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No. 55 December, 1963

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W E S H A 1

Those of you who find the Journal sufficiently interesting to read not only the complete text but also the little numbers on the tops of the page will find it does not start with the customary Page no. 1. There are no prizes for noticing that, it is because the Salaries article appeared as a Bulletin to make it more readily available.

We wish all members of CERN and their families health and happiness at Christmas and in the New Year.

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C 0 N T E N T S

1. Warsaw Quintet

2. Deller Consort

3. Football Regulations

4. Explanatory Note

5. Open Letter of Dispute Football

6. Spelling Reform

7. Results of Children's Paintings

8. CERNSHOP

9. Secretariate

10. Next Journal

11. Vie au CERN

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MUSIC CLUB

First Concert

The 4th season of the concerts in Cern opened with a hearty welcome from M. Pentz to a remarkably large audience assembled on Thursday October 31st to hear the Quintette de Varsovie.

The programme, containing one entirely unknown, at least to me, composer and hrn ·very well known and loved composers - Schumr:ian and Brahms - gave ample opportunity for a fine evening.

The speculation as to the nature of Grazyna Baceurez 1 s composition for a piano quintette was perhaps of more interest than the actual composition. This was a very straight forward and easily acceptable work 1 moderately pleasing with no unusual techniques. Music of rather a romantic natut~ with ftequent pleasing harmonies but no real melodies. The third movement,"Grave11 had an interesting and effective feature in its middle passage where use was made con­tinuously of two alternating notes taken up first by one instrument and then continued on another. The passage where the pianist had the alternating notes was very pleasingly embe~ished by the strings. The last movement "Con passione" lived up well to its title. Al together a very easy piece to listen to. ·

We next heard a rendering of the Schumman Quintet · in Eb major. This being familiar nusic 1 I think we all sat back hoping to hear a really fine rendering of this delightful work. Some harshness in the upper strings which I noticed in the first work and assumed was due to tension over a new or unfamiliar piece was unfortunately very apparent once again. This group of musicians is a very powerful one and I feel they were too powerful and loud for ~he acoustics of the Auditorium. There was no finesse and purity of tone in any passages above a mezzo forte and in ceneral I felt that a noisy assault was being made on ones ears. The quartet had terrific attack and con­siderable precision and I am sure made an all out att e mpt to give a very expressive performance.

After the interval, which should have allowed the players an opportunity to discuss the balance and acoustics of the hall if they arrived too late to become familiar with these before the performance, we heard Brahms Quintet in F minor, and I am afraid there was no improvement in . tone quality and dynamics.

Frankly I ~as disappointed with the performance of the Quintette de Varsovie, but I know that many of the audience, in a less critical mood, enjoyed a very pleasing evening and the applause was such that we were treated to, perhaps the most craceful performance of the evening, when we were given a movement of the Boccherini Quintet as an encore.

Alison Head

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MUSIC CLUB

The Alfred Deller Consort - Novemb e r 18th

The architecture , sculpture , p a intinc and literature of the Renaissanc e are familiar to us all, and many of the masterpi e ces of this wonderful age - a picture of a town, a reproduction, a book of paintings, even some advertisements - are so often before our eyes that they have come to be well known. Knowledge of the riches of the music that a rose in this same artistic movement is far less common. The music does, however, share many nspects with the other arts, such as the heritag e of a more primitive mediaeval art moulded by religion, the rapid development of the me ans of expression soon to reach virtuosity, the close link with the related arts (here music and poetry), the · flourishing of artistic schools in almost the whole of Western Europe, the appe a rance of artists of great talent, even genius.

The concert of th e Doller Cons c rt gave us an exceptional opportunity of pene tra ting into this a ttractive period. Well before the conc e rt, the connaisseurs, who fill e d the hall, perhaps more numerous among the Engli s h-spe a king enthusiasts, had spre ad an air of excit ement.

