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MansfieldAutumn/Winter 2006

In this Edition ...1 Principal’s Welcome

2 Bursar’s Report

3 Events in 2006

6 MansfieldFellows PaulLodge,DeanandTutorialFellowinPhilosophy JonathanMarcini,SeniorResearchFellowinStatisticalGenomics KatrinAuel,SupernumeraryFellowinPolitics 10 Fellows’Publications Walter Houston, Chaplain, Dean and Director of Ministerial Training NevilleBrown,AssociateFellow

12 Exam Results

14 Tutorial Recollections

18 DevelopmentNews MCBCNews

19 AGivingCulture

20 MansfieldAlumni Martin Atkinson, English 1977 Ben Marnan, English 2000 NathanialTapley,History1995

26 AlumniNews

28 In Memoriam

29 Events in 2007

Editors:CarrieFehr,JanetDyson,MichaelFreemanandAndyWoodDesign:AnuDawsonandCarrieFehrWewelcomesuggestionsandcontributionsfromourreaders.ForfurtherinformationonanyiteminthisMagazine,pleasecontacttheDevelopmentOffice.

MansfieldCollegeMansfieldRoadOxfordOX13TFTel:01865270998Fax:01865270970email:development@mansfield.ox.ac.ukweb:www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk

1 Principal’s Welcome

2 Bursar’s Report

3 Events in 2006

6 MansfieldFellows PaulLodge,DeanandTutorialFellowinPhilosophy JonathanMarcini,SeniorResearchFellowinStatisticalGenomics KatrinAuel,SupernumeraryFellowinPolitics 10 Fellows’Publications Walter Houston, Chaplain, Dean and Director of Ministerial Training NevilleBrown,AssociateFellow

12 Exam Results

14 Tutorial Recollections

18 DevelopmentNews MCBCNews

19 AGivingCulture

20 MansfieldAlumni Martin Atkinson, English 1977 Ben Marnan, English 2000 NathanialTapley,History1995

26 AlumniNews

28 In Memoriam

29 Events in 2007

Principal’s WelcomeThetutorialsystem,inallitsglories,featuresmuchinthiseditionof theMagazine. From recollections of past students to firstimpressionsof newlyappointedtutors,thereisaconstantthreadrunningthroughthisissue.Inthemidstof this,theEditorssoberlywarnof thethreatstothefutureof thetutorialsystemandaskforcontributionstotheCollege’scollectivememorybankof thepartthattutorialsplayedinyourliveswhenyouwerehere.

Thisisnotasimpleexerciseinnostalgia.ItisbecausetheUniversityneedstobeabletocontinuetojustifytothepowers-that-betheadditional costs of teaching at Oxford. Recent complex discussions intheUniversityabouthowthefinancialcakewillbesharedarounditsconstituentpartshavehighlightedthegrosslyinadequatefundingfromGovernmentthatwegetforteaching.Foreveryundergraduate

taught, theUniversity losessome£6000andtheproblemwill remainevenwiththeadvent, thisyear,of top-up-fees.Thesystemonlykeepsgoingthroughacomplicatedsystemof cross-subsidy,which,clearly,isunsustainable.Howmuchlongercanthetutorialsystem,aswenowknowit,survive?ItwouldbeunwisetolooktotheGovernmentforsalvation,soMansfield,likeallcolleges,mustturntoitsalumniandfriendstogivesupport.Wehaveestablishedsmallendowmentpotsforeachof ourexistingFellowshipsandanycontributions,of whateversize,willhelptosecureourtutorialpostsforthefuture.

Itisoftensaidthat,becausethesumsof moneyavailableforresearcharesomuchgreaterthanforteaching,teachingskillsareundervaluedthesedaysinacademe.If so,thenaninitiativeof theOxfordLearningInstituteisgoingsomewaytoredressthebalance.Iamdelightedtosaythatfourof ourFellows,DrJanetDyson(Maths),DrChrisMartin(Engineering),ProfessorStephenBlundell(Physics)andProfessorJonChapman(Maths)havereceivedawardsfortheirteachingexcellence.Asthiswasjustthefirstyearof theschemeandnotalldepartmentsparticipated,Iconfidentlyexpecttobereportingthesuccessof otherMansfieldtutorsinfutureyears.

Thereisatendencytothinkof tutorsonlyintermsof theirteachingbutthatistoignorethevasthinterlandof researchandscholarshipthatunderpinstheirpedagogicalprowess.Thelistof researchaccoladesawardedtoMansfieldtutorsislongandtherecentawardtoDrRosBallaster(English)of theprestigiousRoseMaryCrawshayPrize2006forEnglishLiteraturebytheBritishAcademyisbutthelatestinthelist.Ros’sprize-winningbookFabulous Orients: Fictions of the East in England 1662-1785 wasfeaturedinapreviousissueof thisMagazine.TheBritishAcademyhasalsohonouredanotherof ourFellows,ProfessorRobertAdams,byelectinghimtotheirFellowship.

Thesenotableawardspresentanacademicpinnacletowhichournewestmembersof academicstaff mayonedayaspire.DrMary-AnnLundjoinedusthisyearasJuniorResearchFellow(English)andDirectorof Mansfield’sVisitingStudentProgramme.DrsFrancescaMarchettiandJoanneRowlandarenon-stipendiaryJuniorResearchFellowsinPhysicsandEgyptianArcheologyrespectivelyandDrHelenLaceyisastipendiarylecturerinHistorywhoisalreadymakinghermarkasatutor.

Sowelcometothemallandfloreat thetutorialsystem!

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Bursar’s Report

InwritingthisafewdaysafterthetriennialMansfieldCollegeBallI’mpleasedtobeabletoseefrommywindowthecontinuedphysicalpresenceof aCollegeonwhichtoreport.TheJCRPresidentisnowlegallyobligedtoundertakea‘specialeventsriskassessment’

fortheBall.Heobviouslydidagoodjob,astheBallappearstohavebeenanextremelysuccessfuloccasionwithverylittleinthewayof collateraldamage.

Thisisalsothetimeof yearwhereallcollegeshavetosubmittheirauditedaccountstotheUniversity.Mansfieldremainsopen,friendly,democratic(thingsyoucan’tseeintheaccounts)andrelativelypoor(somethingyoucan)butitisencouragingtoseethatthefiguresaremovingintherightdirection.Wecontinuetoreceivesignificantannualgrantsfromthe‘RobinHood’exercisewhichredistributesfundsforendowmentpurposesfromtherichertothepoorerColleges,andourconferenceandeventstradeisverybuoyantwithadoublingof incomeoverthelastfouryears,andarecord15weddingsand2baptismstakingplaceduring2006.(Seethe opposite page of this issue for more information)

Asourfinanceshaveimproved,togetherwiththecontinuingandessentialsupportfromfundraisingactivities,wehavebuiltnewstudentaccommodation,ethernettedallstudentrooms,providedafireexitfortheJCRtoallowthebigeventstocontinuethere,installednewCCTVandelectronickeyaccessandembarkedonarollingprogrammeof redecorationandrefurbishmentof theolderstudentroomsandalsoof theCollegebar.Thelist,of course,of newthingsthatneeddoingisalwaysgrowing,butmanypeoplehavecommentedonhowmuchbettertheCollegeanditsgroundsislooking,withthenextbigprojectbeingamakeoverfortheQuadrangleandroadwaysurfaces.

Lookingupfromthedaytodaybusinessof theCollegeweseeanumberof potentiallysignificantchangesonthehorizon.Wearenow,alongwithallcolleges,havingtothinkthroughtheimplicationsof theproposalsforanewwayof fundingcolleges(knownastheJointResourceAllocationMethodologyorJRAMforshort.)Essentially,insteadof receivinganalmostidenticallumpsumforeachstudentpassedontouseveryyearbytheUniversity,wewillinfuturebereceivingdifferentamountsdependingonthesubjecttaught,whetherastudentisfromtheEUorelsewhere,andanewstreamof fundingwhichforthefirsttimegivescollegesashareof theresearchincomecomingintotheUniversity.Theseareearlydaysintermsof fullyunderstandingtheimplicationsforMansfield,butthereisnodoubtthatitwillrequireallcollegestoreviewwhethersomeimportantstructuralchangesmaybeneededinordertogetthebestdealoutof thesenewwaysof receivingfundingviatheUniversity.BeyondthatwealsohavedebatesonthefuturegovernancearrangementsfortheUniversityand,inparallelwiththis,significantchangestocharitylawanditsapplicationtocolleges,whichwillalsoaffectthewayinwhichweconductourbusinessandmanageourselves.Howmuchanyof thesechangesfromonhighactuallyincreaseordecreasethechancesof repairingtheQuadranglepotholesremainstobeseen,butasalwaysweliveinhope.

Steve Waterman

The Bursar in Jamie Oliver mode

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Events in 2006OureventsoverthesummerbeganwithaGaudyforallthosewhomatriculatedinandbefore1965.WewereblessedwithsuperbweatherandwereabletoenjoyourchampagneinthesunbeforedinnerinHall.Aboutfiftyof usgatheredforthisdelightfulevening,anditwasarealpleasuretohearsomanyfondmemoriesbeingexchanged,seeoldfriendshipsrekindledand,insomecases,tohearalifetimeof newsandstoriesbeingrecounted.

Followinglastyear’ssuccessfulformula,theGaudywasfollowedontheSundaybyourSummerGardenParty. Thiswasanenjoyableafternoonof food,drinkandallthingsMansfield.Wewereextremelyluckywiththeweather,andabouttwohundredandtwentyalumniandfriendsof theCollegeenjoyedadayof festivitiesintheQuad,accompaniedonceagainbymusicfrom ‘TheNoisyOysters’. Before theafternoondrewtoaclosewithtea,wewereabletohearMansfieldFellowHelenMargetts,Professorof SocietyandtheInternetattheOxfordInternetInstitute,gavealectureon‘GovernmentsandCitizensin the Digital Age’ in the cooler surroundings of the Chapel .

Thefirstof ourautumneventswastheFifthLondonDrinksEvening at The Counting House in Cornhill on 21stSeptember.Approximately fifty alumni, from awide variety of yeargroupsandsubjects,joinedusinthebar’sGalleryRoomforan eveningof socializing, networking and catching up in arelaxed atmosphere.

Less than aweek later,weheld theNinthAnnualParents’Dinner.Fiftysevengatheredforachampagnereceptionandawonderfulfour-coursedinnerinHall.Forsomeof ourguests,thiswastheirfirstMansfieldevent(thefirstof many,wehope)

andtheywereabletomeetthePrincipal,anumberof Fellows,andotherparentswhoenjoythiseventeachyear.Theeveningisanexcellentopportunityforparentstomeetotherswhosechildrenhavefollowedsimilarcourses.

WehavetwoeventstolookforwardtoinDecember:onthe9th,ourGaudyforMatriculationYears1985-1990andonthe12th,ourfirstVarsityMatcheventwithalumni,parentsandfriendsatTwickenham.LookingforwardtoMarch2007,therewillbetheAnnualMansfieldAssociationDinneronthe17th and,lateroninthemonth,DrDonaldSykeswillbehostingareuniondinnerinNewYork-furtherdetailswillbeavailableonthewebsiteshortly.PleaserefertotheCalendaratthebackof the Magazine for details of our other forthcoming events, orcontacttheDevelopmentOfficeforfurtherdetails.

The last sixmonths,myfirst atMansfield, havebeen veryexcitingaswehavehadsomewonderfuleventswhichhavemade this an especiallymemorable time forme. I shouldparticularlyliketothankAnuDawsonforallherkindnessandguidanceduringmyfirstcoupleof monthsintheDevelopmentOffice.

CarrieFehrDevelopment Administrator

Formorepicturesof theevents,turnthepage...

Banquets,WeddingsandConferencesatMansfieldCollege

MansfieldCollege,withitsbeautifulVictorianbuildings,isanexclusiveconferenceand event venue in a glorious location. We offer a full range of these facilities and areparticularlywellknownthroughoutOxfordUniversityforouroutstanding

banquetingservices.

Wecanhostarangeof banquetsfromintimatefamilygatheringstolargecorporateevents.Mansfieldcaterersprovideexcellentformalandinformal

diningacrossavarietyof styles,fromsimplebuffetstocelebrationgaladinners,withindividuallytailoredoptions.TheCollegealsohasanexcellentwinecellar,

comprisingsome130winevarieties.

AlumniregularlychooseMansfieldChapelfortheirweddingvenue.TheCollegeisalsolicensedforcivilweddings,partnerships,namingceremoniesandfunerals.Whateveryourrequirementwewillendeavourtomakeyoureventaunique

occasion.

ForfurtherinformationandabrochurepleasecontacttheLynneQuiggin,Conference and Events Manager at events@mansfield.ox.ac.uk or see the

websiteatwww.mansfield.ox.ac.uk

Gaudy(forallwhomatriculated

before1965)andGardenParty

June 2006

“….ItmadememoreproudthaneverthatIhadatonetimebeenastudentatMansfield”.DVernonDavies1938 Theology

“….anexcellentGaudyandGardenParty–bothwereveryenjoyable”.RobertPorrer1963 Modern Languages

“…..themost enjoyable gaudyand garden party atMansfield.Wehadalovelytimeandenjoyedmeetingup again with peoplewehadnotseenformanymanyyears. (…) I ampleased to seethatMansfieldisflourishingandhopetovisityoumoreofteninthefuture”.

