17,000 Dollars For Meteor Research

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31045, 28 April 1966, Page 8

17,000 Dollars For Meteor Research

The National Science Foundation of the United States has granted 17,000 dollars for the continuation of University of Canterbury physics department research on the incidence of meteors. The Vice-Chancellor (Dr. L. L. Pownall) told the University Council that upper-atmos-phere research was not ending as some thought. The department had in progress the meteor research, air glow research in Rarotonga, and work on measurement of high-altitude winds, electron density, and reflection from the ionosphere. Waste Disposal.—Professor A. M. Kennedy, head of chemical engineering, has been appointed chairman of a working party under the National Advisory Research Council to investigate the disposal of organic wastes. Discipline Powers.—On the advice of the Crown Law Office, the university will leave the disciplinary powers of the Vice-Chancellor intact, notwithstanding his delegation of many of these statutory authorities to the proctors. Engineers’ Reading.—ln March students used the Engineering School library more than ever before and set a record of 2260 issues. The Vice-Chancellor said that reflected a seriousness of purpose which he hoped would continue into capping week. Professor Wall.—The University Council recorded regret at the death of Professor Arnold Wall and recalled his distinctions as a writer, botanist and climber. Lectureship.—Dr. S. P.

Sabberwal, a lecturer at Lanchester College of Technology, has been appointed a senior lecturer in electrical engineering at the university. Chemistry Convention.—Dr. M. P. Hartshorn and Dr. T. Hagyard will attend the congress of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute in Canberra in August. Education Conference. Professor P. J. Lawrence will attend a conference of professors of education in Sydney in May. Religious Philosophy.—Mr J. C. Thornton will attend an Australian National University conference on the philosophy of religion at Canberra in May. Atomic Research.—Professor L. F. Phillips will attend a symposium on atomic and free radical reactions in Sydney in August. Ornithological Congress. Dr. B. Stonehouse has been granted an Erskine fellowship to attend the International Ornithological Congress at Oxford in July and to visit Singapore, Moscow, and the United States for research talks. Warden Resigns.—Dr. J. C. Scrivener has resigned as warden of Rolleston House from the end of November when he will go ovenseas on study leave. New Book.—“ Henri Bosco, Poet-Novelist,” by Professor R. T. Sussex, is the latest publication of the University of Canterbury.