1951- 52- 53.
THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY ACT.
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL
FOR THE PERIOD
1st JULY, 1951, TO 31st DECEMBER, 1951.
Presented pursuant to Statute, 15th October, 1953 ; ordered to be printed, 22nd October, 1953.
ICost of Paper :—Preparation, not given ; 900 copies ; approximate cost of printing and publishing, £65.]
Printed and Published for the G o v er n m e n t of the Commonwealth of A u s t r a l ia by L. F. J o h n s t o n , Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra (Printed in Australia.) No. 229 [Grout F & H.]— F.5409.—P rice I s. 3 d . CONTENTS
1. Report 2. Financial Statements. THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERIOD 1ST JULY, 1951 TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1951.
To His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir W illiam J ohn McKell, K.C.M.G., Q.C., the Governor- General and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Commonwealth of Australia. May it please Your Excellency: I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the first report of the Council of the Australian National University. Hitherto the University was governed by the Interim Council, whose final report covered a period to 30th June, 1951, when it retired from office in favour of the full Council contemplated in Section 11 of the Australian National University Act 1946-1947. This first report of the Council will cover the brief period from the establishment of the Council to the end of the University year, 31st December, 1951. ORGANIZATION. The Interim Council’s reports set out in detail the nature and scope of the new University and the development of its administrative and academic structure during the first five years. The Council took office on 1st July, 1951, pursuant to the provisions of the Act and University Statute No. 6 (Constitution of the Council (Period of Office) Statute). Section 10 of the Act prescribes that the governing authority of the University shall be the Council and Section 11 provides for a Council consisting of not more than 30 members, including— (i) Two members of the Senate elected by the Senate, for periods not exceeding three years; (ii) Two members of the House of Representatives elected by that House, for periods not exceeding three years; (iii) Not more than eight persons appointed by the Governor-General for periods not exceeding three years, being persons who “ in the opinion of the Governor-General, by their knowledge and experience can advance the full development of the University ”. Initially four members are to be appointed in this fashion together with one further member for every member in excess of five elected by Convocation and for the time being holding office; (iv) Not more than nine persons elected by Convocation for periods to be established by statute; Convocation when first constituted will elect five members, its representation increasing with its own membership (Section 11 (v)) ; (v) The Vice-Chancellor (ex officio) ; (vi) Two persons appointed or elected in accordance with and for periods determined by statute, to represent students of the University; (vii) Three persons appointed or elected in accordance with and for periods determined by statute, to represent the professorial and teaching staff of the University; (viii) Not more than three persons who may be co-opted as additional members of the Council in such manner and for such period as is provided by statute. The first members of the Council were— Members of the Senate elected by the Senate— Senator John Grey Gorton, M.A. (Oxon). Senator Dorothy Margaret Tangney, B.A.., Dip, Ed. (W.A.). Members of the House of Representatives elected by that House— Kim Edward Beazley, B.A. (W.A.), M.P. Donald Alastair Cameron, O.B.E., B.A., M.B., B.S. (Syd.), M.P. Appointed by the Governor-General— Allen Stanley Brown, M.A., LL.M. (Melb.), C.B.E.. Edgar Rowland Dawes. Herbert John Goodes, B.A. (W.A.). Sir Albert Cherburv David Rivett, K.C.M.G., M.A. (Oxon), D.Sc. (Oxon. Manch, and Melb.), F.R.S. Major-General William John Victor Windeyer, C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D., Q.C., M.A., LL.B. (Syd.). 6
Elected by Convocation— For four years— Roland Wilson, C.B.E., B.Com. (Tas.), D. Phil. (Oxon), Ph.D. (Chicago). Professor George Alexander Currie, B.Sc.Agr., D.Sc., LL.D. (Aberdeen). Professor Kenneth Hamilton Bailey, M.A., B.C.L. (Oxon), LL.M. (Melb.). For two years— Professor Roy Douglas Wright, D.Sc., M.B. (Melb.) F.R.A.C.S., F.R.A.C.P. Professor Hugh Kingsley Ward, M.C., M.B. (Syd.), D.P.H., D.A. (Oxon), F.R.A.C.P. Professor Herbert Burton, B.A. (Qld.), M.A. (Oxon and Melb.). Elected by the Professorial and Teaching Staff— For four years— Professor Walter Russell Crocker, B.A. (Adel.), M.A. (Oxon). For two years— Professor Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, B.Sc. (Adel.), M.A., Ph.D. (Camb.), LL.D. (St. And.), D.Sc. (Melb., Toronto. Belfast, Birmingham and N.S.W. Univ. of Technology), F.Inst.P., F.R.S. Professor Arnold Hughes Ennor, D.Sc. (Melb.). Ex officio— The Vice-Chancellor, Emeritus Professor Sir Douglas Berry Copland, K.B.E., C.M.G., M.A., D.Sc. (N.Z.), Litt.D. (Melb., Qld. and Ilarv.), LL.D. (McGill). At its first meeting the members of the Council entitled to do so by sub-section 9 of Section 11 of the Act resolved to co-opt the following gentlemen as additional members of the Council until 30th June, 1953:— Stanley Melbourne, Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, C.H., M.C., B.A. (Cantab.), LL.D. (Cantab., Syd. and Melb.), D.C.L. (Oxon), F.R.S. Professor Richard Charles Mills, O.B.E., LL.M (Melb.), D.Sc. (Econ.) (Lond.). Dr. Herbert Cole Coombs, M.A. (W.A.), Ph.D. (Lond.). At the same meeting the Council, to whom the Act reserved the duty of electing a Chancellor, resolved to elect Viscount Bruce Chancellor of the University and subsequently the period of Lord Bruce’s membership of the Council was extended to 30th June, 1955. Lord Bruce, after the custom of Chancellors of some Universities in the United Kingdom, is resident abroad, and will visit the University at regular intervals. The National University has accorded its highest distinction to an eminent Australian and, in his acceptance of the high office, the University has been greatly honoured. A Standing Committee of the Council was elected. The Standing Committee is provided for in section 24 of the Act, doubtless by reason of the geographical location of the University and the widely representative character of the Council’s membership. The Council proposes to meet about five times a year. It will delegate authority for much of the routine management of the University to the Standing Committee and the Vice-Chancellor.
