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GAZETTE Registered at .he G.P.O ., Sydney, for tra nsmiss ion by posi as a Periodical

No. 3 · DECEMBER. 19'56· Vol. 2.

THE ORIENTAL STUDIES LIBRARY

Dr. F. ( '. Lanydon, 8enim· Lect11.rer in, Japanese in the &hool of Oriental Studies, Canberra University College.

The Oriental Studies Library at the College owes its steady expansion to the current programme of buy­ing Oriental books by th e School of Oriental Studies itself and to the action of the Commonwealth National Library in offering a ·ubstantial part of its collection of Japanese and Oriental m(aterial on long-term loan. [n addition, the National Library and the Library of the Australian ational University have joined with the College in sponsoring a union catalogue of Oriental books in Australia. This will make Oriental material in this country more readily available, whether for reference by government departments, for research by scholars, or for the teaching of Asian affairs.

In the past eighteen month~ the School of Oriental Studies at the Canberra University College has pur­chased some 700 items of Japanese material. These constitute over 1200 separate volumes. Members of staff visiting and studying in Japan have been able to consult Japanese scholars and to supervise personally the choice of material. Stencilled lists of all these items, prepared by the School in Chinese characters and romanization, are available on request. As a contribu­tion to the union catalogue of Chinese and .Japanese books, the School has also prepared m:ultilithographed library catalogue eard of all these items. These cards, set up with the aid of a Chinese-Japanese type­writer for reproduction by the National Library, give the author in both romanization and Chinese characters, and will be distributed to any Australian library maintaining a Ill/ajor collection of Jauanese books.

The field of literature is r epresented by the 121 volwne Yiihod 8 Runko, a pre-modern collection of 500 annotated Japanese classics. The greatest Japanese anthology, the ll-lanyoshii, is contained in the 22 volume current H eibonsha edition. The recent 28 volume Iwanani edition of Natsume S~seki's works makes Japan's pioneer modern novelist available to tudents. The recently revised 8 volume Nihon Bnngakn Dai,jiten provides ~m indispensable ref­erence tool to students of Japanese literature. Other literary figures both early and modern are represented in single volum;es or smaller sets.

For students of history the 24 volume llfeiji

B1mka Zenshii, the 19 volume Dc£i Nihon l shin 8hi1·yo, and the 25 volume Hisllo R1~i an provide valuable documentation for research on IlljOdern Japan. The rare twenty-sixth volume of the Hisho Ruisan has been micro-filmed for the Oriental Studies Library by the National Diet Library of Japan. For historical essays and bibliographical references valuable items are the 24 volume Jsetsn Kihon Shi, the 14 volume Gendai Nihon Bttmrnei Shi. the 9 volume I shin Koyo, volumes 11 to lfi of Shiryo Soran, the volume Dai Nihon J(ojinoku, the 9 volume llfeiji B1mlw Shi, 4 volumes of J(ok•ushi ,hten, the 5 Yolume Kolmshi Daijiten, the 6 volume Koknshi Dai Nempyo, and the 9 volume Tb1y8 Rekishi Daijiten. Many modern biographies of value to students of A ian affairs have been added to the collection. The news­paper compilation Shimbun Shii ei Meiji IIenrnen Shi in 15 volumes is also on the shelf. Shorter but equally useful reference material is provided by such items as volumes 22 and 23 of Sekai R ekishi Jiten, the Shigaku Bn11ken M.okn?·o!m, the 8higakn Za.sshi Sosakuin, the Nihon Keizai Shi Jiten, the Nihon Ke1'zai Shi B ttnken, the Sh1·ryo H ensanjo J'asho Sonwkm·oku, and the Nihon Keizai Shi Jiten.

For general reference purposes such standard items as the H eibonsha Daijiten (13 volume reprint), the 5 volume Dai .\'ihon l[ok7tgo Jiten, and the 5 volume Daigenkai, are available. Current journals are Shigaktt Za.sshi and R ckishigaku J( enkyii in history, 1( okka Gakkai Zasshi and /( oho J( cnyu in political science and law, and Shakai Keizai 8higak1b in economics and social affairs. The monthly bound r educed version of the Toko Asahi newspaper is received . Debates of gen­eral sessions of both houses of the Japanese diet (par­liament) are bound and preserved.

On the Chinese side, the Oriental Studies Library possesses necessary reference works such as dictionaries published in China since the 4th century B.O. onwards, and essential handbooks for biography, geography, chronology etc. It furthermore has the Twenty-fot£r Dynastic Histm·ies in the Wu chou t'ung wen edition and the Ch'ing shih lcao or Draft History of the last dynasty. The Wu chou t'ung wen edition is important since a number of indices prepared by the Harvard­y enching Institute are based on this. In all, the lib­rary has a fairly good collection of indices to the various

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historical and classical works. There are also the so­called SMh t'ung, ten very important historical en· cyclopdeias in a modern edition with a special index volume. Although the Dynastic Histories are indis­pensable for research into any of the Chinese periods, they form only a beginning of the future historical collection. During the next few months, the library will receive additional l1ooks covering the much ne­Rlected period from the fall of Han to the rise of Sui, i.e. A.D. 211-5 9. As far as the hinese classics are con­cerned, all the important ones are already on the shelves, and in the field of literature, the library has Yarious anthologies and collections of the works of the great poets and essayists. Some o t the most famous Chinese novels are also represented. For practical teaching purposes a collection of textbooks, grammars and Western dictionaries is available.

Rince the School of Oriental Studies is now readily aYailable for consultation, the Commonwealth National Library has begun to add to its collection of Oriental material. This has pPrmitted the accumulation of basic source materials, as the library wishes to acquire valuable items other Au tralian libraries might not be able to purchase. It receives important govern­ment documents by exchange with the Japanese Diet Library and accumulates political material of interest to government department. and scholars. Wishing to make its material available at once, and lacking access­ible storage space, the National Library has selected the College as a depository for these materials. The iwo basic collections of original documents and source materials from the years 87 and J 868, the Dai Nihon Komonjo and Dl"'i Nihon Shiryo in over 300 volumes have been purcha. ed. The 60 volume Koji Ruien, a monumental encyclopedic repository of pre­modern primary materials, has been bought. A partial set of Dai N1.hon Teikoku Gikai Shi has been 11cquired which includes diet debates from 1898 to 1928. A recent acquisition of great value is the Nihon 8hiseki f(yokai J(ar.kosho in 187 volumes, an outstand­ing collection of source materials on the period of modernization of Japan.

