MacLaren, Reverend Grant (1934) Basing, John WH (1950) Evans, David W (1959) Maddock, Dr Alfie G (1948) Battams, Mrs Sarah (1982) Evans, I James, CBE (1953) Madge, John KL (1944) Baugh,Dr Daniel A (1957) Evans, Reverend John M (1962) Marriott, Kenneth K (1948) Baumann, Paul D (1981) Eyles, Philip (1960) McLaren, The Hon Roy, PC (1955) Baumann, Mrs Diana R G (1979) Firth, Dr John A F (1963) McMillan, Mrs Bozena (1981) Bayldon, Mrs Margaret - wife of Floyd, Cyril F (1930) Meaton, Dr Michael L (1977) Bayldon, Roger W (1935) Message, Dr Michael A (1953) Foley, Andrew C (1977) Metcalfe,JohnI(1950) Bayly, Professor Chris A (1970) Fuller, Hubert D (1945) Behrendt, Robert M (1990) Michaux, Paul (1961) Belkin, Professor Michael (1961) Gaine, Mrs Katharine J (1987) Miller, Harvey I (1943) Benfleld, Maurice D (1931) Gaunt, Dr Simon B (1988) Millgate, Professor Michael H (1949) Bentley, Malcolm L (1945) George, Michael R (1982) Milwright, Roger D (1971) Berwick, Dr Ian G D (1949) Goldsmith, John H (1951) Mischler, Norman M (1939) Boizot, Peter, MBE (1950) Grierson Rickford, Alastair N (1967) Mohamed, Miss Sikin A (1988) Bonsall, John A (1962) Grove, John S (1958) Moore-Gillon, Dr John C (1970) Boustead, William R J (1939) Groves, Christopher W (1954) Morgan, David W (1963) Bowler, Percy N (1958) Gruchy, Charles E (1970) Morrell, Eric (1961) Branwell, Reverend E Bruce (1939) Guest, Andrew J (1962) Morris, Dr Timothy R (1979) Bridgwater, Professor John (1956) Gullifer, Nigel R (1977) Moss, William D (1947) British Petroleum Ltd Gunningham, Michael R F (1946) Murfltt, Peter G (1970) Brough, Anthony T, CBE (1951) Murphy, John R (1948) Hackett, Dr Colin (1962) Brown, Dr Steven L (1974) Napper, Christopher M (1961) Brown, Christopher G T (1967) Haine, David (1958) Browne, Roger E (1945) Hainan, Dr Keith E (1938) Nicholson, Dr Roger G (1959) Bruch, Eva J (1986) Harman, Robert L (1966) Nickerson, Basil (1951) Brunt, Roger M (1974) Harris, Dr Robert (1962) Norman, Geoffrey R (1963) Buchan, William M (1928) Hartley, Nicholas J (1962) Norton, Charles R (1976) Bullock, GarethR (1973) Hazelton, Reverend John (1953) Osenton, William G (1960) Henderson, Alistair L (1949) Bunn, Arthur G( 1930) Overin, Roger A (1968) Burgner, Thomas U (1950) Hendry, Iain W M QC (1948) Hewat, Angus D (1950) Page, Michael J( 1949) Cantrell, John D (1964) Hickson, Cyril P (1977) Parker, Professor Edward A (1961) Cantrill, Roderick G (1985) Higham, Prof Charles F W (1959) Parker, Paul WG (1975) Cham, Dr Tao Soon (1965) Hitchcock, Roger B (1966) Paxman, Jeremy (1969) Chapman, Roy J (1955) Hodgkins, William R (1955) Payne, D'ArcyTN (1961) Chapman, Peter A R (1989) Homer, Marc T (1975) Peace, David W( 1966) Clegg, Christopher (1965) Hoskins, Reverend William A (1936) Pearson, Dr Richard F (1940) Collier, Robert B (1959) Howard, Dr Alfred J (1950) Percival, Sir Ian QC (1939) Comeau, Paul G (1976) Howard, Commander David A (1950) Perrens, Reverend Everard G (1934) Cowper, Mrs Heather M (1981) Hughes, Thomas C (1971) Peto, Morton F (1940) Craven, Frank M (1951) Hughes, Raymond H (1936) Phillips, Tom A (1937) Cripps, R James N (1974) Hughes, David 0(1978) Pialopoulos, Anestis (1952) Crosland, John D (1957) Hulme, Peter R (1943) Pickering, Dr John G (1961) Crowther, Albert F (1936) Hustwit, Peter S (1956) Pickering, Samuel (1963) Cruttenden, David L (1967) Hutchinson, Professor Eric (1938) Pitcher, Guy D (1983) Cubey, RBevis(1956) Johnson, Colin (1953) Pitcher, Dr Maxton C L (1982) Cullingford, Eric C M (1929) Pont, Ronald H( 1949) Jones, Professor Gareth H (1951) Porteous, 'Andrew R (1955) Cummins, Dr Christopher L (1979) Jones, Graham B (1952) Curry, Reverend David J (1942) Judge, Peter J (1949) Potter, Timothy (1983) Curtis, Lt Col Arthur D E (1937) Potter, Dr Denis K (1961) Just Television Ltd Pound, Rev'd Canon Keith S (1951) Danby, Charles R D (1937) Keatley, R Bryan (1951) Pribram, Professor Henry F (1946) Davies, David R( 1961) Kempster, Harold H (1931) Pryer, Peter (1950) Day, Sir Derek, KCMG (1948) Kerslake, Roy C( 1961) Pyle, Professor David L (1961) Denison, Nigel B (1979) Knight, Reverend Benjamin E (1931) Pyne, Christopher C (1959) Denmac Realty Ltd Knocker, William M (1972) Dennison, Eric B (1951) Kunkler, Dr Peter B (1939) Raithby, Mrs Katherine M (1983) Dixon, J Howard (1964) Kuruppu, Dr Upali S (1960) Ramsay, Dr Donald A (1940) Dossetor, Dr Jonathan F B (1962) Redpath, William M (1961) Douglas, Ms Janet E (1979) Lambert, Reverend John C A (1945) Rich, Frank E (1951) Dowsett, Robert J (1972) Lancellotti, Professor Ezio (1961) Riley, Albert CH (1951) 5/ Catharine's College Society Magazine 5

Rippengal Derek, CB QC (1949) Statham. David J (1950) Watney. Christopher J P (1933) Roberts, Brian H(1950) Stead. Walter R (1957) Watts, Ms Rebecca H (1980) Robertson, Bernard I (1962) Stephenson. Rev Canon Robert (1929) Watts, Group Captain ROY F (1933) Robertson. Brain (1972) Stevens. Fredrick E( 1931) Watts, Michael JC(1966) Roff. Professor John C (1961) Strachan. Jeremv A W (1963) Weller. Marc A J(1990) Rose. Christopher J (1962) Style. Captain Charles R (1972) Wetherell, Dr Owen C (1955) Russell. Thomas SJ (1975) Sutherland. Peter B DM947) Whitham, Dr Kenneth (1945) Ryan. Christopher P (1974) Swain, Harry S (1969) Whitworth. Simon W B (1970) Sargeant. Frank CD (1936) Wignall. Edward H (1949) Taylor, Charles W G (1927) Wildenthal, Dr C Kern (1968) Savage. Michael J K (1955) Temple-Morris, Peter (1958) Wilkinson, Dr Paul R (1938) Savifie, Michael V( 1939) Thompson. Dr John A Willett. Patrick J (1946) Scholes. David H( 1944) Thompson. Richard H (1956) Scott. John ND (1954) Williams. Owen T (1934) Thrussell. John S (1976) Wilson. Dr Christopher R M (1954) Scott. Dr Peter M( 1956) Toeman, Edward A (1946) Wilson, Mrs Ephanie J - mother of Searle. Reverend Hush D (1956) Travers. Thomas J D (1978) Wilson. Robert J (1975) Sharp. Dr Geoffrey M (1976) Vickerman. Colin (1944) Wilson, Martin A (1960) Sheppard, Professor Norman (1940) Wolton. Peter H( 1975) Sixsmith. Edmund C D (1965) Wainwrieht. Dr Stanley D (1944) Worth. Reverend Douglas A V (1929) Skinner, Dr Donal K(1993) Waldon. Bernard S (1945) Wright. James R G (1961) Smith, Martin R(1973) Walford. Harvie D(1949) Smith. John V(I948) Walker. Donald S (1936) Yeo. Ralph W (1924) Smith. Henrv S A (1930) Walters. John P (1955) Yong d'Herve. Mrs Daphne (1983) Smith, Reverend Cecil H (1958) Walters. Ms Jayne S (1980) Sorensen. Phillip A (1965) Walters. Gary A (1980) Zetti. Cesare A P(1986) Spence, Mrs Jenny F (1983) Walters. Russell I (1983) Stanley. Robert W (1944) Wan Ullok. Datuk Stephen T (1961) 1 Anonymous Donation

As it was: undergraduate life 1929-1932 From the Master's Letterbox

16th March 1996 College while sitting for the Exhibition exami- nation I found I had been allocated digs in the Dear Sir Terence town when I went up to St Catharine's in October I much appreciated the note you added to the 1929. Usually one could not expect to be found formal acknowledgement of my rather paltry gift rooms in College until one's third year. My to the Development Campaign. At the age of 86 history tutor had just been appointed (he later it is an interesting exercise to think back to one:s became Professor Rich*), coming. I believe, University life in the years 1929-1932. For what straight from a tutoring job at Dartmouth Naval they are worth, here are some recollections. College - which perhaps explains why he later As I search my memory it really does seem chose as his field of research, maritime history as if those days belonged to another age. if not and exploration, with which I think he is now to another country or planet. To many of my associated. generation society now seems dominated, to an Meals had to be taken five days a week in extent formerly unprecedented, by greed and a Hall. Rowing men. in particular, were notorious ruthless determination to have more and more of for drinking a great deal of beer, though most everything. Be that as it may, I like to have in undergraduates drank little and some kept to mind the memorable passage in Pride and water. To the present generation it must seem Prejudice in which Elizabeth Bennet conjures unbelievable, but in my circle we had nothing at Darcy to 'think only of the past as its remem- all to do with women! The prevailing middle- brance gives you pleasure.' class attitude was that one should try to keep One advantage of having been at the City of clear of the other sex until a sufficiently secure London School was that it had the big City job had been obtained to permit marriage to be Companies behind it. So, on the strength of a contemplated. In general the women students at College Exhibition and my Higher Certificate Girton and Newnham seemed to lead a life apart. markings I received a Grocer's Scholarship of Though they were of course permitted to attend £ 100 a year. This, together with a grant from the lectures, they used to sit bunched together well school, enabled my parents, at considerable away from the rest of us and were never seen sacrifice, to find the £300+ necessary at the end within College precincts. As regards lectures, of the twenties to support a Cambridge under- those were the days when three professors. G M graduate, living very economically, for a year. Trevelyan. Harold Temperley and G G Coulton Although I had been accommodated in had already become household names, and their 6 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

lectures were accordingly very well attended. not the faintest possibility of pulling up in time, G G Coulton+ had the unfortunate habit of and it looked as if a collision with the cattle was wiping his face with a corner of his gown, and inevitable. My friend, however, showed himself one day someone contrived unseen to get some equal to the emergency. Putting the car into a ink on it with the result that, by the end of the series of controlled skids he kept us spinning lecture, his face was covered with ink blots. I am round and round like top until we came to a glad to say that I do not recall any other japes of standstill. this kind being perpetrated on a lecturer. Like many others my friend went through life We for our part spent a reasonable amount of light-heartedly. One night he got back to College time on our studies and perhaps a rather greater very late and had to pay the fine of 1d imposed amount of time on sport (in my case, hockey). on those not back by 10 pm. (After 1 1 pm the line Then there were our hobbies. Railway enthusi- was 6d and anyone arriving after midnight not asts for example liked to proclaim their prefer- familiar with the customary unorthodox methods ence for travelling to Cambridge from King's of making an undetected entry was in for very Cross rather than from Liverpool Street because serious trouble, perhaps even being sent down.) of the way keen drivers got the best out of the 4- His explanations were as follows. Ib'n Imshi had 4-2'Atlantic' locomotives that usually headed broken down in Royston and. as he hadn't got a the so-called 'Beer Trains'. penny on him, he had had to apply at the police The country all around Cambridge though station for the rail fare to Cambridge. The police hardly beautiful, was at least unspoiled. When we naturally asked for proof of identity. Fortunately cycled out into the country plenty of farm he had his latest summons on him and its produc- cottages could be found offering a very good tea tion was all that was required for the necessary of bread, butter and jam for tenpence or a shilling. sum to be advanced. Inevitably he went down Life was tranquil and uneventful. However, without a degree but soon secured the post of towards the end of three fairly happy years a faint manager of a Marks and Spencer store - this at a rumour began to go around the university that in time when some 50% of university graduates had Germany a certain Herr Hitler might one day little hope of employment. make himself a nuisance. During those peaceful Perhaps I should mention one memorable years a few incidents stand out particularly experience while playing hockey for the clearly in my memory - each oddly enough College. I had had the good luck before the concerned with transport of one kind or another. match of being invited by its owner to drive a car One day a third-year man drew up outside to the sports field in what was even in those days the college in a very ancient Rolls-Royce. He a particularly ancient two-seater-a 1921 model. announced that he had bought it for four or five The game had been under way for some time, pounds. But it disappeared after a few days, and when by common accord, everyone suddenly he explained that he had been obliged to sell stopped play. Our gaze was riveted on the truly- it on account of its having excessive petrol sensational sight of the ill-fated air-ship R101 consumption. passing majestically overhead on a trial flight Reading history with me was a rather dash- from Cardington. I have never seen anything ing and anything but academic undergraduate quite so dramatic and memorable as the slow with whom I became very friendly. He was the silent passage of this huge silken hull with the owner of a hotted-up Morris Cowley sports two- sunlight playing along its sides. seater he had christened Ib'n Imshi (Arabic, I was As I look back, the statement comes back to told, for 'son of the devil'.). It was for those days my mind that England began during the 19th an unusually fast vehicle, capable of rather more century gliding 'from an aristocratic to a middle than 50 mph, a speed for which its brakes (on the class ethic". The atmosphere and moral stan- back wheels only) were by no means adequate. dards of those days might be regarded as well Standards of driving were not as high, as many conveyed by Galsworthy's novels 'The Forsyte motorists had been brought up used to horse and Saga' and 'The Modern Comedy' together with trap and found it difficult to cope with heavy Priestley's "Good Companions' which happened steering, and, in attempting to master a harsh to come out in June 1929, and during my first clutch and tricky crash-box gear change, many- term was voraciously read by almost everyone. had the bad habit of driving in the middle of the These are very rambling jottings but I hope road. With cars so difficult to handle, my friend's they may be of interest. driving skills stood out prominently. Sometimes, however, they gave rise to precarious moments Yours sincerely and at times attracted the attention of the police. I remember on one occasion when driving E C CULLINGFORD along Queens' Road - as usual in a hurry - when * Master of the College 1957 a herd of cattle began slowly emerging from the + a former undergraduate of College (1877) and Hon Fellow Fen Causeway. The road was very wet. there was 1922 St Catharine's College Society Magazine 7

GIFTS AND BEQUESTS

The Master and Fellows express great Maurice Benavitch (1930) Bequest of appreciation for the following donations his library of books on Shanghai. which exclude those very generously Following the recent death of Maurice Bena- vitch, reported on p.29. the College received his donated as a result of the College collection of books and periodicals published Development Campaign. during the 1920s and 1930s relating to Chinese art, porcelain and culture generally. Of particu- lar interest are the items which deal with A hexagonal silver tazza was presented by Shanghai itself, and foreigners in China. Some Professor Baker to commemorate the twenty- are unique and offer rich potential for historians fifth anniversary of his admission as a Fellow. of China and of its expatriate communities. Because of the importance of the collection, its The Estate of A A L Caesar (1933) - £2.000. specialised nature, and the need to ensure its ready access to scholars, the material will be The Estate of I G Campbell (1950) - £230.000. deposited in the Library of the Faculty of Oriental Studies. We are much indebted to Mrs The Estate of T Cook (1938) - £2.750 for profes- Natalie Benavitch (his widow) and the family for sional coaching in Association Football. making this collection available to scholars in Cambridge. A silver dish, made by Mrs Craven, was pre- JRS sented by F M Craven (1951) and A M Craven (1977).

The Estate of R J Fisher (1933) - £17.800. Michael and Morven Heller Research Fellowship in Object Mrs W M Haworth - in memory of her son Oriented Computing Jeremy Ian Haworth (1955) - £ 10.000. Michael Heller (1955) and his wife Morven have endowed a Senior Research Fellowship, The Estate of Mrs W M Haworth - £290,000. initially for three years. Michael and Morven had become particularly enthused by recent Dr A G Maddock (1948) - £10.000 towards the advances in computer technology and so decided Exact Sciences Fund. to link their donation specifically to object- oriented computing. This is a methodology for developing computer systems which works by The Estate of Mrs A A M O'Dell in memory of breaking down the system into a series of plug- her late husband I J O'Dell (1932) - £11.625. together sub-components (objects), each of which has a clearly defined interface. Mrs M Palmer in memory of her late husband The Heller Research Fellowship was adver- Gordon Palmer (1960): tised internationally via the Internet as well as by more traditional methods, and John Bates was - £500 to set up the Gordon Palmer Memorial elected from a small but very high quality field Fund for an award in Classics: of candidates. RS - a Regency library chair, two busts, library books and a collection of classical CDs to establish a College CD library. A University Benefaction The Estate of J R Shelford (1930) - £3.000. A benefaction has been made to the Uni- versity of £50.000 from the Eric Evans Trust to establish a Fund for the encouragement of sport A bronze bust of Mahatma Ghandi was pre- and physical recreation, in memory Eric Evans sented on 29th May by the High commissioner (St Catharine's 1974), who was awarded a Blue for India. Dr L M Singhvi, on the occasion of the for Association Football in 1975 and 1976 and planting of the tree of friendship. who died in 1991. The Fund is to be used to AMN provide financial assistance for individual mem- bers of the University in connection with their The American Friends and The Canadian Friends see p.11. sporting activities. 8 St Catharine's College Society Magazine Honours and Awards Baker, Professor John H (Fellow 1971) was appointed Queen's Counsel honoris causa in April 1996. (See also University Appointments). Battersby, Professor Sir Alan R (Professorial Fellow 1969, Emeritus Fellow 1992) received an honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Liverpool in July 1996. He was also elected to the prestigious Linus Pauling Lectureship for this year. This involved delivering three lectures at Oregon State University in May. [Linus Pauling was one of the world's great chemists and was awarded two Nobel Prizes. Having been an undergraduate at Oregon State, he instituted the series of lectures ten years ago. to be given by a lecturer selected on an international basis - Ed. | Boizot, P J, MBE (1950) was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Westminster in December 1995. (See also Appointments and Notes.) Chantler, Professor Cyril (1957), Professor of Paediatric Nephrology and Principal of United Medical and Dental Schools of Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals, was appointed Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours List 1996 for services to medicine. Dainton, the Right Honorable Lord (1927 Fellow 1945 Hon Fellow 1960). Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 4th March 1996. Davies, Professor Graeme J (Fellow 1967-77 Hon Fellow 1989) was appointed Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours List 1996 for services to the Higher Education Funding Council. On 4th March 1996 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. English, Sir Terence, KBE (1994) The Master has been appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Cambridge (see The London Gazette. 10th May 1996) and also received an honorary Doctorate of Science from Hull University on 4th July 1996. Haggett, Professor Peter, CBE (1951). Fellow of the British Academy, has been elected one of two Vice-Presidents of the Academy during the coming year. Hedworth, A T (1971) was appointed Queen's Counsel in April 1996. Hope, C F N (1953), Chairman and Chief Executive of TN pic. was appointed Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours List 1996 for services to the motor manufacturing industry. McCahill, P G (1971) was appointed Queen's Counsel in April 1996. Meston, the Right Honorable Lord (1969) was appointed Queen's Counsel in April 1996. Pickard, Professor John D (1964 Fellow 1990). Bayer Professor of Neurosurgery, was awarded a MRC Senior Research Leave Fellowship for three years to establish the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre and the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit. He and Dr Davenport (Fellow 1995) were two of the principal applicants that attracted £4 million in the Technology Foresight Competition for the creation of the Cambridge Cerebrovascular Centre of which Professor Pickard will be Chairman - the successful consortium included Smithkline Beecham. the British Heart Foundation and the Wolfson Foundation. Rees, Professor Philip H (1963) received the Gill Memorial Award for contributions to population geography. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 9 . silks s Catharine' t S f o h batc r eve t larges e th s i s Thi . ago s year 5 2 m fro s student r forme s hi f o e thre d . an r Bake r Hedworth y Tob ; Professo d McCahill include k 6 199 l Patric ; Apri 6 Baker 1 r n o n i n Professo swor l Meston; d Counse s Lor : right Queen' o w t t ne e Lef Th 10 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

A LAWYERS' CELEBRATION On Saturday 13th April 1996 Old Members and musical activities in College and the of every decade from the 1940s through to the University. Dr Ferran thanked the Old Members 1990s gathered, with their spouses, at a dinner for the support, both financial and otherwise, in College to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary which they had given to Law in College over of Professor John Baker's election to a Fellow- many years. ship. Invitations had been sent to Old Members Lord Goff then spoke of Professor Baker's who had read Law during their time in College learning and distinction, of his valuable contri- and also to other Old Members known to be in bution to College and University life, and of the practice in the Law. It proved to be a most esteem in which he was held by his colleagues convivial occasion, with the College providing a in academia and at the Inns of Court. Professor splendid feast and many guests taking the oppor- Baker's impromptu speech in response to Lord tunity to meet up with old friends. Goff was one of the highlights of the evening. The Guests of Honour on the occasion were He spoke of his pleasure at seeing former stu- Lord Goff of Chieveley and Lady Goff, and dents and of his hope that such reunion dinners Dame Margaret Booth. Distinguished Old might become a more regular occurrence. Members present included judges and Members In the week before the Dinner it had been of Parliament. Dr Ferrari delivered a short speech announced that Professor Baker had been welcoming Lord and Lady Goff and informing appointed a Queen's Counsel honoris causa. guests of recent developments in the teaching The guests took particular pleasure in celebrat- and study of Law in the College. These included ing this further distinction for Professor Baker, the five Firsts in finals achieved by the students and also the appointments of three other College who graduated in 1995 and the University members as Queen's Counsel (see Honours and Mooting Prize won by Simon Plaut. a third year Awards). undergraduate. She also spoke of the contribu- EF tion made by law students to sporting, theatrical

THE COLLEGE CHAPEL It hardly seems possible that five years have Friendly College", before our arrival, and have passed since 1 came to the College as Chaplain been delighted to discover its reality, both within in September 1991. and, as readers who were the Chapel and wider College community. I have present at the Society service of Evensong that many happy memories to treasure over the years, year will recall, began on what can only be of the young people with whom I have worked described as an inauspicious note - intoning the at such a pivotal and formative period in life, of words, "O Lord, save the King...". Needless to the senior members who have so willingly say. Her Majesty has received her proper recog- supported the work of the chaplaincy, of the nition ever since. Society members with whom it was always a The Chapel is in good heart, with atten- pleasure to meet each September. dances holding up at all services, and indeed Five years have passed with speed, and now increasing at Wednesday Evensong, many mem- we move on. My successor, the Rev'd Dr David bers of the public - both local and from else- Goodhew takes up post in September, in time for where - coming to experience traditional Angli- the annual Society meeting, and has been briefed can Evensong at its best. Again, tribute must be on the correct monarch... I am sure the College, paid to the Director of Music. Dr Sutcliffe, and both resident members and those further afield, to our two organ scholars, Julian Wilkins and will welcome him and his wife. Lindsey. and Sara Barton, for another year of exceptionally ensure that their time here is as memorable as high choral standards. has been ours. It is futile to attempt to define in words the "Parting is all we know of heaven, and all we affection I and my wife have come to hold for St need of hell" - Charles Dickens. Catharine's. We knew of its nickname, 'The Paul Langham St Catharine's College Society Magazine 11

THE AMERICAN FRIENDS THE CANADIAN FRIENDS Contributions continue to be received by the Contributions have been received by The American Friends of Cambridge University. The Canadian Friends of Cambridge University. The Directors have made grants totalling $21,145 to Directors have made a grant of £8,483 to the the College for Fellowships and Studentships College from contributions received from the and for student accommodation which covers following people:- the purposes of the current Development Cam- H Auster P Laws C Ryan paign and for the Sydney Smith Memorial Fund, J Bonsall M Levett D Scholes from contributions received by the AFCU from Dr C Cummins The Hon R MacLaren Dr P Scott Dr D Davies P Michaux Dr H Swain the following people:- H Dixon M Millgate Dr S Wainwright C Dutson J Murphy H Walford I Hendry Dr R Nicholson G Walters Mrs M Bayldon Dr C Hackett H Pribram R Hitchcock B Osenton K Whitham D Baugh T Hughes C Pyne P Hulme D Ramsay Dr P Wilkinson Dr G S Beavers Professor H Hutchinson W Redpath P Hustwit B Robertson Dr C Wilson R Behrendt Dr R Levy B Robertson Dr U Kuruppu Dr J Roff D J Cooper Dr J Longley L Wakeman Rev'd J M Evans P Moody K Wildenthal Dr R Evans G R Norman M George Professor S Pickering The Master and Fellows are deeply grateful to the Canadian Friends and the individuals The Master and Fellows are deeply grateful named for their generous support. to the American Friends and the individuals named for their continuing generous support.

TOM HENN MEMORIAL LECTURE CABLING THE COLLEGE This year's third annual lecture, given on 3rd The College has come to an agreement with May 1996, was very much a collegiate event. An Cambridge Cable and Telesys to wire all rooms audience of Old Members, Fellows, Junior for telephone and data services. It is hoped that Members and their guests filled the Rushmore the work will be completed over the Summer Room for Sir Peter Hall, Old Member and Vacation 1996. Honorary Fellow, making his first visit to Increasing numbers of students have been College for several years to talk on Speaking requesting telephone service in their rooms, and Shakespeare 1996: 'a temperance that may give the practice of cabling each room independently it smoothness' (Hamlet). on demand was beginning to risk leaving untidy In a characteristically ebullient and witty surface wiring all over the buildings. In addition, address (without notes), Sir Peter expounded many students now have a computer of their Shakespeare's tempo and stress markings for his own, and the data wiring will allow such actors, as embodied in the texture of each blank machines to be connected to the new college data verse line of Hamlet's opening. Whilst scholars network. Through national and international were properly berated for their failure to address links, this will allow access to network resources the form, the 'local habitation' shaping Shake- worldwide at speeds far in excess of that avail- speare's 'airy nothing', it is doubtful how many able via home telephone lines. Futhermore, all academics could declaim with Sir Peter's students are now allocated an electronic mail eloquent conviction. It was a great delight to see (email) address on entry to the University, and him carry all before him in the very room (as he many courses in both arts and sciences use email informed us with a frisson) that he first felt confi- and computer bulletin boards as primary means dent of his direction in direction, "a large room of communication between lecturers, directors in the Bull Hostel, an annexe of St Catharine's of studies, supervisors and students. The ability which had formerly been a seedy hotel [where] to access these facilities directly from one's the gas fire popped and the traffic on King's room rather than visiting the busy shared Parade went by the windows" (Autobiography: machines in the College Computer Room will be Making an Exhibition of Myself, p. 82). a distinct advantage. As one Old Member who attended wrote to RS me afterward, "Tom would have loved it". The rest is silence. PNH 12 St Catharine's College Society Magazine , e e 0 m h th h f 184 o n y Langha l I Faculty . w Pau : Althoug La . e Secretar (1836) , th s f o n Ferran r syllabu Catharine's t s D . S f Chairma r o w seen e b n forme , Fello predecessor' a ca s s y Photo . hi f Baker r o n student formerl , o donation n e editio h Professo w . ne whic a 1814—47 n suitabl - w i n a e r La l fo University n e lectur th Civi f w f o retur publicatio . o r la r n e l i e on y parson y onl Offic Professo medieva d y s Chancello a e f o th f g countr o a Facult Regiu , e s e produce e a th e drawin m lif a s n presenc fro e hi d f th o Cambridg t n (1785-1876) n t explai i i , o s res t e obtaine g e th t b year Road Geldar t y y m tryin e ma spen fort Wes d s n her s i hi Willia an , g i , s d an , Cambridge Jame t . patron buildin s a y Rev wa e e Faculty Law f examinations e th h w f o Facult h th f w o la g n o y La whic Years f w o , ne writte 750 e histor g t r engravin . th d d living e bookle (right) d 750-yea e opene e coloure introducin n r a th d f fo Yorkshir e o e a Quee o e illustrate t s f attendanc n th include , i n outlin s t i , responsibl Baker' himsel y r 1996 d shor h a d exhibitio Board e y Marc Professo Th allegedl s 8 presente n e wa O h presente Facult St Catharine's College Society Magazine 13 "Autumn Colours" in the Botanical Gardens

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MIDDLE COMBINATION ROOM JUNIOR COMMON ROOM Graduates at St Catharine's have had an Despite the general apathy perceived to be eventful year in 1995/6. Beyond the traditional characteristic of St Catharine's undergraduates, social events, we have this year opened our doors the JCR Committee this year consisted of strong more to guests from other colleges, through a right- and left-wing tendencies which made for large number of exchange halls and graduate entertaining, if sometimes exhausting, debate at parties in the bar. Away from college, we have meetings. However, this did not prevent us from enjoyed trips to a variety of destinations. The getting involved in the issues that really do interest in our cultural trips to the RSC in matter to our electorate, namely a gossip-filled Stratford was such that we organised two in one newsletter and relationships between the sexes. month. Our yearly adventure expedition was a Our first, and hopefully lasting, mark was weekend in Brecon. made on College by the regular production of The committee of nine enthusiastic members Catz Eyes, made possible by the wit and enthu- has also improved the look of the Graduate siasm of the JCR editors, Simon Plaut and Ali Parlour. We have bought a bookcase and even Merifield, and the Bursar's agreement to cover some books to fill it; extended the range of maga- photocopying costs. After a year of popular zines and newspapers: and with much-appreci- approval from the masses, this has now been ated help from the Bursar, refurbished our chairs passed on to an autonomous team* and contin- and retiled the floor. ues to provide College members with news, The MCR has also been active on the wider information, sports, fashion (!) and of course University stage. In conjunction with the details of the latest 'social interactions' at Chads. Graduate Union, the MCR has and will continue All of which could prove even more interesting to participate in various inter-MCR sports events after the long vacation because, as previous JCR with other colleges. Although our football team Committee members may be amazed to hear, we was not particularly successful in terms of finally succeeded in persuading the powers that results, the enthusiastic band of players did seem be to allow Chads flats to be shared by men and to enjoy themselves. Of course, graduates also women. Quite how long this will last will depend participate in college sports, with four earning on the fate of the trial period, so watch this space blades in the Lent Bumps. next year to see if Catz second years can really Michael Norrish & Rulande Rutgers: act as "mature individuals' when locked behind MCR Presidents the same front door... Of course, our work this year has covered all of the usual tasks: weekly entertainment, repre- senting undergraduate opinion (what there is) on College matters, looking after everyone from freshers to fraught bottom-of-room-balloters and keeping the vending machines full of choco- late. Enthusiasm has been reflected in hotly contested elections for the new committee, resulting in a mixture of novices and old timers. We await their revolutionary plans with bated breath. Polly Bishop: JCR President

*Old members interested in writing articles for Catz Eyes should write to Martin Whitaker at College.

