THE ORR CASE LINGERS . . .

»»W»WttW»»WIWW«Wl»WttW^^ After a long drawn out struggle the Orr Case remains one of the biggest unsolved moral and legal problems of our generation. The foUowing motions indicate the academic pressure for the revision of the entire affair.

Motion Passed by the Council of the A.A.P. at the Annual Semper Philosophy Conference, Meeting in Brisbane from 17th-2Ist August, 1964.

That this Council of the Australasian Association of Philosophy notes the resolution passed by the New Zealand Floreat philosophers at the 1964 annual meeting viz:

"We, the members ol the A.A.P. the University of Tasmania has as ye^ THE NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITT OF QUEENSLAND UNION i in New Zediand, are not yet satis­ neither responded to the numerous fied ihit iustice has been done to approaches to negotiate made this _ Vol. 34 No. 14 I7th SEPTEMBER, 1964 S Sydney Sparkes Orr, and we take year by Professor Orr, nor taken ade­ tlie view that the A.A.P. should quate cognisance of the several and continue iti present policy of pro­ detailed representations made to it moting a jutt settlement by all by this Association concerning the appropriate means. legally and academically improper MEMBERS ABUSE UNION PROPERTY — RETIRING HON. We accordirgiy recommend: features of the attempted settlement 1. that the A.A.P. should continue of December last. This Council SECRETARrS FINAL PRONOUNCEMENT. to discourage philosophers from earnestly hopes that a genuine settle­ accepting appointment to the ment will soon be achieved and to Chair of Philosophy in the Uni­ this enfd exhorts the University of versity, of Tasmania, until such Tasmania to negotiate with Professor VANDALISM time as a settlement is reached Orr. While the terms of the settle­ to which Sydney Sparkes Orr ment are a matter for Professor Orr could reasonably be expected to and the University of Tasmania we agree; wish to make it clear that we will Over the last M months one of the ma'ior prob­ '' 2. that (he A.A.P. should at pres­ support Professor Orr fn his endeav­ lems faced by the Union was the increase in vandal­ ent refrain from being a party our to obtain a just settlement and to any negotiations betveen that we regard no settlement as just ism by Union members to their OWN buildings and Sydney Sparkes Orr and the which does not include his restora­ fittings. University of Tasnisn'a, since in tion to academic life. Until a just our opinion Orr's own interests settlement is reached this Council has At the rnoment the Uni­ cigarettes on the floor instead and the cause of a just settle­ no choice but to re-affirm its belief versity of Queensland Union of in one of the many ash­ ment would be best promoted that the University of Tasmania is thereby." not as yet a proper place for the has one of the most beautiful trays provided. and hereby endorses that resolution employment of teachers of Philosophy. isets of buildings ever ov^/ned Perhaps the biggest single and adopts its recommendations; and Voting: 30 to 1 by a Student Union in Aus­ group of offenders are the in doing so expresse's its dismay that I abstention See Page 9 for the Full History of the Case as teen by the Hobart tralia—however it won't be chess players and, until card Student Representative Council. .Iori0 before the buildings are playing was banned, the card reduced to a pig-sty if this type players. Both these groups •of vandalism now being experi­ leave their areas a filthy mess enced • continues. These stu­ and get very indignant when STUDENT ACONMODATION dents must surely fail to told that they have had their realize that these buildings are use of the buildings removed. A FUTURE PROBLEM •actually controlled, run and No one objects to members International House and Union College when their first stages are • owned by their own Union and playing chess and cards if these complete at the beginning of 1965, will temporarily relieve some of the not by the University, so in groups co-operate with the ad- accommodation difficulties for a short period. administration bu^"until this However many more students will be requiring economic and con­ fact the damage they are In- venient accommodation as our University continues to expand at its -flicting is to their OWN build­ occurs their rights in the build­ present rate. ings. V ings will remain curtailed. See Page Four for a summary of the beginnings of the New Inter­ There is nothing smart or As usuai it is oniy too easy national House. •fashionable to the type of de- to paint the whole Union pop­ :5truction that members are in­ ulation with the same brush /:^^- flicting on THEIR buildings. but fortunately this is not so— INTERNATIONAL Some examples of vandalism the great majority of members •seen recently In the buildings take pride in THEIR buildings. HOUSE are:— Students (supposedly However the damage done by, .adult) scribbling with biros on this small percentage of juven-' -chairs and tables (this is the He vandals far outstrips their, -act of a petulant six year old small number. It is to be hpped j •child). that this small percentage ofj members will realize the utter Cutting open the arms of stupidity of these actions and •the Dunlopillo lounge chairs will try to curb their animal .and extracting the rubber fill­ instincts while in our Union ing. buildings. Burning holes in the Vynex •coverings^f chairs with lighted I would ask each and every •cigarette butts. member of the Union to play One juvenile idiot consist­ his or her part In helping to ently blocks up the men's keep the Union buildings in toilet cisterns with torn toilet the excellent condition that tissue. they are in today and in help­ Another lout paints black ing to stop this senseless de­ •boot polish on the toilet seats. struction of Union property. Another pervert writes dirty Robert J. Maeleod, •ditties on the building walls. Hon. Secretary. One crime that many mem- 'bers are guilty of is stubbing Union.

STUDENTS SUPPPORT FEE RISE The Referendum which caused so much controversy late last term was won in favour of the proposed change, since 2,420 students voted "for" and 1,338 voted "against" -the fee rise. The counting of these votes was detained because of .an objection to the postal votes. This called for a special meeting of Council to discuss whether these votes should he rendered invalid. — Thi roof goM on to the llrtt »tag» of InterMtiotiol House. PAGE 2 SEMPER FLOREAT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964 sire for knowledge of his origins. These stories were largely intui­ tive, and involved a consideration Dear Sir, of man's spirituality. Sometimes Why is it, after more than a century in which it was first propounded, the religious and scientific spirit EDITORIAL were together apparent In such rhe scientific concept of Evolution continues to be thought of as being intagonistrc to Christian faith? Why is it that when the philosophical or works as the Creation Hymn of religious conclusions of the "theory" are discussed, the Genesis creation the "Big Veda" of India. TUo mod­ The times when a candidate for a Union Council position ern "theories" of evoiutlon were could fill in a nomination form and forget about it until he itories are dragged in as though they supplied speculative alternatives to ^he matter under discussion? That controversy is a dead horse to most of arrived at by the sclentillc process received his notice for the Union Council meeting ARE US/ and the flogging of it a fruitless pattime. of observation, hypothesis and ex­ CONE. For the position of President this year Weedon closely periment, which process docs not It is therefore regrettable to Most thoughtful Christians also Involve a consideration of apirit- defeated Greenwood and an even closer result was recorded find in "Semper" (4th August) an would not be suited for a part In uallty. Such consideration i.s u for thn position of St, Lucia Evening Vice-President, where article by D. K. O'Toole which Mr. O'Toole's drama of "devout matter -for philosophers. Lionel Lindsay-Smith and Tony Barry tied for the position. mislcadlngly states a so-called pcopio tliat thoy are. protesting Christian view of evolution which ministers and lay people alike, It is unfortunate too that .Mr. The new trend in Queensland indicates that students begs for modification or correc­ arc confusing themselves and O'Toole has Insisted on the com­ are keen to be worthily represented on Union Council. The tion. have not realised a vital point in plete dichotomy of body and aoul. To assart that the soul is an ob­ Commerce Faculty deserves commendation for recording a He writes that "most Austra­ the message of Christ". Who is lians arc Christians and as such protesting and who is confused ? jective reality requires proof, Imt sixty percent faculty vote although the Arts Evening deserves believe In the Bible and everything Wliat is this vital point that has the existence of a "soul" IH be­ something else for recording a seven percent vote. The written In It . . . God created been nilE.qcd Ijy Christians'/ One yond proof. It is as fruitless as number of contested positions this year has been the high­ man and consequently all Chris­ wonders wliether the people and trying to prove the existence ot tians must believe it". That most the point arc imaginary. God, because the attempt to prove est at least since 1960; the number of uncontested seats was His existence reduces God to ob­ Austruliana "believe in the Bible" On tlic Genesis stories of cre­ four in comparison to eleven in 1960. is a wild statement; and whether jective reality and a pi'oduct of our ation, much scholarship lias been minds. The students are wise in taking seriously their repre­ "believing in the Bible" means lit­ undertaken. Apparently thoy seem sentation on Union Council as the council will actively repre­ erally accepting it as a set of to be of Mcsopotamian origin, but Although supplying these crlti- eal conmientfj, I am in agreement sent them on issues that could effectively influence the de­ scicntilically and historically inibueU with religious significance sound documents (each a Ph.D. by the Hebrews. Thoy are oi)cn to with .Mr. O'Toole's assertion of velopment of educational facilities of the state. When thjs thesis by God) conimunicatcd a variety of interpretation, fiom man's spirituality. However, the issue has been published the council wilt have considered through "inspired" writers who thu literalist view to .such inU'rest- problem seems to me not one of several pertinent motions that cover student life on our conveniently tuned in on tho "big ing contemporary views as those subscribing lo dil'terent beliefs or campus as well as being of National significance. sound" wavelength (the Infallible of Tilllch and others. In the theories, but. of experiencing the voices of antiquity) as .Mr. Koman Catholic Church, literal .spirit l)ehind the beliefs. The Education officer has tabled a motion hoping to O'Toole suggests It means, then belief in tlie Genesis creation Yours faithfuly, express student opinion on a possible sight for a second Uni­ again he has misrepresented tlie stories is not required us an J. K. D. NORMAN versity in Queensland. Students should be proud to know that situation. I, and niost others I'm article of faith. (Evening Kducation). sure, will refuse to roost in tlio In any case, the Genesis .stories Counsellors at present are capable of some worthy creative pigeon-hole of Mr. O'Toole's mind thought and incoming Counsellors can be assured that they arc numbered among the many into which all Christians "must" myths and stories evolved in an­ will be lost at Council meetings unless they can think beyond IJC consigned. cient history, to satisfy man's de- their own Faculty to a National and International level. .May I offer my tongi-utiilatioiis Union Council will soon have before it the findings of : to ilolin A. Cliaiics .^loore for his an extensive enquiry into student accommodation in many : article "Barry V. Lyndon" (Sem­ countries. This survey should be a guide as to the type of per Flear Sir, It is only too evident that for accommodation that Queensland students will require in the one to have had a realistic image future. y\r, ^^hiddcn lias done mc tlie Iionuur of taiiinK ine serlou.» the ortho­ agrees, though ho evidently has dox doctrine of the incarnation Yet. may 1 also draw attention The response this year to the Australian Overseas Stu­ not taken sufllclont account of my and atonement. It i.s a pity the to two suctions of this article with dent Travel scheme has been the best since its inception in concern that "the whole person Is petty sarcasm levelled against which I disagree? l^list, Mr. Queensland, as selection had to be made in choosing appli­ not taken Into account—It matters Packer had not been omitted and -Moore asks, "I'Mnillly how coiild a little that we render his life with cants. One would hope that this University will soon initiate some positive constructive thought Jew, after all the tiials and perse­ its personal and social problems (even if In disagreement) offered. cutions his people have felt over its own Student Travel Scheme in order to supplement the more difficult to cope with. . ." It Is also a pity that the book the ages, be a racist." Now, I do one organised by National Union as the National scheme is Mr. Madden, In asserting that de­ edited by "the lilghly respected not believe Senator Goldwater is already inadequate considering the number of students who scriptions of Immoral activities (as Alan Richardson" (entitled, by the a racist, but does his Jewish back­ In my article I take this In Us ground preclude the possibility? apply for vacation holiday delegations. way, "Pour Anchors from the broader sense) "offer a negligible Stern") should be treated with The abovementioned glamorous aspects of Union life stimulus to these activities" and Second, it was stated that "his such respect as to receive only (J. F. Kennedy's) death by tho are but a few of the activities that become recorded on the hence cUlng the factors for delin­ passing mention. quent behaviour listed by the gun of a Communist made him books during the year, of which about sixty percent of the Brown psychologists, has quite I suggest two books of wider virtually an unassailable national campus population is aware. The remaining forty percent are missed the point. In fact I did not reference for close reading and hero." Let us not quarrel with the people who are used by enthusiastic pressure groups or could assert that such works do stimu­ consideration: "I Believe in God" fact that in the mass hysteria fol­ by K. Runia, a book which con­ lowing Kennedy's death, he was, be better described as pegs on a changing scoreboard. late these activities, but only that they "might tend to break down siders tho relevance of the Creeds indeed a national hero. And Ictus for current discu.ssion and has not quarcl with the fact that many —AUN RICHARDS such (sp. ethical) principles". Of this latter there can be little doubt, some useful material on "H. to in the United States (and else­ P.S. Late news from the annual meeting of Union and I suggest that tho result of G."; "The Abolition of Religion" where) • asserted that Kennedy's by L. Morris, a study in "religion- assassin was a Communist. But Council is that President, Barry Murphy, has been made an the somewhat freer attitude of censorship is quite evident In some leas Christianity", a book which was he, in fact, a Communist? Do Honorary Life Member of the Union. of the five points of' the Brown commends itself as especially v.c In fact know for sure his Murphy has successfully steered the Council through one psychologists. • worthy of close study. ! identity? of Its mMt hectic years, and the Council had no hesitation Mr. Madden has seen with great Yours sincerely, Because of Jack Ruby's action, in endorsing the motion concerning his membership. clarity that "whether these stand­ PETER J. BLACKBURN. it Is probable that the world will ards (sc. the ethical standards of never be able to be positive about the Bible) are absolute or not de­ the name of the assassin. This bc- pends on the existence of TL god i Inig: the fact," we may hardly label SAVING MONEY and tho_ probability of Such a god ! him as a Communist. being In communication with the I • Dear .Sir, where on the library: for example mortals who brought these stand­ Dear ICdItor, it Is not hard for us to see tho It was wUh great Intcrpst that In multiple copies and the thous­ ards to the attention of other reason behind the assertion by 1 reail In "The Aiistrnhan" (Wed­ ands of books which are at present people". This Is true no matter Tlie tlieitie of this letter Is con- many in the U.S. that they are nesday, 22nd .Fnly) that Sir unavailable. what historical description one positive of tho Identity of the Robert Mcnzlcs was rciiortwl as corned with raticmalisin versus re­ killer. But surely we. looking I feel the start cannot be wholly takes for their emergence. This ligion. Mrstly, 1 do believe that having proudly stated in Birmlng- to blame for the gross Incfflciency matter Is therefore of sufficient from outside, can keep this sordid liam (Kngland) that "It is always that exists tn the library, for such Importance to warrant further en­ thcre^is a God here tosc