LEGISLATION. On 12th October, 1951, the Council made a Rule (Enrolment, Courses of Research, and Degrees Rule No. 18) governing the award of Honorary Degrees.
VISITORS. The University had looked forward to welcoming His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh on the occasion of the Royal Visit planned to take place in April, 1952. Plans had been made for His Royal Highness, who was at the time President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, to greet members of the Australian Association in Canberra and to inspect the National University. Unhappily, the visit had to be deferred and the University now looks forward in the hope that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second and His Royal Highness may find it possible to visit us when an Australian tour is again practicable. Professor Raymond Firth, F.B.A., the Interim Council’s adviser in relation to the Research School of Pacific Studies, came to Canberra in August, 1951, to spend a year as Acting Director of the Research School of Pacific Studies. Sir Howard Florey, F.R.S., visited Canberra from 29th August, 1951, to 29th September, 1951, in connexion with the establishment of departments of the John Curtin School of Medical Research in Canberra and the erection of the School’s laboratory buildings. 7
Sir Edward Mellanby, F.R.S., visited Australian universities and Research Institutions at the University’s invitation from 2nd July to 25th September, 1951. Sir Edward was, until recently, Secretary of the Medical Research Council of Great Britain. He was, with President Conant of Harvard University, a principal speaker at the Jubilee seminar “ Science in Australia ” conducted by the University as part of the Commonwealth Jubilee programme. Professor K. C. Wheare, Adviser to the- Interim Council on the Research School of Social Sciences, visited Australia from 19th September to 27th November, 1951, to join in discussions with the University’s academic advisers and to participate in the Jubilee seminar “ Federalism in Australia”. Sir Richard Livingstone, former President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, visited the Australian Universities from 19th September to 3rd December. During his visit Sir Richard addressed the New Education Fellowship Conference in Sydney and Adelaide.
JUBILEE SEMINARS. The University arranged two seminars to mark the Jubilee of the Commonwealth. The first seminar, “ Science in Australia ”, was held during July, the principal overseas participants being Dr. James B. Conant, Präsident of Harvard University, and Sir Edward Mellanby. formerly Secretary of the Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom. The second seminar, on “ Federalism ” was held during August and September, and on that occasion Professor W. A. Mackintosh, of Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Professor J. L. Montrose, of Queen’s University, Belfast, Dr. Edwin Griswold, Dean of the Harvard Law School, and Professor K. C. Wheare, Gladstone Professor of Government at Oxford, were the principal overseas guests.
DEGREES. On Friday, 7th December, 1951, Professor R. C. Mills, on behalf of the University, conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Law's on Sir Robert Randolph Garran in recognition of his distinguished career of service to the Commonwealth and to the University.
SITE, BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT. At this stage the Council wishes only to add to the final report of the Interim Council, insofar as it refers to buildings, a decision taken by the Council during Sir Howard Florey’s visit to Canberra to ereet restricted temporary accommodation for the Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology which were then carrying out research in borrowed laboratories in Melbourne. Such temporary accommodation will enable these departments to work in Canberra while their main laboratories are being constructed.
FINANCE. Statements of the income and expenditure of the University for the year ended 31st December, 1951, are attached, having been audited by the Auditor-General for the Commonwealth in accordance with the direction of the Treasurer.
JOHN CURTIN SCHOOL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH. The Interim Council’s final report gave an historical account of the development of the Medical School and dealt exhaustively with the problems, particularly those associated with the erection of permanent laboratory buildings, involved in setting up the research departments of the School in Canberra. At this stage the Council wishes only to report generally that the main work on the permanent laboratories has not yet started and, as noted elsewhere, a decision has been taken to erect limited temporary accommodation on the University site for the Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology and to make other temporary arrangements in existing buildings for the Department of Physiology. The Council’s next report will review the development of the Medical School to the end of the University year 1952.
D epartment of B iochemistry.
Staff— A. H. Ennor, Professor. D. M. P. Phillips, Ph.D., Research Fellow, appointed 1st January, 1951. J. F. Morrison, M.Sc., Research Assistant, resigned on 17th August, 1951, to take up Australian National University Scholarship in Oxford. C. Rosenberg, B.Sc., Research Assistant, appointed 2nd January, 1951. The Department continued to occupy laboratories made available at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Parkville, Melbourne. Research work on projects previously mentioned in reports and new projects went ahead as indicated in the list of publications. 8
Professor Ennor assisted the University of Melbourne as an examiner and lecturer during the year and was elected to a fellowship of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. Professor Ennor has also accepted an invitation to join the Interstate Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science. Publications— “ The Antigenic Properties of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone and Growth Hormone. Morrison, J. F., Bazeley, P. L., Ennor, A. H., and Thayer, J. T. Nature (in press). “ Serological Studies on the Antigenicity Purity of Growth Hormone and Adrenocorticotropic Hormone.” Morrison, J. F., Ennor, A. H., Bazeley, P. L., and Thayer, J. T., Brit. J. Exper. Path. (in press). “ The Effect of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone and Growth Hormone on the Fat, Water and Protein Content of Mouse Liver.” Morrison, J. F. Aust. J . Exper. Biol. & Med. Sc. (in press). “ Observations on the Determination of the Specific Activity of the Inorganic Phosphate Fraction of Trichloracetic Acid Extracts of Liver.” Ennor, A. H., and Rosenberg, II. Biochem. J. (in press). “ Observations on the Rate of Incorporation of 32P into Adenosine Triphosphate in Skeletal Muscle.” Ennor, A. IL, and Rosenberg, H. Nature (in press). “ The Determination and Distribution of Phosphocreatine in Animal Tissues.” Ennor, A. H., and Rosenberg, H. Biochem. J. (in press).
