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Shakespeare's Love's Labour's ~) Lost, a play about youth, will

be this year's presentation by final-year NIDA students. Pub II c performances are sched­uled for August 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 at 8 pm and performances

) for secondary school students for Augu st 24, 25 and 26 in the day.

The characters In Love's labour's lost are boisterous, energetic and sentimental, as Is their language. Shakespeare Invites us to consider a number of profound Issues: The cheer­ful optlmi sm of youth, The

tragi c brevi ty of II fe, The acceptance of death.

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which opnns .1t the Orama

) Virtually all the well­

known young actors and actress­es seen today on Austra II an

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stage and television are recent NIDA graduaTes. They Include KaTe Fitzpatrick, Judy ~rr1s,

)Wendy Hughes, Pamela STephen­son, John Gregg, Judy Davi s, Penny Cook and M31 GI bson.

The Final Year STudenTs' producTion Is the demonSTraTion of Their abilities and If It emulaTes the standard of past visiting productions is a not­to-be-mlssed night of theatre.

Fairs Success The University benefited to the tune of nearly $23,000 from the first Book Fair. This very satisfying result is expected to lead to the Book Fair becoming a biennial event.

The slow auction of about 70 rare volumes, c:lOducted on the stage I n the Great Ha I I, was a special attraction. Up to the last day of the Fair, August 6, those Interested In these books adopted a somewhat low profile, writing their bids In the register without any bustling.

However, an hour before the Fair was due to close there was an intensification of

bidding and In ml.lutes the

": I amoured to put

the last" 10 bibliophiles

in their bids for preferred purchases.

nle treasures wh I ch produced the highest p,....1 ces were a rdrr.~ volume of

Si1ack I stons The Hear"t of the Antijrctlc (the final bij Wd::;

'}. 5,)0), -3 2~-vo I ume set ot the works of Thacker;:lY ($400), 25-volumes of R: L. Stevenson'_ writings ($400) and a superb edition of The Book of -=

Thousand Nights 31ld a Night, by Sir Richard Burton ($325).

The I ncorne from the connoisseurs a total of $3,238 was a highlight of the first Book Fair, which was organ I sed by The Fr I ends of the University.

IN§IDE: Vacation Cont=eTenCE!§ Volu.s 9 NUmber 14. Augus~ 18 to Septa.ber 1. 1983. Registered by Australia Post - Publication Number NBH 3127 /

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Dear Sir.

May draw your attent I on to the fact that the university NEWS may have estab II shed a curious ail-time first? Immediately preceding the pUblication of Mr. J.C. de castro Lopo's letter In the last Issue of University NEWS we, members of the academic staff, received a confidential enqu I ry from the VI ce-Olance 1-lor's office as TO our outside earnings. This enquiry follow­ed several weeks of silence after his public pronouncerrent on the rratter. Our Lega I Studies Department can quote several Instances where counsel have used the argument of POST HOC, ERGO PROPTER HOC (nAil happens after "B", So nAil rust have happened because of "8t1 ),

bu1' this Is the first time I have observed a phenomenon wh I ch can on I y be descr I bed a 5 PRAE HOC. ERGO PROPTER HOC. (I.e. IIA" happens before IIBII, 50 IlAn must have happened because "B" was about to happen).

Professor Tanner will confIrm my loose translation of the Latin, If you feel this Is necessary; I ranked fourth In New South Wales In my Latin HSG.

What a de light to work for an Institution whose admInis­trators possess the extra sensory powers necessary to reply to questions before they have been askedl

Yours bemusedly, George E. Ferris.

stop press ... Dr. Bruce Singh, Senior Lectur­er I n Psych I atry, has accepted appointment to a Chair of Psychologlca I Madklne at Monash Unlverslty. He will take up his appol ntmant at Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital In Melbourne In January, 1984. Dr. SIngh, 37, has been attached to the Faculty of Medicine since November, 1978.

Convocation Talk [ , '! { "The list goes: first,

, would you believe, BBC Norld lbundup; second, Pick of "the Goons; thIrd, The Science Show; fourth My Mord; fifth, PM, then Maws o-.en"tary; then The Ibdy Progr811M9l1 •

Mr. Williams

The Australian broadcastIng audIence has been massively underest Imated. There I s a huge area In wh I ch, I f you are w I I II ng to take the risks and assume that people are Intel I 1-gent, there are rewards.

Mr. Ibbyn Williams, creator, rovl ng reporter, producer and presenter of the ABC Radio's The Science Show, wh I ch reaches a I most 300,000 II steners a week, expressed this vi ew In a ta Ik he gave to Convocation members at the Un I vers I ty on August 3.

fir. WI II lams cited the SSG Radio's To-.orrow's tbrld and the ABC TV's Towards 2000 as proof that science can be made Interesting and entertaining.

Mr. WI I Iiams said broad­casting could be revolutionised not by be I ng techn I ca I I Y cI ever but by becorni ng exper I enced In user I ous ta I k", as staff of the BSC had done, by having a love for the English language, and other languages, by using modern technology to do versa­tile things and by leaving the stud I as to go to where th I ngs happen.

"Am right? Well, the only study done In the last few

years was In tJe I bourne, where ABC Rad I 0 2 was tested and thousands of people were asked what they thought of the programmes on Rad I 0 2. As far as I can te I I, there are 60 or 70. OJt of the top seven, two were science programmes. Four of the top seven were made In histralla; three were from the SSG.

As part of an address which used medIcal analogIes and "proverbs" like "a doctor Is someone trained to dIagnose a vallllTl deflclencyll to talk about ScIence and Eroadcastlng, M"". WI I II ams asked: "Why Is Science broadcastIng Important?

"FI rst, because Sci ence changes the II«Jrld, probably more than any other sing I e factor. Second, because there ) 15 a huge Interest In Science

It's part of our culture. Th I rd Iy, because of the Immense cost of ScIence and M:tdlclne. And fourth, and probably for me most Important, because It) gives me a job.

"The Importance for pi aces II ke th I s Un I vers I ty, wh I ch Is not at the centre of th I ngs, Is that wIthout sufficIent recogn­Ition for your activit les, Invariably you would suffer. I have found I t Important, as my colleagues have done, to visit places like this.

