A,t"'<:"'\~ VOL 7 NO 19 29 OCT. 81

Newsletter for The University of Newcastle Publicity for Researc

jects and conducted on-the­ ~~mm~~~~C N ional Rad­ spot taped interviews. For OM~,~~S . formation example, he and the Dean of discoveries the Faculty of Science, Prof­ theories and gives listen­ essor B. Boettcher, made a ers an awareness of the in­ tape and he made arrangements creasing influence of science with the Head of the Depart­ and technology in modern life. ment of Philosophy, Professor Qther special science C. Hooker, to interview him programmes organised by the soon. Science Unit include the Body Mr. Williams said that Programme with Earl Hackett it was his first-ever visit (Radio 2, Sundays, 8.45 am; to the University and he was Thursdays, 5.15 pm), Monitor quite surprised by the scope with Julie Rigg (Radio 2, of the University's research Mondays, 6.30 pm) Technology activities. He will make a Report with Peter Hunt (Radio follow-up visit next January 2, Wednesdays, 6.30 pm) and to record further ma teri al. Radio Science Bookshop with He indicated to the Dean of Kirsten Blanch (Radio 2, Sun­ the Faculty of Medicine, Prof­ days, 1 pm). essor David Maddison, that one Mr. Williams invited interview wi 11 be a feature staff at the University to have Robyn Williams about the Faculty. their research made known to Mr. Robyn Williams, of the The bu1 k of" i ntervi ews the community through ABC rad­ ABC Radio's Science Unit, carried out by Mr. Wil1iams io programmes. spent several hours at the will be presented on the He said those who are in­ Un1versity on October 22. Science Show (Radio 2, Satur­ terested could contact the Mr. Williams spoke to days, 12.40 pm until l.30 pm; Publicity Officer, Mr. John some academic members of staff Tuesdays, 10.15 am until 11 pm), Armstrong, who would inform about current research pro- one of the most widely-quoted him in Sydney.

DEATH of EMERITUS PROFESSOR JAMES JOHNSTON AUCHMUTY The Foundat~on V~ce-Chancello~ 00 the Unive~~~ty, Eme~tu~ P~ooe~~o~ Jame~ John~ton Auch­ muty, C. B. E., M. A., Ph. V. , Hon.LL.V. (Vublin), Hon.V. Utt., M.R.I.A., F.R.H~~t.S., F.A.H.A., F.I.A.L. d~ed ~n Bloom~ngton, Ind~ana on Wedne~day, Octobe~ 14, 1981. At ~t~ meet~ng on Octobe~ 16, 1981 the Council ~eco~ded it~ ~o~~ow on ~ece~v~ng the new~ and ~t~ app~ec~ation 60~ the l~6e 06 P~06e~~0~ Auchmuty and hi~ un~que and indi~pen~­ able cont~~bution to the e~­ tabti~hment 06 ~n autonomou~ Unive~~ity in Newca~tte. It ~ expected that a memo~iat ~e~~vce 60~ the tate P~06e~~0~ Auchmuty wilt be held ~n Ch~~~t Chu~ch Cathed­ ~at on Thu~~day, Novembe~ 26, 1981. Fu~the~ ~n60~mat~on wilt be g~ven in a tate~ edit­ ion 06 Unive~~ity New~. ames Auohmuty - as often observed by hi s University aolleag­ ues - reading The Times and r e ferring to Debrett's and Who's Who in the Library . Obituary inside they might wish to make would be considered at the next meet­ OCTOBER COUNCIL ing. The Acting Vice-Principal, Professor K. Dutton, reported The Vice-Chancellor reported In discussion Counci 1 was that the question of exemption on a combined meeting of the told that the States Grants from payment of the General committee of the Council and (~ertiar~ Education Assistance) Services Charge had been rais­ the committee of the Council 8111, WhlCh had been introdu­ ed with the UniverSity by a of the Newcastle CAE that were ced into the Federal Parl ia­ number of students in recent established to consider relat­ ment. carried a mechanism by years, and par~icularly in the ionships between the two in­ which universities would incur early months of 1981. Such stitutions follo~ing the ann­ losses of income if they re­ exemptions had been sought on ouncement of the Commonwealth fused to collect the fees. a variety of grounds. includ­ Government that the College The Un i vers i ty Sub-division ing that of con:science. The should be ama1gam~ted with the of the PSA protested over the present policy of the Univer­ University. . Federal Government's policy sity was that payment of the exempting academic staff of charge was compulsory. The Council universities from fees but not Council resolved that: exempting non-academic staff. noting the introductio~ on Council was told that the pol­ all students proceeding to • October 15, ~ 1981 i~to the 'icy followed before tuition • a degree or diploma of the Commonweal th' Par1 i ament of fees had been abo 1 is hed in 1974 University be required to the States Gr&Qts (Tertiary' among other things, exempted • pay the annual General Ser­ EducattonAssistance) Bl11 members of the full-time non-' vices Charge, provided that which will a~)gamite the academic staff who were admitt­ the Secretary after consult­ funding of the University ~d to formal courses of study atfon with the body concern­ of Newcastle and the New­ 1n any faculty of the Univer­ ed ma.y grant exemption from castle CAE from January 1, sity from course fees. membership of the Newcastle 1982, University Students' Assoc­ • whilst acknowledging its iation. University of New­ castle Union and/~r Univer­ duty as a responsible pub­ The Council approved the foll­ sity of Newcastle Sports lic body to take all steps owing new prizes in the Depart­ Union on grounds of con- • necessary to protect the ment of Classics: science or from the Univer . status, ~inancial and other sity of Newcastle Sports interests of the University The 'Ann Lowry Memorial Union on grounds of physic- of Newcastle, its members Prize for either Part lIar al disability; and officers. Part III Latin. recorded once again in the • the proceeds 0·' the General strongest possible terms its The James King Memorial Services Charge be distrib-e deep concern at the unseemly Prize for either Part 11 or ut~d amongst University Part III Greek. org~ ni sa ti ons as determi n- .' haste with which the amalgam­ ed by Council from time to ation between the University The Hunter District time; and the CAE is bting forced by Classical Association Prize actions of the Commonwealth in respect of a student for a Part IV subject offered granted exemption from mem­ Government without due regard by the Department. to the needs to provide adequ­ bership of any organisation on grounds of conscience or ate time for full and thorough The Classical Civilisat­ consultation with (a) two in­ from the University of New­ ion Staff Prize for Classical castle Sports Union on stitutions. their Councils and Civilisation I. their officers. and (b) the grounds of disability. the monies which would have community particularly through The Bart Roos Memorial the Hunter Region. been paid to such organis­ Prize for Classical tivi1isat­ ation(s) from the Charge The Council also asked ion II. the Vice-Chancellor to seek paid by that student shall be paid into a fund to be urgent consultations with . the The Douglas Ashworth Mem­ Minister for Education in New used at the discretion of lA orial Prize for Classical Civ­ the Vice-Chance110.r for th.