The Madjelis elects the PRESI­ DENT and gives him a mandate to UNION COUNCIL Indonesia execute the policy it has determined. The President is therefore the chlef The Repulilic of Indonesia is now Indonesia. It was brought on to mdo- executive. He enacts laws In concur- 19 years old, and the T9»h annivers- nesran soil chiefly by either Arabic rgnce with the 'Dewan Perwakllan ELECTION RESULTS ary of her Independence has just or Indian merchants. This new religion Rgkjat' and is entitled to issue exe- been celebrated. On this occasion, I expanded rapidly and scattered cutory Regulations and orders. EXECUTIVE COMMERCE (Evening)— Mr. Barry H«ll would like to write something about Islamic states were founded. Modjo- 'JHE DEWAN PERWAKILAN PRESiPENT—Mr. Divid Wcadon Mr. Geoffrey Jennings our motherland in this magaxine. pahit finally was defeated and this RAKJAT' is a house of peoples' rep- VICE.PRESIDENT—Mr. Jim Tin Mr. George Leney History: was the end of Hindu Empire in resentatives which holds legislative DENTISTRY—vsMHt AREA VICE-PRESIDENTS: I The people of Indonesia were Indonesia. power In concurrence with the Presi- ST. LUCIA DAY—Mr. Rag«r WoodgJto EDUCATION tOiy)—Mist Ctrole Rogers ; thought to have originated in the The Europeans then began to ar- jgn^^ xhey are in a position to en- ST. LUCIA EVENING—tied EDUCATION (EvenlRgl- Mr. M. Colston : Asian mainland, e.g. from India, rive In Indonesia and by 'oO^, a sy^g ^[^^^ ^j^g President executes his TURBOT STREET—Mr. Winiton Loxton ENGINEERING— Mr. Peter Hisan Siam, Cambodia, Indochina, etc. company was founded fay the Dutch mandate carefully and well, called V.O.C. This company was 'jHE, COUNCIL OF MINISTERS' HERSTON'>-Mr. Lhihay McDowell Mr. Robert Holloway These migrants settled in the Indo­ Mr. Roderick O'Donnell nesian Archipellag-..., „o- and formed founded purely for econornic pur- jj composed of persons who are ap- HONORARY SECRETARY—Mr. Allan Mik- scattered communities. As time went poses, but later, came to rule Irido- pointed by the President as his assist- kiltan LAW Mr. Scott Catgary HONORARY TREASURER—Mr. Lyn Bratil on, in the 7th century with the Budd- nesia using 'Divide and Rule policy, g^ts. The ministers head the govern- MEDICINE— Mr. Kevin Farrell hist Religion as the binding force. There were many rebellions carried ^gnt departments. They are respons- FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Ronald Marshall an Empire was set up centred in out by the Indonesians agamst the jbje only to the President who has AGRICULTURE— Mr. Alan Humty Miss Patricia Walker South Sumatra, called SRIWIDJAJA. Dutch Colonial Power, but since the (^,^5 undivided responsibility for all ARCHITECTURE— Mr. Timothy Robinson Mr. Rodney Ward This empire ruled the Indonesian revolts were not well organised and executive functions. ARTS IDiyl— Mr. C. C. Bird PHYSICAL EDUCATION—vacant Archipellago until it was conquered lacked modem weapons, they were ij\^£ SUPREME ADVISORY Mr. Leslie Kilmartin PHYSIOTHERAPY—' Miss Elisabeth Marks by another Kingdom called MODJO- easily suppressed. COUNCIL' acts iike a kind of "brains Mr. Glen Witliami PAHIT, centred in central Djawa. This At the beginning of 19lh century, trust" for the President, considering ARTS (Evenins)— Mr. Crjham Djvldson SCIENCE (Day)— Mr. B. Baker, Mr. T. Rout, Mr. W. Smith, Mr. B. Whidow. new Kingdom which displaced Sriwid- well formed organisations were matters he raises or taking its own Mr. Wtrren Howsll jaja in about 10th century had Hindi founded by the Indonesians. The initiative over an issue. Mbs Lesley Kelly SCIENCE (Evening)—Mr. Brett Clark, Mr. as the state religion. purposes of these was limited to 'THE GOVERNMENT DEPART­ D. O'Toolo COMMERCE (D«r>— Mr. L. L. Smith During the I Ith and the !2th the economic field. Later this was MENTS' are the usual administrative- Mr. John Betinctt VETERINARY SCIENCE—Mr. Peter Geddes centuries, a new religion came to changed, as more and more Indo­ organisations, most of which have nesians became educated. The voice of regional offices. 'self rule' became louder and louder. These are the bodies comprising After the first world war, the 'Nat­ the basic political structure of "the ional Party' was founded by Dr. Republic of Indonesia as stipulated by Sukarno, who wanted full independ­ the constitution. ence for Indonesia. To realise all its strength and glory, INTERNATIONAL HOUSE After the second world war, on the a nation needs a philosophy. For the 17th August, 1945, SUKARNO- Indonesian, the PANTJA SILA or The plan of I.H. is a nev^^ HAJTA on behalf of the Indonesian piVE PILLARS is the philosophy Some.years ago a Brisbane man had a vision of , . '^ . „'.,„,I (:..:„« people declared Indonesian Independ- adooted years incorporating a broader International outlook into departure in communal living. ;^^P ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^i^^jg, ^^,^ a^op'"PANTJ" A SIU Instead o.f the usual barracks Indonesia was finally recognised and 1. Belief in God. our community by building a College within the design, the architect has became a member of the U.N.O, 2. Nationalism. University of Queensland that would be a small area planned a more intimate at­ Basic Political Structure The Indonesian constitution stipu­ 3. Humanism. of International territory. mosphere of four bedrooms to lates that the highest authority in 4. Democracy. 5. Social Justice. 4 a floor with toilet amenities. the state Is the 'Madjelis Permus- This he presented to the Rotary Club of Bris­ This should be more like four jaratan Rakjat' composed of repre- From this philosophy comes our people living in a small flat. sentatives from all groups in society, foreign and internal policy. This phll- bane as its Golden Jubilee project and the plan to Includlng the political parties, and osophy, for us, is comparable to the establish International House Brisbane began to It will be interesting to see from all regions of the country. The 'Declaration of Independence' of the the results of this system. • Madjelis exercises the peoples' Sov- United States. The Pantjasila safe- take Shape. ereignty in full and determines the guards ouj identity and our national The main administration broad lines of state policy, thus de- integrity. Anyone, who understands In a comparatively small which will house 16 students centre and dining room has ciding general courses or directions Pantjasila, can understand the Indo- and Isolated community it is and a Tutor, and if necessary which the Republic takes in a given nesian People, been named "Martin Hall" for period of not longer than five years. Hasanbasri a slow process to instill a could be completely self Mr. Bert Martin, who has broad international outlook in contained. Each unit would since its inception given his the imagination, but with the have a small common room time and energy to the raising coming of television which can and kitchenette and also a of money to build this College. bring the world into every- games area and laundry In the He has also personally given a man's house, with the short­ basement. The buildings have considerable sum of money to YOU NET IHE ening of distances by travel a north easterly aspect thus the project and for the past and with the ever increasing giving the maximum light and two years has devoted half of number of people who are benefit from the prevailing every working day to Inter­ touring other lands, the idea breezes. The appearance has national House, by visiting NKXSr has gradually infiltrated into been based on early Queens­ people and asking for gifts to our every day lives and now enable the building, and also land architecture, though many International House is almost a to seeing that the finances are people have likened It to the PEOni household word in Brisbane. carefully administered.-He also And with this acceptance pagoda, feeling that it has a spends several nights a week has come the realisation of the distinctly oriental flavour. If- visiting metropolitan and vision, for the actual building this be so, then all to the good, country Rotary and Lions Clubs ONA of the College began on 10th as many of our overseas stu­ and other organisations talking March. 1964. dents are from Asian countries to them about I.H. and point­ The College Architect used and they should feel more at ing out that a Club can spon­ HOHDA for his design a series of units home in this environment. sor a room In the College and thus take an active part in 1t, by raising £750, which when Economists rave over subsidised would build a room. Honda's 225 miles The Commonwealth Govern­ to the gallon. Psy­ ARE YOU INTERESTED IN A ment has granted £50,000 for chologists simply love the 1964/66 triennium and the Honda's safety and CAREER IN SALES? State Government Is subsidis­ simplicity. Mathema- ing £1 for £1 up to £100.000 tiCiajis insist that it We require a Commerce or Account­ toward the building' of the all adds up to a terrific machine. Most College. Now with-the building ancy Student or Graduate who has an students, however, in progress much more Interest like Honda because interest in Business Systems, who is will­ Is being shown,, but still the it gets them there on pressing need is money. time,, and it's fun all ing to make a careeras a Sales Representa­ the way. tive. In the past the.overseas stu­ Priced from only dents have worked very hard Office equipment is the fastest grow­ to raise funds and give the ing Industry in Australia and requires project publicity, but now £l26'io'- .more than ever this backing Is trairied well paid men, capable of design­ Available at the most favourable terms through neieded; not only from the stu­ the University Union. For further details, app^ ing and implementing systems to suit dents from othen countries, at the enquiry desk, or mail coupon to the 2 distributors: Machines. but also from Australians, for } - « - -.-•'- - _- ---•««^„._ It is we who will benefit In the I Bennett Honda Pty. Ltd., Box 42^5, G.p.o., Sydney • If You are interested, end. This attfactlve College, : Please send ma free Honda literature with a multitude of interests, NAME- contact Mr. N. HENRY ™ I will add to the appearance and ADDRESS: at 2 7681. after hours 97 6778 value of the University of Queensland. SEMPER FLOREAT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964 PAGE 5

SCIENCE NEW PRESfDENT STATE OF SUNSHINE by John Mainstone, B.Sc, Ph.d. tho frequency on which the trans­ mitter operates — tho higher the Lecturer in Physics at this University frequency the greater the height, Dr. Mainstone is at present engaged in research on the or more correctly, the higher the frequency the greater the electron propagation of Magnetohydromagnetic Waves with special density required to reflect the sig­ interest in disturbances caused by high altitude nuclear ex­ nal. Since, as we have seen, the plosions. electron density increases with • height, not Indellnltely, but up to ] Front earliest times the sun has been recognized by man a maximum, there should exist a as the source of tight and heat necessary to maintain life on radio frequency above which re- I earth. It is not surprising therefore that we find the ancient ilcctlon is impossible at vortical j incidence, the signal then passing • Babylonians and Assyrians according a very important place to right througli the Ionosphere into ; Shamash, the sun-god. Again, the cult of Isis and Osiris space. This frequency is known as i which was nurtured in the Nile Valley and appears to have the "critical" fiequency (of the • spread far and wide in the ancient world, even to Rome^ was F-rcglon); Its value is determined f by Inspecttbn of records from an ' based on a veneration of the daily awakening of Osiris, the "lono.soiide", .'i variable frequency I sun-god, by Isis, the deity representing the dawn. radar system. The diurnal changes | In recent times, however, wc have peaks or irregularities at certain In critical frequency show some I begun to understand much more heights—two main layers, K—and variation from day to day in any j about the interaction between the F—are recognized, as well as location and depend on season. , electromapnetic energy from the other features such as a low-level latitude, sunspot number nnd the ..sun and the earth's atmosphere, ]l-laycr, an Fl-layer. sporadlc-K level of di.sturbance In the eartti'.s Mr, David Weedon, a Herston Medical Student is the new eapecially In those parts of the etc. The division into different nuignetic field. Since the advent Union President for 1964-5. iipectrum outside the range of vl.s- layers or regions is brought about, of artificial satellites it has been : ible wavelengths. We now recog­ in the main, by the fact that the possible to study the ionization' The Union's gai- n in having^ David Weedon as President nize, too. that the earth ia In the hii'omlng radiation Is not mono­ above the ionospheric peak with will also be their loss in loosing the personality of Bob Green path of another, quite different, chromatic i.e. it consists of a the aid of "topside sounders", i.e. vvood. kind of emanation from the sun, numl)cr of different spectr.al com- .satellite-borne iono.sondcs. viz. corpuscular radiation — this The election was closely fought and Weedon gained ponent.s. ': office by a very narrow victory. stream of charged particles con­ It might be expected that after CHAKGI ;i> I'AUTI'CLK stitutes what has become known sunset, when the source of ioni­ BO.>IBARn.Mi:NT I The new Union Extensions valued at approximately AS the "solar v.-lnd". zation production disappears, tho £110,000 will be the new President's first baby to nurse ionsptiero should also, disappear. /'.'" *"/,<^'''"'""" "I.*"'" "•'^"""•i through the Senate and the Union Treasury. KMiCTROSIAGNETIC WhlLst this ia largely true of the BADIATIOX wind" with the earth s innKnclic i £ , ^, • i .. z / i i . n / . lower regions, K- and D-. H is (lehi has rcceivwi considcrnWc at- 'o have the oversight of our present Union Refectory, Short-wave radio conuiiiinlca- certainly not tho case in the F- tlon over large dLstanccs on the region. where complicated recom­ tcnthm since the pviHlicthm by Union Activities as well as hordes of lively (we trust) st'u- surface of the earth Is made iio.s- bination processes, eloctrodynamic thvjien Allenexistenc, ane d olatef rth di.scovcrye , of dents, is not everyone's bread .sible by refleotton of the raillo movements of ionization and other belts. """«««<»»: and butter. i^lgiuils fi-oni layers of elect roius factors combine to allow the exist­ i con.stltHtlnK tlic "ion«si»hcre", at ence of a substantial night-time Charged particles stroanung | heights between about 75 and iM) ionosphere, even in polar regions fom the sun tow.ards the earth find : miles. where the "night" is considerably their progress rapidly diminislicd longer than 24 hours. when they are confronted by the This reflection, and al.so reflec­ geomagnetic field which forces tion from the ground after tho sig­ .Much of our piesont knowledge Bob Greenwood in one of his 'Scoop' of the Ionosphere has been gained them to move in spiral patiis nal has travelled to the ionosphere along Its linos of force. Once made poses could well have been contem­ and back to another point on the by the use of radar-type oqulp- lucnt designed to measure. Instead to take up up this spiral motion plating the future of the Union. earth's surface, takes place with the particles become virtually ourprislngly little lo.s.s of pouoi'; of target i-ange, the Ionospheric height of reflection ot the trans­ trapped (partlcuiarly in the radi­ on the other hand the "ground- ation bolts) so that they oscillate i JVfive" propagating over the mitted pulse. In general, the height of reflection depends on backwards and forwards along tho \ earth'.s surface i.s very rapdlly at­ fleld lines. tenuated. The electrons in the \ tionists. Also, docs Mr. .Mooro ^ili'll:li;l„IMlll|llll.|.||illi:|i,|,i|ii|i l:ilr'll:tMliiliii il'j ionosphere are produced by vari- ; really believe that his "sincerity" ous Ionization processes a.s the' "GOLDWATER" i.s proved when ho says he will im­ "harder", or more energetic, com­ plement the Civil UIght.s Hill If [ IN MEMORIAM { ponents of the Incident electro-. On Mr. Moore's article—Term Review I'resident? Docs the President ^ ? magnetic radiation are absorbed I have tho right to pick and choose ^ The Union was saddened r by neutral air molecules in the .Mr. .Moore's article "Barry v. waveringly . . .' Ls oiniously .so which bills he will obey? I recently by the passing of Vincent | upper atmosphere. That there much nonsense. liyiKlon" Is llllcd with nils-stutc- I John McSwceney, aged 21, who = should be a peak of electron dcn- nieht.s and inaccni-aelcs. Also Mr. .Moore failed to tium- •sity at some particular height in , On Cuba, Goldwater has In fact s died on the afternoon of Sunday, ^ advocated U.S. support for "any­ tlon that although Goldwatei- be­ the Ionosphere can be deduced by Senator Goldwater has changed lieved measures to eliminate dis­ I 6th September as a result of head | a simple argument along those' his position on the U,N. from one one" who was prepared to lot I injuries he received in a road ? Castro "have it", which would, he crimination agaln.st Negroes In lines—Iwi the Incident radiation ; of U.S. withdrawal through "1 employment or in the use ot I accident the previous evening 5 penetrates further Into the earth's j can't roinombcr over having said believed, avoid the necessity of an Invasion, with the obvious impli­ hotels, etc. were "unconstitu­ f while on his way to the Univers- | atmosphere it encounters regions that" to his present one of "I tional", the John Birch Society of progressively increa.sing neutral don't want to get out of the U.N. cation that if this .was not sulli- I ify. An aspiring Ph.D. student, f cient, an invasion should bo under­ (of which Goldwater, with qualifi­ ? Mr. McSwceney was reading for | air density, but as it does .so It I want to make it work better." cations approves) has the "consti­ loses more and more of Its own Thus Mr. Aloore has placed him- taken. In any case how could his I honours in inorganic chemistry, ? policy of turning on the water tutional rights" to call KIscnhowor energy in the process of ionizing self In the incredible position of (as well as Allen and Poster 1 this making his death the more | the air molecules, and thus less (fefcndlng Goldwater by arguing mains to Guantanuma be eftective Dulles, President Kennedy) a • lamentable. ' energy is available for Ionization for a policy to which Goldwater Is unless tho U.S. invaded and main­ CommunLst. 2 .• of tho more numerous neutral air now opposed. Similarly,, Gold- tained control of requisite areas molecules at lower heights. A water has altered his position on of Cuba? Xot considering the ob­ ,=:il'«llll||||||ll|ij|i||ji|i||ll|ll|ll|IM|r||i!; vious international dangers, why In brief, in November tho IT.S. maximum electron density should the welfare state from "Let wel­ will have a choice between reason article displayed both ignorance thus be reached at a particular fare be a private concern" through .saoriflce many men lo do so when nnd lack of judgment. So tn his Guantanuma can be and is being and a contradictory, ridiculous height such that above this height making the .social security sy^ttem reactionary. In the guise of offer­ tHought docs Senator Goldwater. there is plenty of energy available "voluntary", to continuing It in easily supplied with water by ship? ing "a real choice" Goldwater L. tt. SMITH for ionization but not enough par­ its present form and "anyone who offers no choice at all. ticles to be Ionized and below, •says I'm against social security (Arts Taculty), plenty of particles but not enough lies" with opposition only to ex­ It is also clear that Goldwater energy to ionize them. In prac­ tension of social benefits. From NUCLEAR WAR has very, very little chance of tice the curve of electron density this alone Mr. Moore's proposition, Mr. Moore failed to mention winning. As S, Alsop has pointed versus height exhibits subsidiary "He has held to his principles un­ that Goldwater can't "sec how it out, Goldwater has alienated every '("real nuclear war") can be major voting bloc and he has con­ CHADWIGK'S avoided", has advocated giving ceded so much that L.B.J, is run­ complete control In the use ot ning on both poverty and prosper­ tactical atomic weapons to the ity and has the ardent support of CASKET military, dropping "low yield both Henry Pord II and Walter Ken Porter's atomic weapons on the Chinese Reuther. As well L.B.J. Is a .South­ supply lines In North Vietnam',, erner, Is the heir of Kennedy's AGENCY in the Cuban crisis of October, popularity and will go to tho polls 1963, "would have blasted tho with a remarkable scrici of do­ BOOKS, GIFTS, island out of the water", and on mestic achlovcntcnts. Contrasted AMOCO general foreign policy matters is with this, as tho primaries demon­ GREETING CARDS, an advocate both of Nato and of strated (and which California did policies that would ensure its dis­ not disprove) Goldwater has' tho STATIONERY, Service Station integration,, and so on. support only of a minority of the mlnoiity Republican party. MAGAZINES m On domestic matters, Goldwater rejects any measures to aid the Goldwater in his glib equating Agents for N.S.W. OFFERS FREE numerous deprived and unem­ of freedom with governmental In­ ployed (who have "low Intelli­ action, In his rejection of the poli­ Savings Bank PICK-UP AND gence or low ambition") and In­ tical and economic advances In creasing greatly already large dlf- thought and society of this cen­ St. Lucia Shopping DELIVERY SERVICE forencca between the wealthy and tury, displays a simplicity of poor by the elimination of the pro­ thought, not up to pass standard Centre \ gressive Income tax. Although he in Political Science I at this Uni­ has spoken' against racial pre­ versity. Hawken Drive Phone 7 6059 judice, In his voting nnd policy- statements he has aligned himself But the real fault of Goldwater completely with Southern segrega­ Is more basic. Mr. Moore in his PAGE 6 SEMPER FLOREAT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER n,.l964 E.U. The inxer'Church Commit' in many cases form the basis from stood that in some denominations tee pays the stipend of the Prot' which the existing Chaplains the Chaplain is thought of as NEW ZEALAND estant Chaplain. work. having one of his prime roles the TASMANIA (iii) The possibility of inter' administration of the sacrament. LONG VACATION At the University of Church consultation in the ap' As this requires some sort of EMPLOYMENT &/0R TRAVEL Tasmania there are 2 part'time pointment of Chaplains should be congregational life the appoint' Chaplains, Roman Catholic and considered. In this regard the ment of such a Chaplain would Jointly arranged by NUAUS an(d N.Z. Anglican, who are Wardens of same disabilities that flow from almost inevitably bring with it their respective University Col­ disunity, as have been experienced the creation of a denominational University Students' Associations. leges. They are appointed by their in Asia, apply. Further, most of society. respective Churches and are the Christian witness in the Uni' At the conference of Christian features: recognised by the University. versity of Queensland is at pres' Renewal organised by the South They work through the existing ent on an interdenominational Australian Council of Churches -^ being met on arrival in New Zealand University Societies. basis. and held in Adelaide in January, i^ tnifial cheap accommodation arranged pre- ADELAIDE (iv) The role of the Chaplain 1963, the followbg recommenda­ arrival At the University of within the University should be tion was made by the Commission •i( assistance with employment if required Adelaide there are 3 full'time considered in a joint consultation dealing with the Church and Edu­ i^ advice and assistance with travel and accom­ Chaplains; Anglican, Roman of all the Churches that are likely cation: modation Catholic, and Methodist. They to be involved. It appears that "That the South Australian different Churches hold different Council of Churches inquire into i^ group travel concession are all appointed as Chaplains by their respective University Col' approaches to the role of Chap- the possibility of establishing an ^ NZUSA Congress leges and are not officially recog' lain. It has been suggested by ecumenical Chaplaincy in the people in Western Australia that Full details and application forms at S.R.C. (Guild/ nised by the University although University of Adelaide." there is a possibility of a Chaplain Union) Office. Applications close September 30th, the authorities are sympathetic. It is not known what has been 1964. WESTERN AUSTRALIA being appointed by the Univers' done to give effect to this recom­ ity as one of a 4-man team; Stu' mendation, but it is suggested P. F. JOHNSON, There are dent Counsellor, Appointments that the Queensland Committee Administrative Secretary presently no Chaplains appointed in the University of Western Officer, Medical Officer and Chap' of the Australian Council of Australia. lain. This puts the Chaplain pri' Churches could well consider act­ manly in a counselling role and ing upon the recommendation in appears to offer many advantages. relation to the University of SURVEY ON On the other hand it is under' Queensland. UNIVERSITY CHAPLAINS UNIVERSITY CHAPLAINS New England. In the Univers­ THE SAINT A survey has been made of the position in relation to Chap­ ity of New England there are lains in other Universities in Australia. The picture shows a divers­ two fulltime Chaplains; Anglican ity of approach, but in all Universities except those of Queensland and Roman Catholic. The local AND THE SEPOY Methodist and Presbyterian Miu' and Western Australia, some form of Chaplaincy exists. Hussein Ibn Abas, that great saint conning NEWCASTLE for 1964. The Chaplains are ap' isters also visit the University and act as Chaplains. The local Meth­ from Holy Land, Newcastle Univers- pointed by their denominations at By heathen Mongols was beheaded here in Ity College has 5 Chaplains who the invitation of the University. odist Church has a large student Samarkand; arc appointed by their respective They are recognised by the Uni' centre. The two full-time Chap­ Churches, -Roman Catholic, Ang- versity and arc asked to regard lains are nominated by their But, undismayed by this event, or so legends lican, Presbyterian, Methodist, themselves as staff; they have an Church authorities to the Uni­ ' tell. and Baptist. They all have Parish office provided. They are paid by versity Council who then appoints The saint picked up his head and disappeared responsibilities in addition to their their respective denominations. It them. They are paid by their re­ into a well. Chaplaincy work. They are ap' should be noted that the Univers- spective Churches. They have a Long years went by. Timur the Lame chanced pointed by their respective ity welcomes the appointment of room provided for them at the on that holy ground, Churches, and arc recognised by Chaplains by the Churches, and University, and also a typist. Considered, and then sent a guard below to the University to the extent that has .'laid that the door is open for They maintain contact with the look around. they are honorary members of the the Churches to appoint full- existing religious societies in the University, the Newman Society, So down the well the soldier went, and to his Union and arc admitted in the time Chaplains to the University. great surprise Senior Common Room; they also A religious centre with a chapel, S.C.M. and E.U. Neither of them have any Parish responsibilities There sat the living Hussein Ibn Abas in para­ have an office provided. They and offices and rooms to accom- dise! work through the existing modate Chaplains is expected to but the Anglican Chaplain is also societies in the University as well be available this year, Chaplain of the N.E.G/ School. You know the legend, I suppose, of how the as moving around informally on saint, in spleen, the campus. MELBOURNE COMMENT Forbade the soldier to diisclose the wonders It will be seen from the fore­ he had seen SYDNEY The University of Syd' , 7*^"^ ^''^ ^ C^^P' going summary that the bulk of On pain of blindness; how the" Emir bribed, ney has .^ Chaplains; a Roman h'"* appomted m the Melbourne University Chaplains at present Githolic who is full'time, an University at present; Anglican, threatened, won his way, arc working part-time by reason And how the curse of blindness fell—the Anglican who is Rector of a local Roman Catholic, and Jewish. of Parish reiponsibilities. It will church, and a Methodist who is They are Chaplains to the Ang' story's told today; lican Society, Newman Society, be seen also that the recognition Vice-President of Wesley College. given by the Universities varies But I believe it's incomplete, distorted, barely and Jewish Society respectively. They arc not recognised in any from place to place. It will be true! ^ way by the University and have They are not recognised in any seen also that only in Monash, is I wouldn't have climbed, back again to face no office provided. The Roman ^''^.^V the University, but the there any inter-Qiurch consulta­ Timur. Would you Catholic Chaplain works through ^"g'lcan and Jewish Chaplains tion on the appointment of Chap­ I think the sepoy and the saint In harmony do have offices provided. The a student centre where he and lains, It will be seen also that I divine Roman Catholic is associated with his assistant meet students and many of the Chaplains do a great Sit playing chess in paradise, and drinking lead study groups as well as offer '^^ University College. •deal of their, work through the Uzbek wine. all the other administrations of MONASH existing Univeisity Societies, and —John Manifold the Roman Catholic priesthood; There are 3 Chap- in the case of the non-Roman he works through the Newman Uins presently at Monash; Roman Catholic Societies particularly Society. The Anglican Chaplain Catholic, Protestant and Jewish. through the S.C.M. is available at his Rectory and The Jewish Chaplain is also the |IIIIIIIIJIIIIIIIII|||||||||||||||||||MltllllllllPIIIIIIIIII|||l|l|l||||IIIIIIIIIIJIIIIIII|l||t||llllllll|lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllt! tends to work with E.U. The Chaplain to the Melbourne Uni- Points for Consideration i THE UNIVERSITY OF Q'LD. FOOTBALL CLUB j Methodist Chaplain endeavours ygrsity. The Protestant Chaplain It would seem that in any con­ to support both S.C.M. and E.U. jg appointed by an inter-church sideration of the appointment of I ^ ANNUAL DINNER 1 to make contact with all known Committee at Monash, at\d the University Chaplains the follow­ i & I Methodist students, to hold a present Chaplain is an Anglican ing matters should be borne in service of • Holy Communion Th_^^e ^3 Chaplain_ ^ s ar_e on the list mind:— I TROPHY PRESENTATION NIGHT | every Wednesday as well as to of"^tra'Curn7dar staff along with' (i) University authorities should be available for counselling. ^^ medical Advisor and Teach- be 'approached before any ap­ I Next SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 19th I NEW SOUTH WALES ers' Director. They have offices pointment is made to gain their I »* • . I In the Uni' provided in a building .which is support and co-operation. It will' I The Qld. Rugby Union Club (Charlotte Street) i versity of New South Wales, set aside as a religious centre. be noticed in the above that such I at 6.30 p.m. | Kensington, there are presently 6 The Protestant Chkplain is a full' support can give the Chaplain I Members of 'A' Grade, Reserve Grades, 'B' Grade, U. 19 | Chaplains; Roman Catholic, Ang' time appointment, -^the Jewish direct access not only to stu­ I Grades Gr Sub-District Competition requested to attend | lican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Chaplain spends most of his dents but also to staff. I Supporters V^elcome | Baptist and Jewish. Only the time at Melbourne and the Roman (ii) The existing University re­ Roman Catholic is full-time, but Catholic is on the staff ,of a ligious societies should be con­ I Celebrate with our Wallabies | the Methodists expect to be able Seminary. The Protestant Chap- sulted. The above summary I All Inclusive £1 ' | to appoint a full'time Chaplain lain works with the S.C.M. and makes it clear that these societies ^NiiiiuuiitiiuiiiiuiHiiiiitiHttituiMuiutMnviiitiniiiiH(HiiiiuiuiiwiininiHiiiiiiiMiNininiiiiniiiiiiiiiinii)iuiiif^ SEMPER FLOREAT, THURSDAY/ SEPTEMBER H, 1964 PAGE 7

