The Reverend Dr J7rances Young, Edward Cad­bury Professor of Theology, University of Bir­mingham, delivering her second F D MauriceLecture for 1988 on Tuesday, 10 May. Thelecture, entitled Plumblines and Measuring­rods, i one of three lectures under the headingWhat On Earth Are Creeds For?

The 19 King's College May Ball at theSavoy tarted off auspiciously with anunanticipated, but neverthele s welcome,recepllon drink in the braham Lin olnroom where both atmo phere and numbertarted inten ifying from 6.30 pm. The

reception continued happily de pite frantic,committee member attempting to hard­sell rame tIcket for the Great OrmondStreet Wi rung Well ppeal. t pm wewere called to dinner, where the PrinCIpalkll1dly welcomed u to the third of theKlI1g' College May Ball. After Profe orWard had said the King's ollege Grace weall tarted on a sumptuou four-cour e me~which consi ted of a supremely rich chick­en parfait, cream of asparagus soup, almotrout en croute cooked ex ellently by thechef who created a befitting concludingcour e - an ambrosial chocolate mUle­feuille. During coffee and our Praline enSurpri 'e, which was appropriately named,we all participated in toa ting both ourMonarch, and our Mascot, who had kindlycon ented to grace u with his awe ome

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The Principal

This issue of Comment includes the firstof a series of updates on Cornwall Housedevelopment - an outline of the complexplanning proces which has to be follow­ed if such a project is to be kept to timeand budget. There is much purposefulaction ahead of u .

the DES including two Secretarie ofState and three Mini ter of Higher Educ­ation), and through them the Trea ury.ha now come to a atisfactor onclu-ion. The period of uncertainty, extend­

ing to 0 er three year i now behind uand the ollege an move forward in con-iden e. We are all well aware of the ben­

eficlal impact Whl h thi will have, bothacademically and financially, and I wouldlike to say how important in all of thisha been the patience, and the continuingsuppOrt of the ollege community atlarge, a w Il a many friend both witrunand out ide the College.

for article see page two.

OURSIT'S

King's College London newsletter

Reveller;, in a po t-prandial toast at the KCL .\Iay Ball.

This decision is the key to unlock thefuture structure and shape of the College.The discus ion with the University ofLondon, the UGC, the Department of theEnvironment and their agents the PSA,

THAMESIDE CAMPUS A REALITY

I am writing to confirm that the Com­mittee la t week approved a recommenda­tion from it London Unjversity WorkingParty that !(jng' College (KCL) be per­mitted to proceed with the purcha e ofthe lea e of Cornwall House. The Com­mittee accepted the view that bringingtogether KCL's Ijfe sciences activitie ona ingle Thame -side campus repre entedthe be t way forward for the College 011

both academic and financial ground .'

The projected Thame ide Campus ba edon the Strand and Cornwall House i n wet to become a reality. The relevant

letter of authorisation for the purchaseof the lea e of ornwall House ha beenreceived:

M Y B LL continued from front page.

presence.

Ha ing oncluded the formalitie , JohnnyHoward and his Band led us onto the dancefloor with an impre ive medley that rang­ed from Fred Astaire and Glenn Miller toGeorge Michael and Lulu. It was with thegreatest appreciation that many were ableto enjoy an infrequent opportunity topractice their ballroom dancing kills. Thedancing continued unabated.

During the evening, the raffle raised approx­imately £400 thanks to everybody's genera­ity, and we would like to thank the follow­

ing for their generosity in providing raffleprizes:-

The Virgin GroupThe German Food CentreKing's College LondonHarrod's LtdThe SavoyThe Body ShopJ W Thornton LtdKing' College Student Union

Also, we must thank our sponsors, whowere kind enough to make contributionsfor the flowers and the aperitif. Thesewere:-

Coutts and Co.Barclays Bank PLC - London orthernRegion and London orth West Region.

Finally I would like to thank those mem b­ers of the Committee who worked hardin order for the Ball to be a complete suc­ces , and to Mrs Sandra Gee and Miss CathySkinner without whom our workloadswould have been at least doubled.

PhiJip YauMay Ball Committee, 1988

PL

GC approval for the Thameside Campus based upon the Strand and ornwall Housemeans that King's an embark upon a redevelopment programme of a cale not experi­en ed in the K ni ersity system since the 1960s. Cornwall House it elf will requireover £50 million for acquisition and refurbishment and will be followed by the ompre­hen ive rationalisation and improvement of the Strand. Over half the College' accomm­odation will be replaced or re-built. The prospect i for all department to have ade­quate space, on one site, in one building and contiguous; for the Strand Library to becentralised; for better taff and student sem es and much improved indoor portfacilities.

POUC

This immense programme will take a number of year to complete. Throughout thattime it will need highly skilled planning and management, able to take timely and con­sistent decisions and yet be responsive to the special needs and concerns of an academiccommunity. Policy issues will be considered within the College s well-established Com­mittee structure. Space is a major resource with policy implications which must beconsidered alongside academic and financial policies in the Planning and ResourcesCommittee.

The Committee cannot itself deal with the control of the project and has set up a mallThameside Campus Project Committee, chaired by Professor Peter Scott, charged withoverseeing the planning process and the proper integration of the ollege input withthat of professional advisers; it will report to the Planning and Resources ommittee,ensuring a proper diffusion of information throughout the College.

A AGE E T

Clearly a project of this size will also need highly-skilled day-to-day management anda wide range of professional services; architects, structural, electrical and mechanicalengineers, quantity surveyors and many others. Building contractors will need to beappointed and monitored as work proceeds. Co-ordination of all these aspects is amajor task and the College will appoint experienced managing agents who will be resp­onsible for the translation of the College s specification into the reality of design andconstruction.

Within the College, and reporting directly to the Thameside Campus Project Committeewill be a small project directorate which will be responsible for obtaining and collatingthe College specification and for liaison with the project management agents. It isexpected that the directorate will be staffed in part by secondments from the agentsand from other professionals as appropriate so as to in troduce at an early stage theinteraction between specification and design that is vital to the success of a project ofthis kind.

The project directorate will be the route through which the College will deal with theproject manager, architect and other professional services.

On Friday I July from 2 - 6.30 pm TheCentre for Educational Studies at 552King's Road will be holding an Open Day.All mem bers of the College and the publicare warmly invited to attend and discoverat first hand the work being undertakenby the Centre.

OPE HO E TCEThe interrelation between policy, planning and management is shown in Diagram A.Fundamental to this structure for managing the development of the Thameside CampusProject is the concept that everyone involved will have an opportunity to make a posi­tive contribution. The specificaton will be in the hands of those who are going tooccupy the new accommodation, subject to the limitations of the space available andto the discipline of strict cost and time control. These are essential to the success ofsuch a large and complex project as delay will inevitably lead to extra cost, in additinnto the needless continuation of multi-site operation.

PROGRAMME

The two key even ts will be a talk fromProfessor Paul Black, Head of the Depart­men t, on the TGAT Report and the reac­tions it has received, and a symposium onAIDS and Education.

In addition, each section and research unitwill be mounting displays of their work,and individual mem bers of staff will be onhand to discuss their specific projects.

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The Thameside Campus Project will proceed through a number of phases, illustrated inDiagram B. Firstly the College must decide upon the allocation of academic depart­ments between Cornwall House and the Strand (there may be room for more than LifeSciences in Cornwall House), and particularly on the division of academic and admini­strative support services. Secondly the College must prepare a detailed specificationof its requirements, room-by-room, initially for Cornwall House but ultimately for theStrand as well. Thirdly the specification must be translated into detailed design draw­ings. Fourthly tenders must be sought and building contracts let and monitored as thework proceeds.

Whilst these stages will in general proceed sequentially, there will be interaction as theproject develops. In particular the second and third stages will interact as the feasibility

of tran lating the College' specifi ation into the reality of Corn", all Hou e. and laterof the Strand, I e amined. Moreover at each stage there will be a re-a e ment of ostand this ma lead to se ond though s.

TH. ME IDE C :\ipe PROJECT

CO~nllTT : :\IE;\1BER HIP

IMET LProfe or Peter [On, Ch irman

yet the date when the College an expe t to obtain \'3 ant po e slon of the ~1ain

buildmg 0 Cornwall House is un ertain, although the Annex will be ome vacant to-.... aId the end 0 this year. hat i lear is that the College should be in a position tostart refurbishment of the Main building at the very late t by early 1991. Thi meansthat the specification of the refurbishment must be available by the autumn of next

year so that there is adequate time for detailed de ign, tender invitation and as es ment,and the award of ontra t . Completion ould then follo in the ummer of 1993, 0

permitting major work to tart at the Strand in that year.

Prole or. 'orma RinslerPrOles or Ronald BurgePro e or Harold BaumProject Dire torCollege Secretary

THE. E T TEP

PLA I GAD RE OURCE COMMITTEE(principles and policy)

ITHAME'IDE CAMPU PROJECT COMMITTEE

(managemenl and control)

RT CEI\'TRERCHI E :

On 10 May it was exactly twenty-fiveyears since the niversity of London setit seal to a cheme to establi h a Centrefor Military Archives at King's College, butwhen the Trustee of the Centre calledupon colleagues and friends of the Centreto join them to celebrate it was less tocommemorate a birthday than to celebratethe very real achievements of twenty-fiveyear's work. \Vhen the en tre was firstconceived by Profe or Sir Michael Howard,then the Head of the Department of WarStudies, there was no provision nationallyfor the sy tematic collection of privatepaper relating to defence. Valuable arch­ives risked the bonfire because individualofficers or their families were worried bythe existence in their homes of paperswhich had sometimes been kept illegallyand often touched on military security,The Cen tre's work over the years has hel­ped to en ure that provision for militaryarchives nationally is now among the bestin Europe.

GE ER L COLLEGEREQ IREME T

<Ol"';----_Financial Control.........,--__Building Standards""....,....-- Servicb

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ER REQUIREMENT

Departments .. r-------....,Library ~ PROJECTComputing Services ~~ DIRECTORATEStudents Union (planning andSports Committee • execution)Central Services • '--- ...J

Administration ...;lI

Social Amenities If

etc, etc.

The first step will be to appoint the College's Project Director. the managing agent andwith their assistance. the architect. study will then be made of the long-term aIlo a­tion of departments and support services as between the Strand and Cornwall House andfollowing this the specification of a brief or the refurbishment of Cornwall Hou e cancommence.

MA AGI G -----'lo~ CONfRACTORAGE T

ArchilectQuantity SurveyorOther Professionals

DIAGRAM B: PROGRA IME

ACTIVITY

I Appoint Director, Mdndging Agcnts, Architect>

2 DeCide oUlline allocallon of College acllVlllCSbelween Strand and Cornwall House

3 Prepare specification for Cornwall House

t t t4 Design refurbIshment of ornwall House

5 Commence buudlllg works

RE PO SIJ3IL1TY

ullegc

CollegeArchllccts

CollegeManagers

Architects

ManagersArchuectsand olher

professionals

Contractors

Early discussion between the Trustees ofthe Cen tre and the Ministry of Defenceand the Cabinet Office were to lead to theevolution of a policy which allowed theCentre a unique latitude to collect andmake available ensitive military materialof this nature. It was an ability that hascome to be appreciated by scholars world­wide. It w s also a policy tha t, corn binedwith a growing expertise in negotiatingindividual terms of deposit and high stan­dards of cataloguing, has ensured that theCentre's collections continue to grow bythe year. The Cen tre now houses over400 collections, amongst which are thepapers of Viscount Allenby, General LordIsmay, Viscount Montagu, FM Lord Rob­ertson, General Sir lan Hamilton, ViscountMilne and Captain Sir Basil Liddell Hartafter whom the Centre was renamed onthe acquisition of his papers in 1973. orhas the Centre contented itself withsimply strengthening existing resources. Inrecent years the Trustees have made a com­mitment to build the Centre's holdings inrespect of ATO, and most recently the

entre ha been recognised as a future

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re ource Centre for a four-nation nuclearhistory programme. As i ted by generougrant from the John D and Catherine TMac rthur Foundation and the Le\"crhulmeFoundation, the Centre' manual locationregi ter of the papers of higher defenceper onnel is being computerbed, ub tan­tiatly expanded and two volume coveringpo t holder in the period 1900-19'" S arebeing prepared for publication.

In celebrating achievements, however. bothTru tee and taff were plea ed al 0 toacknowledge the cooperation help andguidance in many form received over theyears from the taff of the Ministry of Def­ence, the Cabinet Office, the Royal Com­mission on Historical Manuscripts, theImperial War Museum, the ational Mari­time Mu eum and many others connectedwith the study of military hi tory, thespecific care of military record and theprofession of archives.

The day itself wa marked by the fir tannual Liddell Hart Centre for MilitaryArchives lecture given by Professor Robert0' eill, Chichele Profe sor of the Historyof War at the Univer ity of Oxford and anexhibition. Professor 0' eill took a histheme Liddell Hart and hi Legacy. In anunusual lecture he offered both a cogentanalysis of Lid dell Hart's role a military

propagandi t and historian, and a warmevocation of Liddell Hart the man, hisworking methods and the dining table con­versation which he ugge ted had been

TU ial in forming the thinking of a numberof today' di tingui hed military hi torian .The lecture et the tone for good conver­ation 0 er upper when in the company

of Lady Liddell Hart, Tru tee and formerTTU tees. staff and former taff in ludingall three former Archivist in the Centre.and their many guests celebrated in theirown ways, Liddell Hart and his legacy,his work and his influence.

The exhibition provided another stimulusand context for discussion. Alanbrookeconfiding to his diary on the eve of D Daythat he wished to God that it wa all over.The view by a mem ber of the British Mil­itary Mission to Sou th Russia in 19 I 9that Winston Churchill wa the only poli­tician playing straight with General Deni­ken. Instructions to troops preparing toenter Belsen that information to handuggested that the camp contained dan­

gerous criminals and everal years later theforebodings of a enior commander of thelikely consequences if emigration to Israelwas stopped. The day was also marked bythe publication of the first major supple­ment to the Consolidated List of Access­tions.

