Today MAGAZINE OF TRINITY COLLEGE THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Australia Post Publication PP 33' 4íA133 Living Up to Our Ideals From the Warden 2001 has been another year of great achievement by students, tutors, predominantly, though not exclusively, aimed over the last several and other staff throughout the College — in the residential College, years on scholarships to make the very special Trinity residential the Theological School, and in Trinity Foundation Studies. I hope experience available to the most outstanding or deserving students that you will enjoy reading in this magazine about many of the major regardless of their means. After a record year of fund-raising in events and developments this year. I hope also that you will think, 2000, 2001 looks set to have the second highest fund-raising level as I do, that the College is living up to its aim of offering all our the College Foundation has had, and I am deeply grateful to the students the best all-round educational experience available in an many members and friends of the College who have given so Australian university. generously to help future generations of Trinity The aspiration to offer our students the best education students. One of the many positive results has of its kind in Australia (and to make that, as much as we been the funding by two members of the College can, comparable with the best in the world) guides of scholarships for indigenous students. Our two almost everything we do. It guides our academic indigenous scholars have made very good starts to programs. Recent years have seen a significant rise in the their years at Trinity and the University of academic results of our resident students, and many of Melbourne. our students do extremely well. High academic standards The education that Trinity offers is in the context are at the heart of what Trinity Foundation Studies, in its of our being a College of the University of work to prepare international students for undergraduate Melbourne. This year we have marked the 125th study at the University of Melbourne, is all about. anniversary of Trinity's affiliation in 1876 as a College — to quote That aspiration — the best education for our students — guides our the statute of affiliation — 'of and within the University of provision of Library services, and our students clearly appreciate Melbourne'. As throughout the last 125 years, so today, both the the Leeper Library — beautifully housed in the Evan Burge building University and the College gain immensely from the close (1995) — as a great asset to them. That aspiration guides our use of partnership between them. Residence at Trinity greatly enhances Information Technology to enhance education. This August, the the university experience of our residential students, and both the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Gilbert, University and the College gain from our working together to officially opened our new Multimedia attract outstanding students from around Australia and indeed Classroom, also in the Burge Building, around the world to come to the University and to Trinity. Both the and formally launched the Trinity University and the College gain from Trinity's providing a base in Learning Innovation Centre, where Melbourne for two Nobel Laureates, Professors Peter Doherty and College staff is working to develop and Bert Sakmann (both of whom have been very helpful to resident test new ideas for using IT for classroom medical students, and also active in encouraging support for the and distance teaching. Having had two Trinity Medical Scholarships appeal). Both the University and the successful years of online distance College gain from our work to attract ever-increasing numbers of teaching by the Theological School, we international students to the University via the high-quality are considering what other online teaching we might undertake. university preparatory work they do in What the College does in music, art, sport, and other extra- Trinity Foundation Studies. curricular activities is also guided by our aspiration to offer our It has been an enormous pleasure to students the best educational experience we can. One of the roles see the warmth of the relationship of our superb Choir is that it is a remarkable experience for the between the College and the students who are part of it, and that was certainly evident in their University reflected in many ways, highly successful British tour in June-July this year. The publication large and small, during the year — of Lara Nicholls' splendid catalogue of the College art collection is including the speech by the a great stimulus to interest in, and understanding of, an art Chancellor, Ms Fay Marles, to mark collection which — especially through the hanging of the E.R. the 125th anniversary of affiliation, and White collection in Clarke's — is increasingly accessible to our the Vice-Chancellor's opening of the Multi-Media Classroom. resident