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Day Orientation Day, February 25, will be a time for new stud­ents to be br iefed on life at the University of Newcastle.

\ A shor t Or ien ta tion pro-19ramme will be held in the Basden Lecture Theatre at 11 am.

It will include a screen­ing of the film "Freshers", in which students talk about the­\~r experiences in adjusting to j'niversity life.

The President-Elect of the StUdents' Association, Mr. Terry Slevin, and senior off­icers of the University will give information which will be helpful -to students.

From 2 pm academic advice. will be available in the Great Hall for any stu-dent seek ing it.

At 2.15 pm there will be an opportunity to look at the Auchmuty Library and obtain information on how it oper­ates.

Weel( Orientation Week will be a time for new students to meet each other, adapt to their new environment and join student societies.

The Union and the Stud­ents' Representative Council have collaborated to arrange activities in the Union be­tween February 28 and March 4.

Orientation Week will in­clude lunchtime concerts and films, evening dances, a bush dance and, of COUI: se, the Orientation Ball.

The Southern Cross Lounge will be re-opened this year. The purpose is to create a pleasant, quiet atmosphere for eating and an alternative area for entertainment. String quartets, jazz combos, folk­singers, pianists, woodwind ensembles and the like will be featured.

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1-2 pm Concert by FUNNY STORIES, the Courtyard.

7 pm MARGUERITE ASHFORD BAND, Common Room.

TUESDAY, MARCH 1

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OPEN FORUM on the app­roaching FEDERAL ELE­CTION, speakers: Mr. A. Morris, ALP candid­ate for Newcastle, Mr. S. Hayward, Liberal Party candidate, Kay Wicks, representing the Communist Party, and others, the Courtyard.

WELCOME to new stUdents from the Vice-Chancel­lor.

JAZZ in the Common Room Bar featuring the MARY­VILLE JAZZ BARD.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2

Noon ADDRESS by the New South Wales Minister for Education, MR. MULOCK, on "amalgamat­ions, elections and all that jazz".

1-2 pm COHCER'r by the CASTl\HE'f' CLUB in the Courtyard.

6 pm BARBBCOE for new stud­ents in the Camelia Courtyard (compliments of the SRC).

a-Ilpm CHIEF Q'DILLS Bush Band in the ~ain Dining Room.

THURSDAY, MARCH 3

1 pm ADDRESS by Peter Holl­ingworth, Director of the Brotherhood of St. Laurence, Melbourne. Topic: STUDRR'rS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, Union Courtyard.

Noon -9 pm MOVIE MARATBOR in the

Common Room, titles include: Flying High, E1ephant Man, Bugsy Malone and Four Sea­sons.

FRIDAY, MARCH 4

Noon BARBECUE in the Camelia Courtyard, featuring: Battered Fish, Castonet Connection and Bantam Bush Band.

ORI~ATION BALL with four bands including: Mother Goose, Theme: Travel (prizes to be won).

KIEY TO SU1RVITV Al February 18 to March 4

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Dear Sir,

In recent number of the NEWS you reported the grants made by the National Health and Medical Research Grants Comm­ittee (NH & MRC) to staff of this University. In that art­icle you reported that a group led by Professor B. Fenelon of the Psychology Department as receiving $22,000. The actual gran t rece i ved for th is pro­ject from NH & MRC for 1983 was $54,000.

According to figures published by Flinders Univer­si ty, after cor rection for staff members that University received the largest amount and this University the second largest amount from NH & MRC. Corresponding figures for ARGC could be of interest to read­ers.

J.A. KEATS, Professor and Head, Psychology Department.

Dear Sir,

Your otherwise fair and acc­urate notice of 'Happiness, Lifestyle and Environment' was in error in one important par­ticular: the book does not advocate small town living, but concludes that "the most congenial residence for most human purposes is the medium­sized city"." Newcastle is the right size!

HARRY MADDOX, Daylesford. 3460

'Greening' The Zonta Club of Newcastle offers an annual award of $1,000 to honour signific~nt contributions by Hunter Region residents to the well-being of the community.

Last year the Zonta Award related to the International Year of Disabled Persons. This year the award relates to the Australian Year of the Tree and "the Greening of the Valley".

The award will be grantea to the individual, group or individual representing a group demonstrating the most creative appr,oach to the pro­tection and/or enhancement of the Hunter Region environment.

Further details are available from the Honorary Secretary, Zonta Club of New­castle Area, P.O. Box 51, Newcastle, 2300, or by tele­phoning Kay Lambkin at 69 1655 or Margaret Brisley at 57 3445 or 52 2118_

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The at.>sphere in the Great BalIan the first Enrolilent Day, February 7, was aI..ost frenzied. New students were advised about courses and assisted to complete arrangements for enrol­.ent. Photos: Peter Muller There has been an increase adaission to the University.

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You are reading the first issue of University NEWS for this year. NOW' is a fitting time to tell Freshers that the NEWS is the main organ of communication on the campus and that they, as well as the established members of the University, can contrib­ute news items, such as reports of meetings, letters to the Editor, advertisements and coming events. No charge is made for ads, so it makes good sense at a time of continuing inflation to advertise· in' the NENS. You can send stories and items to John Armstrong or Linda Aurelius, C/- Room G58(a) or RoOm G60 in the McMullin Building by the Thursday before the publication date.

