) July, 1! Auckland University Students' Paper

Vol. 26 no. 9, 24 July 1961. Price 6d. Subscription 2s.

EDITOR, ADRIENNE RHODES; SECRETARY, BILL RAYNER; ADVERTISING, MIKE DAVIDGE; DISTRIBUTION, TONY READ, GRAHAM KING; BUSINESS MANAGER, TIM NUTTALL-SMITH; ULLUSTRATIONS, WILLIAM A. TAYLOR; CHIEF READER, JEREMY NATHAN; PRODUCTION, BRYAN DEW; GENERAL SUB-EDITOR, BARRY LOVEGROVE; GENERAL REPORTERS, FRANCIS

L illie, b r u c e b a b i n g t o n , G e o f f r e y i r w i n ,- o v e r s e a s n e w s , d a v i d p it t ; s p o r t , j u s t i n e W a l t e r ,- l it e r a r y a n d a r t s , r o g e r h o r r o c k s . ie problem [ ■ RUSSIAN STUDENTS' o c k in g stock 0 ^ | g f § ^ t's see, then H R TOUR Auckland University students will be able to meet the Russian student delegation n that prii on the evening of 25 July. MfProceshch comes Ban? The Russian students, who are here on d o g e t the a goodwill tour, will probably speak for ? Y es, that! OBJECTION TO MID-WEEK PROCESSIONS twenty minutes each on this occasion. oeards; m | Lvre with ^ recent meet^n§ °f the Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board decided to s th a t? Oh,support Traffic Superintendent N. A. Lake in his plan to ban all mid- jt the colotLeek processions in Queen St, except Civic ones. This, of course, would af the legs | ect our procession. yes! 3, as the Fri Auckland's Fire Chief Drummond, when However, due to the shambolic nature rtle came ti interviewed, said that processions such of the last University Procession, a seri­ a t th e shot B the University’s were a hazard to the ous situation could have arisen. Especially s has died e tmergency services of the city. On sev- since fires in Queen St are liable to be­ i things mos ;ra| occasions the Fire Brigade had been come important affairs. n d e r about |jvertecj during processions, but due to This, of course, does not allow for the t e govern! . liaison with the Traffic Department. >r us, ours r" , _ r „ „ inconvenience caused to th? general road Oh, and by 13(1 managed to Set to Q ueen St fires user or to public transport. d f o r PROs, |ith a minimum of delay, lo o k after Apparently civic parades are to be an exception to the proposed ban on mid­ week processions. However, this recom­ mendation of the Fire Board has not yet A^‘Jremachine You . . . W h e n preps been accepted by the City Council. ide that you New York with a population of nine on th e jolly r an A, or an 0? million has its tickertape parades down 3ty machine] a n inconvi Broadway. It is difficult to see why tom ers. t tloes not really matter which of Auckland, the ‘ last, loneliest, lousiest t s h o rt of ese blood groups, or any others slum in the South Pacific ’ cannot. >wed ' those ti belong to. What does matter, has anyone CRACCUM REPORTER NEW LUXURIOUS SETTING FOR WOMEN STUDENTS W. A. Taylor w e had wever, is that you are prepared give a bottle of your blood on hursday, 3 August, when the 1 lobile Blood Transfusion Service Women's Shangri-La ON OTHER PAGES : sits Varsity. The Private Life of Beowulf .... 7 S,ev rely on us to keep up a steady At the end of a long corridor lies the But come, you must choose where to Mail Bag ...... 4 ipply of blood at this time of the year women’s Shangri-La. Yes, it’s real, girls! sit. Luxurious armchairs and soft divans Bloodshed ...... 9 nd this is one very real and very im- This is your scrumptious new women’s are arranged in comfortable groups about Incense to Idols ...... 5 ortant way that we can show that common room, uniquely furnished and a low coffee table scattered with the Aussie Rugby League ...... 8 Indents have a social conscience. painted in attractive blending colours. latest magazines. Nelson's Column ...... 10 The fibrolite exterior of Hut 6 is for­ The whole picture is one of restful If you are under 18 you will need gotten the moment you step into the contentment, of palatial comfort in written authority from your parents delightful interior. You are warmed and spacious surroundings. to allow you to make a donation. intrigued by the exotic banana-shaped The brilliant designing has been done FENCE DAUBING The process is painless, and cannot do heaters. You swim into a state of easy by that group uncommonly called The corrugated fence of Government v harm to anyone who is in a reason- relaxation. ‘ Women of House Committee ’, guided Flouse has received a liberal coat of paint, le state of health. It will also give The charming decor is based on walls by the charm ante Ann H ilt. T his cosy not white monochrome, but a black ti a valuable opportunity of discovering of sea-horse white and pastel green. den has been created as a retreat from daubing which in tall letters subtly ur own blood group, if you do not Attractive rugs lie nonchalantly at your the hurly-burlv of the male world. suggests that Auckland should ban South lready know it. feet. And as you enter, your eyes posi­ Well girls, see you there in this se­ African goods. The actual words of the tively fire with the jazzy red, green and cluded spot, sunk in the modernistic platitude are: of grass an The service will be operating (sic) on otices. Now the Common Rooms from 8.30 a.m. to blue flashes of the peacock curtains sway­ armchairs, restfully reading and exchang­ BOYCOTT S. AFRICAN GOODS ing in the gentle breeze which flows ts h ave leftl BO p.m. Donors are even provided ing pleasantries with relaxed ease against It is hoped that this cathartic paint­ e inevitable ith free tea. biscuits and iron tablets. through the pleasant windows opening a background of dancing peacocks. ing has relieved the feelings of this anti­ ’ paving p on to the spacious lawns of your Univer­ apartheid fanatic. o f coming BO B C A T E R sity. CRACCUM REPORTER CRACCUM REPORTER itination, wi t b e that r a t the en ould one suj 3 scholars bi co u ld it be lead only to

