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ST CATHARINE’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE 2016 ST CATHARINE’S MAGAZINE 2016 St Catharine’s College, Cambridge CB2 1RL Published by the St Catharine’s College Society. Porters’ Lodge/switchboard: !"##$ $$% $!! © #!"' The Master and Fellows of St Catharine’s College, Fax: !"##$ $$% $&! Cambridge. College website: www.caths.cam.ac.uk Society website: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society – Printed in England by Langham Press some details are only accessible to registered members (www.langhampress.co.uk) on (see www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society/register) elemental-chlorine-free paper from Branch activities: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society/branches sustainable forests. TABLE OF CONTENTS Editorial .................................................................................& College Prizes ....................................................................'+ College Scholarships ..................................................... '' College Report PhDs approved #!"+–' ................................................. '% Master’s Report ..................................................................' The Fellowship.................................................................. "$ Society Report The New Master ..............................................................."' President’s Report ...........................................................(! New Fellows ......................................................................."( Society Committee #!"'–( ............................................(" Retirements and Farewells ...........................................#! The Society President #!"'–( .......................................(" Professor Henry ‘Harry’ Elder)eld FRS #!"' Society Reunion .....................................................(# Fellow "*%&, Emeritus Fellow #!"! ........................#! Society Awards .................................................................(' Asa Briggs, the Right Honourable Lord Briggs Associate Membership ..................................................(( of Lewes (Honorary Fellow "*(() ...........................#$ Society Presidents’ Dinner ............................................(( Roy Chapman ("*++, Fellow Commoner #!!+) ......#& President’s Recital and Reception .............................(% Senior Tutor’s Report ......................................................#+ Acheson Gray Sports Day .............................................(% Graduate Tutor’s Report ................................................#' The Society Box at Lord’s ............................................. %! Admissions Tutors’ Report ............................................#( Branch Reports ................................................................ %! Alumni and Development Report .............................#* Honours and Awards ..................................................... %& Chapel and Chaplaincy Report...................................$# Publications ......................................................................%( The Choirs ..........................................................................$$ Selected Reviews ............................................................ %* Kellaway Concerts ...........................................................$& Notices................................................................................ *& Memorial Symposium for Sir Christopher Bayly ...$+ News of Members ........................................................ "!' Sta, News ..........................................................................$' The St Catharine’s Guild .............................................. ""& Graduate Research Seminars ......................................$( News from the JCR ..........................................................$% Articles News from the MCR ........................................................&# The Story of St Catharine ............................................ ""' Societies ..............................................................................&+ St Catharine’s Day Sermon #!"+ ............................... ""* Sports Clubs ..................................................................... &* Robert Grumbold and the Building of Alley-Catz ...........................................................................+' the Main Court ........................................................... "## Kitten Club .........................................................................+( The Studio Pottery Collection of Worcester College Sports Day ....................................+( John Shakeshaft ........................................................"#% Blues and Colours ............................................................+% Looking Back: &! Years of Changes ........................."$! The Cambridge University Rugby Club Great War Emergency Statutes ................................."$! Captaincy .......................................................................+* Recollections of the Early "*'!s ............................... "$# College and University Sailing ................................... '! From Ship to Shore ....................................................... "$( #!"+ Matriculands ............................................................'" Society-Funded Internships ......................................"$% New Graduate Students #!"+ ......................................'$ The Catz Shops ..............................................................."&! University Scholarships and Prizes ............................'+ The Mystery of the College Motto........................... "&" The Mystery of Two Rudders ....................................."&# Notes & Dates ................................................................."&& The cover picture shows the Master in the garden of the Master’s Lodge shortly before moving out of the Lodge in September #!"'. Photograph: Igor Chodur. 3 ST CATHARINE’S MAGAZINE 2016 EDITORIAL My report to the Annual General Meeting of the St Catharine’s Society in September that the #!"' edition was on schedule turned out to be a hostage to fortune. The stress for Professor Dame Jean Thomas of her move out of the Master’s Lodge (involving some serious downsizing) was very sadly increased when her close friend and partner of more than #! years, Professor Sir Patrick Sissons, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. The Master’s Report was inevitably delayed by this tragic end to the academical year. #!"+–' was, of course, Dame Jean’s last year as Master and readers will )nd many mentions of her in this Magazine, not least the speech by the immediate Past-President of the JCR following the graduation dinner. There is also, of course, a brief biographical note from the new Master, Professor Sir Mark Welland. Following his induction, Sir Mark told the story that he had been congratulated by former St Catharine’s Master, Sir Peter Swinnerton Dyer, who said that it was, of course, “easier to follow a not- so-good predecessor – bad luck!” Dame Jean’s )nal Master’s Report contains her re-ections on almost ten years as Master and, of course, a comprehensive review of the last of those years, so I shall not duplicate it here. Readers may not be aware that, under the statutes, the Master is not a Fellow. However, as we go to press, the Governing Body of the College is in the process of electing Dame Jean to an Honorary Fellowship. In #!"+ and #!"' local and national media have been featuring alumnus John Addenbrooke ("'*(, Fellow "(!&) because of the foundation of his Hospital #+! years ago. (As the opening occurred in October, the actual anniversary will strictly occur within the period covered by the #!"( edition of the Magazine.) In February, Lord Walton gave the inaugural lecture in a new series of annual Addenbrooke Lectures. It was entitled Doctor in the House and was a most interesting insight into his time as a cross-bencher in the House of Lords. It was probably the last lecture he ever gave as he sadly died a couple of months later at the age of *#. At the Society reunion in September, the College Librarian put on an exhibition of items from the College library and archives relating to Addenbrooke and his time at St Catharine’s – see the report of the reunion in the Society section. The #!"+ Magazine contained several pictures of the display of Addenbrooke’s books in the refurbished Ramsden Room. This year we note the cataloguing of the contents of the Addenbrooke chest following an initiative by the Master; see the Master’s Report for details. The Librarian put on several other exhibitions during the year; in particular astronomical books in November, general documents about the College in December, monsters in February and our Shakespearean heritage in May (marking the &!!th anniversary of the Bard’s death). Some of the College’s oldest copies of the Bard’s works were on display next to items from the archives and modern collections – St Catharine’s has a rich history of educating Shakespearean actors and directors, and Fellows and graduates have made important contributions to the study of Shakespeare’s plays. Producing an accurate list of matriculating freshmen in the Magazine is becoming increasingly problematic. When the College maintained its own data it was a simple matter to extract such a list. In recent years the data has been extracted from the University’s database and has required much ‘correction’; for example, the same school would appear with several subtly di,erent names. This year, freshmen from Europe