tape of tlie world, THE SECRETARY, I at Union Refectory | of a Renaissance in sight. .Admittedly, watciiinir modern man eke out hi.s, NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF I St. Lucia i a few quality films do trickle through miserable e.\istence in which he has lost AUSTRALIA, m • from time to time: recently we have iii.'i reason for heinR. Like the Ancient BOX 691, POST OFFICE, I Band, Floor Shows, Supper | sccti Lindsay .Anderson's utterly un- .Mariner of Colcridpc's poem, he k cou- CANBERRA CITY, A.C.T. •compromislni;, brut.il. and technically denmed to a fate worse than death— CLOSING DATE:. Applications will close at the Foundation's Can­ I Admission 6/6 I brilliant tragedy This importing Liif piv- lifc-tn-death. .Auiouioni is a rclii:!ons berra Office on 16th October, 1964. ing us our first real look at Richard artist who believes thai man has a Application forms are also available from Mr. N. West, Medical I Semi-Formal | Harris (previously seen only as a com- spirit—this spirit, he pvoclainis. has been School, Herston. pctcnt hut not iniposinp featured i^lay- deadened by modern materialism: he; » s cr in mediocre Ikitish baloney like states this ^reat theme repeatedly, and Jl.llllll|J(|lllll|lllll|llllllll(li|n|.ll>l|ll|lllllIlfllllNi:illllr. Till' Long and tlu Short ami llu Tall): he states it witii a conipassion for Wc have also seen in successive weeks Ininian snifcrinp that has CUILICJ a preai Scrpe Hourpuignon's eprcpious expcri- many of his contemporaries. ment m CH\cma an. Sundnys mul Perhaps the most intelligent artist; Cyhfle with its novel and hispired oF them ali is Ingmar Bergman, a I ;' photographic technique and perfect act­ Swedish introvert wlio hait thoroughly ing performances: and Inpniar Hcrp- deserved the right to be called a I man's latest (and. perhaps best yci) genius. i excursion into metaphysics with Throusli " Class Darkly in which he He has illusiralcd wilii iri)nv and the: confronted us with his most terrifyinp insipht of a metaphysical pnet. the'' IAN LINCOLN symbol yet; the Spider t~!oJ. agonies that accompany the failure of i Of 'Course' they elected me ',,',,, , , human beings to communicate: he has | However. Ihc above samples arc the io,,|,,,j j^,,.,, •„,,„ i,i„,^^.|( ^^^j }o^j„j ,],3j N.U.A.U.S. Secretary. exception rather than the rule; further- i,j, i,p.,rt 1,35 ^rown cold. Throiiph his more, they were shown for very hm- fti„,j, ,.c has conducted a desperate atid ited seasons and the Brisbane movie- tortured search for the ineaninp of life, going public pave them a very luke­ lie ha.s struppted with an obsession fori warm reception. This attitude is typical: the knowledge of C>od: he has. indeed,' quality films of taste and excitement seen Ci(Ki in many forms, all of them • barely pay their way, I doubt very ambipuous and depressing. Throuiih his much that the average Brisbane movie­ pcnius (and his uncertainty) lie has' goer has even heard of the New Wave. nianapeJ to capture somcthlnji,' of the I For the benefit of the above-men- universal tragedy of man. BRIAN TOOHEY tioncd once uixjn a time, cmcma Tony Richardson, Britain's anpriest was nothing inorc than an industry, a Angry Young .Man and foremost in the You Mean They Really vast, impressive commercial machiuc ioaus;uration of the kiichen-shik cycle Elected Me Editor of Semper with its traditional home in Ifollywood. of British films, is must less a stylist ^^^^ This machine turned out film after xhm his foreign counterparts; to pili it k .^i^^^^^K Floreat. film with that assenibly-line look, pro- more plainly, most of his work is a I. ••>v,^^a viding little tnorc than innocuous cscap- stylistic shambles. Ihit at the best, this JI ist entertainment, and sayiiif.' nothing loud roar of .social protest mirrors a "^ - t^^^^K^^V more than what some big fat banker complcidy autiietiiic picture of the'i COLIN BIRD tiiought the public ought to be told, jncsent-day plight of the Pommie pro- ^A This situation existed through sotnc Ictariat. And in his "holiday" film, That Gentlemen is My Educa­ UNI JAZZ decades, with no serious challengers. Tom Jones, now sliowiiig in Brisbane "^'i^w V tion Report. 7.30 SUNDAY NIGHTS Then, all at once, a number of original (a fj),,, not to be mis.sed by any movie- with the creators from the four corners of the goer under any circumstances), he has ''z-^'' globe gave rise to a revolution in consciotisty formulated a practical phil-1 MODERN UNI 5 cinema. They saw the camera .}s a way osophy tailor-made for the pressures of. at PELICAN TAVERN of expression—a means of saying what niodern life: "get with It and /I'tr—live j V:'- •-V! they wanted to say to the world. And it a||.«^ ! / St. Pauls Terrace, Valley Admision 4/- what they had to say was important, Brisb'ane is apparently afraid of the! It shocked the inasscs and the critics j^:^,^^, ^y^^.^. Overseas, it has certainly! alike out of their cmcmatic complac- shattered the public image of cinema, i an-Pau Bclmondo Albert Fniney.l virile hero, Tom, has uninhibited ap­ note throughout, life is touched at CEITH A. PLIMMER petites which arc almost his down­ many places but is never pawed. As ccpted cinema conventions to achieve Jeanne -Morc^u. and Rachel Roberts I in ROOM LG 16, SOCIAL their ends. ' "'"'^'^ shown that an artist can trans-. fall, but he has a heart of gold, a inevitable as his many amorous vic­ form every atom of his being huo an j sense of humour, and an ingenuous tories, is Tom's ultimate reunion with 3CIENCES BUILDING at 1.10 p.m. They stalked out of the big. estab- atom of the character he is portraying,! sense of gallantry. Always prepared his loved one, Sophie. What happens sn THURSDAY, 24th SEPTEMBER lished studios and, with their small , , , • , . . , , \ to help the underdog even at per­ on the way is eminently entertaining. 1964 cameras, they probed into the world 5^ 't ''cmg over-optnmstic to hope! sonal sacrifice, he contrasts with the Outside. The results are extraordinary: |l'at one day soon the apathetic BHS-J artful hypocrite, Blifil, whom he this little band of free spirits has sue- b''"'-' audieticcs will sit up and t.nkc .fakes great pains to prevent becom­ cecdcd in capturing'the desire, despair, "°t'<:e of the New Wave? Far too ing his brother-in-law, not because VERONICA AT BREAKFAST nd disease of the contemporary world. ""."V q^^*^ >' fi "« have never reached he bears him any personal malice (for by FREDDIE It. ha1,,s. focusef..,.„d^ it;,i. ™*,^'}'Vn f''',,-r^T!i

  • REVIEW RECORDS! YOUTH CONCERT REVIEWS {Saturday, September 5th) RECORDS! by Your reviewer for this concert is of Mr. Richter-Haaser, The whole RECORDS! in somewhat of a quandary. This par- performance from points of view of ficular musical exposition gave me so both soloist and orchestra was most KEN SMITH much pleasure and so little relative polished. One would like in all humil- SYMPHONIES pain that the praise which must be ity to single out the slower second allocated greatly outweights the movement as deserving of special TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 The second is the most approach­ blame. praise. ("Patheh'(|ue"). Rundfunk Symphony able of the Sibelius Symphonies and The programme opened wifh the The final work of the evening was Orch. Cond. Dean Dixon HMV this performance, except that the varying moods of Don Juan as por- Tchaikovsky's extensive essay into OASD 7529 (Stereo). scherzo is a little too slow, is stun­ trayed by Richard Steauss. One en- the lower reaches, his sixth symphony This is not sufficiently colourful, ning. No important detail of the )oycd especially the more reflective ("Pathetique"). While one tends to emotional and exciting to be a com­ score is lost, there is no sentimentality solo portions, particularly that given doubt the wisdom of including such pletely satisfactory performance. Thesuc h is Ansermefs amazing musician­ the clarinet. The finale was a joy to a lengthy and introspective work in soloist are good players but they often ship. The sound is the equal of the hear. I wonder sometimes why the a Youth Concert, if was nevertheless ignore such markings on the score as . performance. orchestra cannot play more con- a fine performance which (from the con tenerezra. , , VIVALDI etc. tSth Century Con­ sistently — the handling even with- ensuing applause) was appreciated, The recording is reasonably good, cert!; Virtuosi dt Roma. HMV OASD in this piece was somewhat patchy. The orchestra warmed to its task anti but many details are lost and the 579 (Stereo). the earlier orchestral work contrast- to me the most rewarding .sections sound is noticeably thin at the Those who like this sort of music ing wifh the controlled finish. were the processional marches of the climaxes. will undoubtedly like this disc as both The German pianist, Hans Richter- third movement and the., quiet and MOZART: Clarinet Quintet (KSSII; playing and sound are extremely good. Haaser was the soloist, playing the climatic finish. Divertunento in F (K247) members But really the music is most super­ first of Chopin's piano concert! — The rather thunderous applause was of the Vienna octet. Decca SXLA ficial — Vivaldi's renaissance justi­ again a work by an artist for an art­ well rewarded by two long and pol­ 6087 (stereo). fied in a technical sense is not justi­ ist. The work gives ample opportu­ ished encores from soloist and orch- An enchanting performance of an fied musically. In effect, as Daila- nity for the soloist to display his eslra. For these mercies one is grate- exquisite quintet, emphasising the picolla has said, he wrote not several virtuosity, and the audience was well ful. mellifluence of the music. The en­ hundred concert!, but one concerto satisfied by the controlled brilliance Peter de Jersey gaging divertunento is likewise ex­ several hundred times. ' cellently played. MOZART: Piano Concert! (I) No. The stereo disc is almost flawless 20 (K466) with Hayden Andante and but I believe that the mono is not variations in f minoir, R.C.A. LSQ as good. 2635; (ii) No. 17 (K453) with AUSTRALIAN REGULAR ARMY DVORAK: String Quartets in "F Schubert Impromptut op, 90 R.C.A. major" and D minor. Janacek LSC 2636 (both mono). Quartet. Decca LXTA 6103 I mono). Both records are several years old The playing is outstanding — per­ and the sound is not very good. The haps the finest quartet performance RCA Victor orchestra conducted by OFFICER and recording thai I have heard. Alfred Wallenstein is adequate but Balance and interplay of the instru­ Arthur Rubinstein's perfomnance is ments are magnificent. unfortunately not very Mozarteair. He The music is not very demanding is a little too cojd, too aggressive; he and is quite tuneful. is not lyrical, as Mozart is above all CAREERS SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 (in 'D else. major') L'Orchestre de la Suisse l do not recommend the record. Romande cond Ernest Ansermet' Decca SXLA 6100 iSteteo). —JOHN CARMODY

    Australian orchcatral music . 5s from tho film soundtrack the also uncommon on disc but W&G various bands make up a disc have transcribed the film scores of with good mono sound and the the late Dorltm le GtiUlennc (\VG liner notes explain the programme B1747). Though they are derived of the music delightfully.

