Identity area
Reference code
SJCR/SJAR/5/1/10/13
Unique identifier
Title
Date(s)
- 1934-2022 (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-sub-series
Extent and medium
3 files, paper
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes: guest lists, seating plans, menus, reply cards, invitations and notices.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The items are arranged chronologically. The series is incomplete.
- Folders 1-2 (1974-2017) are stored in 135/COLLEGE
- Folder 3 (2018-) is stored in 23/COLLEGE
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
The dinner is held the 4th Friday of Lent Full Term.
Note
'Half Way Hall' - a special dinner for the wider body of undergraduates has its origins in the desserts for undergraduates and Fellows organised in 1961 and 1962, as part of the 450th anniversary celebrations. These then became annual events. At first, invitations to the desserts were limited to undergraduates in their 3rd and 4th years, but in November 1968 it was decided to invite the second rather than the third year for wine and nuts with the Fellows. In 1971 the Entertainments Committee considered the possibility of replacing these desserts with a dinner, or dinners in Hall, and three took place in 1972 and 1973. In 1976 the three dinners were reduced to two for reasons of economy, and in 1988 the celebrations were somewhat sobered by the decision to prohibit smoking, to provide soft drinks only in the Combination Room, and clear the Combination Room and Hall at 11.30pm. In 2003 the College decided that, since only a 120 or so attended each dinner, the two evenings might appropriately be combined into one, larger, festivity. [AM Nicholls, The Eagle 2011]
Note
No dinner was held in 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic