The passage covers several topics related to academic appointments, journal launches, museum planning, prizes, and university news. Key points include: 1. **Durham University Appointments Board (1961)**: The board noted a decrease in male applications to the Atomic Energy Authority but did not observe a similar trend in the heavy electrical plant industry. It also highlighted the high percentage of male and female graduates entering teaching, with a significant portion attending teacher training courses. 2. **Vision Research Journal**: Pergamon Press launched an international journal, Vision Research, dedicated to the subject of vision, which spans multiple disciplines. The journal aims to provide a comprehensive resource for visual scientists and enhance the prestige of the field. 3. **National Museums of Southern Rhodesia**: The organization is planning to build three new museums in Salisbury, Bulawayo, and Umtali. The Administrative Section has moved to Salisbury to better manage these projects, and staff changes have been made, including the completion of Colonel H. L. Boulbree's contract. 4. **Maccabean Prize and Medal**: The Faculty of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London is inviting essays for the 1962 Maccabean Prize, awarded to a young competitor on the history of medicine or pharmacy. 5. **Plastics Institute Lectures**: The Plastics Institute is organizing a series of introductory lectures on plastics for non-technical staff at the City of London College in the autumn. 6. **University News (Leeds)**: Various appointments and grants were announced at the University of Leeds, including new research chairs, lecturers, and fellows in various departments. The university also received significant grants from the Yorkshire Council of the British Empire Cancer Campaign and the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa.The passage covers several topics related to academic appointments, journal launches, museum planning, prizes, and university news. Key points include: 1. **Durham University Appointments Board (1961)**: The board noted a decrease in male applications to the Atomic Energy Authority but did not observe a similar trend in the heavy electrical plant industry. It also highlighted the high percentage of male and female graduates entering teaching, with a significant portion attending teacher training courses. 2. **Vision Research Journal**: Pergamon Press launched an international journal, Vision Research, dedicated to the subject of vision, which spans multiple disciplines. The journal aims to provide a comprehensive resource for visual scientists and enhance the prestige of the field. 3. **National Museums of Southern Rhodesia**: The organization is planning to build three new museums in Salisbury, Bulawayo, and Umtali. The Administrative Section has moved to Salisbury to better manage these projects, and staff changes have been made, including the completion of Colonel H. L. Boulbree's contract. 4. **Maccabean Prize and Medal**: The Faculty of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London is inviting essays for the 1962 Maccabean Prize, awarded to a young competitor on the history of medicine or pharmacy. 5. **Plastics Institute Lectures**: The Plastics Institute is organizing a series of introductory lectures on plastics for non-technical staff at the City of London College in the autumn. 6. **University News (Leeds)**: Various appointments and grants were announced at the University of Leeds, including new research chairs, lecturers, and fellows in various departments. The university also received significant grants from the Yorkshire Council of the British Empire Cancer Campaign and the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa.