Editing St Hugh's College, Oxford (section)

== Student life ==
[[File:St Hugh's College Oxford Gardens.jpg|The college croquet lawn|thumb]]
The college is big enough to accommodate all its undergraduates for the duration of their studies.<ref>[https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/prospectivestudents/undergraduate/ "Your Academic Home"]. www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved on 2018-08-09.</ref> There are three large lawns for the use of students all year round. The gardens are also the venue for [[croquet]]. There are a wide range of clubs and societies – sporting, academic, and those supporting niche interests, such as horticulture.{{fact|date=March 2021}}

The college has Formal Hall—a formal three or four course dinner—once a week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Handbook |url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/student-handbook/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=St Hugh's College |language=en-GB}}</ref> Students wait for Senior Members to come into [[High table|High Table]] and Grace is said in Latin by the presiding fellow, usually the Principal, immediately prior to the meal:

{{blockquote|''Benedic nobis, Domine Deus, et his donis, quae ex liberalitate Tua sumpturi sumus, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.''}}

[[File:High Table St Hugh's Formal Hall.jpg|High Table in Dining Hall set for Formal Hall|thumb]]

=== Junior Common Room ===
As is the practice at all Oxford Colleges that offer undergraduate degrees, the undergraduate body is represented by a committee, known as the JCR Committee. Otherwise, 'JCR' refers to the physical common room in the college. The JCR was previously known as the Aung San Suu Kyi Junior Common Room, but in 2017 the student body voted to remove her name from the room's title.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aung San Suu Kyi common room 'unnamed' by Oxford students |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-41691704 |access-date=27 April 2020 |publisher=BBC Oxford |date=20 October 2017}}</ref>

''The Swan'' is a weekly student-managed newspaper.<ref>[http://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/sports-clubs/the-swan-newspaper The Swan on the official JCR website]</ref>

=== Middle Common Room ===
[[File:St Hugh's MCR.jpg|thumb|St Hugh's MCR]]
The college's [[Common room (university)|Middle Common Room]] (MCR) is located on 87 Banbury Road.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://mcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/|title=About St Hugh's MCR {{!}} MCR - St Hugh's College, Oxford|access-date=2017-12-13|language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Choir ===
St Hugh's has a choir which sings weekly [[Evening Prayer (Anglican)|evensong]] on Sundays. The choir draws its members from all three common rooms.

The present organ was constructed by the Italian organ-builder Tamburini<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/extras/FreshersGuide2009.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818213508/http://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/extras/FreshersGuide2009.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 August 2011|title=St Hugh's Freshers Guide 2009|page=91|access-date=28 November 2010}}</ref> in 1980. The college offers [[organ scholar]]ships along with four choral exhibitions each year, and employs a professional organist to oversee the chapel music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/about-sthughs/college-life/college-chapel/chapel-music|title=St Hugh's College - Chapel Music|access-date=28 November 2010}}</ref>

[[File:St Hugh's College Oxford Chapel.jpg|The college chapel|thumb]]

=== St Hugh's College Boat Club ===

[[File:St Hugh's Boat Club Logo.jpg|thumb|St Hugh's Boat Club]]

St Hugh's College Boat Club (SHBC) is a [[Sport rowing|rowing]] club for members of St Hugh's College, Oxford.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Hughs BC |url=https://www.britishrowing.org/club/st-hughs-bc/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=British Rowing |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Tessa |date=2021-06-22 |title=St Hugh's Men's First Boat creates history at Summer Torpids |url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/st-hughs-mens-first-boat-creates-history-at-summer-torpids/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=St Hugh's College |language=en-GB}}</ref> It is based on the [[Isis (river)|Isis]] at Boathouse Island, [[Christ Church Meadow, Oxford]]. The boat club blazer is blue with white and yellow trim on the cuffs and lapels.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Hugh's Boat Club added a new... - St Hugh's Boat Club |url=https://www.facebook.com/sthughsboatclub/photos/a.10152134083379856/10152134087929856/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>

