[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] The College is part of University of Cambridge and students are entitled to use its facilities.[EBOLD][PARA]Peterhouse, 500 yards from King's Parade, is Cambridge's smallest and oldest College, with [ITAL]beautiful and well-kept[EITAL] gardens. [ITAL] It has a reputation for laddish high-jinks, and rumours abound about dodgy Peterhouse cliques in Government circles but many current members are keen to live these down.[EITAL] [ITAL]Everyone knows everyone else, and the College has a popular bar. Being so small encourages University-wide involvement.[EITAL][PARA][PARA]Bar; Music Room (cap 100) for discos and student bands; the theatre (180) for classical concerts; many dining and debating societies. 2 libraries (40,000 books); 6 computers; CofE chapel. Sports facilities (8 acres shared with [ULNE]Clare College[EULNE]), 1 mile away. All students live in except 20% of 2nd years; many live in housing arranged or maintained by College not on site (including Parkside); most eat in [ITAL]gorgeous [EITAL]dining hall; [ITAL]limited [EITAL]self catering (especially at Parkside). Nurse; women's advisors; hardship fund, [ITAL]generous [EITAL]prizes and scholarships.[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Charles Babbage (computing pioneer); Richard Baker (broadcaster); Thomas Campion (poet); Henry Cavendish (first person to weigh the Earth, or something); Sir Christopher Cockerell (invented the hovercraft); Richard Crashaw (poet); Thomas Gray (poet, also claimed by [ULNE]Pembroke[EULNE]); Michael Howard MP (Con); Lord Kelvin (scientist); Simon McBurney (actor/director); James Mason (actor); James Clerk Maxwell (scientist); Sam Mendes (theatre director); Michael Portillo MP (Con); Frank Whittle (inventor of the jet engine).
