Bulletin Vol. 9 No. 7 June 1973

Mr. Georg Neumann Visiting Lecturer in German Studies United College Mr. Georg Neumann, born in Tilsit, studied English, History, German, Philosophy and Education at the Universities of Freiburg, Edinburgh, and Hamburg from 1956 to 1962. He became Staatsexamen at Hamburg University in 1962. Mr. Neumann was Lecturer in German at Seoul National University, Korea in the years 1963-65. He was in charge of academic exchange programmes between Germany and overseas countries from 1966 to 1972. He is now Head of the Department of German Studies at United College. Dr. William C. Watson Lecturer in Music Chung Chi College Dr. William Watson, a native of Covington, Kentucky, received his early music training in nearby Cincinnati where he received a Performer's Certificate in Bassoon from the College of Music in 1954. He subsequently earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University o f Kentucky in 1958 ， a Master o f Music degree from the University of Illinois in 1959 and the first Doctor of Philosophy in Music awarded by West Virginia University. His principal teachers of composition were Kenneth Gaburo ， Hugo Norden and Thomas Canning. Bassoon study was taken under Hans Meuser (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra), Sanford Berry (University of Illinois) and Sherman Walt (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Dr. Watson has served as instructor of music at Northern Michigan College and Hastings (Nebraska) College, Chairman of the Theory Department at Wichita (Kansas) State University and Associate Professor of Music at Washington State University. He has variously been bassoonist in faculty woodwind quintets and professional and community orchestras and has conducted college and youth orchestras. Dr. Watson's publications include: Piece for Bassoon and Piano and short articles on bassoon reeds and curricula for journals. His Three Short Pieces for Quintet will soon be published. He has done music editorial work for Frank Kirby's A Short History of Keyboard Music. Mrs. Anne C. Etherton Language Instructor of English United College Mrs. Anne C. Etherton, born in London, graduated from Royal Holloway College, University of London in 1968 with a B.A. degree in English and obtained from the University of Reading a Dip. Ed. the following year. Before coming to Hong K o ng to teach English Language and Literature at the Hong Kong Baptist College in 1970, Mrs. Etherton was an English Tutor at Hartwell House, Aylesbury, a private post-secondary college, for one year. She joined United College in 1972 as Language Instructor of English. (see also picture in Chinese section) LECTURES AND EXHIBITION . Dr. N.C. Yang, Professor of Chemistry of the University of Chicago, gave the following lectures: 23rd May "Photochemistry of Alkanones" (General), at The Chinese University 25 th May "Chemistry of Esciplexes" (Advanced), at the University of Hong Kong 28th May "Photochemistry and Radiation Chemistry of Nucleic Acid Derivatives"(Advanced), at The Chinese University 生 先 樂 繼雷 Mr. Georg Neumann 士 博 舜 屈 Dr. William C. Watson 士 女 恩 安艾 Mrs. Anne C Etherton — 5 —