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Vol, XVIII, - No, 7, THURSDAY, APRIL 2171949 Kegistered at G.P.O,, Brisbane, for transmission by poat ag a periodical. Varsity Drama Success

Since the last "Semper U.Q.D.S, Runs Amok Floreat" was published the Umversity oj Queensland With Arsenic and Old Lace Union has lost the services oj The first night of "Arsenic and Old Lace" given in the Albert Miss Joan Miles. Miss Miles Hall on 12th April by the University Dramatic Society was so has been employed jor the last very good that the rumour spread, and there was a bumper house two years as the Secretary oj to follow. the Union. It is a riot of a comedy by .Joseph Kesselring. The setting is In this capacity and also in in a house crammed with Victorian bric-a-brac, including eleven her capacity as Housing bodies buried in the cellar and two more on stage awaiting the Oficer jor the University, last sad rites. There are two charmingly demure murderers, two Miss Miles has become ahnost others more haywire, a looney brother, whose only crime is that as traditional within the he imagines that he is President of the United States, and a bevy Union as our Treasurer, Mr. of nitwit policemen as ga-ga as anyone else on stage. And all of Hulbert. this to be presented with lusty action in the prim premises of the Albert Hall! The play is crammed with laughs. The curtains are splendid. And generally, if well done, it is a delightful evening's entertainment, term there is a play mainly for • ,! freshers. If you understand this policy you will appreciate the good qualities PAM HARPER •r^ • # of this production. It brought to­ #^%- gether on the stage the experienced Two quiet presentations were fay members of the Society, who now John Florence (as Mr. Gibbs) and have a reputation for very good Hugh Knox (as Mr. Witherspoon). work, and the newer members who Theirs were very small parts. I hope gain much from the association with that We will see more of these two in i^^HKiii SS ;_*, actors of secure technique. There is, larger parts in later plays. with such a cast, irregularities and Rolfe Lukey, Len Culpan and Bob unevenness. But the spontaneity of James were the best of the police­ At the Union Council Meet- w i all concerned carried them over mere men; and they gave just sufficient ing oj 7th April, it was my difficulties such as those. touches of American accent and char­ pleasure on behalj oj all Mem­ acteristics not to overdo things. Morton Smith, who has had. pos­ By what must have been an over­ bers oj the University oj ^ sibly, the most varied experience of sight, the name of the producer was Queensland Union to jarewell the cast, gave the best performance, left off the programme, Geoff. Miss Miles and to present to m ' as the bibulous, crazy Dr, Einstein, Cossins, who was the man, has every present to her a Canteen oj \ , ^ff Never once was he out of phase; and reason to be pleased with his work. his final exit was a splendid climax. Generally it was a very bright Cutlery and a Crystal Whisky V' ' ^' w ' His companion. Jonathan Brewster show, foUowing well upon the first Set to serve as a small token (Noel Power), was a suitably appal­ production of the year and promising oj our appreciation jor her ling sort of Frankenstein, aptly and extremely well for the Society's main efforts on our behalj. ably offset by his looney brother production next term., r ' • (Maurice Ewing). Eleanor Cooke and F. W. WHITEHOUSE. Miss Miles has accepted a Pam Harper, as the charming, old, :o:- position as secretary oj a hotel ELEANOK COOKE sedate sisters who murder so daintily and so well, were good enough to in Port Moresby. make you want to avoid them in the R. DAmSLLS, The Society rose to the opportun­ Chem. lab, or the kitchen. Perhaps ComiTieni* Pres. U.Q.U. ities; and the obvious fact that the the hardest part was given to Avis players were enjoying themselves NichoUs who had to play one of the Procession thoroughly, set instantly in progress few sane characters in the piece— points will be added up after the an hilarious infection that spread the vicar's daughter who is being led Procession has returned—making a from the stage. to a maidenly ruin "beside distilled ANNOUNCINGlJt possible 80 (20 .per judge) for each The programme of the Society for waters" by Mortimer Brewster (a THE PROCESSION OSCARJI! float. The float with the highest the year is of four plays. The first, long difficult part played very well number, wins (provided that more in Orientation Week, is by the older by John Miller); and he was saved WHAT IS IT? than 40 points have been alloted to members to rouse enthusiasm. The from insanity by the discovery that The weirdist, most. compUcated that float), second (and this was the second) is he was merely illegithnate. Dis­ contraption yet devised by human by tradition a comedy, farce or bur­ coveries like that were the order of hand! WHERE WILL IT BE PRESENTED? lesque, to capture the spirit of first the night, • Avis NichoUs' task was WHAT IS IT FOB? Normally at the Common Ball—if difficult because, the play being about this is held after the Procession, This term and to bring old hands and It is the annual trophy for the best y?^x^ ^^ ^°^\ probably will be awarded freshers together on stage. The nitwits,'' the few sane characters are float in the procession, second term play is the serious pro­ not so convincingly drawn by the at the Men's Club Dance. duction of the y^ar. And in third playwright. HOW IS IT JUDGED? WHO WILL CARRY IT? It is Judged on a basis of points! The leader of the Engineers' Band Originality, humour, entertainment will carry it like a standard. The value, quality and the impression float of the year which Won the pre­ created will all be taken'into con­ vious year's competition will lead GOT A TICKET? sideration. Points will be taken the Procession floats. off if any infringement of the rules It is Worth while having, so strive of the procession occurs on the' way to raise the standard of your float and TICKETS FOR COMMEM. ARE UMITEP, round the streets! —who knows?—your float may win. SO MAKE SURE YOU GET IN EARLY WHO WILL JUDGE IT? „ Float topics should be in by now!!! A very select body consisting of— •The Order of March will be finally NEXT WEEK Two well-known professors, decided to-morrow (Friday, 22nd Alcove Bookings Open A senior woman lecturer. April) so if you want to put a float The President of the Union, in the Procession and have not yet COMMEM. BALL, CLOUDLAND, APRIL 29 Making four judges in all. These will done so. ring LU 1269 after 5 pjn. allot points out of a possible 20 for before Friday. each float in the Profession. Their BRUCE N. GUTTERIDGE, Cdnv. Page Two SEMPER FLOREAT Thursday, April 21, 1949 ^twftx Jparmt Florence Sums Upl The most striking and significant statement of my first critic certainly lay in the lines:—"The enemy ... is the Papacy which is at present striving its utmost to provoke a third world war." Editor: JOHN O'DUFFY I recognise that you have a perfect right to your opinion, Mr. Sub-E(lltor."«; MURRAY WILLIAMS, BRIAN TI^OMASON, ALAN WALKER. Waring, but I have no more intention of setting about to disprove Staff: TED d'URSO, PERC BURTON, GRAHAM WINDRUM. JOHN EMMETT, MALCOLM HAM. JOHN HALL, DAN CUNNINGHAM, J SHANAHAN, J. it than to establish that the cow didn't juriip over the moon. You KELLY, JUNE SYMES, JILL LIDGARD, ELEANOR COOKE. MARGARET should not pay so much heed to the wild aberrations of "The HISLOP. Clarion," Likewise, Mr. Chapman, no exchange of words will Sporting Editor: T. McENIERY reconcile our fundamental difference of outlook; I cannot agree Business Managpr: FRED SCHUBERT that the power of Amsterdam is more than academic. We must THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1949, No. 7. have time to adjudicate our argument. Two champions of the Catholic two issues of "Semper" to my original Church have also crossed swords article. They came from the hands with me, I admit Mr, Potter's charge of people all claiming to be of the of presumption in seeking to cram flock of the same true shepherd, and the history of 500 years into half a yet might I not have been excused Student Government page of print. Aware of the magni­ from answering them on the ground After the Senate, the most important body in student tude of my undertaking, I had con­ that they cancelled each other out. fined myself narrowly to the subject The established prejudices of hun­ activities is naturally the Students' Union Council, Although this of Amsterdam and purposely avoided dreds of years still clog the outlook body has met three times already this year, very few students reference to the Roman Catholic of all the churches and blast the have shown any interest in its activities, despite the fact that Church. I regret if the seeming snub hopes for the achievement of a vital of omission has given offence. unity of spirit and soul. Unity now many important decisions have already been made. The meet­ would be a miracle, and there is no ings of the Council are at all times open to the general student I must reiterate that since the Renaissance we have been living in precedent in the history of human body. Students are invited