111 th' nk we can decentra l­Ise our work, for example, via people getting good at writing) thIngs. Allover the country there are people who 'phone me up and say, I have wr I tten somethl ng, thl nk It works. By the very sImpl e techno logy available almost everywhere,) they record I t and send me the tape. I broadcast It. The evidence Is on every week. My colleagues do It as well. I exercise no control over the subject or anyth I ng else. I try to ensure that peop I e who have someth I ng to say can do

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11 Certa I n Iy exercl se a certa I n amount of contro I. Get your contacts wIth the Media ana make them friendly ones. Make sure that you unders~and

what Is being demanded of you. Through the kInd of practice that made the BSC broadcasters so competent and through regu I ar appearances In front of the mt crop hone you wI II ga I n conf Idence1l •

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CHAIR Of OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE I cI ns and of dea II ng wi th Industrial Medical Officers,

Professor Kelman Is 49. senior management and trade He was educated at 81 rml ngham un I on I sts. Un Ivers I ty, where he graduated Professor Kel man has wi th M.S., Ch.B. and M.Sc. cont I nued his 11 nks wi th (Physiology) degrees. In 1967 academic medlc1ne by serving as he received his Ph.D. degree at t-bnorary Lecturer In t/edlclne the Un Ivers I ty of Leeds. He at the Un Ivers I ty of Lei caster was awarded his M.D. degree by and Visiting Professor In HUllan Blrmlnghan UnIversity In 1970 Sciences at Loughborough for work In connection wlt"h the University of Technology. He use at computers In medicine. was a Visiting Professor of

Professor Kel man atTa 1 ned Mad I cl ne at- the Un I vers I ty of his D.I.C. (Engineering In California In early 1972. Mad I cl ne) from "I mper I a I Co 1- Professor Ke I man says the lege, London, In 1964, his University's Medical School Membership of the Royal College attracted him lIenormouslyll of Physicians, Edlnoorgh, In due to the anphasls pu"t on 1971 and his D.I.H. from "the community health problems and Socl ety of Apothecar I es, the act Ive I nvo I vement of London, In 1978. s"tudents In "their education.

Professor Kelman Professor Ke I man's first He sees the prevent Ion of career was In Applied Physlo- oCaJpatlonal diseases as his logy at the Universities of overall objective, but Intends

Professor Richard Kelman took Leeds and Aberdeen. In the to spend the Immedla"te six up his appal ntrnent to the I atter Un Ivers I ty he was months prepari ng a path by Foundation Chair of Occupation- Professor of Human Physiology seeing what Is happening to al Medicine In the University from 1969 until 1976. people In factories and else-on August 2. However, he changed his where In the 'fK>rkplace.

The Acting Vlce-Chancel- direction In 1976 by becoming Professor Dutton commented lor, Professor K. Dutton, said Employment Medical Adviser with that the University was fortun-that estab II sment of the Cha I r the Br I t I sh CI v II Servl ce. He ate to have attracted Professor had been made poss I b I e by says that th I s step was a Ke I man to the post and . wa s f I nancl a I support from I ndustry natura I response to his grow I ng grateful for the support and un Ions. liThe post of Interest 'I n Occupat I ona I provl ded by I ndustry and the

/,~professor of Occupational Medicine, with which Human unions. lilt reflects a spirit V. tJedlclne Is almos"t unique In Physiology has much common of co-operation between the

Australia and 15 of special ground. The seven years he comlTUnlty and the UniversiTy relevance In Newcastle Unlver- spent In this post have given which we believe will grow slty's community-orienTed him a wide experience of most further as a result of Profes-tJed I ca I Schoo I II.. aspects of Occupat I ona I Med- sor Ke 1 man t 5 work" ..

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New LOok at Research Senate has completed a reasses­sment of the Un Iversi ty' s future research activities and established a Senate Research Committee to take the place of the Internal Research Assess­ment Committee and advise on the allocation of research

funds. The new comml ttee wi I I be

headed by Professor G. Ke I I er­man, and have Professors R. MacDonald, M. King, R. Shapre and R. Anton I a and Assoc. Professor J. B3ch as the other members.

The Deputy Chairman of Senate, Professor M. Carter, said the Vice-Chancellor had agreed to make ava II ab I e $200,000 from his Discretionary Fund to support research projects carried out at the UniverSity. The grant would be additional to the allocation made to the former IRAC.

Professor Carter said "the estab If shment of the comml tTee had fo I lowed Sena"te's accept­ance of the fact that the

,University's research organ­Isation had, over the lao;t few

years, been very successful In Its efforts 1'0 attract grants for research from outside agencl es.

"Senate wanted to consol­Idate the University's research activities and discussed ways of attracting further grants and provi ding for the appo I nt­ment of visiting research fellows and the setting up of Interdisciplinary projecTslt , he said.

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4Influx frotnSchools Two Mathematl cs Days and a HI story Day are expected to attract more than 1,100 second­ary school students to the University In the next six weeks.

A large contingent of school students wi II be hosted by the Department of M:lthanat­I cs, Statl stl cs and Computer Science on each of the Math­ematl cs Days August 16 and SeptEmber 30.

It Is the sixth year In which Year 10 students have been offered an excursion to the University, the aim mainly be I ng to 91 va than an t ns IghT tnto mathematl cs subjects beyond thel r school OJrrl cu I um and show them the Department at work.

Students from high schools In the Hunter Region as far

afield as Forster and Gostora will attend. Whilst In the MathEmat I cs Bu II ding they will attend I ectures and a 1 so vi 5 it the Unlverslty's radio station, 2NUR-FM, and the tJathemat I cs computing facilities.

The team of I ecturers for the Mathanatlcs Days will compr I se Assoc. Professor W. Brlsley, Dr. D. Blatt, Dr. R. Eggleton, Dr. W. Summerfield and Dr. R. Vaughan.

Dr. Eggleton Is organising the schools' visits.

The Department of HI story and the HI story Teachers' AssociatIon have collaborated In organIsing History Day, which Is aimed at helping Year 12 school students to solve some of the prob I ems they face In preparing for this year's Higher School Certificate.

rhe speakers are from the Un I vers I ty (Dr. Er I c Andrews) Newcastle CAE (M"". MaurI; Graham and Mr. Cyril Green), Mao:juarfe University (Dr. D. Christian), the University Of Sydney (Dr. J. Masselos and Mr. G. Harr I son) and the New South wales Department of Education Or. L. Tabart).

