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Report of the Proceedings of the University for the year ended 31st December, 1964
To His Excellency,
Major-General Sir Rohan Delacombe, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O.
Govemor of Victoria.
May it please Your Excellency,
I have the honour, in accordance with Section 43 of the University Act 1958, to submit to Your Excellency the following report of the Proceedings of the University during 1964.
1. Introduction:
This was the first year of the new triennium and there was general disappointment that the grants for recurrent revenue did not enable us to remedy our deficiencies at the rate which was advisable. Council, on the recommendation of the Professorial Board, agreed that we should stabilize our numbers of undergraduates and double the size of the post-graduate school. This is a most important decision. Melbourne and Sydney each provide just over one quarter of all the graduates of Australian Univers- ities—thus half the graduates come from Melbourne and Sydney. These, then, are the two Universities which must develop larger post-graduate schools to meet the demands of the community for higher training and also to provide a source of the University staff of the future. Accordingly, the quotas for undergraduates were slightly reduced in certain Faculties.
2. Council:
I was re-elected as Chancellor in March 1964 for the twelfth successive year of office.
In May Mr. P. M. Mulqueen and Mr. J. M. Fitzgerald were elected to Council as representatives of the undergraduates and in June Mr. P.
Ryan, a member appointed by the Governor-in-Council, resigned and the vacancy was filled by the appointment of Mr. F. M. Read. The three new appointments run until December 1967.
The amount of business presented to Council each month is still
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rowing and only the devoted work of the standing committees (finance, uildings, staff and establishments etc.) enables Council to reach its decisions without having to meet more often than once in each month.However, a committee was set up to enquire into all our administrative procedures and the first interim report has been received. It is too early yet to indicate if stream-lined committee work and more administrative staff, especially near the top, will achieve better results. Meanwhile the Council is grateful to the convenor of the working group of the Com- mittee of Enquiry, Dr. P. G. Law, and all those who have given so much time to this problem.
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3. Convocation and the Standing Committee of Convocation:
His Honour Judge J. G. Norris was re-elected as Warden of Convoc- ation for 1964.
The Annual Meeting of Convocation was held in the Public Lecture Theatre, on 23rd April, preceded by a buffet dinner for members and guests in the Union House. The guest speaker was Professor W. Mac- mahon Ball, Professor of Political Science, who gave a most interesting address on "Australia and Japan: The Last Twenty Years". The meeting was well attended.
The Standing Committee of Convocation met on ten occasions during the year and considered over fifty items of University legislation, including a new statute to establish, in association with Monash Univer- sity, an Examinations Board which will supersede the Schools Board and the Professorial Board in the determination and conduct of the Matric- ulation and Public Examinations.
4. The Professors:
Professor W. Prest was re-elected as Chairman of the Professorial Board for 1964. Professor D. P. Derham was re-elected as Vice-Chairman until the end of February, when he left in order to take up an appoint- ment at Monash University, and Professor J. Andrews was then elected as Vice-Chairman.
Professor M. H. Belz retired from the Chair of Statistics at the end of 1963. He had occupied the Chair since 1955 and had previously been an Associate Professor since 1939.
Professor T. M. Cherry retired in February 1964, after 35 years' service as Professor of Mathematics and latterly Professor of Applied Mathematics.
Professor J. N. Greenwood retired at the end of 1964 after 41 years as a Professor. He was appointed to the Chair of Metallurgy in 1924, was transferred to Chair of Metallurgical Research in 1945, and, on his retirement from this Chair in 1960, was appointed to a Personal Chair, his duties being concerned with the Faculty of Applied Science, of which he was Dean.
Professor E. B. Verney's three-year tenure of a Personal Chair in the Department of Physiology expired at the end of 1964.
Professor J. E. Isaac resigned from the Chair of Economics in order to accept a Chair at Monash University.
Professor P. Brett, Hearn Professor of Law, was transferred to the Chair of Jurisprudence to replace Professor D. P. Derham.
The following Professors took up duty during 1964: Professor J. W.
Craggs (Applied Mathematics), Professor B. M. Davies (Psychiatry), Professor M. E. Hargreaves (Physical Metallurgy), Professor F. J. R.
Hird (Biochemistry), Professor D. F. F. Thomson (Personal Chair in Anthropology), Professor P. W. Whitton (Mechanical Engineering) and Professor E. J. Williams (Statistics).
5. The Faculties:
Agriculture
It is a matter of great satisfaction that the first group of students successfully completed the Second Year of the course in residence at
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the University Field Station, Mount Derrimut, Deer Park, in 1964. There were 38 students in residence and, despite the lack of certain facilities for teaching and for demonstrating farm practices in this first year, all agreed it was a valuable experience at least equal in academic merit to the earlier arrangement of a year in residence at Dookie Agricultural College.
Additional members of staff were recruited during the year and facilities such as a meat laboratory, an agronomy research laboratory, a student projects laboratory, a glass-house, an implement shed and a workshop were provided at Mount Derrimut. The field station is now enclosed within a dog-proof fence so that sheep can be carried in safety.
A shearing shed with yards and a poultry unit have been provided. Plans have been developed for a sheep pavilion to complete the building of the Animal Husbandry Research Centre and also for a new lecture theatre with associated tutorial-study rooms. Additional bedroom accommodation is urgently required but this and a biology teaching laboratory must await additional finance requested for the 1967/1969 triennium.
Applied Science
The Faculty completed its fourth year of studies in five courses: Die- tetics, Electronics, Industrial Science, Metallurgy and Optometry. So far 8 have graduated B.App.Sc, one has qualified for M.App.Sc. and 2 D.App.Sc. degrees have been conferred. The higher degrees are attract- ing post-graduate workers in industry who have been unable to stay on
at the University.
Increased accommodation at 35 Royal Parade has been provided to meet the needs of increased student numbers. The quota of 60 was not filled in 1964 but interest in the various courses offered is increasing, and publicity is being given to them in secondary schools.
In the Dietetics course one student reached fourth-year and the intake in earlier years has increased. Electronics is popular and has at- tracted several candidates for higher degrees.
The Industrial Science Department has been established and a full 4-year course combining instruction in science and the humanities has been completed. Equipment for laboratories was provided at a cost of
£.19,000. Industry has given encouragement in the provision of student prizes and scholarships.
The Metallurgy course has been conducted in close liaison with the faculties of Science and Engineering.
The teaching of Optometry has been continued in affiliation with the College of Optometry but lack of finance and lack of full-time staff has created hardships.
The Dean, on his retirement, expressed the hope that this bold attempt to fuse two fields of culture would benefit both the University and the community.
Architecture
The school started moving into its new but unfinished building in the middle of 1964 and by the beginning of the 1965 academic year most units were assembled under one roof after years of dispersal. Only a few essential functions take place outside the new building.
This progress is most heartening for now, for the first time since architectural teaching began in 1861, the Faculty has its own permanent headquarters. Another heartening thing is the support which has come from outside the University—from architects, builders and suppliers.
Their help has added to the original grant, enough to provide one entire floor and extra large lecture theatres. As a result, it is now possible to supply desk space for all students and to give most lectures within the school. If the same help continues it will be possible to complete the structure and have an efficient and self-contained building. When this time comes the opening ceremony will be a major occasion for the entire building industry—an industry which has hitherto been remote from University affairs.
