St Mary - The Hall with spirit and soul
Dean of Students Challenge
Welcome to St Mary Hall - your gateway to a memorable university experience where the surroundings are tranquil, the students inpirational, the corridors filled with enthusiastic, young minds that are eager to make a difference and a staff dedicated to ensure warm hospitality to all that walk through its doors.
Four residences and an annex compromise St Mary Hall. The residences are situated on both sides of the dining hall which all four residences share. When you look at the layout of the hall it almost seems as though the dining hall is the hub of the hall with pathways leading to its four cornerstones: John Kotze House, Phelps House, Olive Schreiner House and Lilian Britten House.
The residences varies in size and number of rooms with John Kotze House starting at 72 rooms and a small annex under the dining hall which consists of 4 rooms. The annex is governed by the John Kotze student body. Olive Schreiner is situated opposite John Kotze and linked by a beautiful garden with garden benches where students can be seen studying in the warm summer afternoons. Phelps House has 50 rooms and Lilian Britten, which are located opposite Phelps House consists of 24 rooms. The last two residences are connected by a well kept, soft, green lawn where garden benches are strategically placed in the shade of the trees surrounding the lawns. During the lazy summer days of Orientation week students can be seen playing volleyball here and during Hall functions this area is often used for garden parties and picnics. During the term students often choose this area to have their study groups, enjoying the warm weather while they catch up with important academic work.
The Hall has a hall warden who is responsible for the general running of the hall and is assisted by a hall secretary and a hall committee consisting of the hall warden, fellows to the hall, wardens, sub-wardens, senior students, hall senior student and the SRC representative. Each residence has a warden who is responsible for the general running of her own residence and who reports to the hall warden. Each warden is assisted by her sub-wardens and a house committee. The Hall Committee formulates the Rules of the Hall to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all its residents.
Contact us at b.meyer@ru.ac.za if you require any additional information regarding the hall.
Enquiries regarding allocation to St Mary Hall should be directed to Desiree Wicks, Student Bureau at d.wicks@ru.ac.za