Low and computers The explosive development of computer technology has challenged many accepted legal principles and practices. At the same time, the computing Both these sets of issues will be ex­ Psychology study suggests: profession itself faces a whole new plored. in a major national conference spectrum of legal problems, for many at Monash University on May 24·25. of which there are no adequate prece­ The conference has been sponsored dents. by the Australian Computer Society, Meteon should the Law Council of Australia, and the Law Reform Commission. It will be opened by the Commonwealth At· . performance the general impact of the torney General, Mr Ellicott. be extended Metcon intersection control program Among those taking part will be has been positive. lawyers, computing experts, bankers, To increase road safety the Meteon traffic control "In both perception of the task and accountants, politicians and public system should be extended to every intersection in the performance in the driving environ­ servants. ment there was evidence of 8 signifi­ One of the principal speakers will be operating area, a report by a team ofMonash researchers cant increase in the ability to an­ suggests. the chairman of the Law Reform Com­ t icipate the behaviour of other drivers mission, Mr Justice M. D. Kirby, The team, the Monash University chology department, conducted its and in restraint in the performance of who will speak on 'Data bases and .high risk manoeuvres, possibly at­ Human Facwrs Group, has found that study of driver behaviour both before privacy~. tributable in part to some improve­ Metcon is working effectively as 8 and after the implementation of Other major topics listed for discus­ safety measure in reducing driver un­ Metcon. The study was supported by ment in continuity of traffic flow. sion include: "This was indicated both in certainty about what other drivers will lhe Federal Department of Transport. • 'Impacts of computers on do at an intersection. I t was conducted in two parts. systematic allocalion of priority w the democratic forms of government': The trouble is, the report claims, First. discreetly placed TV mBin road driver at controlled in­ Professor C. G. Weeramantry drivers are applying Meteon rules to cameras allowed direct observation of tersections and in a general decrease or (Monash Law Faculty). lack of significant change in overtaking inappropriate sjtuations such &8 un­ driver behaviour along selected seg­ • 'Evidentiary uses of computer­ controlled intersections and those still ments of an inner suburban radial road behaviour. based. information'; Mr John Traill governed by "give way to the right" carrying traffic in and out of the city "On the other hand, there was a QC (Law Council of Australia). signs. and a cross-town road carrying traffic significant increase in multiple vehicle • 'Protection of intellectual The report calls for consistency and from one radial to another. overtaking at several sites under condi­ property': Mr J. C. Lahore (Monash urges that Meteon should be extended Secondly, 1000 Melbourne-area lions of high stress (peak hour traffic Law Faculty). to all intersections in the operating drivers participated in a questionnaire load hour); this is a tendency to watch • 'Computers and law enforce­ both before the program was fully es· with some concern." area "as fast as resources permit". The principal investigator in the ment': Dr C. J. Bellamy (Director, .The Metcon system has been tablished and after one year of opera­ Monash University Human Factors Monash Computer Centre). operating for two yean now. It meant tion. Group is Dr T. J. TrIggs. senior lec­ • 'Impact of technology on the legal the phasing out of the "give way w the The questionnaire called for deci­ lurer in psychology. Associated with profession': Professor D. Whalan ight" rule and its replacement by a ~ions to he made in mock traffic situa­ him is Professor R. W. Cumming. (Faculty of Law, Australian National system of priority roads. Side roads are tions and also included questions Also on the team are Dr R. University). now controlled by "give way" or "stop" designed to determine the level of McKelvey, senior research fellow, and • 'Auditing and computer aystems': signs and road markings. driver confidence in the system. (pictured above) Mr W. K. Mare. Mr Re" Israel (Price, Waterhouse and The Monash University Human In its conclusions the report states: senior technical officer; and Mi•• P. Co.) and Mr Ron Stride (Fell and Factors Group. 8 unit of the pay- "With respect to driver orientation and H. Wisdom, ~esearch assistant. 'ltarkey).

WINTER 1977: a time for warm woollies. preoccupations with 'trivia,' an almo.,t criminal perhaps, so long as they know theY're being Aussie Rules football. the WiIllams Com­ pursuit of knowledge for its own sake - and, for punished for their sins. mittee .•• and a new round of that other . extra measure, some good old·fashioned bludging. Inflation would go down, employment would go time-honored Australian pastime: uni­ Many. if not m08t, of the accusations are up, and most of our social, economic and industrial bashing. demonstrably superficial, inadequate, ill­ problems would evaporate along with the deficit researched, inte.mperate and, often, just plain silly. The WiIliaDUI Commlttee will soon be settling If only somebody would empty out all the 'cod­ down in earnest w plot the future course of poet· dled eggheads' and 'pampered studenta' who infest secondary education in Australia. our seats of higher learning. . . Concurrently. the Uoiveraltlee Colllllliulon I And put tbem to work. will be preparing its recommendations w the Oil! 10 be til Uni. wilen. government on how the educational cake should be • In this issue, 'Reporter' summarises Monash's cut up in the forthcoming triennium. own (invited) interim submi88ion to the Williams Already one thing is certain: neither the Wil· win,. tomes! Committee (the University hopes welpand on this liams Committee nor the government will want for when the Committee sittings begin). advice from all manner of experts - inside and • There's also an abridged report of the Univer­ sity's submission to the Universities Commiseion, (particularly) outside the ivy-clad walls of But it's probably pointlesa w try w respond - setting out Monash's shorter.term hopes and ex­ academia. publicly, at least. The almost certain conaequence pectations for 1978.80. Almost daily now, as the anti-education would be a further charge - the ultimate, un- • And to round out the feature, there's a selec­ bandwagon gets rolling, we're treated to new answerable, indictment: academic paranoia! tion of recent writings and utterances on the revelations about the scandalous misuse of public Still, it does sometimes seem 'that our critics are money that is represented by the universities and convinced that the world would be a better place if ' respective roles of universities and colleges. the CAEs. There are allegations of empire­ the universities - and their partners in crime, the building, self-seeking, nest-feathering, unhealthy CAEs - were just cut back to size. Any size, It begin. on page 6, .::==:::::.::==:::::. I Professor hits the "cruel use" of animals In• experiments A professor of philosophy at Monash University has spoken out against a lack of consideration for the welfare of animals used in scientific experiments, He has criticised the sometimes He continued: "Scientists make total lack of awaren... that the inflic­ decisions and their decisions have tion of pain and death on a non-human ethical significance. Even the lCientiBt animal !aises any ethical question. who is moot dedicated to pursuing H~ is Profellor Peter Slnler, 'pure' research haa, by that decision, • author of the book Animal expressed his ethical values; and when IJberation_ Profe08Or Singer delivered he asks the taxpayer to support him in a Science Faculty lecture recently on hi. pursuit he ask. the government to the topic, Ethics and Science. endorse thooe valu... There was a preeaing need for all in­ "We must not forget that wh~n ' the volved in the scientific use of animals government providea money for pure - both students and staff - to con­ research it is providing money that - Prof...or Peter Singer .. . "milliont. of anima" die n"dleuly" sider the ethic. of what they were do­ might have gone towards hoopitals, - ing, he told his audience. schools and social services. Millions of animals were dying in "When research is applied rather laboratories often in the course of than pure, ethical considerations come trivial experiments or pointle88 into the end for which the research is , teaching demonetratioll8. Quite often intended. SOUNDED they were made to go through discom­ "Once again, the acientist cannot CortI strese and sometimes even acute evade respoll8ibility by claiming that pain before they died. he merely provides the means and it is He said: "The fact that a being is up to the politician to decide whether ON PHOTOCOPYING not a member of our species is no to u .. what the scientist has provided. reason to give less consideration to ita "This is a very dubious kind of If welfare· 8uch as it is • than we give to ethical position unplOll88lltJy reminis­ you're in the habit of counting "Theee are usually labelled as hazar­ members of our own species." cent of Eichmann's defence of himself copies with a moi.tened lin..... ­ dous if used in confined spaces and are take care with photocopIed .heete_ if Profes.or Singer was talking in 888 mere efficient bureaucrat canying more 80 the solvent is handled or The solvents used in copying and decanted in an unprofessional manner course of 8 diacuS8ion on whether out orders. science could do without ethic8. 