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THAMESIDE CAMPUS A REALITY The projected Thame ide Campus ba ed on the Strand and Cornwall House i n w et to become a reality. The relevant letter of authorisation for the purchase of the lea e of ornwall House ha been received: I am writing to confirm that the Committee la t week approved a recommendation from it London Unjversity Working Party that !(jng' College (KCL) be permitted to proceed with the purcha e of the lea e of Cornwall House. The Committee accepted the view that bringing together KCL's Ijfe sciences activitie on a ingle Thame -side campus repre ented the be t way forward for the College 011 both academic and financial ground .'
This decision is the key to unlock the future structure and shape of the College. The discus ion with the University of London, the UGC, the Department of the Environment and their agents the PSA,
the DES including two Secretarie of State and three Mini ter of Higher Education), and through them the Trea ury. ha now come to a atisfactor oncluion. The period of uncertainty, extending to 0 er three year i now behind u and the ollege an move forward in conid en e. We are all well aware of the beneficlal impact Whl h thi will have, both academically and financially, and I would like to say how important in all of this ha been the patience, and the continuing suppOrt of the ollege community at large, a w Il a many friend both witrun and out ide the College. This issue of Comment includes the first of a series of updates on Cornwall House development - an outline of the complex planning proces which has to be followed if such a project is to be kept to time and budget. There is much purposeful action ahead of u .
The Reverend Dr J7rances Young, Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology, University of Birmingham, delivering her second F D Maurice Lecture for 1988 on Tuesday, 10 May. The lecture, entitled Plumblines and Measuringrods, i one of three lectures under the heading What On Earth Are Creeds For?
The Principal for article see page two.
Reveller;, in a po t-prandial toast at the KCL .\Iay Ball.
The 19 King's College May Ball at the Savoy tarted off auspiciously with an unanticipated, but neverthele s welcome, recepllon drink in the braham Lin oln room where both atmo phere and number tarted inten ifying from 6.30 pm. The reception continued happily de pite frantic, committee member attempting to hardsell rame tIcket for the Great Ormond Street Wi rung Well ppeal. t pm we were called to dinner, where the PrinCIpal kll1dly welcomed u to the third of the KlI1g' College May Ball. After Profe or Ward had said the King's ollege Grace we all tarted on a sumptuou four-cour e me~ which consi ted of a supremely rich chicken parfait, cream of asparagus soup, almo trout en croute cooked ex ellently by the chef who created a befitting concluding cour e - an ambrosial chocolate mUlefeuille. During coffee and our Praline en Surpri 'e, which was appropriately named, we all participated in toa ting both our Monarch, and our Mascot, who had kindly con ented to grace u with his awe ome
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presence. Ha ing oncluded the formalitie , J ohnny Howard and his Band led us onto the dance floor with an impre ive medley that ranged from Fred Astaire and Glenn Miller to George Michael and Lulu. It was with the greatest appreciation that many were able to enjoy an infrequent opportunity to practice their ballroom dancing kills. The dancing continued unabated.
GC approval for the Thameside Campus based upon the Strand and ornwall House means 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 require over ÂŁ50 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 be centralised; for better taff and student sem es and much improved indoor port facilities.
POUC During the evening, the raffle raised approximately ÂŁ400 thanks to everybody's generaity, and we would like to thank the following for their generosity in providing raffle prizes:The Virgin Group The German Food Centre King's College London Harrod's Ltd The Savoy The Body Shop J W Thornton Ltd King' College Student Union Also, we must thank our sponsors, who were kind enough to make contributions for the flowers and the aperitif. These were:Coutts and Co. Barclays Bank PLC - London orthern Region and London orth West Region. Finally I would like to thank those mem bers of the Committee who worked hard in order for the Ball to be a complete succes , and to Mrs Sandra Gee and Miss Cathy Skinner without whom our workloads would have been at least doubled. PhiJip Yau May Ball Committee, 1988
This immense programme will take a number of year to complete. Throughout that time 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 academic community. Policy issues will be considered within the College s well-established Committee structure. Space is a major resource with policy implications which must be considered alongside academic and financial policies in the Planning and Resources Committee. The Committee cannot itself deal with the control of the project and has Thameside Campus Project Committee, chaired by Professor Peter Scott, overseeing the planning process and the proper integration of the ollege that of professional advisers; it will report to the Planning and Resources ensuring a proper diffusion of information throughout the College.
set up a mall charged with input with ommittee,
A AGE E T Clearly a project of this size will also need highly-skilled day-to-day management and a wide range of professional services; architects, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers, quantity surveyors and many others. Building contractors will need to be appointed and monitored as work proceeds. Co-ordination of all these aspects is a major 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 and construction. Within the College, and reporting directly to the Thameside Campus Project Committee will be a small project directorate which will be responsible for obtaining and collating the College specification and for liaison with the project management agents. It is expected that the directorate will be staffed in part by secondments from the agents and from other professionals as appropriate so as to in troduce at an early stage the interaction between specification and design that is vital to the success of a project of this kind. The project directorate will be the route through which the College will deal with the project manager, architect and other professional services.
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On Friday I July from 2 - 6.30 pm The Centre for Educational Studies at 552 King's Road will be holding an Open Day. All mem bers of the College and the public are warmly invited to attend and discover at first hand the work being undertaken by the Centre. The two key even ts will be a talk from Professor Paul Black, Head of the Departmen t, on the TGAT Report and the reactions it has received, and a symposium on AIDS and Education. In addition, each section and research unit will be mounting displays of their work, and individual mem bers of staff will be on hand to discuss their specific projects.