D epartment of Medical Chemistry. Staff— A. Albert, Professor, appointed 1st January, 1949. D. J. Brown, Ph.D. (Lond.), M.Sc. (Syd.), Fellow, appointed 1st April, 1949. L, N. Short, D.Phil. (Oxon), M.Sc. (Syd.), Fellow, appointed 3rd August, 1950. H. C. S. Wood, Ph.D. (St. Andrews), Research Assistant, appointed 1st October, 1951. Miss J. E. Fildes, B.Sc. (Syd.), Special Training Grant (Analytical Research), commenced 1st September, 1950. A. Hampton, M.Sc. (Syd.), Scholar, commenced 1st October, 1949. This Department has now been working for three years at 183 Euston-road, London, N.W.l, where it is occupying eight rooms and has a total of eleven members on the staff. The two long-term research topics mentioned previously are still in progress, viz. (i) a study of the fundamental chemistry of pteridines and related substances; (ii) a quantitative study of the equilbria between essential cell- constituents and the ions of heavy metals (i.e. chelation) ; and a number of publications on the projects have been accepted. Collaborations with a number of research institutes in England and overseas have continued and Professor Albert’s department has provided many of the special chemical compounds for testing and use in other laboratories. Publications— “ Improved Syntheses in the Pyrimidine Series. 2. The Preparation of 4:5—Diaminopy- rimidine.” Brown, D. J., J. App. Chem. (in the press). “ A New Synthesis of Formamidine.” Brown, D. J., J. App. Chem. (in the press). “ Di-methyl- and Di-ethyl-formamide.” Brown, D. J., J. App. Chem., 1951, 1, S159. “ Pteridine Studies. Part I. Pteridine, 2- and 4-amino-, 2- and 4-hydroxy-pteridines.” Albert, A., Brown, D. J., and Cheeseman, Gordon. J. Chem. Soc., 1951, page 474-485. “ Pteridine Studies. Part II. 6- and 7- Hydroxypteridines and their derivatives.” Albert, A., Brown, D. J., and Cheeseman, Gordon. J . Chem. Soc. (in the press). “ Qualitative Studies of the Avidity of Naturally-occurring Substances for Trace Metals. 2. Amino-acids having three ionizing groups.” Albert, A. Biochemical Journal (in the press). “ 4-Aminopvridine.” Albert, A. J . Chem. Soc., 1951, page 1376. “'Ionization: An Important Factor which is sometimes Critical.” Albert, A. (Contribution to a Symposium on “ The Physical Chemistry of Drug Action ” organized by the Royal Institute of Chemistry in conjunction with the Fine Chemicals Group of the Society of Chemical Industry and held in University College, London, on 19th April, 1950.) Chemistry and Industry, 1951, page 922. “ The Pteridines.” Albert, A. Reviews of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Australia), 1951, 1, 51. “ Ionization, pH and Biological Activity.” Albert, A. Pharmacological Reviews (in the press). “ The Acridines, Their Preparation, Properties and Uses.” Albert, A.. Edward Arnold & Co., 1951, pages xiii -|- 381. “ Selective Toxicity.” Albert, A., Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1951, pages xii -(- 228. 9
The Chemical Society (Great Britain) held a Conversazione at the apartments of the Royal Society on 20th March, 1951, and Professor Albert’s Department was honoured by an invitation to provide one of fourteen exhibits. The Department’s exhibit was entitled “ The Simpler Pteridines Professor Albert acted as examiner for the Universities of Oxford, London and the Panjab, and members of the staff delivered many lectures within the Universities of London and Aberdeen and to the Chelsea Polytechnic, London, as wTell as to learned societies in the United Kingdom. Professor Albert attended a meeting of the International Union of Pare and Applied Chemistry held in the United States of America from 8th to 16th September, 1951, as a delegate nominated by the Australian National Research Council. In the United States Professor Albert attended the Diamond Jubilee meeting of the American Chemical Society at which he acted as sectional Chairman, and the Twelfth International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry, at which he read a paper.
D epartment of Microbiology. Staff— F. J. Fenner, M.B.E., M.D. (Adel.), D.T.M. (Syd.), Professor, appointed 28th July, 1949. R. T. Leach, B.Sc. (Adel.), Research Assistant, appointed 26th June, 1950. Gwendolyn M. Woodroofe, M.Sc. (Adel.),Research Assistant, appointed 12th March, 1951. The Department has occupied the same accommodation in the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne as previously. Two subjects of investigation have been pursued, the mycobacteria and myxoma virus. Studies have continued upon mycobacteria on the lines previously reported, including study of the growth of mycobacteria in liqud media; viability of BCG vaccines; and serological status of mycobacterium ulcerans. Investigations upon the serological and antigenic relationships of mycobacterium ulcerans were completed. The main lines of study on the myxoma virus are the taxonomic position of myxoma virus; immunological studies on myxoma virus and the mode of transmission of myxomatosis by insects. Lectures were given to medical students in Melbourne and Sydney, and to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Publications— “ Bacteriological and Immunological Aspects of BCG Vaccination.” Frank Fenner, Adv. Tuberc. Res., 5, 1951. “ Viability of BCG Vaccine.” Frank Fenner, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 63 No. 6, 1951. “ The Enumeration of Viable Tubercle Bacilli by Surface Plate Counts.” Frank Fenner, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 64 No. 4, 1951. “ Studies on Mycobacterium ulcerans. I. Serological relationship with other mycobacteria.” Frank Fenner and R. II. Leach, Aust. J. Exp. Biol. & Med. Sei. (in press). “ Studies on Mycobacterium ulcerans. II. Cross-reactivity in Guineapigs sensitized with Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycobacteria.” Frank Fenner, Aust. J. Exp. Biol. & Med. Sei. (in press). “ The Mechanism of the Transmission of Myxomatosis in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) by the mosquito Aedes aegypti.” Frank Fenner, M. F. Day & Gwendolyn M. Woodroofe. Aust. J. Exp. Biol. & Med. Sei. (in press). “ The Physical Anthropology of the Australian Aborigines.” Frank Fenner. The Australian Encyclopaedia (in press).
