UNIVERSITY HOUSE
UNIVERSITY HOUSE
1. University House, which is situated within the University grounds, is a club for the members of the University staff. It was instituted in 1953 for t h e purpose of creating within t h e University a wider and more varied society than any single department could offer, and in t h e hope that it would promote friendship and the fruitful exchange of ideas between people whose work was varied yet had a common objective. It was intended to provide members with meals in pleasant surroundings, to serve as a place where colleagues from other universities might b e entertained, and to assist members in their private entertaining. T h e House possesses a liquor licence.
2. T h e present members of t h e committee are:
President Mn. R. V. S. HUGHES Vice-President Miss L. H. SEMMENS Hon. Secretary M R . J. KENNEDY Hon. Treasurer M R . C. R. NORRIS
Members:
M R . R. F . GARTON
M R . A. D . H A L L A M D R . A. S H U L M A N M R : W. J. BYRT M R . K. O T W A Y D R . J. W . T . M E R E W E T H E H M R . H . A. PRESSER
3. University House is financed by members' subscriptions, donations, with some assistance from the Council of the University. T h e building is t h e property of the University b u t its contents belong to the members.
4. Membership of t h e House is in accordance with t h e constitution approved by the members at a general meeting and can only be changed by a general meeting of members.
( a ) Foundation Members
Foundation members shall be those persons who were admitted as foundation members before 31st July, 1953.
( b ) Non-foundation Members
( a ) the Chancellor, t h e Deputy Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, members of the Council of t h e University, the Warden of Convocation and former Chan- cellors and Vice-Chancellors of the University, President and Chairman of the Graduate Union;
( b ) full-time members of the academic staff of the University with the status of tutor or higher status;
( c ) full-time members of the Administrative staff—
(i) who have the status of Administrative Officer or higher status, or (ii) who are Senior Librarians or Librarians Grade I or Librarians Grade
II, and Assistant Librarians Grade I and I I , (iii) who are Female Administrative Assistants,
(iv) who are Laboratory Managers, Chief Technical Officers or Senior Bacteriologists;
( d ) full-time research workers in any of the following categories—
( i ) research fellows and research officers,
(ii) graduates pursuing an approved course for t h e degree of Ph.D., (iii) full-time research workers with status higher than those of categories
( i ) and ( i i ) ,
( i v ) other full-time research workers deemed eligible by t h e committee;
( e ) part-time members of the teaching, research or administrative staff of the University deemed eligible b y the committee. Eligibility will, in general, b e governed by a teaching load of approximately 40 hours per year, and status equivalent to the categories listed in ( b ) , ( c ) and ( d ) above;
(f) the heads of Affiliated Colleges and University Halls of Residence and senior full-time salaried graduate staff of such colleges and halls; and persons who work for the greater part of their time within the University
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as senior officers of kindred organizations who are deemed eligible by the Committee;
Note: Senior members of Colleges and Halls who are not employed full- time by these institutions should qualify for membership under ( b ) , ( c ) , (d) or (e) above.
(g) visiting professors, lecturers, research workers and members of the staffs of other universities who are not in any of the above categories who are not admitted as temporary honorary members under Rule 11 and who are deemed eligible by the Committee.
(h) formei members of staff of this University or of other universities who are currently associated with this University and its work and who are deemed eligible by the Committee.
A person admitted to membership under any rules previously in force who retains his qualification for membership under those rules as at 30th June, 1954, shall not cease to be eligible to continue his membership merely because he is not within any of the abovementioned categories.
(c) Associate Members
The following persons may be elected to associate membership by the committee for such period as the committee determines—
(a) any person ehgible for membership (clauses 3 or 4);
(b) the wife or husband (not being in statu pupillari) of a member (clauses 3 or 4 ) ;
(c) any person who is a member of the staff of the University not described in clause 4 deemed eligible by the Committee.
(d) the widow or widower of a deceased member (Clauses 3, 4, 12, 13 and 15).
(d) Affiliated Members
(a) The committee may elect as an Affiliated member, any person who is a member of the staff of another Victorian University and who is also a member of an organization which is deemed by the Committee to be the nearest equivalent to University House available to him in his own Uni- versity, provided that ho is not otherwise ehgible to be a member of University House under Clauses 4 or 15.
(b) Affiliated members shall pay an annual subscription of tne-third the full membership fee.
Associate and affiliated members shall not be qualified—
(a) to be officers or members of the commitee; or (b) to vote as members of the club; or
(c) to propose or second candidates for membership or office.
5. The house is open for the full academic year and is normally closed for 4 weeks at Christmas.
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