Vice-Chancellor's Report 1978-82

Programme of the College. As befitting the nomenclature of the lectures, the first scholar to address New Asia College and the University community was the distinguished historian Dr. Ch'ien Mu himself who made a special trip to return to the College which he founded some thirty years ago. In the following year came Professor Joseph Needham of Cambridge University who gave several lectures on “Science in Traditional China: A Comparative Perspective''. United College also established a similar scheme in 1979/80 to enable scholars of international stature in or outside Hong Kong to visit the College for intellectual discourse and academic exchange. Financed by the United College Endowment Fund, the “DistinguishedVisiting Scholar Scheme”is intended to bring to the College scholars with outstanding academic reputation and research experience to stimulate discussion and enrich College life on campus. Seven distinguished scholars accepted the invitation to spend some time at United College and deliver public lectures to staff and students. Among them were Professor Stuart Schram of the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University and the Nobel Laureate in Physics, Professor C.N. Yang who spoke on “Symmetry and the Physics of the Twentieth Century” . Chung Chi College also had its share of renowned academic visitors who spent time to speak to and discuss with staff and students. Dr. Clark Kerr, Director of the Institute of Industrial Relations of the University of California at Berkeley and an overseas member of the University Council, gave one of his perceptive lectures on Higher Education at Chung Chi College in January 1980. Another important new area for which a start had been made was tutorial. Blessed with a relatively large endowment income, United College initiated tutorial programmes in Chinese and English for their students with the help of College-recruited tutors paid from that income. The programme has since been revised and expanded, and has proved to be most useful to students who either needed extra help or could benefit from special, advanced teaching. I certainly hope that such programmes could be further expanded both in scope and in the topics covered and should like to take this opportunity to reiterate the University's gratitude to all those who have generously contributed to the endowment fund of the College. Apart from organizing activities and programmes, the provision 31