University NEWS will appear on the following dates during First Term: No.2 March 3, No.3 March 11, No.4 March 31, No.5 April 14 and No.6 April 28.

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t:ONVOCA TION SCHOLAR Mr. Bric Lingard, retired newspaper versity and promoter of Newcastle, Convocation Visiting Scholar.

editor, friend of the Uni­has accepted the post of

The appointment of Visiting Scholars was initiated by Standing Committee of Convoc­ation in 1977.

Convocation's first Visiting Scholar was Mr. Perc Haslam, the ex-journalist who

>,\recorded the history of local Yaborigines.

Mr. Jim Comerford, the freelance writer and retired Miners I Federation President, was also a Vis i ting Scholar. Mr. Comer ford has near ly com-

) I?leted a b~ok on the Austral­" ian coal lndustry's convict

period. The last Visiting Scholar

was Mr. Athel D'Ombrain, the naturalist/photographer from Maitland who, working in the University Archives, catalog­ued his huge collection of

photographs of historic build­ings in the Hunter Valley.

Mr. Lingard was a journ­alist for more than 40 years. Today, he is still writing articles and achieves an out­put of about 2,000 words a week. "I'm a fast typist", he says modestly.

Whilst Convocation Visit­ing Scholar he intends to make use of the knowledge and fac­ilities at the University principally to support two of his writing projects.

He is preparing a new publication to mark the Golden Jubilee of Newcastle Business­me':l' s ~lub •. liThe Club's mag­aZ1ne 1S ent1tled Vision and I will take up this theme to present Newcastle during the current period of industrial diversification and change.

Although we have experienced an economic downturn, many new developments have occurred and the book will spread the 'good news'''.

He says that in the same way that the University would support the project so would N8N and The Newcastle Herald.

Moreover, Mr. Lingard is preparing a comprehensive his­tory of Newcastle Chamber of Commerce with a target public­ation date of 1986, which will be the Chamber I s centenary year. This assignment, too, will benefit from his new link with the University.

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Eric Lingard was born in Ipswich, Queensland. After becoming a journalist on the Queensland Tiaes, there foll­owed a long spell on The Hew­castle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate as Chief Sub­Editor, another as News Editor and then as Editor, whiCh pos­ition he filled from 1950 to 1970. Eric can tell fascinat­ing yarns about The Herald during this period. The jour­nalists he knew included some of the newspaper's best writ­ers and some were overseas correspondents in the Second War Id War. Space, he rememb­ers, was tight in the news­paper during the War, because newsprint was in short supply. He had to reduce the paper from a total of about 100 pag­es a week to 34.

Eric Lingard believes totally in Newcastle's stren­gth as an industrial, shipping and commercial centre. He started The Herald's annual Survey supplement in 1961.

He was one of the first supporters of the campaign to establish the University of Newcastle. He wrote editor­ials to promote the idea but refused to serve on the Uni­versity's first Advisory Coun­cil because he always took care not to be identified with particular interests.

Er ic Lingard is an Hon­orary Life Member of both New­castle Chamber of Commerce and Newcastle Businessmen I s Club and a Paul Harr is Fellow of Newcastle Rotary Club.

He and his wi fe have two daughters. , Lynette is the wife of Mr. Darryl Palmer, Senior Lecturer in Classics.

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Film Society Newcastle Film Society's pro­gramme for 1983 offers members of the society 35 films five more than last year. However, the charge for mem­berShip is the same as last year $20.

The President, Mr. Robert Mackie Said that qualitatively this year' s films represented some of the very best that cinema can offer. A very lar­ge proportion of the films came with the very highest critical acclaim. The pro­gramme included films from countries not usually regarded as prominent in films, like Cuba and China. As well, only four had been screened in New-

castle before. The society's season com­

mences on March 6. The films are screened on Sunday nights in BOI.

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KEY TO SUIRVllVAl Many indicators seem to point to the need for a high tech­nology society as the only safe key to survival in the future.

According to the Vice­Chancellor, Professor Don George, the recognition of such a priority within the University would have a two­fold impact not only teaching and research at the forefront in some areas at least of the recognised tech­nologies of the future, but also the introduction of mod­ern technology as a means in itself of ensuring efficient and effective education.

Professor George said this in his report to the Council on February 11 f011-owJng a -suggestion that he present his thoughts on the issues influencing the dffairs of the University.

He asked what the crystal ball showed us in the long term? "A three-part series in The Age in January this year analysed why Australia lags in the race to develop tomorrow's ideas and highlighted the dan­ger of Australia missing out on the high technology sweep­ing the developed world. Australian industry already spends less than most other industrial nations on R. & D.

just over 1 per cent of the gross domestic product is so invested, less than half the proportion spent by nations such as Japan, Sweden and West Germany. When the magazine Ti.e chose its 1982 Man of the Year cover, it broke the trad­ition of 55 years and awarded the accolade to a personal computer - 'by the millions, it is beeping its way into offices, schools and homes'."

Professor George told the Council that when the General Electric Company traded its Utah International subsidiary to BHP, it intended to use the

freed resources for a new cor­porate push into high technol-

ogy products, in an effort to become the market leader in fields such as industrial ro­botics, computer-designed eng ineer ing and medical tech­nology.

"The application of mod­ern technology to teaching methods and research is equal­ly of interest. One of our professors just back from study leave at Stanford re­ports his experience in the social sciences, where faculty now tend to do all their re­search at home via a relativ­ely inexpensive personal com­puter, coupled also to the powerful campus system.