The previous deficiencies of accommodation have made it impossible to conduct research or build up a graduate school. The latter can now be well housed and also some research, although lack of equipment will prevent research into the physical sciences of building.
Arts
A faculty of 3,800 students and 19 departments, with a complicated course system and many students proceeding towards combined degrees in two faculties, has something of the size and complexity of a small university. The present administrative staff comprises, in addition to the Dean, an Assistant Dean and a Sub-Dean, both of whom have teaching duties, one junior administrative assistant and one secretary. Some increase in staff is indispensable if even minimum services are to be maintained and a substantial increase is urgently necessary in order to provide anything approaching adequate services to teaching staff and to students.
Faculty discussed at several meetings through the year the possibility of re-organization of its structure. Originating in a scheme proposed by Associate Professor Harper, a structure was finally approved by faculty which is based on a faculty assembly, faculty itself and a number of standing committees. The faculty assembly will be an unofficial body (i.e., not established by legislation) composed of all members of Arts teaching departments of the grade of lecturer and above; it will meet in fourth term to nominate a Dean and the members of the standing committees and may then or at any other time consider and make recommendations to faculty on any matters of policy affecting the Arts faculty. Faculty itself will consist of professors and associate professors in Arts departments (including the Department of Economics) and the Ormond Professor of Music, and a number of elected sub-professorial members from each department. There will also be a number of repre- sentatives of other faculties and of the colleges. The result will be a faculty of some eighty of whom one-fifth will form a quorum. The stand- ing committees will include persons who are not members of faculty, in order to spread interest, and will normally have a majority of sub-profes- sorial members. The whole scheme represents a very satisfactory agree- ment and should considerably increase the efficiency of faculty.
The teaching and research done during the year, in which faculty feels it may legitimately take pride, was carried out in continuing conditions of poor accommodation. Practically all departments are cramped and overcrowded; all need more space in order to realize the
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full potential of teaching and research strength. Towards the end of the year Council gained the approval of the Australian Universities Commis- sion to divert the £35,000 originally granted for the modification of Old Anatomy for Arts/Education purposes to a re-modelling of part of Old Arts; this will give some relief but meets only a small fraction of total needs. Under the leadership of Professor Simon, a report on the faculty's accommodation requirements and the need for a major new building was prepared and presented to Council, and was instrumental in making the University aware of the faculty's state. The faculty is deeply grateful to Professor Simon for the expenditure of so much time and energy in the preparation of this report and for the competence and conviction with which he stated the faculty's case.
Dental Science
The new building which houses the Dental School and the Dental Hospital of Melbourne continues to provide improved working conditions for both institutions.
The University has agreed that in all general management matters the Hospital Council shall be the management committee for the whole building, and discussions during the year have led to an agreement that a fixed proportion of general expenses will be chargeable to each institu- tion.
The Department of Conservative Dentistry requires 20 operative technique units and 60 dental chair units, together with other supporting items to complete its teaching area. The cost will be approximately
£40,000.
The completion of the children's dentistry teaching area would be approximately £50,000.
During 1964 the Department of Dental Prosthetics had experience in teaching two large Years, containing between 47 and 50 students. The teaching programme (chnical and laboratory) had to be adjusted to suit the existing facilities and the maximum use was made of part-time professional staff. Some major items of equipment were obtained through the Australian Universities Commission. To complete the originally planned teaching facilities the department still requires 32 dental chairs and units, together with ancillary equipment at a total cost of approx- imately £26,000.
The research work in the department has continued, but shortage of academic and technical staff has caused many difficulties. All full-time members of staff have been engaged in graduate activities, and have been associated with external post-graduate and refresher courses organized by the Australian Dental Association (Victorian Branch).
Teaching conditions in the Departments of Exodontics, Anaesthetics, and Out-Patients Oral Surgery are much improved. A new X-ray appar- atus for skull and sinus work is being installed to replace an obsolete machine and will greatly improve the overall teaching facilities.
The operating theatres and the recovery ward have been used since 23 July 1964, but the main ward remains unopened owing to lack of finance from the Hospitals and Charities Commission. The lack of the main ward facilities militates against a full range of effective teaching, both at the undergraduate and graduate level. Most of the clinical faciH-
ties in the Department of Oral Medicine and Surgery are provided by the Hospital, but the University Department has full access for teaching purposes.
The Professor of Dental Medicine and Surgery, in consultation with the Hospital Superintendent, directs the Department of Oral Medicine and Surgery in the Hospital, as well as taking responsibility for these subjects in the Dental School.
Two Colombo Plan post-graduate students, one from Hong Kong and one from Manila, joined the department as full-time candidates for the Master's degree.
Economics and Commerce
The total enrolment of 1,631 was the highest in the Faculty since 1947, which marked the peak of the post-war reconstruction training scheme. The increase in overall enrolments was almost wholly due to in- creased students in the B.Com. (Honours) degree and the post-graduate degrees of M.Com., M.B.A. and Ph.D. The demand for these courses re- flected a trend which is likely to continue, and, if the numbers of the faculty are to be stabiUzed overall, it would seem that the intake of ordinary degree students will need to be reviewed.
During 1964 one-half of the penthouse on the seventh floor of the Eco- nomics and Commerce building was converted from a shell into offices and one large seminar room. The Department of Commerce and Business Administration is occupying the offices and the seminar room is ex- tensively used by several departments.
The need for studies is likely to become urgent in the near future. If all the departments were to fill existing vacancies accommodation outside the present building would be necessary. Present extensions provide only for a theatre and two seminar rooms.
Education
The steady increase over the years in the number of students enrolled, unmatched by increases in staff, forced the Faculty in 1964 to recommend the imposition of a quota for 1965.
Two considerations had always weighed heavily against a quota in Education. First, the secondary schools were in dire need of trained and qualified teachers. Second, students wishing to study Education at the University could do so only by quahfying with a first degree and then proceeding to at least one further year of study in the School of Education: to refuse graduates the right to proceed, particularly those who had obtained a degree in minimum time, represented a denial, if not of a right, at least of a reasonable expectation.
Fortunately the increase in accommodation and staff at Monash University made it possible for our sister institution to find places for students who faced exclusion. However, new external students had to be refused admission under the quota and Second Year B.Ed, students were denied the right to take more than one subject a year, unless they were taking the course full-time.
The effects of the apphcation of the quota have been: ( a ) to reduce total enrolment in the Faculty from 967 in 1964 to 822 in 1965; ( b ) to divert some students to Monash University; and (c) to make possible a
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slight extension of small-group teaching and a slightly closer oversight of the teaching practice of students.
The Faculty has made earnest representations for increased staff and for additional chairs. The senior staff is strained to the limit to maintain adequate supervision of the increasing number of candidates working for the degrees of M.Ed, and Ph.D. Until amelioration of the staffing position occurs, the way to desired new developments and to closer contact with students is barred.