ProfessorVincentBrummer1960 Philosophy of Religions

“Itwasalovely,trulyMansfieldoccasion.There’ssomethingspecialaboutthatplace.....”.MikeWalton1956 Theology

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London Drinks EveningSeptember2006

Parents’ DinnerSeptember2006

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MansfieldFellows

Paul LodgeTutorialFellowinPhilosophyandDean

BornjustoutsideLeeds,Iwenttoacomprehensiveschoolinthetownof Featherstone–famedforitsrugbyleagueteamandattheheartof theWestYorkshirecoalfield.IwasanundergraduateinOxford,atExeterCollege,andgraduatedin1990withadegreeinPPP(notPPE,buttheonethatwedon’tofferatMansfield,whereyouonlyeverdotwoof thethreePs,Philosophy,PsychologyandPhysiology).MyAlevelswereinMaths,Physics,andChemistryandIoriginallyappliedtodoengineeringatuniversity,thoughnottoOxfordbecauseIwasafraidIwouldnotgetin.However,adamascenemomentduringatriptoDurhamforinterviewledtomypullingoutof UCCA(asUCASwasthenknown)andabandoningmyfatetowhoknewwhat.ThefollowingsummerIgotmyresultsandpluckedupthecouragetoapplytoOxford.Choosingasubject(Ididn’tchooseacollege,butapplied‘open’)wasalittletrickynowthatInolongerwantedtobeanengineer.However,I’dreadbooksthatwereregularlyadvertisedonthebackas‘philosophical’bypeoplelikeAlbertCamus,Jean-PaulSartreandHermannHesse,and,dareIadmitit,RobertPirsig’sZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,soIthoughtitwouldbeinterestingtoseewhatphilosophywasreallyabout.

Luckily,Itooktophilosophy(unlikepsychology)immediatelyandneverlookedback(moreorless).AftergraduatingIwentbacktoLeedsanddidanMA.AfterthatItriedmyhandatteachertrainingbut,missingphilosophy,ItookwhatinretrospectseemslikeabigleapandmovedtoNewJerseytodomyPhD.Sixyearslater(aprettystandardtimetobedoingaPhDoverthere)IgotmyfirstjobinNewOrleanswhereItaughtatTulaneUniversityforfiveyears.

IreturnedtoOxfordin2003.Gettingajobherewasgenuinelyadreamcometrue.Likesomany,Iwas,andstillam,strangelyintoxicatedbythisoddlittlecityanditsuniversity;andIhavenotbeendisappointed.Theopportunitytobeontheothersideof thetutorialsystemhasbeenarealpleasure,andeye-opener.Inparticular,I’verelishedthecloseinteractionwithstudentsasateacher,whichwaslargelyabsentintheUScontextsinwhichIworked.

Myresearchlifeiscentredon17thcenturyphilosophy.Itrytounderstandthegrandiosephilosophicalsystemsof dead,whitemenof thetimewhowerestrugglingtocometogripswiththeclashbetweentheadventof thenewmathematicalsciencesandolderworldviewsdominatedbyChristianizedversionsof AncientGreekphilosophy.Inparticular,Ifocusontheworkof GottfriedWilhelmLeibniz,whoisperhapsbestknownasco-inventor/discoverof thecalculusandforthefeudwithNewtonandhissupportersoverwhoactuallydidthisfirst.Heisalsotheauthorof oneof thestrangestaccountsof thenatureof realityeverdevised.Accordingtothissystem,theentiretyof thingsconsistsof aninfinitenumberof unextended,soul-likeentitiesor‘monads’ashecalledthem;someof which,suchasusandotheranimals,areconsciousandreasonablyclever;someof which,suchasangelsandGod,aresimilarlyconsciousandmuchcleverer;andsomeof whicharereallyquitestupidandbarelyhaveanyawarenessatall.OnmyfirstencounterwiththeseclaimsIwasamazedthatanyonecouldpossiblybelievethem.I’vespentthelast12yearsorsotryingtoworkoutwhyandexpecttocontinuetodosoforalongtimetocome.Likeanunendingjigsawpuzzle,thisisaconstantsourceof playfulfrustrationandeventheoccasionalsuccess!

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Jonathan MarchiniSeniorResearchFellowinStatisticalGenomics

IbecameaUniversityLecturerintheDepartmentof StatisticsandaFellowatMansfieldinSeptember2005andI’veverymuchenjoyedmyfirstyear.EveryonehasbeenamazinglywelcomingandmyMathscolleagueshavebeenincrediblysupportiveandpatientwithmyendlessquestionsasI’veadaptedtoteachingProbabilityandStatisticsinthetutorialsystem.

Iwasborninthecityof ChichesterinWestSussexbutasyoumighthaveguessed frommyname,my father is Italian and Ihave strong ties tomyfamily that still live in Italy. I didA-levels inMathematics, Statistics andChemistryatanFECollegeinChichesterandthenwentontostudyMathsattheUniversityof Exeter.WhenIwenttoUniversityallIwantedtodowasbecomeaprofessionalmountainbikerandwasn’tveryinterestedinMathsatall.Gradually,IbecamequitefascinatedbyMathsandfoundmyself spendingmoreandmoreof mytimestudyingandlessandlesstimeonmybike!Bytheendof mythirdyearandafteraspelldoingasummerresearchproject,IhadprettymuchdecidedtodoaPhDbutwantedtospreadmywingsabitfirst.IspentayeardoingaPGCEinMathsteachingandthensignedupasaVSOvolunteer.InSeptember1995IwaspostedtoasecondaryschoolinruralTanzaniatoteachA-levelMaths.

AsyoumightimaginethingswereabitdifferenttoteachinginaUKsecondaryschool.Intheclassroommyproblemschangedfromgettingmystudentstosettledown,stopchattingandworktogettingthemtosayanythingatall!Thestudentswereusedtosimplycopyingwhattheteacherwroteontheboardandaskingquestionswastakentosuggesttheteacher’snoteswereinsomewayinadequate.

It took awhile to get used to the new culture,languageandworkingconditions,butafterawhileIwashookedandsignedupforanextrayearsoastotakeanewbatchof studentsthroughtheentiretwoyearcourse.Oneof themostrewardingthingswedidwastorenovatetheschoollibrarywhichhadfallenintomisuse.Ittookagestoclassifyallof thebooksandsetupanefficientandsecuresystemforlendingbutonceitwasupandrunningitbecameverypopularwiththestudents.

OverallitwasanamazingexperienceandsomethingIwouldnothesitatetorecommend.Idon’thavethespaceheretodoitjusticebutIkeeplotsof photosaboutmytimeinTanzaniaonmywebsiteforthosewhomaybeinterested.

Jonathanwithsomeof hisTanzanianstudentsonGraduationDay

In1998IcametoOxfordtostudyforaDPhilinStatistics.Iworkedondevelopingstatisticalmethods to detect areas of thebrain that areactivated during fMRI experiments. These datasets are very large and the signal can bewellhiddenwithin.Searchingforaneedleinahaystackisoneanalogyoftenusedtodescribethis analysis and is especiallyhard as thedataquality from the scanners can vary fromdaytoday.DespitethisIthinkwewerereasonablysuccessfulwiththemethodswedevelopedandIcertainlylearntanincredibleamountfrommysupervisor during that time. During this time I decidedI’dprettymuchhadenoughof gettingcoveredinmudonmymountainbikeandstarteddabblinginlongdistanceroadbikeevents.

IthenstayedinOxfordtodoapost-doconadifferentneedle-in-haystackprobleminGenetics.This focussed on detecting the signal of disease genes in datasets that consist of the genetic code of peoplewithandwithoutagivendisease.Themixof developingstatisticalmethodologyatthesametimeaslearningabouttheprocessesthatshapeandareinfluencedbyourgeneticcodeisperfectforme.I’mverymuchenjoyingsettingupmyownresearchgroupinthisarea.AsIwritethisweareonlydaysawayfromgettingourhandsonthefirstdatafromapowerfulstudyaimedatdetectingthediseasegenesfrom7majordiseases.Hopefully,bythetimethisisinprintwe’llhavefoundseveraldiseasegenes!

Finally,inthelastfewyearsImadethechangeto‘roadie’(tothegreatdisapprovalof mymountainbiking friends) andusually spendmostof myweekends training and racingmy road bikesomewhereinOxfordshireorbeyond.If onlyIhadn’tgothookedonMathsImightbeworldchampionbynow!

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BeforecomingtoOxfordinJanuary2004,IwasaResearchFellowinpolitics,firstattheUniversityof Halle-WittenbergandlatertheUniversityof Hagen,bothinGermany.HavinglivedinFranceandtheUSA,Ialwayswantedtospendsometimeabroadagain,butwasundecidedwhereIwantedtogo.HavingspentsometimeinLondontoconductinterviewsformypost-docresearch(myfirstvisittoBritain),thedestinationwasclear:IhadsetmyheartonEngland!WhenonlyafewmonthslatertheGermanAcademicExchangeService(DAAD)advertisedthejobaslecturerinGermanPoliticsatOxfordUniversityIappliedimmediately.TheDAADisapublicly-fundedbutindependentorganisationof highereducationinstitutionsinGermanypromotinginternationalacademicexchangesforstudentsandfaculty(www.daad.de).Currently,therearemorethan60youngGermanacademicsworkingasDAADlecturersinGreatBritainandIrelandteachingGermanasaforeignlanguage,butalsoothersubjects,suchasGermanLiterature,Politics,HistoryorLaw.TheDAADalsosupportsBritishstudentswhowanttospendsometimeinGermany.Thus,anyoneinterestedinastayinGermany,whethertostudyataUniversityortobrushupyourGerman,ismorethanwelcometocontactme.

WhenItookupmypostinJanuary,PeterPulzer,oneof themembersof myinterviewpanel,wrotemealovelyandwarmletterof welcome,hopingIwould‘settleinquicklyandsmoothlyandnotfeeltoooverwhelmedbyourstrangeways’.Itwasafairwarning.WithinthefirstweekIwasconfrontedwithabewilderingarrayof newrules,committees,panels,teachingprovisions,dresscodessuchasgownandsubfusc,and,inparticular,withtheBritishloveformystifyingacronymssuchasSCR,GB,APC,GJCC,orRAE(myfavouritebeingCPLAAA).Iwas,however,greatlycomfortedbythefactthateveryoneassuredmethatitwould‘takeatleast10yearsanywaytounderstandatleastthebarebasicsaboutOxford’.ThatIdidgetsomeof thebasicsrightmorequicklythanthatisdefinitelyduetoMichaelFreedenandDavidLeopold,whohavebothbeenpatientlyansweringallof mysillyquestionsabouttutorialteaching,admissions,examsandmore.Thankssomuchtobothof you!

ComingtoOxfordhasonceagaindemonstratedwhatIloveabouttheEuropeanproject.GivingEUcitizenstheopportunitytomovetoanothermemberstateandtakeupworkwithoutbeinglegallyconsideredanimmigrant(I’mevenallowedtovoteinlocalandEuropeanelections)isoneof thegreatachievementsof theEU.ButalthoughI’mastrongsupporterof EUintegrationasapoliticalproject,I’mnotuncriticalof theUnion.InmyresearchI’mkeenlyinterestedinthequestionof democraticlegitimacyof theEU.Whenspeakingof theEU,manypeoplethinkonlyabouttheseeminglyremoteinstitutionsattheEuropeanlevel,suchastheEuropeanParliamentortheEuropeanCommission.However,decision-makingintheEUinvolvesthenationalandeventheregionallevelaswell.ThisiswhypoliticalscientistsdescribetheEUasamultilevelsystemof governance,oneinwhichdecisions and policies are made in an intricate net of institutions and actors across the different levels of government. When it comestothedemocraticlegitimacyof decision-makinginthesystem,IamthereforenotsomuchinterestedintheEuropean

Academic Exchange: Continuing the Tradition

Mansfieldhasalonghistoryof welcomingvisitors from overseas universities and from related institutions. The latest is

DrKatrinAuel,SupernumeraryFellowinPolitics,whohasjoinedtheCollegeforfiveyearsandhasbeen

teaching its PPE undergraduates.

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Academic Exchange: Continuing the Tradition

institutionsthemselves,butratherinhowdomesticinstitutionsandactorsadapttothissystemof governanceandhowthisaffectsthedemocraticlegitimacyof nationalpolicymaking.

Mycurrentresearch,forexample,focusesontheroleof nationalparliamentsintheEuropeanUnion,whichhasbecomeoneof themostsalientissuesinthedebateonthedemocraticlegitimacyof theEUoverthelastyears.Onestrandof theliteratureonthistopicseestheprocessof Europeanintegrationdrivingyetanothernailintothecoffinof nationallegislaturesasmoreandmorepolicyareasarebeingtransferredtotheEUlevel.Asaconsequence,nationalparliamentswereandstillarelosingagrowingpartof theirlegislativesovereigntywhilenationalexecutivesarestrengthenedduetotheirdirectinvolvementinEuropeanpolicy-making.Nationalparliamentsseemtohavebeen‘leftbehindintherush’.Otherstudieschallengedthis‘de-parliamentarisationthesis’anddemonstratedthat‘backbenchershavelearnttofightback’.Yet,themajorityof thesestudiesstillpaintarathergloomypicturebypointingoutthatnationalparliamentsmayhaveacquiredmoreorlessfar-reachinginstitutionalscrutinyandparticipationrightsinEUaffairs,butusuallymakenooronlylittleeffectiveuseof them.IwasthereforeinterestedwhyMPsdidn’tusetheirformalrightsandwhethertheydevelopedmoreinformalstrategiesinsteadtoinfluenceEUpoliciesandtocontroltheirgovernments.Mycomparativeanalysisof theBritishHouseof Commons,theDanishFolketingandtheGermanBundestaghasshownthatMPsdoindeeddevelopsuchstrategies,andthatthedifferenttypesof this‘strategicEuropeanisation’,clearlyinfluencedbytherespectiveinstitutionalcontextof theparliamentarysystem,havequitedifferentandsometimesevennegativeeffectsintermsof democraticlegitimacy.