"The power of these aids is increasing at a remarkable rate and their penetration enters all fields of academic endeavour. Our own experience parallels this.

"When the Equipment Ad­visory Committee met last year to consider the 1983 allocat­ions, over $150,000 worth of word processing equipment was found to have been requested, a substantial proportion of the equipment funds available. In the event, it is the Arts Faculty which is to get the ini tial (other than adminis­trative) stand-alone word processor as a trial in an area where technolO9'Y is rap­idly changing."

Professor George present­ed his view that at least one speculative field of high technology should feature as an investment in the future and that this links admirably to our interest in the Waratah Estate, our own potential 'silicon valley'.

"This in no way would challenge our status as a lib­eral university, with a broad­ly-based programme, nor weaken our contr ibutions . to the lib-

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The Southern Cross Lounge in the Union will be re-opened on a trial basis in First Term.

The Seahorse Bistro will provide a relaxed atmosphere where one" can enjoy top qual­i ty barbecued steak and fresh salads, including some of the more unusual and exciting international salads.

Other dishes to be pro­vided will be a variety of special seasoned sausages, cold salads and sweets.

Beer, wine, orange juice and mineral water will also be

available with coffee and con­tinental cake for "afters"

The Secretary/Manager, John Broughton, is optimistic that such a venue will prove popular with students, staff and visitors. He says that background music and arts and crafts displays will provide the necessary backdrop to an enjoyable and relaxing lunch at the Seahorse Bistro.

During Orientation Week, ~ ~ree g~ass of wine or orange JUl.ce Wl.ll be provided to everybody who has a meal.

eral arts and the humanities. In fact, without this broad basis, I would be gravely COn­cerned that our technolo ").) would lack a human face a ignore the warning noises that society currently receives from the disaffected and th~se disadvantaged by technologi~al change.

"There are alternati' -")~ scenar ios of the future, r 'J spelled out here, and of grea~ potential interest to this University. I hold the per­sonal view that the future of Australia lies in South-East As ia and tha t we may have a much bigger role to play here than hitherto.

"There has been a remark­able and spontaneous growth of contacts by individual staff wi th colleagues, insti tutions and governmental a~encies in South-East Asia ~n recent times and the threads a""' waiting to be pulled togeth~ ) I believe members of Councl.~ would be surpr ised at the diversity and depth of such contacts. n

Professor George noted that life might be easier ) there were greater certain about the future. However", all the evidence pointed to increasing uncertainty and the need for wide-ranging scenario planning.

"Aa at February 4, 19B3 (the day on which he wrote the report) the options include features not apparent earlier in the same week - such as an election on March 5, 1983, and a n~..... leader of the Federal Opposition Party. The matter is not unrelated to the most immerliate short-term planning problem facing the University, amalgamation. In the meantime we continue on with an uneasy alliance and a dubious legal situation in r.espect of our advanced education responsib­ilities."

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UNION NEWS Over the past few months, sev­eral changes have taken place in the University Union.

One of the more notice­able and pleasing is "the up­grading of the furniture in the dining rOom. Bright green chairs and white tables have been provided in the galleries to enhance the natural timbers and brickwork.

Alteration to the Gift Shop entrance has enhanced awareness of the wide range of nik-naks, cards and gifts, etc. that were not readily appreciated before.

The Newcastle Jean Coy (under new management), locat­ed in the room previously used as the Activities Office, will provide a wide range of wom­en's and men I s clothing, io-

·)C!Uding University-crested sloppy joes, singlets, etc.

The new tenants will be able to provide good quality low cost apparel to students and other members of the Union.

, The new Activities Off­) icer (Mer ilyn Hey) (see art­

icle on Page 3) is located on the messanine floor (Level 4) of the Union in the music room adjacent to the Michael Nelson Room. Tapes and records are available for playing and re­cording and high quality head phones are available. Music will continue to be played throughout the Union, includ­ing 2NUR-FM programmes.

The Secretary/Manager, John Broughton, says that whilst other problems still

·)L\ beset the Union it is refresh­Y ing to see improvements tak ing

place. They will surely be reflected in greater patronage of the Un ion.

Dr. Dawson Dr. Brett Dawson, of the Department of Modern Lang­uages, has just published a comprehensive bibliography of the works of Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944), the French play­wright, novelist and diplomat whose centenary was celebrated in France last year. Compris­ing over 700 entr ies, it is the result of more than 10 year's work. It is published by the Association des Amis de Jean Giraudoux, which has its seat in Sellae, the author I s birthplace, and was' printed locally on campus by the SRC printery.

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A former actor with the Hunter Valley Theatre Company, who is keen to continue to entertain people, is the new Activities Officer of the Union.

Merilyn Hey has been app­ointed to replace Christine Tingley, who had three years in the position.

Originally from New Zeal­and, Mer ilyn Hey was a school teacher before moving to New­castle in 1980 and joining the HVTC. The next three years was spent by Merilyn appearing on the stage, almost non-stop.

Merilyn says that having been in the business of enter­taining people and having tr ied to accommodate as many different tastes as possible it is a fairly logical move to take on the job of Activities Officer. She will continue that activ-ity from an organ-

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iser"s position rather than from a performer '-so .