­ South Wales to discuss the ilisation Ill. need for early action consist­ provision of amenities for ent with the Council's earlier Senate was told that the prizes students; poli~y with respect to integ­ had been established through • the matter be reviewed in ration. monies donated for the purpose, September, 1982. by the v augmented by donations from Vice-Principal. The Council also re-affirmed members of staff of the Depart­ V its opposition to the reintro­ ment of Classics. The General Services Cha duction of fees for second and Council approved the which the University collects higher degree students. Margaret Pitcher Prizes in the on behalf of the Students' The following resolution Department of Mathematics for Assocfatfofi, the Union and the was carried: women undergraduates in Math­ Sport~ Union will remain un­ ematics 1 and Part 11 Mathem­ changed next year ~espite re­ Counail re-affirms its atics. Quests by the Union and the opposition to the reintro­ Canon V. Pitcher and his Sports Union fOr its fees to duation of fees for seaond family established the prizes be increased. and higher degree students in memory of Margaret pitcher. The total General Ser­ and would. if compelled. a former member of staff in vic'es Charge at present is collect fees most unwill­ the Department. $120.50 for full-time students ingly. and $115.50 for part-time stu­ A move to have the Coun­ V dents, together with an en­ cil refuse to collect tuition A new policy relating to the trance charge of $10 for stu­ compulsory payment of the dents joining the UniverSity fees was defeated. Margaret for the first time. Kavanagh, member of the Coun­ General Services Charge was approved in principle. Coun­ The Union requested that cil elected by students. sub­ Council approve an increase mitted a petition which supp­ cil agreed to advise the SRC, the Union and the Sports Union in its fee from $56 to $61 orted this action containing and the Sports Union said it about 780 signatures. that any representations that required an increase in its fee from $41 to $45.10. These would have meant a General CONVOCA TION SCHOLAR Services Charge for 1982 ~f $129.60 for full-time students, $124.60 for part-time students. Council agreed with the Finan­ ce and Personnel Committee that the capacity of students to pay the General Service Charge was an important con- sideration. It was told that furthermore, there was reason to believe, for example, that the Union would complete the re-payment of its capital debt in the near future and that the Sports Union had access to other monies and a capacity to vary its charges for facil­ ities in strong demand. In­ tegration with Newcastle CAE was a probability and this could be regarded as a rele­ vant factor in consideration of the General Services Charge to be applied in 1982. V At its meeting on October 16, The Warden of Convoaation, Mr. Phi~ip Mi~~er, we~aomed the the Council resolved to supp­ Convoaation Visiting Saho~ar, Mr. Athe~ D'Ombrain, at a ~unah rt a motion calling for part­ in the Staff House on Oatober 23. Athe~, we~~-known natura~­ cular attention to be paid ist, photographer and free ~ anae journa~ist from Mait~and, has to the effects of the amalgam­ agreed to donate his ao~~eat ions of arahiteatura~ and natura~ ation of the University and history photographs, aontai ning severa~ thousands of items, the CAE on female staff and to the UniVersity Arahives in the Auahmuty Library. He is students. aurrent~y working with members of staff in the Arahives. The Counci 1 passed the Piatured are Mr. Mi~~er, Mr. D'Ombrain and the Viae-Chanae~~or. ollowing resolution: Staff from the Arahives were a~8o guests of Mr. Mi~~er. that in the event of any more fnformed approach to the Counc il fi xed the 1982 under­ dea~ining eduaationa~ and problems faced by women on graduate basic residence fee emp~oyment opportunities the campus. for Edwards Hall at $60, a aonsequent on the propos- However, Mrs. Rabbitt rise of $9 on the fee charged ed ama~gamation of~he said, the steps taken and pro- this year. At this level of UniVersity and the 'CAE, posed failed to address the fees E-dwa rds Ha 11 is expected this CounaiZ pay partia- immediate problem at hand, to have an income of $486,116 uZar attention to the that is, the proposed amalgam- and an expenditure of $493,917, impZiaations of its poZ- ation and the negative conseq- leaving a deficit of $7,801 iaies for women staff uences amalgamation could her- for the year. Council was and students. ald for women stUdents and told that the substantial in­ Presenting this motion, Mrs. staff, including any associat- crease in the residential fee Mary Rabbitt said that it was ed job loss or limitation of had arisen because of the encouraging to hear about pos- employment prospects. cost increases, the imposit­ "In the event of the am- ftfve steps being taken by algamation with the CAE, this ion of a 25 per cent surcharge onwealth and State Govern- on the cost of gas, the Coun­ nts to overcome the disad- University will become respon- cil's decision to introduce a vantaged situation of women sible for the existing and University Service Fee at the students and staff. Moreover, future education and employ- h A ment prospects of not only the Hall and the decision to create t e cting Vice-Principal, University's existing women a new staff position in the Professor K. Dutton had sugg- office. ested steps which the Univer- students and staff members it ld k but also of large numbers of y cou ta e to foster a CAE women students and staff". ------?DEANS appOinted The Faculty Board, Faculty of Publ.-c Meet.-ng Education, has elected Prof- essor J.B. Biggs Dean of the A public meeting is to be It is hoped that The . Faculty of Education from Jan­ held in the City Hall to Frfends of the Unfversfty uary I, 1982 until December launch The Frfends of the will enjoy wide support ~nd 31, 1984. University. interest, both from the Uni­ versity and t~e . Region. The public meeting will The Faculty Board, Faculty of Science, has elected Profess­ be held in the Council Cham­ Venue: Councf 1 Chambers bers and wi 11 be chaired or W.F.J. Pickering Dean of jointly by the Lord Mayor, Vate. November 4 the Faculty from January I, Alderman Joy Cummings, and 1982 until December 31, 1984. the Chancellor of the Univer­ T.ime 7.30 pm sity, Sir Bede Callaghan. Dr. R.A. Fredlein has been Further information may elected Sub-Dean for the same ~mong other things, the be obtained from: Mrs. Lorna period. With the agreement new support ,group intends to George (telephone: 52 4175), of the present Dean, Profess­ open up avenues for more peo­ Mrs. Lesley Angus (telephone: or B. Boettcher. Dr. Fredlein ple to become involved in the 43 4360) or Mrs. Shirley will begin h{s term of office Uni versi ty. Morris (telephone: 48 8629). as Sub-Dean on November I, re­ plaCing Dr. T.K. Roberts. required an increase in its fee from $41 to $45 . 10. These would have meant a General CONVOCA TION SCHOLAR Services Charge for 1982 ~f $129.60 for full-time students, $124.60 for part-time students . Council agreed with the Finan­ ce and Personnel Committee that the capacity of students to pay the General Service Charge was an important con- sideration. It was told that furthermore, there was reason to believe, for example, that the Union would complete the re-payment of its capital debt in the near future and that the Sports Union had access to other monies and a capacity to vary its charges for facil­ ities in strong demand. In­ tegration with Newcastle CAE was a probability and this could be regarded as a rele­ vant factor in consideration of the General Services Charge to be applied in 1982. V At its meeting on October 16, The Warden of Convoaati on, Mr. phi Zip MiZZer, weZaomed the the Council resolved to supp­ Convoaation Visiting SahoZar, Mr. AtheZ D'Ombrain, at a Zunah rt a motion calling for part­ in the Staff House on Oatober 23. AtheZ, weZZ-known naturaZ­ cu1ar attention to be paid ist, photographer and free Zanae journaZist from MaitZand, has to the effects ' of the amalgam­ agreed to donate his aoZZeat ions of arahiteaturaZ and naturaZ ation of the University and history photographs, aontai ning severaZ thousands of items, the CAE on female staff and to the University Arahives i n the Auahmuty Library. He is students. aurrentZy working with members of staff in the Arahives. The Counci 1 passed the Piatured are Mr. MiZZer, Mr. D'Ombrain and the Viae-ChanaeZZor. ollowing resolution: Staff from the Arahives were aZso guests of Mr. MiZZer. that in the event of any More fnformed approach to the Counc i 1 fi xed the 1982 under­ deaZining eduaationaZ and problems faced by women on graduate basic residence fee empZoyment opportunities the campus. for Edwards Hall at $60, a aonsequent on the propos- However, Mrs. Rabbitt rise of $9 on the fee charged ed amaZgamation of~he said, the steps taken and