D epartment of P hysiology. The Department was in an early stage of formation in 1951, and Professor Eccles did not take up his appointment as Professor until December, 1951. However, two Research Scholars were at work during the year. Dr. Morrell Draper, under the direction of Professor A. L. Hodgkin at Cambridge, was investigating the properties of cardiac muscle fibres by means of the new technique of intracellular recording. During most of 1951, Miss Rosamond Eccles, under Professor Eccles’s direction, was investigating the electrical reactions of isolated mammalian sympathetic ganglia, particularly during various pharmacological procedures. Towards the end of 1951 she moved to Cambridge in order to attempt micro-electrode recording from sympathetic ganglion cells, under the direction of Professor A. L. Hodgkin. Professor Eccles’s work in the department did not commence until December, 1951. During that month he gave lectures and seminars at the following laboratories:—Department of Physiology, University of Chicago; Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal; Neurological Institute, Montreal; Department of Physiology, Harvard Medical School; Department of Physiology, Yale Medical School; Department of Physiology, Duke University; Department of Parapsychology, Duke University; Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital; Department of Physiology, Edgwood Arsenal; Laboratory of Biophysics, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda; Department of Physiology, New York State University, Brooklyn. 10
Necessarily much of the work of the department in 1951 concerned developmental work on equipment, the problems of laboratory design and the procurement of apparatus. All this work made satisfactory progress, due particularly to the work of Mr. Bunker, Laboratory Manager, and Mr. J. S. Coombs, who has since been appointed as a Fellow in the Physiologj^ Department. It can be confidently predicted that by the end of 1952 the Department of Physiology at Canberra will be one of the best-equipped electro-physiological laboratories in the world. Publications— “ Cardiac Resting and Action Potentials Recorded with an Intracellular Electrode.” Draper, M. H., and Weidmann, S. J. Physiol. 115, 74-94. “ Action Potentials of Isolated Mammalian Sympathetic Ganglia.” Eccles, Rosamond M. J. Physiol, (accepted for publication). “ Responses of Isolated Curarized Sympathetic Ganglia.” Eccles, Rosamond M. J. Physiol. (accepted for publication). “ The Recording of Potentials from Motoneurones with an Intracellular Electrode.” Brock, L. G., Coombs, J. S., and Eccles, J. C. J. Physiol, (accepted for publication).
D epartment of E xperimental P athology. Dr. G. M. Watson, Research Fellow (Senior Research Fellow from 1st December, 1951), continued to work in the Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford, on an investigation of the macrocytic anaemia produced experimentally in rats.
RESEARCH SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES. General. The year under review has seen the establishment of the School in Canberra. Although still in temporary quarters several research projects were under way by the end of the year. The Director, Professor M. L. Oliphant, spent considerable time co-ordinating the building programme with the research projects as well as supervising the work on the large accelerating machine. Staffing proceeded according to plan and by the end of the year there were forty individuals on the payroll.
Department of N uclear P hysics. Professor E. W. Titterton arrived in Canberra early in May and initiated a research programme using the nuclear emulsion technique. Erection of the small accelerating machine was begun in December and progress on the two machines and in the research programme is as follows:— (a) The Cyclosynchrotron.—Work on the 136-in. magnet proceeded under the supervision of the Director. The final batch of steel (400 tons) was rolled in July and delivered to Garden Island for machining. Progress with machining was good. The four pole tips, forged in England, were delivered to Garden Island. Assembly of the magnet in Canberra was delayed due to non-delivery of the 30-ton crane essential for the work. The earliest date at which assembly can begin is now September, 1952. The small 28-in. magnet for model tests was completely machined and will be delivered in February, 1952. Work on the coil-winding gear is in progress. (b) The 1,250,000-roW Accelerator.—The equipment, built by the Philips Company in the Netherlands, reached Canberra early in November. It was uncrated and assembled in the High Tension laboratory, which by that time was ready to receive it. Erection was started under the supervision of Professor E. W. Titterton on 3rd Deeember and by 18th December the first part of the equipment — the 1,250,000-volt Generator — was completed and in operation. After acceptance tests had been completed the smoothing column was erected and by the end of the year the larger part of the work on the accelerating tube had been done. Satisfactory operation of the complete equipment was obtained early in January, culminating in the observation of the first nuclear reaction on 14th January, 1952. During the year two Research Fellows, Mr. E. K. Inall and Dr. P. B. Treacy, were appointed to work with this machine. (c) Research Programme.—The general lines along which work will be developed are discussed in an article published in the Australian Journal of Science, December, 1951, p. 67. Work in progress during the year centred around— (i) the study of the photodisintegration of the isotopes of Lithium and the inelastic scattering of fast neutrons by Carbon ; (ii) the study of the homopolar generator required for the large machine; (iii) design problems associated with the radiofrequency system of the cyclosynchrotron. 11
Mr. F. Scarf was appointed as a Reader in radiochemistry in April. For the present, while there are no facilities in Canberra, he will work in England, but it is expected that he will join the laboratory early in 1952. Dr. F. C. Barker was appointed a Fellow to work in the field of theoretical physics. He joined the staff in Canberra in November and will work closely with the Department of Nuclear Physics.
Department of A stronomy. Two students, A. Przybylski and C. E. Gum, were enrolled at the beginning of the year to work for the Ph.D. degree under Professor R. v.d. R. Woolley at Stromlo. Dr. de Vaucouleurs, Research Fellow, was appointed on 15th July, 1951, and arrived in Canberra in October. The work in progress includes studies of model stellar atmospheres, work on the ionized regions of inter-stellar space and a programme of observations of the nebulae. More detail is given in an article appearing in the February, 1952, issue of the Australian Journal of Science. Professor Woolley delivered a course of lectures during the year on “ The Outer Layers of a Star ”.
Department of Geophysics. Professor J. C. Jaeger was appointed to the Chair of Geophysics and takes up duty in Canberra in January, 1952. An account of the lines of work which it is proposed to develop was given in the Australian Journal of Science of October, 1951, page 41. The construction of a small building to house the Department of Geophysics was begun in December but will not be completed before June, 1952.
