Centennial programme

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33215, 3 May 1973, Page 12

Centennial programme

THURSDAY, MAY 3

9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Registration. Clock tower entrance, Worcester Street. Botany and Zoology Departments. Departmental exhibitions for invited guests at Ham. Exhibitions open to public on May 4 and 5. Geology Department-Von Haast Society one-day Symposium on Geology in Canterbury—Past and Future.

Visiting Lecturers: Dr Brian Mason (Smithsonian Institution) and Mr Don Gregg (Tasmanian Museum). Room S 3, Ham. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Chemistry Department static exhibition, Chemistry Department, Ham. 10 a.m.:

Staff Wives’ Club. Coffee morning. Staff Club, Ham homestead. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: English Department. Display of photographs, books and manuscripts by Canterbury authors. English Department (ground floor) town site. 1.30 p.m.: Accounting Department seminar on Accounting in the 1970s—Current Developments and Trends in Education. Room S 4, Ham. 2 p.m.: Debating Society. Centennial debate: That the University of Canterbury Still Has a Long Way To Go.

Upstairs Common Room, Students’ Union, town site. k "* 2 pjn.-5 p.m.: School of Engineering Conversazione open for centennial visitors and school parties only. Ilam. 2 p.m.-5 p.m.: School of Forestry display and films for centennial visitors and school parties. School of Forestry, Ham. 5 p.m: Accountancy Department social function, Staff Club, Ham homestead (upstairs). 5.30 p.m.: School of Engi > cocktail party. School of Eng' g, Ham. 6 p.m.: Botany and Zoology Departments. Buffet tea followed by Conversazione. Senior common room (mathematics), Ilam. 8 pm.: Christchurch College. Cocktail party for former housemen. 100 Waimairi Road, Ham, Christchurch 4. 7 p.m.-10 p.m.: Chemistry Department exhibition with working exhibits and demonstrations open to public. Chemistry Department and Rooms SI and S2, Ilam. 7.30 p.m.: Department of Asian Languages. Film screening. Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery, Gloucester Street. 8 pm.: Geology Department reunion dinner. Russley Hotel. 8 p.m: Psychology Department and Canterbury Branch of New Zealand Psychological Society. Centennial lecture, One Hundred Years of Psychophysics, by Professor R. J. Irwin, Department of Psychology, University of Auckland. Campbell Counselling Centre, Oxford Terrace. FRIDAY, MAY 4 9 a.m.-6 p.m.: Registration and information centre open. University Hall. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: English Department display. Town site. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Chemistry Department static exhibition. Ilam. - 11 a.m.: School of Fine Arts exhibition opens in foyer of Town Hall and continues to May 11. 11.30 a m.: Civic welcome and reception by the Mayor, Mr N. G. Pickering. Christchurch Town Hall foyer. Noon: Rolleston House reunion buffet lunch. Rolleston House common room, town site. 1.10 p.m.-1.50 pm.: English Department. Poetry recital. McDougall Art Gallery, Botanical Gardens. 2 pm.: Department of Asian Languages. Address by Mr J. S. Pallot, honorary Consul for Japan. Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery, Gloucester Street. 2 p.m.-l0 p.m.: School of Engineering Conversazione open to public. Ilam. 2 p.m.-5 p.m. School of Forestry display and films for public. Ilam. 2.30 p.m: First Session of Centennial Symposium on The University Today. Speaker: Dr James A. Perkins, Chairman of the 1 International Council for Educational Development Commentator: Professor J. G. A. Pocock, Professor of History, Washington University, St Louis, and formerly Professor of Political Science, University of Canterbury. Subject: Is the University an Agent of Social Reform? James Hay Theatre. Christchurch Town Hall. 5 p.m.: Education Department reunion. Education Department, town site. 5 p.m.-7 p.m.: Chemistry - Mathematics - Physics Departments. Cocktail Party, Staff Club, Ilam homestead. 6 p.m.: Helen Connon Hall reunion buffet dinner. Sherry in Chester House common room at 5.30. 7 pun.: Rochester Hall reunion dinner followed by ball. 7.30 p.m.: Department of Asian Languages. Demonstration of floral arrangements. Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery, Gloucestei Street. 8 p.m.: Centennial Assembly. Address by the Governor-General (Sir Denis Blundell); presentation of addresses from sister universities and learned societies; Centennial Oration, to be delivered by Mr Justice Haslam. Christchurch Town Hall. 9p.m.-2am.: General Staff Association centennial ball at Canterbury Horticultural Society Hall, Cambridge Terrace. SATURDAY, MAY 5 9 a.m.-6 p.m.: Registration and information centre open. University Hall. Botany and Zoology Departments. Exhibition open to public. Ham. 10 a.m.: Second session of Centennial Symposium. Speaker: Dr Charles F. Carter, Vice-Chancellor, University of Lancaster. Commentator: Sir John Crawford, formerly ViceChancellor, Australian National University. Subject: Is the University a Good Investment? James Hay Theatre, Christchurch Town Hall. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: English Department display. Town site. 10 a.m.-noon: School of Forestry display and films for public. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: School of Engineering Conversazione open to public. 10.30 a.m.:

Federation of University Women. Canterbury branch, coffee. Noon:

Bishop Julius Hall. Reunion luncheon. Clarendon Hotel, followed by afternoon tea at Bishop Julius Hall, Cranmer Square. 12.30 p.m.: Classics Department. Reunion luncheon. Senior common room, town site. 1 p.m.-5 p.m.:

Chemistry Department exhibition with working exhibits and demonstrations open to public. 1 p.m.-5 p.m.: Fencing Club invitation tournament. University gymnasium, town site. 2 p.m.-6 p.m.: Display of addresses presented by sister universities, foundations and learned societies. University Hall. 2 p.m.: Rowing Club reunion. Canterbury Rowing Clubrooms, Kerrs Reach. 2 p.m.: Department of Asian Languages. Film screening. Also at 7.30 p.m. Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery, Gloucester Street. 2.30 p.m.: Faculty of Law and Law Students’ Society Symposium on Legal Education. Lecturer: Professor P. B. A. Sim, Faculty of Law, University of Otago. Upstairs common room, Students’ Union (town site). 2.30 p.m.: School of Music. Conducted tour of new School of Music at Ilam. 2.45 p.m.-4.30 p.m.: University Athletic Club 75th Anniversary track and field meeting. Ilam track, Kirkwood Avenue. 4 p.m.: School of Music. Sherry party. School of Music. Gloucester Street. 5 p.m.: University Athletic Club buffet tea and social. Staff Club, Ilam homestead. 5 p.m.: Workers’ Educational Association. Sherry party. W.E.A. Centre, Gloucester Street. 8 p.m.: Centennial Convocation. Address by the Prime Minister (Mr N. L. Kirk); conferment of honorary degrees. Christchurch Town Hall auditorium. 11 p.m.: Special late performance of Peer Gynt. James Hay Theatre, Christchurch Town Hall. SUNDAY, MAY 6 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Information centre open. 10 a.m.: Tramping Club day trip to Lake Rubicon. Bus leaves Students’ Union (town site) at 10 a.m. 11 a.m.: Combined Thanksgiving Service. Preacher: The Most Rev. B. P. Ashby, Roman Catholic Bishop of Christchurch. Christchurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square. 2 p.m.: Department of Asian Languages. Lecture by Mr G. W. Kitson (Lincoln College) on Trade and Business with Japan. Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery, Gloucester Street. 2.30 p.m.:

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. Symposium on Religious Studies in the Secular University. Senior Common Room, town site. Lecturers include Professor L. G. Geering (Victoria University of Wellington) and the Ven. W. Merlin Davies, Holy Trinity Church, Avonside. 3 p.m;:

Student Christian Movement. Afternoon tea. Upstairs common room, Students’ Union, town site. 7 p.m.:

University Motor Club. Centennial dinner. Sign of the Takahe, Cashmere; Christian Union Service. Christchurch College Chapel, 100 Waimairi Road, followed by supper. 8.30 p.m.: Centennial Concert.

Christchurch Town Hall Auditorium. The programme for the concert includes works by John Ritchie, J. S. Bach, Percy Grainger, Arthur Bliss and Douglas Lilburn. 10.30 p.m.: Union of Graduates in Music. Supper party to follow Centennial Concert for members and invited guests.

MONDAY, MAY 7 9 a.m.-6 p.m.: Information centre open. 9 a.m.: Lecture by Professor L. C. Woods, Professor of Mathematics (Theory of Plasma), University of Oxford (British Council visitor). Subject: Beware of Axioms in Applied Mathematics. Ngaio Marsh Theatre, Students’ Union, Ham. 10.30 a.m.: Coffee morning for wives of centennial visitors. University Club, High Street. 10 a.m.: French Department. Inter-university French Seminar. Rochester Hail, Ham. Seminar continues until mid-day, May 10. 11 a.m.: Lecture by Dr J. Steven Watson, Principal, University of St Andrews (British Council visitor). Subject; Educating Statesmen: a Retrospect to 1873. James Hay Theatre, Christchurch Town Hall. 2.30 p.m.: Final session of Centennial Symposium. Speaker: Sir Eric Ashby, Master of Clare College, Cambridge. Commentator: Professor A. Crowther, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Canterbury. Subject: Is the University a Community? James Hay Theatre, Christchurch Town Hall. 8 p.m.: Centennial Banquet. Cowles Stadium, Pages Road.

TUESDAY, MAY 8 5 p.m.: Broadhead Classical Lecture, Some Notes on Early Greek Cosmology, by Sir Karl Popper, formerly senior lectubter in philosophy, Canterbury University Cibltege. University Hall. New Zealand’ Universities’ Classics Departments’ Conference opens and continues until May 11. Classics Depatrtment, town site. Conference oQ New Zealand historians. Staff Club, Ilam. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 8 p.m.: Royal Society, Lecture by Professor R. V. Jones, Professor of' Natural Philosophy, University of Aberdeen anti Commonwealth Prestige Fellow, on The Natural Philosophy of Flying Saucers. Room SI, Hain. < Conference ali New Zealand historians. Staff Club, Ilam. Professor J. G. A. Pocock (Washington University, St Louis;) will deliver the J. C. Beaglehole Memorial Lecture. SATURDAY; MAY 12. Annual Meeting of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

"We were brothers all, In Honour, as in one community, Scholars and gentlemen." —Wordsworth.