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ates will be the brains of this country. THE UNIVERSITY IMAGE The self-made man is losing his former ‘ By united effort the university power. should be able to fill a greater role In this modern age the individual is in the general life of the com­ fitilling it more and more necessary to munity \ specialize and it is in specialization that Sir Douglas Robb, Chancellor elect, last the university deals. However, a ‘ broad week urged the University to assume its mindedness ’ is also of vital importance proper role in the city,, which it had not and one would imagine that graduates, done in the past. having had the opportunity to take an The University is the centre of learning, active part in all spheres of varsity life, of higher education. As such it is an would be more aware of matters of gen­ institution that deserves the highest re­ eralized knowledge and have a wider grasp spect from the community at large. of common principles. Auckland University will not and can­ This is not so, however. Students not dominate the city as do the universi­ abuse their privileges and only a small Wed. ties of Oxford and even Otago. The city proportion actually take advantage of is too large and its functions too varied, the wide range of activities and facilities and Auckland University has not acquired which, though inadequate, are offered the dignity necessary to set it in import­ them . ance above the other New Zealand Uni­ The narrow-minded graduates which versities. are ‘ turned out ’ by the University do Little effort is made to set up an image not represent to the public an adequate Thu. of learning in the eyes of the public. University image. Attention is attracted by way of The University should not grow into E/A-7r feel thy ’ capping and a few workdays. an institution for the narrow-minded de­ On these occasions students prove that velopment of specialists’ brains. Nor their lives are not entirely those of book­ should Auckland sit back and allow the YOUTH WELCOMES Why did the Chicken cross the Road? worms and that they have a certain un­ University to be known as a borstal for Lake's Laxative and discover answer selfishness where their University is bawdy intellectuals. MAYOR P ag e 10. In the eyes of the public, ‘ intellectual ’ concerned. Why capping celebrations The Auckland Metropolitan Junior and workdays are held, is not clear. is almost a dirty word. It is for the University as a whole, administration, Council is a good example of youth on It is an academic image that the public the march. Its reception for the Lord wish to see and admire. Men in admini­ academic staff and students alike, to Hostel Accommodaticf.u£UST Mayor and Lady Waley-Cohen, of Lon­ 1 Tues. strative positions and staff managers rea­ prove that this is not so and ensure don, will be the first of its kind in New The standing committee of the Auckl; lize more than ever the value of a that Auckland University assume its Zealand. Anglican Synod is investigating a jb Wed. 1 University education and it is commonly proper role in the life of the community. The reception will be held in the posal to accommodate students close accepted that in twenty years’ time, gradu- EDITOR Auckland Concert Chamber, on 24 St Mary’s Cathedral. It was suggest I August, at 5.20 p.m. The programme that four buildings be converted at t includes a welcome by the Junior Council cost of £ 10,000. President, Maori action songs, an address Professor Chapman, a member of t New Booking by Mr D. M. Robinson, a bracket of standing committee, thought that | New Zealand ballads from The Mariners, W hat government would provide at least Procedure and finally the address of the Lord pound for pound subsidy. A b o u t Mayor of London himself. These hostels would be in operatik Thu. By the time you read this a new The A.M.J.C. is inviting university by March of next year, it wras hoped, bookings system will have been Some students to the function. Invitations adopted by MHC. will be obtainable from Mrs Irene CRACCUM REPORT 11 Although the same number of forms as Copy ? O’Hara, Town Clerk’s Secretary, or Miss before will have to be completed there Nancy Mullin, of the Town Hall Enquiry will be some reduction in the amount desk. Owing to the demand for seats, The views expressed in this paper are A of writing necessary. Copy Closing Date Tournament Issue is it would be advisable to collect invita­ necessarily those of the Auckland Univer» 5 Sat. The most important innovations are: tions without delay. Students' Association. (i) A time limit for the completion of Tuesday, 25 July; published Monday 7 forms. Previously tentative bookings (all August. bookings are tentative until the forms I------are completed and returned were valid WILSON'S l.Z. STUE until the event occurred. In many cases IN dubs did not notify MHC of their desire NOTES OFFICIAL EXECUTIVE REPOAM-two to cancel tentative bookings and thus nts will vis other groups were needlessly excluded Executive has noted that only the Secretarial staff and members of tubers of from the use of unused facilities. Executive have access to the filing system and to current inwards anfci\ersities dt The new system involves auto­ outwards. They are M matic cancellation of tentative wer. T h ey bookings if the forms have not Exceptions will, of course, be made, but Ray Moorhead has set up the folk Wellington been completed and returned those interested have to ask permission ing Social Com mittee: the Secretary r L. Moore, within 3 days of issue. to see a particular letter. Irene Lewis, and other members (ii) An order form on the Cafeteria It sounds like bureaucracy at its worst, R. R, Allan, M. Mclnman, M. ]akk The main er Booking form for coffee, tea, milk, etc. Mr but it does make for more efficiency. and M . Coburn. at the Austi White has generously undertaken to sup­ N.B.—Correspondence files are kept be­ ktival in Me: ply these items, to advise on the quanti­ The Executive are holding an afternot hind the door which is supposed to be ties necessary, and to donate the proceeds tea on 3 August, to which all the Unfit opened only by the Secretary and Execu­ from this source to the Student Union sity staff and Council members, tive members. The Secretary’s office is Building Fund. Mr White appreciates, honours students are invited. Puri small enough, goodness knows: keep out! perhaps more than anyone, the adverse of the occasion is for all those pn effects cramped conditions in the present to mix together, not for the Histoi Cafeteria have on the meals he provides D epartm ent to gather in one corner, tl and he has made a laudable move to Hob Cater is 1962 Revue C ontroller English Department in the next, etc. remedy the situation by raising funds and Murray Mclnman is Capping Book ★ for the new building. Controller. Also included on the form is a proviso Attempt by Bracewell and Rankin | that the signatory will undertake to en­ abolish the Cafeteria and Catering mittee failed. Idea was excellent, sure that no crockery, cutlery or furni­ Dr Anthony, of the Psychology Depart­ those objections raised were valid. ture is removed from the Cafeteria. There ment, returned half of his £5 Capping have been a disturbing number of cases Book prize as a donation to the Building ★ recently of crockery and cutlery being Fund. The most important motion pai left in the common rooms after func­ during the meeting was, ‘ that the 1 tions. in addition to the amounts which discuss with the administration, as are regularly stolen by our more