The opening wi II be per formed by the Act I ng V I ce­Chancellor, Professor Ken Dutton, I n !born R02, and the talks about some of the options available In the HSC will be gIven Tn Rooms VOl, V02 and V07.

Or. D. wright, Senior Lecturer 'n HI story, and Mr. C. Cranfield, a fJaster at Lambton High School, organising this year's History Day.

No Change in Profitability _____ ~~ Ur like many clubs and hotels, The Committee had Invest- t:-? { the Staff House has not exper- Igated the possibility of -::;hunc tuig lenced a major downturn In undertaking some wine bottl- Celebration ot -the II fe and business during the past Ings. However, conditions for Ideas of a man of whom It year. According to Its Presld- tasting bulk wine before has been saId no man In ent, Professor EBrry Ebettcher, buyt ng, and the range of bu I k recent t I mas has meant as the year had not resulted In a wInes avaIlable for bottling, much to Denmark Is the loss. This result had undoubt- were not as good as they were a purpose of a semInar at WEA edly been Influenced by the few years ago. "I can only House, Newcastle, September club's abilIty to purchase some Indicate that your CommIttee Is 3, commencIng at 9 am. good wi nes at attract Ive as I nterested as a number of prices. members In obtainIng wines for

Professor Boettcher, persona I batt II ng and we hope reporting on the Staff House's that this wIll be possible In operations In 1982-83 at the the ne)(t 12 monthsll

, Professor annual general meetIng on Boettcher said. August 11, said the Committee The annual meetl'lg was had not attel11>ted to marked Iy told that the net profit of the change the nature of the Staff University of Newcastle Staff House, since It had gauged that House Ltd for the financial the members were not seeking year after providing for Income this at present. tax was $6658.

liThe OJstomary service to The election of officers our members I n the bar and for the next year resu Ited: kitchen areas has been ma I n"t- President, Professor alned at what we consider to be Boettcher; Vice-President, Mr. a very satisfactory standard II, Bill Warren; Secretary, t-r. professor Boettcher sa I d. lI[)ue Duncan McDona I d; Treasurer, Mr. to some I nterna I re-organ I sat- Peter Day; Comml ttee Members, Ion whlthln the Staff House, Mr. Aub Everett, Professor Mr. 'Sandy' Sanderson has Daphne Keats, M'". John 61 rch assumed more responsibility and Dr. Kevin Bell. during the year".

The man who has had so much Nlcholal

signIficance Is Frederlk Severin

Grundtvlg, theologian, historian, poet, educator, po II t I cI an and ph II osopher, who was born In 1783. Although best known outside Denma rk as the founder of the can cept of the fo I k high schools, his theolog­Ical and other YtT'"ltlngs attract I ncreas I ng I nter­est.

The sanl nar wi II be presented by the Department of Comrrunlty Programmes In association with Newcastle Scandanavl an Austra II an Association. It will cele-brate the Bicentenary of the birth of Grundtvlg.

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For the Abor I gl ne wi thout an educatIon, the task of making onels way through II fa becomes almost· Impossible.

') Ii Mr. Nevi I I e Bonner, former Senator and now a member of the Austra II an Eroadcasti rig Corpor­atlo~, said this at the Univer­sity when he gave the Harry

. Eddy Memor I a I Lecture on Augu 5T 10.

"Regretfully, the deserl p­tlon of the AborigInal culture, as primItive stone age and nomad 1 c, has, over the years, been misconstrued not by

,)ChanCe, I believe, but by a '"" ~e II berate move TO support the

arguments of our detractors, that we are of an Inferior Intelligence, a lower Intel­lectual capacity and unable to

)l~ss'm"ate education In any '. !Pform.

II Our detractors tried further to denigrate our relationship to our land by claimIng that we had no mean-Ingful or consistent relatlon-

Off to Japan Kumamoto University in thIs University's UniversIty.

Japan Is sister

Year III Arts student, Miss Olrlsty Oldham, is the thIrd recipient from this Un I versT ty of a Japanese Government Scholarship which will provIde her with a place at Kumamoto Un 1 vers I ty for one

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ship with It, because we did not develop ft.

liThe Europeans' way of

life favours the elIte land owners, wIth the system design­ed to benefit the Individual rather than the commun I ty and recognises only profit rather than any mythologl calor rellgous loves or beliefs.

liThe AborIginal culture did, and stll I does, consIder a much s Imp I er II fe styl e In whl ch land was and should be used, and enjoyed~ for the we I fare and benef I t of the whole commun I ty.

"Perhaps the Abor Ig I na I concept can best be described as an everlasting dynamic notion, not limited by fences or Government surveys, but as a living, breathing entity the place wherein the spirits of my forefathers roam and where my spirit will eventually reside, In the great Dream­time. Ii" Is our everything!

"We, of the Abor I gl na I nation, ITMJst take every advant­age of our educat I ana I opport­unities and whilst doing so work towards an exchange of cultural and educational information and endeavour to have Aboriginal culture Includ­ed In the schools curlculum, for without them we remain Ignorant of European h I story and motivation.

of "There both

must be cu I tures

tolerance to both

cultures and this can only be ach I eved through the mad I urn of education. Tolerance Is taught and learnt, for wi thout It there Is only Ignorance.

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Japanese' fA student last year, was also a recipient of the scho larsh I p and I s present I y study I ng at Kumamoto Un 1-verslty.

Miss Oldham, I I 18 student th Is completed Japanese along with French, Linguistics.

a Japanese year, has I and II, German and

"To aChIeve our rightful place In the community, we, the AborigInes, must become more e I oq uent, more art I OJ I ate, more skll led In debate, more able to convInce people of our Intent­Ions, more able to sway people, more able to be seen to be In contra I of our own dest I ny, more able to decide our own cultural and philosophIcal policies, more able to Involve and become I nvo I ved wi th the decision-making processes, more able to meet the white Austral­Ian on his ground.

liThe Aborigine does not need the ml nd and sp i r I t­sapp I n9 hand-out syndrome wi th which a great many non-Aborig­inal people label us. We need the right to determl ne our own

way, to determl ne our own cui ture, to philosophy,

determl ne our to make our

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"Unt II we are recogn I sed "toi"ally as the prior owners of th I s country, and be seen to be so, we wi I I stagnate In our ef forts to ach I eve our own determl nat I on s.