The entrance through the Porters' Lodge in the Woodlark Building, erected in 1951. on Trumpington Street. Photo: Fletcher Morgan St Catharine's College Society Magazine 15

THE COLLEGE STAFF The Manciple Retires Rodney Barton retired on 30th April 1996. having been with the College for 42 years. Mr Barton joined the College Office as a clerk in 1954. becoming Chief Clerk in 1960 and Manciple in 1988. A reception was held in the College Bar. where the Bursar spoke on behalf of the College Staff and a presentation was made by Mrs Wendy Talman. That evening Mr and Mrs Barton joined the Master and Fellows for dinner, where he was presented with a silver salver and a painting of the College. Mr and Mrs Barton have been invited to join the Society for dinner on 28th September 1996. Donations towards a presentation from the Old Members should be sent to the Bursar's Secretary, cheques to be made payable to "St Catharine's College".

Don Daly retired from the Porters' Lodge on 15th March 1996 after 1 1 years service. At a reception in the College Bar. the Dean. Dr Tyler, and the Head Porter. Mr D Mulcrone. made presentations on behalf of the Master and Fellows and the College Staff. Basil Fox retired on 31st December 1995. He was a part-time storeman in the Catering Department, having joined the College in October 1992. Debbie Lodge, a Chef in the Catering Department, gave birth to a baby girl in January 1996. Debbie has decided not to return to work, in order to be at home with the baby. Joseph Korpan died on 15th December 1995 having spent seven years in hospital, which he bore with great fortitude. After the Second World War he did not return to the Ukraine where he was born, but settled in this country, and joined the College in 1953 as a Vegetable Cook, until his retirement in 1976. Tragically. Clare, the wife of our former Deputy Butler. Alex Thompson, was killed in a car crash in January 1996. The couple, who were married in the College Chapel just 18 months earlier, had moved to Brighton since the wedding. IM 16 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Left to right: Mr Mendi Msimang, me South African High Commissioner; Dr L M Singhvi and The Master Photo: Samantha Palmer A Tree of Friendship

The historic transition of South Africa to the subcontinent during India's struggle for free- full representative government lies only a few dom. And in turn, Gandhi's example was taken months behind us and the fiftieth anniversary of up by South Africans seeking majority rule Indian Independence a few months ahead. under the leadership of Nelson Mandela. Public figures and historians in the Common- St Catharine's is a particularly appropriate wealth and outside are considering anew the recipient of these generous and symbolic gifts. relationships which bound together India, South It has a South African-born Master who is Africa and Britain. Once tense and conflict- personally known to Dr Singhvi, and a long- ridden, these relationships have now entered a standing interest in India within the Fellowship. new and more constructive phase. Fortuitously too, Mr Gopal Gandhi, grandson of It is against this background that the Indian Mahatma Gandhi, has been on Dr Singh vi's staff High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Dr in London, promoting Indian cultural activities L M Singhvi, a noted Hindi scholar, constitu- in Britain. Completing the pattern, he has tional lawyer and diplomat, conceived the plan recently been appointed Indian High Commis- of planting a tree at St Catharine's to celebrate sioner for South Africa. The Master, Fellows of the friendship that now exists between India, the College, the Indian High Commissioner, the South Africa and Britain. He also gave to the South African High Commissioner and Mr college a fine bust of Mahatma Gandhi (1869- Gandhi were all present at the tree-planting cere- 1948), 'apostle of peace, non-violence and mony, along with representatives of the Queen, humanity'. Gandhi's own life was a paradigm of the Vice-Chancellor and distinguished South the triangular relationship. As a young Indian Africans resident in the University and city. lawyer in South Africa, he developed the tech- CAB niques of non-violent protest to bring to the attention of the colonial authorities the harsh The tree in Chapel Court is a White beam (sorbus aria lutescens) which has white flowers in spring and will grow treatment of Indian immigrant labourers in the to 30-35 feet. country. These techniques he later employed in Ed St Catharine 's College Society Magazine 17 Publications

Anderson. Hector (1934), Poems. London. Minerva Press. 1996. [72pp] Barnes. Dr Richard (Fellow 1978). The invertebrates: a new synthesis. 2nd ed. Oxford. Blackwell Scientific, 1993. [488pp] Brownrig, Ralph (Master 1635-1645). Sixty five sermons by the Right Reverend Father in God, Ralph Brownrig late Lord Bishop of Exeter. London. William Martyn. 1674. [820pp] Collie, Professor Michael (1949), Murchison in Moray: a geologist on home ground, with the corre- spondence of Roderick Impey Murchison (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol 85). Philadelphia. American Philosophical Society, 1995. [263pp] Cook, Dr Christopher, ed (1964). Pears Cyclopaedia 1995-96: a book of reference and background information. 104th ed. London. Pelham Books, 1995. Danchev. Alex, ed (Dr J A Thompson, Fellow 1971), Fin de siecle: the meaning of the twentieth century (Library of International Relations). London. Tauris Academic Studies. 1995. [225pp] Davie. Donald (1940). Essays in Dissent: church, chapel and the Unitarian conspiracy. Manchester. Carcanet. 1995. [264pp] Davie. Donald (1940). The psalms in English. Harmondsworth. Penguin, 1996. [289pp] Dodd. Mervyn, ed (1945). Lakeland rocks and landscape: a field quide. Marvport. Ellenbank Press. 1992. [150pp] English, Sir Terence (Master) with N Ross et al. Principles of cardiac diagnosis and treatment: a surgeon's guide. 2nd ed. New York. Springer-Verlag. 1992. [269pp] Fabricius. P E. Den danske Kirke i London 1692-1992. Hernin2. Konelisi Hofleverander. 1992. [82pp] Fay. Stephen (Sir Peter Hall 1950). Power pla\: the life and times of Peter Hall. London. Hodder & Stoughton 1995. [402pp] Ferran Dr Eilis, ed (Fellow 1987). Boyle & Birds' company law. 3rd ed. Bristol. Jordans. 1995. |685pp ] Ferris. Steve. The cub-hunting season. London. Vintage, 1996. [208pp] Fletcher. Professor Ian (1962). The law of insolvency, 2nd ed. London. Sweet & Maxwell. 1996. I837pp] French. Robert (1967). All work is a placement... (Management Education and Development Vol 24). London. Sage, 1993. French. Robert (1967). From learning organization to teacher-learning organization (Management Learning Vol 27). London, Sage. 1996. French. Robert, ed (1967). Rethinking management education. London. Sage. 1996. |206pp] Frost, Brian (Donald Soper. 1921 Hon Fellow 1970), Goodwill on Fire: Donald Soper's life and mission. London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. |324pp] Gair, Dr W Reavley (1959). The children of Paul's: the story of a theatre company, 1553-1608. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1982. [213pp] Gair. Dr W Reavley, ed (1959). Antonio and Mellida by John Marston (The Revels plays). Manchester. Manchester University Press. 1991. [170pp] Gair. Dr W Reavley. ed (1959), Antonio's revenge by John Marston (The Revels plays). Manchester, Manchester University Press. 1978. [ 160pp] Godwin, Peter (1976), Mukiwa: a white boy in Africa. London. Picador. 1996. |418pp] Gordon. Professor Robert, ed (1964 Fellow 1996). The place is too small for us: the Israelite prophets in recent scholarship (Sources for Biblical and Theological Study). Winona Lake. Eisenbrauns, 1995. [638ppJ Gordon. Professor Robert (1964 Fellow 1996). Studies in the Targum to the Twelve Prophets: from Nahum to Malachi (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum). Leiden. E J Brill. 1994. [ 177pp] Griffin. Paul (1946). Sing Jubilee - 50 poems. Southwold. Lyon & Lamb. 1996. [54ppl Harrison, Dr Nicholas (Research Fellow 1992-95), Circles of censorship: censorship and its metaphors in French history, literature and theory. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1995. [246pp] Jones. W H S (Fellow 1908-43), How we learn: a short primer of scientific method for boys. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1930. [64pp] Kantaris. Dr E Geoffrey (Fellow 1990), The subversive psyche: contemporary women 's narrative from Argentina and Uruguay. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1995. [266ppl Kitson. Michael (Fellow 1992). Towards full employment: the first million jobs. London. Full Employment Forum. 1995. [16pp] Lackie, Dr John, ed (1966). The dictionary of cell biology, 2nd ed. London. Academic Press. 1995. [390pp] 18 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Lorriman, John (1966). Upside down management: revolutionizing management and development to maximize business success. New York. McGraw-Hill, 1995. [154pp] Ylichie, Dr Jonathan (Fellow 1990-92). Creating industrial capacity: towards full employment. Oxford. Oxford University Press, 1996. |323pp] Midwinter, Dr Eric (1952), State educator: the life and enduring influence of W E Forster. Coventry. Community education development centre. 1995. 140pp] Ratcliffe. Robert (1935). Weather Vol 50: special issue in honour of Robert Ratcliffe. London. Royal Meteorological Society. 1995. Waterstone. Tim (1958), An imperfect marriage. London, Headline, 1995. [376pp] Waterstone. Tim (1958). Lilley & Chase. London. Headline. 1994. [376pp| Wrigley. Neil (1970), Categorical data analysis for geographers. Harlow. Longman, 1985. 392pp] Wrigley. Neil, ed (1970). Retailing, consumption and capital: towards the new retail geography. Harlow. Longman. 1996. 352pp] The Librarian wishes to thank all those who have contributed to the Library, both those who have sent us their own publications and those who have donated books or collections of books during the year. Reviews and Notes

Poems And so to war, to Burma and the gardens at Hector John Anderson Srinagar, and back to Cath's. in statu pupillari. Minerva Press. 1996 During this time, he writes, an undergraduates' newspaper was started called Varsity, in which Sing Jubilee many of his early poems were published. The Paul Griffin years passed on and in the winter of 1961 he Lyon and Lamb. 1996 began thirteen years as Headmaster at These two small volumes of selective offer- Aldenham. during which he wrote Aldenham ings from old members' collections both demon- Chapel in Winter. strate the way that in the fullness of life, early- "Laddered across the fully-fashioned snow. days at St Catharine's have enduring resonances. We plant our steps like Adam in the tale A life-long calling and service to medicine Who once dodged back behind the drowsy as a physician at St Thomas's undergirds the first guard collection of Hector Anderson (1934): Only to find an Eden cold as sin. "Steroid chemists joined a biologist Colder than chapel as we enter in." Marie Stopes. polemic psychologist." I found much for thought and pleasure in the But his concerns are with so much more than a few pages of these two collections, as others bred physical body: at Cath's may come to find. "Ills are external J M Health is internal." Or even a human body: here he considers the cat, asleep on his knee: Fifty Years Young John Bridgwater "He shares with me one feature Cambridge University Press. 1996 We are successful in our dreaming."' This book is the text of Professor Bridg- And so through Copernicus and Columbus. Plu- water's inaugural lecture delivered before the tarch and Petronius. University, on the 30th January 1995. This date coincided with the sending of the letter from The title of the second collection from a Shell (the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company younger member. Paul Griffin (1946), suggests Ltd) fifty years ago, which led to the financing the joy of the celebration of his and his wife's of the Shell Professorship of Chemical Golden Wedding. It represents a cross-section of Engineering and the founding of the University his life: early comes the wartime, with The Blitz Department of Chemical Engineering. on London: "This book is concerned with the future "This is a dirge for those who are not dead shape of chemical engineering and how But once spent nights on gritty shelter floors teaching, research and practice should be Lying below their graves, among their roots," linked. It is, thus, of most interest to those St Catharine's College Society Magazine 19

concerned with the future shape of the chem- "'When he was in possession of that ical and processing industries or with the Mastership it was wonderful to see. how the development of new processes and products Buildings, the Revenues, the Students and in academia, government or industry." the studiousness of that place increased by the care, counsel, prudence, diligence and 1 offer two quotations to encourage those fame of Dr Brownrigg who had such an eye who might wish to purchase this thirty-two page to all that he oversaw none; frequenting the publication from CUP. studies and examining even younger schol- "My own conclusion is that chemical engi- ars that they might be encouraged both in neering is now at a turning point both in learning and piety." teaching and research" Brownrigg seems to have served the College "Nice though it may be to look back over the well until as Master he presented a Royalist last 50 years, what do the next 50 hold? What sermon before the University in 1645 and was is chemical engineering? What should it deprived, notwithstanding that by this time he be?" had served as Vice Chancellor and was also Ed Bishop of Exeter. Dr Gauden who was appointed to succeed him in this See also preached at his funeral in the Sixty Five Sermons Law Courts where Brownrigg spent his last Ralph Brownrisis years. His sermon printed with a memorial William Martyn 1674 address was published by Andrew Crook at the Dr Harry Porter has graciously made a bene- Green Dragon in St Paul's Churchyard in 1660. faction of this historic volume to the College. It Dr Porter's benefaction has been well placed provides us with eight hundred and twenty pages and will be appreciated. containing sixty five sermons of a former and JM much revered Master of the College. It is not exactly undergraduate bedtime reading, and un- Britain on the edge of Europe fortunately the original posthumous publication Professor Michael Chisholm of these sermons seems to provide us with Routledge. 1995 neither the provenance nor date of their original delivery. Thus it may be that in the future a At a time when a rising tide of xenophobic- member of College who takes an early retire- opposition threatens to undermine Britain's ment will read them through and from the inter- membership of and role in the European Union, nal evidence advise us which, if any. of these the need for clear objective assessments of the monologues were first delivered before the implications for Britain of increasingly Euro- undergraduates of St Catharine's. pean economic and monetary integration is greater than ever. In this timely book. Michael The author of the sermons, Ralph Brown- Chisholm provides one such analysis through a rigg. was a boy from Ipswich, who graduated critical examination of the claim that Britain's from Pembroke to become Vicar of Madingley. geographical position "on the edge of Europe' He was Rector of Barley in North Hertfordshire renders the country at an irredeemable disad- when he was elected Master of St Catharine's. vantage with respect to the market and trade Dr John Gauden wrote of this transition in a opportunities that integration will bring. By memorial published in 1661: means of careful empirical analysis the author "After this he was chosen Master of St demonstrates that Britain's peripheral location is Catharine Hall: a small basis or pedestal for not a particularly important impediment to its so great a statue and coloss of learning, piety trading performance with the rest of Europe. If and prudence to stand upon; yet then and the British economy is weak, he argues, we there this great lamp began to be set. and to cannot lay the blame on our relative location, but shine in a sphere more proper for his parts, must look inwards to other factors that affect our and proportional to his lustre, who had a soul economic efficiency and which, unlike geo- not fitted for a cottage but a College: nor only graphical position, are under our own control. for a College, but for a palace: nor for a Anti-European politicians and other "Little palace so much as for a kingdom. Englanders' would do well to read this book, for "God saw him at present more worthy to until the popular but powerful myths about preside in the School of the Prophets, than to "inexorable centralisation' within the European rusticate (as Elisha sometimes did) among Union are dispelled, economically and politi- plain people that follow the plough: not that cally Britain will indeed find itself on the 'edge their souls are less precious, but plainer, of Europe". blunter tools will do their work. RM 20 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Murchison in Moray: a geologist on home Principles of cardiac diagnosis and ground treatment: a surgeon's guide Michael Collie and John Diemer Terence English et al Transactions of the American Philosophical 1992-2nd edition Society. Vol 85, 1995 Rightly there is now an increasing emphasis Roderick Murchison was a quintessential on the integration of medical education so that Victorian gentleman of science. He was born students can appreciate as early as possible the into the Scottish landed gentry, took a military clinical relevance of the never-ending stream of training, married an heiress and then, from a new concepts and information. Unfortunately metropolitan base, followed his ambitions to the such integration may be superficial and at the top of the Royal Geographical Society. During expense of the development of analytical his life, he became embroiled in major contro- acumen. This book, now in its second edition, is versies relating to the succession of the oldest a most readable introduction to the science and fossil-bearing rocks in Britain. 125 years after art of surgical cardiology and intended to bridge his death, his reputation as an ambitious, self- the gap between the 'students' (both pre and post advancing, stubborn and pugnacious imperialist graduate) and a remote group of medical and lingers on. perhaps based more on received surgical specialists. wisdom than fact. In this dense but entertaining The progress of cardiac surgery since the volume. Professor Collie and Diemer present a first successful mitral valvotomy in 1925 and fascinating reassessment of Murchison's scien- closure of a patent ductus arteriosus in 1938 tific work, using the microcosm of the reptile- through development of the heart lung machine bearing rocks of Elgin and the extensive corre- to cardiac transplantation has depended upon spondence between Murchison and his "man in cardiac surgeons familiarising themselves with the field". the Rev'd Dr George Gordon. The basic science, the tools of bedside and laboratory human picture that emerges is compelling, and diagnosis and sound clinical judgement. This perhaps provides a sobering reminder of what book is a delightful treasure trove for all ages and little might be left for social historians from the experience of clinicians and scientists with well present era of transient verbal and electronic illustrated chapters on anatomy, physiology, communication. clinical aspects, investigations, cardiac bypass DMP technology and a survey of correctable condi- tions. There is a commendable clarity to the prose which encourages the reader to carry on Lakeland rocks and landscape: a field guide exploring. My only regret is that greater use Edited by Mervyn Dodd for the Cumberland is not made of historical vignettes and nowhere Geological Society is there a psychological profile of cardiac Ellenbank Press. 1992 (reprinted 1995) surgeons! JDP Even in the mid-summer heat it is hard to escape the lure of the Lake District. From the Goodwill on Fire upland crags to the wrinkles and folds of the Brian Frost dales, present day Lakeland scenery records a Hodder& Stoughton. 1996 story 500 million years long. This starts with the This book is a biography of Lord Soper. the rocks around Keswick accumulating on a deep senior (in age) of our Honorary Fellows (the title ocean floor. These were subsequently raised up. comes from his aphorism "Goodwill on fire...I buried by enormous volcanic eruptions and know of no better description of the Christian crushed in the climax of the collision of America life"). It is an example of biography at its best, with Europe. The balmy coral seas of the carbon- presenting the fruits of scholarly research in a iferous and harsh deserts of the Permian left later form intelligible, and indeed enthralling, for the tide-marks of limestone and reddened sands. lay reader. The final shaping, before man's arrival, was accomplished by glaciation. Donald Soper will be remembered by many for his soap-box oratory on Tower Hill and at the This short and conveniently pocket-sized speaker's corner in Hyde Park, and by others for volume describes 18 field excursions to this his Methodist ministry as Superintendent of great diversity of rocks and landforms. There is Kingsway Hall. These platforms, together with much in here, for anyone from the interested television, radio and the press, gave him the amateur upwards, with all levels of knowledge opportunity to unfold his passionately held catered for in an excellent glossary. views on the great social questions of the day. DMP Those of us who are his near contemporaries will be reminded on almost every page of events and opinions which stirred and divided the nation at St Catharine's College Society Magazine 21 the time, many of them still topical but even who wish to update their existing knowledge in more long since forgotten. a readily accessible way. Members of the College will naturally turn Robert Gordon is also the author of a book to those pages dealing with Soper's days with us on the Targum to the Prophets, the Targum being as an undergraduate from 1921 to 1924. but here early Jewish commentary on the prophetic the account is disappointingly brief: we learn books. In this volume Gordon is particularly only that he read history (obtaining a 2:2 and a interested in the origin and early history of the 2:1 in the two parts of the tripos), that he was a Targum and in its relationship to other material, very good pianist and active member of the from Qumran for example, which may. he Midnight Howlers, and that he distinguished argues, have been over-stressed in recent schol- himself at soccer and hockey and as captain of arship. This is a book primarily for the special- cricket. It was not College but rather the SCM, ist, although with volumes such as this it may be the occasional missions to the University, and that Targumic studies will be made more acces- the regular preachers and speakers at Great St sible to a broad academic public, which can only Mary's which were the dominant influences be a desirable development. durins his undergraduate years. KJD RCE Circles of censorship: censorship and its metaphors in French history, literature The place is too small for us: the Israelite and theory prophets in recent scholarship Nicholas Harrison Robert Gordon Clarendon Press. 1995 Eisenbrauns, 1995 Circles of censorship examines concepts and Studies in the Targum to the Twelve practises of censorship and freedom of expression Prophets: from Nahum to Malachi in France and French literature over the last 200 Robert Gordon years. It is an original and stimulating account that EJ Brill. 1994 charts the tension between the apparent impera- Professor Gordon, who was appointed Re- tive to censor and the value that left-wing thinkers gius Professor of Hebrew and a Fellow of the in France frequently attribute to freedom of ex- College in 1996, has edited a volume on the pression while exploring the relationship between prophets in which famous and ground-breaking legal practice, psychoanalytic theories of censor- articles are reprinted in order to give a flavour of ship and literary texts. Concentrating on a number the many directions in which biblical scholar- of key case studies, such as the famous Madame ship on the prophets has moved in the last Bovary trial and the dissemination and reception century. In the introduction Gordon charts the of the works of the Marquis de Sade, Harrison changes in scholarly approach from the older offers a crisp, elegant and incisive account that tendency to regard the prophets as isolated will undoubtedly be recognised as a major contri- figures, their messages separate from other parts bution both to literary scholarship and to cultural of the Old Testament and very different to those history. Completed during Nick's time as a of prophets from other Near Eastern nations, to Research Fellow in St Catharine's, the book is more recent developments which have affirmed eloquent and ample proof of the value of such their place in a much wider heritage. There are Fellowships to the College. articles on the Near Eastern background, on SBG important archaeological finds such as the Mari letters, and on the place of the prophet in soci- How we learn: a short primer of scientific ety. There are contributions that discuss lang- method for boys uage and poetry and the way devices such as WHS Jones rhetoric and metaphor were used by prophets to Cambridge University Press. 1930 convey their messages. Some studies look at the An undergraduate of Selwyn. WHS Jones way prophets used other Old Testament tradi- was the first man of that College to obtain a First tions, other look at their message in theological in Classics. He was a Fellow of St Catharine's and ethical terms. There is also interest in the College from 1908, Bursar from 1919 to 1933. kinds of people who became prophets and the then President until his retirement in 1943 and groups who preserved their words, in redactors, the author of the College history. His career also canonisers and, of course, in those who read included a period as a senior classics master at them today - in readers with their own responses the Perse School. and interpretations. The book focuses on the Miss P Wortley-Talbot. who recently do- classical prophets and is of interest to all who nated this introduction to scientific logic aimed wish to learn about study of the prophets, at schoolboys, wrote that Dr Jones coached her specialist and non-specialist alike, and to those for 'Little Go' and her brother for entrance to 22 St Catharine 's College Society Magazine

Trinity during the 1940s. The book aimed to whole concept of the role of management. Re- impress upon the learner the unity of knowledge defining 'managers' as 'coaches', the authors and develop the method of induction. One exam- (all experienced practitioners or consultants) ple used to illustrate scientific method was the emphasise the importance of developing staff. work of Ross in 1898 on the link between and particularly using Knowledge Management mosquitoes and malaria. Jones developed the to increase productivity, profitability and poten- idea that malaria contributed much to the decline tial of the business. of civilisation, first in Greece and later in Italy. Written in an infectiously enthusiastic This led to two publications Malaria, a neglect- style. Upside Down Management is a realistic ed factor in the history of Greece and Rome book offering guidelines that are simple to (1907) and Malaria and Greek History (1909) understand, albeit perhaps more difficult to put and earned him in Cambridge the nickname into practice without some coaching of one's 'Malarial Jones'. He went on to do important own. work on ancient medicine, becoming an inter- Rethinking Management Education addres- nationally recognised authority on the subject ses an entirely different audience - the profes- and an FBA. Older members will recall the thin, sional cadre of management educators in insti- tall but stooping figure walking through Main tutions of higher education. In their introduction Court from his rooms in the then Gostlin House, the editors state, perhaps rather startlingly. that where, to any enquiry about his health, his stan- "It is by no means clear that a trained manager dard reply was always. "No worse". is more effective than an untrained one, whereas S N T G and T G C it is generally accepted that a trained doctor is more effective than an untrained one". If this The subversive psyche: contemporary proposition is accepted, this collection of essays women's narrative from Argentina and gathered together by the editors under their Uruguay collective title is clearly timely and important. I E Geoffrey Kantaris particularly enjoyed Plato on the Education of Clarendon Press. 1995 Managers by Jonathan Goslina. AGB In this complex, clever, and theoretically sophisticated study. Geoffrey Kantaris analyses texts by six Argentinian and Uruguayan women State Educator: The life and enduring authors writing in the shadow of the terrific mili- influence of W E Forster tary dictatorships of the seventies and eighties in Eric Midwinter the Southern Cone of Latin America. Drawing Coventry Community Education Development in a supple and confidently varied way from the Centre. 1995 fields of feminism, psycho-analysis and post- As the architect of the seminal 1870 Edu- structuralist or deconstructive theory, he offers cation Act. the contribution of William Edward detailed readings of novels and parallel theoret- Forster (1818-1886) has been long neglected. ical pieces by Luisa Valenzuela. Marta Traba, Eric Midwinter has written a short (120 pages) Sylvia Molloy, Reina Roffe. Cristina Peri Rossi but valuable corrective to the single and uncriti- and Armonia Somers. The themes of exile, cal biography of Reid (1888). centred around madness and sexuality are fruitfully pursued in Forster's radical thinking and negotiation skills the relationship between power and gender, in steering the Bill through Parliament, and the patriarchal power and discourse in its most influence of his Act in shaping subsequent extreme fascist form in its dealings with the educational provision in England. The author's other and the feminine. Kantaris' powerful arguments on the social control aspects of the insights into the strategies developed by his writ- Act. centred on attendence rather than on the ers to counter and resist violent subordination curriculum of elementary education (which was make this a landmark study certain to enrich and of little concern to him), are refreshing and influence his field in a positive fashion. almost convincing. SRB While the book is important for its insights into some aspects of the subject's life, it never Upside down management fully satisfies either the scholar or the general John Lorriman. R Younsz and P Kalinauckas reader. For the former it has unjustified biases, McGraw-Hill. 1995 eg the influence of Christianity on education since Victorian times is described a 'corrosive Rethinking management education virus" (p.70), and the book is poorly referenced. Edited by Robert French and C Grey For the latter it makes too many assumptions Sage. 1996 about previous knowledge. However. Midwinter Speaking directly to managers at all levels, has focused new attention on Forster and his the first book takes a radical approach to the education historians should be indebted to him. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 23

It remains for others to "fill in the gaps' in Retailing, consumption and capital provides a Forster's biography as he did educationally key contribution to such debates. through the Magisterial Act of 1870. SMR CRR An Editorial Footnote Lilley and Chase St Catharine's: a bestseller An Imperfect Husband The Editor casually asked Professor Colin Tim Waterstone Smith (1947) how the new edition of the Spanish Headline. 1994 & 1995 Dictionary was going (cf 1988 edition, p.49). Tim Waterstone has turned from successful His reply deserves a place in the historic record book selling to book production, with book writ- that this journal provides: ing as the first stage in that process. Writing two "The sales of the 'large' Collins (now substantial novels in as many years, and with a HarperCollins) Spanish dictionary have third promised, there is a suggestion of an ener- reached 1,200,000 copies. The work is not getic authorship. Narrative and plot are handled (alas) on a royalty basis; if it had been, I easily, he writes fluently and contrives episodes might by now have endowed a new College which lead the reader on. One turns that building with the proceeds. I began work page in expectation of the unexpected: attention on the book in 1964. after producing a small is commanded and kept. The tales are about dictionary for Langenscheidt of Berlin in people, their relationships and behaviour, the 1966 with two colleagues (also still in print) latter sometimes unusual. Another reviewer and realising the awesome deficiencies of the has written of the first novel, "An Aga-saga large English-Spanish. Spanish-English dic- for men", and there is a certain "maleness' tionaries available at that time. Collins of about both books though they are separate Glasgow was then a proud old family firm stories. which was content to give a free hand in what TGC was for them a largeley uncharted area, though they did have grave doubts about the inclusion of "four-letter words' which, it is Retailing, consumption and capital: towards claimed, began to figure here for the first the new retail geography time in such bilingual dictionaries (Glasgow Edited by Neil Wrigley and Michelle Lowe was evidently not 'swinging' to the rhythm Longman, 1996 of the Sixties as London was). The Collins This new collection, edited by Professor Neil book appeared in 1971 and was substantially Wrigley (1970) and Dr Michelle Lowe (1984), revised for a second edition in 1988 and a now both at the University of Southampton, third in 1992 (produced partly as a salute to draws together a range of papers which explore the 'Great Hispanic Year": the need to work important themes within the new retail geogra- on this was among the reasons for which I phy. An introductory chapter positions retail took early retirement from the Chair of geography within the context of current debates Spanish in 1990). From the start new princi- about transformations in both production and ples - chiefly those of reflecting current consumption in advanced capitalist societies. usage and banishing 'lexicographical lum- Geographies of retailing are then explored ber', and adopting at times a light-hearted through three key themes. The first set of papers tone when creating usage examples - were not only articulates the complex intersections involved, and a new system of organising between retailers and manufacturers, but also each article for maximum clarity to aid the indicates the ways in which these dynamic rela- reader was devised. Collins' corresponding tionships are shaped by state regulation. The works for French and German followed, the second major section of the book addresses principles and system of the Spanish book transformations within retail labour processes being followed and further refined in them and employment relations. A third and final and then borrowed back for later editions of group of papers focuses upon changing con- the Spanish. Reviewers of the first edition sumption dynamics, including the creation and saluted the 1971 publication as a landmark, recreation of consumption spaces such as the and have been kind to later editions. It must department store and the shopping mall. Recent be added that for each edition, knowledge- discussions within economic geography have able and enthusiastic collaborators, includ- sought to move beyond conventional notions of ing essential native speakers of Spanish, 'the economic' in order to conceptualise the have been secured and that much of the ways in which economic change is inextricably work's success is owed to them." bound up with social and cultural processes, and Ed 24 St Catharine 's College Society Magazine

