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The views expresseiJ In this newspaper are not necessarily those of the University of Queensland SENPER Union Council. Volume 37 Numbers
FLOREAT June 2nd. 1967
A personal glimpse of BRIAN LAVER Interview page 11
Special 3 Page music teature With the
* STONES * BLUES PROJECT
^ ANIMALS
And ij: LOU RAWLS
^ P. R & M.
^ GARYSHEARSTON
PLUS: Nick Booth Gasser
Michele Jordana King
Ron Marshall "This Page" Semper Floreat Friday June 2 Page 2 the open forum
with the Union's prime effort on the part ofall con made to Engineering JI Commem proce.s.s(on par o'clock at night and all UNION'S ROLE objecl, which is to cater cerned. In addition lo students with regard to ticipants, and it should be through the weekend. Mere IN RECREATION realistically for the require meeting all normal re methods used to capture empowered (o require that publication of Whacko fair (?) maidens. On two or only those Faculties and destroys this shining public Sir. ments of each of its mem quirements for blood and bers. It is not the intention blood fractions, three three occasions, police Clubs which present to it image at one blow. Regarding a letter en raced to the rescue of girls specific and detailed themes But then, so long as the titled "The Sports Union— (as should be obvious from patients in Brisbane Hos the facilities planned) to pitals alone have recently who were being brutally and float designs a couple money rolls in, who cares A White Elephant", which attacked (after extending of weeks before Commem about public images or the appeared in your last edi usurp the field that is required blood from 238, rightly that of Sports 313 and 491 donations their hands they were day be allowed to partici propagation of culture? tion of Semper Floreat. 1 helped forward in a gentle pate. This would give some "Lost Illusions." wi.sh lo inform the corres Union. respectively. Mr. Forsylh in your last So to you all, our sincere manly manner) and (he.se pre-knowledge of possible pondents and Union mem duplication, and if en bers in general of the edition asks "What has thanks for this magnificent brave champions of the been done about this?" participation in our work, police force then repulsed forced, it would ensure Union Council's attempt that thought and detailed to construciively enter the 1 submitted this proposal and we would be pleased if the attackers in all the logclher with three other you would convey our splendour of (heir khaki preparation went into the TALL PAUL field of recreation. displays prior to Commem projects to the University gratitude to the Manager uniforms, accompanied by Sir, I slrcss the term recrea grave words of wisdom day. tion, in that it is not our of Queensland Senate on and Stair of the Union At the recent debate on 14ih December 1966. The building for their co-opera such as "Watch ill", or Neil Woodgate, desire or intention to cater Law V. University Education, Mr. for competitive sports. This matter was held over until tion in the provision of "Let go!" (Quolcs from Paul Gerbcr made two role is reserved for another the next meeting of the storage and facilities which Mao perhaps?) J isolated statements which body. However, il is the Senate in March 1967, helped so much in the efTi- However, despite the I find both irreconcilable definite opinion of Union where it was referred to the cient collection of this splendour and bravery of YESTERDAY'S PAPERS and deplorable. Council lhat this Union Buildings and Grounds record number of dona- these "magnificent men in Firstly — his criticism of urgently needs facilities to Committee who felt in turn lions. To this, wc would khaki" the dragon even Sir. the Orientation speeches cater for the majority of that the proposal needed also like to add personal tually, after a poor start, I have waited twenty- delivered lo Freshers by students who cannot or do further consideration in ihanks to you and all con became distended through four hours before writing Mr, Peter Wertheim and not wish to join specific principle and therefore cerned in the enrolment, overconsumption, watched this. Last night 1 received Mr. Dan O'Neill. He main Clubs. formed a Sub-Committee encouragement and or by the lean and hungry Whacko 1967. To say il is tained that their action ofthe Committee to report ganisation of donors. stares of Brisbane's valiant obscene would be to con was "inappropriate" — Because of extremely full protectors. timetable commiimcnts an on the matter. June 1967, A. E. Shaw, Director. fuse the issue. It is simply and presumably unfair to overlap of both day and No Answer. Red Cross Blood U.T.P. bad. Not morally in ths the idealistic concepts of evening lectures in the ''Rome wasn't built in a Transfusion Service. Engineering II. accepted sense but bad in first-years. day and Senators still run every conceivable way that Humanities many students can be related lo human Secondly — Mr, Gerbcr are completely precluded true to form." at a laler stage maintained Yours (out of condition), COMMEM DAY - values. from taking part in regular WHAT A PARTY Like so much Austra- that poor quality in lectur training sessions which Frank R. Gardiner. ing was largely the fault of Dear Sir, DRAGGIN' liana it depends upon team sporiv n.iccssarily in 'women' being treated as an unresponsive student volve. Furihermorc, as a Thank you very much Sir, body — of a tendency to for the nice day we had, it Congratulations on your objects. Objects of fun, matter of personal inclina BLOODY GOOD scorn, ridicule or con prefer a lecturer who dic tion, a large number of was very kind of you for simple but true article on tated good examination Sir, taking us out. It was very (his year's Commem pro tempt, it doesn't matter students will not commit which. Women are things notes to one who chal themselves lo a season or During recent years, we enjoyable, the water-bombs cession. My friends and I lenged and inspired his term of such team sports. in the Transfusion Service were good, and so was the were left cold by most of you take advantage of and the offerings which lacked run down afterwards for students to think for them Considering the factors have looked forward to re Disneyland train ride, and selves, ceiving generous assistance fhe fire demonstration, and the sparkle we have come being sluts. of recreation, convenience to expect over the years. The explanation of this I agree wholeheartedly and limited available lime, from University students everything else was good during Commemoration too. The dinner you sup Let's hope we do better altitude is to be found in that this altitude exists, ll the Union Development Week, but this year has the sexual, in its Freudian arises from two Victors: Committee planned in a plied for us was delicous, next time. been outstanding. with all the hamburgers Red Baron. sense, inadequacies of the (1) the paucity of inspiring comprehensive submission typical catholic, football lecturers; form, a Recreation Centre. A total of 2019 dona and cakes, and drinks, and tions were given, and we everything else. The con playing, beer - swilling, (2) preconceived ideas of This would bring to the A LEGAL MATTER member - of- the - regiment the nature of (earning Union, as the centre of feel this is truly a remark cert we had was very nice able achievement, includ with the Probes, the little Sir, engineer. in a university. student life, those facilities H. McQueen. These ideas — the rem presently available only olT ing as it does what is children dancing and the Sound planning and co thought to bean Australian two-boys from Oliver. ordination made (he pre- nants of Queensland's Edu the campus at some con cation system — are bol siderable cost in both lime University record of 535 Thanking you and the commem nocturnal inno donations in one day. Students once again. vations at St. Lucia a WHACKO ^ AFTERMATH stered in large First-Year and finance lo themselves. Members of all Faculties classes ai>d linger long The centre is planned to Your sincerely, success but the procession Sir, played their part in estab Rhonda Palgrave was a failure for lack of it. Glowing with virtue at after. Unless First-Years incorporate the following lishing this new record, and arc told to demand more amenities. for the children. Such a "schizoid" display the thought of contributing the grand total 2019 was would have been better my little 30 cents to the than an extended form of (1) A ground floor on the made up of 766 from the confined to the St. Lucia coffers of charity, I have high-school education, un level of the present Sciences, 673 from the COMMEM DAY-DRAGON bogs where it was con been scanning my copy of less the spectre of the cellar of three squash Humanities, 450 from Sir, ceived. Themes were dupli Whacko. Sadly, this glow Examination is banished, courts, a heated 25 Medicine, and 130 from I feel that, on this cele cated, puns were often of virtue is the only benefit lecturing standards and metre indoor pool, a Townsville University Col brated day. the greatest weak, and wilh few excep 1 can derive from it. The student values will remain small gymnasium pure lege, amusement \va.s lo be seen tions the floats demon enthusiastic sales campaign the same. ly for individual work This Service itself also in the bitter and gloomy strated both lack of imagi ofthe Union for a publica The Orientation speeches outs, both male and created a new record, as stares of.some ofthe police, nation and preparation. tion like this puts me in were but one small step female change rooms, the 535 student donations who. executing their duty The Commem Proces mind of the Emperor towards awakening all stu showers and sauna collected by the Unit, to to the last syllable, of the sion provides the one op Vespasian, who, when his dents to considering the baths. gether with donations faintest command, stood in portunity each year for son complained of the quality of the intellectual (2) A 1st floor above the taken at Headquarters, stony silence watching the students to publicly "throw "undignified" lax on pub life on this campus. If Mr. squash courts and brought the total for Wed frivolity and enjoyment in up" the status quo — make lic urinals, held some coins Gerbcr really desires the changing rooms, a nesday, 26th April, to 710. which their reputed (and perceptive comment and under the boy's nose and stimulating staff-student large billiard room, in This is the highest total the reputation is as ridicu criticism of local, national said to him, "See if they relationship he advocates, door bowls and table ever taken in Queensland lous as the sultry stares) and international issues — smell." Apparently the he should be the first to tennis room, an olTice in one day, and is thought enemies were engaged. and project the multi-facet Union doesn't think money support any demands for and a meeting room. to be also an Australian Strict precautions were personality of a University smells. But 1 must object to discussion and criticism These facilities would be record. taken to safeguard the to the community. Perhaps Mr. Gardiner's emphatic within the University. Pre available all Ihe year round Since the University stu innocent people of Bris this year's procession was reiteration that the irre senting the need for re to all Union members, and dents at St. Lucia with 1889 bane from the foul minds reflective of the present sponsible element at the newal to Freshers is a vital would be available for donations were largely re and tongues of Uni stu state of affairs within our University is a minority, part of attacking the stulti competitive sports which is sponsible for the week's dents, which, disappoint University. compared to the vast num fying "academic" values the preserve of the Sports record of 2688 donations, ingly for the people of Nevertheless, in 1968, a bers of clean, grown-up which are so widespread in Union. we feel you will be inter Brisbane, were not present. central committee should boys and girls who crowd our community. I believe lhat this centre ested to know what neces At the start of the pro be set up to advise and the library and common Narelle Kelly, is completely in accord sitates this extraordinary cession, grave threats were liaise with the intending rooms studying till ten Arts I. Semper Floreat Friday June 2 Page 3
COERCION