The Education Research Office, directed by Mr. D. S. Anderson, and the University Teaching Project Office, directed by Mrs Barbara Falk, have continued to collaborate fruitfully in activities directed towards the improvement of teaching and learning in the University. The demand from various faculties and departments for consultative services on such matters as structure of courses, work-load of students, teaching methods, reliability of examining and selecting procedures, and students' attitudes to courses has been gratifying but too heavy to be more than partially met with present resources. The promise of benefit from this collaborative service is so great that it would be most regrettable if it were permitted to continue much longer without additional manpower.
Engineering
The effect of the quota in first year and of careful selection of tech- nical college entrants into later years has been to stabilize the under- graduate population at about 780. However, very few applicants for engineering degree courses were unable to gain admission either to Melbourne or to Monash in 1964.
The number of graduates enrolled for higher degrees is now nearly 100, including members of the academic staff proceeding part time and of these some thirty are enrolled for Ph.D.
Difficulties which confront the Engineering School are in accom- modation, staff, and equipment and it is hoped that some consideration will be given to these by the Austrahan Universities Commission.
Although the floor area in the Engineering School per first year student is of much the same order as that in other Australian Engineering Schools, we are worse off than they are because, with a higher pass rate and a technical college entry in third year, we have a much higher third year and graduating class than the first year figures would indicate. In addition to this, about one-half of our floor area is in somewhat unsuit- able buildings—ranging from thirty to fifty years in age—whereas all the other Engineering Schools have or will shortly have new ones.
The year has been particularly difficult because of the lack of funds available for the purchase of new equipment for teaching and research purposes.
Law
Total student enrolment for 1964 was 1,319: a quota of 330 entrants for first year was again imposed.
Accommodation is barely sufficient. The staff-student ratio compares unfavourably with other faculties and the position cannot be improved without increased space. There is no accommodation for post-graduate students. There is need for a greater emphasis on post-graduate
training; also there is urgent need for the development of a separate Honours course. At present every member of staff is preoccupied with coping with under-graduates and this will prove detrimental to their creative activity unless the staff-student ratio is improved.
Failure of the A.U.C. to make financial provision for a new hbrary in this triennium is keenly felt, with heavy pressure on facilities—approxi- mately 280 reading places for 1,319 students, of whom 921 are full-time.
A number of distinguished visitors from overseas visited the school during the year.
Medicine
Following the Federal Government's approval of the Australian Uni- versities' Commission report for the 1964-66 triennium, planning for ex- tensive expansion in the Medical School began. This included a building programme for a new Medical building to be situated in Royal Parade, ad- jacent to the Royal Melbourne Hospital. When this is completed it will enable the School to enrol 240 students in the first pre-clinical year as against the present quota of 180.
A recurrent grant in 1965 and 1966 also provides for additional staff (including 8 new chairs in Pathology, Medical Microbiology, Medicine, Surgery, Anatomy, Physiology, Medical Biochemistry and Obstetrics and Gynaecology).
The plan for extended teaching has also been conditional upon the provision of a new Chnical School and the Austin Hospital has been recommended by Faculty as offering the best prospects for conversion into a teaching hospital.
Music
The Conservatorium is developing a post-graduate School, the members of which are working towards the degree of Master of Music.
The School forms an important part of the Conservatorium's activity, pro- viding opportunities for advanced work in the academic and practical fields. It is expected that it will continue to grow.
Owing to lack of finance the Opera School was forced to go into recess after the 1963 season. This is particularly unfortunate, for apart from the gap caused by the lack of operatic study and presentation so far as the University and the public is concerned, a very important source of training for the professional stage has been temporarily discontinued.
The Sidney Myer Free Concerts given by the University and in asso- ciation with the A.B.C. were an outstanding success. Concerts by the Conservatorium Chorus and Orchestra, the Conservatorium Chamber Or- chestra, and Lunch-hour concerts in Wilson Hall have continued to pro- vide a regular and valuable feature of the University's musical hfe.
Science
Some difficulties were encountered in the selection of students from the large number clamouring to enter. Changes have been made in the quota pohcy and this should eliminate many problems next year.
Here, as in other faculties, pressure on space and accommodation is acute and extra provision is needed to meet rising student numbers. There is a healthy increase in the proportion of students taking science and the
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community needs them. It would be tragic if no facilities were available to meet this increase.
The Engineering and Science Appeal raised £94,000, of which the Faculty of Science received a share of £42,125.
A new computer (I.B.M. 7044) was acquired. The machine is housed in the School of Architecture and since its opening in March 1964 has processed more than 300 projects.
The Meteorology Bureau weather radar was installed on the Barry Building and commenced operations in August. This radar is to be used by the Bureau and the University for research as well as basic storm warning. The cost was £70,000 and the Bureau is providing full main- tenance.
PoUcy questions are to be discussed in the coming year, particularly the need for a clear cut pohcy, related to the University as a whole, on which we can base future plans.
Veterinary Science
The first intake of students in the School of Veterinary Science took place in March 1963 and the Veterinary Pre-Chnical Centre, to accom- modate second and third year classes in the faculty, commenced construction in June of that year. The building was finished in October 1964 and will be available for student occupation early in 1965. It will be opened by the Premier, the Honourable H. E. Bolte, at a ceremony on 7 May.
The Centre is detached from the main campus and shares a common site on the Veterinary precinct, at the comer of Flemington Road and Park Street, with the University Veterinary Research Institute and the Animal Health Division Laboratory of C.S.I.R.O., a geographical juxtaposition which should be of benefit to all three institutions.
Student numbers have increased with the introduction of a new class each academic year. In 1965 there will be 142 students, 50 in first year, 48 in second year and 44 in third year. The academic excellence of the student intake is attested by the high pass rates of approximately 80 per cent in annual examinations held so far.
A number of staff appointments have been made during 1964 and further arrivals are anticipated early in 1965 to allow the full-scale teaching of all subjects to be conducted in the Veterinary School for the first time. During 1964 teaching in Veterinary Anatomy has been conducted in improvised quarters and teaching in Physiology, Bio- chemistry and Animal Husbandry has been provided in the form of service courses by the respective departments.
The Veterinary Clinical Centre at Werribee, which will house the fourth- and fifth-year classes will commence construction early in 1965 and it is anticipated that its first stage of development will be completed in time to accommodate the fourth-year class in 1966.
6. Staff:
Readers
During the year the following appointments and promotions(°) to Readerships were made:
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* Mr. A. G. Austin, in Education
* Dr. A. G. Baikie, in Medicine
* Dr. D. J. Dewhurst, in Biophysics
c Miss Diana Dyason, in History and Philosophy of Science (Reader-in-Charge)
Dr. R. A. Kenney, in Physiology
' Dr. J. D. Lawson, in Hydraulic Engineering Dr. R. M. Mowbray, in Medical Psychology
° Dr. J. O. N. Perkins, in Economics
° Dr. J. R. Poynter, in History
* Dr. P. Swan, in Physics
* Mr, L. J. Tiemey, in Social Studies (Reader-in-Charge)
* Dr. H. Wiemann, in German Appointments
The following staff members, not including Professors or Readers, accepted appointment during the year or were promoted to higher status (indicated with an asterisk ° ) .