'INor is it just in the purpose of his or printing machines can cause harm if guch as allowing the 801vent to be He asked the question: "If 8cience her work that the scientist must be transferred to the mouth. handled in open containers where cannot take over ethics, can it do alive to ethical issues. There are al80, They can be harmful also if you have there is a large surface area of solvent without them? often, ethical queetioll8 about the way 8 cut on your hand, and continuous ap­ or spillage. plication of a 801vent to the skin "The concern is usually expre88ed in "My answer to this is 8 firm: no." in which the research is conducted." removes the natural oils, causing the terms of damage to the liver or kidneys skin to crack and encouraging der­ by inhalation of halogenated hydrocar­ matitis. bons." But, the University safety officer Mr Will Barker says, photocopying is Three safety hints RARE BIRD BOOK BOUGHT harmless if done with reasonable care. Mr Barker gives three hints for the Mr Barker's tips include not gafe handling of 801vents: touching photocopied material for • If the solvent is purchased in, ""m­ One of only 500 numbered copl. of part, the obituary reads: "For many seven seconds, the time it takes to dry, 20 litre drums, decant into a 8mau~r a remarkable book of bird palntID••, years he came to the Bird Room at the or washing your hands thoroughly if v....l by means of a pump. completed on retirement by a little­ Natural History Museum and made you do. • The smaller v.... l should be of a known oMcer In the British Army, moat careful and excellent drawings Mr Barker has been dealing with the squeeze bottle type with amall bore hal been acquIred by Mon8lh'. and sketches of birds with their questions of how safe are solvents used pouring neck, ensuring minimum Biomedical LIbrary, natural surroundings. He worked in copying machines and can they amounts and closed containers. Number 147 of The Bird Palntin•• through every species of the game birds harm the user, in recent issues of the • All spillagee should be wiped up of Henry Jones (published last year and the ducks, and at the time of his Monash University Safety Bulletin_ immediately and all 80aked rags and by Folio Fine Editions in conjunction death was engaged on the corvidae." He writes: "Much research has been the like disposed of, to prevent spon­ with the Zoological Society of London) Profe....r Lord Zuckerman writes carried out to manufacture a non­ taneous combustion. has been bought by the Library feir in the preface to the book: harmful solvent. Benzine, petrol, £ Stg.295. It is believed to be one of upaintings such 88 these are not only carbon tetrachloride and the like were the few copies in Australia. extremely beautiful artistic produc­ some ot the early 8olvents, all New magazi ne for Henry Jon.. spent the years after he tions, fully capable of being ranked dangerou8 either from a toxic or flam­ retired at the rank of Major from the with the more famoue worke of mable aspect or both. earth scientists British ~my painting birds in water­ Audubon, Gould and Lear, they have Th... two hazarda may still be ex­ The earth ocience. department at color. By the time he died in 1921 he aloo proved of importance to the work perienced to 80me degree with the Monash has la unched a new more modem solvents. had completed 1200 paintings and of scientists." magazine to link people with an ln~ sketches which were left to the _ In the fteId, 1IetwtBl camp'_ Zoological Society. The magazine, E. S. Stutr, aims to Little is known about Henry Jon.. ' Tooth knocked from Gums communicate at all levels -. un­ life and military career. He was born Both the Monuh planting heavy weight of rain on leaves (91 mm. dergraduate, postgraduate, academic on February 9, 1838, and joined the program and ehoeolate egg feU at Monash during the break) and and support staff. 94th Foot at the age of 22. It is known enthusi8lte suffered a similar fate softened soil. One of the more unusual objectives that he served 15 years in India and in Crom the Easter break: misoing Grounds curator John Cranwell it has is to print undergraduate papers. Cyprus al80. teeth_ said that the Easter storms had left a Often th ... contain much worthwhile In his works he has obviously drawn "tooth missing" in the Monash material which goes unnoticed. on his own knowledge of birds' habitats Heavy rain and high winds during planting scheme. Replanting would The magazine al80 seeka to eotablish for background material. As Bruce Easter, particularly late on Thursday, take three to fours years to fill the gap. contact between people atudying in Campbell writes in an introduction, it badly damagsd and uprooted trees and Most of the plants deetroyed were similar areas or on the same topics. is tantalising to think of where else be shrubs around the campus, causing the about eight to nine feet high but a 40 ft The earth sciences department al visited. worst stonn loss in about a decade. casuarina came crashing down near Monash has set up an editorial com­ Jon..' death is' recorded in an un­ At least 20 trees were destroyed by the animal hou .. and a 15 ft hakea fell mittee to help publish "E. S. Stuff' signed obituary in Ibi., the journal of the combined effect of high velocity across a walkway near the engineering and is hoping that similar committees the British Ornithologists' Union. In winds whipping off taU buildings, the building. will be established on other campuses. MAY. 1911 2 MONASH REPORTER NEW LOOK AT VlaORIA'S COASTLINE

A giant'. jigsaw puazle dhocarded in frustration lome time In the past? The Victorian coastline certainly has such an appearance as this aerial photograph by Herve AUeaume shows. It features the London Bridge ,landmark in Portland. The photo was taken during a survey flight over part of the coastline recent· ly by a team from the geography .department at Monash. Aboard the Cessna 182 were senior lecturer in geography, Dr Stuart Duncan, tutor, Mr David Dunkerley, and Herve. It w.. piloted by the manager of ADP, Mr Maurie Butler. One of the aims of the flight w.. to examine the validity of suggested cor­ rections to the publication" The Coa.t ol Victoria: A Pby.logrephlc-Atla., for when it is reprinted. Herve's photoe might also be used to enliven the reprint. The atla. was published jointly l.. t year by the geography department at Mona.h and the Victorian Ministry for Conservation. It has already sold enough copies to defray original costs. The survey team reports that while the bird's eye views might have been stunning, even more 80 was the cold in the open door aircraft. Astronomers HEARU studies a deli(ate tea(hing area ... will maat at Monash Where (wrong) looks con kill About 80 astronomer., radio­ The delicate matter of teaching anaesthetics in the operating researchers say. astronomers and altrophy.lciltl theatre, where the welfare of the patient Is of primary concern, has In the ,",cond' phase there is the op­ from throughout AustraUa and New been the subject of a recent Higher Education Advisory and portunity for a different type of learn­ Zealand will gather at Monash Research Unit project. . ing, But there are .tilllimitations im­ University tbis montb. The work has been carried out by In phase one the anaesthetist is pooed by the anaesthetist's neceseary They will be attending the 11tb an­ Nell Paget of HEARU and physically or mentally active, such .. vigilance. nual general meeting of the Thomas Lambert of the Paediatrics during induction or an emergency A broad debate on a complicated Astronomical Society of Australia, the Department at Queen Victoria state. In phase two, the steady state subject can be conducted moet fruit­ nation's main professional Hospital, with Elena Eaton helping phase, be leads a quieter life unless fully outside the operating theatre, the astronomical body. with research. some action is called for as a result of researchers conclude. The meeting will be bela from Mon­ The team h .. published two papers, the patient's condition. "However if the tutor does wish to do day, May 30 to Wednesday, June 1. " Teaching and Learning in the In the first phase the student ;s the discussion in theatre, perhap8 The delegates will listen to five in· Operating Theatre" and "Tutor­ learning by doing and the only sorts of because it is particularly relevant at vited papers as well as 50 other con­ Student Interaction in the Operating interaction that are appropriate are that time, then he must take over the tributions detailing the results of cur­ Theatre" which appeared in B recent simple, very short, factual or technical monitoring function of the anaesthetic rent research being conducted in issue of the journal, Anaeotbesla and of teaching, such as the correc­ while the student works out the Australia. Intensive Care. the Noted speakers will include the The work has been funded, in part, Director of the Mount Stromlo and by a grant from the Felton Bequest. Siding Spring Observatory in the ACT, It aims to help tutors in what is seen. Prolessor Olin Eggen, the Director of as 8 unique educational setting, in the new Anglo-Australian telescope at ' which the chief concern is the welfare Coonabarabran, NSW, Dr D. C. of the patient, and teaching an'd learn­ Morton, and professor in the ing can only be a minor activity. mathematics department at Monash, Those familiar with more traditional Prolessor R. van der Borght. teaching situations might appreciate Professor of astronomy at Monssh, the drawbacks associated with, the Professor K. C. Weotlold, will chair other constrOfnts too: ' the need for the meeting. Professor Westfold is also quietness, the wearing of (ace masks the current President of the and the physical restrictions impooed ~stronomical Society of Australia. by equipment and sterile areas. Mon..h organisers of tbe meeting In such a situation special com­ are Dr D. W. Coat.. (pbysics), Dr P. munication skills are requiIed, tbe D. Godfrey (chemistry), Dr J. O. researchers say. Such ..pects ..... tbe / Murpby and Dr A. J. Prentice positioning of tutor aod student, the (mathematics). use of eyes, the pitch and volume of , For furtber information contact the voice take on greater significance. conference secretary, Dr Prentice, on The researchers identify two pbasee / ext. 2599. of an anaesthetic. .

MONASH REPORTER 3, MAY. 1977 Nature island There'. a Fr.ier r.land not the subject or .and minln, contention and much closer to home which could be an ideal locailon ror an away-rrom-home group ,atberin,. It is the Fraser Island 1... than three miles by boat from Lakes Entrance. A lodge, with full facilities, on the island accommodates 20 people. PromiSed attractions include a golf course, airstrip, lake and surf fishing. sailing, water skiing and a swamp with waterbirds, pelicans, gannets, ibis, cranes, herons and plovers. The tariff is $300 a week. For further information contact Mi­ Melnnes on 467 3985.