II I repeat we mu st enter the system to In f I uence the systan. We must Influence our wh I te co I I eagues and count-ry­men, and give than an Insight Into our culture and Impress them with our race's natural Intelligence and dliligencell •

r.'r. Bonner conc I uded by saying that It was exTremely reassur I ng t-o know that there were many of his fe I low coun­trymen who shared h Is concern, and tr I ed to make every effort­to make the way of an Aborigin­al a little easier.

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The University Is to be host to an International conference and two national conferences In the va cat Ion.

Tha International Confer­ence on Bulk M3terlals Storage, Hand II ng and Transportat I on wll I run on the campus from ~nday, August 22 to Wednesday, August 24 and embody 10 subject sessIons.

The meeting will brIng to Newcastle more than 200 engine­ers from mining, manufacturing and Industrial companies, acad­eml cs and consultants, lnclud­I ng some representat I ves of organIsations and unlvarsltles In overseas countries.

It wi II be the first conference to be organIsed by the Panel on Bulk r-aterlals Hand I J n9 of the Inst I tut I on of Eng I neers, Au stra II a. The actua I organ I sat I on and manage­ment was assigned to a comml t­tee of the Panel.

Professor Alan Roberts, flean of the Faculty of Engine­er I ng and a we I I-known author­it yon bulk materials handling, 1 s Convenor of the Panel and Ola 1 rman of the Organ I sing Comml ttee.

The response to the ca II for papers has been excellent and the subject areas to be covered Include pneumatic conveying, freight pipelines, storage and discharge systems, grain handling, automation, environment and sampling and Integrated handling systems.

The pi enary sessions and the official opening wll I be held in the Great Hall, whilst other technical sessions wi I I be he I din Lecture Theatres 801, EOI and f{)1.

A trade exhibition will run I n the Great Ha II 1 n conjunction wIth the confer­ence.

The opening will be performed by Dr. Barry Richie, Ch I ef ExecutIve of the New South wales Coal AssocIation. It wi II take pi ace on August 22 at 9.15 am.

The opening wi II be fa I lowed by the de I I very of the

keynote address by »"'". Juergen Welssflog, Ollef Engineer Des Ign of the Mc!ter I a I s Hand­ling Division of PHB-Weserhutte Pty. Ltd.

At the conference dinner In the Concert Hal I of New­castle CIty Hall on August 22 at 7.30 pm, the visitors will be we I corned.

The con ference wi II a I so offer tours of materials handling facilities In New-castl e and the Hunter Va II ey on the first day following the meeting, August 25.

Bes Ides Professor Roberts, the Pane I on Bu I k M:!ter I a I s Handling consIsts of »"'". J. Planner, of Planner West & Partners, M'". J.B. Corry, of M:!cDonald, Wagner & Prlddle, Dr. P.C. Arnold, of the Univer­sity of WJllongong, Dr. N.G. Sligar, of the ElectrIcity Comml ss I on of New South W31 es, and M'". K.J. Bai II Ie, of K.J. Ba 1111 e.

The AustralasIan and New Zealand Assoc1atTon for tJedlci~'

Education 1s holding Its 11th Annual Conference tn the DavId Maddison BuIldIng, In Newcstle, from August 22 to 24. The alms of the Association are to promote, support and advance education In the health profes­sions and to facTltate commun­IcatIon between educators In the health professIons. About 100 regl strants wIll attend the conference, whIch fs befng held 1n Newcastle for the ftrst t1me.

The theme of the conferen­ce Is Pr-actlce Makes Perfect: DevelopIng EducatIonal Skl'ls.

Speakers at the open I ng sessIon on August 22 at lOam, wI II be: the Lord Mayor, Alderman J. CummIngs, the Vlce­PrIncIpal, Professor K.R. Dutton, the RegIonal DIrector, N.S.W. Department of Health,

Hunter RegIon, Dr. G.G. Olsen and Professor R.M. Clarke, of

the Faculty of Medlclne.

The Open I ng entttied Educa~'on ClangIng Ibrld wIll be ed by Dr. George E. FoundaTfon 01 rector

Address, tor a

dellv'er-MIller,

of the Centre for Educational Develop­ment, UnIversIty of Illlnols, ChIcago, and Foundatlon DIrect­or of the ltbrld Health organIs­atIon' 5 InternatIonal Teacher Traln1ng Centre at the CEO In

Ch I cago.

Several halt-day vcrkshops wll I be conducted durIng the Conference. One of the work­shops Ts 1n connectIon wlth the 0 Newcastl e Undergraduate Mad' ca I EducatIon Programme.

The socT a I programme I nc I udes a recept f on 'n the Hunter Reglon Art Gallery and ,(\, the conference dlnner In the ~ CIty Hall.

At the Un!v'erslty (n the periOd August 24 to 26, the 1983 Austra II an Computer Eng! neerl ng Sympos1L.l1 will be held, with attendance pi .;'Inned by more than 50 pr"~ctlslng englneer-s and researchers f,am un iversltles (\\) and I nst I tutes. 'IJ..I

The symposlllTl will be

sponsored b'f the Austra II an section of the Institute of Electrlcdl and Electronics

Engl nears. Ol Th I rty papers wi I I be

submlt1"ed In connection with a I arge number of aspects of modern computer technology, I nclud I og array processors and robot I cs.. ~st of the authors ar-e attached to Institutions In Australia and New Zealand, but one wr I I come from Rochester Institute of Technology In the Un I ted States and one from the University of Hong Kong.

Dr. P.J. Clarlngbold. ChIef of the DivIsion of Computing Research, eSIRO, will open the sympos I um on August 24 at 10 am In the EngineerIng Lecture Theatre with a paper ent 1 tied SUper a:..pu~ers and Their IIppllca"tlon In "the CSIRO.

Rationalisation Corntnitee To glv9 advice on ways In whIch ratlonallsatTon of the facillt­t as at the Un I vars I ty and Newcastle CAE mIght be achiev­ed, the two Institutions have establIshed a joInt commltee.

