King's College London newsletter

DOUBLE ROYAL CELEBRATIOTHE Q EE A D THE PRI CESS ROYAL BOTH HO 0 R 150 TH A IVERSARY

1990 is a year of celebration for healthcare - 150 years ago the fir t King's

ollege Ho pital was founded, to whichthe Iinical Faculties of King' CollegeLondon were joined. In recognition ofthi ignificant landmark variouevent have been planned throughoutthe year marking the contributionKing' h made to the development ofmedicine and denti try and to act a apring board for the King' Appeal, to

be launched later in the year. Two ofthe e en are reported below and onthe next page.

Her Royal Highness The Prince s Royal,Chancellor of the University of Londonvi itcd King's on 20 March to open theLeeches to Lasers Exhibition held in theGreat Hall.

The Exhibition was constructed as a timetunnel which The Chancellor was guidedthrough by Dr Dudley Tee, Head of theDepartment of Immunology and Chair­man of the Exhibition Working Party.She was able to ee 150 years of pioneer­ing medical work unfold before her eyesand glimpse the Ho pital as it was inyears gone by. On view were hundred ofexhibits, photos, ilIustration and medicalimplements from the last century throughto the present day. Her Royal Highne stook great interest in all a peets of the Ex­hibition and spent much time viewing andtalking to those concerned with it.

On entering the Exhibition, The PrincessRoyal was greeted by the first of the'talking heads', a life size model of thegin swigging Dickensian character, urseGamp, talking about hospiLallife in the1840 when the Hospital was just up the

The Princess being led around the exhibition by Dr Dudley Tee. Chairman of theExhibition Working Party and Senior Lecturer in Immunology. Also in the part werelan Gainsford. Dean ofKCSMD and Henry Wentd. Chairman of the Board ofSmithKline and Beecham.

RLE - 1Dr Martin Carrier, Wellcome Biotechnol­ogy1.1~ pm Room IB04, trand campu

Friday 1 YOXIDATlVEDCAL OLECULESEASE: MEASUREMEMECHANISProfe or Barry Halliwell, Department ofBiochemi try, KCL

Friday 25 MayI OLOGICAL STATUS OFTR SGENIC MlCE CARRY GMBC CLASS II GENESDr Andrew Melior, alional In titute forMeclical Research

Friday 1 JuneMEMBRANE SKELETO ANDNEURO AL GROWTHDr Diana Mo ,Depanment of HumanAnatomy & Cell Biology, University ofLiverpool1.15 pm, lla ement Lecture Theatre,Orury Lane

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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTINGWedne day 9 MayFUNCTIO AL LANGUAGE COMPIL­ERS (PART 2)Simon Croft

Wednesday 16 MayBOOLEAN CIRCUIT DESIG ALGO­RITHMSPaul Dunne

Wednesday 23 MaySEARCH G FOR NEW DATA REP­RESENTATIO SAlan Hutchin on1.15 pm, Room G02, Strand campusTelcphone ext S2842 or ext S2588 forconfi rmation

IEXTER AL PUBLIC LECT RES

THE ROYAL SOCIETYDiscussion meetingWednesday 23 and Thursday 24 May

REGULATIO REL TIVEAB CEOFPL

MAL POPULATIOOrganized by Pro~

Profes or R ay9.30 am 6 Carlton Hou e Terrace,London lY 5 GIf interested plea conta t the ExecutiveSecretary at the abo e addres before the14 May 1990.

U IVERSITYOF W DOTuesday 15 MayJacobsen LectureTHE DOGMA THAT DID 'T BARK: AFRAGMENT OF A ATURALISEDEPISTEMOLOGYJerry Fodor, Profe sor ofPhilo ophyatRutgers University and the City Univer­sity ew York Graduate Center5.30 pm, ni er ity of London, SenateHouse, London WCl (Ru ell quareor alet treet entrance).

FRE CH FARCE WI S

Students from the French Departmentachieved a dramatic triumph at the end ofthe Lent term at the annual Concours del' art dramatique. sponsored by the FrenchEmbassy and held at the French Institutein South Kensington. King's carried offthe trophy for 'Best Production', againststrong competition from the other LondonFrench departments, for their performanceof Jean Anouilh's farce Le Bal desVoleurs. This production had previouslyenjoyed a short run, before appreciativeaudiences, in the ew Theatre at theStrand.

Mike HeathDepartment of French

LE BAL DES VOLEURS byJean Anouilh(A Review)

When all they teach you in French lessonsat school these days seems to be how toask for a string of onions, the prospect ofseeing this year's dramatic offering fromthe King's College French Society would

probably be enough to send mo t of usreaching for Berlitz. Le BaJ des o{eurs('The Thieve' Carni aI') is what iknown in the trade, half apologetically itseems, as early Anouilh. Fir t performedin 1938 it is described as a piece-rose, aterm whi h represents a nod in thedirection of the a ant-garde, but which ifundamentally a p udonym for comedy.A rather frothy play, it wouldn't win the'Greatest Plot of the Year Award', butthi absence does at least give free reignto a dextrous verbal interplay between thedozen or so cardboard cut outs whopopulate the piece, thrust a they are intoa contrived situation whence the comicaction proceeds.

Three thieves a-bumbling, disguised asSpanish grandees, dupe their way into thehome of the aristocratic Lady Hurf.While two of the thieves survey thegracious lady's treasure and show they areprepared to live life for the moment, theideali tic Gustave gets syphoned off into alove entanglement with one of LadyHurf nieces, Julieue. You can imaginethe antics which follow. In addition toour three 'voleur ' we also have a fatherand son double-act of insolvent financiers,who are likewise keen to fleece our noblemadam. Ironically it is they, resplendentin their costumes for the thieves carnival,who get their collars felt when the local'gendarme' arrives on the scene. Thisallows two of the 'volcurs' to escape withthe booty, while Gustave is left bchind to

contemplate the prospect of gettinghitched to Juliette.

As part of the topsy-turvy nature of eventsin the play, the carnival of thieves neveractually takes place. It merely operates asa useful device to get most of the cast intothe wings while the Gustave/Juliette sagaworks itself ouL Indeed the thieves'carnival turns out to have been a carnival(Ho! Ho!) of leaves. Those of you wholike your average piece of thcalre to comepackaged with a moral would have beengroping in vain with this one, althoughperhaps the fact that life's a game andworth the playing is all the play evcrseeks to demonstrate.

Despitc the nature of the play itself,sterling performances were given by allthe principals, doubtless encouraged by ahealthy audience augmented by a busloadof schoolkids who, laughing at all thewrong bits, nevertheless had a run for

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their money. A completely unbiasedFrench Department mole said it was thebest production the Society had everdone, indeed the be t play ever een onthe College boards; (obviously never sawlolanlhe).

eH DunwoodieEngli b tudent

UNDERGRADUATEMATHEMATICSTEACHING CO FERE CE

The 1990 Annual Conference, which isspon ered by the London MathematicalSociety and supported by the JointMathematical Council, will Lake place at

ollingham University from lunchtime onMonday 3 September until lunchtime onThursday 6 September. This year fourthemes are offered: Symbolic Manipula­tion Packages, Study Materials, TheEducation of Intending MathematicsTeachers and Updating Study Skills inMathematics in the light of new technol­ogy.

Participants are usually nomimated bytheir department If you require furtherinformation please contact J udith Mills on0602484848 ext 2961 or write to UMTC90, Shell Centre for MathematicalEducation, University of Nottingham,

ottingham G72RD.

VIET AMESE VISIT

Professor V Dan, Vice Minister ofHealth for the Socialist Republic ofVietnam visited the Pharmacy Depart­ment on Monday 2 ApriL

Professor Dan was in London to attendthe World Ministerial Drugs Summit from9 to 11 April and had expressed a particu­lar interest in seeing the Departments'work on the analysis and identification ofdrugs, especially those under the heading'Vietnam' in the bulletin published by theInternational arcotics Board in Vienna

Dr Hamid Aghvami in the Council Room conducting a lecture on Digital Modulation

MOBILE RADIO COURSE

The 21 March saw the Communications Research Group of Electronic and ElectricalEngineering running a Joint course with RTT Systems Ltd on Mobile Radio Communi­cations, the course was designed as an introduction for industrial managers and engi­neers to this fast expanding field. The course was a practical result of our policy offorging links and co-operating with industry. The CRG would like to thank Mr GVarrall of RTT Systems and all those in Central Services and Catering for their help inmaking this event the success it was.

Mr G J H BakerCommunications Research Group

MR COMES TO IQ G'S

Glaxo Group Research (GGR) have donated a NMR spectrometer to the Department ofPharmacy. The spectrometer, originally purchased by GGR for £10,000 will be re­placed by other equipment in Greenford's Medicinal Chemistry Department. It wasinstalled at the Department of Pharmacy on 13 February by Perkin Elmer engineers whohad regularly serviced the machjne.

The NMR will be used mainly for postgraduate work oriented towards the design ofiron chelating drugs for the treatment of thalassaemia, for the design of tissue imagingagents based on indium and gallium complexes and for the identification of drugmetaboHtes.

'We are grateful for the donation because it will give postgraduate students ready accessto NMR facilities and reduce the pressure on existing equipment' said Professor BobHider from the Department of Pharmacy. 'The equipment will also be used for under­graduate teaching'.

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K G' T IWA LI K

The Taihoku Imperial Univer ity wafounded under Japanese rule in 192 ,andwa reorganised as the alional TaiwanUniversity in 1945. It is now recognisedas the pre-eminent university in theRepublic of China and has 14,600undergraduates, 2,700 master's and 950PhD students. The main universitycampus occupies 284 acres to the south ofTaipei, and the university forest and fanncovers 83,800 acres.

The university is organised into sevencolleges: Liberal Arts, Science, Law,Medicine, Engineering, Agriculture andManagement. These comprise of 47departments and 58 graduate institutes.Faculty members number 2,250.

Re earch of a high standard is conductedin all the colleges and while the tradi­tional outlook in Taiwan ha been torelate with univer ities in the UnitedStates, the tendency in recent years hasbeen to seek better European contacts. Itis with developing these contacts in mindthat King's College has this year agreedan institutional link with the NTU. Thelink provides for a fellowship scheme,which permits staff exchanges betweenKCL and NTU, for visits of up to twelvemonths.

Any member of staff who wishes to applyto visit Taiwan, or to invite a colleaguefrom the TU to King's, should contactDr Abraham S-T Lue, Assistant Principal,for further details.

KI G'S OVERSEAS STUDE TSCHOLARSHIP FU D

From 1990 King's College will offer oneor more scholarships each year to under­graduate or postgraduate students of theCollege studying for a degree in anydiscipline.

Each scholarship will be to the value of£5,000 per annum and may be used forthe payment of fees and/or maintenance.

The Scholarship Committee may decideto di ide the scholar hip between one ormore applicants.

Applicants may be of any nationality butmu t be a permanent resident in a countryoutside the European Community andmu t intend to return to their country aftercompleting their course unle theyproceed immediately to further academicstudy or training in the United Kingdom.

Applicants must have accepted an offer ofadmi ion to a degree at the College.

The closing date for applications is 31May 1990. Further details are availablefrom Mrs Jennifer Jackson, ExternalLiaison Department, Strand campus.

J IOR RESEARCHST DE TSHIPS1990/91

ominations are invited from Depart­ments/Divisions for Junior ResearchStudentships in the Schools of Education,Engineering, Humanities, Laws, Life,Basic Medical and Health Sciences andMathematical and Physical Sciences.

The Junior Research Studentships schemeoffers students of the highest calibre whoenrol for an MPhil/PhD on a full-timebasis, a maintenance allowance at thecurrent Research Council grant level plus£500 per annum. In addition, tuition feesat the 'home' rate are waived. Awardholders may be expected to undertake aminimal amount of teaching in return.

For further details, please contact LizAuden-Davies, Assistant Registrar(Academic Services) on extension 2686.

The closing date for nominations is 1June 1990.

CE TRAL RESEARCH FU D

The Central Research Fund has beeninstituted for the purpose of makinggrants to members of the University(other than present undergraduate studentsand those registered for a taught Master'sdegree) engaged on specific projccts ofresearch, to assist with the provision of

pecial materials, apparatus and tra elco ts. Application are considered eachterm and the next cIo ing date for applica­tions is Friday 7 eptember 1990.Further particulars and application formmay be obtained from the Central Re­search Fund Section, Senate House,Room 21a, Malet Street, London WCIE700. Tel 6368000 ext 3147.

CRErrHES E ROPEFELLOWSHIP

A new fellowship has been set up topromote academic exchanges amongEuropean universities.

It is a joint initiative between the Confer­ence of Rectors, Presidents and Vice­Chancellors of the European Univer ities(CRE) and the Times Higher EducationSupplement (THES).

The fellowship is open to all staff,academic and administrative and will beadministered by the CRE.

The award could be used for such thingsas:

a) the attachment of a member of staff,academic or administrative, to anotheruniversityb) a short study tourc) an exchange of staff between suchuniversitiesd) an attachment to another Europeanuniversity of a graduate or advancedstudent for research projects or trainingprogrammes.

For leaflets please contact:Anne Hogarth, Promotions Manager, TheTimes Higher Education Supplement,Priory House, StJohn's Lane, LondonECIM4BX.

EAST MEETS WEST

To mark the occasion of the visit toLondon of His Excellancy Mr VacIavHavel, President of Czechoslovakia, theForeign and Commonwealth Office incollaboration with the University ofLondon have set up a programme ofpostgraduate awards for students fromCzechoslovakia to study at the University.

Up to 20 awards for courses and attach­ments of up to one year's duration, will beavailable from 1990.

The awards will be known as the MasarykScholarships in memory of ThomasMasaryk (1850-1937), the former Presi­dent of Czechoslovakia, who was also thefirst Professor of the School of SlavonicStudies founded at King's College in1915.

College appearanceI am delighted to see that the College iscurrently revising its visual identity, viz.new coat of arms. What a pity that uponentering the College, prospective studentsand visitors still encounter the real visualidentity, viz. poorly decorated rooms,inadequate and badly produced signposts,cracked and broken windows, boxes andfurniture carelessly stored in publicspaces etc.

David GreenDepartment of Geography

ews of Mark BaileyPlease note my son Mark Bailey has nowmoved to the following address: 1Tennyson Road, Diss, Norfolk IP22 3PY.On my retirement a short time back hedecided to return home to my wife and I,after sharing home and being looked afterby my daughter.

We appreciate receiving the monthlynewsletter from the College, and also forall cards received at Christmas. Hiscondition has changed very little, somedays the MS takes its toll and naturally heis very tired.

Mr Ken Bromfield does keep in touch andhas been a very great help and a goodfriend to us all.

A F Bailey

All Mark'sfriendsat King's Collegewould like 10 take this opportunity 10 sendhim their best wishes.

early every Monday morning during thefishing season he would arrive at mydesk, lean against the wall and tell me in aslow, quiet voice about his fishingexploits of the previous weekend.

As I have absolutely no interest in fishing,I found his tales extremely boring. Henever thought to ask me about my interestin the sport, but would drone on endlesslyabout his weekend by the river. Aboutthe size, type and number of fish, thecurrent, the weather and even the contentsof his sandwiches.

One Monday morning as he leanedagainst the wall and cleared his throat inpreparation for his monologue, I decidedthat I could bear it no longer and that,without hurting his feelings, I would haveto halt the flow.

,You have never asked me if I fish', Isaid.He looked surprised, 'Oh no, I haven't­do you?''No,but once, many years ago I fished forseveral days in succession and caught anenormous amount of fish without using arod or net.'He had become interested and temporarilyabandoned his own tale.

'Where were you fishing and how did youcatch so many fish?'

'It was on a small lake in Germany duringthe last war, but perhaps I should explainthe unusual circumstances. '

In those far off days I was the leader of areconnaissance troop of the Royal Ar­moured Corps. We had been far inadvance of Squadron HQ for many daysand as we reached the limit of radiocommunication, we had been ordered tohalt our advance and to await furtherorders which might not come for severaldays.

No fresh food supplies had reached us fora considerable time and we were allheartily sick of corned beef, tinned stew,tinned sardines, hard biscuits and por­ridge.

Trooper MacTavish who sometimes, ill­advisedly, took on the duties of troop

cook was infamous, amongst other things,for his impossibly salty porridge, tried toimprove the situation by mixing severalthings together and by heating the mixtureover our small petrol stoves. Unfortu­nately not only was the resulting messless appetising than the original ingredi­ents, but a small dispute arose over whowas responsible for allowing MacTavishto become involved.

However, it was a pleasant place, suffi­ciently well-wooded to provide cover forour tanks and within 200 yards of a smalllake, which I was certain would containfish. There were no fisherman in thetroop and no angling equipment, but I wassure that we would find a way to extractthe fish.

Luck was with us when I discovered asmall flat-bottomed, iron boat floating inthe reeds on the far side of the lake andthe troop sergeant, who was an expert atliving off the land, had an original idea.We paddled to the middle of the lake andthen dropped two hand grenades over theside of the boat. The result was quitedramatic as large numbers of small fish,stunned by the underwater explosions,floated to the surface.

A miscellaneous collection of small fishfried in army margarine may not seemmuch of a delicacy today, but then ittasted like ambrosia. Bonyambrosiaperhaps, but ambrosia nevertheless.

Our activities were strictly against armyregulations, but we were isolated fromeverything and everyone. The civilianpopulation had fled, we were many milesin front of our own forces and the enemywas nowhere in sight. The weather waswarm and sunny and temporarily, for us,peace reigned. Two days later our peacewas shattered by the arrival of a despatchrider with a message from the adjutantordering me to report to him immediately.

With great trepidation I mounted thepillion of the motor bike and was drivenback to regimental HQ which was situatedseveral miles behind Squadron HQ in anabandoned farmhouse.

To my relief the adjutant greeted me witha smile and asked after my healLh. Withsome hesitation, I assured him of mywell-being and waited for whatever elsewas to come.

'The CO is entertaining the General todinner tomorrow night,' he said, 'and hewould like you to do him a favour.'

As a young Lieutenant, this was com­pletely outside my experience. I hadne er had a commanding officer ask mefor a favour and I couldn't see what part Icould possibly play in the Colonel' socialarrangements. I was becoming quiteapprehen ive again when he dropped himetaphorical bombshell.

'He would like fi h for the fust course.''He would like what?' I blustered.

He laughed. 'Come of it, Don, I knowwhat you are up to. Send out a fishingparty and don't keep all the big ones foryourself.'

The next day I sent out an official, andvery successful, fishing party.

There was a long silence when I hadfinished my tale. My visitor obviouslystrongly disapproved of my fishingexploits, but I felt that perhaps hisdisapproval was tempered by the suspi­cion that my tale might not be true andthat I might be pulling his leg.

He made no comment apart from, 'I'dbetter be going,' and walked off. I wasright to assume that my story would stophis monologues. Re has now left theCollege, but he never embarked again ona fishing story and neither shall I.

Don MindelAtkins Reception, Kensington

KI G'S LAME T

In glorious splendour it stands, a home foreducating man.This great old school along the Strand.For centuries it stands in a sea of dustTo teach man to learn and trust,The Rich, the poor, it is a must no matterwho,Doctors and priests and teachers too.Go forth with learning old and newFor what if a man has wealth and gold,It will not mean much when he is old.For all his wealth is of no amountCan help him if he cannot count.We teach all men who want to learn, to

Reach the top of the learning tree.And you cannot bear the fruit, withoutyour decreeSo come to King's you ho seek theknowledgeAnd teach the world throughout the ages.

HP HanveyChe ham Porter

NEWS ROUND UP

CO FERE CEREPORTPUBLISHED

A conference report on the St Catharine'sConference held at Cumberland Lodge in

ovember 1989 on 'Autonomy in theUniversities' has now been published.Copies are on sale via Cumberland Lodgeand are also available in the Library.

The Conference brought together academ­ics and others with a concern for the wayin which recent changes in the functing ofhigher education seem to be threateninguniversity autonomy and the role tradi­tionally played in the British educationalsystem.

The address to obtain copies is as follows:Cumberland Lodge, The Great Park,Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 2HP. Telephone(0784) 432316, 434893 and 439258.

BUGGS

The British Universities' Guide toGraduate Study 1990-91 has now beenpublished. It provides all the essentialinformation careers officers and studentsfrom home and overseas need to choosecourses of further study in British univer­sities. The guide provides five sectionswhich cover such areas as i) fees, grantsand awards ii) a directory of graduatetaught courses, iii) university profiles, iv)an A-Z index of course titles and subjectgroups v) and a map showing the locationof university towns in the UK. All in allthe guide is a useful, quick and easyreference. The Guide is available fromThe Association of CommonwealthUniversities, 36 Gordon Square, LondonWC1R OPF and costs £19.95 (postage isfree in Britain.

POSTGRAD ATE B LLET

The summer edition of the 'PostgraduateBulletin', issued by the Central ServicesUnit, will be publi hed on 31 May 1990.Anyone who wishes to publicise new orunfilled courses, or allocated researchcouncil studentships the copy date for thisnext issue is 16 May. For further detailsplease contact Anne Earley at the CentralServices Unit, Crawford House, PrecinctCentre, Manchester M13 9EP. Tel0612734233.

RV G SHORT COURSESFORI DUSTRY

A new book 'Running Short Courses forIndustry: a beginners guide' has beenpublished which is aimed at academics, ofwhatever discipline, involved in 'selling'their knowledge and skills in the marketplace. This new publication takes thereader step by step through the setting upof a course through to building up arelationship with a client company.

Copies of the book, which was written byJoan van Emden of Reading Universityand Elizabeth Barber of Reading Collegeof Technology, are available from JovePublications, 23 The Mount, ChristchurchRoad, Reacting, RG 1 5HL, price £3.80plus 30p packing and postage. Chequeswith order please.

REMEMBER REGGIE

ow that Reggie has come out of thecloset and has been restored to his formerglory, it's time to tell the truth about ourbeloved mascot. You can help by sendingyour photos, comments, quotes, anecdotesete to the Alumnus Office at the Strandcampus. All will be revealed in the nextissue of In Touch.

HOUSEHOLD CHOICESAn exhibition at the Victoria andAlbert Museum

Judith Sixsmith, a research assistant onthe European Commission DRIVE projectin the Department of Geography andAndrew Sixsmith, a former geography

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postgraduate student, a teacher on theKing's MSc in Gerontology course andnow at the University of Liverpool, havebeen invited to contribute a photographicaccount of their research on the meaningof home, to an exhibition titled 'House­hold Choices' at the Victoria and AlbertMuseum, from 28 February to 3 July.

For a number of years they have bothbeen examining the meaning and experi­ence of the home environment, Juclithfrom the point of view of a psychologistand Andrew from that of a human geogra­pher. Their specific interest has focusedon the effects of life events and transitionson patterns of dwelling amongst elderlypeople and the unemployed.

The exhibition represents a shift inperspective by the V&A away fromconsiderations of formal design andarchitecture towards the human qualitiesinvolved in the experience of design andof lay participation in the design process.

BRIDE OF THE YEAR

Joely Irlam, a student in Physiology andPharmacology at King's, was recentlynamed Bride of the Year by 'Weddingand Home' magazine. She won prizes

All dressed in white!! Joely, preparingfor the big day in August.

worth more than £23,000 including a£3,000 wedding dress, £3,000 worth ofjewellery and a honeymoon in Barbados.Joely, who was entered for the competi­tion by her mother, will marry King's

Geography student John Hughes - theymet in a bar at King's! The happy coupleare now looking forward to their weddingin August and the honeymoon. As JoeJysaid: 'Two students on a trip to Barbados!It's fabulous.'