Freeze hits Rims The German department at Monash University thl. year will di.contlnue It. screenl",. orGerman film. ror the ,eneral public. A spokesman for the department said that the current squeeze on un· iveroity funding made this necessary. The department has shown films for the public fr.. of charge for the last 13 years. They have been well attended by ~ ) students of the language as well as ~r.Ularchers, Jon Monash', tlke r.adin;, from a members of the German community in plinity meter. Melbourne.

lll" loola "' "',.. Iopklll ;""e, ••. Joint study 01 • LABOR RELATIONS· new doti plans • DEFAMATION LAW A joint team of Monash and Melbourne University • CITIZEN'S RIGHTS researchers will investigate the environmental effects of building an extra berth at Webb Dock. A seminar on the 1977 Initiatives Relations"; Mr D.L. Brooker of Mal­ Webb Dock, in Hobsons Bay at the heights, drift of floats and other in industrial law relation. will be lesons, Solicitors, "The Regulation of northern .end of Port Phillip Bay, is tracers conducted by the Law Faculty at Unions at Common Law and the Need Melbourne's main roll·on roll·off con· • silt and sand properties and move­ Monash thla month. for Statutory Penaltie. and tainer terminal. ment in the bay and on the beaches. The one·day seminar will examine Deregistration"; Mr R. McCallum of • properties of the water, including the vital amendments to the Concilia­ Monash, "The Use of Secret Ballots, a An extra berth i. needed to cater for tion and· Arbitration Act and the Trade Industrial Democracy and the IRB"j the shipping using the dock, but before temperature, chemical composition and bacterial content. Practices Act as they affect trade un­ and .ProCeslor R. BaIt, also of this can be added it is necessary to en­ ions. Monash, "Competition, Boycotts and sure that there will be no undesirable • the composition of the different The seminar will be held on May 14 the Control of Unions under Trade side effects on the environment of biological communities and their at 9.30 a.m. Practices and Industrial Law." Hobsons Bay. distributions within the bay. Speakers and their topics are: the A second topical I.sue - derama­ Historically Hobsons Bay has been MinIster for EmDloyment and In­ tion law rerorm - wlll be the subject An investigation has thus been dustrial Relations, Mr 'Street, on the or a day seminar to be held jointly by ordered by the Melbourne Harbor at an environmental disadvantage. Industrial Relations Bureau; Mr P. the Law Faculty and the Law Trust Commissioners to predict the It is at the mouth of the Yarra River Munro of the Council of Australian Rerorm Commis.lon at Monash In possible effects of construction and.to which, for more than a century, carried Government E.mpl~~e «?rganisations, early June. provide data which will serve a. a the wastes of Melbourne into the bay, "The Industnal RelatIOne Bureau, The seminar, on June 4 will look at baseline against which any future to be mixed with sea water from Bass Freedom of the Individual and t he interim report of the Law Reform changes may be measured. Strait. Confrontation in Industrial Commission on defamation. Speakers and their topics are: Mr D. It is being carried out l>y Melbourne Bennett, "Fair Report"; Mi.. s. University's Centre f~ &viImmental White, "Viewyoint of the Preas"; Dr Studies under the direction of Dr Jon G. Taylor, " ~ualified Privilese"; and Hinwood, senior lecturer in Mr T. Smith, "Procedure and mechanical engineering at Monash Practical environmentalists Remedies." and a senior research U80ciate of the It has been .aid there Is no time 10 cept of wilderness, energy in the home, A series or lectures for the publlc Centre. waste in the preservation of our en­ nuclear power and resolving conflict in and particularly worke.. In tbe vironment. forest resource use. health and helpin, profession., Other key researchers include Mrs And a group of Monash students and titled "Law and the Citizen", will be Jeanette Watson of marine science A spokesman for the group, John held by the Law Faculty over 10 recent graduates are certainly wasting Dickie, said that the students had Wednesday evenin,s from May 25. and ecology at Melbourne and Dr no time in extending their ideas on en~ Gneme Dandy of the Centre for En­ decided to organise the course to share Topics to be discussed include abor­ vironment related issues into the com~ the results of their study with a wider vironmental Studi... Specialist con­ tion, adoption, marriage and divorce, munity. audience, and to gain experience in consumer law, and the law affecting sultants from Melbourne and Monash Ten present or past students in the migrants. will aSsist also. public presentation. Master of Environmental Science They would earn no income from it Senior lecturer in the faculty, Mr Aspects to be elamined in the 18 course are conducting a 12 week lee· other than that used in prnduction of J.N. Turner, will conduct the first ses­ month study include: ture and discussion series on en· sion on the rights of the unmarried course materials. mother and children born out of • meteorological variablee such as vironmental studies, in conjunction John said that about 25 people had wedlock. wind speed and direction, air with the Council' of Adult Education. started the course, which is held on For further information on all temperature and air pressure . Some of the topics they will be deal­ Wednesday evenings, and indications seminars or lectures contact ProfesAOr • hydrodynamic variables such as ing with include concepts of ecology, were that it could be repeated later in R. Baxt (ext 33(3) or Jenny Neil (elt. water movement, tides, wave population, organic farming, the con­ the year. 3377).

4 MONASH REPORTER (;RADUATI()N To lawyers and scientists aJike, the message at recent graduation ceremonies was the same: L1\I)DRESSES 'COMMUNICATE ••• and cut the jargon!'

"One of the principal reasons for the spread of inaccurate information and 'Expose the bogus' of erroneous ideae is that we take insuf· ficient care to formulate our ide.. precisely and to communicate them Graduatea bore a dual responelblUty to the community - a accurately. Indeed it i. not loing too reepoll8lhlUty to expoee the bogua, the teDdentioua and the Illogical, far to say that, .peaking generally, our and a reaponalbility to refrain from ualntr their IkUla for purposea for capacity to do eo haa in recent yean which they were neither aulted nor Intended. deteriorated substantially and is atill deteriorating." The Chief Justice of Victoria, Sir should not mislead others who do not Sir John said that one of the most John Young, said this at Monash have your knowledge and training. significant caueee of this deterioration recently. Sir John was delivering the "And similarly with any other dis­ was the decline in the Itudy of the occasional addre88 at 8 graduation cipline. "dead" languages, Latin and Greek . ceremony at which 197 law graduates .. As a graduate In science, for 10­ He said that the ... of jargon wal and 123 science graduates received stance, the community II entitled to a barrier to el'feetlve communication their degrees. expect that you will not knowingly with the layman. He said that graduates could fulfil mislead those without tral""'g 10 "Jargon may be quite useful within a their community obligations by being your discipline upon a lubJeet that particular group but it is of the utmost careful to formulate their ideas with falls within It. importance to remember that it is precision, especially if they were to be " I am not suggesting that it is com· often gobbledegook to thoBe outside communicated to the public. mon to find a graduate of this or any it," he said. Sir John said: "The very fact that other university intentionally · mis­ To illustrate his point Sir John read you have attained the status of a un· leading others in hi. chosen field. But I the following example from an English iversity graduate means that you have fear that it is often done through in­ medical journal: 8 considerable advantage over others advertence or careleeenese. "Experiments are described which • SW Joh_ Va... less fortunate and it seems to me im­ "It is not uncommon to rmd ideas demonstrate that in normal in­ perative that you should not use the which are simply wrong being dividuals the lowest concentration in advantage you have been given im· pronounced by so called 'experts' and which sucrose can be detected by The "English" translation was, he properly. if they are propagated through one of means of gustation diffe", from the said: "Experiments are described "By tho improper use of the advan­ the media of ma88 communication it is lowest concentration in which sucroae which demonstrate that a normal tage you have been given I mean, for often difficult or impoaaible to have (in the amount employed) has to be in­ person can taste sugar in water in instance, 88 fal 88 the lawyers are con­ them corrected. gested in order to produce 8 quantities not strong enough to in­ cerned, to advance to non-lawyers an ..Again I am not suggesting that in demonstrable decrease in olfactory terfere with his sense of smell or take argument upon a legal or quasi-legal most cases even a ..If.styled expert acuity and a noteworthy conversion of away his appetite. tI subject which you know to be unsound sets out-intentionally to mislead but I sensations interpreted as a desire for Sir John said that the order in which in law. As a graduate in law, the least believe that all too frequently he suc­ food into sensations interpreted 88 a words were put was also of the utmost that can be expected of you is that you ceeds in doing so. satiety." ' importance, , 'There must be understanding • • • Sclentlatl ahould seek to make their work readily un4eratood by non-apeelaUlta if they wanted the right declslona to be made on the in society, was running into heavy governing the behaviour of every mas­ use of the country'a resourcea. . weather in the face of the established sive body must have been at least as subjects Physics and Chemistry, long soul-fulfilling to him as the completion professor of astronomy at Monash, scientists, who