==== History ====
St Hugh's College Boat Club has a long and rich history, with notable contributions towards the development and establishment of women's rowing at Oxford. The establishment of the Boat Club occurred a few years after the college (originally [[St Hugh's Hall]]) itself was founded, with the year 1891<ref name="Sutori">{{Cite web |title=Sutori |url=https://www.sutori.com/en/story/shbc-a-history--et3i3ZN8NKqrxq2irj2SLSi3?fbclid=IwAR2haOjUMrk4M7tpZ_B_N2ewC9XWESwex2GT6VvqzP1foLMpGw924x6ILx0 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=www.sutori.com |language=en}}</ref> being the first record of a boat being owned by the club. The boat was stored at the [[River Cherwell]] and only students "who can swim 50 feet" were permitted to use it.<ref name="Sutori" /> Almost 20 years later, the boat club was able to buy and acquire its first boathouse - the Middle Cherwell Boat House.<ref name="Sutori" />

After three to four decades of building and gathering much needed infrastructure, the quality of training provided by the club improved significantly. This resulted in the Boat Club winning the Inter-College Fresher's fours,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-08 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1951-1952 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1951-1952 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> which signified the potential of the club. However, the next year, due to unforeseen and unknown circumstances, the Boat Club came into financial trouble,<ref name="St Hugh's">{{Cite web |date=2015-10-06 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1952-1953 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1952-1953 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> unable to operate. It resulted in a temporary lapse in outings as Boat Club members deliberated with the JCR and College on how best to rectify the situation. A solution was reached in 1953, where it was agreed that as long as "half a dozen" of members are active and pay a termly subscription of 15s (75p), then the Boat Club would receive full support from the college.<ref name="St Hugh's" /> This issue was officially "settled" with the Club restarting its activities in Michaelmas Term of 1953, after acquiring a new boat.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-06 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1953-1954 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1953-1954 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> Unfortunately, this bout of luck was short-lived as the Boat Club suddenly came into "desperate straits" due to the loss of their only race-worthy boat, before the annual Boat Race<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-06 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1954-1955 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1954-1955 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> against Cambridge. There is not mention of the St Hugh's Boat Club after the 1954-55 issue of the St Hugh's Chronicle, leading to the assumption that the Boat Club was unable to recover from the loss of their boat.

It is only after one and a half decades later that the Boat club is mentioned again, with its refounding occurring in 1973,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1973-1974 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1973-1974 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> thanks to the enthusiasm of Julia Winterbottom, Jennifer Greenwood and Judy Bartley. The newly rejuvenated club boasted 16 members coached by the members of the [[Brasenose College Boat Club]] with regular outings scheduled and a growing squad of Blues rowers, aiming to win. This was swiftly proven true two years later, in 1975 where the '''St Hugh's Women's First VIII''' bumped [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen]] M4.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1975-1976 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1975-1976 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> The St Hugh's W1 became the '''first and''' '''only women's boat''' to successfully '''bump a''' '''men's crew''', a truly outstanding achievement. This event was the catalyst for the creation of the Women's divisions for [[Eights Week|Summer Eight's]] since 1976, where St Hugh's was a strong contender. It was only fours year later in 1979, where St Hugh's W1 was able to finally win the Boat Club's '''first''' Headship.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=1970s Oxford Rowing - WHERE THAMES SMOOTH WATERS GLIDE |url=http://thames.me.uk/s01630q.htm |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=thames.me.uk}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2015-10-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1979-1980 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1979-1980 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> Unfortunately, the crew was unable to hold onto headship and tumbled down the order during 1980-81.

After two years of slipping down the order, the Boat Club was able to pick itself back up again by putting together a highly-talented and trained squad made up of many [[Blue (university sport)|Blues]] rowers. This women's crew was able to rapidly climb up the ranks, and finally restored the Boat Club to its former glory by winning Headship back again in 1982.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=1980s Oxford Rowing - WHERE THAMES SMOOTH WATERS GLIDE |url=http://thames.me.uk/s01630r.htm |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=thames.me.uk}}</ref> This was continued by a string of dominant performances, with the Boat Club retaining Summer Eight's headship until 1984.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=shug Women's Eights |url=http://eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/dudhia/rowing/bumps/shug/shug_wea.html |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk}}</ref> The Boat Club was also able to win [[Torpids]] Headship in the Women's division in 1986.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=shug Women's Torpids |url=http://eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/dudhia/rowing/bumps/shug/shug_wta.html |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk}}</ref>