The Deller Consort sang madri gals and chansons frangaises a capella. This form was v e ry popular during the Renaissance and held the place. later to be fill e d by cha mber music: intimate music, where each artist contributes to the whole and yet keeps his indivi­duality; music that a small group of amateurs c a n play. Many spor~s have come down to us with the parts printed along the four sides of the page so that they could be read around a table •

.The group is made up of two sopranos, two. tenors, a baritone and Alfred De ller who dire cts the group with sobriety and sings counter-tenor in ~ curious voice of a hi gh tessitura .. All are accomplished art.ists, forming a unified whol e .

The evening began with some English madrigals in wJiich We e lke s and Dowland are particularly brilliant, while not overshadowing their contempora ri e s Ward and Wilbye. Though the musical language is rather different from that of the cl a ssical p eriod, for example, it is none the l e ss very rich and of great subtlety. It was interpreted with delicacy by the artists. In the middle of the song s fox male voices an I tali an song brings a diffe.rent tone colour, more vibrant, highlighting the whole picture. Hoyda! jolly Rutterkin, a comic, bantering song, puts e verybody in a gay mood for the interval.

Afterwards, the artists continue with a graceful "Mignonne allons voir si la rose ••• 11 in a de licate setting by Costel ey, and other Fre nch songs by Lassus, whose reputation as a musical genius

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cannot be denied and by Janequin, whose "Chant des Oyseaux" is a delight of bold harmonies and gentle humour. The singers emerge with brillance from this test of their virtuosity,

The Italian school is of a more sentimental turn - is the rendering perhaps a little too subtle for it? It seems to be lacking in some warmth. Monteverdi speaks a very personal, deep language which dominates this part of the concert.

The evening ends with some English folk-songs arranged by Vaughan Williams - much arranged from the point of view of harmonies and structure and interpreted with great skill. Especially striking was a melody without words to a hummed background - though scarcely a Folk song.

At't. 1.

2.

An evening of revelation and enchantment.

Y. G-C.

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Cern Football Club

Rules for Int0rdivisional competition 1964.

The competition takes the form of a league championship.

The championship will be played off as a league comprising 1, 2 or 3 divisions according to the number of participating teams, with a final round to decide the winner.

The divisions, if found necessary, will be made up by a public draw., each team being represented.

The championship will begin in May and finish in September. The fixtures will be made up well in advance, so that each team can make such arrangements as necessary to avoid a walkover.

5. Priority will be given for the use of the Cern ground but if necessary the St. Genis and Aviation pitches may be used.

~. To take part in the competition, fill in the attached form, naming at least 20 players. These players should all belong to the same group, but if the group is a small one, two or three may merge to make one registered group.

Only Cern employees may take part (including auxiliaries, supernumeraries and visitors). Affiliated players must

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be clearly marked on the registration form, it being understood that although only two may play, more may be registered.

7. The name of one person responsible' for each team must be indicated, so that he can be contacted at any time, and can look after and return any equipment lent. ·

8. The name of one referee per t e am must also be given with the registration.

9. The price of participation will be S.Fr.2.- per player, that is S.Fr.40 minimum per team, to be paid at registration.

10. Any playe r who is a member of a League team including a veteran will be considered as an affiliated player. Each team may include two affiliated players, which must be noted on the match she e t.

11. To avoid any misunderstanding, a match sheet must be filled in and each captain must show the referee the identity cards (with photo) of his players.

12. Teams are asked to provide, if possible, their own . jerseys. Otherwise, sets of jerseys will be available from the

' Secretary, together with a ball and first aid kit. These jerseys must be returned after the match for washing, for which each player must pay S.Fr.0.50, to be advanced or collected by the responsible man in each team. Players are responsible for their own shin guards, stockings and boots.

13. League placing will be made according to the following system:

Win Draw Lost Forfeit

3 points 2 points 1 point 0 points

In case of the same number of points being obtained a play-off will designate the winner. Should this play-off end in a draw penalties will decide the issue.