seem more ready than regarded as prerequisites for further of a new painting by Turner or a Professor K. C. Weltfold, said this in the past to teke trouble to explain to study at university level. symphony by Beethoven. Its applica­ recently while delivering the oc~ the general public what they are about Professor Westfold added: "Clearly, tion has been routine only to the ex­ casional address at a science gradua­ and why it is important to them to do an accommodation haa to be reached tent that its applicability is univeroa1. tion ceremony at which 273 students what they are doing. in the secondary curriculum between "Coupled with insight and imagina­ received their degrees. "Here I commend our own publica­ the perceived needs of the universities tion, and in combination with a further Professor Westfold said: "We all tion, Monaah Review, which is play­ and the requirement for which I have battery of tested physical lawa, it has ena bled to us to extend the range of our share the responsibility for decisions ing a significant role in communicating been arguing - 8 community literate knowledge of the cosmos progressively, involving the application of to the public at large what our own in science 08 well as in the humane dis­ knowledge. Although they are ul­ scientists and other scholars are at­ ciplines. I hope that the new Victorian beyond the limits of the solar system to timately taken by our legislators, our tempting and achieving in their Institute of Secondary Education will the bounds of the universe. legisla tors respond to pressures from researches. " soon be devoting some energy to this "Scientists do experience a sense of those who vote them into power. It What is more, Professor Westfold problem." excitement and wonder at what they seems all too obvious that these pres~ told the greduates, if they were pains­ see revealed by their work, a fact sures are unlikely to result in beneficial taking in presenting their work to lay which, however, they have been at outcomes if they are exerted by an un­ people in an easily understood form, 'State of d••olation?' pains to hide from the public at large. informed constituency on uninformed " you will also find, perhape for the fi",t Scientists do not believe that the only legislators. time, that you yourselves really un· Earlier in his speech he said: "While credible knowledge is that obteined by "If we want right decisions made on derstand what you have been talking you were undergraduates you will have the so-called scientific method. the use of the country's resources we about." heard the charges repeated: that not "Intuition and unconscious cerebra­ should aim at the situation where Professor Westfold said that the only have scientists failed in their tion play such a major role in the within governments and their schools were perhaps the best place to responsibility to the society of which proc..... of scientific discovery that an bureaucracies there is an under­ begin breaking down the mystique they are a part but that science itself is individual scientist would be quite dis­ standing of science and its relevance to which had been 80 long attached to an antihuman activity. which, with its ingenuous were he to deny the validity everyday living that can at least match science. associated technology, is fast bringing of the experiences he shares with fellow the understanding of subjects such as In this regard there had been succes­ this planet to a state of desolation ... humans from other walks of life when law and economics customarily found ses and difficulties, he said. "But does science indeed attempt to reading literature, viewing works of in those places. The new biology syllabuses, teught reduce all experience to a mechanized art, and listening to music ... , "It is a sad fact that educated people in association with the textbook The soul-destroying routine? Anybody who "Science ia an inevitable I'IBIIt

MONASH REPORTER MAY. '9n There is a need for post-oecondary through a large program of course-work dents .to transfer from one sector to educational Institutions to examine degrees and by providing opportunities another, in hoth directions. In Vic­ their objectives and agree on policies for undertaking higher degrees by toria, it says, the State College might which will maintain a healthy .tate While the critics of univenltles research. In terms of numbers this has serve as community colleges from ofdiversity In the Iy.tem 81a whole. indulge in flights of fancy, this alre.dy become very subatantially the which outstanding studenta might Monash University urges this in its major activity of the Faculty. transfer to the universities with ap­ submiBSion to the Williams Committee is how Monash sees the "It is a matter of some concern that propriate credits. of inquirY into Education and Train­ realistic future for ItseH and other institutions have begun to enter • A higher proportion of university ing. The Committee (it. head is or are intending to enter the time (and funding) should be ex­ Professor B. R. WIlliam., Vice­ other tertiary bodies, same fields, though it is not clear that pended on graduate work (both Chancellor of Sydney University) was tbeir staffing and services would research and course work) and on set up by the Federal Government at enable them to offer CO\llM8· of the recurrent or continuing education. par­ the end of 1976 to conduct a major in· same standard. The questions here ticularly in updating prof_iona! akilla quiry into post-secondary education raised are those of unnecessary and knowledge. and the link. between the education duplication (over-supply) and of The University says it does not wish system and the labor market. preservation of standards," the sub­ at present to comment in detail on the A major concern of the inquiry will THE lONG mission states. relationship between the educational be to determine the proper respon­ system and the lahor market. sibilities of the &everal sectors of post­ "However," it continues, secondary education in order to avoid TERM: "something should be said about unnecessary overlap or wasteful vocational training and manpower duplication, the Monssh submission Masters degrees planning in view of the number of states. statements made in recent months It continues: "The danger is that all In Engineering, Monash University ahout the overproduction of graduates post-secondary institutions will seek in Arts and Science, for example, who to make themselves as much like uni­ has planned and is operating a sub­ Beware stantial program of masters degrees by have not received specific vocational versities as possible and in 80 doing course work, intended chiefly for training. will to some extent neglect their proper "The assumption oeems to be that tasks. There is evidence that this is members of the profession with BOme years of experience and for study par!­ large numbers of these gradu.tes already happening. H the waste (apart from thooe who take a teacher The task of unlversltl.., the sub­ time. The submission continues: "Monash training course and end up in the mi8sion contend., i. to train and teaching prof... ion) are or will be un­ cultivate the beat minds of the com­ believes that such courses are a proper university responsibility and that their employable and that the universities munity. of a CAE are therefore failing to respond to the It says: "Universities are concerned duplication elsewhere in the post­ secondary system would be wasteful needs of the community and indeed both wi th the preservation and trans­ wasting community resources. mission of knowledge (teaching and and indeed that in mOBt areas the col­ scholarship) and also with extending overlap leges would not be able to mount the boundaries of knowledge and courses of comparable standard. It research. A university should be a • • would appear that we already have a place where knowledge is valued for its Into unl. situation in Victoria in which there are own sake and where much of the too many engineering schools teaching Unemployment research is fundamental rather than four-year programs to degree level. I tis applied. most important that the proliferation "In fact, recent surveys have in­ "However it i8 also true that univer­ role of engineering courses at the un­ dicated that graduate unemployment sities in our community have a most dergraduate level be not permitted to is in general higher among graduates important responsibility for certain occur at the graduate level." trained for specific profesaiOllS than kinds of professional training (medical, The Monuh submiulon proposes among those with a more general legal, engineering etc.) as well as for that there Is no neN Cor any con­ degree. The benefits, both to in­ research in these fields. two areas of particular concern to siderable ex_Ion In univenity dividual graduates and to the com­ Monash - Education and Enllineer­ numbers at lea.t for the next decade munity. of training in non-vocational ing. or BO. diSciplines at the univemity level are Whereas Monash' s Education Certainly there would appear to be very high though they may be difficult Flexibility Faculty was the largest single source of no grounds for eotabiiobing new uni­ to measure. newly trained secondary teachers in versities, though some 01 the more "A student who has spent three "Outside these professional fields Victoria in the late 19609 and early recently founded univerolU.. will years or more learning to marshal the vocational orientation of courses 1970., the flourishing of Dip. Ed. need to expand their numbero· in facts, form independent judgments plays a secondary role. Students are courses in State College of Victoria­ order to become viable in.t1tution., and present his results in a coherent not necessarily being prepared for a affiliated colleges and dedining It says. form has, in effect, made a long-term specific occupation; their training is teacher employment opportunities The growth should therefore be in investment, the value of which may intended to produce flexibility of mind have meant a shift in direction of the the other areas of post-secondary not become apparent immediately