OXFORD UNIVERSITY.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 291, 21 November 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)

OXFORD UNIVERSITY.

ITS FACE IS CHANt.iNt: “PECK" TO L.i A LAWN. i The long va<-ati-> i hi. •. i j lias ix week,-- '•> rim, i/.it tt> ■ ■ j mllege quadrangles a.v far fre; ■ silent. instead of cchm’ig v. ill: t ':<■ e’-rm .mr id' iiiid(:i'!''r;i<kw■ <u.i-j - 1 sounding with iin- r.ng mum . mason s hummer aeU tm- v.wi r .lick. The fave vt <.<: I . d m c. ng. I Eoallmum- Now. Merton, ilvrlimd mm .vjiig-imei - lave big new iimcLx uf bL..i.iw r u;. ’ mining new romm; fur cin-I<. ind huge wail spaces in 5... J n ! Christ Church. ami the Q.i-i-n's Gul s ego have been cmnpmtci.v reiaced. i .Most revolutionary of the e emi'-ge; | s Christ Church. Wii.hiii hm hi ,tw'i' portals lies the univer;- iiy's mu.<i i: ■ finctive quadrangle I’m-kwutei* which is in the process of losing i •I iistinctiveness, lor its covering o i gravel is being converted into a lawn Barge Scrapped. This summer Christ Church beeami I the lirst college to dispense with it-.-historic barge on the IL ver Isis am Ito build a modern boathouse-cum grand sta n d instead. And Christ Church was the first col lege to larder its kitchens and sloci its wine vaults at economical whole sale prices, instead of ordering pro visions piecemeal in the vxtravagan time-honoured system. This change is in keeping with t’m spirit which has prompted other inuo vations at Christ, Church.