Bulletin Vol. 4 No. 6 Mar 1968

• United College has introduced a Student Counselling Service as from February 1968, with the object of promoting closer staff-student relation­ ships and development of students' well-integrated personality. In itially, only first and final year students w ill be given counsel and guidance during the 1967-68 session, and forty seven members of the academic and administrative staffs of the College w ill act as counsellors to them, each counsellor taking charge of 5 to 7 students. • Chung Chi College recently received 544 lbs. o f drugs and medical supplies donated by the D irect Relief Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, which would be of great use to the College C linic and Infirmatory. • W ith the object of giving further guidance to students, the Office of the Dean of Students at New Asia College invited Mrs. F.S. Hutchins to give an informal talk on health problems fo r first year female students on 15th February. Mrs. Hutchins also spoke to women undergraduates o f the College on ‘‘Fam ily Planning" on 29th February. Mrs. Hutchins is the wife of Dr. Francis S. Hutchins, Representative of the Yale-in-China Association. She received the M .D . from Yale University and has been in the medical practice fo r many years. When Dr. Hutchins was principal at Berea College, she contributed much to health education. • Professor Donald M. Murray, Fulbright Lec turer visiting the University of Hong Kong, com menced teaching a course in American Literature at United College on 15th February fo r the remainder of the 1967-68 academic year. His services have been made available to the College through the arrangements made by the U.S. Consulate General and the University o f Hong Kong. • Mrs. Florence H o ， Lecturer in Social Work at Chung Chi College, attended as representative of the University the Seminar on Relationship of Social Work Education to Development of Needs and Problems in the ECAFE Region held in Bangkok from 29th January to 9th February. • A t the seminar held by the Philosophy Departmental Club of New Asia College on 25th February, M r. Ng Man Wah reported on “ The Philosophy of C ivilization of A .N . Whitehead". • M r. Peter P.F. Chan, Chairman of the Po Leung Kuk and Charter President of Lions Club of Happy Valley, donated 138 old books to the United College Student Union in early February. These w ill form part of the collection of books at the Union's lending library. • A get-together Chinese New Year lunch party to r staff members of Chung Chi College was held on 2nd February in the College Staff Club, It was well attended by over one hundred and twenty members. • M r. Hsin-nung Yao, Lecturer in Chinese Literature at United College, spoke on 'Translation' at the seminar held by the Department of Chinese Literature of New Asia College on 15th February. The Department also invited M r. Shiu-shang Wong, Senior Lecturer at Chung Chi College, to speak on “ A Comparison of the Prose Works of Han Yu and L iu Tsung Tuan" at a second seminar on 29th February. • By courtesy of the Goethe Institute, a prize- winning film entitled “ We Prodigal Children of Boom” was shown at United College on 15th February. The film was a review of the history of Germany during the last forty years. Before screening, Dr. U.C. Fischer, V isiting Lecturer in German, gave a brief introductory talk. • Dr. Y. K. Chau, Chairman of the Chemistry Department at Chung Chi College, published a paper on ‘‘The Component Combined Am ino Acids of Some Marine Phytoplankton Species” in the Journal of Marine Biological Association, U .K . Vol. 47 ， 543-554, 1967. • A t the Annual Quadrangular Track and Field Meet organized by the A thletic Club of H.K.U.S.U., representatives of the New Asia College team came first in the long jump and second in the 200 metres dash events. • The United College Student Union presented ‘‘The Happy Journey", a one-act play by the well- known American dramatist T. W ilder at the third Drama Festival sponsored by the Hong Kong Federation o f Students held at the C ity Hall on 24th and 25th February and won the Best Per formance award. Miss Julia H. Tao and Miss Linda K .Y . Lam, 1st and 2nd year Sociology 一 5 —