She hopes that the Union will be able to provide a wide range of cultural, recreation­al and, so~etimes, educational things to do, see, hear and be involved in.

A new Activities Office will be set up in the Michael Nelson Room on Level 3 in the Union Building.

Students can call in for any. ~n~ormat~on r~lating to act1v1t1es w1thin the Union, e.g. dances, balls, films, concerts, to make, suggestions for improvement to the Activ­ities Programme and to receive a~vice an? assistance in plan­n1n9 the1r own functions or activities.

Mer ilyn I s appointment is a pal"t-time one for 20 hours per week.

•••••. " The University has been advis­ed that it is the intention of the New South Wa~es Minister for Education, Mr. R. Mulock to introduce into Parliament as soon as practicable a Bill to amend the University's Act to achieve amalgamation with the Newcastle College of Advanced Education. A draft set of instructions to the parliamentary Counsel has been circulated to interested part­ies by the Higher Education Board with a request that it receive any comments by Feb­ruary 18, 1983.

The instructions revealed that the Cabinet had decided that amalgamation at Newcastle should be based on the pr in­ciples consistent with those applied in achieving the amal­gamation in Wollongong.

The draft instructions were considered by Council at its meeting on February 11.

The proposed amendments provide for the University upon amalgamation to be gover­ned by an Interim Council for a year dur ing which the nec­essary By-Laws amendments would be made and the elect­ions held for the re-constit­uted Council. The Interim Council, other than Parlia­mentary and official members, would be appointed by the Minister but would reflect the composition of the re-constit­u ted Counc i 1.

The re-constituted Coun­cil proposed in the instruct­ions is:

• 2 Parliamentary members,

• Chancellor, where not otherwise a member,

• Vice-Chancellor,

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6 elected by and from the academic staff, including 2 professors and at least 2 but not more than 3, acad­

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3 elected by and from the non-academic staff,

3 elected by and from the students,

4 elected by Convocation,

8 appointed by the Minister to be drawn from certain specified categories, as in the Wollongong Act,

2 elected by the above mem­bers,

possible maximum member­ship, 32.

The Council decided to inform the Higher Education Board of its view that the composition of the re-constituted Council should be different from that proposed:

The 6 academic staff mem­bers on Council should consist of 2 professors, 2 non-professorial members of the academic staff from the University sector, and 2 academic staff from the College sector;

There should be 8 members elected by Convocation and 4 appointed by the Minist­er; and there should be 3 members elected by the other members.

Council recognised that the second proposal could prove difficult for the Minister and indicated that it would under­stand if he decided that there should be 6 elected by Convoc­ation and 6 Minister ial app­ointees.

Council accepted the proposed extension of Convocation at the time of amalgamation to include persons who have been awarded an "accredited advan­ced education award", requir­ing at least 3 years' fulltime study (or its equivalent), by Newcastle CAE or its predecessor, Newcastle Teach­ers' College, and also all past members of the Council of Newcastle CAE.

The instructions transfer of the students, and the liabilities of the the University.

cover the staff and assets and College to

Council decided to inform the Higher Education Board that as it did not have access to the information which would allow it to assess the full implic­ations of the proposals, it could accept them only on the basis that the Government would provide any special fin­ancial assistance required to ensure that the Universiy's current activities were not adversely affected by any obligations it was f:>rced to accept.

* Referring to the recommend­ation in the Academic Plan for the University that the poss­ibility of making any new per­manent new appointments until the age of 60 years be examin­ed, the By-Laws and Constitut­ions Committee reported that the Council had existing power to make these kinds of appoin­tments and may forthwith pro­ceed to make them should it desire to do so as a matter of policy. Council was told that some universities already pro­vide for retirements at "60. The Finance and Personnel Com­mittee and the Staff Associat-

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ion are to give consideration to the implications of Council making new appointments term­inating at the age of 60.

* Following Counc iI's agreement in principle to its meetings being opened to all members of the University, the Council was told that investigation of the practical implications of the opening of the Council was proceeding.

The Secretary reported on the current procedures and criteria for editing copies of the Council's minutes before they are placed in the Library and supplied to the Secretar­ies of the Staff Association and the Public Service Assoc­iation.

* Counc il was informed that the Premier of New South Wales, the Han. Neville Wran, OC, MLA, had accepted an invitat­ion to deliver the Occasional Address at the morning confer­ring of degrees ceremony in the Great BaIlon Apr i1 30. Degrees will be conferred upon graduands in the Faculty of Medicine for the first time at the ce r emony "

The Director of the Hunt­er Valley Research Foundation, and member of Council, Prof­essor Cyril Renwick, will del­iver the Occasional Address at the afternoon Graduation Day ceremony.

* The Vice-Chancellor is pre­sently appointing a Chair Advisory Committee in Mathem­atics following Professor R.G. Keats' decision "to retire in July. Mrs. M. Bowman and Professor Renwick were appoin­ted by the Council to serve on the Committee.

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Tuesday, February 8, saw the inaugural full-scale trials of the new Perkin-Elmer 3220 com­puter teaching facility in the Mathematics Building at the University. The facility will be used by all students from all courses which involve first-year Mathematics.

In preparation for First Term, the powerful computer is running the operating system called UNIX and is configured at the moment with 18 termin­als (UNIX is a modern time­sharing system).