and the capacity to use their abilities Faculty's role. education. either to himself or to his employer, in a variety of ways. Its increasing emphasis will be in However, the submission makes two but which sooner or later will be of "Technical colleges lie at the other provision of continuing professional points: benefit both to himself and to the com­ end of the spectrum and are expected post-graduate training of teachers • It should be made easier for stu- munity." to cater for those whooe interests and M1" D. R. Zeidler, Chairman and Manqins talents lead them to seek training in Director of ICI Auatralia Ltd, and. a skills and techniques which will fit member or the Defence (Industrial) Com­ them for specific occupations. COMMm'EE MEMBERS mittee. AnnoupcLng: tbe appointments. tbe "Colleges of advanced education lie Minister for Education, SenatM Canick.. said The William8 Committee of iaquiry lata Miu P. Grilfm, an Australian Conciliation that the committee's inveeti8ation would be in between and their functions may educatiOD and lnlinil1l w•• Rt up by the and Arbitration CommiMioner, who waa the most import.ant inquiry into poet. merge at either end. They provide Federal Government in October, 1976. for ten years a member of. the Council of secondary education since the Martin Com­ It.8 members are: Abbotsleigh School Sydney, mittee ..... set up in 1964. professional training in many fields Professor B. R. Williams, Vice-Chancellor. Miu E. M. Guthrie, Staff Inspector (Pupil In selecting members. the govemment bad where the universities do not operate. Universitl:'. of Sydney (chairman). Welfare and Curriculum), NSW Depart­ balanced intereets and experience between They also overlap with the universities Mr M. H. Bone, Director-General of the ment of Education Illld Chairman of the the various sectors of education and the links Department of Further Education, South NSW Committee into the transition from between the edUCation system and the labor in fields such as education and Australia, school to work market, Senator Carrick said. engineering. In the sciences and social Mr C. O. Dolan, National Secretary of the Mr J . A. L. Hooke. Chairman of The committee would direct ita attention Electrical Trades Union, a senior vice· Amalgamated Wireless (Ausb'aiasia) Ltd particularly to post-secondary education but sciences their emphasis is (and should ~resjdent of the ACTU, a member of the and a member of the Defence (Industriall would alao look at aspects olaecondarv educa­1 be) on the applied aspects rather than Technical and Further Education Com­ Committee, liOR and the links between the education mil56ion and II member of the National Sir Peter Lloyd, formerly Chairman of system and the labor market at the end of the pure - applied physics rather than Trainillg Council, Cadbury-Fry-Pascall Australia Ltd, and a their tenth year of schooling. physics, business studies rather than Dr A. M. Fraser. the Director of the member of the Council of the University He added: "The committee willlooIr. at the Queensland Institute of Technology, a of Tumania, and economics. >I products or the secondary school system member of thc Cornmiasion on Advanced Dr W. D. Neal, Dean of the Faculty of how they are fiUmg into the labor force. We The submis.lon di.cu.... the Education and • member of the Teacher Education at the WA Inatitute of ....nt to euminc alllO wha.t optioDl are problem oC overlap between univer­ queensland Board of Advllllced Educe· TethnolOC and Chairman of the WA available for further education to the child Post-Secondary Education Comm_on. sities and coil..,.. with reI...... ce to "on. wbo lea•• echool early." MAY. 1977 • MONASH REPORTER of fmancial .trln,ency coinciding "An important function will be to "We are simultaneously introducing with our reachln, our planned maK­ find support for and attract to Mon ..h other opportunities for upgrading, imum size and bence havln, Uttle or for short· terms, specialists in both refreshment and diversification of . no Capacity to effect chan,et we theoretical and obeervational fields. professional and vocational .kills. This would like to makeIn tbe direction of " If such funds were available they year, for example. we are offering a THESHORT our teachin,. ...-..:h and com­ could provide ror new equipment, give comprehensive range of 8ubjecta for munity activity." assistance to visitors and postgraduate the degree of Master of Engineering General development grants were in­ students. assist in the temportUy in­ Science for study by coursework. the troduced in 1973 for the oldest large terchange of personnel within cou","" being designed especially for TERM: universities in appreciation of such a Australia and help with the establish­ part-time study by practising situation. Since then the Univenities ment of one or two postdoctoral engineers in full-time employment woo Commission has suggested the pos­ positions. " will spend two evenings per week over sibility of extending their provision. A Centre for Neurooclences. the 8 period of three years in our Engineer­ The University seeks funds in the submission 8uggests, would con­ ing School. next triennium for several new in­ solidate the internationally recognised UAlthough we only announced the Coming itiatives a8 well as the strengthening activity and expertise in various availability of these counes late in and extension of existing programs. aspects of this field which have been 1976, the response from the profeseion It makes a strong application fot:' developed in a number of departments was 80 encouraging that we imposed • • Ca tegory B research grants to 8.88ist in and faculties. limits on entry; some 80 students have the development of existing been admitted from 130 who applied. triennium postgraduate research centres and to We are anticipating a continuing de­ enable it to set up ne", ones. mand for these programs, provided Citing the successful establishment Collaboration of course we continue to be the only of the Centre for South-East Asian The submission lists .. the Centre's university or college offering 8uch part­ .should Studies and existing Commission sup­ aims: time masters evening counework in port for a Centre for Early Childhood • to focus on the existing activities in the Mel bourne area. Weare well Development and Family Planning, the neurosciences, and to encourage located within reasonably close com­ the University submits proposals for further collaborative activities muting distance for many engineers three more such centres: a Centre for between departments and faculties. living in the Melbourne suburbe. see Materials Research, a Centre for • to stimulate further research into "Similarly, we have modified the re­ Astronomical.Studies and a Centre for problems relevant to normal and quirements for our degree of Master of Neurosciences. disordered nerve and brain function Economics to enable it to be completed Monash is seen as being an ideal and structure, and their relation to almost entirely by couraework." base for a Centre for Material. behaviour and intellectual perfor­ On migrant aludie., it says: boost Research. A unique situation exists at mance, by attracting well qualified "We ask that, if and when establish­ the University in which two depart­ poet-doctoral fellowe and other more ment grants are introduced for migrant ments (physics and materials senior neuroscientists, and by studies, one of the grants be allocated • engineering) cover a very broad regular meetings and research to Monash for development of the spectrum of interest in the materials seminars, teaching and research we have been In growth area'. Other institutions tend to be in­ • to encourage research into new and doing in this field since 1963 and for volved in specialised aspects of less orthodox aspects of which a graduate Diploma in Migrant materials research. neuroscience problems, especially Studies is now offered. The proposed Centre would aim to: those in the borderline areas • provide a focal point for materials between the more standard rate research activities, both within and " disciplines" (e.g. cell biology, Investigations outside the University engineering, physics, information • encourage further collaboration and science) "Our faculties of Arts and Education stimulate new and further research, • to extend the. range and quality of have conducted a number of investiga­ partly by the infusion of new ideas graduate research training in the tions and seminars about migrant Monash Univenity hal .tronllY and personnel in the Australian supported the Univenltlet Commls­ neurosciences. problems in the areas of education and materials scene • to give specialised, ad hoc, the social sciences, and some 18 olon recommendation of a hI,her • encourage further links within the growth rate for univenltlet In the postgraduate courses from time to months ago the co-ardinating commit­ University and with outside time on particular aspects of ·tee organised a conference on 1978-80 triennium. organisations at the level

