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Vol. TL, No. 21 Friday. Tst Sejitember, mvi. Price 2d.
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES 1e;!in won 20 points to PI. Diinhtp led CARNIVAL. (II.- !'i>M-er Windsor, and Minnis scored tries for land l'niversity men haA'^e left behind a of the most jovial nature. The appetites, Queensland. Evans kicked a goal and 2 record. In fact, it is held that no future were most extraordinary, in spite of the penalty goiils. carnival Avill a success unless Queensland fact that the authorities would persi.st The carnival was brought to a close is represented. Tn fhe combined matches in sending more bread instead of more on ."\Ionday. .August 21.'U'lieii Sydney met We secured stronger representation than meat. Adelaide in the early match and AVOII by W{? have ever done, and every man justi 42 points to :l, after leading by 2i) points fied his inclusion. Next 'week s(nncfliiiig If Avas agreed unanimon.sly that tho to nil ;it half-time. Rowe scored ;i Iries will be said of the Japanese tour. usual dinner conventions should be sus f(n' .Sydney. Saniiiells 2. Ibirry 2. Mat pended for the Aveek; that is, dressing for thews, McWhirler and Westfield tries, dinner Avas quite optional, although one o:' and Westfield kicked goals. The only try • member, so as not to lose his self respect altogether, always Avore his hat. Also for Adelaide Avas scored by the captain, AH! TO HELL! O'Cfutiior. jjrrrat license was fjiven in other direc tions; for example. Avashing was not in 'i)U(ensland defeated Alelbourne by 17 At 4 p.m. on the afternoon of fhe last sisted npim, but removing boots at night ])oiiits to !•; al half-time the score Avas f) Saturday of second term, nine or fen dis- Avas encnnraged. Some of the cam]i all. The visitors were feeling the strain coiisotat(> engineers might have been seen shaved Avhi'e they were there, but this; of loo nnieh football .and the after effects silting ill the gutter outside tlte Engin was unavoidable, as they had engage- of injuries caused by the hard ground. eering hiiiidiiig. They were ari'aycd in nieiils In loAvn Avhich demanded the strict Some Avere unlucky enough to have P>ulli a wide variety of costumes, from the mun est formality. }iois(niiiig. The carnival had been a dane tAveed suit fo the characteristic rig strenuous one. and the iday not at all of the rar-famed siindowiier. All round It was rather inifortniiate that the s|ieclacular. Shand scored tAVo tries for them Avas a perfectly good camping out larger members of the camp all sat on fhe Queensland, having ojiened Avitli a fry in fit, bill their looks gave one the impres same seat'wb(>n at meals, They all invari the eoi'iier. Mann Avas injured and left sion that tbey had had rather bad luck. ably stood up to<;'(Mher. Avbeveby almosi the field, and Alkinson folloAved him. Lee On (piestioning one of them this theory throwing poor Bi'ly Sears off the end. came on when "Maun retired. We were was confirmed. It appears that they Averc ni!!cli to his dl-^gust. without Hayes and .Minnis, Powell and to go to a survey camp and that a truck On the last niuht there Avas a mosl Shand filling vacant iiositions. Other which Avas calling for tbem at 2.TO p.m. delightful concert round the eainn fire, flies for Qiieeiulaiid wove scored by At was to tak(! them there. Now and then and many of the old engineering favour kinson, Windsor, and Ryan. Evans kicked one of these tough, lantern-jawed felloAVS ites Avere rendered Avitli much gusto, and a ^'fial. Charlton and Wilson scored tries would glance at the sun and murmur the lateness of the hour at whieli they for .Me'boitrne and Laurie kicked a something about pitching camp in the retired probably aecoi ,ts fop the fact penalty goal. dark. However, when their patience Ava.-. that Avbeu the truck called to lake them The carnival coiicliided Avith Sydney in ahont spent the truck arrived. linme next morning no one A^as ready. the lead, having AVOU all its matches. The caiiit) Avas more or less pitched be To ronnd off the camp one person gaA'o Qneensland. beaten only by Sydney, run fore dark, and by mid-day the following a ver.v clever representation of an inebri ner up. and ^relhourne third. Tt Avas a day Avork had begun in earnest. That ate, just by way of showing bis iiidc- most interesting and enjoyable carnival. night around the camp fire tales were nendence after he had been hit on the After every match fhe Ladies' Auxi told about the large trees which Avere head by a piece of a tree. liary Committee supplied afternoon tea felled, the long shots Avhicb Aveve made, and how they had gone careering through It Avas a very successful camp. Tn fact, to visiting teams, and our