* Dr. D. H. Ashton, as a Senior Lecturer in Botany
Mr. D. S. Barker, as a Senior Lecturer in Conservative Dentistry
* Dr. C. G. Barraclough, as a Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry Mr. W. A. Bate, as a Senior Lecturer in History
Dr. R. G. Beilharz, as a Lecturer in Agriculture
* Dr. G. Berci, as a Senior Lecturer (Medical) in Medicine
** Mr. S. G. Bervoets, as a Senior Lecturer in Surveying Mr. P. F. Bourke, as a Lecturer in History
* Mr. F. J. Brine, as a Lecturer in Town and Regional Planning
° Mr. R. H. Brown, as a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
° Mr. D. W. Bruce, as a Lecturer in Pharmacology
° Mr. K. D. Caimcross, as a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology Mr. S. G. Campbell, as a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology Dr. P. R. Carnegie, as a Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry
' Dr. T. C. Chambers, as a Senior Lecturer in Botany
Mr. W. W. S. Charters, as a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engin- eering
Mr. H. J. Chu, as a Lecturer in Oriental Studies
Miss M. Clark, as a Lecturer in Indonesian and Malayan Studies Mr. R. C. Clift, as a Lecturer in Accounting
Mr. R. H. Cochrane, as a Lecturer in Agricultural Engineering Mr. P. J. Connor, as a Lecturer in Classics
° Dr. R. A. Craig, as .a Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry Mr. P. J. Cubberley, as a Lecturer in Russian
Mr. J. Dickson, as a Research Fellow in Veterinary Science Mr. T. P. Dobson, as a Senior Lecturer in English
Mr. W. B. Eggington, as a Senior Lecturer in Japanese Mr. F. Erpi, as a Senior Lecturer in Architecture
Dr. R. F. Evans, as a Research Fellow in Organic Chemistry Dr. W. W. Fee, as a Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
Dr. D. B. Galloway, as a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Dr. B. M. Gatehouse, as a Senior Lecturer in Industrial Science Dr. C. C. Gay, as a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Chnical Science
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Miss D. M. E. Gillam, as a Lecturer in English
0 Mr. G. E. de Graaf, as a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Mr. B. Grant, as University Fellow in Pohtical Science
° Dr. H. P. Hain, as a Lecturer in Accounting
° Mr. A. D. Hallam, as a Lecturer in Semitic Studies Mr. A. J. St. J. Hannigan, as a Senior Lecturer in Legal Studies Miss M. Harris, as a Research Fellow in the Institute of Apphed
Economic Research
Dr. T. J. Heath, as a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Sciences
* Dr. A. K. Holland, as a Senior Lecturer in French Mr. V. F. Hope, as a Lecturer in Bacteriology
° Dr. J. A. Howard, as a Senior Lecturer in Forestry Mr. J. R. Howes, as a Lecturer in Philosophy
° Mr. A. A. Humffray, as a Lecturer in Physical Chemistry Dr. M. J. D. Jenssen, as a Lecturer in Meteorology
Mr. D. E. Johnston, as a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Sciences
° Mr. E. L. Jones, as a Senior Lecturer in Enghsh
* Mr. T. E. Jones, as a Senior Veterinary Pathologist in the Veterin- ary Research Institute
0 Mr. J. Jupp, as a Senior Lecturer in Political Science
* Dr. F. P. Just, as a Senior Lecturer in French Dr. M. Kalk, as a Senior Lecturer in Zoology Mr. R. C. I. King, as a Lecturer in Oriental Studies Mr. A. G. Klein, as a Senior Lecturer in Physics Mr. J. E. Kriegel, as a Lecturer in Mathematics
° Dr. Patricia Leaper, as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology
* Mr. D. D. Leaver, as a Senior Veterinary Pathologist in the Veterinary Research Institute
Dr. B. T. O. Lee, as a Lecturer in Zoology
* Mrs. A. Leong, as a Lecturer in Dental Prosthetics
° Mr. E. M. Mansoor, as a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Mr. D. J. Memory, as a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
Dr. P. J. Moore, as a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
° Dr. E. G. Muirhead, as a Senior Lecturer in Physics
° Dr. H. A. Mcintosh, as a Senior Lecturer in Conservative Dentistry
° Dr. Mary McCIoskey, as a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
° Dr. P. T. McTigue, as a Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
" M r . H. O'Neill, as a Senior Lecturer in Architecture Mr. N. C. Palmer, as a Lecturer in Veterinary Pathology Dr. F. B. M. Philhps, as a Lecturer in Anatomy
* Mr. N. D. Quarry, as a Senior Lecturer in Architecture
° Mr. R. Rahni, as a Lecturer in Architecture
Mr. K. A. Rasmussen, as a Lecturer in Town and Regional Planning Mr. D. C. Rogers, as a Lecturer in Zoology
° Dr. P. Schwerdtfeger, as a Senior Lecturer in Meteorology
Dr. M. J. Simcock, as a Second Assistant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Mr. L. U. Simon, as Director of Studies in Building
Dr. F. B. Smith, as a Senior Lecturer in History Mr. A. E. Spargo, as a Lecturer in Physics
Mr. G. A. Stewart, as a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Sciences Dr. Bernice M. Stratford, as a Senior Lecturer in Anatomy
Mr. S. Supomo, as a Lecturer in Indonesian
• Dr. G. A. Thomas, as a Senior Lecturer in Geology
° Dr. J. A. Thomson, as a Senior Lecturer in Zoology Dr. C. B. Thornton-Smith, as a Lecturer in French
° Mr. A. G. Topp, as a Lecturer in Accounting Mr K. Trace, as a Lecturer in Economic History Mrs. Z. Ughtzky, as a Senior Lecturer in Russian Dr. G. D. Watson, as a Lecturer in French
Dr. L. R. Webb, as a Senior Lecturer in Economics
Mr. R. J. H. Wells, as a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Sciences Dr. J. S. Wilkinson, as a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Sciences Miss M. Williams, as a Field Work Administrator in Social Studies Mr. D. G. Wood, as a Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
Mr. J. B. Woolcock, as a Veterinary Pathologist in the Veterinary Research Institute
Resignations:
Mr. J. B. Agnew, Lecturer in Chemical Engineering (to Monash Uni- versity)
Mr. D. D. Alexandra, Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Building (to private practice)
Dr. J. R. Anderson, Reader in Physical Chemistry (to a Chair at the University of Adelaide)
Dr. D. M. Armstrong, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy (to a Chair at the University of Sydney)
Mr. S. Aroni, Lecturer in Civil Engineering (to research at the University of California)
Dr. L. M. Birt, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry (to Sheffield University) Dr. P. Brady, Senior Lecturer in French (to the University of Queens-
land)
Mr. R. H. Brown, Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering (to Monash University)
Associate Professor G. S. Christie, Department of Pathology (to a Chair at the University of Queensland)
Dr. A. C. L. Clark, First Assistant in the Department of Child Health (to a Chair at Monash University)
Mr. J. D. Davies, Independent Lecturer in Law Affecting Journalism (to the Taxation Board of Review)
Dr. Eva D. Ferguson, Lecturer in Psychology (to the University of South Illinois)
Dr. C. E. Folsome, Senior Lecturer in Genetics (to the University of Hawaii)
Dr. B. M. Gatehouse, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Science (to Monash University)
Dr. G. H. Hale, Third Assistant in the Department of Medicine, St.
