The Raleigh Club was founded in 1907 and consisted of members who had been to a continent other than Europe. It was managed by an elected President, Vice President and Secretary, while membership was limited to eighteen. They met at least twice a term where papers were presented on various non-European countries.
Founded before 1884, the Society held meetings for members to attend lectures on scientific and artistic topics.
The Scales Club was founded in 1894 and met approximately fourteen times a term. It was open to members of the College and elected a President, Vice-President and Secretary. It aimed to provide meetings where music was played and social intercourse was encouraged.
The Symposium Club was founded in 1907. Its object was the discussion of subjects of general interest not strictly theological. The fifteen members, who all came up in 1906, were each required to read a paper.
The Trenchermen were a club formed in 1956 as a dining society aiming to try out unusual food or drink, and to bring together men of common interests. New members were required to undergo gastronomic-related initiation tests; and meetings took the form of dinners and talks. The last meeting of the club was in 1966.
In 1887 the College's sports clubs and the Musical Society 'amalgamated' for the purposes of finance, with the Caius Boat Club taking the lead role. They were managed by a central committee which comprised of a President, Secretary and Treasurer held by senior tutors of the College. The General Meetings comprised of the President and Secretary of the Amalgamated Club, the President and Secretary from every club of the Amalgamated Clubs and the Captains of the Boat Club. From 15th Nov. 1901 minutes were kept from each General meeting. The attendees elected new officers, proposed new procedures and decided how the clubs should be maintained. The Finance Committee was the most influential body, being responsible for subscriptions and allocations of finance. The function of the Amalgamated Clubs was eventually taken over by the Gonville and Caius College Student Union (GCSU).
In 1972 the Junior Combination Room Open Meeting voted for the organisation to become the Gonville and Caius Student Union (GCSU), whose function also superseded that of the Amalgamated Clubs.
The GCSU deals with student activities, such as entertainments, and student issues, such as welfare and ecology. A representative of the GCSU as well as an observer attends College Council for unreserved business. Although a separate MCR for postgraduates still exists, every postgraduate as well as every undergraduate is a member of the GCSU.
Architects, 38 Alfred Place London WC1 and 1 Pemberton Place,Cambridge
Architects, 38 Alfred Place London WC1 and 1 Pemberton Place,Cambridge
Clerk of Works Gonville and Caius College.
The Master of Caius is a member of Board of Governors of the Tancred Trust.
Christopher Tancred (1689 -1754) set aside in his will a large part of his estate to fund several charities. One of these charities was for students who were 'natives of Great Britain, of the religion of the Church of England, and of such low abilities as not to be capable of obtaining the education directed without the assistance of such a charity'. Originally 12 students were given £50 each: 4 divinity students from Christs College, 4 physic students at Caius and 4 students of Common Law at Lincolns Inn. One student from each subject was chosen by the governors to make a speech on the anniversary of Tancred's death.
Further information regarding the history of theTancred Trust is available in The Caian, 1999.
The admission books of Caius, which run in complete sequence from 1560 onwards, show that each student admitted to the College was allotted to a Tutor. In the sixteenth century, the students often shared a chamber with their Tutor, and may have received private tuition from him. The role of the Tutor was administrative and pastoral, similar to that of a guardian, looking after the students, as well as directly teaching them. By the eighteenth century, the connection was less personal. The number of Tutors for each year of admissions had diminished to one or two men. The Tutor had become responsible for the receipt of tuition fees from students, and for arranging for their lectures (rather than necessarily teaching himself).
The leading Tutor was informally referred to as the Senior Tutor, and from 1898, this position was formalized as a College office. The Senior Tutor works together with the Tutors regarding pastoral care of students and maintenance of College discipline; and co-ordinates with the College lecturers and Directors of Studies regarding direction of student academic work. This work is supported by the staff of the Tutorial Office, who are responsible for day to day academic administration; and prior to the establishment of the Development Office, appears to have taken a role in alumni relations.
The office of Praelector Rhetoricus developed from a sixteenth century college lectureship founded by Geoffrey Knight. The historic duty of the Praelector to prepare students for disputations in schools had, by the nineteenth century, become the duty to present candidates for degrees.
Chair, Musical Activities Committee.
(1925- ) Policeman. Admitted Gonville and Caius College, 1983.
Sir William was Chairman of the Septemviri from 1981 (at least) to 1987
Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
The Cricket Club was founded in approximately 1840, making it one of the oldest clubs in the Amalgamated Clubs. Its objective was to form a cricket team to represent the College. The team who were members of the College paid a subscription of ten shillings a year, an Honorary member thirty shillings. A Secretary and a Committee of four members were elected annually to manage the Club.
The Caius Debating Society was founded in 1866 to debate a subject proposed by a member and chosen by the majority of members present. Members were under-graduates from the College who elected a President annually and a Vice-President and a Secretary terminally. Members paid an entrance subscription of one shilling and met every Thursday.
The Epicurean Dining Society was founded in 1984. The Society aimed to live in harmony with the ideas of Epicurus who believed mankind should maximise the pleasure it derived from living.