darch, 196 Auckland University Students' Paper. Tournament Issue n 18 March, t we are doit, ley. : in 1961 am ’ 500 student VoI. 26 No. 3, 27 March 1961. Priie* 6d. Subscription 4s. >nce this ant EDITOR, ADRIENNE RHODES; SECRETARY, FRANCES MUUNDER; ASSISTANT SECRETARY, CYNTHIA HASMAN; ADVERTISING, RUTH BAIRD; DISTRIBUTION & FILES, MARGARET MULINDER, students carr ' the student ANNE MILLAR; ILLUSTRATIONS, MIKE FATHERS; PHOTOGRAPHER, WILLIAM TAYLOR; PROOF READER, PAT QUAIFE; UNIVERSITY NEWS, NEIL WILSON; OVERSEAS NEWS, DAVID PITT; os? If even SPORT, JUSTINE WALTER; SCIENCE, CHARMAINE POUNTNEY; LITERARY & ART, BOB JACKSON; MUSIC, WARREN DRAKE; REPORTER, MARTIN GILLION. /ear we cowl his would h THE GREAT WHITE WAY nts are apa ive that over work on sub bs and socie AND WHO DONE IT? to feel that r once, On Monday 13 March University students witnessed the massive operations of the City Council in their on 18 Mard efforts to remove the work of Princes Street’s own pavement artist. great iinposi and pleasant This time, however, civic sentiment has been combined with the irrepressible desire for artistic ex ime was will pression. The result was a pedestrian crossing of revolutionary design being both practical (all cars stopped T his is youi for it) and aesthetic. hlic we want Vr The artist was obviously experimenting City Council Cogs Thunder dedicated to the School of Architecture, in a new medium and, using only a white was obliterated. ce-President), The City Council cogs began to thunder roller. pigment upon a black wash, had achieved Besides the lighter side, however, the inci Courtesy Roadmenders and within two hours the two most a surprisingly pleasing result. The design dent has had some repercussions. The expert pick and shovel men on the Coun was based upon a series of rectangular City Council, jumping naturally to the SCIENCE FACULTY INSPECTS PAINT cil staff had been dragged from their quadrants which were reminiscent of conclusion that students were to blame, smoko shed and operations commenced. traditional cubism. The deep symbolic announced their intention of billing the ciation would have borne some respon Reinforcements soon arrived in the form he Auckland significance of the noughts and crosses Sstudents’ Association £200 for the job. sibility. The Association does at present of a traffic cop and the City Clerk him tion, Princes and the question mark, however, could (This in fact seems to have been a very accept responsibility for activities within self, who proceeded to collect analysis p rin ted bj not be mistaken. A spokesman from the high figure since when it transpired that its control, but it seems that it is neces samples in his lunch bag . Load, Epsom. Auckland Art Gallery was quoted as say the cost might have to ibc borne by the sary to define the extent of its responsibil Following this move by the council to ing that the crossing was without doubt Council the figure dropped to £100.) ity for students outside the University. justify their actions scientifically, a depu a true work of art and opened up new Should it accept such 'responsibility it tation from the Science Faculty was called fields for fresco art. follows that it would be able to assume in to inspect the paint. Their findings Not a Student Despite this, and other favourable reac disciplinary control over students outside proved conclusively that there was The Executive was faced with the pros tions, and the obvious charm and ele the university. It seems that this question nothing wrong that some black paint pect of a bill for £200 at its meeting the gance of the crossing, conservative forces should be carefully considered before any w ouldn’t fix. same night. In fact investigations proved in the Gity Council resisted the course responsibility is assumeed at a future date. Unperturbed by the findings of this that the culprit was, in the words of John of artistic progress and decided that, Please take a lesson from this, and any commission, however, the Council con Strevens in his statement to the press, since the paint could not be removed (it time you feel like doing some civic tinued work and the scene transformed ‘. . . not a member of the Students’ Asso had slightly corroded the generally soft painting . , . PLEASE USE WHITE into one of frenzied activity. ciation nor in any way connected with seal) the whole section would be relaid WASH! Five hours later the paint had been the School of Architecture’. T hus the and the cost billed to the Students’ Just a thought . . . Junior Lecturers chipped off and resealing began. With ‘baby’ 'has been passed back to the City Association. are not 'registered members of Students’ the use of massive machinery the section Council and all’s well, we hope. But Association. was quickly resealed and an irreplaceable the statement does seem to imply that if CAFETERIA DICTATORSHIP work cf art, designed for posterity and the culprit had been a student the Asso- CRACCUM REPORTER WHITE VERSUS EU At recent exec, meeting much valuable time was wasted in a OXONIAN : A DIALECT IN DECLINE debate concerning trouble between Mr White and EU. Mr White had In the course of some eight or nine hours’ conversation practice in Old High Oxonian (the ‘Very-U’ complained that, after using the idiom) with Professor Viktor Tvensky after his recent lecture on this subject, two important facts were Caf. for their Freshers’ Tea, EU laid bare — (1) Oxonians cannot use or preserve their dialect properly; (2) Professor Tvensky can. had left it out of order. He de This learned philologist expanded in l’roifessor Tvensky proved by means of a ‘blahdeh’. It is used to express extreme some detail a number of the arguments graph that the continued use of this badness or disgust. manded 10/- in lieu of time spent. which he had merely outlined in the Non-U mutation will eventually result At this point, the Professor put forward In actual fact EU had left the caf. course of his lecture ami in particular, in the loss of all Oxonian and Anglian a simple formula for the use of this clean and tidy, and the staff mem the use of the original Oxonian alpha vowels except ‘e’. This alarming prospect case, and stressed the fundamental bet; Oxonian’s grammatical affinities with should be sufficient to convince philolo importance of its usage in everyday ber promised by Mr White never the Yangtse dialect of China (especially gists of the immediate need for an Oxonian. The Fundamental Indetermin- arrived. with that of the Upper Yangtse), and the Oxonian revival. ist case plus the Barocco-Sanguinitive Miss Mason (Catering Committee) re gradual syncretisation of the Sanguinitive, The professor went on to postulate Case, equals the Perjoritive. The most ported that Mr White had spent two or Baroque, or Gothic Case. Space will the common Indo-European ancestry of important instance of this is the phrase, hours arranging the furniture, and stated not permit a full treatment of the Pro the Russian and American languages by ‘rahthah blahdeh’, which means extremely that EU should have seen that much fessor’s findings, and the following is not analogy with the great similarities in bad (Exaggerative function), disgraceful, trouble had been taken and accordingly much more than a list of the factors grammar and phonology between Oxonian or devastating. In actual use, a suitable left caf. furniture in exact position. Two which were discussed at length. and the Yangtse dialect of China. It is example would be: ‘,Well ectyoolly Ai hours arranging a few tables and chairs? Flic Oxonian alphabet (like modern possible to carry on a conversation in wohz rahthah hohping tu leeve sorht of Someone is being had, Miss Mason. Anglian) consists of 26 letters, but it is both tongues simply by orthographical straight awayiy. In fekt Ai’m feeling The situation was petty and ludicrous, one of the tragedies of our age that this and phonological variations of a single rahthah Blahdeh!’. but brings to light a wider issue. Socie fact is neglected by philologists and statement. For example, the Oxonian It is a strange thing that this phrase ties, when arranging with Mr White to Oxonians alike. The vowel system dialogue: ‘howryu’, ‘har-yoo’, ‘her-yo’, (in a corrupted form) is in almost constant use the cafeteria for suppers, etc., have (a.e.i.o.u.) is too often confused with the ‘ha-oo-yu’. Students may note the consist use among the working-classes, i.e. the been told that they must pay for a staff Anglian or Non-U Vowel Series (a.e.i.o.), ency throughout of the aspirate ‘h’ and Non-U Vowel Change-using group. Gut member to be present. In actual fact, an unfortunate result of the Great Vowel the vowel-consonant ‘y’ (pronounced as tural ‘h’ is dropped in ‘blahdeh’ and the Exec, ruling is that only at a coffee Shift from the upper to the lower classes in ‘yob’). But this dialogue is important vowels are mutated to ‘—oo—’ and ‘—y—’ evening, or similar large function, is a in recent times. An example of this is also as a further example of the bastard respectively, but Tvensky sees some staff member needed. T his M r W hite the Anglian — ‘rather’ which is a bastard ising influence of the Anglian patois, reason to hope that his theory of re refuses to abide by. ised spelling of the original O.H. Oxon which has lost the very distinct case- generation to the dialectical norm will The caf. is a student facility, and ian — ‘rahthah’ (similarities between this forms Of Oxonian (-yu; -yoo; -yo; -yu), be effected in this. He interprets the should be available for student use — and the common ancestor-form of prefix and corrupted the entire declension into ‘—eh’ mutation to ‘y’ as part of a general return to the basic case-forms of O.H. free. Students are paying enough in fees in Sanskrit ‘wrath’ — will be noted a three-word phrase which has an inter rogatory significance not found in the O xonian (—yu; —'yoo; —yo; —yu) and already. immediately). The Anglian form is clear ultimately a regeneration of the original P,S. Mr White was rightly annoyed evidence that vernacular speech habits Oxonian dialect (‘How are you?’). ‘Blaihdeh-you!’ form of three centuries with negligence of WHC, who left ele have resulted in a degeneration of the Finally, Professor Tvensky gave his ago. Nevertheless, this process cannot ment in coffee urn to burn out after the Back Guttural — ‘h’. This loss should be views on the decay of the Oxonian continue without the guidance of Societies’ Evening. This sort of careless indicated in Anglian by the inclusion of Sanguinitive Case (ending in — ‘— you!!’). trained experts in Oxonian. It is the ness is inexcusable, and can only result a circumflex over the affected vowel — a This case has no direct equivalent in Anglian. Also known as the Baroque or duty of this present generation to ensure in Mr White feeling justified in holding habit which is generally disregarded. Note that men and capital are not lacking. his position. CRACCUM R E PO R T E R also the mutation of the final ‘a’ into ‘c’. Gothic Case, its most common form is K. T . Page 2 CRACCUM Monday, 27 March,
