• Volume 8, Number 21

September 13, 1976

University of Sydney

The liEggs For whom the

• bells toll A theft which resulted in the gaoling of two English crafts-

men has further delayed the repair of the University's 62-bell carillon.

The carillon has been silent since June, 1973, when during repairs it was decided to bring down the bells and ship them to the English manufacturer to be melted down and re-cast.

The manufacturer, John Taylor and Sons of Loughborough, Leicestershire, was delayed by` a long series of mishaps and many letters of explanation were sent to the University.

"To add to our difficulties," the company reported in one of its most recent letters, "our foundry was broken into and several thousand pounds worth of bell metal stolen.

"Apart from the financial loss (bell metal is 80% copper and 20% tin) it has been discovered that it was an 'inside' job and two of our men are no longer with us.

"One of these was a foundry man and while he may have only been one man he was a large percentage of our bell-moulders

"In these days it is extremely difficult to get anyone who will do anything out of the ordinary, and we, being a rather

• `offbeat' trade, are feeling the brunt of this," the company wrote.

But at long last the problems which have been such a night-mare to the hellmakers have been overcome and work is nearing completion.

The latest report from England says all the bells have been cast and all that remains is the tuning and packing for shipment

• to Australia. The beautiful "crystal water sound" of the carillon will be

heard once again on campus next year when the bells are hun,- in the Clock Tower.

This will not be a moment too soon for some staff members who have contacted "The News" to complain about the unsightly scaffolding surrounding the Tower.

This scaffolding was left in place when the bells were re- ▪ moved because of the extra expense involved in demolishing and

re-erecting it "shortly afterwards" when the bells came back.

DOROTHY SAYERS: "A PEST OF A DAUGHTER"

The long history of delays in repair of the University Car-

0 illon has not been without academic interest.

When Professor Michael Taylor was made Deputy Vice-Chancellor in 1974 he gradually became interested, from the correspondence passing across his desk, in the technicalities of bells and carillons and decided to do some further reading.

Finding a book on the subject in Fisher Library recently, he noted a reference to the novelist Dorothy Sayers.

• He wrote to Mr Paul Taylor, of John Taylor and Sons, inquiring as follows:

"In common with many people my knowledge of campan-ology derives from Dorothy Sayers' novel 'The Nine Tailors' and something which I read quite recently suggested that your firm was indeed the source of a great deal of her information.

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Top: some of the Carillon's 62 bells, cast in the mid-1920's by John Taylor & Sons, Loughborough, England. Above: Mr John Gordon, University carillonist since 1944, seated at the keyborad. Mr Gordon is also official carillonist for the Canberra Carillon, made by the same foundry.

SISTERS AMONGST JAPAN'S VIRTUOSI

Japanese sisters Shizuko and Shoin Yamase can to Australia as tourists, but since they are among Japan's top virtuosi with the traditional koto and shamisen string instruments, were persuaded to give some public recitals., one of them at this university in the Dept. Music auditorium.

1976 LAMBIE-DEW ORATION

CONCRETE VISITORS HELP NEW NATIONS

NEWSBRIEFS SLOW AUCTION FEATURE OF SETTLEMENT

The 1976 Lambie-Dew Orat-ion, sponsored by the Univer-sity's Medical Society, will be delivered tonight by Mr Justice C.L.D. Meares, of the NSW Supreme Court.

Mr Justice Meares is also chairman of the Federal Govern-ment's Expert Group on Road Safety, chairman of the Law Reform Commission, and chair-man of the National Rehabilit-ation and Compensation Scheme Committee of Inquiry.

He will speak on "The medical profession's responsibility for the chronically handicapped."

Undergraduate studies in re-habilitation medicine at the Uni-versity and RPA Hospital have been foreshadowed for the future.

The Oration will be held in the Great Hall at 8.00pm

The Museum wants inter-ested academics to contact its Director with their views on the proposed courses.

Courses under consideration would exist at three levels:

* A course specifically in maritime archaeology, involving subjects such as survey and exploration, excavation, recording techniques, recovery, document-ation, cataloguing, punlication,

* An introductory course in history, which would be taught with a specialised course in maritime history, and

* A course in materials science, to provide an under-standing of the properties and conservation needs of maritime

tonight, September 13, and will be followed by supper in the ante room.

Admission is free.

FAUSA ELECTIONS New office bearers for the

Federation of Australian Univer-sity Staff Associations were elec-ted at the organisation's annual general meeting at the University of Newcastle recently.

Those elected were: PRESIDENT: Professor J.R.