Inallof mypastresearchprojects,Ihavefoundthatproblemsof democraticlegitimacymoreoftenthannotactuallyarisewithindomesticratherthanEuropeaninstitutionsandprocesses.Thus,weshouldbecarefulaboutquicklyblamingsomeallegedEuropeansuperstateorasingleinstitutionliketheEuropeanCommissionforthelackof democraticlegitimacy.Manyof theEU’sdemocraticproblemsaregenuinelyhomemade.

‘The academic disciplines of political sciences and political sociology are about many things. But among their foremost concerns is, or ought

to be, the contribution that they could make to the understanding and the improvement of the conditions under which politics is able to

produce effective and legitimate solutions to policy problems.’(FritzW.Scharpf 1997)

The Reichstagg Building

Christianswithleft-winginclinationshavealwaysseentheBible,andparticularlytheOldTestament,assupportingapoliticaloptionforthepoor.ButsomeradicalscholarsrecentlyhavebeguntoquestionwhethertheOldTestamentreallysupportsmodernideasof socialjustice.Afterall,onlyasmalleliteinthosedaysknewhowtoreadandwrite,anditmusthavebeenwrittenbythem.Wouldtheynotbelikelytofavourtheirowninterestsinwhattheywroteaboutrichandpoor?

Mybook,publishedlastMay,triestosettlethisargumentbytakingacarefullookatanumberof textsintheOldTestamentonthesubjectof relationsbetweenclasses.Itviewsthemasexpressionsof particularpointsof viewinconcretesocialsituations.ItisadmittedlynoteasywithourveryfragmentaryinformationtoplaceOldTestamenttextsagainstprecisesocialbackgrounds;butIhavetriedtodothis,withashortchaptertestingvariousproposedmodelsof classformationinancientIsraelandJudah.WhatIdidnotinitiallyexpectwastofindhowimportanttherelationshipof patronagewas,andhoweasilypatronscouldabuseit.

Ithengoontolookattheprophets’attackonsocialinjustice,withparticularattentiontoAmos;thenvarioustextswhich,asIseeit,focusontherelationshipbetweenpatronandclient;thosewhichhighlightthedutyof thekingtoprotectthepoor,centrallyPsalm72;andthoseintheProphetsandtheLawwhichsketchsomefeaturesof ajustsociety.

Allof thesetexts,aseveryreaderisaware,areconcernedthatthepoorshouldbelookedafterandnotexploited.Butitisalsotrue,asIhaveshown,thattheymostlytakeforgrantedthecurrentorderof society:‘thepooryouwillalwayshavewithyou’.Thecurrentsocialordercanbeseenasbenignif youbelieve,asthewritersdo,inacosmicorderwhichinthelongrunpunishesthosewhooppressthepoor.Buttheyalsocontainideas,suchasthebrotherhoodof allIsraelites,whichhave the potential to undermine these assumptions.

Iconcludethatalthoughthesetextsarerootedintheirowntimeanditsassumptions,thereisoneimportantthingtheystillhavetoteachus:thatsocialrelationshipsaremoralrelationshipsandmustbeguidedbymoralnorms.

Walter J. Houston, Contending for Justice: Ideologies and Theologies of Social Justice in the Old Testament (T & T Clark International, 2006).Listprice£70;toindividualsdirectfrompublisher(02079220880)at£35plusp&p.

WalterHouston,Chaplain,FellowandDirectorof MinisterialTraining

NewBooks

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THE OLD TESTAMEnT AnD SOCIALJUSTICE

Thepointof departureof thestudyisthatitistimelytoconsideranewthedialecticbetweenReligionandScience,giventhepaceof scientificadvanceandculturalflux.Astronomyor,if oneprefers,cosmology, is verymuch centre stage inmy exposition.Astralscienceandthemajorfaithsareevaluatedinhistoricalperspective,thoughwiththefuturefirmlyinmind.IhavesoughtthroughouttokeeptheScienceaccessiblewithoutbeingdumbeddown.Onequotewhichhasinformedthecraftingof Engaging the Cosmos. Astronomy, Philosophy and Faith isfromG.K.Chesterton,theliteraryvirtuosoandRomanCatholicconvertof thepre-1939era.Hecautionedthat“whenmenceasetobelieveinGod,theydonotbelieveinnothing,theybelieveinanything”. Sohowmightthegreatreligionscomemoreintoharmonywithoneanotherandwithcosmology?Couldsuchconflationnurtureasenseof meaningandfulfilmentmoreprofoundthanwhatmanytodayexperience?Isthisachievable,seeingthatweapparentlylivewithinacosmos,auniverseof a100billionbillionstars? Onehassaid“fulfilment”bydintof takingissuewiththemodishaspirationto“happiness”interpretedasegocentricconsumerism.Engaging the Cosmosaddressesthisaswellasotherissuescurrentlyintheframe.AmongthemareConsciousness;itscosmicpurpose;itsrelationshipwithLife;theCosmicprevalenceof Life;IntelligentDesign;andGodliness.MannedSpaceflightisdeemedhelpfulwithinlimitedconfines.

Somepeoplethinkthewholeworldisnowslidingintoconfusion.Certainlytheworldweexperienceshrinksbytheweek.Doesnotthismeanthat,come2050,itisboundtobeeithermuchnicerormuchnastierthannow?WhiletheconflationEngaging the Cosmosenvisagescouldneverunaidedguarantee“niceness”,itcouldbenecessarytoit. Butwhyturntoastronomytomediateadaptation?Celebrationof theheavensremainsaparamountreason.Important,too,isthesubject’sCopernicanstatusasQueenof theSciencesor,atanyrate,of physicalscience.Moreover,civilastronomymaybetheclosestwegetinternationallytoaseamlessscientificcommunity.Thenagain,astronomershavenotinfrequentlybeengoodphilosophers,notablyvis-à-visthetimelessdisputationbetweenIdealismandMaterialism.Aboveall,thesubject’srootsarespreadthroughmanyancientcultures.In365AD,Chineseskywatchersdivinedthesolarwind’sexistencefromtheslewingof cometarytails.By500BC,Mesopotamianpredictionsof lunareclipseswereaccurate,towithinhours,inagoodhalf of recorded cases. Inmanyspheres,wehavebeenprogressingfromthenationaltowardstheinternational.Nowthepriorityisshiftingtowardsholisticplanetaryperspectives.Mustnottheseencompassmoreregardforotherformsof terrestriallife,thisinkeepingwiththenaturalismreligionhasoftenespoused?AstheKoranputsit,“thebirdsintheairwithwingsoutstretched.Eachoneknowshisownmodeof prayer and praise. And God knows well all they do” (sűra xxiv v. 41).

ProfessorNevilleBrown’sEngaging the Cosmos. Astronomy, Philosophy and FaithispublishedbySussexAcademicPress.ISBN1-903900-67-0.£55.00HBand£17.95PB.

FROMHERETOETERNITYNevilleBrown

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TheSeniorTutorwrites...Mansfield secured a good rangeof examination results this year. Therewere 8Firsts in the SecondPublicExamination,4of theminmathematicsandthejointschools,asubjectthatcontinuestobeastarperformer.Thosereaderswhoareavidfollowersof theNorringtonTable,theleaguetablethat(supposedly)measuresandcomparesOxfordColleges’academicperformance,willhavebeendisappointedtoseeMansfieldslipfrom19th to 29thinrankingintheacademicyear2005-6,butverysmallvariationsinFinalsresultscanpropelacollegequiteafewplacesupordownthetable.Sowedowellnottoover-reactandtorejoiceatindividualperformances.IntheFirstPublicExamination,thecollegehappilymadeaverystrongshowingfor2006,with14FirstsorDistinctions,continuingarecordthathasnowbeenmaintainedoverthreesuccessivefirst-yeargroups.Equally,2006wasaverygoodyearforgraduateexaminationresults,with5distinctionsoutof atotalof 13entrants,almostcertainlyarecordforthecollege’ssmallgraduatecommunity.

Thesuccessof bothundergraduatesandgraduateswasunderscoredbytherangeof universityprizesthatweresecured.ManHoLamandKevin JoneseachwonaGibbsPrize in theEngineeringScienceHonourSchool.KatieMoorewontheQinetiQPrizeforthebestMaterialsthird-yearteamdesignproject.ManuelSchnabelwontheArmourers-Rolls-RoycePrizeforoutstandingmarksintheMaterialsPrelim.RichardPhelpswasawardedtheJosephSchachtJuniorMemorialPrizeinthefirst-yearinOrientalStudies.YueZhangwontheUniversityPrizeforthebestperformanceintheMaster’sinComputingScience,whileHelenMarshwasawardedtheHetheringtonMemorialPrizefortheMaterialsD.Philstudentwhogavethebestsecond-yeartalk.

DOCTORATE (DPhil) Politics UriGordonMathematics C h r i s t o p h e r SpencerPhysics Charles Pattison

MPhilinOrientalStudiesPass Rachel Orth

MScinAppliedStatisticsPass Andreas Savva

MScinBiodiversityConservation&ManagementPass SayedIftekhar

MScinComputerScienceDist YueZhang

MScinIntegratedImmunologyPass Monika Mortensen

MScinWaterScience,Policy&ManagementPass AlexGuerraNoriega

MStinEnglishDist John McTagueDist Christopher Salamone

MStinJewishStudiesPass SarahCramsey

MStinScienceof Religion Mahmoud natout

MStinTheStudyof ReligionPass AbhishekGhosh

MStinWomen’sStudiesDist ValentinaPugliano MBAPass AdemolaAdegbiteDist PrikshitAgarwal

MASTEROFENGINEERING(MEng)Engineering Science Class 2.i Simon DomonePass Charles KohlhaasEngineering, Economics & Management Class2.i GarthHampsonMaterials Science Class2.ii QianYao

MASTEROFMATHEMATICS (MMaths)Mathematics Class1 TyroneRees Christopher WallClass2.i GregorySmye-RumsbyMaths & Philosophy Class 1 David Elston

MASTEROFPHYSICS(MPhys)Class 1 Thomas RiddickClass 2.i nathan Hill PraveenaJoseph-deSaramClass2.ii RobertMcCracken

Mariko TakahagiClass3 SohaibShamim EmmaStewart

BACHELOROFARTS(BA)EnglishLanguage&LiteratureClass2.i MatthewCastle Kate Compton MadeleineForbes Hannah Preston Catriona Rutherford

GeographyClass1 AmandaCrawfordClass2.i CatherineFrancis FrancescaHarris AlexanderKay Christopher Opie MatthewPaterson Tom Pinnock Ross Stafford KieranSwann

HumanSciencesClass2.i ChloeHayward AndrewMitchell

JurisprudenceClass2.i ElizabethBrathwaite AlastairBrown VictoriaSalisbury Amelia Thorpe

MathematicsClass1 TheresaAndrewClass 2.i Amanda Barton

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YanlinWu

ModernHistoryClass2.i EleanorCoombs Tanita Jamil NicholasLambon EdwardMayne Danu Reid OliverTracy ModernHistory&EnglishClass2.i RuthUnderwood

ModernHistory&PoliticsClass 2.i Sarah Lister

PhysicsClass 1 Ben Stafford

PPEClass1 RobertHalesClass2.i CyrusAzima Jack Sheldon FintanWest Shanthi Wilkinson Rachel WinterClass 2.ii neil Wolfson

TheologyClass2.i JosephFenton HenryRushton MarilynThompsonClass 2.ii Hollie Atherton

BACHELOROFTHEOLOGY(BTh)Class2.i RichardHoward

UNCLASSIFIEDHONOURSPartIEngineering, Economics & ManagementPass Man Ho LamEngineering SciencePass RobertBamford Kevin Jones David WallMaterials, Economics & ManagementPass Markus MittermaierMaterials SciencePass Katie Moore

PartBMathematics Pass AlastairCampbell James TavenerMathematics & PhilosophyPass DuncanBlythePhysics

Pass RyanFitzgibbon WilliamManley FergusNelson Rosalind West

PartAMathematicsPass Wing Chu TimothyDavies NathanielFenton RossHibberd JohnMcCarthy ColinTaylorMathematics & StatisticsPass ValentinaIotchkovaPhysics Pass Laura Branagan Paul Davies AlyssaHeath Stephen Jackson Philip Merchant AndrzejNowojewski

HONOURMODERATIONSMathematicsClassI HoratioBoedihardjo RichardDyble DanielHarveyClass II David SimsMathematics & StatisticsClass II Penghzu XuClass III Richard CollinsMathematics & PhilosophyClass I Charlotte Stonehouse

MODERATIOnSEnglishDist Kate JohnsonPass Annie Catherall Danielle Cluer EmmaGerrard FionaMurphy BenjaminShockley KirstyStanfield Adam WatkinsLawDist David JohnsonPass RebekkahFinch Alexia Kapranos LloydThomas

PRELIMINARYEXAMInATIOnSEngineeringDist XieFeng Martin Moran Thomas SmithPass Mengru Qu

GeographyDist Luke JessopPass GordonCampbell AndrewCook ThomasLeversonGower Katharine Moore Joseph Pickles JamesRoylance Daniel ThompsonHuman SciencesPass Charlotte Chilcott Sean LeopoldMaterials, Economics & ManagementPass SebastianWebbMaterials Science Dist JenniferBrown ManuelSchnabelPass Luke Hanson Pettengell nicholas IngramModern HistoryDist Alexander MorrisPass Alexander Craven ThomasFoster Simon Lerner Thomas Patterson Bethan WilliamsModern History & EnglishPass MelisssaJulian-JonesModern History & PoliticsPass RebeccaBarnett FayBurtonOriental StudiesPass Richard PhelpsPPEDist LauraZimmermanPass EmilyDavis Julia Lerch Thomas Mann JulianMansfield SusannahMay SarahPembertonPhysicsPass Richard Harriss HarryKennard WojiechRzepala Martin Slater YingSoonTheologyPass WilliamBurrows RoyCooper Alexander Dacre AmyIcke CarolineRobertsPhilosophy & TheologyPass ThomasCrawshaw

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Tutorial Recollections

DavidAllen,Theology1956Ihadoneyearof TheologyatMansfieldin1956-7followingmyArtscourseinGeographyandtheDip.Ed.AsaformerSchoolCertLatinpupil,IhadatleasttodosetNewTestamenttextsinGreek.MytutorforthiswasDr.Cadman,notoriousforhis lecturesonMarkwhich ina twoyearcycleof twosessionsaweekrarelygotbeyondChapter5.Theexperienceof tutorialswithhiminwhatwasthentheSeniorCommonRoomisoneIhavehadmanyreasonstobethankful.Therewasthedoublewhammyof thetranslationwhichIhadtoprepare,andforwhichtherewasalwaysanexcellentcrib,andthesubsequentperiodof interpretationinwhichIwasaskedtocommentonthepassage.Ihavethisabidingmemoryof onesuchafternoon.Dr.CadmanandIhadenjoyedagoodlunch so,when therewas a growing interval betweenmytrippingtranslationandthenextphasewherehewouldbeginquestioningmeaboutmyinterpretation.Icoughedpolitelyand looked to see if I’d offendedor upset him.His eyesseemedglazedandhisfocusdistant.Ifearedof alambasting(somethingunheard-of fromthemostgentleandcourteousof men).“Isn’tthatbeautiful”hethensaid,remotely,asif inatrance.Hewas,itturnedout,bemusedbytheformof expressionof theauthorof theFirstEpistleof John,notbymyfumblingattempttorenderit.

PhilAvery,Geography1997In1997IwassittinginageographytutorialwithMichaelaDurrant (Mansfield 97-00) andTony Lemon, our tutor.Michaela lived twofloors aboveTony’s room and, for 10minutesof thetutorial,DaveFalkner(Mansfield97-00)wascallingforMichaelafromhisE-blockwindow(thinkingshewas inherroominAstaircase) usinga largetrafficcone.ThroughoutthewholeincidentTonysaidnothingandkeptcompletelydeadpan,despiteDavebeingsoloudastomakeitdifficultforustoheareachotherinthetutorialdiscussion.Editors’ note: Dave Falkner went on to score a First in the FHS

OliverBolton,Geography1999Never being the hardestworker I always found tutorialsinvaluableastheygavemeauniqueopportunitytoexploreanddevelopideaswhilethinkingonmyfeet(ormorelikelyinachair)inasafe,informalandknowledgeableenvironment.Toalargedegree,tutorialsaretheonlyreasonIreallywantedtostudyatOxfordaswellaswhatkeptmestudyingwhileIwas

there.Alltheclassworkthatwedidwasinteresting,butitwasalwaysquitecontrivedanddifficultforthoselessconfidenttofeelabletocontribute.Iunderstandhowexpensiverunningthetutorialsystemisandwithever-growingpressurefromtheGovernmenttotightenthepursestringsitcanseemlikeanobviouscandidateforcutbacks.However,Iseetutorialsastheveryessenceof OxfordandIfailtoseehowitcouldofferanythinglikethequalityof educationthatithasbecomeinternationallyrenownedforwithoutthem.

VicBredenkamp,Theology1953Ihavenohesitationinstatingmyconvictionthat,whenIwasatMansfieldthe tutorial system constituted the backbone of myacademicstudiesintheHonourSchoolof Theology.Admittedly,Iwas fortunate inmytutors -WHCadman,ErikRoutleyandHortonDavies, whose considerable scholarship contributedenormouslytothewealthof learningthatIacquiredatOxford.Therigorousdisciplineof havingtoprepareanin-depthessayeverytwoweeksthroughouttermtimewasademandingassignment.Wewereadvisedtolimitthenumberof lecturesweattendedtolessthanhalf adozenperweek.Therestof thetimewasspentreadinginthelibraryandwritingtheessays.

RishiDastidar,History1996Despitemybest efforts (turninguphungover; breathless fromhavingrunoutof theRadCampreciselythreeminutesbefore;9amMondaymorning starts - bymy own choice) I generallyenjoyedmyweeklyorbi-weeklyintellectualsessions.Thankfullybythethirdyear,IhadfiguredoutwhatIneededtodotoatleastappearconsciousinthem.Somenotableoccasionsstandout.Attimestheycouldbebrutal-IusedtocurlupwithanoxiousfearbeforemyBritishHistory I sessions, knowing that theywouldbe anunmitigateddisaster.Butmoreoften thannot theywere(andremain)someof themostfree-wheeling,wide-rangingandstimulating conversations I’ve ever had.

JoDixon(neéPenn),Theology,1994IfindthisaninterestingquestionasIamcurrentlyatAucklandUniversitydoinganotherundergraddegreeasamaturestudentandit isaverydifferentexperiencetoOxfordsoIcanactuallycompare!Firstly,IlovedbeingatMansfieldandwouldneverregretamomentof it,butforme,thetutorialsystemwasnotsomethingthatIholddear,andIthinkOxfordcoulddowithashake-up.ThemostpositiveexperienceIhadwaswithCharlesBrock,asIfelt

Thetutorialhaslongbeenthecentre-pieceof anOxfordeducation.Forgenerationsof undergraduates,theweeklymeetingwithatutorhasformedafulcrumaroundwhichyoungmindshavebeenhoned.Of course,thetutorialhasevolved,notablyinrelationtothegrowthof scienceteaching.Butthatisitsgreatmeritasateachingmedium:itcanbeadaptedtocircumstances,whetherinrelationtosubjectortoperson.Recently,therehasbeendebatebothwithinOxfordandoutsideastowhetherthetutorialsystemcananylongerbejustified.Inpartthisisanargumentaboutteachingmethodsinanewinformationage,butitisalsoaboutfinancialexigencies.Cantheexpenseof teachinginsmallgroupsbesustained.Inthisissueof themagazine,wepublishsomeof themanyresponsestoourrequestfromalumniforrecollectionsof tutorials.Somearefunny,somearemildlycensorious.Therearemanythatleaveoneinnodoubtaboutthevalueof thetutorial,butthereareafewthatpresentanaltogethermorenegativeview.Wehavetriedtopublishasmanyaspossiblewithinthespaceavailable.Wherecontributionshavehadtobeedited,wehaveendeavouredtomaintainthespiritof theoriginal.Anylateorunpublishedcontributionsmaybeplacedonthewebin due course

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wehadveryintelligentdiscussionandthathetookmeseriously.However,Idon’tthinkanyof theothertutorsmadeanimpact.Someof mytutorialswerejustpetrifying–aswhenwehadtogovisittheoldnunwherewefeltwehadtodressappropriately.

MyexperienceatAucklandiswithamodernUniversityandof lectureswithhundredsof students,thePowerpointslidespostedonthee-learningsite,alljournalsetcavailablethroughtheinternet–andalsowehave“tutorials”with15-20peoplewherewecandiscussthings,plusofficehourswiththelecturers/tutors–plusthelecturersareveryhappytomeetwithkeenstudentsoranswerquestionsbyemail.Istillwriteessaysandhavethemmarkedaswell.Soitseemstomethatthetutorialsystemisnotneededinordertofeelyouarevalued,andthatyoucanhavedirectinputwiththelecturers.

Sara Dracup, English 1982AsanEnglish student82 to85 I canonlypraise thewit andwisdomof JohnCreaser,whose laconicreactionstomyeagerbut sometimesmisguided commentswere eternally calm andconsidered.AlsohiscontemporaryKateWard-Perkinsinspiredusby takinga radical step inwalkingoutof whatwas“new”buildings(neartheporter’slodge)andconductingatutorial‘surl’herbe’beneaththetrees ,onesunnyhour ingoldenOxford.Asateacherof EnglishinKidlington,nearOxford,IamnowadvisedIcannotteachmychargesoutof doorsthesedays,duetothedreadedandomnipresentHealthandSafetyRegulations.Oquamtememoram...asTSEliotthreequarterssaid.Longlivethetutesystem:weneedthetimetonurturetheintellectsof thefuture;weneglectdiscussionatourperil

DavidEvans,Law1978Asalawgraduate(78-81)Ihavesomememories.IrecallRomanLawtutorialsconductedinthepresenceof twohugepoodleswhoneverseemedveryimpressedwithoureffortsandthentryingtomakeoneself heardasthetutor’ssnuff-takingledtoveryloudsneezing.IrecallinCriminalLawtutorialswhenmycolleague’sreadingof hisessaystoppedintheintroductoryparagraphasthetutor(DrBuckley)pluckedatextbookoff theshelf andreadasentenceoutof thebookandsuggestedthatthiswasthenextsentenceintheessay.Itwas.Theessaywasliftedverbatim.Itwasoneof ourshortesttutorials.

TiffanyEwins,Theology1994IlovedmytimeatMansfield;uniquenessof atutorialandtheinevitable ‘essaycrisis’allformedpartof whatmadeitsuchaformativetime.AssomeonewhospentmuchmoretimeontheriverordoingthingswiththeCUthanintheRad.Cam.,tutorialsalwaysbeganwithmefeelingsleepdeprived(Ihadalmostalwaysstayedupallthepreviousnighttowork)alittlesick,andvery,veryexposed.ThusIhadapolicyof distraction–keepthetutoroff thesubjectandongeneralitiesaslongaspossible.Mytutorialpartners(HannahNewandAntonyLeonard)andIwouldthensometimesplayagamewherewechallengedeachothertogetcertainwordsintotheconversation.SoIrememberatutorialontheSonof ManinMark’sGospelwithJohnMuddimanwhenwe

managedtomanipulatethediscussiontoincludethewords‘Tree’(Level:easy)forAntony,‘Sock’(Level:intermediate)forHannahand ‘Milkshake’ (Level: advanced) forme. JohnMuddimandidlooksomewhatsurprisedatthenotionthatthedisciplesweresoconfusedbytheidentityof Jesusthattheyjustwantedtothinkitthrough over a cool milkshake,buthetookitinhisstride.

RupertHill,Geography1978Thetutorialsystemwasexcellent.Itwasalwaysflexiblewithmytutor,TonyLemon,andmyvarioustutorialpartners,andprovedagoodmethodof learningbecauseof thepersonalcontactandinstantfeedback.Onerecollection-perhapsnotforpublicationinaseriesof responsespromotingthesystem-wasaknockonthedoorhalf anhourintoatutorialwitharequestthatIfinishsoonerratherthanlaterbecausetheOULCteamwasintheminibusoutsideandtheywantedtoleaveforthefinalof theUniversitiesCup!!Tonywasaccommodating-butreluctantly-wehadstartedthetutorialwithsomewordsaboutacademicpriorities!!

MichaelHopkins,Theology1998Ifoundthetutorialsystemtobethemostimportantpartof learningmysubject-itknockedspotsoff merelectures.Isupposemymostentertaining recollectionof a tutorialwouldbewherewehadn’tdonetheworkverythoroughlybeforehand,andattemptedtobribeDonaldSykeswithabottleof sherry.Hehappilytookthebribeandthenproceededtospendthenexthourmakinguswishwe’ddonethework!

David Ivorson, English 1970IreadEnglishatMansfieldfrom1970to1973.Iappreciatedtutorialsfortheirintensityandtheirimmediacy–noquestionof waitingforthereturnof amarkedessay.Theopportunitytoengageindialoguewithone’stutor,followinghisorherresponsetoone’swork,wasparticularlyvaluable.IcouldneverdecidewhetherIpreferredtheone-to-onetutorial(asittendedtobewithJohnCreaseratMansfield)orthesharedtutorial(withoneotherundergraduate)astendedtobethecasewhenweweresometimesfarmedouttoothercolleges(suchasValentineCunningham,thenatStJohn’s,orJ.D.FleemanatPembroke).One-to-onewasmoreintense,buttheinteractionwithathirdpersonwassometimesuseful.

phonecallsfromhisstockbrokerinthemiddleof otherwiseverythoughtprovokingtutorials.Mostly,IenjoyedthewaysometutorsusedSocraticquestioningtochallengeassumptionsthathadbeenmade inapieceof work. Itmadeonereflect inaverycriticalwayaboutone’sworkandalsothinkaboutnewconnectionsandinsights.

DonaldWNorwood,History1959andTheology1962FortyyearsafterfinishingmydegreesIstillmeetmyoldHistoryTutor, ProfessorGeorgeHolmes, in theBodleian andhe stillrememberswhoIam.Inoverfortyyearsof teachinghemusthave taught hundreds of us but the one to one relationshipweenjoyed intutorialsmeansthatyouarenever justoneof acrowdbutDonaldorJanewithafascinatingessaytoreadanda gentleword of encouragement if you showed the slightestsign of promise that your next effortsmight be better. I stillremembersuchcomplimentsasthoughtheywerespokennow-GeorgeCairdcommendingmeforreadingabookhehadnotread,DonaldSykesprobingsomecommonassumptiontoseeif youreallyagreedwithit,BrianCooperreportingtothePrincipalJohnMarshthatIshowedsignsof scholarshipetc.Of courseitisanexpensivesystemandIhavenoobjectiontocuttingthecostbyhavingtutorialsinpairs.Butnothingcanreplacehavingforawholehourtheconcentratedattentionof arespectedscholarandtheirpersonal interest inyouandyourdevelopment.Suchattentionlastsalifetime,justaswellasitistoorarelycopiedlaterinanyprofession.

KeithPowell,History1991ArthurBurnsheldhistory tutorials inanoffice reachedby thespiralstairsinthecollegetower.Suchstairspreventtheascendingpartyfromeffectiveuseof arms,whileprovidingalladvantagetothepartyabove.Sowenttherhythmof ascendanceandretreat,alwaysweeklyandusuallyweakly.Thedegreeof challengeinthetutorialistheverysourceof thedegreeof personalsatisfactionin making some small progress or insight during the meeting, or atleastonthewaydownthestairstotheJCRbarafterward.Ithinkthesesmallpersonalsatisfactionsaretheaddictivepropertyinliberaleducation,whichiswhyIwouldhappilymarchrightbackupArthur’sstaircaseanyday.

SusanTaylor,Theology1982Theveryfirst tutorialof myOxfordcareerwaswith the thenPrincipal,DonaldSykes.Heusedtohavepilesof booksonthedeskof hisstudyinthePrincipal’sLodgings.Ienterednervously

Myfondestrecollectionisof BruceHarbert,myAnglo-SaxontutoratMerton,treatingustoindoorfireworksbeforewegotdowntotranslatingThe Dream of the RoodonGuyFawkesnight.The‘rudedream’neverseemedthesameafterthat!

RobKeeping,Physics1992Myrecollectionswerethatthetutorialsweremostlyconcretingthesubjectmatterof thelectures,whichweregenerallyinsufficientbythemselves.Lecturesandtutorialswereonlyasgoodasthelecturerortutorthatgavethem,thoughwithPhysicsourmaintutor managed to farm out some of the tutorials to other colleges and someof thesewere excellent. Oneparticular event thatsaddenedmeisthatIfoundoutayearor2aftergraduatingthatoneof theseverygoodtutors(whospurredmeonintodoingoneof theoptionpapersonhersubject)diedof malariahavingfinishedtakinghermalariapillsearly.ThiswasagreatlosstotheUniversityasIthoughtshewasabrillianttutor.Shealsohappenedtobealittlemoreunusualinthatshehadaredstripeinherhairandwasabitof agoth.Editors’ note: the tutor concerned was Dr Caroline Fraser who contracted the most virulent form of malaria on a visit to Africa

BiancaLocsin,JYA1997IwasaJuniorYearAbroadStudentatMansfieldCollegein1997.ComingfromaUSCollege(Smith),Iwasintriguedandchallengedbytheusuallyoneononeexperienceof mytutorials.Incontrasttoaclassroomatmosphere,thetutorialsforcedmetobe“up”onallmyreadingformymeetingswithmytutorandtobereadytoarguewith,notmypeers,buttheactualworkingscholaronthetopic.Thesystemallowedayoungundergraduatetoentertheorbitof veryuniqueandhighlyqualifiedindividuals,fascinatingnotjustbecauseof theirintellects,butfortheirattitudes,casuallydisplayed in such intimate atmospheres,towards intellectualpursuits,theirfellowtutors,andtheuniversityasawhole.IhopethatunlikeagraffitiIrememberfrommytimeatOxford,thesystem-whichIhavenotexperiencedinanyothereducationalinstitution-doesnotgothewayof thedinosaur.

PaulMidwinter,History1980Obviouslythequalityof tutorialsvarieddependingpredominantlyonthequalityof thetutor,butitwasneverlessthangoodandsometimesinspirational.IrememberJohnMaddicott’stutorialsoverinExeterCollegein1980-1whichreallyfiredmyinterestinAnglo-SaxonandMedievalHistory.Occasionallysometutorsshowed theirmoreeccentric side. JohnDunbabinused toget

Caricatures of Dr Bartlett by??????,Drawnin??????

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and Donald invited me to sit on the opposite side of thedesk fromhim,where,becauseof thebooks, Icouldn’tseehimatall!Hedidn’tmovethemandweremainedout of sight of eachother for thewholehour.Happydays!

MikeWalton,English1956The tutorial systemwas forme one of themostimportantfeaturesof mytimeatOxford,andplayedasignificantpartinmyeducation,notjustintermsof subjectspecialism,butinabroadersense. Tutorials in particulartaughtmemuchaboutliterature,andhowitrelatestomylife;aboutthenatureof learning,andtheskillsof teaching;andhelpedmetomatureinmypersonalcapacityforthoughtandanalysisfarbeyondtheworldof SpencerandChaucerandco.Iamsureit’s expensive. But there are immeasurablebenefitswhichoutweighthematerialcosts.

PeterZimmer,Theology1965As a graduate of a north American college I had been acquaintedwith the lecture-and- test systemof education, but had never experienced the cut-and-thrust of theOxbridge tutorial system, until IarrivedatMansfieldinMichaelmastermof 1965toreadTheology.IwasfortunatebeyondwordsthatmyprincipalTutor(andMoralTutor)wasG.B.Caird.Twoof usmetweeklyinGeorge’sroomsinCollege,eachpreparingandreadingapapereveryfortnight.Twoincidentsstandoutinmyrecollectionfromthattime.Thefirstoccurredontheoccasionof thefirstpaperIread.Itwas,Irecall,tobeonthekingdomof GodintheSynopticGospels,agentleintroductorytopic,andonedeartoDr.Caird’sheart.Ilabouredmanfullyfortwoweekspreparing,andfeltrelativelyconfidentwhenIoffered the fruitsof my labour.At theendof my essay, therewas an ominous silence. FinallyGeorgeletoutadeepsigh.“Isuppose”hesaid,“there’ssomethingintherethatwecanuse”,andoverthenexttwenty-fiveminutesdiscovered,ordemonstrated,thathisgracioussuppositionwasfalse.Carefully,andwithgreatpatienceheledbothmytute-partnerandmyself throughtheprocessof transmutingrawinformationinto a coherent, elegant and persuasive argument. He demonstrated,perhapsforthefirsttime,thedifferencebetweenknowingandthinking.Thesecondoccasionwasoverayearlater.Idon’trecalltheessaytopicwhichmypartner read, but it entailed a comparisonof anumberof NewTestamenttexts.Frustratedwiththeslowpaceof lookingupthetextsinGreek,Georgewavedhishandandtoldustosimplycitethebook,chapterandverse,andhewouldquoteit.Attheendof thetutorialthatdayheconfessedthathehad,asanundergraduate, taken one long vacation to memorize theGreekNewTestament.“Itwas”,hesaid,“purelaziness onmypart. I just couldn’t be bothered tocarrythebookaroundwithmeallthetime.”Bothof uswereawestruck,notwithhisperhapsfalseshowof

modesty,butwiththesheerpowerof hismind,whichcouldnotonlythinksolucidly,butwhichcouldalsoholdsomuchrawinformation,availableforaccesswhenneeded.Thatwasnowfortyyearsago,andIstillcountmyself blessedtobenotonlyatOxfordduringwhatwasmostcertainlyagoldenage,buttobeatMansfield,abletobetutoredbyGeorgeCairdatsuchaformativetimeinmylife.Hetaughtnotsomuchbywhathesaid,butbyhowhelistened;andinlisteningshowedthattruelearningalwaysgrowsoutof dialogue.

JohnZolidis,JYA1993Ihadonetutorialthatreallystandsout.Thesubjectwasthephilosophyof languageandmytutorwasEugeneFischeraD.PhilstudentatSt.John’s.Itwentsomethinglikethis:Eachweek,basedonhisreadingof myessay,mytutorwouldbeginoursessionbyaskingmetoexplaintohimwhathefeltIleastunderstoodaboutthesubject.WhenIcouldn’t,hedidn’tsimplyexplaintheideatome.Instead,heforcedmetofigureitoutformyself byaskingmequestionsthatweredesignedtoidentifyandbreakdownmymisconceptions.Iwasthenrequiredtomake a second attempt to explain the idea to him. Assuming hewas satisfied,wewouldmoveon to thenextpartof thesubjectthathefeltIhadfailedtograsp. Attheconclusionof thetutorial,Iwasgivenanewessaytopicforthefollowingweekandsentonmyway.WhatdidIgetoutof this?Besidesfeelingreallycompelledtoprepare(afterall,therewasnothingmorescarythatfacingthiskindof grillingwithouthavingdoneone’swork)theinterchangewithmytutoreffectivelytaughtmeasystematicwaytoapproachissuesthatIdidn’tunderstand.TodayIcan’trememberthedetailsof Frege’sargumentsonreference,butIcananddostillusethethinkingskillsIgotoutof mytimeinthetutorial.

Wewouldbedelightedtoreceivemoreof yourtutorial recollections.

Weshallbepostingthosethatdidn’tmakeitintothismagazine,alongwithanymorewereceive,ontothewebsiteintheNewYear.Pleasesend

them todevelopment@mansfield.ox.ac.uk.

DevelopmentNewsAsyouwillhavealreadynoticed,thereisastrongemphasisonthetutorialsysteminthiseditionof Mansfield.Ithasbeenveryinterestingandinformativereadingtherecollections,mainlypositivebutoccasionallylessso,of ouralumni.

Supportingthetutorialsystemthroughtheendowmentof postsorrollingfundinghassomanybenefitsacrosstheCollege.Withoutit,theCollegefacesanever-wideninggapbetweentheamountreceivedforteachinganditscosts,exertingadditionalpressureontheCollege’sannualincome.Thereisalsoariskthatthroughbothstaff turnoverandretirementsthatpostsmaybefrozenbytheUniversityoncetheyfallvacant,unlesstheCollegehassufficientfinancestocontinuethepost.

Increasingtheendowmentof ourtutorialfellowshipswillnotonlyhelpthecollegesafeguardthefutureof teachinginthatparticularsubject.ItwillreleasefundscurrentlycommittedtoteachingfromMansfield’sannualincometobeusedacrossawidevarietyof projectstoimprovetheeducationalexperienceattheCollege;financialsupportforstudents,refurbishmentof existingfacilitiesandincreasedprovisionof ITandlibraryresources.

Of course,toendoweachexistingfellowshiprequiresaterrificamountof money,forwhichlarge-scalesupportwouldberequired.However,asshownintheGivingCulturearticle,widespreadparticipationatamodestlevelcanalsomakeahugedifferenceandalastingcontributiontotheprovisionof suchhighqualityteaching.MayIaskyoutobearthisinmindwhenyoureceiveourAnnualFundliteratureinthenearfuture.

Anotherwayof makingsuchadifferenceisthroughyourWill.Legacieshavebeeninstrumentalintransformingthefinancesof anumberof Oxfordcollegesandisoftenawaytomakealargercontributionthancurrentcircumstancesmayotherwiseallow.Wehaverecentlyproducedanewlegacybrochure,outlininghowlegaciescanhavesuchanimpactonMansfield’sfuture,aswellasofferingthepossibilityof reducingthetaxpayableonyourestate.Formoreinformation,pleasereturntheenclosedupdateform,markingtheappropriatebox,orcontacttheDevelopmentOfficedirectly.

Oureventscalendarcontinuestogrow(seepage30)andithasbeenwonderfultoseesomanynewandfamiliarfacesthroughoutthelastyear.Almost300alumnihaveattendedevents,alongwithalargenumberof parentsandfriends.Wehopetoseemanymoreof youin2007!IwouldliketothankCarrieFehr,ourDevelopmentAdministrator,whosehardworkandenthusiasmhaveensuredthesuccessfulgrowthof ourprogrammethisyear.

MCBCNewsTermhasbarelybegunandthereisalreadyanairof anticipationaboutMCBC’sprospectsforthecomingyear.Thisyear’sfreshers,amixtureof experiencedandnovicerowers,havealreadybecomeveryinvolvedwiththeClub,allowingustoputout5crewsfortraining(3Men’s&2Women’s).Withtheassistanceof thecoachingteams,wearehopefulthatmanyof ournovicescanprogressquicklytobecomeaccomplishedoarsmenandwomenandtaketheClubupthedivisions.SeveralcrewsfromMansfieldwillalsobetakingpartinan8-hoursponsoredrowathoninaidof the‘HandsUpforDarfur’fundraisingeffortorganisedbyOxfordstudents.

