Earle Page College

Earle Page College is a residential college of the University of New England located in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. The college accommodates roughly 300 students.

History

The college is named after Sir Earle Page, former Chancellor of the university and Prime Minister of Australia. It originated in 1963 as an all male set of houses in town. On the current site was a collection of houses used as accommodation. Most Page students who were living in town had to travel to the campus for all meals by public transport. After its opening, students slowly moved into the current buildings. The college began as an all male college and in 1973 females where admitted to the college.Fact|date=August 2007

College infrastructure

The college is made up of 4 blocks, A, B, C & D blocks, with a total 10 floors. There is a Bot, Mid & Top floor on each block. There is not Bot B however, as this space is taken up by the laundries and other facilities. Bot D and Mid D are combined into one conglomerate floor known as Mod D. Each floor has its own bathrooms. Attached to the blocks include 2 laundries and drying rooms, a computer room, an internet room, a gallery, a library and a music room. The college also has a dining hall, with a capacity for around 500, which serves residents 3 meals a day, a Junior Common Room, a Senior Common Room and a college shop run by students of the college.

When women were allowed into Page, all troughs were to be filled in, however, the men of Top D protested and placed their mattresses over the door to the bathroom, preventing the work from being completed. This is the last physical attribute of the college's all male heritage.Fact|date=August 2007

Current Position Holders

Senior Resident Fellow: Emalene Gemmell
Top A - Resident Fellow: Ruth Miners
Mid A - Resident Fellow: Kara Edwards
Bot A - Resident Fellow: Michael Wainwright
Top B - Resident Fellow: Tegwyn Chapman
Mid B - Resident Fellow: Jessica Mellefont
Top C - Resident Fellow: Nick Ballam
Mid C - Resident Fellow: Blake Shuttleworth
Bot C - Resident Fellow: Evatt Styles
Top D - Resident Fellow: Gwendolyn Hall
Mod D - Resident Fellow: Christopher Curcuruto
Academic Assistants - Nursing: Ashlee Anderson
Academic Assistants - Business/Economics: Darren Chiu
Academic Assistants - Italian/English/Communications: Tegwyn Chapman
Academic Assistants - Physics/Chemistry/Maths: Nick Ballam
Academic Assistants - Anch/Arch/English/History: Amy Chaloner
Academic Assistants - Philosophy/History/Japanese: Peter Bedford
Academic Assistants - Mathematics/Computer/Education: Daniel Larkin
Academic Assistants - Chemistry/Geology/Maths/Biology: Darcy Ogdon-Nolan
Academic Assistants - Primary Education: Kathleen Romer
Academic Assistants - Urban & Regional Planning: Elizabeth Slapp
Senior Students - Jarrod Carter
Senior Students - Amy Chaloner
Senior Students - Karly Eades-Viskauskas
Senior Students - Joanne Zanker
Senior Students - Ben Hamilton
Senior Students - Cassie Banks

JCR Committee

The Junior Common Room Committee are the peak student body, elected directly by the college residents. All other college committee's, including Sports, Coast Run, Musical and SFK, report directly to the JCR committee. The committee operates through the payment of a subscription fee paid by most students, which subsidises college functions, pays for PT and MB sports and an annual major project (in 2007/08 a college gym), amongst much more.

The committee includes:
President - William Norman
Vice President - Tegan Summerill
Treasurer - Tahlia Stewart
Secretary - Erin Strong
Affiliates Liaison - Scott Thorncraft
JCR Officer - David Kerrigan
Cuisine Consultant - Mick Horn (First Semester)
Publicity Officer - Steph Burrows
Entertainment Officer - Michael White
Functions Officer - Ria Webster
Major Projects Officer - Darcy Ogden-Nolan
Fresher Rep (Male) - Michael Loy
Fresher Rep (Female) - Stefanie Taylor

Formal dinners and JCR functions

Yearly formal dinners include:
*Introductory Dinner
*Arts Dinner
*Politics Dinner
*Parents Dinner
*Sporties Dinner
*Valedictory Dinner

Guests at Politics Dinner have included Hon. Bob Hawke - Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard MP, Peter Garrett, The Hon. Amanda Vanstone, The Hon. Philip Ruddock and Senator Natasha Stott Despoja.Fact|date=August 2007

Other functions run by the Junior Common Room Committee include:
*Annual College Ball
*Block Functions
*Silly Season (Term 3)

The Junior Common Room Committee also co-ordinates the O-Week Calendar. These events include: Aussie Night, Trivia Night, Traffic Light Party, Toga, Bush Dance, Surf Carnival and the O-Week Closing ceremony.