The following sets which have been rece i \'ed in Japan should arrive shor.tly : Shigaku Zasshi

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( J onrnal of Historic:a I 'cience ) 18 9-1947 in 56 vol­umes; Shi1·in (Journal of History), 1916-1951 in 34 volumes; Rekishagalm f(enkyu. (Journal of the Historical Science Society) 1933-1955 in 23 volumes; Rakishi Hyo1·on (Historical Review) 1946-195± in 64 volumes; Toho Gakulw in 15 volumes and 'foyo-Shi K enkyn in 9 volumes, both of the. e publications of the Kyoto Uniwrsit~·. A microfilm copy of one new paper ]I[ ainichi from 1 72 ha been ordered and it is hoped to obtain back sets also of Asahi and Yomiuri ·of which current parts only are now received.

Chinese duplicates of the Hoover Library of War and Peace · in Stanford have been selected for the Commonwealth National Library and are also housed in the Oriental Studies Library. They contain material on Chinese histor.- since 1912 as well as sources for earlier periods such as some Gazeteers or local histories and a collection of Ch 'ing documents dealing with foreign relations.

Gift<; have added to the value of the Oriental Studies Library. The Italian Government presented a three volume work, called Tibetan Painted Scrolls by the £am­OUR Italian scholar Giuseppe Tucci. It includes docu­ments and several hundreds of religious paintings which are excellently reproduced. Also received as gifts by the librar~' have heen many of the publications of the Harvard-Yenching Institute at Harvard University, an especially rich source of outstanding historical, linguistic and reference material. The Japanese Government has also presented some valuable new books on Japan which are a welcome addition to the library. Finally, the Commonwealth National Library has given the College some tandard historical material which it possessed in duplicate and which is extremely useful for teaching and reference purpose .

These beginnings of an Oriental Library raise hopes that the indispensible tools for Oriental Studies may eventually be acquired. An adequate library for a teaching and research centre is like a laboratory for a chemist. The provision of such essential equipment will give Oriental Studies greater solidity and strength to carry out the tasks for which they are established.

NEWS OF THE COLLEGE

The Council

A newly appointed Council took office on 1st July, 1956, for a period of two years. All the members of the previous Council were re-appointed or re-elected and Dr. B. T. Dickson was re-appointed Chairman. Dr. Dickson has now been Chairman of the Council continuously since May, 1953.

The Canberra University College Ordinance gives the Council itself the power to appoim up to two persons, in addition to the fifteen ex-officio, appointed and elected members. Under this section of the Ord­inance, the Council recently invited Dr. H. G. Raggatt, C.B.E., D.Sc., F.A.A.S., Secretary to ·the Common­wealth Department of National Development, to be a member of the Council.

Dr. Raggatt's arlvice and assistance will be of great value to the Council which is now considering reports to the Minister for the Interior on the establishment of a faculty of science and on the future status of the College.

At its September meeting the Council received with regret advice of the re ignation from membership of the Council of Brothe1· P. L. McOarthy. Brother Mc-

arthy wa · appointed by the Governor-General to b · a member of the Council from July, 1953, when the 1953 Canberra University Ordinance came into opera­tion. He was nominated by the Advisory Council of the Australian Capital Territory and re-nominated and re-appointed on the 1st July, 1956, for a further term

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of two years. Principal of St. Edmuncl College, CanbE>rra, sincP

its establishment in 1954, Brother McCarthy has been released from membership in the Congregation 0-f Christian Brothers to enable him to study for the priesthood. He left Australia in September for the United States of Amer:ca where he will undertake a course of studies at an ecclesiastical seminary and r e­signed his membership of the Council on his departure.

H e was deeply interested in the Jevelopment of the College and had a Great faith in its future. His profonnd and humane knowledge of educational af­fairs was recognised by all ouncil members who r egret that his assistance is no lono·er available.

The Advisorv Council ha nominated and His Ex­cellency the Go~ernor-General has appointed the Mo st R eve1·end Dr. Eris O'Brien, Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, to be a member of the Council until :~Oth June, 1958.

Dr. O'Brien "·ho holds the degree of Master of Arts of the National Uni \'ersity of Ireland and of Sydney and Doctor of Philosophy of Louvain, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Australian Historical Society, has been Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn since 1953. He was educated at St. Aloysius' College in North Sydney and St. Pat­rick's College, l\Ianly, and after being ordained Priest was Professor at Ecclesiastical Colleges of Sydney and Doctor of Social and Political Science at the University of Louvain in Belgium. From 1930 to 1934 he was Lecturer in l\Iodern History at St. John's College of the University of Sydney and lectured also at the University in 1947. I<' ram 194 -1953 he was Auxiliary

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Bishop to H.E. Cardinal Gilroy. Ilis publications in­clude works on Catholicism in Australia and on Aus­tralian history.

Professor A. D. Trenclall received the degree of JJitt.D. ( honoris causa) from the University of Mel­bourne during the recent Centenary celebrations.

Present members of the Council are as follows: Mern,bers appointed by the Governor-General:

Professor K. H. Bailey Mr. C. S. Daley Dr. B. T. Dickson lVIr. J. Q. Ewens The Reverend Canon D. A. Garnsey Mr. W . • J. Lind (Mr. G. F. Wynn during Mr. Lind's absence abroad) The Most Reverend Dr. Eris O'Brien Mr. A. T. Shakespeare

M embe1· ex-officio : Professor H. Burton (Principal)

Members elected by Graduates : Sir Allen Brown Mrs. U. R. Ell is Professor A. D. Trendall

Member a.ppoirntecl by th e Council of The Anstmlia.n National University:

Mr. L. G. Melville Membe1· elected by the P1·ojessors:

Professor H. W. Arndt M ember elected by the Academic Staff other than the Professors:

Associate Professor B. D. Cameron Member appoi1~ted by the Council:

Dr. H. G. Raggatt

Staff of the College

Dr. K1~rl Er-ich Maria Baier has been appointed to th e Chair of Philosophy.

