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Vol. XXII No. 11, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1953. Tingle! Registered at G.P.O.. , for For the smile of beauty, mass.ige your scslp briskly transmission by po?* as a periodical- with IPANI. Try it in your pipe, too. The Senator Would Approve, Mr. Power, so \Cabbages and Kings { Tliis year of grace 1953, lias pro- ,d!iccd its .sh.ire of lauglis jn Aus- Throw Another Faggot on the Fire , traliau student journalism. I pro- I pcse ill this, the la.<^t Cabbages and Witchhunting, due to th.e unstinted eiforis of Mr. Joseph McCarthy, has grov/n to be one oi ihe most popular pastimes Kings column of the year, to re­ of the great American Way of Life. Until recently il has no t made as great an ibnpact on this particular outpost oi empire cord just a few Of them. as had other such pieces oJ Americana as Hollywood ond chewing-gum. We have to thank the Stale Attorney-Genera], Mr. Power for the remedying of such a regrettable deficiency. Dou blless inspired by the shining example of the Senator from There was a former editor of Wisconsin, Mr. Power shows every indication of developing into a wilchhunter to end all witchhunters. "F;irrat-.o" aielbournc*, who wrote PRESUMABLY, if nnt Hppar- ill law at the University or a tram- proper authority." only real tost of legal ability. 1 ani ccstatk-aliy back to friends still on the stall of the paper: "My wife is •*• cntly, Mr. Power is a person of conductor, to disagree with the The Courier-Mai! oC the next sure that Mj-. Sykes is grateful that it is not a test impeded on Univer­ going to have a baby. We liope it average intclliBenct-. As such he provisions of the Bill, and to ex- morning printed letters in defence WiU be a boy or a girl." must realise that he is neither in­ iiress his disagreement in spcecli or of Mr. Anderson from the head ol .sity lecturers in law." fallible nor above criticism. in writing. his department, Piofcs.sor Harri­ For remarks such as those there i.s no CNCusc; not oven. .Mr. Power, We are not here concerned wilh Much as it may pain and sur­ son, from one of hi.s colleaeiics, prise liim to learn of it, the fact Mr. Sylces, and from the Law in the realm of profcssiunal "On Dit" (Attelaidci bcKan a the merits or otherwise of tlie Students Society. politics. cplumn this ycar bearing tlie title Printers and Newspapers Biil; wliat that he has been sitting jn tlio Government benches since 1935 "Subversive a n d tvcasonnble The whole ailair descended to •Eavestlrojjpings." its chief charm we do insist on, however, is tlie is the f.ici that it was .'signed by a right of anyone, be he a lecturer does not in any way render Mr. ideologies," scrennied Mr. Power pure faice wlicn Mr. Power at- Power a faultless and superior next day. "Our University educa­ trniptcd to snioar Mr, Anderson as ipung hidy calling herself "Ei'e." being in the eyes of tiie public. a Con;miinist. Tile tiling la.stcd for six monttis tion is liigiily co.stly to the State before an o\cr-])nidish Council ce- A Mr. Ross Anderson is fully Government and parent.?, and Gov­ Mr, Anderson is actually a cided it was not qiutc quite, and cniitlcd to doubt the perfection oi ernment and parents are entitled nu'niber of the Toowong brunch banned it forthwith. Mr. Power's any or every act. to know what else besides law our of (he A.L.P. and of tht> Fabian This opinion, not in any way students are being indoctrinated Society, and has bren on several seditious or revolutionary, would, with at the University." occasions the guest of the Univer­ we thougiit. have been held by Mr. Mr. Power, sublimely unconscious sity Soiialisl Club. His polities Tlicn there was the female of Power himself. are as lily-while :is are .Mr, HiMtic iiiipearaiice who sidled up of the figure of fun he was niai^ing Power's. to an unwaiy male at a journalists h\\ie so many childish assump­ of liimself. uttered what have been I P.iity and demanded in a con- tions this to was to be shattered. two of the most ill-bred In.sults of I It is not our intention to huiuh ••^piratcrial whisper "Are vou sane? Tiie Courier-Mail of Wednesday the half-century when ho said of • '"'o '^ .stirring defence of academic Well I am, and I've got a'certificate the seventh of this month, retwrtcd Mr, Anderson: "Men are lying on ^ freedom. That has been done on to prove it." that on the previous day Mr, Power the battlefields of Korea "in tlio '"^"V .Prcvioi.s occasions by advo- had declaimed in Parliament against causG of libevty, nnd at the samc.c^t^^s far more capable than the a pamphlet on the Printers and time a man m^ this is being paid Present writer. Newspapers Bill containing a state- by this Government in an institu­ What concerns us is the obvious "Pelican" (West ) soberly nient signed by Mr. Anderson of tion subsidised by this Govern­ unwillingness of Mr. Power, and, for reported .«oiiie time ago a meeting tile Law Department oi the Uni­ ment"; and of Mr. Sykes: "l am that matter, of certain of liis ivliose c.ucst speaker was a prom­ versity, not a law.ver" (in point ot fact Mr. colleagues, to accept criticism from inent local Gommvinist. A.s iiis car In a series of remarks .smacit- P. is an ex-tram conducto.-) 'but the people responsible for their drc'.v tip bcnc:\th the niain tower of ing strongly of incoherent raec 1 am the Ministerial head of tile election to their present exalted the Perth Uiiivcr-stv. a slirill ^Ir. Power dismissed Mr. Ander­ State's Law Department, and as ofhces. Sii-cam wa.s heard from the top, and a female flguro hurtled over son's coinpetence in law a.s "so such have available to me the ad­ Mr, Power's behaviour is such the edge, using an umbrella as a biid as to be incapable of being vice of profopsional legal otTicers that one wonders just wlijit is his p.irachiite. and sqijcnling desper­ excused on tlie grounds ot pro­ wiio have had long training and pcisonal conception of democratic ately "I'm coining, vait for me!" fessional incompetence," and espeiience in applying legal princi­ povernnieut. and what he considers hinted at the necessity for "a ples to facts. tlic role and i osponsibilities of the nir. power review of his cnpnbilities by the "That is in the final analysis the hidividual in a democratic State to bo. Aiid to conclude. t!:is columnist's The right and duly to di.Siigrce own iwrsoiial pliilo;u-hv. Absorb Avith the policies of :i govern­ this, kiddies, it's |:!i.:ouiid. *'What Bastardry is This ?" ment anil its ministers is some- "There goes the l'.ai;)v moron. thinjr inherent in the structure oJ He doesn't pve a danin, our society. Mr. Power has not I 'Aish I were a moron— New Council Rumbles in; Dyspeptic Dramatic Society yet .succeeded in depriving us of My God! Perhap.< l am," that right and dul.v. In the At ihe first meeling of the new Union Council on Tuesday, 6th October, the regime mcimlime, p*>ople such as Ross SAINT LUCIA. Anderson will cxcrci.sv It. and started with much fireworks and eyebrow-raising, when the sic-id and circumapecl U.Q.D.S. they must expect to be able to showed signs of gastronomic trouble. do so without fear of being pub­ Neil Brjce, moving that "Coun­ licly branded as traitors and I The Truth (?) from ever 2,6 wa.s lost per Union nieni- Tile doubtful question of settling .scoundrels. cil strongly disapproves the ters, because the ballot slijjs con­ the blame for this scandalous loss methods used in calling and con­ tained the proposed fees per stu­ was doubtfully settled when secre­ Finally Semper voices the pious ; "Truth'* (?) ? ducting the A.G.M. of the dent £2/10/- instead of the recom­ tary Potter claimed nobody was to hope that Mr. Power may some- , TO correct a mistaken impression U.Q.D.S.." tried hard to sound mended £2/12/6. blame but resorted to the old adage M^h?