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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 10. May 21 1979
Von Zedlitz Building
[unclear: Von] Zedlitz Building
[unclear: Language] Laboratories Floor 0
[unclear: Demonstration] Sessions
[unclear: onstration] sessions, on what a language [unclear: lab-iry] can do to help the learner, will be given to [unclear: I] groups throughout the two days, starting on the
[unclear: Sample] Taped Materials
[unclear: ple] taped materials in languages taught in the [unclear: ersity] are set up, and visitors may listen to the [unclear: s], at leisure, in individual booths at any time [unclear: ng] the two days.
"A Visit to Germany"
A tape-slide presentation by Barry Empson (German) based on his recent study-trip to Germany, will be shown at 2.30pm, 4.00pm and 5.30pm on both days.
Sociology and Social Work Floor 4
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| [unclear: Friday] | 2 pm - 9 pm |
| [unclear: Satarday] | 11 am - 6 pm |
- [unclear: e] Crowd" (20 mins)
- venture with a boy in his Birthday Suit" 20 mins)
- [unclear: e]Chess Game" (9 mins)
- [unclear: e]Jogger" (9 mins)
- "Children" (52 mins)
- "Married Life" (52 mins)
- "Teenagers" (52 mins)
- "The Hutterites" (28 mins)
- "Monastery" (20 mins)
- "Signals Without Words"(15 mins)
- "Lewis Mumford on the City" (27 mins)
- "The Noble Savage" (52 mins)
Child Care Facility
Visitors to the department will find a child-care facility available, provided by the social work sector of the Department - a free facility for visitors.
Romance Languages Floors 5&6
| [unclear: 2.00] | Colour video-tapes on various aspects of Italy | Room 611 |
| Indonesian music and slides | Room 511 | |
| [unclear: 3.00] | French music | Room 511 |
| Exhibition audio-visual class | Room 201 | |
| Colour video-tapes on Italy | Room 611 | |
| [unclear: 4.00] | Spanish films, music and slides | Room 611 |
| French music | Room 511 | |
| [unclear: 5.00] | Chinese music and slides | Room 511 |
| [unclear: 6.00] | French songs | Room 511 |
| [unclear: 8.00] | Slides on Paris and chateaux de la Loire | Room 511 |
| [unclear: 10.00] | Italian films, including part of Fellini's "8½" in Italian with English subtitles 500 | Room 611 |
| Indonesian music and slides | Room 511 | |
| 11.00 | Drama Workshop with students (till 2.00pm): "La Declaration d amour a trovers les ages" | Room 511 |
| Italian films, including part of Fellini's "8½" | Room 611 | |
| 12.00 | Italian films, including part of Fellini's "8½" | Roam 611 |
| 1.00 | Spanish films, music and slides | Room 611 |
| 2.00 | French music | Room 511 |
| "Avanguardie Italiane del 1900" - A programme featuring Futurist art and music, Sanguineti, Berio and phonetic poetry | Room 611 | |
| 3.00 | Chinese music and slides "Avanguardie Itatiane del | Room 511 |
| 1900" (See 2.00pm entry) | Room 611 | |
| 4.00 | French music | Room 511 |
| 5.00 | French music | Room 511 |
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Classics Floor 6
Entertainment from the Classical World
- Love Poetry of the Ancient World - verses ranging from the politely mannered to the uninhibited by the ancient Egyptians, Sumerians, Canaanites, Greeks and Romans - read mostly in English but you will be able to hear a little Greek and Latin too.
- Scenes from Greek and Roman Drama: Antigone confronts Creon over a fundamental issue of human rights. Old men sing about the power of love. And more.
- The Art of the Etruscans: Mr Dunn will give a brief talk, illustrated with coloured slides, on the art of the forerunners of the Romans in Italy.
Friday: 3.00 pm and 7.30 pm
Saturday: 11.00am, 1.00 pm and 3.00 pm
The Ulysses Theme
This display illustrates aspects of Homer's Odyssey with coloured photographs, a map and selected verse extracts. The photographs illustrate scenes from the Odyssey with examples drawn from the wide range of Greek Art. Accompanying the pictorial display there will also be
- a book display which gives some indication of the influence of the Odysseus/Ulysses tale on later Classical and Western literature. Some examples from New Zealand literature will also be included.
- Tape recordings of 1) music inspired by the Ullysses Theme and 2) oral poets of modern Greece.
The Orpheus Myth
A brief tape/slide presentation
Classical Antiquities
The Department's collection of classical antiquities will be on display. A brief description catalogue will be available.
Pompeii
An illustrated display of the architecture of Pompeii, the Italian city buried by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in AD 79 (1900 years ago). The emphasis of the display will be on public buildings and entertainments.
Greek and Roman Theatre
An illustrated display of aspects of Greek and Roman theatre.