SPAIN BEYOND RIOJAA tasting of Spanish table wines fromregions other than Rioja will be held onthe King's Road site in the CommonRoom, Hudson Building on Friday 11May at 6.30 pm. The cost is £6.50 perperson. Please apply to John Barker on872 3080 or 872 3170 by the morning ofthe 11 May.

QUEEN ELIZABETH (KEN­SINGTON) BRANCH KCLADr Tom Sanders will be giving membersof the QE (K) Branch the pragmatist'sview of eating in his lectureentitled"Getting Away With It' onWednesday 16 May at the Kensingtoncampus. All are welcome whether or notthey are members of the branch. This willbe the fifth May lecture since the merger,others in the series have been varied andof general interest: 'Bitter Cold' anexpedition to the Antartic, 'Towards anElixir of Life' , 'Book Lice', and last year'Lord Macaulay Died Here' - the randomreOections on the demise of QEC givenby John Rivers who sadly died lastDecember.

The Lecture starts at 7.00 pm in thePhysiology Lecture Theatre, Kensingtoncampus. Light refreshments are availableat a cost of £2.50 as well as a Cash Bar.All enquiries to Dr Sally Taylor K4555 orPat Cox 0734783377.

KCLA SUMMER EVENTThis year's KCLA Summer Event willtake place on Saturday 9 June in StAlbans Abbey. Members of staff arewelcome to attend and bring guests.

The evening will begin at 6.30 pm with abuffet supper in the Abbey Refectory andwill be followed by a performance of

Verdi's Requiem given by the combinedchoir of the Tring and Ely Choral Socie­ties and professional soloists. Coffee willbe served after the performance at around9.15 pm.

The cost is £16.50 per person - thisincludes ticket, meal, wine or soft drinks,coffee and programme.

We are thinking about providing a coachfrom the Strand campus to St Albans.The cost would be between £3.50 and£6.00 per person, depending on thenumber of people making use of theservice.

Please contact the Alumnus Office, Room2B, Strand campus, ext S2083, as soon aspossible, if you would like to come.

MOUNT EVEREST CLIMBERAT KING'SProfessor John West MD, PhD, Professorof Medicine and Physiology at theUniversity of California, is to visit King'sCollege, Strand campus on Tuesday 8May. Professor West was the leader ofthe American Medical Research Expedi­tion to Mount Everest in 1981. This wasthe first time an expedition was arrangedto climb Mount Everest for the purpose ofconducting scientific and medical re­search. Five members of his teamreached the summit and made uniquephysiological measurements there.

Come and hear Professor West speakingabout 'Physiological Responses toExtreme Altitude' on Tuesday 8 May at2.15 pm in the Large Anatomy Theatre,Room 11F, 3rd Floor Main Building,Strand campus. All welcome.

WOMEN'S NETWORKAfter a very successful social at the end oflast term, five meetings have beenarranged for this term, on the followingdates:

Tuesday 1 MayThursday 17 MayThursday 31 MayTuesday 12 JuneThursday 28 June

All meetings will be in G03 on the

ground floor of the Strand Building, atl.OO pm. Social get-togethers are plannedfor the fust, third and fmal meeting withmore formal discus ions at the second andfourth.

The days are varying to try and give allStrand based women the opportunity tocome along, if only for part of the time.Alas, women working away from theStrand site may not be able to come tomeetings but please keep in touch, and welook forward to seeing you all in Thame­side day .

For more information, or to comment/make uggestions, please contact, FloraKerrigan on tel 928 8930 or Ann Lees onext S2186 or 8732186.

SMALL ADS

TO LETPimlico, very quiet near tube, 3 bedroom,2 bathroom maisonette with roof terrace,suitable for a family, fully equipped,£320.00 per week including utilities andcleaning. Available end of August for 4months. Telephone ext K4317.

Furnished, centrally heated, 3 bedroomedhouse. 3 minutes from Chiswick Parktube station in quiet road with garden.Would suit visiting academic for 6months/year. £400 per month + bills.Please contact 730 6734.

COMPUTER EQUIPME TTwo old Vector Graphics micro comput­ers. These run under CPM and come witha word processing package. Two oldQume daisy wheel printers. Two acousticprinter covers suitable for matrix or daisywheel type printers. If anyone is inter­ested please contact Peter Anning on ext52603.

Sizing up the mock up ofa 1930's denialsurgery with Professor Gelbier, SeniorLecturer in Community Dental Health.

The Princess leaving after her tour of'Leeches to Lasers' and the Reception inthe Council Room.

Comment is the College's regular staff newsleuer, issued by the Information Office((ext 2179)) three times a term, with special editions if required. Contributions arewarmly welcomed from any members of the College. For example profiles of people orareas of interest, news of events, views on College mauers, photos, cartoons, items ofsale, puzzles or quizzes. Comment is sent to all staff and made freely available throughthe Student Union. Copy dates and and publication dates are published at the end ofeach issue. The copy date for the next issue is I June 1990 for publication in the weekbeginning 11 June 1990.

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1840s when the Hospital was just up theroad, opposite Lincoln's Inn Fields, andcontained only 50 beds - some of whichoften held two or more patients at a time!

The next set she was shown was thereconstruction of a nineteenth centuryoperating theatre at the height of theLister anti-sepsis period - complete withlive leeches! After Joseph Lister'sappoimmentto KCH in 1877, as Profes-or of Clinical Surgery, surgical mortality

rates on his ward dropped from 50% to1.5%.

A slide show depicting public healthduring the war years was the next era ofmedicine shown to the Chancellor: a timewhen King's was London's fourthmilitary hospital. The irony of thesetimes was that major medical break­throughs were made as a resuIL of theresearch developed to help the woundedof the carnage of the Great War.

The tour then moved on to the mockup ofa dental surgery of the 1930s, on displaywere the latest instruments and tools ofthe day - and you thought you were afraidof the dentist in 1990! The next setconcerned tuberculosis and its treatment,another living image of a nurse describedhow patients were cared for and thetreatment they received.

The Chancellor then entered the contem­porary part of the time tunnel where afully functioning kidney dialysis machinewas connected up to a model of a humantorso and photographs of all the variousstages of a liver transplant operation wereon display. The final set was the lastliving image describing King's 2000 ­medical equipment of the future it ishoped the hospital will obtain and theblueprint for future healthcare. Greateremphasis will be on preventative care andearly diagnosis, an integrated informationnetwork to link GPs and other healthcareworkers in the community with specialistteams in the Hospital, and the mainte­nance of a first class system of research,education and training.

If you missed the Exhibition while it wason at the Strand, there is still a chance tosee it at the Livesey Museum, The OldKent Road, London SE15, from Juneonwards.

(Further pictures on page 16)

WESTMI STER ABBEY SERVICE OF CELEBRATIO

As part of the continuing celebrations for King's College Hospital, a service ~fThan~­giving to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of King's College Hospital and ItsClinical Medical School was held at Westminster Abbey on 4 April.

Allended by the Queen (as Patron of King's College Hospital), HRH The Duke ofEdinburgh and HRH Princess Alice of Gloucester, the Service was officiated by theDean of Westminster, assisted by the Reverend Alan Luff, Precentor.

The congregation, made up of past and present members of the Hospital, MedicalSchool and College, representatives of the local community and families and friends,filled every available seat in the Abbey to join in this joyful celebration.

The theme of the Service was set by three readings emphasizing the strong bondsbetween caring medicine and scientific education. Sir John Peel, former President ofthe Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists, and Surgeon-Gynaecologist to HMThe Queen and Emeritus Consulting Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to King's CollegeHospital, read from a lecture given in 1852 by Sir Robert Bently Todd, MD FRS, co-.founder of the Medical School, on The Resources of King's College London for MedicalEducation. This was followed by a reading from the preface of the first edition of TheDiabetic Life by Dr R D Lawrence, published in 1925 by Dr Wilfred Oakley, co­founder of the Diabetic Department at KCH and Emeritus Physician, KCH. Sir JamesBlack, obel Laureate and Professor of Analytical Pharmacology, read extracts fromBiomedical Science and Human Health: the long range proposal by Lewis Thomas(Daedalus) 1977.

