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Church and Academy: A Common Concern for T ruth Truth An address by Denis J Hart, Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne to the October Luncheon Meeting Let me begin by saying how grateful I am for your kind invitation. Bishops and academics rarely meet to exchange ideas in today’s world and I appreciate this opportunity and the warmth of your welcome. Saint Anselm wrote in the eleventh century “I believe in order that I might understand”. Christian belief is not opposed to clear, rational thinking but rather welcomes it. The nineteenthcentury notion that churches and universities are threats to each other is, I think, long gone. Today, the threats to Church and university are external to both and should unite each. So my topic this afternoon is that Church and Academy have a common concern – a concern for truth. In the Church we share with the universities this vision of truth. As the Pope writes in Fides et Ratio: the Church is “a partner in humanity’s shared struggle to arrive at truth”. The Church well knows the importance of the Academy: Without disciplined thought and learning, faith can tend towards dangerous extremes of fundamentalism. But this works both ways for without faith and the contribution of religion the academy will tend towards mundane materialism and the lack of the proper, spiritual context necessary to appreciate so much of the arts and the sciences. We allow the worlds of reason and faith to separate at our peril: after all, there is not one set of religious truths and another set of secular truths – two sets
three: the first is spiritual, the second ethical and the third intellectual.
which might contradict each other but still be true. Truth is one. Anything true according to human reason will turn out to be fully compatible with religious faith. There is no incompatibility between good philosophy and theology. The contemporary project of separating the two, relegating religion to a purely “private” matter, harms both religion and the secular world and is surely doomed. Those who try to live with their religion and everyday lives held apart and in tension will suffer: their faith will remain immature, shut off from the rest of their thinking and experience – while their professional lives miss out on the spiritual and moral enrichment faith can provide. Such fragmentation is both dangerous and unnecessary. If there is only one truth, faith and reason must collaborate, influencing and guiding each other. If the Church and the university share a concern for truth, what is it that the Church specifically contributes to this picture? There are many answers here. I will focus on just
First there are many indications that people today seek a more spiritual life. Fewer people go to church than formerly but this does not mean they have stopped caring about spiritual questions. Spirituality is as much part of us as our intelligence, our creativity, our sociability and our physicality. Some of the ways in which people seek alternative spiritual nourishment are clearly unsatisfactory. Other sources of spirituality evolve around us but few of them last. Second is the domain of ethics. The Church’s expertise in this area is built on more than two thousand years of reflection and writing. As well as this ancient wisdom, the Church has a universal mandate and a world-wide territory and thus is able to speak for those anywhere in the world who cannot speak for themselves. The Church is asked for its ethical opinion on matters ranging from advances in biotechnology and medical research to the ethics of commerce and globalisation, the role and duties of the media, gambling, migration and in many other areas. Third in the area of intellectual life. The Catholic Church is, after all, the oldest and largest education provider in the world! We operate many schools throughout this country. We have here in Melbourne a campus of the Australian
Contents Church and Academy: A Common Concern for Truth Front page Donations
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Convocation
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Coming Events
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Valete
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Property Development
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Classics and Archaeology
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Milestone – First AGM
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Graduate House News – People & Events
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New Members
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From Our Readers …
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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS The Editors join with the President, Chairman, Councillors, Warden and Staff in extending best wishes to all members for the coming Christmas season and for a peaceful and prosperous new year.
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Catholic University and a campus of the John Paul II Institute, affiliated both to the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome and the University of Notre Dame in Perth. Our view of the intellectual life requires students to have a grounding in subjects which allow them to think and ponder before they move on to more specialist applied work. Thus, Catholic tradition places emphasis on ethics and theology, even for those who will specialise in medicine, science, law and so on. It is worth recalling that the first universities were Catholic bodies in which scholarly friars wrote and taught philosophy, history, law, theology and medicine. The Church is mindful of this great academic heritage and eager to give encouragement to academic excellence, particularly when questions of the human condition are addressed. As last month’s tragedy in the US demonstrated, in a crisis people seek assurance from politicians, expertise from academics, prayer and exhortation to peace and justice from the Church. A number of commentators have noted a crisis of authority in the contemporary world: institutions to which people formerly looked for guidance, authoritative judgement and direction are no longer thought to answer these needs. This is a challenge for the Church, universities, the law, and the professions. The causes of this are complex but one part of the reason is that many people judge the churches, the universities, parliament and other institutions to be irrelevant. In the Church we take this challenge seriously – but what does it mean for the academy? The refusal of some universities to take seriously transcendent questions leads people to look upon them merely as means to obtaining professional qualifications. Many universities are no longer places where the young speak with passion about the problems of the age and the deeper questions of life’s meaning. The Pope writes “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth”. Spiritual enrichment requires the sustenance of clear thought – but higher education too requires the yet higher wisdom of God. If we omit from the syllabus the sorts of questions religion ponders, we diminish the scope and relevance of our great centres of learning. If pursued wisely, faith and reason have no need to fear each other – indeed, attempting to live for only one of them risks serious personal harm and, on the Pope’ simile, will cause the spirit to plummet earthwards.