^;u.J'"'''''^"'"''P'°'''^"lat may nave been Kathered bJ like = troplenl Disraeli defending of this Slate are not^ a mass of'those of our readers who demean It was known that the Univer­ that there's many a slip 'twlxt the his poor ragged mudlark but pen and the press. morons Who will slavishly vote him th,n,s,i,p3 sufliciemiy t" take m ended up sounding like the Fed­ sity accountants wanted to strcnm- into office at every election and ..Trmli" t?^. we would emphasise eral Treasurer reading the Bud­ hne accounts by cutting out guinca.s Let's hope that is so. Providence w^io will siibmit to tong told hy,ti,at Semper Floreat is qt,i"edefln- get. and half-guineas. However, it is alone can save the Union if it is Mr. Powvr that Mr. Power can do iteiy not going out of product on- traitorous to Itlie Union that it to be dictated to by a thoughtles.^ no wrong, and must therefore never Bryce, reeling of! figm'cs galore, should be prejudiced to the extent "Truth" (?). we feel, must have lot of penny-pinching account be criticised, been carried away by wistful think­ succeeded in casting over Comicil a of £300 because tlie accountants keepers. spirit of ennui and in stirring the don't want to add up the pennies' On tiie contrary, quite a number ing, since we know that they must implacable Broad to urge him to column—which can be dpne by an of them have minds capable of be terrified at leaniing of our in­ get on with his motion. adding machine, anyway. forming responsible opinions, pos­ tention to publish on Sundays. It sibly a few nre reckless enough even must be obvious to them, as It is When he finally did get round to doubt Ml', Power's divinity. If to us. that that section of the Great to speaking on his motion, we feel Mr. Power would trouble to pinch Australian Public which has never he wns more successful reeling off or prick himself he might discover I recovered from the delicious shock figures. Muttering such tcrrts as thot they are right—that he Is in- i of puberty will Inrinitely prefer "unconstitutional," •'invalid," ded mere mortal clav. I Semper to "Truth" (?>. "notices plural' and grieving over .St. Lucia supremncy. Bryce's feel­ Announcing the ings got out of hand and he sat down, shouting faaatlcnUy. ". . . Dent Provident and In my opinion, the whole thing General Books For Vacation Reading stUiks." Truly an ominoxis phrase. Fund for Destitute Drama Society Rep. Janet Uhr, Captain Y. Coustcau — THE SILENT WORLD 22/G answering Bryce's allegations in a Martha .'Martin — O RUGGED LAND OF GOLD 17/- •well-modulated but slightly acid Journalists. Con­ voice, delivered her edict in such Richard Papc — BOLDNESS BE MY FUlEND 20/- academic terms as "bastardy," tributions grate- Kylic Tcnnant — AUSTRALIA . 22/6 "shlnannigans." nnd "mucking about." fully received and Ctovemment by ihe People A. McLEOD The referendum, by the Grace of suitably acknow­ "Brisbane's Best Bookstore" God, was passed, dear children— 1271 votes—21 more than half.of ledged. 107 Elizabeth Street tliis entftiualastlc University—being recorded. U.Q.D.S. President, Janet tJhr. Brisbane and Rockhompton Somewhere along the way, how­ "A spade by any other name." U The Facully of Theology Presents The Maxims of Noah For if peradvcnture thou hast CHAPTER ONE portray upon it an X, This shall be a sign unto thee of thy friend­ taken the left fork, then canst thou OONER shall a woman stop a ship with women. not return on the way and take the S trolley-bus that refusetli to ad­ other; and it thou hast chosen the" mit her, than detain a love that For the floor of the X, even the right, then is the left sealed unto passeth away. tine upon which it resteth, this shall thee. be the ground of "thy acquaint­ Son, when she seeth thee clearly ance," whereupon thou shalt move For the iiigher friendship goeth without Illusion, and when she freely; yea, backwards and for­ not back to love, nor doth love re­ knoweth thee as thou reatly art, wards .Shalt thou move, going fo'"th turn and become frlendshlj> again. then hath her love ended. and returning. Comeliness winneth in the dash, My 'Son, observe the damsel when But the two legs of the X, going she cometh with her sister, behold but she that hath understanding up from the floor, shall be thou and triumphcth in the long run. her countenance is lax, and her thy woman drawing nearer In nerves are weakened, yea the brakes An Ill-favoured damsel jumpeth friendship. are all on. at the flrst chance, but the comely And at the point of crossing shall virgin rcmaineth single until it is two roads separate, and the left But wHen the young man cometti, too late. arm .shall be the higher friendship lo, then are all the lights lightetl, As one thnt wcarelh a lou'-neeked and the riglit arm "love." And if and iicr face wreatheth itself in {••own with a high gauze collar, so thou goest on with the woman, it smiles; yea, she flleth as in an aero­ is she whose words arc discreet, shall be cither on the riglit arm or plane, seeking his approval. while her eye winketh. the left arm, tlie one of the other. Son, when thou entercst the Thus it is written iu tlie book of trolley-bus sit thee not down oppo­ Behold the fooUsh lover, mark his I love. ways to avoid them, for he is simple site the most comely damsel, to re;- and knoweth not women, yea the Yet when thou shalt have passed gard her; rather sit thee beside hei", damsels wink their eyes when he the crossing with lier, and chosen and observe the faces of the men cometh. thy road, then canst thou in nowise who scrutinize her: thou be merry He kisseth not a woman till he return. during all the journey. hath asked her permis.slon, he de- .sireth his ways to be made stiaigiit. He staycth too late and he caltcth too often. University Debates He proposeth by letter, writing what he dare not .say face to face. A wi.se man wrapi)eth. not a dia­ Festival mond in newspaper, neither doth a man of understandins; take a dain- ARMIDALE 19th—24lh August sel to a dance in a trolley-bus. There were debators from all Universities oit the recent As a leaky hot water bottle in a time of need so is a fond woman Intervarsity Debates Festival held this year at New England "But Father, I'm so tired of roast peasant for dinner." that telleth thy secrets; her folly University College, Armidale. exccedeth Her comfort. What is more disappointing than Draw and Results Be neet, be Sweet, be smeet! to find an interesting woman is Wednesday. August 19th (even­ (Affirm,) V. MEL­ called "Mrs,'? and for a comely ing) : Sydney (Aflirm.) v, Tasmania BOURNE (Neg.); damsel to be called a "doctor," o you think about girtsw^.gj,,, agj^ed: Do the men at this This question was put before two Friday, August 2lEt (evening): ft lot?" Reactions to an approach | university provide you with enough hundred engineering students: Do Sydney (Afflrm,> v, Queensland General Notes like that could very well prove eni- i loving? you think the Courier-Mail (for­ 4ii per Cent, often missed (b) 10 per cent, said no. ject. Witness: A high standard debate, won nar­ and then a recorded portion lectures. (c) 10 per cent, said they didn't was replayed later. Interviewer (w^ell-drcssed. smiling (c) 25 jjer cent, w'aslied before know. rowly by Queensland. (d) 10 per cent, said they didn't Saturday, August 22nd (evening): good-naturedly): "Hello, there. going on dates. Perth (Aflirm.) v, Melbourne (Neg.). TYPING Could you give me a Uttle help? (d) •j per cent, liked their pro­ care. "That This House is Content to be Ex-University Students will under- I'm trying to find tlic library and fessors. (e) 60 per cent. fi'0W7ied, then typing for students Theses, I'm having quite a time of it." Two hundred lecturers wore a Dreamer." take laughed, then frowned. etc Strange Passerby (unshaven, given this question: Are you, have The following query was asked Melbourne was clearly superior in shabbily dressed, sullen): "Over you ever been, or do you plan on of one hundred women students: this clash with'Perth, whose pre­ Ring LM4485. there. The one with the pillars." being, a dirty Communist? Are you tired of sex? sentation, as compared with their (Steps around interviewer and con­ opponents, lacked force and con­ TYPING (a) 40 per cent, thought the (a) 60 per cent, snickered coldly. Tliescs, Manuscripts, etc. tinues down footpath). Wallabie^ were unlucky to lose the (b) 14 per cent, invited me in. viction, Monday, August 24th (evening): Charges Reasonable. Int. (catching up to subject and last Test. (c) 5 per cent, like fricasseetl Phone MW1991. falling in step with him): "I un­ (b) 2C per cent, often skipped egret. The PINAL DEBATE between— derstand it's one of the best washing. (d) 21 per cent, liked cold libraries in the Commonwealth." (c) 33 per cent, began vibrant sausages. S.P. (eyeing Interviewer narrowly harangues about academic freedom. Several thousand miscellaneous and walking slightly faster): "Pos­ (d) 1 per cent, other. students 'were asked: Are you sibly." This question was asked of one drunk? Int. (still smiling): "Certainly is hundred male students: If you (a) 81 per sent, said, "Of courjse a pleasant day, isn't it?" (Waits were going on an overnight hike not" before pitching to the turf. for reply). "I say, don't you think with Marilyn Monroe would you it's a pleasant day?" (b) 19 per cent, other. estimate how long you would be The interviewer sneaked into the S.P. (glares at interviewer, ap­ gone and notify the Bushwalker's Women's and knocked on fifty pears to be getting annoyed). Association, doors to determine how the girls Int. (earnestly, gazing Into the (a) 3G per cent, rid themselves Were spending .their time, 5Ubject'.s eyes): "Do you think of encumbering garments before (a) Ifl per cent, of the girls were about girls a lot?" question was completed. washing egrets. Another Important factor that (b) 50 per cent, would like to (b) 9 per cent, were not back must be kept in mind is that the wash their dates. from the August vacation, replies to a question can be (c) 14 per cent, asked for a dn- (t) 7 per cent, were men. mightily influenced by the phrase­ flnitlon of academic freedom. (d) (55 per cent, other. ology of tbe query. The same ques­ Two hundred Independent men Have you ever noticed In polls tion worded differently may bring were asked; Do you think student and sui*veys the large percentage entirely reversed answers. For in­ •housing could conceivably be Im­ clnsslfled as "others"? Have you stance, ask, "Do you agree that proved, .sometimes wondered just who theso the rays of the sun arc benoflclal?" (a) 8 per cent, Hlce stewed egret. "others" wore and what they said? rather tlian "Would you like to be After conducting this survey I know a nudist?" (b) 17 per cent, thought college tho answers and 1 now realise why Many other things affect a poll men needed washing, Interviewers never elaborate on the of this sort but I will not explain (c) 5 per cent, often wanted a subject. I will be glad to enlighten The members of'the victorious Q'ld. debating teamr tliem here because of space llmi- date. genuinely interested parties. Send from, 1. to r„ Noel Power, Cedric Hampson, and John a self-addressed postcard to Room Greenwood. Page 2—SEMPER FLOREAT—Wednesday, dcober 2L 1953. 117, General Hospital. y'We that have free souls, it touches us not: let ihe galled jade wince, our withers are unwrung/H

Bill Dent, Editor: While his cditarial ability has sometimes been Marion Barry; Men call her questioned, his intelligence is gcncr- Rick Barnett, Business Mana,?cr: Seen only rarely, flitting from shade Vaslitar. Was recently invited io sdly tliought to be sub-normal. .sliare the 'c.vilc of cv-King Farouk, Marie Grant: A female of to shade on a bicycle ot dubious Judy Gordon: A lady of ilhrs- impeccable tamiiy. lier forbears jiarentage and venerable artiquity. triuiis descent. Her ,?reat great but refused on the grounds that great grandfather fought with Nel­ came out with the first fleet. How­ Semper would collapse without her ever she indignantly refuted (lie son a I Trafalgar, but as she says, superstition that Ie,s-iron scars are with truly becoming modesty, "Great yearly articles on divorce aud aborl- hereditary. great great Brandfathcr, and the .•^inc education. Admiral never could agree, anyw.ay." The Tumult and the Shouting Dies Sc, wilh this _ issue, anolher year oi Sempsr Floreat is entisd; ths paper can bfe put comloitably tc bsd ior a lev/ mcnth.s, the editor and his henchmen ccm turn ey-ss glazed v/iih stork terror to'ward.s tho exaiT.inaiions, and the v/riters ol cncnyraous letters can sharpen ihc-ir quills and plant fresh crops oi henbane in a gleeful anticipation ci a new year and a no'vv editor. .And, of course, ihis issue marks the end oi .niy term as editor. Amid the dealeniricj cheers ihat. must greet so ioyluHy momentous an annQuncoment, I should like to pie a fev/ plaintive notes cf tender farewell 1 cannot pretend that this year has been an especially successful or.-3 for Semper, Once again tiie paper fell victim to sludent a pothy, and the sickness "vVas perhaps worsened by our becoming hysterical over it. On the credii side, hov/ever, Semper made som.e rather remarkable achievements, Wo were, perhaps, the only paper in Australia not to sport a full-pcige portrait cf the Oueen during her Coronation; similarly we contained no reference lo Sir Arthur's Budget, and v.^e greeted Alderman Roberts' cavoxtings inside and outside the Graeme Lindenmayer: Generally Labour Party with a deafening silence, In the realm oi pcliiics, despite a personal tory bics, thought to be a dirty socialist and v.'e remained studiously impartial; we clashed Vifith neither the true blue Courier-Mail, or the •a. suspected agnostic. Famous for sunburn pink Worker. Finally, we even succeeded in ignoring the doings of the booted his taste in linllet girls and for his peasantry who inhabit the local metropolis—and this despite the fact that it has such cut- feud with the fabulous Erbacher. standing hallmarks of civilisation cs iive brothels and ten zebra crossings. In short, we have tried io be exclusively a university paper, concerned v.'ith sludent problems, contro­ Lex Jolly, .Assistant Editor and versies, and activities, and we succeeded, I think, to at least a hopeful degree. For the Editor-elect; Last seen In a prom­ e rest, I have fev/ regrets, and no apologies. inent cily hostelry, soundly thrash­ A.nd nov/, a lew very inadequate bouquets to that small group oi people without v/hom ing and without a good iBLlSTERGREEN is really green. Apply it to your toothbrush, spread it on yo.ur leeth and^ And graduates granted this assist­ knowledge of Indonesian In the higher years of secondary schools). m.&9l it vrash away that stained enamel and g o to work on the important pulp and dentyne.