Miss Lola Oni, Health Advisor, Sickle Cell Unit and Miss Susan Walden, a medicalstudent at KCSMD read the lessons and The Right Reverend Richard Harries, Bishop ofOxford (and former Dean of King's College 1981-87) gave the Sermon. Prayers wereoffered by several people, including The Reverend Canon Reginald Askew, Dean ofKing's and The Archbishop of Canterbury.

A special part of the service was the procession to the High Altar by repres~ntatives ofthe hospital carrying artefacts portraying past and present developments whIch havetaken place there, together with plans for the future.

At the ReceplionJollowing the tour, in the Council Room.

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STAFF NEWSI

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Prof or Richard orabji of theDepartment of Philosophy h won theComell Univer ity Press Choice Awardfor Outstanding Academic Boo 19 9­1990 for his book Matter, Space andMotion.

Dr iolet Leaver (Department ofPhy ics) and Mr Doron Ben-Tzvi and DrMark andler (Department of Electronicand Electrical Engineering) have beenawarded a prize for the paper with'greatest indu Lrial potential' at the recentAlvey Vi ion Conference (AVC89).Their Paper was entitled 'A DynamicCombinatorialllough Transform/orSlraighl Lines and Circles' .

Mi nn Conlon Head of StudentCounselling and Welfare Services, hasbeen awarded an Administrative Travel­ling Fellowship by the Association ofCommonwealth Universities.

Dr Douglas R Higgs has been awardedthe degree of Doctor of Science (Medi­cine) by the University of London.

Dr Edward A Little has been awardedthe degree of Doctor of Science by theUniversity of London.

Mr John L Dawson, Dean of the Facultyof Clinical Medicine has been madeSergeant Surgeon to Her Majesty theQueen effective from 23 February 1990.

Dr John Wriggle worth from theDivision of Biomolecular Sciences hasbeen elected for a term of 3 years to theUniversity of London Senate from 1September 1990.

I OBITUARIES

Ray Denne

It was with a great sense of shock that welC8,ITled of the tragic and sudden death ofRay Denne on 12 March 1990. Ray and

his ife, Kaye, were returning from along eekend in De on when theirvehicle left the motorway. Kaye wasthrown clear and uffered a fe cuts andbruises, but Ray u tained a heart att.a kand died in tanuy.

Ray joined Chelsea College in December1972 as a carpenter and more or Iimmediately was promoted to CarpentrySupervisor, a po ition he occupied for ther t of hi College career.

After five years' appren~ce hip as aCoachbuilder with Southern Railways,Ray spent the next sixteen years in theRAF, rising to the rank of Sergeant.There followed a five year period with FW Barnard Ltd as a general foreman, afterwhich Ray joined the College.

Ray's amiability and popularity was notconfined to Estates activities. After theamalgamation in 1985 Ray's responsibili­ties extended to the Kensington campu aswell, and colleagues from several depart­ments there became familiar with Ray'seasy-going nature and jovial outl k onlife. For tho e who didn't know him thatwell there was alway a danger of takingRay too seriously, particularly if he'd justheard a 'rumour' or two. Ray's wit, smileand courtesy will be sorely missed.

Ray had just started to plan seriously forhis retirement. He had a great love of thewater and was considering a life onnarrowboats. He was quite happy potter­ing around on canals, walking his dogsand enjoying the outdoor life.

To Ray's wife Kaye we extend ourdeepest sympathy.

lan BlairEstates Department

Henry Arthur Harvey

9 April 1915 - 9 March 1990Harry Harvey joined King's CollegeLondon in ovember 1931 as a JuniorAssistant in the Library not long afterleaving Holloway School. Paid theprincely sum of £1.00 per week with thepromise of increments of 5 shillings peryear, his early duties included runningbackwards and forwards from one of thefew telephones available in College to

con ey messages from the Librarian. TheLibrary at thi time had only three othertaff including the Librarian. Hi effi­

cien and enthu iasm ere noted at anearly tage but few perhap ould ha egu ed, ith the exception of servi e inthe ar, h would serve the Collegedevotedly 0 er a fifty ear period.Already promoted before the outbreak ofwar he also obtained an honour degree inEnglish through evening classes in thCollege. At the outbreak of war, whenpart of the College was evacuated toBri tol, he a sisted with establi hing aworking library ofabout7,fXXJ volume In

the Great Hall at Bri tol University.

Called up in 1940 he saw active servicewith the Royal Artillery in Italy but al 0

gained useful library experience when, in1945, he was seconded to the ArmyEducation Corps and put in charge of theArmy Educational Book Depot at aples.Later he was po ted to Klagenfurt,Au tria, as Command Librarian toestabli h a Library from scratch withoutequipment or accommodation. Given thatthe Bristol Library collection wa entirelydestroyed by an incendiary bomb this wasarguably u eful experience.

To thi experience Harvey added theprofessional qualification of As ociate ofthe Library As ociation in 1954. In thepost war years Harvey' main achieve­ments were in the areas of the Library'sScience collection for which, in 1959, hebecame entirely responsible. Not least ofthese achievements was the reconstitutionof Professor Charles Wheatstone'sLibrary and the building upon it of alarger and prestigious History of Sciencecollection . In 1970 Harvey was appointedto the personal title of Senior AssistantLibrarian in recognition of his long anddevoted ervice to the College Library.Long service, a tenacious memory andabiding passion for facts also meant thatover the years Harvey was the focus ofmany enquiries concerning the history ofthe College. In 1975 this skill, togetherwith his identification of a variety ofscientific manuscripts and archivecollections, were to lead to his appoint­ment as part-time College Archivist Inthis post he played a major role in arrang­ing the exhibition to celebrate the 150thanniversary of the College. He was madea Fellow of the College in 1978.

Harry Harvey will perhaps be best

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remembered by many for hi impi hhumour and talent as a raconteur. Few,who heard hi stories about College life,could fail to be amused by his descrip­tions of 'the ubtle blend' of an ambitiousorgani t practising Widor on one side ofthe Library and a rendition of the Mikadoon the other and the relief experiencedwhen both gave way to the barrel organistwho taned up in SlTand Lane, or, hisdescription of a former Professor ofImperial History who 'stomped' throughthe Library followed by his students whohe addre sed 'in tones worthy of a skipperof a orth Sea trawler in a gale'.

He will be adly missed by his friends.

Patricia MethvenCollege Archivist

Ilenry flarvey is to be remembered atCollege Eucharist on 23 May.

Jack Rumbell

I am sure colleagues and friends of JackRumbell, both past and present, will besad to learn of his death on 8 April, aged63. Unfortunately, Jack had to leave theCollege in December 1987 due to illhealth, having run the stationery stores fornearly 13 years. Even after he suffered asevere heart attack he returned to King'sand, being the character he was, still had amile and time for a friendly word for

everyone he met.

Before joining King's he had been asergeant in the Royal Artillery and hisservice with the regiment took him toKorea, Malaysia and Germany. Afterleaving the Army he spent some time inCanada before coming to King's.

Our condolences to Valerie, his widow,whom he met at King's.

John HarperDepartment of Geography

Valerie has asked us to thank everybodyfor the kindness which has been shown toher at this sad time. She regrets that sheis unable to wrile personally to everyoneand would like this to be accepted as heracknowledgement.

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ITRAI I G COLUMTraining, are you getting your share?More and more people at King's aretaking advantage of the training opportu­nities open to staff. All courses adver­tised in Comment and elsewhere havebeen full and some have been repeated asa resulL of the high demand. For examplethe advanced features Microsoft Wordcourse wa repeated three times; theSelection Skills course was filled twiceand another is being planned. Recentdiscussions with staff have suggestedsubtle changes in approach to training,particularly their motives for attendingcourses. Staff are realising that lTainingcan be of value La their own careerdevelopment and not just as a way ofimproving their skills. Personal motiva­tion, it seems, is one of the main reasonsfor the exlTa demand for training.

