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Logician Leaves

Dr D. G. Londey, an undergraduate at Melbourne University later did post-graduate philosophy work there. From staff positions there he came to Victoria in 1957 as a lecturer.

His reasons for leaving are many and varied, as in any major decision, said Logician Londey. He Illustrated some of these reasons by describing his next appointment.

Being a Senior Lecturer at the University of New England in New South Wales will give him a recognised specialist position. His specialisation is in the field of logic.

His new appointment will be in a smaller university but the more liberal staffing there has obviously been an attractive situation. The pressure of teaching will be much lower with more time for research and writing.

The perennial reason cropped up. He remarked that the salary was higher.

An interesting thing about the University of New England was the percentage of internal students in residence there. Eighty per cent, of full-time students were residential said Dr Londey warmly. He had been a residential student himself for six years and outlined the advantages of this.

As a philosopher he saw the primary aspect of education was the developing and continuation of the Western intellectual tradition. He defended the attitude that education is an intellectual affair with intellectual virtues.

Part-time students missed out on the varied activities available to full-time students. But this was less important that the fact that part-timers had less energy to devote to their intellectual activity. They had attenuated courses and were not as immersed in intellectual life as full-timers could be. He was encouraged by the trend of more full-time students at Victoria.

The staff problem in New Zealand was the crux of many other problems. There was too much stress on lectures, as evidenced by their compulsory nature. The library could be better used by many students said Dr Londey. He was pleased by a developing emphasis on tutorials.

Dr Londey emphasised that he was not "shaking the dust" of Victoria off his feet. But he had done much here in his specialist field. His six years at Vic. had apparently been very satisfactory.