==== [[Summer Eights]] honours ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Year
! colspan="2" |Result
|-
| colspan="2" |1979<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
| colspan="2" |Women's Headship
|-
| colspan="2" |1982<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-15 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1982-1983 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1982-1983 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Women's Headship
|-
| colspan="2" |1983<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2016-03-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1983-1984 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1983-1984 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Women's Headship
|-
| colspan="2" |1984<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1984-1985 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1984-1985 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Women's Headship
|}

==== [[Torpids]] honours ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Year
! colspan="2" |Result
|-
| colspan="2" |1986<ref name=":6" />
| colspan="2" |Women's Headship
|}

==== Victories at internal and external regattas ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Year
! colspan="2" |Regatta
! colspan="2" |Result
|-
| colspan="2" |1978<ref name="Sutori" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1977-1978 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1977-1978 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1978-1979 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1978-1979 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Christchurch Novice Regatta
| colspan="2" |Winner of Regatta
|-
| colspan="2" |1984<ref name="Sutori" /><ref name=":7" />
| colspan="2" |Christchurch Novice Regatta
| colspan="2" |Winner of Regatta
|-
| colspan="2" |1988<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results All Years |url=https://hwr.org.uk/results-archive/ |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=Henley Women's Regatta |language=en-GB}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Henley Women's Regatta
| colspan="2" |Winner of College Eights (Div B)
|-
| colspan="2" |2012<ref name="Sutori" />
| colspan="2" |Shrewsbury Regatta
| colspan="2" |M1 win M.NOV 4+ division
|-
| colspan="2" |2014<ref name="Sutori" />
| colspan="2" |Oxford City Regatta
| colspan="2" |W1 rower Janita wins W.IM3.1x
|-
| colspan="2" |2014<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-12 |title=2014 Results |url=https://thamesdittonregatta.co.uk/results/2014-results/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Thames Ditton Regatta |language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Thames Ditton Regatta
| colspan="2" |W1 win W.NOV 8+ division
|-
| colspan="2" |2022<ref name="Sutori" />
| colspan="2" |Linacre Novice Regatta
| colspan="2" |Winner of Regatta
|}

==== Notable Alumni ====
SHBC alumni include American Olympic rower [[Anders Weiss]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodbody |first=John |date=2023-08-14 |title=Anders Weiss looking to make Olympic experience count for Oxford |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/anders-weiss-looking-to-make-olympic-experience-count-foroxford-ghvmbbdd2 |access-date=2023-08-14 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ElectricStudio |date=2018-03-13 |title=Good luck to Anders Weiss! |url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/good-luck-anders-weiss/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=St Hugh's College |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anders Weiss - St Hugh's |url=https://www.theamerican.co.uk/pr/sp-Boat-Race-Anders-Weiss.php |access-date=15 August 2023 |website=The American}}</ref> who competed in [[The Boat Race 2018]]. SHBC member Oskar Zorrilla coxed Oxford to victory in [[The Boat Race 2013]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marsden |first=Sam |date=2013-04-01 |title=Zorrilla in the red mist: Oxford cox turns air blue at Boat Race |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/zorrilla-in-the-red-mist-oxford-cox-turns-air-blue-at-boat-race-20130401-2h2au.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dennis |first=Charlie |date=2013-04-25 |title=BBC investigated for coxing up coverage of swearing swain |url=https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2013/04/25/bbc-investigated/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=The Oxford Student |language=en-GB}}</ref> In [[The Boat Race 1982]], SHBC member [[Boris Rankov]] won a record number of boat races competing as a rower which was recognised by [[Guinness World Records]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Boat Race - Most winning boats rowed in |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/63719-university-boat-race-most-winning-boats-rowed-in |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}</ref> and which led to the so-called 'Rankov Rule'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rowing: Rankov to rule again |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/rowing/2396950/Rowing-Rankov-to-rule-again.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=26 February 2003 }}</ref>