^UEENcuiVD ^ UNIVERSITY. Hiiii 'l§il§gend^ IMHIi Registered at the O.P.O., BrL-ibanfl. for SEMPER FLOREAT, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1959. transmission by post as a periodical. VOL, 29, No. 6 Aborigines suffer 'inhumanity^ indignity and liumiliation' IVe need WHAT ARE THEY HIDING? BY THE EDITORS positive TOURING the last few weeks, Semper has heard many disquieting repercussions to policy • • • Tom Toogood's article on aboriginals in the BY IAN WALTON Commem. issue. THIS Issue quotes a ihir JOarh ShuMm Cherbourg settlement offl­ Officials of Palm Island and Cherbourg abori­ cial statin; that the policy ginal settlements have attacked the article on one iiiiirriiiniiiriniiimiifniiiimu iiiiiiDiiiiiuiiitii :uiiiuuiimiiimHi»imiijnnijMuii»iiJjmwjjijiinfiiiiiiijHiiJ'Uuiuuii»iinHnjiiiijjiiiijfiJun/#****M «v .••.-,,,.•. V.,,.; for all who va/iie freedom of 196 EDWARD STREET^ FIVE.''*"'''"** their d*'W d'ef^nte."'" ;•'• '/; L.>^Li'lll'^..'i^l._i.*>*'.4.'^.^^_J_L'iJ.»J^i^ - ','i'.vfJ ' j.'' If soi'-HHd • it- 'she' thougU SFMPER FLOREAT, TUESDAY, JUNg 9, 1959. . PAGE 3 blfillllllilllllllilllllliilliilllilillllillillJliiiillllilllllilH Cherbourg's Oiir Dark Shado^ Disapproval rjEAR Sir,—The attention of my Com­ mittee and the resi(dents of this Settle­ ret: HUMAN RIGHTS ment has been drawn to the article "Take Up Black Man: Right Colour Shame" published in the edition of Semper Thwarfs Floreat dated Friday, May 1st, )959, ARE "IGNORED" Following a meeting of my Executive Com­ U.N. Org. mittee held on tlie Sth instant, I am instructed BY TOM TOOGOOD to write and advise you of my Committee's dis­ ^R. Doolah's letter indicates there Is no censorship of mail af is claim approval of the article and I refer particularly Cherbourg Settlement, and that Cherbourg people participate to the references to-Queensland, Your contributor is evidently misinformed and ignor­ actively in the social and sporting life of the district — which ad­ want to stay healthy we had ant on the points he tries to make. mittedly would be hardly possible under conditions of "incarcera­ better start working positive­ May I suggest that he secure a copy of the Annual ly on our own colour problem. Report of the Director of Native Affairs for the year ended tion." Thus I think, Mr. Doolah, 30th June, 1958—this will clearly indicate to liim that the I have been informed by the Department of Native Affairs that for indict­ that you have missed the majority of the descendants of the Original Australian in able offences aboriginals are tried by j ury: for lesser offences they are tried by whole point of my article. It Queensland have full Citizenship rights. did not set out to point the Mr. Toogood should also know that It is impossible Departmental officials. finger at the Department of to incarcerate people in an area surrounded only by a four I erred by 2% in my proportion of aboriginals under the of the lives of aborigines right Native Affairs, but to provoke wire fence and where there are no locked gates. act. Jusrt aa little over half of Queensland's aborigines have throughout the State, the students and public who To Illustrate my point, the Murgon Annual Show was read it into doing something staged from the 30th April to 2nd May. Approximately 1000 citizenship rights. And for the Department's about the problem. This still leaves over 16,000 By their selfisliness and plan for assimilation to be people from this Settlement attended the Show. They of our first citizens without prejudice, "white" Austra­ carried out it would need ten Native Affairs Director Cor­ travelled like other citizens of the district by pubUc trans­ voting rights. lians have kept the aborigines times the present budget that nelius O'Leary's sound plan port. Everyone returned to their homes. down to a rate of progress the people of Queensland have for assimilation through edu­ Does Mr, Toogood's reference to "No Trial by Jury" Agreed that many abori­ that is reflected in to-day's accepted as sufQcient, cation of both black and infer that the descendants of the original Australian com­ gines in this category are not necessity for a policy of pro­ white is incapable of realiza­ mit only indictable ollences? This, like his reference to able to properly use the pri­ tection and control. Tlie real Job of assimilation tion while aborigines find censorship of mail, is absurd. vileges and the responsibilities Roads and bridges, tourist is done, not on Governmental shut the doors of accommoda­ For his information, the mail at this Settlement is, as of citizenship (neither are resorts and race tracks have level or tlirough formal poli- tion and employment; while a general rule, sorted by Vincent Law, a descendant of the many whit* people, who yet the white man shows his ig­ original Australian; lie also distributes mail uncensored to have these rights); certainly norance with false ideas of Settlement residents. the Department has good rea­ racial differences; wliile ser­ son to protect these natives vice clubs forget tlielr great until such time as tliey can HALF-CASTES opoprtunities in helping abori­ Marching Girls... take their place in modern ginals with scholarships and TS your contributor ignorant of the fact that for a num- society. They have to be 1 HEY move in a landscape uninterpreted accommodation. ^ ber of years, children from this Settlement's School helped in a planned progress .4nd barren, where no tribal voices guide In short, while people talk have passed the Scholarship examination, attended and towards lull and equal citizen­ Their spirit, where no sacred coollbah asshnilation and think segre­ are attending the Murgon High School. ship. Speaks to their warrior ghost and no sharp cry gation tliey give thc commu­ Further, Iris Bell and Lawrence Bell passed the 1958 Of cricket, note of bull-frogs making rain, nists fruitful ground for nur­ Junior University Examination and the Public Service Necessary ? ShaU call them, to the broken ritual. turing discontent and politi­ Examination and are now employed in the Public Ser­ The songmen sleep; the women and the dogs cal gains. vice of Queensiand, I am not saying the present Find other masters now, endure and litter For your correspondent's further information, he may provisions of the Act — which A strange, unholy breed. The tribe have passed— be advised that the Cherbourg Boy Scouts and Cubs are do allow powers over mar­ Have passed, but are not gone. For still their shadow full members of the World Wide Scouting Movement, riage, seizure of property, re­ Falls across our flesh; these dark intruders Brisbane The Marching Girls Te&ms are full members of the strictions on movement and Bear witness to the blood our fathers split. Murgon Girls' Marching Association. travel, etc., etc. — are not Half-brothers, they have shared with us their birthright, Our Sporting Clubs are full members of the appro­ necessary or not for the wel­ And wear the dark stigmata of our guilt. 'shamed' priate clubs in tlie South Burnett and Wide Bay areas and fare of "the dark people" at —DAVID MALOUF. "HRISBANE is put to shame their representatives (Aboriginal) have the same privileges this time. •^ by even the small coun­ and voting rights as other members of the organisations try towns of other States in concerned. The pohit is that the abori­ taken precedence over those cies, but through the full ac­ My committee recognises that there are many prob­ ceptance of "the dark this respect. gine is still at the stage where whose land this first was — I fail to see how the article lems associated with the uplift of the Aboriginal to full these provisions for protection services for aborigines aren't people" in our schools, homes, Citizenship, but they are generally the problems of the work and recreation. could have produced "animos­ — which are certainly con­ the best vote-catchers, again ity." Amongst aboriginals in individual and not the desire of right thinking people. trary to the Declaration of reflecting the irresponsibility Brisbane the reaction lias However, my committee is kept fully informed by the Human Rights of UJI.O,—are of the community towards its It is our inescapable respon­ Queensland Government through its Department of Native sibility for three reasons:— been quite different. In fact, considered necessary, and the coloured minority. some ex-Cherbourg people Affairs and we support the policy which Is in operation reason for this is that the Again, look at the shack • It is their country. have spoken in support of it, and which we fully understand. people of Queensland, who that houses the Depai;tment • We call ourselves a but are not prepared to put The important fact to us is that the policy does not have had 100 years to develop of Native AfTairs iu William Christian community and their names to statements. have as its ultimate aim biological assimilation but the responsibility in helping the Street — compare its mere should be able to accept the I don't understand how my preservation of racial identity with equaUty and responsi­ First Australians in the diffi­ dozen or so rooms and Its implications of the state­ presentation of Pastor Nich- bility of Citizenship. cult task of adapting to a new totally inadequate staff with ment "of one blood He hath oll's findings, my suggestions In conclusion, I desire to emphasise the fact that your strange society (one that Is by any other State department. made all nations." for action in the directions of article has given rise to a feeling of animosity amongst the no means socially and morally people of this Settlement and members of my Committee. • The eyes of the coloured accommodation, adoption, more positive than aboriginal And yet this drab. Iron- care and recreation, nor even Finally, 1 mention that this letter is written with the society was) have fallen down roofed ex-private home is the peoples of the world are on full co-operation of my Comniittee and niembcrs of my us as never before, and if we the comparison between local on the job. headquarters for the control acts and the U.N.0, Declara­ association, totalling 480 natives. tion of Bights, could produce Yours faithfully, "animosity." .r. R. DOOLAH, Sccretarv. I am puzzled over the dif­ Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement. A Note on Racial Identity ference between this re­ ported reaction at Cherbourg, ;^0R the aboriginal, there is only one way — and the reaction iu Brisbane assimilation, cultural and biological. Bv and Dunwich. Clubs, Unions, may help IAN WALTON In conclusion, I mention AT their Bundaberg ADCnUAl You can't preserve the tion had passed through, that the students of this Uni­ racial identity of the Austra­ there were only five left. The versity do have definite plans r\ National Congress, MiSObllUL lian native. drastic logic of modern civili­ the tobacco-scrounging half- for carrying out tlieir respon­ Jaycees appointed a legitimately occur, put which He might be rather handy. sation had annihilated three caste, and a couple of degrees sibility towards the first Aus­ committee to investi­ would be In excess of the Royal visitors just love cor- whole peoples. lower than the desert nomad. tralians. With our Aboriginal gate the Aboriginal NUAUS Abschol. grant. roborees at the Exlilbltlon It could happen to us. The Scholarship Scheme we are This fund at present Is in circumstances which could You must assimilate the Question and to pre­ Grounds; Aboriginal art Aborigine to an educated, organizing financial assist­ the red to the extent of about motifs are wonderful for de­ send Milton and Shakespeare ance for young people of abo­ sent plans for aiding £15. to join the lost tragedies of urban way of life. That is why corating coffee lounges; and the work of Mr, Toogood and riginal extraction who wish to the Aboriginals to the This Committee has made anthropological jaunts to the Aeschylus are not inconceiv­ follow a course at the Univer­ contact with Rotary and Territory are such fun. able. They are in the dally his friends is so encouraging. next conference to be The city must give the lead. sity of Queensland, and who held in October. Lions and we are preparing But the culture that pro­ papers, nre for reasons of circum­ to resume relations with duced the corroborees and the You see, a culture Is not Biological a.ssinillatlon must stance ineligible for State or NUAUS Aboriginal Scholar­ Apex, come after cultural assimila­ cave drawings was a living important In itself. It is basic­ Commonwealth Scholarships. ship Committee have a trust . The Department of Native thing. It had its own Institu­ ally a set of conventions, like tion. It will cause more difiB- And Mr, Doolah's admission fund in the vicinity of £3,500, language, laws of possession, culties, minor tragedies of a Aflairs has shown keen in­ tions and conventions, needs, that only two from Cherbourg the interest from which var­ terest in the Abschol scheme faults and advantages. The and marriage customs. Con­ personal nature. Times of reached Junior standard last ies between £160 and £200 per ventions are merely conveni­ transition always have a and have promised their en­ art forms are an outer shell year is an indication of how annum and as such is In- couragement. accidentally left behind. The ent ways of coming to grips tragic side. great the need for encourage­ with reality. But the personal problems sufflclent to meet the needs CO we have the scholar for culture itself disappeared with ment and assistance in educa­ of Margaret Williams and •^ next year (Margaret witch magic and the tribal But some argue that the are not of any ultimate im­ tion for Aborigines really Is, wars. Australian native is a poor portance. Broken homes are Gordon Santo, the two Abor­ Valadinn, 21), and she's quite type of native. always with us. Broken hearts iginals at present at Mel­ a personality too, with very Tiiere were once eight Slav definite ideas on assimilation. nations In the Balkans. Each Given tlte same background mend easily in the cold light THE Queensland Council bourne University. wanted to preserve its Inde­ the Anglo-Saxon Is pretty of dawn. for the Advancement of What we haven't got yet pendent culture. To this end poor, too. The more moronic Above all, let us be patient Aborigines it proiiing for a .Q.U. has set up a fund arc the Funds for her aca­ each used bomb outrages and of station-hands and low-and clear-slght?d, Men usually Royal Commission into the U (maximum £200) in order demic and living expenses: organised terrorism,, , grade factory workers' are call Impossible, the tasjcs that aboriginal problem. to meet any expenses, that- a dndithls Is where we need A/tet'the Army 'or Ubera- about ohUJle same'leVel afc take ,tlje longest time. Scholarship holder might the help of more students. PAGE 4 SEMPER FLOREAT. TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1959. ST. LUCIA ENGLISH LECTURER TAKES STUDENTS TO TASK PATIENCE WAS CREDIT TO ALL THE studenl-actor knows so :: PERFORMERS ill tie, he does not JCDOW he BY EUNICE HANGER BY IAN WALTON IS Ignorant . . he will ILLILBERT and Siillivau puzzle no one. r/jcii p«e/IO CTUDENT theatrical production towards ;f G woblems. They as}( no leading qticsliom., And/I..J D'/to/^.;..< - »J th4.1 e endI o^Lf ter± m haI s beeI n very conside^:J„-r '.' talk glibly of Stanislavsky ci'cr iheir m'cll-bfcd satire is directed against, it is pleasii\g able; Scoop, Love's Labour Lost, The Maids, in its otj'n right. same way. gesture at the ' does this in his own time, not Patience, The .School for'Scandal, a One- I merely at rehearsal. 'Tiilirnct" iJ-ui iltlifhlful. ti ii difficult to knoiC whom lo praiic ' same histant, inflect a line in Act Programme—the list is impressive. ithe same way—al every re- I He comes to the second or mat, or hail' lo afaiii wriling in J«PCWO/H'CJ. 