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Report on the proceedings of the University for the year ended Slst December, 1969
His Excellency,
Major-General Sir Rohan Delacombe, K.CM.G., K.C.V.O., K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., K.ST.J., Govemor of Victoria,
Your Excellency,
The Council of the University of Melbourne has the honour, in ac- cordance with Section 46 of the University Act 1958, to present the first part of its report on the proceedings of the University during the year 1969.
In addition to a general account of University activities Part One of the Annual Report includes a statement of income and expenditure in respect of the General Fund as submitted for audit.
Part Two of tlie Annual Report, which will be issued later in the year, will be tlie audited financial statements.
I have the honour to be. Sir, Your Excellency's most obedient servant, ROBERT MENZIES Chancellor.
Introduction
The fears expressed in the Introduction to the Annual Report, 1968, that 1969 would be 'an exceedingly difficult financial year for the Univer- sity' proved to be well founded. General inflation continued to affect the University's activities. In particular, there were further increases in non- academic salaries and wages. Towards die end of 1968 all Australian universities had asked the Austrahan Universities Commission to consider the problems wliich those increases were creating for Universities and to recommend supplementary grants to enable them to be met. No assis- tance was received as a result of those requests.
The University's difficulties were exacerbated by the level of recurrent grants recommended by the Australian Universities Commission in its Fourth Report which was made public in August 1969. Severe economies imposed in 1966 as a result of the Government's reduction of the grants recommended for the years 1967-69 by the Australian Universities Com- mission were maintained throughout the triennium. Tlie increases in non-academic salaries and wages were such, however, that it was neces- sary to carry money forward from 1967 and 1968 grants, for expenditure in 1969 to meet the salaries and wages bill for essential staff. The budget was balanced for the whole triennium, but the inevitable result was that our actual expenditure in 1969 exceeded our income for that year. When, in August 1969, the recommended grants for the years 1970-72 were known, it was clear that the money available would fall far short of the the amounts required to meet the University's commitments for those years.
In response to an application made in September 1969 the Govern- ment of Victoria immediately undertook to make a special grant, unmatched by Commonwealth moneys, of $400,000 in each of the years
1970, 1971 and 1972 to assist the University. This grant, with another round of economies, based upon a detailed examination of each depart- ment's activities, will enable the University to hve within its budget. It must be stressed, however, that a balanced budget will have been made possible by restricting almost all academic activities by economic mea- sures which threaten academic standards if the restrictions are maintained.
In its Fourth Report the Australian Universities Commission (using a new method of computation) recommended that all Australian uni- versities should achieve a staff to student ratio of 1 to 11. The Report went further and said that recurrent grants had been recommended to enable that ratio to be achieved. In this University the ratio is approxi- mately 1 to 12 -3 and, on present projections, it will decline to approxi- mately 1 to 12 9 by 1972.
Unless assistance is given, at the very least to enable the increases in non-academic salary and wage increases to be met without taking support away from our academic activities, the future is bleak indeed.
Throughout the year work has proceeded to reform and reorganize the University's affairs so as to strengthen our capacity to continue the University's services so essential to the community. This work has been made doubly necessary by two tilings: first, the change in a very compli- cated and large organization from being a rapidly growing one to one of relatively stable state; and, second, the changed relations with Govern- ments with respect to money, and information, and financial restrictions.
Council
I was re-elected as Chancellor in March, 1969, and Mr L. W. Weick- hardt re-elected as Deputy Chancellor in April. During the year, Mr Weickhardt was overseas for some time and Sir William Upjohn con- sented to accept appointment as second Deputy Chancellor. H e retained this appointment until the end of the year.
The president of the Students' Representative Council became an additional ex officio member and Mr B. E. Burdckin occupied this position during 1969.
An additional representative of the non-Professorial teaching staff was also added to the membership of Council. Mr K. G. Armstrong was appointed as an interim representative during the year and his appointment was confirmed by election at the end of the year for the normal term of office.
A representative of graduate students was added to the Council's membership. Mr J. M. Desmarchelier was elected as an interim repre- sentative during the year. Mr C. J. Ryan was elected at the end of the year to serve the normal term.
Mr P. M. Mulqueen's term of office as a representative of the under- graduates ended and at the end of the year Mr B. C. Hartnett was elected in his place.
The terms of office of five of the members of Council elected by convocation ended in December. The Honourable Mr Justice Sir Alistair Adam did not seek re-election, and Mr W. E. F. Berry was elected in his place. The other four retiring members elected by convocation—
Sir Wilham Upjohn, His Honour Judge Norris, Dr J. G. Campbell, and 804
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tlie Honourable Mr Justice C. J. Menhennitt—were re-elected for a further four-year term.
Convocation and t h e Standing Committee of Convocation
Mr Willam Oliver Harris, Q.C, LL.M., was re-elected Warden of Con- vocation for 1969.
The Annual Meeting of Convocation was held in the Public Lecture Theatre on Friday, 28 March, 1969, preceded by a buffet dinner for members and their guests in the Union House. The guest speaker was the Honourable Malcolm Fraser, then Federal Minister for Science and Education, whose address was entitled 'External Study Facilities and Relationship of Advanced Colleges to Universities'.
The Standing Committee of Convocation met ten times during the year and considered 61 items of legislation. In some cases the legislation was amended by Standing Committee. In all cases the amendments were accepted by Council. Standing Committee also exercised on three occa- sions its statutory power to make suggestions to the Council with respect to the affairs and concerns of the University. During the year elections were held to the Standing Committee of Convocation and the following candidates were elected:
Representing Graduates in Arts:
Miss D. L. Barrett Miss E. J. Crewther Mr A. E. Schruhm.
Representing Graduates in Dental Science:
Dr D. F. Spring.
Representing Graduates in Science:
Miss P. G. Ashworth Mr W. G. Crewther Mr R. E. Paul.
Representing Graduates in Agricultural and Veterinary Science:
Mr R. G. Downes.
Representing Graduates in Music and Education:
Mr W. F. Chappell.
Representing Graduates in Engineering and Architecture:
Mr M. G. Speedie Mr W. Thorn.
Representing Graduates in Law:
Mr R. M. Northrop Mr R. K. Todd.
Representing Graduates in Medicine:
Mr C. D. Donald
Mr W. E. A. Hughes-Jones Dr W. W. Lempriere
Dr C. F. Macdonald Dr G. Penington Mr D. G. Macleish.
In addition a poll was held for a member representing graduates in Commerce and the following was elected:
Mr A. G. Whitlam.
During the year Mr B. C. Randall and Mr B. L. Wardrop were elected to fill casual vacancies for representatives of graduates in Commerce.
Four members of Standing Committee were appointed members of five Standing Committees of Council, thereby continuing the increased participation of Standing Committee and its members in University affairs.