CONGRESS REMITS NEW BUDGET. NEW SONGBOOK T h e following controversial remij were passed by Exec, to ibe sent on Students may wonder what our Most of NZUSA budget is de Asian students, because ‘no one Easter Council meeting: delegates to NZUSA (New Zealand voted to keeping NZUSA informed decent wants a scholarship to NZ ★ T h at NZUSA denounce the negativj on. what the constituent universi and students who are particularly attitude of the Government towards tin pcar \f; University Students’ Association) implementation of improvements iT j,ar fr could possibly be discussing at ties are doing and vice versa. No intelligent would go elsewhere’. student bursaries. I . even Easter Council. Here are some of doubt Auckland will continue its (Students have always been pat ★ That NZUSA publish a statemenānteyjgei the subjects. usual practice of keeping NZUSA riotic.) Thus £500-odd has no use. expressing resolute opposition to pre-electee recei ■tion promises of some National Partfc Reson (1) The most important item and expenditure within reasonable Donations to CORSO and WUS speakers, that the Police Offences AmendA aving 1 one that concerns us closely, is a limits. were suggested but passed by. In me?it Act I960, be repealed, and th< Uje p[a^ (4) Auckland intends to take a a burst of activity last November, provisions of the 1951 amendment lx w0 (lout suggested Constitutional Amend restored in full. play-s at! ment from Auckland, that instead strong line of the subject of bur it was decided that the NCUSI ★ T h at a letter be sent by the Presidenlj}om wil of accepting a levy of 2/7 per saries and demand drastic action (National Council of University of NZUSA to the Prim e M inister, ui'ginJgoon far student from each constituent uni from NZUSA. However, they are Students of India) should be given that NZ join forces with the majority oll(jiat I a Afro-Asian nations in working within thcLf tihe C versity, NZUSA shall adopt a bud unlikely to go to the extent of a duplicator. NCUIS were very UNO for the immediate cessation ollbound get, income for which is to be paid calling for a student strike. This pleased and the idea was approved nuclear bomb tests and for the policy niLharge) in equal amounts by the 4 major policy follows a Congress remit on by Norman Kingsbury, Adminis nrultrilateral nuclear disarmament. .^e the subject, which was supported trative Secretary, COSEC. Each Thurbet universities (a total of £50 to come revues o from the combined Agricultural by Auckland at Congress and again member of NZUSA agreed by tele Telephones Eugene marks si Colleges, Lincoln and Massey). The passed for NZUSA consideration gram. This subject will be dis I wo new lines are soon to be available* . r . l . fte inter total annual expenditure will be after a recent Exec, debate. Other cussed still further at Easter Coun for student use. to £1400, compared with £1600-£1800 remits passed are listed elsewhere cil, along with such questions as a Attendance of’ Exec, at meetings O is laxE^”1 ■' lbx|. aii\ Often during the course of the last meet . . . last year. Under the former levy on this page. new edition of the song-book. ing, only a quorum (seven members out f , system, NZUSA obtained more (5) Asian Scholarship money col Every success with your Constitu of fourteen) was present. Elam Rep. has[EC , not arrived yet this year; A rdm ore Rep I money each year as more students lected from amongst NZ universi tional Amendment, delegates! , • ’ 1 anvone only once. ’ I My c enrolled at university, Auckland ties will not be used to encourage EDITOR CRACCUM REPORTER actors ( in particular. That NZUSA has no extreme need to accumulate more money •No am was admitted by Barry Hume, for make a mer treasurer of Easter Council, one’ am Where are our Women Suffragettes? only sot 1959. But the suggestion that a done lit budget be adopted, thus reducing A visitor passing thru’ Auckland is spent on this phenomenon? Ask which the ‘right’ people were pre providet the annual expenditure, is from recently remarked on a strange yourself. sent and the motion was carried merits i incidence of segregation peculiar There Auckland, not NZUSA. Last year, the *Women’s House that the doors between the com which < It appears that there will be to our University, which can be ex Committee held a poll whereby mon rooms should be opened. A the pla little opposition from the other plained by that ill-famed phrase, women students might vote for a mixed common room was implied. strong 4 ‘the segregation of the sexes'. thinks universities and we lost our major mixed common room or a separate Why couldn’t it be worded as such? someth! opponent at Council Meetings, Yes, a very noticeable feature of common room — a separate read An Exec, ruling — and how often he kno' Otago, last August, when that dele the playway centre of our Univer ing room already being in exist do we see the doors, let alone the significa sity is the generous congregation of might f gation, and Treasurer Roger Bar ence and a separate room in Hut 6, curtains, open? Not for long! To my raclough, seemed to agree on what males in the larger section of our promised for the near future. The Until two weeks ago a notice anythin was a good idea. so-called Common room; offset by mixed common room was favoured was pinned above the entrance to that he a sparsity of females in the smaller On the AUSA is to be applauded for by a two-thirds majority. the larger of the two rooms — the is just < the suggested amendment, which room. Fhe motion that the two com words ‘Men’s Common Room’. funny will save AUSA £50 per year. The region of female inhabita mon rooms should become a mixed Although this wrong and discon there w NZUSA must accept an amend tion is furnished in warm colours common room was' put by the certing direction has been ripped ment which provides an equal and centrally heated. That of the representative of our,women suf down since, the males still retain a sharing of expenses for what have male is grey and windswept; smoke fragettes to the Executive. The stand at one end of the common always been equal benefits. mingles in the undercurrents of a male section of that authority iroom, the females at the other, (2) Arthur Young and Peter high-pressure gambling atmo naturally declared the results of Safest way to fight a battle, isn’t it? sphere. These differing climes are the poll an invalid representation Menzies will report on the 9th ISC Yes, it’s time that friendly, un- in t (whose adoption of a new basis of divided by a cold front of solid of public opinion in the university. self-conscious guy, the student, co-operation and Summary of wood formation, preceded by a (Women number one-fifth of the showed his face and did something Studei heavy curtain. Student Rights can be read in the student population.) After the pro about it. Apparently our women plus last issue of Craccum). The odd male (it is noted) suc posal had been rejected at two suffragettes have forsaken their There is a Russian tour to NZ cumbs to the tempting air of the meetings, a meeting was held at suffering progeny. •proposed, to be followed by a tour smaller and more pleasant room of Russia by a delegation from and immediately suffers a hail of cold looks from the usual inmates NZUSA and NUAUS (National KIWI Union of Australian University of that region. But no females en Students). ter the other iroom where, I am the lit and arts publication of the auckland university students’ (3) At the ACM of NZUSA the informed, they are right welcome. assn, edited by broughton and curnow, will be published itt the budget and accounts for NZUSA You may ask why so much study second term. and Tournaments will be reviewed, verse ★ the election of officers held,* EXEC. ROOM short stories ★ Mr Hunt has complained of early- and the subject of a permanent drama ★ headquarters for NZUSA brought morning stench of stale beer in illustrations up (as in every other year). A nice Exec. room. Also Exec, members ★ idea, but too expensive. £200 is have not been able to use their literary and arts criticism ★ spent on overseas expenses, though room for business purposes. This literary research abstracts and essays ★ most travelling expenses and fees is not good enough. Exec, room is COPY CLOSES W ITH THE EDITORS AT THE END OF of delegates are paid by the Asia the place where members can work THE FIRST TERM Foundation, which finances and in private. It is not an extra stud arranges student tours. ent common room. farch, 19(iiMonday, 27 March, 1961 CRACCUM Page 3
ITS Well, Social Controller Ray Moor “i sial rc in i(lTHE ARENA OF SCRIBES head and his committee certainly c sent on tJ in die play, for a play in which comedy pulled a surprise out of the pro letters t o t h e e d it o r the negativf is everything, there just weren’t enough verbial bag, with their NEW IM towards th pear Madam, of these scenes to keep it from dragging. PROVED FRESHERS’ DANCE. ivements it par from being enthralled, impressed, I myself would prefer a good Goon Show The committee, faced with a four-year-old or even (except in parts) amused, as most any day; and besides being more amus problem of how to cram, jam or other a statemenj intelligent people seem to have ibeen, by ing, a Good Show probably has more wise accommodate six hundred freshers n to pre-eleJthe recent production of N. F. Simpson's significance than the play in question. into the college hall, threw caution to rtional PartJ^ Resounding Tinkle, I must confess to It seems to me that it would be far the winds and actually succeeded in hiring ?