No.3-81 May - Adm.monash.edu.au - Monash University

•Early musIc festivalNotional psy(hology students' (onferen(e /-~-..­•• I~.~/~A festival ofearly music and dancewill be held at Monash from May 22to 24.The festival - titled Early MusicUnlimited or EMU for short - is beingorganised by the Early Music Societyof Victoria as part of Music '81celebrations, a Ministry of the Artsproject.It is being sponsored by the Ministrywith support from CRA, Comalco andBHP.In the 19 events scheduled over thefestival's three days, audiences will beable to hear a wide variety of earlymusic, as well 8S have the opportunityto participate in several performancesand attend workshops on voice,Renaissance dance, the recorder andthe like. Aside from the music anddance, participants will have the op·portunity to do brass rubbings.Many Victorian early music groupswill be taking part, including ArsNova, the Early Music Consort ofMelbourne, the MelbourneRenaissance Players, the RipponleaRenaissance Dancers and the TudorWaites, from Ballarat.Monash participation in the festivall ~-. I'I ,:c::: ,:~r• EMU convener Ian Donald, of Monash (centre)plays the barOQue flute. Peter Hawkins (left) thelute. Lyn Hawkins (right). the viola da gamba.They are all members of the Jacobean Consort.is strong. EMU convener is IanDonald, associate professor in CivilEngineering.The Monash early music group, theWednesday Consort, will perform inthree events, including providing themusic at the EMU dinner on theSaturday.From the music department, CarolWilliams, Richard Excell. GregHurworth, Ros Bandt and JohnGriffiths will be participating as willGlenys Jardine, a student in Science.Events will be held in several venuesin the Union and in the ReligiousCentre. A festival centre - forinformation ana bookings - will belocated in the balcony room on the firstfloor of the Union.Admission prices for events varyfrom $1.50 to $16 for the dinner. Goldpasses for the whQle festival a.nd daypasses are available.Bookings can be made with the Ear·ly Music Society of Victoria, 36 NeerimRoad, Caulfield (211 5210) and SaveTime Services. 238 Flinders Lane,(63 7555/63 2049).AFUW meeting The southern suburbs group ofthe the University to date has been slightAustralian Federation of University are especially welcome, she adds.Women (Victoria) will hold a AFUW has a long history of concernmeeting for new members at Monash and activity on behalf of women innext month.general and women graduates in par­The function - which will include achampagne supper - will be held onticular.Dr Aveling says: "At an inter­Friday, June 12 at 7.45 p.m. at the national level, 8S part of the Inter­Vice-Chancellor's residence. courtesy national Federation of Universityof Mrs Rena Martin.Women. the organisation has observerMrs Jennifer Strauss. senior lec· status at the United Nations andturer in English. president of the Staff works actively for the welfare andAssociation of Monash University. status of women everywhere.poet and mother, will address herself "At the national and local levels,to the question, "Will Academia Kill AFUW works to achieve equal statusYour Creativity?", and give a poetry for women in all areas of life. especiallyreading.employment, and has concerned itselfThe cost for the evening will be $2 at with the welfare of children andthe door. Women intending to attend disadvantaged groups.should contact Dr Marian AveIlng in "Other major functions are fundthedepartment of History on ext. :h76 raising for scholarships for women,by Friday, June 5.both in Australia and overseas, andDr Aveling says that membership of provision of fellowship and mentalAFUW is open to all women graduates stimulation for new and old graduatesat tertiary level. Wives of staff isolated by careers and/or domesticitymembers and recent graduates living - such as we hope will be provided byin the Monash area whose contact with our champagne supper."I.Several hundred psychologystudents from universities andcolleges of advanced educationthroughout Australia are expectedto attend a conference to be held atMelbourne University from May 28to 31 .The conference is being sponsored, by the student psychological societiesof Monash, Melbourne and La