MONASH REPORTER 1 MAV '977 'Education the spur Adagtive skills for social progress' Ivital' The chief benefits of higher education must be seen by the community in terms of Attacks against liberal education 8S being "useless, expensive and un­ social progress for which liberal education is demonstrably the spur. necessary" were dangeroul, the The careers and appointments of­ Mr Mann PO""" the question: Is phenomenon, but its fonns and struc· Director of Prahran College or Ad­ ficer at Monash University, Mr War­ university education 88 It i. now tureo have adapted but scantily. vanced Education, Dr David ren Mann, made this comment recent­ presented, and in the context of the Armstrong, said recently. ly. number. of young people taking it, "But the tertiary education system Dr Armstrong was speaking on the He said it was increasingly difficult directed so that studenta can achieve cannot be laden with the full blame for ABC Guest of Honor program. and largely a wa.te of time to justify the worthwhile beneftt ot a "more defects in the preparation of Dr Armstrong said that in the cur­ higher education in purely economic satisfying life?" graduates. Fundamental weaknesaea rent situation of unemployment and return-on-investment terms. in the earlier levels of education make underemployment a national commit­ Writing in his office's pUblication, He answers: "My general feeling is the task of tertiary educators almost ment to narrow vocationalism had Careers Weekly, Mr Mann says: "The that it is not. The forms of higher impossible, and no satisfactory solu­ reared its atavistic head and "useless" tion can be expected until basic individual young person must, in tak­ education were arrived at over 8 long liberal education was under siege. ing higher education, commit what changes take place throughout the Today, more than ever before, period, but during all of that time the education system. amounts to an act of faith. He must students taking it constituted an elite. however, liberal education was a believe that the old cliches of learning, Their expectations were quite "The nature of these changeR necessity - indeed a prerequisite - to the • broadening of horizons', the realistically fixed on a prospect of ad­ deserves the closest possible considera­ Our survival, he said. 'developing of intellectual and critical vantage, privilege and leadership. In a tion and the costs involved in them It was the adaptive skills of liberal skills'. will mean Cor him 8 more mere 20 years all this has changed; must be seen as essential in securing education, not the specific skills of I satisfying life than he would otherwise higher education has beoome a m... the future health of our society." vocational training, which would be re­ I have achieved." quired in an unstable state. Earlier, Mr Mann says: "U univer­ He said: "Narrow, vocational train­ sity study is seen, as unfortunately too ing assumes a predictable, steady state many do see it, as devising ways of 'WE MUST FOSTER future. But our task is to prepare peo­ satisfying examiners with the ple for an unpredictable, unknown minimum of effort and thought, 80 as to future." acquire the 'piece of paper' that is for CRITICAL MINDS' Earlier, Dr Armstrong said: "The them the sole object in coming to un­ Williams' Inquiry comes at a time iversity, then the time spent at it may All forms of tertiary education ­ not mere training, then they must all when our universities and colleges of largely have been wasted. whether provided by unlvenltles or be concerned in some way to transmit advanced education (and particularly colleges - ohould be concerned to a sense of the deeper Intellectual and our universities) are being subjected to Time wosted foster a critical habit ot mind. human values; they must all be con­ a good deal of criticism, m",tly iII­ "If the university experience is The Dean of Humanities at Deakin cerned with cultivating an authen­ informed and largely undeserved, by a merely an extension of schooling by University, Pro(el8or Max tically critical habit of mind in their frustrated community in search of which the young person moves into es­ Charlesworth, said this recently. students." simplistic solutions to our current tablished society without having Professor Charlesworth said it did Speaking about. the social relevance economic ills, and seeking convenient seriously Ie-examined that society and not seem vitally important to make a of universities, Profe88or Charlesworth scapegoats for the mess in which the his possible role in it, then un­ hard and fast distinction hetween the said: "If higher education is to ....pond country presently finds itaelf ... doubtedly, his time could better have form of tertiary education provided by to the issues that touch people's lives, "The danger is that the Williams' been spent in getting on with that un­ the universities and that provided by people themselves must be allowed a Committee will have to swallow this demanding transition. the colleges of advanced education. real say in determining the kinds of garbage. Indeed, I regret to say, the "If throughout his period at univer­ In fact. if the universities and col­ subjects and topics to be studied and committee's terms of reference virtual­ sity he has had in mind merely job and leges saw themselves .. jointly con­ the way in which tbey are to he studied. ly guarantee this, concentrating 8S career, the community's money has cerned with providing' education of Most academics would object that this they do on the relationship between probablY been wasted in granting him basically the same kind, this would do would lead to anarchy and to a education and the labour market. acce88 to this privilege. Neither he nor much to achieve the democratisation wholesale debasement of academic "No doubt this will wann the beartB the community will have gained any of higher education, he said. standards. However, there is a dif­ of the Philistines and those who hold to significant benefit, and he should He said: "Doubtless they will each ference between genuine relevance and the sadly mistaken view that post­ never have coroe, or perhaps delayed have their legitimately different 'trendiness'. secondary education is essentially an his coming until he wa. ready to profit emphases and perspectives, but if they "First of all, university education in economic investment to be geared IOle­ from the experience." are providing tertiary education and all its dimensions ought to be relevant Iy and narrowly to the world of work. to the needs and concerns of contem­ ''But it will chill the spines d the _ • From previous page porary man In contemporary society. of us, who see our institutions of higher In the past, perhaps, Australian un­ learning (and I refer here partiCUlarly iversities have sometimes escaped to our great universities) as 'The locus The coming triennium from their social and human respon­ of the idealism that is essential in a sibilities by claiming that they were free society' rather than merely as vas· $500,000. We appreciate that even if complete construction works to enable primariiy concerned with disinterested sals of an outmoded and inhumane in­ our equipment grant is doubled, a the University to increue its medical knowledge and high theory. dustrial order." purchase of such caet would have to be intake from 160 to 200; the second HSome university scholan indeed paid for over a period of3 to 4 years un­ arises from the planned move of Queen have aim",t made irrelevance a badge less it were the subject of a special Victoria Hospital from ita city eite to a of honour as though the uselesaness of teresting, and in the same way we have grant." location In Clayton about a mile from the their scholarship were a kind of index no right to suppoee that university In its application for building expen­ main campus. of its purity (if research is useless it education will be directly and im­ diture, Monash seeks funding for a The University aloo uko the Com­ must be pure). And there is no doubt mediately useful or predical or hydraulics laboratory in the Engineer­ mission to reconsider a proposal (or that the colleges of advanced educa­ fashionable. ing Faculty. a teaching auxillarl... building, to tion have often been more 8OCi~lly "The university must concern itself Such a facility is seen as being vital hoWle the Higher Education Ad­ reponsible and more sensitive to com­ with those intellectual values that are because of the importance of the work visory and He_rch Unit, the Audio munity needs than the universities. relevant in any and every age whatever being carried out by the faculty in rela­ Visual Aids Cantre, the Centre tor "At the same time univenlity educa­ the fashion. tion to the problems caused by in­ Continuing Education and the tion must be relevant in that deeper "Finally, the university must see dustrialisation in the' vicinity of Port Graduate School or Ubrarlanohip. sense in which Shakespeare. is still able itself not as a provider d learning - a Phillip Bay, Westernport Bay and the to speak to us in 1m: If sociai ir­ 'bank' where learning is deposited and Gippsland Lakes. It would be unique A grant has been made or $580,000 responsibility and insensitivity is one withdrawn - but rather as a provider in a Victorian tertiary institution. (at December 1974 coeta) tor thio vice, academic 'trendiness' is an equal 'of the things and the people learners A major element in Monash's capital project, enabling construction or • and opposite vice. might want to be in contact with in development program concern'S the 1300 sq. m. building, The original "As Sir Isaiah Berlin haa put it, we order to learn'. In . other worda, the Medical Faculty - on two counta. subml..lon lOught $976,000 (at June have no right to suppoee that the truth, University shoul~,_ itselfbaaically .. a The first ari... from the need to 1973 costa) tor a 3100 oq. m. building. when we find it, will tum out to be in- resource centre. MAY•••n a MONASH REPORTER THE FUTURE AS AUST. LIT. AT SAMU SEES IT A major internal Issue of the future, In the Staff Association of HOME AND ABROAD Monash University's view, I. that of the government of universities' who manage them, how, and to what ends? • I. !he study of served ov.r.... at home"1 will A re~rt to the recent Au.trall.n University Graduate Conference cl.lm. that in some respectl it i• . ComPI.ler of the report. Mrs. E. MorClim. from Macquarie Univer.itY. leys that a great manv of In the general AU8tralian context, attention. We can resent thI. a. un­ ~ustralla • be.t-known authors are not being Itudied in our universities. She presents a survev of hteratur. cour... throughout the country to back her claim. Monssh operates on an wanted or we can palnltaldnlly at­ By contralt. Mr• . Morc.m sayl. there are currentlv AUltralian literatur. cour....t five British .nd anachronistically authoritarian model. tempt to turn It to the good. European univerliti ... In the Council, the body of final SAMU does not have a concerted She IIYI th.t flmou. Au.tr.li.n writer. ignored or neglected in their home country include authority in University decision· theory or policy about the University's KIItharin. auNnneh Prichllrd. Eta.nor OIl ..... Kytl. Tenl"llllnt end OymphMl Cusack. The cour ... in