Zifcak, as one of the two undergraduate representatives, expired during the year and Mr. H. The transfer of Forestry and the new designation of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry took effect on June 1, 1 9 7 3 .Hammond The year 1973 was an unusual one in the Faculty of Arts because of the amount of change and g r o w t.
M E D I C I N E Dean: Professor Sir Lance Townsend The high level of competition for places in the first year of the course continued. Again a number of Conservatoire students entered these competitions and won in the V i c t o r i a n preliminary competition of the A. Much attention was given to the future of Music in the University and this brought the Faculty into close collaboration with the Victorian College of the A rt s.
THE LIBRARY
I am grateful to Professor Blood for assuming the responsibilities of the Dean's Office during my absence on furlough, and Mr. J. Arundel for assuming the responsibilities of Acting Professor and Chair of the Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences. Funds were approved by the Australian Universities Commission for the appointment of a systems librarian with the necessary support staff to work in the library as a systems planning group.
His contribution to the development of library services within the University, particularly to the planning of the Baillieu Library, was the subject of a minute of appreciation by the Library Committee.
RESEARCH
At a time of rapid technological development and increasing pressures for new services, it is clear that the current manual systems used in the library, which have evolved over a long period of time, could benefit from a detailed assessment by someone experienced in library systems and design and familiar with automation of library systems. Although it was not possible to recruit this specialist staff by the end of the year, the project will be under heavy pressure and should represent a significant development in the library over the coming years. was provided by the Australian Universities Commission in the form of specific research grants and equipment grants.
BUILDINGS
At this stage of the third year, progress on the construction program is satisfactory and it is expected that the problems of the four final projects will be resolved in 19 7 4. At the end of the year, the University continued to operate separately on the first floor. During the year the 'M i e g u n y a h' property in Toorak came to the University through a generous bequest from the late Sir Russell and the late Lady Grimwada.
Vincent's, the Otolaryngology area of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear and at the Mercy Hospital.
FINANCE
Research project into the applicability of mathematics for diagnosing, analyzing and solving problems in economic, industrial and social organisations. The challenge for the university is to ensure that the absorption of the costs of these activities by redistribution of normal recurring funds occurs as planned. Purchase of equipment for the C o m p u t e r ' C e n t r e has reduced fees on recurring revenue for equipment rental.
From the end of the Second World War, the Australian Government increasingly entered the field of university funding, both in the provision of direct scholarships to the university and in meeting the fees of Commonwealth Scholars. However, the state government has continued to provide a very significant portion of the university's total recurring revenue. With the consent of the state governments, the Australian government decided to assume full financial responsibility for the funding of state universities in early 1974.
Previous annual reports have referred to the problems with increases in pay scales and prices exceeding the estimates built into the university's original state grants to accommodate such increases. The Australian Government has decided that, before the beginning of 1 9 7 4 , supplementary Government grants will be made towards the cost of increases in pay scales for general staff and non-wage posts which were not envisaged when the original appropriations for the t r i e n n i u m were approved. Budget planning in the latter part of 1973 was aimed at assessing the effect this decision would have on the university's finances for the balance of the t r i e n n i u m .
It contains government grants, student fees and other income available to meet the general teaching and operating expenses of the University, as well as expenditure and appropriations for this income. For Central and Branch libraries For Central Administration For student support services Transfer to the Student Loan Fund.
STUDENT AFFAIRS
The Kaleidoscope tour has now been recognized as a large and integral part of the university's activities and is proving to be a very welcome addition to the life of the theatre. Peter M c M u l l i n was elected Chairman of the Union's Board of Directors and Mr. Zev Eizik was elected Chairman of the Union's Council.
UNIVERSITY SPORT
THE GRADUATE UNION
In the second half of 1973, negotiations continued for the purchase of a large warehouse next to Graduate House and the division of the university's property. Despite the severe financial tightness for the Graduate Council, this consolidation of its properties opens the prospect of a much broader collegiate role, the implications of which are already drawing the attention of the Council. A common approach by Kathleen Lumley College, a postgraduate residential college of the University of Adela i d e, failed to convince college commissioners in Canberra that the unrealistically high demand (90 per cent) of residents to actually pursue postgraduate studies , had to relax. as a condition for future capital support.
The University gains great benefit by providing comfortable accommodation for senior postgraduate staff and distinguished academic visitors in many fields of learning and research.