>ices Amend! ^avjng had much the same response to more desirable to produce a play which the Peter Pan Cabaret, one of A uckland’s ed, and thJ t^e p[ay as Mrs Vinegar: ‘I was bored’, is worth the time which has apparently plushier night spots. W ell, wasn't it all a gay, mad lendment ha >j0 doubt the first explanation which the been spent in rehearsals for A Resounding Despite the claims of the pessimists social whirl here orientation- play’s admirers will advance for my bore- T inkle and one which is w orthy of that 6/6 single was far too expensive (old wise, I mean? It's all part of the l’rtsidniij (join will be: ‘Of course you have to be a what was, on the whole, an extremely price 3/6) and that the cabaret atmo the playway introduction to nister, urginmoon fan you know’. Let me assure them talented cast. The waste of an actress like higher education you know. sphere ‘would be far too overwhelming 2 majority o[J (j)al j am an ardent and regular listener Margaret Blaylock, for example, on a Next year's orientation will last for the freshers’ first introduction to ig within theLf the Goon Show and (since someone is play of this kind must surely have dis all the first term. Too bad about varsity social life, the committee won cessation °f| bound to lay this as an alternative tressed all who have seen her act in other, all those tests and things, just exec.’s approval, and went ahead modestly burn the candle at both ends the policy «1 charge) am not incapable of appreciating more suitable productions. There are planning for an estimated attendance of and in the middle — after all uncut. ‘pie best Benchley lectures, the wildest plenty of plays around which are in far five hundred. If the organizers were sur what's work — just a dirty Thurber cartoons, the early surrealist more urgent need of being performed in prised when six hundred tickets had been word. revues of R obert Dhery and the plays of NZ than A Resounding Tinkle; and if sold by midweek, they were dumbfounded You have noticed how the Eugene Ionesco’. (In case the quotation the Drama Society is determined to give place looks like Yeoville haven't when 1002 students finally descended on marks surprise some readers, they might us something modern, surely we can you? Yes, the direction be avaHabit the cabaret. This is probably an all-time be interested to know that terms -which expect something a little less trivial than signs are lovely — such a pity we had to record for a varsity function, as previously seem to have become common property N. F. Simpson’s effort. wait for the BMA conference before we got clings is lax, only 850-odd had been attracted to the them. Renovation-wise the caf. is just peachy. for anyone w riting o r talking about R. L. P. JACKSON he last meet! 1960 Grad. Ball. Lovely new ' servery ' — and they've got rid Orientation Play are derived from a pre members out N.B. Review of the play, page 8. of those quadruped duckboards we used to face by Kenneth Tynan to ‘T h e Observer am Rep. lias sit on. Same old ersatz type coffee though. Plays’ — 822.9108 014 in th e Library if Have you wondered what will happen to all rdmore Re,p SOCIAL CALENDAR anyone should care to look it up.) that cooked cabbage smell now it is being My criticism is not directed at the Dear Madam, SCI. SOC. Coffee Evening carefully collected by that funnel thing and SHORTER forced outside? With a bit of luck and the actors (No, 'I thought the acting was I would like to record my strong pro Friday, 7 April extremely good’) but at the play itself: test against the disgraceful reception wind in the right direction it will all be wafted into Hut seven. Seriously though, it f‘No amount of talent on the stage can FIELD CLUB C offee Evening accorded a distinguished foreign scholar is a GOOD THING that we can now expand make a fifth-rate play into a third-rate on his first visit to this university. I refer, Friday, 14 April a bit and benefit from all the extra room one’ and, I think, ‘fifth-rate play is the of course, to the recent lecture delivered Please advertise Club Evenings in we have in Hut seven. I walked down the e s ? only sound designation for it’. (If it has by Professor Viktor Evgeni Tvensky, of corridor the other evening, my footsteps done nothing else the play has at least the University of Kazakhstan. this Column. echoing through rooms inhabited by dozens were pre- provided me with some admirable com Although the professor did accommo of buzzing mosquitoes. No, I'm not exag ments about itself.) date his penetrating and far-reaching And w hat an evening it was! Freshers gerating, there were people in them too. as carried I One room labelled 'Craccum Managerial' There are, I think, two main ways in study to the lesser genius of his audi dance proved to be far superior than gave signs of life, as raucous laughter drifted the com- which one may regard the play. E ither ence, there was absolutely no excuse for the publicity had promised. The new comers found, for instance, that there through the keyhole and a lone sewing mach tpened. AI the playwright (or is ‘playw right’ too the behaviour of certain louts of both ine whirred away in a room at the end of was ample seating for 700 (excluding s implied. I strong a w ord’?), in spite of his pretence, sexes, who greeted every gem of wisdom the passage. Ho hum ! thinks that he is nevertheless writing that fell from the Professor’s lips with laps), acres of dance floor, and still more Wow ! Wish they'd keep those elderly :d as such? I something significant, or alternatively, titters, and at times, almost maniacal space for just standing and looking on. bloodhounds off the back entrance. How the how often | he knows that he isn’t w riting anything laughter. It is to his credit that Professor The band — sorry, orchestra — no doubt devil do they expect us to park? alone the! significant and any significance which one Tvensky continued with his address, inspired to new heights by such a gay might find is merely part of the pretence. thereby giving the few earnest seekers and receptive crowd, provided a constant long! To my mind he certainly isn’t writing after truth, the chance to benefit from stream of really danceable music, from a notice anything significant and if he believes •his profound and scholarly study of a 8 p.m. to one in the morning. A special ltrance to that he is he is merely being pretentious. dialect whose importance in recent lin vote of thanks to the leader, A rth u r On the other hand, if the whole thing guistic history can hardly be over Skelton, for such a fine performance. Mils — the js just 011e big joke then it needs to be a emphasized. As a true lover of learning The large assemblage certainly taxed ! Room’, funny one to come off; and, though myself, I was shocked and amazed that the facilities of the cabaret, and the id discon there were several highly amusing scenes any student of this university could be so buffet supper had to ibe served in four lacking in that respect which grey hairs sittings. The ‘coke’ bar, extensively (pub ?n ripped ir------and a lifetime of study devoted to the licized in an air of secrecy by the social 1 retain a j HAVE YOUR pursuit of truth should command. That controller, actually was a coke ibar, and common I Professor Tvensky should have made the dispensed gallons of this non-alcoholic OWN long and arduous journey from Russia, beverage and iced orange. he other. | risking his life in far-flung outposts of Additional entertainment enlivened the e, isn’t it? j ADVERTISEMENT capitalism, only to find his pearls being show. Desina, a radiant vocalist, aided ndly, tin- [ spurned by pig-islander swine, is, to use the orchestra in their versions of the in the next issue of Craccum. a phrase whose interest and importance more papular tunes. student, as a dialectical variant has only just been Also on the bill was a new vocal group, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN omething Students are asked to send copy revealed, ‘Pretty bloody, what?’ self-styled ‘the High Brows’, and although The elephant grass in front of the new their name seemed appropriate to a var r women INDIGNANT FRESHERETTE Physics block is not to be cut; a small colony plus one penny per word, by sity function, their guitar-jangling style of kakapos have been discovered there. en their Ed.—My agreement in the exaggerative was definitely non-u. This deficiency, Please exercise extreme care in the hatching 29 MARCH form can be found on page 1. however, was counter-balanced by their season least eggs should be trodden on. exuberance. (Biology Dept.) The star performer was Clyde Scott, of Sinamania fame, who dropped in from TO MHC RE LOCKERS the Montmartre. Although slightly out Dear Sirs, For of breath after running up Queen I left my ice axe in locker 37 main arts University Street, Glyde once again captivated his block over the holidays. What do I do with audience with such numbers as Black two bits of ice axe ? Magic and Mac the Knife. Rumour has Men DID YOU KNOW . . . ? it that Clyde will (be featured at Grad. U«X£- Cryptic little ribbons marked SBF sported Ball late this year. by exec., members don't mean ' silly b------As usual, a motley crew from O’Rorke, fool I ' BARBER SHOPS armed with pensioned-off Brass, succeeded in making a ‘surprise’ raid on Freshers’ THE THINGS THEY SAY . . . at Training Col. (A lecturer introduces herself) ' I'm the Bring your head in for the finest hair Dance with a twofold aim. Namely, to advertise their own dance, and to create infants' mistress'. ' Hmm', mutters a stud cut you’ve ever had. Expert attention. a shambles. The latter was complete with ent, ' pretty virile infants these days I ' Phone 32-180 if making appointment. their ‘rendition’ of The Saints, which . . . on V.O.A. broadcast describing Call- had to be seen (and heard) to be be me-Kiwi Keith arriving at Washington Air lieved! port. ' His Excellency Keith Holyoake has just HUGH WRIGHT LTD After many hours of searching, the stepped out of the plane . . . 'I've heard Mezzanine Floor, Queen St Social Committee finally selected Miss him called some things but never that ? Also Remuera and Hamilton Fresherette 1961, at seven minutes to one. The lucky lass was Miss Elizabeth Finally, the world-shaking question — can Hotting. Sorry, no phone number given! anyone tell me where the yellow went ? S. B. F. TONY NELSON Page 4 CRACCUM Monday, 27 March, 1961 Mo BATTLE OF STYLES Impressions of students who attended architectural students ■ conference at Sydney in August last year. Arrival by air in Sydney is not a joyful experience, for one sees the cih Nov at its very worst. Miles and miles of dull tiled roofs, punctuated here rept and there by the grey smear of industry and commerce, go to make an you urban sprawl more horrifying than most of us had thought possible any< Although this is a problem common to all large cities, it was, for mosi of us, the first time we had seen a city larger than Auckland. thin Intel! From the harbour, however, the eye sees Canberra Disappointing For A Sydney in its most beautiful and charm Canberra was, as a planned city, a grea | the ii ing garb, presenting itself in green head disappointment to most of us, althougl more, lands, tall buildings built on the sides it does have many attractive features. 