Tenor in the Chapel Choir, 1955-59.
Introduction to volume by Keith Reynard: 'This volume compiled, bound and used by me contains the settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis used [by the Chapel Choir from 1955-59]. From 1958 to 1959 there were no longer terbles in the choir so three-part settings were used.
The settings of the Te Deum are those used at the service for the Commemoration of Benefactors.'
These programmes were sent to the Archives by Peter Gerald Lowe, Professor Emeritus, who was the Fellow responsible for ordering and installing the new organ.
Scientific Society (1919-1936, 1945-1946) In existence, 1993; to be checked generally, 1996
The Dilettante Society was originally founded in 1882 by a group of Clare students. It served as a forum for informal discussion where undergraduates and fellows could meet and debate issues in a relaxed environment. The topics were varied, but the format for the meetings was well standardised: a speaker would talk on the subject of interest for between 20 and 30 minutes, followed by a general discussion where everyone would have a chance to air their views.
Matriculated at Clare, 1994
'Clare Rugby and Boating Society', established in the late 1920s-early 1930s. Founder members included Paul Mellon. Has functioned as an active social and drinking society at Clare throughout the past century and continues to meet to this day.
It is known that an unofficial student newsletter called 'Clarion' existed at Clare in 1964.
The Clare Association was founded in 1923 and remained independent for many years, arranging annual dinners, usually in London, and producing a regular alumni publication, the Clare Association Annual (CAA). The committee functions of the Association were absorbed by the College Development Office in the mid-2000s, when an Alumni Council was set up. The Council comprises representatives for each matriculation year tasked with liaising between the members of their year and the Development Office, and a Fellow of the College still acts as Secretary of the Association.
Founded in 1951 (?by John Newton and John Northam?), the Clare College Picture Guild arranged exhibitions of paintings and other work by artists in the former Latimer Room (now the MCR). The Guild also purchased pieces of artwork for the College and these were available to be loaned to College members.
Agnes Lewis and Maggie Gibson (both nee Smith) born in 1843 were eccentric twin sisters who undertook remarkable journeys to extend their Semitic scholarship. They later lived at Castlebrae House, Chesterton Road, which later became one of the hostels on the Colony site owned by Clare College.