Alfred Augustus Levi Caesar A Memorial Address DR DAVID KEEBLE 1933, Fellow 1951, Dean 1957, Senior Tutor 1967, President 1978, Emeritus Fellow 1980 We are here today, from many different parts Wagner. He was adventurous too; I recall how he of Britain and overseas, to celebrate the life and and his brother decided at an early age to go into honour the memory of Gus Caesar, geographer, motoring, and at 16 or possibly 17 without any teacher, tutor and friend to generations of knowledge or tuition they bought a car for £5 and Cambridge undergraduates, and especially those drove it home. Gus always loved driving and of St Catharine's, the College to which he com- never tired however long the journey." mitted himself so generously for over 60 years. "At school" Harvey continues, "he began by Each of us brings to this celebration our own being good rather than outstanding in most personal memories of Gus: of Gus the supervi- subjects (I recall I had to help him with his sor in his College armchair, puffing at his pipe French and Latin!). But he began to excel from through a haze of Three Nuns tobacco smoke, Matriculation onwards, particularly when he yet listening with such concentration to the moved into the Upper School and was studying undergraduate essay whose argument he was the subjects he liked best, notably Geography. about to demolish: of Gus the raconteur at a He began to blossom as he grew older and took College dinner, the centre of undergraduate on responsibilities such as Prefect, and worked attention, with a twinkle in his eye and a succes- for a University place. And as we know he sion of humorous stories with well-timed punch became in time an engaging speaker and conver- lines: of Gus the lecturer, a formidable figure sationalist". gripping the lectern with both hands in front of It was at Taunton's. then, and inspired him- a class of scribbling students desperately trying self by a memorable teacher. Cleeve Clowser. to keep up with his tightly reasoned argument: that Gus developed his love of geography. It was of Gus the family man. at home at Grantchester to read geography that Gus won a place at St Meadows, entertaining with his beloved 'Chum' Catharine's in 1933. and it was in geography that the latest troop of callow undergraduates invited Gus took a Double First, for which he was duly to Sunday lunch after a ritual walk to Grant- elected College Exhibitioner in 1935 and Post- chester. Such vivid personal memories are a graduate Scholar in 1936. His choice of St reflection of a remarkable man. in whom physi- Catharine's was of course a direct reflection of cal stature, strength of personality, intellectual the College's innovative decision only eight acuity, and a personal humanity and concern for years earlier to elect Alfred Steers as its first individuals, combined to exert a unique and last- geography Fellow, and to offer Cambridge's ing influence over so many of his students and first-ever geography scholarships. Alfred taught friends. Gus throughout his undergraduate career, acted Gus was of course born and bred in South- as his postgraduate supervisor when he began ampton, where his father was a chemist and research in 1936. and was instrumental in entic- where he grew up with his twin brother Julius ing him back to St Catharine's in 1951. Gus and sister Winnie. He always retained a warm always acknowledged his deep debt to Alfred, to regard for his home town - even including its Alfred's teaching and personal encouragement. football team! - where he had made lifetime As an undergraduate in St Catharine's. Gus friendships and fallen in love, with Margaret was remembered by a contemporary, writing Clark, a Southampton girl. His education at later in the College magazine, as " 'a good Taunton's. an historic local grammar school with College type", always a supporter, always a a strong geography tradition, was a formative giver. We recall many an all-night bridge or period, vividly recalled by his brother-in-law. Monopoly party at the top of Hobson's, many a Harvey Clark, in a moving tribute at Gus's hairy return in his banger from the Varsity funeral - I quote with Harvey's kind permission: Rugger match, but above all we recall a friend- "Gus was twelve when we met at Taunton's liness and kindness which has never deserted and strange as it may seem to those who knew him." Gus's commitment to St Catharine's was him only in adult life, he was quiet and reserved, to be for life, notwithstanding brief periods almost shy. He was rather a serious young man. lecturing at the University of Durham at New- and took even sport seriously. At one time we castle just before and after the war. and wartime played a lot of tennis, and I can see him now serv- service with the Admiralty in Bath which ing hard and developing a venomous slice to his included preparing charts for the Normandy D- returns. He enjoyed playing the cello for a time, Day landings. His return to Cambridge from and developed a love of opera, particularly Newcastle in 1948 was to a University Lecture- St Catharine's College Society Magazine 25 ship and Fellowship at Selwyn: but Ronnie Peel's move to Leeds three years later prompted an invitation to till the vacant Fellowship from his old college which Gus could not refuse. For the next 29 years, from 1951 until his retirement in 1980, St Catharine's, acad- emic geography, and his pupils, were the central foci of his life, together of course with his family and home at Grantchester Meadows, where Margaret, or 'Chum' as Gus affec- tionately called her. and Pat dispensed memorable hos- pitality to legions of under- graduates. As both Peters. Haggett and Hall, point out in their splendid obituaries of Gus. in these modern days of Higher Education Fund- ing Council reviews. Gus's achievements over these years might seem question- able and his reputation an enigma. He wrote relatively little, though his publica- tions on the economic geo- graphy of Britain and East- ern Europe, and on British regional planning, were influential in their day. as epitomised by his powerful 1964 presidential address to Section E of the British Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. Nor would his College impact, and why do so many of us here today service - as successively Governing Body Sec- remember him with such affection and respect? retary, Dean. Tutor. Senior Tutor and President, The answer lies. I am sure, in two things: the with one College job following another from the remarkable power and impact of his College day of his first to his last College meeting - have geography supervision teaching; and his deep cut any ice in a current university Research personal involvement with and care for his Assessment Exercise. He neither sought nor pupils, both tutorial and geographical, during received any research grants, and spent only a perhaps the most formative period of their lives. couple of periods away from Cambridge as a Both these coupled, of course, with a formida- visiting professor at the Universities of Indiana ble strength of personality, the physical bulk of and Minnesota. And though his Department a second-row forward, and an impish sense of lectures were models of clarity and logic which humour! were gratefully plagiarised for many a subse- Gus's College geography supervisions were, quent sixth-form geography lesson - I was once as Peter Hall has so admirably reminded us, a sent an urgent appeal from Cyprus for my notes never-to-be-forgotten experience. With Gus. the on Gus's lectures for that purpose! - they were supervision was elevated to an art form. Con- not really of a style likely to have attracted atten- ducted through a haze of pipe smoke from the tion from modern-day TV producers. depths of an armchair in his rooms on Main So what was the basis of Gus's influence and Court, they would begin with some conventional 26 St Catharine's College Society Magazine remarks, easy enough if the student were a admire the latest addition to his extraordinary sportsman, perhaps more forced if the topic was collection of alcoholic miniatures, all donated the arts. Then came the point: the essay, read out by pupils and friends: to turning out on wet loud. Tt never took long for the first interruption: winter afternoons to cheer on the College "Steady on. old lad" - quintessential Gus! - "you hockey, football, or rugger team in a Cuppers haven't told us what the question is". A minute match, or to support the College boat from the later. "That sentence doesn't follow from the last towpath; to the giving of wise and practical one". Then. "I don't think you can infer that from advice to anxious undergraduates beset by prob- what you have just said". Then. "You could say lems ranging from decanal misdemeanours to that more simply". Finally, "I don't hear your serious personal difficulties; to sitting up all conclusions"! And the essay would gently but night at Grantchester Meadows helping Chum devastatingly be unpicked, re-ordered, and re- nurse an ill undergraduate to whom they had assembled into a much more logical, succinct given refuge in their own home, or even dealing and above all geographically-coherent whole. with the tragedy of an attempted suicide. Gus No wonder Gus's pupils would emerge from his cared deeply for his pupils, he enjoyed their supervisions into the fresh air of Main Court company, and he made each of them feel valued both shaken and stirred! and special by a host of individual and untrum- Gus's vision of geography, of the importance peted acts of generosity. Not least, of course, of location and place, and his unremitting insis- were the memorable meals provided by Chum tence on the paramountcy of logical, substanti- and Pat from that tiny kitchen at Grantchester ated argument, provided an academic training Meadows, meals which were usually enlivened for undergraduate geographers of exceptional by Chum's wonderful gift for idiosyncratic rigour. His teaching was a key factor in St quips and good humoured banter. She was of Catharine's domination of the list of First course the rock, the foundation, the life-long Classes in the Geographical Tripos during the partner on whom Gus depended and without 1950s and 1960s. Though this was also of course whose total support and sustaining love he could a tribute to Gus's nurturing of the College's never have given so generously to others. It is historic reputation for geography, and the attrac- right - indeed, essential - that at this service tion to St Catharine's of a stream of the bright- today we celebrate and honour her memory and est young geographers of that generation, espe- our debt to her, too. cially those from grammar schools. This So finally, what of Gus himself, as a person, combination - of innate talent and superb teach- as a man? In some ways, like many great char- ing - also underpinned St Catharine's remark- acters - and Gus was a great character - he was able and probably unique contribution to British prone to contradictions. Though inevitably academic geography. From this one small something of a father figure, he also possessed College. Gus inspired generations of talented an impish, even schoolboyish. sense of humour. pupils to become in their turn university On one of their first meetings. Chum found researchers and academics, over 70 of his former herself eating a powerful chilli which Gus had pupils holding professorships and lectureships slipped into her apple pie. as a practical joke. in Britain and overseas when he retired in 1980. Typical of Chum, she chewed her way through Their debt to him found tangible expression in it without showing any sign of discomfort, to the festschrift volume written in his honour by Gus's chagrin and respect. A more successful seven of those pupils in 1971. entitled Spatial and humorous sally on Gus's part was his cross- Policy Problems of the British Economy, and ing swords on one occasion with the Secretary edited by Michael Chisholm and Gerald of the Council of the Senate, one of several Manners. Donations from former pupils attend- University committees on which he served, over ing Gus's retirement celebration in 1980 also a minor breach of regulations concerning one of enabled the establishment of the College's his own tutorial pupils. His final letter, gently Caesar Scholarship, awarded annually for dis- pointing out that there was ample historic prece- tinguished performance in the Geographical dent for Caesar dispensing with the Senate, was Tripos. unanswerable! So too was his occasional re- Gus's teaching inspired respect. But it was minder to pupils who had failed to return a book his personal generosity, friendliness and com- borrowed from him, in the form of a note saying mitment to all his pupils, both geographical and simply "see Luke, chapter 20, verse 25". Which tutorial, which explain the love and affection of course reads "Render therefore unto Caesar which he aroused in so many and for which we the things which are Caesar's"! remember and honour him today. Gus's unstint- Perhaps another contradiction was his love- ing and unselfish concern for his pupils operated hate relationship with administration and paper- at a whole series of levels: from dispensing work. He enjoyed and filled with distinction the mulled wine in his rooms, where one could office of Senior Tutor of St Catharine's for ten St Catharine's College Society Magazine 27 years between 1967 and 1977. a responsibility Meadows. But his peaceful passing was in many which included undergraduate admissions and ways a merciful release. many committees. But he couldn't resist also This memorial service is. then, a celebration complaining about the inevitable paperwork - of a remarkable man. a Christian gentleman, '"It's a killer, boy" - despite, or perhaps because whose generosity and humanity touched and of his meticulous and efficient approach to it. enriched many lives, not least all of us who have And even his generosity to and instinctive under- come here today to honour him. We thank God standing of undergraduates had its limits: he for Gus Caesar: for his ability as a teacher and could not abide young men who affected a taste contribution to academic geography: for his for long hair and beards! devoted service to St Catharine's College, its Sadly, as we all know. Gus's final years were corporate life and undergraduate welfare: for his overshadowed by ill health and ultimately crip- love for and commitment to his family: and for pling disability as a result of a stroke, together his personal generosity, and kindness to so many- with the tragic loss of his beloved Chum. For generations of Cambridge undergraduates. We someone with Gus's lifelong love of travel - he share a sense of loss at his passing, for he personally drove virtually every A road in Great enriched our lives by his friendship. We honour Britain, and visited every state capital in the his memory, and thank God for his life and continental United States! - his disability must influence. have been a great burden. Blessed though he was DEK with the devoted care and love of Pat. to whom The funeral of 'Gus' was held in Chapel on Tuesday 19th he paid moving tribute in a prayer which he September. The Memorial Service was conducted by the wrote for his own funeral, and notwithstanding Chaplain in Great St Mary's on 18th November, at which Dr the support of James and his family. Gus's spirit Keeble gave the address printed above. The College Chapel flagged. He did enjoy his 80th birthday, almost Choir sang works by Handel. Wilkinson. Dyson and the Compline Closing and Responses, conducted by Julian a year ago today, when his family gathered round Wilkins (1993). Senior Organ Scholar. The Organist was him in a happy celebration at Grantchester Sara Barton (1995). Junior Orsan Scholar.

Gostlin House, where now stands the library with Gostlin staircase above. (See W H S Jones, pp.21-22) Photo: A F Kersting ! This!page!has!been!redacted!from!the!public! version!of!this!Magazine!for!legal!reasons.! ! The!full!version!is!available!only!to!registered! members!of!the!St!Catharine's!College!Society! who!may!log!in!via!the!Society!website! www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society! ! This!page!has!been!redacted!from!the!public! version!of!this!Magazine!for!legal!reasons.! ! The!full!version!is!available!only!to!registered! members!of!the!St!Catharine's!College!Society! who!may!log!in!via!the!Society!website! www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society! 30 St Catharine's College Society Magazine later sent back to Cambridge to become fluent in Jackson (1941) On 2nd July 1994, Dr Peter Francis Russian. Subsequently he was employed to act as an Clavering Jackson, FRCSE. FRCOG. Peter was interpreter on formal allied strategic planning occa- born in Kingston. Jamaica and brought up in Devon: sions. He also acquired the skills of technical trans- on leaving Cambridge, he went to the London lation of Eastern and European scientific data. After Hospital where he received a MB. BChir in 1946. retirement from the RN he lectured in Mathematics He was a resident obstetrician at Guy's Hospital, at St Andrews. chief assistant at St Bartholomew's, and then consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist to Hemel Faull (1946) On 27th March 1995. Richard Derek Hempstead and St Albans City Hospitals until 1985. Faull. He was schooled at St Paul's, and after spend- "Peter was greatly concerned for the welfare and ing the Second World War (including the D-Day subsequent careers of his junior staff, especially landing) in the Navy, he came up and enjoyed read- those from overseas, and privately took care of many ing History under Teddy Rich. He then went into the colleagues and others who were aged, widowed or City, and 'found his niche" in a stockbroker's. Bird- ill." watching was his delight in life. Jones (1946) On 4th July 1996 in South Croydon. Fisher (1933) On 17th October 1995. Richard John Dr Robert J Jones. He was a master of Biology and Fisher, after a short illness, at Addenbrookes Geology at Whitgift School, and a keen artist. Hospital. John's funeral took place in the College Chapel on 26th October 1995. and was attended by Laws (1937) On 31st October 1995 in Toronto. the President of the College, the Bursar, the Sec- Peter Malcolm Laws. MC. He came to College as a retary of the College Society, and by neighbours and state scholar from Dame Allan's School in New- friends. The service was conducted by the Chaplain, castle-upon-Tyne. As a cadet in 1940, he served with the Rev'd Paul Langham, who gave the address. (See the Royal West African Frontier Force in Nigeria: also Gifts ami Bequests). he was commissioned into the Durham Light Infantry in 1942 and landed on Gold Beach on 6th Gamble (1927) On 14th February 1996 in Scar- June 1944, for which he was awarded the Military borough. John Bevan Gamble. After war service Cross. He returned to Nigeria in 1946, and in 1955 with the Royal Engineers in the Far East, John retired from the Colonial Service to Canada. He returned to teaching at Bramcote Preparatory became involved in a multitude of occupations, from School. Scarborough. He had read English at working with wood products in Ottawa, to public College and taught both arts and games, which he administration in Toronto, and in 1978 received his found extremely fulfilling. He stayed at the school MEd from the University of Toronto. His articles from 1945 until his retirement, as Senior Master, at and poetry were published in OSSTF Forum and the the age of 70. He thus must have taught more than Canadian Modern Language Review. Anyone who a thousand boys at this one school. would wish to know more about Peter's published works should contact the Editor. Garner (1930) On 4th September 1995. Aubrey Edward Garner. After many years with MAFF. Lewis(1944) On lstJanuary 1996, William Murray Aubrey retired early and continued to farm in part- Lewis, FICE. After three years in the Royal nership with his late brother. Frank, at Culverton Engineers. Murray joined the Civil Engineering Manor Farm. Princes Risborough. Indifferent health Department of British Rail, at the same time serv- in recent years prevented him from taking an acitve ing in the Army Emergency Reserve, and was part in College life, but "his great enjoyment was awarded the Emergency Reserve Decoration in reading through the Society's Magazine". 1965. As a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers, he gave a paper in 1988 entitled Railway Electri- Gotch (1946) On 3rd June 1996 suddenly at home fication: Anglia Civil Engineering Projects, which in Brimfield. near Ludlow. David H Gotch. was awarded the ICE Webb Prize. Latterly he lived Gysin (1940) On 23rd November 1995 suddenly at at Brundall. near Norwich, and was church warden home. Francis Gysin. (See Obituaries). at Braydeston Church. His son Richard followed him to College in 1977. Hancox (1934) On 18th October 1995. Harold Gordon Hancox. He came from a mining back- McGee (1942) On 4th August 1995 at home in ground, and on receiving the Queen's Prize for His- Felsted. Essex. Dr Leslie Ernest McGee. FRCP. He tory at Queen Mary's Grammar School, came up to was consultant histo-pathologist at King George College to read History and English. For many years Hospital in Ilford from 1964 until his retirement in he was Head of History at Stockport School. "He 1990. attained the rank of Major in the Second World War and became the first town Major in Germany follow- McGrath (1942) On 6th December 1995 in ing the surrender." Middlesbrough. Albert Edward (Ted) McGrath. He came up to College to read History, gaining a Harrison (1943) On 27th December 1995 peace- wartime Blue in Association Football. He survived fully at home in Selby. Ian Vair Harrison. He was three years in Bomber Command as a navigator, formerly Head of Maths and Science at Kitson returning to the College in 1946: on going down in College. Leeds. 1948 he joined the Metal Box Company and later St Catharine's College Society Magazine 31

the Tioxide Group, of which he became Commercial Percy Perrier. He was decorated with the Military Director. Ted captained the College Cricket XI in Cross for his part in preventing an infiltration of 1947 and 1948 but will be best remembered for British lines in the Italian hills in 1944, when he led organising and captaining the Old Boys Sides a counter attack against the Germans. He was between 1950 and 1985. Always powerful teams, on commander of his regiment and finished the war one occasion they included four county captains: with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He made his Guy Willatt (1937. Derbyshire). Douglas Insole home in Jersey and became an advocate of the Royal (1946. Essex). Paul Parker (1975. Sussex), and Court in 1952. Rugby formed a major part of Jack's Roger Knight (1966. Surrey). life - he played on the winning side in the first post- war Siam Cup between Jersey and Guernsey, and Melville-Jackson (1935) On 24th June 1995 in was a founder shareholder of the Jersey RFC and its Ipswich. Adhemar Auber Melville-Jackson. A life- chairman from 1961 to 1980. Jack was our senior long and devoted schoolmaster, he was Headmaster College man in the Isles for some time. Sadly his of St Felix Preparatory School. Felixstowe. from widow Beryl (his second wife) died just a few 1946 to 1970. when the school was closed. He months later on 17th March 1996. subsequently taught at Ipswich School until his retirement. In the war years he served in the RAF Philipson (1928) On 28th December 1995 at home Sunderland flying boats and Catalinas for Coastal in Harbottle. Northumberland. John Philipson. FSA. Command from Gibraltar and Ceylon: as Squadron (See Obituaries and Gifts and Bequests). Leader, he was posted to the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force under General Rottenbury (1948) On 27th June 1996 in Eisenhower. He was awarded his DFC for the rescue Canterbury. Richard H S Rottenbury. He was the of a ship's company torpedoed in the Indian Ocean. Headmaster of Dover College Junior School 1957- [His brother. Wing Commander George H Melville- 86. During his latter years he was Chairman of the Jackson (1946) now lives in Spain.] Canterbury Branch of the Parkinson's Society and worked tirelessly to direct and assist other sufferers Moon (1943) On 13th November 1995 in Reading, and their families. His love of choral music Sidney Thomas Michael Moon, of acute myeloid remained with him all through his life and his leukaemia. He read Geography, but during his war funeral service was held in Canterbury Cathedral on service with the army, returned to College to study 5th July 1996. Russian. After taking his degree he spent a short while in Kenya, then at the age of 29 returned to Shelford (1930) On 20th November 1995 at England to manage the agricultural estate of his Leighton Hospital, Crewe. John Randolph Shelford. wife's family at Sulham. Berkshire. (See Obituaries).

Morrison (1930) On 29th December 1995. peace- Styles (1960) On 8th March 1996. Dr William fully in Barrow upon Soar. Ian Hugh Morrison. (See McNeil Styles. OBE. (See Obituaries). Obituaries). Turner (1920) On 21st February 1996 at Stamford Munday (1941) On 15th August 1995 in Hospital. John Harris Turner. After reading Agri- Cambridge. William Alexander Munday. Having cultural Science. John returned to Stamford School specialised in Zoology at University, he went into for a short period to teach Mathematics and Botany. the oil industry, spending the major part of his He was subsequently appointed Inspector of Agri- professional life designing and building lubricating culture in the Sudan, but soon returned to his home oils at Shell's Thornton Research Centre in the in Little Bytham. where he worked the family farm Wirral. In 1985 he retired to Cambridge where his for the next 43 years. He was always greatly in- sons, both graduates of St Catharine's, reside. volved in village life, and served as a county coun- cillor. As an active member of the church, he not Palmer (1960) On 26th April 1995. Gordon Ernest only sang in the choir but also played clarinet in the Gerald Palmer. He died suddenly at Plymouth band. John and his wife Margaret retired to Portugal, College Preparatory School, where he had been where they specialised in producing flower seeds for Senior Master and Head of History for 20 years. the British market. In 1974 they returned to England and Little Bytham. and in 1990 celebrated their Peake (1950) On 7th February 1996 in Brantham. diamond wedding in St Medard's Church, where Suffolk. Humfrey Vowe Peake, after a six month they were married 60 years earlier. battle with cancer. After playing rugby in the 1 st X V and reading Agriculture, he went on to Oxford to Turvey (1935) On 27th July 1995 in Oxford. further his studies. For most of his life he worked Reverend Raymond Hilton Turvey. He was for a with Fisons in Suffolk, where he was also to be a long time vicar of St George's Leeds, and his last Director of a farmers' consultancy. Leavington appointment was at Holy Trinity Brompton. which Agriculture Ltd. was united with St Paul's Onslow Square in 1976. Perrier (1930) On 20th December 1995 at home in Westall (1938) On 21 st June 1996 at home in Deal. Avalon Park, St Clement, in Jersey, Jack Edwin Kent, Frederick Westall. 32 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

DONALD ALFRED DAVIE, FBA 1940, Honorary Fellow 1973; Professor Emeritus of English, Vanderbilt University A Valediction bv Michael Schmidt

A memorial service was held in the College someone of whom you are yourself made. That's Chapel on Saturday 10th February 1996. con- my difficulty, and it would be a difficulty for any ducted by the Chaplain: the Rt Rev'd Hugh of us. His letters, his books, and the meetings we Monteliore pronounced the blessing. At the had in a most fortunate and unequal friendship, service three poems of Donald's were read: The he with so much to give. I - like a student or. North Sea read by Seamus Heaney: To a Brother worse, like an editor- in a posture to receive: all in the Mystery read by Charles Tomlinson: these things made me. What he gave, as editor- Advent read by Clive Wilmer. ial colleague, teacher and author, is a durable The service concluded with Handel's The legacy. The ignorance, ingratitude and misun- Trumpet shall sound (from the Messiah) sung by derstanding he had to tolerate from me, and Rohan Stewart MacDonald (1993). The Senior perhaps from some of you. he bore with a forgiv- Organ Scholar Julian Wilkins (1993) conducted ing impatience. He never gave up on a friend. I the Choir and Sara Barton (1995). Junior Organ was his publisher, but he did not let me forget I Scholar, was the Organist. The Address printed was a writer. If he liked what he saw. he said so. below was given by Donald's publisher and When it was published, he said so in print. He friend, the poet Michael Schmidt. engaged actively in other people's projects, the way Ford Madox Ford and Ezra Pound did. He belonged to that tradition of collaborative generosity. Each of us knew Donald differently, as Donald's poetry and prose possess wonder- someone uniquely our own. If 1 tried to charac- ful clarity of argument and formal purpose. terise him by a single memory it might be that of Engagement with literature and language is the walking through a Derbyshire gale on the crucial engagement with culture, and he finds Bollington-Marple canal. He was preparing the himself out of sympathy with cultural and polit- Clark Lectures: he didn't notice the weather or ical reaction quite as much as he does with those the time of evening, only the little locked and who think that art of writing is a doddle. He is as ruined chapels that we met. which he addressed impatient with overselling as with selling short. with an enthusiasm which the wind carried The self-conscious modesty of purpose of many off. Or it might be the memory of receiving one of his contemporaries makes him furious. The of his letters, the three megaton letters which art of poetry is ambitious, big-hearted. If our greeted some error I'd committed and made me culture is deeply infected with irony, the writer readjust my life, or the letters of approbation must develop strategies to transcend it. to subvert which made the work of editing and criticism it. Donald strives as a teacher to bring the reader worth while. The best memories are of staying close to the text, the writer close to the core expe- with Donald and Doreen. and those open-ended rience of the poem he or she is writing. and open-hearted conversations. Born in Barnsley in 1922. Donald remained Donald is the defining poet-critic of his faithful to the accents of his formative years. In generation. It's not only what he wrote and said, his autobiography These the Companions, he his impact, in different ways and at different recalls his Baptist boyhood and the ingredients times, on a huge number of people. It's the which went to the making of his distinct English- trajectory of his development that makes him ness, remote from the southern rural and patri- exemplary. We learn different things from the cian as from the Lawrentian. yet rich in new evolving poet and critic - from the writer of possibilities. He concluded his life a devout Purity of Diction and Articulate Energy to the Anglican, singing hymns with gusto if a little out critic of Ezra Pound and Milosz; from the chas- of tune. tiser of the post-modern to the author of To He earned a scholarship to this College, but Scorch or Freeze, from the expositor of dissent- passed through the Navy first and saw service in ing traditions to the devout Anglican. Arctic Russia, teaching himself the language and Years ago. when Donald and Doreen re- preparing for his translations of Pasternak and turned to England after their exile among the his writings on Russian and Polish literature. In alien corn, I interviewed several writers about the last year of the war. in Devon, he married Donald for a Radio 3 feature. Christopher Ricks, Doreen John, his staunchest friend, severe and echoing a comment he'd made about William generous critic. Empson, spoke of the difficulty of describing Donald read English here, then went on to St Catharine 's College Society Magazine 33

most vulnerable book). Three for Water-Music (an homage to three landscapes, and to Pound. Eliot. Bunting, writers of whom he was made), and his most original and challenging volume. To Scorch or Freeze (which revisits the Psalms). "In all but what seems inchoate." he wrote, "we quiz the past, to see it straight/ Requires a form just out of reach." He thought he had exhausted his Muse, but a few months ago he sent me verse meditation on "Our Father", and Doreen has assembled late poems into a collection, includ- ing "melodramas', which will appear in the autumn.* Parallel with his poetry went his work as critic, advocate and anthologist. In The Late Augustans he began dusting down the eighteenth century. Among his prose books are Ezra Pound: Poet as Sculptor (a crucial account), Thomas Hardy and British Poetry (which put more than one cat among the pigeons of the literary orthodoxy constrained by secularism). Czeslaw lecture at Trinity College. Dublin. There his Milosz and the Insufficiency of Lyric (which early critical books and his first collection of radicalises our sense of the lyric), and Under poems Brides of Reason were written, an unnat- Briggfiatts: Poetry in Great Britain 1960-1988 urally orderly beginning, defining for himself (a classic engagement). and his generation a stance against the excesses of the 1940s: "there is no necessary connection His impact as critic is durable: his poems live between the poetic vocation on the one hand, and in formal diversity, intellectual rigour, and on the other exhibitionism, egoism, and licence." candour. None of this came easy: his candour, His was the clearest voice of the early Movement Christian in the strictest sense, had conse- and. with Larkin's it will prove the most durable. quences for his art. I am put in mind of a novel- Ireland stayed vivid in his mind, a point of ist who wrote. "The questions which one asks definition and departure. There as in England he oneself begin, at last, to illuminate the world, and discovered writers unjustly neglected and stood become one's key to the experience of others. up for them: Padriac Fallon, Austin Clarke and One can only face in others what one can face in others he held up to Irish and British readers, as oneself. On this confrontation depends the he did later with Bunting, and with Ezra Pound. measure of our wisdom and compassion. This energy is all that one finds in the rubble of Donald was not content with what came to vanished civilisations, and the only hope for seem a Romantic adherence to Augustan pre- ours." cepts. He read Pasternak and was discovering Pound. In 1958 he returned to Cambridge and in The aesthetic and the moral are not different 1964 helped shape the University of Essex w ith in kind. They are continuous. its new approach to literary studies. His time I miss Donald there in his study at Omega there ended in the debacles of 1968. He became Cottage, speaking from a cloud - of smoke; Professor of English at Stanford, following Yvor squaring up for a contest, making necessary Winters, whose work he introduced to English concessions, planning larger battles, always with readers. Later he went to Vanderbilt. He never the sense of a vocation worth the candle, of an lost sight of Britain, addressing essays and art worth dedication. It was possible to visit poems to English readers. In 1988 he and Doreen Donald and Doreen and talk for six or seven returned to Silverton. Devon. hours with, at the end. a sense of time suspended. Always addition, always growth. As he wrote. After his first two collections of poems. "Needing to know is always how to learn./ Donald became restless. The work of Pound, of Needing to see brings sightings." His candour, the Black Mountain Poets and others, adjusted his benign, strict and loving presence persist in his formal imagination, and with A Sequence for what he wrote, for those of us who know him, Francis Parkman in 1961 he broke new ground, studied with him, read him. In this valediction drawing history in a vividly present form. Essex there is as much joyful are as there is vale. Poems, written out of the turbulence of the late 1960s, is his first major collection, and it was MS followed by others: Six Epistles to Eva Hesse, * We bring your attention to two books of Donald Davie's in The Shires (disliked by critics at the time for its our Publications list. p. 17 No other commendation of these English modernism). In the Stopping Train (his publications is printed in this issue - Ed. 34 St Catharine's College Society Magazine Obituaries