This post was created as part of a programme of expansion of the Coll ege which included also Chairs of Law, Mathematics and P sychology, in which appoint­ments have already been made.

Dr. Baier graduated Bachelor of Arts from the 1 niversity of Melbourne with fir t-class honours in 1944, :::.nd in 1947 qual ified for the degree of Master of Arts, also with first-class honour, at the same university. At Oxford in 1952 he wa. awarded his doctorate of Phil­osophy for hi thesis on Moral Philosophy, in which he is particularly interested.

, )ince 1945 Dr. Baier has been a member of the staff of the Philosophy De1 artment of the University of Melbourne, a tutor, lecturer and finally senior lecturer. l•'rom 1949 to 1952, under the Commonwealth Staff Inter­change Scheme, he was tutor in various Colleges at Oxford and the following year Visiting Associate Pro­fessor of Philosophy at Cornell University in the United States. For many years also he has been a lecturer for the Council of Adult Education in Victoria.

His publications include articles in philosophical periodicals and a tran, lation of Professor Gilbert Ryle's "The Concept of Mind" into German. His doctoral thesis is almost rearly for publication.

Dr. Baier seHed with the Au tralian Military Forces in 1942 and l~<tS, when he was transferred to

the Listening Post of the A.B.C. Shortwave Division and later to the Department of Information where he remained until the end of the war.

It is expected that Dr. Ba1er, who is 39 years of age and unmarried, will commence duty at the College at the beginning of 1957.

Mr. Hyman Tarlo has been appointed to the post of Senior Lecturer in Law.

A graduate in Arts and Law of Trinity College, Dublin, Mr. Tarlo has been ince 1951 Senior ~cturer in Real Property and Equity to the Law Scciety in Jreland. He has taught in many branches 01 law and published various articles in the Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal.

Mr. Tarlo, who is married with three children, will take up duty at the College in time for the beginning of the 1957 academic year.

Mr. G. J(. W. Johnsion has been appointed to the post of Senior Lecturer in English, to replace Dr. F. M. 'rodd \rho tendered his resignation to the College fol­lowing his appointment to th e Chair of English in the University of Tasmania.

1\fr. Johnston obtained the degree of Master of Arts from the niversity of New Zealand in 1950 with first class honours in English and after one year as Junior Lecturer in English at Auckland University College, proceeded to Merton College, Oxford, for fur­ther study. In 1954 he wa awarded the degree of

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Bachelor of Arts from Oxford and accepted an appoint­ment at the University of Queen land as lecturer in English, which post he still holds.

Mr. J ohnston 's major interest in research has been in mediaeval literature and English philology but he has lect ured on all aspects of English.

It is expected that Mr. Johnston, who is married with one child, will commence duty at the College at the beginning of the 1957 academic year.

Another appointment recently announced is that of Dr. Williarn Llnthony O'Neil Wan~gh to the post of Lecturer in Mathematics.

Dr. Wangh was awarded the degree of Master of Arts ( in ~Iathematics ) at the University of Oxford in 1950 and the doctorate of Philosophy, also at Oxford, in 1955.

Since 1952 Dr. Waugh has been a lecturer in Mathematics at the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham, England. lie has taught both pure and applied mathematics at the Royal Military College to candidates for the External Bachelor of Science degrees of the niYersity of London, in Engineering, General Science, and in the Spe ·ial Mathematics Degree course.

Dr. W augh is a Flight Lieutenant in, the Auxiliary Air Force. H e hopes to be able to continue his interest in this field when he takes up duty at the College at the beginning of 1957.

The appointment has al:o been announced of iV!r. John Gaeme Head to the post o[ lecturer in Economics.

The new lecturer will replace Mr. R. H. Barback who recently resigned following his appointment as Professor and Head of the Department of Economics and Social Studies at the Univer ity College, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Mr. Head graduated Bachelor of Economics with first-class honours from, the University of Adelaide in 1954 and i at present reading for the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford.

In 1955 he was a tutor in the Department of Econ­omics at the niversity of Adelaide.

liis especial inter est is in theoretical and institntiona l nspects of int t>rn.ational trade, economic development tmd e ·onomic functions of government as well as gen­eral aspects of value and welfare, employment and dis-1 ribu tion theories.

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Mr. Head will take up duty at the College on the completion of his cour'e at Oxford which is expected to be in July, 1957.

JJ11·. R. H. Barback, Senior Lecturer in Economics, tendered his resignation to the Coui1Cil in August in order to accept appointment as Professor and Head of the Department of Economics and Social Studies at the

niversity College, Ibaclan, Nigeria. Mr. Barback will also be Director of the W est African Institute of Social and Economic Research. He took up his new appoint­ment on 1st October.

Aft·. P. PentO?ty, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, has been awarded a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship in Social Studies in the field of P sychology at the Univers­ity of Chicago and for other authorised C'entres. The Fellowship will be available for a period not pxceeding twelve months, beginning approximately 1st January, l!l57 0

Mr. Pentony has been granted leave from the College to take up this Fellowship.

Professor J. G. Ji'leming, Robert Garran Professor of Law, attended the Annual Conference of the Australian Universities Law Schools A~"'ociation in Adelaide from 20th to 23rd August.

From 2nd to 8th September, P1·o[essor H. Bielenstein, head of the School of Oriental Studies, attended the Ninth Sinological onference in Paris. His report of the conference appears elsewhere in this issue.

Professor A. D. JJope conducted a lecturing exchange with the Department of English at the University of Melbourne, Professor Hope lecturing in Melbourne at the end of second term while Mr. Dobson, lecturer in English at Melbourne, vi ited the College. Professor Iaxwell, Profe or of English in Melbourne, lectured

to College student at the beginning of third term. Mr. X. J. Bacon, who has been a Research A sistant

in the Department of Economics since 1955, left the College in October to return to his home in, Perth, prior to sailing for Europe at the end of November.

The R egistrm· a1 tended the Registrars' Conference which was held at the University of New England, Armidale, from 22nd to 24th August. The Conference was attended by the Registrar of every Australian

11iversity.