The action follows the Federa I Government' 5 dec! 51 on not to en force the ama I gamat I on of the CAE with the University.

The joInt commltee Is composed of four members of the Senate of the UniversIty and four members at the Academic Ebard of the CAE.

The Un Ivers I ty I 5 represen-

,tat T ves are the Deputy Ola I rman at Senate, Professor M. Carter, Professor J.F. Burrows, Profes­sor R.J. MacDona I d and Assoc. Professor G.e. Goodwl n, wh II e the Deputy Principal of the

~AE, ~r. D. Huxley, and the three Heads at Schoo I s ~t the CAE will serve on beha I f of the

'n I lege.

Professor Car ter commented to the Un 1 V'ers I ty NEWS on the agreement that has been reached

SUCCESS

Mr. Olrls Glppel_ a SA I-bnours Class 1 graduate of this University, has received the 1983 Institute of Australian Geographers' I-bnours Award.

The prize Includes $150 cash and assl stance to attend the Institute's Annual Confer­

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Professor Carter

In respect of the establishment of the joint commltee. He said that the com:nl tee's ro I e essentially was to dtiV'lse on academic developments at the two Institutions, prepdre a set of procedures for the ,'at 1 ona 1-

Isation of facilitie<, anll

course offerings, dOli p"opase way sin w~ I ch ,'esour ces mi :::jh t

be better used so that th8

Mr. Glppel won the prize for a paper of up to 5,000 words suitable tor pUblication In the Institute's journal, Au s1'ra I Ian Geographical Stud­

Ies. The title of Mr. Glppel's

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educat iona I the Hunter Increased.

opportunities Valley could

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lilt Is clear that the Governments at both Federa I and State level wi I I continue to Insist upon what they refer to as 'rationalisation'. It seans very Important that the Unlver­_slty and the CAE should formul­ate together proposd I s wh i ch '11'111 go some way to satisfying the Governments' expectations.

liTo ach I eve what the Governments want, '1111 thout adversely affecting educational principles and policies approp­riate for Newcastle and the Hunter Region, It Is essential t!-ra-t the Un I vers I ty and the Coil ege work together I n a constructive way.

liThe fedr must be that, If appropriate co-operation Is not ach I evt:.!r1 bv vi rtue of I oca I negotiation, then a formula will be Imposed which wll I be

detrimental to the University and the Co II ege a Ii ke", Profes­sor Carter said.

Junctions, Lowe, Hunter V;'Jlley, and the paper wi I I be pub I I shed in Aus1'rallan Geographical Studies next year.

Mr. Glppel, who r8o'liv911 his degree I ast Apr ii, Is d

Tutor I n Geography at the University of Adelaide.

International Union In Sydney over the week August 28 to Septenber 3, there wi II be more than 2500 scientists from O\3r!y countries attend I ng the first International Union of Physiological Sciences meeting ever held In this country. The host university I s the Un I vers I ty of New South Na I es.

Professor Saxon White hedds the secretariat of one entitled Central Integration of cardiopulmonary Autonomic Con­trols and Dr. Loris O'rahl the other, entitled AntidromIc Va sod II atat I on and Neurogen 1 c

Int I ammat i ~n. The 40 partlclp-an ts at the TWO s y'rnpos I a '11'11 I Irlclude scientists presenting

III'0rk carried out In .A.ustrall~,

Austria, Czechoslovakia, Eng­land, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Po I dnd, Ru 55' d and the Un I ted States of Amer I ca.

The symposia will be opened by Professor K. D.Jtton I n the Lecture Theatre, Dav I d tladdlson Building, 8.45 am on August 25. Anyone Interested In attending as an observer shou I d contact ~ s. Jud I th Wood at 685 599 for programme and registration detal Is.

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COilfIOClltlon News A proposa I put forward by Standi n9 Comml ttee of Convocat­Ion on August 4 Is for a University International Day to be held.

The concept as proposed a I lows for 9thn I c groups trom the Hunter RegIon to present food stalls and dancing dis­plays during either an Open Day or a University of Newcastle Week.

The propos a I arose out of dlsQJsslons on the Ethnic Fair which was held on July 31 dur 1 ng the Un I vers I ty 0 t Newcastle Book Fair. The Ethn 1 c Fa I r was presented by 10 ethnic communities and turned out to be very successfu I, a Ithough lack of space In the Purdue Room limited the act Iv­I ties.

I tis thought by Stand 1 ng Commt ttee that the Un Ivers I ty I nternat lana I Day ought to be held In the audltori LITl at the Great Hall.

The committee was told that the Council's Positive Initiatives Committee Is present Iy examl n I ng a suggest­Ion that a University of Newcastle Week be held.

Among the resolutions made by Standing Committee was one empower I ng the Secretary, Mrs. B. wa I II s to propose to the Council that It give conslder­at I on to havl ng the Un I ver­s I ty' s testcmur redes Igned to achIeve a roore Impressive appearance.

Ms. Dianne Oughton, who Is a Stenographer In the Secre-tary's DiVision, Is the new Treasurer of Convocation.

Input to World Conference ~ree papers from the Univer­sity of Newcastle were present­eli at the FI fth Wor I d Con feren­ce on Smoking and Health In Winnipeg, canada, In mid-July.

Mr. Greg Hardes, who Is the Regional Planning Officer for the Health Department and a graduate of th I 5 Un I vers I ty. presented results from the Hunter RegIon Ollldhood Sm'Jklng Prevent I on Stud y. Th I s stud y , wh I ch was I ed by Professor Stephen Leeder, was a sc I ent I f­lcally rigorous evaluation of a smoking prevention progrcmme designed by the New South Wales Department of Education for Children In the last years of pr Imary schoo I. The study team found that, wh II st the prog­rcmme may have had some effect In stopping 11-12 year old gIrls from takIng up smoking, there was a real danger that It encouraged other ch II dren to experiment and possibly aOlulre the smoking habit.

Assoc. Professor Robert Glbberd, of the Department of M3themat I cs, Stat I st I cs and Computer Science at this UnIverSity, led a session on mathanat I ca I mode 1,11 ng of the

relationship between lung cancer roortall ty and cigarette consumption.