* ance have the right, once in Indon­ yYou'll cringe with delight esia, to call on the £1000 emergency But to these categories I could add fund established for them at the any number more. Economists, Australian Embassy In Djakarta. librarians, chemists, Unlverfiity staff i "•^iaBf^*"^^ people, ag', scl. graduates, architects A Very Giecrt Need. —these are Just a few. Page 3—SEMPER FLOREAT—Wednesday, October 21, 1953. Sir Winston Churcliill — Statesman or Poseur ? Mr. Churchill is so brilliant in debate, and so portentous in conversation, that he is revive his father's Radicali.sm had the lives and affairs of common been a self-conscious piece of men are the raw material of bril­ often mistaken for o man of ideas. AciuaUy , his ideas are extremely conventional, and he imitation. He was determined not liant career . . . , In England is always "more eager to give d dazzling per formance than to get at the core of a problem." to imitate tjut to rc-crcatc grcat- d'Annunzio would have been nesii In playing the rote of jjtates- Churchill. In Italy, Churchill would To this day he remains the buccaneer who fought F. E. Smith in the Chamber and man-snldier. He has been playing have been d'Annunzio." remained hjs boon companion in the Smokin g Room. They loved each other as fellow- it ever since. adventurers, who were nol ashamed lo admit thoS they had entered politics for its glittering Alost men with a sen,sc of des­ Tiiougli iie has now achieved tiny have tried to mould history prizes. fame, I cannot myself see any evid­ in accordance with an idea. Mr. As for the mediocrities who were not r ence that Mr. Churchill's character Churchill's dream has always been eady to shift their loyalties to win those prizes, has matured since lie was dismissed Churchill has always despised them, whether to sec Briiaii) riding the wave ot they were called Henry Campbell-Bannerman by Mr. Baldwin after 192D with tho history wilh tVinston as licr skip­ or Clement Attlee. . dry comment, "Winston's inability per; and tic is ready lo jeopardise But no statesman is ever a mere thick of tlie tight and luiving a long by .sheer filial piety; and Mr. to fit himself Into a team is a dis- principles, Party—everything but adventuicr. F, E, Smitu had no good time. advantnge that outweighs the con­ his closest friends—to liecp the Cliurchill's handling of Sidney tribution he has to offer." He is respect ior persons or principles, Street and Tonypandy revealed to vessel afloat and his own hand on But, tliougli he is a very brave still tlie political adventurer with the tiller. but ho venerated tbe Law. Cliur- mnn. ho had no patience for the his Liberal supporters how supcr- chiU's anchors, v.'hich have stead­ an eye to the main chance and au daily chores either of the canton­ fical his conversion had been. insatiable appetite for fame; the Whither the wave of history is ied him ayainst tlic gusts of his ments of Bangalore or of the ino\^iiig. lie regards as the kind of tempcianii-nt, have been hi.s pas­ Just when lie was gcttins coclcsure amateur strategist, dis­ trenches on the Sommc. Lesser turbing the professional soldiers so subversive question wiiich Campbell- sion for war and his love of Eng­ restless, the Agadir crisis sug­ Bannerman or Attlee would ask— men, he felt, must fight the wars; gested tliut politics might soon often with his bright ideas tiiat lish history, Nol of course, the soldiering, for someone born in and which the Kremlin would an­ kind of history wliich explains the provide a path to military glory. -sooner or later one must be right; Blenheim Palace, meant the the romantic, wliose iwllcies are de­ swer it Churchill were not there to actions of statesmen in terms of Mr. Churchill forffoi Lord Kan- sto]i it, supreme command of armies, and dolph and social reform and pre­ rived not from facts and jirinciples, social forces, but tlio famous be .soon saw that it is easier to chronicles of Plutarcli's Lives. pared himself at the Admiralty but from a pariotic legend. As H. —R. H. S. Grossman, reviewing achieve tliat through Parliament for bis first appointment with Q. Wells once lemarlied, "He be­ •'Winston ChurcluU; The Era and tlian in the Regular Army. destin.v. longs to a peculiarly gifted and tlie Man," by Virginia Cowles, in To Repeat History? privileeed class of beings, to whom Once ill the House of Commons, "The New Stalcspian and Nation." Tile only coherent pattern in his ho had to li.ive a policy. Charac­ This apiDoinlment ended in the political career derives from the two teristically, he found it in his opcia bouffe of Antwerp and the great, biographies he has nclunlly father's life. Miss Cowles is surely disaster of tho Dardanelles, and Oificial Membership Card written. Lord Randolph Churchill right in suggesting that Churchill's for 20 years It looked as though and Marlborough, and the two he brief marriage with Radicalism he would not recover from tlie THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY CLUB has wanted to write, Caesar and was not due to any compatability ol wreck of tliese ventures. In the Naiiolcon. temperament. It began wlien, as a 1920's he had plenty of political newcomer to the Hou.se, he pro­ successes and failures; but they This is io certify l.haf As a writer lie imagines liimself duced a highly contrived pastiche were those of a normal politician has successfully overcome llie effects of the previous v/eek- in every loading role: As a man of — in and out of office and in and ot his father's resignation speech, out of lucl{. Now tliat fame was end and is ready to r£?sums activities with uninhibited action, he models him.self on the attacking tho Army Estimates, op­ eluding him, ills search for it be­ lives of fiunous men. posing the building of Dread­ recklessness. noughts and preaciiinu splendid came more frantic and his touch His fir.st ambition was to become rsolatiou. But he soon found that more unsure. No, a famous soldier. In 15)08 A, G, Tory democracy was no longer a Then came the coincidence BLAST CHAIRMAN Gardiner observed: a formula for promotion. Out­ which restored his confidence that raged by Ailhur Balfour's failure 11 is rccordrd that, when a he was being preserved liy Pro­ Infernum Scholasticum to give him oflice after two whole vidence for a special end. While (To Hell Wilh Scholarship) ncry-hcadctl boy at Harrow, he yeai.s on the back benches, he wus asked what proftwsion l«e he was absorbed in writing his crossed the floor and recast liis Marlborough, Hitlt^r rose to power. thoui:hl of taking up, he replied, biography of Lord Randolph so as "Th(( Army, of course, .so long At last history had become con­ lo show that his father was the temporary. Not merely, could he as there's flffhting to be had. forerunner of Lloyd George, IVlu'n that's over I sliall have n use his literary masterpiece to Official Membership Card shot at politics" — not so much clear his ancestor's name of concerni'd about who the enoiny The Path to Fame ."Hacaulay's charges; he himself OH HELL, IT'S MONDAY CLUB may be or about the merits of the Radicalism, however, is not a would play Blarlborou.jh's role on A vaster stage. His attempt to quarrel as about being in the caise which can bo sustained for This is to certify that,.- has extended the week-end lo Ihe last possible instant and The Red Flag - A Comment on the Times is faced with tbs grisly prospect of another week oi classes. No., DIRECTOR OF RECRIMINATION IlUgitimus Non Carburundus (Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down) Die Mathematik "If functions are continuous in an interval at all points in it they are uniformly continuous. Conversely, functions ore uniformly continuous if they ore contimious at all points in the interval." Those are lecture notes, verbalum. Now, here is the real fact of the matler:— Some continuous functions / are stricken with continuous functions? ditlerentiable, but not all, but all Disais-s. dififercntiable functions are con- continuous; thus il a function is (5 marics) 2. Being a second-year, continuous that, friends, is a neces­ do you function at ail? sary but not sufUcient condition for Section B (Political & Economic). the function to bo differentiable. Whereas the fact that a function is 3* Discuss the relative advant­ difrerentiablc is a sutTicient but not ages of:— a necessary condition for continuity (20 marks) (a) a singular point; in the same interval as that iu (b) a point at infinity; (c) a saddle which the function is dlJTcrentiable, point. (Note; If y is defined for a given (20 mavics) 4* Is there room in a X, then y Is a function of x. Tiiis dictatorship for comple.K variables? is necessary but not sufflcient for If so, are they necessary or suffi­ the above.) cient? If not, why not? If a function has a unique deri­ (Give reasons for your answer). vative in any direction, it is mono­ Section C (For Honours in the genic and will have tlie same deri­ Doctorate Course in