Niland (UNSW), VICE-PRESIDENT: Mr P.C.

Byers (University of Tasmania), EXECUTIVE. Mr A.W. And-

er:on (University of WA), Mr R. W. Byrom (University of Queens-land), Dr A.D. Spaull (Monash University), and Mrs S.M. Jack (Department of History, Univer-sity of Sydney).

materials. Early proposals are to make

the course structure flexible enough to allow students to either pursue all three aspects or to specialise.

Students would be able to gain practical experience, and would be encouraged to carry out their own projects.

But the Museum believes further planning must wait until it can estimate potential interest and demand for the courses.

It has prepared a questionn-aire which it asks interested people to write for.

The Museum's address is: Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth, WA, 6000.

To help fund its community work in neighbouring Chippen-dale, the University's Settlement Auxiliary will hold its annual art show in the MacLaurin Hall between September 23 and Oct-ober 1.

The art show will open daily, including weekends, from 10.00am to 4.00pm. Admission is 20 cents.

Dr Lloyd Rees will open the show, in the presence of the Chancellor, on Wednesday, Sept-ember 22, at 7.30pm. Admission to the opening is by donation of $3 and will include supper.

The exhibition itself will include recent work — all for sale — of a number of well-known artists — Dr Rees himself, Sir Erik Langker, Pro Hart and others.

There will be a section this year of oriental painting, and as in previous years, jewellery, cer-amics, pottery, hand printing, weaving and hand-painted china.

A special feature of the show will be a slow auction of a limited edition (35/100) Douglas Pratt etching of the University which was donated to the Settlement in 1936. ' Bids may be made at the

entrance table, or by telephone to 89 1356, up to 4.00pm on October 1.

The Concrete Institute of Australia and the University have joined with the Australian Devel-opment Assistance Agency to mount an international training course in prestressed concrete structures.

The centre-piece of the course is attendance at *a week-long symposia on short to med-ium-span bridges and prestressed concrete in buildings, which are being held under the auspices of the Federation Internationale de la Precontrainte and the Con-

Proceeds from the art show will go directly to the Settlement, and funds are urgently needed.

Those who cannot attend tke show could send donations to the Settlement, 17 Edward St, Chippendale. Donations over $2 are tax deductible.

POWER'S GUEST

The Power Foundation, in conjunction with the Goethe Institut, has arranged a special workshop demonstration by the distinguished German sculptor Peter Moosmann.

Mr Moosmann, who is part-icularly known for his innovative work with plastics, will demon-strate techniques involved in welding the substance, in the session at the Arts Workshop tomorrow night.

The demonstration will start at 6.00pm and will be followed by drinks and refreshments to enable the audience to talk further with Mr Moosmann.

Cost is 50 cents for adults and 20 cents for students who are not members of the Power Foundation. Seating is limited so those who wish to go should book with Celia Winter-Irving on 692 3568.

crete Institute of Australia, in Sydney.

The course participants are studying for three weeks in the Department of Civil Engineering of the University, and will be spending two weeks attached to various design and construction organisations

The picture above shows the 24, and some'of the lecturing and tutoring staff who have been working under the general direction of Professor Campbell-Allen, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.

COURSE IN MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY The Western Australian Museum has launched an investigation

of the need for a training course in maritime archaeology. Full and part-time courses at a local institution are under review.

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...with his whiskers a-taking sly glances at me" Isaac Nathan was the composer of

the first major Australian opera, "Don John of Austria," and the evening will

V. open with airs from the work.

Spagnoletti wrote during the middle of the century. Peter Lawson, brother of the poet Henry, wrote the Roslyn Waltz, which will also be performed.

A number of other performers will also appear on the Macleay program.

A group called the Hunt and Friends, led by Steven Hunt and dressed in colon-ial costume, will play a selection of military music.

The Quadranglers, a male choir led • by Professor Peter Platt of the Music

Department and made up of Faculty members will sing a program which includes Isaac Nathan's "Little Fly."

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MU SE UM An evening of colonial delights

The University's Macleay Museum, which hopes soon to establish an Aust-ralian Music Museum, will stage its own concert, "An evening of colonial delight," later this month.

Featured compoiers, whose work will be played by the Palm Court Orch-estra, are Isaac Nathan, Spagnoletti and Peter Lawson.

St Scholastica's girls choir will appear, with Miss Margot Adelson, an associate of the Music Department. Miss Adelson, who has sung with the Berio Ensemble, will take the part of Mme. Sara Flower singing "Shells of Oceans" the air Dame Nellie Melba sang at her debut at the age of six.

But perhaps the highlight of the evening will be a "Soiree Scene" in which several academics will take part.

Professor Leonie Kramer, of the English Department, will play Lady Leonie in a segment in which she will give "an improving piece of literature to young ladies."

Associate Professor Ian Jack, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, will play

a piano duet, the "Woolloomooloo Schotische," with Mr Francis Cameron, Assistant Director of the Conservatorium.

To complete the soiree, Dr Terry McMullen will read "some of the best worst Australian poetry."

To end the- evening, the Chancellor Sir Hermann Black will deliver a brief "Declamation on the Future of the Colony."

A champagne supper will follow the evening's musical delights.

The Macleay's concert will be in the Great Hall at 7.00pm on Sunday, September 26. Cost is $4.50 (concession $3) and bookings can be made at the Museum, David Jones, or the information desks at Wentworth or Holme Unions.

The concert is the first the Macleay has ever organised, although in its early days a number of musical programs were held in the museum's gallery.

The Macleay is working towards establishing its museum of music which would build collections of aboriginal, ethnic and colonial music and instru-

✓ ments.

The concert evening will feature only music written in the colony last century and a number of academics will take part in its various segments.

POLITICAL ECONOMY: CALL FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT

About 120 people gathered at a front lawn meeting last Monday to renew demands for the establishment of a separate Department of Political Economy.

Speakers at the meeting also called for charges against six students involved in last term's demonstrations in support of the political economy movement to be dropped.

They called on students to continue to support the movement through the

third term and'into 1977. Another front lawn meeting has

been called for Wednesday, September 22 to discuss developments in the dispute.

By that time, the meeting was told, the Proctorial Board proceedings against the six students should be completed and the Department of Economics recommendations for third year courses should have been discussed by a Faculty meeting and the Academic Board.

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VICE CHANCELLOR The New South Wales Minister for Education recently

announced the terms of reference and membership of a working party " as the first step towards implementation of an Education Commission in New South Wales."

The Commission On July 29 the Minister informed the annual Confer-

ence of the Federation of Parents and Citizens' Associations in Sydney that the Education Commission would:

be responsible to the Minister but independent of Public Service Board control;

be a continuing body of inquiry into all aspects of educational policy;

establish sub-committees to inquire into and identify areas of special need and recommend appiopriate programs;

establish a five-man employing authority for teaching and ancillary staff in Government schools;

plan and direct the integration and co-ordination of educational services in the community.

Working Party. The terms of reference of the working party are: to investigate, report and recommend on the "present

structure, organisation and adequacy of educational services at all levels," and on "suitable forms and structure of organisation to meet the changing educational needs of the community, including the implication of establishing an Education Commission."

In announcing the working party the Minister stated that the terms of reference were flexible to allow its delib-erations to take full account of "all areas of education."

The members The members of the working party are Associate

Professor Hagan of the University of Wollongong (Chair-man), the Director-General of Education, the Acting-Director of Technical and Further Education, the President of the College of Advanced Education Lecturers' Associat-ion (the immediate past President of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation), the President of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation, the Vice-President of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation, the President of the New South Wales Technical Teachers' Association, the President of the Federation of Parents and Citizens Assoc-iations of New South Wales, and the President of the New South Wales Federation of Infant Schools Clubs.

Such a membership would seem to indicate that the Minister's interest is mainly in the areas of education cov-ered by (or until recently covered by) the Director-General of Education and the Director of Technical and Further Education.

The ALP policy on membership of the Education Commission is that there will be one member "represent-ative of colleges of advanced education, university and continuing education."

How only one person could be "representative of" three such distinctive areas of post-secondary education is not clear. However, the Minister asked the Chairman of the New South Wales Vice-Chancellors' Conference to nominate "a person from your organisation to fill this role on the working party." The Chairman, after pointing to the problem of nominating some "one representative of' the three areas, made an excellent nomination, which was not accepted by the Minister.

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What Education Commission?

Co-ordination?

4 In his statement of August 10, the Minister wished to "make

it clear that the Government does not propose to interfere with the autonomy of traditional institutions within the field of edu-cation and (that) it was never a part of the framework of the policy to do so."

In the context this is re-assuring. Yet, to quote the Minister, "the Education Commission when established would determine the aims and objectives of education" and "plan and direct the integration and co-ordination of educational services in the community," and the working party has been asked to investi-gate, report and recommend on the present structure, organ-isation and adequacy of educational services at all levels.

The effective co-ordination of educational services in the community requires a solution to two problems — first, the relations between the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, and second, the relations between institutions within each sector.