un­ Ian M cM inn has been appointed Light­ as possible, the question of approval principled brethren. ing Officer (1961-1962): easily the best financial assistance to a proposed ti A meeting for club representatives was qualified person in Auckland, it is a by students to provincial second; held recently at which Mr White demon­ shame that Ian is not a member of the schools and that depending on the strated the correct use of Cafeteria facili­ Students’ Association. suits of these discussions, the Presidi ties. MHC now feels that there are no write to Council on this subject ’. excuses for irresponsible use of student a scheme works at Victoria and coi facilities and reminds groups that New AU Bridge Club has sent in their do so here. This would help offenders will be barred from the use of constitution and will be applying for Orientation meaningful and would inti all facilities for 6 months and may be affiliation in due course. Aim of club est prospective students in ‘ the Univer called before Exec, who have the power W. A. Taylor was stated to be ‘ to promote intellectual sity life ’. to impose fines. card games in the University My vote NEIL WILSON. MHC TURTLE TOURNAMENT TROPHY for the paradox of the year. Societies’ Rep. onday 24 July 1961 CRACCUM Page 3 24 July I -

OCIAL CALENDAR LITERARY COPY Lunch Hour Record GIANT HOAX Recital — Seventh Sym­ Wellington Newsletter is needed for a projected phony— Beethoven Just recently, benevolent members of staff decided to make an artistic ‘ Craccum ’ Literary Sup­ ‘ Red-tin Shack ’ (Music donation to the new Student Building decor. A welcome idea, since we Dept). must admit the flat plaster linings looked pretty sterile and efficiency plement. We will return The Royal Society and conscious. Economic Development all material (poems, short by Dr Muriel Lloyd So something like £40 was collected and as the news had passed around by that stories, etc.) that we are Pritchard, Senior Lec­ it was decided, by the staff, to decorate time, someone must have twigged. the main foyer. This was all very well At any rate, the statue horror still re­ not able to use. turer in Economics and students were respectfully thankful mains to menace the ‘ young things ’ on LLT. 1 p.m. . . . until the statue arrived! their way through the darkened foyer. Wed. Dante Aligheri Society, It turned out to be an ‘oh, so modern ’ If anyone in Auckland has any ideas Caf. Ext. 7.30 p.m. piece that, to most of us, looked like on how to get rid of it please let me Lunch Hour Record Henry Moore’s interpretation of the know. Anything short of dynamite will Recital. Masher from Outer Space. It was entitled be given serious consideration. Table Tennis Club, Neuter With Child and even if one ‘ EXODUS \ didn’t scream with horror on first ac­ WCR 7.30. quaintance, one was likely to have night­ Bridge Club, MCR 7.30 mares about it. GAUDEAMUS p.m. So we were saddled with a monstrous The Student International Con­ Maori Club, Farewell to piece of furniture (it certainly wasn’t art!) cert took as its theme the tradi­ Ralph Hotere, MCR, that couldn’t in all decency be officially tional student song, ‘ Gaudeamus ’, WCR, 8 p.m. thrown out. in depicting the different festive th e R oad?I The hue and cry of the student body er answer I Lunch Hour Concert— occasions enjoyed throughout the in general and the constant fainting fits world. Fifth Series: Hall, 1 of women students when faced with the T h e 130 students who participated, en ­ p.m. Works by Student ‘ thing ’ on a dark evening, prompted -4 joyed themselves immensely and their Composers. the formation of a Vigilante Organization ebullience and spontaneity soon over­ iledicated to its removal. flowed into the Concert Chamber audi­ o d o ti." This all coincided with the visit of Lunch Hour Record ence. the Chilean barque Esmeralda, and plans th e Auckli Recital. World-wide in its scope, the concert were made with this fact in mind. fa tin g a p £ Wed. Lunch Hour Record demonstrated the dances and songs from le n ts close Recital. Esmeralda Contacted countries as far apart in culture as Lat­ was sugges via and Tonga. The care and pride with Classical Society: WCR T h e Esmeralda was contacted and in­ v e rte d at t which the students presented items from and Caf., 7 p.m. formed that Victoria students wished to their various native countries, added to Newton and his Con- make a donation of a small statuette to e m b e r of t the evening’s charm. the Chilean University in the cause of [ht th at ; tempories, by Professor Although we know them well, the Maori international goodwill, etc. A ceremony ‘ a t least H. G. Forder. chants and poi dances were a highlight to present this was arranged for the next 1-2 p.m., LLT. of the evening. day. in operati Other highlights were the parade of Thu. Music Society Annual Four officers from the Esmeralda duly /as hoped. Classical and modern Chinese costumes, Concert, Hall, 8 p.m. arrived at 5 p.m. the next day, in full Indian wedding festivities and a Malayan EPORTE? Historical Society, Caf. regalia, gold braid, swords, and toothy candle dance, this latter gaining its effect Ext, smiles. from restraint rather than brilliance. Bridge Club: MCR, Next, speeches were made by the so paper are 7.30 p.m. called ‘ President ’, the daughter of the Fijian Enchanters sculptor was presented, and camera men and Univenfe Sat. Ski Training: 9.30 a.m., Possibly the least spectacular, though clicked. All these proceedings were most effective offering was the group of WCR. undertaken in a solemn tone and the songs from the Fijian ensemble. Their mock crowd clapped in the appropriate quiet, rich toned singing of the exquisite places. and unashamedly Western-styled ‘ Water The statue was then wheeled out (it Z. STUDENTS TO DEBATE Lily ’ was breathtaking and beautiful. weighs a couple of cwt.) and the looks In the second half the pace flagged a IN AUSTRALIA on the officers’ faces at the sheer size little owing to an awkward commentary. REPOR ernld. —Two Auckland University stu­ of the statuette was only surpassed by But this, and a few technical hitches, nts will visit A ustralia in August as the look of sheer horror when it was could hardly detract from the programme 3ers of tl emp,ers of a three-man New Zealand unveiled, neatly relabelled T h e Peace of enchanting and enlightening enter­ wards an liversities debating team. That Passeth All Understanding. A rrange­ tainm ent. They are Messrs M. Hamilton and T. ments were then made for the statue to W .l). tier. They were chosen in recent trials be transported to the barque. The A member of the cast of ' Gaudeamus ' the folloi Wellington. T h e third m em ber is crowd dispersed quietly and the