'hearsal, once these things the third rehearsal with his Judith Arthy and Donald cruciating results. This was I ^^'^ merely to have put on i To approach the producer :have been set; that he can­ ; lines so familiar that they are Maynard .shared the honours unfortunate, as he handled a I & number of plays is not | and say, "Would you mind If not free-lance, and suddenly \ almost known—at least so far of tlie evening with Carolyn demanding role with ease and enough. The bitter truth Ls ; I didn't come on Tuesday? I fadd a bit of business or (that he is ajiticipating every Fairlcy and a large double polish on the other two nights ^^^^ the standard of acting is '• have an a.ssignnient to finish,i change a position or a way ofI line and does not have to be bass. Wendy Stephen's acting was 1 not of the quality to be looked or a party to go to"; or, "I speaking a line, because he reminded that that is his cue. Mi.s.s Arthy's voice and stage more than adequate for heri- for from the intellectual want to see a film," is to im- has a brilliant insphatlon on : He lias thought about what presence promi.sc well in one part. I cannot say as much cream of the State. ply that the rest of the cast ; the second night of the show. reactions he should show 60 young. Maynard showed for her singing. And the reason for this is and the producer have no Every rehearsal, every per- • when the others are speaking. again that perfection of tech­ Excellent costuming contri-; the arrogant and unfounded '• work and no social engage-• formance, is with him a new At rehearsals he listens to nique which marks all of his 'complacency of the majority '",,",. / 'la^t mazj buted to a generally fine per '^ ^ •" -' aged to fit ni at other times, thing. ; other people's parts of the work, in this and other fields. formance from both choruses. I of student-actors. He cannot time a pause, be­ j play, when he is not on stage, or to forgo: you don't do this with as much interest as to But it was Miss Fairley who They were capably led, and There were in the produc- either. cause he is never familiar really won the hearts of the considerably helped by Sue I tions mentioned above .wme enough witli his part to u.se his own voice delivering liis But the universily studenl- ; own lines, and sees how the audience with a splendid per­ Williamson and Keith Clark. ] exceptions to this criticism, actor does. i the same pause in the same formance as the Lady Jane. Both of the.se young people , and Patience was almost com- place twice. I play builds to an entity rather have lovely voices. i pletely exceptional; but with More likely he just doesn't] than provides him with star- Bryan Nason's harsh but not turn up, or turns up an hour i T'HE learning of lines is with : opporUmity. unmusical voice failed badly I this proviso, to the student- PATTER sctor the criticism aoplies. late, with a laughing apology. •*- any good amateur actor j He takes a small role as on Friday night with ex- Yet the town societies regarded as the flrst thing he | seriously as a big one, and Theatre discipline Is ac­ would not give the part of a does, and he does it quickly,' his precious vanity is not SINGING cepted as a matter of course second murderer to most of working liard at it and work- troubled when he is asked to by amateurs who join the the student-actors who, un- . ing intelligently. , be a small cog instead of the In small parts, Jennifer ', town groups such as Reper­ abashed, take the leads in : He studies the whole play, jhub: he recognises that both New fype Maruff was suitably endearing tory, Twelfth Night, and Bris­ students' plays. not Just his own role, and he \ must fit and Ian Oliver quietly cap­ bane Arts Theatres. able. James Warner shone as 'T'HE student-actor, indeed, permits the Major, particularly in the I Rehearsal dates are set and -*- Is appallingly ignorant of trio scene. rigidly adhered to by all acting techniques. Humility Before ri^HE Manager of the Prank Harbison n^rtniniv. "^^'"''^'•s 0^ tlie CQSf, any He knows them so little that •»- Transport Department, V «i^ ' slackness in the matter is re- he does not know he is ignor­ Brisbane City Council, has formance as' mthe; voioneicoiS.. Sin;e i ^--^^^ - '-p^'-'y ^-' ^-m. ant, and will talk glibly of advised that the existing ! clarity and control of his pat-; To come late to rehearsal Is StanLslavsky. Self-sa tis faction University Od," permit (pink) | ter-singing would have done ; to imply that the time of the It is the most difficult thing ^HE student fs rarely willing to do this: he wilf do Is to be withdrawn from Issue ; credit to an old hand at the other members is less valu­ to convince iiini of the rudi­ able than your own: you don't •«- it at football, and in the arnny; but not in the and replaced by a similar type \ game, mentary fact that he must do equally demanding field of the theatre. oi permit with wliite backing.' Max Muller and the Bris- do it. the same thing—move in the This action Is being taken i bane String Orchestra were He leaves the learning of another, one occasion after to enable tram conductors and pleasant both to work with his Imes to rehearsal time, another when an audience has bus drivers to readily distin­ and to listen to. and hence does not know tolerated a student produc­ guish between "University JW," What more can I praise? EVENING STUDENTS them till just before the show, tion instead of being stimula­ and the School Pupils' Re­ The set was the best seen in if then. ted by It, that has driven one duced Fare Permit available student circles for some time. He makes the same mistake local producer after another to University students under Costuming, as I said before, over and over again, because to wash his liands of student- 19 years of age. was well done, especially from he does not touch his part, productions and refuse to Students holdijjg pink the point of view of colour. to study or memorize or re­ work with them. "University 9d," permits are hearse movement, between one Yet I have heard student- requested to exchange these A RIGID rehearsal and the next. actors adopt a bored-sophis- permits for the new Lssue at No actor in a town group ticate attitude towards town- the Enquiry Office in the imagines he can do a part amateurs, implying that the Main Building at St, Lucia SCHEDULE merely on what is done at re­ student was capable of judg­ before Saturday, 20th June, hearsals; neither does any ing tlieir acting. Aft*r this date, the existng Bryan Nason's efforts as professional: lie puts in some Until tiie student-actor permit will become obsolete. producer demonstrated great of his own time to study and realises with humility his own For the benefit of evening skill In organization, and note­ ' rehearse his part, and he does dire ignorance of the elements students, the Enquiry Offlce worthy devotion to the task in this early, at the beginning of of acting—use of the voice, will remain open until 7 p.m. in hand. rehearsal period, so that at movement, timing, and above each night Monday to Friday, The preparation for this rehearsal he may really get ail discipline of his own during the period Monday, I show took much longer than down to the business of act­ vanity and self-satisfaction, Sth June, to Friday, 19th ' the eight weeks devoted to a ing it, fitting it with the his egotistical devotion to his June. I rigid schedule of rehearsals. whole play, working it up with own immediate interests—he C. .T. CONNELL, • The amount of work that act­ the stimulus of the other can go wliistle for the right to Registrar. ually went into it was phen­ aciors, so that the thing call himself a decent amateur omenal. "jells", forms, takes shape and actor; and his "theatre" will I cannot mention by name Intensity, becomes "theatre" continue to be a matter for the ; all that small army who con­ three or four weeks before goodhumoured contempt witli tributed to the success of the production date. wiiich infoi-med opinion in HERGA & (0. ! performance—who made the Brisbane at present treats it. I costumes, painted the set, pre- /"INLY after this "jelling" (A. nn.) K, Briglii) j pared the hall, erected the ^ has come does the actor i sel, sold programmes, or mere- begin, to feel he is acting the 181 EDWARD ST. ' ly attended rehearsals. part, and he knows that even B 4824 I I can only say, as so many now he is only beginning. I who went along are saying, That is why early memoriz­ For nil requirements j that it was a credit to all ing of lines and positions is concerned. monotony of lecturei essential: when actors first Daniell for Engineers, Sur­ try to speak without script veyors and .4rchit(frts there is a ghastly period when they have to take prompt Art f;oon «'A TciiEs. CLOCKS • A Plaintive Plea for Pepys after prompt and the play, ANI) JEWr.U.ERY •jl/riSSING Persons Bureau: The police have asked the help of the public in temporarily, dies, This is a period quite well •l-'l tracing the whereabouts of Samuel Pepys last seen in the Treasury Hotel known, anticipated, and Florists ^* on Friday, 1st May. Mr, Pepys' immediate recov allowed for by seasoned act­ He is of small build, brown cry. 7 '' ing groups. But it is not BOOKS, FOUNTAIN PENS, STATIONERY and white colouring, with If you have seen this allowed for by student actors. All Sliiilents* Requirements beady eyes and covered in fur. gentleman (or rodenti, notify They are confident that - B6270 • He is quite dead and Is Union office or MLss Joan they can learn a part in the irom stuffed with cotton wool, .Lyndon (XU IflOl) immedi­ last few days; they, who niONE B2921 BOX 872 L, G.P.O, A kidnapping by University ately. should most respect the Hotel Daniell Building louts and drunken .swine is author's text, think one word "Qnccttslandts Best Bookstore" suspected and foul play is is as good as another if it has likely to liave occurred. It was wet, too roughly the same "meaning"; FOR CORSAGES, The owner Is frantic, as are CONTINUING Its services they, with their ignorance of Inspector Blschof, Mr. Nick­ to you, reader, as your Inval­ technique, think it "will be all BOUQUETS, etc. A. JMcLEOD lin, the Lord Mayor, Alderman uable bedside companion, right on the night". Dean and Princess Alexandra, "Semper" (whose motto is It Is this complacency, based 107 ELIZABETH STREET, BRISBANE Pineapples and bananas are "printers be damned") now on nothing but Ignorance, We deliver to Colleges refusing to grow. brings you yesterday's temper­ proved unfounded by the evi­ Fre. of Coat aad Rockiiampton The positlot}. fs .desppra^ ature in Ombruhoko. it was dence of one "romp" after an­ I ,>^^<<«^»*»*«»«<^»<###***#*#*#***#»#»*'****»**#******all in the mind . . ^' SOCIETIES: A number cu-sslon of the proposed con­ Or was this merely another pliance. that by reducing the life of Departments have been stitutional amendments the of those plaguy feminist Wiiy? Nothing much etse hap­ niembersliip subscription (at asking for recognition as radical notion of having a movements whicii are First because they are pened except that I com­ present £25) . to about £5. Societies of tlie Union, This born rat if lers of executive posed {in my head^ tlie graduates would be willing to Ls not yet possible, but an decisions and, secondly, be­ longest epic poem in praise become life members of the amendment to the constitu­ cause of a general reluctance of Burgundy since Milton's Union. iiHffliiiiiiiiiilKiir to trace proposals to the as­ "Pilgrim's Progress." tion could provide for it. sumptions on which they lie. But I have since forgotten INCREASE OP UNION Z MISCELLANEOUS: A It, ^- SUBSCRIPTION: On I ^'number of Union amend- Our Own Little Rock Reliance ill-advised taking over the Union build-1 ments will be necessary to N this issue of Semper Floreat tiiere are a num­ As to the first defect. It Ing next year, the Union will pro\'ide for unambiguou.'? would be odious still, yet not require more finance if it is I wording the Constitution, I ber of serious allegations which proper authori­ fatal, if the executive tliey Semper calls to function at all. The pro-', It is not proposed to In- ties may brand as irresponsible. followed pa«sessed the vislon of extra furnishings. | crca.se the subscription for These allegations, even if they came from ir­ bureaucratic virtues of effi­ for a meeting and the employment of In-1 evening studenl members, responsible sources (which they undeniably don't), ciency and remorseless logic. But, from its confused T AST year certain con- warrant at least some semblance of official inves­ handling of tiie debate's pro­ *-^ stitutlonal amendments tigation. cedure it does not. were called for by the .. And the Constitution The people who, after anything but superficial Union, incIudlng^ a fee rise. So council's present re­ These were rejected by a HE following are the sections of the Union Constitution investigations, made these claims, are all well re­ liance could be ill-advised. referendum of students. whicli relate to the alteration of the Constitution. The second is a defect T spected members of the community: their claims, But wiiethcr on principle published on pages one and three in the section either of congenital inability SECTION 15—ALTERATION OF CONSTITUTION or of laziness. or because of the degree of titled "Our Dark Shadow", are well considered. Thus I may sympathise and cliange wc are at a loss lo A.—The Constitution shall be altered by referendum only. What they say—with signed statements to deplore but not advise. say. Semper feels that if this B.^—1. The proposed amendment sh.ill be brought fo Union back them up—indicates clearly that we in But on with the report, let year's proposals are to be Council and shall not pass unless half the total number of voting Queensland, despite tlie assurances of the pro­ joy be unconfined: realistic It would bc well to Councillors (not half the number of Councillors present) vote phets of "integration", have proved that the U.S. aliov students some com­ in favour thereof. has no copyright on Little Rock. ment prior fo Ihclr decisive C.—Should any members of the Union dis.igrce with tho In Queensland today, much is said about pre­ Nominations and blunt "Yes" or "No" action of Union Council in respect to any proposed amendment on the day of (he referen­ to the Constitution, they may, on presentation of a petition serving "racial identity". Here, we call it "racial dum. signed by five hundred (500) bona fide members oi Ihe Union, identity"; in America's deep south, they call it up next week So we urge Union Coun­ demand that the President order an immediate referendum to be cil to call a general meet­ held on the subject of the amendment. ing of students In all areas Mr, Tom Toogood, author of the assimilation I i\ ^^Q^.^^ „„ UNION 'CO'UtNo discuss the measures D.—Fourteen (14) days' notice of the proposed amendment article in the Commem, Semper, which indirectly CIL will be called after June proposed. to the Constitution shall be given to the Hon. Secretary before caused this present controversy, lias, we feel, been 17th, the date of the first Only thus will Council Ihe Council Meeting af which it is fo be discussed and its full unjustifiably condemned by Government spokes­ second - term meeting of and thc student body be text shall be— Union Council, men. assured thai lhe ternis of 1. Published in ''Semper Floreat" at least once before The elections will be held their discussion are in thc Union Council Meeting; Mr. Toogood, a Social Studies student at on the 21st, 22nd, 23rd of same language. Queensland University, has had considerable ex­ July, 2. Sent with the Agenda to each Union Councillor. perience In aboriginal welfare work; he was a Students will vote at polling member of the 1957 field team which the Univer­ booths set up at various places around their areas. sity sent on a North Queensland tour. To say that livening students may vote Mr, Toogood has no knowledge of prevailing con­ either at the booth which will ONLY A FORTNIGHT LEFT TO LODGE THOSE ditions is in itself a misinformed statement. be open until about 8.30 p.m. Semper Ploreat, in this issue, has presented each of the nights, or by pos­ tal votes. SHORT STORY ENTRIES you with the facts and background of this ques­ Further details In the next tion. We publish them, with complete faith in the i issue of seinperras" they come EMPER has decided, seeing that it has Veracity of the statements we have received. to hand from the dignitaries S received a meagre 6,540 entries for its In view of these statements, we feel we are' concerned. (And who isn't? Short Story Competition, to extend the closing justified in demanding at least a Government ex- ^^J^^^ Ci7K-i?Tce date for entries to June 26. planation, or preferably, a complete Government said, *"fhe ice is breaking up investigation. Ion every side! Ja!") That leaves you a bare fortnight to finish the stories Rhoda Felgale which over the last two months have been your exclus­ ive and extensive nightmare, at the expense of sadistic student riots, Billy Graham, and Brigitte Bardot. Thompson Prizes are £20, £10 and £5 . t HOLDMAC MOTORS REAL money, despite the slighting references of St, Lucla cynics. SYMPOSIUM: Authorised Holden Dealers We wish to assure our readers that Semper can lay its hands on \ The Sunshine State \ CORONATION DRIVE unsigned cheques worth ten times David Rowbotham that amount. TOOWONG Here is how you can enter contest.. A • HIGHEST TRADE-IN PRICES BELOW are conditions of entry:— CENTURY The competition will br oprn to i Entrirs ihnuld be posted to "The all undrrcmdnales, and prmont Kdllors, Semper Floreat, t/- Uni­ • COMPLETE AFTER SALESJER_V[CE pursulnc a course at the Uiil- versity ot Queensland Students' terslty et Qurcnsland, Union, Union Oflices. St. Lucla," or left at Union ORlre. addressed Slorlci ihould br of a tnltilniuin OF length of lOOU word», but nlorlcH In the same way. • COMPREHENSIVE SPARE PARTS or up to nOfll) Words will br con- Closing date for the competition Is aldrred, June 'Jtl. tIesulU will be an- Hlorleii ahoutd bc typed, doable- ijouncrd In Semper in Aui- SLAVERY? •paced, on one iilde ot plain tollo ust. ar quarto paper. Semper reserves Ihe rltcht In pub­ P.S.: floldinac have installed tJic latest and only Front End Align­ Editors of Semper Floreai are not lish, under thr authors' names, tllKlblr lo enler. but Iheir tUtt the three prlir-wlnnlnt slorle.s. JUNE 22nd, ment equipment in llic district. Plione 7 4192 for an appoiiituicnt. may enler. The conipetlllcm will be rondurled Pf» names only nbauld appear on subject to JudKes' rrromnienda- ROOM 45> typed stories, ,\ separate en- lions on allorallon iif priir- yelope. conlalnInK •!« author's monry. at 1,10 p.m. HOLDMAC FOR HOLDEN pen and real names should 4e I)erltiwltl \Z kiiau an author's real name. be final. PAGE 6 5EMPRR FLOREAT, TUESDAY, JUNE 9. 1959, :i95 TWO PAGES OF OUR 9 0 3 And other riots PICTORIAL RECORD BELOfV, jubitoni sluJcnli in Semper'i office al ihe ^ ji^ . « • Treoiury, on Commem. morning, moilcitly aichnowltdge the .^ I J /\ Y c/u'crj a/ (Ac Cenlenarii-fiwfilled muUilude for dettDering.