pro- this year. At this level of University and the 'CAE, posed failed to address the fees E-dwards Hall is expected this CounaiZ pay partia- immediate problem at hand, to have an income of $486,116 uZar attenti on to the that is, the proposed ama1gam- and an expenditure of $493,917, impZiaations of its poZ- ation and the negative conseq- leaving a deficit of $7,801 iaies for women staff uences amalgamation could her- for the year. Council was and students. a1d for women students and told that the substantial in­ Presenting this motion, Mrs. staff, including any associat- crease in the residential fee Mary Rabbitt said that it was ed job loss or limitation of had arisen because of the encouraging to hear about pos- employment prospects. cost increases, the i~posit­ "In the event of the am- ion of a 25 per cent surcharge itive steps being taken by a1gamation with the CAE, this nwea1th and State Govern- on the cost of gas, the Coun­ ts to overcome the disad- University will become respon- cil's decision to introduce a vantaged situation of women sib1e for the existing and University Service Fee at the students and staff . Moreover, future education and emp10y- h A ment prospects of not only the Hall and the decision to create t e cting Vice-Principal, University's existing women a new staff position in the Professor K. Dutton had sugg- office. ested steps which the Univer- students and staff members but also of large numbers of ity cou 1d take to foster a CAE women students and staff". ------tDEANS appointed The Faculty Board, Faculty of Publ.-c Meet.-ng Education, has elected Prof- essor J.B. Biggs Dean of the A public meeting is to be It is hoped that The . Faculty of Education from Jan­ held in the City Hall to Friends of the University uary I, 1982 until December wi 11 enjoy wi de support .and 31, 1984. launch The Friends of the interest, both from the Uni­ Un hers f ty. versity and the Region. The public meeting will The Faculty Board, Faculty of Science, has elected Profess­ be held in the Counci 1 Cham­ V~: Council Chambers bers and wi 11 be cha i red or W.F.J. Pickering Dean of jointly by the Lord Mayor, V~ November 4 the Faculty from January I, Alderman Joy Cummings, and 1982 until December 31, 1984. the Chancellor of the Univer­ T.ime. 7.30 pm sity, Sir Bede Ca11aghan. Dr. R.A. Fred1ein has been Further information may elected Sub-Dean for the same Among other things, the be obtained from : Mrs. Lorna period. With the agreement new support ,group intends to George (telephone: 52 4175), of the present Dean, Profess­ open up avenues for more peo­ Mrs. Les1ey Angus (telephone: or B. Boettcher. Dr. Fred1ein ple to become involved in the 43 4360) or Mrs. Shir1ey will begin hfs term of office Uni versi t.y. Morris (telephone: 48 8629). as Sub-Dean on November I, re­ placing Dr. T.K. Roberts. Principals of Newcastle and Hunter Valley High Schools SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY met with senior academic and administrative members of the University's staff on October 21 and discussed matters of interest to school students who want to enrol at the Uni­ vers i ty. The Principals, members of the Hunter Region Second­ ary Principals' Council, were told about the general situ­ ation pertaining to the Uni­ versity and its future, car­ eer opportunities for gradu­ ates, forms of co-operation between the Department of Edu­ cation and schools, aspects of teacher training, the statis­ tics of student performance, the quota for students enter­ ing Electrical and Computer Engineering courses and other matters. The Deputy Chairman of Senate, Professor Michae1 Carter, who welcomed the Prin­ cipals, spoke of the problems facing the University and ass­ is P~es he Huntep Region Seaonda~y P~inaipa ured the Principals that there ait. the t of MaitZand GirZs' High SahooZ. Miss W. • was great determination to Andpe~. and the Deputy Chai~man of Senate befo~e the meeting overcome them. bet~een SahooZ PpinaipaZs and University staff. "As a consequence of the Federal Government's decision Photo: A~thu~ Johnston to reduce funding for tertiary education, the University has In response to questions, prise sector. Management, ad­ been compelled for some years Professor Carter added that vertising, market research, to freeze lectureships and there was no intention of chan­ product management and sales e certain other positions as ging the name of the Univer­ controller are types of posit­ they become vacant", he said. sity of Newcastle. The Coll­ ions becoming available in in­ The financial position ege of Advanced Education would creasing numbers as the basic for the next triennium was be merged into the University nature of the Australian econ- still unclear, but cuts in and become part of its iden- omy changes. Talented and appropriately educated Arts funding of 2.7 per cent in tity. The Careers and Appo i n t - 19&2, 2 'per cent in 1983 and graduates will find very re­ 1.0 plus per cent in 1984 were ments Officer (Mr.H. Floyer) warding careers in these areas. expected. Such cuts were very reported that the so-called "Teaching'is still the severe for a university with "boom" in the Hunter Valley ambition of many young people expenditure heavily committed had not produced any dramatic leaving High School. Exper­ to salaries. upsurge in the demand for ience over the last two or Professor Carter noted graduates of the University. three years has shown that in­ that the University had been However, there had been a tending teachers should select very much the outcome of local strengthening in the number of their courses of study in Arts, community effort. "We are de­ opportunities avai~able.to Commerce, Mathematics or Science termined to come through, but graduates from Eng1neer1ng, in such a way that other aven--e Geology, Commerce-Accounting ues of employment can be enter vital decisions have to be and Computer Science and stu­ ed after graduation if it is made in order to survive". dents who completed courses in then thought unwise to proc- Turning to the issue of these disciplines .t the end eed with teacher training". th~ amalgamation of the Uni­ of 1980 had had little diffic~ Mr. Floyer added that versity and Newcastle CAE, he ulty in obtaining employment. some resistance had been built made it clear that amalgamat­ Nearly all the Engineering up in the labour market to • ion had been forced on the and Commerce-Accounting stud­ persons with teacher training Univers~ty by Federal Govern­ ents who would graduate at the qualifications, because there ment decree. There had not end of 1981 and the end of 1982 was the fear that upon being been the consultation one would be employed, or under offered a position as a teacher, would have envisaged to have offer of employment, by the the position would be accept- been necessary. time their final examinations ed. Time and money invested "Our concern is that a were finished. in that person by the employer recognisable and recognised Mr. Floyer revealed that was then wasted. University institution will young graduates were reluctant The Dean of the Faculty of remain in the Hunter Region, to leave the Newcastle area. that is, recognisable and rec­ Science, Professor B. Boettcher, "As the range of economic ac~­ replying to a principal whoask­ ognised in both Australian ivity in the Newcastle area 1S ed for information on the eff­ ana ",or1d contexts". fairly narrow and, in some ect of the reimposition of fees '~Professor Carter told the ' ,,,,,,rtllVipals that the Univer­ cases, the volume is fairly for second and higher degrees, small, those peop1 e with skills said that about half of the re­ sity's proposed mode of amal­ or interests not catered for gamation with the CAE guarant­ search output of Australia was locally have to find employ­ r eed the continuation of Advan­ carried out by postgraduate ment elsewhere". students in our universities I ced Education-type courses. "In