Auatr.liin literature being offered miss. whole period .nd num.rous important •making, only half of the members are relation to the wider community, but it authorl and a r••.....,..,.nt it long overdue. she adds. elected, and the representativeneea of does have BOrne questions which it feel. . Mrs M~cam NV': . ~ ltudy of our litereture should be chronological. thUI linking ;1 with our those elected is open to criticism. that academics ought to he thinking history. With thl belt wnt.rs taken from e.ch period. even if in tom. ~. these representative While the large body of "sub· about: Universities, becauae of their writer. do not meet the highest liulrlry criulria. professorial" academic staff elect three very size, their financial dependency, " It m.y be that unlverlltie. ouhide Australia are not influenced by the h.ng·u~ of our colonial past. by what has been IUmmed up a. II 'cultural cringe'. representatives. the profeeeore the degree of occupation of their In the followtng .rtIcIe. MOlar lectur.r In the Engn... deputment at Monaeh. Philip M.rtin. (comprising some 10 · per cent of members. and their pretensions to, t..... look It how unlvlflitl..In the other hemjlP~e .re vtewtng our literatur. end dilCOv.rs teaching staff) elect four, and two are and practice of, dignity, are alarmingly elected by the seven Deans, who vulnerable to the kind of looeely inac· already exercise 8 major influence on curate, selectively outraged attack ex· University policy and practice through emplified by a recent article in The A bullocky on the Committee of Deans, .the opera· Bulletin. tions of which are 'closed' to the ' general body of staff, who are not ad· the Grand Canal mitted as participants or observers to Who speaks? Venice, you'li have noticed, hal meetings and have no accees to records been in the newl again of lata. (You of meetings. Are we to lie politically low and BBY read The National nn-, 01 nothing, are we to rely on the quality of couroe?). In March a oym_Ium Representation our work to justify us, or must we enter wao held there on AUltraiian the arena ofpublic relations? Ifeo, who writing in the 1950.. In the varioU8 other structuree of should speak for Universities - their [t was sponsored by the University of government responsible to Council, vice-chancellors, distinguished Venice .and the AU8tralian Govem· tbis lack of representativeneea in their academics, educ8tio~ facultiee, staff ment, and among Australian writers constitution is repeated, with conse­ associations, professional PR men? taking part were Rooemary Dohoon, Quent excessive representation in Much of the present criticism of un· Thea Astley, Vincent Buckley and decision· making for professorial staff. iversities seems designed to enforce the Chris Wallace-Crabbe. This system is open to criticism not propoeition that their non·growth is Australian literature in Venice? Yes. only on the grounds of its non· not merely something forced by Why not? representativeness, but also of its economic recession, but poeiiively to La.t year [ was there myoeU, as wastefulness of the resources available be desired. Are we happy to accept visiting prof... or for April and early to the University in the whole body of that there are now enough universities May. About 30 otudents enrol for the academic staff. Professors appointed in Australia when university education subject, under the enthusia.tic for their excellence in teaching and is still a privilege of the minority? guidance of the Queensland·born research are often so heavily burdened Profesaor Bernard Hickey. We sat see. ia impressive". with administrative responsibilities Education lack discuosing Judith Wright'. "Bullocky" that the University reape less benefit in a palazzo overlooking the Grand Denmark. There, Commonwealtb literature, including Australian, has than it should from their intellectual Is it this or the .paneneaa of educa· Canal. accomplishments. [an Turner of our History Depart· been taught for many yean, fll8t by Dr tion generally, that explain. why Greta Hort (formerly Principal of At the same time excellence in ad· epidemics of university·bashing occur ment lectured there a few months ministration is not necessarily later. And there are at least two other University Women's College, so often in AWltralia, and why the Melbourne) and since her death by the guaranteed by the very proper criteria lowest c?mmon denominator, reached Monash-Venice connections. One of professorial appointments, and it Venice graduate, Ariella Croma, Australian·born Anna Rutherford. so unerrtngly by some politici8Jl8, is 80 Her students take this subject in four may be heing neli1ected where it is to depressingly low? . teaches English at Monash, and he found in non· professorial ranke. another, Rodolfo Delmonte, worked years of their course and so are exposed Finally, granting that it may not be to at least BOme Australian literature It may well be conceded that con· a necessary function of universities to here for his Ph.D. on Au.tralian centrated powers of decision-making poetry. for a longer period than any Australian be popular, are we contributing to an etudent. were appropriate to the needs of the unproductive distrust of universities [n Venice [ held regular c1aaaes and University in its early period of rapid interviews, supervised the final draft of One thing which im preased me duro by our relative isolation, by over-ready ing eight months in Europa was the growth; what now calls for considera­ assumptions that we know best? that thesis and helped Bernard Hickey tion is the continuing suitability of to put the finishing touches to his 'Aust. Lit.' network there. In Venice, Above aU, do we fail to make for example, a previous visitor had such structures of government in an es­ meaningful contact with many of the anthQlogy of recent Australian poetry, tablished university. students we should be influencing to which was launched at this year's sym· been the critic Brian 'Kiernan of Sydney University. While [ was there The question of the end. to which value universities by conceding the posium. universities are to be governed hal [n addition [ gave two poetry· he returned from Aarhus, on his way to primacy of research over teaching, a conference at Toulouse, where again been under debate within univer· · and, by implication, the primacy of readings, one in Venice and the other sities for some time. In the im­ . theory over practice? in nearby Trevi80. Australian literature is taught. At the mediate future It appears ill alm(mt cumpleted a year's study leave faculty, and consequently visiting faculty tion on any matter that affects any lnlIuenza vaeclne i. now available enga~ed in both research and teaching. members are not eligible to be given the other individual or group." on prescription at the campus Phar­ award. However, this year Professor LawaoD [n practice, possibility doesn't ex­ macy. The Dean of Engineering at Monash, was nominated (or this award by students Professor Lance EnderAbee, recently tend very far. There are"clear historical This year's CSL vaccine offers in his claSses, and it is with regret that we received the (allowing letter from the instances where Hadministration" in protection against the Type A swine were unable to comider him. School's Vice· President for Academic one form or other has initiated 'flu strain as well a. the AlVictoria M­I did want you to know, however, that the measures that directly affect univer­ strain which was responsible for last fairs. James H. Gary: quality o( his lectures waa such that he was sity staff as individuals or 88 groups winter's epidemic. "Dear Dean Endersbee: so highly thought of by the students. without intimation to, let alone discus­ As in previous years, the Univel'1lity It is always 8 pleuure for ua to have We hope that Professor LaW80n will con­ sion with, either the staff members Health Service i. prepared to ad­ Professor Lawson of your faculty 88 8 sider us in the (uture when he wiahes to take concerned or the elected represen­ minister vaccinations. visiting professor on our campu&. Both he his sabbatical leave."

MAY. 1977 10 MONASH REPORTER Rkhard Pannell reviews "Romeo" and says • • • OILSTRUCK LOVERS DESERVED BETTER The Victorian Sha_~ Com­ the humanity of the man without loe· pany'8 production of "Romeo and ing the touching dignity of the pri ..t. Juliet" at the Aleunder Theatre In contrast with tru. vitality the deeerved greater IU""",,' than tbe pathoe of the star-croosed lovers seem petrol crl.l. and conlequently protracted. Perhaps this Is the fault of dwindling audien""" allowed• . the play. Certainly I found it revealing Ifit i. true that mOlt ditcu.. ions and that the most intense drematic mo· productions of the play aimplify it in ment of the evening came with Mer· seeing it 88 8 " paean of romantic love" cutio ' e taunt at Romeo'l then this production did us 8 service in " dishonourable, vile lubmieaion" to revealing the work's comic life. Tybalt, and the bitter joking of ru. Humour, obscenity, warmth and death. venality were all there on their own But this is. inescapably. a play of vivid and challenging terms, not young love. Ito poignancy. which can muted to heighten the effect of tragic be almost unbearable, seems - in a pathoe. modem production at le..t - to de· The production's most self­ pend on the abBolutely convincing consciously "provocative" and youthfulne.. of ito Romeo and Juliet. "modern" touches, always rather in­ Here the new thrust stage, which so congruous, seemed in the end not to effectively Bhut off the empty Bpace of count for much. There were, perhaps, the Alex Btage and brought the play moments of over-insistence on a dis­ out to the audience. didn't help. Depth tinctively Australian coaraenese of and distance might have sustained il· gesture and attitude in BID Zappa'l lusion; the intimacy of thi ••tage did Mercutio. But it was a performance of not. So Chrl. Crooka. looking a likely brilliant energy. at once disturbing and Benedick, W81 hard to accept .. comic in ita obscenity and gaiety, and Romeo, d.. pite eome effective use of sustained by a completely convin­ the voice. cin~ language of the body .. well .. of As Juliet, Judith Crooks did speech. achieve a moving characterisation. If Judith McGrath'. Nurse w.. just the illusion of youthful naivete, 8S &ssured, affording, as the venality of tend ern .... and impetuoeity (.. of a her humanity emerged, point after 14.year-old) was not quite complete, it point of human recognition. To the was a pleasure to lee them 80 part of Friar Laurence Ret Evans beautifully observed and expreased by brought humour and oddity, filling out the actress. OPINION CANVASSED ON CAMPUS THEATRE REPORT Copies o( a Council committee The.. include: for that theatre to relieve the financial report recommendln. a .hake-up In • That Union Board and Buildings burden on small production groups. the organloatlon of campUl theatre Committee discU88 and comment on a have been widely clreulated In an el­ proposal to re·develop the Union • That proviBion for a workshop and fort to provoke critical comment. Theatre as a small live theatre and reo theatre storage area, together with an The Monaah FIlm Group hal an­ They have been sent to all thoee like· equip a suitable lecture theatre for film office for the propoeed Theatre Ser· nounced details of Ito May program Iy to be affected if the recommenda· screenings. vices Unit, be incorporated in the plan. which includeB both contemporary tions are adopted. • That the Alexander Theatre Com· ning of whatever building is propoeed and claOBic llima. The new effort to canv888 opinions mittee study and comment on a for the site between the Alexander And while admission is by was approved by Council on the advice proposal to lower the minimum hiring Theatre and the south extension of the membe..hip only, the Group h.. also of Profeosorial Board. through which charge of 10 per cent of groes takings Humanities Building. announced a "pay .. they play" plan the working party submitted ito sweep· for th08e cinema buffs who see the $10 ing proposals. lump sum subscription .. a hurdle. Deputy Vice.Chancellor, ProCes.or "Contributing" members can pay a W. A. G. Scott. in a covering letter Lecture series explores $2 depoeit, then the remainder in $1 in· sent out with copies of the report, stalments every time they see a film for points out that it has not yet been the first 10 film., with the firot one adopted in principle. church traditions today free. There is no obligation to pay the Details of the report's various recom· full amount. Two chaplaincy lect...... remain In In term. two and three the "Full" membe.. pay $10 and no mendations were published in the thI. term'. serl•• which Is e:

MONASH REPORTER 11 MAY, ,.77 A 'ngoma' night out

An African word HAloma" neatly sums up what the audience can eI­ pect from a cultural concert to he held at the Alexander Theatre this month. "Ngoma" is a popular word in East­ Central Mrican languages and means, in different dialects, "dnun", "music", "dance", "festivity" and - "musical jamboree." The Ngoma Dance Troupe will stage its annual African cultural program in the Alexander Theatre on Thunday, May 19 at 8 p.m. SON OF TINTOOKIE This year the program is being held in conjunction with the national con· vention of the All African Students' Union in Australia, meeting at FOR THE ALEXANDER Monash Univeraity from May 16 to 20. A puppet Ihow whieh hal It deals with the protection of the en­ The convention will be discuseing enchanted ehlldren, adults and, un­ vironment and native animals by trac· various issues of African development anlmously, the critics Interltate ing the story of the Parma wallaby, a under the theme, "Africa, the Myths since its world premiere at the rare Australian marsupial thought to and Realities of Development." Sydney Opera House In January, have become extinct in 1935. The dance troupe includes per­ comes to Melbourne - and the AI",,­ In fact small numbers of the wallaby formers from Ghana, Nigeria, Zim­ ander Theatre - thl. month. were found in the 19600 and with the babwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda It is the Marionette Theatre of introduction of breeding stocks from and Kenya. Australia's double-bill production, descendents of Parma wallabies taken Their show aims to "reflect the ex~ Hand. and Roo. which will play at the to New Zealand many years ago, the cellence and cultural diveraity of the Alexander from May 9 to 21. animal is no longer on the endangered African continent. U ment will feature the vigorous music of There "ill be two performancee daily species list. Segments include the ceremonial in­ urban African night life. at 10.30 a.m. and 2 p.m. with a Satur­ Seats may be booked by contacting stallation of a Chief in Ghanian tradi­ Admission is $2.50 for adults and day matinee at 2 p.m. the Alexander Theatre on 543 2828. tion and a rural festivity dance, the $1.50 for students. For bookings con­ Although the show is billed as a holi­ Tickets are . $3.50 adults, $1.75 Yoruba, from Nigeria. tact the Alexander Theatre or the day attraction for school children its African Australian appeal is obviously wider than this, 88 newspaper reviews from Sydney, something for everyone." Adelaide and Perth indicate. NO "HARE" The show is being directed by David Said The National Times: "It would Glazebrook, (right), a fourth year be silly not to enjoy it, even if you drama student at Rusden: David has don't have a youngster to justify your UNDER HAT been associated with five combined presence. It is, to say very little, the Halls revues. funniest and cleverest show in town." THIS ONE The producer is Philip Dutton, The national theatre magazine. (left) a teacher who is also studying at Theatre AUltralia, goes as far as to "Hare": A rework of that bined revue to the Rusden and tutoring in Roberta Hall. say that the Marionette Theatre of notorious '600 musical? A magic Union Theatre from Tuesday, May 10 It is Philip's third year with the revue. Australia is one of the world's two or show featuring the old bunny In a until Friday, May 13. The production features a caat of 20 three best puppet theatres. hat? Perhaps even an on-.~e per­ Promotions for "Hare" promise "a with a backstage crew of a further 20. ''Their theatre is, perhaps, the moet formance by the religious """t1 fast-flowing evening with laugh~a~ "Hare" is being supported financial­ stark, innovative and impressive The answer is none of these. Rather, minute comedy sketches, chorus ~itenis ly by Halls' wardens and student dramatic institution we have in this "Hare" is the title of the 1977 com- and individual Dfferings. All in all societies. Ticketa coat $1. country," the magazine concludes. The man behind the production is I 11: LECI1.JRE - "The Society of Friends by Monash Astronautical Society. 8 p.m. Ledara Richard Brad.haw, who was ap­ (Quakers)", by Mr Barrie Pittock. 1.10 ~.m. Lec~ 'l'heatn HI. Admission !rea. pointed director of the puppet com­ tun 'I1t.eatn 83. Admlaaion free. Inquu'iee: e:lt. 25: LECTl.JRE - Law and the citisea ­ MAY DIARY 3160. "Righbl of unmarried motbers ud childnn hom pany in January, 1976. •4: MAY MUSIC CAMP - Conducton; Jiri out of wedlock," by Mr J.N. 1\arner (Mooaah) . Bradshaw took a bold step in devis­ Tancibudek, Henk van Ernat. Loi. Shepheard. First in weekly series conducted by Faculty of 6: SEMINAR - "Vjenneee Pamphlete 1781· Works by Offenbach, Verdi and Dvorak. 8 p.m. Law. 7.30 p.m. t...... Faculty. Adm_OIl $15 ing the program to be presented at the 95," by Professor Lealie Bodi. Monash Depart. RBH. Admission: adulta '2.50, children lind pen· (series). l~qu_iries: ext. 33771 ~. Alexander by changing completely the ment of German. First of the 1977 OCCMlonal sioners 60<:. 26: CONCERT - Beaus AtUJ Trio. Menabam seminars on bibliographical topics sponeored by 16-18: CONFERENCE - Auttralian Radiation Pressler (piano)\ Isidore- Cohen (violin), 8emard company's presentation techniques. the Graduate School of Librarianlhip and Protection Society. For further Wormation con· Greenhouse (€e!Jo) : Presented by Music VIVa. He replaced the complicated string­ Monash Departments of E~iShand French. 2.16 tact Monuh Centre for Continuini Education, Works by ~c~ubert and Beethoven. 8.15 p.m. p.m. Room Stll, Meul.. . Adm_ion e:l1. 3718, 3719. RHB. Admwnon: adulLs A. Rea. 16, B. Rea. $6; operated puppets with rod puppets free. Inquiries: ext. 2957, - "Biology 16.17.20,21: MUSICAL-"The Piratee 01 Pen· students $2. operated in full view of the audience. and Ideology: The lQ. Racket, Racism Ilnd Sex· zance" by Gilbert and Sullivan. Presented by The 27: LECl'URE - "The Foucault Pendulum" It was a gamble which has paid off ism," by ProCessor Steven Roee, Oe.en UnivenitY1 Babirra Player.. Nightly at 8 p.m. AJeUDder .....ith demonstration, by Dr C.F. Moppert. Of ~Iand.. Preeentecl by Monash IJep8rtment 01 Theatre. Admisaion: adultl $3.30, children 12. special interest to 5th and 6tb rorm ItudeDts. handsomely in terms of critical ac­ Pharmacology. I p.m. Led,," '!'beam H2. Ad~ BookinJ@: 277 1707. Presented by Monash Department of claim. mission free. Ingl!~es: ext. 2751. 18: WORKSHOP - Six Day Water En,sineering Matbematics. 7 p.m. Leetu.n n..tn RI. Ad· 9: LUNCHTIME CONCERT - Piano recital Workshop. For further information contact mi88ion free. inquiries: ext. 2550. Says head puppeteer Graeme by Mark FOflter. Worn by HaydEL.. Liszt, Monash Centre lor Continuing Education, nt. 27..JUNE4: MUSICAL- "FiddJeroa theRoor' MathielOn: ''The new puppets enable Schumllnn and Schoenbenr. 1.15 p.m. KItH. Ad­ 3718. 3719. presented by Cheltenham Light Opera Compuy. mission lree. CONCER"t' - Man::ia HiDee in .., AFRICAN CULTURAL SHOW ­ Ni8htly at 8 p.m. Ale:under Theatte. Adm_on: better movement and stronger, swifter Concert. 8UPoorted by Stylue. 8 p.m. RBH. Ad· "Ngoma" preAented by AU African Studentl adulbl $3, studenll $1.50. BookinD: 96 3289. actions. mistlion: adulLs ~~ students 13. Union in Australia. Cultural. Iymbolic. 2S-28, WORKSHOP ON HSC I'1IENCH - T. HThey are more comfortable to 9-21, SCHOOL nOLmAY ATl'HAcrJON­ ceremonial dances and 10"11 from aU 0YeI' Africa. oller refresher and updat4ll studi. in topics "Hand. and Roa;" """",to

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