B uildings. The High Tension laboratory was completed in time for installation of equipment to begin in December. A few small jobs remain to be done. The workshop and laboratory wing were in a state where all the structural steelwork was finished and 80 per cent, of the brickwork complete. It is hoped to move some workshop machinery into the new wdng in May and it is expected that part of the laboratory space will be ready for occupation by the end of the winter. Progress with the accelerator wing and the adjoining switchroom and sub-station has been slow but delay in delivery of the crane means that work will not be held up on this account. The Geophysics laboratory is expected to be ready for occupation by June, 1952.
Conclusion. During the year under review the work of the school has begun in earnest. Staff has been gathered together and, although working in temporary quarters, research programmes have been started. In the coming year the school can look forward to moving into the new laboratories and the work should gain a new impetus. P ublications. “ The reaction Li-6y n Li-5 and Energy Levels of the L i5 Nucleus.” E. W. Titterton and T. A. Brinkley. Proc. Phys. Soc. A. 64, 212, 1951. “ The reaction B" y a Li7 and B" y T Be8.” *M. E. Calcraft and E. W. Titterton. Phil. Mag. 42, 666, 1951. “ The reaction B10 y d 2 He4.” *M. J. Brinkworth and E. W. Titterton. Phil. Mag. 42, 952, 1951. “ Slow Neutron Ternary Fission of U-235.” E. W. Titterton. Nature. 168, 590, 1951. “ Emission of Long-range Particles in the Fast Neutron Ternary Fission of U-235 and Th.-232.” E. W. Titterton. Phys. Rev. 83, 673, 1951. “ Probable Emission of a Be-8 nucleus in the Fast Neutron Fission of Thorium-232.” E. W. Titterton. Phys. Rev. 83, 1076, 1951. “ The Photodisintegration of B-10 into a Neutron Proton and two a-particles.” *M. J. Brinkworth and E. W. Titterton. Phil. Mag. 42, 1191, 1951. “ Nuclear Physics at the Australian National University.” E. W. Titterton. Aust. Jour, of Science, 14, 67, 1951. “ The Decay of Bismuth 207.” *M. A. Grace and J. R. Prescott. Phys. Rev. 84, 1059, 1951. “ Gamma Rays from Light Elements.” J. H. Carver and *D. H. Wilkinson. Proc. Phys. Soc. A. 64, 199, 1951. “ Geophysics at the Australian National University.” J. C. Jaeger, Aust. Jour. Science, October, page 41, 1951. “ Photoelectric Observations of three Southern Spectroscopic Systems.” C. S. Gum. Observatory, 71, 159, 1951. * The individuals so marked are not Australian National University staff. 12
RESEARCH SCHOOL OE SOCIAL SCIENCES. Staff. During 1951, this school began to take shape. The Department of Economies established in 1950 considerably expanded its staff and activities. Readers in Political Science and in Sources of Australian History arrived and began the organization of their Departments. These are the three central disciplines of the school. Law, Social Philosophy and Statistics, while having major research responsibilities in their own right, are not intended to have such elaborate departmental organizations and are likely to play a more auxiliary role in the teaching programme. The position of Demography is not yet finally decided, but during this period it operated as an independent Department of this school. Approval was granted this year for the creation of a Chair of Statistics and appointments were made to this Chair and to the Chair of Social Philosophy, but since the incumbents did not arrive in 1951 these Departments are not further mentioned in this Report. The rapid development of research activities is reflected in the number of appointments of Research Fellows, and a beginning was made with the teaching programme by the granting of a number of scholarships to become effective in 1952. The year was a transition one in relation to teaching; there were still a number of students pursuing courses overseas on scholarships granted before the establishing of teaching departments at Canberra, in subjects of interest to the professors, &c., now established there. After this year, it can be expected that the student pursuing a course away from Canberra will be the exception.
F aculty. As staff increased, the school began to develop, almost spontaneously, a provisional faculty organization for mutual discussion of organizational,research and teaching problems. No formal provision for such activities was made during the period, but it became evident that the general lines of the informal action taken would ultimately be embodied in the University Statutes. These discussions were particularly active during the visit of the then Adviser, Professor K. C. Wheare, during September and October; although he was not even nominally Acting Director, his presence enabled members of the school to have a rehearsal of the kind of relations between Director and staff, and Director and organized Faculty, which are likely to develop if a Director is appointed. Professor Wheare’s help and advice were very much appreciated, and his presence gave an impetus to appointment of staff and award of scholarships. The full story of the development of Faculty falls within the 1952 report; it is sufficient here to say that in this school, all members of the academic staff of and above the rank of Research Fellow have been treated as members of Faculty, and that in 1951 numbers were not sufficient to require any smaller executive body. Professor Sawer was elected Acting Chairman.
Co-operation with S chool of P acific S tudies. The most difficult organizational problem affecting the school as a whole was to develop satisfactory relations with the sister school of Pacific Studies. It was recognized that in view of the considerable overlap between the disciplines and research programmes of the two schools, and the interest which their respective students would have in the teaching resources of both schools, the closest co-operation between these schools was essential. This has been achieved in a very satisfactory manner. Firstly, there is at all times the closest co-operation between individual members of staff with common interests; an outstanding example was the joint research activity of the Department of Demography with the Department of Anthropology in Pacific Studies. The staff of the two schools also held a series of meetings at which Heads of Departments outlined their research projects. Secondly, it was agreed that the two schools should have a joint Faculty organization, and as time went on it became almost habitual for the Faculties to meet jointly rather than separately. In this manner these schools are aiming to achieve both economy and efficiency in their operations. Economy is achieved by ensuring that there is no unnecessary duplication of administrative and teaching personnel, and efficiency is promoted by ensuring that all the resources of both schools are marshalled for dealing with research and teaching problems which require widely diversified approaches. The danger of this kind of co-operation is that it might tend to blur a distinction in structure and function between the two schools which was intended by the Founders and is one of the unique features of the University. To some extent, however, this is a problem of organization which is being met as this report is prepared.