I W cl GERO TOLOG

The Age Concern Institute of Gerontologyi offering an Sc in Gerontology, begin­ning in 19 9 or full-time tudent or thiSeptember for part-time tudent. It i amultidis iplinary cour e of advanced po t­graduate training in gerontology, the tudyof human ageing proce e and the ir um­tance and welfare of elderly people.

The aim i to offer advanced training ingerontology to students with appropriatebackgrounds in the social ien e . lifecience , medicine, nursing and social work.

It will be of interest to tho e working withelderly people or concerned with policyand management issues dealing with thedevelopment of services or with a ademicand re earch interests in gerontology.

The curriculum con i ts of 'Principals ofGerontology', a compulsory multidi ci­plinary core cour e, three optional cour esand an independent dissertation. Studentsmay take the MSc course either part-timeover two years or full-time in a year.

Substantial contributions to the courseare given by the Departments of HealthCare of the Elderly, General Practice andCommunity Medicine at KCSMD; by theDepartments of Anatomy and HumanBiology, Biology, Biochemistry and

ursing Studies in the Faculty of LifeSciences; by the Centre for Medical Lawand thics, the Department of Geographyand the Centre for Educational Studiesand by the Department of Social Admin­istration at LSE.

For more information contact the AClOGat SS 2 King's Road, Chelsea campus.Telephone 3S I 2488 ext 3626.

Archive staff, past and present, from left to right, Michael Page, Jane Platt, Michael Gasson, lan Good­erson, Simon Robbins, Elizabeth Bennctt, Rev Antony Grant CR, Lady Liddell Hart, Marie Stewart,Julie Sheppard, Patricia Methven.

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Distinguished Liddell Hart trustees Profe sorPaul Black, Sir Richard Way and ProfessorPeter Marshall (with, in the background Prof-es or Sir Randolph Quirk, President of the Brit­ish Academy talking to the Principal, Profe SOT

Stewart Sutherland).

..C.. VC. CY

Prole, or 01 Palaeography L1ect. Or C de la ~1are in onver atian with Profc sm Andre\\ \\ ahon.!'role 'or ul \Ianu cript tudic at (L. during a reception held on 25 \pril to celebrate thelaunching 01 KC! \Iedieval lUdies.

arole I oreman (General $eLfctary uf Bl., \Cjwith Richard at a BTA Travel \\ ork hop.

The ommitlee of Vice-Chancellor~andPrinCIpal 0 the unlver itie ot the nlledKingdom are eeking a replacement for Or<'ll\'<: Wake as Secretary ot the Standing'onlerence on nlver ity Entrance. The

post will he lull-time tor a period of twoto three year . and ""Ill become vacan t on3 I October 19 . However. it is hoped thevacancy .... 111 be filled by the end of ummerto allow a period of overlap.

Would tho e .... ho are intcrc ted plea econtact:

K S OaviePrincipal A !Stant Secretary

Cl'~9 Tavistock SquareLondon W IH 9EZTel(OI)3 9231

In it he argue hat vacant land ha.mpergro\\ th and re trict tree market lor es.Reason for 0"" ner allOWing land to re,main idle are varied. One i that landalue ht Into I -year cyde ,opecula­

tor buy low and ell high, mean .... hilekeeping the plot vacant. They are encou­raged to do thl because of an ab ence ofany cash co t for holding lanll and theexi tence in perpetuity of land use right~.

Furthermore, there i cant public infor­mation available on owner hip, etc, thusallowing a degree of anonymity for theholder.

To relea e this idle re ource, Mr Loveleadvo ate a tax on land values. Previouattempt to introduce one have met withre i tance from tho e with landed inter-e ts. De pile difficulty in decidl11g theoptim um level of taxation - high enoughto act a a pur bu t not too high to encou­rage ill-conceived chem es - John Lovelei convinced it would go a long way to­ward providmg much-needed regeneratioJ1for Britain' inner cities.

ID POET

Julian Brown, Professor of Palaeographyat King' from 1961, who died early J anu­ary last year, left at his death two shortcollection of poem., Delayed Reaction(197 -19 0 and Time Enough (19 1-19 5),which he hoped to publi h. Thepoem are now to be printed in a limitedednion at the Rampant Lions Pres . Thebook, deslgned by Seba tian Carter. willhe printed by letter pre on mould-madepaper and will be ca e-bound. Publicationwill he in early June 19 . Subscnpllonsare invited The edition .... ill nece sarilyhe limited by the number of sub cribers.

n edrly re. pon e will make it pos ible tocalculate the ')ze of the editIon correctlyand ensure that ufficient copie- areprinted.

Price: K£2~:£:urope£23( S042), SA£~4 S044) Cheques made payable to

harlottc Brown.

I you would like a copy of the hook,plea e send a cheque to:

harlotte Brown, Oept of Printed Bookand Manu cripts, Sotheby' ,34-35 ewBond treet, London WIA ~

NEWS ROUND-UP

co U \ (' f '-

Closing date for entries is 17 June 1988,so call or write without delay for yourentry form and brochure to:

H LLO TO H COTIN E TIO ?

rOSHIBA

YEAROF I

INVENTION

DESIGN

By entering under the Universities/Colleg­es category, your department could winfor King's over £20,000 worth of prizes.All you need do is send in your ideaexpressed clearly and supported by dia­grams or illustrations as appropriate - noworking model is required at this stage.

flU

On 15 April this year, the Design Councillaunched the Toshiba Year of Inventioncompetition, designed to encourage andreward the best in Briti h inventive talent.

.R.H.E. CO FERE CE 0CADEMIC FREEDOM

Ruth Lawrence, the Oxford mathemati­cian, visited King's on 17 March this year,and attracted an audience of over fiftyfor her talk, called Dirac Operators, ZeroModes and Holonomy. I t was her fir tpublic re earch eminar. Ruth is ixteenyears old.

Ruth Lawrence, with her father Mr Harry Law­rence, continues the discussion informally after­ward.

PRODIG L I IT

The Society for Research into Higher Edu­cation will be holding its Annual Confer­ence at the University of Surrey between19 and 21 December this year.

pons-E Mitcham and Menonground

Thursday, 3 June 1910.00am - 10.00pm

E

DATETIME

I - - IDE CRICKETCOMPETITIOFor the WELL TROPH

All taff and tudent are warmly invitedto this year's competition, be it a pecta­tor or player. So why not get togetherwith a few friend and enter a team?R MEMBER:1. All team mu t be mixed, there mu tbe at least one female (or male) in everyside.2. Players of all (in)abililies are encoura­ged to enter. Do not worry about being'not good enough' - nobody is too bad forthis com petition.3. 0 need to provide your own bats,balls, etc - it's all there for you. And don'tworry about wearing whites - it helps dis­tinguish the teams.

Entry forms and Rules of Play will be ava­ilable from Main Receptions at Strand,Kensington, Manresa Road from the endof May. Please return forms quickly,enclosing £6 per team entry fee, a thecompetition is invariably over-subscribedand it is first come, first served.