    POLITICAL STUDENT

    Reviews by P. WERTHEIM

    One index of the vitality of a Uni­ the state of their own society. -If our Applications are invited from undergraduates versity is the number and quality of Universities arc in general as intellect­ tile publicatious oi\ political, social, cul­ ually flabby and lacking in vigour and to enter the Officer Cadet School-—Portsea, Vie- tural and academic matters to be found passion as is the case in this University toria in January, 1965. within It. (and both staff and students are in­ to undergrad- On this test the University of Queens­ volved) wc can look forward to the Special entry conditions apply land is, taken on a whole, lacking in growth of an even more shoddy and completed two isncllcciual vigour and passion. To the compiaceiit society than we have at the uate applicants who have successfully best of my knowledge, apart from the moment; and God knows, that Is a truly years of any university degree cou rse. University student paper Semper the quality of alarming prospect. applicants with lesser qualifications may be consid- \vliose articles seldom rises above the All this brings me to the'latest issue very nicdiocre, there exists in the Uni­ of The Political Student. In view of ered for normal entry. versity only the University magazine what I said above about the dearth of Galmahra which does not even come journals of any kind within the Uni­ ELIGIBILITY out re^-ularly once a year; The Mdkar, versity one can only welcome The Pol­ the product o( tlie linglish Society, the itical Student, which is at least a Nationality. Australian Citizens or other British roneocd Newman Society journal Con­ serious effort to give expression to stu­ sider; a Social Work Students Journal dent/staff thought on some matters of subjects permanently resident in Australia. - The Munkumbole started last y4ar; importance. Containing some 80 pages and The Political Siudent} the maga­ the journal has a number of articles Age. Born on or between 1st July, 1940, and 30th zine of the University of Queensland on such topics as New Guinea, IVhy June, 1946. (Applicants outside this age group will Political Science Club, the latest issue the British Leave Homej Impressions'on of \v'hich ha.i just been released. This the l/.S.S.li., and The Case {or the be considered. small cluster of journals of rather in- White Australia Policy, plus book re­ dilTcrcnt quality is all that Queensland views, a discussion of two or three Successful applicants wil! enter the Officer University students seem to find nec­ plays and various other notes. There is Cadet School on 10th January, 1965 and on graduat­ essary to cnibody their collective judg­ no doubt the journal is worth the two ments, criticisms and probings of those bob asked for it. The article on New ing eleven months later will be appointed to Perm­ cultural, political, religious 'and aca­ Guinea is well worth reading for any­ anent Commissions in the Australian Regular Army demic matters t^at, it is alleged, a one who knows little of the situation University is supposed to encourage its there and who would like to get at least in the rank of Second Lieutenant. Promotion to Lieu­ students, to makc^ to first base in understanding 'the pres­ tenant follows after one years service for Special Not one political journal exists, let ent problems facing that 'Territory. alone one that goes in for detailed anal­ Impressions on the U.S.S.R. by R. T. Entry cadets and after three years service for ysis and radical criticism of our society Hinckley is interesting and pleasantly Normal Entry cadets. from whatever standpoint. Indeed, no free- from the animus that so often in­ journal exists that goes in for detailed fects the writing of those who report on analysis and hard hitting criticism of trips to the Soviet.- Brian Smith pre­ Applications close October 2, 1964. our society^ its culture, politics, reli^on, sents a case for the retention of the etc. \V.A.P. which is, I think, the most Almost nothing appears anywhere reasonable one I have seen though at within the University on the serious certain points it is not altogether clear, OFFICER CADET SCHOOL questions coiiceming the future of Aus­ at least to me, what his defence of the tralian Universities. The religious W.A.P. really amounts to. For exatripic, Dr. Smith at one point acknowl^gcs Inquiries: societies.produce little in written form (saving Consider which is an attempt that as far as he's concerned he tsl . to do something worthwhile and may "by no means sure that, in the case of The Army Personnel Officer, develop in the future) which attempts Japan wc could not start recruiting im­ Combined Services Recruiting Office, to come to grips with the. Icind of key issues facing Christianity in the modem migrants straight away—if any wanted 130 Mary Street, world and especially in modern Uni­ to come. And I do. not mean- a token BRISBANE Phone 31 1031 versities. All this seems to mc to be antount for propaganda purposes; I matter for serious reflection by those, mean ordinary immigration for our ad- whoever they may be, who care about vantage. ' ^0^^,^^^^^ ^ ,3 PAGE 10 SEMPER FLOREAT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964 of the ".Mercury", who had "sub.stantially suppressed" affairs were removed from him by the University's law­ VISITATION AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS: yers, and that his name and position were used in tiie news in the Orr Casc,'i:i On lOth Augu-st, 1962, the Visitor to the University, I'l-ofcs-sor U. II. Th(>ip, President, and .'Mr; K. 1). Supreme Court to "lend credence to much highly coloured evidence" against Professor Orr. the Governor of Tasmania (Lord Rowallan), after having lincklcy, Swretnry of the l\C.l^S.A.A., after a visit of In­ been petitioned by ten members of Convocation, rctUHcd vestigation to liolHirt in Octolier, lU.'i8, made a reiHirt had visited him tit the University in "because ot the substantial delay that has elapsed between disini.s.scd with no chnrgcs ftiiiiy t<-st«-«l nntl proved against .April or May, ID."!*). The Bishop uas (hen in J::ngland ttie occurrences and the presentation of the petition" and hint, on a finding (hat was "well-nigh iiieredibic". on a and did not return niUll August. "the rcsulling dispersal of wltncsso3",S- Oa 13th Decem­ Uc|K)it (lia( \His a "travesty of the triilh", on evidence He siiid "other itoople have examined the available ber. 19C2, Iho Students' Representative Council published Hint "would not hang a dog", wUliout opporliinlty (o prc- evidence in the ca.sc and are convinced tiuit llicrc has a statement on llie Visitation by His Kxccllency, Lord i«iro ti dc(ailcd rebiiKal, and after pr• wlilcli ProfcH.sor Orr had b''<-'n dismissed, and declared of the teaching .staff,"•'i-'i that "the v.ay the fnlver.sity lias liandlcd this affair from Despite much public Indignation, the University re­ The Anglican Bisliop of Tasmania (Rt. Rev, Hr. G, F. (he beginning until now lias fallen far liolov.- proper Uni­ fused to agree lo a more acceptable commillcc. Cr.aiiHwick), whoso public slatcnicnt in 1959 had given versity Ktaiidfirds."-!^ Uy this time, the .Stuff A.s.sociations The Council of the Southern Law Society issued a impelus and authority lo the attack on llic I'niversity of most other Australian t'niveisilics had iiasscd similar stalciiicnt on 11th November, 1959, questioning the Council, left Jlobart on I9tk April, 196:5. Before leaving I'CsolutionH, BiHlio))'s right to make such a statement and request, ni he made a second public statement, signed .also by Rev, The August edition of "Free i^pirit" published an This was answered at great length by the clergy, using .M. Holly (Baptist) and Rev, A, Christie-Johnson (i'res- article by J, R, Kerr. Q.C., and J. H. Wooitcn, entitled argumeuls from law and ju.stice.'^ To this tiicrc was no bytorian). ••I!f-opcniiig the Orr Case". Tlioy claimed to find noth­ reply, On tho Visitor's statement that loo long a lime had ing which provided justification for a special ciuiuiry into clap.sed for fair adjudication, the Churchmen ,said: the Orr Case. Critics of the trial judgment were at­ "We camiot and do not iiccejit (his, The toll of iin- tacked. The University Council ordered six thousand ex­ ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTED: jHstncss increases with time. There is a muss of fuct- tra copies and posted them to Australian acadciiiics. u:il cvldeticc iccordcd In unnsstillahlc documents and However. Messrs. Kerr and Woollen confessed, after read­ On 2;ird Deccmbor, 1959, Professor Orr was shot at (ranserljifs of (he Unlvcr.sKy Itself on which to iind ing the evidence, (lull they "could not, ;ind do not, at- twice and wounded by a pcr.son using a ,30'.l rille He a fair jm1gnicn(. . . ," lempt to answer the question" (of Piofes.sor Orr's guilt).^iS was hit Iiy a fragment ricoclioting from the concrete wall The statement also expressed indignation; that flic They also s:iiil; of his study. A'isitor had since refused requests to meet three of the "If an Inmwent nuui has been victimised because ho Rumours .spread that the shooting was a hoax, but Churclinien who "liave been clo.se to the issue since 195(j", .slo( 39, P. 667. 40. P. 670. 41, P, 668, 42. P. 668, 43. CRAVE CHARGES BY THE BISHOP: Tn Mny. 1D«t. (he liook "Orr" hy W. IT. O. Eddy, was P. 58, 671. 44. P. 671. 45." P. 672. 46. P, 673, 47, Xow came an oven more dramatic turn In the case. puhlishcjl. This iMKik gives a searching imd well-doni- P. 674. mented survey of the en.se, nnd makes strong criticisms 48, On 5th November. 1959, the RIshop of 'I'asnmnla, the Rt. Pp. xi, XX, 678. 49. P. viil. Rev, Dr, O, V. Cranswick, made a public statement.-JS of (lie TTniverslty Cotinell and others involve*! In Profes­ 50. Report of tho Federal Council Committee of Enquiry into the The nisiiop stated that University ofllcers Involved In the sor Orr's dlsnil.s,snl. Orr Case, "Vostes", March. 1961. P, 744. 51. tvlinutes of Staff Association of the University of Tasmania, 17th dismissal procedures had told him "fal.se" and "ecurrll- Tho book has boon clrcnlntcd throughout the world, March, 1961. oiis" stories about Professor Orr six inontha before any but no action of any kind, legal or otherwise, has been 52, Statement on Ihc Visitation by His Excellency, Lord Rowallan, to ehnrgos wore mndc, for tho purpose of getting his support takon by the University, Neither has any statement In the University of Tasmania, issued by S,R,C„ Dec, 1962. for the removal of Professor Orr. lie furthor stated that It boon publicly challenged as untrue or unwarranted on 53, Minutes of Staff Association of the University of Tasmania, Hlh confidonlitt! documents relating fo Professor Orr'a private tho evidence. June, 1963. ^ SEMPER FLOREAT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964 PAGE 9 A Brief History of The Orr Case This accov.nl of evcnls viakes no claim to com- At the outset, Profca.sor Orr rcciucsted ai\ assurance Dr. Y). A. T, Gnskiiig, As.s'jciatc Prores.sor of Phiio- lhat ho would be given a copy of the transcript of the soiiliy, University of .Melbourne. •pletcncss. T/wrr is much detail oi ivifortancc that proceedlngs.8. This also was refused. He was forced to Dr. D. V. Mackay, .Senior Declurcr in History, Law must be omitted. It is hoped, huzvever, that this articleattemp t to record the pi-ococdiiigs in longhand (u.s well as School, University of Molhourue, ask riuestions of his iiceusois). ••Witucsscfi whose evidence After ,'i .year's .study of (lu; evidence, (his Committee docs give an objective outline oj the series of events waii mutually conlirinatory were present together prompt­ c^oncliulcd "with respect, that the limllng of (he .Supreme which have become known as the Orr Case. Unless ing e.ach other".9 Although no dates were fixed for any Court wa.s erroncotis," (see later) -•'• alleged misconduct, Piofossor Orr was imiiiudialely ex­ I'i'of(\«sor (irr appealed (o llie High f^oin-l of Austra­ otherwise indicated, reicrcnces are to the documentary pected to prove lii.s innocence.m lia which, widiout culling on the University, s.xw no evidence in W. U. C. Eddy's book "Orr", tohich is Tlio Coinniittec of lOnqiiiry of the Federal Coinuil of reason in law to (li.sliirb liic- /inding.'.- of (lie .Supreme Uiii^er.sity .Stall" As-soeiations of .'\u.stralia later pointed Court. niore readily accessible than the original documents. out lliat "on being questioned*' JiissS Keiii|i "denied .sev­ eral" or (he cliMi-ges, that her stories were "iineoiTobor- SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENTS: THE OPEN LETTER: atcd", "iiieojusistent with each othei", "Uuetuivtlug uiut vague in (he extreme",ii The University ConuHitteo, how­ Reactions to Ihc Orr t.'ase liavo been confused and During 1054 tlieru was widespread (lis,satisfaction ever, hiul rc|iorteil ihiil it found the allcgatloii.s proved. irregular, largely because of llie dilllcully of getting at the among tlic University .stafi' and ."jtudcnts. Material condl- On 12th March, l!)5(j (tlie la.st day of the Kemp en­ focfs. Jnfoiiiu'd Htalcinoiits required much thought and tioiLs wore groaaly tttadcciuutc and there was considftrable quiry) the Vice-Chanecllor announced tliat the ne.\l day resoarch, and did not appear for .some time critici.'Jm ol' the attitude and procedures of tlic University he would hold a separate enquiry Into the charges Tho first move can\e on 12l!i May, 1958, when a depu­ t;ouncil in relation to the academic body. brougiit lo Council by liini in December, 1955 (see above). tation from the rresbytcry of the Picsbyterian Church in ]n October, 19Ei-l, Professor S. S. Orr wrote an Open He summoned Professor Orr to .appear.i- Tasmania v/aited upon the Atlorney-tjoneral (Mr, ]'"agan} Letter to the Premier. He stated that the Univoralty Profcsaor Orr had no knowledge whatsoever of two and informed hlin of Uio possibility of a miscarriage of C:ouncil had failed to discliaige it.s obligations to the of these charges (the Milanov and Townslcy matters), justice They placed before him mucli neu- evidence, in­ Uiiivcr.sity and tho community ))ccause of "aiuithy, neglect and even at the enquiry he was refused copies of the cluding evidence of alleged perjury and fraud upon the and iiialadministrallon".! Among other tilings, he pointed written coniplainls.i'' Tlie Viee-Chancellor was a.s.sisted Court.:;! Mr. h'agan declined to read the documents or to tho Council's lowering of matriculation standards dc- by two Professors who had been associated with him take action, saying he had no authority to intervene si)ito the vigorous opposition of tho entiio Pi-ofossorial since December in Iceoping tho allegatiotis froiu Professor 7{oard, and tlic condition.s under which staff and .students Orr and the I'rofcssorial IBoard. Tlie enquiry was not a THE PHILOSOPHERS: wore worldng. Tlic letter called on the Govcrnit^cnt to Vice-Chancellor's enciuiry constituted in accordance with institute an cnauiry. the rolovanl Univeisity Statute. On ord Juno, 1958, forty-.seven teachers of Philo­ sophy in Australia and Now Zealand (a large majority) Under these elrciini.s(an('e.s, I'rofessor Orr denied tho called on the University Council not to proceed with fill­ THE ROYAL COMMISSION: charges but dctdliicd, on legal adviec, to take any further ing the Cliair of Philo.sophy while Professor Orr's case part in (lie enquiry. However, the Vlcc-l'hancellor and was "moraliy. If not legally, sub judiee". Thoy stated In Novoiubcr, 195-1, tho House of As.seiiibiy, against liLs as.soeJate,s iiroecedcd (o hettr (he a many rofonns including tho early retirement of the Coun­ quiries by the University of Tasmania rcsulling in Profes­ "The xnibllc conscience hjis been anniscd suHicicntly cil and its replacement by a rc-coustittited Council under sor Orr's summary dismissal were not properly conducted, to rcqiiire tlmt ti new and full inv(!Stigatlon .should ho tlic conditions of a new University Act. Tlii-s vital rc- were not of a kind befitting the proper rclation.ship be­ made to eiusurc that no injustice has been done. The cominondation of the PvOyal Commission wan rejected. tween a University and a member of its .academic staff, Iirlnclpio at slake ia too iiiiportaut to be clouded hy The Government accepted the sviggcstion of the discred­ and denied Professor Orr natural justice".!•'> doubts." ited Council that it should remain in oflicc for tlio sake However, the Council refused to insUtnle an enquiry, of continuity. Neu- appointments were staggered to Uut even if the Comn^itlees had approached their task with correct procedures and all the safeguards re­ and claimed it could .sec no valid reason for not lining tho achieve this.- Although the position v.-as Iniiiroved. the Chair. It suggested that only the (Joiirts should re-open ITnivcnsity remained sub.9taiitinlly unrcformcd. quired tor an .accused per.son, still llie result would have been in doubt. .According to the widely accepted iirin- the case.-" The fact is, however, that the rules relating ciplcs of natural justice, proceedings are vitiated if any to civil action make re-opening virtually Impossible. THE ENQUIRIES: member of tho investigating eommitlco can reasonably be They arc designed to prevent indefinito protraction of civil litigation. The Council's suggestion also ignored tho The new University Act came into force on 15th even suspected of bia.s, and more so if any member has been previously involved in tho matters, or has a personal fact lhat one of the main subjects of criticism, namely December, 1055, but membership of the Council remained interest in the outcotuc of the cnquiry.lti the procedures used In the dismissal of Professor Orr, was virtually unchanged. The following day, tho Vico-Chan- Jiclel not to a matter for tlic Courts. cellor (Professor T .Ilyltcn) made a scries of accusations At least live members of the lirst Committee of seven against Professor Orr. Tlicsc were based on: (Hon. H, S, Baker, Mr. K. 0. Biirbury, and I'rofessors THE CHURCHES: Hytten, Pitman .and Harbor) and the three ineinber.'i of (1) a complaiiU from Dr. Mllanov over tutorials in the ,seeond (Professors Hytten, Elliott and Barber) were After tlicse appeals for an enquiry were rejected, tho philosophy; known to be hostile to I'rofcssor Orr because of the part "Formal Finding and Observations of the Kirk Session (2) a dispute with Jlr. Townslcy In lOB-l over social he had played in the Royal Commission. Professors Pit­ of tho .Scots Church, Hobart" was publLshed, This body, and political philosophy courses; man, Elliott and B.arbcr were involved with Professor acting as a Court of the Prcsbylurian Church of Tasmania (3) a complaint by a philosophy .'dudent. Kdwin Hytten in cither seeking, promoting or withholding tho for its own purposes, had considered all tho available evi­ Taniior, who was under tho mistaken impression charges against Professor Orr.i" In Court, Professor dence. Tliey liad "eminent legal opinion" in support of that Profesjjor Orr would be marking his pai>ors. Hyttcn admiltod his bias and desire to "get rid of" Pro­ their ]?ormal Finding, which stated, inter alia:2S Ho did this" at a meeting of Council without notifying fessor Orr, and agreed that lio "started to compile a do.s- "We approached this matter with the greatest cau­ I'rofcssor Orr and without reference to Ihc Professorial sier on Profe.s.sor Orr" from tho time of the Royal Com- tion and in all coascience were convinced tliat there Board. mission.i8 in addition, Profcsssors Pitman and Elliott wove are not siUUclent grounds lo upset our prestunption ot Tlio Chancellor (Sir John Jforris) slated that "even defendants to Writs for defamation issued by Professor Professor Orr's Irmoceiicc of -Miss Kctnp'.s Jillcga- if Mr. Tanner's complaint was substantiated, no ground Orr in mid-Fcbruary.iO tloiis." for any action liy Council would be shown, and the Mil- On 16th March, 195G, the Repoits of the Committees They observecl, among other things, that the Univer­ anov and Townsloy aff.airs, not having been dealt with were read to Council, but the transcripts wore not pre­ sity Commitlecs "denied every right of natural justice to when they occurred, should not boTlealt with now".3 sented. A motion by the Undergraduates' Rcprcsonta- Professor Orr" and later that "The University . . . placed Professor llytteu had pi'oposcd a committee of his tivo, a lawyer, that members be given an opportunity to him in a falso position under the I.aw and pursued their own diok^e lo lnvcstig.ato those charges. Ho failed to get compaie Dii; Reports with tlio evidence was rejected.20 advantage ruthlessly in the Court actions," "The Session this, but, because of the attitude of the Professorial The Council resolved on the summary dismissal of Pro­ expresses its mind that the present position which the Councillors, was permitted to "continue invcstigation.s". fessor Orr, Ho h.ad no appeal from this decision, .