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h e a d in g d ib e c t o b i —

1919.

common rooms for professors & lecturers; the Fine A rt Studios &
Craft workshops; tho Laboratories for zoology, botany, physics,
agriculture & chemistry;
the British Dairy Institute; & the
building devoted to geography, commerce & technical subjects. A ll
these occupy the main College site.
A t Shinfield is the College farm, 140 acres in extent, which is used for
agricultural teaching & research.
There are two horticultural
stations, one of 4 acres adjoining the College, & the other of 11 acres
for fruit growing, & forming part of the College farm at Shinfield.
There are, in each session, about 350 students following full-time day
courses, & about 750 students following part-time day courses or evening
courses. The staff consists of about 110 membors. There is a Students’
Union & Representative Council & Societies & Clubs in connection
with the College for the encouragement of fine art, literature & history,
natural science, agriculture, modern languages, athletics, debate &
music, & also an athletic ground of 12 acres. A magazine, conducted
by a committee of students, is published terminally.
An old students
association was formed in 1901, & o gathering is held annually at
Whitsuntide.
A ll students taking a full course of day study must reside in a hall of
residence or hostel, unless they reside with their parents or guardians.
Wantage H all, a H all of Residence for men students, was opened at the
beginning of the Autumn term, 1908, & was the gift of Lady Wantage, one
of the vice-presidents of the College. The building is-(quadrangular in
form. On the south side is the gateway tower, with an oriel w indow ; on
the north side of the quadrangle are the common rooms & above them
the dining hall, with oak floor & panelling & oak open roof.
The
students’ rooms are arranged in sets on the east & west sides. Every
student has his own private study-bedroom, & rooms are also provided
for the warden & for other resident members of the staff. The south­
east corner of the quadrangle is occupied by the principal’s lodge.
The H all provides for 76 students. St. Patrick’s Hall, a hall of resi­
dence for men students, was opened in September, 1913. It is situated
in Northcourt avenue on high ground overlooking the Kennet valley &
provides accommodation for 65 students. St. Andrew’s H a ll of Resi­
dence for women students was opened in April, 1911, & was placed at
the disposal of the College by M r. Alfred Palm er; there is accommo­
dation for 80 students; Miss M ary Bolam m.a. warden.- Wessex Hall,
a new hall of residence for women students, was opened in September,
1913; Miss W . Britton, warden. It occupies a site in Redlands road
opposite St. Andrew’s H a ll & provides accommodation for 21 students.
8t. George’s H all, which was specially erected, provides accommodation
for 39 women students, each student having a cubicle, or a single bed­
room, or a study-bedroom ; Miss Jessie Orroerod, warden. Cintra Lodge,
Christ Church road, has accommodation for 23 women students; H . S.
Cooke m .a. warden. The Session consists of three terms (Autumn,
Lent & Summer) of ten weeks each.
Visitor, The Dean of Christ Church, Oxford
President, J. Herbert Benyon m.a., j.r . Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
Chairman of Council, Alfred Palmer j . r
Treasurer, W . A . Mount u .a ., m.p
Secretary & Registrar, Francis H. W right m.a
Tutorial Secretary, H. Knapman m.a
Medical Officer, H . W . Coleman m .d., m . e .c .s ., l . b . c . f
Medical Officer for Women’s Halls, M. Florence Armitage m .d