recent years", Mr. and any reduction in output After amalgamation there would F10yer said, "the University be an opportunity for new tea­ would mean a serious loss to has been short of good, young Australia. I ching and research develop­ Arts graduates to enter the It was not only full-time, ments which are not possible many traineeship positions postgraduate students who wereJ at present. offered in the pr.ivate enter- involved, he said. An apprec- iable proportion of postgrad­ uate students were people who were already in professional positions, and for whom addit­ VICE-PRINCIPAL APPOINTED ional qualifications were ' not required, but who pursued re­ Professor K.R. Dutton has search on a part-time basis been appointed Vice-Principal over several years and, by so and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of doing, rendered better service the University . He will take in their positions. up his duties on January, ~~I ~ ______~ "Commonwealth Postgrad­ 1982. ~ uate Scholarships are obtained Professor Dutt,l)n ?f" c 6J\1~ OF by a minority of those enroll­ ently Acting Vic r -i JlCfPa-1 ing for higher degrees", Prof­ is 43 . He has be ll. ,Pro.fessor essor Boettcher said. " To add · of French at the Un'lvE/rs-:t tM ocr a burden of fees to those stu­ since 1969. He lds a ~a ~ t dents who don't even have the er of Arts degreem ~it~ ~onours benefit of scholarships will Class I and the Universit~ . do nothing except reduce the Medal from the Unive r sity" tlf,ry!1 numbers of students proceeding Sydney, and a doctorate of- t;.h.e to higher degrees, especi~lly University of Paris . He is those who are doing it part­ also a Fellow of the Austral- time over a nu~ber of years." ian College of Education, and is the author of a number of books and articles on French language and literature . Professor Dutton is a Visiting Fellow former Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of New­ castle and a former Deputy Chairman of the Senate. He was Warden of Convocation from 1974 until 1976 and Vice­ ature Association. President of the Staff Assoc­ In ' appointing Professor iation from 1977 until 1980. Dutton Vice-Principal and Dep­ A member of Newcastle Univer­ uty Vice-Chancellor, . Council sity Council on two occasions , decided that there should be he was formerly a member of one appointment at this sen­ Council of Macquarie Univer­ ior administrative level and sity. He has also served as that the position should be . a President of the Australian full-time one. University Graduate Conference Professor Dutton was also and of the Australasian Uni­ appointed to a Personal Chair ' versities Language and Liter- 01 ' Fr ench .

Short has developed interests By-law amendment in novel learning situations such as games and problem­ centred group work, as well as At its meeting on October 16, a concern about the minority 1981 the Council gave interim of students who dislike such approval to a proposal to amend By-law 3 . 8 . 2.2. The by­ situations. law currently provides that His task at Newcastle is technical, clerical, domestic, Dr. s ho rt to contribute to the develop ­ outdoor and other staff of the ment and elaboration of comput­ University are to be appointed The Faculty of Medicine curr­ er-assisted instruction tech­ and dismissed on the recommend­ ently has in residence a W.K. niques with specific reference ation of the Head of the De­ Kellogg Visiting Fellow, Dr. to the medical sciences input partment in which they are loc­ ny Short, B.Sc., M.D. (Liver- in the final phase of the New­ ated . The proposal is that the 01), Senior Lecturer in Phy­ castle curriculum. This re­ Vice-Chancellor's recommendat­ siology in the University of quires him first to immerse ion be required instead . Nottingham, England. himself in its distinctive Final approval has been Dr. Short is spending operations by working as a delayed until the Council meet­ three months in Newcastle from Term 6 tutor, and by sitting ing on December 11, 1981 to September 1,1981. He qualif­ in on planning and evaluation give members of the University ied in Liverpool in 1961 and meetings . He intends that an opportunity to comment . after his house-jobs taught Nottingham should also benefit Comments should be sent to the there unti 1 1969 when he join­ from his close involvement in Secretary to the University ed the new Medi cal School at this novel undergraduate pro­ and should reach him no later Nottingham. gramme . than December 1. Dr . Short was able to bring his family to live at Coal Point for part of his visit by exchanging houses with an Australian family. His main research inter­ ests are in membrane trans­ port of substrates and drugs in the liver and placenta. Through his association with curriculum and assessment dev­ elopment at Nottingham, Dr. IOBITUARY JAMES JOHNSTON AUCHMUTY

While all who knew the Found­ only in Newcastle bur1itAust- I power. One came away from ation Vice-Chancellor, Prof­ ralia generally, he made a these meetings feeling that I essor J.J. Auchmuty, were great contribution to Austral­ the discipline Was alive and saddened by his death, members ian historiography. One of his well, and that it was concert­ of the Department. of Ht$tory first published works after his ed not with preserving the who were privileged to co~e arrival in this country urged trivia of the pa~t but with into close contact with his historians to see Australian enhancing , the values of a real extraordinary mind feel a history, always in danger from and on-gning world. spec'a1 sense of loss. myopic parochialism, as an in- One of the major benefits James Johnston Auchmuty, tegral part of European hist- of these Thursday meetings was C.B.E ,., F.A.H.A., was born on ory and~ theref~re, in turn. an appreciat10n of what might November 29, 1909, the son of of the history of the world. be call~d the biographical Canon J.W. Auchmuty of Porta- His concern with the hum- mode of uRderstandtng both I down, Northern Ireland. ' After an individual at the core of past and present s~ciety. attending Armagh Royal School society and cult~re revealed James Auchmuty was a biograph­ he went to Trinity College itself clearly in his 'warts er at heart, and could see his Dublin ,here he achieved the and all' vi.ew of history. Men contemporaries, whether' dis­ highest academic distinctions were men. a~d always had been: tinguished senior colleagues and also began in the College they Were to be seen as $uc,h, or recently appOinted juniors, Historical Soe1*t., (the equi- not judged against some fabric- as subjeets · ~f unfolding and valent of thel)xtord Union) the ated and idealised archetype, as ye~ Qnf1ln-i-$'hed biographies. self-educa t i 0 ,1'1 1 n' the working and condemned to be found want- Sharing his visi6n gave ' a of the political mind which ing. James Auchmuty was always rare historical significance contributed ,s-C)'.lRuch not only to highly realistic in his assess- to the fmage individuals had his success as the founder of ment of human actions, whether of themselves. ODe became, ine the University of Newcastle, past or present, and he had no his presence, par~ ' Qf the hist but also to his essentially sympathy with those who des- orical process itself. It was humane philosophy of history. paired of man because of his this wa1 of looking at people From 1936 to 1946 he lectured imperfections. He blamed such that [(ifS'e manifest one of his in Education at Dublin, and things as psychological ~is- most adm1rable characteristics, from 1946 until forced to leave turbances, immobl1ising iJep­ his _flity to learn and remem­ in 1952 he was Assistant Prof- ression and cosmic .read on a ber the details of the lives • essor and Head of the Depart- refusal to accept "ulIl'anity for and careers of even his newest ment of Modern History at the what it was, ratber than what colleagues, and to take every . University of Alexandria in it ought to be: he regarded