DONATIONS We thank the following members for their donations to our Funds $50 $15
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The Melbourne Graduate, December 2001
COMMITTEE OF CONVOCATION by a representative of the graduates in Engineering – Frank A Lees Convocation comprises all graduates of the University and the Committee of Convocation represents them in the governance of the University:* “To assist the University in the fulfillment of its mission through representing the graduates in the University and representing the University in the community of graduates.” Ten groups of graduates elect 44 representatives. A similar structure to the Graduate Union includes President, VicePresident and 27 Convocation members who serve on Faculty and University Committees. The ten meetings, normally in the Council Chamber, provide a platform for senior members of the University to speak on a relevant topic: University Square, Melbourne Private, Alumni and Faculty speakers such as the Dean of Law, Professor Crommelin on the loss of postgraduate Law Degrees. To give members the essential and relevant knowledge, as well as reports, visits are made to centres such as the Burnley Horticultural College, Melbourne Business School, Ian Potter Gallery and building construction sites such as University Square. There is frank comment and constructive suggestion on University legislation and any other matters referred to Convocation by Council or the Chancellor at meetings with Convocation. Increasingly the need to develop and maintain close cooperation with graduates and Alumni groups has been investigated. A valuable facet of this access to University decisions, as they take place, with extensive documentation, means that the Graduate Union is kept informed and alert to matters University-wide and Graduate Union specific. The proposal to use the Kidd’s site as a car tunnel was first broached at a Convocation meeting. Similarly the abortive attempt to clear the Graduate Union site for a proposed highrise building was presented with advanced architectural sketches at a Convocation meeting by a Deputy Vice Chancellor. In some respects similar to the Senate in Government but with less power, it is an interactive forum with a long English tradition. The link with the Graduate Union is active and meaningful for Convocation and our Graduate Union.
The Melbourne Graduate, December 2001
COMING EVENTS Fri 30 November
Residents’ and Councillors’ Christmas Party Mon 3 December Italian Conversation Dinner Wed 5 December Monthly Luncheon -Topic: The New Development Speaker: Mr Brian Mathieson of Perrott Lyon Mathieson, Architects Fri 7 December Chairman’s Cocktail Party Mon 10 December Women’s Forum - Topic: Something Funny! Mon 10 December Monthly Mail-Out followed by Volunteers’ Christmas Luncheon Fri 14 December Members Combined Christmas Party Carols, Candles and Songs from Far Away Places Fri 25 January Members and Residents Barbecue In the courtyard under the stars Wed 6 February Monthly Luncheon - Topic: Japan From War to Peace Speaker: Professor Bill Coaldrake, Foundation Professor of Japanese University of Melbourne.
VALETE Since publication of the August Graduate we have been notified of the deaths of the following members: Mrs M A Skene, Life Member, joined 1931 Mrs M Rogers, Life Member joined 1973 Dr J F Wiseman, joined 1952 Dr J Aldred, joined 1998 Mrs N J Jenkin, joined 1967 Mrs J Tahija, Life Member, joined 1972 Dr Jeannine Paton, Life Member, joined 1962 Miss N Cooper, Life Member, joined 1952 Mrs N M Christesen, Life Member, joined 1959 The Hon K J Jenkinson, Life Member, joined 1948 The Graduate Union appreciates the support of these members throughout their lives and at their passing shares in a small way in the sense of loss.