to attend meetings and observe the substantially a Protestant age. By institutions for a mircle of such mag­ workings of the Union. It is only in this manner that good the Reformation the Catholic Church' nitude. Councillors—a vanishing race—can be developed among the lost not only its catholicity,, but also So much for the rise and fall of student body. At a recent meeting of the W.A. Guild—the body the allegiance of those of the nations civilisations. The other equally im­ of the world with the greatest portant facet of the question concerns corresponding to our Union—there were 70 student observers! ceative impetus and energy—nations the faith and conviction of the in­ This was on the question of National Union and I.U.S., a subject who would be likely to alter the dividual, and here I may only speak which invited NOT one observer in Queensland. course of world history, and where in subject to all the limitations of my fact parliamentary institutions were own experience. In this regard I Union Council has a very important function to perform, and first nourished and industrial revolu­ have found no church which can im­ for this reason competent councillors are essential as this Union tions began. Rome retained the press upon me the NECESSITY for handles fees, which pass the ten thousand pound mark. Few loyalty of the people of Spain, Italy, accepting its set of beliefs; to that and of Central and Lower Europe, tremendous question which is ever Councillors seem to realise this, and there has barely been a but the bulk of these races were of gnawing at the soul, "What is truth?", quorum at Council after 10.30 p.m. this year. There have been peasant or less progressive stock and I know of no institutional answer many growls about the lateness of meetings, but these are un­ were unable to restore Rome to her which satisfies the whole being. After avoidable in the early part of the year when the most important primal position in world affairs. Ad- long searching I have eventually put mitatedly the Protestant revolt con­ away the idea that there is a dis­ business points arise. Time restrictions on the Agenda are not tained the seeds of its own eventual coverable, absolute truth and have the solution, this lies with Councillors themselves who, if they undoing, but on the principle that rather come to believe that there is took a lively interest—with fewer asides—and fixed their atten­ nothing happens without a cause a PARTISAN TRUTH to be found in tion on CORRECT debate, must make the meetings shorter. some such fracture was probably the cultural environment in which inevitable- Moreover, a little com­ one is reared—a truth which resides During the past years the number of women Councillors has parative history surely shows that the not in dogmatic theoIog:ies, but in a ending of the religious monopoly of principle so finely expressed by never been below eight, and yet with one exception, few women the Catholic Church has not been Keats, that BEAUTY is truth, truth Councillors ever break the peace. They are content to sit and altogether without benefit to that beauty. To this culture of beauty knit. This is hardly fair to the students whom they represent. church. It is an old principle that no one can deny the tremendous con­ They are presumably elected on female students' votes, and as there's no better incentive for a per­ tribution of the churches, and such are expected to sit forward and put the women's viewpoint. son to keep his face washed than to especially of the Catholic Church have others about who will take a -seen at a glance in the mag- Less knitting and more interest cannot help but increase the pleasure in pointing out that it is nificance of Michael Angelo's Sis- efficiency of an already overburdened Council, dirty. tine Chapel or in the consumate As for the significance of the beauty of the B Minor Mass by Bach, Queensland's decision to disaffiliate from the "International In this respect I am as. much a child Union of Students" was confirmed by Council, This decision Catholic Church in contemporary affairs, I can find no evidence to point of Western civilisation as you are, Mr, was carried by all States, except Tasmania. So marked was the to her as an agent for saving Potter, and I would not be so childish voting in the Southern States that it would appear that Christendom. No brand of logic will as to deny my origins. But I cannot, N.UA.U.S, is finished with the so-called International Union. permit us to seek an assurance for in this year of grace, discover any the future in length of existence in logical compulsion leading from an The Union Executive also made a report on the St, Lucia the past; you cannot borrow twice on itemised faith in things of beauty to facilities, the Union being responsible for the student amenities the security of a previous respectable the various codified theologies of or­ there. Another pleasing feature of Council policy is the support longevit. Admit such a principle ganised rehgion, given to the various Society Journals, Most faculties are now and you can be required to bow to J. McG. FLORENCE, the virtues of our aborigines who preparing their own annuals, and Medicine, Law, Dentistry, En­ have preserved their institutional re­ gineering, Science and Veterinary Science have all been guaran­ ligion for over 2000 years. The teed against loss over £20 by the Union. dangers which menace the Catholic Church to-day, unlike most of those COMMONWEALTH If Union Council is to function without destructive criticism she has previously surmounted, are then more co-operation is needed. Difficulty was found in filling from without and are the same as DENTAL SUPPLY three Committees recently—one of them the Student Benefac­ have produced the deadly pallor in her sister churches. Firstly, in the tions Committee, This almost suggests an unwillingness among world social revolution which is the COY. PTY. LTD, students to help one another. Co-operation is the answer to the hallmark of this twentieth century City Bldgs., Edward St, rumour that Council is becoming grossly inefficient. the churches have failed to find a (opp. BothwelPs) place. If the affairs of men continue to pass them by, the conviction will LEADING SUPPLIERS OF become inescapable that they have outlived their usefulness. Secondly, DENTAL STUDENTS' the peoples of Asia and the Pacific, REQUIREMENTS "^ )9 who outnumber the Western world by Advice given freely on pnrchaao of almost two to one, have cast off the prBctlcea—locams, etc. ^^ Galmahra political dominion of Western Christendom and are zealous to assert NOW their own cultures and develop their own civiUsations. No longer will that your first term resolutions have fallen by the they willingly borrow their religion wayside, you can use those idle hours in preparing a contribu­ from the West, but \xt. their forward FOB ADVICE OR SERVICE ON tion for "Galmahra." march will surely threaten to engulf us, . "Galmahra," annual magazine of U. of Q. students, wants LIFE ASSURANCE short stories, sketches, poems, critiques, * general articles, etc. Under these circumstances the only force powerful enough to hope to Consult Think of the fame "Galmahra" can bring you! compete with these great manaces Think of your aesthetic soul! would be one deriving from the KENNETH A. LEMON, BA. Think of the caslji prizes! spiritual unity of the whole of Christendom and a missionary en­ of the Your contributions (marked clearly, "EDITOR, 'GAL- thusiasm surging through her people. MAHRA'") should be left in one of the "Semper" boxes or Compromises, concessions, and patch- ing-up agreement can be of no avail. A.M.P. SOCIETY offices, or given to Bert Cornelius, at St. Lucia. It is hardly necessary for me to point out how tragically far we are from Telephones: B 6408 Box 1404R, Artists, start working out your ideas for the cover design auch a unity or enthusiasm to-day. B 6409 G.P.O. competition. Consider even the replies In the last Thursday, April 21, 1949 SEMPER FLOREAT Page Three The Communist Danger— To the Commonwealth and Empire When Lenin became master of Russia, he recognised that student movements and other or- gani.sations through which they can British Power represented the greatest obstacle to the spread influence public opinion. Especially BRISBANE of communism, just as it had to the milder Imperialism of the are they active in communities of SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY ^ Czars before him. He also recognised that England by itself still unassimilated emigrants, was only a small island in the North Sea, The strength of SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS. This Society will meet in the rooms of the Brisbane Women's Britain lay in the Commonwealth and Empire, and it therefore Another curious facet of com­ Club, Adelaide Street. City, at 8 p.m. became a primary object of Soviet policy to disrupt the British munist activity is the party's in­ on the first Tuesday in each month, Empire by every possible means. direct and. secret encouragement of April to November inclusive. In­ separatist movements. No one is spection of the Society's syllabus On this point, if on no other, ment have found it necessary