Fhiiosopby). vative in any other direction. Such (15 marks) 5, How would you lilte a function may be conformally transformed and the necessaiy and to bel­ sufficient conditions for a function ts) immediately Integrable and to be such an one is tliat it. V, conformally transformed? (b) valid sati-sfies the equation [dasquared- over a i:nown range? (e.g,, of veebadaexsquarcd plus dusquared- topics), (c) a finite number of finite vecbadawhysquared equals S.f (ai.l discontinuities? (d) a family of curves concave upwards, gaily bscis- Every statement after the lec­ lating at natural frequency hi three turer's is quite true, as you all of dlmetisioual S.H.M.? (e) La distri­ course will agree. bution des PolsEon? (f) a real ra­ tional positive integral index? (g) I would commend the following non est (first order, thb'd degree)? as hot tips foi' your approadhlng hazard, the pure two OKam. "Write about nvc lines on each so as to give us a clear understand­ Specimen Test Paper. ing of your aptltufJes. jTlme allowed; G.S.T. at Ohrs (21 marks) 6. Can a married mnn CM.T.l be a bachelor of arts? (Do not attempt to answer all As a rider, describe (as fully as questions nt once.) time permits) giving the theory ond practical detail, as many methods

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FOB ADVICE Oil SERVICE 0^f LIFE ASSURANCE Consult KENNETH A. LEMON, B.A ot the A.M.P. SOCIETY Telephones: PA 1980 Box 1404B, FA 1081 O.P-<*- Page 5—SEMPER FLOREAT—Wedneeday. October 21, 1953. I9S3 - BLUES - HALF BLUES Cross Country team for winter team slty Eights; Queensland Ladles. serve Grade 1949 and 1952; 'A' Athletics 1953. Badminton 1953, inter-Varsity Eight. Grade 1953. and selected for Queens­ land and played on Southern Tour; Bernard Jacks—Hall-Blue. Chiis Tsai—Blue. Reigning Queensland Champion Memher of victorious Inter-Varsity Joined Club 1952, Recorded 10 (Men's Singles) and also shares team 1953; holder of full referee's seconds in heat of 100 yards Cham­ ivith C. Chong, the doubles title. badge. pionship of Queensland 1953. Mem­ Member of the winning pennant ber of 4 X 110 yards Relay team, grade side this year. John Cjaig-Half-Blue. which created a State record of 44 A regular A grader since he .seconds during J952; member of 4 C. Chong—Blue. joined the Club in 1951; consistently X. no yards relay team which was Shares Queensland Doubles Title good play, particularly in the tight; placed second, and a member of with Chris Tsai and also member of has not attracted so far the eyes the Winning mile medley relay the Pennant {jrade premiership of the Qucensiand and Brisbane team, both at the State Champion- team. selectors. The club feels tliat the Kiiips 1953. fault may be with the selectors. Baseball .selected for inter-Varsity team in John Thompson—Half-Bluo. 1953, but was unable to obtain Paul Hagan—Hali-Blue. leave from woric. Selected to repre­ St.irted as a winger in the pve- Selected No. 1 Pitcher in the micrahlp reserve grade team of 1949. sent Australia at the Jewish Mac­ —Courtesy of "APSYETUS" . .i.'i cabiah in Israel in SeplDmber, 1953, Australian Inter-Varsity team, and From 1951 onwards played regularly allowed 16 hits and 3 walks in 22 wing for 'A' Grade and was prom­ in 100 metres and 20O metres, Bob MacDonald—Hali-Blue, finishing second in the lOO metres. innings. His batting averafie was inent try-scorer. This season has Lloyd Donaldson—-Blue ,255 in five previous club games. He Rowing Ability: An extremely changed over to playing in clie for­ Joined Club in 1953. Runner up Tennis pitched very well, allowing in one powerful and exceptionally fit oars­ wards and wa:') selected and played for Wilkinson Cup (won by J, L. game, 3 hits. Tiiis is his first year man. A reliable engine. for Brisbane v, , A Loveday) which is awarded to the Lawrence Ridgway—Blue. of Baseball and he shows promise Races won—11: 1951-52, Open member of the victorious Inter- champion athlete at tlie Annual of being the best pitcher in Queens­ Eights; Champion Eights of Burnett Varsity teams in both 1952 and 1953. Championships. Played in top grade of fixtures in land. River; Champion Eights of Queens­ Bii'.'jbane, and was a member of tlie Charles Mengel—Hcdf-Blue. land. 1952-53, Open Fom-s; Open Selected in representative team winning Nyal! Cup team. Eights. for Inter-'Vnrsily in S.vdney 1353, Playing his second year of Base­ which icain won the Dr. Granvillp Has played No. 2 and was selected ball, Mentei is one of the outstand­ Representation: 1951, Inter-Var­ Waddy Cup, No, 2 in the Combined side to L. ing fieldsmen in Queen.s]and. He sity Eight (4-seat). 1952, Inter- Thompson (Q.), who was selected is very vcisatile, esjiecially in second Varsity Eight (4-seat): King's Ci;p Winner of llio Intcr-Varsity No. 1. base, "third base or short-stop. In (4-seat). Javelin Throw with iGOft. l.;in. and L. Ridgway was ranked No. 4 in the Australian University Carnival Football was jilaccd in the Discus Throw, the Australian Juniors a few years he hit one home run and several Shot Putt and Hammer Throw, ago to K. Roscwall, L. Hoad and K. long hits to right field. Praser, He is an A Grade Cricketer. Rowing

•/:•' Glen Shiel—Half-Blue.

• !^ •/•ft"' . Joined Club 1947; fust 'A' Grade game in 1948 and lias appeared re- —Courtesy of "APSYRTUS" Riilarly since tiien; selected for Queensland this year and played on •'•','.•i*''iVHS.~»*SS'''. .— . John Hiley—Blue. Southern Tour. Scored five tries in final of 1953 Inier-Varsity against Club member since 1949; unavail­ Sydney University, A Tennis Blue John Waller—Blue. able through injuries 1950-51; Re­ and fine all-round sportsman. Joined Club in 1951. Runner up in both Club Sprint Championships (100 yards and 220 yards) i953, the 1 winner creating a record in each . JtiJ,3-uf, U.-. event. Selected in representative sports Editorial team for Inter-Varsity in Sydney, Alan Battaglenne—Blue. 1953, which team won the Dr. Gran­ gEMPER this year has been as infrequent as my own ville Waddy Cup. David O'Sullivan—Blue. Rowing Ability: The most power­ ful blade in Queensland. Technique passing of examinations. Such infrequency neces­ Played in top grade of fixtures in greatly improved since 1952. sarily means incomplete sports coverage, and this- is a Winner of Inter-Varsity ipo Brisbane, and was a member of the winning Nyall Cup team, played No. Races won—29. 1951-52: Cham- pity. yards Championship on a cinder 3. pian Pairs of Brisbane River; Open track in 10 seconds to become the Pairs; Open Pours (2); Ojien Eights For undoubtedly, 1953 has been ihe Universities out­ D. O'Sullivan plays A Grade first Quecnslander ever to win this (3); Champion Eights of Burnett standing year of sporting achievement; and it is thus Cricket and has represented River; champion Eights of Queens­ event. Queensland against Sydney in Inter- land. 1952-53: Open Fours <3); fitting that those v/ho have been awarded Blues should be Varsity and has done well in all Open Eights (4); Champion Eights highlightsd in the final issue o{ Semper. cases. Member of winning 4 x no yards of Qucensiand. Main inter-varsity achievements were;— Relay team in 43,5 seconds at Inter- Representation: 1D51, Inter-Var­ Varsity, this time being .3 seconds I Evan Wright—Half-Blue. outside the rec-ord, r Played in top grade fii.\tures in sity Eight (3-seat). 1952, Inter- Women swimmers shared first place with Sydney. Brisbane, and was a member of the Varsity Eight (5-seat); King's Cup (5-seat). 