Notes for Members 2006–2007 - St Edmund's College - University of ...

Catering Arrangements 49
A seating plan is provided. Diners stand to await Grace said by the Dean
or senior Fellow present and will include coffee and port.
8.10.5 College Guest Nights
College Guest Nights are held on the dates shown on the College Calendar.
College Guest Nights are regular formal dinners when the Master, Fellows,
students and other members of the College are warmly invited to dine
together with their guests. It is particularly appropriate to invite Senior
Members of the University as guests to these dinners. Advance booking is
required; please give prompt notice of any cancellations (see 8.6). Members
may invite 3 guests to all College Guest Nights; children under the age of
16 years may not attend (see 8.4). Dress is formal and gowns are worn.
Guests who are members of the University should be asked to wear gowns.
On College Guest Nights a meal of high quality (four courses, including
wine) is provided for all diners. The dining tables are covered with table
cloths and a selection of College silver is on display. Diners gather in the CR
prior to the meal, where sherry is served. The Master or, in his absence, the
presiding Fellow, leads diners into the Hall following the sounding of the
CR bell and the invitation given by the Fellows’ Steward. A seating plan is
provided. Diners stand to await Grace said by the Dean or senior Fellow
present. The dinner is served. Diners are asked not to leave the Hall during
the meal without permission of the Master, or the presiding Fellow. The
dinner ends with Grace. Diners are asked to stand while the Master, or the
presiding Fellow, and his guests leave the Hall. Port, coffee and mints are
served in the CR after the meal.
Members of the College with guests are asked to introduce them to the
Master or, in his absence, the presiding Fellow at some point during the
course of the evening, preferably whilst sherry is being served.
8.10.6 Christmas Dinners
These dinners take place at the end of the Michaelmas Term. They are open
only to members of the College and their partners and no guests may
attend. A traditional Christmas menu is provided. Advance booking is
required; dress is formal and gowns are worn. These dinners are in other
respects similar to College Guest Night dinners.
8.10.7 Supervisors’ Dinner
This dinner is offered in the Lent Term at the expense of the College to
entertain Supervisors and Directors of Studies who are members of other
Colleges, but who have worked with St Edmund’s students during the year.
There are special booking arrangements. Students are asked to inform
the Tutorial Office of their supervisor’s name and a formal invitation will be
sent by the Tutorial Office to the supervisor. Students are also invited at the
expense of the College. They will be seated alongside their supervisor at the
meal, and will be expected to act as host to the supervisor. Students should
make a point of introducing their supervisor to the Master, or in his absence