Bulletin Vol. 6 No. 1 Sep 1969

Geography is split into Department of History and Department of Geography, Department of Economics and Business Administration is split into Department of Economics and Department of Business Administration, Department of Sociology and Social Work is split into Department of Sociology and Department of Social Work. A new Faculty of Social Science has been established in Chung Chi College, starting from this academic year. This faculty includes Department of Business Administration, Department of Economics, Department of Geography, Department of Social Work and Department of Sociology. • Under the joint sponsorship of the Student Counselling Office and the Student Union, the orientation of new students of Chung Chi College was held from 1st to 5th September on the campus. During the orientation the freshmen were addressed by Dr. C.T. Yung, President of the College, and Mr. R.N. Rayne, Vice-President of the College. Tea receptions were given by Dr. Yung and Departmental Chairmen . • Freshmen of United College were given a four- day orientation before the 1969 term commenced on 8 th September. The programme began with an Orientation Assembly held on 3rd September in the College Hall and attended by over 200 freshmen and staff members. In his address to the Assembly, Mr. T.C. Cheng, President of the College, among other things, defined the College's aim as endeavouring to provide a liberal education and exhorted the students to place due emphasis on extracurricular activities in order to achieve an all-round personality. Mr. Chow Yui-cheung, President of the Student Union, spoke of the importance of student participation i n all aspects of College activities, including its administration. The heads of Departments and the College Library staff also delivered talks during the orientation. • New Asia College announced the appointment of sixty advisers for the academic year 1969/1970. A l l first-year students of the College were invited to meet their advisors at a tea party given by Dr. Y.T. Shen, President of the "College, on 8th September. • Prof. L iu Tsun-yan of Australian National University delivered a talk on "The various aspects of studying the history of Taoism" on 18th September at Chung Chi College. This was the first of a series of public lectures of this term sponsored by the Department of Chinese and Oriental Languages and Literature of Chung Chi College. • Rev. Ernest Gordon, Dean of the Chapel, Princeton University, gave a talk on "The University as a Place of Revolution" at the College Assembly of Chung Chi College on 19th September. Members of the administrative and academic staff and students of the College attended the Assembly. • Dr. A . T . Roy, Vice-President for Public Relations, Chung Chi College, was invited to be the Editor of the Chung Chi Journal to succeed Dr. George Wong. • Dr. S.W. Tam, Lecturer in Chemistry and Dean of Science Faculty of Chung Chi College left on 7th September to attend the International Mass Spectrometry Conference held in Kyoto from 8th to 13th September. After the conference, Dr. Tam proceeded to the Hitachi factory at Naka Works to carry out some research work in using their mass spectrometers. • Dr. S.H. Kwan, Chairman of the Physics Department of Chung Chi College, was invited by Professor Lyon of Physics Department, the University of Hong Kong, to serve as one of the external assessors in an M.Sc. oral examination on 8th September. • New Asia College held its 114th Monthly Assembly, presided over by Dr. Y.T. Shen, President of the College, on 12th September. A t the Assembly, the Dean of Studies introduced the new staff and delivered a report on academic affairs, followed by the reports of the Comptroller and the Dean of Students of the College. • Mr. Lyon Y. Lee, Acting Registrar of Chung Chi College, left for the U.S.A. on 13th September to pursue further studies at Columbi a University. Dr. Philip Fu, Lecturer in Business Administration, has been appointed Acting Registrar concurrently. • Mrs. Chow Lam Lin-sen, Lecturer in Chinese of Chung Chi College, left for Singapore on 16th September to do research on the relationship between the Chinese and Malay dialects during her nine months' long leave. • Miss Lee Hei-man, Lecturer in Social Work of Chung Chi College, left for Canada on 16th September to carry out research work at Toronto University. • New Asia College announced on 17th September its decision to permit student representatives to participate in certain boards and committees of the College on a tentative and experimental basis for one year. — 1 5 —