Chileans Secretary |r L. Moore, from C anterbury Univer- went back to their ship to clear a space lembers a for the monstrosity. i M. lakii The main engagement of the team will Unfortunate part of the scheme was CREDIT NOTE SYSTEM ONLY tat the Australian universities’ debating th at the Esmeralda was delayed owing Those students who have paid their exam fees and either do not get stival in M elbourne. to the death of one of their crew and in afternoi terms, or decide not to sit Finals, receive a credit note, instead of a the Univ cash refund. rnbers This credit note may be used only for 1 Pur In Canta, Canterbury University’s the payment of examination fees and is lose prei Newspaper, a complaint was printed from valid for two years following its issue. the Hist . someone who had lost a credit note. It cannot be put in the bank and must Actually the money is not lost forever. corner, tl be kept with one’s personal effects from If a lost credit note is found and next. etc. time the time it is issued to the time handed in, the owner of it may have a when further fees are payable—at least refund of the cash which he has earlier Rankin the best part of a year. paid in its place. However, since a tering Coi Why is this system in operation? Once credit note may be used at any university Cellem, upon a lime, in the good old days, all in the country, the Registry cannot give valid. examinations were conducted by the direct credit for it in case it has been University of New Zealand and all exam used somewhere else, by (shame!) some, fees were payable to the N.Z.U. office in io n pai friend or acquaintance. Wellington. The issuing of credit notes t the PRi Also, if a credit note is lost and not m , as by N.Z.U. was apparently a custom found, or is never used at all, a cash conducted from time immemorial and iproval ai refund may be obtained on application when the six constituent Colleges began posed ti to the Registrar, after the expiry date to set their own examinations the prac­ second; of the note, which is two years after it tice was carried on. on the has been issued. However, since a credit note issued ; Preside The system is not Orwellian Bureau at any one college is valid at any other, ject cracy. It is a legacy from our glorious any change in the system would have a n d coni past, when there was doubtless good help had to have been adopted by all at once. reason for its introduction, and the Last year Canterbury University sug­ o n 1d inte system is due for review, although there gested to the others that the system would he Univi is no definite promise of it. bear investigation, but support was not forthcoming. LSON, We need a solution to the parking problem ' (Authorities) N.Z.U.S.P.C es‘ Rep. Page 4 CRACCUM Monday 24 July 1 Monday 2'

an order makes it obvious that the bur­ symbolism. In the text of the Benedki saries are not primarily for the benefit of Fontis, for example, Christ is the brii the students themselves, though they have groom, the Church is the bride, and earned the right to a higher education baptismal font is the womb of and should not have to suffer restrictions Church. Are your correspondents si Mail-Bag of this kind. prised at this? N Z. has been justly described as ‘ an It also seems likely that Mr Moi The H.S.C. Bursary provides for tui­ Noise island of plenty in a sea of want ’. I critics are guilty of mistaking a psycl tion fees only in restricted cases. An would also like to remind Mr Shand and logical argument for a theological Dear Ed, LL.B., B.A. candidate studying fulltime his colleagues that since the Colombo That human beings are inclined to visi I was one of those unfortunate enough will be required to pay his own tuition Plan began operating. New Zealand's ize the T rin ity as a family relations! to be present at the University Students’ fees for his Arts’ units. This sum may national income has increased by at least is perfectly understandable psycholi Association Annual General Meeting. I deprive the student of more than a third 40 per cent and the £1 has depreciated. But this does not imply that the Trin I was shocked to see the lack of support of his normal £40 bursary allowance. Yet our contribution to the Colombo actually exists in the way we conceive" and general apathy, and also the amount Those who claim that this fractional Plan has remained the same. Hence It is the old problem of how a man of time wasted in arguing over pointless amount is trifling must be forced to make the value of our aid is falling steadily. going to describe something so far « matters of ideology and policy. Such a similar admission in regard to the Surely New Zealand’s contribution to the side his everyday experience as Gt meanderings showed a greater interest total amount. The majority of students Plan, and to the welfare of underde­ when communication with other men in the finer points of philosophy than would, in fact, readily agree that £40 veloped countries generally, should be only possible through human words in the welfare of the Student Body. This covers little more than the text-book increasing rather than decreasing. ideas. was exemplified by the outrageous bill at the beginning of the year. Y. L A T E E F I would maintain that these quest* motion concerning the extension of Doubtless there are students who could can be discussed from a psychologi motor-cycle parking along the Princes Dear Editor, point out even sillier restrictions. point of view, without necessarily assn St frontage. Of the many appalling inconsistencies It is time the Government shook itself ing any religious (or irreligious) ci My objection to this selfish suggestion in Mr Shand’s letter the most audacious awake and instituted an immediate re­ victions. This is what Mr Monk f is simply NOISE. As many scholars is his claim that every foreign student view of the bursary situation, if the attempted to do in his article, thou more qualified than I may tell you, Parry Report for some unexplained rea­ ‘ is in effect, granted a substantial bursary at the expense of the New Zealand tax admittedly, not in a very scientific i® research in the fields of physiology and son is not acceptable to them. ner. Industrial Health have shown that a A scale of monetary return according payer ’. This is true of Colombo Plan, but Colombo Plan does not cover Fiji. M . DAVIS man’s ability to concentrate is sadly to academic performance should be sys­ Besides, this statement, like many impaired by an unsuitable acoustic en­ tematized. Why should a student who Royal Family vironment. In other words, if this motion passes four units receive only the same others in the letter, is uttered without D ear Ed, is implemented, one’s