Lumen Spring Summer 2023 - Flipbook - Page 35
Geoffrey E. Nottle
Adelaide’s University and Teachers’
College became complementary
hemispheres of my world in 1950,
beginning the whole enriching
experience that is my fondest memory.
WINNER
Studies in arts, education, sports of baseball,
cricket; socialising, on two campuses, filled most
days and into the nights.
Respectfully recalled now – inspiring instructors
in lectures, tutorials, practicals, excursions; Barr
Smith, public libraries; refectory, oval; books
read, events attended, roles acted, games played,
country correspondence courses, assignments
hand-written, three-hour opportunities – results
released – jobs done!
“Prosh”, Premiership, Inter-Varsity.
Graduations, Blue Dinners, Golden Jubilee
Reunions – enduring friendships – all precious
parts of the total treasure! Thank you both!
Mr Nottle, now aged 92, graduated with a Diploma
of Arts and Education, 1953, a Bachelor of Arts in
1956 and a Diploma in Primary Education
in 1959.
These two delightful photographs of Geoff and his wife Paquita were taken on the same spot,
50 years apart, in 1959 (soon after their wedding) and in 2009, when they returned to
campus to celebrate Geoff’s graduation Golden Jubilee
Language evolution
Errata
You may notice a slight change in language used in this issue of Lumen.
There was a trio of mistakes made with
images in the winter issue of Lumen –
spotted by our sharp-eyed readers.
There is an increasing move away from the use of the gendered Latin terms for
university graduates – alumnus, alumni, alumna and alumnae.
Although we will still use “alumni” in the collective, we will be using the more
inclusive term “alum” more and more frequently for the singular. This also aligns
with the changing practices of other universities. The Oxford English and
Meriam-Webster dictionaries both also note the word alum has been used to
describe a graduate, or past attendee, of either gender, since the 19th century.
The University of Adelaide’s Professor Katie Barclay, Director of the Fay Gale
Centre for Research on Gender says: “Language is ever evolving, and it plays an
important role in shaping our social world.
“Gender neutral language promotes inclusion by ensuring individuals are not
inadvertently excluded in our communications.
“As the University works towards building an environment that supports the
success and achievement of all who work and study here, small changes to
terminology are nonetheless a big signal of what matters to us and who we wish
to be.”
Interestingly she also gave some background on the terms “Master” and
“Bachelor” which many would, quite reasonably, assume were gendered terms.
Bachelor is in fact an anglicisation of baccalaureate, and refers to the head dress
of graduates. Bachelor (e.g. men) emerges from the same Latin root, but the
degree is not named for single men, rather as a translation of baccalaureate.
Master comes from magister, which can mean master but also teacher (and more
commonly viewed to mean teacher in the degree context). Like alumni, magister
in Latin would have various endings depending on the gender of the person/s it
referred to. It is not an inherently masculine root in the Latin (because root words
aren’t generally gendered in Latin – that’s what endings are for).
As members of our University community, some readers may have a view on this
change. If you do, please feel free to contact us via the contact details for Lumen on
page three of this issue.
Our image on the inside front cover (an
aerial view of the North Terrace campus)
was indeed not from 1973, as asserted,
but an earlier image which pre-dated the
construction of the Ligertwood Building.
Similarly, the rear cover image of a
computer being installed by crane in
“1970” was in fact from 1964 – a reader
who worked with it let us know.
These errors were in the filing system at
the Barr Smith Library and have now been
corrected. We thank our readers for letting
us know.
Similarly, a more recent image of a mural
commissioned by the University from
artist Cedric Varcoe was, we are ashamed
to admit, printed upside down. This error
occurred during the production phase
and was not picked up by our parade of
proofreaders – but was by a reader! Thank
you again.
I also thank the many readers who
responded very kindly to the changes
underway with the content and layout of
the magazine. We aim to keep improving
issue by issue and your feedback is most
welcome.
If you do note any errors with images in
this issue, please let me know –
Mark Douglas, Editor, Lumen.
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