to more anti-communist than Dr. reveals that an interesting series of Stalin is Lenin's legitimate heir. He arrest several of their leaders. In Malan, but in Moscow he is regarded, meetings is assured. has always been the communist Burma they are in open rebellion. "objectively," as an ally. First be­ We have been asked to advise our party's expert on colonial questions, The communist insurrection in cause his separatist tendencies may readers that visitors are always and already before the Revolution Malaya has a more special charac­ help to weaken the Commonwealth welcomed at the Society's meetings had written a treatise, "The ter. The Chinese community in the —always a primary aim of Soviet and that enquiries from intending Colonial Problem," which Trotsky Peninsula peninsula has long been policy. Second because his native members are invited. Those in­ policy may drive South African terested are requested to get in regarded as his only serious con­ divided, like China itself, between touch with the Secretary, Mr. W. R. tribution to Marxist literature. In the communi.ct and the Kuomintane: negroes into the arms of the com­ munist party. Galley (B 6322 or M 1982), or the this he advanced the argument that parties. The communists increased President, Mr, Kennedy Allen, B.A., it was the duty of communists to considerably during the war, and "ETERNAL VIGILANCE." B.L. (B6674 or M6610). stir up nationalist and separatist they now form the main body of the How serious then is the communist movements inside the Colonial Em­ insurgents danger to the Commonwealth and SYLLABUS—1949. pires, not so much because such THE MENACE IN THE COLONIES. Empire? Only in India and S.E. PLAYS FOR STUDY— movements deserved support in The communist party has made Asia does it present a serious themselves as because they would little progress, though Greek and threat: there it is a force to be "Much Ado About Nothing." help to weaken those Empires and Spanish communists are active in reckoned with. In the United King­ "Cymbeline." TUESDAY, Sth APRIL, 8 p.m.— so facilitate the spread of com­ Cyprus and Gibraltar The riots last dom it is a disruptive element in the trade union and Labour move­ President's "At Home." munism. It was really a new ver­ year in the Gold Coast, although Discussion: "Much Ado About sion of the ancient maxim, "Divide Nationalist in character, were ments, but still weak. In the dominions and in the colonies it is Nothing." and Rule." Years afterwards he almost certainly instigated by agita­ (Leader; Dr, Ross McKenzie,) elaborated the theme in his cele­ tors with communist connections, still at most an underground or­ Programme arranged by Mr. brated lecture, "The Problems of acting in accordance with Stalin's ganisation disseminating pro-Russian James Buchanan. Leninism." In an extraordinary teaching. propaganda, and undertaking espion- TUESDAY, Srd MAY, 8 p.m.— frank and cynical passage he advo­ Lecturer: Mr. Sydney May, Lec­ cated communist support for the turer in Music, University of Nationalist movement in Egypt and BLOOD DONORS ARE URGENTLY REQUIRED Queensland. King Amanullah in Afghanistan Blood donors are urgently required at the Red Cross Blood Trans- "Music's Indebtedness to Shake­ because, although anti-communistic fu.slon Service, Adela!de Street. An appeal is being made to ALL Univer­ speare." •themselves, they were nevertheless sity Students to enrol as blood donors and so build up reserves at the TUESDAY, 7th JUNE. 8 p.m.— "objectively revolutionary" in the Blood Bank to a safe level. Suplies at present are dangerously low. Lecturer: Archbishop Duhig. sense that they were working to "The Tradition of Shakespeare." Last month 1265 ilonor.s were bled. This number is too small and a Programme arranged by Miss disrupt the British Empirer figure nearer 2000 Is needed before the position will become safe. Rhoda Felgate. Students should apply to Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, RUSSIA'S GREATEST RIVAL. TUESDAY, 5 th JUNE, 8 p.m.— Adelaide St., or ring B4113. Students from Ipswich arc notified that a An evening of Shakespearean Since Stalin delivered his lecture, donor service now operates In Ipswich. Music and Dances, the United States have to some ex­ TUESDAY, 2nd AUGUST, 8 p,m,— tent superseded us as the main bul­ Speaking at the final session of age for its Russian masters. Never­ Lecturer; A, K. Thomson, M.A. wark against communist imperial­ the African Conference in London, theless, in a crisis it might prove a "How much do we know about ism. By their industrial strength Mr. Croech Jones, Colonial Secre­ dangerous fifth column. There is no Shakespeare," and military potential they are to­ tary, said: "In the colonial terri­ need for alarm, but it is well to Programme arranged by Mr, Leo day Russia's greatest rival. Never­ tories we are faced with a menace remember the ancient truth that and Miss Italia Guyatt, theless, it is with British rather which comes from a propaganda "the price of freedom is eternal TUESDAY, 6th SEPTEMBER. 8 p.m. Lecturer: The President. Kennedy than American interests that ex­ which may destroy the progress we vigilance." pansionist policies of the Soviet Union Allen. Esq,, B.A., B,I, are anxious to see Communism is —VERBUM SATIS SAPIENTI. "Some Aspects of Shakespearean come into conflict. In Europe, a way of life alien to all the prin­ ' :o; which has become to-day what the Tragedy." cipals and values which are im­ Programme arranged by Mrs, C, Low Countries used to be in the portant to Western civilisation and CHURCH SERVICE Roemermann. scheme of British defence; in civilisation which have grown up in TUESDAY, 4th OCTOBER, 8 p,m,— Greece and Turkey, which guard the the East as well." An invitation has been extended to Members' Night, Eastern Mediterranean; in the Nil Amaa AUennu, of the Gold members ot the Senate, Staff, "My Favourite Shakespearean Middle East, where we still have Graduates, and Undergraduates to be Play." special treaty rights; in Afghanistan Coast, said on behalf of the dele­ gates: "We are going back deter­ present at the Church Service to be TUESDAY, 1st NOVEMBER, 8 p.m.— and Sinkiang, on the northern fron­ held at St. John's Cathedral on Sun­ Annual Meeting, Reports. Election tiers of Pakistan and Kashmir, it mined to get our people to come to­ gether, determined to get them to day, April 24th, at 11 a.m. of Officers. is the British who are the flrst to stand by Britain and the Empire in Robing accommodation will be Discussion: Cymbeline. feel Soviet pressure. Only in China provided at Cathedral Hall in Ann Leader: The President, the fight against all enemies, Street at 10,45 a.m. are the Americans more closely whether they be ignorance, poverty affected; and even there the lions Students desiring to attend should or disease, or whether they take the notify Mr. Hulbert so that seating share of foreign investment is still form of communism" controlled by British interests. The accommodation can be arranged. For that Photograph British Commonwealth and Empire IN THE DOMINIONS. G. T. BENNESS, Hon, Sec. therefore still remain communist In the expanding economy of the — :o:- ' Russia's enemy No. 1, Dominions, communism as such has IT'S COMING ROY Communist efforts to disrupt the made little headway. The com­ Commonwealth take several forms. munist party serves as a sort of COOPER Openly or secretly, communist holding company controlling various parties have been formed wherever clandestine operations. Communist possible with the long-term purpose agents are busy infiltrating trade STUDIOS of spreading communist ideas and unions and political organisations. 101 Adelaide St., Brisbane the more immediate one of recruit­ The spy trials in Canada, for in­ ing spies and subversive ageirits, stance, shov7 how they were pene- (Between Arcade and Albert tratilng the CCF, (Commonwealth Street) OPEN OPPOSITION. Co-operative Federation). • But the communists do not work . As yet it is only in India and S.E. only through political parties. They ANNUAL MEDICAL BALL, Asia that communism has become are busy in benevolent societies. FRIDAY, JUNE I7th. a serious political force. There the contrasts of wealth and poverty, the —I progress of industrialisation and the Milne Browne & intensive exploitation of raw HOTEL DANIELL, Cnr. GEORGE & ADELAIDE STS. materials have produced conditions Co. Pty. Ltd!. favouring the spread of communist B6270 DANIELL B6270 Ideas, Before the war, in the period of direct rule, Indian and Burman FLORAL STUDIO 235 EDWARD STREET communists tended to support the (Proprietor: GEORGE PARKER, Comm, III,) (Over Rowe's Cafe) nationalist movements because they were anti anti-British. Now, how­ ever, that the Nationalists have SPECIAL SERVICE FOR COMMEM. DENTAL STUDENTS' come to power and show signs of co­ Requirements Available operating with the British, the com­ CORSAGES - 3/6, 5/6, 7/6 munists have gone Into open oposi­ tion. In India they are still pro­ EX^JUISITE n^J^.^ \Tx^,« t DELIVERIES Printed by Shlpplngr Kevapapera (Q'land)' ceeding along.more or less constitu­ ORCHIDS Uraev Now I MADE Ltd,. Ryan House, Eagle dt„ BriabaiKj tional lines, although the Qovem- (or the u&tverilty ot Queeaalaaa I7&loi^ Page Four SEMPER FLOREAT Thursday, April 21, 1949