JAMES (JOHNNY) LOGAN BRIGGS DFC Music. He even built a harpsichord. A great (1936) thinker, with twinkling eyes, his body composi- tion was something special. Born on 7th July 1916 in Dundee, the son of JG a Chemical Manufacturer, Logan Briggs came to St Catharine's from Merchiston Castle School in (From Scope: The Journal of the Institute of Physical Edinburgh to read Economics, no doubt with the Sciences in Medicine, March 1995.) future of the family business in mind. After the war he served the business until 1969. when it was taken over by Tarmac. During these years he FRANCIS GYSIN( 1940) travelled extensively throughout the world in connection with export sales, meanwhile keep- Francis Gysin was born in London in 1921 ing up his interests in mountaineering and world- and educated at Highgate School. He came up to wide weather information. St Catharine's to read Modern & Medieval Languages. Once at College, the love for film It is however his war record that is so char- that he had developed as a child led to an unusual acteristic of him. He was one of the first RAF scholastic schedule. He became Secretary of the pilots to fly a Hurricane Fighter from the deck of University Film Society and spent much of his an aircraft carrier, a feat achieved at the relief of time organising Film Society meetings and Malta after flying for four years in the Middle arranging for distinguished cinematographers to East (during which time he destroyed a number address the members of the society. He studied of enemy aircraft). He was later awarded his in the early hours of the morning, his quick mind DFC when in command of a flight of Spitfires enabling him to absorb information speedily. operating from advanced airstrips on the Man- This ability to analyse data would later be used dalay front during the Burma Campaign. In his in selecting subjects for film and producing latter years, as befits an ex-Spitfire pilot, "he scripts at great speed. was still very active, zooming from place to place visiting friends and travelling abroad". After graduation, he started his career in the His flying Log Book of his entire RAF career, documentary film industry working for Paul which is now in the possession of his nephew, Rotha. With Rotha, he was involved in the may be of value and interest to future war making of many important films such as Land of historians. Promise and A City Speaks. In 1944 he became one of the founders of a film makers' co-opera- SLB tive, Data Films. Later he went to Venezuela to head Shell Oil's film unit - there he spent five happy and productive years - but in 1963 he decided to return to the UK and succeeded his DR LEWIS BURKINSHAW (1949) friend Donald Alexander as head of the National Coal Board's film unit. The NCB unit was the Lewis Burkinshaw won an Open Scholar- largest documentary film unit in the country and ship to St Catharine's in 1949. He was a physi- produced a wide variety of films - Mining Review cist interested in applying his knowledge of radi- (later known as Review and shown in cinemas ation physics to physiology, biochemistry and. around the country), coal safety films, films for of course, ultimately to radiotherapy in hospi- the British Medical Association and the Police, tals. He followed his Cambridge BA with a PhD as well as films for commercial organisations. in 1958 and used his newly acquired research He retired in 1986 but continued to be involved skills to determine the detailed composition, in the film industry through dealings with element by element, of the tissues of the body. students to whom he willingly gave interviews For more than twenty years he worked with the and advice. Medical Research Council, ultimately heading a large research team. JFEG Life for him was not just body composition. (See also The Times. 23rd December I995) He loved his Yorkshire heritage, where he had been head boy at his local grammar school, and walked and bird-watched in the West Riding. IAN HUGH MORRISON (1930) Above all, music permeated his leisure time. He sang in a variety of choirs, was an accomplished Ian was the younger brother of J P Morrison sight-reader and made a speciality of Early (1921), and read chemistry at College, graduat- St Catharine's College Society Magazine 35 ing in Natural Sciences. He then turned his atten- tising archaeologist of great diversity, from the tion to metallurgy and studied in the Cavendish investigation of illicit whisky distilling and Laboratory under Lord Rutherford. It was this smuggling, to the dating of stoneware mineral association which led to a life's work with water bottles! Yet his broader range of research metals. was more extraordinary still: he analysed the He was employed by a copper smelting history of North East Quaker families, and company in Manchester, which was converted to amassed a wealth of information on the fishing armaments manufacture at the outbreak of war, songs of Coqueldale, his homeplace for many at which time he first worked on uranium as part years. Such scholarship brought national repu- of the Manhattan Project. In spite of being heav- tation, and with it election to the Society of ily committed to this research, he devoted all of Antiquaries in London. his spare time to the Home Guard in Manchester He made a significant contribution to other as a senior weapons training officer. aspects of the region's cultural activity. He was After the war he was a member of a group of a member of several learned societies of the scientists who started the UK Atomic Energy north east, the Founder Chairman of the Authority. He was based at Springfields in the Northumberland and Durham Naturalists Trust, Fylde which became the centre of fuel element and also served on several Newcastle University research and the main uranium extraction and Committees, from Excavation and Fieldwork, to enrichment factory in Europe. He had a gift for Publications' Sponsorship. finding ingenious but often simple solutions to John Philipson was a man who loved crafts- problems. Many of his ideas and patents are still manship and who loved learning. to be found in the Magnox reactors which have performed so well in their thirty odd years of From N McC for Archaeologia Ael'iana and The Public service. Orator. Newcastle University, 15th May 1981 - F.d. During the height of the cold war. he was an advisor to the Civil Defence units in the Preston area on the likely post-nuclear attack scenario, and the requirements which would be laid upon ROBERT ALFRED SEYMOUR RATCLIFFE the emergency services. (1935) SRM In the 1994 edition we reported the death of Robert Ratcliffe and printed a short obituary for a meteorologist whose early research revolu- tionised our understanding of forecasting and JOHN PHILIPSON, FSA (1928) paved the way to the contemporary televised daily reports on which so many of us rely for John Philipson came from a Tyneside family both our business and pleasure. Wing Comman- of long-standing repute as commercial printers der J R C Young (1938) has since brought to our and engravers. From Dame Allan's School he notice an edition of Weather December 1995 Vol came up to St Catharine's to read English and 50 No 12. In its introduction J R Walker. History. University of Wales, writes. "This volume is After a brief stint in London, when he gained intended to reflect Robert's main interests. It is. experience in photo-engraving, he returned in first and foremost, about medium-range, long- 1933 to Northumbria and the family firm, of range and seasonal forecasting. It endeavours to which he immediately became Director. He cover historical aspects of these subjects, as well maintained this position for more than 40 years, as the most recent developments, and it endeav- also being prominent in the National Federation ours to place Robert's own work in perspective. of Master Process Engravers (President 1965— His devotion to Weather is reflected in the deci- 67). sion to commemorate him with a special issue of Besides his success as a businessman, John the magazine. All of the authors were invited to contrived to achieve significant scholarly dis- contribute, and all are thanked most warmly for tinction in his chosen fields, one of which was giving their time so willingly". The edition the Society of Antiquaries in Newcastle. He was contains a considerable amount of biographical heavily involved in the society, becoming Presi- detail on an old member who must surely be one dent in 1973 and serving as Editor of Archae- of our most influential scholars of the twentieth ologia Aeliana, their journal of international century. repute, from 1962 until his death. His experience Ed as a printer and engraver was invaluable in adapt- ing this learned publication to the commercial world with unique efficiency. He was also a prac- 36 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

JOHN RANDOLPH (RANDY) SHELFORD DR WILLIAM STYLES. OBE (1960) (1930) William Styles came to St Catharine's from After being schooled under the headmaster- the City of Bath School, and gained a First in ship of his father at the Duke's School, Alnwick, Natural Sciences and also a Rugby Blue. He John Shelford came up to College with an open went on to complete his clinical training at St scholarship in Mathematics. However, he soon Mary's Hospital Medical School. changed to Geography, and after going down, His main professional focus was education lectured at Culham College (Reading Univer- for General Practice, and in 1977 he joined the sity) and supervised in Cambridge. Royal College of Practitioners. During the He then served his war service in the RAF, 1980s, he became honorary secretary of the where his university apprenticeship under College's Council, and also of its committee on Professor J A Steers (1917 Fellow 1925-66), the postgraduate training. In 1989 he won the leading authority on coastlines, was to come to Foundation Council award, the College's high- the fore - Shelford is believed to have studied est accolade. Thereafter he progressed to the the structure of the Normandy beaches, and rank of chairman, but within a year had devel- analysed sand brought back before the landings. oped cancer of the colon. However, his subse- Following the war. he moved to Stamford quent work entitled Education and Training School. Lincolnshire, where he taught as Second General Practice, Policy Statement 3 was pub- Master and Head of Geography for thirty years lished, and in 1995 he was awarded an OBE (see until his retirement. He was not only an outstand- 1994, p. 19). ing classroom teacher, but also a sensitive house- He was an honorary medical officer to master, and church warden at St Mary's. Queens Park Rangers Football Club for a Stamford for twenty years. number of years, and also enjoyed photography, Roger Browne (1945) represented the reading and horse-ridins. Master and Fellows and the St Catharine's Ed Society at the Memorial Service on 29th April 1996 in Stamford School Chapel. (See also Gifts (See also The Independent, 8th April 1996, and The Times. and Bequests). 29rh March 1996.) REB

Ralph Brownrigg Master 1635-1645 (See p.19) St Catharine's College Society Magazine 37 The St Catharine's College Society Notes The Society, comprising all members of the College past and present, exists to encourage a contin- uing interest in, and support for, the College by those members who are no longer in residence, to main- tain contacts among such members and between them and the College. Officers of the Society 1995-1996 President David V Evans, MA, L1M (1953) Officers of the Society, 1995-96 Vice President (President-Elect 1996-1997): Sir Derek M Day, KCMG (1948) Hon Treasurer: John A Little. MA. PhD (1972) Hon Secretary: Tom G Cook, MA (1940) Editor of the Society Magazine: The Rev'd John St H Mullett (1943)

Elected Committee Members Members are elected at the Annual Meeting and serve for four years. They may be re-elected once for a further four years.

Year of election: 1992 Gavin C M Dunbar. RD** (1956). Julie W Mehta (1979). Robert O Plowright (1956) 1993 Guy G Beringer (1973). Richard A McBride (1985). Martin G Taylor, CBE (1955)* 1994 Michael J Collie (1949). Eilis V Ferran (1980), Brian N C Sweeney (1963) 1995 Malcolm H Maclean (1959). Graeme G Menzies (1973). David M Pyle (1983) :*:co-opted to fill a vacancy caused by resignation.

The above officers and members form the Society's Committee, which meets once a year and may. and does, hold additional meetings. Nominations of officers and elected committee members, which have received the consent of the person nominated, may be made to the Hon Secretary at any time.

The Secretary and Treasurer are ex-officio members of the Committee. Sir Derek Day. KCMG. MA (1948) Vice-President. and the Editor of the magazine, the Rev'd J St H Mullett. MA (1943) are co-opted.

Past Presidents 1950 P J Boizot, MBE. MA 1928 Sir Foley Newns. KCMG. CVO. MA 1955 R J Chapman. MA 1949 J A Norris. MA, PhD 1928 Sir Irvine Goulding. MA. QC 1939 The Rt Hon Sir Ian Percival. MA. QC 1946 J C R Hudson. MA 1955 F D Robinson. MA 1945 Sir Anthony Hurrell. KCVO. CMC MA 1947 Professor C C Smith. MA. LittD 1953 A E Lock. MA 1927 W P Speake. OBE. MA 1940 His Honour Peter Mason. MA. QC 1947 P B D Sutherland. MA 38 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

ST CATHARINE'S COLLEGE SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 1995 With Roy Chapman (1955) in the chair, the Master and 70 Members were present. A proposal at a previous AGM had led to the successful introduction to the day's programme of a talk by a Fellow, on this occasion Dr John Pyle on his special subject of ozone depletion, which was given to a crowded audience in the Rushmore Room. In his final report as Hon Treasurer. David Keeble (1958) was able to announce a modest surplus on the Society's Fund and a larger amount on the Robert Hardie Fund. 24 Sports Fund grants totalling £1520 had been made to individuals representing the University in 13 different sports. The meeting thanked David Keeble most warmly for his eleven years of very successful Treasurership and welcomed John Little (1972). elected as his successor. Other elections made David Evans President and brought Derek Day (1948) to the Vice-Presidency - and so to Presidency in 1996-97. Graeme Menzies (1973) and David Pyle (1983) joined Malcolm Maclean on the Committee and Martin Taylor (1955) was subsequently added by co-option. The Committee had initiated a review of the form, presentation and contents of the magazine and for this purpose had appointed a Sub-Committee under the Chairmanship of the Editor. The meeting accepted the Committee's recommendation that as numbers showed the popularity of Friday dinners, in any three year period there should be two dinners on a Friday and one on a Saturday. There would be a mid-year Committee meeting to consider further the arrangements for the annual meeting and dinner. Tom Cook: Hon Secretary Chapel Collections at the annual gathering raised just over £400. the highest total yet. for the Cogwheel Trust, a local charity helping families.

As part of the review of the magazine's contents, the Committee decided to include the above short report in place of the formal Minutes. A copy of the Minutes will, however, be sent to those who intend to come to the 1996 Annual Meeting. If you are not able to attend this meeting but would like to have a copy of the Minutes, please write to the Chief Clerk at the College.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 1996 To be held in the Ramsden Room on Saturday 28th September 1996 at 5.00 pm. President for 1995-96: David V Evans, MA, LLM (1953)

AGENDA 1 Minutes of the meeting held on Friday 29th September 1995 and matters arising (other than matters covered by this Agenda). 2 Report of the Honorary Secretary. 3 Report of the Honorary Treasurer. 4 Report of the Editor of the Magazine. 5 Election of President and Vice President. Sir Derek Day (1948) was elected President for 1996-97.The Meeting will be invited to decide on a President-Elect for 1997-98 who will be Vice-President in 1996-97. 6 Election of three Committee members. Gavin Dunbar (1956). Julie Mehta (1979) and Robert Plowright (1956) are all retiring but are eligi- ble for re-election. 7 Election of Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer. 8 Branches of the Society. 9 The Annual Dinner 10 Date of the next Meeting. In 1997 the AGM and Dinner will be on Friday 26th September. T G Cook July 1996 Honorary Secretary Items of business for the Annual General Meeting should be given to the Hon Secretary by the first day of May preceding such meeting. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 39

THE SOCIETY SEMINAR THE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI WEEKEND Saturday 28th September 1996 at 3.30 pm 27-29 September 1996 in the Ramsden Room The Master and several Fellows are taking Following the successful experiment last part in the events planned for the Weekend. year when Dr John Pyle had a capacity audience On Friday 27th September at 10.30 am for his lecture on ozone depletion, a further Professor John Pickard (1966) will give a talk seminar has been arranged. From the upper on Functional brain imaging in critically ill atmosphere we come down to earth, terra though patients to be followed by demonstrations of not exactly firma. This year's speaker will be Dr the work of the Wolf son Brain Imaging Centre David Pyle (1983). a geologist specialising in and the Neuroscience Critical Care Unit at the study of 'young' volcanoes, whose re- Addenbrooke's Hospital. searches have taken him to countries in four Also on Friday. Professor Michael Chisholm continents. His illustrated talk is entitled Blow- (1951) will give a lecture on Britain, Europe and ing hot and cold: explosive volcanic eruptions the national interest at 2.30 pm. and their effects. On Saturday 28th those attending a Law As last year the Rushmore Room proved a Workshop in the morning will be able to tour the little too small for the number wishing to attend, new Law Faculty building, designed by Sir this year's Seminar will be in the Ramsden Norman Foster, with Dr Eilis Ferran (1980). Room. It will begin at 3.30 pm, last between On Sunday 29th the Master will be the forty-five minutes and one hour, and will be speaker at the Cambridge Society Lunch at followed by tea in the Dining Hall. Wolfson College. Enquiries about the Weekend should be addressed to the Events Officer. University of Cambridge Development Office, 10 Trumpins- ton Street, Cambridge. CB2 1QA. Tel: 01223 333166. Fax: 01223 460817.

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NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS The 68th Annual General Meeting and the Dinner of the College Society will be held in College on Saturday 28th September 1996. We look forward to a good representation of all years of those formerly in residence, particularly those celebrating decennial anniversaries of their entry to the College. The programme w ill be as follows: Saturday 28th September: 2.00 pm Committee Meeting in the OCR 3.30 pm Society Seminar in the Ramsden Room 4.15 pm Tea in Hall 5.00 pm Annual General Meeting in the Ramsden Room 6.45 pm Evensong in the College Chapel 7.15 pin Sherry 7.30 pm Dinner in Hall - Dinner jacket or dark suit Sunday 29th September: 8.45 am Holy Communion in Chapel (to conclude at 9.20) 8.45-9.45 am Breakfast 12.30-1.30 pm Buffet lunch in Hall On the evening of Saturday 28th September. Lady English has much pleasure in inviting husbands and wives accompanying members attending the dinner to supper in the Master's Lodge at 7.15 for 7.30 pm. To accept the invitation please complete the relevant entry on the reply slip below. The College is making available a buffet lunch on Sunday 29th September for Members attend- ing the dinner, and for any guests they may wish to bring. Accommodation will be provided for those wishing to stay overnight on the Saturday. The inclusive charge for dinner and for an overnight room with breakfast will be £45.50: for dinner only, including wines, £28.50; for a room with breakfast for guests staying overnight. £ 17.00: and for the buffet lunch, £6.50 per person, all payable in advance. If you wish to attend please complete the booking form below and return it to Mrs Barbara Reader with your cheque made payable to "St Catharine's College" to reach her by Thursday 19th September 1996. If you are using this form to book College accommodation for the Alumni Weekend, early application is essential as space is limited. Should you have any queries regarding the dinner or AGM. please contact the Chief Clerk, Mrs I Moran. on 01223 338339. Please read Editorial Notes on the back cover. June 1996 T G Cook Hon Secretary Please return to: Mrs Barbara Reader Please detach and return St Catharine's College Cambridge CB2 1RL FULL NAME and permanent address: (BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE)

Year of entry to the College: Subject: On Saturday 28th September 1996 I hope to attend (a) the Annual General Meeting (Please tick where appropriate) (b) the Annual Dinner of the Society I require room(s) in College for the night of Saturday 28th September for myself and guest(s) University Alumni Weekend Room and Breakfast for Friday 27th September will be charged at the same rate as for Saturday 28th Dinner only (including wines) @ £28.50 £ Dinner, room and breakfast @ £45.50 £ Room and breakfast (per person) @ £17.00 per night £ Buffet Lunch on Sunday @ £6.50 per person £ Amount enclosed £ If it is available 1 should like to occupy: .. At the Dinner I should like to sit near to:. Special dietary requirements, if any: (Name) accepts Lady English's invitation to Supper in the Master's Lodge on Saturday 28th September St Catharine's College Society Magazine 41 St Catharine's College Society ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL 1996 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 1995 1996 1995 1996 Receipts Payments 4,641 New Members subscriptions 4,849 6,500 Society Magazine 7,698 2,289 Dividend and Bank Interest 2,446 180 Gratuities 160 Donations - 36 Printing 65 Magazine grant from 749 Dinner Subsidy and Guests 265 1,000 Robert Hardie Fund 1,000 472 Surplus to Balance Sheet _ - Deficit carried to Balance Sheet 234 - Postage 26 - Newsletter 315 £7,937 £8,529 £7,937 £8,529

BENEVOLENT FUND 1,000 Balance brought forward £1,000 1,000 Balance carried forward £1,000

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30TH APRIL 1996 Liabilities Assets Part-paid subscriptions by Investments at Cost 4,849 Junior Members 4,206 399 6680 Gartmore Practical 399 1,000 Benevolent Fund 1,000 19,811 28000 F & C Investment Trust 19,811 34,345 General Reserve brought forward 34,817 £9,806 Exchequer 12% Stock 472 Surplus/Deficit brought down (234) 10,923 1999/2002 10,923 1,655 Cash at Bank 115 7,878 Deposit Account 8,541 £40,666 £39,789 £40,666 £39,789 Audited and found correct I Moran Value of Investments 30 April 1996 £66,732

Robert Hardie Bequest Fund ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL 1996 1995 1996 1995 1996 Receipts Payments 3,110 Dividents and Bank Interest 3,297 Grants: 400 Boat Club 400 _ Students 240 100 Year Book 400 1,000 Society Magazine Grant 1,000 663 T, R, Henn Lecture Expenses - 947 Surplus Carried to Balance Sheet 1,257 £3,110 £3,297 £3,110 £3,297

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30TH APRIL 1996 Liabilities Assets 57,623 General Reserve Brought Forward 58,570 Investment* at Cost

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his other interests include a publishing house, three Muirtield (can anyone tell me how to put 50 yards on my London eateries, the Great Northern Hotel in his native tee shots1)". Peterborough, and a plan to refurbish the town's Odeon cinema as an entertainment and eating centre. (Sec also Crosbie, P Kim (1991) has just returned from her fourth Honours and Awards and photographs on pp.61 and 68). season in Antarctica. This year she has been leading an expedition to the Peninsula. South Georgia and the Bonney, the Rev'd M P J (1975). Vicar of Eaton Bray with Falklands. At the present moment (by way of recre- Edlesborough. is to be Rector of Great Berkhamsted, St ation?) she is a leader on a summer cruise to the Artie. Alban's. (See also Births). Her ship, the Alia Tarasova, after taking considerable Briggs, S R (1992) Having spent the year accruing experi- water in the engine room, sent out a May Day call and ence in the fields of journalism and PR work, whilst side- was eventually safely towed back to Peterhead. We await lining as a rock reviewer for the Daily Telegraph. Simon news of how Kim herself fared in all this. has now secured a job with Wisden to work on their almanac and monthly cricket magazine. Briscoe, B A (1964), Chief Executive of Hertfordshire County Council, has been appointed Secretary of the new Local Government Association, which represents around 500 councils under one roof. "We are going to make a difference to how local government is perceived by the other players, and equally importantly, how it is valued by the public." No doubt Brian's ability to delegate and inspire the people he works with will play a crucial part in the shaping of the LGA. Broom, Professor D M (1961 Fellow 1987) has been re- appointed Chairman of the European Union Scientific Veterinary Committee, Animal Welfare Section. One of its major activities in 1995 was the preparation of a scien- tific report on the welfare of calves, which was then presented to the Council of Ministers of Agriculture. Professor Broom has also been appointed as one of three scientists to represent the EU in a tripartite working group with Canada and the United States, whose remit is to develop standards for humane mammal traps. Bull, Dr S J (1981) After eight years at the Harwell labora- tory, Stephen has now been appointed Reader in Surface Engineering at Newcastle University. Busby, the Rev'd J (1957) In September 1994 at Guildford Cathedral. John was ordained priest in the Church of England to serve as Local Ordained Minister in the Parish of Worplesdon. This is a non-stipendiary position and he retains his full-time employment as an engineer. Chadvvick, R J (1992) performed the Piano Concerto of Michael Tippetton2ndjuly 1996 in the Queen Elizabeth Hall. South Bank Centre, London. Chakraverty, Dr S C (1980) has been appointed Consultant Dabbs, Dr E R (1956) spent his 1994-45 sabbatical leave Radiologist in vascular radiology at Bradford RSC. from the Genetics Department. University of the Chapman, R J (1955 President of the Society 1994-5) Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, as Guest Professor at the former Senior Partner of Arthur Andersen, was Research Centre for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial appointed to the Board of Eurotunnel pic in December Toxicoses. Chiba University. Japan. 1995. Dennis, the Rt Rev'd J (195 1), Bishop of St Edmundsburv Clark, Cdr T N, RN (1971) See Edis, R J S. & Ipswich, is to retire at the end of November and will make his home in Cambridge. Conway, S L (1986) has been appointed Finance and Information Director for The Mulberry NHS Trust in Dodd, MB(1945) retired in 1988 after a period of 39 years Lincolnshire, which provides services lor adults with teaching Geography and Geology, first as Deputy Head learning disabilities. (See also Births). of Whitehaven Grammar School, and then at Whitehaven Comprehensive. Since then he has enjoyed a "comfort- Crassweller, P H (1936) writes. '"I came up to College to ably busy" retirement, last year taking an Open Uni- read English under Tom Henn. Having come from versity Science degree. He has been in contact with Dr Aldenham School (as did Henn), I had the greatest Kenneth Whitham (also 1945). of whom he writes. "Ken respect for him as a scholar. For my first two years, six Whitham retired in 1987 after a distinguished career. At of us sat for First Hall dinner on a small table on the dais the time of his retirement he was Vice Minister of Mines of the old hall. Logan Briggs has recently died, but I in Canada (the approximate equivalent of a UK understand that Zia-ul-Hassan Kureishy. Jack Hibbert. Permanent Under Secretary)". 'Whistle' Walker and Tom Llewellyn Lloyd arc still alive. Of course, in our third year we had to go to the Dodds, R D, OBE (1978) has been appointed Chairman of second sitting, which meant that we lost our 'private' the Great Britain Men's Olympic Hockey Committee. He table." After his degree, Peter joined the army and was will be attending the Atlanta Olympics as Head of posted to Edinburgh. There he re-met his wife (an Delegation for the Men's Hockey and as a member of the acquaintance from his youth in Herts). They were Executive Board of the British Olympic Association. married in 1941 and have lived happily ever after. He Edis, R J S (1962) was appointed HM Ambassador to finally retired at the age of 70, and spends his time read- Tunisia on 4th December 1995. There he found that his ing, listening to music and "playing geriatric golf around Defence Attache was also a Cats man - Commander Tim 46 5/ Catharine's College Society Magazine

Clark. RN (1971). During his briefing. Richard also met Godwin, S A L (1994) is doing his best to keep the College Rav Mingay (1956). Director of General Export Pro- theatrical flame alight. Last year, having directed a sell- motion at the DTI. out production of The Importance of Being Earnest, Simon produced Hamlet for the ADC. The show toured Eldon, the Rt Rev'd M H (1949). Bishop of Nassau and the eastern coast of America during the Long Vacation, Bahamas, retires from this appointment on 31st August before transferring for a week's run in Seoul. South 1996. On 24th June in the Crown Ballroom on Paradise Korea. This year he is planning something no less amibi- Island there was a great celebration to commemorate the tious. Having helped to set up a new University society. 25th Anniversary of his consecration as bishop in Christ Cambridge Theatre Overseas, he is about to commence Church Cathedral. Nassau on 24th June 1971. After the directing The Winter's Tale. This production will then fanfare by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Band, the tour Russia. Poland, the Ukraine and the Baltic States National Anthem, and a good meal, tributes to his during September. ministry were made by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Hubert Ingraham and the Governor General. Sir Orville Gore, Dr CG (1968) is working in Geneva for various inter- Turnquest GCMG. QC, JP. "God's choice has been a national organisations. At present he is with the Inter- blessing to this nation." national Institute for Labour Students of the ILO where Evans, J M (1962) was ordained priest by the Bishop of he is carrying out research to examine the value and Argyll and the Isles in the Cathedral Church of St John relevance of social exclusion as a concept of social the Divine. Oban. Argyll, on 15th September 1995. to disadvantage. In 1994 he worked with the team in serve as Chaplain of St John's Cathedral. (See 1995 p.47). UNCTAD writing the Trade & Development Report 1994, an alternative interpretation of East Asian indus- Evans, Dr R C (1928 Emeritus Fellow 1977) attended the trialisation. Jane Cowan, his wife, continues to work at dinner given by the Fellow s on 3rd June to mark the occa- the University of Sussex and her book Dance and rite sion of the retirement of Professor David Chi sholm. Also Body Politic in Northern Greece is being translated into attending were Professors John Pickard. Donald Broom, Greek. and John Bridgewater. and it was noted that all four of these professorial gentlemen had in their time been Gould, Katerina A (nee Harris 1983) received an MBA tutored by Dr Robert E\ans. from Harvard in 1990 and has been working with Reuters in Marketing since 1993. (See also Births). French, P W (1978) became Counterpoint Champion 1996 in May. The Radio 4 programmes were recorded in Gudgion, G N (1972) is currently Director of Global December and February and broadcast in March and Accounts for Northern Telecom. He has seen several St May. Peter (who sang in the chapel choir at College) Catharine's men of the 1972 vintage of late including answered specialist questions on 'Church and Choral Charles Style, a geographer who is now a Captain in the music' in his first round. Royal Navy and Chief of Staff to an Admiral in the French, R B (1967) After almost 20 years teaching German Southwest, and Graham Wiltshire, also Captain RN. and French, including 13 years as Head of Sixth Form at due to be Naval Attache in Rome this summer. He Henbury School in Bristol. Robert studied for an MEd at writes of Gus Caesar's death with great sadness. Bristol University and now lectures part-time in Organi- "Strangely enough, the week before I heard, someone sational Behaviour at Bristol Business School, the Uni- had asked me who were the people who had played the versity of the West of England. He also works as an inde- greatest influence on my life. The first name on the list pendent organisational consultant and writes in the field was Gus." of management education. (See also Publications). Harris, T J (1965) has become a permanent resident in New Fulljames, Nikki (1986) is currently the leading leacly in the Zealand, and joined consulting engineers Beca. Carter. 40th anniversary revival of Salad Days at the Vaudeville Hollings & Ferner Ltd as a Senior Project Manager in in the Strand. January. He is based in Auckland, but has bought land to build a home in Cambridge. Waikato. Haybittle, Dr J E (1940) was recently remembered in a note in Addenbrooke's Matters as being the Editor of the bi- monthly house journal Addenbrooke's News from 1968 until its last edition in February 1976. He was at the time Principal Physicist at the Hospital. Hayward. P R, OBE (1942) has recently made contact with the College again. After War Service with the Fleet Air Arm he had a distinguished career in the agricultural seeds business. As Technical Director of Rank Hovis .Agriculture he was involved in many of the post-war developments in agricultural seeds and was also Chairman of the Council of the National Institute of Agricultural Botany. For his contribution he was awarded the OBE in 1983. In that year he retired from Rank Hovis and joined the then newly-founded Cambridge-based Agricultural Genetics Company, from which he has also retired, in 1991. He and the Secretary of the Society Torn Cook (1940) are among the surviving members of the College Rugby XV of 1942-43. Honeyborne, Dr C H B (I960) has been appointed a member of the Divinity Development Committee. The purpose of the committee is to raise funds for the proposed new faculty building on the Sidgwick site, and also for new faculty posts, notably at present in Judaism, and in 'Christianity in Africa and Asia'. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 47