1 stuck of a great cradle nursing a magnificent is encircled by magnificent hills, has only t harbour, and all about a scene of coloured ample parks and playing fields, and mam try tc grandeur. And here in Sydney we found houses and buildings are set among! that 1 — as expected — a truly modern ‘battle trees. Its design, however, is complicate l sity. of styles’ in architecture. and confusing with no definite system a [, are n Charming Terraces arterial roading. retnaii poet)'} The early Australian work was a delight Ludicrous Scale imitat to see. Using natural materials, the early The city has developed as a number oj Men, constructors built clean and simple forms, isolated units, separated by large tract to be naive in plan, organic in total and truly of undeveloped land, and th e focal point Party indigenous; and the terrace houses of the of the axial vistas, so cunningly p i an na them. inner urban area, with their delicate by Griffin, are architecturally unsatisfac ability cast-iron verandah railings on all three tony and ludicrous in scale. At least thi Afrai floors, were both charming and admir planners of Paris and Washington had i The r ably suited to the living requirements of sense of scale. Admittedly the city devel join ti the city dweller. opment is not yet finished, and an ennr or uni mous building programme is planned; om Contemporary Extremes They hopes that the city planners in charge o loyalti the continual development have learn It was in recent work that one found garne.1 from the previous mistakes made ii the extremes in Architecture and building the g developments. The extensil e use of brick Canberra. tered There seemed to be a lack of effort ii work produced a suburban scene even their the design and arrangem ent of housing more depressing and aesthetically unsatis group factory than Auckland. There were and altogether one is again struck by th( their wasteful low density residential develop several new speculative developments con tat cutting a swathe through precious bush merits. There was in Canberra, ho we vet contai what must be one of the finest inedim and leaving low density, ill-considered traver (planning. Some of tthe low-cost prefabri density housing developm ents in Austral ■ fully cated ‘spec’ houses were, however, fine asia. It paid a great tribute to unit am sleep pieces oif design and building. Unfortun detail standardisation and showed that they ately, these are few and far between. interest and diversity can be a result o devou Architects’ works show a wide diversity standardised elements even though read preva of approach, and upon entering Peter ing as a whole in itself. Muller’s own house, one could almost Considering all factors in Australian Duff! have been stepping into a page of F. L. architecture today, it does seem a grea Too Many Cauliflowers The ’ Wright's writings. On the other hand, pity th a t present-day A ustralian architect dial s are 'ignoring the indigenous roots tha; at Seidler’s family development, one felt ' vorsit; that an ashtray, out of its proper position their predecessors had naturally am to esc Staff v. Students Debate would have destroyed the whole self- unconsciously developed. is a s conscious layout of a living room. J. DAISH We fear that if some of the wicked were not wasted even in this misguided Secretary, Architectural Societi j Most Beautiful in Twentieth Cen socialist ideas of our University cause. tury—but Curtain Wall Inhuman staff are put into practice, the New Professor Morton graciously emerged from his fish-tank to show that students Zealand market will soon be suf The new opera house on Benelong Point P A U L ’S are superfluous in a University, which deserves particular mention. It is a mag fering from .a shortage of cabbages should, after all, be devoted to pure re nificent piece of work, and although not BOOK ARCADE and a glut of cauliflowers. For in search. Mile. Riches convincd us that yet finished, will surely rank as one of the electronic devices could be more use the words of Mark Twain, ‘cauli most beautiful buildings of the Twentieth 49 High Street fully employed than lecturers, who would Century. Unfortunately, photographs of flower is nothing but cabbage with then be saved the tiring business of run the models (and probably the models ★ a University education’; and at the ning up and down stairs all day. It was themselves) do it a grave injustice. The noticeable that even such energy wasters l Staff-Student Debate on Thursday backdrop of the central business area on Text Books had not sapped ‘her Gallic logic and the one hand and the harbour on the 16 March we were told that the splendid irrelevance’. other are very important visual elements Good Books cabbages of society, all 99 per cent, Keith Berman delivered an impassion of the whole architectural composition. f should be able to have such educa ed defence of students and staff, and The scale, too, is stupendous, and one Art Books proved by his very manner that ‘thtudent can hardly believe that the crown of the tion. thothiaty hath not iotht itch youthful- vaults will be higher than the glass- ★ neth’. Neil Wilson showed us that waliled Lever building across the road. ‘Our University system is anti students are quite up-to-date in our well- The curtain wall seems to have firmly in fact . . . quated and should be abolished’ — fed State; our attitudes are undoubtedly established itself in Australia and is as in line with New Zealand’s attitude, inhuman in read life as it appears in the a collection worth seeing this was the topic of the debate. Profes ‘we’re all right, Keith’. Miss Hasman glossies, though one must -admit that in sor Blaiklock, Professor Morton and Mile. was the unfortunate target for many abstract terms it is quite exciting. [Riches proved quite conclusively that arrows, but her perspicacity and deep they' were redundant. Despite the noble thought took what could have been an F efforts of the student team, Keith Ber unfortunately flippant affair to a more man, Neil Wilson and Cynthia Hasman, serious plane; which proves, after all, T H E INTELLIGENTSIA and the overwhelming majority in their that our students are nothing if not ver favour at the final survey, Professor Sin satile. of Auckland University are regular depositors clair’s casting vote as chairman gave the So fear not for our University; we victory to the Staff team. students will fight to the end to protect of the AUCKLAND SAVINGS BANK Professor Blaiklock was ‘an obvious our University system in its pristine splen anachronism’, in his own words and an dour against the subversive attempts of ARE YOU? academic gown; the system has notice our staff to abolish it. ably produced a strange cynicism in this worthy scholar, whose wit and (learning C. P. [arch, 1961 Monday, 27 March, 1961 CRACCUM Page 5
.ES ATTACK...’ students A VERY ANGRY YOUNG MAN WRITES FROM WELLINGTON Now, thank God, I have left Auckland University. I can now say what I think about it without fear of ees the city reprisals of executive members who will suddenly turn unco-operative, of freshers who will murmur that tuated hert you had to expect this from a Red anyway, of the self-declared intelligentsia who will readily denounce to make an anyone with intellectual pretensions who is not a New Lefter, whatever the New Left may be. lit possible One realizes how much these pressures do prevent one speaking one’s mind after being able to read, is, for mosi think and write for two weeks in a city where one knows nobody. I. Intellectual Doldrums tual and it is conformed to like Hell. the exact reverse of rebellion. The real Angry Young Man is angry because For Auckland University is sunk deep in One suspects that the entire life of the g people are not rational, because social the intellectual doldrum s; and, w hat is University pseudo-intellectual is a de [ city, a greal more, it shows signs this year of getting sperate attempt to fit in with a kind of criticism is not a matter of common us, althougl sense, because he is hurt by the world, stuck even deeper in them . T here are party line. If you agree with the right 'c fe a tu re s. Ii j and knows where the world is hurting only two kinds of people, basically, who lecturers, you are automatically IN. But ut hills, has him. Our Angry Young Men will subside try to participate iti the ‘cultural life’, ithis, of course, is always difficult. At Ids, and man;: gently like a punctured balloon if ever that ludicrous misnomer, of the univer 'least in Russia The party line is always set among* asked why they are angry. sity. There are the young women (they known in advance. At Auckland Univer s c o m p lic ate!' sity one has to guess what it is. nite system d. are mostly female) seeking somehow to Real Rebellion Needed remain loyal to home, Church, aind Rebellion to Conformity God help us, we need some real rebel poetry; and there are our pitiful local lion at Auckland University. We need imitations of the English Angry Young This conformity would not be so objec people who believe in things so much a num ber d j Men, who have not decided about w hat tionable were it not combined with the they are prepared to be unirespectable, y large tract to be angry and are waiting for Labour assumption that this conformity Ls, in irresponsible and academically unsound ic focal point t Party discussion groups to decide for •fact, rebellion. T his is because to rebel in order to spread their ideas. Where ingly pi anna ; them. Both are preoccupied with respect Ls to conform to the stereotype of what does one look for intellectual irrespon Uy unsatisfac ability. the university intellectuail should he. It is sibility today, except in the university. . At least thi Afraid of University easy, however, to distinguish this spurious But there Ls more. We need people who rebellion from the genuine article. For have really suffered in this country, and lington had i The young women who conscientiously one thing, it has to be sanctioned either are really wild about it — and those who he city (level i join the religious societies are, consciously and an enor 1. by a lecturer or an intellectual magazine say real suffering in New Zealand is or unconsciously, afraid of the university. before it ls acceptable. For another, it is • planned; ont They want in some way to retain the unheard of show only their pitiful inex never a felt rebellion, a total revulsion perience. We need genuine protest, > in charge Athletics Outdoor Basketball Men's Cricket P. P. W. Morris J. C. Williams MEN Rosemary Colgan Kaa August Alison Long Betty McFarland J. B. Morrison A. R. G. Byrne M. H. Kayes J. R. Porter 100 yards: Lees, Frankham. Sandra Hurt Maureen Phillips J. G. Collinge B. A. Cooper 220 yards: McNeill, Lees. Ruth O'Reilly Mairi Watson J. K. Collinge W. R. Hughes 440 yards: McNeill, Gresson. Marilyn Scott Ngaire Havia 880 yards: Hamilton, Rae. D. Hendl S. F. Allen With many new faces tin the line-up this J. E. Bull 1 mile: Grieve, K. MaeKinlay. year, the Women’s Basketball is heading 3 miles: Willoughby, Kirkness. T his year AU is sending away its slronj 120 yards Hurdles: Baragwanath, Cormack. off for Dunedin with high hopes and side within memory, containing nj 220 yards: Barnett, Way. determination, to regain the Basketball senior players, eight of whom have rep 440 yards: Barnett, Baragwanath. Shield. sen ted NZU. II 4 x 110 yards Relay: Lees, Frankham, Way, The Team’s New Taxes: After a successful senior club seas Montgomery. Kaa August: New it' the club, Kaa hopes are high for a tournament w 4 x 440 yards Relay: McNeill, Gresson, Ham shows promise of being a reliable and although the draw for AU is rathe: ilton, Rae. sound player. strenuous one. Five games are be Long Jump: Cormack, Montgomery. Betty McFarland: Although hot new to played, with the first three on conse Hop, Step & Jump: Lees, Cormack. the club this is her first year in the live days in different centres The chat Shot Put: Hafoka, Stuart. tournam ent team, and she is show big from two two-day games to five one Hammer Throw: Jakich, Hafoka. herself to be well worthy of it.. MIKE CORMACK has been brought about by the inclusi Discus: Stuart, Tohill. Maureen Philips: One of the two ;»f Lincoln and Massey in the draw. High Jump: Cormack, Rae. freshers in the team, Maureen fills the A bent thumbnail sketch of the si Pole Vault: Cormack, Hubble. position of goal-shoot. p. P. W. Morris (NZU 1958-60). i Javelin: Sharkie, Lees. Mairi Watson: The other fresher of the Men's Rowing perienefd campaigner, (formerly from ( team and a determined, sound defence WOMEN and so id doubtful reliability. Ust§ THE EIGHT player. 