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The interrelation between policy, planning and management is shown in Diagram A. Fundamental to this structure for managing the development of the Thameside Campus Project 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 to occupy the new accommodation, subject to the limitations of the space available and to the discipline of strict cost and time control. These are essential to the success of such a large and complex project as delay will inevitably lead to extra cost, in additinn to the needless continuation of multi-site operation.
PROGRAMME The Thameside Campus Project will proceed through a number of phases, illustrated in Diagram 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 Life Sciences in Cornwall House), and particularly on the division of academic and administrative support services. Secondly the College must prepare a detailed specification of its requirements, room-by-room, initially for Cornwall House but ultimately for the Strand as well. Thirdly the specification must be translated into detailed design drawings. Fourthly tenders must be sought and building contracts let and monitored as the work proceeds. Whilst these stages will in general proceed sequentially, there will be interaction as the project 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 later of the Strand, I e amined. Moreover at each stage there will be a re-a e ment of ost and this ma lead to se ond though s.
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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 to start refurbishment of the Main building at the very late t by early 1991. Thi means that 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.
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The first step will be to appoint the College's Project Director. the managing agent and with 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 and following this the specification of a brief or the refurbishment of Cornwall Hou e can commence.
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On 10 May it was exactly twenty-five years since the niversity of London set it seal to a cheme to establi h a Centre for Military Archives at King's College, but when the Trustee of the Centre called upon colleagues and friends of the Centre to join them to celebrate it was less to commemorate a birthday than to celebrate the very real achievements of twenty-five year's work. \V hen the en tre was first conceived by Profe or Sir Michael Howard, then the Head of the Department of War Studies, there was no provision nationally for the sy tematic collection of private paper relating to defence. Valuable archives risked the bonfire because individual officers or their families were worried by the existence in their homes of papers which had sometimes been kept illegally and often touched on military security, The Cen tre's work over the years has helped to en ure that provision for military archives nationally is now among the best in Europe. Early discussion between the Trustees of the Cen tre and the Ministry of Defence and the Cabinet Office were to lead to the evolution of a policy which allowed the Centre a unique latitude to collect and make available ensitive military material of this nature. It was an ability that has come to be appreciated by scholars worldwide. It w s also a policy tha t, corn bined with a growing expertise in negotiating individual terms of deposit and high standards of cataloguing, has ensured that the Centre's collections continue to grow by the year. The Cen tre now houses over 400 collections, amongst which are the papers of Viscount Allenby, General Lord Ismay, Viscount Montagu, FM Lord Robertson, General Sir lan Hamilton, Viscount Milne and Captain Sir Basil Liddell Hart after whom the Centre was renamed on the acquisition of his papers in 1973. or has the Centre contented itself with simply strengthening existing resources. In recent years the Trustees have made a commitment to build the Centre's holdings in respect of ATO, and most recently the entre ha been recognised as a future
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re ource Centre for a four-nation nuclear history programme. As i ted by generou grant from the John D and Catherine T Mac rthur Foundation and the Le\"crhulme Foundation, the Centre' manual location regi ter of the papers of higher defence per onnel is being computerbed, ub tantiatly expanded and two volume covering po t holder in the period 1900-19'" S are being prepared for publication. In celebrating achievements, however. both Tru tee and taff were plea ed al 0 to acknowledge the cooperation help and guidance in many form received over the years from the taff of the Ministry of Defence, the Cabinet Office, the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, the Imperial War Museum, the ational Maritime Mu eum and many others connected with the study of military hi tory, the specific care of military record and the profession of archives. The day itself wa marked by the fir t annual Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives lecture given by Professor Robert 0' eill, Chichele Profe sor of the History of War at the Univer ity of Oxford and an exhibition. Professor 0' eill took a his theme Liddell Hart and hi Legacy. In an unusual lecture he offered both a cogent analysis of Lid dell Hart's role a military
propagandi t and historian, and a warm evocation of Liddell Hart the man, his working methods and the dining table conversation which he ugge ted had been TU ial in forming the thinking of a number of 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 former TTU tees. staff and former taff in luding all three former Archivist in the Centre. and their many guests celebrated in their own ways, Liddell Hart and his legacy, his work and his influence. The exhibition provided another stimulus and context for discussion. Alanbrooke confiding to his diary on the eve of D Day that 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 9 that Winston Churchill wa the only politician playing straight with General Deniken. Instructions to troops preparing to enter Belsen that information to hand uggested that the camp contained dangerous criminals and everal years later the forebodings of a enior commander of the likely consequences if emigration to Israel was stopped. The day was also marked by the publication of the first major supplement to the Consolidated List of Accesstions.