Hooper, Christine (1992) has spent this academic year studying and working in Paris at the Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq. and is currently waiting to hear if she will be allowed back for a second year of theatrical experimentation. Hudson, JCR(1946) Following the obituary to the late Rt Hon Lord Mulley (see 1995 p.40). John writes, "when a Civil Servant. I used to rank the Ministers with whom I served for their effectiveness as ministers and Fred Mulley stood pretty high on that list". He offers us a fount of personal reminiscences. Editorial space only allows one: "At Christmas time, offices were decorated, each Branch organised a party, and Ministers made a point of putting in an appearance at all of them. When Fred visited our Branch party, members of staff were intro- duced to him, including: 'This is Mr MacGregor. Minister.' Mac piped up in a broad Glasgow burr. 'Och. Minister, you'll not remember me. but I was one of the Trades Union delegation which called on you on Monday.' 'Yes.' said Fred. 'I do remember you. Mr MacGregor. and your personal file was on my desk on Tuesday.'" Hughes, D O (1978) and his family returned to the UK at the end of 1995 after ten years in South East Asia. Dtiring this time David worked with the Burmah Castrol subsidiary. Foseco. based first in Singapore with marketing and sales responsibility for ASEAN: then in the Philippines as Managing Director of Foseco Philippines; and finally in Bangkok, as Chief Execu- tive of Foseco's operations throughout ASEAN and Indochina. David now works at the Burmah Castrol headquarters in Swindon and lives in Woodstock. Oxfordshire. Jeffcoat, R (1989) is enjoying a busy musical schedule, centred around his teaching at the Bluecoat School, and his role as Assistant Organist in Birmingham summer with lectures at the Science Museum and the Cathedral. He spent his August break of 1995 working Royal Institution. at the Edinburgh Festival, which involved a trip to Jones, W J (1952) Further to the note in the 1995 issue (p. Paris for a 40 minute rehearsal with the Mahler 49). Willie Jones has written to correct his entry. After Youth Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado. and mandatory retirement from his lectureship at Hokaida included getting caught up in a bomb scare! He University (one of Japan's six major National Univer- was also the electronic clock-player {sic) in some sities), he has been elected Professor Emeritus, the first contemporary music with the BBC Scottish Orchestra. time a foreign Visiting Lecturer has been so honoured. Rupert has even taken up flying (a Cessna 172) and is He has written a number of books on Japan in general currently halfway to qualifying for a Private Pilot's and Hokaido in particular, a collection of which were Licence. published in an edition of Northern Lights, the local Jenkins, M K (1978) reports that he now lives in Oxfordshire English language magazine, in 1994. and works for AEA Technology at the National Environ- Kay, P R (1990) See Wicks, Tanya R. mental Technology Centre, researching into atmospheric chemistry and air pollution. He recently visited the Uni- Keeble, EF( 1981) is living in London with his wife and two versity Chemistry Department to see his ex-colleague children. He works at Slaughter and May. where he is a Tony Cox. and also John Pyle (Fellow 1986), both of partner specialising in environmental law. whom work in much the same field as himself. He was Kingsley, D R (1989) having studied Philosophy at St awarded a PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1991 Catharine's, is presently practising as a barrister at the when he submitted work undertaken at the Harwell chambers of David Barnard, just outside Gray's Inn. Laboratory. Lacey, Professor W K (1940 Emeritus Fellow 1968) has Jones, Dr R A L (Fellow 1980) Every year the Institute of written with news of members in New Zealand. The Physics organises a national lecture tour in which a Reverend Michael Lawrence (1971) is leaving Auckland physicist visits locations all over the country to give a for Christchurch. where he will be secretary of the lecture for school children on some aspect of modern New Zealand Church Missionary Society. Of himself, physics. This year the lectures have been given by a team Pat writes that he is in a state of mild euphoria having of four physicists from Cambridge, including Dr Richard sent off the text of what he expects to be his last book. Jones. The subject is the physics of long chain molecules, Meanwhile he continues as Editor of his parish's maga- or polymers, which are ubiquitous in everyday life as the zine and teaches conversational English to immigrants in major components of plastics, textiles and even most the parish. He is reminded of his Indian Army war foodstuffs. The lecture explains with the aid of many service, when he taught Urdu to British officers and demonstrations how the unique properties of polymers English to their Indian counterparts. can be understood using modern theories of how the long chains entangle and disentangle, and how we can use this Laurence, the Rev'd M G (1971) See Lacey, W K. knowledge to design materials with superior properties. Laws, R M, CBE (1944 Honorary Fellow 1982) has, on his So far the tour has taken Richard to locations as far apart retirement as Master of St Edmund's College, been as Aberdeen and Plymouth, and it will culminate this elected an Honorary Fellow of that College. 48 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Le Huray, the late Dr P G (1948 Fellow 1957-92) Former Catharine's has only changed subtly. In the same period members of the Chapel Choir and Music Faculty may not my home town has 'moved' county and been almost all know that Peter's wife Bridget has been working as a totally demolished and rebuilt. I suppose that one could VSO in charge of a small hospital on the Ngapumi Estate have guessed that an institution of five centuries stand- at Mangochi. Malawi. "In the gardens we have no end of ing would be less affected by the erosion of the modern colour: dahlias, hibiscus, roses, petunias, frangipani, so world. There are. however, some subtle changes: I am fragrant in the evenings, and several I cannot name... The almost certain that there is a tree missing in Cherry Tree patients' facilities being so basic. I have so far bought 11 Court, and small round islands of greenery have sprung metres of strong pale green sheeting material and made up on what was once bare paving." He also writes that eight sheets and four pillowcases, and bought four for the past seventeen years he has been involved in pillows. My next project is to buy two new mattresses, commercial research into high temperature batteries. He and try to get them covered with a wipeable PVC cover. is currently employed by a German conglomerate, RWE, It is impossible to protect the foam mattresses from post- as the principle scientist and manager of the battery tech- natal damage or children's offerings ... A four-wheel nology group at Silent Power plc. Runcorn. and is vehicle has not been forthcoming - so I have requested happily married to a nurse/micro-biologist who works as a motorbike for use on the estate, much to everyone's a senior nurse manager at the South Manchester amusement! I had my first lesson this afternoon and hope University Hospitals Trust. it will give me the freedom to visit villages, the school, the first aid posts and the 'church', all of which were Murphy, R D (1991) has completed his first year studying beyond my stamina on a push bike." Theology at Le Seminaire des Cannes in Paris. Leckey. R G (1969) has now moved to Gloucester, Ontario, Neden, A F (1980) is now based in Dubai on a four year and tells us that since his emigration to Canada in 1973. secondment as a partner in KPMG. (See also Marriages prompted by an offer from Basil Mogridge (Queens') to and Births). teach German at Carleton University in Ottawa, he joined Ormrod, W M (1986 Research Fellow 1987-90) Mark has the staff of the Canadian federal government as a trans- been appointed Professor in Medieval History at the lator. He is now head of translation services for the University of York (with effect from October 1995). department of the Solicitor General, which he finds "a fascinating and stimulating career, having been in- Parry, D J (1960) was appointed a Circuit Judge on the volved in the areas of national security and law en- South Eastern Circuit in November 1995. after over 26 forcement (yes, including those fine red-clad people on years in private practice as a solicitor. horseback who always get their man)." He would be Perry, J E (1949) On 17th April 1996 in London at the Army delighted to hear from other St Catharine's contempo- & Navy Club there was a reunion of old boys from Ihe raries, especially Modern Linguists, or to meet them if 1939 year of the then Cambridge & County High School they happen to be in the neighbourhood. (Sec also (now the Hills Road Sixth Form College). "As we Marriages). regarded St Catharine's as our Old Boys College, it was Lenox-Conyngham, the Rev'd Dr A G (Chaplain and not surprising for me to find A R Thurlow, M H Arnold Fellow "1986-91) returned from Heidelberg in the and A J Staden (all 1948) all sitting down to lunch with autumn of 1995 and then worked as chaplain in the Royal me - making up four of the sixteen present!" Marsden NHS Trust Hospital at Sutton in Surrey. He was Phillips, Judith H Brydon (1979) was earlier this year play- inducted as Vicar of St Luke s, Bristol Street in ing Isobella Bird in a production of Top Girls by Caryl Birmingham on the Feast of St Mary Magdalen on 22nd Churchill at the High Wycombe Swan Theatre. She has July 1996. more recently been playing the part of Mary Anning for Louth, the Rev'd A (1962) is now Reader in Patristics in the a production on this lady's life to be broadcast on Department of Theology at the University of Durham. Channel 4 TV in February 1997. (See also Births). MacLaren, the Hon R W (1955) has been appointed as Pickstock, Catherine J (1988), now a Research Fellow at Canadian High Commissioner to the UK from 24th June Emmanuel, has been awarded her PhD for The Sacred 1996. Palis: Language. Death and Liturgy. Marchant, Dr ,J N (1990) has continued his research on the Powrie, Dr VV (1979) has been appointed Professor in welfare of sows, working with Professor Donald Broom the Civil Engineering Department at Southampton in the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, and University. was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Probert, D R (1969) joined the teaching staff of the Travelling Fellowship to visit research centres in the Manufacturing Engineering Group at the Engineering Netherlands. Germany. Sweden. Norway and Denmark Department in October 1995. He had previously been in June and July 1996. the Royal Academy of Engineering/Lucas Industries Mash, J R (1957) has not written for several years, and now Research Fellow in the Group since 1991. when he finds himself in very changed circumstances. After returned to Cambridge following an industrial career in seventeen years' teaching at Charterhouse, eight as Marks & Spencer and Philips. (See also University Housemaster, he went on to become Head of Kingham Appointments}. Hill School and then St Martin's School, Northwood. Reakes-Williams, the Rev'd G M (1982) has moved from Here he suffered a breakdown owing to stress, and deepest Shropshire to Leipzig, Germany. was forced to take early retirement. He subsequently entered the financial services industry, and is now Reid, A J (1990) after obtaining his MPhil at Robinson Chairman of Kestrel Financial Management Ltd, a net- College, spent a year as Assistant Organist at West- work of independent financial advisers with branches minster Cathedral. spread over various parts of the UK. "I recommend a second career, though suspect that most of those who are Roberts, Dr G A (1985) is now a GP at the Manor Clinic in enjoying one have not chosen to change tack of their own Folkestone. The practice looks after many of the work- accord." ers at Eurotunnel so those who remember him as 'rail rep' will realise he is in his element there! Mingay, F R (1956) See Edis. R J S. Ryan, Alison J (1987) who has been working with Molyneux, J (1969) was recently visiting College and noted, Manchester Brook Advisory, a Health Service charity, "From the perspective of a quarter century gap, St has been awarded a Princess Royal Scholarship by the St Catharine's College Society Magazine 49

Inner Temple, and will be attending Bar School from Nottingham. His responsibilities have been somewhat October 1996 to pursue a career at the Commerical eclectic, spanning both planning and economic develop- Bar. ment, but this is something for which he thinks his Geoeraphy decree at St Catharine's prepared him Sanderson, C (1984) met his wife. Yolanda at the School of well! Creative Ministries. Kensington Temple, on a one-year course designed to help Christians to develop their Thorman, Dr Natalie (nee Waran 1987) Since gaining her performing arts gifts. Yolanda had been a professional PhD in St Catharine's. Natalie has been lecturing in the dancer and dance teacher in Madrid: Chris had been Institute of Ecology and Resource Management at the deeply involved in his church's music. Subsequently they University of Edinburgh. (See also Births). formed a drama group (Street/ever) that performed at numerous schools and youth events, presenting the Tidbury, A H (1972) was elected a Master of the Bench of Christian message. Chris has since resumed his career as the Inner Temple in 1995. a teacher of English at Stamford College. Sutton. They Toeman, E A (1946) writes that he has just retired as a live in Upper Norwood. (Sec also Marriages). District Judge but sits occasionally as a deputy. Sleeman. M T (1987) is back from Australia and has Trafford, E J T (1938) John read Engineering and was later completed his first year at Wyciiffe Hall. Oxford, study- killed in the Battle of El Alamain in North Africa in ing for his ordination. He hopes to be getting married in September 1942: his name is on the War Memorial in the St Thomas Church. Sydney in August 1996. (Sec also College Chapel. His brother is writing of his life and Engagements). would welcome being in touch with any of his contem- Southall, Dr H R (1973) has been appointed Reader in poraries who knew of John's interests and enthusiasms Geography at Queen Mary & Westtield College. when up at Cambridge. Anyone who may be able to help University of London, from October 1995. should contact E Trafford at 904. 630 - 6th Avenue SW. Calgary. Alberta, Canada. T2P OSS. Spence, Jennifer F (nee Fraser-Mitchell 1983) Four years ago, Jenny and Andrew had just arrived in the Middle Vincett. L P (1944) tells us that after a spell in the Royal East at the start of a two year secondment to the Bahrain Engineers, his career was spent in the County Engineer's office of KPMG. "We both worked there, which was a and Surveyor's Departments of the Surrey, Essex and wonderful opportunity to gain an insight to a different Somerset County Councils. Subsequently he became a culture and way of life. We took as much opportunity as lecturer in Civil Engineering at the Mid-Essex Technical we could to travel around the region: our favourites were College (now Anglia Polytechnic University), special- Egypt and Oman. When we left Bahrain at the end of ising in Geotechnics. His leisure activities include sail- April 1994. we decided to take the scenic route home, ing (he is a past Commodore of the Blackwater Sail- via Hong Kong. Australia and Fiji, where Andy spent ing Club), the countryside, and water-colour painting. four years of his childhood. I have now returned to work His elder son. John, followed him to St Catharine's in part-time as an audit manager for Coopers & Lybrand. 1971. Andy still works for KPMG so we're not allowed to talk about work at home! (See also Births). Waddams, Professor S M has been in Cambridge for six months of this year pursuing research in nineteenth- Steuart-Fothringham, L S (1991), former Organ Scholar, century ecclesiastical law. He writes. "I have been partic- has been awarded the Michael James Organ Scholarship ularly pleased to have a connection with St Catharine's at St Paul's Cathedral. The appointment is for the year College, as my father's cousin, Christopher Waddams. 1996-97. was for many years Chaplain and Fellow, and my mater- nal grandfather. Fred Burgess, was also a member of the Stokell, M G (1950) retired last year from his work with College." refugees in Tanzania. He made his way home to Wantage by way of several continents, including South Africa and Wallwork, T J (1968) On April Fool's Day the now-regular South America. He was back in England in time to come. fixture of the Over-forty Football Blues' match took with other of Tom Henri's pupils, to the Tom Henn place, under the organisation of Thomas Wallwork. Any Memorial Lecture by Sir Peter Hall (1953). over-forty soccer Blues who would like to consider strengthening the Cambridge squad should contact him Stocken, F (1986) continues his work as a composer. Lament at 61 Aytouti'Road. Polloksnields. Glasgow. G4I 5HE. for Bosnia was premiered at the Barbican and released as a CD single. The CD was No 1 in the classical charts Walters, G A (1980) son of Ian Walters, qualified as an actu- of Tower Records for several weeks and has been broad- ary in 1988 and is now based in Toronto, where he is the cast on Classic FM and BBC Radio 3. On Sunday 20th Director of Small Businesses for Sun Life of Canada. He October 1996. his new Violin Concerto will be premiered is one of only 75 international badminton umpires and at St John's. Smith Square in London, and he has been one of the first referees to be appointed to work world- commissioned to write an orchestral and choral setting wide. He has now been appointed Match Controller for of the Mass for Brompton Oratory in London, to be the Badminton section of the Olympic Games in Atlanta premiered in May 1997. this year. Gary is an ex-president of the St Catharine's Canadian Chapter. Stuart, Clare E (1990) has now completed her second year as a Deputy Housemistress and member ot the teaching Walters. IA (1948) has now retired after more than 40 years staff at New Hall School near Chelmsford. She goes on in the Sports Clothing Trade. {This entry and the one to study for a BA in Theology at Oxford in October of above to G A W are amendments to the incorreet notes this year. in the 1995 edition for which ihe Editor apologises). Style. Capt C R (1972) See Gudgion, G N. Watson, the Reverend Nicholas (1985) is now Priest-in- Charge of Holy Trinity. Stockton-on-Tees. and Chaplain Thorlby, T H (1990) went on from College to the Institute of Ian Ramsey Church of England Comprehensive of Planning Studies at Nottingham University to study School. (See also Births). for the MA in Environmental Planning. When he gradu- ated from there he was awarded the Royal Town Planning Watson, Penny J (nee Gamble 1983) is now working in the Institute Prize, gained for the best results and disserta- University Small Animal Medicine Department as the tion. Since November 1995 he has been working in the Waltham Resident in Clinical Nutrition. This is a three Planning Department of Rushcliffe Borough Council in year residency appointment. (See also Births). 50 St Catharine \s College Society Magazine

Wenninger, J R (1979) Richard has been appointed Whitham, Dr K (1945) See Dodd, M B. Treasury Accountant with T I Group based in Abingdon. He writes. "Each summer I sing with Ex Collegia under Wicks, Tanya R (1988) is now teaching Geography and their leader, Tim Venvell (1977). in company with other German at Rickmansworth School, where she has now former members of the College Chapel Choir including been joined on the staff by Peter Kay (1990). David Benaer. John Trundle. Mark Bonney. Peter and Wilkins, J J (1993) gave an Organ Recital in King's College Carole French (CCAT). Robert Gullifer. Peter Smith. Chapel on 10th February 1996; the programme included Paul Comeau and Phyllida Dixon (Newnham). The Incarnation pour un jour Saint by Jean Langlais. Prelude choir will be singing evensong in Durham Cathedral and Fugue in D Major by J S Bach, and Symphony No 2 between 19th and 25th August 1996 and have also in E Minor by Louis Vierne. been invited to sing three services in Chichester Cathedral on 29th December 1996." [Richard has been Wilson, G E B (1946) Brian has been awarded the New in hospital and off work convalescing tor several months Zealand Concrete Society's Concrete Award in recogni- this year - Ed. ] tion of his innovative design of a 'beam and anchor' support for the 25-year-old Tokaanu hydroelectric Whisson, Professor M G (1957) writes from South Africa. power station. The new radial gate supported by this "With massive unemployment and the powerful unions, structure has substantially increased the power output of the division between "haves" and "have nots' is the dark- the station and should increase the lifetime of the est cloud on the horizon with implications for crime, turbines. personal security, tourism and investment. Mandela has done very well personally but at main1 levels of govern- ment and elsewhere there are serious gaps between the desire to rule and the ability to perform. I had got on to the local council [Rhodes] almost by accident, and survived a year of tortuous meetings before running for public office: I now have five years on a council of 15 ANC and 5 Democratic Party members. Municipal government is most challenging: participating in the transformation of a mass liberation movement into a responsible government demands a bridled tongue and a patient heart. I went to the church's Provincial Synod - Desmond Tutu's last as Archbishop. The Oxford and Cambridge dinner in Port Elizabeth was enlivened (and the average age much reduced) by the rare presence of Rhodes University staff. But not even the miracles of modern technology in the guise of a cell phone calling London could find out the result of the Varsity Match. We later discovered the awful truth - the Rugby night dinner had been arranged a week before the game was played!

Wiltshire, Capt G J (1972) See Gudgion. G N. Witney, Frances M (1979) and her husband Alex have now set up home in rural Hampshire. Alex is teaching in Romsey. and Frances is still working for the Reed employment agency group in Tolworth. having joined the main board as Group Finance Director in January 1995. They have both had to give up rowing due to the daily commute. (See also Marriages). Wroth, Rachel A (Fellow 1979-89) gave the Cambridge- shire Local History Society's first talk of the year, enti- tled I'm Nobody's Child, an account of pauper children in the Cambridge workhouse in Victorian times. Wyman, Capt K H (1941) See Beardmore, F S. Yong, Beverly S (1992) is studying for her Masters in Asian Art and Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Art in London. Zetter, Dr R W (1965) has been appointed to a personal chair in the School of Planning at Oxford Brookes Where is this and who is he? University. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 51 Governing Body 1996-97 (as at 1st October 1996)

Sir Terence English. KBE. DL Master Professor N C Handy. FRS President: Professor of Quantum Chemistry Dr J R Shakeshaft Librarian; Physics Dr M A Message Director of Studies in Anatomy; University Pro-Proctor Dr C J R Thorne Senior Tutor; Director of Studies in Biology Dr D E Keeble Tutor; Director of Studies in Geography Professor C A Bayly, FBA Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History; Custo- dian of Works of Art Dr J A Thompson Director of Studies in History Professor J H Baker, QC, FBA Professor of English Legal History; Praelector; Keeper of the Muniments Dr R L Martin Steward; Director of Studies in Geography Dr P N Hartle Admissions Tutor; Tutor: Director of Studies in English (Part I) and College Lecturer in English Dr RSK Barnes Director of Studies in Animal and Ecological Biology: Secretary to the Governing Body Dr J A Little Graduate Tutor: Director of Studies in Materials Science: Senior Treasurer of the Amalgamated Clubs Dr P R Raithby Acting Financial Tutor; Director of Studies in Chemistry Dr P Tyler Dean; Director of Studies in Economics, and in Land Economy Dr RBB Wardy Director of Studies in Classics, and in Philosophy Dr H Elderfield' Director of Studies in Earth Sciences Dr J A Pyle Director of Studies in Physical Chemistry Dr P R Palmer Director of Studies in Engineering, and in Electrical and Information Sciences: Safety Officer Dr E V Ferran Director of Studies in Law Professor D M Broom Professor of Animal Welfare: Director of Studies in Veterinary Medicine Dr 0 Lahav Director of Studies in Mathematics for Physical Natural Sciences Dr H Van de Ven On leave as British Academy Research Reader Dr P Oliver Tutor; Director of Studies in Molecular Cell Biology Dr S B Gaunt Tutor; Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages (Part II) Dr D M Pyle Director of Studies in Earth Sciences; Assistant Admissions Tutor Mrs A Buckle Tutor; Director of Studies in Social and Political Sciences Rear Admiral A M Norman Bursar and Domestic Bursar Dr R A L Jones Director of Studies in Physics Dr I C Willis Director of Studies in Geography (on leave 1996-97) DrWDSutcliffe Director of Studies in Music: Director of College Music Dr C M Clark Tutor; College Lecturer in History: Director of Studies in History Dr E G Kantaris Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages (Part I) Professor J D Pickard Professor of Neuro-Surgery; Director of Studies in Medical Science Professor J Bridgwater Professor of Chemical Engineering; Director of Studies in Chemical Engineering Dr G E Roberts Director of Studies in Mathematics Mr M Kitson Director of Studies in Economics Dr R A Melikan College Lecturer in Law Dr M P F Sutcliffe Engineering Dr H J Xuercb Director of Studies in Pathology: Custodian of the College Silver Professor R P Gordon Regius Professor of Hebrew; Director of Studies in Oriental Studies Mr J Grandage Tutor; Director of Studies in Veterinary Anatomy Dr A P Davenport Director of Studies in NST and MST Pharmacology and Physiology *Dr K J Dell Tutor; Director of Studies in Theology *Rev'd Dr D Goodhew Chaplain *Dr C Gonda College Lecturer in English 52 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

* Professor J S Reed Pitt Professor of American History *DrV Vassiliadis Chemical Engineering

Research Fellows (as at 1 October 1996) Dr D C Skinner Physiology (until 31st December) Dr N K Upton Sir Frederick Page Research Fellow Aeronautical Engineering Dr D G Clarke Bibby Research Fellow Physics (on leave 1996-97) Dr G I Gilbert English Dr H Zmora History Mr I Eanies Jeremy Haworth Research Fellow Mathematics Dr M A Halcrow Royal Society Research Fellow Chemistry Dr R S Peckham Modern Greek Literature Dr C-Y D Lu Physics *Dr J Bates Michael and Morven Heller Research Fellow Computer Science *Dr N Berend History *Dr K McNay Social and Economic History

New Honorary Fellow *Professor Cham Tao Soon

*New fellows: see biographical notes below

Dr Katharine Dell was appointed to a University Assistant Lectureship in Old Testament Studies in October 1995. and specialises in the wisdom literature and the prophets. She read Theology at St Hugh's College. Oxford, and was a graduate student at St Cross College and Oriel, taking her PhD in 1988. Her dissertation. The Book of Job as Sceptical Literature, was published in 1991. From 1989 until coming to Cambridge she was a Lecturer in Old Testament at Ripon College. Cuddesdon. mean- while continuing her teaching in Oxford, most notably as a part-time Lecturer at St John's and Mansfield. She acts as Secretary of the Society for Old Testament Study and is a member of the Bach Choir of London. Dr David Goodhew takes up the Chaplaincy, in succession to Paul Langham. on 1st September. He read History at Durham, and then became a research student in Modern History at Corpus Christi College. Oxford. His DPhil. was awarded in 1991 for a dissertation on the social, political and reli- gious history of the western areas of Johannesburg, c. 1930-55. From Oxford he returned to Durham to read Theology, taking another first in that discipline, and he was ordained priest in 1994. Since 1993 he has been assistant curate with Bedminster Team Ministry, Bristol. His wife Lindsey is also an ordained priest. Dr Caroline Gonda read English at Clare College, and was awarded a University prize for the best overall performance in Part II of the English Tripos in 1984. After a year at Princeton, she returned to Clare as a research student and took her PhD in 1991: her dissertation was on the subject of fathers and daughters in novels from Eliza Haywood to Mary Brunton. From 1989 until this year she has been a Lecturer in English at Dundee. Her book Reading Daughters' Fictions was published by CUP this year. Dr John Bates is the first Michael and Morven Heller Research Fellow. He took a first in Computer Science at Lancaster, and studied for the PhD at Girton College. His dissertation was entitled Presentation Support for Distributed Multimedia Applications. From 1993 until 1995 he was a Re- search Associate in the Computer Laboratory. He is now researching into 'mobile applications', enabling users to move from one workstation to another and continue working where they left off. Dr Nora Berend is the first Hungarian to become a fellow of the College. After graduating in History from Eotvos Lorand University. Budapest, she studied at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sci- ences Sociales, Paris, and then at Columbia University, New York. Her doctoral dissertation explored the relationships between Christians and non-Christians in thirteenth-century Hungary. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 53

Dr Kirsty McNay is also a historian, with training in social history and demography. She read Economics and Economic and Social History at Hull, and then took an MPhil at Cambridge in the Economics and Politics of Development. Her PhD research in Cambridge addressed the relationships between fertility decline, female mortality decline and the status of women in India, and her next project is a similar investigation of Victorian England. Professor John Shelton Reed will hold a one-year professorial fellowship during his tenure of the Pitt Professorship of American History, when he will be attached to the Department of Social and Political Sciences. Professor Reed took his PhD at Columbia University. New York, in 1971, and has been at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) since 1969. He is now a Professor in the Department of Sociology there, and Director of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences. He has written numerous books and articles on the sociology of the American South, though his latest book is Glorious Battle: the cultural politics of Victorian Anglo-Catholicism (Nashville. 1996). Dr Vassilios Vassiliadis is a newly appointed Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering and has been elected an Official Fellow to help with the teaching in Engineering. He was educated in Cyprus, in the National Technical University. Athens (where he was placed first out of 180 students), and at Imperial College London, where he took his PhD in 1993. In 1994-95 he was a Research Associate at Princeton University. His particular interest is computer-aided synthesis and design, the subject of his doctoral research being 'the development of general purpose numerical algo- rithms for the computation of optional controls of systems described by mixed sets of differential and algebraic equations'. Professor Cham Tao Soon has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship to mark his distinction in the field of university administration in Singapore. After a first degree in Malaya, he came to England as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1965 and read for a BSc in London and a PhD in Engineering at St Catharine's (1968). where he also achieved a half-blue. He has spent his career at the Nanyang Technical University. Singapore, first as a teacher of Mechanical Engineering and latterly as President (equivalent to Vice-Chancellor). As President he has led his University to a distinguished position in the world of learning, and his achievement has been recognised in this country by honorary doctorates at Strathclyde (1994) and Surrey (1995).

New Fellow Commoners (from 1st January 1996) John Benjamin Bibby Peter James Boizot. MBE

VALETE Professor Chisholm has retired from the Chair of Geography, and has become an Emeritus Fellow. He will remain in Cambridge. Dr G K Sankaran has been appointed a Lecturer in Mathematics at Bath University. Dr Susan Wright has moved to Arizona to become an Associate Professor of English at Northern Arizona University. The Chaplain, the Rev'd Paul Langham. was inducted on 28th May 1996 as Vicar of Holy Trinity. Combe Down. Bath together with St Andrew's Foxhill. St Michael's Monkton Combe and St James' South Stoke. Mr M. Weller is remaining in Cambridge as Assistant Director of Studies in the Centre for International Studies (Faculty of History). Dr D G Dritschel will be continuing his research in Cambridge as an NERC Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Dr C L Davis has been appointed to a Lecturership in Materials Science at Birmingham. Mr R A Johnstone has been awarded a Royal Society Research Fellowship and will be remaining in the Department of Zoology at Cambridge. Dr D C Skinner remains a Research Fellow until 31st December, and will then become a Wellcome Trust Prize Fellow for three years. 54 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

VISITING SCHOLARS Dr Kay Anderson will be in residence for the academic year 1996-97 as the Smuts Visiting Fellow in Commonwealth Studies. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Oceanography, University of New South Wales, Canberra, specialising in culutural geography. In 1993 she won the John Porter Award for her book Vancouver's Chinatown (1991). Professor Robert E Bjork will be in residence for the Lent and Easter terms 1997. Professor Bjork is Director of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Tempe. Arizona, and will be pursuing research into Old English verse narratives.

Fellows Afloat Saturday 20th April saw a scratch crew of Fellows rowing in an annual knockout charity regatta, to raise money for Wintercomfort (facilities for the homeless). The crew were ably assisted by Mike Norrish (MCR President) as cox. and with expert support during training from Piers Gatenby (1993; this year's Boat Club Captain). Iarla Kilbane-Dawe (1992) and Brian Cox (1993). Honour was main- tained in the first heat, with a crushing defeat of Fitzwilliam College Fellows' boat: but a poor lane draw and technical difficulties in the second round saw the crew edged out by the Fellow of Sidney Sussex. This competition is open to both novice and veteran crews, and will be held at the same time next year. Any Old Members interested in making up a vintage St Cath- arine's crew should write to the Editor. DMP

The Old Hall: prior to the lowering of the ceiling and the creation of the S.C.R. and the Armitage Room above it. The gallery is now the O.C.R. Photo: A F KERSTING- St Catharine's College Society Magazine 55 Awards and Prizes

MEMORANDUM ON SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES College Scholarships and Prizes for undergraduates Those receiving First Classes are normally elected to Scholarships and awarded £100 (this shall include those whose examina- tion was a prelim or College examination, so long as a classification can be obtained). Those obtaining three First Classes in three years, or those obtaining three First Classes in any four successive years, are normally elected to Senior Scholarships. Those receiving First Classes also receive Book Prizes of £50. Those receiving Named Prizes receive a further £10 together with the name. Those elected to Scholarships or Senior Scholarships arc invited to the Gostlin Dinner in the Michaelmas Term following. Senior Scholars who stay on in College for a further qualification shall continue to be awarded £100 and invited to the Gostlin Dinner for up to two further occasions (three in all) after their Senior Scholarship was awarded.

