King's College London (KQC) newsletter

Stewart SutherlandProfessorPrincipalProfessor Stewart Ross Sutherland, MAhas been appointed as Principal ofKing's College London. He takes up thepost forthwith in succession to the lateLord Cameron and, on the AppointedDay of August 1 this year, will assumethe Principalship of the merged College.

This is a Crown appointment and theofficial announcement of Her Majesty'sdecision camp from Downing Street onTu~sday February 12.

Professor Sutherland was born in 1941and is a graduate of Aberdeen and Cam­bridge. He worked at University Collegeof North Wales, Bangor and at Stirlingbefore coming to King's in 1977, to takeup the Chair of the History and Phil­osophy of Religion, the only one of itskind in the country. He has been Headof his Department since its formationin 1979 and Dean of the Faculty ofTheology from 1980 - 82. His activeinvolvement in the academic and admin­istrative development of the College isdemonstrated by his position as Vice­Principal. He has held the post since1981 and during this time had led theCollege during periods of 1982 and 1984'He has been Acting Principal sinceJanuary of this year.

Professor Sutherland has been at thecentre of merger negotiations right fromthe start as he stood in for Lord Cam­eron during early discussion. He signedthe agreement with GEC and was partyto the informal and then formal discuss­ions with Chelsea. He was Chairman ofthe Vice-Principals' Working Party, thegroup responsible for the initial Discuss­ion Document which drew all aspectsof the merger together, and for advisingon the policy and approach to the ad­aptation of the Charter and Statutes.Since October 1984 he has been Chair­man of the Academic Affairs PlanningGroup. His knowledge and understand·ing of the task ahead and his

complete commitment to the College'sfuture would be difficult to match.Sincere congratulations go to him onhis appointment to this distinguishedoffice.

PRINCIPAL'S QUESTION TIME

The next edition of Comment will carry

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a more detailed profile of the newPrincipal. If you have any particularquestions you would like to direct toProfessor Sutherland, please put themin writing to the Editor, COMMENTStrand Campus. We will try to getsome, if not all, of them answered aspart of the profile article.

STAFF NEWS

OBITUARIES

LORD CAMERONIt was with deep regret that the Collegelearned of the death on 29 January 1985of the Principal, Marshal of the RoyalAir Force Lord Cameron of Balhousie.

His funeral took place at Halton onTuesday February 5. The CollegeSecretary, Myles Tempany, attendedan otherwise private family gathering.There was a formal request for noflowers and donations could, and stillcan be sent to either the RAF BenevolentFund (67 Portland Place, London WC11'14AR) or the Chest, Heart and StrokeAssociation (Tavistock House North,1avistock Square, London WCl H 9JE).According to the wishes of Lord Cameronthere will be no memorial services.

An AppreciationNeil Cameron was born in Perth in 1920and educated at Perth Academy. In 1939he joined the RAFVR and In the out­break of the Second World War the RAF.During the war he flew with fighter andfighter bomber squadrons in the Battleof Britain, the Soviet Union, NorthAfrica and Burma, receiving both theDFC and DSO.After the war, his ability and devotion tohis service earned him rapid promotion.He held a wide variety of posts duringthose years but he will probably be bestremembered in the University of Londonfor the year he spent in command of theUniversity Air Squadron. In 1976 SirNeil, as he had become, was appointedChief of the Air Staff and in 1977 Chiefof the Defence Staff.

Appointed Princif}al of King's on 1 Aug­ust 1980, Sir Neil found a College whichhad just undergone its greatest constitut­ional upheaval since the beginning of thecentury, but which despite the usual fin­ancial worries was in good heart. Almostimmediately, the new Principal had toface financial pressures of unprecedentedseverity with the Government's 1981 cutsin u"iversity grants. Neil Cameron tookon this daunting task with tact and dip­lomacy. It was inevitable that with lessmoney to go round some interests wouldbe hurt and it is a mark of his outstand­ing sense of fairness and probity thateven the most unpalatable decisions wereaccepted by the College. When it becameclear that King's on its own could notretain its position in the first rank ofuniversity institutions Neil Cameron wel­comed the idea of a merger with QueenElizabeth College and Chelsea College,

and worked unstintingly to create alarger and better College which wouldhave a secure future. The Life Peerageand the Knighthood of the Order of theThistle conferred in 1983 and 1984respectively were greatly welcomed byall who knew him.

The proposal of the Flowers' WorkingParty, which had reported shortly beforehe arrived, that medical and dental teach­ing should cease at King's aroused all hisdefensive instincts. He led a brilliant cam­paign demonstrating that King's, as 'oneof only two multi-faculty medical schoolsin London, could offer a training in thebasic medical sciences which was at leastas good as anywhere else and at less costthan most other medical schools. Follow­ing on from this victory he pressed aheadwith the merger between King's Collegeand King's College Hospital MedicalSchool, thus laying the foundation for anintegrated School of Medicine and Dent­istry.

Neil Cameron was not one for the hist·rionic gesture or the elaborate turn ofph.rase. He never raised his voice but wasable to command attention by the forceof his character. Meetings at King's arerarely disorderly but on one occasion -ita fairly boisterous meeting called to

inform staff about the abortive attemptto merge with Bedford College, he neededall his calm determination and goodhumour to get his point across.

Lord Cameron played an active part inUniversity affairs, being a member of theCourt and Senate of the University ofLondon and also a member of the Com­mittee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals.Outside the University, he was active asChairman of the RAF Museum Trusteesand a member of the British AtlanticCommittee and of several charitablebodies.

His last years were clouded by ill healthwhich necessitated two major operations.All this he bore calmly and stoically,often keeping himself going by sheerwillpower but giving little hint of thestresses he had to bear.

We extend to Lady Cameron and othermembers of the family our deepest sym­pathy in their and our loss.

P.G.

LORD WOLFENDENLord Wolfenden, the President of ChelseaCollege, died on January 18th and theCollege lost thereby a friend of long standing. The office of President was estab­lished by the College Charter, granted in1972, as an honorary office with consid­erable potential influence, though lackingclearly-defined duties. It was essential toseek someone of standing to fill such apost, and the College was fortunate tofind Sir John Wolfenden, as he then was,disposed to accept an invitation to do so.The College was already indebted to himfor his support, as Chairman of the UGC,at the time when its accession to theUniversity as a School was being consid­ered, and he placed us further in his debtby the way in which he carried out hispresidential duties.

In 1976 a Times Profile stressed that JohnWolfenden was a man who had playedmany parts with outstanding success.Oxford fellow, Headmaster of Uppinghamat the early age of 27 and later of Shrews­bury, Vice-Chancellor of Reading Univers­ity, Chairman of the UGC, Director of theBritish Museum and chairman of innumer­able commissions and committees. Heplaced his own particular stamp on allthese activities and the College Presidencywas no exception. When advice and sup­port were needed, he freely gave of both,and, on several occasions, his discreetinterventions,on behalf of the College. Onformal occasions when distinguishedguests were present at layings of found-

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ation stones, the opening of new buildingsor conferment of Honorary Fellowships,he would preside with grace, wit, and anapposite turn of phrase. In spite of hismanifold achievements, there was no hintof pomposity in his manner and he had agreat gift for friendship.

The College was fortunate in the choiceof its first and only President, and weshould have been hard put to find asuccessor to match him had the needarisen. He was looking forward to theextinction of his office since it meant theestablishment of the new united College asa strong academic entity. We mourn hisloss but rejoice in his great achievements.

H.J.V.T.

Or 0 Ivor JOHN

Dr Ivor John, Lecturer in Organic Chem­istry, died aged 49 on Dec 8 1984following a heart attack in mid-November.His funeral took place in Morriston,Swansea on December 13th 1984. He wasabove all a family man, who was devotedto his beloved wife Margaret, his daughtersNerys and Bethan, and his widowedmother Morfydd. To most of us he wasa congenial friend and respected colleague.He made and retained friends easily, andwas always happiest when in the companyof others. He greeted both friends of longstanding, as well as people he was beingintroduced to for the first time, with thesame cheery smile, warm handshake andwelcoming words.

Dr John had been a member of theAcademic Staff of the Chemistry Depart­ment since 1963, joining the College afterPh. D. studies under Professor C H Hassallat University College Swansea, and post­doctoral research at the MassachussettsInstitute of Technology with ProfessorJ C Sheehan and at Imperial CollegeLondon with Professor Sir Derek Barton.He was a good lecturer who delightedin conveying some of his own enthus-iasm for his subject to students. As atutor he quickly gained the confidence ofstudents and was always prepared to spendmany hours counselling a student indifficulties. Over the years Dr John madea number of useful research contributions;fi rstly in amino acid and peptide chemistryand then more recently in pencillinchemistry. In collaboration with Dr E JThomas and Beechams Pharmaceuticalsa number of patented compounds weresynthesised and several highly regardedpapers published. In the last years of hislife, when he was achieving the greatestsuccess at research and increasing recognit­ion by his peers, he had discovered somenovel rearrangements in penicillin chemistry,

At the time of his death he was workingon the consolidation and publication ofthese important discoveries.

Dr John was the first Safety Officer ofKing's College (1968-73) and in thisperiod struggled against the usual Collegeapathy to make the College more safetyconscious. For this we all owe him aprofound debt. He also made a majorcontribution to the design of he benchesand fittings for the Chemistry laboratoriesin the Strand Building.

Dr John was a keen cricketer and was aregular member of the King's CollegeStaff Cricket Team. He was a veryeffective offspin bowler, but his main tal­ent was as a courageous close to the wicketfielder. His bravery and keen eyesight,coupled with suprising agility, in spite ofhis bulk, enabled him to take some amaz ­ing catches, often with one hand.

As a Welshman Dr John greatly enjoyedand appreciated the culture of his nativeland. He was a very proud of his Welshorigins and was fluent in both the writtenand spoken language. He liked nothingmore than to attend the Welsh NationalEisteddfod whenever he could. Dr Johnloved music and had taught himself toplay the violin, but it was in ChoralSinging that he gained the greate6t pleasure- firstly with the London Welsh Choir andthen with the Royal Choral Society, inwhose concerts he regularly participated.

Dr John, like so many universityteachers he found the present uncertain­ties and continual changes in governmentpolicy towards the universities exceedinglystressful. He was concerned about theKQC Chemistry Department and hisplace in it, although he would undoubt­edly have been a valued and respectedmember of the new Department. Latter-ly Dr John had felt he was working undergreat pressure, and because of his timeconsuming methods of work, the onlyanswer for him was to work longer andlonger hours at the expense of his familylife.

That Dr John was highly regarded andgreatly loved by so many people wasevidenced by the College Chapel beingpacked with his family, colleagues andfriends from so many walks of life, forhis Memorial Service on January 18th

1985. T:-,E choir for the Service wasprovided by some 62 of his fellowmember~ of the Royal Choral Societyconducted bv tt'l:ir distinguishedmusical director, Mr Meredith Davies.

Dr John will be greatly missed by all who

knew him. He was a good man, a veryspecial person.

EUROPEAN HONOUR

Professor F G Jacobs, Professor ofEuropean Law, has been awarded thedecoration of Commander of the Orderof Merit of the Grand Duchy ofLuxembourg for his contributions toEuropean Law.

KING'STECHNICAL STAFFAppointmen s18.2.85 Miss J Biscomb, Trainee Tech­

nician, Audio Visual Unit18.2.85 Mrs N Sheikh, Technician

Education Dept.