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The Age Concern Institute of Gerontology i offering an Sc in Gerontology, beginning in 19 9 or full-time tudent or thi September for part-time tudent. It i a multidis iplinary cour e of advanced po tgraduate training in gerontology, the tudy of human ageing proce e and the ir umtance and welfare of elderly people. The aim i to offer advanced training in gerontology to students with appropriate backgrounds in the social ien e . life cience , medicine, nursing and social work. It will be of interest to tho e working with elderly people or concerned with policy and management issues dealing with the development of services or with a ademic and re earch interests in gerontology. The curriculum con i ts of 'Principals of Gerontology', a compulsory multidi ciplinary core cour e, three optional cour es and an independent dissertation. Students may take the MSc course either part-time over two years or full-time in a year. Substantial contributions to the course are given by the Departments of Health Care of the Elderly, General Practice and Community Medicine at KCSMD; by the Departments of Anatomy and Human Biology, Biology, Biochemistry and ursing Studies in the Faculty of Life Sciences; by the Centre for Medical Law and thics, the Department of Geography and the Centre for Educational Studies and by the Department of Social Administration at LSE. For more information contact the AClOG at 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 sor Paul Black, Sir Richard Way and Professor Peter Marshall (with, in the background Profes or Sir Randolph Quirk, President of the British Academy talking to the Principal, Profe SOT Stewart Sutherland).
In it he argue hat vacant land ha.mper gro\\ th and re trict tree market lor es. Reason for 0"" ner allOWing land to re, main idle are varied. One i that land alue ht Into I -year cyde ,opeculator buy low and ell high, mean .... hile keeping the plot vacant. They are encouraged to do thl because of an ab ence of any cash co t for holding lanll and the exi tence in perpetuity of land use right~. Furthermore, there i cant public information available on owner hip, etc, thus allowing a degree of anonymity for the holder.
arole I oreman (General $eLfctary uf Bl., \Cj with Richard at a BTA Travel \\ ork hop.
. . C. . VC. CY The ommitlee of Vice-Chancellor~and PrinCIpal 0 the unlver itie ot the nlled Kingdom 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 two to three year . and ""Ill become vacan t on 3 I October 19 . However. it is hoped the vacancy .... 111 be filled by the end of ummer to allow a period of overlap.
Would tho e .... ho are intcrc ted plea e contact: K S Oavie Principal A !Stant Secretary Cl' ~9 Tavistock Square London W IH 9EZ Tel(OI)3 9231
To relea e this idle re ource, Mr Lovele advo ate a tax on land values. Previou attempt to introduce one have met with re i tance from tho e with landed intere ts. De pile difficulty in decidl11g the optim um level of taxation - high enough to act a a pur bu t not too high to encourage ill-conceived chem es - John Lovele i convinced it would go a long way toward providmg much-needed regeneratioJ1 for Britain' inner cities.
ID POET Julian Brown, Professor of Palaeography at King' from 1961, who died early J anuary last year, left at his death two short collection of poem., Delayed Reaction (197 -19 0 and Time Enough (19 119 5),which he hoped to publi h. The poem are now to be printed in a limited ednion at the Rampant Lions Pres . The book, deslgned by Seba tian Carter. will he printed by letter pre on mould-made paper and will be ca e-bound. Publication will he in early June 19 . Subscnpllons are invited The edition .... ill nece sarily he limited by the number of sub cribers. n edrly re. pon e will make it pos ible to calculate the ')ze of the editIon correctly and ensure that ufficient copie- are printed. K£2~:£:urope£23( S042), SA S044) Cheques made payable to harlottc Brown.
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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 the launching 01 KC! \Iedieval lUdies.
I you would like a copy of the hook, plea e send a cheque to: harlotte Brown, Oept of Printed Book and Manu cripts, Sotheby' ,34-35 ew Bond treet, London W I A ~
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NEWS ROUND-UP I - - IDE CRICKET COMPETITIO For the WELL TROPH E
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Ruth Lawrence, the Oxford mathematician, visited King's on 17 March this year, and attracted an audience of over fifty for her talk, called Dirac Operators, Zero Modes and Holonomy. I t was her fir t public re earch eminar. Ruth is ixteen years old.
All taff and tudent are warmly invited to this year's competition, be it a pectator or player. So why not get together with a few friend and enter a team? R MEMBER: 1. All team mu t be mixed, there mu t be at least one female (or male) in every side. 2. Players of all (in)abililies are encouraged to enter. Do not worry about being 'not good enough' - nobody is too bad for this com petition. 3. 0 need to provide your own bats, balls, etc - it's all there for you. And don't worry 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 end of May. Please return forms quickly, enclosing ÂŁ6 per team entry fee, a the competition is invariably over-subscribed and it is first come, first served. The competition is an official College event, so all staff are free to attend and help make it a day to remem ber. To sustain you along the way a food and bar service will be open throughou t the day, and entertainment is planned!!!!
EW KCLA BRA CHES I MALAYSIA & SI GAPORE Proposals to set up branches of KCLA were adopted at meetings of graduates of the College in Kuala Lumpur and in Singapore. The Assistant Principal, Or Abraham Lue and Assistant Registrar, Mrs J ennifer J ackson were guests at a reception and dinner on 15 April this year in Kuala Lumpur organised by Malaysian alumni, at which a pro tem committee was formed. A t a imilar occasion on 23 April in Singapore, graduates of the College resolved to establish KCLA there. Contacts: Mr Chareon S Tang, KCLA (Malaysia) 201-203 Lee Wah Bank Building Medan Pasar, Kuala Lumpur 50500 Malaysia Mr Chuang Shaw Yee, KC LA (Singapore) S Y Chuang and Co. 101A Upper Cross Street 08-16 People's Park Centre Singapore 0 I05
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Ruth Lawrence, with her father Mr Harry Lawrence, continues the discussion informally afterward.