Memorable college events

*1963 - Earle Page College was opened as an all boys college
*1967 - The motto of the college, "Each Prove Himself", was created.
*1968 - First "Iskra" published.
*1972 - A referendum was held in the college to decide whether the college should become a co-educational. The referendum was passed.
*1973 - The first year females where admitted to college.
*1981 - The last year freshers were required to do 'phone duty' from the single line entering college. The phone was operated by freshers who patched the calls to students on other floors. Later that year phones were installed on all floors.
*1983 - The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria for which some freshers did a 'wall sit' on their floor to raise money to send to victims; College Master, Allan Huggins, organised a deal with a rental company which allowed all floors to have televisions in their common rooms.
*1986 - Due to a huge intake for the University, over 100 students were housed in motels and hotels for most of first semester, and every available space in college was used - common rooms were separated into two section to house more members. The students living in town were brought to college for breakfast and dinner in buses, and paid the same amount as people living in college; Prime Minister Bob Hawke attended politics dinner.
*1987 - D-Block, a block generally reserved for post grad students, overseas students and mature age students, was opened to the general college population.
*1996 - Earle Page had so few residents they closed down D-Block for the year.
*1997 - There was a bomb scare at Politics Dinner, which turned out to be a prank.
*1999 - the college won both the Mary Bagnall and Presidents Trophy sporting competitions.
*2001 - Two residents (Mary Jones & Tamar Scobie) were killed tragically in a car accident in May and gardens in the main courtyard were built in their memory; A new web page was created.
*2003 - 40th Anniversary of Earle Page College.
*2006 - College SCR member and former Pagite, Dr. Peter Hemphill, died. A memorial garden and plaque was dedicated to his memory and service to the college.
*2007 - Earle Page College won the Mary Bagnall Trophy for only the second time in its history. The Annual College Ball was also moved out from the college grounds and held at the Armidale Ex-Services Club for the first time ever.The Annual Earle Page College Coast Run raised a record $30,000 for the Children's Medical Research Institute.

College Musicals

Every year since 1973, EPC has produced a musical of tremendous proportions, attracting full auditoriums over a 3 night period during parents weekend. The following are the musicals that have been performed in the past:
*2008 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
*2007 - Bye Bye Birdie
*2006 - How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
*2005 - West Side Story
*2004 - Hot Mikado
*2003 - Calamity Jane
*2002 - The Wiz
*2001 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
*2000 - A Slice of Saturday Night
*1999 - Return to the Forbidden Planet
*1998 - Anything Goes
*1997 - By Jupiter
*1996 - Animal Farm
*1995 - Pirates of Penzance
*1994 - Barnum
*1993 - L'il Abner
*1992 - Guys and Dolls
*1991 - Little Shop of Horrors
*1990 - My Fair Lady
*1989 -
*1988 - 'Bye 'Bye Birdie
*1987 - Oliver!
*1987 - (2nd Performance). Companion Piece
*1987 - (3rd Performance). Alas Poor Fred
*1986 - The Wizard of Oz
*1985 - Mixed Doubles
*1983 - Bananas
*1983 - (2nd Performance). Birdbath
*1982 - Last Wake at She-Oak Creek
*1981 - One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
*1980 - We Bombed in New haven
*1976 - Our Town
*1975 - No names ... no pack drill
*1974 - The Dream of Peter Mann
*1973 - The Unknown soldier and his Wife

Inter-college competitions

Page has a proud history in sporting and cultural pursuits. In 2006, Page came 2nd in the Sir Frank Kitto competition and received respectable placings in both the males' Presidents Trophy and females' Mary Bagnall Trophy.

Coast run

Every year since 1980 the college has conducted a fun run from Armidale to Coffs Harbour to raise funds for charity. Since 2001 the college has been supporting the Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI). Its activities include the sale of a discount card for use within Armidale, an annual fashion show, Charity Auction, inter-floor sports and events, and the run itself. In 2005, the group raised over $23,500 with the introduction of the Charity Discount Card. In 2006, its 27th year, the group raised over $25,000, which was a record for the event.Fact|date=August 2007In 2007 this record was broken, with over $30,000 raised over the entire year.

Masters

1963-1975 - Albert Bussell
1976-1979 - Dr. Edmund Barrington Thomas
1979-1988 - Allan C. Huggins
1989-1991 - Carole Tisdell
1992-1994 - Phillip Raymont
1995-1999 - Gregory C Eddy
1999-present - David Ward (1999 as Acting Master)

External links

* [http://www.une.edu.au/campus/earle-page/ Earle Page College Website]