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PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT by John Gill At its August Meeting, the Development Committee elected John Gill as its Chairman and in September, by an amendment to General Regulation 2, that Committee was formalised as a Standing Committee of Council. John has been a Life Member for 40 years and has had a long career in the pastoral agency industry. He sees our development as a once in a lifetime opportunity to secure the Union’s future. Following is his report to members. The project is progressing, more slowly than we expected or like. It is now almost 12 months since a special meeting of members approved the sale of the Bouverie Street property and the subterranean rights to Kidd’s but the University has still not settled. First, there were protracted negotiations with the University over the design of the foundations for the new building over the tunnel to the carpark. These were finalised several months ago and the solicitors are now working through the process leading to the registration of the subterranean subdivision on which the University will settle. This is not far away. While this is happening, we are making progress on other fronts. Perrott Lyon Mathieson (PLM) has been chosen from a short list of architects invited to submit proposals. PLM is a mid-sized multi-disciplinary practice (town planning, architecture, urban design and interior design) whose most prominent work in Melbourne is the Crown Hotel and also includes the Barton Institute Accommodation and Industry Training Centre. PLM is now undertaking a feasibility study to identify and cost the various options for a new building integrated with our other properties which will meet our needs for student accommodation and club facilities for members on a sound financial basis. Amongst other things, this has involved focus groups of members, residents and staff to obtain their views. Council has established a Property Development Committee on which I serve as Chairman, John Binns (Vice Chairman), with David Bellair, Elizabeth Shellard, Andre Cleghorn, Mitchell McKenzie, two former councillors, Ralph de la Lande and Ron Davey, Hugh O’Neill and Eugene Spanti (SecretaryWarden).
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Council is pleased that Hugh O’Neill accepted its invitation to join the committee as he brings a wealth of architectural experience and support for the Graduate Union. Hugh has been a Life Member since 1956, is a Senior Fellow in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne and Professor at the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and Pacific, Deakin University. He taught Architectural Design at Melbourne 1963-1990 and has practised in Melbourne, London and Indonesia. The University development around the square is progressing rapidly and the demolition of Kidd’s scheduled as soon as the University settles. The underground carpark and the plaza above it are expected to be completed by the end of the year. Until the tunnel under Kidd’s is opened only half of the 1130 space car park will be accessible from the Berkeley Street entrance. This will open early next year and the Bouverie Street entrance under Kidd’s should open late next year. Some of the carpark will be available to the public. The new buildings around the square will be occupied progressively during 2002. It is too early to estimate when our new building will be completed but we hope to start construction as soon as the tunnel is built before the end of next year. There is little doubt that the development around University Square will provide a fillip for the Graduate Union. First, the new building will provide improved facilities then, as the University extends south past us to Pelham Street, there is a reasonable expectation that we could increase our membership from amongst the staff working around the Square who will find Graduate House facilities more convenient than those north of Grattan Street.
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The Melbourne Graduate, December 2001
CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY A Beautiful Oasis at the P otter Potter During September I showed some interstate friends around the University. I had planned the usual route – Wilson Hall, the Baillieu, the Law Quadrangle, the College Walk, Graduate House and the Potter Gallery. Fortunately we started with the Potter, moved through its current exhibitions and on the first floor, through an elegant arch in the red brick wall of the former Old Pathology Building, had our first exciting glimpse of one of Australia’s most important collections of antiquities, the newly opened Classics and Archaeology Gallery. Relatively untutored, but hoping to piece together at least some picture of life in the ancient world, we immediately split in all directions: my friends to the Ancient Greek amphoras, 3000 year-old Egyptian papyrus, the oldest coins known from Turkey and the tiny votive figurines from ancient Cyprus while I was spellbound by the huge photograph of the University’s archaeological dig at Sos Hoyuk in Turkey which introduces the exhibition, and by the marine archaeological finds. Documents include an ancient arrest warrant and letters written on the sale of a slave girl and the purchase of cattle, unearthed from an Egyptian rubbish dump at the end of the 19th century. Untutored also in the available technology, but with the help of an enthusiastic and knowledgeable young guide, we were able to examine in close detail the magnificence of the pots, vases and manuscripts. Needless to say our “tour” remained stationary at this Collection with a reluctant departure only at the Gallery closing time.
