Traditions and Culture
The patron of the Society, St. Cuthbert, continues to be remembered annually, if somewhat incongruously for an ascetic, in The Feast, a traditional banquet held on or near St. Cuthbert's feast day of 20 March each year.
Another annual event is Cuths Day, a day of entertainment conducted on, off and in the River Wear, which curls around the foot of the bailey where the Society is based.
The surviving ‘Refounders’ of the Society hold a reunion weekend every September in college. The same weekend also hosts the Annual General Meeting of St Cuthbert's Association, the alumni organisation of the Society. In addition to this, the Founders of the Society are remembered at the annual Founders' Formal and past Presidents attend the President's Formal.
Although the bailey colleges are generally considered to be more traditional, St Cuthbert's Society generally employs quite an informal approach to its proceedings and its members, unlike the bailey colleges, and its students no longer wear gowns except for congregation.
The Society has a rugby team, and a society boat club. It also has a photography society, a theatre company, a big band and a choir.
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