"It is certain that a Government's ideas of what is most essential to a University are not likely to square with those of academicians." "A proposal to standardize shades of hood today produced an amusing bit of backchat. My own contribution was the suggestion that the Vice-Chancellor's dress should consist of an ultra-violet gown with an infra-red hood. This would save a deal of trouble..." "Raymond Priestley's personal diary offers a perceptive and lively insider's account of academia during the 1930s. Priestley was the first salaried Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. It was a time of great upheaval, as Australian universities reshaped and reasserted themselves after the Great Depression."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved