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NEW COLLEGE
New College holds an unusual place in my
mind when it comes to nature. The Front Quad does not do anything special in regards
to nature that any other college does not achieve. However, the College Garden a unique element
to New College that sets it apart
from all others. For me New College and Trinity College were a lot of
like. Both having large lawns and a variety of plant life. However, the one
thing that sets New College above Trinity is
its Mound found in the College Garden. This mound
creates a definite impression when entering into College Garden. You can’t
possibly miss it with its formidable height and the steps that rise up its
front as you enter into the Garden.
When I look at the Mound I imagine sitting
on the bench at the top with a don learning my final lessons as a student at New College. In this dream the
steps represent the many rigorous struggles and challenges of studying at Oxford. Making it to the top in a sense becomes the
symbolic heights of education that one can attain at the College. It is also
like a secret hideaway, a place where you could perch yourself and people
watch all day. Although the reason for the Mound could be any number of
things, each college’s elements of nature create a different feeling. Each
college affects its students and visitors in a variety of ways. Here at New College the mound redeems
the ordinary lawns found in the College Garden. Without the mound
New College’s height of nature
would be the quantity of area that the College Garden sits on.
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