lectures will be benefit as the student who passes half proof and no attempt is made to justify Mr Thomas implies that there is even more frequently interrupted than as many? The best students must be it. Each Fiji student in New Zealand poverty in England, because England they are now, by the racket of some encouraged to remain fulltime at uni­ spends at least £NZ300 per year. This a ‘ Welfare State ’. The term ‘ Well thoughtless juvenile juggernaut, revving versity. This can only be achieved by money enters NZ from the outside and State ’ is used in so many ways thai his machine just outside the window. providing reasonable financial compensa­ without the student it would not come is little more than an emotional cal Take this conservative estimate. If tion to offset the wholesale sacrificial into the country. A hundred and phrase. For example, New Zealand 100 motor-cycles park in the suggested impossibility imposed at present on the seventy-four students thus bring in described as a ‘Welfare State’ bi area, within earshot of the Library and fulltime student. Surely scholarship £NZ52,200 each year. Each student read in this morning’s H erald that ‘1 rooms 9, 44, 48 and the Hall, there will should be encouraged, not stifled at the spends at least three years in NZ. conditions as bad as in any city be 100 arrivals and departures, in all outset. Naturally they spend the money on in Auckland, according to a report 200 disturbances. Spread over the ten It is to be hoped that students will themselves but nonetheless the money is the welfare of elderly people prepi hours of University activities, this wholeheartedly support any attempt, big spent here in NZ. The tourist spends by the Metropolitan Junior Council. amounts to an average of one disturbance or small, to rouse the Government from in a similar manner yet he is encouraged to come to NZ for the money he brings, Junior Council estimates that more every three minutes! its inert state in regard to academic spends and leaves here. Moreover, 3000 aged people deperately need d< So in this matter, and in any future matters of ultimate national concern. can Mr Shand prove that it costs the NZ accommodation ’. allocation of parking areas, I beg the B.R.L.L. taxpayer more than £NZ300 per student Does the welfare state in England Association to remember that cars are Metaphysics in Maths per year? Surely Mr Shand is stretching vide as much welfare as our own? generally quieter. After all, is not the D ear Ed, the horns of the bull too far! cently Mr Macmillan modified the prowess of a motor-cycle often judged ‘ Metaphysics ’ is used very much as BETE DE SOMME medicine scheme, in order to inert by its exhaust note? a term of abuse in contemporary philo­ D. O’CALLAGHAN the already astronom ical amount sophy, and it is therefore surprising to money he is spending on defence. 1 find mathematics trying to claim the cost of each atomic weapon purchi Colombo He Bursary Anomalies planned fo r title for their study, even if this claim by the British Government would final D ear Ed, Palmerston is misguided. a lot of slum clearance or the build The overwhelming feeling of dissatis­ financ It is surely clear from the definition of of several new schools. faction in regard to Education Depart­ metaphysics that any one philosopher Perhaps I am misinterpreting ment Bursaries derives from a valid basis. can have only one metaphysics, and that Bursary regulations are all but inaccess­ Thomas’s letter, when I imagine his is his highest branch of knowledge. to be saying that there is no poverty C0I ible to the prospective student. Nothing Thus Aristotle calls metaphysics ‘ first like the true story is presented even in England. Or perhaps we disagree as philosophy \ the meaning of ‘ poverty ’ (anoi the New Zealand University Calendar. Surely mathematics is not the only Here are two important anomalies that emotive term). I should like Mr Thoi method of analysis: to discuss a work of can trap the unwary: to write at greater length, to clarify art in aesthetic terms is to analyse it. ideas—and to tell us exactly which If a New Zealand boarding student is Surely also in any branch of maths the July 1st handicapped by his parent’s absence T rin ity tion of the community he is referring basic motions peculiar to that branch are commemo overseas he is thereupon automatically as ‘ the least desirable ’. defined, using the basic general motions D ear Ed, the plan’j disentitled to claim his £50 boarding CHARLES IVB of an integer, a rational number, etc., Messrs Fauchelle, Wilson, Irwin, allowance. Students wc and it is hard to see in what sense we do Hucker, and Robins may read the Bible Kuwait Shemozzle doggedly, but they know nothing about tions w ith a not know what these are. D ear Ed, the history of their religion. How often in the T o v Any system based on the sort of ab­ What a tragedy it is that honesty, this is the case—even among university T he C ole stractions I mentioned is in some sense, the largest sense, has eluded mania students. If they are willing to do some the P rim e based on experience, etc, but not in the The incessant bawlings of so-i P A U L ’S more general reading, I would refer them ■ca! Colombo it sense that leads us to call it ' em pirical ‘ statesmen ’, whenever a chance for I cannot see how the mystery can be in to an essay entitled Mind and the Earth tion of th e sort of quick m atch on the cold-war thwart th e BOOK ARCADE the * cultural tradition handed on to us ’ by the late Carl Gustav Jung, one of the arises, point to the urgent necessity tened th e 1 but I would be extremely interested to world’s greatest authorities on compara­ us to re-examine some of our basic better life , 49 High Street see Miss Bracewell develop this idea. By tive religion. tudes. in the poi the way (in response to numerous en­ He writes: ‘The Trinity consists of It is a poor thing when frii inom ic st quiries) this is not a personal feud, God the father, Son, and Holy Ghost, ■ci eco nations cannot huddle together in deft of Asia. ★ Brenda and I are just * good friends ’ the latter being represented by the bird of common interests. I refer to T o th e P (still). of Astarte, the dove, and was actually recent shemozzle in Kuwait. Briti able fe a tu i LES HOLBOROW called Sophia in early Christian times, response to the sheik’s request for and thought of as feminine. The wor­ Colombo p Text Books was met with a barrage of mud Immigration Policy ship of Mary in the later church is an students a t diplomatic obscenities from the lead D ear Ed, obvious substitute for this ’. These stc of the Communist bloc. Art Books I am somewhat alarmed by the fourth However, I notice in another letter