Editors:- G. H. CLARKE Engineering Supplement: R. F. KYNASTON Electrical Engineering Bridge Builders . CIVIL ENGINEERING (By R. T. HINCKLEY, M.E., B.Sc, A,M,I.E,E, London), A,M,LE. Aust,) (By J. H. LAVERY, M,E,, B,Sc,, Professor of Civil Engineering) For many years engineering has been recognised as a sub­ The field of Electrical Engineering may be divided broadly ject worthy of a place in University studies. With the rapid into— development of engineering, it may prevent misunderstanding (a) Power Engineering; if we consider now what degree of skill in his profession might (b) Electronic Engineering, reasonably be expected from the engineering student on gradu­ There is, however, no clearly defined boundary between ation. these two divisions and specialists in one branch require a considerable knowledge of the other. Where electronic equip­ It win be necessary to consider the first two years of study common briefly how enghieering has de­ to all branches. ment is used on electrical power undertakings and vice versa, veloped since the Institution of Civil After the completion of two years, the responsible engineer must be able to specify his require­ Engineers was incorporated by Royal the student must decide in which ments in some detail, so that the specialist engaged on the Charter in 1828. Engineerinff was branch of engineering he intends to deftiKsd therein ,as "the art of direct­ specialise. At this stage he will have design of the auxiliary equipment may be fully aware of the ing the great sources of power in had some training in mathematics and nature of the equipment required. Nature for the use and convenience of the sciences, and will have discarded man" and by implication, civil en­ any notion he may have had that Therefore, in order that this may purchase of plant or to devise proce­ gineering covered all branches of "rule of thumb" methods satisfy the be achieved and to ensure that the dures for the maintenance thereof, engfaieerinir other than military en­ demands of his profession. He practising engineer may be aware of and it is necessary in the courses to gineering. Developments in mechaJii- should be now ready and eager to ex­ the possibilities of the application of place considerable emphasis on this cal engineering have since given to plore the applications of his studies. other types of equipment to his own aspect of Engineering, civil englneiering a restricted mean­ To-day these appUcations are so use, the courses have been arranged A significant change in attitude, ing, and now the term is used for that diverse that it is unlikely that in the so that students in both divisions at­ especially amongst the Government branch o^ engineering concerned remaining two years of his course the tend the same lectures, A limited Departments, has been noted in re­ primarily with constructural works, student will become expert in any amount of specialisation on one field cent years, and a number of these are such as bridges, dams, roads and one of them. He will be introduced is permitted, and this takes place in offering cadetships which permit the water supply schemes, to name only a to some branches only in short the design and practical work and in few. courses of instruction, sufficient to holder to undertake a full Engineer­ awaken his interest. Attention will the investigations involved in the ing Degree Course, to be foUowed by Just as mechanical and electrical preparation of the degree thesis. be directed primarily to such general a year's training in the Department engineering in the last century made subjects as surveying, the mechanics This concentration on training in concerned before the cadet attains the rapid progress as to justify the forma- of fluids and of soils, and structural general principles instead of at­ theory. tempting to provide the student with It is important that design be given masses of technical detail is neces­ special attention, and it must be sary because, particularly in the This week the sta^ of the Engineering Faculty have realised that design requires more past, very few students know to provided a very readable Supplement dealing with the than a knowledge of structural what post they would be appointed various branches oj the Faculty." This has at last given out­ theory. The engineer must know on graduation. It is felt that if the how the structure can be built, and student has been trained to think side students an inkling as to what is contained in the as he plans he must picture the along the right lines and to use the various departments, which, with different adjectives, all various stages of its erection. He wealth of information which is now* terminate in Engineering,—Ed. must know what materials are readily available, he will quickly adjust available, what work and standard himself to the environment in which of workmanship can be expected he finds himself. from plant and labour, and what This is well recognised in the status of Engineer, Such a scheme tion of their own institutions, so now risks from floods and wind he is United Kingdom, where the large has much to commend it, for it would the constructional works of the civil justified in taking during the con­ manufacturing firms provide grad­ permit the University training to be engineer are being divided into struction period. He must study the uate apprenticeship courses of confined to fundamentals. The stu­ branches, many of which have their economy of the project and balance several years' duration, which ap­ dent's work in his own special field own societies. There are now Asso­ this consideration with the aesthetics pointees direct from the Univer­ would then be guided by his Depart­ ciations of Water Engineers, Associa­ of design. sities have to complete, before being ment and the University staff, and tions of Road Engineers, and institu­ Much of this cannot readily be accorded the status of Engineers. with a definite position assured, he tions of Structural Engineers, and taught in engineering schools. Cer­ Under such circumstances the Uni­ can decide what part of his course is similar societies, all of which have a tainly our students have a short versities can concentrate on teaching large membership and contribute period of training on works under basic thory, and rely on the student of most direct application and make special efforts to master these sections learned treatises to the literature of construction and learn to appreciate obtaining his practical Engineering engineering. the value of good craftsmanship, and training after graduation. thoroughly. This close contact with the practice The study of engineering in Uni­ this experience is extremely valu­ In the past, when very little data versities has developed in much the able; but it would be idle to claim on Engineering design was available of Engineering would result in a bet­ that the student has obtained more ter appreciation on the part of the same way. The degree may now be outside the Universities and the taken in Civil, Mechanical, Elec­ from it than an earnest desire to manufacturing firms were relatively student, of the need for the subjects organisation. taught earlier in the course. trical, Chemical or Mining Engineer­ know more of works small, it was very necessary for the ing, or in Naval Architecture, our Our degree course, then, is aimed University to teach detailed design. Electronic Engineering has become most recently established branch. All at producing men soundly trained in Now, however, the Held is so wide important only in recent years, have a common basis in mathematics the fundamental sciences. It is hoped and so much design is based on data though Communications has been an and the sciencces so that the course that the student will have developed which has been obtained from past important branch for some consider­ is conveniently arranged with most of some ingenuity in the solution of practice and research within the par­ able time. However, since none of engineering problems. He will ticular firm, that care must be taken the Australian Universities included understand the scope of further ap­ to avoid undue emphasis on this sub­ this work in their curricula, the Post­ plications, and not only wiU he have ject during the course, and to use the master General's Department trained ceeding to higher degrees, who are some market value, but, it is hoped, design problems to illustrate certain its own staff. A large group of working under the direction of the will have become thoroughly in­ techniques, rather than to teach a engineers was thus denied the advan­ lecturing staff. As Industry in this terested in his engineering work and student to design a specific piece of tages of a University education. country offers little incentive for will find in its further study much etiuipment. A number of these did complete Engineers to obtain these higher that will add to his enjoyment of Since the administrative staff in the Bachelor of Science Degree, for qualifications, very few students have living. large organisations are drawn largely the mathematics and physics included attempted work of this nature. Fur­ from the