A fair play challenge cup will be season to the most sporting team, on the field during the matches. agreement between the referee and

awarded at the end of the with the best behaviour Marks will be given by match delegate.

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Art. 15. An arbitration committee and a disciplinary committee will be constituted to ensure correct arrang ements and to sancti on any player l osinG his sporting spirit or showing bad behaviour.

16. A referee who plays or belongs to a registere d team will not . referee a match in th e league in which his team is registered.

17. Two players may be changed during a match before half time, and the g oalke e per at any time.

18. Prizes and Cups. At the end of the· season the Committee will call a me e ting of the teams which have taken place in the Championship to distribute the prizes to the winning teams:

1 Challenge cup (acquired one year) ) 1 cup ) 1 cup 1 cup

Champion

Runner-up Fair play

19. The Committee declines all responsibility in the case of accident.and invites each player to take out a sports insurance with the Caisse Maladi e (M. Fogli, Tel. 2730). The person responsible for each team should encourage the ir pla yers to insure themselves.

20. Re gistration automatically implies knowing and respecting the above regul a tions.

Dece~ber 2nd 1963

The Committee

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Registration Form

* To be returned to the Secretary before 30.1.64

I, the unde-rsigned of d·ivision (Tel. ) request the registration of the team in the CERN Inter-Services Championship, 1964.

Surname Christian Name Division

Affiliated players must be clearly marked.

This team will be called

List of Players

13. 14. 15. 16.

, 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.

Surname

. This team will have their own jerseys, if it does the colours will be will not

Proposed referee M .. of Di Yision, (Tei.

Herewith the sum of (S.Fr.2.- per registered player).

Christian Naue Division

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Signature of responsible person

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CERN Footballg Note from the Committee

Besides the big European competitions among big clubs such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Monaco /and Benfica, with well-known coaches such as Herrera, Leduc, Rappan 1and many others, in the winter sports season, there is also the activity of our club.

This activity is not limited ~o Committes members, it exists in the whole of CERN.

We have hardly recovered from our last championship, but it is now time to start thinking of 1964.

In this number of the Journal· you will find the Regulations for next year's championshi~ as well as the registration form.

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But we hope to ~ee you not only on the playing fiel~s in April and May but well bef~re then at a ;talk at the beginning of the year.

We are pleased to inform you that we have contacted :a reporter from "Radio Rornande", and the father of the "verrou"~ But sh •••

You will also be able to see a film showing the secrets of Herrera's coaching of Inter-Milan, and some slow motion pictures of Pele, Pepe, Santos, etc., the European Cup Final at Bern, etc., etc.

However, we need an audience of at least 75 and we count on Your support.

We should like to wish you al+ a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. i

For the Committee

P.H.B.

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Open Letter about Football

Many members of CERN willingly took up the idea of a football tournament. inside CERN, put . forward in Spring 1963 by M. Bonvin. Teams were formed with remark\3.ble speed, A wave of interest in the round ball spread through CERN, whilst the CERN club was rather sick, Whence this enthusiasm? We think it comes simply be ca use this initiative, simple' in spirit, gathered the approval of all those who saw the possibility to make informal football among friends. It was noteworthy that all teams consisted mostly of people who had not played football since they had been at school, In this way we saw people with greying temples freely showing their good spirits. Shall we see it again?

Unfortunately probably not, if the regulations proposed by the Committee are not reconsidered. Held in a straitjacket of regulation and conditions, the tournament becomes too formal, too serious if we may say so, The "old boy" · spirit which should surround these matches is lost, everything too dictated and restricted. It becomes· -~t1'1c

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tly for football players and the non specialists- no longer find their place.

Article 2 of the proposed rules foresees the possibility of 10 teams whereas there were 16 in 1963, which shows a nasty defeatist spirit -the circle should rather be widened,

Article 4 says the tournament should be played off between MiY and September - whereas most members are on holiday in either July or August.