“One Hundred Y ears of Solitude: Years Australia and Human Rights” A lecture by Professor Hilary Charlesworth Last May a large and appreciative audience heard Professor Hilary Charlesworth deliver the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Memorial Lecture in the Public Lecture Theatre on this topic. Hilary Charlesworth, who teaches at the Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University, challenged in her lecture “the claim that Australian democracy has been splendidly effective over the last one hundred years by examining a significant gap or silence in our history – the protection of human rights”. Unfortunately, space constrains publication of the lecture in The Graduate but it can be viewed on our website. Professor Charlesworth’s lecture, which stimulated considerable interest, included the following headings – Rights in the Australian Constitution, The Influence of the United States Model, Utilitarianism in Australian Public Life, The Rights Debate in the Constitutional Convention, Analysing the Past, The Interpretation of Constitutional Rights Since Federation, International Human Rights Law in Australia, Australian Solitude with Respect to Rights and Models for Constitutional Amendment. Professor Charlesworth argues in her conclusion “that the past one hundred years of solitude indicate that we need to shake off our isolation and be more active in thinking about the protection of rights in our legal and constitutional order”. This lecture was the subject of an Occasional Paper printed in the History Department, University of Melbourne. The paper is available there at a cost of $5(GST inc), or may be consulted on our website: www.graduatehouse.com.au
This is a scholarly, beautifully lit – and free – exhibition. Our own Union member Sally Salter curated the Cypriot Section and we plan to invite her to speak about her work and the Exhibition at a luncheon or seasonal dinner in 2002. A personal visit to the Collection is best, but it is accessible via the World Wide Web – http://vm.arts.unimelb.edu.au/ Barbara F under Funder
The Melbourne Graduate, December 2001
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GRADUATE HOUSE NEWS – People & Events GRADUATE UNION VOLUNTEERS The Graduate Union has a long tradition of volunteers who give their time predominantly for the monthly mail-outs and quarterly distribution of The Melbourne Graduate. Volunteers for a recent monthly mailout are pictured below at the luncheon break. On the right of the table are Frank O’Brien, Marie Kehoe, Patricia Boaden and Eva Nagy. Mr Geoffrey Dye, our new Honorary Librarian, is on the left with the staff.
The Johnston Library’s new Honorary Librarian Geoffrey Dye was appointed Honorary Librarian at Graduate House in September 2001. Educated at Geelong Grammar School, RMIT, Deakin and Melbourne Universities, he has spent his life in education and librarianship at Education Department schools, Geelong Grammar, The Peninsula School and St Thomas Aquinas College. He has been Honorary Secretary of several organisations over the years, including the Royal Society of Arts Chapter in Victoria, the Australian Crime Prevention Council, Victorian Branch, the Institute of Technical Authors and Illustrators and the Railway Museum Committee of the Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). Geoffrey gained his Graduate Diploma in Criminology at Melbourne University and has been for many years an Honorary Probation Officer of the Children’s Court in Victoria. He is enthusiastic about the Collection and will present his first report to the November House Board meeting. Book Review: following is a review of the latest addition to the Johnston Library..
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THE COOK & THE MAESTRO; two brothers, two countries, two passions: the story of Sergio & Stefano de Pieri by Judith Armstrong, Lothian Books $29.95. Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat and I have just read a book highly suitable as a gift for a discerning recipient. It is about the lives of two delightful, endearing and charming Italian brothers, separated by nearly a generation, who migrated to Australia, one becoming noted as an organist and the other as a political activist and a cook. Yet both originate from the same farming family from a village outside Treviso and share the same culture and a burning passion for enjoying and feeding both the body and the soul. Sergio, born in the 1930s, grew up in an idyllic and vibrant village life. Exhibiting a musical talent from an early age, he finally gravitated to the organ, in which he soon distinguished himself. Unable to find adequate work in Italy, he migrated to Australia where he became organist at St Patrick’s Cathedral. In Melbourne Sergio moved in a charmed circle, being befriended by a group of intelligent, searching and concerned young people, vibrantly open to the new winds of the ‘60s. The young Italian made a deep impression on Melbourne’s musical life with his cathedral organ playing, concerts and infectious personal charm. However, because of an inadequate remuneration he returned home to teach at the Venice Conservatorium. Stefano, 22 years younger, grew up when village life was being destroyed by “developers” in Italy’s post-war economic miracle. Unable to find a niche in life, he migrated to Australia where his strong sense of social justice led him to an involvement in politics on both municipal and state levels, having graduated and tried to run small restaurants. When Stefano married the daughter of the