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS
MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY
OBITUARY
OVERSEAS LEAVE
Craven, Mathematics, spent most of his study leave lecturing and researching at the University of Sheffield. Academy, studied methods for research into aerodynamics and hydrodynamics at low speeds at the University of Southampton. Day, Physiology, was involved in research programs at the University of Heidelberg, West Germany, and M c M a s t e r University.
Professor Alastair H e r o n, Psychology, was visiting professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, for three months. Orams, Dental M e d i c i n e and Surgery, taught and researched at the Dental School of the University of Southern California, and visited other dental schools and research institutes in the US, England and Europe. Perkins, Economics, presented a paper on the current economic situation in Australia and the recent change of government at the University of London.
Robson, inorganic chemistry, participated in research projects at the Agricultural Research Council's Unit of Nitrogen Fixation, University of Sussex. Stanley, Psychology, was a visiting fellow at the Center for Human Information Processing and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego. Stevens, Civil Engineering, visited engineering institutions in Asia, Europe and North America and conducted research on braced plate structures at the University of Manchester.
Strauss, Industrial Science, attended a conference on air pollution in the Southern Hemisphere held in Pretoria at the University of South Africa. T o l k m i t t , Psychology, v i s i t e d Psychology departments in America and West Germany and taught at the University of Kassel.
GIFTS, GRANTS AND BEQUESTS
f r o m the Department of Mental Hygiene for the Departments of Pathology, Physiology and the Department of Psychiatry, Royal M e l - bourne Hospital. Ltd., primarily for the T o w n and Regional Planning Department, Civil Engineering department and to support the display of the Leonard A d a m Ethnological Collection. 8,950 f r o m the Water Research Foundation of Australia Ltd., for research projects in the Civil Engineering department.
6,850 f r o m Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd., mainly for the Institute of Economic and Social Research A p l i e d , Chair of T o w n and Regional Planning and for a scholarship in Industrial Science. 6,000 f r o m the estate of the late Thomas Baker for the Radiology department, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Baillieu Library. 4 , 9 0 0 f r o m Melbourne University Parents Group towards student advising, improvements to W i l s o n Hall, Conservatory of Music and Mechanical Engineering department.
4,343 f r o m the Child Care Research A d v i s Committee toward research projects in the Psychology and Social Studies department. 3,325 f r o m Commercial Bank of Australia Limited mainly to the Chairman of T o w n and Regional Planning and the Economic and Social Research Institute A p l i d . 2 , 5 0 0 f r o m the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies for the department of Psychiatry, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Conservatoire of M u s i c .
From Mrs. Hertha Dabbert from Europa Gallery, a 'Leo-location' silkscreen print by Peter Phillips. From Sir Daryl Lindsay to Dr Ursula Hoff, his Back Stage Covent Garden watercolor drawing. Poole, engraving by Victor Cobb, "University of Melbourne Medical School" and "University of Melbourne School of Arts", and Leonard Beck's engraving "Harbour Bridge, Sydney N.S.W.".
From the Collectors Association of the Ernst Matthaei Collection, a boat-shaped bowl in Irish glass, c. 1790. From the Ministry of Culture and Science of Greece, a reproduction of the relief of the 'Gods' from the Sanctuary of Artemis, late 5th century BC, the original of which is in the Brauron Museum in Athens; and 170 volumes in modern Greek. From the estate of the late Ada Ann Johnson, the Devereaux Viola along with books and notes on its history and an additional music book.
From the estate of the late Ann Judith Paszek, papers on file at the University Archives. Robertson to the Department of Medical History, a silver claret jug formerly owned by their grandfather, Dr. of James Robertson, who was appointed the first Lecturer in Medicine in our Medical College in 1864, and served on the Council from 1885 until his death in 1893. Wright, manuscript copy of Sir John Medley's verses relating to the old Merchant's Building.
From the Estate of Sir Russell Grimwade, Australiana Collection of books, prints and photographs; vacant land in Selbourne Road, Toorak consisting of.
STATISTICS
DEGREES CONFERRED 1 JULY, 1972 TO 30 JUNE, 1973
SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS AND PRIZES
AWARDED 1973
Latin Part 1—John Grice Exhibition Latin Part 2—Douglas Howard Exhibition Labor Law—rSpero Wilson Memorial.