rigorous ex; This is not an isolated case, nor is paragraph of Mr Shand’s letter, since that Mr Denham remarks: ‘ In the course sity of C a n one-sided phenomenon, but it tl this appears to provide us with the basis of very extensive theological reading, I b ce::rtain prof Good Books into clear relief the sort of degrade economic a of his ideas on immigration. have never noticed the Holy Ghost re­ of principle rampant among the lea Apparently, we must maintain ' the ferred to in feminine terms ’. Therefore To ensure t of the world. ethnic proportions of our population \ is Professor Jung also displaying his to them , I ★ Many of us here will, in the full are given a What does this mean? So many whites, ‘ real ignorance ’ of the matter? become leaders in our chosen fields, so many blacks, so many half-castes, etc.? T O N Y M O N K week th ro u f Certainly, unrestricted immigration would us not persist in the present lament: the U n iv e ri in fact . . . trend. Let us strive not for the pe create ' economic difficulties b u t w hat Dear Editor, longer th a r tion of sophisticated banalling of does Mr Shand mean by saying that it I do not understand why some of your home lea v e a collection worth seeing would create ‘ cultural difficulties ’? correspondents are so shocked to hear but for an integrity of spirit, broad: Fin ishing of thought, a trad itio n of probity, I am also surprised to learn that Fijian the Christian myth of the Trinity re­ their h o m e above all, honesty. students on the government bursary are ferred to in sexual terms. Christian eers and p i D EN IS BROWN forbidden to marry while in N.Z. Such symbolism often derives from sexual theEast. July m Monday 24 J u ly 1961 CRACCUM Page 5 he Bene did is the bri| ride, andi CLEAN-UP WEEK 3m b of ZOO FIELD TRIP •ondents The junk is lined up at the very edge Of neat suburban lawns, each pile alike. Week at Whangarei Heads : M r Moi So much has needed cleaning up, it's Sunday ng a psyd And it's raining . . . Still no collection. * And now, gentle reader, let us hasten to the beach; the tide is near its ebb, and yonder rocks baring their shoulders to the sunshine, seem to rest them­ ^logical Cold and detached, I coast the concrete street selves in grim repose. ned to visi Appraising, with a beachcomber's eye, the contents This is the time for work. Come boy! the fishing basket and the muslin / relations! Of wrecked cartons. Units of machinery landing net. a hammer and an iron chisel. Mind, too, you don't forget the large i psycholo Sprawl in defeat where damp newspapers droop glass jar with handles made of rope, wherein to put what specimens we find'. it the Triii Historic headlines. Empty uniforms. Thomas Rymer Jones: The Aquarium Naturalist 1858. e conceive Gin bottles, mattresses, and nylon stockings ow a man Stripped of illusion, share the holocaust. Such were the thoughts which occupied complex of all life’s environments. On a g so far o But more grotesque are disconnected cogs the minds of twenty-eight senior Zoology single stretch of shore, the population And wheels which still lean desperately towards nee as & students as they prepared to study marine differences at low water level and high A hollow wireless whispering hollow words. other men life at the Whangarei Heads. The week water level are roughly comparable with in words A face looms up. laws open and it speaks: long field trip was supervized by Pro­ the inhabitants of plain and mountain 'Hey, what are ya doing? That rubbish belongs to me'. fessor Morton, Doctor and Mrs Miller, tops. The zonation of life which spreads lese questk (There is probably a body concealed in the sack) and Doctor Prendergast. over thousands of ascending feet on land, psychologi ' Get the Hell out of here or I'll call the police ! ' The students were not looking for on the rocky shore, is telescoped within He says, waving some rusty steel. I scan ssarily assn rarities (all too common about the a few score yards. His home and lawn, and hope that some more thorough digious) ci University, anyway), but were to study Recordings Made Clean-up collection may descend upon marine life prior to the establishment of [r Monk His concrete dwarfs and wrought iron bric-a-brac. The sea-shore was directly observed as rticle, thoi an oil refinery at Marsden Point and the tide receded; fronds of seaweed were cientific a Cursing his metal soul, I hurry on. to collect data for a future publication lifted, stones were over-turned, rock pools To watch the darkness fall on rows of scrap. about the New Zealand sea-shore. probed, and the sand and mud dug into. Tapped lightly by the streetlamps, objects stir. M . D A FIS Three different environments were And in a dream I see them resurrect. The students found that shore life has studied. The first was a sheltered en­ a real beauty. What impressed them Cogs flying together from a thousand dumps. vironment, the second, an exposed en­ Tools beating bodies out of metal flesh. most was that beauty was greatest iu its vironment, and the third, an intermediate Machinery dancing madly in the air. natural setting. The sea anemone ex­ environment. t there is I stumble. Broken units drop and crash. panding and contracting at a touch, the The sea-shore is the meeting place of se England Hollow faces leap out everywhere. graceful swimming of a sea prawn, and H . SE AR LE land and sea. This makes it the most erm ‘ Well the scurrying of a hermit crab in a safe ways that hiding under a shell encrusted with otional an brightly coloured sponges were all sights w Zealand breathtaking in their natural simplicity. State ’ bi Approximately 200 specimens were re­ Id that ‘SI Incense to Idols moved from their natural habitat daily. iny city These were to be identified, studied and a report ‘ After the raw deal that we are receiving from England, over her entry discussed. Each was carefully returned 3ple prep; into the European Common Market writes Mr Monk, ‘ one wonders after recordings were made. One of the most common species was Council, whether New Zealand might not be a little more independent of its cat more tl the rock oyster, saxostrea glomerata, and y need dei Old ‘Parent ’. oddly enough, these were ignored by the students, who were too well fed by Mr In reply to Mr Monk’s articles which Family does not depend upon the ‘ Com­ Sera, the camp’s first-class chef. How­ England deal so derisively and childishly with the mon Purse ’ for its income. The Royal ever, remnants of this species were u r own? Royal Family, I would like to say several income is based upon the Crown’s own brought back to Auckland embedded in lified the things. possessions and these have become strictly the feet of an unfortunate few. :r to incrj limited with the passing ages. The amount In criticizing England’s proposed par­ income does not interfere with, or dis­ Combat With Octopus defence. 