It is expected that this year I 5 Mathematics I classes

will campr ise between 300 and 400 students, divided into 20 to 25 tutorial groups. The groups will be taught the com­puting language PASCAL. (This language is -a close relative, and precursor, of the language ADA, wh ich bids fair to. become standard with large-computer users. There is evidence that PASCAL is a super ior language for teaching purposes.)

In previous years, stud­ents in their first year were taught to programme a computer by using a marked card system. Wi th the advent of VDUS, the card system is rapidly becom­ing obsolete, so the Univer­sity allocated money last year to install the" new system for 1983. The opportunity was taken to switch to more modern hardware and software.

Also, the decision was made last year not to impose any quotas on the Bachelor of Mathematics with Computer Sci­ence course. The Department expects substantial enrolments in 1983.

Dr. D.L.S. McElwain, of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Sci­ence, will teach the computer component of MathematicS I in 1983. Dr. McElwain inaugurat­ed the system on February 8 with a training session for members of the Department and its postgraduate students.

The system uses a screen editor and interpreters and has been sUbjected ·to many tests since late November. Interested students helped test and configure the system between November and February; selected groups of· school students were allowed to use the time-sharing system and the Mathematics Summer School used it intensively and succ­essfully.

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lIhen secondary school students attended the 15th Matheaatics Su_er School at the University last .anth, they heard quite a lot about the principles of flight.

The School was rounded out by a "Mathematics cum Barbecue evening" on the Uni­versity Oval. There, it was established that most teenage­rs have only a finite water­melon consumption capacity.

The 130 Hunter Reg ion students, about to commence Year 12 spent the first two mornings listening to Prof­essor M. Brearley, from the RAAF Academy at Point Cook in Victoria, expound on Vectors and their applications.

On the third morning, Professor Brearley's lecture on the principle of Angular Momentum elucidated the main reason why motor cycle stunt riders fail to land safely after jumping objects and showed why cats almost always land on their feet.

Some aspects of non­powered human flight were also

farewell To honour Professor Geoff Curthoys, Associate Professor in Chemistry, who retires shortly after 30 years' ser­vice to the University, the University College, and the Technical College, a farewell dinner will be held by his colleagues in the Staff House on February 25 at 7 pm (for 7.30 pm). Those who wish to attend .- colleagues, friends, students, graduates and others

can contact Professor Ray Walker, Assoc. Professor in Chemistry, at Extension 486.

considered. Professor Brear­ley took the opportunity to relate how a tow gliding accident to a RAAF Academy student had led to his present involvement in rehabilitation engineering and to his writing of Born to Fly, an autobi­ography of the same student, who became Australia's first paraplegic hang glider flier.

Each afternoon of the Summer School was allocated to lectures and workshops on com­puting.

The introductory course, taught by Mr. Bruce Cheek, Computer Operations Supervisor for Commonwealth Steel Co. Ltd., attracted 78 of the Sch­ool's participants. The re­mainder attended the more ad­vanced course run by Mr. Peter Stowe, a teacher at Raymond Terrace High School.

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A document which sent a thunder-clap through the Labour Movement in 1891 was discovered recently, after 92 years, nailed to the back of a door in a house near Murrurundi. It is one of the original handwritten copies of the agreement that ended the Great Shearers' Strike in 1891. The document was brought to light recently _in the Abbotts' old horne at Murulla, near Mur­rurundi. It bears the signat­ure of W.E. Abbott, President of the Pastoralists' Federal Council, and W.G. Spence, President of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union.

The document is -important as it marks the agreement of 16,000 New South Wales shear­ers to admit non-union labour into the pastoral industry after a long and bitter strug­gle for a 'closed shop' in the shearing sheds of New South Wales. It was a period of acute depression, unemployment and industr ial turmoil: the shearers, miners and maritime workers had all struck work.

The signing of the shear­ers' agreement in 1891 envinc­ed significant comment by bus­inessmen, unionists, and past­ora lists. The Australasian Insurance and Banking Record commented after the strike had ended in Augu,s~ 1891:

'The amicable settlement just -arr ived at in con­nection with the shearing difficulties will be hail­ed with satisfaction throughout the colonies and also at home. (Britain) Shearing

operations will now be actively carried on with union and non-union shear­ers working amicably side­by-side' .

The shearers' union W.G. Spence said:

leader

'Strikes were like wars, they were not a settlement of a difficulty, they left matters worse than they were before, frequently because bitterness and bad feeling were left behind

Sometimes they got wide apart because they did- not understand one an­other. If they .could have one big giant come along and knock their heads to­gether there would have been less troubles'. (S.M.D. August 10, 1981)

The pastoralists had the last word:

'Pastoral employers have been relieved of much irritating interference on the part of irresponsible representatives of the labour unions in the man­agement of their business. The necessity for the es­tablishment of powerful organisations of employers to keep in check the soc­ialistic tendencies of re-

volutionary labour leaders has been fully demonstrat­ed. (Australian Pastor­alists' Review, October' 15, 1891)

Clearly, the. shearers' agreement was a trophy of victory, a matter of satis­faction for W.E. Abbott, as he na iled the document up on his door at Murulla, 92 years ago. As the years passed the Abbott family knew that the document was important, but some of them forgot exactly what its original significance had been in 1891.