hosts did all if Avas a mo.st successful camp, and many they could to make our trip a pleasant the undergroAvth at a terrific speed, leap ing over stumps and, Avhat is more, the of them hope to be there next year to one. If has been left to Adelaide and do s(nne more bard AVOrk— Alelbourne to decide AA'here the carnival Avhole time having the complete satisfac Avill he held next year. It may be Aviso tion of knoAving Avhere they Avere. To the sound of imprecations for Adelaide to AA'ait a year or tAvo until On the third day tne party closed their And the ring of steel on Avood. first block and Avere looking for mistakes Ihe game is 'well established there. They're AWFTTLLY clever felloAvs, Monday night, free from cares and in their .second. An idea of the standard of the work 'which Avas done in the camp Though their English ain't no good. Avorrles. some of us en.ioyed ourseh'es at (Shakes]ieare). the Pniversify ball held at Farmers'. can be got when AVO realise the meticulous The majority of players Avere Avell on the accuracy of the party, AA'ho closed to one Avay to Brisbane by this time; they missed part in 7329! -:o:- a good "morning." No attempt has These men, hoAvever, Avere not content been made to deal Avitli the merits of the to have the earth properly surveyed, but players through lack of space. HoAvever, they needs must carry their aetivities TENNIS. the play Avas of the highest, and Queens- into the heavens. Alpha Aries' was one night found to have nuAvittingly culmin The mixed doubles tournament A\'a.s: ated, Avhich Avas a good thing, because finalised at the Milton Courts on Wednes naturally there is no South Polar star, day, In the first section Minnis—Miss. 'Pliciic: B 4709. and this is evidently responsible for EI]ihinstone defeated SAvaj'ue—Miss Bick Aries, Avhieh is imaginary. hy a narroAv margin, and in the second "Happiness in Sight." Although the quality of the 'work on section AgncAv—Miss Jledhurst AVOU from the whole Avas good, it is Avith great re Aberdien—Miss Birkbeck by tAvo games. gret that one relates the folloA\dng inci In fhe final, AgncAV—Mi.ss Medhurst, dent :—On the second last day, toAvards playing brilliant tennis, overran Minnis— Wilson's the end of the afternoon, one party de Miss Elphinstone by 6—0. cided to make their last sliot a long .shot. The man on the instrument, having given The men's singles chfempionship AA'as. also finalised, Avhen SAvayne defeated Sil the other IAVO the line to be cleared, left Optical Service them to it. They thou set to Avith a Avill eock by 6—2, ()—0. Congratulations, (JOHN JAS. "WILSON, Pl-in.) and a line a little over a (piarter of a Eric. Eric Swayne is also the holder of OPTOMETRY HOUSE, mile through thick scrub Avas eventually the mixed doubles champion.ship Avith 244 QUEEN ST., BRISBANE, cleared. They had felled forest giants, Mi.ss Gibson, and the men's doubles cham and had hacked their Avay through dense pionship Avitii A, Ris.son. and is a finalist YOUR EYES ARE ACCURATELY undergrowth and Avere on the verge of and favourite for the handicap singles. TESTED. exhaustion. On turning round they be University III. played the final of the A II, men's grade in the Q.L.T.A. com FREE held the man on the instrument about tAventy yards aAvay, carrying his instru petition last Saturday. OAving to the vacation the team AA'as disorgani.sed, al All clas.se.s of Optical 'W'ork done on ment Avith him, and rocking AvIth hysteri our own premises by lii^Iily qualified cal laughter. When at last be AA'as able though Ave Avere fortunate enough to se and skilful workmen. to speak he blurted out that the line they cure the services of K. 0. Sloan. AA'ho,. Same Day Service Eepairs. had cleared Avas 20 degrees off the true with 0. Bell, returned 22—14. The teara, line. One thing may be said for the rest hoAvever, suft'ered defeat after a hard" Brancli at Isles Lane, op|i 0-.P.0. fight. W. D, Short, Manager..— 'Phone B 4709 of the party, and that AA'as that they bore and at Stanley Street (la^-? T. Lang- him Avith extreme patience; but Avhat a The first and second teams are well up- ford-Ely), South Brlshano. K. B. trial! Not only does he give his friends in the competition, and both have every .Ward, Optometrist — 'Phono, 72520. unnecessary "Avork, but laughs at them. chance of securing the premier.ships of The spirit of the camp was, hoAvever, their respectiA'e grades. Friday, 1st September, 1933. "SEMPER FLOREAT." INTER-'VARSITY HOCKEY Avere the flr.st to press. The stick work CORRESPONDENCE. CARNIVAL. Avas good, and -with no weak links on either sidi; the play Aveiit from one end (To the Editors.) The annual contest for '\''arsity hockey to the other at top speed. J. Mahoney, supremacy