D epartment of E conomics. Staff. At the beginning of 1951 the staff of the Department of Economics consisted of the Professor (T. W. Swan) and the Reader in Economic Statistics (Mr. H. P. Brown), both of whom had taken up duty towards the end of 1950. 13
In the course of the year the following appointments were made:— Senior Research Fellow—Mr. N. G. Butlin. Research Fellows—Dr. A. R. Hall. Mr. D. W. Oxnani (for one year), Dr. B. M. Cheek. Research Assistants—Mr. H. de Meel, Miss Valerie Munro. Mr. Oxnam, Dr. Cheek and Miss Munro had not taken up duty at the end of 1951. Dr. A. R. Hall was awarded the Hutchinson Silver Medal for 1951 for his Ph.D. thesis in the London School of Economics. Students. Scholarships were awarded to the following three students in the Department of Economics:— Mr. C. S. Soper, Mr. E. C. Fry, Mr. A. Barnard, with a course of study in each case beginning in the academic year 1952.
Research Programme. The research plans of the Department are intended to give an approximately equal emphasis to economic theory, economic history and economic statistics. It is envisaged that the work of the Department will centre around the study of changing economic structures and levels of activity. Projects already begun or planned for 1952 include— (a) National Income and Social Accounting.—Re-statement and explanation of the Australian figures, further study of the concepts involved, work on an industrial dissection of the Australian figures, inter-industrial relationships, &c. (5) The Australian Capital Market. A study of the sources and uses of capital and the institutions and working of the market, including its relationship with the London capital market, and in both its contemporary and historical aspects. (c) Public and Private Investment in Australia since 1860.—An estimate of Australian public and private capital formation and an analysis of the influence of changing investment expenditure on the stability and growth of the Australian economy, especially of the private sector of the economy. (d) The Course and Structure of Australian Wages.—Primarily a statistical study, but with important elements of theory and history. (e) The Terms of Trade between Manufactures and Primary Products.—An examination of the role of changes in the terms of trade in long-run development and short-term fluctuations, considering the “ trading world ” as a whole, and looking to the future as well as to the past. (/) Problems of International Equilibrium.—A re-examination of the conditions of equilibrium in international economic relationships, including the role of currency convertibility and discrimination. These projects are in many ways complementary to each other. It is hoped that the eventual outcome of the research will be to make possible a more general analysis of the theory and history of economic development, with particular reference to the problems of the Australian economy. The first steps will be a number of limited and specialized studies intended for publication as articles or monographs. Both staff and students will take part in work along these lines, and there will be extensive collaboration with other departments of the Schools of Social Sciences and Pacific Studies. The Department did not conduct any seminars in 1951, but preparations have been made for two series of seminars for staff and students in 1952—“ A Statistical Approach to Australian Economic History ” and “ Facts and Theories of Economic Development ”. For the latter a number of visitors from other Australian universities will be invited in the course of the year to lead the discussion of particular problems involving research upon which they have been engaged. Arrangements are being made for the micro-filming of considerable collections of Australian historical statistics which at present exist only in the form of manuscript records held by Statistical Offices in various States. The Department is collaborating with members of the School of Pacific Studies and of the staff of the Commonwealth Department of Territories and the Commonwealth Bank in an analysis of problems of economic development in New Guinea. Publications. “ The Changing Structure of Australian Industry.” Brown, H. P. (published in the August, 1951 Supplement to the Commonwealth Bank Statistical Bulletin). “ Some Aspects of Federal-State Financial Relations.” Brown. H. P. (to be published in the report of the National University Jubilee Seminar on Federalism). 14
“ The Rental Value of Dwellings.” Brown, H. P. (to be published in the report of the International Statistical Conferences, India, 1951). “ Borderlands or Badlands?” A Rejoinder to Professor Cochrane. Butlin, N. G. Explorations in Entreprenneural History, Vol. III., 1951. “ A Finding-List of Canadian Railway Companies 1832-1914.” Butlin, N. G. (to be published by the United States Bureau of Railway Economics). “ Measures for International Economic Stability.” x\ report by a group of experts appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Swan, T. AV. (part-author). “ Australia After the Import Cuts.” Swan, T. W. The Banker, April, 1951.
D epartment of P olitical S cience. Organization. In May, 1951, Mr. L. C. Webb, M.A., took up his duties as Reader in Political Science and head of the Political Science Department. At this time no other appointments had been made to the Department. As the jubilee seminar on Australian federalism arranged by the National University was attended by political science teachers from the State Universities, the Department took the opportunity to arrange a discussion on teaching and research in political science. This was attended also by Professor K. C. Wheare in his capacity as x\dviser to the Research School of Social Sciences. One result of the meeting was a decision to form an Australian Political Studies Association which, it is expected, will link up with the International Political Science Association. Staff. Miss F. Rheinstein, B.A., was appointed to the combined position of secretary and research assistant in 1951. Miss S. Liesching, B.A., was appointed research assistant in December, 1951. Dr. W. K. Rolph, Ph.D., has been appointed Research Fellow and will arrive in Canberra in August, 1952. Students. Two research students will be working in the Department in 1952.
Research. Mr. Webb and Miss Rheinstein, with the assistance of Mr. II. P. Brown on the statistical side, prepared a survey of the 1951 referendum campaign. Miss Leisching worked on a study of the relations between Church and State in Australia. Mr. Webb is preparing a survey of the problems of government in the welfare state with particular reference to New Zealand. Dr. Rolph’s field of work will be agrarian movements in Australia, with particular reference to the emergence of the Country Party. General. Political science research is a difficult field in Australia, partly because of the relative isolation of some States and partly because little basic historical work has been done on political parties, parliamentary government, and administration. The survey of the 1951 referendum campaign referred to above was undertaken partly in order to discover what resources are available and what tj^pe of organization is suitable in Australian conditions for work of this sort. The Department’s research activities during 1951 have in the main been tentative and exploratory; a major task in 1952 will be to define its research activities in relation to the work of the State universities in political science and related fields. In this matter the Department will be assisted by a discussion at the next meeting of A.N.Z.A.A.S. on political science in Australia at which the main papers will be read by Professor Macmahon Ball and Mr. Webb.
Publications. An account of the Wakefield system of colonization in Canterbury, New Zealand, by Mr. Webb will be published in 1952 by the Canterbury Centennial Committee. An article by Mr. Webb entitled “ Trade Unions at the Crossroads ” appeared in the September, 1951, issue of the Australian Quarterly.