WewouldalsoliketotakethisopportunitytothankeveryonewhocontinuestodonatetotheMCBCAppeal,setuplastyearfollowingthearsonattackontheLongbridgesBoathouse.YoursupporthasreallybeeninvaluableinkeepingMansfield’sboatsontheriver.However,wecontinuetoseeksupportforcoachingandequipment.PleasecontacttheDevelopmentOfficeif youwouldliketodonatetotheAppeal.

Yoursupportisalsoalwaysverywelcomeontheriver.Weshallbesendingoutaprovisionallistof datesforrowingeventsthroughouttheyearaswellasthealumnidinner,whichisprovisionallyscheduledfor10th March at a central London venue. Moredetailswillbeavailablesoon.

Thankyou,onceagain,foryoursupport.AlyssaHeath (MCBCPresident), LukeHanson-Pettengell (MCBCMen’sCaptain),RebekahFinch, (MCBCWomen’sCaptain)

Order your MCBC kit now!Navy hoodies & t-shirts (unisex & women’s fitted) available for £22 and £15 respectively. Splash tops, tech tops and all-in-one suits also

available. Please contact Alyssa.heath@mansfield.ox.ac.uk with your order or for more details.

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AGivingCultureRevisitedYouwill recall that in the2004 issueof Mansfield,we lookedat the supportgiven–intermsof thenumberof donors,ratherthantheamounts–byeachmatriculation year. Following the success of the two subsequent telephonecampaignsingeneratingahugeamountof supportfortheCollege,wethoughtitwouldbeinterestingtolookathowthepicturehaschangedintwoyears.

Firstly,Iwouldliketoofferahugethankyou,onbehalf of everyoneatMansfield,foryourgenerosity.Itiswonderfultoseethatsupporthasincreasedineveryyearandweareparticularlydelightedwiththeincreaseinsupportamongstourmorerecentgraduates.Graduatesfromthelast10yearshaveraisedalmost£40,000,withthesameamountscheduledtobereceivedoverthenextfewyears.BeingabletoforecastwithsomecertaintywhendonationsaregoingtobereceivedisenormouslybeneficialintheCollege’sfuturefinancialplanning.

Onceagain,itisimportanttostressthatallsupport,atwhateverlevel,isvitalin theCollege being able to secure funding from companies and charitabletrusts.Mansfield’ssuccessfulapplicationsforsupporttothesebodieshasbeenbuiltonthewidespreadsupportthatouralumniandfriendscontinuetogive.However,themarketisbecomingincreasinglycompetitiveandwemustbeabletodemonstratebiggerandbettersupportthaneverinorderbeforetobenefitfromthegenerosityof thesecharitableorganisations.

Moreover,itisinterestingtoseehowagroupgivingamodest,regularamountcanmakesuchadifference.Wereallof Mansfield’sgeographygraduatestogiveanaverageof £30permonthoverthenextthreeyears,theywouldendowtheGeographyTutorialFellowship,inperpetuity,aswellasattractingover£300,000inmatchedfundingfromtheUniversity’sCollegeContributionsFund.Similarly,if allthoseundergraduateswhomatriculatedin1986gave£8.33everymonthfor3years,itwouldprovideagrantof £1,000peryear,everyyear,toastudentfacingfinancialdifficulties.

SocanIaskyoutotakealookatthetablestofindouthowyouryeararefaring.Forthoseof youinthelowerreaches,theabovedemonstrateshowsomethingthatmayseemverymodesttoyoucanhavesuchaneffectontheCollege(aswellasyourleagueposition!).Forthoseof youtowardstheupperreaches,thinkhowasimilarcontributioncouldsendyouryeartothetop!

If youareinterestedinfindingoutmoreaboutclassandsubjectgifts,pleasecontacttheDevelopmentOffice.

MansfieldMemorabiliaYoumayhavenoticedinthelasteditionof theMagazinethatawiderangeof Mansfieldmemorabiliaisavailable.

Formore informationon the full rangeof memorabiliaandplacinganorder,pleasevisittheMansfieldmemorabiliasectionof theCollegewebsite.Thesepagescanbeaccessedfrom the homepage or can be visited directly at:www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/shop

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Martin Atkinson (English 1977)writesabouthismid-careergapyear

LosingmyjobasFinanceDirectorataninternationaldevelopmentcharityinOctober2004gavemetimetotidyupmyflat.Indoingso, I foundanoldneglectedMansfieldmagazinecontaininganarticlebyAnthonyLunchaboutanorganisationhehadsetup,MondoChallenge,which places individuals in projects in thedevelopingworld. Havingpreviously spent 2 yearswithVSOrunningahoneyfactoryinnorthwesternZambia,Iwasinterestedinvolunteeringagain,butforashorterperiod.Itwaspartlytheprospectof thetravellingwhichattractedme,particularlybeingabletotakemorethanabrief annualsummerbreak,butalsothedesire to see international development from the other end of the foodchain.IcontactedAnthonyandsomeweekslaterwasonaplane to Calcutta.

Therefollowedanextraordinary5monthsduringwhichImadesomeattemptstohelp2localnon-governmentorganisationswiththeconstructionof businessplans.BothNGOshelptosetupandsupportwomen’sgroups,particularlywithmicrofinanceinitiatives(averyclever,simpleandeffectivealternativeformof financethatstartedinBangladesh).Oneof theNGOsalsoworksinthefieldof disastermanagement,whiletheotherrunsaschoolforchildrenwithdisabilitiesinatownoutsideCalcutta.

IhadawonderfultimegettingtoknowCalcutta,possiblythemostcolourfulandculturallystimulatingcityintheworld.Forexample,theannualweek-longbookfairinthecentralpark(the‘maidan’)

Memoriesof averylateGapYearinIndia

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isahighlightof thecalendarandvisitedbyhugecrowds,which I couldnot envisagehappeningin London. Many eveningswere spentwithotherrefugeesfromtheBritishwinterdrinkingbeeratanoldcolonialhotel,theFairlawn.Thecombinationof theexoticEastandtheresidualinfluenceof theBritishEmpireisanotheraspectof IndiathatIfoundabsorbing.Althoughmanyplacenameshavebeenofficiallychanged,StPaul’sCathedralistobefoundashortwalkawayfromthevastwhitemarbleVictoriaMemorial(whichCalcuttansrateastheequalof theTajMahal).

Attheageof 6mydaughter,Ellie,wasabletovisitforaweektowardstheendof mystay.Thiswasspecialforme;whileforheritwasachaoticmixtureof sightsandsounds.Unfortunately,hermainmemoriesareof malariatabletsandstomachupsets.However,sheisproudtohavebeentoIndiaandrecentlyshetoldmethatatschoolshewasbeingtaughtaboutlifeinanIndianvillagebyateacher‘whohadnotevenbeenthere.’

Aswell as finally having the time to readWarandPeace and discover various Indian books(mostmemorably‘TheGodof SmallThings’byArundhatiRoyand‘AFineBalance’byRohintonMistry)Ialsocontinuedmysporadicre-readingof someof theliteratureIspeed-readatMansfieldfrom1977-80withJohnCreaser.ItstillbafflesmethatundergraduatesstudyEnglishintheirlateteens,withsolittleexperienceorunderstandingof theworld,particularlytheinternalworld,aboutwhichtheyarereading(Iamtalkingaboutmyself and presuming it applies to others too). But I do rememberJohnsayingatanintroductorysherryeveningtothe8or9of uswhostartedin1977,thatheprincipallysawtakingadegreeinEnglishasbeingthebasisof alifetime’sreading.Despitemy repeated failure to produce essays on time(afailingIhavereproducedfortheverypatientand persevering editors of this magazine), I do appreciatehavinghadtheopportunitytospend3 years atMansfield reading and discussingliterature.

FollowingmyreturnfromIndiainApril2005,andhavingnarrowlyfailedtoquicklyfindpermanentemployment,Irediscoveredthestudentlifelastsummerwith an alternative foundation courseattheSladeSchoolof Art.Amind-expanding

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Main Street, Puri

Colour Seller in Puri

MartinplayingCricketinCalcutta

experiencewhich Iwould recommend to anyonewith10weekstospare.Paintinghasbeenahobbyof mine for some years now, but the process of being constantly challengedwith ideas,many of themcontradictory,beingtaughtnewskillsandthenmentored in the production of art, was anothereducationalexperiencefromwhichIhopetobenefitformanyyearstocome.

JustasIstartedtocontemplateconvertingmymid-careergapyearintoveryearlyretirement,IdidfindapermanentjoblastDecemberastheDirectorof FinanceandResourcesatacharityinnorthLondon,TreeHouse,whichworkswithchildrenwithautismandtheirfamilies.SofortheforeseeablefutureIambackonthetreadmill,andenjoyingit,butallthetimeknowingthatthereisanotherworldoutthere.

www.treehouse.org.uk

School in Calcutta

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Formanyof thosehigh-achieverswhohavehadthebenefitof spendingthreeormoreyearsinthecareof Mansfield,thepathonwardsisclear,andisonethatfulfilsthestatusquoof accomplishment.Ashareof hardwork,latenightsandcommunityspiritisliabletobereplacedby–well–moreof thesame,albeitwithamovetothecitypotentiallyexchangingtheshortcycletotheBodleianforthebelovedclaustrophobiaof thetube,andtheCherwelltowpathforthedelightsof theSouthbank.Whatthen,however,of thosewhoseresolutiontoworkwithsomethingtheylove(andwe’renottalkingaboutaccountinghere)leadsthemdownanaltogetherdustiertracksignposted‘thecreativeroute’?

Well,inthecaseof thisparticulartrainer-clad‘mediatype’theloveismusic,anditwillsurprisefewof youtohearthatmy‘path’afewyearsonfromgraduationhasbeenneitherstraightnordirectlyuphillintermsof progressandsuccess,andhasalsoinvolvedalargedoseof humility.

Suddenlyconfrontedwiththeneedtoforgea(lessclichéd)lifeformyself afteraspelltravelling,Imademyentrytothemusicindustryintime-honouredfashion-throughluckandperseverance.InaworldwhereatopOxforddegreehaslittletruecurrency(where,indeed,manyexecutivesproudlytradeonthefactthattheyhaveverylittleinthewayof education)itcanoftentakeacontact–inmycaseanoldfamilyfriend-togiveyouafootinthedoor.Forseveralof thoseImetinthisfirstphaseasalong-termworkexperiencenonentityatSony,thestarry-eyedenthusiasmwithwhichtheysteppedinfadedfast.Therealityof suchanover-subscribedindustryisthatstable,well-paidjobsareveryfewinnumberatanylevel,andearningthestripesrequiredtoreacharespectableposition can take longer thanpatience and ambitionwillallowformanysanepeople. ThefactthatIhadtakenthisonboardbeforetryingtojumpintomusicmaymakemeseemallthemorefoolish,butitalsohelpedmebuildupanextrareserveof stubbornnessso asnot tomindworking for free, and to learn to treateventhemostmenialof tasksas if theyweremattersof lifeanddeath.Whilenodreamjobwashandedtomeonaplate,ninemonthswithoutsalary(inter-dispersedwithstintstempingatothermusiccompanies)wasenoughtoimpress(orannoy)othersenoughtorecommendmetomycurrentemployers.

Lifeonthepayrollstillisn’tthemostglamorousof affairs.After 18months inmy smallmusic and entertainmentmarketingcompany,thepresentationwritingandresearchIenjoydon’tcomeuninterrupted.Atypicaldaywillstillinclude

suchwondersasfetchingcoffee,puttingouttherubbishandassuring15differentfriendlyvoicesfromacallcentreinBeijingthatourcompanywillnotberequiringanew‘mobilefoam’.Thenthere’sthewholemoneysituation,of course.Iwillfreelyadmitthatsometimesitwouldbenicetohaveenoughsparecashtobeabitlessfrugalwiththeshopping,ortogoaboutreplacingmyrapidlydecomposingcollectionof t-shirts.

Itisnotthecasethatthecorporateworldanditsrelativerichessomehowescapedmyattention–rather,itwastoutedaroundeverycornerduringmyyearsasanundergraduate.IsupposeIbelieve,simply,thatthesubtletiesof careerdivisionamongstoursupposedelitearelargelydrivenbythequestionof priorities.If iteverseemsthatachoiceof amoreillustriousor‘respected’routethatIhavebypassedismotivatedbythedesireformoneyalongside the thrill of success, I should make an admission, namely that in one sense, I am guilty of my own -equallypertinent-brandof greed.Yousee,bychoosingacareerpathbasedonapassion,theworkisoftenenjoyable,seldomverystressful,andallowsmetoretainenoughenergywithwhichtoindulgemydreamsfurtherwhenplayinginmybandoutof officehours.Thosewithanyknowledgeof theunsignedbandcircuitwillthinkmeagluttonforthepunishmentof slowprogress,butthethrillof therecordingstudioandthestageatliveshowsalmostalwaysmakesmefeelprivileged.

