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New College

College name	New College of St Mary
Latin name	Collegium Novum Oxoniense/Collegium Sanctae Mariae Wintoniae
Named after	Mary, mother of Jesus
Established	1379
Sister college	King's College, Cambridge
Warden	Prof. The University of Oxford comprises 38 Colleges and 6 religious Permanent Private Halls (PPHs which are autonomous self-governing A Permanent Private Hall at the University of Oxford is an educational institution within the university &mdash not as a constituent college but able to present students for The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Most of the colleges forming the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford are paired into sister colleges across the two universities King's College Cambridge is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Alan Ryan
JCR president	Ben Karlin
Undergraduates	420
MCR president	Thomas Adcock
Graduates	180
Location of New College within central OxfordCoordinates: 51°45′15″N 1°15′05″W / 51.754277, -1.251288
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New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Alan James Ryan FBA is Warden of New College Oxford, and Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford. In some universities in the United Kingdom — particularly collegiate universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and Durham — the academic body In some universities in the United Kingdom — particularly collegiate universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and Durham — the academic body Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The University of Oxford comprises 38 Colleges and 6 religious Permanent Private Halls (PPHs which are autonomous self-governing The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Its official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always called "New College". Oriel College, located in Oriel Square, Oxford, is the fifth oldest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England One of the most famous and academically successful of the Oxford colleges, it stands along Holywell Street and New College Lane (known for Oxford's Bridge of Sighs), next to All Souls College, The Queen's College and St Edmund Hall. Hertford Bridge in New College Lane, Oxford, England is often referred to as the " Bridge of All Souls College (in full The Warden and College of the Souls of all Faithful People deceased in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges The Queen's College, founded 1341 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. St Edmund Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is one of the main choral foundations of the University of Oxford. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £143m. A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested ^[1]

History

Despite its name, New College is one of the oldest of the Oxford colleges, having originally been founded in 1379. The second college in Oxford to be dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, it was founded by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester. William of Wykeham (1320 &ndash 27 September 1404) was Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England, founder of Winchester See also List of bishops of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England It was founded in conjunction with the famous Winchester College, which was envisaged as a feeder to the Oxford college, and the two institutions have striking architectural similarities, both were the work of master mason William Wynford. Winchester College is a well-known boys' Independent school, and an example of an English Public school, in the city of Winchester in Hampshire William Wynford (flourished 1360-1405 was one of the most successful English master masons of the 14th century using the new Perpendicular Gothic style Both Winchester College and New College were originally established for the education of priests, there being a shortage of properly educated clergy after the Black Death. The Black Death, or the Black Plague, was one of the deadliest Pandemics in human history widely thought to have been caused by a bacterium named Yersinia William of Wykeham also established New College School to provide for the education of 16 choristers for the chapel. New College School is an independent preparatory school for boys in Oxford.

As well as being the first Oxford college for undergraduates and the first to have senior members of the college give tutorials, New College was the first college in Oxford to centre on a main quadrangle, with student rooms, a dining hall, a library, and study rooms within the square ring of buildings and gates. In Architecture, a quadrangle is a space or courtyard usually square or rectangular in plan the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building The quadrangle design inspired many of the later colleges, perhaps most recently St Catherine's College, Oxford because Arne Jacobsen was an ardent admirer of "the Oval", or oval-shaped lawn in the old quad. St Catherine's College, often called St Catz or simply Catz, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England Arne Jacobsen ( February 11, 1902 &ndash March 24, 1971) was a Danish Architect and Designer, exemplar of the (New College's quadrangle is not the first in Oxford, however, merely the first to contain all of the above elements; the first quadrangle was Merton's Mob Quad. See also Wardens of Merton College Oxford. Merton College is also the name of a college in the London Borough of Merton. Merton's dining hall, though, is in a connecting building outside the quad, as is its chapel. )

At the time of its founding, New College had the grandest collection of buildings for a college in Oxford, a testament to Wykeham's experience in administering both ecclesiastical and civil institutions as the Bishop of Winchester and High Chancellor of England.