CHELSEAAppointments2.1.85 Mr S Austin, Bar Assistant,

Refectory3.1.85 Miss D Carter, Secretary,

Mathematics Dept7.1.85 Mr R Davies, Technical Assist­

ant, Animal H<;use1.5.85 Miss C A Dawson, Research

Assistant, CSME14.1.85 Miss B DeCarle, Research Assist­

ant, Nursing Studies1.1.85 Miss J A D Hall, Senior Rc-search

Officer, Educational ComputingSection, CSME

3.12.84 Mr RAG Harms, Shift PorterMalcolm Gavin Hall

1.1.85 Dr H Kamminga, Lecturer,History and Philosophy ofScience

1.1.85 Mrs V J Rhodes, ResearchOfficer, Educational ComputingCSME

3.12.84 Mr S J Thompson, Porter,Domestic Administration

Resignations

11.1.85 Miss L A Butcher, HousingAssistant, Student Studies

2.1.85 Mr J Cason, Technician,Geology Dept

31.1.85 Miss J M Dawson, ResearchAssistant, Biochemistry Dept

6.1.85 Dr K C Jones, Research Assist­ant, MARC

6.1.85 Mr J V Rantell, Technician,Physiology

11.1.85 Mrs E Verghis, pit LibraryAssistant,

31.1.85 Ms J R Zielstra, Secretary,Building Office

Sir Monty Finniston and Professor Tyrrell with members of staff at the long service awardspresentation

1--COMMITTEE ON TRAININGFOR ACADEMIC STAFF

TEACHING AND LEARNING INHIGHER EDUCATION COURSE11 - 17 September 1985 at the Uni·versity of Surrey, GuildfordThis course aims to present to partic­ipants a range of teaching techniquesand to discuss problems in teachingand learning in higher education.The course will comprise of lecturesfollowed by group discussion, groupactivities and workshops, pncticelecture sessions and an exhibition ofbooks and educational aids. Thecourse is likely to be suitablE' for moreor less experienced teachers. Complet­ely inexperienced teachers have beenfound to derive considerably lessbenefit from it.

The course fee is £290 and applicationforms can be obtained from MsJackie Leeks, Course Administrator,Dept of Educational Studies (BlockAA),University of Surrey, Guildford GU25XH. Some assistance with thecourse fee can be provided by the

CHELSEA COLLEGE LONGSERVICE AWARDS18 staff members of Chelsea Collegerecently received long service awards ina presentation at Stanley House.

In a ceremony attended by Sir MontyFinniston, the Chairman of Council,and Professor Tyrrell, the Principal,

College subject to negotiation andletters of application for subsidy shouldbe sent to Mr Stephen Harrow, Assist­ant Registrar, Strand.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPSFulbright travel grantsA number of travel grants are availableto citizens of the UK and dependentterritories to go to the USA to under­take lecturing or research.

Grants to Visiting Lecturers will beconfined to those who have receivedan invitation to lecture at a Univers­ity or other approved institution ofhigher learning in the USA.Senior Research Scholars shou Idalready have achieved some profession­al standing in their chosen field.Junior nesearch Scholars should notbe older than 30 years and shouldhave, or expect to have, a Ph D.

No application forms will be sent after3 May 1985. Details are available fromUnited States - United Kingdom Educ-

certificates and gifts were given to eachperson to mark 25 years service withthe College.

Those who had completed 25 yearsservice by December 1984 were:Or D.E. AmesOr A.J. BarberOr P.W. BarnardOr S.J. Biel

ational Commission, 6 Porter Street,London W1 M 2HR

Smuts Visiting Fellowship in Common­wealth StudiesApplications are invited for the SmutsVisiting Fellowship in CommonwealthStudies for the academic year 1986-87. The emoluments of the VisitingFellow will be a sum up to £6,000.Preference will be given to promisingyounger scholars from the overseascountries of the Commonwealth whohave shown distinction in their field ofstudy, but applications from candidatesin the UK will also receive consideration.Further details are available from theSecretary of the Managers of the SmutsMemorial Fund, General Board Office,The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 HT.

CHANGED APPLICATION DATEFOR BRITISH ACADEMY GRANTLARGER PERSONAL RESEARCHGRANTSThese are limited in number, non-renew­able and available only to serving mem-

Or J.H. BottingMr R.F. BranchOr W.G. BrittonOr R.A. BrownMiss A. CalveleyOr S.R. ChantOr D. F. EveredMr R.W. HatherellMrs J. HironsOr R.O. MuirOr H.G. PinsentOr B. V. SmithMr D. StorerOr J. Thomas

bers of staff of universities, polytechnics,and other institutions of higher educationin the United Kingdom. It is intendedthat these Larger Personal ResearchGrants will cover such costs as researchassistance and grants of up to £10,000will be awarded. The closing date forapplications fur this new category ofawards has now been changed to30 April 1985. Further details and app­lication forms may be obtained fromthe Secretary, The British Academy,20-21 Cornwall Terrace, London NWI4QP. Tel: 487 5966.

2149 ORRISON, Or R.121 Strand Building

2155 SKI ER, iss M.113 Strand Building

Amendments2142 BATE MA , Professor J.B.

131 Strand Building2119 BIDDLES, Mrs E.

G30 Strand Building2154 HEATHCOTE, Mrs G.

114 Strand Building2715 HOLWILL, Or M.E.J.

Q123 Quad. Labs.

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ICHETTE, Or A.G.G27 Strand BuildingNESLE, iss S.116 Strand BuildingPRICE, Professor W.C.Q127 Quad. Labs.SI LVESTE R, Or . R.S.Q125 Quad. Labs.SPRACKLlNG, Or M.T.G29 Strand BuildingWEISS, Professor R.J.26B Main Building

Careful consideration is now being given to the recommendations contained in aReport by the KQC Estates Accommodation Policy O:>mmittee, under the Chairman­ship of Professor Peter Stott, on the short and medium term uses of KQC accomm­odation.

OVERSEAS TUITION FEESThe Finance Committee, at its meeting0[1 29 January 1985, approved the foll­owing fees in 1985/86 for overseasstudents (other than students continuingcourses which began before I September1980):

THE STOTT REPORT Accommodation Plans for KQC

ACCOMMODATION WANTEDA senior lecturer from the Western Aust­ralia Institute of Technology wishes tospend a sabbatical period at King's andwould be interested in a house exchangefor the period October 1985 - January1986. His family consists of two adultsand two children and his house is in thesun in Perth!

Anyone interested should contact D.J.Malcolme- Lawes, Chemistry Departmentin the first instance.