took place in Brisbane this the Queensland right back, and, Curiou.sly Dear Sirs,—It is most gracious of Laon year. The Cricket Ground Avas the venue. enough, Blackburn, the Sydney right to fake notice of my existence and to ex- Adelaide were unable to make the trip. back, were defending adminvbl.A', liind lilain that I am a student of average in so Sydney. Melbourne and Queensland continued to play brilliantly throughout telligence. I ought to be grateful. One Avere left to fight ont the battle for fhe the match. They each saved many dan would never suspect such latent po'Avers Syme Ciip. gerous situations. The Sydney left Aving, and dignities until one is facing a think v,-liieli had jiroved so dangerous against er's da.s'fi'er of mercy. Laon's iiriiliant Melbourne, Avas only a shadoAv ol' its pre- dissection of my poor letter, the detec Tuesday, August 15—Queensland v. virnis self, due to the solid defence of tion of its flaAvs, the clear perception of Melbourne. ilackay and J. Mahoney. The team work its feebleness, and his masterly retreat The weather Avas ideal and the ground on both sides Avas good, with the S.x'dne.v from (he scene of battle is likely to go ill splendid condition. As is usual in passes finding their man somewhat more down fo the waste iiaper basket unwept, inter-'Var-^ity .irames. the pace Avas a often. Irvine, the Sydney captain, was nnhonoured and unsung as a classic of cracker fnnii the start. Queensland Avas playing a magnificent game, and his un egotism. at (nice on the offensive, and good team canny inttM-ce]its spoilt tlie many attacks ^l.v devoted opjionent's description of Avcu'k eii.-ibled a eonsfanl pressure to be that could have come from the Queens certain text-books as "Aveapons" is mar- niainiained. It was .soon evident that the land iiisidf forwards. Sydney Avere the ve'biiis. Thoughts so profound are sel- ^lellKMirne wing halves would be a Aveak first to score, but W. Mahoney, who • io mkiiown in Cniversity life, oceiirring ness. ;)ii(l the Queensland forwards took jiiayiHl an excellent game throughout, once ov twice in every fouv hundred full advantaji-e of the fact. The Mel ('(ptalised. As thi! teams left the field year.s with the birth of a u'cnins. Let bourne b;icks. however, Avere cleariiur lliei'c seemed nothing fo choose bet'^veeu the Senate despair n(> more for the future strongly, if s(\meAvhat 'wildly, and foiled thcni, although Queensland had perliajis ol onr rniversity, for in onr midst is the many at lacks. Crutzner. in the Mel done more of the pressing, especially diir- preenrsor of fame. Weap.ons! Ye gods!! bourne ^'r)al. saved several .shots. The inii' the final ten minutes. On resuiuption, I am more than intcrestef) (in p cTull Que(>ns'aiid shooting, however, lacked Avitli the score 1—1, Sydney were the kind of way) to learn that Laon has al pace, or at least fAvo goals would have first to press, and forced several covers, ready published several articles in "Sem been scored before half time. On resump from one of Aviiich they scored. At this per Floreat." for it is an ocuFar demon tion of play the ^Melbourne team brighf- stage, with the exception of B. Mahoney. stration of the miraculous. T shall never eiu'd, but their forwards could not pene- the passing of the Queensland backs Avas again d(Mibt supernatural phenonienn Irate the solid Queensland defence. Sev sonunvhat wild. They soon settled down, when T recall this asfouiiding fact. Like eral good individual efforts by Leyland and with Partridge at his best Avere al Alexander the Great, who, Ave are told, and Just Avere Avasted fhrou.Ldi lack of most impenetrable. From a perfect pas.s Avas horn while his parents were absent at suiiport. The tea nnvork. Avbich A\'as a by Birkbeck. ^Tarfiu, the left Aving, drcAV the seaside, these articles crept in as conspicuous feature of Queensland's his man and in-passed for W. Mahoney typographical curiosities Avliile fhe edit play, Avas almost entirely lackintr to Mel to etpialise wifh a perfect shot. It was ors were attending a logic leeture. It is bourne, B. Mahoney and Birkbeck bad the champagne of hockey. Only five min no more than courtesy demands to sym- received in,iuries in the fir.st half, but utes to go, l)uf so sound Avas each defence jiathise Avifh Laon in the untimely fate both continued to play solfd hockey, par that neither team could score. A further o!" the other article. fieularly the former, 'who inaugurated ih-e minutes each Avay Avas allotted. In many attacks. W. ]\fahoney and T. the first five minntes Sydney scored, and Bid T take it that Laon's letter Avas Nimmo. on the Queensland ri.trbt Aving. it looked like their match. Then out dull.' I did not, aUhough Laon admits Avere