The Melbourne University Union Handbook 1940
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THE MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY UNION HANDBOOK 1940 1 COMPILED AND EDITED BY ALLAN MORRIS, LL.B. MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS FOR TIE MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY UNION FOREWORD HIS handbook is compiled and issued every yea auspices of the Board of Management of the Melbourne T Union. It is designed to act as a guide to the many act which are sponsored by the Board and to indicate to students the ways in which they can take the fullest advantage of their years at the University by playing their part in its communal life. A University exists for purposes wider than those of merely vocational training, important though these are. It exists for the production of men and women who, in addition to a thorough mastery of the technique of their chosen calling, have an attitude towards life which will make them citizens better than the average. That the State recognizes this is clear from the fact that it contributes each year about one-third of the University income, and that every student, whilst at the University, is, to a greater or lesser extent, supported by the State. It is, therefore, the duty of all students to recognize that they are privileged people and to qualify themselves for heightened responsibility as members of the community which is helping to pay for their education. This cannot be done by exclusive devotion to a narrow and specialized way of life— the life of the lecture room and the laboratory nor can it be done by using the University as a playground. I urge you to aim at a balanced life, compounded of a mixture of academic training, physical activity and participation in the life of the Union and the Clubs and Societies that centre round it. Only thus will you become in due course a true University graduate. Under present circumstances it is hard for us to concentrate on the affairs of ordinary life. An uncertain future means a difficult present, and many students must feel that there is something unreal about quiet continuance with a University career which may be interrupted by the necessities of war. May I suggest that those who feel this strongly should remember that, whatever happens in the present struggle, the need for men and women with a University training and a University outlook will certainly be incomparably greater in the future than it has been in the past. Modern war cannot be waged by a democracy which remains one and, when the crisis is over, the resumption of its power by the community may well prove an insuperable problem unless there is a sufficient supply available of the kind of people that a University should produce—men and women who are capable of taking critical, tolerant and informed responsibility in the work of reconstruc- tion. An unnecessary interruption to the activities of Australian Universities would enormously increase the dangers of a future which is already dangerous enough. No one can see far ahead, but I hope and believe that during 1940, at any rate, the University of Melbourne will continue to produce undiminished numbers of those who will take the fullest advantage of all that it can give them. J. D. G. MEDLEY, Vice-Chancellor. November, 1939. 3 CONTENTS PAGE FOREVLtßRD BY TIE VICE-CHANCELLOR . в . 3 PRINCIPAL DATEs, 1944 . 7 HISTORY OF TНЕ UNIVERSITY . 11 ТнЕ ORGANIгATION 0F THE UNIVERsITY . , 14 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ THEUNION • в . • • . в . в . в в . • . • • . • . • 1б HE AJ i V riN 1 BODY • • . • ■ ■ • . ■ . ■ ■ . ■ ■ ■ T Д в в в • • . • • . • . L6 TIlE NATIONAL UNION OF AUsTRALIAN UNIVERsITY SтиДЕNтв . 33 ■ ■ THE UMEN OF THE UNIVERSITY WAR APPEAL . в . 34 CAREERS FOR GRADUATES . 35 TIlE CLUSs AND SOCIEтIES . в . 38 O . ■ • . ■ . ■ ■ . ■ . ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ SР АТ в в . • в . • • . в ь • • . • . • 48 UNIVERsITY INFORMATION AND SERviCES . в . в 54 PLAN OF UNIVERSITY GROUNDs . 5б ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ INДE11 . • • . в .- . в . • • в • . • . • . • • r • в . в . • • . в . 58 s PRINCIPAL DATES 1940 FEBRUARY 24---5. Last day of entry for lectures and payment of fees for First Term (except Conservatorium and all Years of the Medical and Dental courses other than the first) . 26-4f. Conservatorium First Term begins. 28--W. Union Board of Management. 29—Тh. Last day for lodging applications for Public Examinerships in Music. Work submitted for John Grice Research Prize to be lodged. Research scholars and workers under grants for 1939 to lodge reports with Heads of Departments. MARCH 1—F. Essays for Bowen Prize and Theses for David Syme Prize, for Grim- wade Prize, for Bertram Armytage Prize, for Ormsby Hamilton Radio 'Prize, and for Harbison-Higinbotham Scholarship to be lodged. Applications for Research Scholarships in Engineering to be lodged. 