Arts CoursesScience CoursesClinical Coursesin Medicine andDentistry

£3,310£4,350

£8,050

BACKGROUND AND CURRENT STRATEGY

In making its recommendations the Committee had the following major objectives inmind:

- cohesion and vigour of academic activities- practicable reductions in running costs arising from buildings and from split

site activities- generation of capital from sale of properties- longer-term strategy

Current strategy is to establish a central campus based on the Strand, Cornwall Houseand part of Somerset House. The Government have agreed in principle to make Corn­wall House available and acquisition of parts of Somerset House remains a possibility.However, although KQC must remain optimistic it should also realise that the earliestpossible occupation of Cornwall House would be Summer 1987 (with 1988 being morerealistic) and that as yet no date can be attached to Somerset House. Immediatesolutions to pressing problems must therefore be arrived at now, but in a way thatwill not prejudice longer-term planning.

BROAD OPTIONS

Or R.B. Miller, a visiting academic fromthe Physics Department at La TrobeUniversity, Australia is seeking to renta comfortable house, with at least threebedrooms, within reasonable commutingdistance of Royal Holloway College.The house will be needed from Mayuntil January 1986.

Or Miller can be contacted at La TrobeUniversity, Bundoora Victoria, Australia3083, te!. (03) 478 3122. Alternatively,Or lan Fleming (te!. Maidenhead 37464)can help with arrangements.

STRAND CAMPUS INTERNALTELEPHONE DIRECTORY

Additions2792 FREAKE, Mr A.J.

22A Main Building

Consideration starts with the Strand site. Arts are established there - it would seemsensible to continue this. Moves already completed (the consolidation of Physics,the location of Computing and a substantial Chemistry, Engineering and Mathematicspresence) concentrate Physical Sciences there too and make it reasonable to progresstowards complete integration. The space required to achieve such integration is, inthe Committee's opinion, possible to find in the long and the short term. This isnot the case with Life Sciences and the Committee feel that it would not be possibleto achieve their integration on the Strand; Life Sciences would be ideally located atCornwall House and in the short-term should consolidate away from the Strand site.

Outside the Strand, moves already complete or in train .leave the Kensington site withhardly any spare space and some Chelsea sites under-occupied. With financial consid­erations in mind the intensive use of Kensington and the careful rationalisation ofparticular Chelsea sites must be the aim.

RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee firmly proposed the following scheme:

a. - full consolidation of Education at the King's Roadb. - full oonsolidation of Mathematics, Physics, Cl"emistry and Computing on the

Strand and some consolidation of electronicsc. - full consolidation of Pharmacology in the Chelsea Chemistry buildingd. - full consolidation of biology (plant sciences, cell biology and zoology)

at Kensington subject to additional plant growth facilities being vacated-

OR STOOOART LEAVES KING'S

Dr Michael Stoddart joined the College asa Lecturer in Zoology. He had obtainedhis BSc and Ph D at the University ofAberdeen, and followed this by a year atOxford, where he held a NERC Postdoc­toral Fellowship in the Animal EcologyResearch Group and at Worcester College.He was promoted to Reader in Zoology inOctober 1984.

Mike's research interests were mainly con­cerned with the biological significance ofthe production of scent and pheromones(aerially transmitted substances that mod­ify behaviour) by mammals. His studiescommenced with work on the physiolog­ical control of scent production in thewater vole in relation to its growth, dev­elopment and reproductive biology. Overthe next 17 years, these studies widenedto include various aspects of mammalianecology, and the possible use of olfactorystimuli in rodent pest control. In partic­ular, Mike's recent work has suggestedthat much fundamental research on pop­ulation numbers in small mammals hasbeen fatally flawed because workers hadnot appreciated that the animals' behav­iour can be greatly influenced by odourscaused by the trap's use in previous trap­ping experiments. These research activit­ies led to the publication of many scien­tific papers and a number of books. Mikealso took a considerable role in theadministrative life of the Department andCollege, and in both national and inter­national scientific societies.

In teaching, too, Mike Stoddart was anactive and enthusiastic member of staff,and his courses in Vertebrate Biology,The Social Biology of Mammals andApplications of Ecology were always pop­ular with students. His lectures were notconcerned merely with transmitting fact­ual information, but more with the train­ing in scientific methodology that under­lay the particular area of zoology. Hisbreadth of knowledge of living animalswas considerable and this, together withhis lively personality, led to him being aregular contributor to scientific prog­rammes on the radio and, more recently,also on TV.

Mike Stoddart left the College in Januaryto take up a new appointment as Headof the Department of Zoology in theUniversity of Tasmania. His many friendsin the College will miss him greatly, butbe glad of the knowledge that their newlife wi 11 offer many greater opportunitiesfor Mike, his wife Brigitte and their threechildren. C.B.C.

Half Moon Lane to be vacatede. - rationalisation of Chelsea space to vacate Bridges Place, Pulton Place and

Hortensia Road, to include the consolidation of HES at Manresa Road.

This scheme is not an already negotiated decision but rather an attempt to lead andclarify discussions and consultation. Academic activities have been the principalconsideration but ancillary requirements (libraries, lecture rooms, administration,cor-1puting, social) although probably adequately provided for, wi 11 need to becarefully checked.

The Committee is quite clear that they r.egard this option as a positive response tocurrent uncertainties and one that provides maxi mum practicable consolidation. Eachcomponent of the move has a multiple significance and any department that mightfeel disadvantaged should be encouraged by the knowledge that their move is avital contribution to the best progress of the College.

THE FOLLOW UP

Departments have been asked to consider their reactions to the proposals in the Rep­ort and ,a number have already responded. At the same time the cost of the movesis being worked out.

The College is putting a high priority on establishing its accommodation plat'l. It isnow urgent to follow up the departmental moves which have already taken place orare in hand with other moves which will serve the twin objectives of academic consol­idation and improvement of finances, looking always to the final objective of a singlecentral campus.

Dr Michael Stoddart (left of the picture) at an informal reception held to wish him well inhis move to Tasmania.

photo by Alan Howard

STUDENT NEWS

PLANS FOR RAG WEEK

from the Rag Chairman, CatherineCharnaud

May I firstly, as Vice-President( Internal)and on behalf of the Students' UnionExecutive, congratu late ProfessorSutherland on his appointment asPrincipal of King's College.

I would like now to give a brief accountof some of the events planned forRag Week this year. The Hit S(:uad willbe operating all week from March 4-8and a nominal fee of £5 will ensuretotal immunity from the effects of thislucrative venture - should you disagreewith a fellow lecturer on certain topicsI'm sure we can, with the help of yourmoney, persuade them to change theirminds!