The competition is an official Collegeevent, so all staff are free to attend andhelp make it a day to remem ber. To sus­tain you along the way a food and barservice will be open throughou t the day,and entertainment is planned!!!!

EW KCLA BRA CHES IMALAYSIA & SI GAPORE

Proposals to set up branches of KCLAwere adopted at meetings of graduates ofthe College in Kuala Lumpur and in Sing­apore. The Assistant Principal, Or Abra­ham Lue and Assistant Registrar, MrsJ ennifer J ackson were guests at a recep­tion and dinner on 15 April this year inKuala Lumpur organised by Malaysianalumni, at which a pro tem committeewas formed.At a imilar occasion on 23 April in Singa­pore, graduates of the College resolved toestablish KCLA there.

Contacts:

Mr Chareon S Tang, KCLA (Malaysia)201-203 Lee Wah Bank BuildingMedan Pasar, Kuala Lumpur 50500Malaysia

Mr Chuang Shaw Yee, KCLA (Singapore)S Y Chuang and Co.101A Upper Cross Street 08-16People's Park CentreSingapore 0 I05

The Organising Committee invites all se­nior, academic and research staff at King sto attend, and to submit papers on thisyear's theme, Academic Freedom. Thetheme is particularly timely and will pro­vide a unique opportunity to considerissues relating to academic freedom frommany perspectives, including the implica­tions of the Education Reform Bill curren­tly befor:eParliament.

The Conference will be attended by repre­sentatives from higher and further educa­tion, professional bodies, local authorities,industry and government. Therefore, inorder to provide an effective forum, it ishoped that each University will be repre­sented by at least one member of staff.

Would those wishing to attend and/orsubmit a paper please contact Frank Curt­iss, 1988 SRHE Conference Administrator,Secretariat, University of Surrey, Cuildforcl.Surrey CU2 5 XH. Telephone 0483 5712­81 (ext 2022).

Awards OfficeThe De ign Council28 HaymarketLondon SW 1Y 4S U

Tel (01) 839 8000

or Toshiba (01) 384 1017

COLLEGE TRAVEL AWARD

The committee which considers theapplications for four of the College travelawards (the Mary Clarke, the Lightfoot,the Sargeaunt and the Lacey (French) )met in April and has offered awards totwelve students to help fund various travelplans, including attendance at conferenceswork abroad and expeditions. '

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LLEG10.

I would like to compile a list 01 tudentsand other College members who urrentlyhold la or B li(;en es and would bein ere ted in making use of the call- ign.

la operator' name can be uppliedto the DTI a' permit ed unsupervi edoperator. It may be appropriate to makea eparate apphcation for a Cla B license.

I would al 0 like to hear from anyone whowould be intere ted in Joining and helpingto run a tudent amateur radiO ociety.\Ir Arne) ng trom, from Orebo, Sweden. teaching \1 Karen Lu\ton, from \\a ltington C who i

blind, ho\\ to m ke a model \\hich she then mapped - one of the highlight of Tact ~lap 11.

T CTI LE;\1 PPER;\lEET T KI G'

ule paper. In both ases, the range ofpo ible symbol and texture is everelylimited, as is their den ity, for the fingeris much les di criminating than the eye.

Garth Swanson (G3 PC)Dept of Electronic & Electrical EngmeeringRoom:W Strand Ext ~ 08

ny graduate of Manchester niver itywishmg to receive a copy of the freealumn! magazine 'The Manche ter Gradu-ate' for 19 should contacl the addresbelow.

The Alumni Officeniversity of Manchestcr

Oxford RoadManche tcrM 13 9PL

Ju t before term tarled, the Kensingtonampu' ""elt.omed a rather unu ual meet­

ing. Tact Map II - or to glve It It· lull title,the Second International Sympo ium onMapJand Graphics for isually Handicapp­ed People. I t may never have oc urred toyou before, but just a k yourself howmuch of our normal academiC communi a­tion mvolves diagrams, graphs or map andhow a blind person can read them?

The an wer i by touch. Two-dimensionalimage arc reproduced in three-dimen ions,either by forming plastic over a ma ter, orby copying onto heat- ensitive micro-cap-

Deigning u eable tactile map and graphici not withou t it diffieultie, and themeeting brought together more Ihan 70theoretician, practitioner and user fromall over the world who were able to learnfrom one another for the ultimate benefitof vi uaUy handicapped people.

A F Tatham

(Any readers wi hing to learn more of thiwork hould con tact the above via theDepartment of Geography).

M CHE T R GR D TE

Kill R' COMP PRIZE

Credit Reque(including Ho pitaljt

u tomer are advi ed that, although re­que t for catenng service can be made bytelephone, no CREDIT ervices will beprovided unles written confirmation IS

received. To assist customers, an OrderForm for Catering Services is availablefrom each Site Catering Office, or on re­quest from Mr Y Rldout. Room 6G,Che ham BuildIng, Ext 2359. Plea e giveyour Site Catering Office as much noticea POS ihle when booking Coffees, Teaand other Ho pltality requests.

Chri ttna 1988With ome 170 shopping days until Chri­tma~ it mlghl eem a little premature to

a k for your Chri tma reque ts. Theatering Department does however already

have numerous Christma commitmentsand would ask you to book your Christ­ma catering as early a pos ible.

tkin Building Refectory,Ken ington campuDuring this ummer a new servery will bein taIled in the Main Ken ington Refec­tory. This work will eau e some disrup­tIOn to servl -es, bu t i nece sary as thepre ent equipment is steam-heated, unre­liable and ob olete. The Catering ServiceDepartment is sure that the new countersand re-designed ervery will considerablyimprove thi catering oullet and hopetaff will nol be loo Inconvenienced by

thi work. The Old Refectory In the MainBuilding will be available to Conferenceand College customers during the periodin que -lion ( I 1 A ugust to early Septem­ber).

The Skmner ' Company have recentlymformed the College that they have agreedto continue to fund the two Skinners'

ompany prizes for a further three yearsand to increase the value to £ 100 each.

The Skinner' Company Prize are avail­able together with the Merchant TaylorsCompany xhibition and the FlorenceIIughe xhibition to the be t womentudents in the se ond year of a B or BSc

degree cour e.

The Iikene to a famous comedy duo inissue number 26 of Comment wa a littleunfortunate; a to the other shortcomings- could you do better? Comment needpic : why not shed your di gUIse and letus ec your talent?

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Ray Flood, pre IOU Iy \\ Ith the Cheml try Department at both Chel ea and trand-ite . /la now JOIned the trand . team a it leader. s well a havIng the nor-mal kill. he I able to help with the u e of graphic and layout. He will bepica 'cd to gl e advi c and a I tance from the trand office. HaVIng wor 'ed 10 elywith Ollr colleague at Chel a. he I al 0 able to ad i e on work being ent to thatunit.

The \' unit at Chel ea will hurtly be mO\'ed to the newly re-fitted AV T at Ken Ing­ron. There ha been a long-standIng need for taff at Kensington, and they hope to beoperational long before the tart of the next e ion. Chel ea requirement \\-ilI then bemet by the unit at Ken 1l1gton with. upport from the trand.