•J '•'iJV'T r^'- • more open forum AT CROMWELL '%7Ki^\N^^' so YOU WANT TO BE A against a particular ideal. would be a trustworthy '; \j'> You may recall thai a witness of things aboriginal hy a Staff Reporter PHYSICIST? Labor Government was in — in this case her informa Sir, power during Worid War 11 tion is a complete mis Semper does not set itself up as defender of justice, champion of the underdog, etc. Not So you want to be a and this type of picture statement. usually. But sometimes we feel duty bound to speak up. Now is such a time Physicist when you grow could have been equally Firstly, Cherbourg is nol Bernard McDougai is not the aggressive type. He works 40 hours a wek to support up. First ofall, we'll get the appropriate, with tables outside Kingaroy. It is on ttimsetf through a University course. Circumstances force him to live in coliece, and he was facts straight and use a turned, for feeble-minded the outskirts of Murgon, granted entrance to Cromwell College this yean Cromwell College decided that Bernard small "p" for physicist. people to print. three and a half miles a\vay McUougal, 26 years old and a sophomore, required initiation. 1 can only a.ssume that you Printing of this type of by a bitumen road. The are either crazy or very propaganda which com School, being in an abori pletely spoils a paper which When, eariy in first term and a couple of them arc threw ihcir furious victim good at physics" (or both) ginal community, is for Bernard protested (o the and that you like physics. contains some stimulating aboriginal children. As repeaters. onto the road. After him articles rcficcts poorly on President of the College they threw his shoes which Of courac liking physics is Head TeacherTknow ihcrc Association about (lie A Ride hardly a reason for trying the mind of both the per is no direction, written or had come off in the strug whole concept of initiation, Soon Bernard gave Ihcm to become a phy.sicis(. I like son who conceived the idea otherwise, to .say lhat white gle — his trousers were he was (old (ha( if lie didn't the opportunity (hey were swimming, but I certainly and the person who allowed children may not attend; torn as well. go through the system he looking for. He decided to have no intention of (rying its printing. in fact there are several would be left out of Col go (0 (he Coas( for (he Take that You Bastards ! to become a Swimmer. I I hope this can be recti children at the School lege life, an outcast. Crom weekend as he was sick to am not good enough. Are fied in future issues and whose skins and whose Infuriated, Bernard well College rule book deaih of College and all its you good enough to be a that the paper can main- hearts arc as while as jumped up, grabbed a shoe lain an impartial outlook states incidentally that pellincss. But he made one and smashed both head physicist? When you jump yours are, Mr. Editor. there is no fresher syslem into the cesspool of life in these matters, not only mistake — he rorgo( (hai lights of (he car. May God The reason why most of apart from a roster for he was on lea duty on wearing a big smile and before elections, but at all the white children living in bless you. Bernard'. The times. answering phones and one Friday night. In Ihi's he hoys didn't feel like bless your physicist's insignia, the Community go by bus for making lea in the J. M. Nave, admits his error — he ing him. Freshers just are you going to be (he to Ihe Murgon School is evenings. the first to the other end? Science II. should have reniembered. DON'T fight back, so he because the standards At the Stan of first term If not, you arc wasting But because of the many soon found himself being reached at the Community there ivcre meetings for (he your lime concentrating on dropouts in first term the beaten up. We found the JUSTICE OR School are considerably freshers' 'benefit' every roster was continually physics. lower than in other Pri incident particularly inter JURISDICTION? night. Here they sang col changing and there was esting of (he certain heavy Where will you find a job mary schools, and the lege songs and soaked up a always more than one School has to work on a (the leader of the pack), as a physicist? Who (he Sir, bit of good old college fresher on each night. So who screwed his foot into hell wants physicists? Un This morning (10.5.67), modified syllabus. Segrega tradition. Too bad if any the 'older' men did nol tion just does not enter The Bernard's face while he less you want to teach his towards 9 o'clock, a car one \-.antcd lo .study. have to go without (heir was down, A good sort to tory at Cloncurry, you will came to the Students' park argument. Brighter chil Bernard McDoi'.gal opted tea, Bernard, oblivious of dren from Cherbourg, after employ when he graduates have to go elsewhere. ing area foUowed by a for stt'dy and missed one the unforgivcable crime he — if he ever does. Good old Queensland just police car. After they had testing by the "Head meeting. As a result he was had commilled. relaxed at Teacher and the District Bernard was finally left does not want physicists. parked, (he oflicer accused strong-armed inlohis room the Coast, alone, with one shoe and So you iry inler.state. As an the student of some traffic Inspector, also go to the by one of the college Murgon Primary School no idea of his whereabouts. academic? Only the very offence, and said he should athletes (?) and several of On 'Monday, the fun He began (o walk (owards best can break into this "get in his car and follow where they compete with his friends who proceeded began in earnest. At ap their white-skinned class the city lights in the dis haven. Weapons Research ? him," or else be booked to make a name-lag com proximately 11 p.m. tance, ^ Eventually he mates. At present there are Bernard was grabbed by at Some people become a there for his "loose" hand plete wilh faculty, etc, for reached a farm from where fifteen Cherbourg children least a dozen 'men' and little uneasy at the thought brake. The student sub him. Hcreaf(cr all freshers he rang the police. The attending Mureon Primary carried protesting lo a car. that their main aim in life mitted to this imposition. were required to wear these farmer informed him that is (0 perfect weapons of I, and 1 have no doubt School. 8th, 9th and 10th around their nocks a( all He and Semper know who Grade students from Cher owns this car. So do a he was on Mt. Glorious — death. Still looking for a others, should be inter times while in college. It the police informed him job? Try C.S.I.R.O. How ested to learn what by-laws bourg are enrolled at the was obviously not done (o dozen others. There were State High School at no other freshers present. that (hey were busy; at many physicists does this entitled our soldiers of facilitate inlcgralion ofthe I a.m, on Tuesday morn- famous organisation ab justice to maintain civic Murgon. freshers, it look the form Naturally enough (no, per haps unnaturally for a iiig? They agreed lo pick sorb each year? There are laws, to arrest students, or of a humiliating punish hini up iit Samford, several 25 students taking the This place is never re fresher), he struggled as put (hem in custody, on the ferred to as a "camp", and ment for being freshers. miles away. They did so, Physics IV exams this year they twisted his arm pain ibrecourl of the place of it certainly is not dangerous About this time several and took him back lo in Queensland alone. And "Light, Liberty, and sludcnl.s withdrew from fully behind his back and to go out at night; gener threw him onto the back college. They thought it what about the output Learning"? ally the only noise heard at Cromwell, ostensibly be was all a big joke. from American universi The student was charged cause of the noise factor scat. They tried to stuff a night-time is most places handkerchief into his ties? Mass produced — for "creating a public nuis and lack of lime lo study— here is the occasional bark mouth (possibly ihcy had better trained. ance" when he irriiated 24 in all, more than in any ing of dogs. seen this done in some some policemen sounding Look up the advertise If Mrs. Kath Walker is previous year. third-rale film) but were ments. Wanted — geo- his horn at their speed- correct regarding teachers continued Label Trouble. discouraged by Bernard's physicisls, biophysicists, trap. not mixing with parents at angry bites. chemists, computer pro Michael Kelly, Palm Island— and this I Bernard McDougai first on grammers, mathematicians, Aris(Hons.) Law 1, doubt — the same situa gained notoriety by walk Away ihcy wcni, six . . , Physicists ? There i.s a tion does nol exist at ing around college ixnd Cromwcllians and one cap glut of these animals. Cherbourg. Five teachers tearing off any fresher tive wilh somebody's page 16 L. F, McNamara, live in the Community; labels he could find and sweaty hands over his Physics Dept. DISCRIMINATION, others drive in daily from subsequently burning moulh on one of the famous college adventures, INTEGRATION, Murgon and elsewhere. Ihcm. This rebellion was i-fVE ENTERTMNMENT Liaison is encouraged be- prompted by the fact (hat the RIDE. He has identi EACH WED. To SAT. 8pm WHAT'S IN A NAME? tweem parents and teach Ihc freshers had been or fied these hoods positively STUDENTS CONCESSION 75c lo Semper. Doubtless they VOTE LABOR AND KILL? Sir. ers, and parents know they dered to turn their labels arc welcome to come to the over and reprint all ihe would prefer to remain Sir, 1 should like to make a anonymous? 1 have been appalled at few comments on your School to discuss any mat information again — this the blatant injustices ofthe article in Semper Floreat ter with nic or the Staff. time in lower-case letters. If these stand-over men Shortly after this, the col MM photos ofthe Vietnam War (31.3,67) page 5, as far as it Next time you wani a thought they had one more lege president warned him CLOSING JUNE (0 superimposed with a nres- concerns education in the lunch hour discussion. I easy victim with them, that six fellows were plan sage lo "Vote Liberal and Cherbourg Aboriginal suggest you invite respon they soon learned other ning to 'take him for a BREAKFAST Kill" which have appeared Community. sible local residents whose wise. When they were ride'. He intimated that in Semper in recent issues. I'd say that the policy of names 1 can supply to you, forced lo slop at a red light, they would not do it while WITH No one will deny that a responsible paper should (o address you. Then you Bernard struggled free and he was around, but added everyone is entitled to be one of telling the truth will learn the true story shouted for help at the lop JULIA that he could not always be express an opinion but this —not one of deliberately and be given a proper of his voice. Scared, they on hand. It is perhaps should be done without leading the readers up the picture. roared off when the lights OPENING JUNE 16 relevant to add here that bias. Irrespective of politi garden path. Naturally, S. N. Lloyd, changed, in the best cops Bernard's self-appointed cal beliefs one must be one would think lhat an Head Teacher, and robbers style. RATTLE OF A tormentors would scarcely repul.sed by this cheap educated part-Aboriginal State School, Cherbourg. Evcnlually they arrived means of poisoning people such as Miss Valadian, be over twenty years old. at their destination and SIMPLE MAN Semper Floreat Friday lunc 2 Page 4 A spirit has hccn srowinR across this Campus over the past year — a spirit of rebellion and questioning. legitimate interests of students, Rebellion Tor a better life, and a questioning of the institution, conventions and ideas of the society in which StafT and Administration arc EDITORIAL wc find ourselves — and with which wc find ourselves equipped. concordant. Many people are cxprcssinB strong dissatisfaction with the present stale ofthe University. This is an 4. To investigate the University The phrase 'encroaching bureaucracy' has Australia-wide fcelins, and quite sweeping criticisms of Australian Universities have been made by competent By appointing a Standing observers from Ihe former Vice-Chanccllor of Adelaide University to contributors of the southern student Committee of tlic Union to in been vvofn to a frazzle, but most of us would newspapers. vestigate all matters alTecting have hoped that the University could be exempt This article cannot cover Ihc ranfje of (licsc criticisms (about 15 major articles have appeared this year the University. This commitlee in "Tharunka" and "honi soit" alone — these have been distributed on Ihis campus). is to be of high quality (its from making this accu.salion a reality. However, What is set forth here is an account of a new movement emerging amon}; the students at this University. membership being beyond ques such has obviously not been the case. In its This movement is dedicated to Ihc bellcrment of the University as a place where people can pursue education tion of competence), and its in the full sense. No constitution or rules bind the members, who are students in faculties from Med. to researches and submissions to dealings with the Union, the Administration, linnineerins lo Arts; tbev are united in thinking that the University CAN BE MADE A MORE WORTH be of much value to the Univer through the Senate, has been guilty of playing WHILE PLACE FOR STUDENTS, AND TH,\T STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS MOVE sity as a whole and to its con at politics. Despite the Vice-Chancellor's re MENT CAN HELP TO BRING THIS ABOUT. stituted authorities. A prourarnmc of positive The movement aims to cm- provisions to the number Its terms of reference are to peated praise of the running of the Union, he aciion has been drawn up, and body in a campaign, a pfairorm, ofTercd. include: still sees fit to thwart our attempts to further it is felt lhat anyone concerned and a student govcrnnicnl this To oppose Quotas and to — nature and enTcctivcness of about his University education fourfold view of the contem seek out and press for alter the University governing and increase the facilities and services that Union will agree with its proposals. porary student body: natives, administering structures; could feasibly ofTer. Now it is time to act on what to continue to run the every To secure an Ombudsman or — courses; most students have thought for day affairs of the Union; Grievance Committee for any — relevant material on Ihe The latest about-face has arisen over the a long white. And the members to exert to the full, sludei.t grievance within the general nature of other Universities Union's plans to build an indoor recreation area of the movement feel that the interests in the functioning university sphere. and comparable institutions; best way to act is through the of the university as a whole; To demand that ntimbers — teaching methods and stan for NON-COMPETITIVE SPORT, e.g. heated University Union. to initiate investigation into replace names, on examination dards; the educational process in papers. — the examinations systems indoor pool (25 metres — hardly Olympic stand HOW? Australia; used; ard), scjuash courts, a gymnasium, and a bowling Put baldly — at future Union 3. FostcrinR of a University — form ofmalricuiation; alley. The Chairman of the Senate's Buildings elections, membersof this move to conmiit students as already Community of staffand — proi)lems and concerns of ment arc going to stand for maliae citizens lo continu students sialT and students with and Grounds Sub-Committee, Lt.