.R.H.E. CO FERE CE 0 CADEMIC FREEDOM The Society for Research into Higher Education will be holding its Annual Conference at the University of Surrey between 19 and 21 December this year. The Organising Committee invites all senior, academic and research staff at King s to attend, and to submit papers on this year's theme, Academic Freedom. The theme is particularly timely and will provide a unique opportunity to consider issues relating to academic freedom from many 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, in order to provide an effective forum, it is hoped that each University will be represented by at least one member of staff. Would those wishing to attend and/or submit a paper please contact Frank Curtiss, 1988 SRHE Conference Administrator, Secretariat, University of Surrey, Cuildforcl. Surrey CU2 5 XH. Telephone 0483 571281 (ext 2022).
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On 15 A pril this year, the Design Council launched the Toshiba Year of Invention competition, designed to encourage and reward the best in Briti h inventive talent. By entering under the Universities/Colleges category, your department could win for King's over ÂŁ20,000 worth of prizes. All you need do is send in your idea expressed clearly and supported by diagrams or illustrations as appropriate - no working model is required at this stage. Closing date for entries is 17 June 1988, so call or write without delay for your entry form and brochure to: A wards Office The De ign Council 28 Haymarket London SW 1Y 4S U Tel (01) 839 8000 or Toshiba (01) 384 1017
COLLEGE TRAVEL AWARD The committee which considers the applications for four of the College travel awards (the Mary Clarke, the Lightfoot, the Sargeaunt and the Lacey (French) ) met in April and has offered awards to twelve students to help fund various travel plans, including attendance at conferences work abroad and expeditions. '
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I would like to compile a list 01 tudents and other College members who urrently hold la or B li(;en es and would be in ere ted in making use of the call- ign. la operator' name can be upplied to the DTI a' permit ed unsupervi ed operator. It may be appropriate to make a eparate apphcation for a Cla B license.
\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' Ju t before term tarled, the Kensington ampu' ""elt.omed a rather unu ual meeting. Tact Map II - or to glve It It路 lull title, the Second International Sympo ium on MapJand Graphics for isually Handicapped People. I t m ay never have oc urred to you before, but just a k yourself how much of our normal academiC communi ation mvolves diagrams, graphs or map and how a blind person can read them? The an wer i by touch. Two-dimensional image arc reproduced in three-dimen ions, either by forming plastic over a ma ter, or by copying onto heat- ensitive micro-cap-
ule paper. In both ases, the range of po ible symbol and texture is everely limited, as is their den ity, for the finger is much les di criminating than the eye. Deigning u eable tactile map and graphic i not withou t it diffieultie, and the meeting brought together more Ihan 70 theoretician, practitioner and user from all over the world who were able to learn from one another for the ultimate benefit of vi uaUy handicapped people. A F Tatham
(Any readers wi hing to learn more of thi work hould con tact the a bove via the Department of Geography).
I would al 0 like to hear from anyone who would be intere ted in Joining and helping to run a tudent amateur radiO ociety. Garth Swanson (G3 PC) Dept of Electronic & Electrical Engmeering Room:W Strand Ext ~ 08
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Credit Reque (including Ho pitaljt u tomer are advi ed that, although reque t for catenng service can be made by telephone, no CREDIT ervices will be provided unles written confirmation IS received. To assist customers, an Order Form for Catering Services is available from each Site Catering Office, or on request from Mr Y Rldout. Room 6G, Che ham BuildIng, Ext 2359. Plea e give your Site Catering Office as much notice a POS ihle when booking Coffees, Tea and other Ho pltality requests.
Chri ttna 1988 With ome 170 shopping days until Chritma~ it mlghl eem a little premature to a k for your Chri tma reque ts. The atering Department does however already
tkin Building Refectory, Ken ington campu During this ummer a new servery will be in taIled in the Main Ken ington Refectory. This work will eau e some disruptIOn to servl -es, bu t i nece sary as the pre ent equipment is steam-heated, unreliable and ob olete. The Catering Service Department is sure that the new counters and re-designed ervery will considerably improve thi catering oullet and hope taff will nol be loo Inconvenienced by thi work. The Old Refectory In the Main Building will be available to Conference and College customers during the period in que -lion ( I 1 A ugust to early September).
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ny graduate of Manchester niver ity wishmg to receive a copy of the free alumn! magazine 'The Manche ter Graduate' for 19 should contacl the addres below. The Alumni Office niversity of Manchestcr Oxford Road Manche tcr M 13 9PL
Kill have numerous Christma commitments and would ask you to book your Christma catering as early a pos ible.
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The Skmner ' Company have recently mformed the College that they have agreed to continue to fund the two Skinners' ompany prizes for a further three years and to increase the value to 拢 100 each. The Skinner' Company Prize are available together with the Merchant Taylors Company xhibition and the Florence IIughe xhibition to the be t women tudents in the se ond year of a B or BSc degree cour e.
The Iikene to a famous comedy duo in issue number 26 of Comment wa a little unfortunate; a to the other shortcomings - could you do better? Comment need pic : why not shed your di gUIse and let us 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 normal kill. he I able to help with the u e of graphic and layout. He will be pica 'cd to gl e advi c and a I tance from the trand office. HaVIng wor 'ed 10 ely with Ollr colleague at Chel a. he I al 0 able to ad i e on work being ent to that unit. 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 be operational long before the tart of the next e ion. Chel ea requirement \\-ilI then be met by the unit at Ken 1l1gton with. upport from the trand. The I.:.ducational Technology Committee, at their meeting on 10 May 19 a revl. ion of the price Ii t for equJpment hire and ervice.