College Prizes for graduates and others who take classifiable examinations Graduate students taking classifiable examinations (eg LLM. Maths Pt III, Final MB. Final Vet MB) shall not be eligible for scholarships, but shall be eligible for prizes if they receive Firsts or Distinctions. Those graduates of Cambridge taking a course leading to a second first degree (whose examinations are therefore taken 'not for honours') shall not be eligible for scholarships, but shall be eligible for prizes, as above. Those receiving First Classes or distinctions, shown by an asterisk, shall receive Book Prizes of £50. If persons abo\e receive Named Prizes the_\ also receive a further £10. C J R T

Senior Scholars Named Scholarship Blacker. C M Natural Sciences Pt II Skerne Scholarship (1745) Bradlev. W M D Electrical & Information Sciences Pt II Jeremy Haworth Scholarship (1989) Cohen, R A History Pt II Lady Katharine Barnardiston Scholarship (1633) Cowell. J J Natural Sciences Pt II Skerne Scholarship (1745) Hill. PR Manufacturing Engineering Pt II Robert Skerne Sholarship (1661) Paul. W S Modern & Medieval Languages Pt II Henry Chaytor Scholarship (1954) Reather. .1 A Natural Sciences Pt 11 Skerne Scholarship (1745) Sands. E E Mathematics Pt II John Cartwright Scholarship (1674) Smith. M A Natural Sciences Pt II Skerne Scholarship (1745) Tomlinson. E J Modern & Medieval Languages Pt II Henry Chaytor Scholarship (1954)

Scholars AH. R 1 Medical & Veterinary Sciences Pt IB Moses Hohvay Scholarship (1695) Allen. J G History Pt II Lady Katharine Barnardiston Scholarship (1633) Averv. R J V Engineering Pt IIB Dr John Gostlin Scholarship (1626) Baker. T R Natural Sciences Pt II Thomas Hobhes Scholarship ( 1631) Bullock. A N Natural Sciences Pt II Thomas Hobbcs Scholarship (1631) Carter. E J Law Pt II Mrs Payne Scholarship (1610) Carter. S G Economics Prelim to Pt II Robert Skerne Scholarship (1661) Cheung. D H H Oriental Studies Prelim to Pt I Thomas Jarrett Scholarship (1887) Chilton. R A Natural Sciences Pt IB Skerne Scholarship (1745) Chrastina. D Natural Sciences Pt II Skerne Scholarship (1745) Coles, K R Modern & Medieval Languages Pt II Henry Chaytor Scholarship (1954) Craig. PJ Arch & Anth Pt II Lady Cocket Scholarship (c.1635) Dawes. G E B Architecture Pt II Samuel Frankland Scholarship (1691 ) Dobson. C G Natural Sciences Pt IA Thomas Hobbes Scholarship (1631) Doughtv. L J Arch & Anth Pt II Lady Cocket Scholarship (c. 1635) GairJ R Mathematics Pt IA John Cartwright Scholarship (1674) Gillett. GT Engineering Pt IIA Dr John Gostlin Scholarship (1626) Gillman, J F Natural Sciences Pt IA Thomas Hobbes Scholarship (1631) Halahan. T R R Engineering Pt IA Dr John Gostlin Scholarship (1626) Hawkins. M S Engineering Pt IB Dr John Gostlin Scholarship (1626) Haves. D M Computer Science Pt II Mr Spurstow Scholarship (1646) Haves. G M Medical & Veterinary Sciences Pt IA Moses Holway Scholarship (1695) He'nrv, C O Natural Sciences Pt II Skerne Scholarship (1745) Holme. D J Engineering Pt IIA Dr John Gostlin Scholarship (1626) James. G F Z Geography Pt II A A L Caesar Scholarship (1980) Jerram. H A Modern & Medieval Languages Pt II Henry Chaytor Scholarship (1954) Kelly. P P Computer Science Pt II Mr Spurstow Scholarship (1646) Kittara. P Natural Sciences Pt IB Skerne Scholarship (1745) Legg. C N Mathematics Pt IA John Cartwright Scholarship (1674) Mason. S J Natural Sciences Pt IA Thomas Hobbes Scholarship (163 1) Millard. RCD Music Pt IA Mrs Payne Scholarship (1610) Moll. C D E Theological & Religious Studies Pt II Mrs Julian Stafford Scholarship (1627) Paton. A J Natural Sciences Pt II Skerne Scholarship (1745) Pratt. S J Natural Sciences Pt II Skerne Scholarship (1745) Ramm. B Modern & Medieval Languages Pt I Henrv Chaytor Scholarship (1954) 56 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Randall. B C English Pt I Sir John Cleypoole Scholarship (1613) Sheridan, D M Mathematics Pt IB John Cartwright Scholarship (1674) Tan. KJ H Economics Pt II Robert Skerne Scholarship (1661) Tan. T H Engineering Pt IB Dr John Gostlin Scholarship (1626) Tirimo. F O Mathematics Pt II John Cartwright Scholarship (1674) Tnckev. S E L English Pt II Sir John Cleypoole Scholarship (1613) Walker. J P Architecture Pt IB Samuel Frankland Scholarship (1691) Wilson, E J History Prelim to PtI Lady Katharine Barnardiston Scholarship (1633) Wvs/vnski. L P Natural Sciences Pt IA Skerne Scholarship (1745) University Scholarships and Prizes The John Wishart Prize for Statistics Harris. T P Junior Scholefield Prize Moll. C D E Mrs Claude Beddinaton Prize Tomlinson. E J Whalley Prize Tomlinson. E J The Smith Kline Beeeham Prize for Chemistry Reather. J A Other University Awards Cambridge Commonwealth Trust. Graduate Scheme Awards 1995-96 Chawdhury N Chew. E M K-A Machina. H Cambridge Commonwealth Trust. Undergraduate Bursaries 1995-96 Lee. W M Yee. S L David Richards Travel Scholarships Bigmore. P D Cousins, M J J Davies. A L Goddard, D J Hubble. S J Hutchines. N D Amy Mary Preston Read Scholarship Teleki. K A Research Maintenance Grants Briscoe, E Chadwick. A E Man Euphrasia Mosley Fund Fowke. G S Jackson. D A Bartle Frere Exhibitions Cant. M A Worts Travelling Scholars Fund Teleki. K A Hedley Lucas Fund Moll. C D E Prince Consort and Thirlwall Fund Watt. C A Ravchaudhuri, S De Smith Individual Mooting Competition Prize Plaut. S M George and Lilian Schiff Studentship 1996-97 Bradley. W M D Holland Rose Fund Studentship 1996-97 Watt. C A J B Trend Fund Awards Williams. C E Named College Prizes Adderley Prize for Law Carter. E J Alexandria Prize for Engineering Avery. R J V Alfred Steers Memorial Prize for Geography James. G F Z Arthur Andersen Prize for Economics, and other subjects Carter. S G Belh'eld Clarke Prize for Biological Sciences Bullock. A& Baker. TR Culhbert Casson Award for Theology NOT AWARDED Corrie Prize for Theology Moll. CDE D O Morgan Prize for Veterinary Medicine Hayes. G M D W Morgan Prize Tomlinson. E J Dairy-Johns Mathematical Prize Sands, E E Engineering Members' Prize Hawkins. M S & Hill. P R Figgis Memorial Prize for History Allen. J G Geography Members' Prize NOT AWARDED Hutcherson Prize Smith, M A Jaeobson Prize for Law1 NOT AWARDED Jarrett Prize for Oriental Studies Cheung. D H H J S Wilson Prize for Natural Sciences Reather, J A Kemp-Gooderson Prize for Law NOT AWARDED Jeremy Haworth Prize for Mathematics or Engineering Bradley. W M D Lauterpacht Prize in International Law Kruger. N Peter le Huray Prize for Music Millard. R C D Savers Prize for Economics Tan. K Stephane Francis Prize for Veterinary Medicine Geddes. I. & Fowke. G S Tasker Prize for Modern Languages Jerram. H A T R Henn Prize for English Trickey. S E I. Othcr College Awards Bishop Brow ne Prize for Reading in Chapel Whitaker. M P Martin Steele Prize Mason. R R St Catharine's College Society Magazine 57

Richard Hardy Award NOT AWARDED Simmons & Simmons Prize for Law Churton. D R H Nicholas Prize Bateman. J M Master's Sizar Harper. E L Gooderson Fund Awards Morris. R & Plaut, S M Cohen. R A & Jerram, H A Christopher Macgregor Fund Award Briscoe. E Jacobson Fund Awards Ansari. D Book Prizes for Graduates and oilier examination results Kruger. N LLM Harris. T P Diploma in Mathematical Statistics Dee, J A T Mathematics Part III Diehl. M Heidelberg Student Ong. Y S Clinical Medicine Sivakumaran. S R Clinical Medicine Gcddes. L Clinical Veterinary Medicine Fovvke. G S Clinical Veterinary Medicine Wadsvvorth. R H Clinical Veterinary Medicine Collev. I. M Diploma in German Instrumental Award Holders Choral Award Holders for for the academic year 1995/96 the academic year1995/96 Jaya-Ratnam. D Cobb. J M Lone. J Harper. K L Millar. R Jaya-Ratnam. D MacDonald. R S Organ Scholars for the Mitchell. S E academic year 1995/96 Moore. G A Pratt. S J Wilkins. J J Sivasanker. V Barton. S M Sturman, R J

Caution Money Fund Cousins. M Gold Travel Fund Cunningham. J Appleby. C Davies, A Kirk. J Bateman. J Edis. J Mitchinson. D Bishop, P Goddard. D Montgomery. D Churton, D Hooper. A Wood". N Cole. D Hubbard. M Doherty S Hubble, S John Hamlin Fund Doughty. L Hutchings. N Harding. D Short. E Jackson, D Park.J Hooper. A Jerram, H Lewis, S O'Brien. M J & O Lloyd Fund Lunt. 1 Short. E May, H Sugden. R Plaut. S Park. J Sweeney. A Mason. R Wood. H L Turner. A Woodward. M A Warren. J Mews Fund Mountaineering Club Watkin, H Volleyball Club Selby. R Wheatley, R Wong. M Soccer Club Winter, E Sax Kittens Lamb, S D W Morgan Fund Campbell. J Appeal Bursaries Mitchell. S Wilson. C Albrighton. M Barton. S Wong, M Sivasanker, V Moseley, D Nedas Fund Wright." T Stirling C Sweeney. K Sturman. R Sporle. .1 Pearam, S James. C Chant. S Moore. G Pennell Fund Guthenkc. C MacDonald. R Skinner. E Wilkins. J Meakin. H Adams. L Aldridge, M Whitaker. M Bellers. O McFarland. H Bigmore. P Briggs Fund Brooks. G Portway Fund Carter. M Jakeways. E Wood. H Churton. D Johnson, R Soccer Team Cornwell. S McGuirk. P Jaya-Ratnam. C 58 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Silbermann, D Glass, M Durance, J Sarkar, S Harding, D Laxton, R Simpson, N Brisbourne, R Laming, C Smith, J Smith, J Stuart, G Birfield Fund Baudey, E Storr, S Colley, L Tynan,F Halahan, T Cook, M Underwood, G Baker, J Maramendies, A Aldridge, M Briggs, C O'Brien, M Butterworth, F Laming, C Robert Barnes Fund Ferdinando, G Hawkins, M HH Hull Fund Thorne, G Osborne, R Salter, H Hammond, T Sydney Smith Memorial Award Long, J Morgan, F Engineering Members J S Wilson Fund Appleby, C Wong, S Badcock, D Man, J Adams, C Barrie, J Aldridge, M Coppell, A Wylie Gregory Fund Blacker, C Hamilton, P Chilton, R Long, J Oversby, K Cole, D Chant, S Cosgrove, N Pratt, S Henn Fund Davies, W Wilkins, J Cox,J Doughty, L Rumboll, A Goodwin, S Dye, D Palmer, S Gross, P Thorne Fund Randall, B Hoare, M McIllroy, S Roberts, H Lauritzen, J Merifield, A Lunt, I Rumbold, A Balchin Fund McNee, B Mead, G Laming, C Hubble, S Tandy, N Partridge, M Reather, J Thompson, M Steers Fund Warren, J Whaley, H Harper, E Skinner, K Woodward, M Wilkins, J Wright, T Moore, G Forde Fund Cheetham, A Allen, J Jarrett Fund Cohen, R Cheung, D Roebuck Fund Jobling, V Mansour, M Whittaker, M Johns Memorial Fund Moll, E Palmer Fund Cawthray Fund Guthenke, C Durance, J D O Morgan Fund Jerram, H Bush, M Andersen Fund Cheung, D Posener Fund Bateman, J Lewis, S Carter, S Stringer, J Wheatley, R

UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS (CAMBRIDGE)

Baker, Professor J H (Fellow 1971) one of the Septemviri Probert, D R (1969) University Lecturer in Engineering. 1 st for two years. 1st January 1996. (See also Honours and October 1995. (See also Appointments and Notes). Awards). Sutcliffe, Dr M P F (Fellow 1994) University Lecturer in Barber, Dr Zoe H (1979) Senior Technical Officer in the Engineering. 1st October 1996. Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy. 1st March 1996. Teleki, K A (1993) Amy Preston Read Scholarship for 1995- 96. Bennett, Dr R J (1967 Professor of Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science) Professor of Williams, Claire E (1993) Gibson Spanish Scholarship for Geography (1931). 1st September 1996. 1995-96. Cant, M A (1995) Bartle Frere Exhibition. Chisholm, Professor M D I (1951 Fellow 1976) Doctor of Kantaris, Dr E G (1984 Fellow 1990) University Lecturer in Latin American Literature in the Department of Science. Spanish and Portugese. 1st January 1996. Handy, Professor N C (1960 Fellow 1965) Doctor of Knowles, Dr D M (1985 Research Fellow 1991-93) Science. University Lecturer in the Department of Materials Nathanielsz, Professor P W (1958 Fellow 1966-77) Doctor Science and Metallurgy. 1st September 1995. of Science. Message, Dr M A (1953 Fellow 1962) Pro-Proctor for 1996- Windeatt, Dr B A (1968 and Fellow of Emmanuel College) 97. Doctor of Letters. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 59 Matriculations 1995-96

Adams Christopher B NS Biology Royal Grammar School, Guildford Albrighton Matthew J Geography Warwick School Alderton Stuart C M NS Physics Culford School, Suffolk Aldridge Michael J SPS Charterhouse Armstrong Gary Economics Abingdon School, Oxon Ashley Josephine NS Biology Notre Dame RC School, Plymouth Ashworth Mark J Maths Thomas Rotherham College Ayoade Richard E Law St Joseph's College, Ipswich Barnes Duncan M Medical Science - Vet Farnborough Sixth Form College Barton Sara M Music Oundle School Baudey Emma F B MML South Hampstead High School Becker Darren History JFS, London Bonsall Andrew M Engineering Sir William Borlasse's Grammar, Marlow Boswood Eleanor History Beneden School Brinkman Claire L Economics Peter Symonds' College, Winchester Brook Daniel A Medical Science St Paul's School Campbell Erika G MML Methodist College, Belfast Chakrabarti Lipika Architecture Tomlinscote School, Surrey Chapman Thomas P Economics Bradford Grammar School Cheung Desmond H H Oriental Studies Repton School Clark Ben S Medical Science Ryeish Green School, Reading Coleman Anna L Engineering North London Collegiate School Conway Alison C Music Chetham's School of Muisc Cook Melissa A R MML St Paul's Girls' School Coomer Richard P C Medical Science - Vet Easingwold School, York Cunningham Julie M Geography KnightsTemplar School, Baldock De Candole Nicholas J NS Physics Weymouth College Devaney Clare English Liverpool College Diehl Moritz Maths Heidelberg University Dimler Simon J Engineering Sheffield College, Parson Cross Centre Dobson Christopher G NS Biology Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough Doherty Sinead C L Medical Science Methodist College, Belfast Dusad Arpan NS Physics Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne Freeston Christopher J Law Nottingham High School Frost Joanna R NS Physics New College, Swindon Gair Jonathan R Maths Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne Gilbank David G NS Physics Scarborough Sixth Form College Gillman Jeremy F NS Biology Dame Alice Owen's School, Potters Bar Girvan Rebecca J Law Methodist College, Belfast Goodwin Mostyn I Economics Winchester College Grace Daniel History Enfield Grammar School Griffiths Clare NS Biology Devonport High School for Girls Gross Patrick Computer Science Jakarta International School Halahan Thomas R R Engineering Beaumont School Hammond Thomas 0 Music Reading School Harris Eleanor E History Beaumont School, St Albans Haslam Ian Engineering Churcher's College, Hampshire Hayes Graham M Medical Science - Vet King Henry VII School, Coventry Henry Anne S English Ipswich High School Henson Alice M Maths Clifton High School, Bristol Hoare Michael J A Medical Science Winchester College Illingworth Barbara J NS Physics Horsforth School Ingham Joanne Law Hulme Grammar for Girls, Oldham Jack Gregor A NS Physics Tring School Jackson David A Geography Weymouth College Jaffey Ben W SPS Hewett School, Norwich Johnson Daniel R N Classics Colfe's School Johnson Richard W Geography Minster School, Notts Jordison Samuel D Classics Lancaster Royal Grammar School Kershaw Graham P Law Winchester College King Paul T English Winchester College Laming Calum D MML Goffs School Lanfear Megan L Medical Science - Vet High Pavement Sixth Form College Langley Katherine L Computer Science King Alfred's School, Wantage Laxton Ruth E MML Birkenhead High School Lee Wan M Economics Raffles Junior College, Singapore Legg Christopher N Maths Northgate High School, Ipswich Lindsell Katharine E History Haberdashers' Aske's Linley David A Maths Merchant Taylors' School Longbottom Helen M NS Biology Selby College Loomes Ben R NS Physics Fulford School, York 60 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Loose Matthew J NS Physics Reading Blue Coat School Lord Daniel C Engineering Welbeck College Luchetti Alexandra M L Arch & Anth Rugby School Malik Usman H Engineering Aitchison College, Lahore Maramenides Alexandra T MML Haberdashers' Aske's Mason Stephen J NS Biology Bedford Modern School McKenzie Laura C NS Biology Burgess Hill School Millard Russell C D Music Wells Cathedral School Mireylees Stephanie J Law Toot Hill Comprehensive School Mitchinson David N Economics Royal Grammar School, Guildford Morgan Fletcher Medical Science - Vet Stowe School Mountain Jennifer History Wakefield Girls' High School Musgrave Ruth S SPS Loreto Convent Grammar School, Altrincham Myers PaulJ Computer Science Royal Grammar School, Guildford Neal Roland NS Physics Wallingford School, Oxon Nedas Georgina L History Francis Holland School Newland Christopher M Engineering Cardigan Secondary School North Tom Medical Science - Vet Shrewsbury Sixth Form College Norton Katherine M NS Biology Eaton School, Norwich O'Sullivan Emma J English Notre Dame RC School, Plymouth Ormand Justin R H NS Biology Monkton Combe School, Bath Osborne Robert P Engineering King Edward VI Aston School, Birmingham Page-Jones Bethan NS Biology Fulford School, York Palmer Samantha J English Haileybury Patel Amit A Maths/Comp Science Berkhamsted School Pettitt Leonie B Law Brighton & Hove High School Phillips Richard M Land Economy Hewett School, Norwich Prince Gareth A History John Taylor High School Prudden Oliver NS Biology Liskeard Community School Ramm Ben MML Ridge College, Stockport Riste Daniel A English William Hulme's Grammar School, Manchester Rostron Anthony J Medical Science King George V College, Southport Samuel Susannah J Medical Science - Vet St Swithuns School See Choon K Economics Cranleigh School Selby Jonathan L Law Liverpool College Shaw Julia R NS Physics Ridge College, Stockport Sheffield Alexander C W Economics Tonbridge School Simpson Matthew P Medical Science Stanborough School, Welwyn Sporle James A Law Abingdon School Stewart Georgina A H Geography Cheltenham Ladies' College Stirling Christopher A Computer Science Brighton College Storr Sonia D Geography John Taylor High School Symes Matthew J Maths King Edward VII, Sheffield Taylor Paul R Engineering St Ambrose College Thomas Lowenna NS Biology St Austell College Thompson Amanda-Jane Law Stathean Grammar School, Belfast Thomson Emily L P Medical Science - Vet Sherborne School for Girls Turner Andrew S G Geography Arnold Hill School, Nottingham Wadwell James M Geography Bradford Grammar School Walton Robert H Engineering John Leggott College, Scunthorpe Watkin Helen A Geography King Edward VI College, Stourbridge Wellstead Sarah J Medical Science - Vet Stockport Grammar School Wheatley Robert J Medical Science Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield Whiting Harriet F English Marlborough College Wilson Emily J History Reigate Grammar School Winchcombe Helen K English King Edward VI College, Nuneaton Wood Nichola Geography Bishop's High School, Chester Wright William K MML Solihull School Wyszynski Luke P NS Physics King Edward VI Camp Hill Boys Yee Siaw L Maths Victoria Junior College, Singapore Zhong Zhenshan NS Biology Drayton Manor High School, London

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Curtis Andrew C MBA St Catharine s College Engelhard David M Oriental Studies Leiden University Flanagan Lee M PGCE - Physics St Catharine's College Furness Richard B Pathology Warwick University Gaunt Matthew J Chemistry University of Birmingham Hadjinicolaou Pan A Chemistry University of Athens Harris Thomas P Part III Maths St Catharine's College Heigl Michaela European Literature University of Reensburg Hughes Robin J Engineering St Catharine's College Hunter Katherine Criminology University of Wales Jameson Allon Astronomy Imperial College Jamieson Luke R C Geography London School of Economics Kirkden Richard D Medical Science - Vet Universities of Wales & Edinburgh Kruger Niels Law University of Leipzig Lamb Susanna R Music Manchester University Lapiquonne Stephane M Finance Ecole Centrale Paris & Sorbonne Lee Gerald H J Oriental Studies Trinity College, USA Lock Peter A Chemistry University College, Wales Machina Henry Development Studies University of Zambia Mitchell Susan E PGCE - MML St Catharine's College Moya Alejandro S Physics St Catharine's College O'Riordan Michelle A Experim Psychology St Catharine's College Peploe Nita D Law Bond University, Queensland Plantevin Paul-Henri Chemistry University of Lille Powell James E Economics Liverpool John Moore's University Sabin Tanya J Materials Science St Catharine's College Schemmann Till E Law Muchich Ludwig-Max University Shiralizadeh Farzaneh Chemistry University of Hertfordshire Sutherland Dylan P Economics University of Bristol Tardioli Renata International Relations University of Perugia, Italy Tumkur Sanjiv M International Relations New College, Oxford Wehrum Anja Physics Dundee University

Richard Dodds (1978), who represented Britain in the Olympic Hockey Team of 1984, in action at the opening of the new astro- turf pitch on 8th November 1995. The pitch and the field in which it stands were the generous benefaction of Peter Boizot (1950), and the day included a match between Cambridge University and Peter Boizot's select team, in which several international play- ers took part. (See also pages 45 and 68.) Photo: Paul Langham 62 St Catharine's College Society Magazine Blues 1995-96

Full blue Half blues s Association Football J E S Park Athletics M Albrighton A J Thompson R Osbornc Cricket D R H Churton Bethan Paee-Jones Hockey D R H Churton N J Walne Lacrosse Lorna K Adams Melinda Wong Lawn Tennis Rachel Kershaw Basketball G Armstrong Cricket Zoe Clyde-Watson Lightweight Rowing J A Sporle Revolver Shooting M Smith Rugby League A Cheetham D A Green Rugby Union Louise Pickering Squash Meenal Dcvani

Old Members Sports Fund A total of £1820 was available for distribution due to income from the Appeal and donations from Old Members. This was awarded to 28 undergraduates participating in sixteen different sports for the University.

Clubs

Alley Cats Athletics (Men) Top Cat: Caroline Wilson Captain: Patrick Craig The Alley Cats have flourished this year, and have once This year, as always, the College Athletics season again managed to keep their reputation as the 'fittest' drink- started and finished with Cuppers at Wilberforce Road in ing society in Cambridge. From a small but tasty base of October. The boys performed admirably, but could only seven, our numbers have ballooned to 17, after two success- manage fourth place this year. Noteworthy performances ful and enjoyable sets of initiations. New standards have were seen from Matt Albrighton (next year's captain) in the been set for next year's initiees by the likes of Frances Tynan, hurdles. Bushy that infamous high jump star, and Rob for the most indecent binbag. and Louise Pickering, for pick- Osborne and Gary Armstrong who between them managed ing up a random bloke in her binbag on the long walk back to run in all the races they had been nominated for. to Chads. We have again enjoyed the usual curry extrava- Four St Catharine's athletes competed in the Varsity ganzas and formal halls, which arc still inevitably followed match, the first three earning their Blues: Matt Albrighton. by a good polo-passing session! As in previous years, the Nick Walne. Rob Osborne and Patrick Craig. joint Christmas Dinner with the Kittens proved to be a riotous (and in some cases chunderous) affair, and we look forward to more feline frolics at the annual garden party in Badminton (Ladies) the summer. Captain: Emma Sands Secretary: Nicola Higgins The sad but timely loss of Portugal Place meant that there was no universitv badminton league this year. Athletics (Ladies) Meanwhile, in Cuppers we were unfortunate to be matched Captain: .Melinda Wong against a very strong side from Newnham in the first round, which prevented us from progressing any further in the Shaming all competition on the track and held, and competition. However, we have played several friendly displaying a blistering array of talent were the Cat/ ladies, matches, the majority of which resulted in Catz victories. winning Cuppers (and the tankard) by a clear sixty points, with an historic score of 155. Fielding participants for most ot the events, we managed to maximise our point scoring, Badminton (Men) and the superb athleticism of our ten-strong team put all Captain: Gavin Ferdinando others to shame. We greatly appreciated the support and Secretary: David Holme coaching tips of Dr Chris Thome. Two members of the team. Melinda Wong and Bethan Due to the inevitable demolition of the condemned Page-Jones, were selected to represent the University in Portugal Place, which was home to most inter-collegiate Hammer and Triple Jump respectively in the Varsity badminton, this year's leagues were a complete non-starter. Match. However. Cuppers, hosted by the Leys School, saw some 16 St Catharine's College Society Magazine 63 teams taking part. St Catharine's fielded a strong side with We managed to field three eights for the Lent Bumps. four present or past Blues and three enthusiastic Cockerels' The 3rds (under the care of Bruno Laurent) were awarded players sharing the other two places. Following a good seed- their blades after a superb performance including an over- ing, a second round win. and a crushing victory over bump. The 2nd VIII confidently bumped on each of the first Churchill in the semi-finals, Catz moved into the final to face three days, but could not catch the fast Emmanuel II. The Trinity. Here a nail-biting last game thriller was played out, 1st VIII rowed over each day. untroubled by Clare behind, eventually ending in a narrow 5-4 defeat. chasing Fitzwilliam who just managed to steer clear of our Next year we hope that the College leagues will he re- bows. started as the standard, enthusiasm and number of College Over Easter, the 1 st VIII competed at Kingston Head of members who play continue to be high. the River Race and held a training weekend on the Tideway, and two VIIIs competed in the Tideway Head of the River Race. Basketball In the Mays the 4th (Gentlemen's) VIII plummeted four Captain: Richard Smith places in the bottom division, learning a valuable lesson that The past year of basketball at St Catharine's has been there is more to rowing than just wielding an oar w hile sitting very encouraging. The new first year intake included many in a boat. The 3rd VIII were bumped, achieved a double over- enthusiastic and talented players, with two members making bump and bumped again, climbing five places overall. Both the university side. Our performances in the league were very the 1st and 2nd VIIIs rowed over every day-the 1st VIII. as positive, with a distinct improvement being noted through- sandwich boat, could not bump back to their rightful posi- out the course of the season, resulting in a final position in tion in the first division. the upper half of the table. We now feel very confident that The Boat Club (in addition to its customary dinners, we can make a strong challenge for the Cuppers title during cocktails and baked potatoes) also ran a hugely successful the Easter term. Cardinals Regatta yielding around £700. which has been The College has also invested in a basketball ring, which spent on a set of carbon macon blades for novices and lower is located in the main sports hall at South Green Lodge. This boats. Our sponsorship money from Price Waterhouse was has provided an excellent area for practice, and has enabled used to buy a set of carbon cleaver blades for the senior many people to take up the game, as well as yielding a crew s. women's team. Four of our number will attempt to qualify to row in the Temple Challenge Cup in a composite crew with King's College Boat Club, and one will row in the University Boat Club (Ladies) Lightweight boat in the same event. Special mention should President: Jill Bradley be made of James Sporle who was awarded his half blue for Captain: Lynsey McHugh lightweight rowing and Steve Kelso who rowed in the Goldie Vice-Captain: Kate Sweeney squad until just after Christmas. 1st Lent Colours: M Newland. C Pannell. R Osborne. R On paper, this has not been a successful year for the Alloway. R Mead, P Myers. I Kilbanc-Dawe. P Gatenby Ladies' Boat Club, although realistically we have improved (stroke), M. Goodwin (cox). throughout the year, leaving a potentially strong group of 1 st May Colours: M. Reiseman. I Kilbanc-Dawe. .1 Gair. row ers for 1996-97. In the Michaelmas term one Senior VIII P Wothers, S Kelso, P Myers. R Mead. P Gatenby (stroke), was formed which competed in both the Winterhead and M Goodwin (co.x). Fairbairns races. There were also two crews of novice rowers who trained eagerly for the Clare Novice and Fairbairns. Many of these novices went on to further their careers in Lent and May Bumps crews. Crag and Mountain Club The 1 st VIII, changing throughout the year, were unfor- President: Ian Lunt tunate to go down three places in both sets of bumps, Vice-President: Louise Pickering although still retaining their places in both first divisions. The This year the Crag and Mountain Club took part in crew rowed especially well in the Mays, due to superb coach- outings both to the Peak District and to the local climbing ing from University Lightweights, and our great crew spirit wall in conjunction with Trinity Hall Climbing Club, in an carried us through the bad times. We performed well in the effort to introduce a more social aspect to what is becoming Head of the River Race in March on the Tideway, attaining an increasingly exclusive activity. The days out in the sun 96th place out of over 250 crews. This ensured our automatic proved challenging and rewarding for everyone, whether the place in the race for next year. prize was a first lead or a novice top-rope. 2nd VIlIs were put out for the bumps, packed with A trip to the French Alps is planned for the summer, promising first year rowers, who I hope will carry on into with a mixture of high-altitude trekking, multi-pilch climbs next year. Sadly, due to their inexperience, they fell several and ice routes being attempted. Assuming favourable places in both bumps. Two Gentlewomen's boats were weather conditions, an ascent of Mont Blanc by the 'tourist formed for the Mays, both of which produced good rows in route' will be attempted, which should consolidate the train- the gctting-on race, but fell just short of places in the bumps ing and techniques practised during the fortnight. themselves. Two of our number have been selected for the Development Squad this summerr, in the hopes of trialling for the university next year. Cricket (Ladies) Captain: Susie Higham