The I.:.ducational Technology Committee, at their meeting on 10 May 19 . approveda revl. ion of the price Ii t for equJpment hire and ervice.

The equipment hire charge is not appli able for equipment u ed for undergraduateteaching, but i for all other equipment u er , particularly out of working hours.

CO\1 TT D THEOF La:" DO~ .1..1.CO ORTI 1

The niver ity of London L 1 Con or­tium arrange ilicon chip manufacturefor tea hing throughout the ni er ity andom bine the trengths of th nine Depart­

ment of le trical Engineering and om­puter S ience. It ha recently formed atraining partner hip with Plessey andEuropean Silicon Structure ( SZ. Itaim i to provide modules of educationalmaterial for the teaching of integratedcircuit design. These will be used in indu­stry and within the Univer ity and will beavailable as part of European joint train­ing programmes.

The li t below i an extract from the main price tructure. Fullli ts are available fromMrs Rosalind Pope at the Strand S. I::xt 23 6.

Equipment

2 x 2 (35mm) Projector with magazine and remote control

OHP with acetate roll and pen on tand

Screens up to 6ft - portable

ideo - VHS Or Beta - pIu monitor

Public addre s system with microphone on tand

udio recorder with micr phone

Flipchart stand with roll of paper and pen

Laser pointer

( B one week counts as three day hire)

Service

Photography

"2 x"2 !ides in mounts (Diazo B/W or olour)

OHP colour

10"x " black & white

10"x .. colour

10"x "from transparencies

PMT print A4

qualllity discount may apply - the minimum charge is £5.00, or £ 14.00 for'in tant slides'.

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The activity is based on two EEC COM ETTgrant. The acronym derives from the

ommunity Action Programme for Edu­cation and Training for Technology.COM TT's aim is to redress skill hortagesin Europe acro s a wide range of techno­logie .

The first grant of £27,000 combined withfinancial contributions from the industrialpartner establishes the Partnership as amode in a European Training network.Mr Alan Kent was appointed from Pie eyas the programme co-ordinator in January.He is based at King's.

The second grant of £40,000 funds theproduction of training modules aimed atsenior managers, project manager anddesign engineers. Four course teams havebeen assembled which draw on the indus­trial partners as well as the Departmentof Electrical Engineering and ComputerScience within the University. Prototypematerials for u e in hort cour es wiJ! beavailable by the end of 198 .

The programme brings the University intoclose contact with industry and establishesworking relationships with anum ber ofEuropean groups with similar intere ts. Itis expected that these contacts will behelpful in generating joint research appli­cation. The COMETT programme encom­passes a very wide range of technologieand di ciplines and may be of intere t toother College mem bers.

Either Alan Kent (Strand Ext 2773) orGarth Swanson (Strand Ext 2808) wouldbe happy to give advice on eekingCOMETT funding.

Graphics

Graphic charged at £ I0.00 per hour pIu materials u ed. Minimum charge £ 15.00.

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LIBRARY NEWS

I !TROD CTIOI OF LIBERTTO TED Y TEM

Propo ed harmoni ation of loanperiod

I TROD CTIO

The Liberta automated system gives theLibrary a long-awaited opportunity toharm ani e loan periods, allowing us to offera level of ervice we have not previouslybeen able to achieve. It will al 0 enable usto standardise right across the Library theconditions under which books are loaned,where that would be desirable. Before theplans are finally drawn up we are keen thatall mem bers of the College should have anopportunity to discuss the implication.

LOA CATEGORIE

As Libertas is a tand-alone system and nota cooperative one, any decisions we makecan be modified in the light of experience.The loan periods adopted for the initialim plemen ta tion should be seen a experi­mental. During the first year of operationwe shall be expecting to have to carry outfine tuning.

Ordinary Loan

The normal loan period proposed is sixweeks, with renewal possible unles the itemhas been requested by another reader. Weare considering the desirability of treatingthe Summer Vacation as a single loan period.

The presen t ordinary loan periods are

Strand: one term Chelsea: three months,Kensington: four week. The ix-week loanperiod will bring this category into line withinter-library loans and would be introducedin the Stran d Reading Rooms when themajority of circulating stock in that sectionof the Library has been added to the data­base.

Week Loan

The week loan for textbooks will remainunchanged. There would be an option 'ofissuing books for the whole of the Summervacation. subject to recall if they wererequested by someone else. As this categoryof material is likely to be in heavy demand

it might be appropriate to make It non­renewable.

Ty, o-da Loan Te tbook

Thi loan categor . at pre ent a\al1able .onl}at Ken ington (wher~ it \\ a in troduced tohelp tudent on multi- ite our e ) couldbe extended to other categoric of heavily-u ed material for whi h the Yery hon loanperiod might not be appropriate. eg omeHumanitie text. Thi ategory of materiali not at pre ent renewable or bookable.

Short Loan (Re tricted Loan)

We are currently arrying out a urve toestablish what length of 'short' loan andwhat return times would suit the differentites and subje t groups. We are anxious to

canva the opinions of all concerned beforemaking any deci ion. The exi ting arrange·ments are:

Chel ea, Strand: 3-hour loan periods, withbook due back first thing in the morning,lunchtime or later afternoon.

Ken ington: up to '2 -hour loan period,with books due back at lunchtime on theday after they were borrowed.

Strand also has some short loan materialissued all day or overnight.

Extended Loan

The system will have a facility for issuingitems for different periods from thosegiven above. This would allow texts usedin conjunction with specific equipmentfor instance, or items not normally in heavydemand to be issued to staff for periods ofup to one year. This would be ubject torecall if the items were reserved or includedon a reading li t. Any items borrowed inthis way would have to be brought into theLibrary annually for checking.

Periodical and Reference Books

Periodical and reference books are likelyto be required in the Library at any time,sometimes by readers who have travelledfrom another Campu or from anotherinstitution specifically to consult them.Photocopying facilities are provided in allmajor section of the Library, and thephotocopying of small sections fromperiodicals normally falls within the provi­sion of the Copyrigh t Act. It thereforeseems inappropriate for periodicals andreference books to be loaned for long per­iod . However, the Library recognisesthat mel1'lber of the College may requirematerial of this type overnight and at othertime when the Library i closed, and wewould propose to make provision to loanit at such times. The conditions imposedon other hart-loan material would apply.

RE ER TI0,'

Ordinar and eekl Loan

Re eryation will be a 'cepted or mo t-ategones of material and \\ III be Jone on­line, either on the terminal at I ue de "­or on a elf- en'i e ba i at the pubJlI': enq­uiry terminal. The experien e ot otherlibrarie ugge t that we ought to impo ea limit to the number of ordinary loanbooks a u er may re erve at once. Initiallywe are con idering a limit in the region of~, but we would expect to modify thi inthe light of experien e.

Short Loan Booking

Booking for hart-loan material will beautomated, and available on a elf- ervicebasis. A 'calendar' screen will allow readersto book a pecific item for a pecific timeup to 2 day ahead.

ACTIO

Applicability

All sanction will apply equally to all cat­egories of user.

