UNIVERSITY HOUSE
UNIVERSITY HOUSE
1. University House, which is situated within t h e University grounds, is a club for t h e members of t h e University staff. It was instituted in 1953 for the purpose of creating within the University a wider and more varied society than any single department could offer, and in the hope that it would promote friendship and the fruitful exchange of ideas between people whose work was varied yet bad a common objective. It was intended to provide members with meals in pleasant surroundings, to serve as a place where colleagues from other universities might b e entertained, and to assist members in their private entertaining. T h e House possesses a liquor licence.
2. T h e present members of the committee a r e :
President Pnoptuson C. E. M<X>HHOCSK Vice-President Miss L. II. SKMMICNS Hun. Secretary Mn. J. KKNNKPY Hon. Treasurer M H . C. R. NOHBIS
Members:
Mn. R. F. GAHTON
MH. A. D . ILM.LAM D K . J. MCANDHMW M B . R. V. S. Huciir-s Mn. K. OTWAY Mn. W . R. B. MARTIN M H . H. A. PKKSSKH
3. University House is Gnanced by members' subscriptions, donations, with some assistance from t h e Council of t h e University. T h e building is t h e property of t h e University but its contents belong to t h e members.
4. Membership of t h e House is in accordance with the constitution approved by the members at a general meeting and can only b e changed by a general meeting of members.
( a ) Foundation Members
Foundation members shall b e those persons who were admitted as foundation members before 31st July. 1953.
( b ) Non-foundation Members
( a ) t h e Chancellor, the Deputy Chancellor, t h e Vice-Chancellor, members of t h e Council of t h e University, t h e Warden of Convocation and former Chan- cellors and Vice-Chanccllors of t h e University, President and Chairman of t h e Graduate Union;
( b ) full-time members of the academic staff of tlie University with the status of tutor or higher status;
( c ) full-time members of the administrative staff—
( i ) who have t h e status of administrative officer or higher status, or (ii) who arc senior librarians or librarians grade A or librarians grade B;
(iii) who are female administrative assistants;
(iv) who arc laboratory managers, Chief Technical Officers or Senior Bacteriologists;
( d ) full-time research workers in any of the following categories—
( i ) research fellows and research officers, .
(ii) graduates pursuing on approved course for t h e degree of Ph.D., (iii) full-time research workers with status higher than those of categories
( i ) and ( i i ) , i (iv) other full-time research workers deemed eligible by the committee;
( c ) part-time members of the teaching, reseat co or administrative staff of the University deemed eligible by the committee. Eligibility will, in general, b e govemed by a teaching load of approximatery 40 hours per year, and status equivalent to the categories listed in ( b ) , ( c ) and ( d ) above;
(f) the heads of Affiliated Colleges and Universitv Halls of Residence and senior full-time salaried graduate staff of such colleges and halls; and persons who work for the greater part of their time within the University as senior officers of kindred organizations who are deemed eligible by the Committee;
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Note: Senior members of Colleges and Halls who are not employed full- time by these Institutions should qualify for membership under ( b ) , ( c ) , ( d ) or (e) above. '
(g) visiting professors, lecturers, research workers and members of the staffs of other universities who ore hot in any of the above categories who are not admitted as temporary honorary members under Rule 11 and who are deemed eligible by the Committee.
(h) former members of staff of this University or of other universities who are currently associated with this University and its work and who are deemed eligible by the Committee.
A person admitted to membership under any rules previously in force who retains his qualification for membership under those rules as at 30th June, 1954, shall not cease to be eligible to continue his membership merely because he Is not within any of the abovementioned categories. '
(c) Associate Members
The following persons may be elected to associate membership by the committee for such period as the committee determines—
(a) any person eligible for membership (clauses 3 or 4 ) ;
( b ) the wife or husband (not being in statu pupiUari) of a member (clauses 3 or 4 ) ;
(c) any person who is a member of the staff of the University not described In clause 4 deemed eligible by the Committee.
( d ) the widow or widower of a deceased member (Clauses 3, 4, 12,13 and 15).
(d) Affiliated Members
(a) The committee may elect as an Affiliated member, any person who is a member of the staff of another Victorian University and who is also a member of an organization which is deemed by the Committee to be the nearest equivalent to University House available to him In his own Uni- versity, provided that he is not otherwise eligible to be a member of University House under Clauses 4 or 15.
( b ) Affiliated members shall pay an annual subscription of Ine-third the full membership fee.
Associate and affihated members shall not be qualified—
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a) to be officers or members of the commitee; or b) to vote as members of the club; or(c) to propose or second candidates for membership or office.
5. The house is open for the full academic year and is normally closed for 4 weeks at Christmas.
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