students. As that classroom reflects, we have been giving careful attention The opportunity for Trinity students to engage with the Governor- to the physical facilities our students and staff need. We have a General — a member of the College — or with Patrick Dodson or beautiful campus, and many of our buildings and facilities (such as with other of our distinguished visitors to the College also the renovated Junior Common Room, or the Leeper Library) are enhances their educational experience. So does the work of our magnificent. But at the same time we have been confronting the Chaplains, including their important role fact that many of our facilities are far from ideal and, in some — with other colleagues — in pastoral care. cases, are unsatisfactory. The so-called 'dogboxes' for resident A significant development this year has students house three students in spaces originally designed for two. been the appointment of the Revd Kim The Theological School does not have adequate teaching or office Cruickshank as the first Chaplain to Trinity space. Trinity Foundation Studies suffers many problems of over- Foundation Studies, and as a member of crowding, despite our leasing further facilities from time to time, the College-wide Chaplaincy team. and it is dispersed across the Parkville-Carlton area. Our facilities The work of our Development team, for many other purposes also fall short of what we need. led by Clare Pullar, has been ...(continued on page 8) 2 TRI NITY Today Magazine of Trinity College The University of Melbourne NUMBER 59 SUMMER 2001-2002 Highlights Editorial EDITOR The Main Event 4 You will notice a few changes in Clare Pullar A wonderful partnership —Trinity marks the anniversary TRINITYToday, reflecting what some of affiliation with the University 4 people call 'the Trinity of Trinitys'. CONTRIBUTORS Chancellor of the University speaks 5 The magazine, more than ever, holds a Andrew Armstrong, Ellie Bird, It's Governor-General number two 8 mirror to the vibrant and diverse Lilly Brophy, Geoffrey Browne, 'You ain't seen nothing yet!' Vice-Chancellor opens Trinity's community that Trinity is. You will, I am your Trin Evan Burge, Peter Campbell, multimedia classroom and Learning Innovation Centre 9 sure, still find ity reflected loyally in this magazine. There are plenty of David Cole, Geoffrey Cox, In celebration of indigenous scholarships... marvellous stories to reconnect you with Sarah Daniel, Patrick Dodson, Patrick Dodson visits Trinity 12 your College, and some exciting and Stephan Faubel, Ross Fishburn, visionary schemes for the future, which Gillian Forwood, Alan Gilbert, Trinity College — residential life 16 have come from careful planning by the Stewart Gill, James Grant, Cut and Thrust Warden, the Board and the senior Charlotte Grubb, Michael Leighton From the Dean 16 educational minds of the College. You will Jones, Tamar Lewit, Don Markwell, Eureka! Better reasoning for all! 16 also hear the voices of our very lively and Fay Martes, Sana Nakata, Retiring Director of Academic Studies to head JCH 17 engaged student body. Damian Powell, Clare Pullar, New Director from UWA 17 Some wonderful stories are told in this Extra Curricular Matters Imogen Pullar, David Prest, edition. As we celebrate 125 years of Outreach 22 Geoffrey Ripper, Roger Riordan, affiliation with the University, Chancellor Sport 22 Charles Sherlock, Diana Smith, Fay Martes shares her memories of early Will Temple Smith, Arts and Life lectures and Trinity tutorials with Manning Richard Treloar, Nina Waters, Going for a song... the UK tour 24 Clark and Agl Shaw. Vice-Chancellor Alan Tamara Vu Reviews: A Sizzling 'Hot Mikado' & Dangerous Liaisons 25 Gilbert in opening Trinity's new 'smart' Lin Onus and Tracy Moffat — ER White Club acquisitions 26 classroom tells a postmodern story of RESEARCH A history both Indigenous and Trinity: Scholars reflect 28 learning in an age of computer technology Geoffrey Browne Gazette and game playing. Our very first Toni Roberts 'Fearfully and wonderfully made' — indigenous students tell of their journey Marian Turnbull Valentine Alexa Leeper 1900 —2001 30 to Trinity. Trinity visitor and father of Honours 31 reconciliation, Patrick Dodson talks about PRODUCTION Trinity's three new Fellows 32 his early days at school in the Western Stephanie Harris Postcards and Letters 34 District. Roger Riordan relates his Richard Treloar Deaths and Obituaries 35 remarkable journey into philanthropy. Going back to cyberspace for a moment, PHOTOGRAPHY Trinity College Theological School 40 theTrinity Webs ite is becoming an effective Les O'Rourke From the Director 40 and immediate way to visit the College Clare Pullar Two outstanding theologians 41 while you're at your desk at the office or Imogen Pullar From traditional to Taizé — Chapel Life 43 at home. The site for Members and Friends tells you what's on, what's coming and Norman Repacholi Studying theology Via Media, Via Modem, Via Melbourne 44 Trinity in the news.