1953, Inter-Varsity Eight FoDlballers won the Rugby Union. NeU Brice—Half-Blue. winning Nyall Cup team, played Nos. 4 and 5. (7-seat). Tennis squad did not lose a match. Joined Club in 1952. Member oi Position in Club: Captahi oi Athietss returned with Ihe Waddy Cup. Inter-Club "A" Grade premiership Neil Roberts—Hali-Blue. Boats 1952; 1953. Half-Blue 1952, Hockey team tied with Adelaide for first place. team for summer season 1952-53 Played in top grade fixtures in Rod Withers—HaU-Blue. Bunner-up in. Club Mile Champion­ Women basketballers drew for first place. Brisbane, and was a member of the Rowing Ability: The gayest blade ship to Dr. A. Semple, who created winning Nyall Cup team, played a record. Selected in representative in Queensland. Skillful, fit, reliable. • Rowers won the' Championship Eights of Old. Nos. 5 and 6 in the Queensland Uni­ Our most improved oarsman. team for Inter-Varsity in Sydney, versity team which convincingly And a special bouquet must be given lo Johnny Love- 1953. which, team won the Dr. Gran­ won the Nyall Cup for the fhst Races won—17: 1952-53, Junior ville Waddy Cup. Member of Club time. Fours (2); Open Pours (2); Maiden day for wining five titles at the Inter-Varsity athletics. Eights (2); Junior Eights (2); Open Eights (2); Champion Eights of ^ The decisions of the Blues Committee warrants some Queensland. criticism. Whilst it is most desirabls that standards be kept Johns Win Representation: 1953, Inter-Var­ high, the performances of at least two of the women de­ sity Eight {2-seat). served more than a Hcdf Blue. Robert Hitchcock—Half-Blue, Eight men and a cox won the Qld. Champs.; but not Inter-College Again Rowing Ability: Technitjue well all received citations. established—much Improvement this For the second successive year St. John's College were Nor should being a Fresher bar a sportsman from an year in persistence and power. award. ' first past the post for the Inler-College Cup. The winners Races won—17: 1951-52, Open came home easing up, but a photo was needed to decide the Ei&hts; Champion Eights of Burnett However, it js not only the Blues winners who de­ minor placmgs. St. Leo's got tcmgled in the barrier wires and River; Champion Eights of Queens­ serve praise, nor is the winning or losing of great impor­ were never a danger, land. 1952-53, Open Pairs (2); tance, what really matters is ever greater participation in Open Fours; Open Eights (2). pROBABLY the greatest single Varsity sports by ALL students. 3. Johns Representation: 1952, King's Cup -*• reason for John's win was Uoss (2) ROWING— Shiel. It would be hard to |finil (3-seat). 1953, Inter-Varsity Eight I should 'like to thank the secretaries and other people 1. Emmanuel ts (4-seat). another all-round sportsman of the 2. Johns ... 3 from the 20 sporting clubs within the University for-thslr calibre of Ross, who figured prom­ 3. Kings I Stuc-rt Barker—Half-Blue. contributions and co-operation throughout the year. With­ inently in every sport except one. (3) FOOTBALL— Rowing Ability; The most suc­ out ihem there could be no sports page. Uig brother Glen, who has given 1, Union 6 cessful coxswain In Queensland , Spscial thanks must go to; Pitman's "Synonyms and John's much service over many 2, Emmanuel . 3 since R. G. Longmore. Has also years will be sadly missed from the 3, Kings 1 served as a useful coach. Anlonyms"; Norby Byrne ("Weary"); Tony Booth ("Old college.next year. (4) CRICKET^ Poobah"); John Potter and Jeanette Knox, Sports Union Races won—31: 1951-52 Ladles' 1. Johns .... 6 Sacretaries; ZsU Rabin; the printer George Bordujenko; and Final points were:— 2. Kings 3 Pairs; Novlte Fours; Maiden Fours Johns 22 3. Emmanuel .. 1 <2); Open Fours (2); Under 20 •finally Mrs. Jaggard of Union CoUege, who has led me Kings 14 (6) TENNIS— Fours; Champion Under 20 ot the throughout this trying year. Emmanuel .... 12 1. Johns 6 Brisbane River; champion Under 20 Union 13 2. Kings 3 ol Queensland; Open Eights; Finally as a suggestion to the incoming Sports Editor Champion Eights of Burnett River; (1) ATHLETICS— 3. Emmanuel. 1 —there is a pressing need for a racing column providing 1. Johns (0) SWIMMING— Champion Ladles' Fours of Queens­ comprehensive details of form and a scientific approach land. 1952-53, Maiden Fours; Junior 2. Kings 1. Union 6 to punting. 3. Emmanuel 2. Klng^ 3 Fours; Junior Eights (21; Open Eights. RUPE HERD, Page 6-SEMPER FLOREAT-Wedrresday, October 21. 1953. Representation: 1962, Inter-Var­ AND STILL MORE BLUES Hockey ber of Inter-Varslty team in Bris­ lack Lanham—Half-Blue. Swimming bane. 1950, Adelaide 1951, but was Women's Sport unable to go to Melbourne In 1952. In the inter-Varsity Tournament, Member of team in Sydney thLs Jack easily defeated last year's year and was undefeated in his Welterweight Champion, Viv Wea­ Hockey singles matches. Has also repre­ therall (Melbouraei, but lost on a sented the University at Tennis and very close points decision to Harry Cricket in local flxtures, Malony (Sydney) in the final. David Cohen—Half-Blue. Rifle Joined the Club in 1952. Member of Inter-Varslty team in Sydney. 1953. Played No. i in the team and was undefeated in singles matches. Member of Combined Universities • ys- team. • «.'^:^gjswl-Ufs*.^-^'^?-'''" Crtcket Kevin Duffy—Blue. Last ycar lie turned in some re­ markable per.'ormances both with tho bat and ball and was mainly re­ sponsible for the win against Colts, after being behind in the ftrst innings. John Briggs—Blue. Kev. topped the Q.CA. bowling Bill Blake—Blue. Played 'A', Grade 1951, '52. '53. as'grcgatc, taking over 50 wickets Janet Teys (Half-Blue) inter-Varsit;,, 1Q51, '52, '53. Qucens- last sea.son. At the beginning of this Intcr-Varsity competition 1953. latid drcv,' first, place '53, Coinbinctl ycar he wa.s selected in the Bris­ S'.vam 2 min. 30.5 .sec. in 2oo nictves Rciiresenteci Queensland in the Varsity reserve, Perth. 1952, ::^i;hi-bane side that played in Toowoomba frccstjle (standard 2.30). State team, both last year and this bcr successiul team Melbourne 1953, and included ci.c!ht State players. Surfers Carnival, 1D53, swam C5.8 year. Has played with tlie Univer­ sec. in 100 metres freestyle. .sity for four years and lias been •which defeated Victoria Stats 1-0. Dcnrid O'Sullivan—Hali-Blue. Half-Blue 1952. Inter-Vaisity, 1953. Swam 5 min. consi:;lently jiood. D. O'Sullivan has played consist- Alexis Shevtzoif—Half-Blue. 44 sec. for 400 metres freestyle. Has' ontly and well in the A grade side competed in Intcr-Varsity coni- Atliletics Played 'A' Grade 1943. '44, •45, '4C. for KGtno time now. Last year his ipetiiions over the last three years. •47. '51, ',52, '53. Inter-Varsity 1947. play was interrupted by National Nola Bainbridge (Half-Blue) '51, '52. Unavailable '45, '46, '53, due service Training. j His chief achievement is his in­ Won boui 100 and 220 yards at clusion in the Australian Univcnsi- to studies. Da\c has played in the last two Don Glasgow—Half-Blue. Inler-Var.sity this year and gained tics team \\hich competed against second places in 75 yards and discus Alan Kemp—Half-Blue. Inter-Var.sity games v. Sydney aud Intcr-Varsity Team 1953. Equal (Ncv Zealand Universities in Bris­ has done very well, getting 136 in Queensland top scorer 276-300. The tlirO',v, Has been selected for Inter- Played 'A' Grade '52, '53. Inler- bane in 1953, betnf,lhe only Queens­ Varsity for three year-s and was a Sydney, 1951-52. and 67 and 21 in lop Intcr-Varsity scorer got 283-300. land representative. In events in Varsily 1951, '52, '53. Quecn.sland 1952-53, Equal top scorer for all Inter-Var- nieiiiber of the winning Ba-sketball drew first j>lacc '53. Conibined Uni­ sily teams at 700 yards. Second top which lie competed he filled minor team. versities, selected centre forward, Boxing sc'orer for all Intcr-Varsity teams at placings, in very strong company. successful team Melbourne "33 (de­ Basketball lan MacGowan- 600 j'aids. Has represented University in feated Victoria 3tatc side 1-0), -Blue. Football and Athletics. Also in­ Elizabeth Marks (HcH-BIue) Golf This j-oar, Ian lieat Tony Hill Rifle Club Record terested in Women's Rowing. Selected for the Combined Uni­ (Sydney), a hi.glily-rated boxer, in versities Basketball team for the the final on points to become Inter- "Emery" Rayner set a new Basket Ball Lewis Martin—Half-Blue. Club record .