General

Developm e·nt of the College The Canberra University College was established in

J 929 by an Ordina11ce of the Australian Capital Territ­ory, pending the establishment of a teaching university in Canbena. Arrangements were then made with the University of Melbourne for College students to take the examinations aud be admitted to the degrees of the Univer ity of Melbourne. This association has continued up to the present time.

However, in 1946 the Act was passed for the estab­lishment of the Australian ational University; the Act gave the University power to incorporate the College.

Over the past two years the University and the Col­lege have given very careful consideration to the ques­tion, of incorporation. In July the Australian National University stated that it believed that the development of the Canberra University College should be planned on the basis of independence of the Australian National

University. The Council of the College is now g1vmg attention

to the next steps to be taken for the future of the Col­lege as the institution responsible for undergraduate education in the Australian Capital Territory.

In accordance with the requirements of the Can­berra University College Ordinance the Council has made a report to the Minister for the Interior on the subject.

The College is also making a detailed examination of the r esources r equired for the establishment of science courses at the College, in the fields of Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Botany and Zoology. Four dis­tingnished scienti ts ha Ye a ·sisted the College as advisers and in preparing a submission to the government on the subject. The advisers are: Professor R. J. W. Le F evre, Professor of Chemistry, University of Sydney; Professor L. H. Martin, Professor of Physics, University

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of Melbourne ; Professor M. Oliphant, Professor of Par­ticle Physics, Au tralian ational University; and Pro­fessor J. S. Turner, Professor of Botany and Plant P hysiology, University of Melbourne.

In the meantime the College continues to expand its teaching departments as the number of students in­creases and more subjects are offered for study.

As announced under Staff of the College, the Chair of Philosophy has been filled by the appointment of Dr. K. E. M. Baier, Mr. G. K. W . Johnston has been ap­pointed Senior J;ecturer in English, Mr. H. Tarlo Senior Lecturer in I;aw, Dr. W. A. 0 'N. Waugh Lecturer in Mathematics and Mr. J. G. Head Lecturer in Economics.

As part of the expansion programme of the College, fi ve further posts have been advertised. These are a 8enior Lectureship or J.;ectureship in Law, a Senior Lectureship or Lectureship in Geography, a Senior Lectureship in Chinese, a Lectureship in German and a temporary lectureship in Classics. It is hoped that ap­pointments can be made in time for the appointees to take up duty in 1957.

A dmission of Teachers' College Stude;nts Another development has been the recent agreement

with the New South Wales Department of Education, whereby New South Wales Teachers' College Scholar­ships will be tenable at the Canberra University College by students qualified to complete requirements for de­grees in Arts and Commerce.

Teachers' College scholars admitted under this agree­ment will, after graduating at Canberra, complete their final year of professional training at Sydney Teachers' College. Throughout their course they will receive free tuition and the appropriate allowance. Selection of these students will be on the basis of the award of all teachers' college scholarships at the university level.

In framing this agreement, the New South Wales :Minister for Education and the College Council had in mind, fi rst of all, students resident in or near Canberra who would prefer to live at home while completing re­quirements for a university degree. Places at the Col­lege, however, will be available for qualified scholarship \vinners living elsewhere who can board in Canberra. Allowances at the appropriate boarding rate will be paid to students so admitted.

The Minister for Education in New South Wales, the Hon. R. J. Heffron, M.L.A., has expressed his ap­preciation of the co-operation and far-sightedness of the College Council and its Minister in thus helping to ex­tend higher education and teacher training for young people in the area likely to be served by the new pro­visions.

It is hoped that the first students admitted under this agreement will be enrolled at the College in 1957.

Free Places for X ew South Wales Govemment T eachers in Ganberra.

Schoolteachers already permanent employees of the New South Education Department and attached to schools in the Australian Capital Territory may now emol at the College fo r first degree courses without pay­ment of lecture fees. The terms and conditions of en­rolment will be the same as those in force for the enrol­ment of internal first degree teacher-students at other Universities in New South Wales.

This agreement, the result of co-operation between

the University College and the New South Wales Educa­tion Department with the concurrence of the Minister for the Interior, will be of considerable benefit to school­teachers in Canberra who wish to follow degree courses at the College.

l 'isiting F'ulbright Professor

Professor Martin L. Bl{lck, Jnr., Professor of Ac­counting at Duke University, North Carolina, has been a visiting Fulbright Professor at the College, arriving at the beginning of June for a period of six months.

Professor Black lectured on selected topics to the Accountancy classes at the College and on 15th August delivered a public lecture on the "Status of Account­ing in American Industry. '' During his stay in Aus­tralia he visited all the Australian Universities for the purpose of conducting lectures and seminars and also addressed meetings of the Australian Society of Ac­countants in the Capital cities which he visited.

In addition to his academic appointment at Duke University, Professor Black is consultant to the Comp­troller of the Atomic Energy Commission and has acted as Chief Accountant for the office of the Prices Admin­istration in the U.S.A.

He has published a number of books and articles on Cost Accounting, Price Control and Co-operative Societ­ies.

Inaugural Lectures

Inaugural lectures were delivered by the newly ap­pointed Robert Garran Professor of Law and the Pro­fessors of Mathematics and Psychology during the third term.

On 19th July, Professo1· F. V. A.tkinson, Professor of Mathematics, spoke on ''The Frontiers of Pure Mathematics." Professor C. A.. Gibb, Professor of Psychology, chose ''Rats, Relations and Roles" as the title of his inaugural lecture given on 5th September. On 3rd October Professo1· J. G. Fleming, Robert Garran Professor of Law, treated the subject ''Accident La.w and Social Insurance. ' ' Copies of these lectures will la ter be available.

P1~blic L ectures As well as the Inaugural Lectures, a successful ser­

ies of other public lectures took, place at the College. On 4th July, Professor A.rnold Toynbee, the eminent

historian, delivered a lecture entitled ''An Historian Looks at the World To-day."

Professor Yusuf IIusain, H ead of the Department of History, Osmania University, H.yderabad, gave a public lecture at the College on 21st June. His subject was ' ' India 's Past and Present.''