Article 6 requires a minimum of 20 names which considerably reduces the possibilities, A group of 15 players cannot register-. - It can join with another group of 15 and make up 30 - and then the l+. who play are watched by the 19· denied the chance. We can imagine who enjoys it most.

Article 9 asks us to have jersey, shin guards, stockings and boots. Why not a powerful, good ball control and the talent of an acrobat. Whilst playing for small prizes article 12 proposes to wash a jersey for 0,50 fr.S, whereas in 1963 jerseys; shorts and stockings were washed for the same price. It is worth pointing out that the washing machine has long since paid for itself.

There is also much said about discipline and behaviour. All this is a long way from the youthful and recreative spirit which should be dominant.

In c.onclusion, it would be a good thing H the 1964 Tournament took place in the same way and with the same released motivation as in 1963. We think we have made ourselves clear without saying more. We only hope that the managers of the Club will find some food for thought from. the above and will bring out a suitable solution,

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ON THE ENGLISH SPELLING REFORM

A subject that might interest people at CERN in particular, is the spelling of the English language, because so many non-English are forced to use it in their everyday work. A constant problem is also teaching of English to school-children, English and non-English. For spelling of the English language is a problem, it is an easily recognized fact; indeed it is so full of exceptions and counter­exceptions that exaggerating slightly one might say that "no word is written as it should be pronounced 11 , This is certainly true for the vocabulary as a whole, but it is clear that "irregular" words appear more and more frequently as the vocabulary reduces to everyday language. In fact, (according to the definition below) only 5 to 10% of the total English vocabulary a r e irregular, whil e some 30% of the words on an average page of fiction a r e considered irregul a r in spelling. One has only to take the 11 th 11 in think the , Thames (3 pronunciations) , the 11 ou" in foul , s oul , double , could (short) , group (long), cough, adjourn, court , thorough (9 pronunciations) o r the "ea" in hear, wear, heart; brEHlk , n e at , bre ad , l earn , b e auty (8 pronunciatio;:;;;to appreciate the comm~ss of the irregularity. This irregularity, nevertheless, constitutes the main obstacle for English becoming a wbrld language in th e broad sens e .

Attempts to reform the spelling of English language were made as early as 1568 by Sir Thomas Smith (Secretary of State to Edward VI). Since then several proposals have been presented, among the most recent "Anglic or English in Easy Spelling" (1930) and British Simplified Spelling Society's "New Spelling" (1940). Ac­ceptance of thes e systems has been hindered becaus e of the confusing idea that ~ symbol should re~r e sent ~ sound •. This means intro­ducing a new alphabet and is appar ently unrealistic. In fact one proposed system ("Augmented RoBan Alphabet", London Inst. of Education) goes as far as wanting to introduce 19 ~dditional characters. It is apparent that the acceptance of such a system is out of question. The aim cannot be the most' idealistic, namely let every sound have its symbol (as is nearly the case e.g. in Spanish (26 symbols), Arabic (28 symbols) or Persian (32 symbols).

The completely different approach proposed by Dr. Axel Wijk* (University of Stockholm) uses th e followi~g principl e s (quoted from a review in "Ame rican Speech"):

1. Preserve the present spelling by means of a system which can be appli e d to the various sound symbols of the present orthography as they appear in their most frequent us age . Give up phonetic spelling.

* "Regularized English. An Invest igation ·into the English Spelling Reform Probl em with a New, Detail e d Plan for a Possible Solution". Stockholm 1959·

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2. So far possible, all irregular spellings should be replaced by regular ones according to the rul es now in use in our orthography.

3. Avoid any changes in traditional, r egular (most frequent) values of existing sound syobols.

4. Avoid n ew syobols.

5. Broad _£-sound should be .~ (when not followed by .E), oh will represent voiced th in medial and final positions. §_becomes~ where voiced, final £ used at end of stressed and unstressed syllables after simple vowel plus a single consonant to indicate long vowel.

