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Aj&Jii|ueJt, [jlipHjejiLt: THE V.QM. NEWSPAPER Registered at the C.P.O., Brisbane, for transmission by Ettabltthcd In 1932. post as a periodical. Friday, 23rd February, 1962 Volume 32 — Number 1. PRESIDENT N.U,A.U.S, MEN VISIT SOVIET CENSURED The first delegation of Australian students ever to visit Russia left Sydney on January 17 to spend four weeks in Russia studying university conditions. It LHSgrGCB on rVclCOttlQ endeavoured to increase the contacts between Russian and Australian students. Freshers Welcome will this year be held at Cloud- , Two university students Russia were an Exchange throughout t h e world," land on Friday, March 2nd, and there will be an from Sydney and one from Scheme so that Russian he said. "N.U.A.U.S. is admission charge of 4/-. ' Melbourne comnrised IKP Students can come in large completely non-political, * ' • ^^iDourne cwnpnsea the numbers to Australia and and this delegation is in Sxfueafi6. Behind this simple balls, e.g., the Arts Ball.' delegation, lliey were Australian students go to r e t u r n for a visit by statement of fact there How then can the Union' Stephen Wilson (24), a Russia at minimum ex- Russian students to Aust- and lies a very interesting possibly justify Its desert- i law student at Sydney Uni- Pense. ralia in 1961." story which does little ing its own premises for versity Denis Baxter (11) Their expenses while In credit to many of the the wholly unsatisfactory ,^„''V p,„f„^^ "', p n, ' Russia were met by the (N.U.A.U.S. News Release) people concerned, least of Cloudland? I Iso" of trorcssor j. r. oax- soviet Government; in all to Mr. John Besley, the Since the Council did ter, Vice-Chancellor ot the addition small grants were President of the Union. appoint a convenor of j University of New South made by N.U.A.U.S. and the It would seem that any Charlatan can make a quick Last year Union Council Freshers'Welcome [ (Regu- Wales) an Architecture Australian Government. On Wednesday, February H, ten quid out of the "Bulletin". adopted as policy a motion lation 13C 1(a)] It was the . studen^H,rlf.r,'\tt at- thtU^e Universit i ir..wpr<:,fy „o f ( ^^^^The ^^^niselvesrest the . delegates the Finance Advisory Com­ I understand that the article sponsored by Miss Coralie obligation of the E.S.C. to mittee met to discuss the ) 952 Jones, the Secretary of the do so and this was not New South Wales and ^^^^g ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ recently published on the con­ Entertainments Standing done until an emergency leader of the delgation delegation and a spokes- Union Budget. The balancing troversy over the Thai external Fv°!?"l\^,^l.i°.JBf„ S! Sill*l"X ,°/ of f^W5'I Tony Staloy (22), a fiaal man said that there" were of the Union's Budget is always student was written from Mel­ that all orientation func- February 14. By this tim"e i ""',r;'";' dV""'\" u7 nif nolftical^^mDUcItfonTln ^^^ught with problems as large bourne by someone who has tions. held on Union pre- Cloudland had long been I y^'"' law student at Md- "« Pf^^^X S^^^^^^^^ sums of money are involved not been to Brisbane for some mises, shall be free. The booked and advertised as bourne University. i.Vc; , aeiegauon w ^^^ ^^^^ ^^n^ ^^ ^^^ U^.^,^ ,3^ time. He was paid ten pounds ideal of having all orlen- Jhe venue. But it had been -r^n r.>nrp«^nt-.tiV-r5 ,.f ""^"*- , . , exceed the finance available, for something lifted almost tation functions free could booked by the President! . '•^1° rcprescntamcs ot "We have a large mter- The Honorary Treasurer, Mr. bodily from "Sunday Truth". not be adopted because of who as an ex officio mem- I the New Z,caland Univer- national programme each A. Court, will present this , the impossibility of pollc- ber of E.S.C. has no more sity Students' Association year and send out many budget to the Second Meeting Some one ought to grab the ing the rule. The Medical power than any other and' comDietcd the dclecation delegations, especially in of the 51st Council to be held "Bull-tin" by the Donald Society, rightly, Incurred certainly no right to act of ^ " " the Asian area, but our in the J. D, Story Council Homes. inCouncil'g for s entrwraty h tob yit chargs 198- 1 his own accord in this; Among the projects that aim is to maintain friendly Chamber on Thursday, March Freshers' Welcome. How, matter. For this alone he j the delegation discussed in relations with students 1st. then, can the Union pos­ Moreoverdeserves , hstrone informeg censured the, i sibly justify its own ad­ unofficial meeting of E.S.C. i mission charge? (in January) that if they < A "Scmpar" reporter