Dr. G. A.. Wilkes, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Sydney, delivered the first of the two Commonwealth Literary Fund Lectures on 29th August. Dr. Wilkes spoke on "Some Trends in Australian Verse.' ' The second of the Commonwealth Literary Fund Lectures, to have been given in September by Mr. T. lngltis llloore, Senior Lecturer in Australian Litera­ture at the College, was postponed owing to Mr. Inglis Moore 's illness. It is expected that Mr. Moore will be able to give the lecture entitled "The Poetry of Judith Wright" in February, 1957.

On 6th September, Mr. 'P. S. R. Boase, President of

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Magdalen College, Oxford, gave a public lecture at the College on ''Contemporary Art" and illustrated it with excellent slides.

A'nnual Psychology Conf e1·ence

The Australian Branch of the Brit ish Psychological Society held its annual conference at the College in Aug­ust. Sixty delegates were welcomed at a cocktail party given by the College and later attended the week-long programme of research papers and r eports. One public meeting honouring the centenary of Freud's birth was well attended. Tours were made by delegates to many

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places of interest including the Koomarri School, the Australian National University and the Commonwealth 0 bservatory.

Local arrangements were in the hands of Mr. Seagrim and Mrs. Summers, both members of the Psychology Department of the College.

The annual general meeting of the branch elected Professor J. F . CJark of the New South Wales Uni­ver sity of Technology its chairman for the ensuing year, while Professor C. A. Gibb, Professor of Psychology at the College, was elected vice-chairman and chairman for 1957-58.

THE NINTH SINOLOGICAL CONFERENCE IN PARIS

Professor H. B ielenstein, H ead of the School of Oriental Studies at the College, attended the Ninth Sin.ologicnl Conference in Paris from 2nd to 8th September, 1956.

Following is his rep01·t on the Conf erence.

The Ninth Sinological Conference was held in Paris and lasted from September 2-8. Some hundred and fifty scholars from more than twenty-five differ ent countries attended. Almost every university was r epr esented, anJ most of the leading scholars in the field were present. The congress served two purposes. On the one hand, learned papers were read, followed by discussions. On the other hand, the heads of delegations gave reports on the state of sinology in their various countries.

The main topic for papers and discussions was the problem of periodization in Chinese history although lectures also were given in such different fields as Chinese archeology, art and linguistics. For a long time, the interest of many scholars has been concentrated on the problems of the main periods in Chinese history and how these can be discerned in order to gain a clearer insight into the forces at work in Chinese society. Traditional explanations have been found insufficient and new ways have therefore been sought. Outstanding scholars, such as Pulley blank (Cambridge ) , H. Franke (Munich), W. Franke (Hamburg) , Hulsewe (Leiden), Prusek (Prague ) , Schwarts (Hjarvard ) , Wright (Stan­ford ) and others, read papers to present their views. Depending on their special fields of research, whether political history, social institutions, history of religions, or literature, they indicated various new approaches which will prove helpful in analysing the cycles of Chinese history. 'l' he western scholars were in general a" reement that recent Chinese marxist interpretations w

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ere fairly worthless since these were based on the pre-

conceiw d idea of a st age of slave society in China, fol­lowed by a feudal society, which in turn was overthrown by the communist r evolution. The very interesting dis­cussions proved that the Chinese delegates, Chien Po­tsan, Chou I-liang, and Chang Che-lin, were not willing to question any basic marxist principles which is not a good sign for future historical work in China. Other lecturers showed, however, that in fields like archeology, which are less open to ideological interpretation, excel­lent work is carried out in China.

I myself read a paper on the problem of periodization within the major dynasties. In the same way in which certain cycles may be discerned in history as a whole, a dynasty also has its distinct periods. Starting from the enfoeffment practices of the Han dynasty, I in­dicated statistical methods which can be used to throw new light on a dynastic cycle.

Various museums in Paris had arranged special ex­hibitions of Chinese materials for the delegates of the conference. l''urthermore, the National Library had a most interesting display of valuable ancient Chinese manuscripts from the Tun-huang caves.

The Lord Mayor of Paris received the delegates of 1.he conference, and I was asked to write my name fol' Australia in the book of the City of Paris.

Of t he greatest importance were three sessions in which the leaders of delegations gave special reports. I described in detail the progress of oriental studies at the Canberra University College and our plans for the future as well as the work carried out at the Australian National University and the University of Sydney. This report was received with considerable interest. It served the purpose of emphasizing in the minds of other schol­ars the growing realization that Canberra is gradually developing into a major centre for oriental studies.

NEWS 01<" THE UNIVERSITIES

The University of Melbourne The new Wilson Hall was opened by the Governor

of Victoria, Sir Dallas Brooks, on 22nd March, 1956. The first official function held in the Hall after the

opening was the Annual Commencement and Conferring of Degrees on 24th March. From 26th March to 3rd April the Hall was open for inspection, during which time an e~ibition was held in which the University's

Royal Charter, working drawings of the old and new Halls an d other records of University history were on display.

The Centenary Celebrat ions were held from 14th to 16th August, commencing with an Official Welcome and Oration in the after n<Jon of 14th, followed in the e ening by a Universi ty dinner; on the n ext morning in the Wilson H all a Conferring of Honorary Degrees

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was combined with the Presentation of Addresses by visiting delegates and in the evening a Council Banquet was held also in the Wilson Hall. The College was represented at these functions by the Chairman of the Council of the College, Dr. B. T. Dickson, and by the Principal, Professor H. Burton. Dr. Dickson presented a formal address from the College. A graduate of Queen 's University, Ontario, Canada, Dr. Dickson repre­sented also that University and presented an address on its behalf.

In September an exhibition was held in the Wilson .Hall of the congratulatory addresses presented to the

niversity on the occasion of its centenary by other Universities throughout the world.

Several new appointments have been announced. A new Professor of Education has been appointed in the person of Mr. W. H. Frederick, at present Headmaster of Wesley College, to succeed Professor G. S. Browne who will r etire at the end of the year.

Dr. William !Voodn~ff has been appointed to the Chair of Economic History, recently vacated by Pro­fes or P. A. La Nauze, who resigned it to become the first Emest Scott Professor of History.

