Talk:Churchill College, Cambridge
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I'm far from sure one can claim the chapel being incorporated into the college is what was aimed or that it is fully incorporated.
Any sources to support this? I'm not sure enough myself of the status of the chapel to make the change!
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There is a long article on the controversy in the most recent Churchill College Review(2003). Chapel was intended to be sited where the squash courts are now, an integral part of the college fabric as in other colleges. Instead it was relegated to the far end of the sports field and run under a distinct management structure. Perhaps 'incorporated' is the wrong technical term, but the basic idea is true - the Chapel is now managed through the College itself (although I presume that refers fundamentally to fabric and funding elements distinct from spritual oversight). Anyone have the appropriate formal description?
Madir 14-May-2003
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Yes, I read that article but obviously not closely enough!
I have asked some friends who are more closely connected than I am at the moment to check...
(Oh and the initial comment was from me)
Muppet 19-May-2003
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I wish I'd kept my copy now. But the point struck me at the time that I'd have to modify my "Chapel AT Churchill" story. I see the Christian Union Website still uses this formulation - presumably it has just become the habitual expression.
Madir 20-May-2003
- Far from conclusive but a friend who was a PhD student says it is still technically seperate and so "Chapel at Churchill" is correct. Not enough for me to actually change the article yet. I'll dig out the review tonight. Muppet 16:21 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- I read the Chapel articles in the 2003 review last night, and they seem to suggest no status change: i.e. still not part of the college. Muppet 08:48 13 Jun 2003 (UTC)
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The page says: Undergraduates 210, Graduates 440, but I think it should be the other way around. About 2 undergrads for every postgrad.
Sheepy 5-Feb-2005
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Is the article wrong, or have they changed the toast? Ee, when I were a lad, it were "[bong] The Queen! [drink] [bong] Sir Winston! [drink]". On t'other hand, that were a long time ago. Ee.
Has anyone ever been sober at that point?---Dah31 01:46, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
- I think it's Sir Winston first then her Madge - I'll check on Wednesday. Dmn € Դմն 09:39, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Changes 17th May 2006
Turns out John Wilkinson MP went to Christ's - looked him up in the official list of Cambridge graduates.
Student numbers taken from Churchill College website
Churchill college founded 1960 - www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/colleges.html
OK - the last time I was at formal it was [bong] 'Sir Winston' [bong] 'The Queen', which was a year ago... doubt it's changed since then. Churchill is the only college in Cambridge, and probably Oxford, to toast a deceased person.
[edit] Layout and formatting problems
The third line of the History section is truncated, as though it's disappearing behind the photograph, although the whole line is visible when you edit the page. I'm not sure how to fix this. Can anyone else help? Mike Field 07:59, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Photos
Get some less dreary photos! The ones on the page look like they're just taken from an ordinary camera - surely there must be some more professional and nice looking ones kicking about somewhere? It sounds crazy, but the college can actually look really beautiful in the late spring and in summer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.179.108.57 (talk) 18:34, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Year of Establishment
The college website says that the college was founded in 1958. The official royal charter was granted on 3rd August 1960 (Churchill College Statutes Page 5) and the first undergraduates arrived in October in 1960. While it is incorrect to say it was founded in 1960, it was a very key year for the college. It was indeed not even a college until 1960.
WikiWebbie (talk) 00:46, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
