Index to Volume 12 (1923-1924) - University Newscuttings Books

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  • A
    • Agriculture, Faculty of,
      • teaching of agriculture inadequate,

  • B
    • Basedow, Dr Herbert,
      • scientific, anthropological and mining researcher,
    • Bayly, W.R,
      • appointed head of Prince Alfred College,
    • Bequests, gifts & endowments,
      • request for books for Japanese libraries,
      • gift of 拢100 to start low-interest loans to students,
    • Bragg, Sir William H,
      • appointed as Director, Davy-Faraday Laboratory, London,
      • represents the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science,
      • Royal Institution London,
    • Buildings,
      • tenders to be called for new teachers college on Kintore Ave, ,
      • extensions to Prince of Wales building,
      • old police barracks demolished for university extensions,

  • C
    • Calendar,
      • 1924 edition,
    • Chancellors,
      • Sir George Murray鈥檚 reception for Oxford Professor, J Mackail,
    • Chapman, Robert Hall,
      • appointed Assistant Engineer of Bridges,
    • Chapman, Professor Robert William, ,
    • Clubs, societies & associations,
      • Classical Association lectures, , , ,
      • Pharmaceutical Society, , ,
      • newly-formed University Club,
      • Graduate Association, , , , , , , ,
      • Law Students Association, , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • debating team,
      • Women鈥檚 Graduate Association meeting,
    • Clucas, R.J. M., B.A.,
      • university librarian,
    • Corbin, Horace Hugh, , , , ,
    • Conferences & seminars,
      • Australian Christian Student Movement,
      • New Ideas in Education, , , , , , , ,
      • Australian Dental Congress,
    • Council, 成人大片,
      • annual report for 1923,
    • Courses, non-degree,
      • Workers鈥 Educational Association student gains diploma of economics,
    • Cromer, Victor,
      • first student to gain diploma of economics via extension lectures,

  • D
    • Davies, Dr.Harold Whitridge,
      • appointed Rockefeller Foundation Research Fellow,
    • Davies, Professor Edward Harold, , , , ,
    • Dentistry, School of,
      • new dental hospital, , , ,
      • need for compulsory dental treatment, ,
    • Distance studies,
      • possibility of lectures by wireless,
    • Duffield, Professor W. Geoffrey, , , , , ,

  • E
    • Economics, School of,
      • largest class in Australia,
    • Elder Music Scholarship, , , , ,
    • Engineering, School of,
      • survey camp for students,
    • Examinations,
      • university results, , , , , , , ,
      • Public Examinations Board results, , , , , ,
      • alternatives to public examinations for schools,
      • Australian Music Examinations Board results, ,
    • Extension lectures,
      • on wireless telegraphy by Professor Kerr Grant,
      • on crime and punishment, by Professor Coleman Phillipson, , , ,
      • programme for 1924,
      • education for adult worker,
      • three lectures by Professor J.W.Mackail on poetry and modern life, , , , ,
      • problems in connection with primary industry; three lectures by Professor Harvey Johnston, ,

  • F
    • Finance,
      • gift of 拢100 to start low-interest loans to students,
      • 1922 expenditure on sports grounds,
    • Floods in South Australia, ,
    • Forestry, School of,
      • South Australia's tree problem,
      • recent trends in forestry,
      • controversy over non-appointment of H Corbin as Conservator of Forests, , , , ,

  • G
    • George Thompson Co-operative Scholarship in Commerce,
      • awarded to Eric. A. Gibson,
    • Government relations,
      • Premier on extra University grants and exemption from land tax,
    • Graduates,
      • Professor W. G. Duffield, , , ,
      • Bruce Anderson, B.Sc (Hons),
      • Dr. Edward Angas Johnson, M.B.(Adel),
      • Dr.Harold Whitridge Davies,
      • Dr. Robert Vivian Storer MBBS (Adel), ,
      • Dr. Herbert Basedow,
      • Thomas John Mellis Napier, LL.B (Adel), , ,
      • Robert Hall Chapman,
      • Dr W.W. Hurst, B.Sc (Adel),
      • W. R. Bayly, B.A, B.Sc (Adel),
    • Graduation,
      • list of 1923 graduates and prize-winners, , ,
      • list of teachers who graduated from the university in 1923,
      • 11 of 27 prize-winners are women,
      • special ceremony to confer degrees in Arts, Science, Engineering, Law,
    • Grant, Professor Kerr, , , , , , , ,
    • Grounds,
      • 1922 expenditure on sports grounds,
      • dressing rooms at University Oval broken into,
      • history of the North Terrace Esplanade, including the university grounds, ,

  • H
    • Heaton, Dr. Herbert, , , , , ,
    • Henderson, Professor George Cockburn,
    • Hodge, Charles Reynolds, , , , , ,
    • Hurst, Dr. W. W,
      • awarded Ph.D. in Chemistry at Cambridge,

  • J
    • Johnson, Dr. Edward Angas,
      • appointed Officer of Health for City of Adelaide,
    • Johnston, Professor Thomas Harvey, , , , ,

  • L
    • Law, Faculty of,
      • students society, mock trial in tort of negligence,
      • growth in numbers of law students,
      • inter-varsity debating won by Adelaide,
      • Adelaide's three women lawyers on suitability of law as a career for women,
      • mock trial on contract and property law,
    • Lectures,
      • Dr. H. Heaton on "The Australian Economic Outlook",
      • Professor Thorburn Brailsford Robertson on the functions of the university,
      • Professor Darnley Naylor on Sophocles and Shakespeare,
    • Legal issues,
      • suggestions for preservation of Australian fauna,
    • Legislation
      • bill to raise grants to the university, , , ,
    • Library
      • R. J. M. Clucas, University librarian for twenty-four years,

  • M
    • Mackail, Professor J.M., , , , , ,
    • Marston, H.R.,
      • research into preservation of citrus fruit, ,
    • Mawson, Sir Douglas,
      • made Fellow of the Royal Society,
      • research into radium,
    • Mayo, Dr. Helen,
      • on mental deficiencies in children, and their treatment,
    • Medicine, Faculty of,
      • Sir Joseph Verco, lecturer in medicine for twenty-nine years,
      • 5th conference of South Australian Hospitals Associations,
      • research on insulin by Professor Thornburn Brailsford Robertson, , , ,
      • Professor F. Wood-Jones, address to 1923 graduation ceremony,
    • Mitchell, Professor William,
      • appointed to a visiting Gifford Lectureship in Scotland,
    • Murray, Sir George,
      • holds reception as chancellor,
    • Music, School of,
      • Professor Harold Davies, ,
      • Charles Schilsky, appointed professor of violin, ,
      • concerts, , , , , , ,
      • farewell concert for John Bishop,
      • final social of year,
      • conservatorium praised,
      • the university's choral class,
    • Musical productions,
      • Professor E. Harold Davies conducts Elgar鈥檚 鈥淒ream of Gerontius鈥 in Town Hall, ,
      • South Australian Orchestra,
      • first Elder Conservatorium concert of the season,
      • organ recital by Harold Wylde, , , ,
      • Frederick Bevan conducts Mendelssohn's "St. Paul",
      • pianoforte and violin recital,
      • review of chamber music concert at Conservatorium,
      • student concert at Conservatorium,
      • students' farewell concert to Professor Wood Jones,
      • students' orchestral concert,
      • violin, flute and piano recital,

  • N
    • Napier, Thomas John Mellis, K.C., LL.B.,
      • appointed to South Australian Supreme Court, , ,
    • Naylor, Professor Henry Darnley, , , , , , , ,