Fines

Fines will be charged on overdue weeklytwo-day and short loan material and onitem recalled for other reader which arenot returned within five days. The presentlevel of fine for weekly and recall d booksis lOp per day. The fine for weekly loanmaterial by definition in high demand,ought probably to be increased. The ratefor overdue two-day and short loan itemsis lOp per hour. Increasing use of elect­ronic mail should make it easier for readersto contact the Library to check whetheritems may be renewed.

Su pen ion of Borrowing Right

A an alternative to fines for ordinary loanbooks. we are looking at the option of rely­ing on issuing warning on the creen when­ever a user borrows, return or re erve abook. The e warning would be followedafter a very short period of grace by IISP­

ension of borrowing rights, which wouldbe enforced until the overdue item wasreturned or renewed (if renewal were per­mitttXl). If this method were adopted, itwould be appropriate to introduce a finein the case of seriously overdue item. Fineare currently charged on overdue ordinar}loan items at Strand and Chelsea at lOp perweek. Kensington does not charge fines onordinary loan books but withdraws borrowing after 17 days and charges a 'proces ingfee' after 51 days.

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L A. Ll'IIT STAFF NEWS

CO'l\l . T l'iVITEO

CIE CE CIT TIO I DEo CD·ROM

Plea e let u kno\\ your news on the'cpropo al , by contacting nn Kno k,"" 'oclate Llbranan Reader Services, atKenslOgton (I.' t 49 ) or the mem ber 01Llbrar> tat! who liai es with your Depart·ment or Faculty.

This year the award go to:

Or G Barker of the Department of Bio­chemIstry for a the i on The MolecularBa I of Animal Models of Ly 0 omalstorage di ea e .

The adjudicator tor the TadlOn-RldealPrize recently announced that the pnzefor 19 of £ 1000 is to be hared equallyamong t four of the candidates,

T DlO~-RIOE L PRIZE 1987

The Tadion-Rideal Pnze IS awarded on thebasl of a PhD thesi in mole ular s iencerecently presented for examination.

:-Vir Redmond may e oOla ted 10 Room24B, L t 2331. or through the Bursar'sonlce Ext 23T,

Or Leonora Simon of the Departments ofAnatomy and Human Biology and Biophy­sic for a thesis on Cell-Substratum Inter­actions of ormal and Dystrophic HumanSkin Fibroblasts.

Or Eileen M McMorrow of the Departmentof Biology for a thesis on Purification andProperties of Chloroplast and CyctoplasmicPhosphoglycerate Kinase from Barley,

O\lPl TERECO_ '0'1

EW H LL M . G R

He takes '.I.ith him to Goldsmiths' 'a bit ofknowledge, a bit of expenence, a fewguiding pnnciple , and an open mind.'May wc "'i h him every succe s.

PHARM CY ELECTIO '

A Fellow of the Bflti h Computer Society,Bnan Meek has frequent!> contnbuted toComputer Weekly and I computing bookeditor for the Chiche ter cientific publi-her I:.Ui H0[1\ ood L td

Martin Hazard, formerly A sistant Mana­ger at Malcolm Gavin Hall and, fromJuly 1986 to pril 19 ,Manager ofHalliday Hall, has recently been appointedManager of King's College Hall.

Andrea Gilroy i now the new Manager­ess at Halliday Hall.

A mathematl lan by tramlOg, Bnan ~iee

began his computer career upon graduatingin 1956. In 19 0 he became the fir't(andonly!) Director ot the Computer Cnit atthe lormer QEC. and upon the merger he\ as appointed an I tant DJre tor ofthe omputing Centre.

I G KI fC'KI r LECL RE J

Many members of College will be as orrya arc her colleagues in the Library at thenew that Clare lenkin will be leavlOgKing's in August· while ongratulating hermost heartily on her appointment to thepo t of Sub-Librarian, Colic tion Manage­ment Servl e at the Umversity of South­ampton. Clare has run the A quisitionsDepartment at the Strand sin e 1980 and iswell known to members of all Department.We hall particularly mi s her talent forsqueeLing the best pos ible prices out ofsuppliers and for prising un u pe tedela ticily out of the bookfund ,

Professor David Ganderton of the Depart­ment of Pharmacy ha been elected as agovernor of the College of PharmacyPractice for a three year term.

Mr Bob Redmond, hitherto Superinten­dent of Laboratorie , Dept of Biology,ha been appointed Service Manager,Strand campus, with effect from 3 May19 . He will be taking over re ponsibi­lity for the admimstration of e unty,portering, car parking and cleaning servi~

Cl.' upon the retirement 10 September thlyear of Mr rthur Tofield. Meanwhilethe two wil) be workmg closely together,and all enquiries regarding the e erviceshould be addre sed to Mr Tofield.

King's has been selected a one 01 the two• uropean te t-sites for the ISI verion of

Science Citation Index on CD-Rom, theother ite being niver ity Collcge. SCI iparticularly appropriate for CD-Rom tech­nolog> ,a. it i cum ber ome to use m hardcopy and ex pen ive and complicated toearch on-bne. For evaluation we arc beingent a copy 01 the 19 6 di c whi h i ex pe t­

ed to amve b> the end of the month.The y tern Will be hou ed 10 the Queen

lizabeth Library at Kensington, where ademon tration di k i already on di play.Thi di k take you tep by tep throughpre- elected sean.he , demon trat10g thetacilltJes avaIlable. CD-ROM databa carede igned to be 'user fnendly' and we hopethat as many people a po sible will comeand experiment with the system and rec­ord their VIew. The re ult of an evaluationexerl:l e should be a sy tem which get aclo e as possible to providing what you,the user, really want.

EWTR

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CER FOR

Or DD Wil on of the Department ofBiochemistry for a thesis on the HumoralImmune Response to the Enterobactena­ceae In rthntic Diseases.

Sadly, the announcement of the awardsthiS year coincided with the udden deathof Profe or George Wilkinson who wain trumentallO e tabli hing this prize,which is the College' premier award fortu dent work in molecular cience and the

only uch prize for PhD students.

Professor WIl.k1O on was also onc of thiyear's adjudicators and together WithEmerItus Professors W C Price and M H FWIl.kins put in much time and thought inreading and a e sing the these of all thecandidate,

Ala tair PettigrewDeputy Academic Regi trar

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George Randall Wilkinson

George Randall Wilkinson, Emeritu Pro­fessor of Physics, died suddenly from aheart attack on 30 April. He joined King'sin 1949 a an undergraduate and remaineduntil his retirement in 1987. His interna­tional distinction had attracted manyscientists from abroad to work with himat King's and he had only recently retur­ned from visits to China and the Far Eastadvising various universities on the plan­ning of their scientific programs. He hadbeen particularly active in organisingannual conferences at King's which ena­bled spectroscopists in industry and theuniversities to co-operate in developmentsof vital national importance. A one-timeWarden of Halliday Hall he was also themain organiser of the discus ion weekendsat Cumberland Lodge and the programsof the Maxwell Society. 1n addition hewas an excellent teacher and his lectureswere very popular with undergraduatestudents. A devoted son of the College,he and his wife Doreen to whom we sendour sincerest condolences have beeninspiring and leading figures in the sociallife of the College for many years past.

