The Pauline 2014 been fantastic. McEwen and Tierno, thank you for your efforts in what has been an extremely difficult year on the Intercol front. Furthermore, particularly to Aonghus, your work in promoting the proposed changes to the intercol constitution from the St Paul’s SCC, regarding the participation of non-Sydney University students has laid a solid foundation for discussion and we look forward to positive results in the future. Also your presence prior to O-Week was invaluable in this preparation time. Louis, thank you for all of your work as Honorary Treasurer. After inheriting an overwhelmingly significant Students’ Club debt you have done an incredible job in retrieving past debt and minimising the use of SClub debts this year. The Students’ Club is in a much better financial position after your efforts, the future men of the College and particularly the incoming treasurer certainly owe you a great deal. Heatho, thank you for work as Honorary Secretary this year. With arguably the toughest job on the committee this is no easy feat, your support has made this year much more manageable and a lot less stressful. Last, and certainly not least, a massive thanks must go to all of you, the 204 members of the Students’ Club for making this year memorable. It has been an incredible honour to serve as your Senior Student this year, and I thank you for the support you have given me. It has been a tremendous learning experience and a year that I will truly never forget. I wish each of you the best of luck in all of your future professional and personal endeavours, and wish the absolute best of luck to St Paul’s College in 2015. I wish all the best to the men of the College for 2015. I hope that it is a happy and successful year in all areas. ‘I’ll allow it’ Bradley McIntyre
Hon. Secretary’s Report My role as Hon Sec was to ensure that the College’s fine reputation in this area was maintained by encouraging convenors to represent themselves and the College with pride. Thanks to the efforts of the boys, the quality of convenorships, both great and small, in 2014 far exceeded anything seen in the past. O-Week was an overwhelming success and needless to say the newly appointed Salisbury Syndicate introduced our fine new intake to College life without going overboard. Surreal Sounds was exceptionally well run, with the inclusion of the first silent disco to grace a Sydney University College party. Similarly, the JDD and Formal were both phenomenal successes, which saw the College brilliantly transformed into the Russian Winter Palace and the canals of Venice respectively. Our sports convenors were similarly exceptional in organising our
College’s teams, which all represented the College with pride. Further to this, even the minor convenorships which have a tendency to be neglected were run with exceptional pride. In this regard the College operated brilliantly in every aspect that was “for the boys”. However, quite apart from being an enjoyable cruise marked by an array of phenomenal events, 2014 presented the S-Club Committee with difficulties at every turn. In looking back on the year, it is rather easy to let these lows define my experience as Hon Sec. Such reflection however, does an injustice to the fact that whilst we were indeed an unconventional and controversial S-Club at times, we nonetheless achieved what we set out to do, which was in creating a true sense of camaraderie between the boys and rekindling pride in the institution of St Paul’s College. Herein, whilst indeed that S-Club committee of 2014 was in many ways a “one trick pony” on the surface, the true value of the 2014 committee was in promoting St Paul’s as a College that is run “by the boys, for the boys”, a notion that has and will continue to ensure St Paul’s remains the foremost college for men in Australia. Julian Heath
Hon. Treasurer’s Report The Treasury has traditionally been haunted by both the ‘Treasurer’s curse’ and S-Club debts. I am proud to announce that 2014 has been a year, were both issues have been resolved (the ‘curse’ to a lesser extent). In previous years, S-Club debts have seriously threatened the financial stability of the Club. Having inherited over $31,483 in outstanding Students’ Club debts from 2013, I made the decision that 2014 would mark the end of the ability to borrow from the club. Major moves included; • Collecting Monies raised from Fresher Auction on the night. • Pre-purchasing of tickets to the JDD. • Giving Sporting subsidies directly to the convenors, who then had to personally chase up any extra expenditure. • Purchasing tickets to extra activities such as Lawn Bowls, Young Henry’s visit and Day at the dogs. • Sending letters to Old Paulines and the payer of their fees to collect unpaid debts. As a result, S-Club debts have dramatically dropped from $32,960 in 2012 and $31,483 in 2013 to $12,895. This resulted in the reduction of outstanding S-Club debts by 59%, with the majority of debt consisting of money incurred in 2012 and 2013. Incredibly, outstanding freshman debts have only totally $1401.35. 45