Assoc. Professor AnneTte Dobson, a I so from the Depart­ment of t-Bthanat I cs, Stat I st I cs and Computer Science, gave a paper about statistIcal prob­I ems I n surveys of smokl ng preva I ence.

Professor Dobson says that one of the major themes of the conference was the effect of smok I ng In deve I op I ng count­ries. In many Third World countrIes, she says, swoklng preva lence Is very high and there I s no contro I on tar or n I cot i ne content of ctgarettes or on tobacco advert I sIng. The result Is that these countries, which are now putting all theIr med I ca I resources I nto the control of InfectIous disease, w I I I f ace a t I da I wave of smok I ng-re I ated chron I c d t sease (such as lung cancer, emphysana and heart disease) In a few years tIme.

Before the conference Professor Dobson vi sited the National Heart, Lung and Blood InstItute In washington D.C. to d I scu ss aspects of the Hunter

Elected at the meeting, Oughton succeeds Mr. Skehan, an officer of Hea I th Department of New Wa I es.

Ms. John the

South

Ms Oughton ho I ds a BA In this University and Is enrol led at the University of New England as an external L1tt.B. studenT. She has worked for the University sInce June, 1976.

Mrs. Wa III s was re-e I ected Secretary.

Messrs Vic Levi and Wilfred Schultz have been elected to fll I vacancies on StandI ng Comml ttge. 0" 1 '.:

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A further I nau~ura I Lecture by Professor Robert Burton, professor of Surgl ca I Sci ences wi I I be presenTed by Convocation, probab1y In September.

Region Heart Programme.

AfTer Assoctate

Disease PreVention

the COnference Professor GI bberd

spent severa I weeks work I ng on a jot nt research project wi th members of the Faculty of.fll'l) Mathematics at the UniverSity ~ of WaTerloo In Canada and also attended the Annua I M:tetl ng of the American Statistical Association.

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OBITUARY Members of the UnIversity wi I I be shocked and saddened by the news of the death of Professor K.W. fbblnson after a short Illness and an al I-too-brlef period of retirement. their sense of loss Is shared by a wide community of scholars and citIzens throughout .AiJstralla and the 'AOr I d who benet Ited from his advl ce and ass' stance and who enjoyed his frIendship.

Kenneth Wade RobInson ~ graduated from the UniversIty r of New Zea I and I n both HI story ~ and Geography, and fo II owl ng a &::

year as JunIor Lecturer In Geography In the, University of Otago, In 1947 he became one of a generatIon of New Zealand geographers who pursued succeS­sful aeademl c careers In Australia. His Initial Aust-

,~allan appointmenT as Teaching 'l.''!ellow at the University of

Sydney was fo II owed by a short period In the School of Human­Ities at the New South Wales University of Technology

1~~fore7 In 1956, he joined the '~!tatt of the newly-establl shed Department of Arts at Newcastle University College. His sub~equent career was, In large measure, the history of the University of Newcastle. In 1963 he was promoted to the rank of Assoc. Professor and In 1969 the Un Ivers I ty Coun cll conferred on h 1m that rare distinctIon of a Personal Chair In Geography. f) The 'fK:>rld reputation In scholarship which the Univer­sity Council recognised by this honour was heralded In 1960 by Ken Rob 1 nson t s monograph,

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Austral la, New Zealand and 1"he , , , ~j)uth-West Paclflc", published

by the London Un Ivers I ty Press and which, by its regional approach, brought a new dlmens­Ion I nto the study of Austra­lian geography. It marked the begl nnlng of a long sequence of distinguished contributions In studies of regional and urban geography which he pursued actively for the rest of his II fe. Professor fbbl nson t s concern for advanced stud les on a regional framework was not only of theoretical concern. He firmly believed In the regl ona I context of humar attalrs and contributed actIve­ly to the deliberations of organisations and authorities concerned with the study and solution of problems of society

In th I s framework. He was an adviser to the Hunter Val ley Research Foundation In its forma1"lve years, and was a va I ued member of many reg I ona I advisory bodies within the State of New South Wa I es and part I OJ I ar Iy I n the Hun1"er Region. This practical appllc­a1" I on of scho I arsh I p wa s gl ven further scope In 1961 when for six years he served as Edl tor to liThe Austra II an Geographerll which he directed to a standard of excellence In material and presentat I on that won If«)r I d­wide acclaim. In the 1970s he served as a member of committee of The Internat I ona I Geograph­Ical Union, while In 1968 his Australian colleagues acknow­ledged his contributions to his chosen d I sci pI! ne and the wisdom of his counsel by his election as President of the In st I tute of Au stra II an Geog­raphers.

Within the University of Newcastle Ken fbblnson will be remembered wi th gratitude by his co II eagues and students not on Iy for the exce II ence of his scholarship, which has contrib­uted Il1.Jch to the estean wi th wh I ch the Un Ivers I ty Is regard-

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ed In a world-wide community of scholars, but also for his friendship and wise counsel. He gave willingly of his 1"lme and energy to the deliberations of Sena1"e and l1"s cornml ttees; as Dean In the years 1975/1976 he pressed for, and gu Ided, the Fa OJ I ty of Arts to the stand­ards of excellence which he maintaIned were the Qulntescen­ce of University life; and as Head of the Department of Geography he steered his co II eagues and students through the equally difficult problems of rapid expansion and rapid con1"ra ct Ion.

The world of scholarship was enriChed by his life. Ken Robl nson will be remembered wi th deep at fect I on as a I oya I fr I end and co II eague by that generation of students and stat f who shared wi th h 1m the dch I evement of 1"he estab 11 sh­;nent of the University of t~ewcas1" I e, and who, at th I s time, 't«)uld wish to express to his wi fe Kath I een dnd his Children, MI chael dnd Anne, a deep sympathy at their loss, and a deep gratitude for his I I fe and work.

A.D. T.

dciEllct: '0ai'l On display In the first Supernova Sclence Fair will be Supernova modules, competition entries, rrodels and modu I e5 constructed by Individuals and groups support I n9 the Fa I r, and trade exhibits.

The variety In 1"he exhibit­Ion will range from comput­er activities, radlo­contro I I ed robots, energy savl ng house designs and a one-handed can opener for disabled people to a number of novel and familiar exhibits of scIentific phenomena.