owner of the Grand Hotel in Mildura, he moved north, becoming cook at the Grand. He soon made it a celebrated culinary attraction with his recipes from the Veneto province, his reputation leading to the making of the TV series A Gondola on the Murray. After two decades of teaching in Venice, Sergio returned to Australia and, discovering many fine old church organs in the goldfield town near Melbourne, began the Ballarat Goldfields Organ Festival. Judith Armstrong, a tertiary teacher of literature, has more recently become known for her skills in narrative and in tourguiding. In this book she presents a rich tapestry with Italy and Australia forming the warp and weft and their intertwining lives and passions, fortunes and misfortunes, positive contributions to Australian life and enduring influence on people around them are presented in lively colours. This book is a moving testimony of how grateful we Australians should be for multiculturalism. I warmly recommend it to readers of The Melbourne Graduate. Dr John S Martin
The Melbourne Graduate, December 2001
TIM STEPHENS Tim Stephens has been a resident at Graduate House since February 1997. He enjoys staying in a postgraduate college which he thinks “is very dynamic and is a model of multiculturalism”. His work is central to his life, having studied at tertiary level for a number of years. Tim says that he has found Graduate House conducive to study with its peaceful atmosphere, good facilities and meals, and friendly, devoted staff. Tim intends to embark on long term studies and his goal is to be involved in scientific research at the University of Melbourne. He is currently studying third year SciencePharmacology. When he is not studying, he enjoys AFL football and is a “fanatical” Collingwood supporter. He keeps in touch with his family and friends both in Melbourne and country areas. During semester breaks he travels to Albury where he works as a cleaner at the Albury Commercial Club during the Christmas holidays, a position he has held since 1995. A daily constitutional around the university grounds keeps him fit. He enjoys listening to music and believes his strong faith has sustained him through all of life’s challenges.
DIPIKA LODHIA Dipika has been a resident of Graduate House since February 2001. She is a New Zealander who is always seeking challenges in life, both intellectually and socially. She has applied herself in physics and calculus, French, political science and computer programming and eventually found her niche in International Business Management and Employment Relations. Dipika graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland and, seeking greater opportunities, flew across the Tasman to the University of Melbourne and is enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) program with the Department of Management. She is now writing her thesis on “Marketing: the contribution of Australian and New Zealand academic institutions towards the global marketing dialogue” and she hopes to find employment in a multinational organisation, preferably in human resources. Her future academic challenges include learning the German language and working towards her PhD.
The Melbourne Graduate, December 2001
Dipika co-ordinates social events, organising celebrations for residents’ birthdays, farewell parties and many other social activities. Her interests include rugby union (All Blacks), travelling, aerobics, jogging and chocolate, not necessarily in that order.
VISIT FROM PAST RESIDENTS Sonali and Darren LeBroque called into the House recently with their small son, Edward, born last August. They met while residing at Graduate House during 1995-96. Sonali (nee Reid) was working in the Department of Biochemistry and Darren in the Pathology Department. Darren was a resident representative, later elected to the Graduate Council during 1996 before going to the University of Queensland to undertake its new four-year postgraduate degree in Medicine. They had their engagement party in Graduate House in 1996 and married in Melbourne the following year. Sonali moved to Queensland following the wedding and completion of her PhD and started employment as a Research Scientist in the Department of Medicine at the University there. Darren completed his MBBS in 2000. For the present, Sonali will be a full time mother while Darren continues his internship here. SHIRLEY HORNE’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
One of Graduate House’s best roles is as a centre for members’ functions. In September we hosted a lively birthday party for our Life Member and former Council Chairman, Shirley Horne. The occasion was a great success as Shirley, her family and friends enjoyed Scottish music, traditional dancing and Graduate House hospitality.
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THE SPRING DINNER Our series of Seasonal Dinners continued on 21st September. Members enjoyed the special Spring menu prepared for the occasion. The speaker for the evening, Dr Graham Mitchell, Principal of Foursight Associates, proved to those who had known him in his post-graduate student days, that he had lost none of his wit and verve. Graham’s talent for making science exciting was displayed in an erudite and amusing address on “Biotechnologyopportunities for Melbourne and Australia”. He moves about the globe at a great pace, but we hope to have a copy of his address on his return from Manila. Graham capped off the evening with a visit to his former balcony room in Graduate House – the scene of hard work and play in the late 1960s.
