| 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 |
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| Named after | Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland | |||||||||
| Established | 1867 | |||||||||
| Sister College(s) | Ormond College, Emmanuel College | |||||||||
| Principal | Mr Wayne Erickson | |||||||||
| Location | University of Sydney, O5 19 Carillon Avenue, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia |
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| 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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St Andrew's College was incorporated by Act of Parliament and received Royal Assent from Queen Victoria on 12 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 councillors 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.
The College occupies 4 hectares of land adjacent the main campus of the University of Sydney and was built on a sub-grant of Crown Land.
Whilst the Theological Hall of the Presbyterian Church in New South Wales, now the Presbyterian Theological Centre, was without home, St Andrew's College allowed its members to live at the College (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 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 won the Rawson Cup in 2010 and 2011.
Since 2002 the Collegewomen have competed for their equivalent sporting trophy, known as “The Rosebowl”. The Rosebowl is heavily contested by the five colleges’ which admit women. It consists of the sports of rowing, swimming, netball, hockey, tennis, basketball, softball and athletics. The college won the Rosebowl for the first time in 2006, and also for the last three years 2009, 2010 and 2011.
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" [3]) 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)[4](de Maria, 1999)[5]
St Andrew's College is home to 285 male and female undergraduate students. All of these undergraduate students are members of the Students' Club, and the Junior Common Room. Both of these are governed by an elected body of students, the House Committee. Members of the Junior Common Room as split as follows, fReshers (first year college students), Sophomores (second year college students), Heavies/Seniors (third year college students)and Gentlemen (forth year college students and above).
The Junior Common Room is home to the college’s fully licensed bar known as the “Highlander”. This bar is fully staffed and run by the Student’s Club and its members, and turns a considerable profit each year.
The College is also home to 10-12 postgraduate students. These students are often removed from the bulk of College life as they are members of the Senior Common Room, and are often housed in different buildings. They do however contribute greatly to the College’s extensive tutorial program which covers as many of the subjects the University offers as it can. And residential members of the Senior Common Room are allowed to compete for selection on the College sporting teams. There are also University academics who reside at the College and in the Senior Common Room.
At present, the College comprises 4 main buildings, as well as a number of smaller ones. “Main” is the oldest of these, and was extended with the addition of the large Vaucluse wing. Further extensions on main were carried out for most of the 20th century, and now it not only houses 90 students’ rooms, but has the college’s dining hall, library, reading room, Junior and Senior Common Rooms, administration offices, the chapel and a number of tutorial rooms. Main predominantly houses fReshers and Sophomores. “Reid” is the second oldest building, and was opened in 1953. It is home to both Sophomores and Seniors. “Thyne” was opened in 1966, the same year as the College’s oval. It is far more ridged in terms of who it houses, with the bottom floor (known as the “dungeon”) being home to fReshers only. The rest of the building houses predominantly fReshers and Sophomores. “Carillon Wing" (referred to by students as "New Wing”) was completed in 2007; it is home to only seniors and above. The rooms in this building are much larger and all have bathrooms.
The College also has a number of smaller buildings, such as the Harper Lodge (where high ranking members such as the Vice-Principal live), the Lodge (a.k.a. the Birds Cage, where the Principal lives), the Old Laboratory (a.k.a. the Country Club, which houses postgraduates, and is next to the tennis courts), and Sulman Wing (postgraduate housing).
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