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

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Glossary
Black tie – This term indicates the following items of clothing: Black dinner
suit; white dress shirt; black bow tie and black shoes. This clothing can
be hired from a number of Cambridge outfitters (e.g. Moss Brothers, 14
St Johns Street). For ‘black tie’ events, women wear formal evening
dress
Bands (part of formal dress for graduation etc.) – a special white linen neck
tie worn on some formal University occasions
Combination Room, CR (place) – a common room (some colleges have
separate combination rooms for junior members, postgraduate students
and fellows)
Combination Room, CR (body of students) – in St Edmund’s it consists of all
scholar and student members in residence (does not include Fellows)
Congregation (of the Regent House) – a meeting at which formal University
business is conducted, and degrees conferred
Director of Studies – assigns supervisors (q.v.) to undergraduates, and advises
them in their choice of courses
Division of term – the half-way point of the term (q.v.)
Easter term – 10 April to 18 June, unless Easter falls on or after 22 April,
then the Easter Term shall begin on 17 April and end on 25 June.
Fellow – a member of the governing body of a college, usually engaged in
teaching or research within the University
Full term – the period within each term when lectures and other formal
teaching take place and during which undergraduates are normally
required to be in residence
General Admission – special Congregations (q.v.) held at the end of June
each year, at which most new graduates ‘proceed’ to their first degree
Gown – traditional academical robes still worn on formal occasions. There
are many variants, depending on the wearer’s college and degree or
status
Hood – these are worn with academical gowns in College Chapel and at the
Senate House on formal occasions. Although descended from medieval
monastic hoods, they are never worn on the head, but draped down the
wearer’s back
In Statu Pupillari – a person in statu pupillari is defined as any member of the
University who has not been admitted to some office in the University,
to a Fellowship or office of a College, or to a degree which qualifies the
holder for membership of the Senate, and is of less than three and a half
years’ standing from admission to his or her first degree