When the Abbott home and effects were being disposed of recently, the present Mr. W.E. Abbott removed the document from the door and gave it to Scone Histor ical Socie'ty with other important papers. The Scone Histor ical Society has generously allowed the Univer­si ty of Newcastle to make a facsimile copy of the docu­ment. The facsimile will be held in the University Arch­ives in the Auchmuty Library, for teaching and research use, along with other important trade union and pastoral arch­ives.

ce ... arni£~ The Friends of The University will be conducting a Ceramic Competition and Exhibition in the Great Hall of the Univer­sity from March 18 to 26.

The official opening will take place on March 18. Mem­bers of the public are invited to attend on Saturday and Sun­day from 10 am until 5 pm, or from 10 am until 3 pm on Mon­day to Fr iday.

Persons wishing to enter the competition or exhibit any of their work are asked to contact Sue James, Faculty of Medicine, Extension 327, for appropriate forms.

The prizes are:

First ceramic pot from the Amphlett Island, Massim atf'O!a, New Guinea, donated by the Gallery Primative (Sydney);

Second return trip for two to Br isbane, donated by Jayes Travel Service;

Third one dozen wine, donated by Vin~yard.

bottles of Tyrrell's

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Dr. Anna Howe's visit to New­castle on March 2 has been organised by the University in association with the Austral­ian Association of Gerontology and the Royal Newcastle H05-pi tal.

Dr. Howe is involved in the development of services for aged people and has pub­lished a number of papers on various topics in social ger­ontology.

One of the main purposes of her visit is to speak about the provision of suit~ble acc­ommodation and home-care ser­vices for elderly people at a ,\~minar entitled "In a Home :'!r at Home?" ~

The seminar will be held in the Main Lecture Theatre of the David Maddison Clinical Sciences Building from 2 pm until 4.30 pm. This lecture ~s part of Senior Citizens ) ,}ek sponsored by the New ~uth Wales Government.

Dr. Howe is a Research Fellow with the Nptional Re­search Institute of Geront­ology and Geriatric Medicine at Moun.t Royal Hospital, M.el­bourne. She gained her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Sydney and her doctorate from Monash University, where she taught urban social geo­graphy.

She is Editor of Towards an Older Australia, a book

>' ... hich is organised around the ) ,ernes of' ageing in Australia, ~1ving conditions, systems of care and support, diversity among older Australians and prospects.

Her visit to Newcastle ~as, in large part, been prom­\ :ed by the question of wheth­~r aged people should be cared for at home. The indications are that most elderly people would prefer to remain in hom­es and that many of the people accommodated in institutions could be cared for at home, safely and comfortably, if housing provisions were adeq­uate and suitable support ser­vices were available.

A Commonwealth Parlia­mentary Committee, under the Chairmanship of Mr. L.B. McLeay, M.P., has investigated the question and has made a number of recommendations dir­ected towards improving the standard of accommodation for aged people and reducing the imbalance between institut­ional and home-care services.

TUNRA recently gained its first royalties from the aarketing of the S04 stereodigitizer.

Invented by Mr. Michael Elfick, Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering and Survey­ing, the S04 stereodigitizer is a photogrammetric device which obtains three-dimension­al terrain measurements from stereoscopic images. Viewing stereo-pairs of aer ial photo­graphs provides the images.

Qasco (NSW) Pty. Ltd. has the rights to manuf-acture, market and sell the SD4 ster­.eodigitizer, while TUNRA holds patents in Australia and sel­ected overseas countries. The first provisional patent spec-

She has agreed to come to Newcastle to explain to health and welfare professionals and other interested people the committee's rec_ommendations and the problems ·involved in implementing them.

In Newcastle she will also meet medical students, learn about various housing projects for the aged, visit William Lyne Hospital and meet with health professionals and nurses.

ifications were filed early in 1978. It took almost five years to develop the prototype to a marketable unit and com­plete patent protection and licensing formalities.

Mr. Keith Stapley, Man­aging Director of Qasco (NSW) pty. Ltd. visited the Univer­sity to present TUNRA with the first cheque for royalties.

Pictured (left to right) are Mr. Elf ick, Mr. Stapley, Mr. Alec Forsythe, Chairman of Directors of TUNRA Ltd., and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor D.W. George.

Japanese Mr. Craig Peacock, who com­pleted Japanese IIIB at the University in 1981, has been appointed to the Ube Academy of Foreign Languages in Japan as an English teacher for one year.

Mr. Peacock is the third student of Japanese to be giv­en the opportunity to work in Ube.

Craig is married to a Japanese lady, Kyoko, who is expecting their first child soon. They will leave for Japan on April 7 and stay in Tokyo with Kyoko's family for a couple of weeks before trav­elling to Ube.

Dr. Ono, Head of the Japanese Section, said he was delighted to learn of Craig's appointment. To teach English in Japan provides our students with a golden opportunity to use their knowledge of Japan­ese and further improve their proficiency.

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Guest speaker

Canon Peter Hollingworth, Dir­ector. of the Brotherhood of St. Laurence, will lead a one­day seminar on soc ial injust-· ice and achieving social chan­ge at the University on March 5.

Entitled Goals For a Just Austra-lian Society, the semin­ar has been ar ranged by the Bill Childs Memorial Committee and the Department of Commun­ity Programmes as the 1983 Bill Childs Memorial Event.

The late Canon Bill Childs worked throughout his life for the greater wellbeing of his fellow men. When he died in 1979 it was felt that there could be no more appropriate way to honour his memory than by an annual Mem­or ial Event designed to pro­mote interest in and under­standing of the kinds of social issues which he had felt so strongly about.