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The equipment hire charge is not appli able for equipment u ed for undergraduate teaching, but i for all other equipment u er , particularly out of working hours. The li t below i an extract from the main price tructure. Fullli ts are available from Mrs Rosalind Pope at the Strand S. I::xt 23 6. Equipment
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2 x 2 (35mm) Projector with magazine and remote control
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OHP with acetate roll and pen on tand
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Screens up to 6ft - portable
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Flipchart stand with roll of paper and pen
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Laser pointer
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( B one week counts as three day hire) Service Photography "2 x"2 !ides in mounts (Diazo B/W or olour)
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The niver ity of London L 1 Con ortium arrange ilicon chip manufacture for tea hing throughout the ni er ity and om bine the trengths of th nine Department of le trical Engineering and omputer S ience. It ha recently formed a training partner hip with Plessey and European Silicon Structure ( SZ. It aim i to provide modules of educational material for the teaching of integrated circuit design. These will be used in industry and within the Univer ity and will be available as part of European joint training programmes. The activity is based on two EEC COM ETT grant. The acronym derives from the ommunity Action Programme for Education and Training for Technology. COM TT's aim is to redress skill hortages in Europe acro s a wide range of technologie . The first grant of £27,000 combined with financial contributions from the industrial partner establishes the Partnership as a mode in a European Training network. Mr Alan Kent was appointed from Pie ey as the programme co-ordinator in January. He is based at King's. The second grant of £40,000 funds the production of training modules aimed at senior managers, project manager and design engineers. Four course teams have been assembled which draw on the industrial partners as well as the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science within the University. Prototype materials for u e in hort cour es wiJ! be available by the end of 198 . The programme brings the University into close contact with industry and establishes working relationships with anum ber of European groups with similar intere ts. It is expected that these contacts will be helpful in generating joint research application. The COMETT programme encompasses a very wide range of technologie and di ciplines and may be of intere t to other College mem bers.
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Either Alan Kent (Strand Ext 2773) or Garth Swanson (Strand Ext 2808) would be happy to give advice on eeking COMETT funding.
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I !TROD CTIOI OF LIBERT TO TED Y TEM Propo ed harmoni ation of loan period
I TROD CTIO The Liberta automated system gives the Library a long-awaited opportunity to harm ani e loan periods, allowing us to offer a level of ervice we have not previously been able to achieve. It will al 0 enable us to standardise right across the Library the conditions under which books are loaned, where that would be desirable. Before the plans are finally drawn up we are keen that all mem bers of the College should have an opportunity to discuss the implication.
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Thi loan categor . at pre ent a\al1able .onl} Re eryation will be a 'cepted or mo t -ategones of material and \\ III be Jone onat Ken ington (wher~ it \\ a in troduced to line, either on the terminal at I ue de "help tudent on multi- ite our e ) could or on a elf- en'i e ba i at the pubJlI': enqbe extended to other categoric of heavilyu ed material for whi h the Yery hon loan uiry terminal. The experien e ot other librarie ugge t that we ought to impo e period might not be appropriate. eg ome Humanitie text. Thi ategory of material a limit to the number of ordinary loan books a u er may re erve at once. Initially i not at pre ent renewable or bookable. we are con idering a limit in the region of ~, but we would expect to modify thi in Short Loan (Re tricted Loan) the light of experien e. We are currently arrying out a urve to establish what length of 'short' loan and what return times would suit the different ites and subje t groups. We are anxious to canva the opinions of all concerned before making any deci ion. The exi ting arrange路 ments are: Chel ea, Strand: 3-hour loan periods, with book 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 the day after they were borrowed. Strand also has some short loan material issued all day or overnight.
Short Loan Booking Booking for hart-loan material will be automated, and available on a elf- ervice basis. A 'calendar' screen will allow readers to book a pecific item for a pecific time up to 2 day ahead.
ACTIO Applicability All sanction will apply equally to all categories of user. Fines
Fines will be charged on overdue weekly two-day and short loan material and on item recalled for other reader which are The system will have a facility for issuing not returned within five days. The present items for different periods from those level of fine for weekly and recall d books given above. This would allow texts used is lOp per day. The fine for weekly loan in conjunction with specific equipment material by definition in high demand, for instance, or items not normally in heavy ought probably to be increased. The rate demand to be issued to staff for periods of for overdue two-day and short loan items up to one year. This would be ubject to is lOp per hour. Increasing use of electOrdinary Loan recall if the items were reserved or included ronic mail should make it easier for readers on a reading li t. Any items borrowed in to contact the Library to check whether The normal loan period proposed is six this way would have to be brought into the items may be renewed. weeks, with renewal possible unles the item Library annually for checking. has been requested by another reader. We Su pen ion of Borrowing Right are considering the desirability of treating Periodical and Reference Books the Summer Vacation as a single loan period. A an alternative to fines for ordinary loan Periodical and reference books are likely books. we are looking at the option of relyThe presen t ordinary loan periods are to be required in the Library at any time, ing on issuing warning on the creen whenStrand: one term Chelsea: three months, sometimes by readers who have travelled ever a user borrows, return or re erve a Kensington: four week. The ix-week loan from another Campu or from another book. The e warning would be followed period will bring this category into line with institution specifically to consult them. after a very short period of grace by IISPinter-library loans and would be introduced Photocopying facilities are provided in all ension of borrowing rights, which would in the S tran d Reading Rooms when the be enforced until the overdue item was major section of the Library, and the majority of circulating stock in that section returned or renewed (if renewal were perphotocopying of small sections from of the Library has been added to the dataperiodicals normally falls within the provimitttXl). If this method were adopted, it base. sion of the Copyrigh t Act. It therefore would be appropriate to introduce a fine in the case of seriously overdue item. Fine seems inappropriate for periodicals and Week Loan are currently charged on overdue ordinar} reference books to be loaned for long perloan items at Strand and Chelsea at lOp per iod . However, the Library recognises The week loan for textbooks will remain week. Kensington does not charge fines on that mel1'lber of the College may require unchanged. There would be an option 'of material of this type overnight and at other ordinary loan books but withdraws borrow issuing books for the whole of the Summer ing after 17 days and charges a 'proces ing time when the Library i closed, and we fee' after 51 days. vacation. subject to recall if they were would propose to make provision to loan requested by someone else. As this category it at such times. The conditions imposed on other hart-loan material would apply. of material is likely to be in heavy demand As Libertas is a tand-alone system and not a cooperative one, any decisions we make can be modified in the light of experience. The loan periods adopted for the initial im plemen ta tion should be seen a experimental. During the first year of operation we shall be expecting to have to carry out fine tuning.