opportunity of showing a sym­ Egypt. In 1952 he was appoint- all sLlch alienations as seH- pathetic concern for their wel­ ed Senior Lecturer in ~istory inflicted injury of the human fare. Ke had a genius for en­ in the' then New South Wales spirit. This total lack of couraging people to have con­ University of Technology, and pessimism made him a source of fidence in themselves. he , became Head of the Depart- strength upon which one could SO thoroughly steeped was ment of Arts in the Newcastle draw when in need of reassur- he in the history of human be­ Un ivers i ty Co 11 ege on the tn - ance abo'ut the human cond it i on. haviour, with a11 its variety, a~guration of Arts courSeS in Since man, he maintained, cre- that nothing a man did or said 1954. His subsequent career ated society he must not lose could take him by surprise. It as Deputy Warden and Warden of faith in it. had all happened before, if not in his own direct experience the College and as the Vice- Throughout his career in then fn the past; the pattern Chancellor of the University Newcastle he held regular Thurs- was recognisable, the motivat- for its first 10 year~ is too day l.nch-hour meetings in his well known to need recounting. study for his departmental fon familiar, the historical .a The evidence of his success is Icolleagues. At these he con- significance of even Tandom ,.., in the very bricks and mortar ducted lively and wide-ranging events assessable. of its buildings and, more im- debates, frequently astonish- James Auchmuty was a pass­ portantly if less obvfously, ing us with his grasp and know- ionate believer in academic in its spirit. ledge of our own special fields. freedom, although he did not He was also, however, Most significantly these meet- mean by that the right to be right through this long period, ings reminded us weekly that &ocially irresponSible. He Professor of History, ,and al- our little corners of historic~ saw a Univers.fty as a place though his other responsibilit-,al research and concern were where there must be r'oom for ies forced him to relinquish ,but parts of a wide and endur- all sincerely held views: the control of the Department to ' ing complex of historical ex- remedy for a ~artic~lar bias his esteemed friend, the late perience. No matter how spec- was to ' make av~ilable an opp~ Geoff. Cranfield, hls intell- ialised or unique our topic osHe or alte.rnative view. ectual influence in it remain- may have seemed to us, he The result. of this, belief fOl ed. At the centre of this in- could always point out obscur- the Department of History is fluence was his all-embracing ed origins, forgotten links, the current ~1de spectrum of ' humanism. and he had no patien- unexpected parallels or un- philosophical view.s to which ce with any ideology which by imagined consequences; and at a ,student in the Department impliCation denied the primacy all times his total command is exposed if he takes any j" of the individual. His convic- of the resources of his lib- significant rang~ of the sub tion that man was tne reality rary produced instantly, on ' jects it offers. behin,d all history led him to request, documentary support He was, himself, a man , view that history as a contin- of whatever point he had been of deep liberal sympathies, I uum which allowed the past to making. In his hands the ~ith a strong sense of just- ~ frradiate the present and the Diationat'1I of Nati.onal Bio­ ice. He was 'imllensely tOlerl', present to feel an empathy graphy. the Annual Register' Int of all but the deliberat with the past. By impressing and Burk.'s Pesrags constitut- ely d1shon,st. a~d he recog­ this on his colleaaues. not ed a weaponry of irresistible nised and d~fended the need c for other individuals~""",,~~~,o~"!M 611e Unsatisfying featurE: . After that he flew home as they t.hOU9ht proper, proL... of human exi stence that 1 ife to launch a Curriculum Develop·- vided they did not seek to ~_.1s too short to achieve all we ment Teaching Kit on the Comm­ destroY,the raft of society .~~are capable of achieving. In onwealth, to coincide with the upon whi ch we a re all depend- ~ ~ t~ is. sense we ca n say wf th con-' meet i ng of the Heads of Govern·· ent for survival. When a . ,!lctlon that his life was sat- ment of that organisation, for colleague was threatened with ....:::.;lsfying to him, since he was the future of which he had an injustice, he would defend Z(}at full stretch right to the great hope. Finally, before I him with all his energy and very end. His last six weeks his departure for America, he authority, even in cases where we~e.extraOtrdiinatriB1YibUsiY'din- went to Whyalla to speak to a J the values and beliefs of the !O v1ng a . r p 0 r ta n ur- gathering of teachers. victim were totally opposed to 1ng which he covered great ~is- In the last letter recei- his ~wn. Those who know the tances and visited many centres ved from him, written a facts of some of these cases in the course of his research night before his death, he continue to marvel at such hum- into the history of his dis- said: 'As you know, if you anity. tinguished family. He paused, are. to get any work done time There were other charact- as always, before the evidence' is the essence of the case and eristics which contributed to of great men of the past, I just did not have enough of his great achievements. He spending an hour examining the it'. Not enough p~rhaps was a thorough pragmatist in grave of William Bligh in the do as much as he wlshed, but his dealings with people of 1- 'parish churchyard at Lambeth, he made splendid and inspir- distinction and power. His iIj.:lvisiting Broadlands, the home ing use of that time which was historical understanding of ~.;of Palmerston and later of vouchsafed -to him. If you the functioning of society gavl"Ji;;Mountbatten, working profft- wish to remember him, look a- im an intuitive grasp of the ~ ably in the College of Heralds, bout you. ature and tone of any commun-~ and, in the intervals, reading ty he encountered, and his .~ the latest reviews of the works JPSB intense interest in the methods of his erstwhile colleagues, WGM by which men and groups pursue with whom he never lost touch. t~eir interests helped him greatly to identify the patt- erns of power and i nfl uence L resent in it. In the pract­ • cal world he used this abl1 ity .-• to marshal support for his ob­ jectives concerning this Uni- versity, and with skill and diplomacy created common ground upon which people normally sus­ picious or hostile c~]d meet. This ~nderstanding of the nec­ essity for compromise at the heart of all stable societies was manifested in his own be­ haviour when engaged in con­ flict or argument. He never, humiliated a 4efeated oppon­ ent; nor _did he harbour resent- _. ment against those.who, very ccasional1y, got the better of him. This was of enormous value to him, not only within the small world of the Depart­ ment but also in his necessary dealings with those who poss- essed the power, political or ndustrial, to help or damage 1 e he University. It is really impossible to convey to those who did not J know him any real sense of his enormous vitality, the irrep­ ressible energy and the dynamic humanity that made acquaintance with him a profound influence up.on so many. We can only em­ phasise his passion~te convict­ ion that men count in the sch Professor Auchmuty p08ing ~ith a ~orkman and a chain8a~ for erne of things, and that their the preS8 during ~ork on site preparations for the Great great duty is to exert them­ HaZZ project in 1971. selves to the utmost in the world. We tend to see death as tragic, but it is dO.ubtfi.ll that James would have agreed. To him the real tragedy was life not lived to the full: Rotary Scholarship

