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63 N OTES 62 THE EAGLE C O L LEG E the wn welfare or for either for his o gen ration, g our own � . durin glc destmy. his scientific COLLEGE NOTES ation of a tra at not only does culmin ord confirms th l rd's own rec ionally said to dwel Sir Edwa gels were convent where the an of righteous take him to side of the forces Honorary Degrees work is also on the n ere below he demic administratio but that h est ranges of aca At the celebration of Foundation Day in the University of urs in the high of Scientific ss. His labo the Department ne the Director of the HI' on 25 November 1949, Honorary Doctorates were conferred extended from llor and Principal of have e Vice-Chance "persons of conspicuous merit". Of these, three were memuer Research to th awarded the and Industrial has already been urgh. Sir Edward the College : Sir Edward Appleton, Sir Frederic Bartlett and rsity of Edinb ions both in England Unive university institut Percy Winfield. The following addresses were delivered by e for Physics and to him their Nobel priz ent have extended . on the contin e Public Orator on this occasion : d in Scotland and almost by now hav an this process must degrees, so that hope that our honorary habitual. We would ent for him of the of . an elem e not only Chancellor, I present to you Sir EDWARD A PLET N gained e for him the valu p o degree would hav con- own honorary inal work and of his In Sir Edward Appleton the University would honour one ition of his great orig extending our recogn in recollection of . cation as a whole but has combined the difficult functions of being not only a ona to university edu ..a.uti the University of London. investigator of a rare and original kind but also one of those and important connection with admit by the authority of the Senate, to of science upon whom the welfare and destiny of our country you, Chancellor, of Laws, the Degree of Doctor come so increasingly to depend. He stands in that great VICTOR APPLETON to of British physicists and, particularly for his work in the electro-magnetism, may be regarded as a rightful successor in direct line of descent from Clerk Maxwell, who preceded him by Sir FREDERIC BARTLETT. Chancellor, I present to you Professor sixty-fiveyears in the Wheatstone Chair of Physics at King's memory that Psychol�gy as It is within the period of living � The range of his most original discoveries in the fields of disciplines of our Umverslty established itself as one of the major and wireless telegraphy is of a character which cannot be investigation have coloured studies and the results of its research and to a language which the layman can easily comprehend. Such of all types in cepts of individual conduct and relationships been his discoveries even as a young man in the properties of the co� industry and society. of the upper atmospheres that a whole region of the empyrean now Director It is gratifying to recall that Sir Frederic Bartlett, been named after him, an ambition for which even Lucifer pre-eminent of the Psychological Laboratory at Cambridge, who is did not contend. For those discoveries his name has been in this field,began his career in theUniversity of London as a graduate in Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary which defines in the older discipline of Philosophy, and followed his studies with layer as "an ionised region in the atmosphere, about I miles 50 a Mastership with special distinction in Sociology and Ethics. From that deflects ether waves ". that early study in Philosophy he brought to psychological investiga Thus Sir Edward, assured of immortality, moves with an ease tion the scientific methods of experiment and research, while ever an equanimity in the higher atmospheres far beyond the retaining a profound interest in the social implications of his investi standing of ordinary men, and indeed is able not only to gations. There are, indeed, few aspects of human life which Sir messages to these high places but to measure their distortion. Frederic has not illuminated by psychological method. His earliest o disc veries are characteristic of the greatest glories of work d�alt with that problem so baffling to the majority of investi y physics : simple and original in their origin, carried through b gato� In all fields, that of memory, and some of his most recent most arduous and elegant complexities to lucid conclusions of expenments" have been on that problem which. comes to all men and found significance. Further he has had the exceptional gift of women In hme, the