75 yards: Gallagher, Long. bowler. D. Arcus J. McL. Potter Ngaire Havia: A very energetic centre 100 yards: Bingley, Long. R. StC. Brown M. S. Walker and a real boon to the team-. H ope she J. B. Morrison (NZU tour 1960). I 220 yards: Bingley, Gallagher. G. S. K. Cave T. B. Wallace remains intact this year. clown of the side, his best performan 80 metre Hurdles: Bingley, Graham. N. Paton Wilson Now the old faces, dependable as ever are off the field. High Jump: Graham, Gallagher. but not quite so fit, it seems. M. H. Kayes (NZU I960). Throws 1[i Discus: Barclay. DOUBLE SKULLS Long Jump: Long, Graham. P. Weir A. Noyes Marilyn Scott: Sound in the centre and a girl and generally prefers fairies. a fine attacking player. Shot Put: Barclay. COXWAINS /. G. Collinge (N/.L tour I960).'A ki 4 x 110 yards Relay: Bingley, Long, Gallagher, L. Lamb O. Lamb Ruth O’Reilly: One of our versatile student and exponent of the light a defence players, Ruth will fill any gap — deep sleep cycle theory, this yet to awa Graham. 1st FOUR especially where the ball is. J. Gould P. Chevis ./. K. Collinge. Delinquent brother. 1 !. Sandra Hurt: Getting an old hand at The Club Championships held at the G. Coxhead D. Haigh contacts due to a recent Bcabin I ourif tournaments now, and strangely enough Olympic Stadium on Saturday 4 March mint in Dunedin. W orth knowing. NOVICE FOUR still active. produced excellent times and distances D. H endl (NZU tour 19(?0). Started B. Shenkin A. Parsons Alison Long: Another of the ‘really old in many events. Dave Norris was in ex tournament training at tpe New Ai K. O'Halloran H. McNaughton hands’. We have managed to keep her in cellent form to win the 100 yards in 10.0 and should be at his peik (14 ho goalkeeper position, although we nearly seconds and the 440 yards in 49.2. Dave The crews to represent AU Club at sleep) by tournament. Owns a guitar had to chain her to the post. is not eligible for Tournament, but we Tournament this year were selected by*' a nose. M r K. Ashley at the training camp held Rosemary Colgan: Once more another will he ably represented by Jules Lees, ./. /•;. B ull (NZU tours 19'»8 and 19S who was a close second in the 100 yards, at Mercer just prior to the start of the ‘old hand’, still filling wing attack posi tion. The senior Pro. of the side. Managed and Bruce McNeill, second in the 440 term. The sixteen specimens of hulk and bulk comprise an eight, a four, and a tear himself away. Last ohaPcc lor fr yards in 49.7. — these two are the basis Yachting dom. of our very strong sprint team, which novice four (novice at rowing anyway!). J. C. W illiam s (NZU tour 9960). Hi also includes Peter Frankham, Nick With the crews in training since a M. Ball Gresson, Terry May and Don Mont- Whakatane regatta in November, a high Michael Wilcox from Gisborne and prefers it wet. gom cry. standard of rowing has been reached, and N. Hopkins bit on the nose! ■ we are hoping for great things at Dunedin. Nicholas Wilcox (skipper) A. R .G. Byrne (NZU toufiS 19591 One of the biggest surprises of the day Able Seaman coaches are Kerry Ashby Unfortunately it was not possible to hold A ll-round wicketkeeper and consist | and perhaps the most outstanding indivi and ‘Kok’ (Malaga, whose daily pre-break trials for the AU yachting team this year, scorer for the opposition. Get oickc] dual performance was that of Stu Grieve but with two of last year’s victorious crew fast constitutionals consist in yelling J. R. Porter. First tournamentj but in winning the one mile in the excellent back to retain the title or drown in the abuse at the crews from a seacraft run proved his worth at certain seal time of 4 min 16.9 seconds. This result about on the Panmure Basin. attempt, and the third member, M . B all, was the reward of months of hard train resorts. T h e eight: having had many years’ experience skip ing and was very popular. K eith Mac- B. A. Cooper. Has had previous tom N. Paton (stroke), club captain. Has pering in small racing yachts, we are K in lay came a close second in this event incut experiences. rowed three years for the club. Is a junior expecting great things. and these two, together with Bob Hamil IF. R. H ughes. Unknown quantity oarsman and first-class stroke, installing a Peter Nelson, our last year’s delegate, is ton arid Dave Rae in the 880 yards, and the social line, but abides at O’porkt, good rhythm into the crew. unable to make Dunedin this year anil Don Willqughbv and Alan Kirkness in the T . AVallacc (7), second year in the club. John Wilcox (to complete the eternal S'. T. Allen. Useful bat and Ptibia three miles, make up our contingent of A maiden oarsman and a member of last triangle) has been selected as the ‘sea field, but is unavailable in some oaill| middle-distance men, who have great year’s eight. law yer’. Has an analogy to trains. prospects of coming out on top in R. A. Brown (6), vice-captain. An excel D unedin. lent oarsman. Selected for the NZU eight Alike Cormack turned out for the first last year. Previously rowed for King’s time this season and performed most College. EAT AND E N]OY creditably, being placed in no less than J. Potter (5), a novice b u t a very A.M.G 1st Grade five events. He is included in our hurdles powerful blade, MEATS team, together with Dave Baragwanath G. Gave (4), a m em ber of last year’s MONARCH and Neil Barnett, and he will be joined eight and one whom we could not dis in the field events by other strong com pense with. BACON, HAM and SMALL GOODS petitors including Basil Hatitoka, Alan. A. L. Wilson (3), third year in the club Tohill, Kevin Sharkie ami Stuart. and a junior oarsman. Bev Simmonds ran very well in the S. Walker (2), third year in the club women’s events. Although she is not elig and also a junior. A strong oar with ible for Tournament we will still be well plenty of power. QUALITY PRODUCTS represented by a team comprising: Col D. Arcus (1), new to the club this year leen Gallagher, Alison Graham, Alison but has had previous experiece at school. of Long, Diane Bingley and Maureen Bar clay. THE AUCKLAND MEAT CO LTD All in all a most successful day on The views expressed in this paper are not 4 March, and a very strong team with necessarily those of the Auckland University every prospect of top honours in Dunedin. Students' Association. WE COME! PROMISE Tennis TO ALL TOURNAMENT COMPETITORS C. Williams R. G. Byrne Neil Walter Chris Drummond Although we feel exasperated with anything which has to do R. Porter Tony Clemow Barbara Ryan with Tournament at the moment, we will be cheering for all A. Cooper Neville Hedges Margaret Spence of you at Dunedin this Easter. We are sure that you w ill arrive , R. Hughes Wayne Dyer Gillian Bowden F. Allen fresh and keen to uphold Auckland's reputation as a sporting As most people knew, AU tennis team University. l away its stronJ i exists for Tournament purposes alone. G O O D LUCK, containing it However, with this year’s team consisting whom have ref mainly of freshers, we are at least pro COLLEEN and ALISON. viding new blood (much more important cnior club seal than new title-holders, after all). tournament i r AD is rathe Playing top or second for the men (not Women's Rowing games are be vet decided) is Xt il Walter, who hails three on const from T aranaki, where he was a member No. One Crew No. Two Crew entres The chai of the Slazenger Shield team and recently Stroke: G. Turner Bow: G. Parsons A. S. Cox 6. M. Harris es to five one-i won a Taranaki combined doubles title. Three: J. Smith Cox: L. Lambert F. Hamer J. Walter ,t by the inclusj He will be ably abetted in Dunedin by Two: L. Skelton Tony Clemow, 1960 H ead Boy of K ing’s in the draw. I Once again there is an invitation race since last year to become a very strong College, where he was No. 2 on the ketch of the sij for women rowers at Easter Tournament, ladder. rower and an excellent driver in those V/ U 1958-60). [ although this sport is still unofficial. This hazardous hours before dawn and before Neville Hedges, who has played A formerly from ( is very pleasing because the girls will be work. Grade club tennis in Hamilton, and reliability. Us® able to round off’ a very good season in T he second crew began training in the Wayne Dyer, another New Plymouth Boys the Auckland province with a race against second week of the term ami have quickly High School product, complete the talent : to u r 1960). It other University girls. passed from ‘raw beginners’ to a com for the m en’s team. b e st performaia j It is rumoured that there will be five bination which is quite capable of being No. 1 for the girls is Chris Drummond, crews taking part in Dunedin: two front a danger to more experienced crews. well known in Auckland tennis circles Dunedin (from the Physical Education Stroke is Adrienne Cox, who was reserve I9(i0). Throws 1 for winning three titles in the Auckland School, we think), one from Victoria Uni for the number one crew until she became refers fairies, Junior Champs. versity and two from Auckland. ill in January. Her extra experience will tour I960). A ki Barbara Ryan is a part-time student, Our number one crew have been to be an example to the more (innocent?) of the light a gether since November and have rowed recent converts. Has yet to awa otherwise occupied at Training College, and has competed in the N.Z. Junior in five regattas, winning at their fast In the three seal is Justine Walter, |Uent brother. I Champs. four starts. They have a long swinging who ls a novice who rowed occasionally U 15 rah in Tour style with a graceful body swing (wow!) last year (when hockey permitted), but ith knowing. ! Third and fourth are Margaret Spence, Courtesy Auckland Star and should do well ‘down South’. who has now seen ‘the light’ and will be 19(i(h. Started I a fresher, and Gillian Bowden, from T he stroke of this crew is Gillian a great asset to the club, publicity-wise it tho New \'| W’aihi (another Val Morgan?). 'Burner, who rowed three in last year’s as well. t pcTk (H hoi CHRISTINE DRUMMOND We are not expecting these newcomers crew for Easter Tournament, and who is Two is Bay Ham er, w ho is a th ird year >vvns a guitar I to wipe the likes of Richard Hawkes and an excellent leader. Arts student, but who has taken an Sally M chose off the courts, but there’s In the three scat is Janice Smith. H er interest in rowing for the first time, and rs 1938 and 1M no harm in hoping, is there? natural ability has brought her into the doing very well. side. Managed I number one crew from the number two The bow of this crew is Diane Harris, t chafice for fl crew for last Tournament, where she another brand-new rower, who is pro rowed for the first time less than a year gressing well. ago. Both crews are being coached by the tour 'I960). h| Lynetle Skelton, the most experienced club captain-, Colleen Elliott, who has ►refers d wet. I oarswoman in the club, is blonde like coached the number one crew all season, Janice, and is capable of most things —• and without whose superhuman work, :U tour» 1959J even livening things up by demonstrating Women’s Rowing Club would be virtually r and consist! the bikini which she brought back from non-existent. on. Get nicked| a recent trip overseas. It is hoped that our coxswain, Laureen irnamenti hut W E L L P A ID Bow is Gay Parsons, who has improved Lam bert, will be able to come down, certain seal because her knowledge and encouraging \ abuse have been a considerable factor in I previous tout MII1I BY the past successes. II own quTotity Defence Rifles les at OT^orkt, Yes, a satisfying absorbing hobby can be yours — and you J. D. Blomfield A. N. Procter b a t a n d pi'iJIia are well paid, too. W. A. Cole D. M. Salmon e in some oail« R. R. H. Jones D. Spiers G. E. Marsh ENLIST FOR SERVICE IN THE TERRITORIAL INFANTRY — BE A PART-TIME SOLDIER Swimming MEN ‘ .