KIT Course ewsA general synopsi of courses availableare in the last issue of Comment (No 44)and in PLUTO.

Course for Security Staff10 May, Strand campusThis course has been heavily oversub­scribed and will therefore be repeated inJune. Everyone on the waiting list will begiven the chance to enrol. Newapplica­tions will be accepted directly.

Oxygen and pH Electrodes16 May, Kensington campusWe shall be joined by technicians fromother parts of the University for themorning seminar. A few more applica­tions from King's technical staff can beaccepted.

Constructive Criticism26 June, Kensington campusWe all have to give and receive criticismduring the cour e of our work. Have youever thought how well you cope withthis? Can you criticise effectively or doyou put it off and hope that the problemwill go away, and later regret the illthought out remarks that are often blurtedout under pressure. If others criticise you,how does it affect you? Does it hurt whenyou are laid that your brilliant new idea isuseless or that your work performance orbehaviour i less than exemplary? Haveyou ever thought that the way you give orreceive criticism could effect yourpersonal and profes ional image or even

the reputation of your department?

Thi new cour e provide an opportunityfor participants La discuss and practiee theskills of criticism and will address andexamine a framework for generating apo itive aUitude. The course will be ledby Roger Mayhew (Training Services).All staff are invited La apply for thiscourse (or uggest it to one of yourcolleagues - if you dare).

Workshop: How to Conduct EffectiveMeetings12 July, SlTand campusThis workshop is a joint venture betweenmyself and Robert Poller, the AcademicStaff Development and Training Co­ordinator. It is intended for staff who leador chair meetings and who feel they couldimprove their technique.

Following the work hop, participantsshould be able, as chairpersons La:

1) Clearly identify the various functionsand purposes of meetings;2) Gain an improved understanding ofthe interpersonal dynamics which arecommon in meetings;3) Prepare relevantly for the meeting;4) Conduct meetings more effectively(dealing with people and with issue );5) Follow up meetings appropriately egensuring action on decisions.

The course will be led by Pam Denicoloand Maureen Pope from Surrey Univer­sity.

Pre·retirement TrainingTwelve members of staff have attendedpre-retirement courses at other LondonColleges during April. There is clearly agrowing awareness about the significanceof preparation for this important pha e inour lives.

Robert Poller and I intend to co-ordinatethis type of training at King's. A seminarhas been arranged for 9 July at 2.00 pm inthe Strand Council Room for people whoare approaching retirement age. Thepurpose of the seminar is to enable us tofocus on relevant issues with help andadvice from you and later design theKing's College pre-retirement programmeaccording La the wishes of participants.

Ken Bromfieldon Academic Staff Training Officer

DE He TAFFD LOP 1E T

the fir t round of appraisal areompleLed the demands for training and

Ide 'elopment ti itie are beginning toarnve. These ill be discus ed in a futureanicle but, in the meantime, I hall bepi ed to speak with anyone regardingtheu individual requiremenlS and howbe t to meet them.

All taff who took up appointmenlS on orafter I January 1990 will be receiving aninvitation to a new-style one day Induc­tion Course to be held on 28 September1990. I shall be writing to Head ofDeparunenlS asking them to forwardinvitation to staff whose employmentbegin on 1 October 1990. Unle theyalready have exten ive experience ofuniver ity teaching all new staff are urgedto attend the Course for Lecturers held atthe Institute of Edueation from 10- 14September 1990.

Other cour e which will run at King's inthe near future are Succe fu1 Applica­tion for Re carch GranlS on 22 May andInterviewing, Selection and Recruitmentof StudenlS on 23 May. Several memberof taff have already expressed an interestin the university course on Entrepre­neurial and Marketing Activities to beheld from 9 - 10 July.

Members of the King's Campus Vacation Bureau working hard at 'Holiday World ­Dublin'showing visitors the delights ofstaying at King's when visiting London. TheVacation Bureau shared a stand with the London Tourist Board at the exhibition whichtook place between 24 - 28 January this year.

DIVISIO AL AD

The administration of the Division of Biomolecular Sciences has re-located and i nowbased in the Administrative Centre on the fourth noor of the ALkins Building at Ken­sington (rooms 422-430) and all business and correspondence dealing with divisionalmatters should now be addressed there. A complete list of non-technical administrativeresponsibilities on the various sites, together with telephone numbers, is given below:

Drury LaneProfessor Simmons i Head of Site and Director of MRC Muscle and Cell Motility Unitand Mr Drummie will continue to deal with the Drury Lane site and MRC Unit matter

Courses at the College which are open toall categories of taff (organised joinLlywith the Training Officer for on­Academic Staff) are A Workshop onChairing Meetings on the 12 July and Pre­retirement (preliminary session on 9 July;invitations will be sent shorLly).

If you would like to know more about anyof the e courses, or any other aspect oftraining and development, I shall bepleased to hear from you.

Robert PollerAcademic taffTraining andDevelopment Co-ordinator.

TITLE CHA GEMr R S Thirunamachandran's titleAdministrative Assistant (Database andPlanning) has been changed to ResearchDatabase Administrator, effective from 16March 1990. The scope of his duties andre ponsibilities remain as before.

KensingtonProfessor R M Simmons (Head of Division)Mr D M Drummie (Divisional Administrator)Mrs Ann Hussain (Divisional Secretary)

Professor M C Scrutton (Head of Site;Head of Biochemistry Section)

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Some of thi argument about the effect ofthe architecture on the sen e of worshipcould be aimed at the present CollegeChapel. But the present College Chapel isours; and that i the difference. Be ideas a piece of architecture our Chapel isaltogether more modest, not to be com­pared with the masterpiece in the Strand.

Big AdvantagesThe College Chapel is a big room in themiddle of the College. lL is a valuablequiet space, always open; has a greatorgan, unique Victorian panelling, andbold arcades. The Deans, my predeces-ors, were giants. But one of them, in the

black-outs of the 1940s, put up lightingwhich might have come from the OdeonCinema. Another put down lino, eco­nomically; but painted the pillars asextravagantly blue-green as a peacock'sneck. (This says nothing about the Deanwho let down the ceiling to accommodatehis scientific friends in the roof).

One of our advantages is that the practiceof holding daily prayers in the Collegebuilding is an unbroken custom since theChapel was opened in 1831. The loyaltyand patience of this tradition is impres­sive. The advantage could be obscure;until the moment you discontinued thepractice. It expresses Christianity'smaterialistic claim that what is sacred isin the middle of our academic business,not separated from it, not peripheral, notacross the road however beautiful.

that religion was there and then; not hereand now.

lL has no grave and bone-yard. But it ithe understood threshold where livelymembers of King's remember deadteachers, where students and staff killedin the wars are commemorated, and wherewe all can sit, before the clock strikes, andreckon on our portion of eternity. It is notonly fitting that our corridors should havethis solemn door. It is sane, in a societysecretive about mortality.

There are royal peculiars, like Westmin­ster Abbey. There are also collegiatechapels. They enjoy a certain freedomfrom well meaning ecclesiastical lawyersand diocesan pickpockets. We do not askanyone's permission to hold ecumenicalservices, or seek a faculty for candle­sticks. To exchange this responsibility forpart of the diocese of London in the

Today's surveyor of the fabric says thebalustrade must be taken down carefully,before it crumbles into the laps of motor­ists. Could the owner of such a finechapel, his heirs and successors, keeprebuilding and rebuilding and sending thebill to the Minister of Transport? I haveheard of bridges and tunnels spoken of forsafe access to the traffic island. It wouldbe cheaper to take down Gibb's buildingaltogether; and to put the old lady upagain safely, out of the delirium of thetraffic, in the courtyard of King's College.

Who would build a College Chapel out of18th century ashlar which is in a continu­ous state of agitation? The stones of St­Mary-Ie-Strand did not always tremble.Gibbs did not need to estimate theprogress of traffic vibration disease on oldmasonry. When he perched that preLlybalustrade upon his wedding cake church,few cows plodded, Life Guards trOlled,and the Duke of Somerset House bowledpast the architect four in hand.