Street collections will be held inWestminster and Lambeth on TuesdayMarch 5 and in the City on ThursdayMarch 7. This, along with collections

UNIVERSITY NEWS

LORD FLOWERSLord Flowers, Rector of Imperial Col­lege, is recovering from a heart attackwhich was sustained on 15 January. Heis under medical supervision, and hasdecided with regret to retire a fewmonths early from his chairmanship ofthe Committee of Vice-Chancellors andPrincipals, in addition to resting fromCollege duties until the summer term.

Professor Swanson, the Pro Rector ofImperial College, will act on behalf ofthe Rector for the remainder of thisterm, and Maurice Shock, Vice-Chancel­lor of the University of Leicester willtake over as Chairman of the CVCPearlier than originally planned.

Lord Flowers will commence his dutiesas Vice-Chancellor of the University ofLondon in September.

UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRAPLAYS TO SAVE THE CHILDRENA concert by the University of Londonorchestra at The Queen Elizabeth Hall onMonday 4 March will be given in thepresence of the University's Chancellor,HRH The Princess Anne.

All proceeds from the concert will go tothe Save The Children Fund, of whichPrincess Anne is President.

at specified tube stations, should be ourgreatest money-spinner and any help,no matter how small, will be mucha,::preciated. Collecting tins and infor­mation can be obtained during Rag Weekfrom the 3rd floor of the Macadamor directly from me. We hope tohave events going on all day aroundthe boroughs to help any collectorsenjoy themselves.

The Rag March around the Aldwychwill be on Thursday March 7, BowStreet Police permitting!

Posters of events will be available soonand I hope that staff will enter intothe spirit of Rag

This year the money received will begoing to the Greater London Fundfor the Blind and to St Mary-Ie-Strand.Please give generously (eight A gradesin my exams will be fine!),

Don't forget Rag - March 4 - 8. I hopethat the next COMMENT can carry areport of the large sums raised.

REMEMBER RAG- MARCH 4-8

The programme includes Debussy'sL'Apres midi d'un Faun and Tchaikovsky'sSymphony No 6 (PathetiqueJ, as well asworks by Chabrier and Honneger.

Founded in 1955, the University ofLondon Orchestra now draws its 80 play­ers from students at some 25 of theUniversity's colleges and institutes. Thebulk of the members are not specificallystudyi ng music. In 1980, the Un iversityof London Orchestra celebrated its 25thanniversary and the conductor, Ian Reid,was appointed the first Director of Musicof the University of London Union.Since then, the orchestra has identifiedclosely with the performance of modernmusic. It has twice commissioned works,from the composers Nicola Lefanu andJudith Weir. Of the performance by theorchestra of Judith Weir's The Ride OverLake Constance in 1984, the Times wrote:'They gave the piece with the kind ofspirited confidence that most composersonly dream about: The orchestra has alsogiven the first British performance ofCantus Arcticus by the Finnish composerRautavaara.

The orchestra is based at and funded bythe University of London Union.

Tickets for the concert are available fromthe Royal Festival Hall Box Office (9283191) or from the Concert Manager atULU (590 9551 x238). Prices range from£2 to £5.

LIBRARY NEWS

Library Opening Hours in theEaster Vacation

ChelseaFrom Wednesday 20 March to Tuesday

23 April, the Library will open 0900 ­1800. The Library closes for Easter at1700 on Thursday 4 April and reopensat 0900 on Wednesday 10 April.

KingsFrom Wednesday 20 March to Tuesday23 April, the Library will open 0930 ­1630. SBI, SB4 and Laws will remainopen until 1745.

The librnry closes for Easter at 1545 onWednesday 3 April, and reopens at0930 on Tuesday 9 April.

Because of staff shortages, reading roomswill be closed as follows:SBI Tuesday 1230 - 1630SB2 Friday 1230 - 1630SB3 Wednesday 1230 - 1630SB4 Monday 0930 - 1330SB5 Friday 0930 - 1330EarthSciences Wednesday 0930 - 1330Engineering Tuesday 0930 - 1330Music Thursday 0930 - 1330Old Library Monday and Thursday

1230 - 1630 (access forreader places via LawsLibrary.

SB5, Earth Sciences, Engineering andMusic will close daily between 1230and 1330.

Biophysics and Plant Sciences will openat all times when the Department is open.

The French library will be closed throu­ghout the vacation. The Old Librarystaff will fetch any books requiredand accept returned books.

KCSMDNormal opening hours will operate. TheLibrary closes for Easter at 1700 onThursday 4 April and reopens at 0900on Tuesday 9 Apri I.

GECFrom Thursday 21 March to Tuesday23 April, the Library will open 0930 ­1730. It will close for Easter at 1530on Thursday 4 April and reopen at0930 on Tuesday 9 April.

COURT GRANT OF £50000FOR THE LIBRARY ,

The Court of the University of Londonhas recently awarded a grant of £50,000to the Library for use in converting alarge part of the library catalogue onto the University of London Shared

Cataloguing Scheme. The grant will beused mainly to employ staff to impl­ement the project which will concentrateon subjects where the merger is caus-ing the movement of departments tonew sites. It is hoped that ultimatelythe full catalogue will be available on­line to all library users.

GENERAL EWS

CANTERBURY TO LONDONA CHANGING PERSPECTIVE

A Report on a walk for charity fromThe Revd Christopher MoodyChaplain, KCL

I would like to thank all the people whosponsored me on the Crisis for Christmaswalk from Canterbury to London lastterm. As they know to their cost, thewalk was 60 miles long and took twodays. This year it attracted nearly 600walkers mostly in their last year at school.This made the walk a mammoth feat oforganisation and gave it a peculiar atmos­phere - a cross between a school outingAldermaston march and animal rightsdemonstration.