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t%%^v»*»»»%»»vv»»\»»»v »^»»»»»»»»%»»»»»»»»»»» Graham: Sincerity and good intentions may not be enough ELL, Billy Graham ha.s been and gone, and the question ¥many of u.s are asking is, "Has his visit made any difference?'' That, however, is the sort of question which, if it can be answered i\\ ail, can be answered only after a considerable time has elapsed. If he Is likely to do any of the immature minds of i students are worse than bod- goolodd . then Mr. Graham de- Universily students." igies and widgies. serves e\'eryone's best wishes He was also quite indignant i "I do think," says Mr. NOT a picture from the Family of Man, but another scene from Commem. One thing is certain: Gra­ about "the juvenile bodgteism I Moore, "they are adolescent ham's own sincerity. He is not of some University students" j and sometimes unutterably procession. a charlatan or a ratbag. One ! and the "depraved obscenity ; stupid, but after all it is only may wish that he would be a on depression day one day of the year, and there little more diCQdent about All this was because a would not be many sane claiming divine inspiration Semper columnist had dis­ people who would think of and guidance, but ttiat is agreed with Mr, Moore over linking University students in Family of Man Exhibition probably none of one's busi­ the failure rate and the best their stupidity with potential : ^ gm. ness, way of reducing it. . killers and maimers, who also disagree with your sug­ I have frequently heard the Now, however, it seems that travel in packs armed with gestion that we are all adol­ allegation that Mr. Graham is .Mr, Moore has seen tlie knuckle-dusters, Jack-knives, escent and stupid, but, after Emotions interested only in making light. In thc latest issue of bike chains, and loaded all, your heart's in the right By Semper Pictorial Editor, DON MARSHALL money. That is sheer slander. The Worker he defends stu-i hoses I' place. HE Family of Man display of photographs show­ All profits from thc campaign dents against Celeste of j Thank you, Mr, Moore. Once again, please, accept ing in John Hicks' George Street showrooms is are paid Into a tru.st fund the Truth, who said .that the ' You may have odd views on my ebullient and immature T Inislecs of which pay Mr, Commeni. pranks showed that' the failure-rate, and we may tJmnks, completely different yet not different. Graham a salary of 5000 dol- '• That is my seemingly mixed I saw only one picture 6" x Inrs a year. up view after spending an 8", a normal enlargement. hour at this remarkable ex­ The rest were enlargements ESPITE M r, Graham's sin­ hibition. D cerity, his message seems POSITIVE CONSERVATISM up to "giant sized" 20 feet to me to be so vague that it TF you thought there tvas something odd about the end of my Ifs different in the sense long and 10 feet high. ean have little really lasting, it's unique—a display of such If you've not closely seen a definite effect. He seems to top quality studies by leading photographic display before. article in the Commem. Semper, you were quite correct. overseas photographers has The Family of Man will give think that people are totally enquiry as to what I was depraved until they go along Some oaf managed to misplace three whole not been seen here. you quite a shock. The sub­ really getting at (although he But at the same time, it is jects really live although they to a crusade meeting, where paragraphs, knows it perfectly well). skilful oratory and communal not different because the sub­ are in two dimensions and A friend to whom I ex­ (c) To give some reasons The important thing is that jects are right here in our black and white. hymn singing gives them an plained all thissaid, "Yes, but why. I am a Christian and that this own streets, our homes, our emotional kick which impels Picturegram even without the transposi­ T'HE whole thing should be Is a Christian conservatism— University. them to the front of the tion, it wouldn't have been a fact which •The larger pictures in par­ crowd, where they make their much of an article. read as a very belated re­ . .•iimimmimmiiiimmmimuimiimmnmimimutij ExDrCSSIOnS ticular convey this quite strik­ "decisions for Christ." joinder to Alan Barcan's article was obvious I ingly. Perhaps the best giving The whole thing seems "You didn't tell us what you on changes in student attitudes I caught wanted or what you were from my Com- I (G)NASH.. this feeling is the picture of a nmch too simple, much too In Quadrant, Vol. I, No. 1, mem. article, | I People in theatre crowd taken by Ar­ emotional. Good intentions getting at. Your message was Summer 1956-57. Even I their moods, thur Wilman of the St. Louis and sincerity arc essential, nothing but 'Back to the past.' I was certainly not advocat­ There is nof I emotions, live- "All you did was to slam reason, ofl Post Dispatch. but they are not enough, ing that students—or anyone Pygmies I llhoods and ex- One long thorough look the present. That's a very else—should adopt a "back to course, why a | I presslons are TV negative sort of conservatism." leaves no doubt he caught his • tv the past" conservatism, Christian must 1 Practise 1 all caught by subjects at the peak. OUND ABOUT this I do not agree with that A preference for some past ithe cameras criticism. If the article seemed be a conserva- I It's hard to single out other time last year, age and a wish that one was i of the best pictures particularly when the R negative It was only because '''^^' ^iiiimiiMiiiinMiiiiiNiiiiitiuiiiiiiiiiiiiHiHiHiiiNiiHiiiiiiiiiif p hotographcrs SEMPER was having a living in it is a fairly harm­ range is so wide, showing "the of my purpose, less (if futile) way of day­ A man may be a radical and in many parts of the world furious row with a universality of human experi­ I wished: dreaming. still be perfectly orthodox. It But despite the near perfect ence" as the brochure says. certain I. C, Moore who (a) To explain why stu­ But a political Welt­ Is simply that conservatism results, the pictures could But one is memorable al­ writes a column in THE dents as a whole were anschauung based on this is seems to me to be a much have been taken here. See the though I feel certain almost no longer interested in worse than futile; it is posi­ more intelligent attitude to exhibition for yourself and every person In the free world WORKER. blowing up the world. adopt. then come out and study the Mr, Moore referred to this tively dangerous. must have seen It. and been (b) To suggest that want­ If anyone wants to criticise Persons you pass in the first journal as ".sometimes rude, 100 yards from the store and affected by it. ing to blow up the Vkl^ cannot go back to the these two articles of mine, I It Is the picture, actually a sometimes lewd, sometimes world was not a par­ then you'll know what I sound, occasionally humorous, past and I see no reason hope he will, I should like to mean. picturegram, of two Hungar­ ticularly Intelligent atti­ ian boys throwing hand- rarely brilliant — the vehicle tude anyway, and whv we should trv to. point out, however, that they There is the same unbeliev­ for the ebullient outpourings If we dislike the contem­ grenades during the Hungar­ are only rough notes. able number of varying faces porary world, we should try to and scenes—the whole basis ian revolution. change it, beginning with our­ I am not pretending to pre­ of the display. The feature Is Its real llfg startling nature selves. sent a completely worked-out the size of the prints on dis­ Is added to by the caption in It will be slow and painful, philosophy. play. the corner, "Photographer un­ THE involving much hard work known." and hard thinking, and will

AIRY lounge of Women's College. This series of pictures was taken by the University Photographic Dept ABOVK, the College dining-room at meal time, and Baltic Victim of Planned BELOW, students shoiv keen Interest in a College tutorial. Soviet Genocide

HE 14th of June is the National Day of Mourning for Estonians, Latvians T and Lithuanians, for on that day in J94i Soviet Russia put into opera­ tion its policy of annihilating the three Baltic Nationalities with the first of many waves of mass deportation of the population to slave labour canrips. What happened is described concisely and accurately in the July 1957 issue of the "Latvian THIS article was Information Bulletin," which is published in Eng­ subniitted by the lish by the Latvian Legation in Washington D.C.:— Queensland Latvian "On June 14, 1941, one year nevertheless an event of his­ after Soviet Russia had taken torical significance, insofar as Students' Associa­ over the Baltic Republics by it marked the beginning of force and incorporated them Soviet genocide on conquered tion. into the Soviet Union, another foreign soil. great tragedy befel the I If the reader Is shocked by peoples of Latvia, Estonia and "By the end of the w'ar the I ft, then how much deeper Lithuania, business of the N.K,V.D.. the j must this act of barbarian largest contractor in the slave j brutality have affected those The Russian N.K.VD., market the world has ever ' people who were in tangible after long and careful pre­ known, was thriving more j contact with it—perhaps even parations, clamped down on than ever with forced labour j lived next door to"" a family the now helpless population performed by many millions | which was rudely awakened in with an act of unprecedented of captives drawn from the j the middle of the night and brutality, Soviet Union itself, Poland,' given five minutes to dress Womens addition to Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and | and pack all they could carry, \ \ URING the early hours of other subsequently subdued i before being taken to the rail- . w June 14 the Baltic peoples East and Central European '• way station, where families .-.t.n/ house 10 more girls D nations." | were split^men. women and were shaken by a completely s\v. ill' BY CLAIRE SKERMAN unsuspected tidal wave of I children were loaded In three m. ALTHOUGH it is only a little over a year since Fiesta, and mass arrests, the basic aim of This very short statement is I separate groups on to cattle /J,*7W V^»^^1l three months since Lady Slim opened the College, another' which was to annihilate the frightcnng. I trains like mobs of animals. ?^{ ¥« so-called bourgeois national­ major drive is being made on Saturday, .July 4, for Women's College. ists of these hitherto free Re­ ^ publics at one stroke. About This is a door-to-door can­ that the subsidy be taken up 50,000 Latvians, Estonians and NEIGHBOURS BETRAYED ia>»t * vass by which it is hoped at between the years 1958 and Lithuanians — men, women least £30,000 will be raised. 1960 inclusive. and children — were forcibly IT did not need much to be selected for this There is pos-sibly arising in Hence the urgency of the taken from their homes and group of slaves. your mind a ready comparison present Appeal, loaded on waiting cattle between Women's College, The slightest hint dropped of Communism and thus give These whose knowledge of trains for shipment to distant women, and gold-digging. the Women's College extends Soviet concentration camps." to the N,K,V,D. (the Soviet the free people time to pre­ secret police, later re-named pare to ward off the aggres­ If it were the ca.se that Col­ no further than the view from M,"V.D.) by a neighbour who sive plague of Communsm, leges are opened only when the • University proper of it finally completed and not astride its hill-top. mny care '•rpHIS wai, as it later ap- bore a grudge against one for many free people may become any reason, that one was the unsuspecting victims of when the mere beginnings to know more. •*• peared, merely the start hnve been made, .such a com­ of planned Soviet genocide, against the regime, or, worse Communism, because the The only reference to the still, that this person was an Communist propaganda to the parison would be cxcu.sable. history of the Women's Col­ temporarily Interrupted by active counter-revolutionary free nations seems very at­ war with Hitler's Germany. lege which appears in the (tliese claims not nece,ssarily tractive but is entirely decep­ Could be delay "Reader's Dig it" of Mny, After having driven out the being true), sufiSced for this tive and untrue. German armed forces, the This is not so: the con­ 1959, is made to fLs founda­ unfortunate person to bc de­ tion in 1914, Soviet occupation regime es- ported by the N,K,V.D„ who Communism is a false gem struction of a second dormi­ labUshed itself anew in the never even attempted to —to the free world It presents tory block is very much in Forty-five years, however, Baltic States, and in the establish the veracity of such a few beautiful and highly the future, but apart from it can tell a little more than period of 1545-1950 not less a denunciation. The writer of polished facets, but denies to there are several necessary the glorious writers of sagas than half a million Latvian, this article still cannot com­ the unwary an hislght into additions which will provide nifer. Estonian and Lithuanian citi­ prehend how his family the absolutely rotten inside another ten student places. zens Were taken away to missed out beng deported on hidden behind these facets, These could be delayed one Third seNup forced labour camps in several that black night in 1941, be­ or two years, but after the The third Universily Col­ successive waves. This cause his parents had a hos­ Tourists and visitors are ex­ end of next year the College lege for women to be estab­ amounts altogether to roughly tile neighbour, who was con­ tensively shown around the would have to find £26.000 for lished in Australln, this 10% of the total population of stantly threatening to de­ Russian S,P,SJl„ the Im­ NO optical delusion— them, whereas now the sum Women's College was founded the Baltics." nounce them to the N,K,V,D, perialistic overlord of the the roof of women's is £13.000. to provide residence within an U.S,S.R,. but very seldom, and academic community, tutorial "Even though the heart­ We Latvians, who have had then only on rigidly controlled curves to form a strilcing This Is because the Com­ assistance, and s»per\i.sioti for breaking ordeal which befell this frightful experience, do conducted tours of the other, geometrical pattern. An­ monwealth Govermnent has undergraduates who must live thc Baltic Nations on June 14, not wish a similar fate onto downtrodden slave "Repub­ other major drive for the made available an emergency away from home In order to 1941, went practically un­ anybody. However, we feel lics" in tlie US.S,R. grant for Colleges on a pound- attend University course.s. noticed at .that tme. hy. the that, unless we make known College will be made cn for-pound subsidy to £13,000. free western world, it waa to the world thc true nature Conld. Page 12 July 4. on the condition, however. Contd, Page 12 PAGE 10 SEMPER FLOREAT, TUESDAY, JUNE 9. T959: TWO PAGES OF Study