The Fair will run In 1"he Great Hall from 10 am to 6 pm on August 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27.

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I. V. Teams was defeated. The women's team played six games I n two days wi th on Iy five players and picked up S100 In pr I ze money. The men had a few more players and achieved the same resulT In seven games.

Ju Iy 30 and 31 came around >- quIckly and, alas, the women's t team was rut down to size by !2 I njur I es rangi ng from

sunburn, broken rl bs and balloon-like ankles to that greatest Injury of all, over­study ~ ng. Therefore, the women coul d not compete I n the Inaugural NSW Universities Basketball O1al'f1)lonshlps, hosted by the University of New South Wales.

The men trava I I ed South

The presentation of prizes was conducted In the Bradford Lounge n the Pavt lion. Mr. Bernie O'Doherty, ,""nagar of the UnIversity Branch of the Commonwealth Bank, presented the shield and tors.

and were hit by the dreadedt<"\. foo I troub Ie I n the Important\,)..1 games. However finishing third out of the six teMiS was at least confirmation of last year's standing at I.V.

Lorna George the other prizes.

On August 3, t-rs Lorna George started the 1983 Campus Scamper at The No.2 Ova I promptly at 12.30 pm.

The weather conditions were extreme Iy adverse. r.onsequently, rain, wind and Inud were much In evidence.

The field of some 100 runners I nc I uded a I erge cont' ngent from the RAAF WI I 11 amtown B3se and a sma I I grou p from I-tvtAS Su ppf y, wh I ch was visiting Newcastle at the time.

Congratulations and thanks TO all the runners. The winners:

Long Course First Female, Kim Jenkins; FI rst M31 a, AI bert Nymeyer; Team (Shield winners), M31"hs One Albert Nymeyer, David Firman and Craig Hansford.

(The RAAF Team of ~ssrs.

McNeil, WhiTe and Chandler finished second In a sp::>rtlng, and closely fought, contest.)

Short Course First Female, Jul Ie FI rst M31 e, RI chard Team, The RJ's Q'Oonohue, Jutl e RIchard McWhinney.

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Klem; Mc'i'ttll nney;

John KI ern and

Two runners from the -University Athletics Club competed In the popular and well-organised Nelson Bay 9krn Run on July 31. AlberT Nymeyer was involv­ed In, but unfortunately lost, a spIrited dice for third place wI th the wI nner of th I s year's Newcastl e Marathon, Bruce Sanders. I n 11th place I n the event was the youngest, and potentially the fastest member of the Athletics Club, Craig I-ensford. The wi nner of the event was Dav I d Forbes, and second was the former Un I ver­slty runner Mike Blesty.

* University teams wIll take part In Inter-Varsity sporting contests In the last week In the vacation In the following places: Basketball, ~n and Women, Western Austra II a; Cross-country, Men, Macquarle; Go If, fv1en, ~ I bourne and fvbnash; Skiing, Men and Women, M:lcquarle, NSW and Sydney; Sq uash, ~n and Women, New England; Surf riding, M3n, Queensland; Table Tennis, Men, Sydney; Volleyball, ~n and Women, ANU.

Th I ngs are took I ng good for them In Perth, according to members of our Basketball Club.

Ju Iy 23 and 24 had seen a successful trip to Coffs Harbour, where neither of the

* The tour I ng O'l I nese Un Ivers I t­Ies Volleyball Team Is expected to arr I ve In NewcasT I e on Septanber 4. A match against universIties of New South Wales wI II be pi ayad at Broadmeadow Stad I urn on September 5 at 8 pm.

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It Is anticipated that the UniverSity of Newcastle will have representation In the team~ to oppose the O'll nese. Accord-\j,l ingly, a large turn-out of UnIversity volleyball enthus­Iasts Is expected to attend.

TI ckets for the game are

available from the campus spor~ and RecreatIon OffIce durIng bu s I ness hour s, or from ,.... •.

O'lr I s Conway at the AuchlTUty Sports Centre on Wednesday evenings between 4.30 pm until 10 pm. Prices are: adults $4. pensioners $3, children (under 12) $1. Ask about party con cess I on s.

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Agreement Limited The Pres Ident of the Staff Association, Dr. Don wright, told members of the Association on August 9 that "the proposed t ndustrl a I agreement between the University and the Univer­sity Academic Staff AssociatIon of New South wales had been changed InTO a livery Ilmtted li

and "uncontrovers I a 111 dOOJment.

However, because the agreement ma rked a forma I recogn I tl on of the Un Ion by the Council It was worth having_

The meet I n9 author I sed Dr. wrIght to sign the proposed

) 'h" dustr I a I agreement on beha I f ,Jf the AssociatIon. The

proposed agreement run 5 for four A-4 pages.

The academic employees to whom the agreement app II BS are

) )rofessors, Readers, Assoc. Professors, Sentor Lecturers, Lecturers, Sen I or Tutors and Tutors.

Dr. Wright saId the AssociatIon and the Publl c ServIce AssociatIon of New South Wa I es were In dispute about whether the agreement should apply to certain other staff. IIThey can be I ncorpor­ated I ater I f the dIspute I s

/_~ettled In UASA's favour, II he

~}Id. The Council had agreed to

the agreement being sIgned SUbject to the Vice-Chancellor

Dr. Wright

and The STaff Association tidy I ng up one or two netters afTer The receIpt of further I ega I advl ce. The agreement In ITS present form had the endorsment of the State Execut­Ive 01 UASA (NSW).

IINo doubt the agreement will be superseded after a perIod by a Federal arrangement now that the FederatIon of AustralIan University Staff AssociaTions has the right to Federal regl stratlon, but It wll I be some time before an accord can be reached between 19 universitIes and 19 staff associations, If our own experience Is anything to go by probably about 95 years,1I Dr. "'Ight said.

The Pres Ident stated that he remained of the opInion that

" amalgamation of Newcastle CAE wi th the Un I vers I ty had mere I y been de I ayed for two years a"SsLlTl I ng that the present Government remained In offIce for that period. When all the documents and statements connected wi th ama I gamat' on were taken Together it was c I ear that the MI n I ster for EducatIon, Senator Susan Ryan, had not closed off any options.