Peter Hollingworth has been working for the Brother­hood in the areas of soc ial welfare, research and social action since 1964. Between 1970 and 1980 he was the first Secretary of the Anglican Soc­ial Responsibilities Commiss­ion and has served on a var­iety of different welfare committees, including a term as President of the Victorian Council of Social Service.

He has written The Powerless Poor (l972) , The Poor:' Victims of Affluence? {1915} and Poverty in Aust­ralia (1979) and contributed to other publications on wel­fare. . The Laurence range of focus of

Brotherhood of undertakes a

social services. its policy and

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A gatherill9 in the Department of Biological Sciences was a -first- in that the winners of some of the Department's prizes were personally presented with them. Above: Ti. Keegan with Biological Sciences Staff when he received the Staff Prize for the highest pass in Biology I. Below: Ron Irving, who toppet'l\\) Biology IIA, receives the Prize in Biochemistry from the dono. :'1] of the prize, Dr. Peter Hendry, a member of the Council of the University. Photos: The Newcastle Herald. ... --,..

cern has always been wi th the poor and most disadvantaged in the community. In recent years this focussed more part­icularly on . disadvantaged workers who. are unemployed, income secur1ty measures to assist low-income people on pensions and benefits and fam­ilies on low incomes, and housing. In recent times the Brotherhood has also focussed on new ways of involving older people in the community and thereby avoiding their segreg­ation in institutional care. At the seminar people will

discuss such questions. as:

• What immediate reforms are necessary to enable all Australians to contribute to and share in the 'common wealth' of Australia?

• What are appropriate polit­ical activities to achieve these reforms?

• What spec~al part can Christians play?

The venue is the Lecture Theatre in the Geography Building. Registration will take place at 10.30 am.

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SCHOLARSHIP Applications for the univer­sities Credit Union Scholar­ship are invited from fulltime students of the University who have enrolled (or are about to do so) in the second, or later, year of any under-­graduate degree course.

Applicants must be mem­bers of the Universities Credit Union Ltd. or be a mem­ber of the family of a member of the Credit Union. For the purpose of this scholarship 'a member of the family' means a spouse, child, parent, sister or brother of a member.

The scholarship is valued at $500 and is payable in three instalments at the beg­inning of First, Second and Third Terms.

1_-"- Applicants should submit ~ written application giving cheir full name and address, details of Credit Union Mem­bership, a statement of their past academic record and de­tails of their 1983 enrolment. !\pplications close at 5 pm on

\',lmday, February 28, 1'383 with ~ne Secretary to the Univer­sity.

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5aUNCIL NEWS Members of the Universi·ty are reminded that an edited copy of Council minutes is avail-

)"ble in the Libra.ry.

The followl.ng mater ial has been edited from the min-

utes:

• Membership of professorial selection committees;

• Reports from professorial selection committee;

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Reports on the outcome of the offer of a Chair except where an acceptance is re­ported and a public ann­ouncement has been made f

Information relating to an individual member of staff or student which relates to his or her personal pOSit­ion.

[ ~TAFF : I APPOINTMENTS Mr. R. E. Betz, Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Mrs. S.M. Assistant, ision.

Box, Administrative Secretary' 5 Div-

r-1r. T.R. Farrugia, Officer, Department ical Engineering.

Technical of Chem-

Mr. K.G. Nicholson, Lecturer, Department of Legal Studies.

Mr. Ian Robertson, Fellow, Department of Metallurgy.

Mrs. Y.C. Smart, nical Officer, Medicine.

Sen ior Tech­Faculty of

Dr. 1oM.M. Zardawi, Senior

Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine.

RESIGNATIONS

Mrs. M.E. Byrnes, Office Assistant/Typist, Department of Electr ical and Comp.uter Engineering.

Mr. W.A.G. ·Enright, Senior Lecturer, Department of Legal Studies.

Dr. A.J. Hassall, Senior Lect­urer, Department of English.

Mrs. K.M. Horvat, Machine Operator, Auchmuty Library.

Mr. E.H. Ikin, Driver/Mess­enger, Vice-Chancellor's Unit.

Mrs. M.R. Nolan, Library Assistant, Auchmuty Library.

Mr. W.P. Rigney, Administ­rat.ive Assistant,. Secretary's Division.

Mrs. E.M. Sheehan, Steno­grapher, Faculty of Medicine.

Dr. J.C. Department ing.

Small, of Civil

RETIREMENTS

Lecturer, Engin.eer-

Dr. A.G. Doczy, Senior Lect­urer, Faculty of Education.

Mr. S.G. Vokes, Auchmuty Library.

Attendant,

Prestigious A ward.

Ginette Porteous, pictured above, a former student in the Faculty of Economics and Com­merce who won an Australia­Japan Scholarship, has been admitted to the Master of Lit­erary Studies degree course at the University of Queensland.

The M.Lit. Studies degree provides practical and inten­sive training in Japanese in­terpretership and translation.

Ginette's ambition is to become a Japanese interpreter. She enrolled at the University in 1980 and qualified for the B.Com. degree by completing courses in Accounting, Econom­ics and Japanese.

The Australia-Japan Sch­olarship is valued at $5,000. The M.Lit. Studies course is a full-time course of two years' duration. Training in inter­pretership includes six mon­ths' study in Japan.

Ginette's elder sister, Rochelle, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in this Uni.versity and is work ing in Italy as an English teacher.

Their mother is Mrs. Gwen Hardman, of Newcastle, and their father Mr. Joseph Port­eous, of New Lambton Heights.

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CHILD- MINDING

Lady with young child will mind child or children in her own home; -meals and all att­ention; hours and fee by arrangement. Interested per­sons are requested to tele­phone 67 5652.

WAN'l'ED TO BUY • 22 LITHGOW RIFLE, bolt-action reoeater. If you are able to as;ist please telephone John Gubbins at gxtension 732 (Chemical Engineering).

NEW SOCIAL GROUP A branch of MENSA, which has several staff of the Univer­sity among its membership, has recently started up and is meeting regularly for musical evenings, dining out, etc. New members would be most wel­come. For further information please telephone 48 5592, qr write to MENSA Selection Agen­cy, P.O. Box 213, Toorak. Victor ia, 3142.

ENGLISH COACHING Graduate in English with wid~ teaching experience will coach students, especially in writ­ten work. Overseas students are most welcome. For further particulars please telephone 52 1185.

FOR SALE BRBVILLE (U.V.) SUN LAMP never used, $35. Interested persons are reqested to tele­phone Extension 649.

LADIES Wl!TSUIT (U.S.) DIVERS long sleeves, very good

condition, Size: 10-12, $40. Interested persons are re­quested to telephone Extension 346 or 57 3606.

STACKABLE DINING ROOM CHAIRS -second-hand vinyl. Offers will be considered until Feb­ruary 25. For inspection please telephone the Univer­sity Union at Extension 442 or 683717.

TWO ALIX HOT DRINK DISPENSERS - some stock is available at cost. All enquiries should be directed to the Secretary­Manager, University Union at Extension 442 or 68 3717.

CB RADIO - (AM) Power Supply, 20 M COAX Base Aer ial, Mobile Aerial. Interested persons are requested to telephone 46 8866.

HOOSE - HARKIN PARIt

Elevated, tri-level, brick veneer and tile. Three bed­rooms (ensuite), kitchen, family room, separate dining, lounge, study and garden room. Features include: Double car­port, raked ceilings, exposed beams etc. This home is in excellent condition and is very modern as well as being handy to University. Owner transferred so will consider all reasonable offers. Inter­ested persons are requested to telephone Extension 599 or 52 8627 •

16 1 5/6 BERTH CARAVAN with insulated steel annexe with tiled floor, on established site in quite waterfront park with pool and all amenities. Ideal as a weekender. Inter­ested persons are requested to telephone Judith Wood at Extension 599.

GENT 1 S BIKE three speed gears in excellent condition, great value for $40 or near offer. Interested persons are requested to telephone 57 3127 after 4.30 pm.

DOLL1S PRAM white cane in new condition, $40 or near offer. Interested persons are requested to telephone 57 3127 after 4.30 pm.

PORTABLE TYPEWRITER Manual in excellent condition, $40 or near offer. Interested per­sons are requested to tele­phone 57 3127 after 4.30 pm.

SITUATION VACANT

The Datex Co-operative Limit­ed, a non-profit research organisation based in Hamil­ton, has a vacancy for a part­time casual programming ass­istant.

Reasonable fluency in fortran is essential, and some practical experience in app­lications programming would be a decided advantage.

For further information please contact Dr. Gerald McCalden, The Datex Co-operat­ive Limited, P.O. Box 337, Hamilton. 2303 or telephone Dr. McCalden at 69 1851.

TAl CHI the ancient Chinese exercise system for relaxation, meditation, flex­ibility and bodily harmony will be available on campus in 1983. Watch the notice boards in the Union foyer for details of times, classes and costs.

STAFF ASSOCIATION The Staff Association late last yeal" circulated a quest­ionnaire, concerning condit­ions of employment, to all part-time staff that the Executive was able to locate. If you have not returned the questionnaire a response now would be appreciated. If you did not receive a question­naire form, copies are obtain­able from Bill Warren, C/- the Department of Education, Extension 271 to whom all com­pleted forms should be return­ed.

The information will be used as a data base and in the Association's efforts on be­half of part-time staff.

Radiation course The Australian School ~ Nuclear Technology, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, will conduct Radioisotope Course for Non-Graduates No. 32 from May 30 to June 24.

The objective of ) course is to assist persor. . below graduate level to gain understanding and proficiency in radioisotope techniques to enable them to use these saf­ely and efficiently. It will be presented by staff of the AAEC Research Establishment and the University of New South Wales.

The fee for the course, exclusive of accommodation, subsistence and fares, is $450.

The closing date for ceipt of applications is 3, 1983.

Further information be obtained from Mrs. G. ham at Extension 240.

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A new scholarly journal, Prometheus, has links with this University.

The journal's Editorial Board 'includes the Deputy Chancellor, The Han. Mr. Just­ice Michael Kirby, Professor Clem Tisdell, of the Depart­ment of Economics, and P,rof­essor Br ian Johns, of the Bureau of Industrial Econom­ics. Professor Johns, form­erly Professor of Economics, is an Emeritus Professor of the University.

The first issue of Prometheus is scheduled to appear in June. It will be pr inted by Queensland Univer­sity Press and will be con­cerned with issues in technol­ogical change, innovation, information economics, comm­unication and science policy.