Well-known former Science stu­ dent, Mr. Bruce Cook, has won a Rotary Scholarship to under­ take a Master of Science de­ gree in the United States . A Senior Technical Officer with the Blood Transfusion Ser­ vice of Royal Newcastle Hospit­ al, Mr. Cook is hoping to be able to work with Professor P. Issitt, a specialist on immuno­ haematology, at the University of Florida. If he cannot he will undertake the M.Sc. de­ gree at Wayne State University in Detroit. In the United States he also expects to do a special­ ist examination in blood trans­ fusion under the supervision of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Mr. Cook will leave for the United States in Septem­ ber next year and will return to Newcastle app r oximately 20 months later. . "While in the States I will learn about advanced re­ search theories that have not yet been investigated in Aust­ ralia and go to as many con­ ferences and seminars as poss ­ ible", he said. "On my re­ turn to Newcastle, I will en­ rol, hopefully, for a doctor­ ate at the University" .

Bruae Cook ( left) and a aoll­ eague at the Blood Bank at Royal Newaastle Hospital.

Within a range of activit­ ies programmed by AAUCS are Visiting (Advisory) Assignments OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE which are normally for periods The general objectives of the in a large number of discip­ of from 30 to 90 days. They Australian-Asian Universities lines and a few administrat­ are undertaken by Australian Co-operation Scheme (AAUCS) ive and technical posts. academics who contribute to an are to assist in the upgrading Some possibilities include a Indonesian faculty or depart­ of national academic technical geographer in transport and ment by teaching, conducting and administrative staff in development, a food technol­ staff seminars and advising on overseas universities. This ogist, a lecturer in engineer- research, curriculum develop­ is done by setting up training ing economics and transport, ment and technical and other courses both in Australia and an instrument physicist, and support services . the countries concerned, an economist with experience Indonesian authorities arranging visiting assignments in taxation . have asked for visiting assign­ and seconding Australian staff ments during 1982-83 in the to overseas universities and The Australian-Asian Universit­ following fields : ies Co-operation Scheme would providing postgraduate fellow­ Ho r ticulture, Crop Ecology~ ships. also welcome enquiries from per­ sons within the academic commun­ Agrometeorology, Animal Para­ Some steps have already sitology, Animal Husbandry and been taken by AAUCS to assist ity who may be interested in taking part in academic staff Management and Agricultural universities in Papua-New Economics. Guinea . At present short­ development projects in Indones ­ term secondments of less than ian universities. AAUCS has Initial enquiries about three months are being negot­ been operating in Indonesia for the secondment opportun i ties some 11 years . A wide range of ~ ated for an economic geolog- in Papua-New Guinea and the 1st , a planner, an animal disciplines is embraced under assignments in Indonesia may nutritionist , an analytical the Scheme, including the plant be made to the AAUCS Academic chemist, a catal oguer, a book and animal sciences, population Liaison Officer, Peter Irwin , binder, and help is being giv­ studies, agricultural economics, C/- the Department of Geog­ en in filling sever al vacant the basic sciences, food scien­ raphy, Extension 774. chairs . ce and technology , English lang­ It is l i kely that many uage and library and technical further requests will be made services . Coal Research Challenge· The contaminants in coal pose Company of Australia Ltd. have operational and environmen~a1 become Subscribing Members of The research programme restrictions on the expanslon the Institute. Other firms proposed by the Institute of of the use of coal for energy. which intend to similarly be­ Coal Research would determine That being the case, the In­ come involved in the Instit­ the complex interactions of stitute of Coal Research sees ute's activities are the Aust­ minerals in the utilisation of research to minimise the prob­ ralian Coal Industries Research coal in simu1ations of combus­ lem as one challenge facing Laboratories, the BHP Co. Ltd., tion and progressing and re- it. CRA, R.W. Miller & Co. Pty. late these to the geD10gica1 According to the Director Ltd. and Coal & Allied Operat­ setting of the coal and the of the Institute of Coal Re­ ions Pty. Ltd. mining, preparation, transport search, Dr. Terry Wall, resear­ The following representat­ and milling operations prior ch into contaminants in coal ives of outside associations to firing. is an example of the contrib­ contributed speeches at the Dr. Wall also referred to utions the Institute can make launching: Mr. W.N. Darby, the educational purposes of . to ioca1 and national needs. Manager - Coal Technology, The the Institute: "The demand At the official launching Shell Company of Australia Ltd., for graduates with appropriate of the newly-established ICR Mr. J. Webb, Executive Engineer, training and interest in coal in the Great Hall on October Electricity Commission of New has never been greater. 23, guests were welcomed, the South Wales, and Mr. L.G. Gore, "A new Diploma in Coal organisation's framework and Manager, Australian Coal Indus­ Geology is to be offered, and objectives were described, tries Research Laboratories. a Master of Engineering Science industry's requirements were Dr. Wall has explained: with options in Coal Technology outlined and the new Institute "In the use of coal, contamin­ is also proposed for 1982. was toasted. ants determine the wear of Both courses are offered prin­ The Institute has been crushing systems and boiler cipally for part-time studies established by the Council of tubes, the fouling of furnaces, for geologists, metallurgists the University to produce eff­ the lifetime of refractories and engineers who wish to dev­ tive interaction between in- and construction materials and elop or expand their knowledge ustry, Government and resear­ the final pollutants emitted chers at the University who as wastes. in an area of increasing em­ are working in coal. The In­ "At present the success­ ployment opp~rtunities". stitute is in a unique posit­ ful operation of power stat­ Concerning Australia's ion to slot into the local and ions, metallurgical furnaces good reputation in the field national coal research scene. and industrial boilers depends of coal research, Dr. Wall At a meeting before the on designs and operations in pointed out that the Univer­ unching, members of the which uncertainties in allow­ sity had made a substantial ard of the Institute elected ances for these effects are contribution in the area of common due to an inadequate coal combustion, coal geology Emeritus Professor Ian Stewart and storage and transport. Chairman of the Board. Prof­ basic and engineering knowled­ essor Stewart, who was the ge". University's Foundation Prof­ essor of Chemical Engineering, noted with satisfaction ·the significance of October 23, 1981. In the words of the Foundation Chairman: "We now have a full research institute, comprising a board, an execut­ ive committee, subscribing in­ dustries and staff - the out­ come of an enormous amount of ~ork by a number of dedicated ~niversity people". The Vice-Chancellor, Professor George, welcomed the several representatives of out­ side organisations and said it was a great pleasure for him Research ~hat after a long gestation are representatives of e University and outside organisat­ ,..,he Institute had reached ions. The Institute is intended to co-ordinate research in­ fruition. to coal. Outside organisations are represented on both the The Electricity Commiss­ Board and the Executive Committee. From left: Professor ion of New South Wales, Esso D. George, Mr. J. Webb, Emeritus Professor I. Stewart, Dr. T. Australia Ltd., and the Shell Wall, Mr. W.N. Darby, Mr. L.G. Gore and Mr. G.A. Andrews.