Let us look at a sample of Regulariz e d Inglish (sic!) to get the feeling of it (taken from a revi ew in "Mode rna Sprak")g

"1Tve require the language az an instrument; we may aulso studdy its history. The prezenoe ov unpronounc e d lette rs ·, three or foar different ways ov repre zenting the same sound, three or foar uses ov the same lette r: aul this detracts from the value ov a language az an instrument. When we place this instrument in th e hand ov the ohilde we doo not at the same time teach it historical grammar. Again, let us not forget hoo form the greit mnjoritJ ov thoze that lern to read and write. They ar the children that attend e lementary soooles; their time iz limited. We hav no right to impoze in them a oaotio spelling for the sake ov possibly t each ing them a littl e historic a l grammar ••• It must be born in mind e that th e mass ov the nation lerns no forrcn languages, and the opportunities for comparison ar wonting. But let us conside r the quite appreciable number ov thoze hoo knoe wun or several forren languages; will they not looze sumthing if the connec­tion between Inglish and forren wurds iz obscured?"

Take the first lines of this t ext as an example: ~(cf §.Oft), aulso (of ,£larm), studdy (of p~re) , foar (of fQE;l), .2::!.. (of if) and £.I (of bar£). The meaning of each vrord is imme diat e ly apparent when one.reads the text above, which es tablishes the superiority of the system v e rsus the ones mentioned earlier. At first the novice eye is shocked by the differences to whnt it is used to but will gradually become accustomed as th e r eading goes on.

I am going to quote further 11 Moderna Sprak 11 to emphasize the difficulties a reform will be up against.

"The reform of English spelling, which has exercised hundreds if not thousands of minds in thG past four centuri es , is not a linguistic problem in the narrow sense of the t e rm. Any competent linguist should be able to produce a phone tic transcription which is a p erfect fit for one or other of the various kinds of spoken Englishi in fact this is a job calling for technique s that are now regarded as essential acquisitions in a fairly elementary linguistic training. Rather, English spelling reform nust be vi ewed in its social context.

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Thus, first of all, tho millions of people who write English must be persuaded that a new spelling improves communication enough to be worth the trouble of adopting it.

Dr. Wijk has no ill~si6n~ - about the scepticism and indifference which customarily greet new proposals for radical reforms cf English orthography. Nor is he ignorant of the fate that has been in store for such schemes ever since the sixteenth century. Of the two ma~n types of solution, purely phonemic, and attempts at partial revi~ion of traditional English spelling, he unhesitatingly opts for the latter. In fact, he says that the case against the phonemic spelling of English is irrefutable: its introduction would be pro­hibitiveiy expensive, and it would break too many cultural traditions • ••••• But even the partial revisions of English orthography have often been too radical. Therefore Dr. Wijk claims relative con­servatism as being among the greatest assets of his own system, which iL said to retain the present spelling in some 71% of the words on an "average" page; in the total vocabulary of English the spelling is unchanged in from 90 to 9j~ of the words; and about two-thirds of the words whose spelling is altered consist of a few dozen high­frequency words such as common pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and auxiliary verbs.

Finally it may interest parents of children to hear what Dr. Wijk says about a comparison of learning methods:

"In his firs t year at school (Dr. Wijk 1 s six-year-old son in New York) he read no less than three books, ••• but all three con­sisted mainly of pictures and contained a total of only 58 different words. These were repeated over and over again scores of times till they were learnt by heart, but without reference to the connection between individual letters and sounds(.,.), When my young daughter started to attend school ~n Sweden three years later, at the age of seven, her· class, which was taught according to the phoni9 inethod, read only one book in their first school-year, but this-cqntained about 125 full pages of text and nearly 1,900 different words •••• We may infer from this how uuoh more difficult it is for English children to learn to read English than it is for Swedish children to learn to read Swedish, especially when we consider that the spelling of the Swedish language is by no !!leans entirely phonetic." (Taken from thG review in "Ar:rnrican Speech").