Apart from his en thusiasm for science anahis devotion to the College, George greatlyloved his garden. He will be greatly missedby all who knew him. A memorial serviceis being arranged and details will be annou­nced later.

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LECTURES, MEETINGS AND SEMINARS

Thur day 16 JuneCA B SI ESS ETHICS BE T UGHT?

nder the auspi es of Gre ham College,three public lecture will be given byProfes or Jack Mahoney. Director of theCollege Busine s Ethics Research Centre

PCBLI L CTCRE

Tue day 14 JuneBASIC B SI SS ETHICS

Thursday 9 JuneTH B SI ESS OF ETHICS ND TH

THlCS OF B SI. 'ESS

THE ERIC ABBOTT ~IE~10RL LL CT RE

\ edne~ay I JunePIRlTC L1TY:\ 'D ~1CSIC

Dame Janet B 'er

5.30pm, ew Theatre. Strand campus

l'\DIER CHOO LI PAPYROL G)

For information about regi tration andcost, conta t Dr Jennifer R March, Insti­tute of Cia ical StudIeS. 31-34 GordonSquare

A Summ r S hool in pap>ro g Vd h 10­

ernauonal ontributor and pani pantwill be held a he In itute 01 C ~ lealS udle ,31 - 3 Gordon Squ<tre. IromI - 22 Ju >, .... i ha tinal ay in Oxlord on23 Jul., Th programme .... ill begm "lthan introdu tion to papyrology or tho I.'

n \\ to the ubJect. and throughout thewee' there" ill be practl I.' in de'ipher­ment of papyri. There will be a erie 01paper on a wide vanety of general topic. •such a Greek and Latin Palaeography,literar)' and do umentary papyri, the CIVIlis­ation of Graeco-Roman Egypt, the textualtransmission of Greek cJas ical author.and papyrological find which have exten­ded the frontier of la sical studie . Theprogramme should have mu h to offeranyone with an interest in Claic , AncientHi tory, Palaeography. or Egyptology.Knowledge of Greek would be preferable,but by no mean essential.

H (T d B n j Id

H eT... d) Benlleld d ed on 6 1J. <tged- 3 al ter a long illne He had ~p...n allhi "or mg 11le.H Kmg' apar trom tourye<tr dunn he "ar when he a I.' ndedto \lior in an arm ment tactor) arungm the earl> Thirtie a boy in the Ph} h.~

Wor' hop, he qui lya quired the killand ahilitie whl h led him 10 the po t-warperiod to be ome the hiel technician incharge. Thl ~ a a urnI.' of great a tivityin phy I'S and biophy ic and many of thesu I.' I.' ot that penod are owed to theingenuity and organIsing ability whichhe brought to that job. His work hop be­came the traming school for many work-hop mechanic who ub equently became

chief technician m other department andcolleges. Many PhD tudents owe the suc­Cl'S of their projel:l to his ingeniou ug­ge tions and to the high quality fabrication

Iof the equipment he provided for them.During hi working life great changes tookplace in the College, and it i hard to thinkhow the e could have been accompli hedwithout hi continual guidance. Ourthought are with his widow Madeline andtheir two sons.

5.30pm. ew Theatre, Strand campus

HIRLEY POOL Y THE THIRD RCH EOLOGYI ER ITIE CO FERE C

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Jurlcy, who died on 3 May in her earlyfifties, wa Chelsea Campu Cashier. Shequickly became known to many as a quiet,unas uming, dignified and very courageouslady. Shirley had in fact been fighting can-er for 7 year, during which time 'he had

had treatment resulting in horrendous ideeffect, but he did not take a single dayoff work other than for hospital treatment.

Floral tributes from the College and theFmance Department a well as many per­sonal tribut were sent 10 the cremationheld on J I May. I 0, a heque for.£ I 6ha already been donated by her many

I friends and olleagues in the College, atthe reque t of her family. to tbe Imperial

ancer Re earch Fund. Anyone still wish­109 to make a ontribution hould contactany of the 3 ite a hier .

The Third Archaeology and niver itiesConference, organi ed by RESCUE andthe Archaeology and ncient WorldStudies Committee of CL, will be heldon Friday I and Saturday 2 July at UCIInstitute of Archaeology.

It is a meeting for ixth formers. EducationAuthority careers officers and secondarychool teachers. aimed at publici ing

opportunities in ar haeology in higher ed­ucation and as a career.

There will be an opportunity to talk torepresentative of niver ity ArchaeologyDepartment from around the countryabout cour es they have to offer and therewill be conducted vi its to look behindthe cene in the Petne Mu eum of Egyp-tology and the Museum of London. nopen day at the In titute of rchaeology,including vi it to it laboratorie, willbe linked with a ene of talks on univer-ity life and courses, the work of RESC E

and Archaeological nit and careers inmu eums. archaeological clence and theleisure industry.

MI l R

BIOPHYSICS, CELL A DMOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Friday 3 JuneMICROD VICES FOR IN VITRO

E ROBIOLOGYDr J erry Pine, Caltech, USA

Friday 10 JuneTHR E DIME SIO AL DESIG . A DA TlO OF CELL ~EMBR ECH ELSDr 1ge1 nwin LMB, Cambridge

I.OOpm, BII Lecture Theatre, Drury Lane

COMP TI G CE TRE

Wednesday 8 JuneCOMPUTER ALGEBRADr Davld Harper, Computer Board Com­puter Algebra Officer

For further details contact Dr lan Glover,Institute of Archaeology. CL,31-34Gordon Square. Telephone 3877050(ext 4746).

2.30pm, Room 12B, Chesham Building,Strand campu

Please ring the Strand Advisory 0 liceif you \\-i h to attend (ext 2505)

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ClE TCEE I R

12.30-5 .00pm, The Society of ChemicalInd u try, 14 - 15 Belgrave Square

For more details contact the ScientificMeetings Secretary, The Royal Society,6 CarHon House Terrace. Telephone 395561 ext 27 (277

Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 JuneDiscussion MeetingOPTICAL TECH OlOGY A D WIDE­BA D LOCAL ETWORKSOrganized by Professor J E Midwinter,FRS, Professor W A Gambling, FRS,Dr C J Todd and Dr W J Stewart

Monday 20 JuneTHE F T RE MA AGEME, T OFLE R ED D PROFESSIO lSOCIETIESMr C Coulson-Thoma , Author of theManagement of Profes ion Study,Mr B Barker, Secretar ,In tim te ofChartered Secretaries and Admini tratorsand Dr G Milborrow, Director, Profe ionaDevelopment BIM

THE ROY L OCIETY

Thursday 2 and Friday 3 JuneDiscussion MeetingFORESTS, WEATHER A D CLIMATOrganized by Dr J L Monteith, FRS,Professor P G Jarvis Dr W J Shuttlcworthand Professor M H Unsworth

Anybody interested in attending this sem­inar should contact the Principal' Office