-Col. positions on Union Council. ing and increasing f^orms of Is the concept of a spiritual respect to; Gehrmann (the Deputy-Chancellor) in his repo:' The Union is the body which participation in society. community — of people search University work; represents all students, but If the new movemcrit among ing for truth — embarrassing, if Research; to the (March '67) meeting of this committee, never in the past have coherent students is successful in ibmlc- not olTensive, in too many ears? Causes of failure; issues been presented to students menting these aims, there will Staff-student ratio. stated that these plans would be taking over the ensue a great change in the Projects including: al eleclion-tinie, let alone the To make the University role of Sports Union. The Union's reason for issue of the whole orientation of morale of the student body and 5. To relate in a meaningrul way in the whole atmosphere of the Union worthy of its name, by to the wider community wanting this recreation centre was in no way the Union. Previously, elections conducting a vigorous cam have been conducted on a per- University community. aimed at diminishing the stature of Sports Union. This movement explicitly sets paign to encourage stalT mem General: .sonality basis. The new student bers to join the Union, and to In fields including service, movement stands for a principle out to swing power—from the such as it is: but was planned as an adjunct to the exelitsive prerogative of "in" interest both siafT and student education, aboriginal affairs, thai students, in a democratic members lo lake a more active and Govcrnmcni. recreational facilities at present olTcred on the election, should choose ilic groups in the Union and the Already privileged University campus. course which Ihcir Union is to students can neither morally nor take. practically expect improvements Oddly enough, Sports Union has nol put up We iivc in limes of crisis and in their Education and condi any opposition lo the proposed plans. In fact, rapid change, and the student tions without demanding these body attempts spasmodically in Once more for all people in society. they would possibly welcome some extra facilities its extra-curricular life to re The voice of a University for the oiT-season training of their five hundred spond to this atmosphere. lUii it should not fall dead upon the cannot do this eflcctively be stone walls of its quadrangle. If or .so devotees (that's right, 6 percent of full-time cause it lacks initiative and il is fulfilling its true role, il students actively partake of Sports Union stimulus from its ostensible with should be a powerhouse of ideas leaders. of great value to its society, not facilities). a dredging ground of facts. If it These proposals for extensions to the Union WHY? is not fulfilling (this role) it mtisi There is more al stake in the Feeling change! complex were put to the Senate as long ago as University than whether the ALMOST THERE December of last year, and only in March of this Refec. runs at a small prolit or a Ron Marshall By now, the pattern should be year d^d the Senate decide lo look at one of them. small loss! Sure it's important- emerging — a pattern which especial ly if you're a student aims to lead people into vigor The plans which are still gathering dust in the politician—but it's not enough. University — lo the student part in their Union. body; to use this power respon ous and radical action. The University of Queensland To assert the rialit of students To sum up: concrete palace are those for a Theatre, Refec Union lia.\ menilwr.ihip open tosibl y to the enrichment of the to participate in the managc- University community; and to mcnl of the University as There is nothing unprece tory Extensions, and a Commercial cotTiplex. staff as well us sim'ciUs. IT iS dented to the Union in the aims THE ONLV REPRESENTA bring this range of issues TO RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS of Sir Fred Schonell has already voiced a personal YOU, THE STUDENTS. SO the University community. To and policies of the new student TIVE BODY OE THE movement. What is radical and opinion on the Commercial 'Annexe' (as the WHOLE UNIVERSITY COM THAT YOU MAY PARTICI pursue this question of student PATE AND VOICE YOUR responsibility with the Univer new is the contention that the MUNITY—but do you sec it Union should take up — as its Admin, insists on calling it). Not befitting a exercising this role? The time DECISIONS, sity authorities, in a spirit of co-operation, to secure student main "reason to be" — the job University, he says. We put it to Sir Fred to has come for the Union to turn of representing students in a its face from managing its plant, POLICY representation on University explain the Bookshop (a money making con commillees, especially those significant way, and promoting and putting over a "nice image" It must be stressed lhat the student interests (wiihin liie cern), the Union Shop (which sells at normal of students, to its inosi important entire positive programme can dealing with courses and disci pline. University and beyond) in retail prices), and the Barber (who is also role—\o be Ihe voice of the by no moans be prinied here for broader terms than hithcrlo University community—lo bi- reasons of space. A general note To represent students whh entertained. making a crust). respected, and listened to by the will be given, and a few exam respect to the nature of their University administration and ples to illustrate the range of A. P. Rowe (former Vicc- courses, wilh a view to the Chancellor of Adelaide) en The stated objections to the Union's plans for the community at large. thinking. liberalization and bringing into The "Student Interest" falls countered deep disappointment future development cannot really be taken line wilh modern thought of when he sought to improve his WHY A MOVEMENT? naturally into live areas, and many courses; and in the belief seriously. The University obviously has some the movement is committed to University, with many of the Time and again it has been that much valuable material at same ideas as this niovemcnt. other grudge against the Student Organization. proved that student politician^, involving the Union in all these present relegated to extra-curri areas: He once said that "Universities under the old system, have been cular life could profitably be should b»e eternally at war. war Could it be perhaps that the Union, through no brought intra-curricular. elected or defeated, successful or 1, "Traditional" Union sphere against materialism, disease, fault of its own, has become the focal point of unsuccessful according lo per To represent students on the want, and all that obstructs the the University as far as publicity is concerned? sonal achievement and per Past administrations of the question of workloads, in the highest manifestations of man." sonal appeal. Individuals have Union have devoted a great deal belief that for many students, To this war the movement is We suggest that the Administration get its been trying for years to gain of work 10 this area — and the workloads are too great lo committed, and would commit own house in order before passing judgment. reforms within the University, last President, Frank Gardiner, allow a reasonable opportunity all students. It will succeed if ntorc efTective representation of has done an excellent job. Ex for a full university life. you, fellow students, are in- • One has to set the example before one is entitled students, and a more vigorous tension of refectory services, To create the position of paid, spired by the belief that the to wield the big stick. and worthwhile functioning of giant Union Nites and so forth full-lime convenor to supervise University and its members Ihe Union in all ways for the arc good things to be continued. activities, including: the con have a major role to play in the benefit of its members. So are projects for a business vening continuously of several wider community — and that centre (a population of 10,000 parallel series of talks, displays, the dcnjocratic process can work TO BE DONE can sustain a shopping centre demonstrations on matters of wiihin the University with EDITOR: David Ferguson There are three fields which right here on campus); a recrea general interest and educative students willing and able to arc of much interest to students tion centre; an an adequate value, e.g. religious, scientific, influence strongly the nature of BUSINESS MANAGER: David Murr and which are being allowed lo theatre (which can be a tremen technological, social, political, this institution. cultural, etc. To press for the Michele Jordana lapse by default: dous focus of stimulating acti STAFF REPORTERS: vity on campus). inclusion of the essence of the Susan Geason (1) Students have an interest in INTER-DISCIPLINE Com Nick Booth the university as a commun 2. Traditional sphere of student munication this programme will What you are seeing proposed Lee Wilson ity of stair and siudenls, even welfare services tibcratc, in formal courses. is not easy — It is challenging. Paul Chicoteau to the extent of representa But to fulfil the incomparable The value of these projects is To establish (by negotiation) tion on important com a "FEED SACK SYSTEM" "GREAT rS TRUTH AND ARTICLES: jim Barry mittees within the structure self-evident: MIGHTY ABOVE ALL Ron Marshall To initiate a scheme of whereby teaching methods may of the university. be modified and improved. THINGS" means to strike fire Peter McCawley (2) Students have an interest in adequate, cheap student accom modation near to or wiihin the To combat Authoritarianism, in the hearts and minds of Dick Hurley getting at the facts about wherever manifested, wilh re people. REVIEWS: education in Australia and University. Bob Minns To work for the eventual com spect to students or stafi". Without this, whatever is the Roger McNiven particularly tertiary educa To assist University Admin point of trying lo educate ... to tion in (his state. plete abolition of University Ken Bradshaw fees. istration and SlaJT wherever the lead out of ienonincc? (3) Students are citizens not in To work to the utmost to gain PHOTOGRAPHY; Michael Bower the making and in the future, improved Scholarships (includ Peter Kedit but AS students. Conse ing Commonwealth scholar Dress well — think to HIRE Alf Nucifora quently they have an interest ships. Bonded scholarships, Dinner, Lounge suits, tails, accessories, wedding, furs, bridesmaids, evening gowns, ladies' fashions from — LAYOUT & ART WORK: Lindy Crofts in Ihc wider community in Loans; in the aspects of Living Alf Nucifora, which the university is an Allowances, Rigour of Applica David-Jon's atitJ Anna-Marie institution. They have an tion and availability) — to in Commerce House (above Coles), 125 Adelaide Street This edition was gu«st edited by interest in articulating, pre vestigate all aspects and make Phone 2 4967, a/h 38 2628 Dave Murr serving and exercising cer representations to relevant tain rights and duties. bodies on elements, from the Semper Floreat Friday June-2 Page 5 irs The following reasons STUART SUIT SPECIALIST are advanced merely as Mighty suggestions. Firstly I do FOR TODAY'S SHARP not fee! that giving large numbers as a reason for student apathy is valid. Above Certainly the population YOUNG EXECUTIVE out here has risen quickly giving rise to quotas, All Things tougher competition, etc., LOOK! but many Universities far "Dear Sir, bigger than our own do With reference to your letter of the 1th Jiilv, .some not exhibit the same degree WEAR THE SUIT WITH THE of immaturity, e.g. Sydney, misconceptiom as to the nature of tlte rules applicable NAME FOR STYLE & VALUE still seem to be prevalent. Melbourne and Berkeley. "Actual extettsions of time are not* granted and late Perhaps not enough stu assigivneitts are not received save upon niedical evidence. dents are suHiciently in This has been clearly stated in circulars i.s.sueil hut dependent. They tend to apparently students are not dispo.sed to accept the idea that be inexperienced and lack 5B£ STUARTS WINDOWS FOR the .statements in these circulars mean what they sav. maturity. Too many stu NEW AUTUMN TONINCS AND The leason for the rigidity of a deadline here is ad- dents are financially and in FASHION TRENDS nunistrative . . , If a relaxation of the.se is granted to one, other ways dependcni upon it must he granted to all. The chaos resulting from the their parents. Stemming Suit styles range from conservative to grantiitg of extensions last year is the main reason Rhy from this is the idea thai latest "Colt 67" young men's fasiiions. they will not be granted this year. students cannot oppose • EXTRA TROUSERS IVJAY BE ORDERED ''Hence your assignment will not he submitted to their parents ideas in prac markers and is returned herewith . . . tice while disagreeing in WITH ANY SUIT "Do you imdersiand this? If not, it may be neccs.sary theory. The Union's kow • SUITS TAILORED-TO-MEASURE IN 3 to circulate a notice in still more "black and white" terms. towing to public opinion DAYS FOR A LITTLE EXTRA Yours truly,'" during Commem Week is *(The underlining is in the original.) an outward manifestation from of this dilemma. The above quoted letter foreign language; the little A further argument I was sent out by the ex- scope ofiered for choice could advance, is that Ihc 18 GNS. Dean of the Law! acuity of within a subject — thus a bourgeois atmosphere of ($37.80) this University al'ier a stu student in English I who American-type society and dent had submitted a does not like Jane Austen ideals has pcrnieated this lengthy, valid explanation or George Eliot has little University, creating such (non-medical) why his as chance of leaving these oul anomalies as "public signment was one day laic. of his course of study. images." Once students This writer had a similar The most worrying point fought for law reform to experience with the English 10% DISCOUNT TO of Ihe above is'that this aid the hungry and under Dept. of ihis University a ALL STUDENTS PRE creeping "high-schoolism" privileged; now they mere few years ago. A medical SENTING UNION exists not only in the lec ly raise money for these Stuart certificate was attached to ture room and the depart groups and do not question CARDS. the assignment bu! the SUIT SPECIALIST ment, but also seems to be the condition of the society PRUDENTIAL BLDG., NORTH QUAY department fell that as the encroaching on the Union which gave rise lo them. (OPP. THE TREASURY) extension was only for five and all other aspects of days and the assigninent The modern student has' this University. The atti was handed in ten days his comfortable Union tude of the parking attend late, it couid not be given Building and no longer ants and the administra- marks. Thus they read the concerns himself with is lion's complete disregard assignment but refused to sues vital lo his spiritual ofthe Union on matters of award marks which count and intellectual well-being. student photos, fee rises for a siTiall percentage in It is not thai students arc and quotas, etc., are LOOKING the finals at the end of the getting any younger or examples of this ircnd. year, it was the first time I that their numbers are had submitted an assign In the last four years of increasing, it is that they ment late (as I meniioi^ed Uni. I can recall only one are becoming bourgeois FOR THE in the letter I wrote to religious argument in the in their outlook with the them). I was a third-year Refec. worth remember resultant loss of maturity, student doing English ill ing.* It was tremendous — iniegrity"* and independ and had taken part in just about the high spot of ence; or as Albert Camus RIGHT theirsiinking play —which my Uni. career. Ask your said: by the way, the students selves: "When was the last "One sentence will suf had no voice in choosing, time 1 was involved in a fice for modern man ~ he nor any real chance at .serious, prolonged, stimu fornicated and read the BANK? producing for themselves. lating, religious, social or newspapers." The same applies to the political argument," * Ed. One would think English II play wc were in. Student apathy is ex that this would depend on These are just a few hibited in its most virulent one's choice of friends and examples of what I prefer form in the unwillingness talking companions? We're here. We have a full branch right inside the University, to call "the high school to read any article in * The Union deinonslraled providing every savings and trading bank service. attitude" existing at all Semper because it looks this lack of integrity even Easy to find— levels id this Uni. too long, as several people in its pranks. The kid 1 st FLOOR remarked (o me about napping of Don Seccoinbe STUDENT UNrON BUILDING Further examples in Peter McCawlev's letter in was a put-up job. If you clude the rise of roll-sheets Vol. 37, No. 2 —a most can't puil oir a geniiine We also have a sub-branch in the J.D. Story Administration in .some lectures and tutor important article. prank, for God's sake why Building. It's handy and you get all banking services there too. ials with the concurrent Other symptoms of this pretend? Savings accounts, cheque accounts, overseas business, idea that you must attend disease is that over 50% travellers' cheques—we provide them all. AND our cheque lectures; the Senate's re of students do not partake books and passbooks have "University of Queensland (St. Lucia)" on them. fusal to allow a student in any form of Uni. activity AUSTRALIA AND ASIA who was awarded a Uni A Stminor pmentti bf Iniernaiianat Houie (sport claims a high 6%). PROGRAMME HOURS OF BUSfNESS: versity Honours Scholar There is also the fad that Mondiy. June 5th; "Alia—the Back- iround". Mr, C, Pendcrj, Lecturer in Savings Bank ship by them to accept it commercialism is even Allan History, University of Queens for a year because of a land. Dr. D. J. Tu(by, Senior Lecturer Mon.-Thurs. 9.30 a.m.-3 p.m. more rife out here than in in Anthropoloty and Sociology bond the student was un the world of big business. University ol Queensland. Friday 9.30a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, June 6th:" Australia—the Back- Trading Bank der, irrespective of whether There are more adver {round". Professor R. G. Ncalc. De the people to whom the tisements around this Uni. partment of History, University of Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Queensland. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. person was bonded were than Thursdiiy's edition of VV'edncsday. June 7th: "Australia's Role Friday in Asia". agreeable; the case of the the Tele. Why should all Diicujiion to be led by; Mr, D. J. Killen Dentistry students affected this be so? Why arc we M.P„ Mr. M. Cross, M.P, The proirammc includes time for Gef with the Strength by quotas; the existence of getting further and further questions and discussion. odd rules such as that in Supper will be served at the conclusion away from the ideal of a of the talks. certain courses a student Uni. student in search of Time: June 5ih-7ch, B p.m. each evenini. must obtain a unit of a Place: International House, Rock St. truth and knowledge? St, Lucia. BMK BOMMommn \Vs the Biggest.' J Semper Floreat Friday June 2 Page 6 Whenever I mentiiiii tliat I went lo Now Cuincu on the N.U.A.U.S. volunteer aid nHo w to get SEX in New Guinea programme, people auk ine "the same questions — Why ilid I want to go ? How was I chosen ? Did it do any good ? So, 1*11 try to answer tlieni all here. First, why did I go? Most must l>e able to speak Pid their initial suspicion, and If you were nllraL'tcd by the stay free for as long us they wish. of the people I met and gin to get along in the were very generous in all hciullinc, ynu jiisi fell for the Any extra travel, olhcr than that oiliest irick in llie \m>k, because needed lo get from Brisbane to liked and had most to do Highlands. Only the school ways, giving any assistance children speak English. We this iirlicle is realty about NUAUS your project and back, will have with in my first and second we asked for. activities in Piipua-iNcw Oiiincu. to be pnid for at the time, but the years were from New Guinea were unprc[)ared and nol Tlu! main nclivily is llic Volun concession rate on air travel Did we achieve anything? — a cross-section of the N.U.A.U.S. told what was expected of teer Assistance Progriinniic. This should still apply. Yes and no. On the positive has been running for some year» Al tliis stage, yon may be ask population ofthe Territory. us until wc actually arrived side, wc made friends wilh jirnv, iind started as a snuiU jiro- ing just what yon gel for your They of course told nie lots ill Lech. This son of work lots of people. Many of us jecl in which alimit 20 students SI20. A good question, because ahout their homes, and so 1 takes a lot of careful pre went to a vllUij;e, citil some useful if you're asking il, you ])robubly IN have kept up our European just had to see for myself if paration beforehand if il is jol), nnd came slrutpht hack. In aren't the suitable type anyway. and New Guinean contacts .January 1966. PNG was invaded The kind of person NUAUS is it was as wonderful as they to be efTective and not do since leaving. By behaving by over lOll sHiik'nls. who went looking for is interested in Pupuu- said. lasting damage. ourselves, and doing onr evcrywiicro, did very liltle, and Ncw Guinea, its people and its NEW But we were also in New annoyed everyone hy dcinnnding problems. He or she will have lo At first I was put oil' the Guinea to educate our allotted jobs, we perhaps free lifts, aeconiinodution, clc, be prepared to work hard for a N.U.A.U.S. Scheme hy the selves, and others when we made things easiiir for fu etc. Re[iercussions from the I'NO few weeks, probably under trying bad opinion of N.U.A.U.S. ture volunteers in that area. HouBc of Assembly led to scinic conditions. In return for this came hack: New Guiiuia is busty re-lhinkini', and .lonuary of volunteers hehl hy residents GUINEA We ourselves learned a he/she gel to visit "The I.nsi imj)ortant to us as Aus this year saw a new idea in Unknown" cheaply, nnd has dose of the Territory. Ap|»arent- tralians in many ways, and great deal from just being iMJAUS assihlance. About 200 personal contact wilh the people, ly they had been, in certain unfortunately most of us there and observing. We siudenls went up, mo.sl of whom usually in their primitive stale. places, regarded as wanton hope that we showed ihe hail some special .skill which was This is the side of Nciv Guinea liave lop-sided ideas abnul lackinf; in the area they visited. bludgcrs, out for a good woman, when we left, to that very few tourists see, and it the developing nation to the There were very few old-style will give you snrnelhing with time. However, I volun north. As more; young Aus carry on running iheir club. "work cam|is", nsinj; manual which to bore yonr friends for teered anyway, as I felt Wc explained that il was labour. This met with a very (lood years to come, if yon arc inter tralians become aware of reception, and this year il is ho|ied their club, and they had to ested, get to Union OlTicc, and that they can't all have through the New Guinea and its prob to rcjieat lliis success. pick up the inforination sheet and been like that. lems, the outlook will be run it — but no, European women started it, and their A mectinu was held in .Mel a]i[)Iicalion forms. Gel the forms brighter for both the New bourne lust weekend of Local back by .July 2nd, because llial's How was I selected? We guiding light was needed to all applied through the eyes of a Guineans and ourselves. Pa|Mni-Ncw Guinea Ollicers from when entries close. Therefore in this regard we continue it. niost Auslralian I'niversilics. Al The Conference did nol content forms, etc., and went ihis confcrcmT. il was decided achieved a great deal firsl itself with deuling wilh Ihc through a selection com We were also supposed to that the assistance scheme will Volunteer Assistance Programme. hand experience of New mittee lhat was not very teach them to |)lay basket conlintu! in umch the same way as iS'o indeed, ll went on lo deplore Guineans and their country, before, This means thai many all sorts of things, ranging fniiii vigorous, but fairly eompre- volunteer ball and Softball, hut in fact their various ways of life, volunteers arc needed. Mosl of Ihc Kxcculive of NUAU'S lo the Iiensive. Perhaps they took they taught its a lot more these will have lo have some kind their aspirations and ambi Administration of TP.NG. The too much for granted iti any of useful skill. Sonic
YESTERDAY'S papers are such bad news, but the Stones just keep on rolling. '^ Their gutsy rhythm and blues days are gone. Quietness, gentleness even, is sometitnes replacing hard rock and roll; but the force and intensity which was oncej their only claim to excellence has been preserved, polished, and added to. Most pleasing additions to Rolling Stone Musically, Between the Buttons is an ad music as presented on "Between the Buttons" vance for the Stones, but the advance is in arc mainly lyrical. The Stones explore themes terms of addition of new sounds and more such as rejection and isolation; they dabble in instruments, not of structure (which tends to social and musical satire; they have begun to become very hackneyed). Electronic waves realise how funny ihcy can be ; they have and harsh resonating echoes are convincing in presented love songs wilh depth, that go Please Co Home (which is essentially a re beyond the usual "boy loves girl doesn't love working of Muna); accordion adds something boy" thing, even beyond their own mis pleasant, flowing, and vaguely continental to anthropic themes, best tyi5i(icd by "Slupid Back Street Girl, Silar and honky lonk piano A §iriijiD,y €if iriniE IBILILIES Girl" and "Under My Thtimb". hang together amazingly well in Cool Calm ami Collected: and Somelliiiif; Happened To Me T'S folk, it's folk-rock, it's hard rock'n'roll, it's rhythm and blues, it's Yesterday — a mixture of Cockney tongue-in- a gentle hallad . . • it's The Blues Project, a group which in one year chcck vocals, hard rock beat, and I930's jazz, I culminating in a Lawrence Welk monologue, has emerged from obscurity to number four place on the overseas folk is both a slick piece of satire and an imagitivc popularity and sales charts. piece of music. In view of their accomplishments on the To dale The Blues Project has released album, the Stones failures arc all the less on rhythm guitar, and Andy Kulberg on forgivcablc. Tracks such as My Obsession, two albums. Their first, recorded "Live bass provide a powerful, surging and Connection, and Complicated arc dull, noisy At The Cafe Au Go Go" in New York's almost enveloping background to lead and repetitive. In fact, the complete in Greenwich Village, has proved the more vocalist Tommy Flanders, Just as the consistency of standard prevents this album interesting in both the technical and musical styles of The Blues Project are from being a good one. Like the curly little musical sense. There are immense prob girl, when it's good, it's very good, but when varied, so too are its vocal styles, and the it's bad, it's dreadful. lems involved in recording electric in- latter is something lhat even the Butter Outstanding in the new collection is "Who's slruinents in a live performance and the field Band lacks. been sleeping here?" The unfaithful lover is results can often be disappointing (listen It is on numbers such as "Catch The stock material in just about everything. The 'to The Rolling Stones' concert album). Wind" that the Blues Project breaks Stones, however, bypass the cliche: the theme This "Cafe Au Go Go" L.P. is sur is one of total rejection and social isolation. down. Electric instruments cannot pro prisingly well done, so well done that il The song is a series of questions, all loaded, duce the subtlety that such a song all self-answering; a series of bitter, lonely can't help but make one suspicious. statements; a scries of symbols, shadowy, requires. In a way the same criticism half-sketched figures of the world, ever-present, It is hard to assess The Blues Project may be applied to "Alberta", but this and ever threatening. Reinforced by Jagger's without making some comparison with the depends on whether or not the listener plaintive singing, and by the wail of a Dylan-ish Butterfield Blues Band. On the surface, is prepared to accept il as a blues song. harmonica, sweeping to a satisfying climax, the former are inore polished and This album, "The Blues Project Live falling off to a moody, hopeful, hopeless professional, their musical spectruin is aftermath, the song is powerful, a little much wider, they are all equally matched At The Cafe Au Go Go" is a study in frightening, extremely lonely. the varied eflects of the blues. The "Back Street Girl" is a love song with a and competent musicians, unlike Butter diflercnce. The dilfercnce is one of class: field whose group is a mixture of very success of The Blues Project itself is the man is respectable, upper middle class, and average and very outstanding musicians. more than enough to recommend it. married at that. The girl is rather common When these things are taken into account Goin' Down Louisiana; You Go, I'll and coarse. The problem is a cruel one, as Go With You; Catch The Wind; I is its resolution: it is not suprising that some Butterfield fans may not like The Blues Project, but Want To Be Your Driver; Alberta; "Please take the favours 1 grant Yesterday's Papers; My Obsession; Con for the person who does nol live and The Way My Baby Walks; Violets Of Curtsey and look nonchalant nection; Back Street Girl; Site Smiled Sweetly; breathe rhythm and blues they should Dawn; Back Door Man; Jelly Jelly Just for me. Cool, Calm, and Collected; All Sold Oat; prove a knockout group. Blues; Spoonful; Who Do You Love. Don't want you part of my world Please Go Home; Who's Been Sleeping Here ?; Just you be my back street girl." Complicated; Miss Amanda Jones; Something Wild numbers such as "Who Do You RECORD SUPPLIED FOR REVIEW BY ASTOR. A mixture of "realistic" and real, cruelty Happened To Me Yesterday. Love" could not fail to iinpress. Al Kooper on organ and electric piano, and kindness, harshness and affection, this is Released on Decca. UNION RECORD LIBRARY NUM very much the modern love song. Danny Kalb's incandescent lead guitar, BER FPllOa. The sending up of "Miss Amanda Jones", U.R.L. No. 47h. Roy Blumenfeld on drums, Steve Katz KEN BRADSHAW the successful woman who is the darling of Dave Murr the discotheque crowd is clever, spoiled perhaps by unreasoned cynicism. It is interesting to Ihcm even stuff their trousers S.F.: To mo it means loneliness, note the Stones comment on the world of with cotton wool to make introspection, helplessness, which they arc a part, and which, in many ANIMALISM their balls look bigger. We're ways, they helped to create. hopelessness. Semper talks to Eric Burdon not like that. We try to get Eric; You see Strawberry Fields our music across. is a place in Liverpool where S.t Eric, what is blues? S.F.: Do you feel you're moving S.F.: Can you produce your Paul and George used to go trie: A form of expression. A in an entirely new direction recorded sound on stage? lo sketch; to them, it meant chord progression. Tliree with the new group? Eric: Wc can, prelly well freedom, escape. chords, twelve bars, Hut Eric: Yes, 1 wasn't happy with exactly. We're always con S.F.: Do you think we're getting that's too technical, i prefer what wc were doing with the scious of this when we record. to the stage where a record is the word "soul". old group. We're doing a new Thai was one of the great something like a painting — S.F.: What do you call the L.P. now — wc did six tracks things about the old Animals you do il once and it can. music you play".' in Los Angeles before we — wc could always do our never be repeated? Eric: I don't like putting a name came out here; 1 don't think songs properly on stage. Eric: Definitely, yes. you'd even recognise it as the S.F.: What do you regard as S.F.: The Beatles can't do any to il; it's just music; rock and Animals. roll. your main work? of their electronic work on S.F.: The electric violin is part Eric: Writing, writing songs, I stage, can they? S.F.: Do you sec any possibility of this? write about three songs a Eric: That's why they've given of working with Alan Price Eric; That's just one thing week. A lot of them are just up concerts. I think they'll again ? we're experimenting with; ideas, some of them have to miss concerts; the concert Eric: 1 hope so; I'VE got a lot of we're going to use a whole lot be reworked and rearranged, gives you the real chance to rcspccl for Alan; he's a tre of dilTerent instruments. We a lot arc just rubbish. I've express yourself. Thai's why mendous guy. use it a lot on stage. got enough songs written Brian Epstein is doing such S.F.: Was Alan responsible for S.F.: What about screaming in now for our next 3 LP's. great work wilh the Saville the arrangements of early concerts ? S.F.: How important are lyrics? Theatre. When pop audiences Animals songs? Eric: Australia and New Zea Eric: To me they're very impor have been educated as far as Eric: No, it was a group thing; land arc the only places left tant. 1 really dig guys like I want lo take it and as far as wc all did it. where people scream. Over Donavan and Dylan. Even the Beatles want lo take it, seas, pop audiences have been the Beatles... but they went people will be able lo go to S.F.: Alan said that the educated to the point where too far; not "Penny Lane", the Saville Theatre and the Animals reached a peak with they come lo a concert to .that's great — "Strawberry artists will arrive with truck- •The House of the Rising hear the music. Fields Forever." loads of electronic stuff, re Sun" and never progressed. S.F,: There's a lot of screaming S.F.: Why? corders and so on, and put it Eric". I know what he means; on the Stones concert album, Eric: It's too personal; you a all on stage, and they'll be but wc did progress as far as Eric: Yeah, well a lot of that is have 10 know the Beallcs able to sit on stage and recording goes; "Don't Bring dubbed. But there arc some personally lo know what it operate all the stuff, and the Mc Down" was better. groups that go on stage, means; 1 know the Beatles audience will be able to see S.F.; Do you do any of the old they're only there lo get the personally, so 1 know what and hear it all. I dunno — Animals' songs on stage? audience worked up, to gel it means; but obviously there maybe it'll never happen ... Eric: "House of the Rising them al it. They wear trousers are millions of people who D.H.M. Sun". as light as anything. Some of don't. lelO — (that's an anticlimactic Ole!) This is possibly an which he surely has a i pride or ethics should have similar performance (Luna ample, and not too unjust monopoly. He adapted \ brought him to the realiza- de Sangrc — Blood on the description of Luisillo's Ravel's 'Bolero' (a little • tion lhat one is never justi Moon, for (hose who re 'Festival of Spain' (at Her more successfully than the fied in practising on the member) on his last tour. Majesty's). Those who saw 'Capricho') inlo an inter jpaying public — even if The young gyp.sy dancer. his last company in 1962 esting, if nol in.spiring, /they're only Australian Solera de Jerez, has great will have a very good basis progression of dance se ! audiences! potential as an exponent of for comparison. But even quences. If nothing else it Flamenco, but to describe for those who didn't, this had an allinity with the her as an 'artiste' is sheer current season can hardly form of Ravel's composi extravagance in flattery. come up to scratch. tion — as the dancers went She's arrogant and wild, Ooc doesn't have to be a through (heir pas de deux untamed if you like, but dilettante to realize lhat with Luisillo the tempo of also undisciplined and in Russian music is not easily the dancing built up to a clined to ignore (he rai.son adaptable inlo the Spanish crescendo. However one d'etre of the performance. idiom (or any other for fell that the unfortunate In any traditional dance that matter). The attempt girl who headed the line (his usually entails the tell P. P. & M. ON THE at a ballet to Rimsky was getting a little bored ing of a s(ory or re-cnact- KorsakolT's 'Capricho Es- with hand-clapping and menl of some ritual, and SAME OLD BAG! panol' was an utter failure. walking in a semi-circle no matter how stylized it Not only were the dancers some ten or twelve dancers has become, il should never ABOUT ihc best thing that can he said ntmtil the incompetent in this par later. This is a recurring be disregarded in (he in Peter Paul and Mary concert at Festival Hall la.it ticular dance medium fallacy in Ihc production. terests of displaying tech Saturday tocck is that some of the solids had their (which in itself is not a There is a monotony in the nical expcrdsc. good nwnicnts. The rest ofthe lime the only original criticism, since they are, or choreography, the costum Dcspi(e all this criticism and exciting things on stage were Paul Stookcy's lie should be, exclusively ing, the settings, and even I have to admit that I en and wimpy-faced bass player Dick Kniss. Ihe supposedly spontane joyed the performance. It's traditional Spanish dan Under cover of relative darkness, Ihe trio emerged onto the .side cers), bul the choreography ous reactions of the corps still din"ercnt, it's slill very of the sti^gc, Uw spotlight burst into life and lo .. . the great PP&M also lacked a definite de dance. This last com Spanish, and arrogant in image blossomed as blank faces "became Pcpsodcnl smiles, hands classical quality. Even from ment may be somewhat its detachment from the joined, a hop skip and jump over lo the microphones and into the a visual point of view, this harsh in view of the age audience (despi(e some lirst song wilh wcll-rchearscd gusto. For a moment I thought the show would be great, and due in no small part to the sound system sequence failed to be spec and experience of (he com variance along (hcsc lines Ihcy brought with them — there was no distortion, each note was tacular or well-balanced. In pany. One de(cc(cd a by one Conchila Anton, distinct and. for the first time, ihc bass player could be heard. fact it came awfully close natural exuberance from The whole programme la premiere danseit.se in (his Being accustomed to the two or three usual warmup songs, I sal to being described as Latin the older dancers. How raised ihc question of Company). I can't accep( back and waited to be hit wilh the real guns of the program. Bul Vaudeville. ever my original criticisin whether Luisillo had ex (hat Luisillo has taken us they didn't show. still stands— this just isn't hausted his creative ability. for the proverbial ride, bul Nebulous promises of new life in the act with the inclusion of two For some reason Luisillo I2-string guitars and fewer folk songs just vanished as the minutes has become preoccupied good enough. His own solo performance 1 wish I knew his reason for in 'Tu y Yo' (You and I) passed. Peter Yarrow sang consistently badly all night. Mary Travers with classical music as a If Luisillo found himself presenting a definitely in just went through the automatic motions and smiles she had rc- method of dance expres with a young and not fully was technically brilliant, ferior production on (his licarsed for each song, and Noel (Paul) Siookey's sclf-dclivcrcd experienced company, but lacked the verve and occasion. musical composition was just plain dreadful. But Slookcy was sion, instead of reaching really the redeeming grace of the evening. His humour is never bad further into the field over some sort of professional feeling he displayed in a Michele Jordana. and luckily the concert was well spiced with it. Peter goi onto that old (ugh!) "Rock My Soul" bit again and obtained the desired response from the bleachers. I kid nol when I say he must think his audience is just about as moronic as he looks whenever he wastes a quarter hour performing a thing like lhat. His rendition of "RIDE IT HOME GHKY!!!" "Barbara Allen", punctuated with "lower the volume" signals to HEN one first listens lo Gary Shcarstoii's new album, the group's long haired hippie sound and lighting man, was not up W to the standard expected from PP&M, and he even got the ending "ABREACTION" —on a hitunieti road with soft edges!", mixcd-up, as many familiar with the song would have noted. Bul there is a strong temptation to biu'st forward with superlative his solo on that Jazz-iype number must be given credit as being very ^ praise. Without doubt the L.P. is the best thing that Shearston good. The overall concert was, however, the same old song, much tiredor has ever done and, as far as production is concerned, it is just and duller than il was when the group lirst appeared here three years about the best album ever lo come oul of Australia. ago. Things eventually became so sicrcoiypcd that il was easy to "AIJREACTION" (defined as lends it.self particularly well to .predict Ihc last six songs on the program. the eliminadon of a morbid stereophonic recording. For the reader who thinks I am being unduly critical of PP&M, complex by associa(ion wi(h (he and I am sure there will be many, let me add that I was talking to Wi(h his mara(hon "Crooked part of the act a week or so before the concert and I was told that the original cause) is Gary Shearslon's Hill", Shears(on attempts what group was in a rut with the old format, but Peter particularly had first outing for the Festival label could be looked upon as a major refused to accept consiruclive criticism on this point. The plain, since he q^iii C.B.S. over the composition. Conjuring up simple fact ofthe matter is that in the last year Pcier, Paul and Mary trouble with one of his songs. have tumbled from the position of world's number one folk group images of Dylan's "Visions Of down to number live, being surpassed by Simon And Garfunkel, With (he s\\i(ch in labels he has Johanna", he presents a love song The Butterfield Blues Band. The Sandpipers and The Blues Project. radically changed his approach, (o set against (he contrast of un" The reason is that, in direct contradiction lo Peter Yarrow's claiins recorded performances. Against on May 15th at Brisbane .-\irpori, the group is not moving with pleasan(ness and despair. .. the times. Any ardent fan of PP&M can easily see lhat the group ins(rumen(al backgrounds of "The neon niglu struggles to harpsichord, organ, vibes, piano, has done nothing really new for years, and in fact they have rejected darken the city. "" much that they originally stood for in favour of the superficialities drums, harmonica, trombone, that keep audiences amused, bul only for so long. They forget that electric and acousdc gui(ar, and Tomorrow's tide crawls away the folk audiences of two, three, four years ago are Ihc people who heavily amplified bass he has from (be harbour side. really listen loday. There is an exciting creative revolution happening planned bis musical programme Rejected ones turn away from in popular music lhat has never been matched before. More and (he houses of pity, more people really want to sit down and listen in depth to lyrics. wi(h (he precision and care of a structure and everything else about a song. They are no longer Gilbert and Sullivan opera. And wilh a bo((le for a friend content to say "that sounded pretty the way ihey sang it." I"
bussy, especially the second from .self - consciousness In the firsl subscription He can stand there and Shadow Of Your Smile" chanson, provided a kindly and mostly of any serious concert this year. The talk, and his audience lives and "The Girl From rhythmical relief in (he emotional" complication, Musica Viva Society pre the experience with him. Ipanema" is the greatest sented the world renowned programme. which portrayed the Eng It was in 1958 that Lou testimony any entertainer Deller Consort to a select The violence and ex- lish madrigals of Ward. Rawls came to California. could wanl. One of (he bul well altendcd Brisbane Gibbons. Wilbye and Pilk- He made it big only on (he highlights of (he album iiudience for the second ingion. in their true sense. local scene, and it was not (and isn'( every track) is time (the firsl lour was in and one can almost visual un(il "a cold January night his brilliant "In The Even 1964). ise the importance of sing in 1962" (hat he cut his ing When Your Lover's The Consort, formed in ing inadrigals in the 17th Not Around And You century and when not to first albuin wi(h Les 1950, comprises Kathleen McCann Ltd. He made Don't Get No Soul Food, Aitken and Ellen Dales partake was to be "nol Don't You Get Sick!" It with it." five L.P's but none was (sopranos), Philip Todd greatly successful. Then is based on the traditional and Max Worthlcy (ten All six singers had, no came "Lou Rawls Live!" "In The Evening When ors), Christopher Kcyte doubt, excellent control Called by soine "(he and the rest is musical The Sun Goes Down' with (baritone) and Alfred DcUcr over their voices, bul greatcsi soul-jazz singer of history. Ihe clever addition of lyrics (counter tenor), and pre worthy of special mention the sixties", by ano(her which arc sadly touching, sented a most rewarding were some of the almost "(he en(ertainer with the The Rawlsian "South- but woven with homespun evening of ideal polyphonic "unnatural" intonations of fines( phrasing since Sina- side Blues Monologue" humour. music in an authentic and the tenors, particularly in (ra", by still another "a and the immediate run into The contributions of polished fashion. the cadences, and the re blues man who carries on (he bittersweet "Tobacco Herb Ellis on guitar. Earl Included in the pro straint with which Ellen (he (radition of Nat Cole Road" must rank as one of Palmer on drums, James gramme were the almost Dales controlled (he soft and Ray Charles", Lou (he classics of soul-jazz Bond on bass and Tommy primitive sounds of Schutz, high notes. O Rawls is today the number music. He crea(cs an at Strode on piano prove, (he well received Tomkin's The first half of the one male en(cr(ainer in (he mosphere wi(h, and nol from first (o las(, wha( a "When David heard", and programme seemed (o have Uni(ed Stales. He did i( for, his audience by punc grca( backing means. Byrd's "Ave Verum", wi(h a surfeit of adventitious with one record — "Lou tuating his delivery with a "Lou Rawls Live!" is cx(reme compe(encc and MUSICA brealh sounds, which was Rawls Live!" The exci(e- well spaced macabre beat. more an album (o be expressiveness which the corrected in the second ment on this record is By the titne he enters into lis(ened lo (han (alked conlinua! contrapuntal web half. electrifying. Performing to "Tobacco Road" the ten abou(. Such an album is of sounds in (his work VIVA With two popular en a demanding audience of sion is almos( al breaking very hard (o review be demands. Expression and (rentes of (emperament cores (he Deller Consort fellow jazzmen, recording point. Bu( (his is only one cause, as my co-editor in balance in the ex(racts which depic(s Gesualdo's provided an excellent con engineers, people "in the of the tnany sides (o Lou (his section said, "How can from Monteverdi's "Mass personali(y, makes (hose clusion to a well-balanced business", their wives and Rawls. From his rocking you review it'.' The trouble for Four Voices" was be Italian madrigals very diRi- and delightful concert, friends, it is Lou Rawls' big beal blues he can turn is that it's too good!" yond reproach, (hough the cult (0 sing as well as listen (N.B. One wonders if it night all the way! This to the haunting eloquence diction was not always to, and they are rarely is worthwhile buying a man's ability to capture of the ballad with profes American Capitol stereo absolutely clear. heard as well as this. programme a( future his listener, his moods, his sional competence. The import — Union Record A refreshing rendition of The forte of the evening concer(s.) o sense of timing and his approval he receives from Library No. J57b. "Trois Chansons" of De for me, was the freedom BOB MINNS vocal stylings are amazing. his peers during "The KEN BRADSHAW i PICCADILLY IM SMOP. I i
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DATESHTER. BOOTS'SHIRLEYS Semper Floreat Friday June 2 Page 7 blue-prints for society, but just trying to improve Ihc lot of the individual. We believe in productive love and productive work, EQUALITY Q. You've been called doctrinaire in lhat you only accept one side. Do you deny this? When people arc pics.sed \\i\\\ .-(. Ves, I believe this is not true. It's a criticism based on Ihe query, "In what way then are hollow reasoning. Too many people arc sitting in the people equal?" the usual reply middle. There aren't two sides to everything. There may is. "They are of equal value". be degrees of wrong, but no, 1 don't think we're This is obviously begging the doctrinaire. question -- unless it means Q. Most of the members of a group such as S.D.A. are something like "all men arc not typical of University students. Do you think that deserving of equal opportun this has any detrimental effect on S.D.A.? If you got a ity." In this case the question LAVER few clean.cut people would you gel a better response? reduces lo something cm- //, A c/eancut person usually /mphcs (hat he conforms pi'rically ven'/i;it)/c anil the an to all the norms of society. However, this question has a swer has turned out to be "no". bad basis since although the prominent people in S.D.A. Why? How? [;vcry government, might be non-conformisi in appearance, the bulk of big business and niiliiary or a study S.D.A. come from the middle class. ganization to dale has found Q. What is your comment on those who listen to thai all men are not deserving speeches and iirc sympathetic but do nol wish to demon of «|ual opportunity. They have strate? found that, if jieople are all in .-(. These people differ only on tactics. They have a given equal opportunity lo take responsibility to get inio an organization, and can play on more and more responsible a role just by coming to meetings and educating them posts, the losses (through in- selves. On campus now there are a hell of a lot more clliciency) to the organization people against the war in Vietnam. will be much greater than if commitment Q. .'\s editor of Impact do you have a high degree of some selection is carried out (on control over what goes in? Ihe basis, say, of intelligence scores). Thus all these organiza //. There is an editorial board but il really depends on tions ha\e been forced to the where wc are. There may be live people in the room not conclusion thai only the more even on the staff and I will throw a piece to them and ask intelligent should ' have the they what they think of it. 1 have been brutal a couple of belter opportunities. Q. What are your parent's poliiics? problem is peace. times and put in articles I considered essential. -'). They're Liberals and mom of my rcl;ilion.'; are. but Q. Vou hiive jiiso mcniioned thai "the demonstration Q. Many of the feature articles in Impact have behind ihem the dogmatic assertion that "we are right and they \'ot only do indivitluals difTcr I don't like to think about it. gives peace lighters a sense of communication . . . yet hut urinips too show important C^. How old arc vou".' a great number of people arc alienated by demonstra are wrong". Impact serves as your voice on campus. tions," Does this mean that demonstrations, public Many people are put off by the fact that Impact is so inequaliiies. i-or cvample, wc .-1. dogmatic. Do you think this could be defeating its pur ha\c all heard said how exec Q. What arc you doing at University? speeches and newspapers such as Impact arc really preaching to the converted? pose, on the assumption that its purpose is lo win over rable, primitive and inferior is A. Final year of History Honours, the imcomniitted and unconvinced. Ihe (Queensland Slate liducatinn Are you married? sysicm. Vet some surprt^ing Q. A. The peace movement in .Australia until about two .•(. There is not only one (loint of view. The paper is A. Yes, wilh two kids. ecriainly anti-Vietnam. We can sum up our case well in fads have come to hand. In a When did you lirst become motivated into taking years ago did tend to preach to ihemsclves. Today we sell that we have writers from all over the world with different siuily due for publication short an active stand? Was it any single incideni or a gradual 2000 copies of Impact to young people in the streets who points of view and publish who writes these articles and ly, army psycholo.uisis repnrl er()» iJi of awareness and kcYmg ? nun\ be interested. The dcmonsiraiion is one of the few a few facts about Ihem. that Ouecnslanders get a signi- A. I became interested in organizational work against tactics the peace movement has since it does not control licanily higher a\eragc score^on war in March of last year. Before that stage 1 had been any mass media. C^. What about your attacks on L.B.J. ? These seem the Army Cicneral Classification intensely aware of the problems of war and was emotion Q. What use have demonstrations if they do not suc divorced from the Vietnam war and appear to be more test than do New South Welsh ally and intellectually against it. This interest did not ceed? of a personal attack. men. These results come from Stan at school and actually during Senior. 1 was within .-I. They arc a subtle way to build a hard core of people. A. I would like to make attacks on many people. I am the perfectly conirolled populii- one week of joining Duntroon Military College. I was Q. "The demonstration is necessary for people who arc one lo bring Johnson down. lion sample represented bv ihe intensely nationalistic at this stage, revulsed by the insensitivity of the world." Does the Q. What is your opinion of tlw .Australian public and National Service intakes. Vvhcn Q. Many of your on-campus speeches centre on the demonstration ha\c more than a negative escapist their reactiofi to your public speeches? the writer asked the author ol^ Vietnam issue. Is this the fundamental issue in which function? /(. 11 has changed. In Centenary I'ark at one stage in Ihe study why Queenslanders you are involved ? In oihcr words, il'lhc Vietnam situation A. l! lias nwTC lo do wilh nol having any power. 1 have Ihe first couple of weeks there wasa lot of rubbishing, but appear (o have a superior (.0., did not e.xist, would you be without a cause? sat in front of a TV set watching American planes bomb now people just stand round solidly listening. They realize he replied "They must just be .•I. Yes, the speeches do centre on Vietnam because it is ing and for a person like me it's hard to take. We need wc know a lot about these wars and wc arc feeding it to better cduc:ued," •lie most important example of our society gone wrong. something in which to express ourselves. Demonstrations them. Q. What about your future role? A secoiuf startling linding of People have a false consciousness and apathy built around have Ihe ability of expressing comradeship where people group ineiiualitics was reported alHuence and wc want to show people that our society come together and are not just content to sit at home .'