It would be interesting to hear (openly or privately) the opinion of those who read this, in particular about other reform ideas and possibilities of testing any of the proposed systems on a group of school-children. In case anybody wishes to consult some of the references mentioned abovG, in particular "Regularized English" he is welcome to contact the undersigned.

Karl Soop

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EXHIBITION - COMPETITION OF CHILDREN'S HANDIWORK

(Main Building - open as from December 8, 1963)

Our first exhibition-competition ef children's handiwork has ·l-een crowned with succes since 252 entries by 123 children were submitted to the Jury. The Jury was composed of the following persons:

Miss DIERAUER - (CERN) Mis.s ZINGG - (Art teacher, Geneva) Mr. ACTIS - ( CERN) Mr. THEURILLAT - (CERN) Mr. ZURBUCHEN - ( CERN) •

The quality and qua:ntity r-f entries exhibited did not render the task ~f the Jury and easy ~ne since they were overwhel.!IBd by so much imagina­tion and talent for art.

We wish to thank all parents and children for their enthusiastic collaboration with regard to this first exhibition-competition, which we hf'pe will beco.llE a tradi tio.n.

The results of this cempeti tion are as follows:

The "Grand Prix" of the Association was awa1ded to Fran<tois VANDERMEULEN (Papa).

a) rainting and drawing:

( i) Below 6 years of age:

1st prize - Andreas FAISSNER 2nd prize - Michele STURZINGER 3rd prize (of equal merit) _ Dorthe DAHL-JENSEN

- FranQois VANDERMEULEN

(ii) From 6 years t~ 8 years:

1st prize - Andreas FAISSNER 2nd prize - Claudine ULLMAN 3rd prize (of equal merit) _ Nola COLEMAN

(iii) From 9 years to 11 years:

1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Not cnnpeting

- Wolfgang FAISSNER - Anselm WISKOTT

- Jean-Pierre AGOSTINETTI - Andre FAISSNER - Leila TURNER - J. P. AGOSTINETI'I

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(iv) From 12 years· to 15 Y51.1;1,rs.: ' I • • ••· _ _ __ ......... • • ·~.-...... . . ••~-• • - · -

- Vladimir LOUVRIER - not awarded - Anne-Nelly GOLDSCHMID'F-CLERMONT

, ( 1. 11 aube technique" VJadimir LOuVRIER (. 2 .• "Eve" ...

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Mi scel lane ous handiwork ( e • g. mode 11 ing ·' sculpture , · etc. ) :

( i) Below 6 years of age:

1st prize ..: ·.ll/.lartine & Frederic SCHROOT 2nd prize . ,.. Anrian LOCK 3rd priz~ - Anµ.e,...llJ.larie GASE "'.

(ii) From 6 lears to 8 lears: : !';'.

·-1st prize - Anders DAGMA.R · 2nd prize (~f equal oorit)

3rd prize

(iii) From 9years to 11 years:

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1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (of equal nerit)

From 1'2 years to .15 years: . I..· ..

1st prlze 2nd priZe 3rd prize

- Brigitte HOFFl\f.JA:N" - Alain STURZINGER ~- Yves-Alain POGET

Fabio BUSI Christine. CELARIER

- J •. Valere DUBUC - 1.V.fichele SCHNEU11TLY

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A special prize "hors concours" was awarded to the children as a whole of the CERN's Nursery School.

Next year the organisers intend ·to include some of the winners of this first 1963 competition in the Jury.

The distribution of the prizes will take place on Sunday, December 15, 1963, at the beginning. of _the Chri:stmas Party, that is to say at 2,30 p .m.

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CHRISTMAS is nearly here

. We wish to remind you that in December the Purchasing Group (aERNSHOP) is ,open every afternoon except on Tuesdays.

You will find:

Leather goods Cameras, films Watches, clocks and alarm-clocks Various Christmas hampers Blankets Transistors Household appliances.

Y.ou can also obtain through CERNSHOP at advantageous prices:

Carpets Household appliances Radios, televisions, musical instrwrents Fuel Records Spirits, groceries, etc, etc,

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THE SECRETARIATE OF THE STAFF ASSOCIATION

As from December 1st Miss Buckland, assisted by Miss M, C. Cuzin, will be in permanent attendance in the secretariate (Main Building, 6tn Floor, tel, 2819/2864).

As from the beginning of January Mrs, Petterson will be in charge of the Purchasing Group.

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NEXT JOURNAL

·' COzitZ.ibut idns r·Or tlie next Journal sho~ld be sent to ei the.r W. A. Cooper (Tcf or Mrs. Schibly (Th) before 31 January, the Journal will appear at the beginning of February. If possible they should be in both languages - the Editors take no responsibility for the accuracy of their translation!

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NOTE: The English translation of 11 'l1raV'~ux d 1 etude pour une

piscine au Cern" will be published in the next number of the Journal.

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LA VIE AU CERN

Nous souhaitons la bienvenue a nos collegues arrives recemment au CERN ..

Welcome to our colleagues who have recently arrived at CEP.N.

Octobre, novembre 1963.

BOYMOND, Jean-Pierre :QEBOECK,: Jean HOMSY, Alfred 'rOUR,KX, Ahamad BECKETT, Sylvia I.YUVAL, .Ann;i.e LIEBERWIRTH, Gisela FIANDER, David

Octobre, novembre 1963.

DELORME, Claude .AMHERDT, Elisabeth GARNETT, Peter HOMSY, Alfred DENT, Hugh HEBERT, Catherine KINCSES-DEAK, Ildiko NEUFFER, Huguette VILLECHALANE, Michel

Arrivees/Arrivals

NP GOLUB, Marina AD NIQUELETTO, Charles NP TAUBER, Miklos NP ALTHAUS, Suzanne AD ANDERSON, Gudrun NP ANDRE, Marcel MPS LEDOUX, Francis MPS HUBER, Jean-Paul

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Departs/Departures

NP PERRET, Gilbert AD THOMASSET, Josette AR RAISIN, Wendy NP TOLUN, Perihan MPS TORELLI TOSI, Romana NP MORALES KAMENSKY, Ma~ia

TC REGENSTREIF, Edouard DD BECK, Marie-Christine HP

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Monsieur Peter BRAMHAfVI a epcuse le 1.11.1963, Mademoiselle Barbara MORGAN.

Monsieur ·.Simon LAMOUILLE a epouE;& le 26, 10 .1963, Mudemoiselle .Dor~ Frieda REINHARD. . ~ i ~ ...

Monsieur Antonio AC'cEINSI a epouse le 2L9.1963, Mademoiselle· Sybyll.e WEZEL.

Monsieur Manfred GIESCH a epouse le 6.9.1963, Mademoiselle Gertraud LINCI<E.

Monsieur Bernardo GOtENZI a epouse le 28.9.1963, Mademoiselle Margrit MEYER.

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Monsieur Christian GRU:!?P a epot:se le 27.8.1963, Mademoiselle Heidi GERBER.

Mademoiselle Inge KAYSER a epouse le 27.9.1963, M0nsieur Herbert KLASS.

' ·, -·· Monsieur Alain LEVRIER. a . epouse le 25.9.1963, Mademoiselle Danielle NABAFFA.

Monsieur Jacques LISSAJOUX n epouse le 7.9.1963, Mademoiselle Josyane Solange MATTY.

Monsieur Pierre M,J.11. I,EJNO·r a epouse 16 26"10.1963, Mademoiselle Mauricette Josette RIVOLLIER.

Nonsieur J\1ichel MO'mSI a epouse le 20.9.1963, Mademoiselle Elisabeth H.M. LENDI.

Mademoiselle Helga NIMBS a ep:-mse le 15, 11) ., 196), MonsiGur Gerhard H.O. WEIGELT.