The Professors
Professor R. I. Downing and Professor F. J. Willett were elected at the end of 1968 as Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively of the Professorial Board for 1969. In July, 1969, the Board decided to appoint a Deputy Vice-Chairman, as Professor Downing and Professor Willett were to assist in the preparation of budgets for 1970 and for the triennium 1970-72. Professor M. E. Hargreaves was elected as Deputy Vice- Chairman and he was then appointed as Acting Chairman until Novem- ber. In December, Professor Willett was elected as Chairman for 1970 and Professor Hargreaves was elected as Vice-Chairman.
Professor H. C. Forster (Agriculture), Professor H. A. K. Hunt (Classical Studies), and Professor G. W. Leeper retired at the end of February, and tlie Council conferred the title of Emeritus Professor on them and on Professor C. M. Tattam, who retired from the Chair of Geology and Mineralogy at the end of 1968. Later in the year, Professor A. J. Francis (Civil Engineering) resigned, and at the end of the year Professor E. Dunsdorfs (Economics) and Professor O. A. Ocser (Psy- chology) retired.
The following professors took up duties of chairs during 1969: Pro- fessor G. W. Clarke (Classical Studies), Professor R. N. Coe (French), Profes.sor F. N. Cox (Education), Professor A. G. Lloyd (Agriculture), Professor J. F. Lovering (Geology), Professor G. E. Schulz (Germanic Studies), and Professor L. L. Stubbs (Agriculture).
Associate Professor K. F. Russell was promoted to a personal pro- fessorship in the Department of Anatomy and in Medical History.
It is with regret that the death of Professor S. D. Rubbo (Micro- biology) on 13 April is recorded.
The Faculties AGRICULTURE
Dean: Professor D. E. Tribe
1969 was an important landmark in the history of the Faculty. Two professors, H. C. Forster and G. W. Leeper, retired at the beginning of the year after having given a combined total of almost fifty years' service to the University. New statutes goveming the composition of the Faculty
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became effective in June and the old Faculty, which had been constituted in accordance with the Agricultural Education Act met for the last time in May.
Following the changes in Faculty structure and senior personnel, and with the added but unwanted stimulus of a continuing precarious finan- cial position, it was decided to review in detail the academic and the administrative work of the Faculty. This review is continuing. However, some important developments have aheady taken place:
( a ) The four-year undergraduate course was thoroughly revised, and Faculty has approved a new curriculum which provides a choice of subjects in the final year and gives opportunities for a wider range of teaching and study methods.
( b ) A 'moral tutorial' system was introduced in which each student is assigned for the whole of his student career to a particular member of staff for regular and general counselling purposes.
(c) A detailed review of all examination procedures and policies has been initiated and Faculty decisions on these matters are expected in 1970.
( d ) The administration of the Mt Derrimut Field Station has been changed so that Faculty control has been strengthened.
( e ) The School of Agriculture has been organized as a single depart- ment with the Dean as its head. The School is now administered by a Management Committee. The future of this arrangement will be decided by Faculty in 1970.
Although the quota (70) for student entry in the first year has re- mained constant, the improvement in pass rates which occurred in 1969 will result in an increase in student numbers in 1970.
With the help of the Basic Budgets Group, it has proved possible to readjust the academic staff structure so that an increase in the number of full-time academic staff has been possible despite an overall decrease in the academic staff budget.
Research programmes were maintained at a comprehensive and energetic level. Two important developments were the establishment of a major research group in plant pathology and the opening of the Mt Derrimut Pig Centre. Co-operation with outside research bodies con- cerned with primary industries continued.
The Australian Universities Commission has approved a request for financial support to develop training and research in Agricultural Exten- sion on a continuing basis.
The, outstanding feature of Faculty activities has been the helpful interest and enthusiastic co-operation shown at all times by the. under- graduate and postgradute students, the academic, technical and adminis- trative staff and the extra-mural members of Facultv.
ARCHITECTURE ' Dean: Professor B. B. Lewis
The quota for admissions to the combined first year bachelor degree courses of Architecture and Building was 100, as in 1968. In fact the quota represented a slight increase in numbers because of changes in
the selection procedures and course content for the degree course of Bachelor of Town and Regional Planning.,
In 1969 for the first time, third year architecture students were re- quired by regulation to undertake one year of practical experience before commencing their fourth.year studies. Consequently the total student numbers were reduced by approximately 60.
Pass rates were, in general, good, but once again.some individual subject's pass rates were erratic. It is hoped that the new course which will commence in 1971 will enable students to select optional subjects in which they can perform satisfactorily. This riew course will offer a core of compulsory professional subjects, supplemented by electives, leading to specialization in the final two years.
Once again the heavy undergraduate teaching programme leaves staff little time available for genuine architectural research. The School has acted as consultants to the City of Bendigo in their plans to restore the mining amenities of the city as a tourist attraction. Two study courses, entitled 'Concrete in Architecture' and 'Work Study', were conducted by the School and were well received by the building industry. The en- thusiasm of the participants emphasized the need for extension courses of this type.
1969 was the final year of the triennium and once again the University, by allocating a special grant for teaching appointments, prevented a complete breakdown of the teaching facilities of the Faculty. A special University study of teaching loads has borne out the Faculty claim that it was understaffed. Unfortunately, in view of the Fourth Report of the Australian Universities Commission and the overall financial difficulties of the University, little help can be expected in the next triennium.
The Leighton Irwin Memorial Library was officially opened in Octo- ber. It contains over 8,000 volumes and periodicals, and 1,700 photo- graphic slides. During the year the late Norman Lindsay donated to the School a valuable collection of his oils, water colours, pen and ink drawings and two ships' models. This collection, valued at $350,000, has been housed in the Graduate Room which has been renamed the Norman Lindsay Gallery and is open to the public on Wednesday afternoons.
The staff/student, ratio, although improving as a result of successive cuts in the first year quota, remains poor. The strain on staff and students alike has prompted a request for an investigation into the problems of the School and a Council Committee, including Sir Osborne McCutcheon, is working on this project.
Faculty planning for the next triennium was made on the expectation of a substantial increase in teaching staff. However, in the circumstances resulting from the recommendations of the Fourth Report of the Aus- trahan Universities Commission it is virtually impossible to plan ahead and the organization of teaching activities and the other ancillary activi- ties must be made on a month by month basis.
The Faculty has always encouraged student participation in School activities and, early in the year, two student observers were appointed to represent the Melbourne University Architecture Students' Club at meetings of the Faculty. It is hoped that proposals before the University Council will enable the Faculty to appoint the student observers as full Faculty members.
As the Faculty has established the new degrees of Master of Building
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and Master of Building Science in addition to the degree of Bachelor of Building, it seemed appropriate to recommend a change of name from Faculty of Architecture to Faculty of Architecture and Building. The change of name was approved by Council and took effect from July, 1969.
Finally, it with regret that the untimely death of Mr H. L. Waugh, the Sub-Dean, is recorded. Staff and students have lost the services of an experienced teacher and a wise counsellor.
ARTS
Dean: Professor H. F. Simon
The basic budgets dictated by the Fourth Report of the Australian Universities Commission have led to a reduction of some 7 2 per cent in the Faculty's resources. If it is accepted that they achieved some justice in the distribution of inadequate resources between faculties and depart- ments then it is all the more urgent to arrive at more sophisticated criteria for the distribution of resources in the future. The Faculty has received assurances that it will be fully consulted, not only on the difficult aca- demic decisions that will face the University as it approaches the remain- ing two years of the triennium and the next submission, but also on the criteria and priorities that will determine these decisions. To this end it has embarked on a thorough assessment of its resources and commit- ments based on extensive consultation and discussion at various levels.
It is hoped that this assessment will enable the Faculty to play a more significant part in the allocation of its resources.
During the year Faculty decided to recommend the abolition of the group system. This will enable students to make their own choice of subjects provided that not more than two subjects are taken in any one department in the first year of study.
On the recommendation of the Education Committee the pass grade in the Master of Arts degree was abolished and the division of the second class into A and B was introduced. Faculty also accepted recommenda- tions for the adoption of Pass with Merit for all departments and for the setting up of departmental committees to review the Faculty's examina- tion system. Discussions in the Education Committee have been en- riched very considerably by the active participation of its student members.
The Research Committee has been renamed the Research and Gradu- ate Studies Committee. After some initial work on examination proce- dures for the Master of Arts degree, it has now turned its attention to research finance and to an examination of the different types of post- graduate study that may be desirable at the Master's level.
Faculty adopted new procedures for special consideration and special examinations. The Common First Year made it necessary to revise a number of prescriptions for pure and combined honours schools in later years. Student numbers rose in 1969. There were 30935 Equivalent Full-time Students enrolled; of these 566 were postgraduates. The com- parable figures for 1968 were 3050 and 495 -5.
Work began at last on the Arts South building. Tenders were favour- able so that it will now be possible to provide a sixth floor. The building
will house the departments of Enghsh, History, Pohtical Science, Classics, Fine Arts, Oriental Studies and Indonesian Studies as well as the language laboratories, the Faculty office and class and tutorial rooms. It is hoped that it will be completed in time for first term 1971.
After Arts South is occupied it is planned that New Arts should house the European language departments whilst Old Arts will house Philo- sophy, History and Philosophy of Science, Middle Eastem Studies and Indian Studies.
Faculty elected Professor J. R. Poynter as a second Associate Dean.
Mr D. J. O'Hearn was appointed as Sub-Dean at the beginning of the year.
The Dean would like to place on record the very considerable debt of gratitude owed to the officers of the Faculty and to members of the committees for their devoted services throughout the year.
DENTAL SCIENCE
Dean: Professor H. F. Atkinson
There was an increase in the number of applicants and a rise in the standard of entry for the course in 1969. In spite of the strong recom- mendations contained in the Report of the Dental Advisory Committee to the Minister for Health for increased output from the School to meet the need for dental graduates, the Faculty's request to the Australian Universities Commission for assistance was unsuccessful.
It must be stressed yet again that when the dental building was occu- pied in 1963 several clinical and pre-clinical areas were left unequipped, unfinished or in shell form only. With greater numbers of students re- maining in the course the Faculty is suffering severely from shortage of accommodation. This is most acute in the Department of Conservative Dentistry.
The staff/student ratio which for many teaching procedures has to be at a 1:1 level remains too high. Attempts have been made to reduce this by obtaining assistance from the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne and by combining some part-time appointments to give an additional full-time position.
The research activity of the departments has been maintained at a high level and is well supported by grants from outside bodies.
The Royal Dental Hospital of Melboume is each year taking a greater interest in the needs of the School and is making a real contri- bution towards the teaching effort.
ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE Dean: Professor W. Prest
In 1969 there were 192 enrolments for postgraduate degrees which was a substantial increase over the previous year, but in the case of the Master of Commerce degree this was partly accounted for by new regis- tration requirements. Enrolments for the Bachelor of Commerce degree also reached a record level, but three factors need to be distinguished here.
In the first place, the number of first-year admissions in 1969 exceeded
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tlie entry quota of 355 Equivalent Full-time Students, which in recent years has been practically stable. The extra admissions arose because a batch of confirmed apphcations were omitted by the Victorian Universi- ties Admissions Committee from tlie data fed into the computer and in consequence the entry mark for selection was set too low. First-year classes were thus substantially larger than in the previous year and this 'bulge' can bo expected to move into second-year classes in 1970.
Secondly, although full-time enrolments continue to exceed part-time enrolments, as they have done since 1965, they fell during the year by 46 whereas part-time enrolments rose by 77, with the result that total enrolments showed a slight decline when calculated on the Equivalent Full-time Students basis. This reversal of trend is probably associated with the increase of nearly 17 per cent in lecture fees in 1967. It seems to have been particularly marked among senior year students, and has contributed to some reduction in the size of third-year classes. The third factor affecting undergraduate enrolments has been a noticeable improvement in
the ability and performance of students, with the result that class num- bers are no longer inflated to the same extent as previously by students repeating courses for two or more years. The improvement in student performance has been reflected in a decline in the number of cases dealt with by the Student Progress Committee. The number of students 'warned' for unsatisfactory progress declined from 200 after the 1965 examinations to only 135 after the 1968 examinations, and the number of 'suspended' declined from 68 to 40 between the same dates.
In the course of 1968 and early in 1969 several departments lost senior members of staff by retirement or resignation. Replacements at the same level were generally difficult, but several internal promotions were made and a number of new junior appointments were possible within the financial limits set for the 1967-69 triennium. The actual staff struc- ture which thus emerged differed significantly from the nominal estab- lishment but following examination by the Basic Budgets Group the two are to be closely aligned by adjusting the establishment for 1970. In the Economics Department the new establishment will provide for an ad- ditional chair of economics. Professor Edgars Dunsdorfs retired at the end of 1969 after more than 20 years' service as a member of the academic staff.
The staff-student ratio remained at over 1:20, allowance being made in accordance with the Austrahan Universities Commission formula for part-time staff and students, and for postgraduate students. Any general improvement in the staff-student ratio was precluded not only by diffi- culties of finance and recruitment, but also by accommodation problems.
In 1969 seven staff rooms in the Faculty's building were being shared;
the Copland Theatre was too small for some first-year classes and the number of tutorial rooms was insufficient to permit a greater number of tutorial classes (which would be necessary if the size of each were to be reduced). Fortunately some temporary rehef is in sight, but the Faculty's request for an extension of its buildings was not approved by the Australian Universities Commission.