1 ticipation in EEC, Mr Monk would do The octopus proved to be a fascinating Colombo H a ll, th e n e w re s id e n tia l h o s tel tress the people of England. ion purdia well to remember that the Commonwealth planned fo r s tu d e n ts a t M a s s e y C o lle g e , What right have we to say that it is individual (especially to a certain member is no longer ruled by a despotic ruler. He would fina: Palmerston N o rth . This b u ild in g is to b e excessive when New Zealand has slums, of the party), and such a relationship ' the build financed by the Government. should concentrate his criticism on the poverty and dirt just like England. between the two was established that Government of Great Britain and not Should Mr Monk not turn his mind to human and octopus engaged in memor­ erpreting upon the Royal Family, for today it problems at home and ostracize the able combat, the octopus emerging un­ imagine COLOMBO constitutes merely (and I hope it will ‘ Upper Income ’ bracket in New Zealand? harmed and the human covered in black no poverty forgive me) the symbolic figurehead of Finally, do we students of the New ooze. disagree TENTH the Gommonwealth. Zealand Universities, professed intellectu­ ‘ All work and no play makes Jack rty ’ (anot I do not know why M r Monk is so als, feed our struggling intellects upon a dull boy ’. These thoughts were well ke Mr Thoi ANNIVERSARY sorrv for the Royal children. They such stereotyped trash as PIX, TRUTH, regarded by all. Professor Morton was to clarify seem perfectly happy to me. They have 8 O’CLOCK and others similar? so impressed with the atmosphere of the :tly which July 1st was Colombo Plan day, been brought up to perform a task and Mr Monk may sit down during the expedition that he remarked ‘ I wish is referring commemorating the tenth year of they are exposed to the glare of publicity; playing of the National Anthem if he the Mayor of Auckland and certain other but they thrive on it. and are more wishes. I for one will continue to stand public men could have been present to RLES m the plan’s operation. natural and unassuming than the children up. see just what a student community is Students were in the fore of the celebra­ of any film star. (Their parents have PETER LOUCH really like at close quarters ’. tions with a concert, ‘ Gaudeamus ’ staged also remained happily married for longer in the Town Hall. than most!) at honesty The Colombo Plan was originated at tded manki the Prime Ministers’ Conference at Mr Monk seems to take it for granted of so-d Colombo in January, 1951. T h e in ten ­ that we, and from this I assume he means ranee for tion of the foundation members was to the New Zealand University student, need cold-war fi thwart the vast problems which threa­ to idolize someone. I have never felt When looking ahead 1 necessity tened the hopes of Asian peoples for a any urge to idolize anyone in this world. our basic; better life. T hese problem s w ere found Idolatry? Do we worship the Royal have the B.N.Z, in the post-war damage, neglect, and Family as idols? No, I submit that we when frien economic stagnation found in many parts take an intelligent and lively interest behind you ther in deft of Asia. in them if we think about them at all. refer to To the N.Z. student, the most notice­ When you are planning for the In the middle of his article Mr Monk krait. Brita able feature of the operation of the future the B.N.Z. can offer you has inserted a large portion of Theologi­ advice and support. For 100 years equest for Colombo plan is the number of Asian cal musing which he has mixed up with B.N.Z. services have been helping of mud students at Varsity. his main topic. Besides containing an men with ambition. Whatever your m the leat These students are chosen after sitting plans for the future now is the rigorous examinations set by the Univer­ inaccuracy this would indicate that he has nothing constructive to say. time to open a B.N.Z. cheque :ase, nor is sity of Cambridge, for study overseas in account and enjoy the convenience but it thrAcertain professions which are vital to the Mr Monk speaks of the ‘ extravagance ’ and prestige a cheque account of degradat economic advancement of the country. of the Royal Family. I maintain that g iv e s y o u . mg the leai To ensure that their lot is as little worry the Royal Family’s total expenditure over to them, financially, as possible, they a period of ten years would not amount in the fun are given a generous allowance of £8 a to the salary of a top grade film star in >sen fields, week throughout the whole year, not just a single year. Apart from this the Royal ent lament! the University year. If their course is for the peii longer than three years they»are given CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1961 tiling of home leave, air fare home and back. sirit, broadi Finishing their course they retu rn to f probity, their home countries as teachers, engin­ Craccurn is published by the Auckland eers and pioneers in the new world of University Students’ Association, Princes 1 BflOWA’I the East. Street, Auckland C.1, and printed by BANKof New Zealand CRACCUM REPORTER R. W. Lowry, 32 Gladwin Road, Epsom. New Zealand's leading b a n k Page 6 CRACCUM A Burnt-Out Case Graham Greene has in his latest novel, ‘ A Burnt-Out Case written the book that critics have been awaiting for some time, a book that they can describe as pure Greene, typical, but also very disappointing. It seems that every acclaimed novelist lel to his own mental state. The stranger whose career and reputation extends over is the burnt-out case of the title. Greene a considerable period must at some time has expertly achieved his setting; rather be humbled. The obvious example is than a background it is the human Ernest Hemingway, whose Across the situation made scenic. River and Into the Trees was mercilessly Greene represents reality vividly on bombarded by critics who had for years even the mundane level. But it is of the sense of terror deeper and purer acclaimed everything to come from Hem­ course a deeper reality which is Greene’s ingway’s pen. Now A B urnt-O ut Case subject. Greene is one of the few modern Greene seeks reality, and his reality re­ has been seized as the example which writers of note to retain a deep sense of quires a sense of supernatural evil. The will readjust Greene’s former, apparently religion, and this is at once his value and supernatural is vital to Greene’s work and the supernatural is revealed in the pri­ unassailable position. his liability. It