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It's a Man's life in the Army. I Toughens them up, I always say - teaches a bloke a bit of self-disci pline. You've got to realize that most of these types have never had it tough in their lives. You just don't know what sort of a life it is - it's really the lucky ones who are picked. There comes a time when a feller must stick up for his rights. Its them or us this time, we'll show them. Don't go home yet, Blue, just have another glass. I remember the time in Singapore, me and Jack-thank gawd we got out before the business got messy. We were real smart- got transferred to Dar win because they needed a bloke who could type. Me and Jack spun this yarn about how we'd both taken this course - never did - and the stupid bastards took as at our word. It's the quick or the dead I always say. No one at Darwin cared either - they really wanted a few moreliokes to make up a third football team. Gawd - did we have a bludge ol a time. The best years of my life I reckon. Not a patch on the games those Yanks had in Japan, of course. Only black velvet where we were. You haven't lived till you've hada ] lubra though, something really in it. They didn't care either, give the sluts a bottle of grog and they'd | take anything - and we gave it to j them too. They all had these bloody stupid half-cast kids. Dirty I and smelly they were. They'd keep coming up to the pub and asking for] grog - only go away if you gave them a swig of rum or something. That's all behind me now. I suppose most blokes are a bit wild when 1 they're young. It's a bit tough on, '•• Mum and the kids in a way, but what they don't know never harms] them - eh, Blue? What do'youl reckon? Whad'ya - think of this conscription business "National Service, we prefer to call it, " says the R.S.L, "Saving your nation - that's what it really is." "Advance] Australia Free", and "Let's Keep it] that Way, " "I believe that a vigilant! Australia is a free Australia." We| musts stop them in Vietnam - alll they want is the North of Australia,! thenthey've got the world. Just look[ at all those kids - loafing on the beaches. The best fighting men in the world. Bronze Anzacs. They're. The train crawling out of Berlin was "One, two, three," repeated the filled with women and children, hardly obviously unconscious woman. Again an able-bodied man. In one compart the girls giggled stupidly. The grey ment a grey-haired Landsturm soldier Landsturm leaned forward. sat beside an elderly woman who seemed weak and ill. Above the' click- "Fraulein," he said gravely, "you clack of the car wheels passengers will perhaps cease laughing when I tell could hear her counting: "One, two, you that this poor lady is my wife. We three, " evidently absorbed in her own have just lost our three sons in battle. thoughts. Sometimes she repeated the Before leaving for the front myself I words at short intervals. Two girls must take their mother to an insane tittered, thoughtlessly exchanging vapid asylum." remarks about such extraordinary behaviour. An elderly man scowled It became terribly quiet in the reproval. Silence fell. carriage. A publication of the University of Queensland tlnion. Thursday, 10th June, 1965 Vol. 35 No. 7 SEMPER FLOREAT Price 1/- f Registered in Australia for transmission by post. Semper Floreat - 10-6-65 SENIOR ANZACS wasting their times on the beaches hang around "reading" or "im know, that game with all those here - in the Army they'd really proving himself" - all that sort of Queens and things - anyway, this live. Give them determination and poofter stuff, if you get caught do bloke'd play chess with the Captain guts. That all a man needs in the ing to much of that sort of thing, every night. Bloody crawler. One world. Guts, You decide what you well - the rest of The Boys just night after the pub, Me and The want, then go and get it. Another won't put up with it. ! once knew a Boys caught him on his way back to thing about the Army too, they'd bloke like that - Me and The Boys the camp singing some of lhat opera get the feel of real matcship. A took him downtothe pub and made crap, so we punched him round a niob of you can gel together, and him skol a pint straight down, every bit; that showed him a thing or two. you know you're males. Sure, you day for a week we did that. ChundaU Made him a real man, That's what have a few fights once in awhile, every time, the stupid bastard. the Army does, teaches you in but they're really only good clean Gawd - did we teach him a bit of dependence - to stand up for what fun, A blood nose or a broken finger life. Another bloke I know used to you think is right, and give a bloke never hurl anyone. A bloke can't play chess - yeah, CHESS, you a fair go. A man's rights - that's AND Reprinted lUNIOR ANZACS The 'young heroes' of today will make very good National Service fodder; they never say no to a fight, they are good from stralght-down-the-middle, hard drinking:, younff men who believe in calling: a spade a bloody shovel. Wc need have no fear for there are lots of them at Unl. who will keep us safe and sound from certain un-Australian activities which are seeping into uni OPUS versity life. HOW TO RECOGNISE ONE WHAT DOES A YOUNG HERO someone kick yer in tha guts OF THESE YOUNG HEROES: LIKE? and then tha bluddy ref comes At the pub; he will gently He usually likes beer! He and stops yer stompln' on 'is break In on your reverie with a drinks more than other people 'ead an' kickin' 'is ribs in. polite: -- he says! — often! Not only lhat, he also likes to drink it He likes talking about 'birds' 'Wotcha lookin' at mite?' out of a bigger glass than any. — particularly the ones he's one else and he usually man 'knocked oil.' He's never very 'Err ... no one, I was just ages, somehow, to subtly call clear as to whether he likes the thinking." everyone's attention to the fact. •birds' but he certainly likes 'Ycr, well just wotchit in He probably invented the talking about them and it seems futcha!' 'Chugalug' with this in rolnd. that quantity is more important than quality. He's quite lucky Al a Party; he'll be there He more often than not likes this way though because the with a few of the boys, in fact and plays some form of sport. birds seem to like him, or he ho nearly always seems to be He is particularly fond of the thinks they do and that's al with a few of the boys;— more manly sports — football, most as good; he's the epitome hockey, etc., sports which he of masculinity and he Is aggres 'Look at the weirdie talking claims to play In order to give sive and he most certainly will to the bird with the long 'air.' vent to his aggressive tenden be able to fight for any goal he 'Yeah, I bet she gows orf.' cies, and to work out his frus sets his mind to — a good mat 'Thy reckon she's a bit of a trations. nympho.' erial provider! •Yeeeah?' It's a pity it doesn't always work out this way, 'Roots like a rattlesnake!' WHAT TO DO IN THE COM 'Jeez! (to the bird) Eh, how 'It's pretty crappy if yer lose PANY OF THE YOUNG HERO bout it luv?' a game or a cuppla games in a At this point the bird with row. But jeez, ifya win, every- (when you can't avoid it!) the long 'air' will probably red things King, ya go upta th' pub Don't panic . den somewhat in digust and fra bit eva booz—a bloke feels Show him the reverence anger, and these lads will see real friendly like—it's beaut—ya which is his due. the innate 'humour' of the situ can orl sing bawdy songs ta- Do not dispute his prowess ation and burst out into guffaws getha and even chuck a few with the drinking, nor with the of good clean laughter. pints inta tha fireplace, andya sporting, NOR with the sexing. Elsewhere; he's usually there slap ya mates on the back . Don't argue with him for he too, elbowing aside lesser men or on tha head . or , . ya will very likely clinch his argu- in a flne aggressive manner and know wot 01 mean. ment by "punching ye effing speaking just a couple of •ead In." decibels louder than those •One thing thet does mike around htm. yer feel abit mad tho' is ter hev At this Juncture .. , PANIC!! Sempu Floreat - lO^^S THOUGHTLESS STEPS DOWN A DARK ROAD The prevailing popular theories ex other era of world peace. The master plaining the position in S. E. Asia from minds of revolution will have been taught Australia's viewpoint are alarmingly their lesson.