St Andrew's College, Sydney

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St. Andrew's College, University of Sydney
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Full name Saint Andrew's College
Motto Christo, Ecclesiae, Litteris
Christ, the Church and Letters
Named after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland
Previous names -
Established 1867
Sister College(s) Ormond College, Emmanuel College
Principal Mr Wayne Erickson
Location 19 Carillon Avenue, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Undergraduates 235
Postgraduates 15
[1] Website [2] Alumni Homepage


St Andrew's College is a Protestant co-residential college within the University of Sydney, in the suburb of Camperdown.


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[edit] History

St Andrew's College was incorporated by Act of Parliament and received Royal Assent from Queen Victoria on the 12th of December 1867. The St Andrew's College Act 1998[1] replaced the St Andrews Incorporation Act 1867. This change means the Principal may be member of the laity and the religious affiliations of councilors was broadened to include all Protestants but exclude Catholics. The College Council first met in 1870 and the first students began their studies when the Main building was completed in 1878, with an initial student intake of 16. The student population increased to 140 in 1953 when the Reid building was completed, to 200 when the Thyne building was opened in 1966 and again to 235 when the Carillon Avenue Building was completed.

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The College occupies 4 hectares of the main campus of the University of Sydney and was built on a sub-grant of Crown Land. It served as the home of the Theological Hall of the Presbyterian Church in New South Wales, now the Presbyterian Theological Centre, until it relocated to Burwood in 1983.

In 2002, after 132 years the College admitted female undergraduates for the first time.[2]

Its motto Christo, ecclesiae, litteris is Latin for For Christ, for the church, for scholarship.

Every year, the Collegemen traditionally compete for a sporting trophy, commonly known as "The Rawson Cup", which was presented to the Sydney University Sports Union in 1906 by The Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, and is the height of male intercollegiate sport. The cup is fought for throughout the year by men representing each of the University of Sydney Colleges accumulating points by competing in Cricket, Rowing, Swimming, Rugby, Tennis, Soccer, Basketball and Athletics. It last won the Rawson Cup in 1998. The College women compete for a sporting trophy, known as "The Rose Bowl" which was won by St Andrew's College for the first time in 2006.

[edit] Today

St Andrew's College accommodates approximately 250 students, most of them undergraduates, and 5 resident academics.

The college incorporates a library, tutorial rooms and various technological facilities required for study, such as landline telephones, fax and internet access and photocopying facilities. There is also a tea making facilities including an urn and toilets and showers, chapel, oval and common rooms.

St Andrew's College offers mentoring and tutoring programs, as well as social events organized by the Student's Club.

[edit] Notable Andrewsmen

[edit] Politicians

[edit] The Sciences

[edit] The Arts

[edit] Theology

[edit] Academia

[edit] Sportsmen

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Rugby League

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Cricket
  • Otto Nothling, Former Wallaby and former Australian Test Cricketer, the only Australian rugby / cricket dual international[5]

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

[edit] Rhodes Scholars

  • 1904 Wilfred Barton
  • 1905 Percival Halse Rogers
  • 1906 Mungo L. MacCallum
  • 1908 Stanley Castlehow (for Queensland)
  • 1910 John R. Hooten
  • 1911 Harold K. Denham (for Queensland)
  • 1921 Thomas Lawton (for Queensland)
  • 1922 Arthur C. Wallace[6]
  • 1928 Richard Ashburner
  • 1929 Ian M. Edwards
  • 1930 Norman K. Lamport
  • 1934 Hugh C. Barry
  • 1947 David R. Stewart
  • 1949 Robert C. Robertson-Cuninghame
  • 1984 Ian M. Jackman
  • 1991 Angus Taylor
  • 2004 Stephanie Topp
  • 2004 Alec Cameron

[edit] Heresy Conviction Controversy

Scottish born Dr. Peter Cameron was appointed Principal of St Andrew's College in 1991, and thus became a minister in the Presbyterian Church of Australia. In 1993 while serving as principal, Dr. Cameron was convicted by the Presbyterian Church of Australia of Heresy. He was charged for disagreeing with the first chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith, which as a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, he was required "firmly and constantly to adhere thereto and to the utmost of [his] power to maintain and defend" [7], by questioning the writings of Paul in the New Testament. The charge related to a sermon that he preached on 2 March 1992 called 'The Place of Women in the Church' to 300 members of a Presbyterian women's organisation. In the sermon Cameron supported the ordination of women to the ministry, criticised the church’s hard line on homosexuality, and attacked fundamentalist Christianity in general (Jensen, nd)[8](de Maria, 1999)[9]

[edit] References

  • Peter Cameron (1997). Finishing school for blokes : college life exposed. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-134-X. 
  • St Andrew's College Annual Report & Magazine for 2005
  1. ^ SAINT ANDREW'S COLLEGE ACT 1998
  2. ^ :: St Andrews College :: Timeline
  3. ^ Wallace, Arthur Cooper (Johnny) (1900 - 1975) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
  4. ^ Nothling, Otto Ernest (1900 - 1965) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
  5. ^ Nothling, Otto Ernest (1900 - 1965) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
  6. ^ Wallace, Arthur Cooper (Johnny) (1900 - 1975) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
  7. ^ http://www.presbyterian.org.au/section6.htm Vows - An Introduction to the Presbyterian Church of Australia, the Code Committee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia
  8. ^ Rod Jensen, review of Peter Cameron, Heretic, at Sea of Faith in Australia (SoFiA) http://www.sof-in-australia.org/heretic.htm
  9. ^ Bill de Maria, (1999), Chapter 5: Religious Dissenter: Peter Cameron and the Heresy Trial, in Deadly Disclosures, Wakefield Press, Kent Town, ISBN 1862544573 link http://www.carelinks.net/books/dem/dd.htm at Carelinks Christadelphian Ministries

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