Thursday 9 JuneThe CliFford Paterson LectureMICROLITHOGRAPHY A D THE UL­TRAVIOLET: SOME EXPERIMENTS ONMICROLITHOGRAPHY WITH A EXCIMER lASERProfessor W T Welford FRS

Thursday 16 JuneThe Bakerian LectureAMORPHOUS SEMICO DUCTORS: A

EW GE ERATIO OF ELECTRO ICMATERIALSProfessor W E Spear, FRS

Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 JuneConferenceTHE A STRALIAN CO TRIB nON TBRITAJ

CORRECTIONThe meeting of the London Algebra Collo­quium held on May 12th was the 750th annot the I 50th as reported in the last i sueof Comment. Apologies to those concerne

ICAL

Thursday 2 JuneLA D SE STRATEGIES I ANCIE TBABYLO lA: COPING WITH SALTSU A D HIGH WATER 'Marvin Powell

4.30pm, Institute of Classical Studies

Thursday 26 MayETRUSCA LA D TE URE

igel Spivey and Sirnon Stoddard

6.30-8.30pm, Department of Extra-MuralStudies 26 Russell Square

Thursday 23 JuneLA D TE RE A D AGRICULTURALMA AGEME T I EASTER BRIT-A Y I THE HISTORIC PERIODWendy Davie

LAND USE

Thursday 16 JuneWH T OTH R CHA' ELS ARE

AILABlE FOR PROMOTI G ANDIMPLEME ITI G H RIGHTS?Panel of Speakers

For further details and co t contactCarol Cuttica at the Department of Extra­Mural Studie . Telephone 636 8000(ext 3852)

Thursday 23 JuneWHAT C BE DO E TO STRE GTHETHE PROMOTIO A D RESPECT FORH MA RIGHTS?Professor B Groom bridge and JuliaHausermann

4.30pm, Institute of Classical Studies,31-34 Gordon Square

Tuesday 31 MayREAD! G BYZA TI E COINSProFessor P Grierson

I STIT TE OF CLT DIES

Thursday 9 JuneTHE POLITICS OF LA D USE: GREECEA D UTOPIARobin Osborne

Thursday 9 JuneHOW CA H MA RIGHTS BE E FOR­C D BY LAW?Dr P Leuprecht Director of Human RightCoun il of Europe and Dr M Shaw Essex '

niversity

ECHA IC L E GI EERI G

Wednesday 29 JuneA CRITICAL SCIE TIFIC A D PHILO­SOPHICAL EVALUATION OF MODELSOF BRAI SAD MI DSDr Shev Lal, KCL

Wednesday 22 JuneTHE FIRST EIGHTY YEARS OF THETWI PARADOX IN RELATIVITYTHEORYProfessor Clive Kilmister and BarrieTomkinson, KCL

HISTORY A D PHILOSOPHY OFSCIE CE

3.30-4.30pm, Room 2B08, Strand campus

2.I5pm, Room IB06, Strand campus

Wednesday 15 JuneASPECTS OF GODEL'S EPISTEMOL­OGY OF MATHEMATICS: THE FOU ­TAI OF I TUITlO A D CO CEP­TUAL PROGRESSDr Marcus Giaquinto, UCL

Wednesday 29 JuneDY lAMIC RESPO SE OF PL ARMECH I ISMS WITH CLEAR CE IDRADI L COMPLI T RE OL TE101 TSM H Ghaffari Saadat KCL

RIGHTS AND HUMANITY

Wednesday 8 JuneTHE BERRY PARADOX: A I SOGUBLE PROBLEM?Dr Tony Dale, University of Hull

Wedne day 1 JuneMORPHIC RESO ANCE A D THEHABITS OF ATUREDr Rupert Sheldrake

Thursday 2 JuneHOW ARE HUMA RIGHTS PROTEC­TED BY LAW?Professor M Mendelson, UCL and P Duffy,QMC

Thursday 26 MayWHAT ARE HUMA RIGHTS ANDWHERE DO THEY COME FROM?lulia Hausermann, Director of Rights andHumanity and Suzanne Long, Peace andHuman Rights Secretary, British Councilof Churches

DEPARTME T OF EXTRA-MURALSTUDIES

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On behalf of the College, the Social Club will once again be organising the Summer Outing. The chosen venue for thi year is Brighton.Brighton has plenty to offer the day-tripper. There is the famous promenade, pier and pebble beach, and why not take a paddle inthe clear, blue sea? I strongly recommend a stroll through the many maze-like lane of the old fishing village dotted with local folksingers and numerous bow-fronted hop full of antiques, souvenir and curio. You will find no shortage of public house to suitall tastes, many offering good value food ranging from a traditional ploughman' lunch to a la carte menus. In addition to these thereare of course many restaurants and cafes, and, for those who participate in the taste of the sea, variou seafood tall. After lunch whynot team up with a partner and have a roll on one of the many bowling green situated just off the promenade. We will in fact have abowls expert among us should anyone require information on the rule, etc. For a sport with (pos ibly) more financial rewards, takea short bus ride to the Brighton Racecourse. I have been informed that there will be a meeting on the day, weather permitting. Infact, the last time we were in Brighton in 1982 the meeting was cancelled due to fog, in the middle of July! I am afraid the weatheris a little too much to organise, but the past five year have proved very favourable for our Thame River boat trip. Which brings meto the accompanying photograph taken in the summer of 1929 when a river trip to Marlow wa organised. Mr Syd Ogwood (seen toprow, 4th from left) from the Anatomy Department is still a regular attender of the Annual Outing as well as the College Dance. MrOgwood, now retired and spending some time abroad, can quite often be found in the College and Social Club. The first ever officialouting recorded wa way back in 1890: it is a College tradition I believe we must pre erve. May I take thi opportunity to thank theCollege for allowing this event to take place and for providing the neces ary time off for tho e who attend.

Paul Solomon, Outing Steward and Entertainments Officer, King's College Social Club.

Details are as follows: Wednesday, 3 August, £7 a ticket. A mem ber of College staff may take any num ber of guests at £ 7 each.Meet at Boots Chemist adjacent to the ticket office inside Victoria BR station.

Depart Victoria: meet 08.45, train leaves 09.02 sharp

Depart Brighton: meet 18.45, train leaves 19.02 sharp

) . . I I) Journey tIme 10ur approx

To book, plea e complete the form below and return it to either one of the following:Mr P Solomons Room ISB Works Dept Ext 2867Mr B Oldham Room 0 34 Surrey St Ext 2787Mr P Elsey Mechanical Eng Workshop Ext 2434

PLEASE NOTE: bookings cannot be accepted any later than 15 July.

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Please complete in block capitals and send with cash or cheque made payable to: King's College Social Club.

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The Social Club have a snooker table thatthey wish to sell. Offers of around £300are invited. For further details please on­tact Mike Harrington ext 2434.

Dr M W Fuller, of the University of rkan­as College of Education, will be spending

the period late August to early Januarywith us, working in the Science Education

nit, CES. He is looking for a 'reasona blypriced studio or one-bedroom flat' for hiswife and himself.

If you have any information that wouldhelp him, please contact him at:

College of EducationUniversity of Arkansas2801 South UniversityLittle RockArkansas 72204USA

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