QUEENS' COLLEGE 1953-1954 MARCH 1955 QUEENS' COLLEGE, 1953-1954 Visitor HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN Patroness HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER President JOHN ARCHIBALD VENN' LITT.D., F.S.A. Fellows ADDRESSES WANTED REv. CHARLES TRAVERS WooD, B.D., formerly Dean and Director of Studies in It will be of great service to the College if members of the Club Divinity. will kindly inform the Keeper of the Records of any changes in ROBERT GEORGE DALRYMPLE LAFFAN, M.A., formerly Bursar and Director of Studies in History. their permanent addresses or in those of their friends. CYRIL MoNTAGU SLEEMAN, M.A., formerly Tutor and Director of Studies in· The College will welcome any corrections of this Record, Natural Sciences. and any material for next year. These sh uld be addressed to ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS BROWNE, M.A., Vice-President, Director of Studies in the Keeper of the Records, who gratefully acknowledges the Mechanical Sciences. receipt of a number of items from. members during the past year. LEONARD JAMES Porrs, M.A., Librarian, Director of Studies in English. Except where otherwise stated, the dates given after the names EDWIN ARTHUR MAXWELL, PH.D., Praelector, Keeper of the College Records and Director of Studies in Mathematics. of members of the College refer to their dates of Matriculati n. JAMES ARTHUR RAMSAY, PH.D., F.R.S., Steward and Director of Studies in Natural Sciences. REv. HENRY ST JOHN HART, B.D., Deputy Chaplain, Garden Steward, and Director of Studies in Oriental Languages. HAROLD WALTER BAILEY, M.A., F.B.A., Professor of Sanskrit. GRAHAM PATTERSON McCuLLAGH, M.A., M.D. (Belfast), Senior Tutor and Director of Studies in Medicine. HAROLD STEWART KIRKALDY, M.A., Montague Burton Professor of Industrial Relations. ARTHUR LLEWELLYN ARMITAGE, M.A., LL.B., J.P., Tutor and Director of Studies in Law. DouGLAS P ARMEE, M.A., Director of Studies in ModernLanguages. REv. HENRY CHADWICK, B.D., MUS.B., Dean and Director of Studies in Divinity and Music. JOHN REGINALD TREVASKIS, M.A., Assistant Tutor and Director of Studies in Classics. CHARLES SYDNEY DEAKIN, M.A., Junior Bnrsar. WALTER HAGENBUCH, M.A., Director of Studies in Economics. WILLIAM ALAN BARKER, M.A., Director of Studies in History. GEOFFREY PHILIP WILSON, B.A., LL.B., Research Fellow. MARTIN WYATT HoLDGATE, B.A., Research Fellow. ROBERT NEVILLE HASZELDINE, M.A., PH.D., Assistant Director of Studies in Natural Sciences. EDWARD DENNIS GoY, M.A., Research Fellow. 3 Honorary Fellows THE SOCIETY SIDNEY SMITH, LITT.D., F.S.A., F.B.A., Professor of Ancient Semitic Languages and Civilisations in the University of London. The President's Alumni Cantabrigienses, a biographical Register in SIR THOMAS SHENTON WHITELEGGE THOMAS, G.C.M.G., O.B.E. ten volumes of all known Cambridge men, has been completed THE RIGHT REVEREND GEORGE ARMITAGE CHASE, D.D., Lord Bishop of Ripon. after 46 years' work. The 141,000 entries range from the earliest THE MosT REVEREND THOMAS HANNAY, M.A., Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, times to the year 1900. The Syndics of the Press marked the occa­ Primus of the Episcopal Church in Scotland. sion by a party given in Emmanuel College on 8 June 1954. SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM GENTLE, Q.C., M.A., Judge Advocate-General Mr Potts has been appointed as College Librarian to succeed SIR THOMAS LESLIE RowAN, K.C.B., M.A., Second Secretary, H.M. Treasury. Mr Hart, who continues as Garden Steward. Members of the Club will join in giving their warmest con­ gratulations to Dr Ramsay on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Mr Armitage is a member of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Home Secretary to consider the summary trial of minor offences in magistrates' courts. Mr Chadwick has been appointed by the University to the Hulsean Lectureship for the year 1955-6; the subject of his lectures will be 'Origen '. Mr Barker was married, on 18 March 1954, at the Royal Hospital Chapel, Chelsea, to Miss Jean Campbell-Harris. Dr Robert Neville Haszeldine, formerly of Sidney Sussex College, now University Demonstrator in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, has been elected into a Fellowship. He was awarded the Meldola Medal for 1953 by the Royal Institute of Chemistry (for the chemist under 30 years of age who shows most promise, as indicated by published work). Mr Wilson has been called to the Bar at Gray's Inn. Mr Edward Dennis Goy, formerly Scholar of the College, has been elected into a Research Fellowship; his subject is Slavonic Languages. FORMER FELLOWS Dr Seltman has been awarded the Huntington Medal of the American Numismatic Society. A second and completely re­ vised edition of his Greek Coins has just been published. We congratulate Dr and Mrs Findlay on the birth of a son. 4 5 REPORT ON THE FABRIC FIRST CLASSES, JUNE 1954 