D epartment of H istory. Organization. At the beginning of the year, Mr. L. F. Fitzhardinge, Reader in the Sources of Australian History, who had been working in Sydney, came into residence in Canberra. 15
Much of the first half of the year was spent in correspondence with heads of History Schools and Libraries and other scholars throughout Australia on the future work and organization of the Department, and in personal visits to Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane and Armidale. At the meeting of Section E (History) of A.N.Z.A.A.S. at Brisbane, Mr. Fitzhardinge led a discussion on the place of the Australian National University in Australian historical research. Following these discussions, a research programme was worked out and the necessary establishment was approved. At the end of the year appointments were approved of two Research Fellows and one Scholar, to commence duties in 1952. Research. During the year, work was commenced on a bibliography of Federalism in Australia. Work was continued by Mr. Fitzhardinge on the edition of Tench’s Voyage to Botany Bay and Short Account of the Settlement. Publications. “ W. M. Hughes in New South Wales Politics, 1890-1900.” L. F. Fitzhardinge. Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, v. XXXVII., pt. iii, December, 1951. “ Naval Epitaphs from Misenum in the Nicholson Museum, Sydney.” L. F. Fitzhardinge. Journal of Roman Studies, vol. XLI, 1951.
D epartment of D emography. Staff. Mr. W. D. Borrie, Senior Research Fellow. Mr. D. R. Packer, Research Assistant.
New Appointments. In December, the Council approved the appointment of two Research Fellows— Dr. N. McArthur, Ph.D. (London). Dr. C. A. Price, D.Phil. (Oxon). Dr. McArthur, who is at present Assistant Lecturer in Demography at the Galton Laboratories, University College, London, will take up her appointment in Canberra in October, 1952, and her field of research will be Pacific Island populations. Dr. Price, who has recently taken his doctorate at Oxford, will arrive in Canberra in March, 1952, and will be studying ethnic minorities in Australia.
Work in Progress. During 1951 work continued upon two major projects which were commenced in 1950. These are— (a) The demographic history of Australia. (b) The cultural assimilation of Italians and Germans in Australia, with particular reference to Queensland and South Australia. (In the latter part of the year the main attention was devoted to this second study, which is being prepared as one of an international series being sponsored by the International Population Union with financial assistance from U.N.E.S.C.O. The basic research was completed by December, and a MS. is to be submitted to the I.P.U. by June, 1952.) During the year Mr. Packer continued his own research on “ The Gold Rushes and Population Movement in Australia,” with particular reference to Victoria 1850-1860. This work will be completed in 1952. In addition a commencement was made with the analysis of demographic data relating to post-war immigration into Australia which this Department is preparing as a section of the major study of the assimilation of post-war migrants being organized by Professor Nadel. We wish to express our appreciation of the co-operation of the Commonwealth Bureau of Statistics in this analysis, and particularly of their action in undertaking themselves mechanical tabulation from punched cards.
Work Completed. (a) “ An Annotated Bibliography of Australian and New Zealand Material relating to the Assimilation of Migrants.” (This was compiled as part of an international bibliography sponsored by the International Population Union.) (b) During the year the following papers were prepared by Mr. Borrie:— “ The Family in Australia: A Statistical Study.” (Paper delivered to the Summer School of the Australian Institute of Political Science, January, 1951.) “ Some Aspects of Migrant Assimilation in Australia.” (Delivered to Sections E and G (History and Economics) of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Brisbane, May, 1951.) “ The Australian Population.” (Introductory chapter to book, Australia—Some Major Industries, to be published in 1952.) ] 6
D epartment of Law. Staff. Professor Geoffrey Sawer, B.A., LL.M. No other academic staff appointed during the year. Research Fellowships were advertised but as expected Australian applications were not of the required standard, owing to the still superior attractions of active legal practice. Inquiries from overseas indicate that appointments are likely in 1953.
Research. The Department was actively concerned with the organization of the University Jubilee Seminars on the Constitution held in August and September, to which Professor Sawer contributed a paper; he is also editing the proceedings for publication. The principal research project of the Department throughout the period was an examination of the interrelation between Australian Federal politics and the Constitution during the first fifty years, which it is expected will not be finished until 1953.
Publications. 1. Chapters on the Constitution and on Industrial Law in The British Commonwealth, vol. 2, “ Australia ”, ed. Paton, pub. Stevens, London. 2. “ Fifty Years of the Constitution.” Current Affairs Bulletin. 3. “ Australian Legislative Practice.” American Bar Journal. 4. “ Crown Liability and the Exercise of Discretions.” Res Judicatae. Professor Sawer was also appointed Australian member of the editorial board of the Modern Law Review (London), and of Labour Laws; Cases and Materials (U.S. Law Schools Association) ; contributed the Australian notes for a forthcoming Dutch encyclopaedia of copyright law, and prepared the fourth edition of his Australian Government Today for the press.