After a series of meetings early in 1969 in which great assistance was given by the late Sir Alexander Fitzgerald, Faculty approved of new draft regulations for the Bachelor of Commerce degree. The proposals were subsequently approved by Council and will come into operation
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in 1970. The net effect will be to reduce the number of compulsory first-year subjects which students are required to take, but to increase the range of third-year subjects which may be included in optional majors or sequences.
Several monographs were published by members of staff during the year and the Australian Economic Review completed its second year of pubhcation.
The Dean wishes particularly to thank the Associate Dean, Professor L. Goldberg, the Sub-Dean, Mr J. H. Reeves, and all members of the Executive Committee for their help and support during a very demand- ing and onerous year.
EDUCATION
Dean: Professor A. G. Austin
The demand for places in the first year of the Bachelor of Education course could not be satisfied and 29 graduates had to be referred to Monash University. It again proved impossible to provide external tuition for country teachers wishing to begin or complete courses in Education.
The appointment of Dr F. N. Cox as John Smyth Professor of Educa- tion has been of great assistance to the Department of Education, but as no further increase in staff was possible it proved difficult to make as many course changes as were desirable. However, plans were com- pleted to allow for a new, unitized second year in the Bachelor of Education course in 1970 and plans for course work at the Master of Education level are nearly complete.
The centre for the Study of Higher Education had an exceptionally busy year as it tried to meet the demands of the University's own de- partments for service, and the demands of other universities for advice.
The development of the Audio-Visual section within the Centre is being examined by a committee whose chairman is the Vice-Chancellor.
ENGINEERING
Dean: Professor M. Hargreaves
The number of students enrolled in undergraduate courses increased from 821 in 1968 to 876 in 1969 because of a planned expansion in 1968 and an adventitious increase in first-year intake in 1969. Further the postgraduate courses attracted larger numbers of students, the increase being from 168 in 1968 to 210 in 1969. This was possible only because of the generous outside support for research within the Faculty. The trend towards formal postgraduate course work continued.
Despite the increase in intake of students at first-year level the quota score for entry increases year by year. At the same time the demand for graduate engineers in the community appears to be well nigh insatiable.
There are areas in tlie Faculty where more students could be accommo- dated at a low marginal cost and it may be worthwhile examining the possibility of expanding the intake into these courses, if the bottleneck of first-year teaching in Science subjects can be removed.
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The Faculty was heartened by the decision of the Australian Universi- ties Commission to provide capital for new building for Electrical En- gineering and Metallurgy. However, there was considerable disappoint- ment over the fact that the sum provided for Electrical Engineering is so inadequate and that, as a result, the carefully prepared plans of the Faculty for future development have been thwarted.
The Faculty is, of course, not alone in finding that its plans and aspirations for the 1970-72 triennium must now be largely abandoned because the recurrent finance to the University is at sub-standard level.
In the circumstances the considerable effort to improve teacliing and research within the Faculty is commendable. One particularly important study is devoted to the structure of first-year courses in engineering.
It is hoped that modifications can be devised which will give students better preparation and motivation for their ultimate careers.
LAW
Dean: Professor H. Ford
A staff of seventeen experienced senior teachers of Law assisted by thirteen tutors taught 28 Law subjects to 1,262 students, each of whom too an average of approximately four subjects.
The last phase of the new Bachelor of Laws curriculum came into operation. The new system of awarding the degree of Bachelor of Laws (Honours) on the basis of a review of the course and a final honour research paper is now in effect.
During January, February and March the Law School's facilities were employed in the conduct of a Professional Admission Summer School which was organized on behalf of the Council of Legal Education by the Law Schools of the University of Melbourne and Monash Uni- versity. Students in the Summer School studied the post-degree requi- sites for admission to practice.
During two weeks of the August vacation a seminar on 'Overseas Trade and Investment Law' was conducted by Mr Walter S. Surrey for members of the legal profession. The seminar was sponsored by the Law Council of Australia and the Law Schools of the University of Sydney, Monash University and the University of Melbourne. Much of the organization for the seminar was done in this Law School.
As in previous years a one-day conference for members of the legal profession was held in October in conjunction with the Law Institute of Victoria.
Members of the Faculty participated in the work of the Chief Justice's Law Reform Committee. The Law School continued to provide a Secre- tariat for that Committee.
Visitors to the Law School included Professor Harry Street of the University of Manchester, Lord Wilberforce, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Mr Justice Paul Reardon of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and Professor David Daube, the Regius Professor of Civil Law in the University of Oxford. Professor Daube delivered the Southey Memorial Lecture for 1969 on the topic 'Law and Ethics in Medical Advance'.
Professor Koya Matsuo, Professor of Criminal Law in the University of Tokyo, has elected to conduct his research as Leverhulme Visiting Fellow at this Law School.
Remodelling of the Law School's accommodation proceeded during the latter half of 1969.
MEDICINE
Dean: Professor S. Sunderland
The expansion programme, which commenced in 1967, continued with tlie increased number of students in the fourth year of the course.
The total number of students in the course rose from 1,000 in 1966 to 1,110 in 1969. Competition for places within tlie course continued to be keen and the 'quota score' required for admission continued to rise. For the second year in succession, it was possible to admit a few students into the second year of the course from other faculties.
The pass rates in the first three years of the course showed an increase over previous years and the high pass rates in other years of tlie course were maintained. ,
Research continued at a high standard in all departments but once again many worthwhile projects had to be rejected or curtailed because of the lack of adequate funds.
Competition for postgraduate scholarships continued to be keen and committees of Faculty had great difficulty in selecting the recipients of scholarships from many outstanding applicants.
The number of candidates undertaking examinations for postgraduate degrees and diplomas again showed an increase. Eight candidates suc- cessfully completed postgraduate degrees and 21 candidates were successful in the final part of the postgraduate diploma examinations.
The 35th Beattie Smith Lecture on Insanity was delivered by Professor W. Linford Rees of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. The lecture,
entitled 'Drugs and the Mind', was well attended by members of the profession and by medical students.
The Faculty recorded, with deep regret, the untimely death of Pro- fessor Rubbo in April, 1969. Professor Rubbo occupied the Chair of Microbiology for 24 years and during that time he built the department into the largest and, by general agreement, the best teaching department of Microbiology in Australia.
The departments of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, and Experi- mental Neurology, together with the Faculty Administration have now completed one year in the new Medical Centre and most of the problems associated with occupying a new building have been solved. This build- ing was open for public inspection on Open Day, 1969. The facihties of the building are excellent and several organizations have taken advantage of these facilities to conduct symposia, conferences, and lectures. The landscaping of the surrounds of the building is now Hearing completion and the whole of the medical complex in the south-west corner of the University campus presents a most attractive area within the University grounds.