INTERN A TION AL The AVCC has received prelimin­ cost" fee chargeable to an ary notice that some 500 new overseas postgraduate student. NEWS Overseas Research Students The only criteria for Awards will be offered by uni­ the awards are outstanding versities and colleges in the merit and research potential, United Kingdom in 1982 to over­ and they may be held in any Li8ted below are reque8t8 and seas postgraduate research field of study. item8 of international neW8. students of outstanding merit Further details will be If you would Zike further in­ and research potential. available by December 15 from formation, plea8e contact the Each awa rd wi 11 cover the Committee of Vice­ Secretary, AVCC, P.O. Box 1142, the difference between the Chancellors and Principals, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601; or tuition fee for a home post­ 29 Tavistock Square, London, write direct a8 irdicated. graduate student and the "full- . WC1H 9EZ, England. . subject to sufficient student and staff interest being evid­ Departmental Heads ent. The amenities and serv­ SPORT ices at the centre will be at your disposal, but you will As the Regulations Governing make your own arran~ements in Departments currently stand, SPORTSMAN'S BAR Now is the ~egard to cooking, (food will the process to determine who is time to make arrangements for be supplied) transportation, to be Head of Department must end of term or Christmas funct­ personal tents, bedding, etc. be completed before the end of ions. Please telephone Mr. - in general you wi 11 fend for hi s predecessor's term of office. John Hay at Extension 500. yourself. 8ush-walking, swimm­ This inflexibility has created ing, fishing and boating (BYO a number of problems in the past. PAVILION SPORTS SHOP New marine craft, or hire from the The Counci 1 now proposes to i n­ stock Rock-bottom prices _ Auchmuty Sports Centre) are a troduce some flexibility into buy now and avoid the Christmas few of the attractions at this the regulations. rush! The shop is open for well-equipped lake-side centre Under the new proposal an business from 9 am until 10 pm located near Bungwahl. Costs appOintment as Head would be seven days per week. are minimal, viz. $5 per stud­ made not later than six months ent and $10 per staff member. after a vacancy arose in the CAMPING The Sports Union Intending campers must contact office. In the interim period Recreation Organisation will Jock Armstrong, University the Vice-Chancellor would be arrange a week-end camp, at Activities Organiser, at Exten­ empowered to appoint an Acting Smith Lakes Research Centre, sion 469, by Friday, November Head of Department. on November 27, 28 and 29, 20, at the latest. In addition the fixed three year period of office will be changed to a maximum joined the University after be­ period of three years, allowing ing awarded a Ph.D. degree by Council to make appOintments Historian's Visit the Australian National Univer­ for a shorter period in approp­ sity for a thesis which formed riate cases. the basis of his best-known Comments have been invite by the Council on this proposa historical work, The AustraLian before final approval is given Legend. at its meeting on December 11, In more than 20 years, 1981. Comments should be sub­ this book has done much to en­ mitted to the Secretary to the courage debate among histor­ University no later than Decem- ians about the evolution of an Australian sense of identity. ber 1. _ The AustraLian Legend in large part is based on Russell Ward's interest in Australian folk ballads and bush songs SCHOLARSHIPS of the nineteenth century. Australian Institute of Nuclear He is the editor of The Science and Engineering AINSE Penguin Book of AustraLian Postgraduate Research Student­ BaLLads (1964), the author of ships - 1982 AustraLia: A Short History A candidate must be nominated (1965), A Nation for a Contin­ by a university in Australia ent (1977) and he translated with which he wishes to enrol from the French The New Aust­ for a higher degree, and must raLia (1972), and SociaLism hold the degree of B.E. or B.Sc. Professor Ward Without Doctrine (1977). A (Hons.) before commencing ten­ School textbook which Ward ure, before June 3D, 1982. At a luncheon in the Southern wrote in the early fifties, Duration of tenure is at Cross Lounge in the Union on Man Makes History, sold 200, the Institute's discretion and November 11, the distinguished 000 copies. the expectation being that the Australian historian, Emeritus Professor Ward's visit requirements for Ph.D. will Professor Russell Ward, wi 11 has been organised by the normally be completed within speak on Constitutional Reform. Eleventh of November Committee, three years of postgraduate Professor Ward, who re­ which comprlses several mem­ study. tired from the position of Prof­ bers of the University who The stipend is $5,105 p.a. essor of History at the Univer­ believe that the constitution­ plus dependant's allowances. sity of New England in 1979, al problems highlighted by the Applications close on was born in South Australia and events of November 11, 1975 November 14 with The Executive was educated at Wesley College, need to be kept in the open Officer, Private Mail Bag, P.O. Perth, Prince Alfred College, and not forgotten. Sutherland, N.S.W. 2232. Adelaide, and Adelaide Univer­ Previous speakers presen­ Further information is sity, where he was awarded a ted by the committee include available from the Student M.A. in English and History. Mr. Walker, Attorney General Admini strati on Office. (Mr. W. He taught at Geelong and and Minister for Justice in Rigney) Sydney Grammar Schools in the New South Wales, Mr. M. Young, late thirties and then served MHR, and Senator Gareth Evans. in the A.I.F. in the Second Professor Ward will also World War. present a lecture at the Uni­ Opening After the war he taught versity for the Department of The Official opening of the for the New South Wales Educat­ History. He will speak on University's Clinical Sciences ion Department and became in­ The Changing National Image facilities at Royal Newcastle creasingly involved in politics. of Australia in the Twentieth Hospital (NEWMED 1) is schedul­ Speaking at his farewell Century in Room LG29 in the ed for November 25. The open­ at the University of New Eng­ McMullin Building on November i ng wi 11 be performed by the land he remembered that the 10 at 5 pm. Governor-Genera 1 . All sect ions U.N.E. had given him a job 23 of the building