repeatedly ]n'ominent and threaten- swung a pass to iTartin. AVIIO raced down that it may haA'e been. T used the phrase, in<». Finally Queensland scored from a the Aving, drcAv bis man, and in-jiassed "the dull-witted Laon." This Avas \m- scramble near the .coal mouth. Melbourne for W. JFahoney to net Avith a perfect kind. T beg to AvithdraAv. Laon is not strove hard to equalise, but their indi shot. So ended a memorable match, with diill-'witted. T should have .said "the out vidual efforts conld not master the the final score at three goals each. The spoken and out-Avitted Laon." Laon is Qneensland defence, and the game fin tenure of fhe eup Avas divided and each a writer of several articles in "Semper ished Avitb no further score. Queensland •Varsity will hold it for six months. It Floreat." and a thinker. He tells us that Avell deserved their victory, and if the Avas a fitting result, as there Avas nothina,- he has yet to discover the point of a cer shootiufr bad b»Mm l>hrder Avonld have between the tA\'o teams. Those Avho took tain acrostic, and then blithely refers to probab'y won 4—0 instead of only 1—0. part will doubtless ahva.A's remember the if as "a perfectly obvious acrostic." Obvi first half. Avhich for speed, stick A\'ork ously. I am inclined to belicA'c that the reference fo niy "niental calibre" is not and team AA'ork A\'as probably the best Wednesday, August 16—Sydney v. a Hellenism for LD., nor even a military Melbourne. half played in Brisbane this season, ^fay Sydney ojieued strongly and it Avas there be man,v more such irames as thi«. soon clear that they had a Avell-balanced Tt Avas hockey of the right iypo, played side. Good team AVork Avas a feature of lu the ri.ijht s]iirit. their play, as had been the ease Avith Queen.sland on the jirevions day. The Sydiie yieff 'wing, helped by the Aveak ness of Melbourne's right half, attacked 1 extDooks strongly, and if Avas not long before Syd ney scored. Melbourne Avero unable to In the Combined 'Varsities te'-;ni the and books on every settle doAvn. though several individuals three ^Tahoney brothers won selection, played Avell. Sydney .scored again before with Birkbeck and ^Tackay reserves. It subject are kept in half time and one felt thai only a miracle Avas a foregone conclusion, however, that could save irelbonrne from defeat. Tn both these two Avou'd be playinsr in the stock at the .second half Melbourne im]U'oved and 'natch against Queensland, as Irvine and shoAved better combination, buf the S.A'd B. Mahoney were selected fo play for fhe ney half-back line Avas very sound, and S^afe, ^^Tartin Avas unlucky to mi.ss selec Melbourne seldom looked really danger tion: his o-ame Avas excellent throuirbout Brisbane's ous. Sydney did, however, and scored a the earnival, but Gee, his vis-a-A*is in the third goal. " McConncll. the Melbourne Sydney team, Avas particularly brilliant. Best Bookstore vice-eaptain. then dashed brilliantly Tn the match, all our men performed ad- through to .score the best goal of the mirab'y. tli'Misrh they .shoAA'ed evidence of match. Sydney fully deserved their 8—1 tiredness. W. Mahoney notched the IAVO victory and it looked as^ though the final «roals scored bv the Varsities, and thus on the Friday Avould be a very close broncht his tally up to five for the car A. McLeod aft'air. nival—a number equal to that scored by anv other tAA'o players. 107 ELIZABETH ST. Friday, Aug^ist 18—Queensland v. Next year the carnival Avill be held in Sydney. Adelaide, and already the committee is Make this YOUR Bookstore The deciding game for the cup opened looking for recruits. At least four or at a tremendous pace and Queensland five places Avill haA'e to be filled. "SEIVIPER FLOREAT." Friday, Ist September, 1933 term; it is merely a printer's error. he desires to inflict. Even to dream of be inspired, and God does not choose the Therefore by Laon's leave I Avill accept shocking Laon, Avith his Common Room stafl's of Universities. There is a wide the honour of a place aniong Gaelic think experiepce and his "weapons," Avould be difference betAveen respect for one's ers such as Minto, though I Avas quite un- a sign of weak intelligence. Let me then teachers and an indiscriminate acceptance .iware of the distinction. Perhaps Laon invite Laon's critical attention to a few of Avhatever they may say when they • 'ryiiig to overcome evil Avith good, simple questions (for I may be pardoned lecture. if Laon has provoked merriment and dis for folloAving in the steps of the mighty, I know, there are examinations; and cu.ssion lie should be thanked, with the and becoming slightly interrogative), students may entertain a fear of being reminder that deeply significant pen- fl) AVhat