4-1. Academic Year begins. Lectures and Practical Work in Divs. II and IIa, М.B., B.S. begin. Examination for Part II of Post-graduate Medical Diplomas (except D.P.H. and D.P.M.) and Supplementary Examination in Part I (and in D.P.M., Part II) begin. Examina- tions for М.Sc., М.Agr.Sc. and Dip.Anal.Chem. begin. 11—M. Last day of entry for degrees to be conferred at Commencement. 14—Th. Matriculation of new students. 20—.W. Conservatorium lectures cease. 22—F. фооa ЅtiDag. Ofi ce closed. 23--5. Office closed. 25-1. Easter Øontа% . Office closed. 26.—Tu. Za6tßr ;цeØaаhd. lu ce closed. 27—W. Practical work in Engineering Part I, and Surveying begins. 28—Th. Conservatorium Lectures resume. Matriculation of new students. Union Board of Management. 29—F. S.R.C. Freshers' Welcome. 30-5. Last day of application for exemption from practical work in Education. APRIL 1-1. First Term begins. Lectures for First Term begin. Heads of Depart- ments to submit requirements regarding buildings. 2--Tu. Intercollegiate Cricket Matches begin. 4—Th. Matriculation of New Students. 8--M. Bal Masque. 9—Tu. Vaudeville. 11--Th. Vaudeville. 12—F. Presentation of Blues. Freshers' Sports Meeting. Commencement Ball. 13---5. Annual Commencement. Conferring of Degrees. 16—Tu. Intercollegiate Cricket Matches (Finals) begin. 1&—Th. Matriculation of new students. 20-5. Last Day of Entry for Examination in Human and Comparative Dental Anatomy, and for Supplementary Examination in Materia Medica and Practical Pharmacy. Last day of entry for courses for M.A. 25—Th. ř'1п3аС EaV. Certain mid-day lectures suspended. Union Board of Management. 30—Tu. Last day for submission of theses for M.Ed. Essays submitted for the Medico-Legal Society of Victoria Prize to be lodged. 7 THE MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY UNION HANDBOOK MAY 1--W. Public Examinations in Music (Theory). Last day for payment of fees for Conservatorium Second Term. Applications for grants from the Publication Fund to be lodged. 2—Th. Matriculation of new students. 4—S. Conservatorium First Term ends. Applications for matriculation in special circumstances to be lodged. 7-Tu. Intercollegiate Boat Race (Heats) . g--w. Intercollegiate Boat Race (Final) . 13-1. Examination in Ihman and Comparative Dental Anatomy and Supрlе- mentary Examination in Materia Medica and Practical Pharmacy begin. 16---Th. Conservatorium Second Term begins. 18—S. Last day of entry for H. B. Higgins Scholarships. 23—Th. Uniоn Board vi Management. 29—W. Intercollegiate Athletic Meeting. 31—F. Engineers' End of Term Dance. JUNE 1----S. Applications for exemption from payment of Sports and Union Fees to be lodged. First. Term ends. Last day for payment of fed" for Second Term and of entry for Lectures in Part I of Post-graduate Medical Diplomas (except. D.D.R. and D.T.R.E.), and for Lectures in First Aid (Engineering) . Last day of entry for Examination in Forensic Medicine. 15- --S. Applications for grants f roт Students' Loan Fund to be lodged. University holiday. Office closed. 17—M.. 1ttп ß Юf tt bDа' • 18--Tu. Second Term begins. 24-11íL Examination in Forensic Medicine. 27—Th. Union Board of Management. 29—S. Details of Subjects for Public Examinations to be posted. Work sub- mitted for John Masefield Prize to be lodged. Last day for submit- ting choice of subject of examination for M.Com. JULY 1—M. Examination for H. B. Higgins Scholarships begins. 3---W. Intercollegiate Football Matches begin. 13---S. Last day of entry for Medical and Dental Examinations beginning oň August 5th, 12th, and 15th. Supplementary Applications for Research Grants to be lodged. 17-W. Intercollegiate Football Match (Final) . 18—Th. Conservatorium Second Term ends. Last day of payment of fees for Conservatorium Third Term. 25---Th. Union Board of Management. 31—W. Last day of entry for September Public Examinations in Music. Last day of entry for Examination for Licentiate in Music. AUGUST 1—Th. Conservatorium Third Term begins. 5—M. Examinations for M.D. and M.S. begin. 12—M. Examination for 5th year B.D.Sc. begins. 15----Th. Examinations in Dental Embryology and Histology, and in Bacteriology (3rd year B.D. Sc.) begin. Union Board of Management. 16—F. Engineers' Enд of Term Dance. 17—S. Second Term ends. Last day of Payment of Fees for Third Term. 19—M. Last day of entry for degrees to be conferred on Sерtетbeг 2nд. 24--w . Last day of Entry for Examinations in General and Special Pathology with Bacteriology, for the Degree of M.D.Sc., in Part I of Post- PRINCIPAL DATES 1940 9 Graduate Medical Diplomas (except D.P.H., D.D.R. and D.T.Ř.E.) and in Part II D.P.M., for Supplementary Exam. in Forensic Medicine, and in Part II of Diplomas (including D.D.R. and D.T.R.E.) . SEPTEMBER 2—M. Conferring of degrees. 9-1. Intercollegiate Tennis Matches begin. 12—Th. Intercollegiate Tennis (Final) . 16--M. Third Term begins. Examinations in General and Special Pathology, with Bacteriology, for the Degree of M.D.Sc., in Part I for Post-Graduate Medical Diplomas (except D.Р.Н., D.D.R.