Vincent's Hospital
Dr. G. H. Jowett, Reader in Statistics (to a Chair at the University of Otago, New Zealand)
Dr. R. A. Kennedy, Lecturer in Psychology (to the University of St.
Andrews)
Dr. K. H. Lokan, Senior Lecturer in Physics (to the University of Adelaide)
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Associate Professor K. Macartney, Department of Enghsh (to private research)
Dr. W. McBain, Senior Lecturer in French (to the University of Wis- consin )
Dr. E. V. Mackay, First Assistant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (to a Chair at the University of Queensland)
Dr. A. W. Martin, Senior Lecturer in History (to the University of Adelaide)
Mr. H. C. Mathew, Field Work Administrator in the Department of Social Studies (resigned because of ill-health)
Mr. D. Mendes da Costa, Senior Lecturer in Law (to Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto)
Mr. D. J. Mulvaney, Senior Lecturer in History (to the Austrahan National University)
Mr. P. G. Nash, Senior Lecturer in Legal Studies (to Monash University) Dr. O. E. Potter, Reader in Chemical Engineering (to a Chair at Monash
University)
Mr. J. P. Sarumpaet, Lecturer in Indonesian, (to return to Indonesia) Dr. R. H. Spear, Senior Lecturer in Physics (to the Australian National
University)
Dr. D. R. Stranks, Reader in Inorganic Chemistry (to a Chair at the University of Adelaide)
Dr. D. H. Trollope, Reader in Civil Engineering (to a Chair at the University College of Townsville)
Mr. P. L. Waller, Senior Lecturer in Law (to a Chair at Monash Univer- sity)
Retirement:
Miss V. C. Jennings, Senior Lecturer in English Overseas Leave
The following members of staff spent sabbatical leave overseas:
Miss Y. Aitken, Senior Lecturer in Agriculture, studied the flowering behaviour of various agricultural species in the United States and Great Britain.
Professor Sir Arthur Amies visited Dental Schools in many countries and was one of the University's representatives at the Jubilee Meeting of the Association of Commonwealth Universities in London.
Dr. J. R. Anderson, Reader in Physical Chemistry, made a short visit to Europe during which he attended International Congresses in Amster- dam and Munich.
Dr. G. Berci, Lecturer in Experimental Surgery, spent two years overseas during which he made a special study or gastric physiology in the University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
Professor J. Bowman visited India to attend an International Congress of Orientalists.
Mrs. C. H. Burger, Senior Lecturer in French, carried out research work in Paris, Vienna and Bonn.
Dr. G. Bumstock, Reader in Physiological Zoology, investigated nerve-muscle physiology in Universities in the United States and visited laboratories in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.
Professor D. E. Caro spent eight months in Europe, the United States
and Canada investigating the availability of teaching staff, teaching tech- niques and nuclear physics research.
Associate Professor G. S. Christie was Visiting Professor of Pathology in the Chicago Medical School during his sabbatical leave from tne Department of Pathology.
Professor Z. Cowen was Visiting Professor at the Harvard Law School for one year and advised on the estabhshment of legal education in the University of the West Indies.
Mrs. G. M. Dow, Senior Lecturer in Education, studied post-graduate education in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.
Dr. P. J. Fensham, Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, continued at Stanford University, Cahfornia, and Bristol University, research on which he has been engaged in the fields of catalysis and surface chemistry of oxides.
Mr. P. Fiddian, Secretary of the Conservatorium, investigated musical training and practice in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States.
Dr. Shirley Freeman, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, paid a brief visit to the University of Chicago to attend an international conference on the Uses of Isotopically Labelled Drugs in Experimental Pharma- cology.
Mr. G. H. Gelhe, Reader in Classics, spent his sabbatical leave at the Institute of Classical Studies at London University.
Professor A. Boyce Gibson taught at the University of Texas and gave addresses and attended conferences in various parts of the United States.
Professor L. Goldberg taught at the City College of the University of New York and discussed accounting and business administration in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Dr. D. Grishin, Senior Lecturer in Russian, attended the International Congress of Slavists in Bulgaria and worked on original Russian docu- ments in the British Museum and in various European centres.
Professor G. C. de Gruchy attended Congresses of the Asian and Pacific Society of Haematology in Israel and of the International Society of Haematology in Stockholm, and visited medical centres in the United Kingdom.
Mr. H. G. Helms, Special Matriculation Officer, investigated Univer- sity entrance standards in the United States, United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
Miss M. Lester, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, studied teaching methods in the United States and Russia and spent one term teaching at the University of Kansas.
Professor R. R. H. Lovell read a paper at the International Working Symposium on the Epidemiology of Hypertension in Chicago and visited teaching hospitals in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Mr. J. A. C. Mackie, Senior Lecturer in Charge of Indonesian and Malayan Studies, made a survey of "area study" courses in Asia and Europe, and spent six months as Research Associate in the Cornell Modern Indonesia Project.
Mr. F. K. H. Maher, Senior Lecturer in Law, made a study of the organization and teaching of Law in Italy, especially at the University of Rome.
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Dr. R. P. Meijer, Senior Lecturer in Dutch, attended a number of conferences in Holland and undertook research in the history of Dutch and Flemish literature.
Dr. T. F. Neales, Senior Lecturer in Botany, worked for a year in the Botany Department of Swansea University.
Professor O. A. Oeser spent a month in Hong Kong and Thailand;
he carried out special research at the Bangkok Institute for Child Study.
Dr. I. Patterson, Reader in Mechanical Engineering, spent four months at Birmingham University working on fundamental research concerning unsteady gas dynamics.
Mr. I. G. Robertson, Lecturer in History, worked in the Archives of the Vatican Library on research into medieval Roman history.
Dr. P. Schwerdtfeger, Lecturer in Meteorology, accompanied the 1964 ANAR Expedition to Wilkes Station, Antarctica, with particular investigation of the reflectivity of the wind-swept snow surfaces encoun- tered on an ice cap.
Miss E. Ruff, Lecturer in German, attended courses on 18th century German literature at Tubingen, Germany.
Dr. J. Smit, Reader in Dutch and Germanic Phililogy, made a short visit to Belguim to attend a Conference of University Teachers of Dutch Language and Literature held in Brussels.
Dr. R. L. Specht, Reader in Botany, spent six months in the School of Agriculture at Oxford and participated in a symposium on "The Crisis in Botany".
Mr. J. A. Thomson, Lecturer in Zoology, held a Research Fellowship in the Biology Department of Yale University for the academic year 1963/4 and studied protein synthesis.
Mr. W. K. Tickner, Secretary of the Recreation Grounds Committee, investigated university sports facilities in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Dr. A. W. Willee, Director of Physical Education, completed work for his doctoral thesis at the University of Oregon, U.S.A. and visited other Universities in the United States.
Professor R. D. Wright accepted an invitation as Visiting Professor to the University of London at St. Mary's, Paddington, and visited laboratories and lectured in Universities in Europe, Asia and the United States.