MUSIC
Dean: Professor G. F. LoughUn
There were 269 students enrolled in the Faculty in 1969. Of these 257 were undergraduates. There were also 70 students taking music as a subject for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
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It was with regret that the resignations of Mr A. Bendall and Mr G. W. McKeown, were received during the year. Both have given many years of valuable service.
The winner of the 1969 Albert H. Maggs Composition Award was Mr Colin Brumby, Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Queens- land.
A Summer Festival of three concerts was presented at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl by the University in association with the Austrahan Broadcasting Commission. These concerts were performed by the Mel- boume Symphony Orchestra. Conservatorium pubhc concerts during the year included a very wide range of works. Lunch hour concerts in Wilson Hall continued as an important part of the University's musical life.
Activities at the Grainger Centre included the study of electronic music, regular classes in music, and a special series of Faculty workshop programmes. The curator, Mr R. Hyner, was granted leave to retum to Europe.
Distinguished visitors to the Conservatorium included Dr Robert Werner, Professor Hans Sittner, Professor Nketia and well-known Aus- tralian composer, Mr Richard Meale. The Tubingen Chamber Orchestra gave a concert in the presence of the German Consul General, Dr Gaerte.
The Faculty library continued to suffer from inadequate accommoda- tion and looks forward to a removal to new quarters in the next triennium.
The library has grown considerably in recent years and must continue to grow if it is to keep pace with developments.
The Conservatorium building is out of date. It does not have sound- proofing and it lacks practising studios. Members of staff are working under difficult conditions, and what was said about the library can only be reiterated: that it is to be hoped that an urgently needed new building will be provided in the next triennium.
The committee to consider the future of music in the University and the Victoria Institute of Colleges commenced its deliberations. A sub- committee was formed to investigate different aspects of music education and activity in this State, in the Commonwealth and overseas. The sub- committee will report early in 1970.
The Dean wishes to thank the University Council for its support of music activities, and to express appreciation for the splendid co-operation of the members of the Faculty and the staff during the year.
SCIENCE
Dean: Professor D. E. Caro
The general pattern of student enrolment did not change significantly in 1969, except for progress in the Bachelor of Science in Education course which caused an increase in the number of higher year students in some departments. The postgraduate numbers continued to rise and a major part of the work load in many departments now falls in that area.
The optometry courses were transferred to the Science Faculty follow- ing the disbanding of the Faculty of Applied Science. The course for Bachelor of Science in Education operated in first, second and third years during 1969 and the first graduates should emerge at the end of 1970.
Severe problems have occurred in some departments due to pressures on staff, equipment and accommodation generated by the additional later year students. Because of financial difficulties these problems will became even more acute in 1970. It is clear that this course is taxing very seriously the resources of the Faculty.
The Microbiology Department introduced a new Bachelor of Science (Honours) course and the Department of Pathology took Bachelor of Science (Honours) students for the first time. Courses in Geology have been updated extensively.
During the year the question of the subdivision of subjects into smaller 'units' was discussed and.it seems likely that a fairly widespread scheme for unit courses will be proposed for 1971.
The graduate schools within the Faculty are now so large that a very significant fraction of the staff work load belongs in the postgraduate area. Postgraduate activities continued to advance in 1969 and both the quahty and quantity of the work attracted very considerable research grants from organizations outside the University. While the success of so many apphcations for research funds is most gratifying, it is rather disquieting that the finances from within the University for research are now a small fraction of the total expenditure. This situation makes for- ward research planning difficult.
New buildings for Genetics and Physics have been approved by the Australian Universities Commission for the 1970-1972 triennium. Mathe- matics, Statistics and Information Science are to be relocated in the Richard Berry Building. The accommodation problem in the Department of Chemistry has been eased by the construction of a new basement laboratory and the rearrangement of space used by Agricultural Chem- istry. Problems remain for Geology, Meteorology, R.A.A.F. Physics and Zoology.
During the year Professor R. L. Martin was awarded the H. G. Smith Memorial Medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. Dr T. A.
O'Donnell and Dr A. J. Pittard shared the Syme Prize. Mr H. B. Collin was awarded the international Optical League Medal.
1969 has proved to be a very difficult year for the Faculty office.
The work load has been very heavy and a complete breakdown was avoided only by the devoted hard work of all concerned. The Dean wishes to record the Faculty's thanks to all who contributed to the work of the office during 1969.
The administration of the office and forward planning in the Faculty as a whole has been adversely affected by the lack of a Dean who could be considered to be, if not permanent, at least likely to be available for a reasonable period. Professors Hills, Mohr, Turner and Wright each served as Statutory Deans and Professor Buchanan as Acting Dean during 1969.
The Faculty has received the report of the P-E Consulting Group Australia Pty Ltcl's investigation into Faculty administration and hopes that a full-time Dean will be appointed soon. Five Associate Deans, Professor Burnstock (Biological Sciences), Professor Caro (Physical Sciences), Professor Love (Mathematical Sciences), Professor Lovering (Environmental Sciences) and Professor Martin (Chemical Sciences) were appointed and agreed to nominate the present Dean for service until a full-time appointment could be made.
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Consideration of possible changes in the Faculty office structure has been deferred until the full-time Dean takes office.
VETERINARY SCIENCE Dean: Professor K. Jubb
There were 213 undergraduate students enrolled in the course for 1969. Thirty-three qualified for the Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree in the November examinations. The recommendation for the conducting of supplementary examinations, as approved by Faculty in November, 1968, was in operation for these November examinations;
The pass rates were comparable to those of 1968 when allowance is made for that proportion of students who previously would have received a Faculty pass but who are now required to do additional work and present for supplementary examinations.
The first-year quota of 50 was filled from 172 considered apphcants and the final intake included three interstate and 15 female applicants.
All students offered places accepted.
Student relations continue to be satisfactory. Staff advisers were ap- pointed to first-year students to maintain closer contact and this system will be extended to include second-year students in 1970. The students, so far, have shown very httle initiative in seeking or using assistance from their counsellors, but this may have been due to unfamiliarity with the system.
Additional undergraduate prizes were made available during 1969 by the generosity of the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories and the Stock and Land Publishing Company.
Candidates for postgraduate degrees continued to increase in 1969 and one Doctor of Veterinary Science and five Master of Veterinary Science Degrees were awarded during this year. Research is being carried out in many fields.
Faculty has approved a complete revision and expansion of the de- tails for the subject Introduction to Veterinary Science with follow-on variations in Animal Husbandry I and II. Until budgets allow adequate staffing the responsibility for teaching the revised course will be shared by several members of this Faculty and the Faculty of Agricultural Science. The final year subject, Veterinary Professional Activities, has been recommended for cancellation. Faculty has agreed, for effect in 1970, that the annual examinations in Veterinary Surgery I, Veterinary Medicine I and Animal Reproduction I be replaced by a system of tenn examinations.
