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.