English Department Floor 7&8
English Tearooms
An English Tearoom has been set up where English Cream Teas will be served (for a small charge) in pleasant surroundings. From there you will be directed to an extensive array of poetry readings, films, displays and short talks.
Historic Printing Press-the Wai-te-ata Press
Professor Don McKenzie is operating an outpost of the English Department's Wai-te-ata Press, where you may print your own keepsake. Publications from the Wai-te-ata Press, including some hand printed books of poetry, etc. are available for purchase.
Meet the Staff
| - | Harry Orsman, editor of the new Heinemann New Zealand Dictionary (the dictionary is obtainable at the Victoria Book Centre - see map) | Room 706 |
| - | Bill Manhire, poet, and editor of two volumes of New Zealand Listener Short Stories | Room 804 |
| - | Frank McKay, official biographer of Baxter and editor of Poetry New Zealand | Room 808 |
| - | John Thomson, author of critical biography of Denis Glover | Room 809 |
| - | Jeremy Commons, authority on Italian C19th opera | Room 805 |
| - | Roger Robinson. Universities Entrance Board subject convener in English | Room 801 |
| - | Joe Musaphia - playwright and Writer's Fellow | Room 816 |
Displays
| - | Art books displayed by Tony Bellette | Room 715 |
| - | The British Council's touring exhibition on the British National Theatre | Lift Foyer, 7th Floor |
| - | A Katherine Mansfield exhibition | Lift Foyer, 8th Floor |
| - | Facsimiles of early manuscripts and palaeography | Rooms 814 and 815 |
| - | Wall displays on various famous writers, etc., in corridors of both floors |
A small book of seven essays entitled Views of English: Victoria University Essays for English Teachers and Students has been prepared by members of the Department, and will be available for sale from the 8th Floor foyer.
Performances
A programme of readings of short pieces of poetry and prose, beginning every hour on the hour, Friday 2-7, Saturday 11-4: Chaucer, Shakespeare, Katherine Mansfield, mediaeval and renaissance lyrics, literary letters, N.Z. fiction, modern British and American poetry etc., etc.
Talks and Films
Short talks on linguistic topics interspersed with half-hour screenings of films on subjects associated with English literature, as follows:
| 2.30 | "It's not the way you say it but what you say that say that matters:" On linguistic humor - Janet Holmes |
| 3.30 | "The Poets Eye " (Shakespeare) (18m) "Dickens Walked Here" (14m) |
| 4.30 | How to start a New Zealand Dictionary-Harry Orsman |
| 5.30 | "Dickens and Great Expectations" (25m) |
| 6.30 | "It wasn't what he said, it was the way he said it:"
What makes up a "tone of voice" - Laurie Bauer |
| 7.30 | "William Wordsworth Lived Here"(15m) "Yeats Country" (18m) |
| 8.30 | "What do we talk about when we learn to talk": On language acquisition -Graeme Kennedy |
| 10.30 | A Place in History: The Temples (28m) |
| 11.30 | "What do we talk about when we learn to talk": On language acquisition - Graeme Kennedy. |
| 12.30 | Mr Jingle of Dingley Dell (24m) |
| 1.30 | "It's not the way you say it but, what you say that matters" On linguistic humor - Janet Holmes |
| 2.30 | A place in History: Whitehall (27m) |
| 3.30 | "It wasn't what he said, it was the way he said it:" What makes up a "tone of voice" - Laurie Bauer |
| 4.30 | The Faith full Departed (Joyce's Dublin) (10m) Virginia Woolf: The moment Whole (10m) Collectors' Pieces (Preservation of Books) (15m) |
| 5.30 | How to start a New Zealand dictionary -Harry Orsman |
German Dept. Floor 9
Exhibition and Display
- An exhibition of German books and posters, including a travelling display of new Swiss books and posters placed at our disposal by the Swiss Embassy;
- A photographic exhibition on "The Elbe in the Two Germanys" and on "Kreuzberg - a Suburb of Berlin",
- A display of journals and publications reflecting the academic life of the Department;
- Free brochures, booklets and other materials which the public may take away with them.
German folk-song music will be played in the background.
Russian Dept. Floor
Tape-Slide Programmes
A choice of three: Russian icons; nineteenth-century Russian realist painting; Russian modernist painting
Russian Music
Choice of four cassette selections: symphonic; opera; church music; songs
Tourist Regions
Display on tourist regions and cities of the USSR
Russian Books
Cabinet by Room 905
Rare Russian books and documents
Life and Culture
Russian life and culture, and the Department's teaching and research - a varied exhibition.
New Zealand Slavonic Journal
Visitors will be able to consult and purchase back numbers of this journal which is the most important publication outside Europe or America devoted to Russian and Slavonic languages, literature, history and institutions. It is published twice-yearly by the Department.
The Staff
Staff will be available to talk about any aspect of the Department's teaching or research.