Professor H. W. Worner visited metallurgy departments and presented lectures at several universities in the United Kingdom.
7. Obituary
Sir John Latham, former Chancellor and former Chief Justice of the High Court, died in July. Sir John was a most distinguished graduate of this University and had served the community in many ways.
Mr. R. W. T. Cowan, who was Warden of Trinity College for eighteen years, died in June. Mr. Cowan was an outstanding figure in the field of education, was respected and loved by undergraduates, and had contrib- uted much to the University including two periods of four years each on Council.
Dr. A. Lodewyckx, formerly Associate Professor in Germanic Lan- guages, died in September. Dr. Lodewyckx, by a generous gift in 1960, had enabled the University to introduce the teaching of Swedish.
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Mr. J. C. Woodhouse, who was Academic Secretary from 1950 to 1962, died in September. Mr. Woodhouse's friendship and guidance have been greatly missed by both staff and students.
8. Student Enrolments, Statistics:
The number of students in the last fifteen years is shown in the following table. The figures include research students.
Year 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Taking course for Degree or
Diploma 7,846 7,286 6,718 6,438 6,340 6,644 7,109 7,484 8,421 9,685 10,570 10,905 11,428 12,261 13,017
Taking Single Subjects
1,157 948 602 590 548 436 479 432 559 594 587 546 626 873 875
Total 9,003 8,234 7,320 7,028 6,888 7,080 7,588 7,916 9,020 10,279 11,157 11,451 12,054 13,134 13,892 The number of students who matriculated in 1964 were:
Men Women Total 2,006 982 2,988
The following table shows the number of students enrolled at the University during 1964:
Schools
Not Single Divided
First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sub- into Master Ph.D. Total Year Year Year Year Year jects Years
Agriculture Applied Science Architecture Arts Building Commerce Criminology Dental Science Education Engineering Journalism Law Medicine Music Bachelor
Diploma
Physical Education . . . , Psychological Medicine Psychology
69 40 54 46 29 20 150 106 86
6
36 — — — 8 15 — — — 1 90 99 40 — 10
— — 471 3175 174 7
45 51 541 352
222 192 209 156
37 1510
— — — — 10 47 26 29 — —
11 14 5
29
— — — — — 227 1088 180 175 164 165 162 °154 —
49 36 34 41 — — — 17 13 15 — — — — 91 124 — — •
80 1 28 36
15 — _ 25 — —
— 8 — — 15 222
— Ill 2 583 27 3847
— 23 4 1631
— 10
— 199 938 868
— 29 5 1324 13 1013
175 45 215 25 8 6 33
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Science 731 Science in Forestry . . . . —
Social Studies — Town and Regional
Planning—
Bachelor — Diploma — Veterinary Science . . . . 52
610 445 42 7
26
— 75 — 4 — — 124
3 133 246 — —
49
20 54 2 — 26 2160 14 246 22 54 104 13,892
• Sixth Year
Many of the above students were studying part-time, and some externally (i.e. by correspondence). The numbers of full-time, part- time and external students in each school in 1964 were as follows:
Full-time Part-time External Total
Agriculture 212 10 222 Applied Science 103 8 111 Architecture 503 80 583 Arts 1,802 1,777 268 3,847
Building 23 23 Commerce 800 817 14 1,631
Criminology 1 9 10 Dental Science 198 1 199 Education 311 420 207 938
Engineering 795 73 868 Journalism 1 28 29 Law 952 341 31 1,324
Medicine 1,012 1 1,013 Music 176 41 3 220
Physical Education 176 39 215 Psychological Medicine . . . . 1 24 25 Psychology 8 8 Public Administration 2 24 26 Science 1,442 604 115 2,161
Science in Forestry 11 2 13 Social Studies 198 48 246 Town and Regional Planning 26 49 1 76
Veterinary Science 99 5 104 Total 8,844 4,409 639 13,892
Assisted Students
Altogether 8,694 students received assistance in the form of scholar- ships, bursaries etc. The most important sources of assistance were:
Commonwealth Scholarship 3,987 Secondary and other Studentships etc 2,261
Half-fee concession 1,261
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The number of candidates for Degrees of Bachelor and for Diplomas who presented and passed at the Annual Examination in 1963 was as shown in the following tables:
A. Courses which are passed by years Full course students
1st Year 2nd Year Pres. Pass Pres. Pass
3rd Year
Pres. Pass 4th Year
Pres. Pass 5th Year 6th Year Pres. Pass Pres. Pass
Total Pres. Pass Agriculture 56 39 43 40 32
Applied Science 39 18 19 15 12 Architecture 119 81 65 38 32 Building 4 2 4 3 5 Dental Science 65 38 47 34 26 Education 284 270
Engineering 205 141 178 128 166 Medicine 180 162 169 153 172
^ Music Bachelor 33 22 22 18 11
g Diploma 10 5 4 Physical Education 93 69 68 49
Science 387 265 305 229 227 Veterinary Science 46 37
B. Courses which are not passed by years Full-time and Part-time students
27 11 24 2 18 123 158 9 3 198
33 5 50 1 16 147 165 25 5
31 4 13 1 14 138 159 21 4
32 25
10 25 18
10
164 75 298 14 179 284 696 160 152 846
91 161 14 934 46
137 48 181 122 g 8 c 270 2 530 a 784 a 70 3
111 £
7^ G
37 g
Arts (ordinary
degree)
Arts (Degree
with
Hons.) Commerce Law
Social
Studies Journalism Public Admin.
Number who presented . . Number who:
Passed all subjects Passed some subjects . .
2,145 1,388 512
574 461 102
1,342 875 349
1,032 648 355
182 144 32
28 14 4
27 18 7
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The foUowing are the number of students who presented for higher degrees in 1963 and the number who passed:
Master of
Agricultural Science Architecture
Arts Commerce Dental Science Education Engineering
Engineering Science
Gynaecology and Obstetrics Music
Science
Science in Forestry Surgery
Veterinary Science Total
Doctor of Letters Medicine Philosophy Science Total
The number of degrees conferred 1/8/63 and 31/7/64 was:
Presented 3 5 25 1 7 2 4 18 2 2 40 1 1 1 112 1 12 23 5 41
and diplomas
Passed 3 4 25 1 5 2 3 17 1 1 40 1 1 1 105 1 5 23 4 33
granted between No.
Bachelors' degrees Agricultural Science Applied Science Architecture
Arts—ordinary degree degree with honours Building
Commerce—ordinary degree degree with honours Dental Science
Education Engineering Surveying
Law—ordinary degree degree with honours Medicine and Surgery
. .. 33 6 56 . 369
78 2 . 218
13 20 62 . 137
— . 147
13 . 151
No.
Music 25 Science—ordinary degree
degree with honours Science in Forestry
Town and Regional Planning
. 253 21 10
— Postgraduate degrees
Doctor of
Dental Science 1 Medicine
Philosophy Science Master of
Agricultural Science Architecture
Arts Commerce Dental Science Education Engineering
Engineering Science Gynaecology and Obstetr Law Science
Science in Forestry Surveying
ics
Veterinary Science
7 24 4 2 26 4 1 4 2 4 16 1 37 1 1 1 1
Total 1,751 Diplomas
Architectural Design Criminology
Education Journalism
Laryngology and Otology . Music
Physical Education Psychology
Psychological Medicine Pubhc Administration Social Studies
Town and Regional Planning Total . .