The most difficult problems of co-ordination within a sector are "post-secondary." There have recently been two excellent reports on that problem — the Partridge Report for Western Australia and the Karmel Report for Tasmania.

In an attempt to deal with one part of the problem, Mr Whitlam decided to have a Tertiary Education Commission, to • include councils or committees for the universities and the coll-eges of advanced education. Senator Carrick is thought to be con-templating a Post-Secondary Education Commission which would in the context of the new rolling triennia advise the Minister on the new-style guidelines for the three post-secondary commissions which would then report as now to the Minister.

In NSW there is already a Higher Education Board. That there is no member of that Board on the working party may be a further indication of what the Minister had in mind for the Education Commission. Let us hope that this is so, for the working party is not an appropriate body to consider and recommend on the second problem of co-ordination.

DOROTHY SAYERS: "A PEST OF A DAUGHTER" Continued from front page

"It occurs to me that she

"Her father was Rector of may have made a delicate ack- a village in Huntingdonshire nowledgement of this by chris- called Bluntisham, about 1900, tening one of the bells in her and he had his bells restored story Tailor Paul; this is not

about that time. named after you by any chance

"My father had to go to

is it?"

Bluntisham because some Shortly after, Professor trouble developed at the time

Taylor received this reply: our bellhanger was installing "Yes, you are on the the bells.

right track regarding Dorothy

"It appeared that the Sayers' novel 'The Nine Tail- Rector had a pest of a daughter ors'."

who would insist on getting "My uncle, the late Ed- under the feet of the bell-

mund Denison Taylor, had a hanger. lot to do with her nearly 50

"This daughter, of course,

years ago when she was writing was the good Dorothy." the story, at any rate as regards

Professor Taylor will visit

the bells. England next month and has "Uncle always used to say arranged his itinerary so that 4

that the tenor bell called Tailor he can visit the foundry in Paul was a delicate acknow- Loughborough. In addition to ledgement as you say. I was checking progress on the Uni- then still at school. versity's carillon, he says, he

"There is another connec- will be fascinated to see a bell tion going back still further. foundry in action.

SURVEY Reaching the archives via satellite

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Within the next few years Australian social science researchers should be able to sit down at a computer terminal in their department and get direct access via satellite to world statistics.

This is the prediction of Dr Terry Beed, Director of the University's Sample Survey Centre.

Dr Beed said the first step towards such ready access had been taken by 8 Australian universities and CAE's (in-cluding the University of Sydney) with the formation this year of the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research.

The 8 members share the cost of belonging to the Inter-University Con-sortium for Political and Social Research, located at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, which is an international archive of social and political survey material.

"This means members of our uni-versity whose departments have contrib-uted can import any of these materials on a computer tape, which can be accessed

through the University Computing Centre by arrangement with the Sample Survey Centre," said Dr Beed.

The Michigan archives, divided into three sections (survey research, history

and international relations), contains a staggering amount of information about almost every country in the world.

This information ranges from the classic American studies of consumer spending to such studies the survey of Australian political attitudes by Professor Don Aitkin of Macquarie University.

Dr Beed is the Sydney University representative of the Australian Consort-ium and will be handling enquiries and orders and supplying code books and other documentation.

"Michigan also provides teaching packages on how to use surveys and we will be importing one of these packages for a seminar in the near future," he said.

The total cost to each Australian University is $500, and at Sydney Uni-versity this is shared amongst nine depart-ments.

"As more universities and depart-ments join, this will become lower still," says Dr Beed.

The cost of importing each tape and its codebooks is $75, but this is halved if the tape has already been used in Australia.

BOULDER COULD HAVE WIPED OUT MISSION, SAYS GEOLOGIST

A boulder any more than half a metre in diameter could have wiped out the recent Viking 1 mission on Mars, said Proflessor Leon T. Silver, Professor of Geology at the California Institute of Technology.

Speaking at a public lecture during the recent International Geology Con-gress, Professor Silver showed slides which demonstrated that the landing site originally planned for the Viking craft was unsuitable.

This site, in a regional called Chryse, just north of the Martian equator, was found to contain a 'rough' area rising to one kilometre above the surrounding plains.

"A back-up landing site to the North of Chryse was found to be much more suitable," said Professor Silver.

Professor Silver, who served on the committee of review which made the decision to change landing sites, presented information and pictures received only hoUrs before he departed for Australia.

Both landing sites, he explained, were near the equator, where photos showed evidence of a layer of water-

ice in the soil, a condition which im-proved the possibility of finding life.

The Viking lander settled in a low basin which once received material from large streams.