problems examined in BOOKS REVIEWS ^ "HOW TO STUDY,*' Pig-in-poftePicasso may be .,, BY COLIN WOODLEY. ANGUS AND ROBERTSON. new, useful guide An expensive piece NGUS and Roberfson have jusf issued a very useful liffle book on "How To Stud//' by A Colin Woodley, which is aimed to give practical advice on the subject to University of "Centenary fun" (.students, among others. A LTHOUGH it Is traditional for University students to criticise ^ the conservatism of the rest of Ihe world and advocate a »^#»^^'#^**#'»#'^^^^^'^^#*^^#S»^^/ It is an extremely straightforward and common-sense book daring appreciation of contemporary culture even though it f its advice was followed carefully by undergraduates there cannot be given the approval of centuries, as regards the Picasso I and recently acquired by the National Art Gallery, 1 feel obliged could be no doubt that the high failure rate would drop rapidly. to reverse thc tradition. JAZZ But Isn't a Picasso a rather The conclusion of the book ICASSO has too much is that .study is not an easy dubious investment when we P the flavour o f task ~ there is no way to remember that he is still not pseudo - intellectuaHsm Album shows MJQ'sivijus avoiras™=Ts;;;;/";|EDITORd the hard work. S MEETiiaccepte d as a major painter when we consider the But you can save need­ IN SYDNEY by many galleries throughout state of our gallery from imDrovisation abilitiesles s and ineClcient effort that the world, combined with the world (or even Austra­ is forgotten, is irrelevant, iCEMPER Co-Editor Dan fact that Queensland gallery lian) standards, and al­ BY BRUCE WILSON unco-ordlnated or must be owns practically nothing of i learnt again properly. This ; O'Neill has gone to though a daring piece of 5 'Trog" pointed out iast issue, thc l(c}f rbord in aini book will tell you how, ; Sydney to attend the Aus­ any painter froni any reput­ Centenary fun (even A discussion about pure jazz is improvisation. tralian Universities' Press able European school — for achieving the label instance, a Rembrandt, Goya. For this reason, many jazz give the best examples of the Worfh fhc money student editors' conference. "obscene") may prove El Greco, Reubens, van Eyck, puri.sts cannot be satisfied by group's Improvisational abil­ It is designed as its cover > He is accompanied byi; an expensive one. modern jazz; for it is hard ities. Murillo or Corot, all of which says, to help all students to: ^Semper staff writer John!; Obviously such a painting for the non-musician or Fogarty, who Is deputising |' the Victorian gallery has? scini-inusician to acknow­ • 1^ • • Clarify their approach to i will raise the prestige of the A PLEASANT SIGHT at a study. for Co-Editor Des Mac-; I only hope that "La Belle ledge that the improvisation ! Auiay, who, for various • I gallery and enhance its col­ of many cool groups is really; Brisbane coffee lounge recently HoUandaise" aoesn't turn out was Sydney altoist Mal Cun- Plan their work eCfec- ;;reasons (Including bringing!; to be a pig-in-a-poke when lection immensely, for tlie improvised. out this issue) was unable ; j ningham (from the Pat Caplice tivcly. examined in another hun­ present. tcneOfter ntha itt seemgroups st o likthee lithse 19^°"P' P'^ving with the Chet ;;lo make the trip. ; dred years, and suffer the • Get the most out of Brubeck and Modern Jazz ; ^'f'^ Quartet. Adelaide is making a;| fate of the expensively ac­ However, ouv grandchildren classes and lectures. will probably decide the is­ Quartets, really do not im-,, \^\l ^°P^ ^^.^^ ^yd. Brorrr. ;;.tlrong bid at the confer-;; quired Pre-Raphailite collec­ provise, but just fill in gaps ' '7 K "^f^ '°^ ^ jazz convention • Take efficient notes. tion belonging to Sydney, sue, and until then may "La between previously set down,^' Surfers Paradise later this ence to reorganise AUP;; many of which were recently Belle Hollandalse" hatig in j^pjj^ . year works out. In Queensland • Equip themselves for the completely into a trust; I practically given away — state alongside our early Australian painters, and I we do not hear enough southern ordeal of examination, i company. Burne-Jon"S o- " '-'ends bc- i NE rea.sou for this could musicians playing, It certainly does these ing no longer "chic". jI arouse the indignation of O be under-estimation of j By the way, a proposed visi- things, although it is unfor­ ! more Christian businessmen tunate that the book had to be j (how about a Modigliani the musician concerned. I ^o^ ^O"" '^^e convention, if it nude, Mr. Haines — we might While it seems sure that "J^^^^'^l's"- 'S Ear! "Poppa" so small. More detail and ex­ amples would have been ap­ SUPPORT THE UNION BARBER I -eren get it banned by a m a n y pieces by modern j "'"^s, a good old mainsfreamer bishop?) and possibly tho in­ groups are verj' carefully ar from way back, We can but preciated by students. hope. terest of the public (I can't ranged, there are many pieces Mr. Woodley very clearly I say I'd pay £55,000 for that. around on albums which, to• ' • 1^ • shows the general study I Myrtle—her figure's not half my mind, prove that such "THE GREAT SATCHMO" troubles and how to solve I as good as Marilyn Monroe's, groups as the Brubeck. Lewis i recently at the Regent was them in general terms. I and anyway who wants a and GiufTre combos do play i very well handled. Louis was Nevertheless, it is well nasty naked woman hanging pure jazz. ; blowing as well as ever, and worth the 9/6. on the wall?) Among the.se are the "Jazz; some first rate musicians ap- Goe,.„s. t»o„ Colleger.«n«„...". an„„d^ "^-'-peared"Bru . This is definitely a IVE me some gum- beck Time" albums, and 'The show for all Jazz lovers, trees and a river Jhnmy Giuffre Trio". An­ whether or not you like trad! G other very good example was jazz. any day. I mightn't released on May 14. know much about art, T!V BE IN IT... • • BEFORE you finish off that It is the music from the A MARK of respect for but I know what I like. film "One Never Knows", by first term essay — you can Sidney Bechet, who recently i win MONEY by entering You're a brave man, Mr. the Modern Jazz Quartet. died in Paris. An original This Bibuin proves, or rather, j^^z^^^^^ from New Orleans, i Semper's short story competi- Haines, to spend so much on reiterates, that the MJQ has Bechet's life was marked with I tion. so little, and I'm sorry that I very earthy roots, even complete adherence to his j Why gamble or rob a bank I —from within the" circle so to though their music is ex- jazz principles at all times, I for your pin-money, when you I speak — should have my little pcriinenlal. can win £20 with a story as BILL Gcddes, the University barber, on the back veranda I It is sad to see these oldies I hatchet sharpened for you, rp-"W O years have now elapsed j <^>''"8. ^°^ "i'l"!' reasons, one short as 1000 words. of the St. Lucla REFECTORY. Open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m, since the first Modern I °^ ;y*^'<='i '/ "^e mark of the ; Complete entry details are and 2.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. too. Jazz Quartet album made an I':"^'"S °f __.^" <^'"«- _ ' published on page five. Also Tuesday and Thursday evenings until 8 p.m. —CRAZY JANE appearance in Au.stralia — it | was the Fontcssa suite, ' This, without doubt caused SAMUEL BECKETT-THE APOSTLE OF FUTILITY a revolution for jazz lovers ( TA^ "Waiting for Codot", Beckett gets alva}/ from the help- His speech retains the forms who had never heard music | -*• less, maimed, inibecHic creatures U'/iose slobbering de­ A new review of "Waiting for Godot," a nnd phra.seology of reasoned like it before, ' philosophic discussion — bub The MJQ is now the big-' generation is thc subject of much of his n'or/f. play by Samuel Beckett. the sense is gone. By Act Two gest name in cool jazz, noj he cannot speak at all. matter whether you like the I The wistful allegory is His humanity moves him to simple in form. Godot has compassion at Lucky's plight: —but habit is a good mute, I being beaten all night; his Pozzo loves beauty. He can group or nol. lus leader, ' even describe a sunset, rather John Lewis, Is the most in- i promised work to two tramps. but this turns to rage when am watched too, and another dreams are a seml-awarenesS; They wait for him beside a he discovers that the condi­ watcher is saying: 'He's asleep. but even that is preferable to pompously, after due prepara­ ftucntial person in modern j tion, if everyone Is listening. jazz. For these reasons, the' road under a tree. tion of the master is just as He does not know. Let him Pozzo's blind and ignorant pitiable. sleep'—I can't go on—What self-confidence, By Act Two, Pozzo Is blind. MJQ i.s a group to hsten to Pozzo, the local squireen, did I say?" most attentively. with his slave cum pack-horse For Lucky's faithful service Pozzo doesn't worry about His final, optimistic \vords Perliaps that Is what the the problems of life. He has ring in our ears as he charges I personally recommend cum whipping dog Lucky, ar­ places Pozzo under an obliga­ rives, talks with them, and tion: and Pozzo's awareness of play turns on. We do not know Lucky to think aloud for him. off into the darkness. They are this latest album as their what life is about, but there However, by the middle of best, • But I feel thnt the departs. A young boy brings tills obligation causes him important. They tell us that them word that Godot will ! considerable spiritual suffer- are degrees of ignorance, Act One Lucky can only talk the suitcases which weigh albums, "The Modern Jazz Estragon dreams that he is gibberish. Quartet" and "The Modern come to-morrow. They decide I ing, Lucky down are full of sand. Jazz Quartet at Mu.sic Inn", to go, Tliey do not move, The ; But if Vladimir's values and ciu'tain falls. attitudes are ambivalent, his This happens twice. In Act insight is clear. He speaks the ... offers us small consolation Two llicrc are leaves upon the ; last soliloquy, OES Lucky represent 19th Century Idealism and its gradual ei-islavement FOR ADl'lCE OR tree, and Pozzo and Lucky are j Night is falling; Godot has D to commercial Interests and power politics? SERVICE 0\ radically changed, Godot i not yet come; his companion never comes. ! Estragon is asleep. Vladimir Is Act One the post-1918 the ground, a human face after unattainable truth, bub i wonders whether he too has period of disillusion; and Act emerges from the grovelling the eternal tragic comedy goes The play is m thc long Two the similar period that mass of arms and legs and LIFE ASSURANCE waiting for a resolution which been sleeping: whether he will on. I remember what has passed: came after 1945? I don't know. cries; "We are still men." After all, it Is human un­ consult never happens. Yet in Act I whether there will be any These ideas form one in­ This is perhaps the only an­ derstanding, not life, that is Two only one of the ftve play­ terpretation that satisfies the ers Is aware that all this has truth in what he remembers. swer. Despite the tragedy and Inadequate, As Vladimir re­ : KENNEIH A. LEMON. B.A. allegoric form of the play. hidignity of the human situa­ marks: "Man always blames taken place before. Then lie goes on: "Mounted The play probes many ques­ on a tomb and a difficult tion, there Is still the common his boots when it Is his feet I A.M.P. SOCIETY This is Vladimir, one of the tions discussed by modern struggle of humanity. that are at fault," tramps-a strange, sensitive birth. At the bottom of the philosophers. hole, the dreaming grave- If this is small consolation, Telephones; being who quotes the Gospels One is that of the common Pozzo's degradation enables it Is the only consolation that and feeds his friend on car­ digger applies his fetters. One 311130, 31198L i has tiQie to grow old, bond of humanity. At one him to accept the Imperfec­ Samuel Beckett is willing to Box 14(j4K, CP.O. |; rots. He fears Godot And dares point, when all four protagon­ tions of ''this sluttish.earth':; offer. not laugh durinptV^'l^althiB, *'The alr^ Is "full of our pries ists arc struggling to rise from Vladtnitr.,. gj-opes ,. wistfully —IAN WAtTON, SFMPER FLOREAT, TUESDAY. JUNE 9, 1959. PAGE M A "WORTHLESS" PLAY'S A distinguished American scholar, in ', New book raises old Bach a lafe (by the calendar) reply to Lorna J CONFUSION Bollman's Stanford letter, says ... J BY B. J. MOYLAN 'THE Dramatic Society's Commein. Week controversy on his Mass play was "The Maids" by Jean Genet, and BY JOHN ATHERTON YOUNG Lrazy, man, justj Thc Jacket Notes to thc Columbia vci'sfon of the Ty/'ELL, I reckon you god- J Ithis must surely have been the worst choice Mass in B minor of J. S. Bach describe il as "The greatest " dam diggers after // of a play in quite a long time: it was a pitiful choral Jvoi/f ever written"—a poinl fov would dispute. reading about how terrible Von Karajan performance Yank Unis. are must think While there is little crazy.. choice and I feel we have every riglit to bc doubt about the works of on Columbia. the States one hell of a greatness there is a great Columbia soloists (Eliza­ place. justly annoyed with the selection. j deal of doubt as to the beth Schwartzkopf, Morga Anyway, I am going to write this article now. Just to ' A point of artistic criticism purpose for which Bach, a Hoflgen (alto), Nicolai put you right on a few facts because you're probably all J that has always interested me Lutheran, wrote this Mass. Gedda (tenor) and Heinz raving about Yank varsities on the strength of this one ! DO YOU FEEL is just how much explanation, Both Schweitzer and Rehfuss) are excellent ex­ dame's letter. if any, a work of art should Spitta, the great Bach cept po,?sib!y ReJifuss, who For a start ,she says: You see, every hick town LIKE THIS? need to be appreciated; and authorities, miss the point lacks the range of Kim "Universities vary consider­ has a college (that's a at what stage Is it reasonable when they deny that this Borg for such an aria as ably throughout the U.S, in kind of university) and all to say that the work of art Is a Catholic Mass. "Quoneam tu Solus Sanc- their backgrounds, policies, these joints have their is useless because as far as The fact remains that tus". Tempi are much and standards," and she's own ideas on how things the viewer is concerned, it has the composer wrote the faster, and therefore got something there. should be run. made no impression on him. flrst two movements in nearer Bach's intention, in The way she rants about Joehum's interpretation. She also says just before We cannot expect a full ap- , 1733 and presented them to studying between acts of prcclatlon at first sighting— the Catholic Augustus III But even that does not this: "The university of a revue and exams, all the of Poland for use at his compensate for the poor Stanford is by no means a but we do liave a right lo | time might lead you to expect to be able to appreciate,: coronation. balance of the cJioir and typical American univers­ think that It's "Hit the or see some value In the work, j orchestra which marred ity," Although they were not books and keep on hitting "The Maids" had "the aud­ so used, there is no doubt the performance. Well I wouid point out 'em", so you can put your ience" in such a confused about Bach's intention. A good point in its fav­ that we ain't got no typi­ X in the right square in state of mind that almost all \ our is the fact that it takes cal 'varsity. a true-false test. This point is made in only two 12" LP,'s while mistook its end for the in- ; Karl Geiringcr's new book, terval—but were agreeably' Von Karajan's takes three. tf "The Bach Family" (.