is a Tlniver-sityT comjiel'ed fo choose between answering names and hasty captions—such as (2) AVhat is a thinker? (piestion contrary to their conscience, or "nice-minded"—do not convey his mean- (3) What constructive contribution ruffling tbeir examiners' pre.judices. insr. Avhatever it is. Sulking and .leering can Laon claim to have made either to Imagine a young Communist being asked because an extreme article is suppressed the 'Varsity or to thought? to ])oint out the fallacies in Karl Marx inr.y ho intellectual and melodramatic; it theory of value? But controversial ques is scarcely more, And Avhat of the other tions are rarely, if ever, found in exami articles? I am not Laon, but I may be nation Jiapers, If they are, alternative vox popnli in asking if there is not a ON TEXT BOOKS. (piesfinns are available, and give eon- hint of .self-esteem in Tjann's outburst? i'cicntious objectors a chance of dodging Do some more thinking. Laon, and re- (To the Editor, "Semper Floreat.") them. Suppose they Avere not? I Avit Avrite the article. nessed a case at an oral public examina A careful perusal of both Laon's Dear Sir.—A report appeared in the tion, the marks of Avhieh Avere published effusions fails to reveal one practical sug press in the last Aveek of the vaeation, of with the results. One of the examiners gestion for improving fhe paper. Indeed, a speech by Archbishop Duhig, AA'hieh Avas rejuifed for his extreme piety. He his ideas of a Pniversify are Avrapped in calls for comment, not the .speech, but the straight out asked a candidate what he mystery. He seems tn regard both paper re]iort. I'ress reports invaiMably mis thought of the yiroofs of God's existence; and 'Varsity as a playground for his represent the thoughts actually expressed the latter enumerated tbem and con aeuto intellect where be can be happy in by speakers; but the report reaches the cluded that even the one which seemed liis ()^rn disinterested exercise. It is very public at large and prompts them fo act. the best did not seem eon elusive to him. good taste. I am sure, to speak of the In this iiarficular ease, it might be read As he loft, the rest of the candidates'-were 'Varsity as a "prudish, conventional, as an advice to students to exert pres al! convinced his fate Avas settled. So good-inamiered institution." Avhere sure by some form of direct action, upon it was; Avlien the results Avere published "things drag on in their usual style"-, no the staff of the University, and to take he headed the list Avith 17 marks out of doubt his hint of the titbits of Common iijion themselves to prescribe the choice a possible 20. Koom gossip is intended to be an uiicon- of text books by those Avho arc appointed This is a long letter. You Avill alloAv A'cntional pursuit of Truth, T beg to pro to guide their studies, According to cer me a Avord more, which, at tliis time of test against this petulant conseiousness of tain other press reports 1 have read, the the year, begins' to be in season. I have an anonymous critic. Will no other .sy.stem is practised UOAV in Russia, but read of armies in which. during student .join me in resenting a p^ratuitons even there Ave are told, it is not an un- niaiioeuvres, privates'were triven to under insult to us all? Laon. under cover of a (pialKied success. 1 do not know which stand that rifles Avere sometimes loaded. literary shield, has really made the editors are the text books particu1arl,y at stake, if It might not be so bad for students if the spear-head of his attacks upon his any; I might, out of mere curiosity, like tlie.v thought some questions Avere. It fellows. to knoAv. but this has no bearing on iiiy might nrjxe them to cultivate tbeir nian- intended argument. There is a limit to the elTieaey of an nerj. their style, and their seholar.sbipS'. ufterance or article, and egotistic Avriters Tf there is any point of inijiorlance if they prepared from the besrinning to and thinkers vith grievances seldom do ujion Avbich all sincere thinkers, af all hear iu Xovember the crowing of the more than scoff at this limit and lament times and iu all places, always agreed. I cock calling upon them to choose between their ••••"vaiices. I submit that more have not come across it yet. 1 certainly Saint Teeter's example or a fair state humility and less emphasis on tremendous would not look for it in the history of the ment of oyovy side of a (|uestioii as the ]")OAvers of thought Avill do more to im origin and progress of religious ideas. It best shiebl aivainst an oxamiiier's unfair- prove "Semper Floreat" and infuse A'ital- is much much to be regretted fhat scholars n(>ss.~T am. yoiirs' trulv. ity into the student activities of tlie TTni sliou'd so (