problem of old age. Further his research in the fi able to express his findings on scientific and other matters in eld of personnel selection and conditions of work has probably in cre and gracious English. To hear the record of his accomplishment ased the happiness and the professional competence of innumerable to learnof that formidable conquest over nature which man has 65 64 THE EAGLE N O T ES C O L LEGE men and women and has also been of great value to the ellowships services. Sir Frederic's laboratory at Cambridge, one of the Elections to F centres of University study in Psychology in Great Britain and urer in Anatomy. niversity Lect the largest and best equipped in the country, has been a DAVlES, U w, University Lec- JACK formerly Fello ground for many of the best known psychologists. No tribute EToN, urer. MO TIlUR LYTTL College Lect Y ND AR cS ; appointed Sir Frederic's distinction or his powers of collaboration with RA in Mathemati working in other fields is possibly greater than his appointment to urs List Medical Research Council, a body which does not without Hono siderable scrutiny admit non-medical members to its counsels. y Honours, I request you, Chancellor, by the authority of the Senate, to Birthda 1949 : FREDERIC CHARLES BARTLETT to the Degree of Doctor of B.E. : of the Asso- I ! O. General Secretary "I ACKLlN (B.A. ), honoris causa. Mr L. H. M 1924 ic. Royal Schools of Mus ciated Board of the Chancellor, I present to you Professor Sir PERCY WINFIELD. University Awards e to members of In none of the great professions is the relationship of the awards have been mad following University and routine practice to the contemplation of fundamentals killeKe : important than in the law. We in the University of London L. A. GIUNT (B.A. · Studentship for 49 : 1947) have maintained a long tradition in legal education and 19 .A. p: G. W. HUTCIlINSON (B 1942). confirmedrecently by the establishment of our Institute of Maxwell Scholarshi Warr Fund : M. Legal Studies, can most properly acclaim the honour of adding from the George Charles Winter COFFEY the number of our honorary graduates the most (B.A. 1949)· (B.A. academic lawyer of our time. We live in a perilous period, when Wiltshire Prize (shared) : E. WruGHT 1949)· interpretation of the meaning of law, and the application of (Matric. Senior Scholefield Prize: W. H. VANSTONE 1948). sanctions, have been subjected to abuse and a most specious (B.A. Prize in Thermodynamics : F. N. 1944)· and for these very reasons we can value the more highly the work Ricardo KIRBY one who has examined and clarified with such sincerity and Academic Appointments tion the principles upon which the law of a civilised ed : must be based. The pageantry of law and its glittering prizes The following University appointments are announc . Fellow. continue to belong to those who preside and practise in our Reader in Microbiology : Dr E. F. GALE (B A. 1936), but behind them there must be the fundamental study and DEER University Lecturer in Mineralogy and Petrology : Dr W. A. pursuit of first principles by those among whom Sir Percy (Ph.D. Fellow. is eminent. With him teaching and research have always gone 1937), University Lecturer in Law : Mr SCOTT (B.A. Fellow. in hand, and his deep knowledge of our legal history has K. 1939), Univers Demonstrator in Engineering : Mr J. PASCOE (B.A. been used to illumine the problems of contemporary law. It ity K. safely be said that there is no teacher of law in recent times 1941). writings are cited by practitioners and listened to by judges University Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics : Dr'D. G. NORTH greater respect, and who at the same time has placed so high COTT (B.A. 1938), Fellow. duty to his students and won so firm a place in their affections University Assistant Lecturer in English: Mr J. I. BROMWICH respect. (B.A. 193 ), Fellow. I request you, Chancellor, by the authority of the Senate, to 7 N. F. r of MI� ASTBURY (B.A. 1929) has been appointed Professo PERCY HENRY WINFIELD to the Degree of Doctor of Laws, A . led Ph S. CS m Technology, pp Y 1 the New South Wales University of causa. y dn ey S (1949). II:LIV 5 67 E NOTES 66 THE EAGLE COLLEG of Hursley, Hampshire, (B.A. 19I1), vicar Mr R. J. GETTY (B.A. 1930), formerly Fellow, Professor of DENHAM ev. J. P. (1949)· The R fold, Surrey at University College, Toronto, has been Visiting Professor 'of r of Duns e recto vicar of Chertsey, Surrey, at the University of Chicago during the Summer Quarter, 1 b OUSE (B.A. 1909), to L. HOLTH The Rev. pshire (1949) Mr A. L.