WhiletherewascertainlynomusicindustrymentoringsystematMansfield,inmanywaysmypathhasbeenanaturalcontinuationof mytimethere.AtOxford,too,Iwasworkingwithouttheincentiveof apaypacketof anyweight.WhiletheUniversity’sreputationwasclearlynohindrance,alongwithmanyof mycontemporariesIwasworkingtoindulgeapersonalinterest(inliteratureinmycase),totaketheopportunitytobecreativeandtoseewhatIcouldachieve.Theethosof acceptance,whichIfeelcharacterisesMansfield,alwaysallowedmetofeelcomfortablealongsideotherswhowere(andare)farmorecareer-focusedthanmyself,atleastatthisstage.WiththemovetomusicImaynotbefulfillingmy‘potential’asmeasuredagainstmydegree,butluckilytherearecompensationsinwhatcouldunderstandablybeconsideredunderachievement.Duringtheday,Iampaidtokeepuptospeedwithanindustrythatexcitesme,andinperformance,everypositivecommentreceivedandeveryfanwonisanothervalidationthatbringspleasureonbothsides.IneffectIamverymuchhavingmycakeandeatingit,andif perhapsitisn’ttherichest,itmostcertainlyistasty.

Ben Marnan (English 2000) writesabouthiscareersinceleavingMansfield.

ForgingaLifeintheMusicIndustry

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Itwasn’tanuncommonscene.‘WakeMeUpBeforeYouGo-Go’wasechoingacrosstheQuad;intheJCRLukewassingingfalsetto;andsomewhere,deepinthebowelsof theCollege,Russellwaschasingpeoplewithastick.Yes,therewerecoupleslyingontheChapelLawngazingatthestars,orjumpingupanddowntoPulp,andeveryonewasresistingtheurgetostumbleovertotheJohnMarshbuildingandgotobed.ItwasaSaturdaynightmuchlikeanyotherbopinthesummerof 1996.Except,of course,thatithappenedadecadelater,andwealllookedmuchworseinthephotographs,andthatdayIhadmarriedZoe.Butthat’sonlytheendof thestory.Itreallystartedmorethanahalf acenturyago,inthesameplace.

In1941,mygrandfather,RobertS.Paul,havingbeenanundergraduateatSt.Catherine’s,cametoMansfieldtotrainfortheCongregationalministry,andtodohisD.Phil.Hehadsupportedhimself duringhisundergraduateyearsbyworkingasacommercialartist,andevendidcaricaturesof allof themembersof theMCRandSCR,copiesof whichareintheCollegearchive.Hewasamemberof theCollegecricketteam,andtheirteamphotographfrom1943provesquiteconclusivelythatIhavekeptmyhairlongerthanhedid.Mygrandmother,EunicePickup,hadbeenaModernLanguagesstudentatWestfieldCollege,Universityof London,andwasevacuatedtoSt.Peter’swhenthewarbegan.Thetwometduringmeetingsof theCongregationalSocietyatMansfield,andsherememberseveningsspentinJohnMarsh’srooms,listeningtohimreadthestoriesof DamonRunyon.ListeningtotheCollegeChaplainreadshortstoriesis,Iamsure,thewaymostundergraduatesprefertospendtheireveningstothisveryday.

Therearemanyargumentstobemadeabouttheallegeddeclineineducationalstandardsthathasapparentlyhappenedoverthelastfiftyyears.Ishallonlymentionthat,asaweddingpresent,JohnMarshgavemygrandfatheracopyof thePenguinbookThe Pocket Handyman.Intheinscriptionheusedtheword‘proleptic’.Nomatterhowmuchtheworldhaschanged,nothingwillstopOxoniansshowingoff theirknowledgeof Greek,anddeliberatelyusingwordsthatwillsendotherstotheir dictionaries.

Aftermygrandparentsweremarried,theymovedawayfromOxford,firsttoLeatherheadCongregationalChurch,then,afterthepublicationof mygrandfather’sbook,The Lord Protector,totheWorldCouncilof ChurchesatBosseyinSwitzerland.Fromthere,thePaulsmovedtoAmerica,althoughtheyvisitedtheCollegeatleastonce.IhaveavideomadefromanoldSuper8filmlabelled‘PaulFamilyHoliday1963’(actually,thefilmwaslabelled‘DeanandLydia’sWedding’,butitwasinthewrongtin,whichdidsomewhattaketheshineoff itssurpriseshowingatmyparents25thweddinganniversary).Init,thereareshotsof thedriveintoOxfordoverMagdalenBridge,takenfromthewindowof amovingDormobile,shotsof berobedacademicsfilingintoCongregation,andfootageof myunclesulkingatbeingmadetositthroughtheboringQueenMother’sopeningof thetediousJohnMarshbuilding.ThatsameunclewouldreturntoMansfieldasaJuniorYearAbroadstudentin1975forHilaryandTrinityterms.WhetherhefoundthatexperienceasdullashisfirstcontactwithMansfieldhasnotbeenrecorded.

BythetimeIcameuptoMansfieldin1995,theCollegehadreceiveditsRoyalCharter,enablingustodancetauntinglyinfrontof thoseunfortunatesataPPHlikeRegent’sPark,BlackfriarsandSt.Benet’s.Noteverythinghadchangedhowever.IremembertheJCRPresidentof abouttenyearsago,explaininginaJCRmeetingthatMansfieldwastoopoortoqualifyforthePoorColleges’Fund.Aleafletsentoutfromthecollegein1952,suggeststhatthiswasnotanewsituation.Itwasentitled Vision Fulfilment?TheleafletmakesitclearthatMansfieldhadhadtomakeitsstaff muchsmaller,wasunabletobuylibrarybooks“withthesamefreedomasinthepast”,andthatitneededanother£4,000ayeartosurvive.Thereisahandytearawaysheetattheback,sothatyoucansendyourmoneytothem.

College Ties NathanielTapley(History1995)wasmarriedtoZoeBattleyinChapelon12thAugustandwriteshereof hisfamily’slongassociationwithMansfield

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AftersuccessfullyavoidinganythingresemblingModernHistoryforthreeyears,in1998IbecameActingAssistantJuniorDeaninthesummerafterI leftCollege. Itwasliving inthesameroomsmygrandparentshad listenedtoJohnMarshinthatIsatandtriedtoavoidquestionsof whatIwastodowiththerestof mylife,occasionallyberatingvisitingNebraskansfortheircavalierattitudetothesanctityof theQuad,anddesultorilyapplyingforjobsIdidn’twant.

EightyearslaterIwasback:againdressedinsillyclothes,againdrunk(bytheend),butthistimeintroducingsomeonenew,mywifeZoë. Itwas awonderfulday, andawonderfulcombinationof theoldandthenew.Nothinghadchanged,butthenagain,everythinghad.Yetanotherchapter inmyfamily’shistorywaswrittenatMansfieldCollege.Itisoddtobeabletopointtoaplacethathasbeensosignificantinsomanyways,andtothinkof thedebtyouowetoit.

DrW.B.Selbie,inanarticlewrittenforthefoundingof the College in 1889 said of the need for a nonconformist College: “Members of Nonconformist families cameintoasocietywhosereligiousassociations,customs,andinfluenceswerealtogetherunlikethoseof theirhomes.The faith inwhich theyhadbeen rearedhadno livingassociations,nooutwardandactivebeing,andnoacademicrepresentativeatOxford.” PresumablyundergraduatesturnedupathomeaftertheirfirstterminOxfordandstartedputtingpostersof archbishopsontheirwalls,goingaround smelling of incense, and starting arguments over theChristmasdinneraboutCardinalNewman.However,without this place for the training of Congregationalministers,withouttheCongregationalSociety’smeetingin the JCR (or theLectureRoom, as itwas then),mygrandparentsmightneverhavemet,whichwouldhaveseriouslyjeopardisedmyfutureexistence.

ImetZoëwhenweappearedinNews Revue (according to the Guinness Book of Recordstheworld’slongest-runningsatirical sketch show– and, according to someof itsaudiences,itdefinitelyfeltlikeit)together.Withouttheopportunities I had atMansfield toneglect theuseof Scandinavian coin-hoards in determining the levels of Danegeld paid in the 11thcentury,preferringinsteadtoskulk inpubs and theatres, Iwouldprobablynothavehadtheopportunitiestoturnmyloveof thestageintoa profession.

Had it not been forNathanielMicklem, Principal of theCollegewhenmygrandfatherwasthere,Iprobablywouldhaveendedupwithadifferentname.SomethinglikeColin orAntoine or Shane. For that alone I amimmenselygrateful.As far as I know, I am the first person to be ‘third-generationMansfield’,althoughaCairdoraCadouxwillprobablypopoutfrombehindahedgenowtoprovemewrong.IwishIcouldgiveaMansfieldtothewholeworld:an institution and a place that is haven and home, and a

placeinwhichonecanbechallenged,orbewelcomed,orjustbe.Itisaplaceof learning,bothaboutoneself andabouttheworld,anditstandsinthebesttraditionof education,onlyaverysmallpartof whichhappensintutorials.Iwisheveryonehadabartowhichtheycouldgotoargue,todebateandtodancetoWham!IwisheveryonehadaMansfield.Forthoseof uswhodo,I’dsimplyremindus that it shouldbe cherished. And that their rates forweddingsareveryreasonableindeed.

Nathanial’sGrandfather,RobertSPaulandhisGrandmother,EunicePaul(nee Pickup)

ThePaulFamily

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AlumniNewsDavidAllenTheology 1956Retired asNSMbut still servingCentralDistrictof N.W.SynodURCasEcumenicalOfficer.RetiredasChaplainof theUniversityof Bolton this summer.

FrancesAylenEnglish Literature 1989Isetupmyownosteopathicclinicsevenyearsagohavingretrained.Iamabouttosetupasecondonewhichspecialisesinpaediatricosteopathy-thefirstoneisinPaddington,the second is in Hampstead, north London. I live in north London and am a tutor at the BritishSchoolof Osteopathy.

ClaytonBondEnvironmental Change & Management 2000TedOsiusandIweremarriedinVancouver,Canada on June 3rd 2006.We are bothassignednow to theU.SEmbassy inNewDelhi,whereIamaDiplomacyOfficer.

GregoryBowdenHistory 1967Ihave recentlybeenaskedby theMorganMotorCotowriteabookincelebrationof theircentenarywhichfallsin2009.Thiswillbemyfourthbookonthemarque!

BruceCameronBLitt 1963AlthoughIdifferedinsignificantwaysfromPaulTillich(seeSJTVol18#3andVol29pg27-48)hewasalsomymentorandoneof thewayswasinbeing“auf dergienze”orontheboundary.IenjoyedboundarylifeverymuchreadingNineteenthCenturyTheologyatOxfordandlookforwardtomore,readingandwritingnow.

ThomasCattoiPPE 1992Myacademiccareerhasbeenratherunusual.I read PPE focusing on Economics and Philosophy,butIendedupdoingaPhDinTheologyatBostonCollegeinMassachussets.IamnowanAssistantProfessorinSystematicTheologyattheJesuitSchoolof TheologyinBerkeley,California.

AllenChurchillTheology 1964I was a graduate student (1964-68) of DrGeorgeCaird and earned aDPhil forworkonhistorical andbiblical theology. Icurrently preach every Sunday, aswell asteach theology as an ajunct professor.Mylatest book is entitled “ALivelyHope”. Ialsobroadcaston

CharlesJohnsonHistory 1981IhavebeenappointedHeadmasterof theDuke of York RoyalMilitary School inDoverfromSeptember2007.TheSchoolhasaninterestinghistoryandwasfoundedbythereformingDukeof YorkinChelseain1801onlymovingtoitspresentsitejustoutsideDoverintheearlyyearsof thelastcentury.

PhilipJonesGeography 1978IhaverecentlybeentoldthatIamleavingmycurrentjobinFleetHeadquarters,atshortnotice, to become the newCommanderof the Amphibious TaskGroup. Thisis a Plymouth-based job, butmy staff apparentlyspendsquiteabitof timeatseaonexerciseandoperations;indeedthechapIamrelievingiscurrentlycommandingtheNavalTaskGroupevacuatingUKpersonnelfromLebanon.Myfirst(planned)tripwillbean8weekdeploymenttoWestAfricaintheAutumnwiththecarrierOCEANandthe assault ship ALBIOn, exercising and trainingwith the armed forces of SierraLeone and Senegal. It sounds great fun, and awelcomereturntoseaafter5yearsof hard“desktime”ashore.

MollyKenyonTheology 1980MollyKenyonhasgivenupasecurejobatLeedsChurchInstitutetotakeariskwithaUnitedReformedChurch initiative. Sheis nowDevelopmentManager for the StJohn’sCentre inBradford,where an oldchurchbuildinghasbeenreplacedbyasmallcommunitycentre.

EricLundTheology 1972Afterteachingfor25yearsintheReligionDepartment of St Olaf College, I have moved to an administrative position as Directorof InternationalandOff-CampusStudies.Ihavebeenactiveinstudyabroadforyears,leading15programmesinEurope,the Middle East and South Africa. Last summer,IvisitedOxfordforthefirsttimein30yearsasaVisitingFellowof HarrisManchester College. I enjoyed visitingMansfieldwithDonaldSykes.

MoyraMacleodTheology & Philosophy 1985I’mlecturingandresearchingineducation-Iworkintheareaof additionalsupportneeds,

anOttowa radio station (CFRA) eachSunday.

GarethDaviesGeography 2001After graduating, I took a year out to gotravellingwith fellowMansfieldians (USAwithHelenProwseandThailandwithDesWalker andNigel Simkin). I have beenworking as a consultant forMichael PageInternationalinManchesterforthelastyearandwillberunningtheNewYorkMarathoninNovemberwiththecompany.