Trobeuniversities and Caulfield Institute ofTechnology.This is the first national meeting ofpsychology students to be organised inabout five years. The move to restartwhat was once a regular event wasmade by the Monash PsychologicalSociety.Convener of the organisingcommittee, James Meehan, aresearch assistant in the MonashPsychology department, says that theconference will have a twin purpose: asa social function and a forum for thedelivery of papers on psychologicaltopics.Several eminent psychologists willaddress the conference. As well, paperswill be delivered by students andworkshops will be conducted.Executive officer of the AustralianPsychological Society, Dr KeithTaylor, of the Psychology departmentat Melbourne University, will give theopening address on the Thursday.Among Monash psychologists whowill address the conference over thefollowing two days will be ProfessorRoss Day, who will talk on "Trenda,Fashion and Rubbish in Psychology",and Dr Donald Thomson whoee paperis titled "Psychology and tho Law:Implications for Judicial Procedures."Other speakers will include DrA.W.H. Buffery and ProfellorGordon Stanley. both of MelbourneUniversity.Mr Meehan believes that theconference marks a resurgence ofinterest in the study of psychology andin organisations of students of thesubject.A session will be held on the last dayof the conference to evaluate it anddecide on future such events.Registration fee for the conference is$10. Brochures on it are available fromthe Psychology general office in theBiology building. For fUrtherinformation contact Mr Meehan onext. 3977.MONASH REPORTERThe next issue of MonashReporter will be puhlished In thetint week of June 198!.Copy deedllne i. Friday. May22.Contributions (letters. artic:J....photo.) and sug,...tions should headdreaoed to the editor (en. 2003)c/o the information oft\ee. groundfloor, University om.,....predict the weather using the verylatest techniques with 67 per cent ac·Odds and curacy. Professor Hoyle, who had beenresearching the records, commentedthat if you cared to assume that theTHE VICE· CHANCELLOR. weather tomorrow would be the sameProfessor Ray Martin, almoet didn't as the weather today you would bemake it for the Royal conferring. But right 75 per cent of the time.he could well rate a mention in the "Then there is the allegation about aGuinnesa Book of Records!former Professor ofthe ANU (who shallEarlier that week, Professor and Mrs be unnamed because I've neverMartin had been in China and had checked on the accuracy of the al·flown from Peking to Brisbane for a legation) who reported on sociologicalmeeting of the Avce.work that had been carried out in warAnd then the air hostesses struck! 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He went on to say: 'As itMrs Martin sharing the driving, they turned out neither fought on, so wecovered the distance in a little over 20 were 50 per cent right; if we improvehours, with just two short meal breaks. our methods we can expect to do betterNow they can justifiably claim the next time'."record for the fastest Vice· Chancellors'car trip from Brisbane to Melbourne.• • ONTHE SUBJECTofWorld Wars,HOW MANY lectures, sympoeia,many people were intarred in the UKcolloquia, conferences, seminars andthe like carry theduring the Second but artist Luch.1ctag somewhere intheir title: Impllcation. for the Hirshfeld-Mack was not one of tbem,even though readers of last Reporterfuture?were told that he was. They thenPredicting likely future trends hasits pitfalls as Hugh Hudson. visitinglearned about his poet·war career asfellow in the Centre of Policy Studiesart master at Geelong G-rammarSchool. Needl ... to say, for those wboand one·time SA Education Minister,pointed out in a paper (titledmind their Rs and No. Hirshfeld·Mack. German.born. was Interned inAustralia in the 19800: Impllcatlonsfor Education) published recently.Britain at the outbreak of hoetiliti...He said: "I am reminded of ProfessorFred Hoyle attanding a meeting ofweather experts prior to the Normandyinvasion in June of 1944 where theexperts reported ihat they could.. . ends.Mev.,ea, '2 MONAaH 1l11'01n1!1IPnnted we 0ffMt by St8ndW N-...-. Ltd.. 10 P.tI Rd.. CMttenhem. 3112. VICtOrill.