re­ This fv/ictfon was held decided against Cloudland '• cently observed to his cost very successfully in 1961 the Executive of thei that the bus fare from the city in the new Union Building. Union would itself re- ' to the University is now 1/5. Any objections then valid book that ballroom. This; This, he says, v/otks at 14/2 are now non-existent, the ihreat Is completely un-; EXAMS. MYSTERY per week for the average main one being damage to justified; there Is simply^ student. "Semper" reminds floors by ashes, etc., car- ro provision In the regu- readers that despite this, the rled In from outside. The lations for this. A sub- i Whatever else, one thing must be said for Briefly it was this: A Thai Lord Mayor IMr. Jones) re­ Union was built largely as committee or s t a n d I n g ,,- , - ^, „ ... ... external student was, in fhe mains a member of the Univei- the centre for the sonal committee of council is Sunday Truth —it sometimes, in its own sen- 1960 examinations granted a sity Sports Union. "My God, pass, whilst the examiner how the money rolls in, rolls JSetWo'SToSrhar.Q, . l ^T5feVe"att''aS!,':"•"••"" ^y^^'-S" «»•> »"« '"V interest- noted poor writing, poor com­ they been scattered — too scope of the Executive as • ing and facenal material. Recently it stated mand of English, and a barely long had they tolerated laid down in Regulation 3, ( . • adequate familiarity wifh the poor venues. Many outside was completely outside the i st'*'''5'y» a matter of some interest to students. subject. The same student's bodies hire the Union for (1-7), papers in 1960 revealed good I Prof. F. J. Schoncli, English, copperplate script with A Borstal for dogs was re­ I Vice-chancellor. no sign of haste and know­ cently established in England ledge of modern U.S. methods i Dear Sir, and it has been claimed by i of accounting, not dealt with. the management that already Obviously you aro quite aware of the fact that a in the course. E.S.C. Failed Brisbane Sunday newspaper ha.s recently featured in its many anti-social dogs have news columns a story which allcpcd some malpractice been cured of their reprehens­ There was In addition has no power to do this; It was decided to fail the ible habits. I am sure that all In the J961 cxaminatioiw. This, ns you realise, implicated student on these great sus­ strong disagreement be- so much Is clear. an anonymous Asian student studylnK externally. The postmen will approve. tween the orientation It is reported that Miss picions. However, the Dept. of What possibilities this newspaper concerned .stated that when confronted with External Affairs would have • directors on this matter. Coralie Jones resigned these allegations and others implying pressure brought offers! Such corrective institu­ When the E.S.C. met on from the position of ES.C. none of this, as fhey main­ tions could well be opened for to bear by the Conimonwcalth Department .of Kxto"rnal tained that the Thai Govern- ' Wednesday, February 14, Secretary as she had Affairs, you declined lo make any eornment. In addition all types; errant atomic- the general feeling was threatened when the ment would regard it as a bombers and naughty unionists the paper haa reported considerable dissatisfaction on slight to the country since the that Cloudland should be President interferred so the part of many of the academic staff. who won't pay to have Com­ maintained for a number autocratically In this student was the son of a high munists come herp. But to This Is an important matter and obviously Is of of reasons, although most manner, government official. Since then begin with let's all agitate for great Interest to students who are naturally concerned at agreed that the Union was "Semper" has no perso- there have been reports of con­ a Borstal for Bob, I'm sure any evidence of irregularity In exaniinations. the better venue. The flrst nal quarrel with any of siderable friction between aca-; Brendan Behan would support of these was that If the the members of the E.S.C. Accordingly I invito you to, make a statement to demic and administrative staff the scheme, or at least drink booking were cancelled the but warns that It expects "gempcr Floreat" for publication in the forthcoming including a noisy altercation in ;t o its success. Union would loose Its good the E.S.C. to act as a re- issue of Ifeb. 22. The administration has an obligation to an hotel. No one at the uni­ reputatlon with the sponsible body, appointed j the students on this matter versity—or for that matter in ; management of Cloudland by Council, and that its Sincerely Youra, Dept.
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