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Many members of College will be as orry a arc her colleagues in the Library at the new that Clare lenkin will be leavlOg King's in August· while ongratulating her most heartily on her appointment to the po t of Sub-Librarian, Colic tion Management Servl e at the Umversity of Southampton. Clare has run the A quisitions Department at the Strand sin e 1980 and is well known to members of all Department. We hall particularly mi s her talent for squeeLing the best pos ible prices out of suppliers and for prising un u pe ted ela ticily out of the bookfund ,
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A Fellow of the Bflti h Computer Society, Bnan Meek has frequent!> contnbuted to Computer Weekly and I computing book editor for the Chiche ter cientific publiher I:.Ui H0[1\ ood L td He takes '.I.ith him to Goldsmiths' 'a bit of knowledge, a bit of expenence, a few guiding pnnciple , and an open mind.' May wc "'i h him every succe s.
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Martin Hazard, formerly A sistant Manager at Malcolm Gavin Hall and, from July 1986 to pril 19 ,Manager of Halliday Hall, has recently been appointed Manager of King's College Hall. Andrea Gilroy i now the new Manageress at Halliday Hall.
PHARM CY ELECTIO ' Professor David Ganderton of the Department of Pharmacy ha been elected as a governor of the College of Pharmacy Practice for a three year term.
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The adjudicator tor the TadlOn-Rldeal Prize recently announced that the pnze for 19 of £ 1000 is to be hared equally among t four of the candidates, The Tadion-Rideal Pnze IS awarded on the basl of a PhD thesi in mole ular s ience recently presented for examination. This year the award go to: Or G Barker of the Department of BiochemIstry for a the i on The Molecular Ba I of Animal Models of Ly 0 omal storage di ea e .
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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, the other ite being niver ity Collcge. SCI i particularly appropriate for CD-Rom technolog> ,a. it i cum ber ome to use m hard copy and ex pen ive and complicated to earch on-bne. For evaluation we arc being ent a copy 01 the 19 6 di c whi h i ex pe ted to amve b> the end of the month. The y tern Will be hou ed 10 the Queen lizabeth Library at Kensington, where a demon tration di k i already on di play. Thi di k take you tep by tep through pre- elected sean.he , demon trat10g the tacilltJes avaIlable. CD-ROM databa care de igned to be 'user fnendly' and we hope that as many people a po sible will come and experiment with the system and record their VIew. The re ult of an evaluation exerl:l e should be a sy tem which get a clo e as possible to providing what you, the user, really want.
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A mathematl lan by tramlOg, Bnan ~iee began his computer career upon graduating in 1956. In 19 0 he became the fir't(and only!) Director ot the Computer Cnit at the lormer QEC. and upon the merger he \ as appointed an I tant DJre tor of the omputing Centre.
:-Vir Redmond may e oOla ted 10 Room 24B, L t 2331. or through the Bursar's onlce Ext 23T,
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Mr Bob Redmond, hitherto Superintendent of Laboratorie , Dept of Biology, ha been appointed Service Manager, Strand campus, with effect from 3 May 19 . 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 thl year of Mr rthur Tofield. Meanwhile the two wil) be workmg closely together, and all enquiries regarding the e ervices hould be addre sed to Mr Tofield.