  • P
    • Phillipson, Professor Coleman, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Prizes and awards,
      • Dr. W.T.Hayward awarded gold medal,
      • George Thomson Bursary established for students in commerce,
    • Professors,
      • "Life in Shakespeare's England" by Professor Archibald Thomas Strong, ,
      • "The chemical base of growth and senescence" by Professor Thorburn Brailsford Robertson,
      • "Three criminal law reformers" by Professor Coleman Phillipson, , , ,
      • resignation of Professor George Cockburn Henderson, ,
      • "Attitude towards criminals" by Professor Coleman Phillipson,
      • 鈥淟eague of Nations鈥 by Professor Coleman Phillipson, ,
      • Professor Archibald Thomas Strong,
      • Professor Edward Harold Davies,
      • Professor Henry Darnley Naylor,
      • Professor Kerr Grant involved in astronomical confirmation of Einstein鈥檚 theory,
      • Professor Thorburn Brailsford Robertson鈥檚 research lowers cost of insulin, ,
      • Professor Coleman Phillipson,
      • Professor Coleman Phillipson on "Is crime a disease", ,
      • Professor Coleman Phillipson on "prison reform",
      • Professor Coleman Phillipson on "punishment",
      • Professor Kerr Grant on 鈥榃ireless telegraphy鈥, ,
      • Professor Robert William Chapman on "Australia",
      • Professor Henry Darnley Naylor suggests alternatives to public examinations in schools,
      • Professor Henry Darnley Naylor opens new Montessori school,
      • Professor Thorburn Bailsford Robertson on the excessive amount of meat eaten by Australians,
      • Professor Frederic Wood-Jones address to 1923 graduation on modern anatomy,
    • Public lectures,
      • "Life in Shakespeare's England" by Professor Archibald Thomas Strong, ,
      • "Poetry in modern life" by Professor J M. Mackail,
      • "The Blowfly Pest鈥, by Professor Thomas Harvey Johnston, ,
      • 鈥淧rickly Pear Pest鈥 by Professor Thomas Harvey Johnston, , , ,
      • "Problems in solar research" by Professor W G. Duffield, Adelaide University graduate, ,
      • 鈥淭he study of the sun鈥 by Professor W.G. Duffield,
      • "Structure and growth of music", three lectures by Professor Edward Harold Davies, , , , ,
      • "Tennyson", by Oxford professor of poetry, J W. Mackail,
      • "Worm nodule disease in cattle", by Professor Thomas Harvey Johnston,
      • three lectures on "crime and punishment" to be given by Professor Coleman Phillipson, , , , ,
      • "Matter, ether and electricity", three lectures by Professor Kerr Grant, , , , ,
      • continuation of Prof Phillipson's series of lectures on crime and punishment, , ,
      • Joseph Fisher commerce lecture on "Money, Credit and Exchange"delivered by J. Russell Butler,
      • Professor Thomas Harvey Johnston on "The control of insects that control disease",
      • Professor J. Mackail of Oxford on "Virgil", ,
      • Professor Coleman Phillipson, on the profession of politics,
      • Professor Sir Archibald Strong gives a lecture on Beowulf, , ,
      • Professor Frederic Wood-Jones on anatomy, ,
      • Professor J.W. Mackail on Australian education,
    • Publications,
      • "Adelaide university magazine" published,
      • "The chemical base of growth and senescence" by Professor Thorburn Brailsford Robertson,
      • "Three criminal law reformers" by Professor Coleman Phillipson,
      • 鈥淔aith in the League鈥 by Professor Coleman Phillipson,
      • "English verse and prose" by Professor Archibald Thomas Strong, ,
      • portfolio of photographs of the Australian interior and west coast by W. D. Walker,
      • 鈥淎nniversaries鈥 by Professor Coleman Phillipson,

  • R
    • Registrar,
      • Registrar Charles Reynolds Hodge resigns,
      • Frederick William Eardley appointed acting registrar,
      • Frederick William Eardley appointed Registrar,
      • Frederick William Eardley appointed acting Registrar,
      • farewell to retiring Registrar, Charles Reynolds Hodge, , ,
      • Charles Reynolds Hodge recalls early days of Adelaide University, ,
    • Research,
      • address on agricultural research by Professor A.J. Perkins, ,
      • appeal by Profesor J.B. Cleland for funds for a laboratory for zoological research,
      • H. R. Marston's researches into preservation of citrus fruit,
      • Professor Kerr Grant helps confirm Einstein's theory of relativity,
      • inadequacy of Adelaide University's equipment for research to help confirm Einstein鈥檚 theory of relativity,
      • bill to increase government grants to university, and to give exemption from land tax, to aid agricultural research, , ,
      • cheaper insulin available owing to research by Professor Thorburn Brailsford Robertson, ,
      • need for reduction in the duty on the alcohol used in producing cheaper insulin,
      • experiments with wireless, ,
      • forestry research by H. Corbin, , , , ,
      • Professor Thomas Brailsford Robertson on insulin as a treatment for diabetes, ,
      • Professor Horace Lamb awarded Copley prize for molecular research,
      • Professor Frederic Wood-Jones going to Flinders Islands to study flora and fauna, ,
      • request for abolition of duty on alcohol used for research into production of insulin for diabetes sufferers,
      • research into production of cheaper insulin,
      • the importance of university research into South Australia鈥檚 vine industry, ,
      • successful research into new ways of transporting citrus fruit overseas without refrigeration,
    • Residential colleges,
      • applications for secretary of new St. Mark's college called for,
      • public appeal for funds for St. Marks residential college, , , ,
      • see also University colleges
    • Rhodes Scholarship,
      • 1924 winner: medical student Frederick Thyer, ,
      • South Australian Rhodes scholars succeeding at Oxford, , ,
      • Robertson, Professor Thorburn Brailsford, , , ,