Boat Club (Men) St Catharine's Ladies Cricket has yet again seen a Captain: Piers Gatenby healthy turnout at practices and matches throughout the Secretaiy: Rob Alloway Easter term. With no fixed league, three friendly matches Treasurer: Richard Mead have been played, yielding victory over Magdalene, but close defeats from Caius and last year's Cuppers winners. Jesus. It has been a good year on the men's side of the Boat During the one day Cuppers competition, we beat Trinity Club. The Autumn term yielded slightly disappointing Hall, but were unfortunate to lose to Caius. who eventually performances for the 1 st and 2nd VIIIs in the Fairbairns due went on to the final. to a large number of injuries sustained off the water. The At the inaugural annual cricket dinner, amongst the novices progressed well, with a top five position in the Junior festivities. Georgina Stewart was welcomed as next year's Fairbairns and victory in the Clare Novice Regatta plate. captain. 64 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Cricket (Men) graduating this year with three goal-keeping Blues and three Captain: Dominic Harding goal-keeping defeats to his name, is doing the sensible thing Secretary: Ian Ross and 'transferring' to Oxford. The season started with a win over the Old Boys' XI, the highlights of the match being centuries by Dave Elias (1989) and by fresher Chris Freeston on his College debut. Hockey (Ladies) Captain: Caroline Wilson The league side was strengthened by a strong first year Secretaiy: Louise Pickering intake. Our first two matches against Christ's and Queens' produced exciting victories, the latter being primarily due to The Ladies Hockey Team has had a thoroughly enjoy- a whirlwind innings of 67 by Chris Adams. After a walkover able season, if not a most successful one. We had the honour victory from Corpus Chnsti. only Girton stood between Catz of playing the first match on the new astroturf against the and the top of the league. But nothing could halt the path of Men's 2nds. which unfortunately, like most matches this the wheel, and we cruised to our rightful place as champions season, we lost. Although it has been great fun playing on of the First Division. the new pitch, it took us some time to adjust to it, to the seri- With one Blue and five Crusaders in the Cuppers XI. we ous detriment of our goal difference. However, we did accli- seemed to have an excellent chance in the competition. The matise, in time to record two convincing victories over team cruised past Girton in the first round by 9 wickets, with Queens' and Newnham. but this was not enough to keep us David Churton making 97 before being stumped going for in division one. In Cuppers we fared slightly better, reach- his century. The second round saw our best performance in ing the quarter-finals, only to be beaten in a close and hard- the field all season, limiting Caius to 131 runs, with James fought game by Jesus, the eventual winners. Lots of talent Cowell and Paddy McGuirk producing fine bowling perfor- was discovered in the first year, most notably Barbara mances. But some unfortunate decisions triggered a batting Illingworth, who was invaluable in defence, Laura collapse, leaving us 10 runs short of the total. McKenzie who worked hard in mid-field, and Sam Palmer The College has again provided several university who has the best pair of lungs ever! I would like to thank Li/ representatives. Dave Churton has played for the Blues, and Short for her incredible energy and enthusiasm, and Claire Arnie Clarke, Chris Freeston, Chris Dobson, James Cowell Griffiths and Lindsey Calderhead for their fantastic saves. and Ian Ross have all played for the Crusaders. Congratulations to Paddy Craig's graduands side who beat the Fellows by one run off the last ball of the game on Hockey (Men) the afternoon of the graduation dinner. Captain: Justin Bateman Finally, many thanks to Graham James who has been Secretary: Ian Ramshaw priceless as a scorer this year. Building on last year's success as league champions, and with the coming of the new astroturf. St Catharine's Football (Ladies) College Hockey Club entered the 1995/96 season with high Captain: Lorna Adams hopes of Cuppers and League glory. Having lost only three Secretary: Gill Underwood players and gained four freshers (two of whom earned University U21 colours), Catz, started the season well. We The Ladies 1st XI had a bad start to the season with progressed easily through the early rounds of the Cuppers numerous other College and University sporting commit- competition, with wins over Downing, Queens'. Pembroke ments making it difficult to secure a consistent team. We and Corpus, amassing 26 goals and conceding only one. failed to win a league match, but managed three draws; However, in the final, played in atrocious conditions, we lost unfortunately these results were insufficient to avoid relega- 1-0 to a cohesive team from Emmanuel, and failed to claim tion, and we will be playing in division two next season. The what should rightfully have been ours. 2nd XI had more success, winning all their matches except After a disappointing start to the league in the that against Peterhouse I who beat them and thus stole the Michaelmas term, when the team had been focussing on promotion position. Cuppers, the Lent term saw a more resilient performance, After an unlucky loss in the first round of Cuppers to resulting in the side finishing in fourth place, behind Jesus, Trinity Hall (eventual finalists), the 1st XI took the Plate John's and Christ's. Congratulations must also go to the 2nd competition by storm. Despite fielding a different goal- XI who secured promotion from division 3B to division 2, keeper for every match, we managed to convincingly beat and remained unbeaten in the leasue. Anglia(3-0). Sidney Sussex (4-0) and Trinity (2-1), to meet Newnham in the final and claim our gold medals, after putting four goals past them. The 2nd XI were narrowly Kitten Club beaten by Fitz II in the quarter-finals of the Plate, after victo- Head Kitten: Dominic Harding ries over Downing II and Trinity II. Although the season's Treasurer: Mark Bush results have been mixed, the squad has been one of the largest on record and we have all had a great time representing 'the Again the townsfolk of Cambridge were entertained by wheel', both on the football field and in The Mill! our merry band of initiees. with The Village People, Ballerinas and French Maids all putting in an appearance. Scares about the beef content of the Whiskas did not dent Football (Men) our spirits; pilchard and herring were fine substitutes for the Captain; Sam Mcllroy more traditional fayre. Secretary: Chris Wright "Thunderbirds are go" was an oft-heard cry this year, something that certain members discovered to their peril. For the second year in succession three teams have been Again frolicking with females at formal halls and other fielded, with over fifty players in total pulling on the Catz venues was a prime feature. The club even opened a religious shirt. This meant that all three teams stayed up in their divi- branch and once the smoke had cleared this became a most sions, highlighting the strength in depth of College football. revealing venture, as did the A3 cards club, unearthing a most The 1st XI made an unlucky Cuppers exit, losing 2-1 to dubious Kittens' tradition. Downing in a hard fought match. The third annual tour - to The Garden Party, Annual Dinner and the return of the Luxembourg — was a resounding success, with representa- Magical Mystery Tour rounded off the summer, and if tion from all three teams. Thanks to all the old members for anyone knows of the whereabouts of 'The Book' could they their help towards the cost. Finally, congratulations to the please let us know! Thanks for a fantastic year. Sayonara Blues representatives. Andy Thompson and John Park. Park. Hardon! 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Lacrosse Pool (Ladies) Captain: Caroline Egginton Captains: Caroline Egginton and Gillian Underwood The 1995/96 season has been an extremely successful 1995 saw the admission of the Ladies' Pool Club into one for St Catharine's Mixed Lacrosse Club. Membership Amalgamated Clubs as a separate entity from the men for has been boosted by the arrival of some talented and enthu- the first time. Armed with a small budget, little experience siastic freshers, who have contributed greatly to the club. and bags of enthusiasm. St Catharine's entered two teams in Lorna Adams and Georgina Stewart have been outstanding the university league. Despite a reputation for enjoying the all season, and were selected to play for Cambridge sport to the full, the Catz ladies managed only two wins all University Womens' Lacrosse Club 1st and 2nd teams season, or three, if you count the winner of the St Catharine's respectively. I versus St Catharine's II game, which was in effect a battle We have participated in the university league, estab- to avoid the wooden spoon of the bottom division. We hope lished this season, and were placed third overall, tuning lost that the first and second years will foster the club next year only one match (1-0 to Downing). This defeat was avenged with renewed enthusiasm, and encourage freshers to join this in the Michaelmas Cuppers, which St Catharine's won. beat- very friendly and entertaining club. ing Downing 1-0 in the final. We also won the Lent Cuppers, narrowly defeating a Blues-laden Girton side 1—0 in the final. This season's results mean that St Catharine's has now won three of the last six Cuppers tournaments. We can be proud of the club's achievements this year and I hope they serve as Pool (Men) a solid basis upon which to build next year. Captain: Brad McNee Secretary: Matt Cordell

Once again Catz pool goes from strength to strength, Multi Gym enjoying the warmth of the bar to help our many teams to President: Hing Tun Lee victory in the face of defeat (or sometimes the other way Treasurer: Richard Smith around)! In keeping with tradition, we would often hear cries Until this year, the gym has been run under the aegis of of. "We've never lost a beer-leg'. We also hope to hold the the JCR: but the Michaelmas term saw the new multi-gym Edwards-Stuart Charity Tournament, open to the whole of club being established and formally voted into Amalgamated College, for some light relief at the end of the year. May I Clubs. All this with a view to obtaining sufficient funds for wish next year's players all the best, and remind them not to the desired improvements; and after a rather slow start, new put their drinks on the side of the table. equipment is currently being purchased for the gym.

Netball Rugby Captain: Vicki Tattley Captain: Mark Bush Secrclta'x: Louise Sparnon Secretary: John Gilbert If enthusiasm was anything to go by, we would be look- An experienced core of 1994/95 players was strength- ing at promotion! Unfortunately hectic timetables, weather ened this year by an intake of very talented freshers. The and lack of courts meant that it was not to be. Having lost resultant back line was arguably the best in the league and the majority of a team who had played together for two years, helped establish Catz at the top of the table, with a hard the 1995/96 season was always going to be tough: however fought eleven-game winning streak. In the final game of the the rebuilding process has begun, and new talent bodes well season we faced the annual challenge of St John's, and for next v ear. slipped under for the first time, to finish the league in second The team did have some good moments, recording place. victories against Clare and Christ's, but sadly there were too The Cuppers campaign started fitfully before we cut our many occasions when our lack of match practice as a team teeth against Caius. when Welsh U21. Walne. provided was apparent. This meant we lost too many matches which entertainment for the crowd. The semi-final brought, un- we were capable of winning. I hope that next season will see surprisingly. St John's. Despite a strengthened Catz pack. the team escaping from the stagnant position in the middle John's held a tight rein on the game and subsequently of the second division which it has occupied for the last four went on to win at Grange Road. However, we finished the years. season by taking the plate in a very enjoyable Sevens Catz 2nd team also made an appearance again this year, Tournament. and although not achieving the most outstanding results, The strength in depth of Catz rugby was demonstrated seemed to enjoy themselves in the fifth division. by a superb season for the 2nd XV. winning both Cuppers and the third division. The side's success was based upon a strong line-out, a dynamic back row and an electric three Orienteering quarters, launching prolific try scorers Mike Glass and Matt Captain: Mark Taylor Albrighton. Our unbeaten league season included a half- century against Trinity. However, the Cuppers run was The one Orienteering day of the year. Cuppers in undoubtedly the highlight of the season - Downing were put Breckland on 2nd March, was rainy throughout. But as ever, to the sword in the semis (55-5). whilst in the final. St John's the valiant eight from the wheel performed well, if wetly. were unable to cope with our speed, accuracy and finishing However, having lost Blue Dave Bowman to graduation and expertise, going down 37-13 in front of more than 60 fanat- Junior International Ben Reynolds to some ridiculous last- ical supporters of the wheel. minute conference on molluscs, the team was too weakened Catz churned out its quota of University players this to repeat its glorious victory of 1995. Queens' won, but the season. John Edwards was selected for the Blues squad and Catz 1st team of yomping Mark Taylor (9th), marathoner played alongside Hugh Thomas for the LXs club, with Bob Paddy McGuirk (10th) and veteran Chris Thorne (12th) Sugden on the bench. Sugden captained the U2ls. contain- came third, less than a minute behind Peterhouse. Magdalene ing Buster Cheetham. Mark Bush. John Gilbert and Tony were 4th. followed by the brilliant Catz 2nd team (Nick de Rumboll. Candole. Justin Ormand and Dan Grace) in overall 5th. Steph With many players remaining next season the prospects Mirylees was highly placed in the Women's competition, and look bright. Oh. and somebodv mentioned something about Graham Hayes also enjoyed himself. Roll on next year! a tour?? St Catharine's College Society Magazine 67

Squash (Ladies) rather early on. but our performance in league matches has Captain: Jill Bradley more than made up for this. The 1st team had a very decisive Secretary: Meenal Devani 5-1 win over St John's, who arc renowned for having some of the strongest teams in the university. This means that we 1995-96 was a successful year for women's squash at should maintain our respectable position of 3rd in division Cat/. Throughout the year a squad of fourteen played, both one. in Clippers and in the league competitions, which is an indi- Our 2nd team boasts a place in a higher division than cation of the growing interest in women's squash within the certain other colleges' 1 st teams, and with some effort, it is College. likely to remain that way. With a few training sessions led by our resident Blues. Our success is due to the dedication of the players, all a strong 1st team managed to fight its way to the first divi- of whom have had some very enjoyable matches. sion in the Michaelmas term, retaining this position in the Lent term. The 2nd Team also managed to do well in the third division. Catz had perhaps one of the highest attendance rates Tennis (Men) lor matches — always a problem in women's squash within Captain: Nicholas Tandy the university - which is a sign of the commitment of both Secretary: Andrew Cheetham teams. A powerful Cuppers 1st team, consisting of Meenal and After a decidedly shakey start to the season with one or Harriet, with Jo Barrie. Jill Bradley and Olivia Bellers. two heavy defeats, the team realised its potential, and should have seen much success. However the team was finished in style with large wins over Downing. Churchill unfortunate enough to be drawn against Magdalene, the and Pembroke, thus assuring first division status next year. eventual winners, in the second round. This year's change of rules, allowing Grasshoppers to play. Notable achievement was made by Meenal Devani, who worked to our disadvantage, owing to our lack of University played for the University 1 st team this year, gaining her first representation in what would otherwise have been a very Blue, and by Harriet Jerram. who played for the University strong side. The short duration of the season and its prox- 2nd team. imity to exams jeopardised team consistency, but was to some extent compensated for by a large squad, including some promising first years. Squash (Men) Sadly we were without the stabilising influence of the Captain: Ian Lunt Bursar this year, and next year will be without the valuable Secretary: Fintan Sheerin contribution of the Chaplain. Paul Langham. But with the core of the team remaining at College, things look promis- This season has reflected the determination of our 1st. ing, and I wish them the best of luck. 2nd anil newly formed 3rd teams to compete at sometimes inappropriate standards and attempt to make the best of what they were dealt. In spite of the addition of another team, Volleyball competition for rankings was fierce. The Michaelmas term Captain: Kevin Oversby resulted in near promotion of the 1st team to the first divi- sion and a solid performance by a changeable 2nd team. The A very strong Catz team entered the summer league in Lent term was the first time for the 3rds in the leagues and buoyant spirits. However, after an initial lead over eventual thev responded well, winning points in the face of a frequent champions Caius, we became sloppy. A few games were lack of opposition. The 2nds put in a lot of effort towards unnecessarily squandered after holding match point, and promotion and should be rewarded, whilst the 1 sts will prob- Catz eventually finished 3rd (in a field of 40) - one place ably have to be content with another year in the second divi- higher than last year. sion. Cuppers was disappointing, with the 1 sts and 2nds both Cuppers was rearranged several times and eventually being knocked out to Caius and Clare respectively. However, left Catz weakened, with half of the players recovering from with the majority of the teams remaining, prospects for next Newnham Ball the previous evening, and the rest absent due year look good. to organising the impending College Ball. Though one player short, we nevertheless won our group against Churchill and Peterhouse. and were drawn against league Swimming champions Caius in the quarterfinals. In a titanic battle. Catz Ladies' Captain: Joanna Barric lost the first, but took the second set from 2-9 down to Men's Captain: Andrew Lloyd equalise. The third set saw good play from resident Blues hitter Paul-Henri Plantevin. linking up with consistent The standard of St Catharine's men's swimming re- setting from Kevin Oversby. The Caius defence had no reply mains high, and we were successful in reaching the Cuppers but were able to exploit the gap left by Catz's absent player finals in six of the twelve events. Outstanding performances to come from 10—12 down and win 15—13. thus removing us from Rob Osborne (1st in 100m Freestyle and 2nd in 100m from the competition. Next year will see more of the same Backstroke) and Steve Mason (placed 4th in both the 4x25m quality volleyball with everyone but the captain remaining Individual Medley and the 50m Butterfly) amongst others in College. secured us an overall position of 3rd. The Ladies' team, particularly Samantha Palmer, were unfortunate not to gain any places in the finals, but never- Water Polo theless gained the position of 6th overall. Captain: Anthony Jenking This was the first year that trials were held (the enthu- siasm of the freshers being so great), and Jan Lauritzen and St Catharine's Water Polo has had a steady season this Helen Wood lifeauarded for us at the Levs School Pool. year, with four wins and three losses in division two. and a second round defeat in Cuppers. The highlight of the season was a tough match between Catz and the University Ladies, Tennis (Ladies) during which Professor Broom played in one of the ladies' Captain: Alexandra French costumes — not having had lime to pick his own up from Secretary: Alexandra Maramenides home. Although we just lost the match, we were definitely the better-dressed side' Both teams were very strong this season, with some Special congratulations are due lo Helen Wood. Steven excellent new members being recruited from all years of Mason and Anthony Jenking for achieving University College. We were unfortunately knocked out of Cuppers Colours. 68 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

The Master, Peter Boizot (speaking) and Lord Butterfield at Dave Churton, Varsity wicket-keeper. the opening of the new astroturf hockey pitch on 8th November 1995. (See also p.61.)

Ladies' Athletics Team - Cuppers Winners Claire Watson, Liz Short, Dr C J R Thome, Joanna Barrie, Samantha Palmer Kate Studd, Lucy Colley, Melinda Wong (Capt), Bethan Page-Jones, Wan Lee Photograph courtesy of JET Photographic St Catharine's College Society Magazine 69

MAY WEEK CONCERT

See Music Society, p.71

Chris Stirling as Joseph, and Anna Tebb as Potiphar's wife. Photos: Fletcher Morgan 70 St Catharine's College Society Magazine Societies

Christian Union The Freshers' Squash was well-supported by all the Natural Reps: Catherine Blacker Scientists, and we managed to include a guided tour of Paul Taylor Cambridge for our new members. The Annual Dinner was also a resounding success, with the evening reaching new The Christian Union's main weekly meeting is held on heights of conviviality. We will end the year with a post-exam a Monday evening and consists of worship, prayer and Garden Party. discussion. Two smaller groups meet during the week to Best wishes to next year's committee in perpetuating the study the Bible, and most members now meet regularly in College's interest in science. threes to pray for each other, our friends and wider issues. On Saturday evenings we ha\e a 'Frugal Meal' when we share simple food together, with all money raised going to support our Tear-Fund sponsored child in Brazil. At the end Law Society of the Michaelmas term we went on a three day house party President: Edward Sinclair at Hengrave Hall, near Bury St Edmunds, where we studied Secretary: Simon Plaut the Old Testament book of Malachi and related its issues to Treasurer: Emma Carter our lives today. We are very grateful to Paul Langham for Yet again the Law Society demonstrated its ability prompting much discussion over those three days. As a group to mix events of a social and educational nature, whilst we aim to encourage each other to live out our faith in our maintaining a high profile throughout the university. Amid daily student life and to live as Christ's ambassadors in St wildly inconsistent reports of the academic standards Catharine's. of Catz lawyers — 17th in the Universitv league tables, followed by a position in the top four in The limes a fort- night later - last year's third year demonstrated true College History Society colours, picking up a quite astonishing live Firsts out often President: Jonathan Allen candidates. Secretary: Victoria Jobling This year's committee organised four wonderful, The History Society has been firmly re-established in vibrant, glittering occasions for the delectation of their College, after a couple of years of slumber. While remain- members. Number one was a fine presentation by Gouldens, ing true to our ideals of learning and discussion within a solicitors, who laid on a magnificent spread and copious broad historical context, we have nevertheless achieved our amounts of alcohol. Number two saw a notorious media goal of social drinking. Our first paper was delivered on the lawyer. Jonathan Caplan. QC. discussing the pros and topic of how Germany has attempted to come to terms with cons of televising the courts. Number three saw an expert in the Second World War. by Catz's very own Dr Chris Clark. his field save the good name of St Catharine's by throwing Since then the society has been honoured with papers by doubt upon the conviction of the celebrated Catz murderer. Professor Richard Clogg. Dr Munro Price. Dr David Parry Herbert Rowse Armstrong. And number four was the and Dr Helen Castor. Christmas Party. Free food, alcohol and negligible legal content accounted for the 99% turnout. The end of the The Annual Dinner was a huge success, with amusing committee's term was marked by the annual Law Society guidance on how a history society should be run from our Dinner, kindly supported, as ever, by Allen & Overy. and guest of honour. Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith. and drinks with a most entertaining talk by the Hon Mr Justice Laddie chez the President until well past the hour that respectable (1964). landlords have gone to bed. The end of exams was suitably celebrated at the traditional garden party. It only remains for me to thank the fellows, especially Dr Clark, for their support. II you would like to attend next year's events, then Medical Society Emma Winter or Matthew Arthey should be contacted for a President: Piers Gatenby programme. The Medical Society has had a quiet year. The freshers were welcomed in October with the Medsoc squash and booksale. Later in the term we held an SCR Formal Hall with Hyperbolics Society some guest medics from other colleges. President: Gareth Christopher I was unable to organise a Medsoc Dinner this year after Now moving into its third year, the Hyperbolics Society Boat Club commitments conflicted with the usual March continues to lead a precarious existence on the fringes of dates; and the quiet period and May Week prevented it from college life. Shunned by the trendy, it battles with apathy to being held in the Summer term. I apologise to all Medsoc bring a new dimension to the lives of mathematicians (and members for this failure and wish my successor more luck those who cannot stand the Tripos pace). Speaker meetings, next year. discussing themes of general mathematical interest, are not our style. Instead we marked the departure of Dr Sankaran to pastures new. held the world's most intellectually exclu- Media Society sive pool contest and tried desperately to organise a football President: Patrick Craig match against someone, anyone! The next committee has yet to be elected; the future (and Garden Party) lies in their This is an outrageously fresh and new society coming hands. If anyone is interested in appearing in a register of ex- right from Elvis' hipsters as it aims to impress on the wily Catz 'mathmos" (networking our speciality!) please contact cats of this College the flabbergastingly diverse array of John Yeldham. We look forward to hearing from you! mediums and adjectives there are in today's media world. As well, of course, as proffering an eclectic selection of quality wines. For those among us who think a career is John Ray Society accountancy, unlucky. Widen your horizons by either going President: Bradley McNee to the equator or introducing yourself to the worlds of Secretary: Cathy Pedlow journalism, film, radio. TV and the Net. Go on. brighten your future. This year has been one of the quietest in recent years for The Society had its inaugural meeting in the Ramsden the John Ray Society, with events being held only termly. Room on a Friday in the Lent term, with fantastically bril- St Catharine's College Society Magazine 71 liant talks on life in the crazy world of MTV and the high- next year are more formal sessions on darkroom techniques brow work of a script writer. However. Kate Swan and Nik for all College members. St Catharine's has excellent photo- W hikam had to be silenced after speaking for three hours, as graphic facilities, including a colour printer, although the the society decided to roll out the red carpet and go for a College only supplies black and white chemicals due to fund- Chinese. He was very nice thank you. ing restrictions. There is a camera available which must be This was such a roaring success that even some people signed out and the darkroom key is available at any time from from College turned up. including next year's secretary, pres- the Porters' Lodge. ident and treasurer. Anne Henry.

Shirley Society Music Society President: Juliette Cox President: Rob Sturman Secretary: Liz Hardy/Vimal Sivasanker The Shirley Society has prioritised theatrical events this Treasurer: Geoffrey Moore year, especially those within College, and any others involv- ing College members. In the Michaelmas term we sponsored The Music Society has once again had a busy year, with The Cherry Orchard and Alan Bleasdale's It's A Madhouse, lunchtime recitals every Wednesday during full term, Friday and in the Lent term we supported Pauper Productions, a night chamber music concerts, and full-scale orchestral company run in Cambridge and London to promote and concerts involving virtually all the musicians in College at perform new writing. In the final term we offered financial the end of each term. assistance to the Mummers, who are taking Bloodtide and The lunchtime recitals have proved very popular with The Hunting of the Snark to Edinburgh, both plays written performers and audience alike, with instruments ranging and produced in Cambridge this year. from piano, cello and oboe to French horn, tuba and saxo- phone quartet. Singers have been well-represented, with recitals including Schubert song cycles, traditional Irish airs, Steers" Society and a programme of love songs for Valentine's Day. President: Helen Kirkman Highlights have also included the second-year music Secretary: Graham James students' tonal compositions, and eight cellists from Cat/ performing Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 with Caroline Jaya- The year started well, with an informal meeting which Ratnam. enabled freshers to meet the rest of the geographers and gave Performers in the 'Chamber Music at Catz' series have us a chance to catch up with each other after the summer included professional singers, students from London music vacation. This was quickly followed by a talk from Alan colleges, and students from Cambridge's Instrumental Fawcitt of the Careers Service on life after Cambridge Award Scheme, involving many from St Catharine's. (including an unexpected numerical reasoning test - much Once again the three orchestral concerts were held in to our delight!). Other particularly notable evenings, pulling West Road Concert Hall. The Michaelmas concert had a larger crowds than usual, were Dr Oppenheimer's My Russian flavour. Joseph Long being the soloist in Favourite Volcano, when he spoke of his close encounters Tchaikovsky's hrst piano concerto, and Oliver Medlicott and with Mount Etna, and Emma Mawsley's talk on her PhD Rob Sturman making their conducting debuts in works by research on regionalism in India (not to be missed by those Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky. The Lent concert again of us doing the Part II South Asia course). However, the featured Tchaikovsky, this time conducted by Russell annual dinner proved to be the highlight of the year and we Millard. Solo items were performed by Caroline Jaya- were very fortunate in welcoming Professor Peter Hall, FBA Ratnam (violin) and Rob Sturman (tuba). The May Week (1950) as our after dinner speaker; he entertained us all with concert almost filled the West Road concert hall for the lively accounts of his exploits as an undergraduate, in the second vear running, with the audience flocking from near time before women were part of the College. and far. Hrst to hear concertos performed by Julian Wilkins I horn I and Rohan Stewart MacDonal (piano), and then to witness the singing and acting talent of Cat/ take to the stage Wine Society in a performance of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour President: Hannah Meakin Dreamcoat. directed by Oliver Medlicott, with Julian Secretary: Antony Rumboll Wilkins as Musical Director. Anyone who attended will testify to the great success of the evening. The Wine Society got off to a flying start this year with the squash in October attracting 96 members. Not all contin- ued to attend our programme for establishing a body of well- Photographic Society educated palates, but the dedicated feu are certainly more President: Jamyn Edis appreciative (and more critical!) of their wines. Set re!ar\: Rhodri Mason The Michaelmas term saw the ever-popular Beaujolais breakfast, now firmly rooted in College tradition, and also a This year has seen a flurry of activity in the darkroom - very successful Port and Cheese evening. More recently, the a place that has been sadly neglected in recent years. A large society was allowed to plumb the depths of the cellars. number of College members were shown its technical Everyone found this fascinating, one of the commonest aspects, and several went on to be exhibited in the University remarks being that full use would be made of dining (and Photographic Competition during the Lent term. Over the drinking) rights in years to come! The tour was followed by Michaelmas term, the society organised an in-college exhi- a Claret tasting, tutored by Dr Roderick Munday (1967). bition in the library, which certainly lent cheer to those study- Fellow of Petcrhouse. The excellent Chateau Gruaud Larose ing. Contributions included excellent pieces from the Rev'd 1983 was definitely a high spot of the evening' Paul Langham and other College 'dignitaries'! In the coming Further activities are planned for next term, with a year. we expect to run a similar exhibition, though this time Champagne tasting already pencilled in for May Week, with a more widely-publicised competition. Also planned for which we envisage being a fitting end to the year. 72 St Catharine's College Society Magazine n b Jaya-Rathat e y Lam e s Conwa h Moore n n Carolin c Robinso s r Hanna ) Jame , Caroly n Duebe e Scholar n Photographi t Barto 6 Slurman a Luci s b Orga , w r Sar Ro , , Dre k Timmin (Junio Je l 1995-199 ) f , Nic Chant , h MacDonald t Langham Choir P l Michae Sara v , , Moore y (Chaplain Stewar ) Re o , y n Chape Cobb e s Scholar Geoffre Roha , Campbell courtes n , h h Wilkins Jame , n Colleg Orga s r Judit , Thorpe Julia , e Stirling (Senio ) s MacNamara n Kati , Catharine' Chri t Iai Music S f Sutcliffe Sivasanker o l r D W Mitchell r Vima n . Susa Sausbie s D y Nichola (Directo r Susi n Harpe a VenetiaBigle Emm Tonki a Photograp t Ann Prat e Stephani St Catharine's College Society Magazine 73