Monsieur Leon PA'IR.IGO'l1 '.l ej:ouse le )0,9.1%3, Mademoiselle Nicole DUNAND.

Monsieur Peter SCHHLY a epouse ·le 31.10.1963, :.Mademoiselle Irene G. ROSENBACH.

Monsieur Jean SOUDAN a ep)use le 28.9,1963, Mademoj~3elle Janine G~ GOURMAND.

Monsieur Georges WILLEMIN a tpouse lo l.1Ll%3, Mademoi~elle Marie-Louise SEILER.

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Na.issances !Birth a )

Did:im' Louis ARDIN, ne le 28.9.1963, fils de ~~onsieur Jean .ARDIN •

Natalie ARMENTEROS, nee le 4.11.1963, fille de Mpnsieur Rafael ARMENTEROS.

Philippe Bl~TDI, ne le 21.10.1963, fils de Monsieur Fritz B.l'J~DI.

Frederico BERTINO, ne le 15.10.1963, f;i.ls . de Monsieur Mario .BERTINQ.

Benoit CHABAUD, ne le 12.10.1~63, fils de Monsieur Vinpent CHABAUD.

Alexandros CHERETAKIS, ne le 16.10.1963, fils 4e Monsieur.Argyrios CHERETAKIS.

Heleme CHERY, nee le 22.10.1963, fille de Monsieur Alain CHERY.

Yvan COLLOMBET, ne le 7.11.1963, fils de Monsieur Jean COLLOMBET.

Henrikje DENECKE, nee le 12.2.1962, fille de Mademoiselle Felicitas DENECKE.

Roland Reiner FISCHER, ne le 5.11.1963, fils de Monsieur Erhard FISCHER.

Pierre Yves GRANDJEAN, ne le 22.10.1963, fils de Monsieur Yves GRANDJEAN.

Sarah Louise HORNSBY, nee le 29.9.1963, fille de Monsieur John HORNSBY.

Marc JACOB, ne le 6.11.1963, fils de Monsieur Ulrich JACOB.

Rosemarie KUHN, nee le 8.11.1963, fille de Monsieur Helmut KUHN.

Dominique LEROY, ne le 31.10.1963, fils de Monsieur Jean-Pierre LEROY.

Hilary Jane St-Leger MONTAGUE, nee le 17.10.1963, fille de Monsieur Bryan W. MONTAGUE.

Jana REINHARZ, nee le 21.9.1963, fille de Monsieur Max REINHARZ.

Aline Valerie ROHRBACH, nee le 12.10.1963, fille de Monsieur Fran9ois ROHRBACH.

Christophe-Rudolf ZURBUCHEN, ne le 22.10.1963, fils de Monsieur Rudolf ZURBUCHEN.

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Naissances :

Frank CARIS, ne le 3.10.1963, fils de Monsieur Laurentis CARIS.

Mari Carmen GONI UNZUE, nee le 29.8~1963, fille de Monsi'etir Javier GONI UNZUE.

Gilles GUILLON, ne lo 20.9.1963, fils de Monsieur Maurice GUILLON.

Stewart Anthony HUNTER, ne le 26.9.1963, fils · de·Monsieur Patrick HUNTER.

Hans Eduard IUDDELKOOP, ne le 7 .10.1963, fils · de Monsieur Willem ·IlfIDDELKOOP.

Carol Ann MILLIGAN, nee le 12.9.1963, fille de ~onsieur Robert MILLIGAN.

Dorothee MINTEN, nee le 20.9.1963, : fille de Monsieur Adolf MINTEN•

John Gerald MOORHEAD, ne le 20.9.1963, file de Monsieur William Gerald MOORHEAD.

Frank PETERMANN', ne le 22.9.1963, fils ·de ·Mohsieur Andreas ·PETERMANN.

Catherine .ROUX, nee le 15.7.1963, fille de Monsieur Sylvain ROUX.

Alain Denis TRITTEN, ne le 17.8.1963, fils ·de Monsieur Rene TRITTEN~

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