ranks of University in these courses was of considerable ther, the opportunities for research graduates, it is necessary that their use to the Communications Engineer. are limited by the heavy teaching training should cover a wide field. The subject of telecommunications load carried by the lecturing staff. On the other hand, one must not has recently been introduced into the However, students are encouraged to overlook the fact that in his' early Electrical Engineering Course aud select as degree thesis subjects those career, the Engineer must be capable has proved to be of value, for a sub­ which will afford a maximum scope of making technical decisions and his stantial proportion of recent grad­ for the carrying out of original work, training must be directed towards uates has been appointed to positions and though the extent of research is 0 . PRACS. this end also. in the Post Office Engineering not as great as might be desired this Industry in Australia rather ex­ Branch, aspect of student training is not being This Week the Prac. pects that an Engineer will acquire The P,M.G, Department is only neglected. • most of his technical knowledge at one of a number of public utilities This very brief survey will indi­ will be held at the University, and because the employing Communications Engin­ cate the magnitude of the task of de­ majority of graduates have been em­ eers, and there should always be a vising a course which will meet the VICTORIA PARK ployed by the various authorities en­ substantial demand for such per­ diverse requirements of both the gaged in the generation and distribu­ sonnel. There are also vast possi­ Research Engineer and many who REFECTORY tion of electric power, it has been bilities for the use of electronic de­ will be engaged in installation and possible to provide the student-with vices in Industry, and in anticipation maintenance of Engineering plant. sufficient knowledge to permit him of this the course has been extended This is to some extent achieved by on rapidly to become an effective unit in to include the study of Industrial providing courses in a wide range of the organisation to which he is ap­ Electronics. specialised subjects, and permitting SATURDAY NIGHT pointed. The nature of this work re­ Mo^t Engineering research requires him to select a group which will quires a good knowledge of the per­ capital and facilities beyond the reach cover his particular requirements. formance which can be" expected of of Universities, so activity in this As the choice of subjects has to be given plant rather than the detailed direction has been rather limited. approved by the head of the Depart­ Be there! - Get A knowledge necessary if its design is Such rtesearch as is undertaken is of ment, any danger of the student Partnerfor Commem to be attempted. It calls for an a fakly basic character and Is becoming too specialised can be abiUty to prepare specificatloha for generally carried out by students pro- avoided. ri TTwTi Thursday, April 21, 1949 SEMPER FLOREAT Page Five Chemists & Miners (By C, L, W, BERGLIN, B,E.) (By A. H. CORBETT, M,E., A,M.I.E, Aust.) Chemical Engineering is that branch of engineering con­ Engineering freshmen may have noticed a serious dis­ cerned with the development and application of manufacturing crepancy between the information given to them at Orientation processes, in which chemical or certain physical changes of lectures and the description of the Faculty of Engineering in material are involved. These processes may usually be resolved the U,Q,U, Handbook; those who consulted their 1949 Calendars into a co-ordinated series of unit physical operations and unit would have found confirmation of the existence of a MECHAN­ chemical processes. The work of the chemical engineer is ICAL division of the B,E. degree; a fortunate circumstance for concerned primarily with the design, construction and opera­ the first group of six graduates in Mechanical Engineering who tion of equipment and plant in which series of these unit opera­ hope to meet the Chancellor next May, tions and processes are applied. Chemistry, physics and mathe­ Several years ago an upsurge of ability, for commonsense for matics are the underlying sciences of chemical engineering and enthusiasm for the revision of the en­ sound scholarship, as economy its guide in practice. gineering curricula arose from a com­ Queensland's coal reserves must bination of circumstances which in­ eventually attract heavy industries Mining Engineering is concerned (on miners which only good manage- cluded the return to the staff of a to this State, and other favourable with the winning of the valuable ment can ease. number of graduates with extensive factors are the spread of electrifica­ mineral or metal by underground or professional experience, the support tion throughout the populated areas surface methods to a systematic plan. In the field of chemical engineer­ of influential engineers who were and the development of food pro­ ing there are two broad classes of employers of young graduates, the cessing industries based on tropical The work of the mining engineer work— thought that the large numbers of agi-iculture, Por the past thirty falls naturaUy into four classes— (1) Process Designiiig,—^Laboratory C.R,T,S. students should be given years the demand for engineering (1) Exploration which covers the or pilot scale developments have the benefit of revised courses, the graduates has at least equalled the prospecting of virgin country, the to be converted into an operable funds made available by the Univer­ supply, and the writer is confident surveying and sampling of dis­ and economical commercial plant sities Commission for the equipping that this position will be main­ covered mineral deposits, includ­ to produce a certain material. of new laboratories, and the sympa­ tained. ing sufficient development work Decisions have to be made as to thetic encouragement of the late Pro­ to enable the value of the deposit location of plant, type of process fessor R. W, H. Hawken. The reso­ CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON to be assessed and the prepara­ to be used and quality of com­ lution recommending the establish­ COURSES. tion of a careful and conservative mercial product to be expected; ment of courses in the six major In addition to training its own report on the prospect, aU within a limited time, as divisions of Engineering was ap­ graduates the Department provides (2) Exploitation which besides the markets have a habit of disap­ proved by the Faculty in June, 1946, for all engineering and applied pearing, especially when a com­ the first Mechanical Engineering actual mining includes further science students a two-year course in development work to enable de­ petitor gets his plant to work students ventured into the tran­ Mechanical Design, and a second-year first, sitional third year course in 1947. fol­ cisions to be made as to how and course in Heat Power, which deals what parts of the mineral deposit lowed by double the number in 1948, with the uses of prime movers of all (2) Chemical Plant Design, in which and during that year details of all are to be mined, and the installa­ the various pieces of equipment kinds, and a first-year course for en­ tion of plant for mining the ore M.E. subjects were hammered into gineers in Materials and Processes, in to carry out the various unit shape and approved for publication and the transport of men, operations and processes involved which they are introduced to iron and materials, and ore. in the 1949 Calendar, steel, timber, bricks and concrete, and in the selected process design are the transformations which convert (3) Concentration which entails designed in detail, fabricated and WHAT OF THE FUTURE? put to work. Student preferences indicate that these products of Mother Earth into dressing the mineral to separate the output of the Mechanical En­ useful articlec. The fourth-year elec­ the valuable material from the The course in chemical engineering, gineering Department will be six to tive courses are available to in­ valueless, and that in mining engineering which twelve graduates per annum. In terested students in other divisions. (4) Smelting and Refining,—There we hope to see established during the accordance with the traditional policy TEACHING METHODS. may still be unwanted con­ coming year, must be very wide in of the FacuUy they will receive a stituents in the concentrate, and scope to cover the preliminary re­ solid grounding in the fundamental In ali branches of Technology the to give a saleable product these quirements of either profession. The maths, and sciences and in the basic knowledge which it is desirable to are removed as a slag during four years in chemical engineering skills and habits of mind which are acquire increases daily, and demands smelting and possibly by an addi­ and the first three in mining en­ common to aU divisions of Engineer­ are made from time to time for the tional refining process such as gineering at present being taught ing, In the third and fourth years lengthening of the engineering course, electrolytic reduction. attempt to keep this liberality in portion of their