-Vca- University has created and is maintaining is a complcto It was only at a later meeting of Council (24th February, dcmics were taken by surpisc and were uncertain about and iniquitous subversion of Briti.sh justice." Thoy said 195C) that, in the absence of the Chnncollor, Professor what action, if any, should bo taken, Profe.s.sor Orr's the University was branded as "unlit to hold a Royal Hyttcn secured the right "to co-opt such further ))erson3 only cliaiice of redress, or even of effecting disclosure of Charier." as he thinks tit to as.sist him".' It was not until 1st the iiroeedure .and evidence, seemed to llo itt legal action This Formal Finding was supported on 29lh July hy March, 1350, the Profc.«!.sor Orr received any notincation for wrongful dismi.s,sal. an open letter from tho Itonmn Catholic Archbishop of from the Vico-Chancolloi- that there were certain com­ Hobart, (ho Most Rev. Dr. Guilford Yonng.ao jn it he plaints'' which, however, were not .specified. said lhat "Alter sevcrtil weeks of ptdnstuklng sttuly of the THE COURT CASE: ten vohnnes of evidence" his legtil counsel had "jirrived Professor Orr's .adviser had been rcfnsod all inform­ In October, 1956, the action Orr v, llnivcr.sily of Tas­ at siihstuntiiilly the same conclusions ns the ICirk Session". ation about the alleged complaints since I9th December, In pardciihir "There wtis before the Court contrjidletory 1356. However, when he interviewed tho Vlco-Chancollor mania was heard before Mr, Justice Green, At an eaiiy stage of tlie hearing, the University's lawyers secured the evidence regarding certain diKcs which should have made on 1st March, 195C, he discovered that certain past events impo.ssililo (he finding agaiast Professor Orr", in Profes.sor Orr' private life wore likely to bo used to ruling of the Court thai the fairness or otherwise ot tho discredit him. In order (o protect his family, Professor procedures u,sed in tho dismi.s.sal of Professor Orr was nor In (ho face of those strong, legally-supported state­ Orr then offered ills resignation "without prejudice"'.tJ an issue in tho case. Tlni.s the Council did not have lo ments from Churchmen, it might have been expected that Professor Hytten had indicated lhat, In his opinion, this answer for enquiries whleli have since been condemned as tho University Council would agree to a consideration of would be .a satisfactory solution. "iiianiiVstly failing to accord (Orr) natural Ju.stiee", the the matter. Instead, tiic Chancclor (Hon. H .S. Uaker), findings of whicli 'wero not .supported hy adequate evi­ Viec-Cli.incollor (Professor K, S. Isles), and Professor At a special Council mooting on 2nd March, IflSC, tho dence"-' Harbor clnlmcd that the Kirk Session statement was an Vice-Ciianccllor introdueod l\rr, Kemp, who .spoke in sup­ 'i'he evidence presented by the University's lawyers "irrcsponsildo attack on tho Courts of Justice" . , . and port of his written allegations that his d.aughtor had been ineludod information coiuierning Profos.sor Orr's pa.st pri­ tho Univer.sity", and that If Orr can show that a miscar­ seduced by Profo.s.sor Orr. These had been conveyi'd to vate .affairs gained from hroiichcs of professional riage of ju.sticc look place "lie has the remedy in a new the Vico-Chanccllor three days previously but hiid not and clerical confidence, and even altompts to Interpret trial".:!<> boon communicated to Professor Orr. Tho Vii;e-Chaneel- his dream.4. The Keder.il Council of I'niver.sity Staff .Vsso- 'J'lie Churchmen countcr-altacKcd. claiming that the lor said later that Mv. Kemp had "stirred" the Council cialions of Australia Report stateil;-*^ Unlvcrsily i;ouncll liad misunderstood, and reminding and "made a great ltnprcssfon".se can only hnvo "The issue is not one of volylng on the Court tor Justice, Again, as on 1 Cth December, 1055, slateniont.'s made been (o bliicken his chnractcr and .alieiititc any syni- , , . The Univorsily must realise that Orr was never on hy Profc.ssor Orr's accusers tn his absence tnlUuMiecd palhy from hhn." trial, yel ho lost his reputation, his professional position Council, .some of who.so membcr.s were later to bo his It is signlflrant, however, that on the only occasioti •and Ills livi'llhodd" . . , Till.-: was largely due to the initial judges. Professor Orr's resignation was now rejected and for which a dednlto date was given (IGth Decoinbor, action of Uie University who "insisted he must prove his ho was summoned to appear before a Committee ap­ lorrro Professor Orr was able to iiroilnco Independent wit­ Innocence, while they theniselvrs assumed hi.s guilt." pointed by Council to investigate the Konip iillogatlons. nesses who testified that ho had In fact boon at tho Uni­ Tho Univeisity did not reply. This Committee met on 9th '^ravch. t'rofcssor Orr only versity at the limes in question. had six days' notice of the charges and was forbidden to The University wa.s in po.isession ot evidence which ACADEMIC ACTION: attend tho TTniverslty or Interview students." He had no further coi-roboratcd Professor Orr's account of thlp On Ith July. 195S. the .Staff A,s,sociation of the Xcw- opportunity to collect evidence or prepare his defence, aa crucial matter, but deliberately did not comniunicale it casUe TTniversily College announced a ban on "applica­ ho was denied access even to Jils own documents. to the Court or lo I'rofessor Orr or his advi.st-rs.^-A tions for positions on the staff of tlio University of Tas­ AlthouRh tlicro were t«o eminent legal men on tho The judgment against Professor Orr on the six mania until the present po.sltion is c!arified,":i2 Other Committee, Professor Orr was refused the right fo legal charges of the Kemp affair lias caused much adverse com­ Mainland Staff Assoct.atlons called for an independent and representation at tho enquiry. His lawyer, Mv. W. O. ment. The finding was carefully examined by a Commit­ impartial enquiry. Hotlgninn, tliercforo a«lvlsc many rofonns including tho early retirement of the Coun­ quiries by the University of Tasmania rcsulling in Profes­ "The xnibllc conscience hjis been anniscd suHicicntly cil and its replacement by a rc-coustittited Council under sor Orr's summary dismissal were not properly conducted, to rcqiiire tlmt ti new and full inv(!Stigatlon .should ho tlic conditions of a new University Act. Tlii-s vital rc- were not of a kind befitting the proper rclation.ship be­ made to eiusurc that no injustice has been done. The cominondation of the PvOyal Commission wan rejected. tween a University and a member of its .academic staff, Iirlnclpio at slake ia too iiiiportaut to be clouded hy The Government accepted the sviggcstion of the discred­ and denied Professor Orr natural justice".!•'> doubts." ited Council that it should remain in oflicc for tlio sake However, the Council refused to insUtnle an enquiry, of continuity. Neu- appointments were staggered to Uut even if the Comn^itlees had approached their task with correct procedures and all the safeguards re­ and claimed it could .sec no valid reason for not lining tho achieve this.- Although the position v.-as Iniiiroved. the Chair. It suggested that only the (Joiirts should re-open ITnivcnsity remained sub.9taiitinlly unrcformcd. quired tor an .accused per.son, still llie result would have been in doubt. .According to the widely accepted iirin- the case.-" The fact is, however, that the rules relating ciplcs of natural justice, proceedings are vitiated if any to civil action make re-opening virtually Impossible. THE ENQUIRIES: member of tho investigating eommitlco can reasonably be They arc designed to prevent indefinito protraction of civil litigation. The Council's suggestion also ignored tho The new University Act came into force on 15th even suspected of bia.s, and more so if any member has been previously involved in tho matters, or has a personal fact lhat one of the main subjects of criticism, namely December, 1055, but membership of the Council remained interest in the outcotuc of the cnquiry.lti the procedures used In the dismissal of Professor Orr, was virtually unchanged. The following day, tho Vico-Chan- Jiclel not to a matter for tlic Courts. cellor (Professor T .Ilyltcn) made a scries of accusations At least live members of the lirst Committee of seven against Professor Orr. Tlicsc were based on: (Hon. H, S, Baker, Mr. K. 0. Biirbury, and I'rofessors THE CHURCHES: Hytten, Pitman .and Harbor) and the three ineinber.'i of (1) a complaiiU from Dr. Mllanov over tutorials in the ,seeond (Professors Hytten, Elliott and Barber) were After tlicse appeals for an enquiry were rejected, tho philosophy; known to be hostile to I'rofcssor Orr because of the part "Formal Finding and Observations of the Kirk Session (2) a dispute with Jlr. Townslcy In lOB-l over social he had played in the Royal Commission. Professors Pit­ of tho .Scots Church, Hobart" was publLshed, This body, and political philosophy courses; man, Elliott and B.arbcr were involved with Professor acting as a Court of the Prcsbylurian Church of Tasmania (3) a complaint by a philosophy .'dudent. Kdwin Hytten in cither seeking, promoting or withholding tho for its own purposes, had considered all tho available evi­ Taniior, who was under tho mistaken impression charges against Professor Orr.i" In Court, Professor dence. Tliey liad "eminent legal opinion" in support of that Profesjjor Orr would be marking his pai>ors. Hyttcn admiltod his bias and desire to "get rid of" Pro­ their ]?ormal Finding, which stated, inter alia:2S Ho did this" at a meeting of Council without notifying fessor Orr, and agreed that lio "started to compile a do.s- "We approached this matter with the greatest cau­ I'rofcssor Orr and without reference to Ihc Professorial sier on Profe.s.sor Orr" from tho time of the Royal Com- tion and in all coascience were convinced tliat there Board. mission.i8 in addition, Profcsssors Pitman and Elliott wove are not siUUclent grounds lo upset our prestunption ot Tlio Chancellor (Sir John Jforris) slated that "even defendants to Writs for defamation issued by Professor Professor Orr's Irmoceiicc of -Miss Kctnp'.s Jillcga- if Mr. Tanner's complaint was substantiated, no ground Orr in mid-Fcbruary.iO tloiis." for any action liy Council would be shown, and the Mil- On 16th March, 195G, the Repoits of the Committees They observecl, among other things, that the Univer­ anov and Townsloy aff.airs, not having been dealt with were read to Council, but the transcripts wore not pre­ sity Commitlecs "denied every right of natural justice to when they occurred, should not boTlealt with now".3 sented. A motion by the Undergraduates' Rcprcsonta- Professor Orr" and later that "The University . . . placed Professor llytteu had pi'oposcd a committee of his tivo, a lawyer, that members be given an opportunity to him in a falso position under the I.aw and pursued their own diok^e lo lnvcstig.ato those charges. Ho failed to get compaie Dii; Reports with tlio evidence was rejected.20 advantage ruthlessly in the Court actions," "The Session this, but, because of the attitude of the Professorial The Council resolved on the summary dismissal of Pro­ expresses its mind that the present position which the Councillors, was permitted to "continue invcstigation.s". fessor Orr, Ho h.ad no appeal from this decision, .-Vca- University has created and is maintaining is a complcto It was only at a later meeting of Council (24th February, dcmics were taken by surpisc and were uncertain about and iniquitous subversion of Briti.sh justice." Thoy said 195C) that, in the absence of the Chnncollor, Professor what action, if any, should bo taken, Profe.s.sor Orr's the University was branded as "unlit to hold a Royal Hyttcn secured the right "to co-opt such further ))erson3 only cliaiice of redress, or even of effecting disclosure of Charier." as he thinks tit to as.sist him".' It was not until 1st the iiroeedure .and evidence, seemed to llo itt legal action This Formal Finding was supported on 29lh July hy March, 1350, the Profc.«!.sor Orr received any notincation for wrongful dismi.s,sal. an open letter from tho Itonmn Catholic Archbishop of from the Vico-Chancolloi- that there were certain com­ Hobart, (ho Most Rev. Dr. Guilford Yonng.ao jn it he plaints'' which, however, were not .specified. said lhat "Alter sevcrtil weeks of ptdnstuklng sttuly of the THE COURT CASE: ten vohnnes of evidence" his legtil counsel had "jirrived Professor Orr's .adviser had been rcfnsod all inform­ In October, 1956, the action Orr v, llnivcr.sily of Tas­ at siihstuntiiilly the same conclusions ns the ICirk Session". ation about the alleged complaints since I9th December, In pardciihir "There wtis before the Court contrjidletory 1356. However, when he interviewed tho Vlco-Chancollor mania was heard before Mr, Justice Green, At an eaiiy stage of tlie hearing, the University's lawyers secured the evidence regarding certain diKcs which should have made on 1st March, 195C, he discovered that certain past events impo.ssililo (he finding agaiast Professor Orr", in Profes.sor Orr' private life wore likely to bo used to ruling of the Court thai the fairness or otherwise ot tho discredit him. In order (o protect his family, Professor procedures u,sed in tho dismi.s.sal of Professor Orr was nor In (ho face of those strong, legally-supported state­ Orr then offered ills resignation "without prejudice"'.tJ an issue in tho case. Tlni.s the Council did not have lo ments from Churchmen, it might have been expected that Professor Hytten had indicated lhat, In his opinion, this answer for enquiries whleli have since been condemned as tho University Council would agree to a consideration of would be .a satisfactory solution. "iiianiiVstly failing to accord (Orr) natural Ju.stiee", the the matter. Instead, tiic Chancclor (Hon. H .S. Uaker), findings of whicli 'wero not .supported hy adequate evi­ Viec-Cli.incollor (Professor K, S. Isles), and Professor At a special Council mooting on 2nd March, IflSC, tho dence"-' Harbor clnlmcd that the Kirk Session statement was an Vice-Ciianccllor introdueod l\rr, Kemp, who .spoke in sup­ 'i'he evidence presented by the University's lawyers "irrcsponsildo attack on tho Courts of Justice" . , . and port of his written allegations that his d.aughtor had been ineludod information coiuierning Profos.sor Orr's pa.st pri­ tho Univer.sity", and that If Orr can show that a miscar­ seduced by Profo.s.sor Orr. These had been conveyi'd to vate .affairs gained from hroiichcs of professional riage of ju.sticc look place "lie has the remedy in a new the Vico-Chanccllor three days previously but hiid not and clerical confidence, and even altompts to Interpret trial".:!<> boon communicated to Professor Orr. Tho Vii;e-Chaneel- his dream.4. The Keder.il Council of I'niver.sity Staff .Vsso- 'J'lie Churchmen countcr-altacKcd. claiming that the lor said later that Mv. Kemp had "stirred" the Council cialions of Australia Report stateil;-*^ Unlvcrsily i;ouncll liad misunderstood, and reminding and "made a great ltnprcssfon".se can only hnvo "The issue is not one of volylng on the Court tor Justice, Again, as on 1 Cth December, 1055, slateniont.'s made been (o bliicken his chnractcr and .alieiititc any syni- , , . The Univorsily must realise that Orr was never on hy Profc.ssor Orr's accusers tn his absence tnlUuMiecd palhy from hhn." trial, yel ho lost his reputation, his professional position Council, .some of who.so membcr.s were later to bo his It is signlflrant, however, that on the only occasioti •and Ills livi'llhodd" . . , Till.-: was largely due to the initial judges. Professor Orr's resignation was now rejected and for which a dednlto date was given (IGth Decoinbor, action of Uie University who "insisted he must prove his ho was summoned to appear before a Committee ap­ lorrro Professor Orr was able to iiroilnco Independent wit­ Innocence, while they theniselvrs assumed hi.s guilt." pointed by Council to investigate the Konip iillogatlons. nesses who testified that ho had In fact boon at tho Uni­ Tho Univeisity did not reply. This Committee met on 9th '^ravch. t'rofcssor Orr only versity at the limes in question. had six days' notice of the charges and was forbidden to The University wa.s in po.isession ot evidence which ACADEMIC ACTION: attend tho TTniverslty or Interview students." He had no further coi-roboratcd Professor Orr's account of thlp On Ith July. 195S. the .Staff A,s,sociation of the Xcw- opportunity to collect evidence or prepare his defence, aa crucial matter, but deliberately did not comniunicale it casUe TTniversily College announced a ban on "applica­ ho was denied access even to Jils own documents. to the Court or lo I'rofessor Orr or his advi.st-rs.^-A tions for positions on the staff of tlio University of Tas­ AlthouRh tlicro were t«o eminent legal men on tho The judgment against Professor Orr on the six mania until the present po.sltion is c!arified,":i2 Other Committee, Professor Orr was refused the right fo legal charges of the Kemp affair lias caused much adverse com­ Mainland Staff Assoct.atlons called for an independent and representation at tho enquiry. His lawyer, Mv. W. O. ment. The finding was carefully examined by a Commit­ impartial enquiry. Hotlgninn, tliercforo a«lvlsc many rofonns including tho early retirement of the Coun­ quiries by the University of Tasmania rcsulling in Profes­ "The xnibllc conscience hjis been anniscd suHicicntly cil and its replacement by a rc-coustittited Council under sor Orr's summary dismissal were not properly conducted, to rcqiiire tlmt ti new and full inv(!Stigatlon .should ho tlic conditions of a new University Act. Tlii-s vital rc- were not of a kind befitting the proper rclation.ship be­ made to eiusurc that no injustice has been done. The cominondation of the PvOyal Commission wan rejected. tween a University and a member of its .academic staff, Iirlnclpio at slake ia too iiiiportaut to be clouded hy The Government accepted the sviggcstion of the discred­ and denied Professor Orr natural justice".!•'> doubts." ited Council that it should remain in oflicc for tlio sake However, the Council refused to insUtnle an enquiry, of continuity. Neu- appointments were staggered to Uut even if the Comn^itlees had approached their task with correct procedures and all the safeguards re­ and claimed it could .sec no valid reason for not lining tho achieve this.- Although the position v.-as Iniiiroved. the Chair. It suggested that only the (Joiirts should re-open ITnivcnsity remained sub.9taiitinlly unrcformcd. quired tor an .accused per.son, still llie result would have been in doubt. .According to the widely accepted iirin- the case.