(. I'm in a dilemma. There is the hglit of Vietnam in America and the lesser light in Australia lo stop it from in a liritish Social Research breeds Vietnams. In the I950's, Russell and his friends watching TV. journal early this year ("In believed that society was rational and reasonable and Q. Do Ihey come out of righteousness? going to the right and towards authoritarianism. My loyalties are to stay here. Personally, 1 would like to go terim"). This journal showed would stop war because it would realize how horrible it A. No, anger. that, as a group, the white Q. What about the ones who come for the sake of overseas and study society. I am thinking of sitting for the was. We know this is not so. Society nets irrationally. British Bar examinations. Rhodesians had 7 per cent of We have \a Tight thing.f like nuclear «c;ipon.s.ind Vietnam demonstrating? (heir nttmhers abose Ihe IJO r.Q, as products of society and we must try to change society. A. They drop away very quickly. They are no value Q. Your personal role at this University is extremely ciiiolV point - compared lo We don'i attack the war specilically bul as something wiiaisocver to the peace movement. important as far as S.D.A. and the general public arc 2.1 percent inthe U.K.. U.S.A. produced by society. Wc must rc-oricntalc society, Q. Do anti-socials have a bad elTect? concerned. Because you are something of a symbol, and Australia, and y percent in Q. Most people rccogni2e two sides to the war in A. Some do, but you can't tell them to clear out so wc I think ifyou were to leave the organisation could suffer New Zealand. This unprece try to get them to work conscicniioiisly for social change. quite badly. How do you feel about this? Vietnam. Is it true that you would recognize only one side? A. 1 hope it is not true and that more outstanding dented linding shows ihat. wat-h .'1. Yes, For America war is only an industry. It needs The ones who take drugs are no good to us. but they find e\cr they arc, the while Rho securitv in us because we arc also fighting society. It is students will be thrown up through ideological discussion. wars like Vietnam. In S.D.A. I am trying to develop a group of students who desians are not stupid or Q- In a letter lo Semper Floreat, you used the term inevitable that wc pick up these types. ignorant. Q. ll seems that the impulses and moiivations of a will keep on fighting wherever they may be. 'peace battle'. Could you explain this, Q. You arc still young. Do you sec yourself mellowing It appears ihcn thai Georec --'• It is (he mo.'i intporiani baiile a! this siagc. Unfcs.s missionary arc present in your cause. Do you feci, in a sense, a missionarv when you make speeches? in maturity? OrwcW «as rijjiic "Ml men are wc can stop the spread of nuclear weapons, a third world A. VVhat do you mean by a missionary? Out to convert? --(. Take the example of Russell. If he can do it then cdual bul some are more equal war will develop and we arc not going to be around to Ccriainlv. in a sense. But I'm not really a missionary since lots of other men can. 1 think 1 am intellectually com than others." concentrate on social i|uestions. Wc must batlte social 1 lack the dogma. We're not laying down ideological mitted for the rest of my life. John J, Ray. questions at the same time but our most important i
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M Semper Floreat Friday June 2 Page 8 On one side, mosl ol iliosc wc, in our refectory-bred and perhaps would nol matter limit lo the amount of suffering who supporl the Violnani war alTluencc, have had no experi much were it not for the terrible that groups of human beings arc argue ijiai Communism is c.\- ence, and to try to help. It is consequences which follow. We prepared lo submit other groups pansionisl nnd thai il is neces (|uitc likely lhal, in striving for have become embroiled in a war lo, if there is the slightest chance VIETNAM sary lo lake a lirm siand to of primitive savagery which is lhat a continuation of the economic growth, these coun defend ihc "free world". A line tries will adopt centralised poli being waged wilh an intensive Vietnam War could lead lo must be drawn, and Ihal line has tical systems, often with left cruelty beyond belief. This is in World War HI, then it is a personal hccn driuvn in Vietnam. On ihc ward svmnathics. Thjs ion ii the name of democracy and nothing short of sheer insanity other hand, most opponcni.", of hardly surprising, given the freedom. "Wc arc there", ac to continue. If only for motives (he war would agree lhat stark contrast between the cording to Presidcni Johnson, of sclf-inleresi (once again), the Nationalism is a far stronger Indian and Chinese rales of "because the people of South bombing should be uncon statement force than Communism, and growth. If Ihc Indian experience Vietnam have as much right to ditionally stopped, and all lhal the original aciiviiies of llie is any guide, underdeveloped remain non-Compiunisl — if parlies involved should be Viet Cong in .South Vietnam countries would be extremely that is what they choose — as invited to ncgoliatc. North Vietnam has to remain were part of a social revohilion unwise to rely heavily on aid Any other course is simply to — purl of the process of econo from Ihc advanced coiinlries to Communist." This assumes, of mic devclopmeni which is at course, all sorts of explanations perpetuate the cosily misrakcs speed up their rale of economic wc have made in Vietnam, and AUSTRALIAN OVERSEAS STUDENT presenl affecting over two-lhirds growth. (The lesson lo be drawn which are highly doubtful. It is of Ihe world's populaiion. for advanced countries is lhat implied lhat Norlh and South probably encourage new ones in Vietnam are separate countries, other parts of the under TRAVEL SCHEME « I am here concerned only aid to the developing countries developed world. wilh Ihe actions of onr .\ide - should be greatly increased, if and it assumes that "aggression lUAIl — from the Norlh" is the main ha^, bw» m*k to t^tttt wilh the aciiviiies of American, only for reasons of long-run MIA— lt
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2nd BRISBANE FILM FESTIVAL BOOK REVIEWS IM.."--:.-- •-.' '-''.yM Astor Theatre, New Farm. June 23-29
"Seconds" sibii.iy- transforma and realises his guests are Indonesia, Bruce Grant — Grant is quite candid about the first part of this novel tions), The owner of the also re-borns, he is sur 85 cents the PKI's (Indonesian because she obviously has The logical extension of Communist Party) chances not yet grown up. In the company is an older and prisingly good, tending to Indonesia by Bruce Grant insurance companies and had the coup succeeded second half they would now more cynical man, but make up for a slight stall provides a well prepared other modern organisa though. probably have made her could once have been just ing of pace at this stage of political study of Austra tions that provide clients like the bank manager the film. The much more Of the Military, Grant giggle. wjlJ) security is, perhaps, a lia's closest ncighbojr from Hamilton. His explanation demanding role is that of an Australian view, Grant portrays it as a fairiy l{\ a flood ofsdCpity she company that provides its of how he wanted to close Arthur Hamilton. The divided group over the described herself on one clients with a second is an Australian and at his company but couldn't, actor, John Randolph, is presenl is a Fellow in the years and uncertain of its occasion as chance to malce a go of when it started to get out superb, conveying the kind real role in nation-building. "a child deceived (she was life: after an arranged Department of Political of hand, is almost touch of existence he wants to Science at Melbourne U. The army, according to 20), betrayed as soon as accidental death the client ing. His unrealised ambi escape from in his very He has visited l.ndonesia him has been forced to married, secluded in her has his body completely tion is as noble as any of reac:iDns to Charlie's fourteen times, the hist in lake power. This seems semblance of a home and altered and rejuvenated by those of his clients. phone calls and his wife's July 1966. His book covers rather true. obstinately resolved to hide plastic surgery, preserving there and reign over two Security is not just sterile queries about them. political evenis up to the Unfortunately Grant nothing but his memories. A beautifully conceived period before Dr. Sukarno, not dealt enough with friends and a cat." A completely new identity, but also rather frightening, film and a thought pro was formally stripped of ocneral Suharto, but the It is a pity that she saw career and past is provided, and before long Tony Wil son realises the need to voking one, Si'conds will his title of President. reason for this probably is fit to waste thirteen years together with a new resi the only recent rise of the succeed under his own be one of the most vividly For its length (liltle more of her life before raking up dence and a staff of friends General to power. Grant steam as remembered films of rhc than 200 pages) the book the courage to cast off her and neighbours to assist Arth;ir Hamilton. has written more of the festival. covers husband. adaptation. And if, after a Ironically, he applies for adequately and in Chairman of the URPS. depth in some parts, most The second half of the while, the client wishes to re-transformation at General Nasution, who "Hamlet" of what is relevant of novel is devoted to thumb cancel his "policy" and be exactly the same time as seems to have been eclipsed today's Indonesia. Grant nail sketches ofthe charac re-transformed back to his Charlie is admitted to sur HamU'\. as directed by in power by his once says "that this book [i a ters she came into contact old identity, he has simply gery for his re-transforma Grigori iCozinrsev, is the subordinate. General Su book of political inter with in her career on the to supply the company tion. For Wilson ref'jses to best Shakespeare adapta harto. submit a new client. He is tion I've seen. The play is pretation," bul as he states, music hall stage as a mime with a new client for he has chapters dealing Indonesia's relations artist. rebirth. therefore a security risk to considerably distorted and the company no matter an interpretation is placed with a short history of the with the world and with In places Collette shows This not too fantastic the region are well set out what identity he is given. on it. So the literature nation and others dealing herself at her best —the organisation exists in the bat with nothing really new In refusing to commit any student who wants to see with the Economy, the writing is evocative and I960's America in John Land and the Culture, His added. The exception to alive. The futility, squalor Frankenheimer's new film of his friends to the ordeal Shakespeare in a rectangle he has experienced, Wilson dealings here, are of course this might be in that and despair of the life of Seconds. Arthur Hamilton of light may be dis section dealiiig with re unkno.vingly commits him appointed. But the cinema related to his political the concert hall artist is is a businessman, but with interpretations. lations with Australia. self to a final death; just as should be approached as drawn with a bitter tender no greater share of com On the whole Grant's ness that only first hand placency than anyone else, he, as Hamilton, com much as a visual as a Grant writes with frank mitted himself to "acciden ness and candour in the book is more for the knowledge could bring. anyone susceptible to being temporal medium. Vis general reader than for the tal death" and rebirth ually, this is an extremely chapter on the Leader. He But never does Collette goaded into a seci|"'ty student of Indonesian poli seem to become really in device to side-step worries. simply by visiting tlie com exciting film. has chosen the more im pany for information. portant points of S.ikarno's tics, (although the book volved in the sufferings of When pressed, Hamilton Diary o^^Ramrernaid could be used as a guide The ending is one of the character and has pre her fellow artists — she will admit that his conven This latest film of Luis for a student.) Grant's always seems to be holding tional existence and his most ruthless and terrifying sented, I feel, quite a true 3unuei is disappoindng image of the man of whom book is probably the most herself aloof. Observing. conventional marriage are ever seen in a film. Wilson except for Jeanne Moreau's we in Australia saw only recent on Indonesia and by She is able on one occasion failures. He is is being wheeled, strapped conmcted performance. They say one side for so many virtue of this does have to waste as much, if not by a re-born who had been to a stretcher, gagged and something to oficr. For drugged, to the surgery Bunuel's experimental ap years. more, sympathy on a his close friend Charlie. proach to film construction eighty-five cents, 1 think trained greyhound as she He goes to the address when he reali.ses his fate as One quoMion of Su one is getting value for a priest (specially ordained is an acquired taste, one karno's lhat all Westerners is able lo feel for other Charlie gives him and is which we in Brisbane have money by purchasing it. people. One wonders if re-born, now named Tony in two denominations) ap should heed is: "We object not been able to acquire. John Lorrie this is not part of the Wilson, an artist with a pears, mumbling, just to the description of our selves as underdeveloped. legacy of M. Willy. collection of specially ahead of him. The camera Sandra Qualify that expression! The main criticism of created paintings and rests relentlessly on the iVIy Apprenticeship and victim for what seems like Visconti's latest film is Call it economically under this last part of the novel diplomas and an elaborate excellent. Shorter and less IVlusic-Hall Sidelights is that it is a series of small house and studio in Cali five minutes as he tries to developed or technically discursive than Rocco and underdeveloped and with by Collette sketches and the lack of fornia. struggle and make a noise. He subdues and then the His Brothers and Tlte Leo reservations, I would agree. In the firsl half of this plot does tend to make it surgeon aims a drill al his pard, it is no less operatic But spiritually, mentally, novel, Collette spends con somewhat repetitive and 5('cow/.v is Frankenheim wearing. er's ipost profoundly dis temple remarking "Mr. in slyle, for it invokes culturally, I disagree wholly siderable time and many turbing film and possibly Wilson, you were my best discreet reference to the and completely." words in an effort to The novel on the whole his best. The protagonist work." Electra myth. Jean Sorel Grant's Sukarno is Su explain and justify, one is saved by some descrip resembles those of and Claudia Cardinale are karno the Leader of the feels more lo herself than tions in the best Collette Frankenheimer, always excellent as the brother and to the reader, her 13 year slyle ofthe French country Frankenheimer's early trying out new techniques, Revolution, the paradox, films, Tlie Young Stranger, sister-who meet after years i.e., a Marxist and a be marriage to an incredible side and some interesting frequcnlly, in Secor.ds, uses of separation and discover creature known as Mon glimpses into the labyrinth The Young Savages and an ultra wide-angle lens liever in God, the Sukarno All Fall Down, in taking :i latent mutual yearning of grand visions and of sieur Willy. She appears that was Paris at the turn that distorts images to the for shared childhood hap at times lo have loved him of the century. It is sad steps lo overcome a barren point of expressionism. course the Sukarno, who domestic existence only piness. The grand climac in the end failed his nation and at other times bursts somehow that Collette Most of the time this is tic scenes are as powerful into floods of invective premises so much but later realising that more extremely c Tective; in only — But here is also needed fundamental steps are as those in Rocco. qualifications and 1 feel directed at M. Willy. produces so little of any one scene is it distracting: worth. necessary, arising out of where Hamilton imagines Seven other features to lhat Grant has provided Her self-imposed incar his own individuality, but be shown in the festival are them. ceration in a dingy attic Books supplied for review what his wife's reaction to by Penguin. an individuality that has his new identity will be. 0/mi's IlPosto and Robert flat and almost classical long since been stifled. And Bresson's Pickpocket, Of course, of interest to "decline" are all very in The scene is no more dis all concerning Indonesia, like the heroes of The turbing than looking into which are two films dis teresting but one wonders Manclmrian Candidate, tinguished to be recognised is the September 30 coup. ... She has the grace and INTERESTED a concave mirror and much It is to be thankful that Birdman of Alcatraz, 7 less disturbing than the as classics within a few candour to laugh al the IN Grant, unilke so much of Claudine series of novels Days In May and The surrounding interview with years of their release. Um NEW GUINEA? Train, Hamilton/Wilson is brellas of Cherbourg which the Auslralian and world but betrays a sneaking the company's financier, press, does not straight The the victim ofa more or less which is shot in beautiful is reputed to be as delight liking for Claudine on subversive organisation. ful as Demy's earlier Lola, away assume that the Com many occasions, Collette NEW GUINEA long takes of still camera munists were behind the But the subversive organi close - ups that observe a Canadian film Nobody devotes many pages to STUDENTS' sations in these other films IVaved Goodbye, I Was coup. justifying her death wish, ASSOCIATION every detail of Hamilton's Chapters 4 and 5 on the tend to introduce political reactions as he is per Happy Here, which can be drifting off dreamily into has many activities and other issues that aren't expected to be as good as Communists and the Mili descriptions of the weird suaded that he really wants tary respectively are I feel, that will interest satisfactorily related to per to be re-born. or better than Desmond and wonderful deaths of sonal themes. Strangely, Davis' Girl With Green products of a long and some ofher literary friends. you. this is not true of Seconds, One's prior doubts about Eyes, Karel Reisz' Morgan, objective view of Indo One actually held a hand Leave your name Frankenheimer's first ven Seconds are sure to be and So Close To Life, nesia. Grant's view of the kerchief covered with chlo and address tvith: about Rock Hudson's per coup, i.e., as primarily a ture into science fiction. which, like all Bergman roform over his mouth and The Secretary, Neio formance as Tony Wilson. films, will undoubtedly be lower rank army inspired nose until he fell inlo the The rebirth company is Guinea Students' eminently convincing (one However the role is fairly liked by Bergman's ad coup against the Council Seine and drowned in a doesn't for a moment think undemanding and Hudson mirers. of Generals, is from all fool of water. Incidents Association, at about the scientific pos- is adequate. In fact, in a Roger McNiven reports the true version. like this obsess Collette in Union Office. scene where he gets drunk Semper Floreat Friday June 2 Page 12 This notion, at face value, AT LONG seemed more than plausible. However, when the meeting re COERCION Lt/xo i . . . . solved itself into a discussion 'group around the topic of whether Research bred narrow- from minded bigots, one couldn't help feeling lhat perhaps they were AT indulging in a little bit of the narrow-mindedness or bigotry page (only al a higher level!) lhat they CROMWELL had hoped to defeat. The dis cussion was, on the whole, based on each individual's experiences three in his own field or department. Surely it's not too demanding to think that the postgraduate stu dent would have made some con,scious efforts to discard his It was 3.30 a.m, when better on his return. Very after a bit of good clean deparlmental bias at this stage in Bernard finally got back lo few people at table had any fun, his career and look at issues (as college. He woke up the idea what he was talking .general as this one) on a much Principal and they talked about. The Postgraduate Students broader plane. for some lime. It emerged And what of Bernard? SO? .Association A more reassuring outcome of that the Principal was loath • Bernard was far from this meeting was the desire to to attack the problem be happy. He spent three days None too early has the "in- discuss, rather than debate, cause he heard lhat the in bed, losing three days tclleclua! elite" of this University topics; and a decision to involve fresher-baiting would go pay and paying out S5 in decided lo pool some of its talents So what? So one could themselves in issues rather than underground (???), Wilh doctor's bills. Some of his write reams, but surely the and form a cohesive group. The .dogma or political bias (party .sore ribs, heavy bruising muscles still hurl. His purpose being (lo quote their story speaks for itself. V\'e politics, etc.). and blistered feet, Bernard 'friends' in college ignore challenge those who hold constitution): (a) To provide a still had the energy to try him — the feeling is quite focus for intellectual and social The more practical problems that freshers 'love' being facing the Association al the Ihe doors of Ihc rooms of mutual. He was warned by initiated — a dangerous conlacl among postgraduate stu his abductors. Wilh no one sympathiser later that dents of all departments: and momcni involve finance and ac generalization. We ask for commodation. As postgraduates exceptions they were he was scheduled for comment from those who (b) lo represent the common locked. No-one would an another ride. He has since interests of postgraduate students. arc not compulsory members of agree with the collegian the Union, the Association can- swer when he called. Did locked his bedroom door who insisted to a Semper Membership is open to all nol affiliate wilh Clubs and he really expect Ihem lo? at night, member so arrogantly that students enrolled for higher de Socieiies or take advantage of Bernard i.s not com the colleges are the very grees and all final-year honours Union facilities (free use of rooms Fragmentation? pletely alone is his plight, heart of the University. .students. for meetings and functions).Union Next day at evening though perhaps his case is This was while defending As an undergraduate, 1 found policy does not allow for special meal the Principal made more notable for violence the concept of initiations. the group's first ollicial meeting a concessions of this sort to be his only public comment. than are the case of more God help us if the colleges stimulating experience. It was made. The alternatives are that He was appalled at Ihe compliant freshers. Six agree with Cromweirs conducted on an extremely in the students pay out of their own signs of Tragmenlalion' other freshers were taken actions. formal basis and yet there were no pockets (postgraduate scholar becoming visible in the on rides on the same night Semper challenges any attempts by minority groups to ships do not cover Union fees) college. He was nol happy as Bernard's ride. More cither monopolize or lake over one, especially any college either £16 per annum or the £25 leaving for his iwo weeks freshers were abducted on dweller, to justify the treat the meeting. We can, I suppose. life membership. Both are finan holida'y under such cir the second last night of put this down to experience and ment mctcd out to Bernard cially unacceptable, although the cumstances. He hoped that first term after the 'gang McDougall. maluriiy on ihc part of ihe latter would be the lesser of two the situation would be got_J)oozed up._and jvere participanis. evils in the long run. To condemn A disappointing feature o'' ihe the Union for its unsympathetic aitempt to form the Associaiion attitude would be futile. There is to date, has been the limited definilely a case here for a special Men don't have to go out of in that subterranean slum known response from the postgraduates policy motion, however I can their way to guard this much- as the cellar. If we must continue in coming forward in support. Of foresee the difficulties of setting a loved institution however, be this incredible tradition of good approximately 600 people eligible precedent along these lines. This cause any trespassing female runs old Aussie mateship, the least we for membership, possibly only 40 is a mailer for Union Council to the risk of being trampled to could do is move the location to have shown any real interest. The decide, and it is up to the post death. some civilized place, set up a long iniliators of the idea have ad- graduates' association to see that My God, what a sight! A mass bar that won't be knocked over milled that perhaps they have il is put before Council and not of .sweating yelling males, mad by the barbarian hordes and at fallen down on the publicity left lo an Executive decision. dened by the smell of beer, press least PRETEND that we're ail angle. This in iLsclf shows thai the ing in upon several hardy souls intelligent people. Associaiion is an obvious remedy As a finalcomment , I can only hope lhat this Association suc who cast caution to the wind and So don't worry that any girls for the poor communication dare to serve beer to the bar which exists between students al ceeds in all its aims. Any sceptic might try to chain themselves ism on my part can be allayed by barians. to the bar while you have one of higher levels. time, I hope. The only real bar Barbarians they are. The at Apart from furthering the par your smokos, boys. There are riers lo initial success are the self- mosphere is full of tension, B.O. some aspects of the male world ticular interests of postgraduate imposed ones of lack of enthus and alcohol fumes. The faces fall students, whai else could this we don't wish to invade. We iasm and interest of the post into several categories — imbe- wouldn't waste our time. type of association hope, or be graduate students. For the sake cilic grins on the almost-para expecied lo, add to the University lytic; determined frowns on those Though in the eyes of many we of the University 1 hope I am not may not be equal, in some ways community as a whole? Examin a sceptic for too long. in the pushing and screaming ing the stated constitutional ob surge around the keg; good we are infinitely superior. jectives of the Association, one Michele Jordana. fellowship all over the faces of could conclude lhal is is purely a those who are having a few friend sclf-intcresi venture. However, ly beers or throwing grog all over after listening to the post- each other in clean fun, or throw graduales express (heir own per ing ghisses on the floor to see if sonal views as to what their they really do break; and an group could hope lo achieve, 1 Beer for the occasional panic-stricken look on came away wilh the feeling that some gentle soul who has blun they were interested in much the Barbarians dered into the wrong place. same sorts of issues lhal pervade Oh yes. And the freshers are the thoughts of many of the there. Those tough he-men who undergraduates at one time or reel around in much-advertised another. They could .sec them inebriation after two beers. It selves examining questions such helps the image to throw up as: What should a University be? At last I had the privilege of having a look at that jealously occasionally in public, Very mas Does St. Lucia offer any oppor culine. One must prove how tunities for a real University life? guarded tradition of the male. The Smoko. In the past I have manly one is even if one only has What is the purpose of Research to shave every other day. One work?, etc. — all problems which been fobbed off by various males when I enquired about smokos. sure way of doing this is to roar should affect both the post- and around in a state of imagined or undergraduate students. But they Mutters of 'not fit for women', etc.. held me off for a long time. real drunkenness and disrupt feel lhal their position gives them everyone else's fun. It's good Professional typing ac a price you can afford. the opportunity to look al issues Any mild curiosity I might have had was killed by the indescrib sport to yell obscenities at the Enquiries vvelcome. without being lied down by the girls too. They just love it. All hours 984398 typical undergraduate tendency able sounds issuing forth from Ihe lo be sidetracked by minor ques cellar while smokos were in One of these days the Union 98 5419 tions and associated themes. progress. might see fit to disallow smokos