The reddish soil (apparently due to iron oxide) was even more cohseive than the lunar soil, which was described by Apollo astronauts as "like wet sand".

Professor Silver's lecture was held a second time during the Congress by popular demand.

view by Viking 1 from 2,000 Kilo-metres altitude, looking southwards across Valles Marineris. Near the equator of Mars, this area is south of one of the proposed landing sites for Viking 2 Valles Marineris in this photo (about 70 x 150 km) is a canyon about 2 km deep. Professor Silver pointed to various geological phenomena, including aprons of debris on the canyon floor, strati-fication of the canyon wall, and linear striations on the landslide surfaces.

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The pictures show the same area of reef, in two to three metres of water on the northern seaward slope of Ellison Reef, near Innisfail, photographed at an interval of three years. The area shown is about three metres long. Picture left shows damage by starfish, and that on the right, coral regrowth after the starfish attack some seven or eight years previously. I

RESEA RCN Should the Crown-of-Thorns be removed?

Research into the Crown-of-Thorns aggregations on the Barrier Reef has produced no definite answers, a recent article co-authored by two Sydney scien-tists reports.

The article, written for the Council of the Great Barrier Reef Committee by Dr Peter Sale, a senior lecturer iri Biology, Dr Edgar Frankel, a senior tutor in Geology, and Donald Potts of ANU, and published last month in "Search", summ-arises recent findings by reef researchers.

Research reports which were the object of the survey canvassed the wide opinion about the nature of the Crown-of-Thorns starfish.

Increases in density and extensions of the range of starfish aggregations have been reported in a number of instances in the past decade.

Japanese scientists have looked at ways that human activity may have affected the starfish around Okinawa; and in the reefs of Micronesia control pro-grams have been reportedly successful in reducing starfish numbers.

On the Barrier Reef, recent findings have cast doubt on earlier reports.

A 1973 study suggested that the starfish would not pose any threat to the southern reefs because of lower water temperatures. But scientists last year referred to recent reports of large populations well into the southern third of the reef.

But the most public argument has concerned opinion about previous agg-regations. Before 1973 some authors had, in contrast to general opinion, suggested that the Crown-of-Thorns starfish had undergone natural periodic fluctuations in numbers.

More recent work, by Dr Frankel, concluded that there have been previous starfish plagues on the reef, and was supported by evidence of subsurface skeltal debris.

But many still hold the view that previous aggregations have not occured, and that present large populations are linked to human activity.

Further differences have been voiced about the time needed for, and chances of, recovery in the reefs after starfish plagues, with estimates ranging from

100-200 years to 10-20 years. The arguments highlight the lack of

confirmed study in detail of the problem, the authors say.

"Despite the attention that the starfish has received in recent years, there have been no detailed field studies of recruitment, lifespan, mortality rates or major mortality factors," they say.

"Satisfactory methods of marking individuals and growth rates in the field remain extremely limited."

The position is critical, because some scientists have argued that if the aggregations are natural, then their removal might be disadvantageous.

"So far no programs have been reported with adequate scientific controls for assessing the effects of removal," the authors say.

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NEWSBRIEFS ERN RITCHIE MEMORIAL APPEAL

NEW APPLIED- LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION Two Sydney University aca-

demics have been elected to the executive of a new national association of linguists which will seek answers to many language problems in Australia.

The new body, the Applied Linguistics Association of Aust-ralia, was formed at the recent National Congress of Applied Linguistics held at the University of Newcastle.

Mr Ross Steele, senior lect-urer in the Department of French Studies, was elected president of the association, and Mr Brian Taylor, lecturer in the Depart-ment of German, is secretary.

More than 120 delegates fr from 26 tertiary institutions and government departments of educ-ation around Australia attended the congress, which was the first in its field held in the nation.

It was structured around the

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theme "Language learning in Australian society." The keynote address, "Is learning a second language like learning a first language all over again?" was given by Professor Michael Hall-iday, Head of Sydney's Depart-ment of Linguistics.

The new association, which is affiliated with the International Association of Applied Linguistics has as its general aim the pro-motion of linguistic theories to the solution of language problems

"One significant area of act-ivity will be the encouragement of research in the application of theories to the teaching and learning of languages at all educ-ational levels," Mr Steele said..

Membership of the Aust-ralian association is open to all persons interested in applied linguistics. Enquiries should be directed to Mr Steele

An appeal has been launched to establish a fund which will commemorate the life and work of the late Ernest Ritchie, Pro-fessor of Organic Chemistry at the University from 1967 until his sudden death in April this year.