1969 was largely an exercise in adjustment to obtain the optimum benefit from the resources available to the School. Useful planning was largely precluded by uncertainty about, and later real concern for, the substance of tlie Fourth Report of the Austrahan Universities Com- mission.
The Dean wishes to record his appreciation of the Secretary, Mr I. L.
Milne who, much overburdened, continued to keep the machinery of Faculty working effectively and to members of the Faculty and teaching staff for all assistance and co-operation.
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The L i b r a r y
The central Baillieu Library and the thirteen branch libraries main- tained their services and by filling a number of staff vacancies at lower salary levels created savings, which together with some emergency funds enabled the employment of temporary staff to cope with further increases in the demands of all departments and the outside community for Library service.
From the low levels maintained in 1967 and 1968, book purchases were improved to a figure of over 30,000 volumes which more nearly approached the levels of 1963 to 1966. An increase in the book vote more adequately to meet price inflation, the purchase of a smaller proportion of expensive out-of-print items and an over-commitment of the book vote enabled the higher level to be attained. Limited, but essential, increases in recur- ring commitments for current serials were a growing factor limiting the margin of finance for non-recurring items. At least two notable private collections were purchased.
Outstanding among the many gifts in kind were the fine scholar's library bequeathed by tlie late Professor R. C. Bald and the transfer by the Victorian Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects of its collection to the Leighton Irwin Memorial Library, a branch of the University Library in the School of Architecture.
Work proceeded throughout the year to complete the first part of stage II of the Baillieu Library building providing approximately 38,000 square feet of floor space mainly for additional reading places and some additional areas to relieve the overcrowding of library staff. A start was made on extensions to increase the accommodation of the Law Branch Library by the adaptation of neighbouring buildings for the purpose.
Research
Because of special assistance from the Victorian Government and reasonable treatment from the Austrahan Universities Commission and the Australian Research Grants Committee, research activities have been able to continue at an adequate level. It is interesting to note the totals of 'higher degree students' in the years 1967, 1968, 1969, viz. 1,422, 1,198, and 1,390 respectively. The 1969 total was made up as follows:
Doctor of Philosophy students—
Full-time 348 Master students—
Full-time 377
Part-time 131 Part-time
534
Total 479 Total
911
The number supported by grants and scholarships from University funds was 220 (196 in 1968) and the number supported by Common- wealth Postgraduate Awards was 285 (213 in 1968).
A marked change has taken place over the past six years in the dis- tribution of research effort within the University. The Faculty of Arts, at the end of 1969, supplied approximately one third of the applicants
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for research awards and the Faculty of Engineering supplied approxi- mately one sixth. Six years ago, these Faculties would have been con- sidered as having limited interest in research, although good work was, of course, carried out by individuals and departments in both Faculties.
The change is perhaps most marked in Engineering. In the past, most students carrying out research in that field were men who had returned to the University after some years in industry. Today, more engineers are continuing with research immediately after a first degree.
In October, 1969, the Australian Researcli Grants Committee pub- lished its list of grants for 1970 and die University was given a total of
$574,542 to support 29 new projects and 41 continuing projects. It was generally felt that this support for the University of Melboume was the most satisfactory yet received from this Committee and compared very favourably with other universities.
A new item appeared in the report of the Australian Universities Commission in connection with expensive items of equipment. A large sum was set aside (including $265,000 for the University of Melbourne) for tlie purchase of items of equipment for teaching or research, each costing over $40,000. This was a very welcome grant even though, when applications were invited, the value of equipment requested was approxi- mately one and a quarter million dollars. It will be a difficult but im- portant task in 1970 to prepare a final list amounting in value to the sum available.
For some years there have been gloomy forecasts that universities were producing too many Doctor of Philosophy graduates to be absorbed by the work-force of the country. In 1969 die first signs that the forecasts might be true began to appear. In certain areas of science, graduates found it difficult to find suitable positions although this situation seems certain to rectify itself as the graduates concerned seek a wider range of appointments in the community.
Buildings
As 1969 was the final year of a triennium it saw the completion of a number of projects. A major item for the year was the commencement of the building of Arts South, after a long history of difficulty over its siting and design. The building is a seven level, two tower one linked over the main drive of the University. Work commenced in October and, consistent with the difficulties that have dogged tliis project, immediately met delays in approval of the building plans by two external authorities for reasons completely outside the control of the University. This caused an immediate loss of five working weeks. The building is now expected to be available for occupation in March, 1971.
Extensions to the Baillieu Library during 1969 were completed as programmed in November. At this stage the south-western corner of the library has been completed, enabling expansion of reader spaces to 2,078, an increase of over 700, and work on the northern book stack tower has begun. Late in 1969, after negotiation with the Australian Universities Commission, the structure of two floors of the 1970-72 extension was commenced. This work was carried out with funds approved for 1970/72, in order to save contract time and substantial crane costs during the next stage of construction.
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The Raymond Priestley Building, which accommodates most Uni- versity administration groups, was completed in April, 1969.
The first stage of the Chemical Engineering building, much reduced from its original concept owing to the reduction in the funds made available by the Governments, was completed in April, 1969.
The construction of the new Council Chamber, to be also used for meetings of the Professorial Board and Faculties, and the reconstruction of the Law School proceeded throughout 1969. These were separate contracts, both planned for completion by the end of 1969. Due, however, to the complexity of both of these works that had to be carried out in a building whilst it was in use by the Faculty of Law, the work carried over into 1970.
The contract for alterations in the Old Anatomy Building to provide accommodation for Mathematics, Statistics and Electronics, a section of the Department of Electrical Engineering, was let early in 1969 and is planned for completion in time for departments to occupy the building for First Term 1970. Mathematics and Statistics will be vacating space in New Arts which will allow some relocation of Arts departments, prior to the main reorganization to follow the occupation of Arts South in 1971. Completion of a store for the Anthropology collection in the Old Anatomy Building allowed the transfer of the collection from the old building on the comer of Tin Alley, which has now been demolished.
Some minor works were carried out in Old Pathology in 1969 to accommodate sections of Pharmacology and Education. Further works in both Old Anatomy and Old Pathology are proposed for 1970.
Most of the contract for extensions to University House was completed before the end of 1969 and the new extensions were available for use when the house opened in 1970.
Demolition of the Old Medical buildings was carried out towards the end of 1969, carrying over into 1970. The area will be used for a car park in 1970 pending the commencement of the construction of the Physics Complex. This important major building complex is programmed to commence before the end of 1970.
The major activity towards the end of 1969 was in grounds work.
