[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][BULL] The College is part of University of Cambridge and students are entitled to use its facilities.[EBOLD][PARA]St John's College, 200 yards from King's Parade, is the home of the Bridge of Sighs, a tourist Mecca. It's one of the 'River Colleges' - old, large and set in [ITAL]majestic [EITAL]grounds. Its courts [ITAL]harmonise tunefully (as does the famous choir), until, that is, you reach the Cripps Building, which looks as bad as it sounds. John's has a reputation for being raucous, and very sporty. There's a great sense of fun and the bar has more pulling power than Tom Jones's underwear, missus. The College is somewhat conservative (small 'c'). [EITAL][PARA][PARA]Bar; Pythagoras Building (theatre); art rooms; Palmerston Room (cap 300) for bands; Old Music Room (100) for concerts); Boiler Room (200) for fortnightly bops; annual ball. 'Cripptic' College mag; weekly JCR newsletter. 2 libraries (90,000 books); 35 computers; [ITAL]large cathedral-like[EITAL] CofE chapel. [ITAL]Large [EITAL]on-site sports hall, [ITAL]superb [EITAL]boat club (whose red jackets gave us the word 'blazer') and [ITAL]extensive [EITAL]sports fields 200 yards away. Everyone lives in or in hostels;[ITAL] good [EITAL]self catering. Nurse; [ITAL]very good[EITAL] disabled access and provisions. [ITAL]Excellent [EITAL]financial support, grants and scholarships ([ITAL]well, they can afford it)[EITAL].[HDNG]FAMOUS ALUMNI:[EHDNG][PARA]Douglas Adams (author, 'Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'); Rob Andrew (rugby); Mike Brearley (cricketer); Derek Jacobi (actor); Lord Palmerston (PM); William Wilberforce (anti-slavery campaigner); William Wordsworth (poet).