The fund will be used to support an annual "Ernest Ritchie Lecture," to be given at the Uni-versity at a meeting of the Chem-ical Society.

Sponsors of the appeal —Professor Hans Freeman, Profes-sor Noel Hush, Professor Walter Moore and Dr Sever Sternhell —say Professor Ritchie gave a life of long and valuable service to Australian chemistry.

"He was valued and loved both for his scientific contrib-utions and his human qualities," they say.

"He was a modest man who would not have wished us to make a fuss on his behalf. We believe that a fund which will

bring distinguished lecturers to Sydney University to inspire the chemistry students of the future is one of the few types of mem-orial which Ern would have liked.'

Donations to the Ernest Ritchie Memorial Appeal, which are tax deductible, should be made payable to the University of Sydney, and sent to Professor H.C. Freeman, School of Chem- istry, Sydney, 2006. 1

DOROTHY WHITE CONCERT DATE

The date for the concert in memory of the late Dorothy White, distinguished pianist and harpsichordist and part-time lect- I urer in Music, has been changed.

The concert, which will be given in the Great Hall, will now be on January 31 next year, instead of December 5 as ann-ounced in the last issue of the "News."

NOTICES

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MONASH UNIVERSITY GRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS

1977

Graduates with good honours degree qualifications or the equivalent and with an interest in research who wish to proceed to a higher degree may apply for Monash Graduate Scholarships and Australian Postgraduate Res-earch Awards tenable in any of the following areas at Monash University: Arts, Economics, Politics, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Science.

Further information and application forms are available from: The Academic Registrar, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3168.

Applications should be lodged by OCT-OBER 31, 1976.

COMMITTEE FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN THE DEPARTMENT

OF LAW

Applications are invited for postgraduate scholarships in the Department of Law which are primarily available to graduates in the University's Faculty of Law, or of other univ-ersities who enrol as full-time candidates for the degree of Master of Laws by course-work or by thesis, or in exceptional circumstances to candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Law. In special cases the scholarships may be awarded to graduates of the Faculty for study at another university.

The scholarships are valued at $3,250 per annum. They are tenable for one year but may be renewed for a second in the case of LI.M candidates, or are tenable for three years and may be renewed for a fourth in the case of PhD candidates. In appropriate circum-stances a dependants' allowance, a travel and establishment allowance and an allowance to assist with thesis costs are available.

Applications and further information are available from the Enquiry Desk, Level 12, Law School, or from Room 406 in the Regis-trar's Office.

Applications close on OCTOBER 31, 1976.

FOR SALE

Glebe: two bedroom, self-contained modern unit with laundry, undercover parking. Price: $27,950. Phone 692 0731.

IRISH SETTER

Female, de-sexed, three years old, affect-ionate, good with children, students etc. Free to good home. Ring 981 1817

ELECTION OF THREE FELLOWS OF THE SENATE BY STUDENTS

Students are reminded that the elec-tion of three Fellows of Senate representing students will be held on Wednesday, Oct-ober 13.

Latest date for receipt of nominations is 5.00pm on Tuesday, September 14.

Nomination forms are available from the Information and Enrolments Office, or by telephone or written request to: The Registrar, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006. (692 1122, ext. 2019).

THE EAST—WEST CENTER IN HAWAII SCHOLARSHIPS 1977-78

Applications are invited for the above awards from Australian citizens who hold first class honours or second class honours, division 1, degrees. The five institutes at the East-West Center offer research facilities in commun-ication, population dynamics, culture and language learning, food system and technology development.

Grants are initially for one academic year, commencing in June or September 1977. The grants include travel to and from Hawaii, tuition, books, board and lodging, health insurance and a small personal allowance.

Applications close on SEPTEMBER 24, 1976 with: The Secretary, Department of Education, (East-West Center Awards), PO Box 826, Woden, ACT, 2606. Further information is available from room 406 of the Registrar's office.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE CHARLES JOHN EVERARD

POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP

One postdoctoral scholarship is offered to a graduate of the The University of Adel-aide for research in the agricultural or horti-cultural sciences. The stipend will be on the scale $11,123 — $12,493.

Applications on the prescribed forms close on SEPTEMBER 30, 1976. Further information is available from room 406 in the Registrar's office.

THE AUSTRALASIAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR CYPRIOT AND NEAR

EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. Travelling Scholarship

Applications are invited for the above award from suitably qualified residents of Aust-ralia or New Zealand, who will normally be university graduates. The scholarship carries a stipend of $1,000 and is tenable at Teleilat Ghassul, a Chalcolithic site in Trans-Jordan. The stipend will cover return economy air fare, together with a small allowance, board and accommodation.