NEW MEMBERS The following new members joined the Graduate Union in the period August to October 2001. We welcome them and look forward to their participation in our members’ programs. AXARLIS, M.N. BSc. BPharm BANKS, L. BBus(RMIT) BARNES, L. BEc(Monash) BATCHELOR, W.J. BSc(Hons), PhD(Monash) BAYLIS, R.M. BA, DipEd(LaTrobe) BELLAIR, A. LLB(Hons) * BLOOM, H.G. BA(Monash) BOLTON, N. BA(Hons)(Toronto) BRANSON, I. BEng(Curtin) BRIDGETT, Y.M. BEd(Deakin) CARDEN, S.M. MBBS, FRACS, FRACO CHAPPLE, S.M. BBus(ECowan).MCom(WA). GradCertEd(NSW) DARVALL, L.W. LLB DEAN, S.B. BPharm DENTON, A. BSc(RMIT). LLB(LaTrobe). PostgradLegalPrac(Monash) DESAILLY, J. BA(LaTrobe) DIMITRIOU, M. BA, DipEd; MA DYE, G.E. GradDip(Crim). BA(Ed)(Deakin). DipLib(RMIT) ENDERS, A. CMed(Freiberg) ENDERSBEE, S.M. BA, BSc(USA). GradDip(Monash) ENSOR, J. BAppSc(Lincoln) GILL, M. BSc(Hons)(Monash) GRAY, H.M. TTeach(H/thorn TC). DipEd. HARPER, E.M. BA(Hons) HARRIS, R.F. BBus(RMIT) HOLLAND, B. DipPhysio(Qld). BAppSc(LaTrobe)
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KAVENAGH, A.M. BEd; GradDip(SpecEd) KIDSTON, C.A. BA(Qld) KING, L. GradDip(Art) LECHMUS, R.J. BSc, GradDipEd. GradDip(AppSc)(Swin) LESTER, K. BBus(Monash) LODHIA, D. BCom(Auckland) LU, C.H. BA(Singapore) MAMERS, P. BA(Deakin). GradDip(Epid) MANDANNA, K.N. BCom(Bangalore), PGOFM(AICTE) MASON, E.C. DipTeach, BEd(Monash) MAZZONI, L. BDSc MELLES, G.B. BA(Auckland). MLing(Costa Rica) MOLNAR, C.E. DipEd, BEd(LaTrobe) MURRAY, K.A. BA(Monash) DipEd(Lib). NG, K.H. BA(Hons)(UK) RAWSON, G.W. BA, MA. BEd(Monash); SACCUZZO, T. DipTeach, GradDip(Ed). GradDip(Art)(VUT) SALTER, A.G. BA(Hons). BA(Monash); SHEA, N. BSc(Hons) SHOOBRIDGE, K.L. BA, DipEd(Monash) SIMPSON, D.L. BEd(Deakin) SLATTERY, J.. BAppSc, GradDip, DipEd(VUT) SPARGO, G. BBus(RMIT) WALKER, R.A. BA(RMIT), DipEd; PostGradDip(TESOL) WEIR, B.F. BEd(Monash) WHEELER, B.J. BEd,DipEd WILSON, J. BSc(Alberta) ZHANG, H. BA, MEd
• All degrees are from University of Melbourne unless otherwise noted. Degrees are stated as presented on members’ application forms.
FROM OUR READERS … We are pleased to have continuing letters and comments from our readers, but space constraints imposed on us in this edition will not allow full publication. These are some selections: Gordon Wilson says our August edition cheered him up when it was delivered during a sojourn in hospital. He particularly appreciated the letter from Sigrid Weller in Fairbanks, Alaska where he and his wife had spent some time during an overseas trip. Jim Dunstan enjoyed Kate Berry Preston’s article about her life in Bangladesh, but took us to task about a grammatical error in the article on House resident, Seiya Fujii. We take responsibility and apologise. Heather Kudeviita and Aina Birnitis enjoyed the magazine but reprimanded us about the spelling of Novaya Zemlya, an island off the Russian coast. Apologies again, and thanks to the seasoned travellers amongst our readers for their interest. The editors welcome and encourage readers’ views, diverse as they are, but from which The Melbourne Graduate can only grow.
The Melbourne Graduate, December 2001