[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] The College is part of University of Oxford and students are [PARA]entitled to use its facilities.[EBOLD][PARA]St Hilda's College, almost 1 mile from Carfax, is (at the time of [PARA]writing) about to become the last all-female college in Oxford. [PARA]The mish-mash of detached buildings is not arranged around [PARA]quads or linear corridors, but dotted about. [ITAL]The whole effect is a [PARA]bit like St Trinian's.[EITAL] [ITAL]The views of those dreamy dreaming spires [PARA]from the dining hall across the playing fields are exquisite. Hilda's[PARA]makes room for individuals to pursue their personal interests be [PARA]they social, sporting or whatever. Students drip with enthusiasm,[PARA]actively participating at JCR meetings and, especially since the [PARA]College is all female, in most University societies. The women of [PARA]Hilda's call themselves 'girls' and are not militantly feminist, but [PARA]serious-minded nevertheless.[EITAL][PARA][PARA]Bar; dining room (cap 200) and JCR (100) for student bands, [PARA]fortnightly bops; all-female drama; annual arts festival week. [PARA]'Quad' termly mag, weekly 'Loo News'; keen recycling policies. [PARA]Library (55,000 books); 6 computers; Anglican chapel. Near Iffley[PARA]Road Sports Centre; a few sports facilities on site, including [PARA]punts; [ITAL]strong on rowing, football, hockey, netball and lacrosse. [EITAL][PARA]All 1st and most 3rd years live in (few others); students eat in [PARA]buttery and dining room; [ITAL]damn fine food[EITAL]; weekly formal meal; self[PARA]catering kitchens on most floors. 2 doctors; nurse.[ITAL][HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]Zeinab Badawi (newscaster); Helen Jackson MP (Lab); Rosalind [PARA]Miles (writer); Kate Millett (writer, victim of live TV snog from Ollie[PARA]Reed); Barbara Pym (writer); Gillian Shephard MP (Con). [PARA]Jacqueline du Pre (cellist) was an Honorary Fellow.