\llcn But the Bach lover will surprised to discover the pio- i & Unwin, 1954), ''You needn't feel smug duetion had ended. still prefer the Von Kara­ A new version of thc jan while waiting for some­ Well, I tell you, you're pulling your own leg if you Meaning worthless ^ Ma.ss is now available, Thi,s one (perhaps V.G.G.i to fall for that line, because there's only one exam, each It must not be thought that: is on Fontana label—Eugen record a version with the semester (for the benefit of you eruds down-under, a t YOU NEED A I am criticising the acting— i Jochum conducts the polish of the Columbia one semester is a term of six months) that anyone worries J the only cause for criticism in ' "Chor und Sjinphonie Or- but with a Bach conductor about, J this field could arise if the ' chcster des Bayerischen instead of Von Karajan What's more, I've yet to ,,, _^ « HOLIDAY ! acting had failed to point out, Rundfunks" with Lois Mar­ (who is primarily a Beet­ find the professor who {j> the play's meaning or purpose: | shall (soprano), Hertha hoven man) to ensure that goes all out for true-false • this meaning was so worth- i Topper (alto), Peter Pears tempi are correctly pre­ tests in an exam.—and I've less that no amount of acting i (tenor), Kim Borg (bass), served. been around. l! Questions of value,, thecoul d explain what was in­ Hans Braun (ba-ss). Both versions of this Independent research fs J ( capable of intelligent explan­ Polisli of choir and or­ work are on solo at Mu.sic encouraged among under-./ ation. chestra is lacking in this Masters in Queen Street, grads. and it's always up t problems of multitude And even if the play had version, and for that who ])rovidcd the rccord.s to the student to dig { some message that all the reason I still prefer the for my review. around and fill out the ( TS the idea of Progress necessary for us as audience tailed to grasp, this lectures for himself. j fact that the message, if any. Furthermore, freshmen { members of the rational race? did escape the audience, only can choose their course t That is, as a species, are we moving towards further proves my point that Mozart set good acquisition freely without being tied J such a play was not a suitable down by this "including J some worthwhile ideal or is it sufficient that choice for a Dramatic Society A DIFFERENT set of recordings, hul neVcrilictcss an inlc-rcjl, two units out of group t human beings reproduce offspring for the same activity. •^ ing one, is lhe D.C.C. Mozarl album. This album, comiiling of 3 sch of 2 X \2 incti LPs, contains illuslrationi of all aspects (a)" bull, J standard of rational and moral life they have been Audiences poor experiencing for so many thousands of years? of Moiarl's music. (I opera, Il Orclicslral, 111 Chamber). Wide background { The audiences at all per­ These discs are, natur­ There are only two And just In case you are { If there is no progress, noij^ formances were extremely ally, not for the Mozart places where the music is StlU feeling smug with ^ goal for an evolutionary pro­ poor, which disappoints expert, but for a music consistently worthwhile— that we're - better - than- ' cess, no dawn of a great day because of the obvious lover whose chief interest to which one may go at you attitude, it might in- J whose arrival Marxian phil­ Extra prize work actresses and stage lies elsewhere, one or all of any time and know that terest you to know that* hands had put into thc these sets is a valuable one is hearing the real osophy is committed to, can production—but if the small although an American J we find a value In the Individ­ SEMPER offers an acquisition. thing. KB. (for example) is, on, extra prize of £1 to the numbers have taught the "They are all extracted ual human being, in hfs life. Dramatic Society a lesson in­ These are: the whole, of a lower J writer of the very next from full performances, al­ 1. The Musicians' Club, standard than a B,A., the J But what Is to be our value asmuch that its next choice ready released by D.G.G,, or criterion? Can the value entry we receive for our will bc more suited to a Uni­ which meets at the Story M.A. standard is about the t and without exception are Ville Hotel on Monday same in both countries, J that any man has been so dif­ short story competition. versity Society and audience, excellent, ferent to that of his countless then something has been nights. and the holder of an t The writer will be achieved, No excerpt takes less American PhD, has a j billions of brothers? If It Is than 5-10 minutes and all 2. The Brisbane Jazz wider background ol J the same, surely it is mean­ given his pound, no mat­ "The Maids" points out are artistically complete in Club, which meets at La knowledge than his coun- t ingless repetition. ter whether his story clearly that what Is needed Is themselves. Bohenie Nightclub every terpart in Australia. J wins a prize or not. re-thinklng at the top, when These records are also Sunday night. ND could any Individ­ the choice of play on which on sale at Music Masters, The Jazz Club welcomes Just so's you can havej ual differences war­ Conditions of entry these resources are to be em­ When ,seeking classical visitors who are interested one feather in your cap. J A are printed on page five. ployed is made. music one knows to go to in jazz and I can assure I'll tell you that the< rant such a mass pro­ Address your entries The greatest condemnation concerts to hear it, but anyone interested that matriculation standard In J duction. I could hurl at a play would many people often ask me some of the best Dixieland English, for Instance, Is so , to Semper, c/- Union be to call it disgusting and Perhaps there is no mean­ Offlce, or drop them in if where one can go to hear jazz in Australia is per­ low that classes in ele-1 ing to it—no value—just that worthless. 'The Maids" was live jazz in Brisbane, formed there. mentarv composition are J type of mass production that you can. both worthle,ss and disgusting. held with all students at- t we observe in nature—like the Another damn Yankee practice bom — aaah!. tending. J millions of prawns in More- Grade-conscious? J ton Bay. Then life Is for each of us She calls us Yanks grad.' just a scramble for the avail­ conscious, but I reckon for', able pleasures of life. grad. consciousness you ( Some will smile, some will Aussies take the cake. J grumble, and even those who Why, you guys publish» grumble will cling tenaciously the names of your grads. J to whatever little they have. in the papers, while in the J Then the light of life, as States you have to search t though by magic, .suddenly high and low to find out J flickers and vanishes. if you've passed or not, ^ and in 'varsity the only' And our sons and our sons' way you know you've { sons repeat the meaningless passed is when you DON'T > cycle. hear from th" top brass' that you've failed. , , M til , il-A llgious doctrine (If in our Finally, whats a bit of a JI vvestern religion we ran sue sore point with me, the f cessfully account for a bene­ matter of the student' volent and just God dispens­ newspaper. I can tell you} ing the pain nnd sorrows of that the rags over here i life nnd death, unevenly, to have just as many laughs' creatures born evil and In them as the brighter J ordered to be good) must give papers down-under, such' some answer to this tremend­ as "Honi Solt", "On Dlt",.J ous problem of multitude, and j'pbsi^rver". , t —D. J. DONOIIUET. PAGE 12 SEMPER FLOREAT. TUESDAY. JUNE 9. 1959. Had temporary quarters Illusion and Reality among for their first 45 years Contd. from page 9 he five hundred students who passed ent Political *^ -•- V>'J^J-I± 1 J. k^ T through college at some time during its Science Seminar In Adelaide during the May vacation opens for first fort/-five years lived in whaf have always discussion the question of students and politics. been regarded as temporary buildings at Unfortunately the students of today have lost that vitality, that spirit of adventure, ihat hope which In the past kindled student interest in politics, and other problems of universal or Kangaroo Point. particular concern. There were five hou.ses, have the plea.sure of door- The conservative spirit has enveloped the campus—not only of our own University—but Chislehurst. Thornton House, knocking on July 4. The those of all Australian universities and of most in Great Britain. amount of money collected Oskarholme and Warrawee, Articles by Alan Barcan in "Student" Union of ours, down is this true University spirit? and towards the end of this depends on the number of to the smallest society or club Firstly, let me make it quite canvas.ser.s. the first Lssue of Quadrant, period, two other houses in and by W. T. Rogers in the the acceptance of convention, clear that I am not equating the same suburb, Risby and Three thousand helpers latest number of the Political and the concern shown for debauchery, etc. with tradi­ Cumbrae. are needed. Help the women Quarterly, show clearly that such things as finances, have tional university spirit. The ver^ nature of these find this £30,000 and they'll there "has been a waning of stifled completely the initia­ The true spirit is one based scattered buildings certainly be silent—at least, as long as radicalism and growth of con­ tive of ordinary students. on the rational inquiring did not make them seem suit­ possible. ^:2rvv servatism" among the vast Instead of fostering the ac­ mind—and it is just this able for the corporate life of The Director of the Appeal majority of students. tivities of small bodies, in which I feel is lacking in the a College; accordingly, al­ Is Major-Oeneral H. G. F. Tills conservative tendency which a student can give vent student body taken as a though they were "made do" Harlock, who may be con­ is permeating not only politi­ to his own personal prejudi­ whole. with considerable success, the tacted either at the University cal activity but also most ces, and discuss those of The aveiage student of to­ idea of a permanent College at St. Lucia or by ringing traditional student activity. others, in which he can de­ day is inclined to go along was never forgotten. 7 1842. Don't forget! — July Prom the narrow-minded, velop his own particular with the mob, to accept un­ 4—everyone will be collecting! ultra-conservative, so-called talents, meet others with his critically all statements made own and different philosophies by people with limited author­ The Sources . . . of hfe, and gain some appre­ ity, e.g. press commentators In 1039. following the allo­ ! ciation of tvhat other students' and university lecturers. cation of sites for the main likes and dislikes are, the This may help In the Nov­ University building, and for Costumes will be flown for I present Union is more con­ ember obstacle race, it will the six CoUeges (as there cerned with the architectonics probably mean that the were tlien), the Women's Col­ of a union building—a build­ student meets the Chancellor lege Building Appeal was our largest Asian "festival" j ing which will be only a hol­ on grad-nlght, but it certainly launched; after the war lapse, low symbol if not imbued with does not provide the graduate it was resumed. COSTUMES for the Overseas Students' Festival of Nations—the largest! the true university student with an education, or even The money has come in the [Student festival held in Australia—will be flown from Sydney and Melbourne,! spirit. with an adequate general form of gifts and legacies I What then it may be asked, knowledge. from private sources, through Two hundred people, of 20 iiat-[ the support by the business ionalities, will perform on the Fcstl-1 houses of the Joint Appeal of val Hall stage In the show's two • OUTLOOK GLOOMY the Afhliated Residential Col­ sessions. • leges, and as subsidies made Tiie evening performance on June j F a student does approach his stay at the uni­ by the Government of 27 will be attended by Sir Henry j I versity with this traditional attitude he will not Queensland and the Common­ and Lady Abel Smith, Princess Alice, i have much more. But at least he will be capable wealth Government. Consular representatives, and busi-. of advancing his knowledge. ness leaders To vie all that a bachelor's degree signifies is that the The Premier (Mr. Nicklin) and i Verson has reached a mrlicular stage of education tohere it. Double their Lord Mayor (Alderman Groom) are • is considered he can be left to his oton resources to advance also expected to attend. his knowledge. Northern Command Band willj This attitude should not present there are many politi­ room space play between acts — which so fari however be confined to the cal clubs. Include a mock "Indian Wedding", bare requirements of the par­ In the past Queensland has XPENDITURE involving a scene fro.m "The King and I" ticular course being studied. had only two poUtlcal clubs— E £208.000 enabled seventy with 60 schoolchildren coached by; i It should mean that the the non-Partisan Political students to move from Kan- Paddington music teacher, Tatjana student will try his hand at Science Club (which has been giiroo Point to St. Lucia on Hitrina, and national and tradi-1 activities which would help in moderately active so far), and Cth August last year. tional songs and dances. I producing a graduate who has the incredibly dead Liberal Club (who have held nothing However lavish the rooms Tlie Festival, in aid of Inter- j a broad basis on which to ex­ tend his knowledge. at lunch-hour except their may seem, it is a lavishness national House, is being staged by [ tongues). obtained on strict economy the O.S,A. as a Centenary Year ges-1 The university is the only lines, with cacli student's room ture (they're serious), following thei place where most people have Now, in the ebb of unwar­ having approximately 104 sq, success of last year's first Brisbane I the opportunity of participat­ ranted interference by Union ing in such activity—once by­ Council, a Club has been ft. as against tlie area of 125 I SCENE from last year's Asian Festival. Tradl- Asian Festival, j sq. ft. which is recommended passed there is no second formed based on Q.L.P. prin­ for English halls of residence j tional Eastern dances will be included in thc Tickets are available from Pal-1 chance. ciples. (in fact, these usually have I "Festival of Nations" programme. ings, Teachers' Training College,! It is hoped that, at least, 110 .sq, ft. room). i and Union oEQces, St. Lucla. I this Club will be a means of Mjack viiaiUff stirring interest in poUtics The figures prepared for And yet the students of this within the University. But the the Murray Committee .showed University — lacking that tame talk and meagre audi­ that the Colleges should pre­ necessary vitality — do not ence of their first meeting pare to double their accom­ Moscow is "fighting the cold war accept what is offered to were not encouraging. modation by 1963. This is a them. There are no imme­ It is attending the functions practically impossible objec­ diately observable detrimental organised by these Clubs, by tive for any College, but It Is of delaying action" against West effects of such a situation. attending NUAUS Seminars, felt that even the provision Contd. from page 9 Everyone seems happy, and by showing an interest in of only these ten extra places RESIDENT Eisenhower, during his message to Congress on January 5, 1957, most pass exams. politics that members of this at tlie Women's College must But when it is realised that University can gain the be of benefit. P made the following statement: any progress, and new necessary education to enable "Soviet control of the satellite nations of In their zeal the Reds are •achievement, or indeed any them to help in some small Pledged "quoting" from Lenin's Works, change in the present pattern way to remedy the previously Eastern Europe has been forcibly maintained in and most western leaders be­ of society will have to come, mentioned ills of the Austra­ Since most people, apart spite of solemn promises of a contrary intent made lieve these "quotations" with­ in all probability, from this lian political scene, from Whacko historians, have during World War II." out having read Lenin's student body, the outlook for taken such great interest in Works or bothered to check the future is very gloomy. —GRUELLING. tlie establishment of a per­ "Stalin's death brought hope interference in domestic af­ that this pattern would fairs." these "quotations." This can best be seen by an manent Women's College, it But Lenin never wrote such examination of the present can hardly be doubted that change. And we" read the In the aftermath of the pledge of the Warsaw Treaty Hungarian tragedy world re­ nonsense. On the contrary, Australian political scene. It CORSAGE far-seeing people will continue Lenin condemned peaceful co­ Is, in reality, one of extreme their support. of 1955 that the Soviet Union spect for and belief in Soviet SPECIALISTS would follow In satellite coun­ promises have sunk to a new existence. confusion. There are two op­ BOUQUETS For tills coming appeal tries 'the principles of mutual low. posing Labour parties, each many societies have pledged respect for their Independence •jl/TANY quotations can be claiming to be the "true" from In Ills Inaugural address of •t'A extracted from his works Labour party. their supirort. You, too. can and sovereignty and non- January 21. 1957, President to this eflect, but the most Their policies are at pre­ Elsenhower supplemented this concise of these quotations is statement with the following: sent slightly indefinite and London- the following, taken from badly in need of clarification. For all your tvatch repairs, see "TDUDAPEST is no longer Lenin's Works. 4th Russian Moreover, the internal politi­ ^ merely the name of a Edition; Vol. 31: cal situation of one of these American city; henceforth It is a new "We have now passed from parties Is causing much con­ and shining symbol of man's war to peace, but we have not cern at the present time. JOHN S. QUINN yearning to be free." forgotten that war will again On the other hand we have llorlsts "Thus across all the globe return. As long as capitalism the Liberal-Country Party PHONES: there harshly blow the winds and socialism remain, they coalition which everywhere is 1 47 MACQUARIE ST., ST. LUCIA • of change. And we — though cannot live peacefully to­ feeling the lack of new ad­ FA 1056, FA 1092 ''2749 3 doors from ferry fortunate be our lot — know gether. venturesome leadership and After Hours U 2709 that we can never turn our What Moscow is doing now policy. State Inatirance Housei Member Ilorological Guild of Australasia backs to them." Is to fight the cold war of de­ Consequently the Seminar All Work Guaranteed What has become of this laying action until such time topic for Adelaide, "Illusion 257-259 EDWARD ST. • change? Where Is It now? Al­ as by a build-up of greatly and ReaUty in Australian toff Adelaide Streel) ready there is talk of negotia­ superior armed forces the Politics," should prove inter­ BRISBANE SPECIAL QUICK SERVICE ATTENTION TO pi)|[NTS ting With'Moscow and of giv- W6st will be''forced' to'Submit esting to say the least,' idg conT:&sslons to the Reds. to Communism. —.„ ^ — ..—.. (Meniber Interflorhf'' ''' , In Australian universities at' MWM«-'aMH'Ma'J.ialUJ^M«'' SEMPER FLOREAT, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1959. PAGE 13 City Saw A Tired Dr. Billy The Graham Crusade

EVANGELISM is a dirty word lo nfiany Protesfants Many of the evangelical revivalists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth cen­ turies had private lives which were not the most virtuous, used rather (dubious methods and appropriated much of the money collected for their own use. They believed that every comma, full stop the Governor and adhering,' and contradiction in the Bible (King James ver­ to a type of theology whicii went out of fashion with sion, of course) was the inspired work of God — "HE CANT most Protestant scholars a reaction against the prevailing scientific temper many years ago. of the times which tried to bring all activities — His emphasis throughout secular and sacred — under the microscope of BE A FAKE was on an uncompromising critical analysis. religion — stressing the dire consequences of not accept­ Many people still used to than of the more modern „.HE MADE ing Christ there and then. attend the meetings — they types. If you did not you were go­ were good, cheap, clean en­ Graham does stand in the ing to fry and that would be tertainment. tradition of those who hold that. Kvangelism, however, has unqualified adherence to the TOO MANY This approach many people always been regarded as a Bible ~ that evei-y word is today find ralher objection­ true activity of the Christian I inspired by God and literally able, bearing in mind the Church — "ever since Peter true, and it is also true that MISTAKES" concept of God as a God of got up on his soap box at the financial results have not Love. first Pentecost and was ac­ been revealed. cused of being inebriated. However, if money be his People were talking about lyo man seeking for Few would say now that objective (and I don't think Billy Graham in pubs, fac­ universal adulation Peter was simply a rabble it is) there are plenty of tories, the university, and would use it, rousing ratbag. easier ways to raise a quick those OTHER less reputable A microphone makes it ex­ Some people question quid nowadavs. resorts—arguing about him tremely difficult for a man whether such methods should Well, what did Billy and his beliefs. effectively to exude a .syn­ be used today for in essence Graham do, to, and in Bris­ It did show, if any proof thetic sincerity and there wi's they are the same as those bane? were needed, that the reli­ nothing .saccharine and in­ used by Hitler, only a few It is too early to stato what gious curiasity in man was by sincere in Graham's voice. years ago, on the German the net end results will be- no means dead. The crowd sat and lapped it masses, that cannot be known with They went out in their up, and when the time came any certainty for several years tens of thousands to hear to make decisions, most arose AMERICAN evangelist Billy Graham, who recently OME drugs used pro­ yet, him. — and went home. drew Queensland's largest crowd for a religious perly are of tremend­ Jj^OWEVER, it is certain They heard a sincere man. One of the worst features in event to the Exhibition Ground. S Unless Graham is the Graham's final address was , ous tise in treating the that he did cause greatest con. man of all time his appreciation of the daily I sick, used unwisely they more interest in religion he is not a fraud. papers' uncritical commentary l bring death or madness than any other visitor No duper would make thc on his meetings. | J Letter from Ould to the addict. since that of the statue mistakes he did. This gave the Impression Staying at Lennons earlier that he did not brook criti r/jij Utter n'ni NOT iCril/fn Mob oratory can have the of the Virgin of Fatima a ana so alienating many tem- \ cism — almost as if he were | same diverse eflects. few years back. io Don O'Neill. It ulas found perance folk, staying with I God's only chosen vehicle. , in a pvhlic convenience hy a Oireland The hostility of many Pro­ peri'erse Scot niimed John testant and other church Brodie. people to the Graham cruisade "Boyne Waters" gradually diminished as the Dynamism Lacking County Cork, crusade drew nearer and they "Eire," 17th March, 1059 began to wonder whether his npHE sheer size of the meetings to some extent defeated their ^^EAR Cousins, efforts were more in line with ^ Your welcome letter received by me and your tfiose of Wesley and Whitfield own purposes. Aunt Bridget — thank you kindly for the money you * Squalling infants, neigh-1 There was no undue emo- ,sent. We had seven masses for Grandmother and Grano- bour bruising children and I tional atmosphere pervading, father — God rest their souls. the thousands in uncomfort- I Though we may suspect our able vantage points made it emotions we still basically You have gone high hedge but he had loo much Ford: A pave-the-way virtually impossible to create rely on them to determine if places in Australia. God drink taken in him. and he an emotional atmosphere, | we nre in love. bless you. I hope you will missed, God's curse be on the fifthy drink, and the Yet from Paul's slanging His appeal was to represen­ not be after pulling on matches with the early tatives of all sections of the fine airs and forgetting curse be on the EnRli.sh evangelist churches to Newman's con­ community — surely an in­ your native lann. nor will Landlord who didn't come troversies with Kine,«ley cri­ dication that he was meeting you forget to keep sending along when your Uncle EV. Leighton Ford is ticism has had a cleansing some want common to most me the money. Mike and Denis O'Hnra a sort of junior Bill effect on the church, men. were waiting for him near R Your cousin, Dinney the turf fence: cur.sc the Graham. Graham was tired — there Certainly most at the meet- , O'Tooie, was hung in Lon­ ings did not make decisions lot of them. Although he is not Just an­ i could be no doubt about that. donderry last week for kill­ His preaching lacked the but probably the majority \ ing a policeman, may God other noisy American evan­ were already active ciiurcii HOPE this letter finds gelist, and has more finesse dynamism which ha.s come rest his soul and may I you well and may God to b« a.ssoclated with It. members. and subtlety than most minis­ Some 6000 people did make God's curse be on Terence remind you to keep send­ ters of religion, he is in ability Having said all this, I still O'Plareghfy, the informer, ing me the money. Tlie feel that Graham had some- decisions or re-dedications — i what he is in position—a only a few of those present! and may he burn in Hell. Brennan's are 100 per pave-the-way man for a bet­ I thing to add to the life of the God forgive me. cent, strong around here churches of Queensland, and how many will last is i ter man. open to conjecture, ] since they stopped going Mr. Ford is hot the people's His preaching was straight­ A man's religion is esscn- , to America, they have kids forward and sincere. Black fpiMES are not .so bad as running all abou t the man that Graham Is, He Is tially between himself and his •^ they might be, the her­ too apt to .speak in religious was black and white wns God so how can outsiders, tounty. God bless them. cliches, and be over-frank white — it made a refresh­ ring is back and nearly really know the effect of the , everyone who has a boat is McSweeney from across about somewhat embarra-ssing ing change from the insipid crusade on a man? i the Boyne is in gaol for subjects. sermons to which iiwiiiy making ends meet and the churchgoers are subjected. price of fish is good, stealing — the poor fellow His speaking is fluent and HE rediscovery of the ; thanks be to God, potatoes didn't steal much — cur.se at times masterful, but his are not plentiful, glory be, the laws. Millie O'Brien, subject is too often lost to the TJE may have been T possibility that there' the brat you used to go to layman. wrong in some of the I may be a God is cer-; We had a good time at school with, has niarried True religious and evan­ i tainly of some import-; Pat Muldoon's wake; he an Englishman — she'll do gelistic fanatics would find things he said — but at Jtev. Lelghton Ford least he said something ance and this was almcst was an old blatherskite no goon, dLsconcertlng Mr. Ford's habit ; surely found by many and It looked good to see of interspersing in his ad­ "enlightenment" during his which is more than can the sod stretched out In •jlTAY God take larc of dresses the occasional not-so- speeches. It was obvious that be said of many mlnts- I who attended. his box with his big mouth '^ you all and keep funny story. he was playing to the crowd ters. In itself the crusade will shut for once. He Is better sending the money. He is no fool when It comes with the same proficiency of probably achieve very little off dead and he'll burn in Your devoted Cousin. to speaking, but he is just a many of his fellow-country­ No man is rieht all ^"^ • but as a stimulus to interest hell until the damn place little too obtuse to make a men who grace us with their time — Peter and Paul had in religion by Catholics, Pro­ freezes over. He had too TIMOTHY big hit with "his public". presence. several disputes. testants and others, it has many friends amongst the r.S.: Things look bright However, everyone who His preaching had vigour certainly had a great effect. Orangemen, he did, God again. Every Police Bar­ heard him in Brisbane seems Leighton Ford would never and lacked the dryness of curse the lot of them. racks and Protestant to have been impressed by his do in tlie Deep South of his many present day logically Often good results are ob­ Church burnt to thc own country, but he seemed perfect sermons. tained by unusual methods. ground in County Cork. clean - cut, Red - blooded, We cannot yet tell with Bless your Irish heart, I decent appearance, and his to do quite well In the shallow Its prime appeal was lo the almost forgot to tell you Thnnks be to Go** #-#'^#^^s»^s«,,y r^*********^*****: I CRAZY JANE (who has lost her pet toy mouse, folks): I Engineering Marriage Manual

