St Andrews’ rector backs Kate Kennedy splinter

Published on Thursday 23 February 2012 00:00

THE rector of St Andrews University has resigned his membership of an all-male club in support of a new splinter group that will admit women.

Earlier this week, members of the Kate Kennedy Club, which has been for male students only since it was set up in 1926, broke away to form the Kate Kennedy Fellowship.

Alastair Moffat, an author who was elected as the university’s rector last year, said he would resign his life membership in support of the new club.

He said: “When I joined the Kate Kennedy Club 40 years ago as a student, the world was very different.

“In those days the university still had beauty competitions to elect a Charities Queen and all manner of other relics now swept away by the tides of history.

“Now that the new Kate Kennedy Fellowship has been established with the explicit aim of admitting women students so that their work and talents can enrich all their activities, I have resigned as a life member from the Kate Kennedy Club and will now support enthusiastically the establishment of the new fellowship and all the good things it proposes.”

With roots in the 15th century, the current Kate Kennedy Club was set up in 1926, and is most famous for its annual procession through the town.

It is thought the new club will now win the right to stage the procession.

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riccimicci

Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 05:16 PM

Shall I fetch Shep the sheepdog to bring Mr Matthews back to his pen. Isn't a little late to be resigning? Surely if he really believed the above he would have resigned long ago.

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Mark Bishop

Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 02:08 PM

Good grief, are you really saying that emancipation has reached the University? Oh well done, you might actually join the rest of us in the 21st Century if you keep this up.

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ljstewart

Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 12:35 PM

if it is such a big deal, why not have an all female club ??

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standrews

Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 03:25 AM

bravo Lord Rector!!

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