The scholar will be a member of the team at the excavation site and will work under the direction of Professor Basil Hennessy.

Applicants should provide the following information: name, address, date of birth, academic record, and the names of at least two referees who would be willing to support the application.

Further information on the site and the work being undertaken may be obtained from the Registrar, University of New England, with whom applications close on SEPTEMBER 30, 1976.

FOR SALE MEALWORMS

The South Australian firm of L and M Pecsi, worm breeders, advises that it has available supplies of mealworms. The company already supplies several University departments with worms.

Mealworms from the company cost $4.00 per thousand, with a minimum purchase of 10,000. Air freight cost for 10,000 worms is $4.50. Overland delivery costs 65 cents.

The company's address is: 20 McShane Street, Campbelltown, SA, 5074. Phone 337 3641.

BRASENOSE COLLEGE, OXFORD SENIOR HULME (OVERSEAS)

SCHOLARSHIP, 1977

Applications are invited for the above scholarship, which is tenable by a citizen of Australia or New Zealand who is a graduate of a university in either of those countries.

The awards are available to both junior members of staff and postgraduate students. Applicants must not be older than 35 on October 1, 1977. It is the donor's hope that the scholar will return to his own country at the conclusion of the scholarship.

Th,e award to be taken up in 1977 may be held in any field of study for a maximum of three years. The scholarship is valued at 1,250 pounds and covers all university and college fees and dues. A successful candidate may either follow a course in Oxford leading to a postgraduate degree or diploma, or undertake a recognised course of postdoctoral study.

Applications close on OCTOBER 31, 1976. Application forms and details are avail-able from room 406 in the Registrar's office.

THE GOWRIE SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH

SCHOLARSHIPS, 1977

Applications are invited for the above awards. The scholarships are valued at $2,000 per annum (if tenable overseas, an increase of up to $750 per annum may be approved, if fees and other expenses warrant an additional amount), and are tenable for two years at approved universities or similar institutions.

Applicants should be graduates or final year students who are members of the armed forces or children of members of the armed forces, including grandchildren or lineal des-cendants of members of the armed forces who fought in the Second World War.

Further details and application forms are available from Mrs Holliday, in the Reg-istrar's office, with whom applications close on OCTOBER 31, 1976.

APPOINTMENTS

The following appointments to the academic staff have been confirmed:

Dr J.R. Conner, PhD (Edinburgh), M Arch, Dip TCP, RATA, FRAPI, as a senior lecturer in the Department of Town and Country Planning. Dr Conner commen-ced duty on August 30.

Professor S.M. Salsbury, AB (Occid-ental College), AM, PhD (Harvard), to the Chair of Economic History. Professor Salsbury anticipates commencing duty early in 1977.

Mrs C.M. Sappideen, LLB (Melbourne), LLM, as a lecturer in Law. Mrs Sappideen's appointment commenced on July 1.

Mr C.E.J. Walker, BVSc, MACVSc, as a short-term lecturer in Veterinary Pathol-ogy for a probationary period of three years. Mr Walker commenced duty on August 23.

Dr F. Wong, MA, PhD, Dip Ed (Lon-don), as a lecturer in Education. Dr Wong anticipates taking up duty on January 28, 1977.

Dr Y.-W. Mai, Bsc (Eng), PhD (Hong Kong), as short-term lecturer in Mechan-ical Engineering. Dr Mai was to have comm-enced duty in late August.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

1.00pm Anatomy Colloquium, "Malpractice and Medicine," Professor Charles Bridges-Webb (Department of Community Medicine) and Mr Nicholas Carson (Daw-son, Waldron, Solicitors). Anatomy Seminar Room, Anderson Stuart Building.

4.05pm Physics Colloquium, "Evidence for Naturally Occur-ring Trans-uranic Elements," Professor S.T. Butler (Department of Theoretical Physics). Physics Lecture Theatre 5.

8.00pm 1976 Lambie-Dew Oration, "The Medical Profes-skin's Responsibility for the Chronically Handicap-ped," The Hon. Mr Justice C.L.D. Meares, NSW Supreme Court. Great Hall. Afterwards, supper in the Ante Room. Admission Free.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

4.30pm Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Surgical Seminar, "Oes-ophageal Reflux," Mr John Leonard Connell (St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne). Scot Skirving Lecture Theatre.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

1.05pm Music Department lunch-time recital. Christine Logan, Michele Conyngham, Elizabeth Oldham (piano). Great Hall, admission free.