Extensive work under the control of the Grounds Sub-committee of the Council Buildings Committee enabled completion of the Medical Centre Precinct and the immediate site works around the Raymond Priestley Building, commencement of the major area of the paving in the Union Lawn, demolition of the old Accounts Building in tlie area now known as McFarland Court and reconstruction of the South Court of the Union.
Projects continued at the teaching hospitals, St Vincent's Hospital Clinical Sciences Block was completed in 1969 and work proceeded on the Mercy Hospital. Additional floors of the Royal Melboume Hospital residential section continued and tenders were accepted for Radiology and Pathology blocks late in 1969. Tenders were also accepted for the Eye and Ear Hospital in December. As part of the major hospital project two floors will be built to house the Departments of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. Similarly, work on the Chnical Sciences Block at the Austin Hospital commenced in mid-1969; this is timed for completion at the end of 1970.
In Carlton, some further acquisitions of land were made with the
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hmited sums of money available, and a number of condemned houses in Cardigan Street were demolished.
Towards the end of 1969 planning commenced for the projects ap- proved for the 1970-72 triennium and sites were approved for the new Electrical Engineering/Metallurgy building and the Genetics building, the major new activities for the 1970-1972 triennium additional to the Physics Complex for which planning has already been commenced.
Finance
As aheady indicated in the introduction to this report, 1969 was tlie last year of a very difficult triennium for this, and most other universities.
Members of the University had hoped for relief from this position in the succeeding triennium; the amounts of recurrent income for the years 1970-1972, as announced in August, 1969, made it clear, however, that the University would face even greater difficulties in those years.
Turning first to the financial position for 1969, the University's re- assessments in the latter half of 1968 of the outlook for the balance of the 1967-1969 triennium were influenced greatly by the expected increases in salary scales for non-academic staff. These increases appeared likely to absorb funds which would otherwise have been available for urgent academic needs.
An approach was made to die Australian Universities Commission for grants to meet the additional expediture resulting from salary in- creases in excess of the levels which had been anticipated when the University's income for the 1967-1969 triennium was determined in 1966.
No decision had been received on this request at the time when the final review of the 1968 budget and the determination of the 1969 Gen- eral Fund Budget were under consideration. Advice was not received until August, 1969, that the Commonwealth Government had decided not to pay supplementary grants to any university in the 1967-1969 triennium in respect of non-academic salary increases.
Consideration of the position for 1969 was also greatly affected by die fact that we were already carrying a large accumulated deficit from earher years. It was essential that this deficit should not be increased over the triennium as a whole.
Other factors which affected the forward view of the position for 1969 were:
( a ) The effect of overall price increases on expenditure;
( b ) Increased service costs as new buildings were completed and occupied;
(c) The development of the Medical Faculty expansion project;
( d ) The urgent need for teacliing and research equipment;
(e) The need for a limited number of appointments to meet urgent staffing requirements in a number of departments.
Both in the Central Budget and in Departmental budgets it had been necessary, therefore, to withhold funds in 1967 and 1968 from other aca- demic purposes to meet the expected excess of expenditure over income in 1969.
The approved General Fund budget for 1969, after allowing for 821
planned reductions in expenditure, showed an estimated deficit of almost
$600,000. Sufficient funds were carried forward from 1967 and 1968 in the General Fund Budget and Departmental Budgets to cover this deficit.
During 1969, the University was able to increase its income from the provision of services to outside institutions; actual expenditure was also somewhat lower than had been anticipated. As a result, it was possible to increase allocations to departments for urgently needed teach- ing and research equipment, and to use part of the funds carried forward from 1968 to repay special advances which had been made some years ago for items of apparatus purchased for two large Science Departments.
The 1969 Statement of Income and Expenditure for the General Fund (the University's main operating Fund) is summarized as follows:
Expenditure for 1 9 6 9 : Academic Departments Baillieu and Branch Libraries Central Administration
Student Services Audio-Visual Aids
Servicing of Buildings and Grounds General Payroll Items not included in earlier
amounts
Other General Items not included in earlier amounts Annual Appropriation to reduce the Accumulated
General F u n d Deficit
Less Annual Income for 1969
Excess of 1969 Expenditure over Annual Income for tlie year
Appropriations made in 1969 to repay some of the special advances made in earlier years Total of Deficits met from funds appropriated in
1967 and 1968 to meet expenditure in 1969
% of Total illions 70-4
4-6 8-8 1-3 0-4 10-9 1-7
; 1-8 0 1
12-746 0-838 1-587 0-223 0 075 1-975 0-310 0-327 0 025 100-0 18 106
17-634
0-472 0 185
0-657 (Notes: Sports, Union and S.R.C. fees received from University students are
transferred by the University to the accounts of the Recreation Grounds Committee, the Melboume University Union and the Students' Rep- resentative Council. Neither die fees received nor the transfers to these organizations appear in t h e above summary.)
In the annual report for 1968, reference was made to our submission to the Australian Universities Commission for support in the 1970-1972 triennium.
The amounts of recurrent income for the 1970-1972 triennium. as announced by the governments in August, 1969, were as follows:
1970 1971 1972
Amount
$ millions 18 310 19-080 19-890
Increase over previous year
$ millions 0-719 0-770 0-810 822
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Projecting the 1969 estimated expenditure for recurrent purposes (which include a number of operating funds outside the General Fund) into 1970 and allowing for unavoidable increases in costs, it appeared in August, 1969, that this expenditure in 1970 would exceed available income by about $900,000.
In spite of the generous support from the State Government of
$400,000 a year for 1970-1972 the University was forced to reduce the level of its budgeted expenditure for 1970.
A review of staffing and other budget allocations for all departments was made by the Vice-Chancellor and the Vice-Chairman of the Pro- fessorial Board, with the assistance of senior University officers and in consultation with the Head of each department. As a result of rigorous reduction in the budget allocations of almost every department, and in other costs, the Council was able to adopt a General Fund budget for 1970 which contained estimated expenditure within the limits of available income.
In presenting the departmental budgets to Council for approval, the Vice-Chancellor and the Vice-Chairman of the Professorial Board stressed that the amounts recommended represented, in general, the barest mini- mum which would enable departments to meet their essential academic commitments for 1970.
This situation is clearly not satisfactory to students, to members of staff, nor to the community which our graduates serve. The University must continue its efforts to secure adequate financial provision for vital areas to achieve their proper academic objectives.
SUMMARY OF "GENERAL FUND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR 1969 (with comparative figures for 1968)
1968
Comparison 1969
$ $ Expenditure for the Year
11,574,806 For Academic Departments 12,746,284 700,501 For the Baillieu and Branch Libraries 837,556 1,284,257 For the Central Administration 1,586,849
210,126 For Student Services 222,947 67,754 For Audio-Visual Aids 75,204 co 1,750,579 For Servicing of Buildings and Grounds 1,975,500
*. 389,691 For Salaries and Payroll Items not included in the above figures 310,355
347,774 For Other General Items 326,518 25,000 Annual Appropriation to reduce the Accumulated General Fund Deficit 25,000
16,350,488 Sub-Total 18,106,213 6,818 Transfer to the Special Fund created from additional reductions made by Depart-
ments on their 1967 and 1968 budgets, for use later in the triennium — Payments to the Melbourne University Union, the Recreation Grounds Committee
and the Students' Representative Council from the amounts received from Union,
416,374 Sports and S.R.C. Fees 514,726
1968
Comparison 1969 Annual Income for tlie Year—See Appendix I (including $416,374 in 1968 and
1968
Excess of 1968 Annual Income over Expenditure for that year, carried forward to 410,272 meet expenditure and approjiriations in 1969.
oo bo
en
17,183,952 $514,726 in 1969 for Sports, Union and S.R.C. Fees) 18,148,780
1969
Excess of 1969 Expenditure over Annual Income for that Year 472,159 Appropriations to repay some of the Special Advances made in earlier years to meet g
expenditure—mainly for the purcluise of apparatus 185,343 %
Excess expenditure and appropriations met from Funds carried forward from earlier • G years of the 1967-69 triennium t657,502 p
tTTiw amount was met from: B ( a ) The appropriation made from the General Fund in 1968, towards meeting O
the estimated deficit in 1969 370,800 ^ ( b ) The balance of the Special Fund created from additional reduction made
by departments on their 1967 and 1968 budgets towards meeting their
1969 reduction targets and expenditure 247,230 ( c ) T h e remaining General Fund balance carried forward from 1968 39,472
$657,502
"The General Fund is the University's main Operating Fund. It consists of the Government Grants, student fees and other income available to meet the general teaching and running expenses of the University and the expenditure and appropriations from this income.
The full General Fund Statement will be included in Part II of the Annual Report, which contains the University's audited financial
APPENDIX I
S T A T E M E N T O F G E N E R A L F U N D I N C O M E FOR 1969 (with comparative figures for 1968)
1968 Comparison 1969
$ ? $ Matching Income of State Government Grants and Student
Fees credited to the General F u n d
(part of the total matching income received was credited to other University Funds)
7,092,475 State Government Grants 7,498,601 Student Fees
3,095,718 Lecture Fees 3,183,437 316,684 Registration Fees 319,864 oo 22,478 Annual Examination, Certificate and Degree Fees 18,275
g 30,668 Clinical and Special Hospital Fees 29,744 Laboratory Fees, Hire of Student Sets, Receipts from
Charges for Notes, and Educational Library Fees (in 1969 most of these fees were credited to the General
32,795 Fund, rather than other departmental Funds) 84,861 Charges to Professional Training Institutes (these charges
11,391 were not included as Matching income in 1969) —
3,509,734 3,636,181 10,602,209 Matching Income credited to the General F u n d 11,134,782
Commonwealth Govemment Grants
5,763,000 Under Section 3 of the Universities (Financial Assistance) 6,032,000 Act
17,000 Other Grants 16,200
5,780,000 6,048,200
1968 Comparison 0 1 9 6 9
Charges for Services
Amounts credited to the General Fund from charges for special courses provided under contracts with other
— Institutions 96,717 Departmental charges for services, credited to the Dc-
19,081 partmental Votes of the departments concerned 10,274
27,011 Library charges for services 31,964 Other Administration charges and charges for University
33,305 overhead expenses 41,275 11,865 Rent and other items 12,274
91,262 192,504 Amounts available from other sources to meet specific items of
expenditure charged to the General F u n d >
43,687 Donations 18,242 Z 116,442 Transfers from Other Funds 108,034 p oo — P
» — 160,129 126,276 M
Other Items of Income pi 11,224 Receipts from Sales of Publications 12,715 g
Reversion of Appropriation made from the General Fund
14,000 in 1967 — 8,861 Miscellaneous Items 19,321
i-i
34,085 32,036 Total of Income before the inclusion of Union, Sports and
16,767,578 Students' Representative Council Fees 17,634,054 Sports, Students' Rcprcsentatioe Council and Union Fees
(these are paid to the Organizations concerned)
110,955 Sports Fees 114,467 62,060 Students' Representative Council Fees 63,085
243,359 Union Fees 337,174
416,374 . 514,726
Student Affairs
During 1969 the full range of facilities and services in the new Union House became available to members. The Union Pharmacy, offering a discount to Union members through an arrangement with the National Union of Australian University Students Friendly Society and the Stu- dents' Representative Council, was opened by the Vice-Chancellor in May. The Union Bistro designed by Mr A. Nance opened in June and quickly established itself as a popular meeting place for staff and students.
The Union records its thanks and appreciation for the help and active support given by Mr T. P. Bruce, Solicitor to the University, which re- sulted in the granting of a permit for the consumption of wine and beer with meals in the Bistro.
The Second Austrahan Universities' Arts Festival was held at Mel- bourne from 23 May to 31 May and Union House was the centre of a stimulating and imaginative programme of cultural and social events, which included a series of intervarsity debates, plays, dances, folk music recitals, a film festival and an art exhibition.
Actors' studio classes under the direction of Mr George Whaley, Director of University Theatre, were given enthusiastic support and throughout the year approximately one hundred students attended.
In the Rowden White Library a paperback lending library section consisting of some three thousand books was opened in September and proved itself highly popular with Union members.
Mr Patrick Murphy, Union Bursar, resigned in July to take up an appointment at Monash University Union and Mr John Coyle was ap- pointed Accountant by the Union Board. A new appointment, that of Evening Manager, was created by the Union Board because of extended hours of opening and greater use of the building by members. Mr Doug- las Cox was appointed Evening Manager in August.
Mr Greg Macaulay succeeded Mrs Deidre Stockdale as Chairman of the Union Board of Directors. Mr John O'Brien succeeded Mr Uklis Ozolins as Chairman of the Union Council and Mr Terry Brosnan was elected to the Board in June for a term of two years as a director under the new provisions of the amended constitution of the Union which allow for two directors to be elected by Union members, one being elected in each year for a two-year period. Mr Fred Milgrom succeeded Mr Ian Robinson as co-opted member.
University Sport
Increased use was made of sporting facilities both for club competi- tion and individual recreation in 1969.
University clubs maintained their standards in local competition and continued to be among the leaders in intervarsity competition.
During the year four new clubs were admitted to the Sports Union:
Aikido, Karate, Ladies' Rowing and Underwater. These will provide additional recreational opportunities for students.
The problem of lack of space was not solved in 1969. However, the Recreation Grounds Committee did receive $100,000 on the recommenda- tion of the Australian Universities Commission to enable it to complete
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