"The present Minister and/or her staff, Is unusually skilled at dodging Issues and questions and, Indeed, It appears that she I s at t lmas I protected I from her correspon­dence to an unreasonab I e extent" •

On the question of open Council meetIngs, the President saId that Council agreed In principle to the Idea last December. It wa s hoped that the quest I on woul d be f I na II sed at the next Councl I meeting.

Following a recommendation from the Executive, the meeting decided that Emeritus Professor Reyn Keats be made a II fa member of the Staff Associ at­Ton. (Professor Keats was a member of the ExeQJt I ve on three occasions, recently as Acting Secretary).

The Pres I dent reported that there I s a casua I vacancy on the ExeOJtlve because Mr. G. Doran unfortunately had to resign. As no nominaTIons were rece I ved from those aT the meet I ng, the f II II ng of the vacan cy was deferred.

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During Year 10, many students I n the Hunter Region take part In a Work Experience Programme organ I sed by the New South Wa I es Department of Educ-at Ion. The scheme of fers the student a chance to gaIn valuable first-hand experience of the career he or she plans to fo I I CN I n the future.

A large number of students Is given positions aT the UnIversIty during the Work Experience Progr.::mme, as It offers an extensIve range of subjects and caters for many

Interests. Our I ng

was placed

work experience I I n the Pub II cl ty

Of f I ce, where, through the fr I end II ness and co-operat I on constantly offered by the STaff members, I was able to attend Interviews, use the computer, Inspect 2NUR-FM and a I so vi sit the printery. The availability of resources I Ike these Increa­sed my I nterest In wr I t I ng and Journa II sm.

The Work Experience Programme gives the ultimate resul ts I ncreased aware­ness of a particular career, and, also, Invaluable knowledge not easily forgotten. An InSight Into Ille at the work face, the break from schoo I , wh I I e we J come and very Year Bay High.

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Science Study Dr. Max Maddock, Sen t or Lect­urer In Education, Is assisting the Un I vers I ty of Papua New Guinea In the conduct of the Papua New Gu t nea phase of the Second International Education Association Science Study, which is being carried out In 40 countries during 198~84.

Each participating country will be doing its own national study In addition to providing data to the lEA for the Internation­al study.

Dr. Mctddock wi I I be co­ordinating and carrying out the data analysis tor the Papua New QJ I nea nat I ana I sector of the project, and preparing the Papua New Gu I nea data til as for Inclusion in the international analyses, under a grant from the University of Papua New Gu I nea.

The International project 15 being co-ordinated from ACER I n Me I bourne under the d I rect­Ion of Dr. Malcolm Rosier.

On Jul y 25 Dr. Les Dal s, from Victoria, a consultant to The I EA project, spen1· the day at the University of Newcastle d i scu ss I ng quest lonna I re and answer sheet design and proced­ures to be used In collactlng, coding and analysis of the data with Dr. Maddock and Mrs. Helen Ward, who will be the research assistant working with Dr. M:lddock on the project.

Dr. Gerard Supervl sor of the

Guthr 1 e, EducaTion

Faculty's Curriculum Resources and Research Centre, a former member of the University of Papua New Guinea's Educational Research UnIt, will also be aSSisting.

The project I nvo I ves the administration of a number of set ence ach I evement tests, att I tude tests and pup I I questionnaires to large samples from three populations (Grade 6, Grade 10 and Grade 12 pupils), as well as obtaining 1 nformat Ion on the background of science Teachers and the support faet Iities for science teaching available In the schools In each country.

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The elghteenth-century story of Don Juan the story of the great lover who 1'5 rea Ily the enemy of women, the sexua 1 adventurer who accumu I ates conquests like a stamp col lect­or I s one wh Ich has contlnued to Intrigue twent­'eth-century art 1 s ts. Fe 1-11nl's Him verslon, done wIth an obvlous dlstaste for the hero and In the sty I e of the hollowest artlflcTallty, 15 a recent example. Odon .... on Horvath's pi ay Don Juan Comes Back front 'the war, the Drama Department's latest productlon, dates from the 1930s and shows a Don Juan changed by the Great War and mournTng amId the decadence of post-war Europe.

Robert Edmunds plays Don Juan. In co:wlnc1ngly O::mtTn­ental unlform, olzarre haIrcut and movlng' In a curIously angul ar way, he was the com­posIte European returned so I d I er , Eml I of EIIt I and 'the DetectIves comb I ned wI th the Good Soldler Schwelk. In spIte of an engrossIng and dedIcated performance, the character resIsted any consIstent Inter­pretatlon. Returned from the war reformed of h t s Don Juan ways, and Intent on fIndIng the true love he had jIlted just before the war, hIs resolve wanes for unspecIfIed reasons and he returns to hIs former Indlscrlmlnate seductIons, though fT'Otlvated thIs tIme by

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seeIng a fragmented aspect of ) hIs belo .... ed In one woman after another. The resolutIon of the plot Is by means of the metaph-or"' of the snowman Don Juan awaIts hIs end as a snowman waltlng for warmer weather.

Around th 1 s one rna I e part revol ve IOOre than 30 fema I e ones, prov1dl ng a varIety of veh Ie I es for the· ta I ants of the students. Memorable scenes 1 nc I uded Don Juan catch 1 ng the eye of a dark-su 1 ted mann' sit ) lady (Olmlty Raftos), jolnln~, an Infatuated socTety lady (Anne CassIdy-Jordan) In an opera box, and forml ng the subject of a conversatlon among a group of febrt Ie professlona(j) women (Tana BarfIeld, Olrlstlna Geraklteys, Kate Gray and DImIty Rattos).

In the end the play doesn I t have a great dea I to say elther about the Don Juan fIgure hIs sIgnIfIcance Is too var lous or about the lssues of the perIod (1nflat­Ion, decadence) aga Inst wh Ich (1n thfs productIon) It Is ostentatIously set. The rewa rds of th I s Don Juan Come when, by fIne costumlng and good ensemble actlng, It does evoke somethIng of the pecullar texture of lIfe 1n M1tteleuropa when one war was just over and, unknown to the hap I aSS pop­ulace, the seeds of another were beIng quIetly planted.