should be oper­ years ago "when some other Aust­ ational by that time and land­ ralian universities would not, scaping work should be complet­ and the rest did not". He ed. A Ph.D. student in the Faculty In the second year he Prestigious Award of Medicine has won a prest­ will collaborate with Profess­ igious National Heart Found- or P.I. Korner at the Baker ation Overseas Fellowship. Medical Research Institute in He is Tony Quail, Senior Melbourne on extensions of the Anaesthetic Registrar at the work. Royal Newcastle Hospital. Tony Quail is currently As well as being the completing his Ph.D. on cent­ first National Heart Foundat­ ral modifications of cardio­ ion Overseas Award to be made pulmonary chemoref1exes by in­ to the University's Medical travenous clinical induction School, it ranks among the agents such as a1fathesin and most sought-after awards for fentanyl, which have molecular young scientists in Aust­ configurations similar to nat­ ralia working in the field ural steroids and enkepha1ins of cardiovascular physiology. respectively. The work invol­ Moreover, it is rare for a ves insight into possible in­ NHF Fellow to be pursuing re­ teractions with the central search in the discipline of neurotransmitters, noradrena­ anaesthesia/surgery. line and 5-hydroxytryptamine, Tony Quail's award is and has been carried out in for two years. The first year Professor S.W. White's laborat­ wi 11 be taken up in the Nuff­ ory using conscious rabbits as ie1d Institute for Medical Re­ models of the human control search at the University of system, and in man. Oxford working with Professor Tony wi 11 1 eave for Oxford ' G.S. Dawes on aspects of the with A1 i son and their two child­ embryo10gica1 development of ren in the New Year. Our con­ Tony QuaiL central nervous cardiopulmon­ gratulations and best wishes ary control systems. go with them.

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DOUBLE BED box spring MATTRESS - David NE~ ZEALAND Furnished student flats Dawn "Wunda Sleeper" brand. This has are again available during the summer been kept in the spare room and has had vacation from December to mid-February very little use, $200. at the University of Waikato, in the . If anyone is interested in any of the central North Island of New Zealand. above mentioned items please telephone These self-contained modern flats 48 7037 or Extension 724. are fully equipped for occupation on motel principle, and available for two, three or four people, for periods of University of Newcastle Wine Glasses and three nights or longer. Juice Glasses - $2 each (6 for $11) are Bookings must be made in advance, available from the University Womens' and full details of charges and availab­ Group. Please telephone Gail Johnston ility can be obtained from: The Regist­ 66 1760, or Kerr Johnston in Mechanical rar, University of Waikato, Private Bag, Engi neeri ng. Hamilton, New Zealand. F 0 U N D Found somewhere on campus and circ~'-a iied TEN D E R - UPRIGHT PIANO in an attempt to find an owner is a two­ The University Child Care Centre has for page document, "Appen~ix 10·, which pre­ sale one Iron frame, upright piano. ~~~ sents 1; s ts headed, "Bore'hol e·, "Gr; d Locality" . Would the owner please coll­ The piano can be inspected at the Child ect this from the Publicity Office, G58 Care Centre by arran!}ement witll the Dir- (a) or G60, in the McMu11in 8ui1ding. ector Mrs. Will;ams (telephone 67 3475). Tenders should be forwarded to the Pur- chasing Section in a sealed envelope WANTED TO RENT - Three b.ed'room home marked "Tender for Piano", and will be close to ' beach. House is required for accepted up until 11.30 am on November six weeks (December-January). The home 13, 1981. is required for Dr. Hans Tinneberg and his family from West Germany. If you can help please telephone Extension 577.

Ml1NDA'f, NOV"E"A"B"E'l9 11 am Computing Centre Seminar entitled Digital ' s develop- DIARY OF EVENTS ing range in micro-computers. Guest speaker: Mr. John Farkas, from Digital Equip­ ment Australia Pty. Limited. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Venue: Room VI01.:llthem~~ 8 pm Newcastl e Fil m Sod ety pre­ ics Bui1ding.~.· ·'L.~,_ sents: TO MY BELOYED (Ui.&i 19J·.8-) - n ya Ave r.b a ch. SUND" y, NOVEMBER 15 art "",,; .' .' --~-- ''"'.t.;~",',;;.':~..:i~.:,.. -'.'~.'~ ~~.Newcastle Film Society pre- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 ~·~.'t·'·'''·"~W'?';';~; . sents: DERSU lI'lALA (Japanl to Annual Exa.fnations ""'-';.::!:";'~;.-':"':':;'~.ii..''''.~,"' USSR 1975) - A·kfta KU.rosawa. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 r; SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 22 8 pm Newcastle ~lRl Sqciety pre_ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 sents: COUSIN COUSINE S.80 pm INAUGURAL PUBLIC LEC TURE - (France 1977) - Jean luc Professor Ron MacDonald - Tacchella. Lecture Theatre E01, Physics. Topi c: The Pr.obl ems of SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Physics and the Work of the 10.30 am Ordinatfon to the Priest­ Depart.ent of Physics. hood of the Reverend Jalles Bromley (Universjty Chap­ 7.30 pm PUBLIC MEETING to launch lain) - Christ Church Cath­ The Friends of the Univer­ edra 1 . sity. Venue: Council Chambers. The meet i ng wi 11 8 pm First Mus of aNew Priest be chaired jointly by the (celebrated by Father James Lord Mayor, Alderman Joy Bromley, Anglican Chaplain Cummi ngs and The Chance 11 or of the University, Sir Bede to the University) - St. George I s Church, Stewa rt Callaghan. Avenue, Hamilton South. (All members of the University FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 are cordially invited) 7.45 pm Annual Ge.neral Meeting of " y pm fOz' the IllstH.uteof Internat­ TOWN and GOWN DINNER to be .~--,'f. 80 pm held. by The Hunter Valley.'" ional Affairs. ~Newcastle Branch of The Australian Group). Spi!aker: Profess­ Federation of University or C1em Tisdell. Topic: Women. Venue: Edwards' The International Realpolft­ Hall. Cost: $22.50 per ik of Scieftte and Technology. guest. The guest speaker Venue: Staff House. will be Professor K.R. Dutton. Dress: Formal/ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Academi c. Proceeds to the Friends of the University Fund. 8 pm Ne wcastle Film Society pre­ Enquiries should be direct­ sents: TIfAFFIC (France ed to Gwen Hami 1 ton 43 8825 19 71) - Jacques Tati. or Gay Reeves 685 463 (Uni I or 52 3174 after hours.

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