time will be spent in but the writer believes that this can view. studying the whole field of Mechani­ be avoided by careful selection and In these latter two the mining cal Engineering, while the system of improved presentation of factual engineer will use many of the unit We are on the threshold of large .elective subjects (together with pre­ material. The use of clearly-written operations and processes which come developments in the mining and paration of Seminars and a Thesis) well-iUustrated textbooks of recent within the field of chemical engineer­ secondary industries of the State, at will permit each student to specialise vintage and the issue of supple­ ing. the extent and nature of which we in a subdivision of his own, choice. mentary printed lecture notes pre­ To cope with these tasks the min­ can only hazard a guess. Chemical The compulsory subjects include De­ pared by the lecturer save the time ing engineer must have a wide know­ and mining engineers wUl find scope sign, which is the art of analysing a of the student and increase the ledge of geology, mineralogy, metal­ for their talent in these new pro­ problem, synthesising a machine breadth and accuracy of his concepts. lurgy, inorganic and physical jects which, while giving a good which meets the requirements, and The lecture room presentation of de­ chemistry, surveying and mapping as measure of financial return, will pre­ the preparation of drawings from scriptive material can be made more well as a basic knowledge of civil, sent an absorbing task to those suited which the machine may be built, a objective and more vivid by the mechanical and electrical engineering. to this work. group of subjects covering steam en­ judicious use of exhibits, blackboard Primarly. to isucceed as a mining en­ gines and turbines, petrol and deisel sketches, models, strip films, and gineer, he must be apt at handling engines, gas turbines and jet pro­ sound motion pictures. The develop­ labour. Mining, however well con­ Service Commissions, at Garden pulsion, and administration, covering ment of problem-solving abiUty is ducted, is fraught with danger, and Island and Williamstown Naval many problems likely to confront the still left to the student, but that is this under perhaps trying climatic Dockyards, young graduate and ranging from a topic for our next lecture. conditions and isolation puts a strain For those interested in the opera­ camp hygiene to the crossing of tions of ships, opportunities exist on cheques. With the training provided the staffs of shipping companies, ad­ by these subjects the graduate is pre­ vising on the commercial efficiency of pared to enter upon his professional existing ships, and preparing pro­ career in the design office of a manu­ posed designs of new tonnage for ten­ facturing organisation, or in a junior Boat Builders dering purposes. Particularly in position involving responsibility for overseas countries there is scope for the installation, operation or mainten­ (By P. R. SALISBURY, B.Sc, Naval Arch,) consulting Naval Architects in this ance of machinery in a powerhouse type of work. or mill. Newest of the courses to be started in the Faculty of Engin­ eering is that in Naval Architecture. Although facilities exist Perhaps one of the most responsible An elective subject, Industrial En­ positions to which the budding Naval gineering, provides for the study of at Sydney Technical College for students to take a Diploma in Architect can aspire is that of a the problems of organised production this subject, Queensland is the only University in Australasia Lloyds' Surveyor, It is necessary to by those who intend to enter second­ with a School of Naval Architecture, have some years of experience on ary industries with a view to qualify­ both the practical and design sides ing for the senior executive positions. The course is of four years' dura­ Opportunities in Australia for grad­ of shipbuilding, for such a Surveyor In this subject, and in Administration, tion, leading to a B.E, Degree. So uates in this subject are varied. is responsible for passing the plans particular attention is paid to the that graduates can be eligible for Most usual position is that as a of vessels under construction, and human problems arising in the membership of the Institution of member of the Design Office of a supervising the workmanship of the handUng of men and in the relations Naval Architects, theoretical work Shipyard, or on the staff of the Aus­ shipyard, on behalf of Lloyds' Regis­ between management and labour. must be supplemented by practical tralian Shipbuilding Board or. if Ad­ ter. He also surveys all ships at EniPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. work undertaken in the vacations. miralty work, the Navy Office, Mel­ regular intervals, certifying them as Although Queensland imports the Locally, Messrs, Evans Deakin Ltd, bourne. Although one man, the seaworthy, and ordering any repairs greater part of its secondary pro­ have agreed to provide facilities for Naval Architect, is nominally re­ necessary, Opportmiities on the re­ sponsible for the design, he needs search side of the subject are not ducts from the South, and the this, but if preferred, there are many at present in Australia, but it vacancies for which Mechanical En­ seven other large shipyards from several qualified assistants who usually tend to specialise in different is expected a ship model tank will gineers are being trained have been Whyalla, S,A,, to Maryborough, Q„ soon be estabUshed, which will filled' in the past by men without to choose from. branches of the subject. As nearly every ship is an original design, the change that position. Remuneration academic training, the writer has Specialisation takes place from in the industry is comparable with seen many enquiries for graduates work of a Naval Architect is never second year, after a short introduc­ dull, and fuU of variety. that obtaining in other branches of from Government departments, tory course of films and slides given Engineering. newspapers, consulting engineers, at the end of flrst year. This is to Should the graduate lean to work and manufacturers of a wide variety interest those contemplating Naval of a more practical nature, he will As a law has l^een passed to the of articles, located both in Brisbane Architecture, and as a pre-requisite find ample scope for his talent as an effect that all Australian ships must and in the major country towns. to entering the shipyard during the assistant manager in the shipyard it­ be built in Australian shipyards, and The salary offered at present is long vacation. self, co-ordinating the work of the that all ships must be replaced after about £550 per annum, A grave The work of a Naval Architect is of various departments, and solving 24 years' service, the future stabUity responsibility rests on the first an interesting nature, and should ap­ problems encountered in. the actual of the industry is assured. The de­ batches of graduates to establish a peal to aU those attracted to ships construction of the ship. In the mand for qualified Naval Architects reputation for prudence and adapta- and the sea, and his work embraces RAJ^ vacancies exist for graduates is therefore likely to continue for biU^ as well aa for technical both Naval and 'Merchant vessels. as Shipwright Lieutenants on Short some time. Page Six SEMPER FLOREAT Thursday, April 21, 1949

Catholics have always been opposed to it," This is not so. It is true that the most active opponents of I.U,S, have Shades of Ned Kelly been Catholics, but it is exceedingly doubtful if "most" CathoUcs take a GRIM TRAGEDY. But the second buoys had drifted simUar attitude. One only needs to out of position and the outer buoy » recaU the voting of N,U.A.U.S. Con­ UNIVERSITY ROBBED OF THE was about four boat's lengths out of gress—over 150 in favour of I,U,S, to CHAMPION EIGHTS OP place. To get around it, as the about 30 against. The number of QUEENSLAND. umpire ordered them to do, Univer­ Catholics attending Congress is un­ The University Boat Club lost the sity had to turn abruptly and go right certain, but I would be surprised to title of the Champion Eights of across the river and broadside around find that there were less than 50, Queensland on Easter Saturday in a it—a very difficult manoeuvre. The since the Catholic Students' Congress manner that reflects very badly on assistant umpire, in another boat, Jlattcti to was held near Brisbane shortly be­ the conduct of such championship gave G,P.S, the option of ignoring fore the N,U.A,U.S, Congress, Even events in Brisbane, For they were its prescribed lane and going where granting that the greater part of the best crew on the day and were it pleased. They did so, keeping a these 30 votes against LU.S, came leading when the fiasco occurred. straight course, and the difference 7kc £dltot from Catholics—which may safely be There were four crews in the race, immediately changed the University conceded—Mr. Durack's confident in the following order from the north lead of three lengths to a G.P.S. lead assertion is still open to considerable bank; Bundaberg, Brisbane (repre­ of three, and gave G.P.S. the inside TAYLOR