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Back again in Oxford, there were plenty of arts and music activities to organise at Wolfson. The musical calendar in particular has become richer and busier since the opening of the auditorium, and we hosted no fewer than six musical events in Trinity Term. On my non-Wolfson days I enjoy volunteering for the Phoenix Prison Trust (who take yoga and meditation into prisons) at their office in Summertown, where I can use my admin skills in a completely different environment; and more recently, teaching at Asylum Welcome. I relish the different opportunities and new contacts that semi-retirement offers – long may it continue. 104
Font Matters: a surprising conversation by Liz Baird, Assistant Archivist One of the delights of my job is to meet alumni when they revisit the College. Their impressions, perhaps after some years away, often lead to anecdotes which open a window on the very past that is giving us our today and tomorrow. Sometimes their observations take an unexpected direction, such as gardening, personalities and, of all things, signage. Signage? During a recent visit from a postgraduate of 1970s vintage, he suddenly looked at one of the walls and said: ‘Ah, unfinished business.’ What, I wondered, did he mean by that? And thereby hangs a tale. It turned out he had had some involvement with the design of the College in the early days. When the buildings were nearing completion, great festivities were planned for the opening on 12 November 1974. Everyone in College contributed; this particular postgrad was given the task of organising the flow of guests, which meant designing tickets, parking stickers for cars, and much more, including a few directional signs which were intended to be permanent, and so were painted on the new walls. When the plans were well in train, the President was briefed. Sir Isaiah seemed content with it all – except for one thing, the idea of having signs up on the walls. ‘This is Oxford,’ he murmured. ‘It is part of one’s education to discover what is where for yourself. Colleges do not have signs.’ ‘But,’ argued Sheila McMeekin, the first College Secretary, ‘the site is huge and some signage, at least, will be needed.’ The President reluctantly acquiesced. The Secretary and the postgrad then had to select the font to be used. After some discussion, they settled on one with elegant straights and gentle curves called ‘Albertus’. This is a typeface with minimal serifs, designed for the Monotype Corporation by Berthold Wolpe between 1932 and 1940. At first it consisted only of capital letters, lower case and italics being added later, which was based on lettering developed by Wolpe for bronze inscriptions in which the letters (in his words) ‘… were not incised but raised; in other words the background was lowered and the outline only of the letters cut in. Such a metal inscription is cut with a chisel and not drawn with a pen, which gives it sharpness without spikiness, and as the outlines of the letters are cut from outside (and not from the inside outwards), this makes for bold simplicity and reduces the serifs to 105
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WOLFSON COLLEGE RECORD 2014
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Wolfson College at 1 October 2014 P
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Howgego, Christopher John, MA, DPhi
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Honorary Fellows Bradshaw, William
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Ramble, Charles Albert Edward, MA,
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Gagliardone, Iginio, (MA Bologna, P
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Guerrero Omar, (BA, ITESM, MSc Esse
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Abbreviations EF EXF GBF GS HF HMCR
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The President’s Letter Every year
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Morero, who has been awarded fundin
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We are approaching our fiftieth ann
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Lady Berlin As the Record was going
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the most recent work shown in exhib
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chaired the University’s committe
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standard work on a large theme, thu
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of public-spirited dons who lent mi
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Presidents, this little college, Co
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His speech follows: ‘It is 73 yea
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‘The newspapers reported that “
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Professor Sir Peter Morris between
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Alumni Relations and Development 20
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Strategy Group Members Mr John Adam
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Professor Harvey R Brown Professor
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Professor Meinolf Vielberg Ms Lynn
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Gifts to the Library 2013-14 The Li
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Page 61 and 62: Giacomantonio, Christopher Goossens
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Page 67 and 68: Kunnath, George, (BA Ranchi, MA Poo
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Page 85 and 86: Croquet Wolfson / St Cross Cricket
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Page 91 and 92: Old Wolves Lunch In last year’s R
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Page 95 and 96: Wine Society The Wine Society has h
Page 97 and 98: of the human belief that is investe
Page 99 and 100: present. ‘Juxtapose’, its gradu
Page 101 and 102: culture in life writings by the Dar
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Page 115 and 116: A fossil Bible by Liz Baird, Assist
Page 117 and 118: Wolfson’s book, therefore, is a c
Page 119 and 120: Cupboards and Crypts: chasing after
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Page 123 and 124: cry of frustration at our failure t
Page 125 and 126: This was pretty much the pinnacle o
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Page 129 and 130: Hawker, Nancy (GS 2006 -11) Awarded
Page 131 and 132: Sallam, Hesham (GS 2006-09) Directo
Page 133 and 134: Daher, Aurélie (RMCR 2010-11) Le H
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