Many people asked me before the walk'Are you walking the Canterbury way?'The answer is 'No, the A2' - all the waythat is to Rochester, where we switchedto the A226. At frequent intervals alongthe route, we stopped at Church andCommunity Halls for hot drinks, foodand first aid. There were always queuesat these stops, especially as the walkprogressed, for first aid. and I graduallydeveloped the illusion we were particip­ants in some kind of disaster. Never wasthis illusion more acute than on Saturdaynight in the Sports Hall at Northfleet whereabout 450 of us were fed and beddeddown. By this time, my mind was run- .ning a film reel of 'Threads' which I hadseen a couple of weeks before. Thewhole situation was so bizarre, I forgotthe discomfort and began to enjoy it.

Unlike most of the 15 or so studentsfrom King's who did the walk with me,I did not aquit myself well. I have al­ways considered myself fairly fit andsomeone who enjoys a good walk;but we had to do 36 miles on the firstday and at 9.00pm with some 3 milesstill to go, I could resist the temptationno longer and collapsed into a pubsettee with a pint. Once I was down,I could not get up. After 15 miles, themuscles in my thighs had already seizedup and shortened my stride. By Sat­urday night I had lost all shyness and

received massage for the first time.The fourth time I asked for treatmentat the St John's Ambulance stationat Blackheath, two 12 or 13 year oldgirls were ordered to take a leg each,but after giggling nervously, theybacked into a corner of the caravanand a grandmother with very stronghands took over. This was Sundayafternool1 by which time I was amongthe last of those still walking. We hadall set off from Northfleet at 830am.The first walker arrived at St George'sSouthwark at l.00pm. I did not arriveuntil after 7.00pm.

The walk taught me how much myidea of myself as a warm, kind, un-selfish sort of person depended on myneed for material comforts being met.I now know that very little divides mefrom the vagrant alcoholic in whoseinterests I had undertaken the walk. Fromnow on I shall regard his efforts just tokeep himself clean as worthy of myrespect

MEETING TO COMMEMORATETHE SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVE ­MENTS OF SIR JOHN RANDALLERSSir Nevill Matt, FRS, Nobel Laureate andProfessor Maurice Wilkins, CBE, FRS,Nobel Laureate, together with theLord Zuckerman, OM, KCB, FRS werespeakers at the Meeting to Commemor­ate the Scientific Achievements ofSir John Randall, FRS, on ThursdayFebruary 14 in ti,e Great Hall.

Sir Nevill Matt in conversation withProfessor Maurice Wilkins in the Great Hall.

photo by Fleur Chapman

Sir John Randall was one of the mostillustrious members of the College.Before he came to King's he had invent­ed, with Or H A H Boot, the cavitymagnetron which was to prOVide thekey to the development of short-waveradar during the Second World War andthus led to the defeat of the GermanU-Boats in the Battle of the Atlantic..Sir John was appointed WheatstoneProfessor of Physics in 1946. Hecreated and became head of the Depart­ment of Biophysics in 1961 and his workhere established King's as a leadingcentre in pionaering the developmentof molecular biology.

ACU PUBLICATIONSThe Association of Commonwealth Uni­versities issues many more publicationsthan the widely-known CommonwealthUniversities Yearbook. Their current list oftitles includes:

Research Opportunities in CommonwealthDeveloping Countries: A RegisterTechnological Innovation: University RolesAwards for Commonwealth University Acad­emic StaffGrants for Study Visits by University Admin­istrators and LibrariansScholarships Guide for Commonwealth Post­graduate StudentsFinancial Aid for First Degree Study at Com­monwealth UniversitiesACU Bulletin of Current Documentation(A BCD)List of University Institutions in the Common­wealthHigher Education in the United Kingdom: AHandbook for Students and their advisersThe Association of Commonwealth Universities:What it is and what it doesBritish Universities' Guide to Graduate StudyThe Compendium of University EntranceRequirements for First Degree Courses in theUnited Kingdom

Details of the above publications areavailable from ACU, John Foster House,36 Gardon Square, London, WC1 H OPF

ATHLONE PRESS REQUESTMATERIALThe Athlone Press was the official pub­lishing house for the University until 1979and it preserves a strong relationship withthe University through the body of anAcademic Advisory Board composed ofmembers of the University. Athlone con­tinues to welcome manuscripts fromsenior members of the University, espec­ially first books from younger academics.Submissions should be made to the Man-

Richard Longhurst (with the beard), Joan Fennel! (right) and Elspeth Young (back) at theKing's stand at CONFEX. The stand was organised in conjunction with the University ofLeeds and seated to Richard's left is the Leeds conference organiser.

aging Director, Mr Brian Southam at 44Bedford Row, London WC1 R 4LY.

STUDY SKILLS SEMINARSTwo seminars on Study skills arrangedby the Student Counselling Service willtake place on Wednesday March 6 and13 in Room 8B (Ground Floor, MainBuilding, King's) from 1.00 -2.00pm.Items covered on March 6 will include:

efficient note-takingtackling text bookshow to revise effectivelyhow to prepare for exams

and on March 13how to avoid panickinghow to cope with lack of con­centrationti,e dangers of overwork

These seminars are intended to providestudents with a practical and realisticapproach to studying and the takingof exams, so please jog their memoriesand feel free to come along yourselves.Notices will be put around the College.

CONFEX '85Having returned from Confex feelingsomewh<lt shattered, it was to discover ina letter from the organisers that' Lastweek London enjoyed (?) the lowest tem­peratures of any part of the civilisedworld'. The letter goes on to say thatthe Barbican heating system suffered aminor breakdown in trying to deal withthis problem. I dread to think how coldit would have been with a major break­down, as it felt like the arctic circle mostof the time!

Confex is an exhibition of organisationswith conference space to sell, and in thecase of the merging Colleges, holidayaccommodation as well. We three, JoanFennell (Chelsea College), Elspeth Young(GEC) and myself, spent three eight-hourdays chatting to prospective buyers forall our worth and trying to convince themthat a campus venue was most desirablefrom every aspect.

It really is an eye-opener to see thestands of the conference towns, andalso the stately homes and castles. Thecompetition is very fierce, and some ofthe participants spend a fortune on pre­sentation. KGC on the other hand had avery limited budget, but the stand lookedvery good and was the only one with agenuine Hall of Residence bed! Trybefore you buy!

