Ball and Formal Dinners

Ponding: you may be ponded by your peers for the following offences.

1. Ponding is only to occur when one or other of the following College practices or traditions have been violated:
   1. entering the dining hall without footwear
   2. rising from table during Formal Hall before the JCR President, or his/her representative for that evening, has risen
   3. not wearing an academic gown to Formal Hall
   4. wearing baseball caps or other headgear at Formal Hall
   5. team members not turning up for sporting events in which they are due to participate.
   6. to have a mobile phone ring or make any such sound entering or from within the dining hall (excludes members of administration)
   7. showing kneecaps or shoulder caps during Formal Hall
   8. entering the dining hall wearing pyjamas
2. The personal rights of a pondee must be respected. No-one may be ponded without their consent.
3. Pondees must be allowed to remove any items (e.g. clothing, watches, jewellery) before being ponded.
4. No-one may be ponded who has a cold or is in any other way ill or disabled.
5. Pondees must be placed in the water, slowly and carefully, not thrown and not dropped. Care must be taken to ensure they do not hit themselves against the sides of the pond, or any protruding objects.
6. Ponding must not take place if the water appears to be polluted in any way.
7. As a general rule ponding should only take place where ponders and pondee are personal friends.
8. No ponding is to be undertaken by parties under the influence of alcohol.
9. No pondings may take place after 8.00 p.m.
10. A member of the College Club committee or a Senior Resident student must be present at all pondings. If a resident of the College breaches any of the above, the matter may be referred to the Dean, who may then call the Board of Conduct to consider the case. Penalties to apply will be those deemed appropriate by the Board.

    Conclusion

    Ponding is a valuable tool for ensuring the continued respect of College traditions. Whilst it is a novel and often fun form of discipline, the personal rights of individuals must be considered first priority.

    
    

    Formal dinners are Monday through Thursday at 6:25. Robes must be worn at all times during Formal Hall (Harry Potter).