-tt the Range last second successive year. Captained Varsity Lightweight Champion. Hia and coached the successful liiter- Joined Club iu 1951 on coming to will was all the more meritorious week, by scoring 104-105 over 550 Robert Rayner—Half-Blue. University and Captaineci the Inter- yards. Congriituiations to "Emery" Varsity team and also represented considering he fought wltli an in­ .Inter-Varsity Team, 1951-2-3. in AtlilcUcs. Chosen to play in the Varsity team to .^delaide in that jured thumb. If he had been sound and also to Don Glasgow for iiis year. Was unable to travel with Captain 1953. Intra-State Cham­ "Rest" V. State team as she did not in limb as well as wind, the de­ Half-Blue. pionslilps 1952-3. President 1953. nominate for State. the team to Melbourne in 1952 and cision would almost certainly have again Captained the Inter-Varsity Les Perrin was 1953 Club cliam- Vice-President 1952. been a 'knock-out,' pion and "Emery" Rayner a close Sheena Dyason (Half-Blue) in Sydney this year. Chosen in William Thomas—Half-Blue. Conibuied University team in 1951. He is a shrewd boxer-flghter, with runner-up. Shown consistently good play in a 'southpaw' stance; liard-hittixig, This year wc gained third place Inter-Varsity 1948-49-50 and 52. the two seasons she has represented Bob Needham—Half-Blue. tough, and with plenty of ringcraft. I in the Inter-Varsity competition, Captain 1952. Intra-Slate Cham­ University. Has been reliable and Has been an active member oi; the He is definitely up to State and are now awaiting results of the pionships 1950-51-52-53. Assistant outstanding in emergencies in Club for the last six years. Mem­ standard. I Albert and Imperial matches. secretary. 1951. Intcr-Varsity coaipetition.

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Page 7—SEMPER FLOREAT—Wednesday, October 21, 1353. best and most fruitful admtnistra- Vale Hocking tlons the Union has ever experi­ Morons Incorporated, enced. During his years of oflice, Steve did more for the Union, and for the or, Letters to the Editor student body as a whole, than did nny previous president, and for The Editor, Queensland University, The Editor, tliat he dcseiTcs. and wc believe, Sempter Floreat. 30/9/53, Semper Ploreat, has the admiration and liking of Dear Sir, The Editor. each and every one of the students liriCH-HIKING IO AK.MlUALti -SEMPEE FLOREAT." Dear Sir, he served so well. IN JANUARY? Sir, I note with interest a recent re­ When interviewed by our reporter. WHY AUMIDALE? It has been brought to my notice port thnt the Indonesians fed no Chastity blushed, smiled shyly, spat, that ttic staff of Semper ploreat gratitude for the £500,000 worth of and murmured tearfully; "Oh Because the Australian Stiicionl friend, I did but do my duty." Christian Mo'-cmcnt is liokiintr its deplores the apathy of students. meciianical equipment donated to .M;ty 1, who have remained so silent Annual National Conference there them by the Australian Govern­ Overcome by enictlon, he threw at the New England Girls' School for .so long, be permitted to voice ment under the Colombo Plan; an the opinions of tiic majority of our our reporter bodily from his second- from Gth-13th January, .1954, ingratitude due to the belief that story window, and while the doctor i-lu(leiits: their Government is paying for all All situdcnls arc eligible to at­ was setting sundry broken limbs, WE DO NOT WANT YOUR of it and at extortionate prices, laughed heartily nt his little joke. tend, and all Australian Uiiiver.-;!- too. ties v.ill be rcpicscnted. Ii you DIIiTY LITTLE PAPER; wc do not STEPHEN CHARLES Seeing that he was gently stroking warn lo write it. nor do we even n hooded cobra which appeared un- can go, you will be in the midst oi Because of this I feel that it HOCKING, Hon. Sec. U.Q.U. leading Christian thinkers, frank, v.ir-h to read it. 1951, President 1952, 1953. friendl.v to all snve its master, our would be very gratifying to sec j reporter followed suit. The doctor, pertinent discussion, and warm, The stail o: Semper seems to some form of acknowledgment by Chri-stian Fellowship. National liavc some very cjucer views about wrWll his decision no't to stand j a surly type, was persuaded to join the reci])ients of our donations to " for tc-clection at the recent | in the general mirth by a few flicks Conference is a truly memorable iJie methods of iiroducing a news- W.5.R, and other similar funds as, e,\pericnce. Armidale, set anions )y.\]xi. The s.v.stem whereby every­ Union elections, Hocking ended j of the cat, expertly applied by while it ia diJTicuU to doubt the what has surely been one of the j Stcvie to his rump. beniitiful highlands, is the ideal one contributes something regularly integrity of the collectors and or­ place for a holiday, and a.s this is it; as childish as school magazines. ganisers of these funds, or to the nearest that National Confer­ Does the Semper staff seriously imagine that "donations are sent ence ever gets to Qucensiand, we ihink that wc have nothing better through devious channels to the urge you to Join the throng that to do with our time than to write Kremlin," it is nevertheless easy to will iic thumbing and training sillv little articles lor newspapers? imagine that they are just as 1953 - A Verdict from here. I, for one, am at tho University for gullible as the Federal politicians. the sole purpose of bein&' trained as In many ways this year has been a noteworthy one in The theme of the Conference i.s A few letters of acknowledgment the history oi our University. In the sports—football, cricket, "Encounter," and addresses by lead­ rowuig, hockey, bcsketball athletics—^we have enjoyed great ing speakers will deal with .such by W,SR. recipients, published for .subjects as the encounters of people all to see, might make collections a successes both Interstate and in local competitions; the Choir in personal iclaiion.'^hips, in the great deal easier. did well in- Sydney; iho Dramatic Society maintained its high field of wo'.k, and bciwcs'n mnn and Yours sincerely. reputation in Adelaide, and our debaters look the honours in God. On lour evenings, tutorials will be conducted on such topics ns "CURIOUS.' Armidc-lo. Apparently, therefore, we hove good reasons for —"Peace ancl War."' "Man-Womnn satisfaction with our peiformances this year. Relationships," "Hov.* lo Study ihe Externally, we appear fairly Saying, and most important, said Bible," "The Christian Doctor," etc. healthy, but what of our internal Dear Sir, by students. Of course we suffer The total cost of the Confer­ condition? At first glance that too disadvantages from decentralisa­ ence is t9. and entries clo:sc on Until early in September, this looks creditable enough. Wo have tion: nevertheless, it remains that November 20th. Application fot:r;S University had iu the person of had a conscientious Council, a suc­ the Uni. must be made really demo­ are available Irom S.C.M. members, Val Vallis a competent lecturer in cessful Commem., several visiting cratic, Not democratic as it is ncv notice-boards, and Union Olhce. aesthetics. Mr, Valiis has gone to scholars and lecturers, the forma­ when elected representatives are England on a two-year scholarship, tion of new societies and tiie left holding the bag. but democratic and it seems iio will return after growth of others, »nd undoubtedly as judged by mass participation. I Sir, fhat to his position here. It also there will be a good harvest of suggest that any reforms depend distinctions in November. However, Tlie undi^rgniduates of Union ••^ceins that no appointment is to be mainly on the freshers of 1954 and made to fill his place during his a closer analysis tends to show 1955, that they should he welcomed College Iiave reqnrstcd m*", a.s that many of these successes were their official scribe, to