We walked the whole exhibition withtrays of heart-shaped biscuits, and the

penalty for accepting one was to take abrochure (which was actually out ofsight when the biscuit was proferred).We were dressed in undergraduate gownsanc mortar boards, and really felt wecouldn't compete with the two girls fromthe Canadian stand. Dressed as mountiesin red coats the length of mini skirts,they were without trousers, but withblack silk stockings. We have photos toprove it!

Most organisers have made plans for1985, but we all hope that by Augustof this year we shall reap the rewards ofour labours in the form of masses ofbookings for 1986 and perhaps '87 aswell.

Our special thanks to the Porters and

photo by Roger West

Driver from Chelsea College for movingall of the furniture to the Barbican, toBrenda Brown for the very 'quici'fsupplyof bedside cabinets, to Pam Jones andFrances Johnson for new photographs,and to Roger West for taking photo­graphs at the exhibition.

Thanks also to Peter Hoffman andDennis Alien for obtaining 400 heart­shaped biscuits, which were a greatsuccess and which tasted delicious, andfinally to all of you who came to Con­fex to give us a bit of support. See youall again next year!

Richard Longhurst

ProffSsor Norma Rinsler introduces MironGrindea at the start of the ADAM Lecture.

THE ADAM LECTURE 1985

CULTIVATING ONE'S GARDEN:THESTORY OF 'ADAM'

The Adam Lecture, which, it is hoped,will become an annual event, was heldin the Great Hall on Wednesday 20February with great success. In hisinimitable style, Miron Grindea, Editorof the Adam International Review, gavea fascinating and highly entertainingaccount of some of the highlights inthe journal's forty five years.

Miron Grindea's Anglo-French literary

Ronald Harwood who read poems fromADAM at the end of the Lecture.

quarterly has been, since its beginningsa rallying point for writers and artists ofof all nations, some well established,some making their debut In this uniqueReview. The archives, which have nowbeen offered to King's, represent awhole cultural hiHory of our time, withhundreds of autographed drawings,manuscripts and letters from promin·ent contributers such as Chagall,Cocteau, T S Eliot, Graham Greeneand Stravinsky. In his lecture MironGrindea paid tribute to the invaluablesupport and friendship of the FrenchDepartment at King's and particularly

Miron Grindea in conversation with VanessaDavies, the ADAM cataloguer, at a Receptionfollowing the Lecture.

tt' the efforts of Proff'ssor Denis Sauratill the early days of Adam and morerecently et Professor Phi lip Oustonand Professor Norma Rinsler.

Poems published in A dam were re::'.:by Professor Eric Mottram of theEn~lish Department and by RonaldHarw0od, the autl,or and playwright.There was also an exhibition of someof the treasures of the collection.

The next edition of COMMENT willcarry a more detailed article on thehistory and future of ADAM.

P. HoffmanCatering Officer

I therefore hope, whenever possible, touse Comment to advise customers of therelevant dates when the numbersattending these lunches mean we are un·able to accept further bookings, or in­deed need to close the room.

Thursday 28Friday I, Thursday 14,Monday 25, Friday 29

There are likely to be a number ofadditional days during the Easter Vacat·ion when the room will be used solelyfor Conference lunches, and these dateswill be notified to customers in duecourse.

Over the next few weeks the room islikely to be fully booked on the follow­ing days:

February:March:RIVER RESTAURANT

Watch out for the rest of the series:future issues to be dealt with includeTHE POPE'S CAMPAIGN; FOR ANDAGAINST ANIMALS; CHURCH ANDGOVERNMENT; BRITAIN'S MORALSand MULTI-FAITH BRITAIN AND THECHRISTIAN SALVATION.

the 'God·slot' has become in a lot ofviewers minds.'

(The Strand Waitress Service DiningRoom)

Regular customers of this Dining Roomwill know that from time to time it isreserved exclusively for Conferences orDepartmental Special Lunches. Whilethese lunches are important for the Dep­artments concerned and for the financialviability of the Catering Services, I app­reciate that at times customers are notgiven sufficient notice of the days whenthese lunches take place.

PRINCIPAL IS INTERVIEWERON CHANNEL 4

Professor Sutherland is a major contri·butor to a new series of CREDO pres­ented by John Stapleton and beingshown on Channel 4 on Saturdays at7.30pm. Some of you may have seenthe first of the series of six programmeswhich went out last Saturday. February23 in which the Principal interviewed theArchbishop of York.

The new series has a new look, runningfor one hour and moving to Saturdays.Paul Neuberg, Editor of the series, says,'John Stapleton and Stewart Sutherlandbetween them bring a formidable rangeof talents to the task of presentingCREDO...The idea of moving CREDOin among the general run of programmes

is to break dawn the sense a lot ofpeople have that a show like ours isaimed at those who are religious. Itis to bring it out of the ghetto which

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TIME TO THINK

Baroness Warnock in thoughtful mood duringher visit to King's on Monday February 18.

photo by Fleur Chapman

Strand Room 3B20 proved sadly in­adequate to accommodate the amountof people interested in hearing theBaroness Warnock, DBE,MA,BPhilspeak on the subject of LAW, MORALSAND SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD:The audience quickly transferred tothe New Theatre and the l3aonejs spoketo a packed house. This was the thirdin a series of five lunchtime lecturesorganised by the King's Centre ofMedical Law and Ethics.

QEC PROFESSOR'S PUBLICATIONA "CITATION CLASSIC"

The American Institute for ScientificInformation have identified apublication by Professor Robinson,Professor of Biochemistry at QEC,as one of the most cited items in itsfield and have asked him and his co­author, DI Etirling to provide morcinformation on the experiences of theirresearch. The publication in questionis N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidases inhuman spleen. Biochemical J. 107:321­7, 1968.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

PUBLIC LECTURES

Mor-day 4 March1.05pm - 2.15pm Rm 3B20, King'sCONSENT TO MEDICAL AND PSy­CHIATRIC TREATMENT OF MINORSby Mrs Brenda Hoggett, MA, Memberof the Law Commission for Englandand Wales. Organised by the Centreof Medical Law and Ethics

7.30pm Rm Gc, King'sTHE ENCOUNTER OF HELLENICAND HEBREW THOUGHT IN THEFI RST CHRISTIAN CENTURIES byProfessor John Zizioulas, University ofGlasgow. The final lecture in a seriesof five organised by the Hellenic Cult­ural Centre in association with theFaculty of Theology and ReligiousStudies