Dr. L. J. Ray has been appointed Associate Pro­fessor of Anatom~· to be !'esponsible for undergraduate teaching and for the detailed administration of the Department.

Por his internationally famous work in Medical His­tory, D1·. K. F. Rttssell has been appointed Reader in that subject, in addition to his position as Associate Professor in Anatomy.

The Senior Lecturer-in-Charge of Porestry, Mr. J. TI. Chi11ner, has been promoted to the rank of Reader­in-Charge from 1st July, 1956.

Mr. A. E. Fe1·gus01~, of the Department of Electrical Engineering, has also been promoted to the rank of Reader in Electronics.

Another member of the staff advanced to the rank of Reader is JJ1r . .tl. L. Turner, Sub-Dean of the Faculty of I,aw, who becomes Reader in Jurisprudence from 1st July, 1956.

The Un iversity of Sydney

The title of Emeritus Professor has been conferred upon Professor A. P. Elkim who retired at the end of ];ent 'ferm from the Chair of Anthropology, which be had occupied since January, 1934.

Professor C. W. Shoppee, Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the Paculty of Science in the University of Wales, has been appointed to the chair of Organic Chemistry.

In succession to Professor D. P . Craig, Professor A. E. Alexa~~tder, Professor of Applied Chemistry and Dean of the Paculty of Science in the New South Wales Uni­versity of Technology, has been appointed Professor of Physical Chemistry.

Dr. W. H. Witt?-ich, Reader in Aeronautical Engin­eering, has been appointed to the Lawrence Hargrave Chair of Aeronautical Engineering in succession to Profes or A. V. Stephens.

The Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Emeritus Pro­fesS01' S. H. Roberts, left Australia on 5th October for the United States and Canada, where, at the invitation of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, he will visit the major universities.

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The Australian National University

Professor E. W. Titte1·tm (Nuclear Physic ) was pre ent at the Monte Bello Islands as a member of the Atomic Weapons Safety Committee during the tests held in May and .Tune.

Professor E. J. Fenner (Microbiology ) spent three weeks in Indonesia advising on the staffing and equip­ping of l\'Iedical Schools in. the Indonesian Universities. Profes or S. Sutherland, of Melbourne, and Professor H. N. Robson of Adelaide, travelled to Indonesia with Professor Penner, the visit being spon ored under the Colombo Plan.

Professm· L. C. W ebb was a member of a delegation which visit Taiwan (Formosa) for two weeks in August at the invitation ·of the Chinese Government.

Professor 0. H. J(. Spate (Geography), overseas on tudy leave, has travelled widely in the United Kingdom

lecturing to University and local geographical societies. Hie visited Holland in pursuit of material on the di cov­ery of Australia and intend~ visiting Portugal for the same reason. In August he flew to Rio de Janeiro as a guest of the International Geographical Union which had asked him to be a Chairman of Section at its Con­gress. He will spend some time in India at the request of the Indian Government and is expected to return to Canberra in December.

The University of Adelaide

JI!Ir. R. A. Jensen, Director of Housing and Borough Architect in the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington, in London, has been appointed to the new Chair of Architecture.

Professm· A. X. J eff'ares has resigned as Jury Pro­fe sor of Engli h Language and Literature on accepting the Chair of English Literature in the University of Leeds. He will take up his new appointment in Pebru­ary, 1957.

Dr. C. S. Piper has resigned as Reader in Soil Chemistry at the W aite Agricultural Research Insti­tute in order to accept appointment as Senior Principal Research Officer in the C.S.T.R.O. Division of Soils.

A new oro·an is to be provided for the Bonython Hall by members of the Bonython family in memory of the late Miss Edith Bonython.

The University of Western Australia 'l'he first Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in

~;le Medical School will be P1·ofessor Gm·don King, vYho holds a similar post in the University of Hong Kong and is as well Pro Vice-Chancellor of that Uni­versity.

llfr. C. W. D. Lewis has been appointed to the Chair of Surgery. Prior to his appointment Mr. Lewis was Senior Assistant and Senior Lecturer in the Surgical Unit of the Welsh National School of Medicine with honorary consultant status.

D1·. E. G. Saint, at present Director of the Clinical Research Unit of the Royal Perth Hospital, has been appointed Professor of Medicine.

The first Professor of Anatomy will be Dr. D . C. Svnclair, lecturer in Anatomy in Ruskin School of Fine Art, lecturer in Anatomy at Pem'broke College, Oxford, and examiner in Anatomy for the Oxford B .M. exam­inations.

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Th e Chair of Microbiology has been filled by the appointment of D1·. N. F . Stanley, at present Director of the Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and Director of Microbiology at the Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney.

The University of Tasmania

Rev. John Mclllanners, Dean, Chaplain and Fellow of St. Edmunds Hall, Oxford, has been appointed Professor of History and will take up duty in Novem­ber.

Mr. P. 8cott, at present Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University, has been appointed .Professor of Geography.

Professor A. Burn who has retired from the Chair of Engineering has been appointed Emeritus Professor.

The University of Queensland

Dr. J. Bustin ha.s resigned his Lectureship in His­tory to accept an appointment as Fellow in Pacific His­tory in the Australian National University. Dr. Bas­tin will be engaged in research on the modern history of Indonesia under the direction of Professor J. W. Davidson, Head of the Department of Pacific History.

Dr. J. R. Lawle1·, Lecturer in French, will take up his appointment as Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Melbourne in 1957.

Dr. J. A . ](eats has been appointed Senior Lecturer in Psychology.

Dr. J. JJ1. S!dhedand has been appointed Senior Lecturer (Clinical) in Medicine.

The Australian Humanities Research Council

The Inaugural Meeting of the Australian Human­ities R.esearch Council was held in University House, Canberra, on Jst and 2nd November, 1956, with 18 oi: the 26 members of the Council attending. The follow­ing were elected officers of the Executive Committee for 1957: Chairman, Professor A. D. 'frendall, Australian N'ational University; Vice-Chairman, Professor A. G. Mitchell, University of Sydney; Hon. Secretary, Dr. A. Grenfell Price, University of Adelaide; Members: Pro­fessor J. J. Auchmuty, Newcastle University College; Professor R. M. Crawford, University of Melbourne; Professor R. B. Farrell, University of Sydney; Professor H. K . Hunt, University of Melbourne.