Or Eileen M McMorrow of the Department of Biology for a thesis on Purification and Properties of Chloroplast and Cyctoplasmic Phosphoglycerate Kinase from Barley, Or Leonora Simon of the Departments of Anatomy and Human Biology and Biophysic for a thesis on Cell-Substratum Interactions of ormal and Dystrophic Human Skin Fibroblasts. Or DD Wil on of the Department of Biochemistry for a thesis on the Humoral Immune Response to the Enterobactenaceae In rthntic Diseases. Sadly, the announcement of the awards thiS year coincided with the udden death of Profe or George Wilkinson who wa in trumentallO e tabli hing this prize, which is the College' premier award for tu dent work in molecular cience and the only uch prize for PhD students. Professor WIl.k1O on was also onc of thi year's adjudicators and together With EmerItus Professors W C Price and M H F WIl.kins put in much time and thought in reading and a e sing the these of all the candidate, Ala tair Pettigrew Deputy Academic Regi trar
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George Randall Wilkinson, Emeritu Professor of Physics, died suddenly from a heart attack on 30 April. He joined King's in 1949 a an undergraduate and remained until his retirement in 1987. His international distinction had attracted many scientists from abroad to work with him at King's and he had only recently returned from visits to China and the Far East advising various universities on the planning of their scientific programs. He had been particularly active in organising annual conferences at King's which enabled spectroscopists in industry and the universities to co-operate in developments of vital national importance. A one-time Warden of Halliday Hall he was also the main organiser of the discus ion weekends at Cumberland Lodge and the programs of the Maxwell Society. 1n addition he was an excellent teacher and his lectures were very popular with undergraduate students. A devoted son of the College, he and his wife Doreen to whom we send our sincerest condolences have been inspiring and leading figures in the social life of the College for many years past. Apart from his en thusiasm for science ana his devotion to the College, George greatly loved his garden. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. A memorial service is being arranged and details will be announced later.
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H eT... d) Benlleld d ed on 6 1J. <tged - 3 al ter a long illne He had ~p ...n all hi "or mg 11le.H Kmg' apar trom tour ye<tr dunn he "ar when he a I.' nded to \lior in an arm ment tactor) arung m the earl> Thirtie a boy in the Ph} h.~ Wor' hop, he qui lya quired the kill and ahilitie whl h led him 10 the po t-war period to be ome the hiel technician in charge. Thl ~ a a urnI.' of great a tivity in phy I'S and biophy ic and many of the su I.' I.' ot that penod are owed to the ingenuity and organIsing ability which he brought to that job. His work hop became the traming school for many workhop mechanic who ub equently became chief technician m other department and colleges. Many PhD tudents owe the sucCl'S of their projel:l to his ingeniou ugge tions and to the high quality fabrication of the equipment he provided for them. During hi working life great changes took place in the College, and it i hard to think how the e could have been accompli hed without hi continual guidance. Our thought are with his widow Madeline and their two sons.
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A Summ r S hool in pap>ro g Vd h 10ernauonal ontributor and pani pant will be held a he In itute 01 C ~ leal S udle ,31 - 3 Gordon Squ<tre. Irom I - 22 Ju >, .... i ha tinal ay in Oxlord on 23 Jul., Th programme .... ill begm "lth an introdu tion to papyrology or tho I.' n \\ to the ubJect. and throughout the wee' there" ill be practl I.' in de'ipherment of papyri. There will be a erie 01 paper 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 textual transmission of Greek cJas ical author. and papyrological find which have extended the frontier of la sical studie . The programme should have mu h to offer anyone with an interest in Claic , Ancient Hi tory, Palaeography. or Egyptology. Knowledge of Greek would be preferable, but by no mean essential. For information about regi tration and cost, conta t Dr Jennifer R March, Institute of Cia ical StudIeS. 31-34 Gordon Square
THE ERIC ABBOTT L CT RE edne~ay I June PIRlTC L1TY:\ 'D Dame Janet B 'er
Jurlcy, who died on 3 May in her early fifties, wa Chelsea Campu Cashier. She quickly became known to many as a quiet, unas uming, dignified and very courageous lady. Shirley had in fact been fighting caner for 7 year, during which time 'he had had treatment resulting in horrendous ide effect, but he did not take a single day off work other than for hospital treatment.
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Floral tributes from the College and the Fmance Department a well as many personal tribut were sent 10 the cremation held on J I May. I 0, a heque for.ÂŁ I 6 ha already been donated by her many friends and olleagues in the College, at the reque t of her family. to tbe Imperial ancer Re earch Fund. Anyone still wish109 to make a ontribution hould contact any of the 3 ite a hier .
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The Third Archaeology and niver ities Conference, organi ed by RESCUE and the Archaeology and ncient World Studies Committee of CL, will be held on Friday I and Saturday 2 July at UCI Institute of Archaeology. It is a meeting for ixth formers. Education Authority careers officers and secondary chool teachers. aimed at publici ing opportunities in ar haeology in higher education and as a career. There will be an opportunity to talk to representative of niver ity Archaeology Department from around the country about cour es they have to offer and there will be conducted vi its to look behind the cene in the Petne Mu eum of Egyptology and the Museum of London. n open day at the In titute of rchaeology, including vi it to it laboratorie, will be linked with a ene of talks on univerity life and courses, the work of RESC E and A rchaeological nit and careers in mu eums. archaeological clence and the leisure industry. For further details contact Dr lan Glover, Institute of Archaeology. CL,31-34 Gordon Square. Telephone 3877050 (ext 4746).