The last report spoke of plans in progress for the redecoration of Mathematics. J.M. Collis, N. G. Norgate, J. C. Kelly. the Chapel. This work is now almost complete, and has produced Natural Sciences. I. D. Howard, a very rich effect.The newly woven curtains shine brilliantly, and J. S. Ryland, R. W. Whitworth, D. C. Dyson, H. G. Pugh,J. the whole appearance, except fora differentcolour emphasis inthe M. Birchall,}. D. Parkes,M. L. V. Pitteway, M. Wells. ceiling decoration, is we believe much as it was when Bodley completed the work in 1891. Theology. J. B. Geyer. Apart from this, only minor improvements have been made History. J. A. Bossy. during the year. There are more gas-fires and more long-burning Modern Languages. W. P. Bennett. coal-fires. The Eton fives court has returned to its proper use after storing anthracite for many years. The JuniorBursar has a store Mechanical Sciences. D.M. A. Hook,J. H. Willats,J.J.Matthews. behind Friars Building against the old Carmelite wall. Two bed­ Chemical Engineering. A. Yates. sitting rooms have been e;reatedat the expense of the accommoda­ Agriculture. Ds A. J. Pritchard. tion in Fellows sets in Fisher. In Dokett two new guest rooms have been made out of a set of rooms on Q staircase, and the old Architecture. E. H. Cullinan. S guest room has been converted to a bed-sitting room. In the garden, the old vinery with its minute glass panes and interesting smoke flue heating system has been replaced by a new structure UNIVERSITY AND OTHER AW ARDS with modern heating, and the other two greenhouses have been rebuilt. Yorke Prize:Mag. D. E. C. Yale, LLB., was awarded the Yorke Mr S. E. Dykes Bower has been commissioned to submit plans Prize for1953. for a hammerhead to Friars Building, to run parallel to the river Anthony Wilkin Fund: Ds F. R. Hodson (1950) received a grant and conceal the unattractive end of the building. This scheme for research in Archaeology. was announced by the President at the Club Dinner in1954. Frank Smart Prize: J. S. Ryland (1951) was awarded the Frank C.S.D. Smart Prize for Zoology. COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS Entrance Scholarships of £roo: N.M. Dor, William Ellis Grammar School, Gospel Oak for Natural Sciences. B. W. Kington, King Edward VI School, Birmingham, for Natural Sciences (Munro Scholarship). J. W. Lethbridge, Plymouth College, for Natural Sciences. R. E. Thornton, West Leeds High School, for Natural Sciences. 6 7 Entrance Scholarships of £60: Second Year R.W.Vaughan-Williams, Lancing College, forMathematics. Foundation Scholarships: K. W. Heaton, Marlborough College, for Natural Sciences J. M. Collis, for Mathematics. (Frodsham Scholarship). D. C. Dyson, for Natural Sciences. R. N. Matthews, Whitgift School, for Natural Sciences. H. G. Pugh, for Natural Sciences. R. P. Heazell, Sherborne School, for History. D. N. Gallon, King Edward VI School, Birmingham, for Third and Higher Years English. A. D. Main, Chatham House Grammar School, Ramsgate, Bachelor Scholarship: for the General Examination. J. A. Bossy, for History. Foundation Scholarship: H. Willats, for Mechanical Sciences. Entrance Exhibitions of £40: J. Munro Studentships: G. M. Bowstead, Birkenhead School, for Mathematics. A. Cross, Liverpool Institute High School, for Mathematics. I. D. Howard. D. H. Smith, Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, R. W. Whitworth. Rochester, for Mathematics. Nominated for a Rahere Studentship at St Bartholomew's P. E. Smith, Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Hospital: Rochester, for Mathematics. L. J. Chalstrey. J. A. Ditchfield, Manchester Grammar School, for Classics. A. Eddy, Manchester Grammar School, for Classics. J. Special Prizes A. J. Boulton, Solihull School, for Natural Sciences. J. G. Hughes, Wednesbury Boys' High School, for History. Ryle Reading Prizes: D. 0. New, G.R. Nicholas. D.Robson, Kingswood School, Bath, for History (Paterson). Melsome Memorial Prize: L. J. Chalstrey. R. W. Burrows, Boteler Grammar School, Warrington, for Hughes Essay Prizes: G. Findley (Latin), J. C. Stott (English). Modern Languages. L. Clipstone, Wellingborough Grammar School, forModern Languages (Paterson). W.R. Smith, Clifton College, for English. D. F. Dale-Jones, The Grammar School, Kettering, for the General Examination. First Year Exhibitions: J. C. Kelly, for Mathematics. J. M.Birchall, for Natural Sciences. J.B. Geyer, for Theology (Kennett Exhibition). 8 9 RELATIONSHIP OF FRESHMEN TO OTHER Spearing, D. C. Son ofC. E.Spearing (1919). Nephew ofK. A. MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE Spearing (1919). Brother of S.A. Spearing (1951). Stewart, A. D. G. Great nephew of the late F. G. Plaistowe Anderson, D. C. Brother of P. C. Anderson (1948). (1888). Nephew of D. W. Plaistowe (1924). Related to Aung, M. H. Youngest brother of the late M. Tin Tut (1914) Richard Plaistowe, admittedFellow-Commoner 1725-6. and M. M.Thein (1920).