RESEARCH SCHOOL OF PACIFIC STUDIES. The School organization, fairly firmly established by the end of June, 1951, underwent few changes in the subsequent six months. The major event was the arrival, from England, of Professor Firth, who assumed the position of an Acting Director of the school with which he had hitherto been associated as Adviser. There were minor additions to staff, such as the appointment of a Research Assistant in Anthropology, while a number of Research Fellowships were created in the Departments of Geography and Pacific History, though not at once filled. The number of students holding University Scholarships increased slightly, to nine at the end of 1951; of these, five were in Anthropology, three in Pacific History, and one in International Relations. The proportion, however, between scholars working in Universities abroad and scholars at work in Canberra had changed markedly compared with the preceding period. Only four scholars now belonged to the former category; the remaining five were working either in Canberra or had set out from Canberra to work in the field. This change reflects the extent to which the School of Pacific Studies had become a going concern, assuming more fully the training and supervision of its research workers. The varied provenance of the students—from Australia, Cambridge, Oxford, London, Manchester and New Zealand—ensured a broad representation of interests and schools of thought. The areas of fieldwork indicate the no less broad scope of research in the School. Thus anthropological research was proceeding in New Guinea; research in Pacific History was being carried out in Japan while another project, in Samoa, was about to start; the Department of International Relations was once more concerned with research in Japan. Other field research, previously carried out both by scholars and University staff, was in the process of being prepared for publication. This research again covers a wide area—New Guinea and Fiji (in Anthropology) ; China (in International Relations and Far Eastern History) ; Tonga (in Pacific History). One of the main aspects of this research was its continuity, one research worker taking over from another, so that certain regional problems might be investigated planfully and in depth. The anthropological study of the East Coast of New Guinea serves as an example, where on the completion of research in the southern part of the Rai coast by one of the original scholars, Dr. Lawrence, work was started in the northern part by a new scholar, Mr. Burridge. A second aspect was the broad attack on related problems from different angles. Thus the investigation of Nationalist Movements in Japan by Mr. Storry was followed by the investigation of Japanese Small-scale Industries by Mr. Crawcour. Again, while Lord Lindsay was working on the history of the Communist Movement in China, Mr. FitzGerald had completed a historical study of the Chinese Revolutionary Movements from 1911 to the present day. 17
The Department of Geography, which had only started work at the beginning of the period, was largely engaged in preparatory work, the most important of which was the organization of a map collection of 2,500 sheets. In August the School of Pacific Studies, under the presidency of its Acting Director, organized a Conference on Pacific problems to which experts both from Australia and abroad were invited. The topics discussed ranged widely over anthropology, history, economics, demography, and present-day political issues, the main object of the Conference being to stake out the main fields of research for the future. The object was fully achieved, and the high level of discussion proved the Conference to be a most successful venture; its value was fully endorsed by the visitors from abroad. It was indeed hoped to repeat the Conference at regular, probably biennial, intervals. Contact with outside bodies was also maintained by visits to other universities in Australia by members of staff, and in September and October the Adviser and the Professors of Anthropology, Geography and Pacific History paid brief visits to New Guinea to gain first-hand knowledge of one of the main fields of future research. As regards the material aspect of the school organization, progress was slow and not without obstacles, adequate accommodation for the growing staff proving the main difficulty. The close collaboration with the “ sister-school ” of Social Sciences, wrhich had emerged in the first year of the University’s existence, was further strengthened. It was exemplified, above all, by the establishment of joint staff-seminars and by joint procedures in many matters, both academic and administrative. The following publications by members of staff appeared during the period under consideration:— “ Social Consequences of the Mount Lamington Eruption.” Beishaw, C. S. Oceania, June, 1951. “ Recent History of Mekeo Society.” Belshaw, C. S. Oceania, September, 1951. “ The System of Voting in International Institutions.” Crocker, W. R. Australian Outlook, October, 1951. “ The South Pacific Commission.” Crocker, W. R. International Organization, November, 1951. Professor Crocker also delivered the Roy Milne Lecture of the year (on the United Nations). “ The Changing Political Role of the Pacific Islands Peoples.” Davidson, J. W. New Zealand Journal of Public Administration, September, 1951. THE LIBRARY. A ccessions. BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS IN WESTERN LANGUAGES.
In Library at 31st December, 1950. Accessions during 1951. In Library at 31st December, 195].
39,923 10,482 50,405
I mportant D onations. During the year 2,195 items were presented. Included among these were approximately 350 volumes of statistical publications presented by the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, and a collection of approximately 100 volumes of Annual Reports of various colonies presented by the Prime Minister’s Department. U se made of the Library. The last report mentioned the immediate use made of the Library after its transfer to Canberra. As its contents became known to the staff and as new members of the University commenced duty, the demands on the Library markedly increased as the year progressed. Apart from using material in the Library readers borrowed throughout the year 3,200 titles. A measure of the increasing use made of the Library is that the rate of borrowing steadily increased throughout the year until in December over 400 volumes were taken from the Library.
Relations with the Commonwealth N ational L ibrary. The Commonwealth National Library has made its resources freely accessible to members of the University who took increasing advantage of the facilities offered. It is pleasing to record that inter- library loans are becoming a regular feature of the local library scene. H. C. COOMBS, Deputy Chairman. 7th March, 1953. F.5409.—2 18
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The John Curtin School of Medical Research 50,620 13 3 The Research School of Physical Sciences .. 63,485 7 10 The Research School of Social Sciences 22,872 5 7 The Research School of Pacific Studies 33,386 18 5 ------170,365 5 1 230,690 5 7 Scholarships and Seminars— Scholarships (General) ...... 23,504 9 5 Research Fellows in the Social Sciences ...... 840 3 11 Visiting Distinguished Scholars and Seminars ...... 7,167 0 4 ------31,511 13 8 199,178 11 11 The Library— Salaries and Allowances .. 10,047 2 4 Provision for Superannuation 754 14 8 Travelling Expenses 71 14 7 Binding Charges 1,123 2 0 Administrative Expenses 2,133 6 2 14,129 19 9 185,048 12 2 Other Activities— General— £ 8. d. Council and Degree Expenses 1,169 1 10 Communal Expenses—Old Hospital Building 108 2 9 Art Fund Subvention 200 0 0 1,477 4 7 Administration Section, Canberra— Salaries and Allowances .. 29,312 13 5 Provision for Superannuation 2,100 10 4 Travelling Expenses 2,235 2 3 Administrative Expenses.. 7,367 9 6 41,015 15 6 London Office— Salaries and Allowances .. 3,751 6 9 Provision for Superannuation 159 4 8 Travelling Expenses 83 13 5 Administrative Expenses.. 1,646 1 0 5,640 5 10 Buildings and Transport— Inaugural Expenses 9 16 3 Travelling Expenses and Allowances (Architect’s and Technical Advisers) 1,422 3 5 Ground Rents, Rates and Sundries 1,014 2 7 Repairs and Maintenance 1,113 18 1 Rentals Paid 171 2 6 Alterations—Animal House Buildings 29 3 0 Models, Plans and Sketches 151 15 11 Vehicles—Operating Expenses 677 7 11 4,589 9 8 ------52,722 15 7 132.325 16 7 Balances— Transferred to Accumulated Funds in Balance-sheet as contra to asset acquisitions 132.325 16 7 784,000 0 0 THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. 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