THE CHAPEL CHOIR Choir Secretary: Stephanie Pratt Director of Music: Dr W Dean Sutcliffe Choir Librarian: Emma Harper Organ Scholars: Julian Wilkins Sara Barton The Chapel Choir has enjoyed an outstand- were joined by Cambridge Choral Scholars, Paul ing year, preceded by a superb tour of Northern Thompson (Gonville & Caius) and Alex Monsey Spain where good food, drink and sun, coupled (Emmanuel). The whole was accompanied by an with excellent singing and Spanish hospitality excellent orchestra drawn from Cambridge and produced some great performances. Concerts London. The concert also included Allegri's took place in Barcelona. Soria. Burgos, Leon, Miserere mei, Deus and works by Farrant, Salamanca and Madrid, and the odd plaza- Gesualdo, Lobo and Lotti. Just before the Easter barbershop performance also featured. The Term the Choir was invited to give a concert in repertoire consisted of predominantly unaccom- aid of the Arts Theatre Arts Access Appeal, held panied music, although few will forget the per- in the Chapel, and we also performed at the formance of Bruckner's Ecce Sacerdos Magnus Ramsden Dinner before dessert. The final May with the uncontrollable and rather out-of-tune Week concert constituted a pre-tour programme chamades of the Barcelona Cathedral Organ. and also featured a selection of music used in the In October we welcomed our first female small recording made at the end of term. This Organ Scholar at Catz (Sara Barton from Miami. included the introduction of lighter items such Florida), and rebuilt a somewhat depleted choir. as Richard Rodger's Blue Moon, Harold Aden's We were let down by the lack of interest from Over the Rainbow, and George Gershwin's I Got Catz freshers, but gained in graduates and Rhythm. members of other colleges. Services were of a In addition to the concerts, we have also been high standard from the beginning and thanks to privileged to sing Evensongs in Westminster the now firmly established board advertising Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral, and a weekend Chapel events, the choir was supported by an of services in Lichfield Cathedral: on all three ever-growing congregation. The repertoire for occasions we were grateful for the support of old services focused on a variety of new works - College Members. Our members have continued including the introduction of plainsong Office to perform regularly outside Choir in College Hymns and the re-introduction of occasional concerts - the lead roles of the musical, Joseph Compline services - as well as capitalising on and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat being the enviable library that we already own. taken by Chris Stirling and Emma Harper - and Aside from the usual services, the Choir has notably in a concert at Madingley Hall aiding the led the worship at memorial services for two restoration of Madingley Parish Church. The College dignitaries: Alfred "Gus" Caesar and CDs continue to sell well; the Choral Works of Donald Alfred Davie, the first of which took Kenneth Leighton and particularly the recent place in a packed Great St Mary's University Durufle Requiem recording from June 1994. Church. It has also given four concerts in Cam- Members wishing to obtain a copy of either bridge this year. The Christmas Carol concert should address their requests to the Choir held in Chapel concentrated on the progression Secretary. from Advent to Christmas Day, with the in- Still to come this year is the tour to Ireland clusion of the plainsong Advent Antiphons and where we are performing at St John's, Malone some memorable congregational carols. The and St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast: Ballywillan traditional 'big event' in the Lent Term was a Presbyterian Church, Portrush: St Columb's and performance of Mozart's "Great" C Minor Mass, St Eugene's Cathedrals. Londonderry; St Nicho- K427. which took place in Great St Mary's. This las' Church, Galway: St Fin Barre's Cathedral, was the first time that the Choir had performed Cork and St Patrick's Cathedral. Dublin. We in a non-college environment in Cambridge in its have been very fortunate in gaining permission own right, and was a huge success. We were from Bill Whelan (composer of the Riverdance honoured to engage the services of two profes- music) to perform one of his choral works in our sional sopranos from Opera Northern Ireland, concerts. Catherine Harper and Katherine Steffan, who Julian Wilkins 74 St Catharine's College Society Magazine Return to Sarajevo A H N Roberts. FRCS(1961)

Last year when I wrote in the College short visit, but certainly the electricity is now Magazine (see p.52). I finished by saying that we working and the water too for most of the time. could only hope the war would finish. Now we On the psychological side, there is very have a cease-fire, and this made it possible for considerable depression evident among many of me to return to Sarajevo with my wife in May. my friends and colleagues there. There is a The reason for going back was to give a paper at general feeling that having worked through four a conference on war injuries and. listening to the years, whilst many of their friends and neigh- surgeons who had survived four years, often bours had departed the country, the world owes working under the most primitive conditions, them a living. Many of them really do need to was an inspiration to many of us. get out of the country for a rest, and many of the Sarajevo has changed. There are now shops professional people need updating on what has open, people walking down the streets and changed in the last four years, when they had anything that is needed is available, provided been deprived of the ability to travel, and even one has money. There is apparently a thriving of technical journals. black market and clearly a few people are really On the medical side, there is still a lot to do. quite rich, while the majority of the people are After the conference, I spent eight days operat- still desperately poor. The problems that are ing, doing two or three major hand and arm remaining are now economic and psychological. injuries a day. left over from shrapnel wounds in On the economic front, there is virtually no particular. Half the ward was full of new mine industry, except for farming, in Bosnia, and the injuries. These are coming to hospital at the rate majority of the farming area is in Serb held areas. of several a day. The majority are simply having There is also massive destruction which will cost legs amputated but. interestingly, the less severe a large sum of money and much willpower to one with only half a foot missing, raised very repair. Interestingly, in Mostar. a town partially much more severe problems of reconstruction. destroyed by Croat versus Bosnian fighting, There are still problems in the hospital with reconstruction seems to be progressing apace, shortages, but these are less acute. The major although in many areas the damage is more remaining problem is. however, the shortage of severe. skilled staff. Very many of the doctors were In Sarajevo, there is a general feeling of wait- injured or killed, and many others, who were ing to see what the international community are from the wrong faction, have left. Many of those doing. The international community are in fact remaining are worn out and need added training doing a lot. There is the presence of IFOR, the and a period to recover from the severe psycho- intervention force, which is very obvious and is. logical trauma that they have all experienced. without a doubt, keeping the peace. There are At least there is now more hope than 18 also 15.000 aid workers in and around Sarajevo months ago, although it is very clear that the from many countries in the world. What many Intervention Force will need to be around for of these are doing is not altogether clear on a some years.

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MOLECULAR QUANTUM MECHANICS THE 46TH KONIGSWINTER CONFERENCE, MARCH 1996 St Catharine's College hosted a conference entitled Molecular Quantum Mechanics: Meth- These conferences take their name from the ods and Applications on 3rd-7th September Rhine spa opposite Bonn where the first meet- 1995. This international conference was organ- ing was held in 1950 thanks to the initiative and ised by Professor N C Handy. FRS and Professor vision of their founder, the late Dame Lilo H F Schaefer (University of Georgia, USA), and Milchsack. The oldest bilateral international was dedicated to the names of S F Boys and I gatherings of their kind which have inspired Shavitt, two of the pioneers in the field of many imitations, they are now held alternately computational chemistry. There were 365 partic- in Konigswinter and in St Catharine's. The 150 ipants from 27 countries who attended the participants rose to the call of this year's theme. lectures held at the Department of Chemistry in Global Challenges - Europe's Response. Lensfield Road. Poster sessions were held in Each year the conference brings together College. 370 attended the banquet in St Catha- prominent politicians, businessmen, bankers, rine's, and every available room in College. St senior civil servants, academics and media Chad's and Russell Street was occupied. The people from both countries for intensive discus- fact that all participants were looked after so well sions on issues of common concern. The meet- by the staff greatly added to the success of the ings have a tradition of lively debate which has conference. helped both to foster relations and create closer NCH co-operation at many levels over four decades. Special messages were read from Chancellor Helmut Kohl and the Prime Minister John LEVERHULME TRUST BOOKLET Major. 1996/7 To set the tone on the opening day there was a debate on economic and monetary union with The Leverhulme Trust provides grants for the British and German experts for and against research in most fields except medicine, social (and a neutral), chaired by the BBC broadcaster policy and welfare, school education and most and journalist James Naughtie. At a dinner given archival or archaeological digs. The new book- by the British Government, the host, Mr let explains elegibility as well as how to make an Nicholas Soames MR Minister of State for the application, and can be obtained by telephoning Armed Forces, formally welcomed the delegates 0171 822 6897 or by email on kfindlay@lever- and said. "Konigswinter's stature has grown to hulme.orc.uk. the point where it is one of the crown jewels of the post-war relationship between Britain and Germany." On behalf of the German Govern- WHAT DO THEY DO? ment, Dr Peter Hartmann. State Secretary in the Bonn Foreign Office, said. "We Germans, too, Of the 128 persons who graduated in 1995. have no wish to surrender our identity to the 106 subsequently informed the University European Union ... To be Germans and to feel Careers Service of their future employment. and act like Europeans is for us not a form of 24 were working for a further degree or other schizophrenia but a necessary complement to studies. our national independence." The 46th annual 22 were working abroad or intending to do so. conference provoked more heated exchanges 8 were still seekina employment at the end of on matters of interest than in most years, par- 1995. ticularly about the future of Europe and above 52 had taken up employment in the UK. Of all about the economic and monetary union. these:- But then, given the fact that this annual 17 were in financial and legal services. 'Deutsch-Englisches Gesprach" is there pre- 23 were in the public sector (education, cisely for the purpose of exchanging views health and civil service). in depth by acknowledged experts on real 10 were in commerce and consultancies. matters of substance, that purpose was certainly 2 were in Industry. better met in 1996 than on some occasions in Ed the past. 76 St Catharine's College Society Magazine The Commemoration Sermon

Given in Chapel on St Catharine's Day 1995

Professor R P Gordon (1964 Fellow 1995) Regius Professor of Hebrew Transformation in Tradition

We have lived in Cambridge for the past 16 his era. He laid down strict rules for the College's years, and during that time I have been tourist Fellows, and in particular required that they guide to a good number of friends visiting the should study only philosophy and theology. city. One takes them to the usual places of inter- "The Master on his election had to swear that he would est, and is also pleased to point out the curiosities never allow any Fellow to divert his studies to other beloved of the professional guides, such as the faculties; each Fellow on election swore never to con- Mathematical Bridge at Queens', or Edwardus sent to such a course." Tertius Fundator presiding over Trinity main WHS Jones The Story of St Catharine's College gate, solemnly sporting a wooden chair-leg for The College is. in this further sense, back to sceptre - the gift of an admiring undergraduate front, now that the Fellows mainly study every- body that insists on paying its tribute in this thing but these prescribed subjects. And no special way. doubt a good case could be made for the change. St Catharine's, I am always pleased to in- Theology ("the queen of the sciences in a repub- form, keeps company with the best, in this as in lic", as it has been put) has had its moments at other respects. On Saturday afternoons, for St Catharine's, but not much more than that. One example. I tend to be grateful that the College is. thinks of the constellation of divines, bright and in a manner of speaking, back to front. As we all influential, under the mastership of the puritan know, the main entrance is in Queens' Lane, but Richard Sibbes. or of the achievements of John that old thoroughfare is not much used these Lightfoot of whom Henry Philpott complained days, and a mass of perpendicular Gothic has last century that he shut himself up at his coun- long since cut off access to Trinity Lane, its try living "buried in literary labours of small natural continuation in a northerly direction. value". That was Hebrew he was talking about! The Catherine(sic)-wheel is less curio and But I digress from the Catherine-wheel. In more a point of contact for most visitors, and for the form in which we encounter it. it is stylised, obvious reasons. The identity of the eponymous neutralised and even rather pleasant to the eye - Catharine is in some doubt, as we were reminded by a kind of transformation that is familiar in in a recent round of 'Whose College is it the Judaeo-Christian tradition where hillocks anyway?" in the Cambridge Evening News (27th become mountains "beautiful for elevation" October and 1st November 1995). For all that, (Psalm 48) and ill-appointed cities are irrigated the College heraldry, not to say livery, points by the rivers of paradise (Psalm 46). In Chris- unequivocally to St Catharine of Alexandria tianity the outstanding example is the stylised who. according to Simon the Metaphrast, cross, symbol of life, hope and reconciliation. refused to deny her Christian faith in the pres- Some object, and remind us that the real cross ence of Maxentius and was sentenced to be was a barbarous instrument of torture, like bound to a cart with nail-studded wheels. She Maxentius' improvised chariot, and they will was. however, saved by miraculous intervention, quote Cicero's "fit only for a slave". The cross, and freed to face a more orthodox martyrdom the however, whether stark or stylised, rightly next day. It is a fine story and an association of remains at the centre of Christianity. And, if I which we may be proud, no matter that this St may press a current cliche into higher service, in Catharine was ousted from the godly society of Christianity it represents the 'defining moment' the Saints some years ago for lack of historical in the relationship between the Creator and his substance. More recent exercises in naming creatures. The Creator is involved; there is no Colleges in Oxford and Cambridge may be question of surrogacy. "God so loved the world... stronger on historical connection, but they are and asked that somebody else do something not quite so inspirational. about it" is no Gospel at all. (There are Christo- The tradition will, in any event, have logical implications in that last sentence that I appealed to Robert Woodlark our founder. The happily acknowledge!) founding of the College was an act of pietas on Admittedly, the conceptual world inhabited his part, and a prime function of the new society by Robert Woodlark. closer in chronological was to pray for the well-being of his departed years to our own time, was a nearer neighbour soul. In this, of course, he was not untypical of of the biblical world. And God-talk of the sort St Catharine's College Society Magazine 77 that I have just indulged in will strike many as most trivial pursuits. "There are no ordinary mere playing with outmoded imagery that is people" (C S Lewis). Moreover, as 'living im- light years away from the reality of which we probabilities' we are called to look beyond the form a part. Richard Dawkins waxes exceed- archives, the library and the laboratory, in the ingly bold on the issue: science has achieved no awareness that neither life nor death, nor even end of things, both good and bad. but what has epistemology nor paradigm shift, need separate theology (or Christian faith?) ever done for us from the life and love of Almighty God. anyone? Certainly, if we look to the Bible for Today St Catharine is gone - ousted from the scientific enlightenment we might feel bound to ecclesiastical calendar in the 1960s - but St join in the refrain. But that kind of knowledge is Catharine's continues, full of recent achieve- not the business of the biblical texts, which ment and planning for more. Yet even the demise themselves know very well the difference of the fabled saint may have aught for our between raw data and the deeper significances of comfort. That kind of sainthood was never existence. And still they have power to confront soundly based in any case. In the New Testament the latter-day Horatio who thinks that he has 'saints', mentioned over sixty times, are always solved the mystery of the universe and can justi- referred to in the plural, and they are normally fiably award the Almighty his P45. Even the ordinary earthbound. albeit believing, creatures Deuteronomistic historians of ancient Israel tell like you and me. That is another aspect of the us repeatedly that, if it is bruta facta that we are 'transformation' that we have been considering. after, we can consult the national archives (or the But there may also be a word for us as a College Court Circular or Scientific American) — but. for fellowship. In a profession where we are doomed meaning, "please read on". It is an important to wear our titles and dubious differences on our distinction when scientism and state-sponsored sleeves (literally sometimes), in common with materialism are among the presenting symptoms the armed services (where it makes sense) and of a society that is intellectually and morally far with Postman Pat (where it is scarcely honoris from being 'at ease with itself. causa), the democratisation that College society There is no question about it: what the fosters is much to be desired. Here even the Judaeo-Christian tradition witnesses to. as re- faculty prima donna knows his or her place, the gards the supernatural and ultimacy. is easily head of house is primus inter pares, and a differ- made to sound improbable. That this planetary ent pecking order obtains - one allied to the still microdot within the cosmos should mark the worthwhile concept of service to the community. intersection between time and eternity (or how- This I have observed with interest and satisfac- ever we phrase it) is. or would be. a very remark- tion since recently being awarded the key to the able thing. Some of us. on the other hand, will Porters' Lodge. We shall not in these pluralist have reflected on the improbability of our own times be a community of saints, but we are selves, our existence, our networks of relation- brought together as a community of scholars, ships, our goal-directed living, and the sheer and it is good that we perpetuate the awareness seriousness which we can bestow upon even our of what scholarship in community means.

Sherlock Court now much used for recreation after examinations. Taken from K staircase, the 16th cen- tury inn "The Splayed Eagle" with M staircase and The University Press tower to the right. Photo: Fletcher Morgan 78 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

THE SOCIETY'S ANNUAL DINNER 1995 THE GOVERNING BODY'S INVITATION DINNER The experiment of sending an advance noti- fication to members was repeated, this year to This year members of the College who had those who had entered the College in years matriculated between 1979 and 1981 were ending in '5'. There was again a very good invited to dine with the Master and Fellows on response, not only from these members but from Saturday 30th March. The following accepted the membership as a whole. Particularly pleas- and attended: ing was the response of the 1985 entrants, Akhurst, Graeme (1981); Appleton, Elizabeth (1979); Asquith, Ceris (1980); perhaps spurred on by their 1984 counterparts in Atchley, Julian (1980); Avis, Alice (1981); Baker, Professor John (Fellow) (1971); Baumann, Paul (1981); Bayly, Professor Christopher (Fellow) (1970); the previous year. It is to be hoped that these Beer, Martin (1981); Bell, John (1981); Bell, Ruth (1981); Bobby, Jacqueline (1981); Bogard, Mark (1981); Braybrook, Rachel (1979); Bristow, Paul (1981); members will come again in the near future. Bull, Stephen (1981); Bunz, Paul (1981); Bushell, Morag (1980); Cass, Karen Those attending were: (1981); Catliff, Nick (1980); Chinery, Simon (1980); Collins, Matthew (1979); Comline, Dr Robert (Emeritus Fellow) (1951); Cook, Stephen (1980); Cook, Andrews, Ian (1949); Appleton, Kelvin (1958); Arnold, Adrian (1949); Asdell, Tom (Fellow Commoner) (1940); Cox, Deborah (1980); Cross, Jeremy (1981); David (1945); Astbury, Michael (1949); Atkinson, Peter (1961); Axford, Stephen Crowther, Mary (1980); Cummins, Gillian (1981); Davenport, Dr Anthony (1985); Bailey, Marc (1985); Balchin, Wiliam (1934); Baron, Dr Carl (Fellow) (Fellow) (1995); Davies, Stewart (1979); Denison, Simon (1980); Dennison, Jane (1981); Barton, Mr Rodney (Society guest); Bashforth, Lynn (1985); Bates, John (1980); Devine, Andrew (1981); Dugdale, Ann (1980); Dyos, Christopher (1955); Bedelian, Haro (1961); Benn, Martin (1955); Bennett, Michael (1955); (1980); Efford, Charles (1980); Ellis, Andrea (1980); Farazmand, Tim (1980); Bennett, Geoffrey (1971); Bentley, Philip (1967); Bibby, Benjamin (1949); Bird, Ferran, Dr Eilis (Fellow) (1980); Flude, Ian (1979); Forbes-Nixon, Clare (1981); Austen (1955); Blausten, Douglas (1971); Boizot, Peter (1950); Boulding, John Freer, Gary (1980); Gaffney, Jane (1979); Gates, Hillary (1981); Ginsburg, Mark (1955); Brandler, Marcus (1975); Broom, Professor Donald (Fellow) (1961); (1980); Good, Caroline (1981); Goodman, Elizabeth (1980); Gordon, Professor Brown, Kate; Browne, Roger (1945); Campion, Sydney (1956); Cantrill, Rod Robert (Fellow) (1964); Graham, Kate (1980); Hall, Chris (1981); Handy, (1985); Carmichael, Thomas (1935); Chapman, Roy (President of the Society) Professor Nicholas (Fellow) (1960); Hanson, Paul (1979); Heugh, Jeanette (1955); Clark, John (1944); Cook, Tom (Fellow Commoner, Society Secretary) (1979); Hill-Smith, Andrew (1981); Hone, Mark (1979); Humphries, Mark (1940); Crampton, Edmund (1949); Day, Derek (1948); Dillon-Weston, Michael (1980); Hunt, Felicity (1980); Illing, Andrew (1981); Jackson, Christopher (1955); Dunbar, Gavin (1956); Edlington, Gordon (1941); El Kabir, Desiree (1980); Jaffe, Peter (1981); Jones, Daniel (1979); Jones, Dr Richard (Fellow) (1985); English, Sir Terence (Master 1993); Evans, David (Vice-President of the (1980); Kane, Tony (1981); Keeble, Dr David (Fellow) (1958); Keeble, Edward Society) (1953); Evans, Mark (1974); Evans, Martin (1958); Evison, David (1981); Kern, Nicholas (1980); Kerslake, Karen (1981); Kilbourn, Joanna (1945); Fellingham, Richard (1985); Ferran, Dr Eilis (Fellow) (1980); Georgi, (1979); Knight, Dawn (1980); Knight, Tim (1980); Laffoley, Nicholas (1979); Anthony (1958); Glaze, James (1955); Gorman, Christopher (1959); Goulding, Lahav, Dr Ofer (Fellow) (1988); Lane, Peter (1980); Leonard, Anthony (1981); Sir Irvine (Honorary Fellow) (1928); Graham, Michael (1965); Grainger, John Lowe, Gerald (1981); Maran, Michael (1980); Marks, Justin (1979); Maroudas, (1936); Grandage, Dr John (Fellow) (1995); Grauberg, Janet (1985); Gray, Fred (1981); Marshall, Alan (1981); Mason, Catherine (1980); Mayes, Stephen Michael (1985); Gregson, David (1975); Groom, John (1965); Hainan, Keith (1981); Mayes, Timothy (1979); McMillan, Bozema (1981); Mehta, Julie (1938); Hammond, Rosalyn (1985); Hampson, George (1942); Hanby, Arthur (1979); Morse, Sally (1981); Mullett, Rev'd John (Fellow Commoner) (1943); (1945); Handy, Professor Nicholas (College President) (1960); Harrison, Giles Munro, Jane (1979); Murray, Alastair (1979); Murray, Angela (1980); Ovington, (1985); Heffron, Niall (1955); Hickin, Tony (1953); Hillman, Lester (1970); Annina (1979); Page, Joanna (1981); Palmer, Robert (1980); Park, Neil (1981); Hopkirk, Rebecca (1985); Horner, Mark (1975), Hughes, Michael (1945); Powrie, William (1979); Probert, Caroline (1979); Prowse, William (1979); Hurrell, Anthony (1945); Jackson, Stephen (1965); Jones, Grenville (1947); Purvis, Andrew (1980); Rapley, Patricia (1979); Renney, Penelope (1980); Jordan, Claire (1985); Jordan, John (1984); Keeble, Dr David (Fellow) (1958); Rensten, Katy (1981); Richards, Sian (1979); Robinson, Dudley (Fellow) (1937); Kempster, Harold (1931); Kumurakula-Singhe, Prabha (1955); Langham, Rev'd Rodger, Elizabeth (1980); Ross, Rachael (1981); Rouse, David (1979); Rowe, Paul (Fellow and Chaplain) (1991); Lawry, Reginald (1936); Lim, Marc (1985); Rachel (1979); Rudin, Michael (1980); Ruffle, Jonathan (1979); Russell, Jenni Little, Dr John (Fellow) (1972); Lock, Anthony (1953); Macaulay, Alasdair (1979); Ryan, Sinead (1981); Seaton, Alan (1980); Selig, Adam (1980); (1955); Maclean, Malcolm (1959); Maddock, Dr Alfred (Emeritus Fellow) Shakeshaft, Dr John (Fellow) (1961); Smith, Christopher (1980); Smith, (1948); Mair, Thomas (1975); Mason, Frederick (1932); McBride, Richard Professor Colin (Fellow) (1947); Southern, Howard (1979); Spencer, Elizabeth (1985); McCahill, Patrick (1971); Meakins, Ian (1975); Meats, Michael (1955); (1980); Springer, Simona (1981); Standing, Juliet (1980); Standing, Rod (1980); Mehta, Julie (1979); Menzies, Graeme (1973); Metcalfe, John (1950); Morgan, Terris, Sally (1980); Thompson, William (1979); Thorne, Dr Christopher Philip (1975); Morris, Richard (1985); Mullett, Rev'd John (Fellow Commoner) (Fellow) (1963); Tilley, Elizabeth (1979); Tilley, Julian (1979); Trend, Nick (1943); Murphy, Martin (1967); Nash, Andrew (1974); Norman, Rear Admiral (1980); Tyler, Dr Peter (Fellow) (1983); Valentine, Jonathan (1980); Viss, Peter Tony (Fellow) (1989); Norris, James (1949); Oakes, John (1961); Parker, Alice (1979); Wagner, Sue (1981); Walters, Jayne (1980); Watson, Mark (1979); Watts, (1985); Parker, Paul (1975); Parker, Eric (1935); Parkes, John (1935); Parrott, Rebecca (1980); Whitehead, Simon (1981): Wilson, Caroline (1980); Wilson, Gerald (1953); Parry, David (1960); Partridge, Anthony (1965); Pick, Elizabeth (1979); Witney, Frances (1979); Wroth, Mrs Rachel (Fellow) (1979). Christopher (1967); Pickard, Professor John (Fellow) (1964); Prentice, George (1932); Price, Geoffrey (1960); Pringle, Ian (1975); Pyle, Dr John (Fellow) (1986); Ramsay, Donald (1940); Rippengal, Robert (1985); Roberts, Eleanor (1985); Roberts, Ian (1955); Robinson, Dudley (Emeritus Fellow) (1937); Robjant, Peter (1961); Rose, Christopher (1962); Sanders, John (1945); LOOKING FOR A WATERING HOLE? Sankaran, Dr Gregory (Fellow) (1978); Scoggins, Ian (1955); Scott, Francis (1934); Scott, Jonathan (1975); Searle, Hugh (1956); Senior, John (1956); Sennitt, John (1955); Shakeshaft, Dr John (Fellow) (1961); Shand, Alasdair Although the bird list for the College is over (1955); Sheppard, Norman (1940); Sinclair-Poulton, Clive (1975); Smallbone, John (1967); Smith, Sydney (1950); Sorensen, Phillip (1965); Speake, 50 (see 1986 edition, p.28), not a lot of wild Christopher (1959); Speake, George (1938); Speake, Bill (1927); Stoker, Anthony (1975); Stone, Adam (1985); Stratford, Roger (Fellow Commoner) animals have visited the Island Site. The (1960); Stubbersfield, Kay (1986); Sweeney, Brian (1963); Tatters, Alan (1969); mammal list is probably less than 10 (a couple Thompson, Fred (1932); Thorne, Dr Christopher (Fellow) (1963); Tosdevin, Leslie (1975); Tough, Kenneth (1966); Turnidge, Derek (1956); Tyler, Dr Peter of species of bat and mice; rat; maybe rabbit, (Fellow) (1983); Upton, Dr Nigel (Research Fellow) (1994); Waldon, Bernard (1945); Walker, David (1968); Wallace, Robert (1932); Warner, Francis (1956); hedgehog, fox and weasel from an earlier era). Watson, Nicholas (1985); Watson, Joanna (1985), White, Spencer (1955); But on 12th July 1996, a Muntjac Deer got Woodham, Brian (1961); Wrigley, Albert (1953);Wroth, Mrs Rachel (Former Fellow) (1979); Yellowlees, John (1969); Yoxall-Harary, Basil (1971) into College via the main gate at about 7.00 am. It took refuge in C Staircase, where it was found on the top floor outside C6 (Dr Hartle's set: the THE SOCIETY DINNER 1997-1999 Admissions Tutor). It fled down the stairs at great speed, shot across the court to the railings, The following dates have been arranged for and then, entering Chapel Court, decided to the Annual Meeting and Dinner: make a visit upstairs in Gostlin. Finally it chose to descend to the College bar (which everyone 1997 Friday 26th September visits), where the Head Porter kept it prisoner 1998 Friday 25th September (we are uncertain if it was offered a drink) until 1999 Saturday 25th September it was finally delivered into the arms of the These dates coincide with those of the RSPCA. University's Alumni Weekend in each year. CJRT & Ed St Catharine's College Society Magazine 79

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Please address your envelope to the Chaplain. The Revd Dr David Goodhew. Members of the College who return this Gild Notiee are remembered bj name in College Chapel during term.

The Purpose of the Gild "During the Annual General Meeting of the Society the Master announced the formation of a St Catharine's Gild. The purpose is to encourage members of the College and of the Society, wherever they may be and whatever denomination they may support, to make their communion on the Sunday next before 25th November (St Catharine's Day) in each year, with the College in mind; and to inform the Master that they have done so. With the passage of years a great and widespread body of St Catharine's men will be making their communion together on that day. No formality is envisaged." Society Magazine 1969. p. 10). Editorial Notes

1 Society Magazine urer is always glad to receive donations to the Information about members of the Society, Old Members' Sports Fund. such as engagements, marriages, births, deaths and general news for inclusion in the magazine 5 Hospitality should be sent to the Editor at College, as early (i) Dining Rights. Subject to availability, in the year as possible, please, and not later than MAs are entitled to dine at College expense once the end of May. a quarter during Full Term. You may write in advance to Professor Nicholas Handy of your 2 The Governing Body's Invitation Dinner wish to dine, or you may 'sign in' to dine by The Governing Body have in mind to invite contacting the Porters' Lodge, but dining under those who matriculated in 1949 or any earlier these circumstances is only possible providing date to dine on Saturday 12th April 1997, and at least one College Fellow has previously book- those who matriculated between 1982 and 1984 ed in to dine on the date you wish to dine. In to dine with them in 1998 on a date to be exceptional circumstances you may apply for announced. permission to bring a guest to dinner (please write to Professor Handy). There is no dinner on Saturdays. 3 The Society's Annual Dinner and AGM The Annual Dinner and AGM will take Full Terms: place in 1997 on Friday 26th September Michaelmas 1996 8th October - 6th December (Overseas Members especially please note Lent 1997 14th January - 14th March now). Easter 1997 22nd April - 13th June All cheques are acknowledge as soon as possible after receipt. If you have sent in your (ii) Guest Room. Due to the numbers in resi- booking form and remittance and have not had dence, there is now only one guest room in a reply within a week, please telephone Mrs College designated for the use of Senior Barbara Reader (01223 338381) or fax her Members and their spouses. It is available, at a (01223 338340) in case your form has gone modest charge, for a maximum of two consecu- astray and no place has been reserved for you. If tive nights, and may be booked through the you intend to come to the Dinner please apply in Bursar's Secretary. good time and by no later than the date stated. It may not always be possible to fit in late appli- 6 Society Matters cants. Enquiries may be made to the Chief Clerk, Car Parking. We regret the College cannot Mrs Irene Moran. Tel: 01223 338339. provide parking during the period of the Society AGM and Dinner. Possible alternatives are the 7 Telephone Number Lion Yard multi-storey Pembroke Street, Park The College telephone number of 01223 street multi-storey (Round Church). Pay & 338300, and the fax number is 01223 338340. Display along the Backs, Silver Street, Sidgwick Avenue, and West Road 8.30 am to 6.30 pm, no 8 Change of Address charge overnight and Sundays. Members are asked to report a permanent change of address using the slip of p.79, to the 4 Nominations and Donations Old Members' Records Officer at College. Nominations of any persons to be considered Failure to do so sometimes means we lose for appointment as Officers of the Society may contact with members of College for more than be sent at any time to the Secretary. The Treas- a decade.