  • S
    • Schilsky, Charles,
      • appointed professor of violin, ,
    • Scholarships,
      • community singing scholarship for tuition at the Conservatorium awarded to Ruth Naylor,
      • list of government bursary winners,
      • changes to bursary for commerce and prize verse,
      • winner of Lowrie post-graduate research scholarship, Harry Kingsley Lewcock,
      • winners of music scholarships,
      • George Thompson Co-operative Scholarship in Commerce awarded to Eric A. Gibson,
    • Secondary education,
      • Australian students defended against claims of illiteracy, ,
      • W. T. McCoy on illiteracy among Australian school children,
      • A.L Gordon Mackay attacks bureaucratic interference in schools in speech "Fear and repression as enemies of education", , ,
    • Senate, 成人大片,
      • changes to diplomas, bursary for commerce and prize for verse,
    • Sport,
      • inter-varsity women's tennis, , ,
      • 1923 expenditure on sports grounds,
      • students vote against a proposed sports levy on male students,
      • the Adelaide crew for the intervarsity boat race,
      • L. J. Nesbit champion,
    • Staff,
      • Professor George Cockburn Henderson resigns,
      • Registrar Charles Reynolds Hodge retires, , , , ,
      • A. A. Lendon, lecturer in obstetrics,resigns
      • list of new academic appointments, ,
      • Rev E. S. Kirk appointed lecturer in modern history,
      • Frederick William Eardley appointed acting Registrar,
    • Statistics,
      • editorial on the development of the university,
      • details of growth of Adelaide University over F.W. Eardley鈥檚 time there from 1898 to 1923,
      • Registrar Charles Reynolds Hodge on his resignation, recalls early days of Adelaide University, ,
    • Storer, Dr. Robert Vivian,
      • receives prestigious medical diplomas in United Kingdom, ,
    • Strong, Sir Archibald Thomas, , , ,
    • Student activities and protests,
      • inter-varsity debates, , , ,
      • the student procession ("prosh"), ,

  • T
    • Technology,
      • possibility of lectures by wireless discussed,

  • U
    • University colleges,
      • drive to establish residential college in Adelaide,
      • first residential college to be founded by the Church of England, ,
      • name of proposed residential college changed from Christ's college to St. Mark's,
      • purchase of Sir John Downer's house for a residential college, , ,
      • see also residential colleges

  • V
    • Verco Sir Joseph,
      • 2nd birthday; summary of career as lecturer,
    • Vice-chancellors,
      • part-editorial on Professor William Mitchell,

  • W
    • Waite Agricultural Research Institute,
      • consideration of the Waite bequest,
      • decision to use Waite land for re-afforestation,
      • exemption from land tax granted for Waite request,
      • meeting of Chancellor with Premier Barwell on execution of the Waite bequest, , ,
      • report on plant pathology by Geoffrey Samuel, appointed as lecturer in plant pathology under the Waite bequest,
      • Urrbrae passes to the university, to be used for agricultural research,
    • Women students,
      • Gwendolen H. Ure granted Bachelor of Law and wins Stow Scholarship,
      • Thelma E.Blaby granted Bachelor of Law,
      • education of girls,
      • debate on Cambridge's refusal to confer degrees on women,
      • graduation of first three women teachers from the Teachers Training Institute,
      • interviews with Adelaide's three women lawyers about suitability of law as a career for women,
      • eleven of twenty-seven prize-winners at 1923 graduation ceremony are women,
      • successes of ex-Methodist Ladies College students at university,
      • Elizabeth Jackson memorial, ,
    • Wood-Jones, Professor Frederic, , , , , , ,
    • Workers' Educational Association,
      • growth in its first 7 years,
      • increased funding, ,
      • first Workers Educational Association student to gain Diploma of Economics.,
      • promotion by Dr H. Heaton,
      • classes resuming,
      • programme for 1924,
      • education for adult worker,