The Council expressed its deep appreciation to the Prime Minister for the Government grant of £4,000 a year, and to the Carnegie Corporation of New York for

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granting it $3,4 00 in order to make possible the resump­tion of the exchange of Australian and Canadian visit­ing scholars which the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee had been unable to finance after the initial year. The Council hoped that the Rockefeller Founda­tion would contribute to a survey of the state of the Humanities in the Australian Universities, which would be the chief task of the Council during its first two years.

The Council also placed on record its appreciation of the work done by Professor A. N. Jeffares, (who io;; resigning npon being appointed to the Chair of English Literature in the University of Leeds ) , whose initiative was largely responsible for it creation, and \rho was its first Secretary. It i to his enthusiasm and organizing ability that the progress already made by the Council is largely due.

As Dr. A. Grenfell Price wa elected secretary in place of Professor Jeffares and was also appointed editor of the Ilumanities Suney, the Council decideJ for the time being to retain the secretariate in the University of Adelaide. It wa also decided to issue an annual volume of "Proceedings" with details of members and of Council activities, and to sponsor the publication of a series of Monographs on the Human­ities and to consider, when finances permitted, the pub­lication of a "Humanities Journal," which would be open to contributors oversea as well as in Australia and New /jealand . A Publications Board consisting of Profes ors hisholm, Crawford (Professor LaNauze to act as his deputy) and Mitchell were appointed to review all C(Jntributions submitted.

The Council also decided to in crease its member­ship by the admission of a few Honorary Members as well as Special Members who might be eo-opted because of the particular service they could render to the cause of the Humanities in Australia. As Honorary Mem­bers, there were elected Mr. Justice J. A. Ferguson, T.1itt.D., the author of the famous Australian bibli­ography; Professor E. Morris Miller, Litt.D., well­known authority on Australian Literature. Dr. H. C. Coombs, Governor of the Commonwealth Bank of Aus­tralia and Chairman of the Elizabethan Theatre Trust, and Mr. H. L. White, Commonwealth Librarian, were eo-opted as Special Members.

A strong team of sub-editors is already collecting information for the SU1·vey of the Humanities in Aus­tralia, and the Council hopes to publish its finilingR iu 1958.

PUBLICATIONS Comrnnnwealth Vnit•ersities Yearbook

'fhe Year Book is the principal publication of the Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth and has appeared regularly since 1914, except for a break in 1942-46 clue to war-tium conditions. It is a prime source of information about the personnel, or­ganisation, regulations and recent activities of Common­wealth Universities and has now established itself as the authoritative single volume work of reference on both general and special academic questions for the countries of the Commonwealth.

The 1956 edition is now available and its 2,000

pages contain entries for all University institutions in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Ceylon, Pakistan, and other parts of the Commonwealth. The entrieR for , eparate coun­tries or groups of countries are preceded by an intro­ductory chapter on the history, regulations and prac­tice of its Universities generally.

Among the new features in the 1956 edition of the Yearbook are an appendix on British academic institu­tions abroad, and an analysis in many of the separate University entries of the distribution of students by Faculties.

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'rhe or dinary price of the volume is £3/ 3/ - stg., bu I 1 he l niversitie and Colleges (and their staffs) which are members of the Association of Univer sities of the British Commonwealth, as well as institutions connected th erewith , inclndin g Halls of Re. id ence anrl Btudents ' Unions, may obtain copies at the specinl reduced rate of £2/ 2/ - stg. (by post £2/ 4/ - stg. ) i[ ordered dirl'ct from the Association of the Universiti es of the British Comm onwealth, ::36 Gordon SquarE', Lon­don, W.C.l. , England , and r emittance enclosed with orcl er.

Th e Unive1·sity of Jl!elbowrne - A Centenary Portrait

'L'h is hook, arrangl'd and illnstrated by Norman H. Olver with the narrative by Geoffr ey Blainey, pre­sents the life and activities of the Univer sity of Mel­bourne on the occasion of its centenary. More than a hundrNl and fifty photographs have been specially pre­pared to show the University in detail: its architecture, its residential colleges and halls, its student facilities and its playing fields, its functions of teaching and . research.

The opening pages provide an historical introduc­tion , and separate chapter are devoted to Governm ent and Finance, 'l'eaching and Research, The Biudents, and The Colleges.

P rinted by the Melbourne University Press, Cen­tcna1·y Portrait is priced at 17/ 6 per copy.

V erbatirn Report of th e 1955 Home Universities ronfm·ence : T he Committe of V1·ce-ChanceU'ors and Principals

of the Universities of the United Kingdom The Repor t of Proceedings of t he 1955 Conference

of the l niYersitiel-1 of Great Britain and Northern Treland have now been published.

'I'h E' three topi cs of di cussion at the Conference " ·ere F'1·om the Fhxth Form to the Univer·sity, principal speakers: ::\fr. H. D. P. Lee of W inchester College, Dr. K. Anderson of North London Collegiate School and Profes!'ior N. F. l\Iott of Cambridge; Tlw Financing of rlcsrarch in Univ ersities by Ontside Bodies, principal speakers: Dr. V. E . Cosslett of Cambridge, Professor II. W. Melville of Birmingham and Sir Harold R ims­worth of the Medical Research Council ; and T he Age Gr01"P Bulge and Its P()ssibLe E ffec ts on University Policy, principal s peaker. : Dr. G. E . F. Chilver of Oxford and P r ofessor R. G. D. Allen of the London S chool of Economics and Political Science.

Copies of the Report may be obtained at 3/ 6 each, post free, from The Se c1·etary. The Association of Uni­<.·o·sites of the British ComrnonweaUh, 36 Gordon , 'q1ta1·e, 1V.C.l., England.

Copies of the Reports of the Conference held in 1949, 1952 and 1954 are still available (price, post free, 1949: 1/ 6; 1952 and 1954 : 2/ 6 each). All other Reports in this series are now ou t of pr int.

RESEARCH GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, ETC.

General Motors - Holden's Ltd. Postgraduate Research Fellowships

Applications have been invited from University graduates for one General Motors-Ilolden's Ltd. post­graduate research fellowship tenable at the Canberra Universi ty College for one year in the first instance with the possibility of an extension up to a total of three years.