-" The fact is, however, that the rules relating ciplcs of natural justice, proceedings are vitiated if any to civil action make re-opening virtually Impossible. THE ENQUIRIES: member of tho investigating eommitlco can reasonably be They arc designed to prevent indefinito protraction of civil litigation. The Council's suggestion also ignored tho The new University Act came into force on 15th even suspected of bia.s, and more so if any member has been previously involved in tho matters, or has a personal fact lhat one of the main subjects of criticism, namely December, 1055, but membership of the Council remained interest in the outcotuc of the cnquiry.lti the procedures used In the dismissal of Professor Orr, was virtually unchanged. The following day, tho Vico-Chan- Jiclel not to a matter for tlic Courts. cellor (Professor T .Ilyltcn) made a scries of accusations At least live members of the lirst Committee of seven against Professor Orr. Tlicsc were based on: (Hon. H, S, Baker, Mr. K. 0. Biirbury, and I'rofessors THE CHURCHES: Hytten, Pitman .and Harbor) and the three ineinber.'i of (1) a complaiiU from Dr. Mllanov over tutorials in the ,seeond (Professors Hytten, Elliott and Barber) were After tlicse appeals for an enquiry were rejected, tho philosophy; known to be hostile to I'rofcssor Orr because of the part "Formal Finding and Observations of the Kirk Session (2) a dispute with Jlr. Townslcy In lOB-l over social he had played in the Royal Commission. Professors Pit­ of tho .Scots Church, Hobart" was publLshed, This body, and political philosophy courses; man, Elliott and B.arbcr were involved with Professor acting as a Court of the Prcsbylurian Church of Tasmania (3) a complaint by a philosophy .'dudent. Kdwin Hytten in cither seeking, promoting or withholding tho for its own purposes, had considered all tho available evi­ Taniior, who was under tho mistaken impression charges against Professor Orr.i" In Court, Professor dence. Tliey liad "eminent legal opinion" in support of that Profesjjor Orr would be marking his pai>ors. Hyttcn admiltod his bias and desire to "get rid of" Pro­ their ]?ormal Finding, which stated, inter alia:2S Ho did this" at a meeting of Council without notifying fessor Orr, and agreed that lio "started to compile a do.s- "We approached this matter with the greatest cau­ I'rofcssor Orr and without reference to Ihc Professorial sier on Profe.s.sor Orr" from tho time of the Royal Com- tion and in all coascience were convinced tliat there Board. mission.i8 in addition, Profcsssors Pitman and Elliott wove are not siUUclent grounds lo upset our prestunption ot Tlio Chancellor (Sir John Jforris) slated that "even defendants to Writs for defamation issued by Professor Professor Orr's Irmoceiicc of -Miss Kctnp'.s Jillcga- if Mr. Tanner's complaint was substantiated, no ground Orr in mid-Fcbruary.iO tloiis." for any action liy Council would be shown, and the Mil- On 16th March, 195G, the Repoits of the Committees They observecl, among other things, that the Univer­ anov and Townsloy aff.airs, not having been dealt with were read to Council, but the transcripts wore not pre­ sity Commitlecs "denied every right of natural justice to when they occurred, should not boTlealt with now".3 sented. A motion by the Undergraduates' Rcprcsonta- Professor Orr" and later that "The University . . . placed Professor llytteu had pi'oposcd a committee of his tivo, a lawyer, that members be given an opportunity to him in a falso position under the I.aw and pursued their own diok^e lo lnvcstig.ato those charges. Ho failed to get compaie Dii; Reports with tlio evidence was rejected.20 advantage ruthlessly in the Court actions," "The Session this, but, because of the attitude of the Professorial The Council resolved on the summary dismissal of Pro­ expresses its mind that the present position which the Councillors, was permitted to "continue invcstigation.s". fessor Orr, Ho h.ad no appeal from this decision, .-Vca- University has created and is maintaining is a complcto It was only at a later meeting of Council (24th February, dcmics were taken by surpisc and were uncertain about and iniquitous subversion of Briti.sh justice." Thoy said 195C) that, in the absence of the Chnncollor, Professor what action, if any, should bo taken, Profe.s.sor Orr's the University was branded as "unlit to hold a Royal Hyttcn secured the right "to co-opt such further ))erson3 only cliaiice of redress, or even of effecting disclosure of Charier." as he thinks tit to as.sist him".' It was not until 1st the iiroeedure .and evidence, seemed to llo itt legal action This Formal Finding was supported on 29lh July hy March, 1350, the Profc.«!.sor Orr received any notincation for wrongful dismi.s,sal. an open letter from tho Itonmn Catholic Archbishop of from the Vico-Chancolloi- that there were certain com­ Hobart, (ho Most Rev. Dr. Guilford Yonng.ao jn it he plaints'' which, however, were not .specified. said lhat "Alter sevcrtil weeks of ptdnstuklng sttuly of the THE COURT CASE: ten vohnnes of evidence" his legtil counsel had "jirrived Professor Orr's .adviser had been rcfnsod all inform­ In October, 1956, the action Orr v, llnivcr.sily of Tas­ at siihstuntiiilly the same conclusions ns the ICirk Session". ation about the alleged complaints since I9th December, In pardciihir "There wtis before the Court contrjidletory 1356. However, when he interviewed tho Vlco-Chancollor mania was heard before Mr, Justice Green, At an eaiiy stage of tlie hearing, the University's lawyers secured the evidence regarding certain diKcs which should have made on 1st March, 195C, he discovered that certain past events impo.ssililo (he finding agaiast Professor Orr", in Profes.sor Orr' private life wore likely to bo used to ruling of the Court thai the fairness or otherwise ot tho discredit him. In order (o protect his family, Professor procedures u,sed in tho dismi.s.sal of Professor Orr was nor In (ho face of those strong, legally-supported state­ Orr then offered ills resignation "without prejudice"'.tJ an issue in tho case. Tlni.s the Council did not have lo ments from Churchmen, it might have been expected that Professor Hytten had indicated lhat, In his opinion, this answer for enquiries whleli have since been condemned as tho University Council would agree to a consideration of would be .a satisfactory solution. "iiianiiVstly failing to accord (Orr) natural Ju.stiee", the the matter. Instead, tiic Chancclor (Hon. H .S. Uaker), findings of whicli 'wero not .supported hy adequate evi­ Viec-Cli.incollor (Professor K, S. Isles), and Professor At a special Council mooting on 2nd March, IflSC, tho dence"-' Harbor clnlmcd that the Kirk Session statement was an Vice-Ciianccllor introdueod l\rr, Kemp, who .spoke in sup­ 'i'he evidence presented by the University's lawyers "irrcsponsildo attack on tho Courts of Justice" . , . and port of his written allegations that his d.aughtor had been ineludod information coiuierning Profos.sor Orr's pa.st pri­ tho Univer.sity", and that If Orr can show that a miscar­ seduced by Profo.s.sor Orr. These had been conveyi'd to vate .affairs gained from hroiichcs of professional riage of ju.sticc look place "lie has the remedy in a new the Vico-Chanccllor three days previously but hiid not and clerical confidence, and even altompts to Interpret trial".:!<> boon communicated to Professor Orr. Tho Vii;e-Chaneel- his dream.4. The Keder.il Council of I'niver.sity Staff .Vsso- 'J'lie Churchmen countcr-altacKcd. claiming that the lor said later that Mv. Kemp had "stirred" the Council cialions of Australia Report stateil;-*^ Unlvcrsily i;ouncll liad misunderstood, and reminding and "made a great ltnprcssfon".se can only hnvo "The issue is not one of volylng on the Court tor Justice, Again, as on 1 Cth December, 1055, slateniont.'s made been (o bliicken his chnractcr and .alieiititc any syni- , , . The Univorsily must realise that Orr was never on hy Profc.ssor Orr's accusers tn his absence tnlUuMiecd palhy from hhn." trial, yel ho lost his reputation, his professional position Council, .some of who.so membcr.s were later to bo his It is signlflrant, however, that on the only occasioti •and Ills livi'llhodd" . . , Till.-: was largely due to the initial judges. Professor Orr's resignation was now rejected and for which a dednlto date was given (IGth Decoinbor, action of Uie University who "insisted he must prove his ho was summoned to appear before a Committee ap­ lorrro Professor Orr was able to iiroilnco Independent wit­ Innocence, while they theniselvrs assumed hi.s guilt." pointed by Council to investigate the Konip iillogatlons. nesses who testified that ho had In fact boon at tho Uni­ Tho Univeisity did not reply. This Committee met on 9th '^ravch. t'rofcssor Orr only versity at the limes in question. had six days' notice of the charges and was forbidden to The University wa.s in po.isession ot evidence which ACADEMIC ACTION: attend tho TTniverslty or Interview students." He had no further coi-roboratcd Professor Orr's account of thlp On Ith July. 195S. the .Staff A,s,sociation of the Xcw- opportunity to collect evidence or prepare his defence, aa crucial matter, but deliberately did not comniunicale it casUe TTniversily College announced a ban on "applica­ ho was denied access even to Jils own documents. to the Court or lo I'rofessor Orr or his advi.st-rs.^-A tions for positions on the staff of tlio University of Tas­ AlthouRh tlicro were t«o eminent legal men on tho The judgment against Professor Orr on the six mania until the present po.sltion is c!arified,":i2 Other Committee, Professor Orr was refused the right fo legal charges of the Kemp affair lias caused much adverse com­ Mainland Staff Assoct.atlons called for an independent and representation at tho enquiry. His lawyer, Mv. W. O. ment. The finding was carefully examined by a Commit­ impartial enquiry. Hotlgninn, tliercforo a«lvlscip, President, and .'Mr; K. 1). Supreme Court to "lend credence to much highly coloured evidence" against Professor Orr. the Governor of Tasmania (Lord Rowallan), after having lincklcy, Swretnry of the l\C.l^S.A.A., after a visit of In­ been petitioned by ten members of Convocation, rctUHcd vestigation to liolHirt in Octolier, lU.'i8, made a reiHirt had visited him tit the University in "because ot the substantial delay that has elapsed between disini.s.scd with no chnrgcs ftiiiiy t<-st«-«l nntl proved against .April or May, ID."!*). The Bishop uas (hen in J::ngland ttie occurrences and the presentation of the petition" and hint, on a finding (hat was "well-nigh iiieredibic". on a and did not return niUll August. "the rcsulling dispersal of wltncsso3",S- Oa 13th Decem­ Uc|K)it (lia( \His a "travesty of the triilh", on evidence He siiid "other itoople have examined the available ber. 19C2, Iho Students' Representative Council published Hint "would not hang a dog", wUliout opporliinlty (o prc- evidence in the ca.sc and are convinced tiuit llicrc has a statement on llie Visitation by His Kxccllency, Lord i«iro ti dc(ailcd rebiiKal, and after pr• wlilcli ProfcH.sor Orr had b''<-'n dismissed, and declared of the teaching .staff,"•'i-'i that "the v.ay the fnlver.sity lias liandlcd this affair from Despite much public Indignation, the University re­ The Anglican Bisliop of Tasmania (Rt. Rev, Hr. G, F. (he beginning until now lias fallen far liolov.- proper Uni­ fused to agree lo a more acceptable commillcc. Cr.aiiHwick), whoso public slatcnicnt in 1959 had given versity Ktaiidfirds."-!^ Uy this time, the .Stuff A.s.sociations The Council of the Southern Law Society issued a impelus and authority lo the attack on llic I'niversity of most other Australian t'niveisilics had iiasscd similar stalciiicnt on 11th November, 1959, questioning the Council, left Jlobart on I9tk April, 196:5. Before leaving I'CsolutionH, BiHlio))'s right to make such a statement and request, ni he made a second public statement, signed .also by Rev, The August edition of "Free i^pirit" published an This was answered at great length by the clergy, using .M. Holly (Baptist) and Rev, A, Christie-Johnson (i'res- article by J, R, Kerr. Q.C., and J. H. Wooitcn, entitled argumeuls from law and ju.stice.'^ To this tiicrc was no bytorian). ••I!f-opcniiig the Orr Case". Tlioy claimed to find noth­ reply, On tho Visitor's statement that loo long a lime had ing which provided justification for a special ciuiuiry into clap.sed for fair adjudication, the Churchmen ,said: the Orr Case. Critics of the trial judgment were at­ "We camiot and do not iiccejit (his, The toll of iin- tacked. The University Council ordered six thousand ex­ ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTED: jHstncss increases with time. There is a muss of fuct- tra copies and posted them to Australian acadciiiics. u:il cvldeticc iccordcd In unnsstillahlc documents and However. Messrs. Kerr and Woollen confessed, after read­ On 2;ird Deccmbor, 1959, Professor Orr was shot at (ranserljifs of (he Unlvcr.sKy Itself on which to iind ing the evidence, (lull they "could not, ;ind do not, at- twice and wounded by a pcr.son using a ,30'.l rille He a fair jm1gnicn(. . . ," lempt to answer the question" (of Piofes.sor Orr's guilt).^iS was hit Iiy a fragment ricoclioting from the concrete wall The statement also expressed indignation; that flic They also s:iiil; of his study. A'isitor had since refused requests to meet three of the "If an Inmwent nuui has been victimised because ho Rumours .spread that the shooting was a hoax, but Churclinien who "liave been clo.se to the issue since 195(j", .slo( 39, P. 667. 40. P. 670. 41, P, 668, 42. P. 668, 43. CRAVE CHARGES BY THE BISHOP: Tn Mny. 1D«t. (he liook "Orr" hy W. IT. O. Eddy, was P. 58, 671. 44. P. 671. 45." P. 672. 46. P, 673, 47, Xow came an oven more dramatic turn In the case. puhlishcjl. This iMKik gives a searching imd well-doni- P. 674. mented survey of the en.se, nnd makes strong criticisms 48, On 5th November. 1959, the RIshop of 'I'asnmnla, the Rt. Pp. xi, XX, 678. 49. P. viil. Rev, Dr, O, V. Cranswick, made a public statement.-JS of (lie TTniverslty Cotinell and others involve*! In Profes­ 50. Report of tho Federal Council Committee of Enquiry into the The nisiiop stated that University ofllcers Involved In the sor Orr's dlsnil.s,snl. Orr Case, "Vostes", March. 1961. P, 744. 51. tvlinutes of Staff Association of the University of Tasmania, 17th dismissal procedures had told him "fal.se" and "ecurrll- Tho book has boon clrcnlntcd throughout the world, March, 1961. oiis" stories about Professor Orr six inontha before any but no action of any kind, legal or otherwise, has been 52, Statement on Ihc Visitation by His Excellency, Lord Rowallan, to ehnrgos wore mndc, for tho purpose of getting his support takon by the University, Neither has any statement In the University of Tasmania, issued by S,R,C„ Dec, 1962. for the removal of Professor Orr. lie furthor stated that It boon publicly challenged as untrue or unwarranted on 53, Minutes of Staff Association of the University of Tasmania, Hlh confidonlitt! documents relating fo Professor Orr'a private tho evidence. June, 1963. ^ PAGE 10 SEMPER FLOREAT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964 of the ".Mercury", who had "sub.stantially suppressed" affairs were removed from him by the University's law­ VISITATION AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS: yers, and that his name and position were used in tiie news in the Orr Casc,'i:i On lOth Augu-st, 1962, the Visitor to the University, I'l-ofcs-sor U. II. Th(>ip, President, and .'Mr; K. 1). Supreme Court to "lend credence to much highly coloured evidence" against Professor Orr. the Governor of Tasmania (Lord Rowallan), after having lincklcy, Swretnry of the l\C.l^S.A.A., after a visit of In­ been petitioned by ten members of Convocation, rctUHcd vestigation to liolHirt in Octolier, lU.'i8, made a reiHirt had visited him tit the University in "because ot the substantial delay that has elapsed between disini.s.scd with no chnrgcs ftiiiiy t<-st«-«l nntl proved against .April or May, ID."!*). The Bishop uas (hen in J::ngland ttie occurrences and the presentation of the petition" and hint, on a finding (hat was "well-nigh iiieredibic". on a and did not return niUll August. "the rcsulling dispersal of wltncsso3",S- Oa 13th Decem­ Uc|K)it (lia( \His a "travesty of the triilh", on evidence He siiid "other itoople have examined the available ber. 19C2, Iho Students' Representative Council published Hint "would not hang a dog", wUliout opporliinlty (o prc- evidence in the ca.sc and are convinced tiuit llicrc has a statement on llie Visitation by His Kxccllency, Lord i«iro ti dc(ailcd rebiiKal, and after pr• wlilcli ProfcH.sor Orr had b''<-'n dismissed, and declared of the teaching .staff,"•'i-'i that "the v.ay the fnlver.sity lias liandlcd this affair from Despite much public Indignation, the University re­ The Anglican Bisliop of Tasmania (Rt. Rev, Hr. G, F. (he beginning until now lias fallen far liolov.- proper Uni­ fused to agree lo a more acceptable commillcc. Cr.aiiHwick), whoso public slatcnicnt in 1959 had given versity Ktaiidfirds."-!^ Uy this time, the .Stuff A.s.sociations The Council of the Southern Law Society issued a impelus and authority lo the attack on llic I'niversity of most other Australian t'niveisilics had iiasscd similar stalciiicnt on 11th November, 1959, questioning the Council, left Jlobart on I9tk April, 196:5. Before leaving I'CsolutionH, BiHlio))'s right to make such a statement and request, ni he made a second public statement, signed .also by Rev, The August edition of "Free i^pirit" published an This was answered at great length by the clergy, using .M. Holly (Baptist) and Rev, A, Christie-Johnson (i'res- article by J, R, Kerr. Q.C., and J. H. Wooitcn, entitled argumeuls from law and ju.stice.'^ To this tiicrc was no bytorian). ••I!f-opcniiig the Orr Case". Tlioy claimed to find noth­ reply, On tho Visitor's statement that loo long a lime had ing which provided justification for a special ciuiuiry into clap.sed for fair adjudication, the Churchmen ,said: the Orr Case. Critics of the trial judgment were at­ "We camiot and do not iiccejit (his, The toll of iin- tacked. The University Council ordered six thousand ex­ ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTED: jHstncss increases with time. There is a muss of fuct- tra copies and posted them to Australian acadciiiics. u:il cvldeticc iccordcd In unnsstillahlc documents and However. Messrs. Kerr and Woollen confessed, after read­ On 2;ird Deccmbor, 1959, Professor Orr was shot at (ranserljifs of (he Unlvcr.sKy Itself on which to iind ing the evidence, (lull they "could not, ;ind do not, at- twice and wounded by a pcr.son using a ,30'.l rille He a fair jm1gnicn(. . . ," lempt to answer the question" (of Piofes.sor Orr's guilt).^iS was hit Iiy a fragment ricoclioting from the concrete wall The statement also expressed indignation; that flic They also s:iiil; of his study. A'isitor had since refused requests to meet three of the "If an Inmwent nuui has been victimised because ho Rumours .spread that the shooting was a hoax, but Churclinien who "liave been clo.se to the issue since 195(j", .slo( 39, P. 667. 40. P. 670. 41, P, 668, 42. P. 668, 43. CRAVE CHARGES BY THE BISHOP: Tn Mny. 1D«t. (he liook "Orr" hy W. IT. O. Eddy, was P. 58, 671. 44. P. 671. 45." P. 672. 46. P, 673, 47, Xow came an oven more dramatic turn In the case. puhlishcjl. This iMKik gives a searching imd well-doni- P. 674. mented survey of the en.se, nnd makes strong criticisms 48, On 5th November. 1959, the RIshop of 'I'asnmnla, the Rt. Pp. xi, XX, 678. 49. P. viil. Rev, Dr, O, V. Cranswick, made a public statement.-JS of (lie TTniverslty Cotinell and others involve*! In Profes­ 50. Report of tho Federal Council Committee of Enquiry into the The nisiiop stated that University ofllcers Involved In the sor Orr's dlsnil.s,snl. Orr Case, "Vostes", March. 1961. P, 744. 51. tvlinutes of Staff Association of the University of Tasmania, 17th dismissal procedures had told him "fal.se" and "ecurrll- Tho book has boon clrcnlntcd throughout the world, March, 1961. oiis" stories about Professor Orr six inontha before any but no action of any kind, legal or otherwise, has been 52, Statement on Ihc Visitation by His Excellency, Lord Rowallan, to ehnrgos wore mndc, for tho purpose of getting his support takon by the University, Neither has any statement In the University of Tasmania, issued by S,R,C„ Dec, 1962. for the removal of Professor Orr. lie furthor stated that It boon publicly challenged as untrue or unwarranted on 53, Minutes of Staff Association of the University of Tasmania, Hlh confidonlitt! documents relating fo Professor Orr'a private tho evidence. June, 1963. ^ SEMPER FLOREAT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964 PAGE n