The New College grounds are among the largest and most beautiful in Oxford. The Cloisters and the Chapel are of particular note, as is the old City Wall (around which the College is built); much of the mediæval stained glass in the antechapel has recently been restored. The gardens are equally impressive and include the decorative Mound (which originally had steps, but is now smooth with one set of stairs).

The bell tower contains one of the oldest rings of ten bells, which is rung by the Oxford Society of Change Ringers and the Oxford University Society of Change Ringers. " Ring of bells " (or " peal of bells " is a term most often applied to a set of bells hung in the English style typically for Change The Oxford Society of Change Ringers, established in 1734, is a society dedicated to Change ringing in Oxford. The Oxford University Society of Change Ringers is the official society dedicated to Change ringing in Oxford University. The college is also in possession of a respectable collection of silver (including the mediæval silver gilt Founder's Crozier, housed in a display case in the chapel), and two notable "unicorn horns" (in fact narwhal tusks). A unicorn (from Latin unus 'one' and cornu 'horn' is a Mythological creature. The Narwhal ( Monodon monoceros) is an Arctic species of Cetacean.

In addition to its academic reputation and its impressive set of buildings, New College is internationally renowned for its chapel choir. As part of the original College statutes, William of Wykeham provided for a choral foundation of lay and academical clerks, with boy choristers to sing mass and the daily offices. It is a tradition that continues today with the choral services of evensong and eucharist during term. In addition to its choral duties in the chapel, the choir has established a reputation as one of the finest Anglican choirs in the world through its many recordings and concert tours. The chapel organ was built by the firm of Grant, Degens, and Bradbeer in 1969, in a case designed by George Pace; somewhat revolutionary at the time, the instrument remains no less remarkable and idiosyncratic today.

Motto

The College's motto, created by William of Wykeham, is "Manners Makyth Man". A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group William of Wykeham (1320 &ndash 27 September 1404) was Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England, founder of Winchester The motto was in many respects fairly revolutionary. Firstly, it was written in English, rather than Latin, which makes it very unusual in Oxford, and is especially revolutionary considering the College's age; even St Catherine's College, founded in 1965, has a Latin motto ("Nova et Vetera": "the new and the old"). English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome.

Secondly, the motto makes a social statement. While it might initially seem to be suggesting that it is beneficial to have good manners, this does not really capture its full scope. What it really means is that it is not by birth, money, or property that an individual is defined, but in how he (or she) behaves towards other people.

People associated with the College

Main article: List of New College people

There are a number of notable individuals who have studied at New College, including churchmen, statesmen, and literary greats. This is an incomplete list of notable people affiliated with New College, Oxford University, England, including former students and current and former academics and The Professorial Fellowships which the College holds include the Charles Simonyi Professor in the Public Understanding of Science, which is currently held by Richard Dawkins. Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941 is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and Popular science ^[2]

See also Former students of New College and Fellows of New College

Gallery

Holywell Street, New College, Oxford. Holywell Street is a street in central Oxford, England. It runs east-west with Broad Street to the west and Longwall Street to the east	The old quad of New College, Oxford.	Gate leading to the gardens of New College, Oxford.
Chapel of New College, Oxford.	Inside the chapel of New College, Oxford.	New College Lane, Oxford. New College Lane is a historic street in central Oxford, England, named after New College, one of the older Oxford colleges	Old college and city wall of New College, Oxford.

References

1. ^ Oxford College Endowment Incomes, 1973-2006 (updated July 2007)
2. ^ Academic Staff (HTML). Retrieved on 2008-03-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates

External links

• New College, Oxford
• Arcadia Redux - 2007 New College Commemoration Ball
• New College JCR, Oxford
• New College MCR, Oxford
• College choir
• A history of the choristers of New College, Oxford
• Prints of New College