1.15pm Economic History film program. "Les Annees Folks" (a newsreel documentary on the 1920s). Merewether Lecture Theatre 1.

5.15pm Zoology Seminar, "Prolactin: and Embryonic Dispause in the Tammar Wallaby," Dr Jenny Hawkins (School of Biological Sciences). Zoology Colloquium Room.

5.30pm until 7.30pm, Institute of Criminology public lecture. "Parole - Decision and Discretion Proposals for a Working Model," Professor Leslie T. Wilkins (State University of New York). Assembly Hall, Law School, Phillip Street, City.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

1.00pm Australia - USSR Society Lecture, "Social Develop-ment in the USSR," Professor Youri Zamoshkin (Academy of Sciences of the USSR). Stephen Roberts Theatre.

3.00pm Anthropology Postgraduate Seminar, "Wombs and Tombs," Ms M. Patterson (Department of Anthro-pology). Anthropology Reading Room.

6.10pm Organ Recital, Great Hall. With Christine Lonergan (piano) and Sue Blake ('cello). Admission free.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

12noon Biochemistry Seminar, "Biochemistry of Oroticism," Professor W.J. O'Sullivan. Room 471, Biochemistry Building.

1.00pm Botany Seminar, "The Causes of the Deterioration of Norfolk Island Pines on Metropolitan Beaches," Dr A.M. Grieve (School of Biological Sciences). Room 211, Botany Building.

1.05pm Architectural Science Seminar, "Some Reflections on Architecture in Turkey - Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, Ottoman and Vernacular," Professor H.J Cowan. Architectural Science Lecture Theatre.

3.00pm Mathematical Statistics Seminar, "Mixing Limit Theorems : A Simple Condition," Dr G.K. Eagleson. Room 829, Carslaw Building.

ADVANCE NOTICES

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

9.30am Ecology Discussion Group, "Choice of Control Struc-tures with Regard to Power Systems," David Clements (UNSW). Seminar Room, Zoology Building.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

12noon Psychology Colloquium, "The Structure of Social Attitudes," Professor L.B. Brown (UNSW). Room 744, McCallum Building.

4.00pm Computer Science Colloquium, "Computers in the Textile Industry," Mr Malcolm McKenzie (Bonds Industries Ltd). Lecture Theatre 8, Physics.

4.30pm RPA Hospital Surgical Seminar, "Rheumatoid Disease and Surgery," Dr John Hassall (RPA), and Dr Harry Tyer (RPA). Scot Skirving Lecture Theatre.

8.00pm The fourth of the 1976 Kathleen Robinson Lectures on Drama and the Theatre - "The Hotel de Bourg-ogne: France's First Public Theatre," John Golder (UNSW). Club Room, Seymour Centre. Admission free.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

1.00pm Anatomy Seminar, "Renal Sympathetics," Dr Wally Kos (Department of Anatomy). Room 337, Anderson Stuart Building.

1.15pm Economic History Film Program - "From Kaiser to Feuhrer," (a history of Germany from 1904-1933) and "Triumph of the Will" (a Nazi propaganda film). Merewether Lecture Theatre 1.

5.15pm Zoology Seminar, "Three Cameos from Physiological Studies of the Saltwater Crocodile: Thermoregulation, Salt and water Balance and Respiratory Quotient," Dr Gordon Grigg (School of Biological Sciences). Zoology Colloquium Room.

6.00pm SU Photographic Society Meeting and Competition Night - Black and White/Colour Slides, open theme. Cullen Room, Holme Building.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.

3.00pm Anthropology Postgraduate Seminar, "Near to Death,' Dr Ron Wild. Anthropology Reading Room.

6.10pm Organ Recital, Great Hall. Harold Fabrikant (Mel-bourne). Admission free.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 12noon Biochemistry Seminar, "Protein Phosphorylation in

the Erythrocyte Membrane," Miss J. Dunbar. Room 471, Biochemistry Building.

1.00pm Botany Seminar, "Rejuventation and Regeneration In Vitro of Ancient Clones of the Grape Vine," Professor Michael Mullins (Department of Agronomy and Horticultural Science). Room 211, Botany Build-ing.

3.00pm Mathematical Statistics Seminar, "T-Invariance and

Other Characterisations of Empirical Meaningfulness," Mr E. Lidums. Room 829, Carslaw Building.

3.00pm

Physiology Lecture, "Naturetic Hormone," Professor H.E. de Wardner (Charing Cross Hospital, London). Anderson Stuart Lecture Theatre.

WEEKLY CALENDAR

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