§ ^ JÊÊr * V. E. Atkinson J. C. Sinclair • Week-long Courses can be arranged during May and August jS jp L a \ —«_.,...... S. J. G. Davis M. B. W. Sinclair ITS vacations. | V 4 Tip > S. Hancock R. Thomas P. G. Jack P. W. Von Zalinski • Annual Camp and Courses provide you with 6 weeks D. W. McGregor C. L. Watson D. H. Peacock 1. H. Wilderspin continuous service after Christmas. J. Rewi WOMEN J. C. Baguley B. A. Hubble — Defence IS Your Responsibility — w t i J. A. Collins L. L. Kirchener L 11 \ S. L. Goodwin 1. S. Sharpe Enquire at N.Z.U.S.A. THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT (C.R.O.) John Strevens Dave Bell Mac. Hamilton Judith Mason P.O. Box 2222, Auckland, C .l. 41 Rutland Street. N.Z.U.S.U. Phone 40-885. Ext. 56. WOMEN'S ROWING LTD Colleen Elliott Alison Long No. One Crew — Stroke: G. Turner. Three: J. Smith. Two: L. Skelton. Bow: G. Parsons. N,Z.U.S.P.C. ------w M Cox: L. Lambert. Adrienne Rhodes Justine Walter Page 8 CRACCUM Monday, 27 March, 196Mond ‘L O O K IN G A T R O O K S ’ oSS&iMB The slightly ‘non-representational’ natui Geology is probably the least-known of the sciences read within this of N. F. Simpson's A R esounding TintI University. Results of the work done by other departments are often leads inevitably to its being compari with the work of Eugene Ionesco, it more readily noticed and appreciated by less scientific folk. Engineers, ANY COMMENT? find in it the same astonishing niF chemists, physicists and mathematicians are all recognized as being key What should a scientist do when con sequiturs, the same crazy logic, and twill p men in the development of industries and works projects; and the work fronted with a discovery which he knows ie impression that each characteipure ^ has tremendous potentialities for both timep sen sequence11price ik is out of steostep with tl ■ .• of zoologists and botanists is appreciated, in part at least, as being tniT good and evil — for both mass extermina others that we associate with that drafli essential in agricultural, forestal and pastoral development. tion and the general wellbeing of man tiist’s work. We sense, too, that, as iviflon-w kind? Whose responsibility is such know Ionesco, the drama is being played tol X pattern of climax and anti-climax radii , Geologists, on the other hand, are a tion, and from this much of the paleo- ledge and its application? than to one of verbal meaning. r° vague body who ‘run about looking at geography and the tectonic (i.e., earth- W hy is psychology not taught as a I nearly used the adjective ‘emotioijf Co rocks’, which, of course, is precisely movement) history can be ascertained. science at this university? to qualify climax, but that is just wlijejecte what we do. Geology, essentially the The compaction and alteration ^mcta- When is this university going to provide is lacking in this play. Em otion, as i . science of the Earth, is nowadays an all- morphlsm) of the sedimentary rocks gives for science students interested in their think of it, has no part in the essentir embracing subject, containing facets of insight into the physics of their uplift fellow-humans and allow that philosophy purpose of the play. I suspect, howevinenib physics, chemistry, zoology and botany and folding. and English would broaden students’ that it was this lack which caused i playin within its compass. The arrangement of the rocks into a outlooks and thus should be permitted in boredom that I felt as soon as I hi chronological succession is no small task a science degree? Students should be en understood the dramatist’s intention The It Iron to Ovenware in a new field, as faults and folds can couraged to do at least one unit of a each piece of satire. One might cite rccogni place older rocks on top of younger non-scientific nature if there is to be any comparison the case of Ionesco’s Jacqu\n each The earliest practical geologists were the ones. Sedimentary rocks can be quite un- humanitarian background to the appli where the dramatist sustains the audHusive prospectors and mining men, the most fossiliferous for thousands of feet, and cation of their knowledge. ence’s interest in a play w ith not a titiurns ; successful of whom were those who had igneous rocks (i.e. volcanic and plutonic of the intellectual content of A Resoumrgmiz an appreciation of basic geologic prin rocks) can completely cover, deform, inter ing T inkle by sheer virtuosity in playifcckete ciples, and realised the Importance of rupt and metamorphose the sedimentary on the emotions. hossibl’ understanding the evolution and struc rocks. A studly of the petrology of the There are, however, features in the pl$outh , ture of the earth’s crust. These days, the igneous rocks tells us much about their which place it in a different class Ijation economic geologists who explore and origin, the chemistry of their eruption, those of Jlonesco. In this case the satirMGC, . develop a mineral field, are largely intrusion and cooling, their relation with FOR TEACHERS function is paramount and rather th|ot ch dependent for their success on the know metamorphic rocks, and their connection COMPANION TO SCHOOL im m ersing him self and the audience pakista ledge which has been amassed, correlated with ore bodies. MATHEMATICS’ by F. C. the enigm a of life, as Ionesco does, Sin heir r and published by men working in Geo A consideration of the surface features, son takes the outward facets of every! ng aibi logical Surveys, Universities and other the geomorphology, and their relation Boon. Published by Long life and, by a slight intensification jt y, research institutes. This includes know ships with the structure, soil types and mans; price 30/-. their characteristics, hints that the whii W(jjes ledge of the earth’s geological history floral cover of the land, would complete of life is essentially absurd. Issocia and structure, geophysical and geochemi the work Involved in a fair survey. By and large it would be fair to 'orcjer | cal knowledge, petrological, paleontologi Were you ever one of those beastly children (usually university-students-to-be) th at th e play succeeded in its piirpc,|iat sl cal and stratigraphical knowledge; much In fact, as I have mentioned, it soiling jn( I Vide Application who, when confronted with some element Of which is gained by departments work times succeeded too quickly for its olot as ary mathematical idea, immediately ing in conjunction with one another. The theses thus prepared iby senior good, and interest amongst the au Music I—Problem Unit? both the ORCHESTRAL and CHORA1 To those who consider, as I do, that music has a unique position among sections of Iv now yo the arts, and that a study of music is invaluable to anyone seeking a MUSIC S O C 1 E T \radilions ; balanced education, it is surely gratifying to observe the steady increase ies this pi in numbers each year of students enrolling in Music I for B.A. ★ If interested, leave a note irfte nation; THE . KIWI LAUGHS’ by J. C. Three Groups I certainly do not consider that anyone letterbox or ring Brian Mailiunt the ti should be exempt from the harmony sec cl absorb Reid (A. H. and A. W. Reed) Generally speaking, students Avishing to tion, for the history course is of little (Sec.), Phone 17-760 Anthologies, by their nature, are take Music I divide into three groups: value if the student has no idea of the niation o 1. Those who have taken music as an difference between a crotchet and a french ‘hunt tl inevitably dependent to a large ex examination subject at school; horn. Obviously those students who have T « i e; tent on the personal opinions and 2. Those Avho perhaps play an instru passed School Certificate or UE music ably, attend History and Set Works ltj gallopmj feelings of the compiler, and tend, ment, or at any rate can actually read Avill have little difficulty in this paper, tores in .Music I, this Avould proba s a bonu music, but have no experience in har Avhile the second group of students will create more problems than it solves. side that therefore, to arouse either violent mony; have success proportionate Avith ability Preliminary Harmony ? lood and antipathy or servile admiration. 3. Those Avho have no knorvledge of and application, as in any other unit. the technical aspects of musical theory, A more practicable solution Avould be jade It makes me shudder to think of Pal- cop) b u t Avho wish to gain a background Wider Variety start a preliminary course in Harmof , grave’s Golden Treasury of English Verse. if v knowledge of music and musical history. Noav, if the course is to be extended to for those w ith no previous experience ( ‘ And the task of compiling a representa Now, as the course is arranged at pre cater for the people in the third group the subject. T his, as I see it, woiferc SlTtoki tive humorous anthology is even more sent, it is virtually impossible for students (and, as there seems little or no oppor assume no technical knotvledge vvliatcv|]l()W j]ie difficult. Tastes in humour differ not only in the third group to take the subject, tunity for the majority to take music and would be a course in rudiments ai among a particular group, but also from onentity, as 'the Harmony paper assumes a Avorking extensively at school, I think it should), theory, Avith elementary harmony later I generation to generation. knowledge of musical theory. As the real there will be an even Avider range to be the year. I doubt if such a course Avoiis pilgrin All these problems are acknowledged value to such students lies in the History dealt with — but it could be done. cover more ground than do the preldmiL] mausol by Dr Reid in his introduction, which and Set Works paper, At seems a pity that For example, it has been suggested 'that ary courses in German or Italian, ai ^ l)ook is a most informative essay on patterns so many (and there are many) people some of the more experienced people there is no reason why it could not { of humour — its growth in subtlety and should be denied the opportunity to read move straight to Harmony II, as is done done just as successfully in the Mi»d the W' sophistication reflecting a growing self- an interesting and important subject, in the Mathematics department, so that Department, as it is in these other sti consciousness as a nation. In his intro ombs. while at the same time having a fighting the Harmony I course could start from jects. duction Dr Reid counters the objections chance of coming through finals with ‘scratch’. But, as the first-year students Elegantly which are usually raised against antholo pass marks. doing Harmony II would still, presum- Advantages aval, mu gists. If this idea were implemented, it avou j(| spectac In the first place he makes no extrava bring several advantages: T. . gant authoritative claims for it: ‘I have ★ A large number of students avou^ lllK simply tested the pieces on my own funny- be given the necessary technical train;m siast a b ibone’. And we know that different to enable them to take w hat is an 'Measures ( people’s funny-bones react in different tremely useful and w orthwhile course. , ways. He admits that it is difficult to say ★ T h e standard of Harmony I avoi| Cs 3cne‘ if there is such a thing as ‘typically New be raised, rather than loAvered, so tfhicll read Zealand humour’, let alone define it. If the more experienced students would». pig-Pool we agree with his cautious summary — extended more. L ‘It is somewhat less knowing than the ★ The present considerable jump fr|m‘ C ^ American kind, less brash than the Aus Music I to Music II harmony would tHoney-chan tralian, and less urbane than the British: be lessened. * Jed ‘pay ; it leans towards sentimentality, it reflects the ideals and prejudices of colonial University’s Job ? .oman scri democracy; it lacks both delicacy and Some may feel that the type of tuiti|ed im a g e sharpness; it has a kind of easy good- envisaged in ‘Harmony Prelim.’ is outijse ^()(js , fellowship and relaxed friendliness about the scope of a university — and they tX it; it is in the main kindly’. It seems be right, though I doubt it. The unii11 picsenc that even New Zealand’s humour is part sity has always claimed to foster took and of the cult of the mediocre. And my own arts, and if this has n o t always heenLt,)C h e impression on reading the extracts was reality in the past, At should be so todf that most of them weren’t very funny. especially since these studies are so mcrK lc llls ° But, once again, my review is necessarily neglected in the other spheres of coking the subjective. educational system. «Our none Dr Reid also makes the distinction in Rather than question the obligati! . his introduction between intentional Bill The Varsity Student As A Union Man And His Song or otherwise of the university in tf'-1'ttives. He humour and unintentional humour. The m atter, it is m ore pertinent, I think,>g fro m h latter has a distinctly literary appeal, recall the value of such a study as llis pi and I thought the example of Mns Charles we had a working holiday, me and me varsity and then filled it in an shifted to the right There are few subjects Avhich can T Thomson a very good one. I found the mates place — a few foot away readily help to give that Avhich Iiigj polished and more hiting satire of we reely have ter yer see with the triffic education should give — Avhat Mill boarding rates Chorus: Cos now i is a union man, etc. A. R. D. Fairburn and Denis Glover called ‘a universal insight into things cos me junior schols used up with simply (their take-off of letter-writing might even so we came to morning smoko — not before payin me keep redden the faces of some of our outspoken time let me say ‘Justice a Harmony’ an anyways yer dont wanna live just swot ‘intellectuals’ at the University) the most i drank me tea up quick in the gurgling The fact that we are living in an age an books an sleep. enjoyable extracts in the hook. But the labourers way science does not necessitate our abandi trials-of-a-family humour of Marie Bul Chorus: cos now i is a union man, a union rolled meself a cigarette and grabbed meself ing the arts, for with them could go lock were boring, and also the trials-of-a- man, a union man a rake basic values of our democratic traditi pioneer tyipe, which dominated the last , i lives for the weekend and odd to muck about some more until the lunchtime There is still validity in Plato’s assert; century. nights out break that justice is a harmony. ‘Musi The Avide range of humour Avhich is i blongs ter the union and has no Chorus: cos now i is a union man, etc. itraining’, he wrote, ‘is a more pott included shoAvs that Dr Reid has read doubt instrument than any other, becai very considerably among New Zealand the big bosses know what theyre an so it went for three months an then i rhythm and harmony find their way ii literature. Everybody will find something talkin about turned it in the inward places of the soul . . . tnaki to tl in the anthology which appeals to them oh yes i is a union man, a union man, said goodbye to me workmates an got ready the soul of him who is educated grace typev and something Avhich irritates them. And a union man. ter begin and of him who is ill-educated, ungra no doubt everyone will knoAV a particular me varsity studies again (thats after id paid i went down ter see this joker what was fu l’. me debts ly funny extract which Dr Reid lias left dishin out the jobs W ARREN DRAK1 The I for beer an roll tobacco and unsuccessful bets) out. But, accepted in the light of the i knew from me cobbers the foreman thought EMPII limitations Avhich Dr Reid himself out students bloody slobs Chorus: cos now i is a union man, etc. weigl lines in the introduction, the book is so i told him i came from northland an he International Relations carry interesting, light and for the most part looked me up an down well here theres a big long lunch hour an pleasurable. gave me the job and socked me for two smoko all day long INAUGUARAL MEETING 84 cb ‘Make of it Avhat you Avill . . .’ T h e quid and half a crown. the boss aint bad considrin (though im doin TUESDAY, MARCH 28, AT 8 P.M. keybe sequence is not intended to illustrate it for a song) Cafeteria Extension anything specific about society, or nation Chorus: Cos now i is a union man, etc. the students union is o k if it is a bit collar an tie SUPPER 11 LOW hood, or the New Zealand character, or i never growled at that though; i was proud but its the only new Zealand union with the indeed to illustrate anything, unless it to pay me fees fees so bloody high I ★ be that there is rather more humour to im a union man from head ter toe despite be found in our Avriting than I realised Speaker: Mr WALTER POLLARD, M.A, i me projected degrees Chorus: cos now i is a union man, etc. was there before I began my pleasant so i settled down to diggin a ditch through (French Dept.) task’. T. L. S. a footpath laid that day ZERUBABBEL Subject: ' DE GAULLE AND ALGERIA' rch, 1 {Monday, 27 March, 1961 CRACCUM Page 11 LNCIES LITERARY LAPSES; FELLOW FEELINGS FOR FRESHERS lO R A l »y now you will be aware of the or nervously chewing his cravat needs (not a copy of Lolita in the trauma, how were you to know E T Iraditions and all the other frail- (soup-flavoured), he may persevere place!) and finally, this is another so many others could read? Don’t ies this place is heir to, notably, in his quest, and reaching the high sport having closer affinity with forget how fortunate we are in note inhe national sport of students — altar, hear with mingled pain and ‘Find the Needle in the Haystack’ having an English shipping strike n Mai’lullt text*book’. This complex joy the mystic utterance, ‘Sorry, and therefore, a completely differ as a ready-made, plausible excuse ad absorbing game is a subtle but it hasn’t arrived yet!’. This is ent tradition, (iii) In cases of com for this year’s deficiencies. Spelling iriation of the even nobler sport the climax of the hunt. The wallet plete breakdown, a paper-back errors to account for the appear ------> ‘hunt the thimble’ — but with grunts in leathery (or plasticky) copy of ‘God’s Little Acre’ dis ance of 20 copies of D. G. Rossetti’s Works ilgalloping persecution complex relief and the baser nature urges solved in lavender-water and poetry and the non-appearance of l probals a bonus for entering. So lay ‘no text-books — no work!’. rubbed briskly on the affected an equal quantity of G. Rossetti’s! >olves‘ side that waxen container of There are certain points to be parts thrice daily should be of No doubt the bookshops sympath lood and stub out that tailor- noted at this stage: (i) If our non infinite value, especially during ise with you in your great loss — ould beiade copy of ‘Lady Chatterley’ entity were to visit some other severe attacks of bureaucratic sympathy’s about all you’ll get, too, arma hat jj- y 0 lir mother knew you perrence I cult-centre, he would only find blisters. for six months at least! Neverthe it, woilere smoking reefers?), and let us the other hundred devotees from After all, how were you to know less, all is not as grim as it seems : whatevj,ll0W the fortunes of that famous History I. (ii) He could go to a when you read those persuasive — you could be at Training Gol- intents afl , •. , , ny lateroncntlt^’ )C averaKe student, on library, but these are dens of vice travel posters urging Princes Street lege. urse won is pilgrimage to the cathedrals and depravity, ill-suited to his as the best place to develop your CLOISTROPHOBE e prelimiLl mausoleums of the abominable dda'not^xt"b°0k — especially to St. Paul’s the Mufcd the well-known Widdicombe MORAL REARMAMENT OR COMMUNISM? other siifombs. ' Craccum ' has been asked to publish the following article. The Editors wish to make clear that the views expressed are most decidedly Elegantly clad in soup-stained net necessarily the views of ' Craccum '. lavat, musty cords, wrist-watch Today the free world faces an emergency. We are under attack by Godless Communism on a world l, it woiin(| spectacles (it's too hot for shirt front. While renewing the ‘let’s be friends’ line of peaceful co-existence, Moscow continues to exploit bit »nts won(1 im^erwear)> the would-be en- terness, division and moral compromise to advance its real aim of world domination. The Communists ai trainAusiast abandons the ephemeral pour in arms to take over Laos and the Congo; they use their position in Cuba as a springboard to the is an leasures of the De Brett and whole of Latin America. course iy I wo«asses beneath a flashing neon sign Pressures build up for the recognition of America. Their determination now is to :d, so t-'hich reads ‘Yes! We Have Win- Red China and its acceptance into the fight with America to answer Communism Koiclri M orita, chairm an of the 120,000- i would fe-the-Pooh!’, into the inner sanc- United Nations. Because of our com and its causes with the superior ideology strong Japan Student International Con promise we arc confused and play Mos which saved their country. ference, said: T was one of the student jump• ttref im. Fie ignores ° the tables of the cow and Peking’s game. We refuse to It was this ideology to which former crowd who surrounded Mr Hagerty and would money-changers (effectively lab- face the catastrophic effect this action Prim e M inister Kisihi referred when he I stood right at the door of his car. I would have on the rest of Asia. said: ‘But for Moral Rearmament Japan am convinced that in this global ideo led ‘pay accounts here’ in bold It is treachery to he defeatist. It is would be under Communist control to logical battle the true choice is not .oman script), ignores the vener- not enough to ibe anti-Communist. We day ’. between peaceful co-existence or war but of minted images of the Visible Man urgently need the nation-saving action This struggle for the life of Japan is between Moral Rearmament or Commun that is adequate to bring an answer. dramatized in the play T he Tiger, which ism’. is oUts| se gOC|s these!), and moves into Last June Tokyo lay virtually at the these men, together with other Japanese Shod Omote, former student president Tie'iiniT presence of the sacred text- mercy of rioting Communist-led students. students, political and labour leaders of Meiji University, Tokyo, declared: T foster took and its drooping acolytes. The violent demonstrations against the launched in New York’s Carnegie H all fought as the leader of the Zengakuren tys beenMere> fie finds the other 150 Security Pact with America prevented on 20 February. The play vividly drama because I felt that. Communism alone c -so todi President Eisenhower’s visit and almost tizes the events which actually took place could answer the corruption and mater rc so miiherents of the English I class all ended democratic government in Japan. in Tokyo. Scenes of the snake dances ialism of Japan and of Western civiliza res of «eking the same thing. T he students’ action was part of Peking through the streets, Japanese family life tion. I w'as ready to give my life for it. Our nonentity now has two alter- and Moscow’s plan to take over Japan and it he power struggle in the back rooms Then I heard about MRA. As I put right by I960. of the Zengakuren, show the clash of what was wrong, I realized that anti- t^b j^'atives. He may either wipe the ideologies among revolutionary student Cominunism was also too small and Last month some of the leaders of leaders. neutrality of no significance. It is Moral I think,»g from his spectacles and con- the Zengakuren, revolutionary student After the performance the audience of Rearmament or Communism. I have dedi y as micjjtie his pilgrimage to St. Paul’s, organization which led the riots, went to ch can 3000 rose in a sustained standing ovation. cated my life to fight for Moral Re ich Irig! Speaking from the stage, Yoneta Iwan- arm am ent’. tat Mill aga, champion debater of all the Tokyo 1 hat is the kind of decision which has ) ’things1 University students, said: ‘On behalf of saved a nation. MRA offers every man the Japanese students I want to apologize the chance to take pant in the greatest to tire American nation for the division revolution of all time. an age between our two countries and the serious M. J. J. LENNON r abatidi damage to the unity of the free world H. H. McALLUM iuld go caused by the demonstrations we led last J. I. 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Nearly 400 guJ many people that’s all — they like it, or they don’t, or most probably representing fifteen countries af — ‘I suppose it’s all right . . .’ more than twenty races m greeted by girls in Indian, Pal Another point of view, though, arises (from the understanding that this is tani, Burmese, Chinese and Mat Vauglhan Williams as seen, and inter costumes. Tikis were presented preted in a personal idiom specifically new overseas students, and evl iby Epstein — an intimate translation of Rov some particular character into a modelled one was greeted with the ‘Namasi and cast portrait. But essentially it is a the traditional Indian greeting, resolved piece of art, not just a likeness Tournan nor just an interpretation, in which all The ‘International Evening’ opened J the component forms — the tough, knotty a short welcome address by the Stui structure, the great build-up from the Chairman, Mr Tan Zing Ghee (i base of the head to the gloriously pivoted Malaya, following w hich :Mr Jonat • .profile, the deep-hollowed fulfilling eyes Hunt, the Student Liaison Off, — transcend immediate cares of identifica addressed students on the problems f tion and become a complete statem ent of were particular to overseas students, shape, solidity and space in their own Miss Shalima Mahomet, foremost right. Technique, interpretative under ponent in New Zealand of Indian d standing and some intuitive genius are cal dances, accompanied by Messrs Rai necessary if an artist is going to achieve Chiba and Chagan Budhia on the dri , e *"OU this final step to a complete art form. began a series of items with an Ini organize! That Epstein did achieve, in several dedication dance to a god. distinct different means, a permanent signifi Following this, Mr Genitius Pro cance of form and content fused in com ’roiand soci a Lithuanian student, struck a seif pletion, is well-known, and for the first note in his appeal for understanijP'raS g iv ei time well exhibited in Auckland at the among the various countries that c ally City Art Gallery this month. the only come about in the chaotic ^biggest On show are many original bronzes tieth centuyy when students mix i . ... (1908-1952) including some of the very personal level. Mr Milan Sin1 A Vis' better-known, and pencil and water then took the floor and sang tered by colour drawings — all providing an excit Jugoslavian songs, accompanied by I Students’ ing range of visual and tactile forms and Pony Valla on the piano. contrasts, which should offer wide scope students As the scene shifted to the South for discussion by Auckland students. The Mr Ahmed Ali, after a hilarious I examples of his work which were most nament. provocative to press and public, at the cynical treatment of the variety of icompetiu points that is prevalent among studi time that they first appeared, are not pointed to the merits of belongin* possible to exhibit .here — they were carvings and monumental-scale works Students’ International. His appeal particularly directed to students from such as his A dam and Genesis and his Islands, who, considering their ntu earliest large-scale commission of eighteen Kind permission Auckland City Art Gallery should take advantage of a cross-sei figures on the BMA building in London, and tombs for Oscar Wilde and W. H. JACOB EPSTEIN — THE ROCK DRILL, BRONZE of ideals. A hula by Miss Glenda Hudson. appropriately represented the items the South Seas. Jacob Epstein was born of Russian-Pole Mr Nelson Macintosh, the New Zci Beer-staii Jewish parents in East-side, New York, abstracted qualities of flat angle-edged and ‘irreligious’ images and later accepted representative speaker, spoke to the waist in 1880 and here he lived and drew until planes. It was a 'realisation of, in Epstein’s to such a degree as to make him exclaim freshers about the club. he left to study in Paris in 1902, paying words, ‘the armed sinister figure of today __raise the whimsically, towards the end of his life, Dances from Burma by Misses Shi, , , his passage with money earned by his and tomorrow’. A significant prophecy of .that he, was an utter ‘traditionalist’. and Ju n e K hinn were followed l>\| r ° illustrations to Ha.pgood’s book, T he its own time, when the forces of metal Throughout his adulthood lie turned out Indian dances', one portraying the scene at Spirit of the Ghetto. Work of this period were banking up to destroy the men of a great many portrait bronzes and it is soon, by Miss Mahomet, and the «(«contest in the Auckland exhibition is repre Europe, with its foetal shape inside its from these that the larger part of the winter dance bv Miss l’rakash SBs sented by tthree drawings intimately thorax the grotestquely malproportioned Gallery’s show is drawn. T h e series of songs and danctiFJeC a concerned in subject with the Scholem humanised metal broods menacingly over Of particular interest among the th e evening WQund up w ith a dam Captain < Asche-ftime Jew — men with their pet the organic being it contains. It is strik bronzes is The Rock Drill, dated 1913, Shirley Gin of twin candles weaving ijants on. ' mice and sweatshop labourers at work ing in allegory and in technique. one of four existing casts, this one being cate patterns to the beat of the ‘tiL j and at lunch. now a permanent possession of the Move on from the potent foresight of Supper again struck the note chF „ From the time that he emerged as a Auckland Art Gallery; it was obtained by The Rock Drill to the colour of A N eg teristic of Students’ International. l*ecs- LlOV student from Paris, then as a resident Mr Tomory from Lady Epstein recently. ress, Vision of Jacob and the moving mass a variety of dishes from more than land, swi sculptor in England, where much of his The other three casts are in London, of life in Poppies, a gouache painting. a dozen nations. The finishing work was done in retreat at Epping New York and Ottawa. In the current For some Sunila and Anita may evoke a time ( feelings of the Jew once again, in the came from New Zealand, pikelets aff Forest, he was in turn ridiculed as an display The Rock Drill is im m ediately, ‘cuppa tea’. ■ppointei ‘outrageous’ perpetrator of ‘distortion’ dissimilar to the other bronzes, with its mood and figuring of form. In the fine head of Rabindranath Tagore the shoul The success of this ‘getting to i land, ‘V ders become simply structural buttresses you’ evening can be attributed l#Wmarkec — it is the prophet-like beard ascending to the unremitting effort of the coni . , , S K I CLUB to the immense face with the thrusting- tee, and last but not least, mention .Would 1« Procession Floats be made of iMr Lawrence Funk, wh Other dri AG.M. back cheek structures giving the final force of the eyes that create a face and his carefree and likeable manner $ The O START THINKING NOW ! ! ! FILM EVENING stress a magnificent movement in form. the evening. Or consider Nude Reclining, w ith the The crowd finally drifted do\vi|rrinkin§ ★ Tuesday 28 March masterful accomplishment of interrelating to the exotic Cha Cha Gha, the invij 14.5 secs, movements, meeting and overcrossing at ing three-step to the stately waltij What Hall the nipped waist, which becomes the foxtrot 'to a writhing of arms atm , Floats can be registered as from centre of balance and focal point of the and contorted bodies, somewhat re»OVerS ° 8 p.m. cent of the Trades, till the nostalgiflike beer 12 April at Men’s Reading Room human form related to a sculptor’s vision ★ of still motion and life. But don’t look Lei’ saw the last stragglers home, l a beatf 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at anything from just the one point. The ______F. ___ and Kanswer , it Copy closing date Craccum 4 is function of all parts of an Epstein bronze ★ 29 March, and Craccum 5, 13 April. is to relate completely to one another, if Craccum is published by the Audj^® drOW Write about anything, but not the final visual comprehension is to be University Students’ Association, p START realised. Street, Auckland C.l, and printtf ALMOST ANYTHING GOES more than 500 words. DONALD BINNEY R. W. Lowry, 32 Gladwin Road, īHr