So the chapel door could not be opened tolet you in. Everyone knows how perilousit is to kneel down in a small room full ofcarbon monoxide. How ab urd, then, toaLlend a church so noisy that you areunable to hear a warning from the pulpitthat it is dangerou to kneel down justnow! To be on the afe side, serviceswould have to be conducted very early.Monks are awake. The ervice is calledPrime. Are univer ity students up to it?

But who would build an 18th centurychapel, small and exquisite, for the 20thcentury alumni of a Thameside campus?Is research assisted by old fashionedapparatus? We love museums and artgalleries. We go to Chapel for otherreasons. Gibbs made a shrine for theBook of Common Prayer. lL would be aterrible pity to spoil il Modem liturgycan make room for 18th century prayer; itshould not be entirely dominated by thatera, by itsbeauty, and by its gracefulantiquity, by its confident English voice,and classical cadences. The fabric of StMary-Ie-Strand would impose uponCollege worship substantial pressure. Itcould be calm and benign, subLle, excel­lent and accommodating in the way that awell printed page supports prose. But itcould offer an illusion, just at a time whenacademic theologians would wish us tothink critically about Christianity. lLcould convey the beguiling impre sion

The care of such conspicuous pieces ofLondon' landscape, our heritage, is avery interesting task. The exterior of StMary-le-Strand is an outsLanding exampleof 18th century work; but inside is whatan antique collector would know as\\ rong. Maybe the font, the pulpit andthe communion rail belong. Mo t of there t of the furniture is Victorian. lL wouldnot be impossible to restore an 18thcentury look to the interior. Someconservationists would carefully removethe Victorian fittings and leave it at thalSome would favour an elegant faking ofpews in the style of Adams, and a paint­ing by Hogarth. But they would all see itas a church; and would want to restore itas a church. No one walking down theStrand would dream that St Mary-le­Strand was anything but a church. It istoo lovely to become a redundant church,or a ruin. But the Church of England hasmore of these items than care to lavishupon them. How willingly would Eng­land find a new patron, benefactor andguardian for St Mary-Ie-Strand! King'sCollege, a caretaker with its own clergy,choir, and congregation! It is a dream!However dismal the reputation of theCollege for post-war architectural taste,no financial officer of the establishedChurch would hesitate to convey the gemon our doorstep to us in perpetuity.

Preciou AntiqueMo t of the really old bits of London'sarchitectural history are in the care of theChurch of England. lames Gibbs, themo t important church architect in thefirst half of the 18th century, built StMary-Ie-Strand, St Martins-in-the-Field ,and the spire of St Clement Dane.

KI G'SANDT-MARY-LE~STRAND

Chapel perilousBut who would build a College Chapel, inthe busiest street in London, on a trafficisland? How would the worshippers getinto it? The obvious moment is when thenow of vehicles is so congealed that it ishardly moving at all. That happens all thetime in the Strand. But, the problem ofholding rush-hour services is that al­though it is possible to pick your waythrough stationary traffic to get to thechurch, the noise is then at its greatest,and the air almost pure carbon monoxide.

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public domain i to prefer servitude. It isan advantage to be able to do what youlike 'th our 0 n.

How could we make the mo t of ourad antage ? The ize of the room isneeded for all great Chapel casions inthe academic year. But the floor needs tobe lear, and as handsome as the newfloor of the Great Hall. Walls, apse,arcade and clere tory deserve to becleaned, and architecturally lit. The

n LUary platform could form a largeemi-circular apron, reflecting the shape

of the apse. A discreet, efficient publicaddress system and recording facilitycould be included. We should havegained for one of our best as ets a muchmore flexible use. The Chapel could eamits keep as a dignified enue for concerts,and special lectures. Its liturgical use forthe variety of daily services could beaccommodated more appropriately.

We could go further. We could share theilence of the Chapel with those who want

to find a niche in thi College building foracademic tudy. A row of well-madetall ,individually lit, running the whole

length of the Chapel, against the walls,could provide work spaces for about 50tudents. Whenever the church was full

for services, these stalls would simplybecome the back row.

But at other times it would be appropriatefor meditative prayer and academic studyto be seen to be able to co-exist as quietlyas can be in the same tobacco free space.

It was wondered if this flexibility couldbe extended to include the Library's useof the Chapel. But the nature of theChapel is to be open, the Library safelyguarded. The issue of security stands inthe way of joint use of the room forChapel and Library.

King's has always been cramped forpace. The Dean who did not surrender

the Chapel but offered the apex of hisvault in the cause of science, made anintelligent adaptation of space. I think wecan make our present Chapel morebeautiful, and more useful, and betteradapted to our needs, without losing anyof its big advantages over a perilous,antique alternative.

Reginald AskewDean

"\ A BOTTLE OF H MP G EA new catering outlet will be opening inthe Cornwall House Annexe later thisummer. e do not wish to call it the

'Cornwall House Annexe Refectory' andare therefore running a competition tofind a uitable name for the room. Abottle of champagne ill be awarded tothe person ho, in the Judge' opinion,offers the mo t suitable sugge tion.

Although the outlet is maller than theThomas More Refectory and Bar at 552King's Road it will seat some 65 custom­ers and be furnished to a high standard.The catering provision will be of a Cafe!Bi tro style, and a liquor licence is beingapplied for, to enable a good range ofwine and beers to be sold. It should benoted that both 'The Cornwall', and 'TheCornwall Arms' have been considered butrejected.

Suggestions should reach Peter Hoffman,Room 6G, Chesham Building, Strandcampus by Friday 25 May 1990.

THE MAIN REFECTORY, ATKI SBUILDING KE INGTO CAMPUSThe 0 SMOKING area of the Kensing­ton Main Refectory has recently beenredefined with new 'no moking' signs.For the benefit of all customers mokersare requested not to use the NO SMOK-I G AREA.

THE RIVER RESTAURA T,STRA D CAMPUSStaff TrainingOn Thursday 10 May this room will beclosed to all but pre-booked cu tomersduring lunchtime. We regret the incon­venience, but trust that as the room isbeing u ed for important Catering Stafftraining, customers will under tand, andin the long run benefit.

Table BookingsThe Strand Catering Office will bepleased, subject to availability, to reservetables in the River Restaurant, but wemust ask that customers inform the Officeif after booking the table is not required.On a number of occasions in the recentpast bookings have not been taken up, andif this continues it may be necessary tolevy a charge.Peter HoffmanCatering Officer

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Could all tafT please let thewitch board know if:

- their extension number changes- they move room- a new member of taff joins the depart-ment ( itchboard need to kno theirname, exten ion and r m number)- a member of taff lea es

I... D THE POST ROO

Could all tafT please make sure that:- their departmental number stamp is usedwhen sending external mail (otherwise thepo t room staff do not know whichdepartment to charge). nstamped mailhas to be opened- the departmental number stamp is notused on internal mail as this leads todelay and confusion- any letters or parcels with Royal Mailpo tage stamp attached should not begiven to the Po t Room but put in the po tbox adjacent to the Post Room or mailedoutside the College.

- all registered letters should be addresseddirectly on to the envelope and not on aticky label. Otherwise the Post Office

will not accept them.- all express delivery mail should bebrought to the Post Room and not placedin a Royal Mail post box. This will makesure that the post goes by expres deliveryand is not overlooked.

Gal G ABROAD THISS MER?

ow is the time to start thinking aboutwhat vaccinations you are going to needfor your ummer travels this year.

Most vaccinations, advice and informa­tion about what you need, are availablefrom the medical centres on all threecampuses free of charge to all staff andstudents.

Opening hours and contacts for all threemedical centres arc as follows:-Strand - Sister Gladstone ext S26139.00 am till 4.00 pm daily

Chelsea - Sister Donegan ext C2300

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Monday moming, Wednesday and Fridayafternoons. Term time only

Ken ington - Sister Donegan ext K4250When not at Chelsea. Term time only

For most destinations outside Europe andorth America you need to start youraccination programme six to eight weeks

before you go!