TACKLED doubt. sented by G,P.S.), Rockhampton, and running that was to have been Uni­ As for the statement that right- University. It was a race that drew versity's beyond the buoy. Univer­ wing students have always been op­ a big banlc of spectators, for Bunda­ sity finished splendid and reduced Sir, ,, . „, posed to I.U,S,, this is simply a fur­ berg were the holders of the title and the G,P.S, lead to two and a half Quite apart from anything that Mr, ther move in the campaign to brand were reputed to have a crack crew, lengths at the finish. Bundaberg was Daniels may have to say on this LU.S. against all evidence, as "left- while at the preceding regatta Uni­ about three lengths further behind matter, 1 feel that the letter of G, S, wing," It is even more amazing to versity very easily had defeated the and Rockhampton about the same Taylor ("Semper," 7/4/49) caUs for read such a statement as this when G,P.S. eight, Rockhampton also had distance further back stUl, Very a reply. one recalls that Mr. Durack attended the reputation of being a tough, well- definitely the University cox had kept Mr, Taylor is probably aware that N.U.A.U.S, Congress, He presumably trained eight. University was the much too far towards tiie south bank. no business venture is entirely free heard, therefore, a spokesman for the heaviest crew of the four. In that there was a bad error of from the possibility of financial set­ University of Melbourne Liberal Club ' The new 3-mile Hamilton course judgment. But looking out for the back, and that in the case of "Printed announce his club's policy of con­ has two bends in opposing directions buoys in their planned position he Notes" there is no exception. Indeed, tinued affUiation wUh 1,U,S, Or does so that general disadvantages cancel was unable to see them, since they due to hostility by a smaU section of Mr, Durack now regard the Liberal out, and in a proper setting it would had drifted to near the north bank, the staff this risk is greatly accen­ Club as a bunch of "leftists"?— be one of the best courses in Aus­ and when nearly on to their line had tuated. There always has been the Yours, etc, tralia, The race was rowed upstream to turn at an angle of about 45 de­ chance of copyright infringement or J. E, C. MILLER. on smooth, slack water.- University grees to get to them. was on the south bank, and in the radical change of syllabus which can :o:- This was the finest University and has caused the Union temporary first mile (to the first line of buoys) eight ever boated since Eric Free­ financial setback. Viewed against it had the outside running and the man's crew of 1923. They rowed a total outlay of nearly £1000, the VARSITY SHUFFLE longest lane. Tactics, therefore, were with great rhythm and tremendous £18 which Mr. Taylor is so keen to get the lead from the start and be power and easily were the best crew to have explained away does not first around those buoys; and then, on the day. It is most unfortunate, seem such a colossal amount. At Sir,— at the second buoys, where they therefore, that the State title and the any rate, he will be very relieved to Your correspondent, G. M. Wilkin­ would have the inside running and right to represent Queensland for the hear that this apparent loss is more son, requests a higher proportion of the shortest run home, all should be King's Cup in South Australia should than covered by stock in hand. old time at Commem. He must cer­ well. Things worked to plan. Uni­ have been snatched from them. But tainly recognise the fact that the versity rowed superbly. They started it promises well for their performance Inasmuch as the Printed Notes "Uni, Crawler"—or, as he would call out rating 43, graduaUy broke this in the Inter-Varsity Boat Race, here Committee is to wind up its affairs them, "Varsity Shufflers"—would be rating down to 33, and maintained in Brisbane over the same three-mile ' showing neither profit nor loss, Mr. throA'n into confusion. These that for all the rest of the course course, on 4th June, Taylor should be informed that no shufflers constitute a large part of until the finish, which they did at a dancers at Varsity balls. They do The crew was boated as follows;— setback can possibly alter such an splendid 37, They jumped out to the P. Taylor (stroke), G, Benness (7), outcome. not like having their even tempo lead and kept it. They were first interrupted. Mr. Wilkinson was around the first buoy two lengths D, Clouston (6), J, Underwood (5), In regard to the beginning of work partly correct in saying that old tune ahead of G.P,S,, who were second. P. MacTaggert (4), C, Brett (3), J. on Physics I. notes, as the only per­ was enjoyed at Freshers. I suppose This lead they increased along the Lambert (2). W. Rodgers (bow), R. son who advised Mr. Daniels on this he meant the Boston Two Step. Per­ whole long second leg of the course. Archibold (cox). Dr. Whitehouse - matter, it appears to me that the haps he did not see the confusion- at coached the crew. course he adopted under the circum­ the beginning of the dance as boy stances was perfectly justified. The showed girl, and vice versa, I saw Physics I, staff have always been op­ it from the balcony. Even a greater posed to "Printed Notes," and it is variety of old time would be futile, unlikely that a change of attitude as very few can do such dances as the Testing and Research would have been adopted this year. Canberra Two Step and Log Cabin. The great popularity of Physics I. A Barn Dance would not work with (By W. Mapp, B,B,, Testing Officer) notes (three reprints which totalled so many. nearly one thousand sets) amply The testing facilities of the Engineering Department are justified the risk of a new edition. Cloudland is ideal for modern used for both educational and commercial purposes. With the Our view at the time was that the dances, and I believe that most apparatus available, the students are given a good training in set up of the Physics I. course, rely­ dancers prefer the rhythm and varia­ ing as it is on standard laboratory ap­ tion of modern dancing to the endless testing the physical properties bf engineering materials and are paratus and experiments and taught succession of similar steps of old also instructed in the calibration and use of testing machines to a number of faculties, could admit time. One can go to sleep in old of little variation. Subsequent time after getting in the .rut, but and scientific apparatus, A small fee is charged for services events have proved this to be true, modern dancing must be enjoyed by rendered to industry, and this, with a much larger degree of for in actual fact there has been little concentration—and why disturb the . assistance received from the State Government, enables the change this year from the .Physics I. shufflers!—Yours, etc., department to carry on. course of previous years. MIKE BENNETT. Dent, II, Tests undertaken include the ortho­ ever, the radiographs taken revealed Trusting that this is the full ex­ -:o:- dox tests on steels, building blocks, that one boiler could be returned to planation which y^r. Taylor so concrete tiles, and other building service immediately, whereas th« eagerly seeks,—Tours, etc, HIGHBROW materials. Calibration of testing second could be patched and placed E, C. OSBORN, machines, electrical instruments, back in operation later, thus relieving Convenor, Printed Notes, Comm,- Sir,— water-flow meters, pyrometers, the situation. It is hoped that these Law. Could you please enlighted me con­ microscopic and macroscopic exam­ boUers can be kept in operation . ;o; cerning the conglomeration of inations is every-day work. The until the new Townsville Power Sta­ characters, juw eMco-'ahinnn-uyb, at departments also offers assistance ih tion at present under construction be­ I.U.S. DEFENDED the end of "La Fain"? solving problems which confront gins to function. The overall cost of manufacturers from time to time. X-raying was approximately £300, Is it— whereas the replacement value of Sir,— The last Une of the poem? Another interesting aspect is the these boilers is approximately In "Semper," 17/3/49, Mr. Durack An Aryan oath?f X-Ray Department, which enables £50,000, makes some inaccurate statements Editorial comment? radiographic inspection of many in­ in attempting to justify disaffiliation The author's nom-de-plume-cum- RESEARCH. from the International Union of dustrial materails. A 220 K,V,P. The research activities of the De­ 'phone number?^^yours, etc, X-ray unit was purchased about 1940 partment are at present restricted to Students. for approximately £3000, and is cap­ He says that left-wingers have IWANNANO, heat insulation, creep in thnber, glue able of X-raying steel up to 3J inches testing, protection of plant against always supported I.U.S,, while (Perhaps the writer should study thick or brass up to 2i inches thick. "right-wing students and most Esperanto.