    understanding of our whole human reason, in the fostering of true love, situation. It will need the co-oper­ and in the development of self know­ ation, guardianship and encourage­ ledge. For the philosopher there is a THE TOPLESS AGE ment of the menfolk, alongside the teasing and as yet undiscovered link courage and feminity of the women­ between sexuality, values, and spirit. By Rev. KINCSLEY C, BOND, B.D.., folk. It cannot be done well alone. It The point of the present occasion needs fo be understood why the is lhat no amount of words will undo change is coming, and what good it the brainwashing of the past. Re­ The topless age is coming. Wc may well examine the are expected to be brave, vigorous, can achieve. It needs to be accepted thinking arises out of what is done. issue frankly and assist the change with the right kind of in­ independent, creative, self-expres­ and furthered by people of goodwill, It is to be hoped that thoughtful sights by which it may be welcomed. sive etc, in our society women have understanding that our Creator gave and Christian people will seize the been conditioned willingly to give up us a sex faculty as something for opportunity, turning it to good ac­ their claim lo such qualities. Our which He has a constructive purpose count to help us produce a truly Aus­ Those who make a body of dis­ time, but forget otherwise. He made society is far mere concerned that In fife. Sexuality will help us meet tralian Culture that will draw its in­ gusted opposition might be surprised stern condemnation of the sins of the boys grow up to bo masculine men others (of both sexes) in warm at- sights more closely from the Bible, fo know tliat tliey are standincj firm, mind such as greed, hypocrisy, pride, than in seeing that girls become fem­ f.^chment, in valuing each person and will not be far removed from but not on a Christian position. They and a hardness of heart that can inine women. Hence the signs of just as a person and for no other life. are merely standing on a tradition best be translated today as "bloody- feminity have been outwardly sup­ which has some good basis, but also mindedness." Sins of the Hesh that pressed. Thought in the Bible moves many divergences from the Bible and came before him mot much under­ from an early position of male do.m- from the facts of life. The insights standing and sympathy. St, Paul inance, but with much sympathy for of the Bible and the discoveries of warns that tho body is easily used to women and acknowledgment of their EXCELLENT CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE psychology and anthropology should serve wrong ends, but he also has rightful place, to the position of ab­ inform our situation and not stand the highest view of the body as the solute equality-in-difference that in a separate compartment, as at temple of Ihe Holy Spirit (not the was at the beginning. See Gen. 2:23, present. There arc five assumptions tomb of the spirit as some earnest Prov. 18:22, 19:14, Gal. 3:28, QLD. BALLET CO. PERFORMANCE made today which are monumental but misguided folk would have us errors. think). For the Bible student—the FESTIVAL HALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 3rd (5) Sex is too sacred to be in 11) People are to be valued body made good. Gen. 1:31, Psalm the open. From this has come tho by appearances. From this error 139. St. Paul uses "flesh" in the Tickets Available Union Office two faced double standard that I comes tho code which keeps neutral sense of "physical". Rom. loudly boasts of our morality as long | the outward appearance right 15:27, Col. 1:22, Rom. 1:3, as nor­ Block Union Booking Enquire Early as immorality is not actually seen. In and cares nought for tho seeth­ mal life, or pre-Christian life. Rom. the Church it boasts of believing the ing cauldron within. This is the error 7:3, as sub-Christian life. 1 Cor. 3:3, whole Bible, but would never read in of womenfolk who must have a Alongside this see the Church as the public such sexy passages as Proverbs standard 36-26-36 figure, in the "body" of Christ, and Christ could 5:15-19, Eccles. 9:9, Song of Songsj right kind of bra and step-ins, to be not be likened to evil. 1 Cor. 12, as iiiiniiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiinuiinminiimiunnniiiniininininiiiiuniiniiniiini 1:1-5, 2:1-7, 5:2-6, 10-16, 7:1-9 acceptable; of the menfolk, who are a living sacrifice. Rom. 12:1, temple (these passages are best read in Mof­ valued according to ihe job, money, of the Holy Spirit, of God, I Cor. 1st Meeting of the fat's translation or American RSV). social standing or other prowess they 3: t G. See also Rom. 8:11,8:23, Phil, Nor can they understand th.it remov­ may boast. In point of fact there are 3:21, 54 UNION COUNCIL ing skin from the tip of the penis no two women with the same mea­ (3 I W»ong arises ffom outward was the early sign of belonging to surements, or the same shaped temptation. This is a shallow look at God, and many avoid its references breasts, and all are acceptable as God 7.00 p,m., 24th September a situation from the surface appear­ in the New Testament. made us. We are all uncovered to ance. In tho Bible wrong arises in­ God, Men also have more to com­ All the above are our errors which wardly, in the evil direction of the J. D. Story Council Chamber mend them than what they happen should not be perpetuated. A change life which can misuse any situation. to do, or the outward good fortune to a new form of dress can be ex­ ISusincss Includes: There is ample evidence in life that in which they chance to fall. To con­ pected to achieve some positive good any known wrong is committed only 1. An address by the President ot N,\J.A,U,S„ Mr, Robert Macdonald, centrate on appearance is to forget to repair the evils of the past. after much mental preparation of 2. Election of Otficcrs including the person and is unChristian. Bible Electoral Officer brooding and desire. It is not the Students may be interested in Matt. *'•' It will help break down the wall i Student lnfarmati<^n Officer Is) immodest appearance of a person of fear that separates male 1 Assistonf tfonorary Sccrct.try 23:25-28, 1 Sam. 16:7, John 7:24. Ch.tirmcn and t^cmbcis of Cornmitfccs which is a temptation, but the appear­ from female, which our Lord j ance which signals the inward inten­ Editors and Business Managers of Whacko and Handbook, (2) The body is an evil thing. apparently did not know (asi tion. It is the inward intention which 3. Consideration of the following Constitutional Amendments: This is Greek and Oriental philo­ when he talked to the wcman, comes across to us and "clicks." No sophy, but not a Biblical position. To at the well). I man proceeds far with a girl without PROPOSED COtJSTITUTlON CHANCE call a person "sexy" is to make him the green light, but in the topless «•* It will help us to value each The following amendment to the Constitution will be put before Union Council look a monster, whereas to call a on the 24it^ September, W64, dress there is no wrong intention to person as a person, and net as person "hungry" is thought normal. MOVED THAT SECTION 4. OF THE CONSTITUTION BE DELETED AND THE FOLLOW­ be registered—merely a desire to bo an attempt after a standard ap­ Yet both are almost identical. In the ING SECTION BE INSERTED: natural, Bible students refer Jo Jer. pearance. Bible it is acknowledged that the 17:9-10, Prov. 6:18, Matt. 12:34- tection 4, Subscriptions body is a source of weakness, but not 35, 15:17-20, 2 Cor, 5:12, Titus The sex drive draws its strength A. Tho .inswal subscription pay^-'e l^V members of tlic Union sh.ill bo: of wickedness, Our Lord entered the 1:15. from suppression. It may bo 1. For members having the status cf part-time cxicrnal students, the sum of world through a vagina, and was likened to a build up of static £1/5/0. given our exact human frame, for (4) To be a woman means not electricity which discharges in 2. For members having the slatiis of part-time Internal students, the sum of which we are thankful at Christmas possessing certain qualities. Men a lightning flash. A good light­ £J/0/0. ning conductor allows a slow 3. For members having the slatv;s of full-time slucicnts and all other active and constant leaking away ol members of the Union Ihc iiim of £S/10/0. energy. The more sex expres­ B. If a siorfont cha.iges status during tho academic year tho total subscripKons sion there is in small ways, such payable ihall be cS tollcwc: as in open acknowledgment 1. If (ho change is ma-'o before the ccmmonc-:mciit of ti^Q second term an UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND and appreciation, the less will amount equal to one-third of the subscription of Itic original slatus plus there be the need for explosive fwo-lhircj's of the subscription for (he ncv/ staUis. GYMNASTICS CLUB* outbursts. In Other words it will 2. If the change is made before the commencement of the third term an lessen the erotic flash point amount equal to two-thirds of the subscription for the original status danger. plus cnc-lhird the subscription tor the new status. COMPETITION FOR DESIGN OF OFFICIAL BADGE 3. If Ihc change is made during tho third term Ihc full amount of the sub- It wilt help us to avoid acting sciiplion for the original status. (for both Men's and Women's Clubs) an assumed part on life's stage and bring us closer to being C. The Union Council may by rcrolution passed by Ihe affirmative vote of two- thirds the vctinn mcmbofs present n1 any mocling iiuthoriso the Treasurer to It is proposed that the University of Queensland real and undivided people. refund part or tho whole of any subscription paid during Ihc current year. A member svl-.o receives sucfi n refund shall bo entitled to such privileges as Gymnastics Club adopt an official emblem to be worn It will help focus on the quality the Union Council may determine. by the members representing the club in competition or of our relationships rather than display. The design should be such that it should be re­ on our appearance. D. I. Students shall pay tho annual subscription in addition fo the University I fees and fit Ihe time cr times and In Ihc manner laid down In tho Uni- duced in size satisfactorily for a letterhead or lapel I versity rcr.uLitior.s rcl.i(ing to fees. There are many who have fear of badge. ; 2. Other active members of the Union shall fiay the subscription before tho the consequences. Let Is be said that ; end of Ap.-ll in each year provided that ncv/ mcmtjers shall pay at the The design should preferably include the Univers­ every psychiatrist knows of the widc- ! time at which they commence to use the facilities ot the Union. ity Coat of Arms, together with distinguishing features sprcading evil consequences of our present. It could be worse—but not ' E. 1. There shall be a Union Development Fund in(o which shall be paid thj sum relating to the U.Q.Gm.C. Simplicity should be the key­ much. And the evidence of other I of £2/0/0 from each subscription paid by a Piirt-timc internal student • and the sum of £2/iC/C from each subscripticn paid by a member c: tho note. places and other aged should be I Union mentioned in sub-section AS. hereof. studied. If uncovering the body is (a) Entries should be submitted on or before Fri­ 1 2. Tho Union Development Fund shall be devoted exclusively to the prov'-'-ion wrong or dangerous, why is it that of capital expenditure upon now Union projects in .my of the areas r:5cci- day, 25th Sept, to Sports Union Office. early Christian Baptism was carried fied in the Regulations. (b) The work should be approximately 4" x 4", out with men and women entering 3. (a) Thirty percent of Ihc balance ol subscriptions monies rcmaininn after the water together, naked? Why is it payments to tho Union Development Fund shall be paid to the General on uniined, white paper, and if not coloured, Reserve Accounts of the Union. that Missions overseas today do lb) However, thirty percent of this balance of subscriptions paid by active instructions for the colour treatment should nothing to encourage dressing, and members of the Union who spend more than lialf thoit time-table in even see it as a danger because it is the areas outside tho St. Lucia area which are specified in the Regula­ be included, tions shall be paid to tho Area Reserve Accounts for the provision taken up as a status symbol? Why is of facilities in these areas, (c) A fee of 2/- should accompany each entry, it that Britain (which is noted for (c) A special committee for each area specified in the S^ogulations being (d) There is no limit to the number of entries that its decorum in covering) is shock­ an area outside tho St. Lucia Area and consistins of an equal number of ingly licentious at heart? Or that members of Union Council and representatives of Faculty or Depart­ any one person may submit, mental Bodies having members in tho Area shall be set up by the Germany accepts nude sunbathing on Rogulatioris for tho purpose of deciding the mode of expenditure of (e) The winning entry will not necessarily be the beaches without any apparent the Area Reserve Account for that Area. difference? Why is it that a portrait 4, Tho remainder of subscripticn monies after the payments provided for In adopted in its entirety as the official badge, of a man peeing into a bucket could sub-section E.I., e.3.(al and E,3.(bl shall bo paid into general revenue be painted on the inside walls of a and bo subject to appropriation by the Union Council. (f) The prize for the best design will be to the Paymont of the annual subscription shall entitle all active members of value of approximately £3, church in Denmark about 1500 AD tho Union to membership of all Constituent Bodies of the Union without without being thought offensive? Or furthor payment and to a copy of each edition of "Semper Floreat" pro­ that pictures of naked ladies cover vided, however, that no male member shall bo a member of tho Women's JUDGES: Mr, S. J. Marquis-Kyle, Lecturer in Architect­ Club. the ceilings of old private homos and MOVED: 0. WEEDON ure. chapels? Why is it that dark skinned SECONDED: B, K. MURPHY people who live in a warm climate Mr, J, B, Lawrence, President, University of MOVED THAT SECTION I1.C.4, OF THE CONSTITUTION BE DE­ like ourselves and bare their tops LETED, Queensland Gymnastics Club, should be thought "different"? MOVED: D, WEEDON Mr, B. E, Henzell, Secretary-Treasurer, Uni­ SECONDED: B. K, MURPHY versity of Queensland Gymnastics Club, It needs to be emphasised that A. 0. MIKKELSEN. those who will form the new fashion Honorary Socrotary, arc not eKhibitionists, but ordinary University of Qld. Union. people who want to come to a better niiiiiiiiiiuiiiiuimiuiiiiiiiiiiuitiuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiHimiiiiniiniinniinniit PAGE 12 SEMPER FLOREAT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964 YOUR UNION AND PAPUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE New Giiiitca Ltatsoti Scheme Because of grc;\t!y mcre^sed Activities include: interest in Piij)u:i itiiJ New Publicity: A reading li.st is Guinc;\, the Nntionnl Union of available from your P,N,G. Austnilian University Students Liaison Officer, Miss Frances (N,U,A,U.S.) has st.iited a New Lovejoy, Publications from P.N,G, Guinea Liaison Scheme, Under aro placed in the Union Reading the scheme, each Univer.iiv, ably well handled, suffering ing to acknowledge the ap­ —PinF.R UERTIIKIM from an imbalance in the per­ plause, and at the end of the 1 The Political Student Vol, I, No, 4. j Magazine of the University of Queens-! former's expenditure of energy programme would plunge into land Political Science Club, Price 2/-, —too much on the keyboard an encore on the second such Available, and too little on the pedal— re-appearance. The fact that while Mozart's Nine Variations there was enough applause to DEBATORS WIN on a Minuet by Duport left allow him to get away with SWIMMING CUP itself vulnerable to the samej this caper, is a very sad reflec­ BRIGHT FUTURE acoustic impairment which tion on the musical taste and Although this University does not was apparent in one or two of appreciation of Brisbane con­ always accord to the noble art of de­ cert-goers, for QUEENSLAND BALLET bating the respect and prestige It de­ the items to which we were serves, we record with satisfaction treated some months ago by Rodney Hardaker It is the privilege of the Queens­ vious experience of International the success of the Queensland team Ingrid Haebler. namely, the , POST SCRIPT land Ballet Company to invite Bris­ Ballet, including the Sadlers Wells —Bill Potter, Lindsay Smith and unaccented' notes not being I feel that I am obliged, bane audiences to witness their great and Borovansky Companies, has David Robin—in the 1964 Inter-Var­ progress at the Company's perform­ brought the Queensland Ballet Com­ sity Debating Festival, held in played heavily enough, giving after hearing him play the E ance in the Brisbane Festival Hall, pany to its present high standard. Hobart during the vacation. The cov­ the impression of notes being j minor piano concerto of which will be a highlight of the Highly successful tours of New eted trophy, the Philippines Cup, be­ Warana Week celebrations. left out and the consequent Chopin and the D minor of South Wales and Queensland, Ballet ing unfortunately mislaid since illusion of the right hand get­ Brahms at the more recent The Festival Hall performance on seasons in Brisbane and television Queensland last held it in 1959, a ting out of phase with the left. Youth and Orchestral Con­ Saturday, October 3rd, will include contracts, have been valuable experi­ swimming cup proved to be an effec­ an interesting and varied repertoire— The rest (with the exception certs, to apologise (to those ence for.the dancers, and brought tive and appropriate substitute: "The Utopians", "Ballet Degas', the Company wide recognition. Special congratulations must go to of the third encore, and poss­ who took me seriously, at any "Divertissements" (excerpts from Bill Potter, selected as a reserve for rate) for unjustified general­ the classics) and "Francesca Da After timid beginnings in the ibly the fourth for which I did post-war period, it is a proud the Australian Universities Team to isations. His reading of the Rimini" which was taped recentiy meet New Zealand and the Philip­ not stay) was uniformly bad, by the A.B.C. for interstate television achievement that Ballet in Australia pines in January, —R.D.H. Chopin, in particular the and was unanimously acclaimed by today enjoys international acclama­ second movement, and the even the most discerning press critics. tion. In Queensland, the Ballet Com­ pany, whose president is the Rev. scholarly sensitivity with which A special treat for Brisbane audi­ Dean Baddeley of "Round Table" ences will be the dancing of the he interpreted the deeply mov­ fame, is under the patronage of Sir American Joseph Savoie. Mr, Savoie ing Brahms (the cadenza to­ Henry Abel Smith, Strong support is has danced with the American Fes­ PETER SHEARER PH. LTD. given by several University staff wards the end of the third tival Ballet and European Companies, members, particularly Professor R, including Roland Petit's Ballet de 230 EDWARD STREET, BRISBANE movement being especially Hawker (Physiology) who is a co- worthy of comment), were Paris, the Ballet Concerito de Mexico, }st Floor (Colony Club Entrance) vice-president. firmly convincing evidence and the Munich State Company. He has also appeared in several musicals We strongly recommend that stu­ We have^ pleasure in advising you that through arrange­ that he can handle the Roman­ and films. dents who are already interested in ments with your Union you are now able to purchase tics with as much technical Ten years of preparatory work Ballet, and those who would like to at wholesale from us all mens apparel and leather goods. ease and artistic sympathy as have gone into the development of become interested, go to this Warana the composers of the classical this full time professional Ballet Com­ performance which will be an out­ Listed betow are approximate retail prices which com­ pany, The Director and Choreo­ standing feature of the Ballet year pared with ours show the vast saving available to you. and baroque periods. grapher, Charles Lisner with his pre­ in Queensland,