1 2 96 1 2 50 6 2 8 4 32 13 , 217 9. Research:
In August 1964 the Professorial Board recommended to Council that the number of students in the graduate schools of the various departments should be doubled by the year 1970. The Council accepted this recom-
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mendation as part of its pohcy on development. In this connection it is interesting to note the increases which have taken place without the ex- pression of a pohcy over recent years:
1962 1963 1964 Masters' degree candidates 343 391 417 Ph.D. degree candidates 170 200 247 In 1964 the numbers were made up as follows:
Masters' degree candidates, Part-time 196, Full-time 221;
Ph.D. degree candidates, Staff 95, Students 152.
The number of candidates supported by grants or scholarships from funds made available through the Standing Research Committee rose from 186 in 1963 to 189 in 1964. The increase over the number supported in 1963 was less than expected because of welcome increases in the num- bers of C.S.I.R.O. Studentships and Commonwealth Postgraduate Awards obtained by University of Melbourne graduates. Of the 189 candidates supported by University of Melboume awards, 138 were candidates for Masters' degrees and 51 were candidates for the Ph.D. degree.
The number of Ph.D. theses passed by examiners each year has stead- ily risen:
1948 1949 1950, 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
4 7 9 8 11 11 14 17 17
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
19 15 27 24 27 27 23 41
In the Second Report of the Austrahan Universities Commission, issued in August 1963, it was recommended that £.5,000,000 b e made available to Australian universities for research, in addition to the amounts which had previously been set aside from general funds by each university. It was further recommended that £1,000,000 of the £5,000,000 be made available at once while the remaining £4,000,000 would be the subject of a recommendation made after the Australian Universities Commission had visited all the universities. The amount recommended for the University of Melboume from the first £1,000,000 was £160,000. The Second Report was apparently received by the various governments in Australia without comment. The University of Melbourne prepared a submission of 256 pages for the Austrahan Universities Commission, concerning its research needs and in the meantime allocated approximately £100,000 of the
£160,000 for capital research equipment and used approximately £60,000 to increase shghtly the basic research grants for departments and to in- crease the grants and scholarships fund.
The Australian Universities Commission visited the University in Aug- ust 1964 and very satisfactory discussions took place between the Com- mission and a small committee headed by the Dean of Graduate Studies.
However, towards the end of the year it appeared that the Commonwealth Government would not be able, before the Christmas recess, to deal with the A.U.C. recommendations in reference to the outstanding £4,000,000
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but in December universities were informed that a further £ 1,000,000 had been approved and that the University of Melbourne's share of this would be £240,000. It was further stated by the responsible minister in the Com- monwealth Government that, before the rest of the money ( £3,000,000) was allocated, the government would need to be satisfied that the research projects were of a type which should be undertaken by universities. This statement, which was incorporated in a letter from the Chairman of the A.U.C, led to the preparation of a detailed reply by the Vice-Chancellor.
The £240,000 was allocated as follows: Capital Research Equipment,
£180,000; added to Grants and Scholarships Fund, £36,000; added to Basic Research Grants, £24,000.
The Report of Research and Investigation was published in Septem- ber under the new title of University of Melboume Research Report, 1963 and showed that in the year 1/3/63—28/2/64, 1,341 research projects were being actively pursued in the departments of the University and that 681 publications appeared in the form of books and chapters of books and articles in learned joumals. The report was sent to the A.U.C. as an appen- dix to the Vice-Chancellor's letter mentioned above.
10. Public and Matriculation Examinations:
At the 1964 examinations there were 72,987 candidates as follows:
Matriculation School Leaving School Intermediate 17,992 17,724 (Class B) 10,101 (Class B)
7,860 (Class A) 19,310 (Class A) The estimated number of scripts examined was 235,375: Matriculation 78,519, School Leaving (Class B) 90,847, School Intermediate (Class B) 66,009.
The processing of the Matriculation results was, once again, completed a few days earher than expected. The results were pubhshed in the press on 6, 7 and 8 January, and processed copies were distributed for University selection and scholarship purposes on 15 and 18 January. The results were, as hitherto, published on the basis of raw marks whilst the processed cop- ies consisted of standard marks.
Individual result slips were sent to School Intermediate and School Leaving candidates through their headmasters. The results of candidates who presented at the Exhibition Building and in suburban centres were sent out on time, but because of a mechanical defect in one of the data
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irocessing machines, the results of country candidates were three days ate.The University has controlled the Public and Matriculation Examina- tions since the first Matriculation Examination was held in 1856. From 1 January, 1965, the control of these examinations will be assumed by the Victorian Universities and Schools Examination Board which was estab- lished in June 1964 by agreement between the University of Melboume and Monash University.
11. Buildings:
The year 1964 was the first year of a new triennium for building grants from the Austrahan Universities Commission. Building work during the
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year was limited to completion of the work from the previous triennium, and other projects which it was fortunate enough to be able to plan prior to the commencement of the current triennium. They will be mentioned below.
Funds are provided in this triennium totalling £4,686,000 of which
£3,155,000 is available for Medicine.
The University conducted a competition for the selection of the archi- tects for the new medical centre, late in 1963, and Messrs. Mockridge, Stable & Mitchell were appointed in March 1964 as external architects for the new medical centre to house the departments of Anatomy, Pathology, Physiology, Pharmacology, Medical Administration and Experimental Neurology. The architect s winning design provides for a tri-radiate build- ing to be situated in the south-west comer of the university grounds adjacent to the Howard Florey Laboratories, and the new Medical Library which is to be built also from the funds available for Medicine. Each main discipline will be housed in a separate wing of the new medical centre and a central core will provide lifts and services for the whole building. A tiered lecture theatre block will be fitted into a corner formed by the radii.
The whole of 1964 has been taken up with the planning of this build- ing, and sketch plans were approved in August 1964 by the A.U.C. and it is expected that working drawings and specifications will be complete by the middle of 1965, so that building construction, which is expected to take two years, can commence in July 1965.
The Buildings Committee decided during the year that steam should be provided from the Royal Melbourne Hospital for the buildings in the south-west corner. A tunnel under Royal Parade is now under construction to provide for the steam lines and services necessary to bring the steam from the R.M.H. to the complex of buildings in the south-west comer. This will do away with the necessity of providing a boiler house within the building.
Work on the site commenced in October 1964, when the two profes- sors' houses south of the Baillieu Library were demolished. Construction of the new Medical Library under the control of Messrs. J. F. D. Scar- borough & Partners, was commenced in December 1964, when a contract was signed with Messrs. S. J. Weir Pty. Ltd.
The Medical Library is to be a building of three floors and during the year, a grant was received from the Wellcome Trust, which will enable the third floor to be completely finished, to provide a section within the Library on the history of Medicine.
In order to move existing services and prepare for the tri-radiate building, other siteworks are expected to commence in April 1965.
Official opening of the Hydraulics Building took place on 9 September 1964, after many delays in completion.