; I has a worm's eye view of NUAUS proceedings... 1; BY "ROMEO," ENG. II. INTRODUCTION: The author of this extract is a student and Jn his office work has •' had to deal with preparations for specifications, estimates and such like and his work has absorbed him in whole. For this reason the author is giving the following, as it has "Where did the money (what been suggested to him that by taking a wife or mistress he may lead a better life and may take his mind off his work somewhat. To accomplish the desired result the authar then set about finding a WIFE. Here­ money?) go," asked Davey... under arc his finely-tooled specifications for the supply of one wffe: T.TETHOD OF TENDER: ing the outside, front and side i capable of sustaining the -1-T-l-iNG: All tenders shall be elevations and plans. ! effect of withdrawal. TJOW many students in Australia and particularly in Queensland accompanied by a full de The tenders shall be sent to 1 The teeth shall be of natu- •^realize that the National Union of Australian University'scnption giving the principal the undersigned In a "TEN- ral substances, pearly in col f^j, j'D-L I- .•-> 'I dimensions and other particu- DER-WIPE" in the upper left our, true to shape and form Students convened in Brisbane during vacation? lars, as mentioned beiow. to- hand corner, on or before the and free from any decay or And how many care a damn, anyway? The event wasn't published much gether with photographic last day of the current month. looseness. The undersigned does not The nose shall be of such and probably won't accomplish much that will affect anyone, anyway. |and/or other views showing bind himself to accept the design and capacity that the The general lack of interest. I All of which seemed to dis­ "lowest" or any tender. Intake of the air is effected hy Queenslanders at least, was concert Mr. Moyian more than without emitting the noise obvious in the quality and' somewhat. • ir • technically known as "snor­ quantity of Queenslanders "How do you account for Executive asks Union to IMENSIONS: The over­ ing". attending the conference. the telephone and cable ex­ D all length, unshod, shall The clutch on the specimen The Inmates of our Impres­ penditure?" witlulrau) from J^VAVS be between the limits of five shall be of the standard fill- sive mausoleum were repre­ Mr. Moyian (flatly): "Last NION Council Executive will make a strong feet four and five feet eleven embracing type, while the and a half Inches with a tol­ sented by N.U,A.U.S. Hon. year's. I've got an extension U recommendation to Council that it withdraw body members shall be sound Sec. Bernle Moyian, who was from Union office." erance of iln. In the draw­ In construction but subtle to obviously protecting no-one's At this juncture Mr. Davey from NUAUS, ings. certain forces. interests but Mr. Moylan's, hastily intervened and The Executive feels that to become a "part time" The extreme girth on the Mr. Barry Greaves who is not smoothly suggested that Mr. the £1000 spent on national member of NUAUB, with largest horizontal dimen­ • ^ • officially connected with | Moyian look up his ledger union each year could best an annual payment of £10, sion shall not be more than 38 HE specimen shall not either N,U.A,U,S. or Union and explain matters on the be spent on local activities. and participate only in Inches, Tlie net weight T have any rings of any Council tills year. Miss Wendy final day of the convention, Semper understands national activities which shall be between UO and 120 kind in its construction and Stephens who, as Drama Fes­ other sensational items that the Union will seek are financially worthwhile. pounds, space shall be made for the tival Director, was under­ discussed on the opening day »»»%»**v»^^»»»»»»%»»*>»»%^**^*^*»*»%»^»»»»^»^v»»»»»i • Tir • putting of rings should the standably mainly Interested arose from the Activities Re­ getting rid of student apathy OCOMOTION: The speci­ buyer decide to do so. in Drama Festival, Mr. Jim port comprising the Art Com­ which appeared to signify im­ mediate acquiescence but other than by also getting rid L men shall be capable of Any dial used shall be of Taylor who didn't go to petition and Debating and of students? meetings but Instead made Dramatic festivals. which his friends correctly in­ travelling under its own the type which shall show the terpreted as meaning "just- The answers are:— steam at a speed of 3,8 m,p,h, wear, management required sure delegates didn't die of AU these lacked something walt-untll-next-year." (1 Yes. on the flat and 3.1 m.p.h, hunger—or thirst, and yours by way of general student en­ and temperament of the truly who dared attend the thusiasm, particularly the The difficulty was finally (2) Your guess Is as good bearing a load of 10 pounds specimen. first meeting as an observer first. resolved by a casual remark as mine. continually for one hour. This dial shall be of normal with no pet peeve to air and to the effect that there were N.U.A.U,S, can achieve a The specimen shall also be size, well proportioned and of Two Universities hnd with­ a lot of contemporary Indo­ great deal In general promo­ able to withstand an over­ representing no particular drawn entirely from this ven­ clear and well cut appearance. pressure group, nesian student paintings tion of University interests on load of 50"?' for a short period ture (one of which was hanging around Sydney Uni­ a nation-wide scale and has without overheating or show­ The specimen shall not be culture-conscious Melbourne) versity which had never been done so in the fields of Edu­ ing signs of bulking. prone to "cough and splutter" THERE OVT and the other Universities had exhibited and which could be cation (Commonwealth The motion shall be uni­ and free from "fits and only sent from one to ten bunged in if needed. Scholarship promotion starts." OF INTEREST exhibits from each University. form, smooth and graceful, The cost of upkeep and Much to the relief of all schemes, aboriginal scholar­ The spring shall be adequate r was received with the Queensland sent two. ships, etc.), travel schemes and the carriage erect al­ running shall be those as can chilling cordiality the spotless present this very generous (overseas delegations. New be supported on the basic In the face of such a tre­ and considerate offer was though a forward tilt is al­ wage. upright man might accord a mendous response Mr. Moyian Zealand tours. Inter - Varsity lowable on ascending and in­ leper. conditionally accepted and subsidies for drama, debating Any accessories shall be in announced that he personally Mr. Davey rapidly changed cline. gold or sliver only and in no "Why on earth." I could see thought the whole thing the subject. and various conferences), and Elbow movement shall be debonair President Mr, Mar­ in the establishment of Aus­ inferior metals. The specimen should be wound up anyway, All this preamble leads up restricted and knee action should not need spare parts tin Davey darkly muttering but he was mildly rebuked by tralian Universities Press shall be clean and certain. to the consideration of two where student editors can ex­ frequently or major overhauls. into his Indonesian headgear, Mr, Davey who personally points which for your clear The ankles shall be able to "should anyone tui-n up at a thought a bit of art was a change ideas and work out a withstand repeated impact N.U.A.U.S, meeting purely out elucidation I have enumerated common journalistic code ap­ • • "jir • good thing. below, when travelling over rough A UTOMATIC ACTION: The of Interest?" plicable to any University terrain at speed, As Queenslanders didn't At this admission from the (1) Is N,U.A.U,S. worth­ newspaper. •^ specimen shall be able to even bother to present an of­ master, Mr, Moyian retired while? • ^ • move from place to place with an enigmatic smile; (2) Is there any way of However, all these things •pLOTATION: The specimen without guidance or adjust­ ficial report on Union activi­ should not be left to the dis­ " shall be capable of float­ ties or send along a Union cretion of a few individuals ment and shall perform all ing in fresh or salt water with operations as are normally delegate (there was so:ne talk who can work more or less "in at least four inches of free­ of flying Mr. Clarke back camera" and who, if not cor­ expected of these, e.g. sewing, board, and shall be able to cleaning, preparing the in­ from Melbourne for the oc­ Brilliant young essayist rupted by a personal desire propel itself without aid of casion but evidently Mr. for power, are at least forced gredients of foodstuffs without Clarke felt he could do more any other source. The outer the attention beyond the sup­ BELOW is ptinitd ——- such as to present a pleasing trallan states, Queensland is and well-proportioned aes­ RESPONSIBLE the most Australian thetic effect conforming gen­ In spite of her small popu­ erally to the best Australian TO NO-ONE lation of just over one mil­ lEMPERfFIlilMylliiM models, and shall be free from Most seemed to feel that lion she has produced many ATIONAL UNION OP AUSTRA­ ers In receipt of living allowances PROCEDURE FOR OBTAININO LIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS all surface cracks, blisters or they were responsible to no- fine examples of sportsmen N are eligible tor concessions in all CONCESSIONS other obvious defects. such as Ray Llndwall, Hector Travel concessions iivBllable to States except Queensland, Forms tor rail and air travel are onc for their thoughts, words students wUhln AustrBli& and Aus­ available from the Registrar's The colouring shall be such and deeds although there were Hogan, and Cllve Churchill, tralian lerrttorles:— Stale Regulations—(I) South Aus­ ofiice, whose signature Is needed to 1. AIR CONCESSIONS tralia: Unlike aU other States, a as to form a harmonious and exceptions—notably a large Queenslanders are connois­ student may have annual earnings make the certificate valid, gentleman from N,S.W. Tech­ seurs of beer and any of tliem (al To New Guinea, Norfolk Island pleasing whole, and sliall be and other Australian terri­ of .up lo £60 per annum, and con­ OEOROE HICICS, secured without the addition nology who plaintively walled: will tell you that. Queensland tories. Qantas offers conces­ cessions are applicable during Travel Director, school holidays plus three days be­ of pigment or extraneous "I wish someone would ex­ beer Is best. sions ol S0% to alt students ECRETARIAL COLLEGE * under It and a concession of fore and after the holidays for treatment of any kind, the plain what the £250 labelled Brisbane, the capital of the Intra-State travel and 14 days be­ S AOENCY. 240 Queen Street. 3i':i- to students under 2fl. ' Phone 2-4138, Take quick Conver­ natural surface being left petty cash w*as spent on. I've State. Is famous throughout ib) Within AuslraUa. 60% conces­ fore and after the holidays for travelling Inter-State. sion course In Electric typing- got to be able to explain it lo the world for her scenery, sions tor students under IS are obtain the BEST positions. All clear and unmarked, any them at home," such as the view from Mr. odered by Ansett/A,N.A., (in Victoria: Week-end conces­ enquiries, 2-413t, scale, grease, or dirt by wash­ T.A.A,, McRobertson MlUer Air­ sions of return tickets at single ing down with strong soap and "Thereupon Mr, Davey dif­ Coot-tha and her City Hall, lines and feeder airlines (an tare are avallabie to all students, OR Sale. Lambrelta. 195S, F fidently proffered a tentative which is built on a swamp. exception Is the Fcrth-Rottnest F Model. Condition as new. Very water. thesis which was immediately and Rottnest-Perth flight on 3. BOAT CONCESSIONS. reliable. £70. This city Is also a famous McRobertson MUler), Concessions on the Launceston- • T^ • contradicted by Treasurer port and many fine bridges S0% concessions to students Melbourne run are available only ELL: Dinner Suit, Dress Coat, pOVEBING AND ACCES- Moyian, but who hastened to span the mighty Brisbane under It and ID^'r concessions on Ist class Cares. Concessions are S while vest, tie. fit man B' 6". ^•^ SORIES: A complete set add that he really couldn't River so that she Is known as lo students over IS' are oHered lOS^c tor persons over IS years of 36" watst, good condition. Rint by BUtler Air Transport, age and 33 l-3rd% for those under 6 5310, of usual textile or other cover­ be sure that his theory wns "thc city of bridges." IS. ing shall be supplied together correct as he hadn't been 33 1/3% concessions are odered WIMMING Club A.O,M., Sat.. There are many other fam­ by East West Airlines to stu­ GENERAL INFORMATION, S June 27, S.30 a.m,, Qeorge St. with an outfit of small tools around when the auditor tid­ ous cities in Queensland. dents under IS during vacation. Refec, hut. • Atl welcome. ied up the books. In all cases students must not The concessions offered by T.A.A, and spare parts for effecting Some of these are: Rock­ be In receipt of any (orm. o( and Ansett/A.N.A. are extended to WIMMING Club Social, Vie. ordinary running repairs to At this stage a wily type hampton, Townsville, Cairns remuneration in order to overseas students studying In Aus­ S Park, Sat, June 20, i p.m. same. from Melbourne who labelled and Gayndah, where I live. qualify tor air concessions. tralia. For overseas students, a cer­ Bloxam's Band. Refreshments, etc. himself rather self-effacingly But no matter who you are, J, RAIL CONCEaSIONB, tificate may not be available trom Don't miss It—one of the year's • -k .i^ • • their home university. In which best. "an amateur at this sort of or where you live, I think you Return tickets at single fare and case the airways wilt accept a cer­ "nELIVERY: Delivery shall thing" proferred a far more will agree with me that the single tickets at half single fare tificate signed by the Registrar al OULD the utter cad who stole ^ be completed within nine rational theory to account for are available tor all students In all any Australian University or an w my toy mouse from the Sunshine State is good enough States. Conditions are that the officer nominated by National 'Semper'^ room at the Treasury months of acceptance, the the £250, and followed it up for anybody, particularly concessions are only available dur­ Union. .Hotpl on Commem. day,, please re­ specimen to.be abl^ to be used by several' questions as , to ing f acatton and students muit not turn'it - to. Joan I^ndon (XU1901) Queenslanders. ,„,, bo,in r^qelpl ot any remuilera^Ion. .R^l.cohcesslomi are not avsliabte Jf jiaVe tt'irunion'oSbe'^riTls •forvthe Enrinera\Dance and other items of expenditure.' —ELLEN HANLEY, Commonwealth Scholarship ^old- to overseas studetaU. ^ ^ bt-great »*ntlmeutrt;«»aWt»,-"'v Bali; "--..v ,., V-J* *. . . . ».1>'H.>.' • . , >W vi»".: • • ; SEMPER FLOREAT, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1959. PAGE is SOCCER UPSET AT Inter-varsity venues QEMPER was not able to secure many Inter- SYDNEY CARNIVAL varsity reports for this issue. Thus, we have printed preview copy. Full Inter-varsity reports Snfhusiasm YDNEY.