Bulletin Vol. 4 No. 1 Oct 1967

COMINGS AND GOINGS Δ T he Vice-Chancellor, D r . L i , left for Britain in m i d - J u ly to attend the Council Me e t i ng of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. A t the end of August, he attended, also in England, the Conference of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of Overseas University Institutions associated w i th the Inter- University Council for Higher Education Overseas. D u r i ng the interval between the July and August meetings, D r . L i made a trip to the Un i t ed States on business of the University and spent a short period with his children in Berkeley, California. He returned to H o n g K o ng on 9 September. On 29 September, D r . L i flew to the Un i t ed States to attend an International Conference on the Wo r ld Crisis in Education under the Joint Chairmanship of D r . John W . Gardner, Secretary of Health,Education, and Welfare of the Un i t ed States Government, and President James Perkins of Cornell University. T h e Conference was held f r om 5 to 9 October, at Williamsburg, Virginia. Being a member of the Planning Committee of the Conference, D r . L i also took part in planning sessions last February in the Un i t ed States. Δ D r. Francis Hutchins, new Representative of the Yale-in-China Association at New Asia College, arrived in Ho ng K o ng on 12 September to fill the post vacated by M r . B.P. Schoyer, who left for the States on 1 August to accept the Associate Directorship of Education and Wo r ld Affairs in New York. Mr s. Hu t c h i ns was expected in Ho ng K o ng later. D r . Hutchins has replaced M r . B.P. Schoyer on the I n t e r - Un i v e r s i ty Relations Committee. Δ M r . Kalervo Tuukkanen, new Visiting Professor of Mu s ic at Chung Chi College, arrived in Ho ng K o n g on 12 September w i th Mr s. Tuukkanen. Δ M r . Craig Chi-yen Wu , newly appointed Assistant Lecturer in Economics at Un i t ed College, arrived on 5 September f r om the Un i t ed States via Ta i wan to assume duty. A A t the invitation of Chung Chi College's Department of Mu s i c, D r . Shigeo Kishibe, Professor at the T o k yo University and internationally known for his research work in oriental music, gave a public lecture on “ T he Mu s ic of T ' a ng Dynasty” at the College on 21 September. Born in T o k yo in 1912, Professor Kishibe was educated in T o k yo Imperial University. A f t er his graduation in 1936, he stayed to teach in his alma mater. Four years later, he began his research in music of T ' a ng Dynasty. For his study in the " M u s i c Organizations in the Court of T ' a n g ", he was awarded the certificate of merit by the Imperial Academy and a doctoral degree by the University of To k y o. He has authored numerous theses and books. D r . Kishibe went to lecture at the University of Washington in 1963. He is concurrently the Director of the Society for Research in Asiatic Mu s ic of Japan and is serving on the Editorial Board of the Society for Ethnomusicology of the U . S . A. He arrived in Ho ng K o ng on 20 September on his way home f r om the International Mu s ic Conference at Teheran. Δ Professor Lee Sang-sun, Director of the Asiatic Centre of Korea University, Korea, visited the Institute of Advanced Chinese Studies and Research of New Asia College on 20 September. A t a tea party given in his honour, Professor Lee lectured on the academic study of Chinese culture in Korea. Δ Professor E. Scoffone of the Instituto di Chimica Organica, Dell' University, Padova, delivered a University lecture at Un i t ed College and visited its Chemistry Department on 5 September. A week later, D r. Herman M . Kalckar, Professor of Biochemistry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, also visited the Chemistry Department of Un i t ed College. Δ Professor Mason R. Smith, Professor of Journalism, resumed duty on 26 August after home leave. Δ D r. S.S. Hsueh, Reader in Public Administration assigned to Un i t ed College, returned to Ho ng K o ng on 13 September after a t wo - mo n th visit to Manila, where he directed an Asian course on Administration of Foreign Relations. T he course was organized and conducted under the j o i nt auspices of the Philippine Government, the Carnegie En d owme nt for International Peace and the Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration, and was attended by over 40 high ranking officials f r om 13 Asian countries. Δ T he Chinese University was represented at the 8th Radio-Isotope T r a i n i ng Course held f r om 15 August to 14 September in Taiwan, D r. Grace P. Y. Ch iu and M r . C . N. L am, Lecturer and Associate Lecturer in Chemistry at Un i t ed College, and M r . Lee Sai-ho and M r . Wo ng Siu-wing, demonstrators of the Chemistry and Physics Departments of New Asia College, returned to Ho ng K o ng on 18 September after attending the training session. T he course was under the j o i nt sponsorship of th e Institute of Nuclear Service of National T s i ng Hua Un i on and the Asia Foundation in Taiwan. T h r o u gh the arrangements made by Asia Foundation's Ta i wan office, the group made an observation tour to see the social and educational developments in Taiwan. Δ Mr s. Eva L i Ko, Lecturer in Social Wo rk at Un i t ed College, returned on 23 September after attending the International Council on Social Welfare 9