/ en /new-college-ball-1856 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2025-12/1902%20New%20College%20Ball%20survivors%20photo%E2%80%94New%20College%20Archives%2C%20Oxford%2C%20NCA%20JCR-R-Loraine-29.jpg.webp?itok=SapqQw2L" width="655" height="435" alt="91³Ô¹ÏÍø Archives, Oxford, NCA JCR/R/Loraine/2" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Ball since 1856 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Michael Stansfield</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2025): 24</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/61" hreflang="en">91³Ô¹ÏÍø history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/163" hreflang="en">19thC history </a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/104" hreflang="en">20thC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/299" hreflang="en">21stC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/680" hreflang="en">91³Ô¹ÏÍø Commemoration Balls</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Attendance at a 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Commemoration Ball can be a highlight of a student’s time at the college. The latest one, held on Saturday, 28 June 2025, was a suitably grand affair, perhaps befitting its antecedents, or was it? As arguably the major event in the college’s social calendar, occurring only every three years, it has received short shrift in published college histories. &nbsp;It is worth considering how it has developed over time, including when it might have started, seeing as it does focus considerable resources of the college and it does entail the transformation of the college into a major party venue, requiring no small budgetary outlay, and student and staff input.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>1902 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Ball survivors photo<br>91³Ô¹ÏÍø Archives, Oxford, NCA JCR/R/Loraine/2</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-12/24NCN6%20%282025%29%20Stansfield%20on%20New%20College%20Balls.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=820631" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">24NCN6 (2025) Stansfield on 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Balls.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">801.4 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:51:26 +0000 Christopher 3502 at