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    luimd hx •>!• W-^offlf •"• R»eniltlin. SEMPER FLOREAT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1964 PAGE 15 O's and X's - SPELLING - SUMS - THE STORKS - EDUCATION: RELIGION Since the Kduciitlon Act of 1875, accord­ those names or unknown words, th'e Lord's a week. On this day he repeats the Lord's wanted to know about the storks playing ing to law. Quccnalaml children have been Prayer. "I don't know why 1 must close Prayer, "I still don't know who Lord is. cricket with Lord", Bubjccted tn a fren, compul.'^oiy and aeou- my eyes; 1 never close my eyes when 1 Daddy says that it'.s where thoy play lai education. Hut is the eflucatlon of to­ speak to Daddy, but it I don't teacher gets cricket"—twice, sings two hymns and After this stage the child begins to dis­ day a secular cducitioit? Is the education angry, so I suppose the best way to keep listens "to the minister tell that the place cern the "ins" and "outs" of his Religious of to-day comp!et<>ly of the State-fiee ot him quiet is to do as I'm told", A short where they play cricket put me in the Instruction and during Grades IV, V, VI, any religious fie,'." l>ut to this question my breakfast this morning, God had noth­ that the .stork gave me to he and Mummy up on un-learnt spelling and tables, do my answer intisi l)i' an uini>hiitic "No". ing to do with it. Who is God anyway?" —maybe storks play ci-icket", some sums and poke Johnnie tn the back. What tetvcluM- of to-day can sueccs,sfuily lOach morning tlie Grade I child takes an­ "Last week I played 'noughts and crosses' carry out hl,s svoik without ffuinltiff some other step into the "valley of the shadow ^'ith Grade III the young child passes with Hill till the Old boy copped ua and Blljllcal l^nowledge? Is this secular educa­ or religious education". This concept of re­ from Infancy to childhood—from the sent us to the big bos.s—then It was on. tion? ligion is warped by this ramming and the "little .school to the big .school". The nov­ .Mum and Dad reckon it's a waste of time me listenin' to any minister anyhow". By I^roni the time the youriK child feailuiiy Infant teacher complains becau.sc he's be­ elty of school ia beginning to wear thin hind in the Reading Readines.s, iind the head teacher thinks I'm beginning the time the average Jimmy has reached enters Grade I to the day he read,s that tie Grade VJI this i,s his attitude while the has .•jucccHsfutly gained a Senior paHs— to wear out my welcome, but when 1 .say My Grade II the child has learnt to ac­ teacher complains bitterly because the through the entire period of lii.s State I'll run away teacher puts his arm on my cept this morning procedure as part of class is ruined for the rest of the day. School tralnlnj,'—he is subjected to an un­ sljouldor and says "Now Jimmy, I wouldn't ,schooi routine. But day after day, week dercurrent of religions influences, be happy if you went away"—aren't teach­ after week, he repeats something he knows ers wonderful? But I hate Monday morn- It has been proved that religion as Jn Grade I the pupil ,starts each morn­ little or nothing about, Js this education? lng,H—that cranky old minister just stands present in primary schools has an adverse ing witti a i^ible »tory, which he iloean't l?ul in Grade II the religious horizons of out the front and talks and talks all the eftect—should this remain so—If not, understand i)OcaMse teachei- must read it the child's secular education broadens—a time. One day when I asked him a question what can be done? from a book and isn't permitted to explain minister comes for half an hour one day he told me I was a very rude boy, but I only GAI EDWARDS. in a political democracy, the State may take sec why they should have to pay a second time JUSTICE IN EDUCATION upon itself the responsibility of expediting the for their children's tuition in secular subjects— Parcnt.s have the prior right to choose the By education process. It may therefore levy a tax mathematics, science, English, etc.—when they kind of ecUicat.ion that shall be given to thciv on all its members as all its members are to have already paid their share of taxes for this children. benefit. It may find it advisable to set up a sys­ purpose. What must be appreciated first in a discus­ tem itself. This cannot be done to the direct Government support for denominational sion on State Aid is that it is an issue between J or indirect e.'^clusion of any or all other systems hospitals is not seen as support for religion but parents and State NOT Church and State. The of education, as it would then be contravening as payment for services rendered. Surely the above premise, which is embodied in the United O the individual's right of choice. same holds true in the field of education. To­ Nations Declaration of Human Rights (to H In Australia, the Federal Government has wards the cost of educating a child in a denom­ which Australia is a signatory) as Article' 26, is inational school the Government could subscribe the starting point of discussion. Because of the taken upon itself the responsibility of taxing all N to provide for education. But while taxing all, 80% of the cost of educating a child in a State limits of knowledge today, parents are not com-' it allows the benefits of education to only some. school. No one would then be paying for. anyone petcnt to be the sole educators of their children. The some who benefit are, in effect, determined else's religion. It is not valid to object that this Therefore, they delegate their authority to edu­ subject to a religious test. Education is free if will cause a greater expense to the nation. The cationalists whom tliey choose in response to O' you subscribe to Secularism, but expensive if you nation must meet these responsibilities. It is the dictates of their conscience. The right of don't. In order to exercise their right of choice not fair that the benefits of nearly one-quarter choice of education resides with them as does the G in education, a section of the community is of the nation's children should be sacrificed in duty to educate. forced, as education is compulsory, to pay twice order that the other three-quarters may receive The State has no absolute rights in the field O for it, once in Government tax, once in fees to a good education. That is tantamount to a of education. Education is a transaction capable the school of their choice. That this section is a father of four starving one to feed the other of being carried out between individuals. Unlike R minority is irrelevant in a democratic society three. defence, it is not a service which can only be whose government looks to the rights of all not The Constitutional legality of such a rendered to society as a whole. When the State M just to those of its supporters. Sir Henry Parkes, scheme is sometimes questioned with reference enters the field of education, it cannot usurp the man responsible for establishing the present to Section 116 of the Australian Consti­ tights to which it has no legitimate claim. Mind­ A New South \\'ales education system, wrote in tution. The High Court has never previ­ ful of the benefits which accrue to an educated his Fijty Years oj Australiati History. "The ously been petitioned to construe the mean­ •community and of the importance of education N thing is essentially unjust. So long as we appro­ ing of this Section in respect o support priate the revenues of the country for educa­ for denominational schools. According to tion, wc have no right to apply them in a way a recent report in Nationa, a delegation is which will exclude a large proportion of the pop­ approaching the Court for just such an opinion. ulation from the benefits of the expenditure". In the absence of any authoritative pronounce­ •NlmlllinilllltlUIIMIIIIIIIIHIIMIMUIIIimtlltiniMlllllllltMIIDHIIKIIIh I Illlt lltllllHItllllll •••IIHDIIII ment, Mr. C. L. Pannam, Senior Lecturer in It is seldom understood by opponents of the Law at Melbourne University, ..-has commented scheme that for a section of the comniunity it is on the question by way of an article entitled a matter of conscience, not preference, as to "Travelling Section 116 with a U.S. Road Map" the choice of schools for a child's education. in a recent issue of his University's "Law This section believes in the glorification of God Review". He points out that any assumptions MAKE CERTAIN as the central purpose in life. It is natural that from the rulings of the Supreme Court of the this idea should form the basis of their system United States as regarding the State Aid issue YOU GET THE of education. They realize that a school that and the First Amendment are not transferable BEST DEAL omits God is teaching that God can be omitted. to the Australian scene. This is because there is Nor do they see that the teaching of catechists a difference in wording between the two acts, on for a specific period in a secular school as being there is no Australian equivalent to the Four­ the fullness of the education they wish for their teenth Amendment, and the traditions and VOIXSWAGEV children. The whole environment in which edu­ social settings of the two countries, which affect cation takes place mtist for them be God-cen­ the interpretation, vary. Further, he points out tred. As Dr. Warren, Anglican Bishop of SEE that the fundamental purpose of the scction'is to Christchurch, put it, "Religious education does guarantee religious freedom not to exclude re­ not mean education in a particular subject, but ligion altogether. The basic principle is that there a particular kind of education in all subjects". should be no discrimination between religions. Now other people may be of the opinion that this He cites as examples of this the support of de­ is all nonsense, and that is their privilege. But nominational schools in the Australian Capital they have no right to dictate their neighbour's Territory, and the payment of chaplains in the conscience. This is the type of arrogance usually armed services. "Section 116 guarantees the right Brisbane Service Motors accredited to Christians. They do not have the of disbelief. It does not allow a non-believer to 345 STANLEY STREET, SOUTH BRISBANE. right to foist their Secularist principles upon force his disbelief on others." this group. Justice cuts both ways^ While the FIRST religious group cannot force their religion on State Aid is a matter of justice of which unbelievers by compelling them to go to Church the Federal Government is at last taking notice. SURPRISE VALUATIONS! We w mora (hM Myeai for frMli.tn schools, unbelievers cannot force their unbelief It is an issue which concerns the rights of indi­ • NEWEST FINANCE — NO COMPLICATIONS — NO FUSS on the religious group by compelling them to at­ viduals in relation to the State. It is a truth tend secular schools. . which is self-evident to free, thinking people. With its institution, Australia will join the It if commonly thought by opponents of thirty-eight free nations of the world where the BMSBANE SERVICE State Aid, that adherents of a particular religi­ taxes of ail the people support the education of ous persuasion want the community to pay for their children in the schools of their choice. the teaching of their religion. This is not so. It MOTORS is only fair that if parents want a particular re- In a recent- examination an Eighth h'gion taught to their children they should pay Grader introduced the Lord's Prayer with MMEMIU I^JA. ALLOWS UNIVIRSmr nODINTS NSCOUHT for the tuition. This is the only.equitable method "Our Father witchait in heven harold be ^'''''''''"•'•'•••••••••••••••MMtMMtMIMIMIMIMMiaMMIIMtl^^ HIMIHMIIIWBMWmitMi in a pluralistic society. They gladly accept this Thy Name." ... iinancial responsibility. However, tHey fail to Genuine PAGE 16 SEMPER FLOREAT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964 GREAT YEAR FOR VARSITY: RUGBY GREAT YEAR FOR VARSITY RUGBY PLAYERS 1964 will go down as a vintage year for the Univeniry ol Queensland Football Club. What with 3 Wallabies (Jules Guerassimoff, Dick Marks, Rick Tn'vett just back from the Australian tour of New Zealand and with a University team in every Grand Final of the club competition,- the Varsity club can perhaps boast its greatest season. A warm Velcome home' is extended (6 caps) and Dick' (9 caps) are fast • to Jules, Dick and Rick after their becoming veterans in International tough month-long tour of the Misty Rugby and on their form in the Isles! Without detracting from the latest tour will be playing for Aus- credit clue to the powerful All Blacks tralia for many years to come. Jules in winning the BLEDISLOW CUP who played in 7 out of the 8 gamts (2 tests to I) it is felt that this in N.2. was one player who found tour was badly conceived and very dynamic form right from the begin- nearly shattered the prestige that nlng and was probably Australia's Australian Rugby had so painstak- best forward on tour. After the First ingly achieved in South Africa last Test which Australia narrowly lost! AcHon in rhe Rugby Union Test at Dunedin, New Zealand. year. To ask a side to play three '^-14 the N.Z. press ('Star Sports' Tests en consecutive Saturdays, the Dunedin, 15/8/64) had this to say| first one week after arriving in New " One of Australia's and thcj Zealand is something no other match's best forwards was the flanker I country in the world would under- J, Guerassimoff who played a part. take, and rifihdy so, as it virtually in ail phases of the battle ^. " j amounts to 'liugby suicide' especially This is typical of 'Big Juley's' play ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY if you are tackling the Ail Blacks! in every match. Dick Marks was I I-ortunattly for Australia the Wall- again, on this tour, the epitome ofj abies were able to find the form for lough, controlled, strength. A clever,! the Third Test at Wellington that incisive runner, Dick scored Aus-j won them two Tests in South Africa tralia's only tries in brilliant fashion' f^j, N last' year. Believe me this is not in the First and Second Tests. Rick, *\ 'sour grapes' but a criticism of the Trivett although he didn't play inj /r fo3083 went on to win the final by stopping drive and purpose they have exhibited Instructor Commander - £3233-3502 Sydney boxer, Terry Howison. Unluck- in earlier games, they should also icst member of the team was John win welt. Another win is predicted Instructor Captain £3653-3922 Taske who developed a severe case of for University. Married officers are paid additional allowances of £301 per annum. 'flu some days before the fights and The University Medicals face a was forced to withdraw. Taske was con­ tough game against Souths tn the . DUTIES sidered to have a very strong chance of 'B' Grade Grand Final. The team has winning the welter division but instead played well throughout the season Instruction of Officers and Ratings in academic subjects, had to take a scat on the sidelines. ui|der the astttte guidance of fotmer mainly mathematics and physics. Opportunity is given to John was a National Service champion, Wallaby, Ken Donald. The club selected officers to specialise in such subjects as electronics •winning the "best and fairest" award commiserates with Ken on his broken there, and in his two previous attempts ankle sustained In the last game and and navigation or to become practising meteorologists. at inicr-Vanity he lost a suspect de­ wlsii him and hit team good tuck. cision to Aussie champ (and full Blue) The result will be known it you read Full details and application forms aro Erroll McKcnna, and in the next year this. A prediction it withheld at a available from although kayoing the cvctitual inter- close battle Is likely. varsity champ, John Cox, did not him­ The club gets together next Sat­ self compete. urday night (Sept. 19th) at the THE SECRETARY TTic (juccnsland club extends sincere Rugby Club, Charlotte Street, at DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY . thanks to trainer, Wally Sproulcs, for 6.30 p.m. for its Annual Dinner and his excellent training, astute seconding Trophy Presentation. , AH inclusive CANBERRA, A.C.T. and magnificent "oncupmanship". "The price IS £1. Every player and club «lub also appreciates the sterling assist­ supporter,is urged lo attend as it promises to be a memorable eyening. ance given to them by the officials of 't|tt«d by the Director of ReeruMng the QJV.B.V. Twickenham NI04.n3.64 Edited by Alan Richards aad Printed by Watson Ferguson & Company