TRINITY COL tsLEG E NEWSLETTER THE UNIVERS tt, OF MELBOURNE
TRINITY'S THIRTIETH RHODES SCHOLAR ACK TURNER, an honours graduate in classics and currently a Resident Tutor, has been awarded one of the three 1992 Rhodes Scholarships for Australia. He is Trinity's thirtieth Rhodes Scholar and the first since Ann Nicholson won the Rhodes Scholarship for Victoria in 1988. Jack's connection with Trinity began in 1986 when he came to Melbourne from South Australia to study veterinary science. Despite his enrolment, his first year in Trinity saw the beginning of a fascination with all aspects of the classical world, Trinity providing ample opportunities to sample both the Apollonian and Dionysiac aspects of life. In 1987 he switched, with the Warden's encouragement, to studying Greek and Latin, subjects in which he eventually achieved first class honours in the fourth-year examinations. Classical studies afforded Jack an opportunity to work on archaeological excavations in Syria in 1989 and 1990. He returned to Melbourne and Trinity in the wake of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait to
complete his degree and take up a position as a Resident Tutor in Classical Studies and Ancient Greek. When he sets out for Oxford next September, he hopes to study for an M.Phil. in International Relations at Magdalen College, a college with a strong tradition of Trinity Members going back to John Feltham, who will retire as Law Don there about the time Jack arrives. In the long term, Jack hopes to work for the World Bank or another organization connected with development and aid. It is refreshing that in this day of Green and White Papers and dazzling technology Rhodes Scholarships can still be awarded to students of the humanities. Trinity's 30th Rhodes Scholar, Jack Turner, looks much the same on a dig in Syria as in Parkville. The archaeologically excavated car from a by-gone era also has its counterparts in College.
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