—Ed.) lightning, and the heating effect of This plant is very valuable to indus­ the-sun's rays. The effects of the try, particularly during the war, different types of roofing materials, when the Munitions Department in­ roofing paints and colours, etc, on BOOKS BOOKS spection authorities found it more this heating are also under investiga­ than useful. tion. Recently a radiographic inspection For the Bridge Board we have in­ W. RAMSAY (Surgical) Pty. Ltd. of two boilers at the Hubert Wells vestigated the eflect of welding rod 1st FLOOR, 30 ALBERT STREET, BRISBANE Power Station, Townsville, was done and plate thickness on methods of by the mobile plant operated by the welding. This Information has been Telephone - B 8430 Engineering Department Staff in con­ used in the construction of the new SUPPLIERS OP TEXTBOOKS TO UNIVERSITIBIS OF junction with the State Electricity Fitzroy Bridge at Rockhampton. ADELAIDE HOBART, MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, PERTH. Commission, Students' Accounts Opened. DeUvery Free within Brisbane Area. Each of the two boilers X-rayed ENGINEERS~UNDER- You are invited to Inspect. had an evaporative capacity of ap­ JUST ARRIVED — proximately 30,000 lbs, of steam per GRADUATES' SOCIETY AMSDEN, MACBETH, SPEAKMAN, GRAYS, CUNNINGHAM, hour, and their loss would have been NOTICE OF MEETING GRANTS, MAXIMOW & BLOOM, AREY, BOYD, GROVE & very serious to the Townsville E,L.R. 3, 1 p,m„ Friday, 23rd, NEWALL, HARRISON. Regional Electricity Board, involving A. G. BRUMPTON, power rationing in that city. How- Acting Hon. Sec. Thursday, April 21, 1949 SEMPER FLOREAT Page Seven Remember D. L. Moody (AN ARTICLE ON MISSIONS TO UNIVERSITIES) CLUB NOTICES THE CAMBRIDGE SEVEN: ^ DEMOCRATIC CLUB Someone gave them the name of the "Cambridge Seven," and "PRINTED NOTES" in a short time the whole Press, religious and secular alike, were The Lord Mayor of Brisbane ON SALE NEXT WEEK. broadcasting the news that seven young men were going out to (Aid. J. B, CHANDLER)^ China as missionaries, including no less leading lights in the Will speak on the The Printed Notes Conmiittee, as athletic world that an all-England cricketerer and captain of established by Union Council in 1945, CIVIC ELECTIONS AND CM.O. wishes to announce that fronx Tues­ Cambridge XI,, the stroke of the Cambridge boat, the stroke of POLICY day, April iflth, until Thursday, April one of the trial eights, an officer of the Dragoon Guards, and an In the General Purposes Hall on 29th, "Printed Notes," covering officer of the Hoyal Artillery, FRIDAY, 22nd APRIL, at 1,5 p,m. courses in Pure Mathematics. Applied Nurtured in the lap of comfort The invitation was no small honour. JILL LIDGARD, Hon Secretary. Mathematics I„ and Pure Mathe­ educated at Eton and Cambridge, the There were no American methods matics II. will be on sale at the Book hero of the British sport-loving pub­ of high-pressure evangelism em­ -;o:- Exchange from 1 p.m. to Z p.m. dally. lic. C, T. Studd created a stir in the ployed, for it was a remarkably quiet Each set will sell for 10/-. secular world of his youth by re­ mission outwardly, but a thoroughly FOOTBALL (FOLLOWERS In addition, notes covering portions nouncing wealth and position to fol­ deep mission inwardly. "The Canon" of the course in both Physical and low Christ. He is remembered sUU spoke every night for a week, and Organic Chemistry II, will be given to-day in many parts of the world, there were seventy sectional meetings Come to the farewell to the away. There are only a few such and no less worthy of remembrance Queensland members of the Aus­ in the same week. He was assisted tralian Universities' Football team, notes so first in first served. are the names of his companions, by 12 other missioners, and aU 13 had D, E. Hoste, S. P. Smith, W, W, WHERE? In addition, each customer may Cassels (late Bishop of West China), every moment of their spare time VICTORIA PARK REFECTORY, take a maximum of two sets of out­ M. Beauchamp, and C, H. and A. taken up during this week with a 8 p.m„ 30th APRIL. dated Geology I, notes, these being T. Colhill-Turner. Renouncing the steady stream of interviews with men Obtain your invitations early. very useful for rough notebooks. The careers in which they had already and women eager to talk of the things REMEMBER] ADMISSION BY supply of these also is strictly limited. gained no mean distinction, putting of God, and to find a personal know­ TICKET ONLY, The Union offers a fuU money back aside the splendid prizes of earthly ledge- of the Lord Jesus Christ, Bring your Girl Friends to meet guarantee on every set of notes sold, ambition, taking leave of the social That was 1948! He matters to the oUr Stalwarts, such a guarantee to operate for the circles in which they shone with modern student! E, AHEARN, R. McNAMARA, first two terms. some brilliance, they plunged into BRISBANE '49. Convenors. As our one item of sales talk we the warfare whose splendours are And what of 1949? This brings wish to state that although at the seen only by faith, and whose rewards our point right home. Dr. Babbage -:o: moment of writing nearly 2000 sets seem so shadowy to the unopened and Mr, Drakeford are coming ot us of notes have been sold, none has vision of ordinary men, from Sydney for the week Sth to 13th FOR SALE ever been returned. THAT MOODY MAN. May, They're both University men DINNER SUIT. AS NEW. We regret we cannot offer Physics with precise knowledge of their sub­ I. notes this year, despite their great How come? Simply because a man jects, and bear this knowledge out by Fit'man 5ft, lOin, called Moody—Dwight L. Moody, of £10 or offer. popularity and usefulness in the past. Yankieland—had brought a message f^akexperience for all . They bring a vital mess- An explanation of this appears else­ to England, and it had found its mark Ring U 7567 after 7 p,m. where in this issue. in the hearts of hundreds of students from Universities throughout the land. Not only was there the Cam­ bridge Seven to show as lasting re­ sult for his work, but also men like Wilfred Greenfell, of Labrador fame, a striking testimony to the power of the uplifted Christ to draw to Him­ self not the weak, the emotional, and the illiterate only, but all that is noble in strength and finest in cul­ ture. OXFORD 1948. But when was this?—1885! WeU, what else would you expect from that antediluvian Victorian era? Why not keep up with the times? We're • living in a modern age—Science, and all that, WeU, let's start with 1948. Last year the Oxford Inter-Collegiate ChrisUan Union (U.l.C.C.U.)—a body numbering several hundred in a Varsity of about 8000—invited an Australian, Canon T. C. Hammond, M.A., Th.Dd,, to lead a mission to their University, He is a graduate of Trinity College. Dublin, and is Principal of Moore College, Sydney, GOLF CLUB VARSITY GOLFERS AT INDOOROOPILLY. Last Sunday the Golf Club spent a very enjoyable day at the Indooroo­ pilly Golf Club. Thirty golfers at­ tended to contest a stroke handicap event, which proved to be a triumph for local player. Lex Hodges. Severely handicapped throughout his round by an oncoming attack of THIS YEAE'S the 'flu. Lex played brUliantly to re­ turn a net 70 from an 8 handicap. HONOURS TO AT ALL His rounds uicluded 12 pars said a •TATIONnt, birdie at the difficult l4th. JEWCULCRf, Runner-up was Clive Evans, who MENTMORE •TORKt returned a net 71 from an 81 handicap. Clive played consistently You can't go wrong with a throughout and was unlucky to be beaten. Trophy for the best gross Mentmore Fountain Pen, was won by Jeff Long, who carded an 982, which Included nine pars. From tip to clip, Mentmore MENTMORE Crashing at the 15th and 16th, he "DIPLOM.V ruined an otherwise good score, Pens are designed to give an MENTMORE "46" In clatet, wine, JaA Presenting the trophies, Club •x I4ct. loIiJ QoIJ blue, light blue, jet President expressed our appreoiailon everlasting life of faitfiful, KoodeJ nib. In blnck, Equipped witb to the Indooroopilly Golf Club for the maroon, blue, otovc t4ct. loha gold generous hospitality which they ac­ reliable service in any hand tey, black. GoIJ- oitn! • ititlium Upt>e.. )9/0 A team of seven players wiU be i-.and that's ju8t what every Stertlnir Sliver chosen to play a match against the C«p 52/3 Referee Pennant team on Sunday, student needs. AprU^4th. The next club event will be the Chalnplonship, 36 holes of stroke play. It will begin on Sunday,' May Distributors io ihe Trade: 1st, and! will conclude on Sunday Ponsford, Newman & Benson Ltd, May Sth, at Royal Queensland. After the Championship meeting Syhiy. Melbourne, Brisbane, Inter-Varsity Team will be chosen Adelaide, Perth. and will begin its match practice with MENTMORE a'game against a team of Indooroo- FOUNTAIN PENS Midi In England piUy Pennant players. ^ Page Eight SEMPER FLOREAT Thursday, April 21, 1949

TENNIS CLUB VARSITY REGATTA Fixtures commenced on Saturday The surroundings at St, Lucia and with 14 Varsity teams going into the fine weather last Saturday pro­ action. The men's teams put up Sports Clubs vided the background for a most en­ good performances. Ali teams won joyable regatta for both crews and except Badge and Badge Reserve, spectators. There were about 200 which went down by small margins, people present to watch the events, and Al, whose match has been post-, Varsity Footballers Flattered and it was very pleasing to see a poned. In the mixed section the" large number of University people in opposition was much too good, the *