SkyDaviesNature, Society and Environment 2004Sky Davies and James Griffiths had abeautiful baby girl, IsisNikauGriffiths(yes,namedaftertheriver)onthe12thof February2006.She isahappyandhealthylittlethingbringingusmuchjoy.

JohnDodwellTheology 1962Euranis and Iweremarried at theQuakerMeeting House in Bournemouth in 2003.

GeorgeHobsonTheology 1979Abookof mypoemsandphotographswaspublishedin2005byPiquantPress,UK.ACollectivebookof poemsongenocide, inwhichIhavesevenpoems,waspublishedin2005byGarodBooks,UK.

JohnHorrocksEnglish 1963CBEinNewYear’sHonours2006.Retiringend of September 2006. Son (Nicholas)completed MSc at Oxford (St Anne’s) and doingPhDatGroningenUniversity.Daughter(Caroline) read English at nottingham and nowwaitingforBBCpublications.

JohnHughesGeography 1979Having spent from 1988 to 2002 as a geographyteacherinEssex,Iwentonto4veryinterestingyearsasaSecondaryStrategyICTconsultant:animpossiblejobtodotomyown satisfaction!Following a chainof unlikelyeventsIstartasICTteacher/trainer/general gofer at an independent girls school nextmonth-teachingages6to11!

DavidIvorsonEnglish 1970I am training as an Anglican priest at SEITE inSouthwark,andhave justcompletedmyfirstyear-twoyearstogo!

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inparticularkidswithsocial,emotionalandbehavioural problems. I amMarriedwith2 kids - Iskra is 4 andLovel is nearly 18months.

LisaMartinEnglish 1998GrahamandIhadour2ndchild,aboyonMarch 4th 2006. We named him Asher Edward; a verywelcomebrother for ourdaughterAva(bornFeb2004).

IainMcDonaldTheology 1994AfterManyyearsof waiting, Iwasat lastordainedon10thJuneandamnowMinisterat SouthernhayUnitdeReformedChurchinExeter.ItwasgoodtoseeaMansfieldContingent at what was a very specialoccasion.

JudahMilunskyPhilosophy & Economics 2004I had a great year atMansfield, gaining alacrosse blue, and have been keeping intouchwithmypeerssince leaving inJuneof 2005.SinceOxford,IhavecompletedmystudiesatBrandeisUniversityandmovedtoNewYorktoworkatCompassAdvisers,aboutiqueinvestmentbank.

RichardMorrisonPolitics, History & Economics 1987MywifeRebeccaandIhada son inMay2005,hisnameisMax.WeliveinArlington,VirginiaandIworkfortheDepartmentof Justice.

JohnMuir

Theology 1960I’mnowretiredbutamattachedtoHalifaxParishChurchwith thehonorarypositionof “Lecturer”(oneof thefewparishesstillhavingthisposition).Ialsocontinuewitha colleague to produce resources for all age worshipundertheheading“AllAgePlus”.

StephanieOkell,Human Sciences 2002IamcurrentlyworkingatCadburyTreborBassett in Maple Cross.

LyndaPattersonTheology 1992LyndaPattersonhasbeenappointedDirectorof TheologyHouseinChristchurch,NewZealand,andPriestAssistantatChristchurchCathedral.

ArthurPedersenTheology 1967I retired from full-timeministry in theLutheran Church (ELCA) in September2005after26yearsasSeniorPastorof GloriaDeiLutheranChruchinNewMilford,NewJersey.InMay2006,wemovedtoPoquoson,Virginiawhere i have joined thePastoralStaff of GloriaDei LutheranChurch inHampton,Virginiaandassistseveralvacantparishes intheHamptonRoads-NorfolkArea.

BenStaffordPhysics 2003I graduated in Physics this summer andhave a research position at Imperial starting nextyear.

ChrisStoyellGeography 1996IamnowworkingfortheRWEenergygroupintheirnpowerbusinessintheUK.It’sverymuch the industry Ihavebeenwanting toeneter for a number of years now so I’mhappy to have finallymade it. There iscertainlyalothappeninginenergythesedaysandfeelslikefinallyIhavefoundacareerpathwhichlinksmebackmyGeographydays!

ElizabethTaylor-CarsonEnglish 1993I’m a reporter for The Associated Press in St.Louis,Mo.,thoughcurrentlyonmaternityleave.MyhusbandDavidandIhavealittlegirl,Ava,ourfirstchild.

GregWolfeEnglish 1980SuzannePierce(nowSuzanneWolfe)andIwerestudentsatMansfield(readingEnglishwith JohnCreaser) in the early 1980s (she1981-1984)(me1981-1983).Wegotmarriedalmost immediately after going down andhave lived awonderfully literary life eversince,writingbooksandpublishingaliteraryquarterly.Ourmetropolitannewspaper,theSeattleTimes, recentlydida featurearticleon us.

HannahWrightPPE 2002Having moved to Bristol last summer, I have nowsecuredmyself alucrativecareerintheinternational arms trade.

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PhilAvery(Geography,1997),isnowteachingGeographyatOxtedSchoolinSurrey

MansfieldGeographersbelievethatGeographyismorethanasubject;itisawayof life.However,neverdidIthinkthat itwouldbeawayof lifeordeath!NextyearIhavethechancetotraveltoAntarcticaandcampforfourweeksontheUnionglacierintheEllsworthMountains.IwillconductresearchthatwillbeusedtocreateteachingmaterialsdesignedtoinspirechildrenaboutGeographyand Science.Theexpedition,comprisingfourteachersandtwoguides,isbeingorganisedbytheFuchsFoundation.Itwillcelebratethe50thAnniversaryof thefirstcompletecrossingof thecontinent,bySirVivianFuchs.Myresearchislookingathowhumansenduretemperaturesaslowas-90°C(pluswindchill!).Theteamarelendingtheirbodiestothestudy.WhilesurvivinginAntarcticatheywillundergotesting;theirbodyfatwillbemeasured,theirdietandclothingwillbemodifiedandtheirfaceandhandswillberegularlyplungedintoicedwatertoseeif itreallydoescausetheheartratetoslow!!Trainingstartedlastweekendwithtwodaysof testingtents,stovesandfitnessinthewindandrainof TheLakes.FurthertrainingwillbetakingplaceoverthecomingmonthsinScotland,ThePeaksandNorway.Wewillbelearninghowtoman-haulsledgesoncross-countryskis,putuptentsin100kmwindsandescapefromcrevasses.Anydonationswouldbewelcomedtothiseducationalcause.Pleasecontact avers03@yahoo.co.uk

PhilinoriginalkitfromSirViv-ianFuch’s1957expedition

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DavidDew DavidDew,whodiedof cancerinMarch2003, spent seven years atMansfieldreading three degrees – first degrees inLaw and English and a postgraduatedegree inEnglish – before going on totrain as a teacher. He entered into all his academic work, and everything he didoutsideit,withgusto.Davidwasacollegeinstitution:afountof wisdomandawittycommentatorwhocontributedtoalmostevery aspect of college life.Hewas anintellectual whose appreciation of theclassicsonceexpressed itself in aGreekballad that managed to include in itsdramatis personae a significant proportionof bothJCRandSCRmembers,carefullyre-named but clearly recognisable!HispassionforVictorianmusicwasallowedtounleash itself upon a chapel congregation whenoneof hisorgancompositionswasperformed. With these distinctive interests hecombinedqualitiesonemightlesseasilyhaveguessed(reflectingdeterminationasmuch as natural talent), rowing severaltimes in successiveCollegeFirstEights,someof whichwonblades.

David’s whole teaching career was atOundle School in northamptonshire. His career choice was perfectly suitedto his personality and talents.He wasthe quintessential public schoolmaster,devoted to the school and those in his care and taking a very active part inmany aspects of school life, as he hadatMansfield.Hewas especially active intheschoolCCF(aschoolCCFprizenowbearshisname)andboththeschool’sandthetown’smusicalactivities,takingpartinfourchoirsincludingthelocalGilbertandSullivanSociety:fittingly,Oundlemarkedthesaddeathof oneof theirmost loyalandrespectedteacherswithaperformanceof Verdi’sRequiem.

Many generations of Mansfield studentswill rememberDavidwith affection and– if sensitive enough to his intellectualqualities or the barbs of his humour–someawe.

MichaelDurber

Michael came up to Mansfield from Newcastle-under-LymeHigh School in1978,graduatingwithaFirstinGeographyin1981.HewentontodoaMastersdegreein theUnitedStates, also inGeography,before returning toMansfield to do aTheologydegreeandtrainfortheministryof theCongregationalFederation–thusunitinginhiscareerboththereligiousandsecularelementsof Mansfield.HemarriedSusan, aMansfield theology studentwhowas subsequently ordained in theUnitedReformedChurch,andtheyhadadaughter,Grace.

Michael served as Minister of the Congregational Church in Walkden, Lancashire, and was subsequentlyresponsible for the organisation of ministerial training in the Congregational Federation.HerepresentedhisChurchonMansfield’sMinisterialTrainingCommittee,returningfrequentlytotheCollegeinthiscapacityandtakingakeeninterestinthetheological side of theCollege.HewasbasedsuccessivelyinSalfordandOxford,where Susanministered, and then afterthebreak-upof theirmarriageinWitney,wherehe regularly preached at his localCongregational Church and provided a lovingsecondhomeforGrace.

Michael’suntimelydeathwasasanindirectresultof atragiccaraccidentmorethantwoyearsbefore.Afteralongandcourageousstruggleinthefaceof terribleinjuriesherecoveredsufficientlytoreturntoWitneyand regain his independence, but braindamagecausedbydeprivationof oxygenatthetimeof hisaccidentgraduallytookover.HespenthisfinalmonthsinanursinghomeatNewcastle-under-Lyme,closetohisfamily.Michaelwillbemissedforhissharp intellect, independence of mind anddry senseof humour; forhis calm,sensitive and caringpersonality; and forhisfirmChristianfaithwhichsupportedhim throughout.

GeorgeWilliamsAfterreadinghistoryatMerton,GeorgeWilliams came to Mansfield in 1939 and studied for his theology degree.

In MemoriamAlthoughmostCollege buildings hadbeenrequisitionedbytheGovernmenton the outbreak of war, he enteredwholeheartedlyintothelifeof theJCR,whereheformedalifelongfriendshipwithGeorgeCaird,whowaslatertobePrincipalof Mansfield.In1942hewasordainedintheCongregationalministryand served the churches in Ware, London, Kendal and Thames Ditton beforemoving in 1966 toMaidstonefor his longest pastorate.

George quickly became a wel l-known local figure in the life of thecounty town, a part-time chaplain atapsychiatrichospitalwherehebuiltastrong rapportwith the patients andan enthusiastic supported of Christian Aid,Shelter,AmnestyInternationalandanygroupthatwasdeclaringaChristiansocial message. With the local Roman Catholicpriesthewasinstrumentalinsetting up a hostel for the homeless and alcohol-addicted.

After seventeen years atMaidstone, heandhiswifeRowena retired in1983 toBath,wherehecontinuedtotakeservicesandwas apopularCity guide ashe ledvisitors around theCity. Withhis finevoice, he revelled in leading roles in the local drama group.

GeorgewasamanwithaburningChristiandesire for social improvement for the needy,thelonelyandthedowntrodden;a great and questioning intellect; neverafraid to speakout forwhat he saw toberight;andalaughthatenlivenedanygathering.HelovedMansfieldandcameback fromCommemorationwheneverpossible.

InApril2006,GeorgeandRowena,whohadmetwhenhewasatMansfieldandshewas at StAnne’s, celebrated theirDiamondWedding with their threedaughters.Afewweekslaterhediedattheageof 89. Hewillberememberedbymany throughout the country as apowerful and challengingpreacher and,aboveall,asatrustedandloyalfriend.

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ItisalwayssadwhentheCollegelosesitsformermemberswhenstillintheirprime.BelowTONYLEMON,FellowinGeography,rememberstwostudentswhohavelefttheirmarkonMansfieldindistinctiveways:DavidDew(Mansfield1972-78.)andMichaelDurber(Mansfield1978-81

and1982-4).

31stJanuaryHandsLecture:‘Globalisation’sMidLifeCrisis’,Speaker:SirJeremyGreen-

stockGCMGDirectorof theDitchleyFoundation

17th March Mansfield Association Dinner

Mansfield College

19th April SixthLondonDrinksEvening

Central London Venue TBC

3rdMayAdamvonTrottLecture

“Faith,EuropeanValuesandtheAmericanDream:echoesfortodayfromtheGermanresistance”,speakerKeithClements

German Embassy, London

23rd JuneGaudyforMatriculationYears1975-1980

Mansfield College

24rd June SummerGardenParty

Mansfield CollegeForallcurrentandformerstudents,parents,tutors,staff,

former staff, friends and their families.The Commemorationof Benefactors Service and

the Mansfield Association Annual General Meeting willbeheldduringtheday.

15th SeptemberTenthAnnualParents’Dinner

Mansfield College

16th SeptemberOxfordUniversityReunion

Up-to-dateinformationonallourevents,includingbookingforms,willbeaddedtothewebsiteassoonasitbecomesavailable.Youwillfindtheon-lineeventscal-

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Events for our alumni , parents and friends

2007

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