'l'he value of the fellowship will be not less than

£800 a vcar or more than £1,200 a year, the amount being di termined according to the needs and seniority of the successful applicant. Emoluments may be 0xempt from Australian income tax.

The College has facilities for post-graduate studies in Economics and Commerce, Arts and L aw. Applic­ants may be able to enrol for a degree of M.A., :r.I. Com., or LL.M:

United States Educational Foundation in Australia

United States Govenmu nt Grants to Resea1·ch S cholars and Visiting L ectnr·crs, 1057-5 .

The Government of the United States of America ha..<; allocated funds und l'r the United States Informa­tion and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (Smith­Mundt Act) for the purpose of providing supplement­ary doll ar aid to Australian Re earch Scholars and Lecturers wishing to engage in adYanccd research or lecturing at American Univer ities or other approved institutions of higher learning during the academic year 1957-58.

These opportunities are offered in conjunction with United States Government Travel Grants un.der the Fulbright Act and intending applicants will be con­sidered for both a Fulbright Tranl Grant and a sup­plementary dollar award under the Smith-Mundt Act. B enefits :

1. Supplementary dollar assistance under the Smith­Jifundt Act. (a) An allowance of $300 per month for a periou

of between 3 and 10 months, depending on

the amount of other dollar assistance available to the gr antee.

2. Travel Grant under the F'ulbri.qht Act. Travel grants will cover the cost of r etu rn t r ans­por tation from the grantee's home town in A u. ­t ralia to the place of lecturing or r esearch in the United States, together with a small per diem allowance while traYelling outside t he continen ts of Nor th Amer ica and Australia .

Number of Awards. There will be two full gr ants for the 1957-58 acad­

emic year . Applications :

l~urther information a · to conditions of eligibili ty and category qualifications, as well as forms for applica­tion may be obtained from the Unit ed States Educa­t ional Fot~ndation in A1tstmlia, Box 89, G.P.O., Can­berra, A.C.T.

Applications close with the Foundation on December 31, 1956. Successful applicants will receive notification of their awards about the end of June. 1957.

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Fulhright Travel Grants, 1957-58.

The United States Educational Foundation an­Jtotmces that, under the provisions of the Fulbright Act, travel grants are available to Au tralian citizens to go to the United States for study, research or lectur·· ing at American universities and other institutions of higher learning during 1957-58.

The e travel grants are available for travel to the United States for or during the American academic year September, 1957 to June, 1958. All travel grants covc1· the cost of direct travel between. the candidate's home in Australia and the institution he wishes to at­tend in the United States. No allowances are made for dependants' travel.

All awards are m.ade in open competition.

Applications are accepted in tite following categor­ies :

(a) Advanced research scholars and visiting lectur­ers (usually scholars at the post-doctoral level ). The closing date for the receipt of applications is 28th February, 1957.

(b) Postgraduate students. The closing date for the receipt of applications is 28th February, 1957.

(c) Special categories award (for persons whose professions do not require highly specialised academic qualifications). The clo ing date is 30th April, 1957.

Further information and application forms may be obtained from the United States Edtwational Founda­tion in Att,stralt'a, Box 89, G.P.O ., Canberra, A.C.T.

Stanf~rd University Scholarships

The ..,1ssociated Students of StanfO'rd Unh.:ersity aw<'trr'l Rcholat·ships yearly to outstanding stud­ent leaders from abroad. These awards, spon­sorerl by Stanford University, The Associated Students, an cl t lw stnclrnt li Ying groups, are made on the ba is of intellectual nromise and broad interests in non­<'~cailem ic activities. The final selection of candidates is made by representatives of the campus living groups, wht>re the reci!)ients will live.

The purpose of the Scholarship is to promote the intimate exchange of ideas and beliefs among the stud­ents of all n.ntions in order to secure the mutual under­standing necessary for promotion and maintaining '"orld peace.

The Scho larship provides the following: 1. Travel expenses within the United States. 2. Room, Board, and complete tuition for nme

months. 3. Book and vacation allowances. -1. Incidental expenses of $35.00 per month.

The minimum requirements are: ] . Experience as a leader in student affairs. 2. l•'ield of Study - Social Sciences, i.e. : Interna­

tional Relations, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, Education and related fields.

3. Proficiency in reading, writing, and peaking the

English language. 4. Age : 18 to 25. 5. Unmarried. 6. Never before have been to the United States or

Canada.

In addition to academic pursuits, a broad programme of extra-curricular activities is planned for the Schol­ars, with the expectation that they will concern them­Relves primarily in obtaining a thorough understand-· ing of the United States and its peoples. Because the candidates are expected to share their experiences on returning to their own universities, a duration of stay of no longer than one year in the United States is r equired of recipients of the Scholarship.

· For application blanks and additional information please write before January ]5, 1957, to the ASSU Foreign Scholarship Committee, Stanford, California, United States of America.

All letters of in<]uiry requesting application blanks must be accompanied by two single-rate Universal Postal Union coupons for surface mail. For air mail, the number of coupons should be increased in pro­portion to the rate from your l\'ation to the United States.

Completed applications MUST be be received before February 20, 1057.

The Sister Trust- New Hall of Residence,

London.

The Controller of the Sister Trust, Dame Jocelyn Woollcombe, D.B.E., announces that it is hoped to open in February. 1957, a new Hall of Residence for women - post-graduate students and married post-graduate students in London.

The building, to be known as "William Goodenough House'' in memory of its Founder, will have 108 study­bedmoms for women students and 22 fiats of varying sizes for married students. The address is MeclclenbtP'gh Square, London) W.U.l.

As the If all of Residence is primarily for post­graduate students, it is open all the year and it is,

1 here fore, possible to offer temporary accommodation I or students visiting London cl uring the normal Uni­versity vacations, when regular residents are away.

Pending the completion. of William Goodenough IIousc, accommodation is available in existing premises and flats.

]<'or information on tariffs, intending residents may e:ommunicate with the Registrar of the College or write directly to the Sister Trust, London House, Guildford Street, London, W.C.l.

The Federal Capital Press, Canberra.