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COMP TI G CE TRE Wednesday 8 June COMPUTER ALGEBRA Dr Davld Harper, Computer Board Computer Algebra Officer 2.30pm, Room 12B, Chesham Building, Strand campu Please ring the Strand Advisory 0 lice if you \\-i h to attend (ext 2505)
ECHA IC L E GI EERI G Wednesday 29 June DY lAMIC RESPO SE OF PL AR CE MECH I ISMS WITH CLEAR RADI L COMPLI T RE OL TE 101 TS M H Ghaffari Saadat KCL
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HISTORY A D PHILOSOPHY OF SCIE CE Wedne day 1 June MORPHIC RESO ANCE A D THE HABITS OF ATURE Dr Rupert Sheldrake Wednesday 8 June THE BERRY PARADOX: A I SOG UBLE PROBLEM? Dr Tony Dale, University of Hull Wednesday 15 June ASPECTS OF GODEL'S EPISTEMOLOGY OF MATHEMATICS: THE FOU TAI OF I TUITlO A D CO CEPTUAL PROGRESS Dr Marcus Giaquinto, UCL Wednesday 22 June THE FIRST EIGHTY YEARS OF THE TWI PARADOX IN RELATIVITY THEORY Professor Clive Kilmister and Barrie Tomkinson, KCL Wednesday 29 June A CRITICAL SCIE TIFIC A D PHILOSOPHICAL EVALUATION OF MODELS OF BRAI SAD MI DS Dr Shev Lal, KCL 2.I5pm, Room IB06, Strand campus
Thursday 9 June HOW CA H MA RIGHTS BE E FORC D BY LAW? Dr P Leuprecht Director of Human Right Coun il of Europe and Dr M Shaw Essex ' niversity Thursday 16 June WH T OTH R CHA' ELS ARE AILABlE FOR PROMOTI G AND IMPLEME ITI G H RIGHTS? Panel of Speakers Thursday 23 June WHAT C BE DO E TO STRE GTHE THE PROMOTIO A D RESPECT FOR H MA RIGHTS? Professor B Groom bridge and Julia Hausermann 6.30-8.30pm, Department of Extra-Mural Studies 26 Russell Square For further details and co t contact Carol Cuttica at the Department of ExtraMural Studie . Telephone 636 8000 (ext 3852)
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DEPARTME T OF EXTRA-MURAL Thursday 23 June STUDIES LA D TE RE A D AGRICULTURAL RIGHTS AND HUMANITY Thursday 26 May WHAT ARE HUMA RIGHTS AND WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? lulia Hausermann, Director of Rights and Humanity and Suzanne Long, Peace and Human Rights Secretary, British Council of Churches
MA AGEME T I EASTER BRITA Y I THE HISTORIC PERIOD Wendy Davie 4.30pm, Institute of Classical Studies, 31-34 Gordon Square Tuesday 31 May READ! G BYZA TI E COINS ProFessor P Grierson 4.30pm, Institute of Classical Studies
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THE ROY L OCIETY Thursday 2 and Friday 3 June Discussion Meeting FORESTS, WEATHER A D CLIMAT Organized by Dr J L Monteith, FRS, Professor P G J arvis Dr W J Shuttlcworth and Professor M H Unsworth Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 June Conference THE A STRALIAN CO TRIB nON T BRITAJ Thursday 9 June The CliFford Paterson Lecture MICROLITHOGRAPHY A D THE ULTRAVIOLET: SOME EXPERIMENTS ON MICROLITHOGRAPHY WITH A EXCI MER lASER Professor W T Welford FRS Thursday 16 June The Bakerian Lecture AMORPHOUS SEMICO DUCTORS: A EW GE ERATIO OF ELECTRO IC MATERIALS Professor W E Spear, FRS Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 June Discussion Meeting OPTICAL TECH OlOGY A D WIDEBA D LOCAL ETWORKS Organized by Professor J E Midwinter, FRS, Professor W A Gambling, FRS, Dr C J Todd and Dr W J Stewart For more details contact the Scientific Meetings Secretary, The Royal Society, 6 CarHon House Terrace. Telephone 39 5561 ext 27 (277
CORRECTION The meeting of the London Algebra Colloquium held on May 12th was the 750th an not the I 50th as reported in the last i sue of Comment. Apologies to those concerne
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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 in the clear, blue sea? I strongly recommend a stroll through the many maze-like lane of the old fishing village dotted with local folk singers and numerous bow-fronted hop full of antiques, souvenir and curio. You will find no shortage of public house to suit all tastes, many offering good value food ranging from a traditional ploughman' lunch to a la carte menus. In addition to these there are of course many restaurants and cafes, and, for those who participate in the taste of the sea, variou seafood tall. After lunch why not 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 a bowls expert among us should anyone require information on the rule, etc. For a sport with (pos ibly) more financial rewards, take a short bus ride to the Brighton Racecourse. I have been informed that there will be a meeting on the day, weather permitting. In fact, 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 weather is a little too much to organise, but the past five year have proved very favourable for our Thame River boat trip. Which brings me to the accompanying photograph taken in the summer of 1929 when a river trip to Marlow wa organised. Mr Syd Ogwood (seen top row, 4th from left) from the Anatomy Department is still a regular attender of the Annual Outing as well as the College Dance. Mr Ogwood, now retired and spending some time abroad, can quite often be found in the College and Social Club. The first ever official outing recorded wa way back in 1890: it is a College tradition I believe we must pre erve. May I take thi opportunity to thank the College 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
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book, plea e complete the form below and return it to either one of the following: P Solomons Room ISB Works Dept Ext 2867 B Oldham Room 0 34 Surrey St Ext 2787 P Elsey Mechanical Eng Workshop Ext 2434
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The Social Club have a snooker table that they wish to sell. Offers of around ÂŁ300 are 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 January with us, working in the Science Education nit, CES. He is looking for a 'reasona bly priced studio or one-bedroom flat' for his wife and himself. If you have any information that would help him, please contact him at:
College of Education University of Arkansas 2801 South University Little Rock Arkansas 72204 USA
COMME T is produced by the King's College London Information Office on the Strand campus. EXT EDlTIO : Copy date Friday 17 June for publication in the week of 27 June.
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