Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 6 Jan 1972

，學同陶恩歐，學同秀湧張：（起左）表代校本 學同玲美衞及學同苓硫割 Representing this University (from left): Miss Margaret Cheung Yung-sau, Mr. Paul Au Yan-to, Miss Nancy Liu and Miss Wai Mee-ling Afloat to prolong their stay on board; however, to fulfil their examination requirements of this University and at the same time to allow other fellow students to share the benefit of the programme, they returned to Hong Kong as scheduled. After participating in a regional debate among the undergraduates of universities in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong and winning the championship, students of the University were again invited to a debating contest sponsored by the Bank of America. The debating contest, held on 27th December, was divided into two parts: a mixed team debate and an inter-university debate. Four students each from the University of Hong Kong and this University participated in the contest. The topic for the mixed team debate was "The press should be given unlimited freedom" and each member of the winning team was awarded a scholarship of HK$ 1,000 by the Bank of America. The topic for the inter-university debate was "University education should be made more technical and practical" with the University's delegation against the motion. Once more our delegates won the championship and were presented a trophy and HK$2,000 by the Bank of America as a scholarship for university student leadership. At the Seventh Drama Festival sponsored by the Hong Kong Federation of Students held in the City Hall on 1st and 2nd January, 1972, the Student Union of the University produced a play titled “The Snake". Competing wit h six other plays, "The Snake" managed to win the Best Play Award and the Best Director Award. These are but a portion of the many activities which show that the day for students to confine themselves to the campus is over and that they are attempting to attain relevance to their studies by widening their scope of activities. Their outstanding performances indicate that vigorous efforts have been made on the part of the students to utilize what they have learned. With these performances the University realizes with great satisfaction that its dream has gradually come to shape — that of producing independent, capable and discriminative students through the concerted efforts of its administrative and faculty staff as well as its many facilities. (see also picture in Chinese section) BOOKS FROM THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT The University has received 178 volumes of books on a wide range of subjects from the Italian Government. At a brief ceremony held on 14th December, 1971, Mr. Pio Pignatti Morano, Italian Consul-General in Hong Kong, presented the valuable collection to Dr. Choh- Ming Li, Vice-Chancellor of the University. The donation of books is another illustration of the generosity of the Italian Government, which had previously presented a beautiful bronze bust of Dante Alighieri, the famous Italian poet, to the University. ARTS BOOK EXH I B I T AT UN I VERS I TY L I B R A RY The University Library and the United States Information Service jointly sponsored a 200-volume book exhibit of some of the latest arts titles published in the United States, in the University Library from 2nd to 9th December, 1971. The exhibit entitled "The Fine and Performing Arts in America" aimed at promoting reading interest and cultural interchange. The books in the exhibition covered all aspects of the arts in the United States: architecture and environmental designs, music, visual arts, theatre and film. Books issued by more than sixty American publishers were represented in the display. The exhibit attracted large crowds and was very well received. - 6 -