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Salient. Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 26, No. 1. Monday, February 25, 1963

Lecturer Assures Full Efficiency

Lecturer Assures Full Efficiency

The Asian Studies Department will be fully staffed during 1963 and the departure of both previous members, Prof. Palmier and Dr. Gupta, will not disrupt degree courses, said the Dept.'s new lecturer, Mr. D. P. Murray, recently.

He added that Prof. Palmier, in India during a year's leave-of-absence, had been involved in setting: the framework for this year's courses. There will be no major changes.

Visiting lecturer Murray here only a month, was naturally reticent when questioned about Asian Studies' role and future at Victoria. But he believed the Dept.'s organisation suitable for a still young and developing programme.

Mr. Murray noted that Asian Studies' Dept.'s were plentiful in United States Universities. But, he said actual teaching was generally done through subject departments (for example. History. Geography. Sociology, and Political Science) giving specialist Asian courses. Mr. Murray stressed that this did not seem possible here until the Asian Studies Dept. establishes satisfactory library and research facilities and other Dept.'s can arrange for Asian specialists.

He said that during the past five years most major US universities have begun to offer Asian courses. Pearl Harbour, the Korean War and the advent of Communism in China have been mainly responsible for the United States' growing preoccupation with Asian affairs.

Mr. Murray would, eventually, like to see Asian studies an MA subject at Victoria. But, he said, this was not likely until the University had more Asian specialists in a variety of fields on its staff.