Work proceeded on the site of the Veterinary precinct on the new Pre- Clinical Centre for the Faculty of Veterinary Science, financed from the grants from the A.U.C. for the triennium 1964-6. The building was occu- pied in October 1964, and examinations were held in the new structure, although the Contractor did not finally hand over to the University until November 1964. Work has also proceeded on the first stages of road works in the Veterinary precinct according to the plans prepared by the archi- tects, Messrs. Garnet Alsop & Partners, following extensive building con- struction for the Veterinary Research Institute and C.S.I.R.O.
The new School of Architecture which was commenced early in 1964 was handed over to the University from the builder Messrs. L. U. Simon Pty. Ltd., in time for second term 1964. A fourth floor was added to the structure during the term of the contract. Many areas within the building remain uncompleted due to the lack of finance but the building provides for large flat drawing office accommodation for the large number of stu- dents at present within the faculty. Consequent upon the construction of the new building the University was able to demolish accommodation used by the Faculty of Architecture since the war years. It is proposed to use the site just inside the Grattan Street entrance for a car park until further moneys become available for building in the triennium 1967-9.
Work has proceeded steadily at the Agriculture Field-Station at Mt.
Derrimut where the opening ceremony was performed by Sir Samuel Wadham on 10 September 1964. Alterations were made to existing build- ings and new laboratory buildings have been completed while research funds have provided new buildings which include the meat laboratory, cattle pavilion and ancillary works.
The University acknowledges with appreciation the co-operation of the Meteorological Bureau in the construction of a radar tower on the roof of the Barry Building. This equipment, costing many thousands of pounds, will provide weather information to the Meteorological Bureau and give valuable research material.
The University House Committee proceeded with the construction of a new lounge from the grant of £15,000 provided by the A.U.C, under the control of the Staff Architect Mr R. Featherstone. The new lounge was occupied shortly before Christmas, 1964.
The Union House signed a contract through Messrs. Eggleston, Mac- donald and Secomb with Hansen & Yuncken Pty. Ltd. for the construction of the first stage of the Union House alterations which included complete renovation to the kitchens, and the provision of a western entrance and staircase.
During the whole of 1964, the repairs to the stonework on the central administration building erected in 1856 have proceeded and work is near- ing completion.
The contract for the erection of the new School of Microbiology pro- ceeded during the year with many difficulties, as the University agreed to two further floors during the tenure of the present contract in order to meet its obligation that an extra sixty medical students would be taken in 1967. The complexity of erecting a new structure for this highly special- ized and technical department within the Medical faculty has created many problems which nave, however, been solved.
The grants from the A.U.C. included the amount of £80,000 available for minor works:
fa) Stonework repairs (b) Engineering School ' c ) Administration Annexe fd) Geology
e) Chemistry-Geology (f) Law Library
( g ) Computer . . . .
£15,000 9,000 7,000 10,000 10,000 9,500 14,000 734
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( h ) Furniture and equipment for the above
buildings 5,000
£79,000 Grants also included works for siteworks totalhng £69,000:
Widening of Tin Alley
Rehousing of boiler in Administration Paths & landscaping
Drainage and water supply . . Electric supply improvement Six heating & steam lines Royal Parade subway
£5,000 8,000 15,000 29,000 2,000 5,000 5,000
£69,000
These amounts provided for minor works have given some relief to the strained general funds available for building alterations. One good example is in the Faculty of Engineering where £9,500 has been spent to produce better facilities for teaching.
The Buildings Committee during the year accepted an overall plan prepared by the mechanical consultants, Messrs. W. E. Bassett & Partners, for the provision of localized boiler-houses for the supply of steam and hot water to University departments.
In the first stage it will be financially impossible to erect one single central boiler-house, and the consultants have proposed that the Univer- sity should proceed with boiler-houses in each of the sections of the Uni- versity, but provide the ducting for the centrahzed boiler-house in the future. Consequently the Beaurepaire Centre has been enlarged in order to have adequate steam connections to the buildings in the central area of the University grounds.
Accommodation problems still present serious difficulties to the Uni- versity departments. The Faculties of Arts and Education, the depart- ments of Anthropology and Physics, have serious problems while the Uni- versity Administration can see no relief for a number of years.
One of the major achievements on buildings during 1964 was the set- ting up of a Joint Committee of the Buildings Committee and the Profes- sorial Board on the planning for the triennium 1967-9. This Committee has functioned with considerable success.
12. Finance:
The University's revenue consists in almost equal parts of Common- wealth and State Government grants (providing about 80% of the total) and students' fees to the extent of about 20%. The year 1964 was the first in the new triennium and, although revenue substantially increased, the inflationary tendency, as seen in wages increases and higher costs gen- erally, swallowed up so much of the new money that little was left for increases in the academic staff, departmental apparatus and equipment votes and library purchases. In addition while the completion of new
buildings, again mainly from governmental sources, has relieved certain faculties tremendously (e.g. Economics and Commerce and the School of Microbiology, serving a number of faculties) the high costs of lighting, heating and cleaning have caused some anxiety. However, the staff has become increasingly aware of the University's financial stresses and throughout the year accepted the situation that the years of plenty had not yet arrived. Indeed, the understanding and even good humour shown by the staff have lightened the burden of central administration and enabled an anticipated deficit to be turned into a small surplus. The rebirth of a full Veterinary Faculty, after a gap of more than thirty years, has also strained our resources but at least the University may be proud of the new building put up in the pre-clinical precinct in ParkviUe and the fine staff which it now houses. Much skilful and arduous work was done by academic staff and the administrators in preparing the Australian Universities Commission Submission for the triennium, 1967-69, which had to be ready early in 1965. In particular, the Planning Committee of the Professorial Board under the chairmanship of Professor Downing examined in great detail the building needs of every department and thereby greatly helped the Council and its Buildings Committee. With total student numbers almost touching the 14,000 mark and post-graduate enrolments steadily increasing it is still obvious that finance will remain a matter of concern, a concern however that is becoming better under- stood by the University as a whole and the governments who make the grants that so greatly exceed anything dreamed of 10 years or so ago.
With this knowledge and sympathy it is certain that, not so far in the future, our needs will be met. The advent of new Austrahan universities increases the need for maintaining and properly sustaining the old, for Sydney and Melbourne will surely have to accept the responsibility of supplying teachers and researchers and administrators to the newer and future universities.
13. Future Developments and the A.U.C:
In the first year of one triennium we must begin preparing our sub- mission for the next triennium. The A.U.C. questionnaire required answers that extended to 1,400 foolscap pages. As the next triennium runs from 1967 to 1969, the result is that in 1964 we must plan our budget expendi- ture up to 1969—a task that is not easy in a rapidly developing University.
The submission was formally presented on 28th February 1965. The sub- mission was the result of team work: Council and Professorial Board and the various Standing Committees worked together in order that an effec- tive case could be presented.
14. Student Affairs and the Union:
Despite the strain on catering and allied facilities, reported in past years, commercial turnover, both in money and in number of transactions, continued to rise and new records were set in most activities of this nature.
The introduction by the Union Council of entertainment and aug- mented eating and drinking facilities in the Mixed Lounge have induced many more members to make the Union a centre of recreation in the evenings.
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