dispell absence. What is to become of the and encouraged. Above all, they lectures in aesthetics in this cul­ rather tawdry triutr.phs for a Uni­ mu.st be given a sense of responsi­ the foul imputation and versity is neither an institution for scurrilous slander contained in tural backwash? Aesthetics has bility that evidently we lack, the never been given mote than a few churning out bachelors nor a fed­ realisation that the Uni. rises or the headlines of your last eration of sports clubs, it is more issue. lectures in the philosophy course, falls in accordance with their in­ and even this paltry allowance is than a group of buildings and terest or apathy. On bclialf of all gp.ntli'racn about to be withdrawn. Surely our annual degree ceremonies. Surely, here, I wish it to be placed impoverished governors realise the to use a hackneyed cliche, it is a Recently, Dr. Clunies-Ross of on record, that should "three need for a continuous course of way of living characterised by an Melbourne repeated the truism that naked women" ever have the lectures by a ciualified scliolar intellectual vitality and approach, our universities are turning out good fortune to find them­ this field. m v;hich marks off a student from the graduates knowing "more and more selves in Union College, they rest of the community. about less and less." Surely it is would never, ever, be "forcibly Yours, etc.. obvious that a general education ejected," The point is whether or not we at secondary standard is Insuffi­ Yours for, S. SPEARRITT tArts III), liavc come any closer to that Idea! cient, especially now when so many chivalrous instincts, this year. It Keems the answer schools show a lanientable tendency Z. KABIN. must be in the negative. For in­ to allow specialisation. A know­ The Award for Utter stance, the Council is a represen­ ledge of history, political science If the gentlemen ot Unian tative body and therefore it is Im­ and philisophy at artlary level College would be so good as Inanity, to the writer, practicable for several thousand is vital for an educated man. After to accept my unrcserv«>tl apol­ whoever he or she may COMMONWEAITH students to attend Council meetings nil, is not student apatliy towards ogies for so unforgivable a and express their views, however, controversial questions in politics, slur on ttieir coHcclivr char­ be, of this letter. DENTAL SUPPLY Union established "Semper" to religion and ethics, due mainly to acter. I would be more than cater for that right of expression. their ignorance in these spheres? happy. On calm and reflec­ Yet this year we have witnessed the tive consideration I nuite real- a scitinlist—that is a full-time oc­ COY. PTY. LID. A university should be a place of cupation, without student activities, melancholy spectacle of "Semper" culture, otherwise there is nothing fse that "three nuked women" begging for copy and finally admit­ intellectual to link the various would never be "forcibly IC Semper's staff cannot produce City Bldgs,, Edward St. ting its failure to provoke a re­ (opp. itothWeil's) faculties together, and the faculty ejected" from that College, in- a nev>.S]3aper from the present exist­ sponse. Tlie failure was not "Sem­ of arts must have no monopoly of ilftCil, Sirs, I Imagine that .my ing matevials iviz., social, Ihrcatri- pers," it was ours. Just as "Sem­ the field. An acquaintance with the force applied would be in the cal, nrti£tic, .^porting and current LEADING SUPPLIERS OF per" has been left to the staff, liberal arts is the privilege and opposite direction. Once again, iiewsi then thexe is no need for a DENTAL STUDENTS' i most of the societies still seem to responsibility of every student, of gentlemen and Mr. Rabin, my stiKler.t newspaper. depend on committees of martyrs the doctor, the dentist, the engin­ apologlcs.~Ed. As lor p.'l the other futile student REQUIREMENTS i to the inertia of the general body eer, just as must as of the lawyer bodies (e.g.. Union Council), it 1 of members. and the artist. Medical School, would seem Hint they too could well Advice given on loc.ntions for ! If anyone is tempted to say "so Herston. be dispensed with. Surely a senate, Practice, Purchase ot Practices, j what!" one has only to look at The conclusion is obvious. We 23rd September, 1953. and a pro.'e.;scnaI board together j Locums, etc. i crowded meetings at southern uni­ nave in 1953 much of which we can The Editor, with their allied administrative versities, or to "Hont Soit" which be proud and we thank those whose Semper Ploreat, departments, are riuite adequate for is largely composed of things worth efforts have given us the excuse for University of Queensland, the coiiducting of the University's such pride, taut there is still much George Street. business and affairs. to be accomplished. Let us hope lasi sees the fulfilment of those Dear Sir, Incidentally, if the vulgar re­ marks (iivected at students by the Application Form — N.U.A.U.S. aims. I wish to infonn you that at the Semper staJf were not so ridiculous BILL HUDSON. Anniuil Meeting of the Physio­ and childish they would be insult­ therapy Students' Association, held ing to any decent person tand there Congress, 1954. on Tuesday, 22nd September, 1953, are plenty of decent people at the To Ihe Local Secretary-Treasurer, NUAUS, 1 the following were elected as otDce university, even if Semper's staff Union Office, I bearers for 1953:— Btighien up the Engineer's does not mix with them). University of Oueensiand, .» \ President; Miss J. Shaw, Women's To conclude, we should like to George St., Brisbane. | Ball with a corsage ttom College, Kangaroo Point, hear no more of W.S.R, collections, Secretary: Miss J. Tuflley, Dudley inceascd Union fees and laid for I desire lo make application to attend the NUAUS | St., Sherwood. Asian studenis~let the money all Congress to be held at Alexandra Headlands, Queens- ! go towards tliet completion of our land, from February Ist-lOlh, 1954. } Treasurer: Miss L. Sliultz, Burtha own University. St., Caboolture. 1 1 am. I remain, your faithfully, I enclose £1 dsposit herewith, on the understanding ! Daniell Yours laithfully.^^-"*;.,^ **^A STUDENT WHO WAS BORN that 10/- will be refunded if my application is v/ithdrav/n | JUNE TUPFI«fiy,'.PV V^'N before, January 1st, 1954. | Hon. Sec^'' v.. •„.'...,• /•;' MIDDLEAGED AND SNEERING." . ,^^^ _^ I hope, dear sir or madam, as the Mr. \ Art case may be, that.you did not ex­ NAME: Mrs j pect your letter to be taken / r jiiriously, for It was read with Miss i jf^rcams of mirth by myself and my TERM ADDRESS: '. j Florist HERGA & CO statt, ancl ivds been the life of every ^arty I have attended since; receiv­ (A. and E. Bright) ing il. Your criticisms are not ADDRESS DURING JANUARY. 1954: j m EDWARD STREET " ^ worth a reply, so therefore I will NATIONAL CONGRESS, 1954 i content myself with wishing you ~B6270- and your muck-rakin.j little soul Here is the application form for the next NUAUS Congress. i For All Requirements for En­ every success in the forthcoming Fill it in now. because we expect a rush of applications, and f exam and a consequent and speedy flrst In will be ftrst in the line. { gineers, Surveyors, and departure from this University.— Congress will cost about £6 for the 10 days, pltis transport from Students please note: Architects. Cordially yours,—Ed. Brisbane. Good Watches, Clocks Asd This is Queensland's Congress, and we want as many local We deliver to all Colleges Printed by the Coronation prlntery, people there as possible. Get your clubs and societies to come Jewellery 683 Wynnum Rd., Morningslde. for along. bee of cost the University of Queensland Union, Additional copies of tbis application form arc available at area enquiry offices. Page 8—SEMPER FLOREAT—Wednesday. October 21. 1953. LO i2 f:B mil 2.2 Ii: ^^ 2.0 I.I 1.8

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