-The Inter-varsity Soccer Carnival was held in revives Gym Club S the first week of the vac, May 23-30. next issue. Perth May 26th-28th The folloiving donned the red and blue shirts of Qld. Uni.: Alhiefics Australian Football Perth June lst-5lh PROGRESS ]. Anderson, B. Bains, S. Chen, T. Gnivarra, A. Hilton, £. Lee, Boat Sydney (Nepean River) W. Maher, A, Neaverson, F. Nicolosi (capt.), M. (Sammy) Ponnu­ May 30fh-June 6th Badminton Perth May 25th-29lh HEARTENING samy, L. Piifih, A. Razak, W. Renew, K. Wanka. Bnskctball Adelaide May 25lh-29fh In the first match of the carnival Qld. met their old rivals— Golf Melbourne May 25lh-29th HE full benent of a Melbourne. Gymnastics Melbourne M.iy 25th-29th T gym, club has never really been felt in the • Qld. scored first honours with a fine shot by inside-left Spen­ Judo Kensington May 25th.29th Riile Melbourne May 25th-29th University mainly be- cer Chen. J i cause of the lack of .suit- Melbourne equalised shortly before half-time but the ganne seemed fairly Rugby Union Melbourne M.iy 25th-29lh J i able training facilities, equal at this stage. Melbourne emerged the stronger team from 'oranges" and Soccer Sydney May 25th-29th Table Tennis Adel.iidc May 25tb-29th J This year there has been a quickly went to a 3-1 lead. , revival of Interest with a Disaster struck the Qld. side when Ponnu.samy emerged from a scramble i i larger than usual influx of with a fractured collar-bone. *' • enthusiastic freshers. Playing one man short for the rest of the game, 11 ||Afy|||| llf if h fpAnf llllO nl^UOfC A determined effort is being made to maintain this in­ Qld, played well .so that at the final whistle Mel-. Luugll Ui WILII II Ulll~llllu Uld YCI W^ terest. A higli bar has been bourne had not changed their early score. put up behind King's Col­ On the following day Technology convincingly lege, sooii to bc followed by ithis .sea.son as fivc-oighth. i a set of portable Roman defeated Melbourne by two goals to nil. has massive strength I Save for his present injury,' Rings. the University captain may • A weakened Qld. side then' .•application has been made to cau-sed the upset of jhe i^'o^'nyevngosHoweve determiner a systedm tha oft Qldgoal. 1 ri'^HE triumphant University XV, fresh from a re:- yet represent liis country; .again. thc Q.A.G.A. for the loan carnival by defeating tlic; ^^.,,^ „„^ ^^ ^^^^^^. ^l^c semi- i sounding 19-12 victory over the powerful Syd­ of one of the ' vaulting Technolopy eleven. . finals hitcinalional prop Kerry ney University line-up, was surprisingly humbled lioises they have on trust Tlie Qld. team plaving in-'. • Larkin continues to play ' by G.P.S. to the tune of 28-6 at Rugby field, • honest, intelligent fooilwil, | from the 1956 Olympic spired football had 'a shock! Sydney retained the Inter- Gaines. 2-1 win with "Spanner" Chen; var.sity Cup by defcatinp : Normanby. 1 while new Stale prop Dave • [•coring both goals. : Tech nol opy ill the grand The club, owing to an un- As usual, onco Jeeps had Connors is having a big Thc Pliys. Ed. department • final. '. prccedented number of in­ tiicir tails up, they played ..•••cason, .Miothcr to gain State • lias promised to make pro­ \ Thc Clicn Cup for spoils- juries to key players, was sonic brilliant attacking foot­ 'selection this year is the' vision for iraining for tlie ball. Universify's matisliip went to Adelaide. forced to field a .sadly deplcied ! liard-runiiing. solid tackling ; Gym. Club when thoir new • ivith the Qld. eleven as run- backline. Varsity nevertheless re­ '• winger, John Hamilton. block goes up. I iicr.s-up. Threo Queenslanders , University luul .swept all be­ mains the team to beat in this hicUidcd in thc State s'.niad \ fore it in Wclsby Cup and girl fencers ; gained .selection in the .•\iis- year's premicisliip and it is [ are the vastly improved half, \ Training hard I tralian Varsities XI—A. Nico- ! Q.R.U. club play, the fast, hard to vi.suallse ils being dc ' I?oss Fiiieinorc, and one uf : in Sfate fif les llosi. E. Lee and S. Chen. , fiery pack having instigated fcatcd if il fields ils powerful | the mosl piomising nalural Despite tho inaikcd lark of • Results; Melb. 3, d, Qld. 1 : overwhelming victories in all Wclsby Cup XV. 'footballers in the Slate, Dave I matches. suitable Iraining facilities NCE again the Uni-;,s, cueni; qid, 2, d Tech 1 Wallaby Ken Donald is' I^^lKOod. some members of the Gym. ' This pack, which so con- 1 Unlucky to mi.ss the big O versity W o m e n's ' I U W , „ ^ ,^ J,, i,, g unfortunately • !^«t 'it^^'e C»7-'l«l all opposi- • ^^^1^- TO"„ Murphy. team who competed against This year's Junior Chani- lion N.S.W. on the 15th and Ifith pioiiship goes to Gwen John- WOMEN'S Inter-F-aculty ; seemed the order of the day '"" Rowing Competition The popular Johnny O'Neil! University's great forward .son and third place to Jo will be • amongst our players. May arc members of the iheld on 27th June, I made an outstanding coiue- slfciigth is rc-emphasised in Hogan, I Jeeps notched a couple of i back to the g.nme, stripping botli Reserve Grade teams. University Gym. Club. We are also hoping to acquit > Noniinatious for faculty | smart early tries, and as full- ourselves well in thc State crew.s must be sent to A. De back Ian Mackay obviously Other members of the club, titles this month. Munari. Ducliesne College, St. [ had his kicking boots on, they iiaiiiely Rollo Da\-is. Rod Plans are well In hand for Lucia, as soon as possible be- j soon went to a .sub-stantial Larkin. Paul Kriodman and the visit of the New Zealand fore June 15. (Phone 7 6376). I lend. Rodney Day, trained for the Combined Unlver.«ties team. Intervarsity competition As well as a competition held in Melbourne between against Queensland tJnivcrsity 25tli and 29tii May. jt has* been arranged for the OLD HANDS AIDED BY A Last year we were narrowly New Zealanders to fence beaten, mainly becaii.se of a Queensland State teams, DANGEROUS NEWCOMER marked weakness on those VERY comprehensive apparatus which, until tills UEENSLAND, runners-up in Inter-varsity table year, had not been included A s 0 c ia 1 programme Q tennis in 1958, have a good chance to carry off in the G.P.S. competition. has been drawn up, in­ the Szabados Cup this year. cluding parties, a tour of University Week the city and, inevitably, a Their attack is spearheaded game) is a dour defensive by veteran players Ray An player with a. strong forehand It is hoped that with extra trip to the Gold Coast. derson and Graham John.son, kill. work on these points we Saturday afternoon prac­ Johnson, 1958 Qld, Uni. cham­ Of the others, Manuel shnll be nble to repeat, if tices are proceeding well and pion and scnn-flnali.st in tlie Papas is the most experienced we have a promising group of National Uni. Singles last year, and possesses a sound defence, not belter, last year's per­ novices. has a powerful forehand drive while his counterpart is Les formance. We shall be glad to see any backed up by a severe all- Blackburn, a forehand drive new members a.s it is never sides chop. specialist who is always cap­ I The experience gained by the too late to start. Why don't able of causing an upset. team in Melbourne this Anderson, 1957 Qld. Uni. year will stand us in good you join us at 2 o'clock in the champion and runner-up In The remaining player is a George St. Refectory on Sat­ stead next year when we are la.st year's national final (he fresher — Manuel Marendy, host club. urday? last 21-19 in the deciding brother of the famous Peter Marendy. The activities of the Gym. Manuel Is the only team Club, which to date have member to pos.sess a sound been rather restricted, will backliand drive, and Is for­ become more apparent later tunate to have a two-sided in the year during the Uni­ & attack. versity Week, for which a He has a great deal of po­ number of displays have tential and if he can only been organised. learn to control.his amazing hitting is capable of becoming Is alwaqs betfer a major threat in Intervarsity. when bouqht from OVERSEAS STUDENTS' Judo Interfaculty ASSOCIATION A general meeling of the Women's Judo Club was held \ . , , The sreond t.ilk in (he I [VCkaiWholmres soon after the meeting of I ; series "Know Yeur Neigh Interfaculty representatives at S ? bour" will be RIVCII bj which It was decided that the I 7 I'rofcsiior '1*. K. Ener. Pro Sftms f ootbailers are meeting strai^^-, opposition''in'. !;p.m. • ' ! of July. '*•'' Inlervarsiiy matches in Soiit'liern States. C.^'#-#,#'r#^^#^##^^^^#^,^^r^##^^ I PAGE 16 SEMPER FLOREAT. TUESDAY, JUNE 9. 1959. The cultural level Human Situation of undergrad. life Tragedy W E recetwed at our parents' expense BY JAN WALTON A secondary education, f^ERTAIN members of the Film Society, it Which didn't include common sense, appears, are thinking of preparing a But we dig sophistication. film. In certain southern Univer­ laugh gaily, making obscene We don't know why, but our tastes are high sities, this is an Annual Event, jests. The flrst suggestion for a Next morning. Baby sister Compared to the man in the street; scenario has already been re­ leaves for school. Crossing the ceived. In keeping with cur­ street, she is brutally crushed Mozart or Klee or Hemingway rent literary trends, the film by a City Council steam­ If it's culture, it's our meat. will be about the Tragedy of roller. Malone expresses grief. the Human Situation. Glossy ambulance drives up. Driver and attendant are the "iX/TALONE, the hero, fare- Real People we have met be­ -'^ wells his friend Molloy at fore. VERSE BY the door of the refectory. They smile gaily while At a table nearby two Real cleaning up the mess with a IAN WALTON. Pcople are playing cards and shining new shovel, brush, laughing gaily. dust-pan, and bucket. ILLUSTRATIONS Molloy mounts his motor- One wears a smart navy- scooter, rides up the dirt road, blue uniform; the other an BY C. and is killed by a Co-ordina- antiseptic white jacket. tor - General's Department truck as he turns into the /^LOSE-UP of an ad. for bitumen. Malone expresses ^ "Souls in Conflict" on the grief. back-doors of the ambulance Still shot of ad. for "Souls as it drives away. in Conflict" behind his head. University library. Malone Malone returns home where is reading "The Myth of Sisy­ he prepares tea for his baby phus" by Albert Comus. A Authority, dignity.. sister, on whom he lavishes large black dog threads its affection. way between the tables and— These aspirants io clejance sartorial, His mother is a—(censored). (censored). Whose mindless repetitions oft misquote Clients in overcoats and hats Malone does not notice as Another's words in judgment dictatorial are continually walking he is absorbed In his reading. through the dining-room. One The Real People are sitting On lines the man in question never wrote. of them is d—(censored*. Two at the next table pawing The things the Queen or Christ or Eliot say of them are the Real People through Gray's Anatomy. For Ifliem are what the average person feels we have met before. They They laugh gaily. O Eloquence of man« condemned to spray On all this vomit ot unsought* Ideals. HE MEDITATES.. MALON E is absorbed in Comus. THE GAY Close-up of paragraph, in the Union Building, he passes French. "Having become an ad. for "Souls in Conflict." HIGH aware of the absurdity of In the refectory he sits star­ life," It states, "the Individual ing at a cup of coffee. SPIRITED is forbidden to perform any Dramatic shots of him SOCIAL significant act. This would crossing the quadrangle; en­ give the absurdity of life tering the Main Block; TIMES . . . itself a value. He must efface mounting the steps to the himself without unnecessary WITH Tower; alternate with shots fuss or delay. But . . . ." of the Real People running SCOTCH Malone reads and re-reads briskly down the steps of the this statement. He stares at Refectory; and walking off Here where no other Time can press but Now, the wall, thinking. Close-up towards the Library. - A glass of Scotch, a pickled anchovy — and thou of the clock-hands moving 'pHEY wear bright, purpose- Beneath the laminex-topped table — Ic ftom 5 pjn. to 6 p.m. The Tennis Pavilion's Paradise enow. He is still staring at the -*• ful smiles. wall. He rises, replaces the He reaches the top of the book In the stack. He walks Main Tower. Without looking j _- >• behind he walks straight over over to the refectory. the edge. Prom the cloisters the Real People see him fall. The Alien Nature.. rxRAMATIC shot looking up One turns to the other and the cloisters at night. says gaily: "what will they Bri|:ht youns men Their student friends Under the Ught, at the end of think of next?" With unfriendly eyes Look down in scorn Caug^ht in a mesh Or smile and shrug Of domestic ties Or reflectively mourn And academic leanings- Tlie irlad gay dreams of youtSi. Snared they fall THE CHIEF OF POLICE With a siifh of relief For they hzve found For an earnest girl A rapture or balm Herr Brusch-off Is our Chic! ot Police; Who burns with belief In analyses Sure,—and we'd have no other; That Life is endowed Of aesthetic charm He is a lovely laughing man; wittt Meaning. And definitions of Truth. We call him "Our Big Brother."

_ ->• A thousand smart and splendid men Consider il their pleasure To carry out his slightest whim NEW FRIDAY CHALLENGE In military measure. (Continued trom Pjge ^^) He works out new exciting rules This ihould help National Union retrieve some status in Which laughing lorry drivers Ihe general University community and guarantee that worth- And motorists attempt to understand,— white men are elected to its posts By this I don't mean that Miss Joan Lyndon and Mr. However diverse. these representatives In Bris­ Dan O'Neill challenges Mr. bane were not "honourable Moyian and friend to make "Don't yer know It's one way, yet— men" but only that they could up a negative team to reply Wake up, yer dolt,"—that bellow hnve known more about the to the proposition "that Came rippling down the Petrie Bight organ they represented as N.U.A.U.S. Is in dire need of Prom a'smiling Sergeant fellow well as about that organ to radical reform" to be held as At 8.0 a.m. the Monday morn^ which they were all supposed the first Friday challenge de­ That Ann Street was reversed! to belong. bate In Room 45 on Friday. The driver stalled to hear himself To help find an answer to 12th June. (Tlie audience mny question two Debating Society question, abuse, or decapitate represented (probably) by speakers at thc end of the de­ And po-lice-men mouthed such words as "B. . .' bate and adjudication will bc At eveiy Queen Street crossing, by show of hands). And scowled with Jovial. po-lice-man glee Authorised by D. P. P. O'Neill At drivers they were bossln;. and D. J. MmcAutsy, cA V.Q.V.. If anyone . turns up we'll TIiilvrrsitT. St. Lucla. Printed .by ^,..^ .•'••^v.'Vv' • ••••• '^••••- -rB,'.J^A,^A^I.| "Truth" and "Bportsman" •' Md.. know Interest Jn-:-fi\UJk.XJS. Bruii»«tck8t., Valley, Brisbane. has not conipletely- died. i\S.V.vV:',SVVvVA