Tuesday 5 March4.30pm Rm IB06, King'sCivil Engineering Colloquia 1985A NEW LOOK AT OLD SKILLS- R & D FOR UNDERGROUNDPI PES by M J Rouse, Water ResearchCentre

5.30pm Rm 3B20, King'5LANGUAGES AND LITERATUREIN CAPE VERDE

JANGOLA AND

MOZAMBIQUE by Professor RussellG Hamilton, Dean of the GraduateSchool, Vanderbilt University

Thursday 7 March5.30pm New Theatre, King'sThe Halliburton Lecture in Physiology1985INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE: A NEWSECOND MESSENGER IN CELLULARSIGNALLING by Dr M J Berridge, FRS,University of Cambridge

Tuesday 12 March5.30pm Rm 3B20, King'sTHE UNIVERSITY BOOK TRADE INTHIRTEENTH CENTURY PARIS

by Professor Richard H Rouse, Uni­versity of California, Los Angeles.

5.30pm The Great Hall, King'sAnnual London Lecture of the IrishSchool of EcumenicsNO PETTY PEOPLE:The ProtestantExperience in life in the Republic ofIreland by Senator Catherine McGuinnessMA '

Wednesday 13 March5.30pm Food Science Lecture Theatre,

QEC

FOOD SAFETY - FACT OR FANTASYby Professor J Daniel, Life Science Resear·ch Chelmsford

Monday I April6.00pm Wellington HallScientific Meeting of the British Microcirc­ulation SocietyHERESY AND THE BLOOD-BRAINBARRIER by Hugh Davson, DSC

LENT TERM POSTGRADUATE SEM­INAR IN MODERN GREEK LANGUAGESAND LITERATURE

All meetings will be held in the BurrowsLibrary, Kings at 5.00pm

Monday 4 Mar chATTITUDES TO BYZANTIUM OF THE19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURYGREEK INTELLECTUALS AND WRITERSby Marianna Spanaki, University of Birm­ingham.Monday 11 MarchWITH THE DEEP DESIRE OF ALBANIAIN MY HEART: SURREALISM AND NEO­HELLENSIM IN THE POETRY OF NIKOSENGONOPOULOS by Yannis Karavidas,University of Essex and BBC ExternalServicesTuesday 19 MarchTURKISH INCURSIONS IN CRETANLITERATURE; 1570 - 1669 by RosemaryBancroft - Marcus, Lausanne

CREATIONA One - Day ConferenceThursday 7 MarchIO.OOam - 5.15pm The Great Hall, Kings

10.OOam - 1I.15am Session IGENESIS I AS REVEALED TRUTH byProfessor R E Clements, King's CollegeLondonRESPONSE by Dr Julian Baldick , King'sCollege London11.I5am Coffee1I.45am - 1.00pm Session 1ITHE MORAL LIMITS OF DOMINIONby The Revd. Andrew Linzey, ChaplainUniversity of Essex and Professor KeithWard, King's College London2.15pm - 3.30pm Session IIIISAAC NEWTON CREATION AND THENEW SCIENCE by Professor P M Rattan·si, University College LondonDISENCHANTING THE UNIVERSE?by Dr E A Duffy, Magdalene College,Cambridge3.30pm Tea4.00pm - 5.15pm Session IVTHE REDUNDANT CREATOR? by TheRevd. D W Hardy, University of Birming­ham and Mr P A Byrne, King's CollegeLondon

Admission is free with out a ticket

SEMINAR IN HUMANTIES COMPUTING

Tuesday 12 March6.00pm Westfield CollegeCOMPUTERISING THE DOMESDAYBOOK by Or John Palmer, Universityof Hull

Please noteAnyone interested in receiving regulardetails of the activities of the Seminarshould write to rs Christine Brown,Computer Centre, King's College or toMr Francois Crompton-Roberts, Comp­uter Unit, Westfield College

COLLOQUIUM ON GREEK DRAMAin henour r,fProfessor R P WINNINGTON-INGRAM

This will take place at the Strand onSATURDAY MARCH 16 from 10am to6pm. There will be a Reception forProfessor Winnington-Ingram at 6pm.The day is organised by the Societyfor the Promotion of Hellenic Studiesand tic.l<l ts 2nd further details can beobtained from the Classics Departmentat the Strand.

THE GROSVENOR LIGHT OPERACOMPANY

A Gilbert and Sullivan Double Bill of

THE SORCERER and TRIAL BY JURY

Wednesday 17 - Saturday 20 Aprilin The New Theatre, King's CollegeLondon at 7.30pmTickets: £4.00 and £3.50All seats numbered and reserved The Rt Hon Earl Jellicoe, Chairman of the King's College Council, at his installation as

Chancellor of the University of Southampton in January of this year.

photo courtesy of Solent News Agency

Report courtesy of the University of Southampton New Reporter

Lord Jel/icoe's great grandfather had been three times Mayor of Southampton, hisgrandfather Marine Superintendent and his father, the first Earl Jellicoe, was bornjust down the road from the University. With the City so much in his blood, LordJel/itoe said it was a special pleasure to be asked to become Chancellor of theUniversity.

THANK YOU ALL FOR A SIMPLY SPI FFING DAY This was LordJellicoe's message to the many members and friends of Southampton Universitywho gathered to celebrate his formal installation as Chancellor. BE kre the install­ation the honorary degree of LLD was conferred on Lord Jel/icoe. The Public Oratorspoke of Lord Jellicoe's wartime gallantry which won him the DSO and MC forcommando operations behind enemy lines - a suitable preparation, the Oratorobserved, for running a modern university. He then spoke of Lord Jellicoe'sdistinct careers after leaving Trinity with a first: a career in the diplomatic. ser'Jice inWashington, Brussels and Baghdad followed by a political rise to become Le?der ofthe House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal in Edward Heath's government: then followeda dfstinYL'ished business career culminating in the Presidency of the London Chamberof Commerce and the Chairmanship of Tate and Lyle: then a fourth career as achampion of scholarship and scientific research as Chairman of the King's CollegeCouncil and of tl e Medical Research Council.

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