When did you last have a TetanusBoo ter?Even if you are not going to any exoticde tination this year it is worth thinkingabout whether you are up to date withtetanus vaccinations. Many people havenot had one since they left school. (Theylast five years). Tetanus is a seriousdi ease and can get into the body throughany break in the skin, whether it be a tinyscratch or a massive injury. Althoughcleaning any cut is an important step inpreventing tetanus the only way to befully protected is by being up to date withyour immunization programme.

Again advice is available from themedical centres on all three sites.

Jackie Donegan (Sister)Kensington Medical Centre

MICROS AND PRIMARYSCHOOLS: MARK TWOIn the last edition of Comment (issue no.44, page 8) the address of where to obtainthe resources pack should have read asfollows:The Information Officer, EducationalComputing Unit, Centre for EducationalStudies, King's College London, 552King' Road, London SW10 OUA

DE TALSTUDE TSI THEWIM

A team of five pre-clinical dental studentsrecently entered the national Swimathon.They finished the distance (5000m) in thecommendable time of 1 hour 40 minuteand 12 seconds. While the event is notstrictly competitive, a certain amount ofsatisfaction was obtained by finishingbefore a team from University College!

M W RobinsDepartment of Physiology

LIBRARY NEWS

ew database available for BioethicsThe Library ha recently made available the online database BIOETHlCSline, whichcovers citations to print and non-print materials which discuss ethical questions inhealth care, medicine and biomedical research, eg euthanasia, abortion, patient rightsand human experimentation.

Material from over 60 indexes and other reference tools, over 70 journals and newspa­pers is included, and from 4 databases. BIOETHlCSline is produced at the KennedyInstitute of Ethics, Georgetown University. If you think a search on this database mightbe helpful for your research, please ring Vivien Fleteher ext S2313 or Margaret Sam­man ext SW19 for funher details.

LIBERTAS newsThe Embankment and Strand Level 5 reading rooms moved all their loan transactions toLIBERTAS on 19 March, and the French reading room began issuing shorter loanmaterial on LIBERTAS at the beginning of this term (25 April).

Users of the LIBERTAS system may have noticed slight changes in some of theinformation offered by LIBERTAS, as a resulL of new software added on 23 April 1990.One change is the option of using the Boolean operators 'and' and 'or' when carryingout subject searches - Library staff will pleased to demonstrate to any interested users.Further details of other improvements will be given as each new pan of Libertas isready for use.

This leaves the normal loan stock of French and Strand Level 2, and all of the Musicreading room material still being issued on the old voucher system. The current esti­mate of number of items still to be added to LIBERTAS's records is a daunting114,000, but the Library has received a grant of £16,000 from the College's ResearchStrategy fund to help buy in records for use in adding humanities material. The Libraryhopes to gain some 10,000 records, and much work was done during the Easter vacationto identify suitable items for 'conversion'. Among the subject areas involved aregeneral language and literary studies, and modem European languages (not literature)except French and Greek, both on Level 2 of the Strand Building Library, and Music, sorelief for those readers still having to write out vouchers is on its way!

Pre-c/inical dental students who successfully competed in the national Swimathon.From the left: Seamus Smith, Fiona Lim. Melissa Morton. Mark Knagg and AmberPeters.

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LECTURES MEETINGS AND SEMINARS

1I A G RAL LECT RE

DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS A DBYZ TI EA D MODER GREEKSTUDIESTuesday 15 MayTHE USE AND ABUSE OF BYZAN­TIUMAveril Cameron, Professor of LateAntique and Byzantine Studie andDirector of the Centre for HellenicStudies5.30 pm, The ew Theatre, Strandcampus

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRYMonday 21 MaySOME ASPECTS OF GLUCOSINO­LATE CHEMlSTRYAlexander MacLeod, Professor of FoodChemistry5.30 pm, The ew Theatre, Strandcampu

KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL OFMEDICINE AND DENTISTRYThursday 24 MayMOTOR NEURONE DISEASE: AHUMAN AND BIOLOGICAL ENIGMAProfessor P N Leigh, Professor and Headof the Department of Neurology, KCSMD5.30 pm, Wolfson Lecture Theatre,Institute of Psychiatry, De CrespignyPark, Denmark Hill SE5 8AF

Ip BUC LECTURES

Monday 14 MayMODERN GREEK THEATRE: COM­INGOFAGEProfessor Aliki Bacopoulou-Halls,Department of English, University ofAthens5.30 pm, The Committee Room, Strandcampus

FACULTY OF THEOLOGY ANDRELIGIOUS STUDIESTuesday 8 MayGOODNESS AND PLURALITYProfessor Stewart Sutherland, Principal,

King's College London5.30 pm, The Chapel, Strand campus

WAR STUDIES A UAL LECTUREThursday 10 MayRIGHTS AND WRO GS OF THEBOMBER OFFE SIYEGroup Captain Leonard'Cheshire, V.C5.15 pm, Room 2B08, Strand campus

CENTRE FOR PHILOSOPHICALSTUDIESThursday 10 May~TPHILOSOPHERSSAYABOUT

HUMAN RIGHTSDr Richard Tuck, Cambridge University6.00 pm, Room 6C, Strand campus

Friday 18 May to Saturday 19 May(Two day conference)PERCEPTlO AND PERCEPTUALCONTENTCouncil RoomEnquiries to Dr Tim Crane S2769

Thursday 24 MayWHAT PHILOSOPHERS SAY ABOUTLANGUAGEDr Simon Blackburn, Oxford University6.00 pm, Room 6C, Strand campus

ISEMINARS

CE. TRE FOR LATIN AMERICANCULTURAL STUDIESTuesday 8 MayTHE POUT/CS AND POETICS OFTRANSGRESSION, PETER STAL­LYBRASS AND ALLO WHITEFrancesca Lewis5.30 pm, Room 314, Strand campus

DEPARTME T OF FOOD A DNUTRITIONAL SCIENCESFriday 11 MayCLIENT - LED RESEARCH IN DEVEL­OPING COUNTRIESProfessor Scarlet Epstein, University ofSussex2.00 pm, Council Room, Kensingtoncampus

AGE CONCERN INSTITUTE OFGERONTOLOGYMonday 14 MayTHE HEALTH STATUS OF ELDERLYPEOPLE BANGKOKProfessor Shah Ebrahim, Profes or ofGeriatric Medicine, The London Hospital,Mile End

Tuesday 15 MayRESEARCH 0 NURSING CARE OFELDERLY PEOPLEDr Sally Redfem, Director of ursingEducation Research Unit, KCL4.00 - 5.00 pm, Room 2·109 ClarkBuildings, 552 King's Road, Chelseacampus

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY ANDPHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCEWednesday 9 MayLEIBNlZ AND THE DEVELOPMENTOF MATHEMATICSProfessor Emily Grosholz, PennsylvaniaState University

Wednesday 16 MayPROBLEMS OF WRITING INTELLEC­TUAL HISTORY: RECE T SCHOLAR­SHIP ON KEYNES' THEORY OFPROBABILITYProfessor Robert Skidelsky, University ofWarwick

Wednesday 23 MayPOINCARE'S, EINSTEIN'S ANDLORENTZ'S RESPONSES TOKAUFMAN'S EXPERIMENT: EXPERI­MENTAL ERROR AND ITS PLACE INPHILOSOPHY OF SCIE CEDr Giora Hon, Universitlit Kon tanz

Wednesday 30 MayWHAT WAS THE FORM OF LOCKE'SMECHANISM?Dr Michael Ayers, Wadham College,Oxford

Wednesday 6 JuneCO TINUITY, VIEWS ANCIENT ANDMODERN: FROM ARISTOTLE TO SETHEORYDr Paul Foulkes2.15 pm, Room 1806, Strand campus

DIVISION OF BIOMOLECULARSCIENCESFriday 11 MayTHE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF

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