is perhaps significant that these re­ His writing is valuable because it ex­ m itive. the riots w e re ’. And it is often t th dark Fr appraisals always occur after critics and presses a great mystery, the mystery of ...In A B urnt-O ut Case there is am ple very funny. There is the constant plea |lv spiced 1 scholars have dissected the bulk of the morality and of religion, but a religion evidence of a distaste, almost a disgust of the unexpected, the subtle reveli B he story author’s work and formulated scholarly very different from orthodox Catholicism. of civilization. This Congo is corrupted of strange character trait of the i [primitive interpretations of the author’s ‘ purpose ’ Greene accepted Catholicism, but al­ by the advance of the white man: ‘ Men developm ent of the action. T he fan b probably and his ‘ message ’. In -this they usually though he is by his own definition a were beating old tins they had salvaged Greene themes of religion, love, ye god of ntunately 1 have an advantage over the mere author, from the mission, tins of sardines and hope and peace are delicately woven pe folk ele who hesitates to make such claims but Heinz beans and plum jam ’. In the the context and the whole is a moi jalogued ir instead writes books. church which is as hot and public as thought-provoking, and entertaii a market place, the European saints are novel. ither Klael Writing the Same Book pale like albinos in the dark continent. If it is, like all of Greene’s novel fers' ^or e' A small group of natives sing their own It is an oversimplification, but a state­ very ambiguous offering, that is si :nmnic arm hymns, proud songs of superiority, and ment of general truth, to say that Greene something to be thankful for—as I carry all the singers wear peaked caps that has been writing the same book over traveller says, ‘ I hate simplification (Wren), ur and over again for many years. This is advertise Polo beer. And again, to quote him as he refken off by not uncommon, and Greene himself has The Stuff of Civilization to the question ‘ Have you any The ir said ‘ Every creative writer worth our In contrast there is the simple dignity stories to tell? ’—‘ No, I only know o trained c consideration is a victim . . . a man of the old leper who is going to die the Let us appreciate this one, ‘ an atte have no given over to an obsession. A Burnt-Out. following day and whose only regret is to give dramatic expression to vai number o Case is the latest exploration- of Greene’s that he is unable to die in his own types of belief, half-belief and non-lx this legen cter, whe obsession. If Greene himself fully village: ‘ One should die in one’s own in the kind of setting, removed understood the nature of this obsession village if it is possible ’. Compare him world-politics and household-preoco those of he would no longer be its victim and to the Englishman, whose hair-oil poisons tions, where such differences are Essays, f Monster’s he would either stop writing or . . . As the night, and who talks anxiously of acutely and find expression ’, and 1 tire relig, it is, Greene is still exploring. The dying. The stuff of civilization— (T im e the critics to their psycho-analysis. critics who accept any of the many magazine, material with printed designs T. H. McWILim We analyses of Greene’s obsession are no of match-boxes, soda-water syphons, Some rathe longer explorers. telephones, or other gimmicks of the 1 rivate life The ‘understanding’ critics recall white man, drug stores and all the latest MAIN PRODUCTIO ade Greene’s description of himself after movie magazines, including pictures of — Courtesy Auckland Star rendel’s ‘ successful ’ psycho-analysis, ‘ wrung dry Brigitte Bardot)—taints even Africa. 'OTHELLO woman .... I could take no aesthetic interest ’. Graham Greene Greene uses images drawn from civi­ jarklv that When one critic writes ‘ In the novel we lization to describe the most distasteful Othello ’, produced by Mr I|s not onl) see all the elements which gave his earlier Catholic, that religion cannot explain importation from Europe—white men: Day, Avill run for six nights at fiction its disturbing force, the fine bal­ him. Catholicism is something added a character is ‘ like the kind of plant ancing of paradoxes, the hunted man, to Greene. He says himself: ‘ Religion people put in bathrooms, reared on University Hall, beginning the exotic and seedy setting, but they might later explain it to me in other humidity, shooting too high. He had a August. are ghost-presences, and enormous com­ terms, but the pattern was already there ’. small black moustache like a smear of The role of Othello is being taki petence has taken over from a profound Explanations of any writer and his Bill Tawhai, captain of the Maori Sr. city soot . . . . ’ obsession ’, we wonder how he has sum­ works are dangerous, in Greene’s case But civilization has a more important and Desdemona will be played by fit Mr J. N a marised (and solved?) Greene’s obsession; explanations are many but unsatisfactory. function in the novel than supplying der Sansom, who was Stella in last vi Lje$ervin£deserving but we, if we are still as unenlightened His art, like all art, defies analysis be­ images, it is an active force: ‘ Somewhere production of ‘ A Streetcar Named tetralogy as Greene, turn with enthusiasm to the cause it is mystery—there is always the a telephone began to ring—a trivial s ir e ’. Till von Randow is Iago. novel itself. unknow n. human sound persisting like an infant’s Other members of the cast inti think it is Gareth Nichol, Helen Aldridge, & ission of tl Africa Primitive cry through the rain’. Civilization is always there, waiting to advance . . . . Hart, Rodney Denham and 'Dick ji liilosophy A Burnt-Out Case takes us again into Africa is the dark continent, land of ston. The traveller has left civilization behind, it has, IV Africa, this time the Congo, or rather the unknown, Mecca of the twentieth the falsity, the deception and the over­ o Greene’s Congo, a region of the mind. century. Our civilization in all its com­ ornamentation; he listens to the ancestral af Our companion on the journey is a Euro­ plexity has lost something and there is voices and has memories. He recognizes hv—an e pean who is travelling as far as the river a return to the primitive; in painting, that ‘ We’ve grown up rather badly. The symbolis boat will take him. He appears indiffer­ in literature, in music, twentieth-century complications have become too complex Nathan ent to his destination and is reticent man seeks his lost heritage. Greene has . . . .’ The dying leper ‘ couldn’t die in the n about his past. He is a man who has written about his journey in Liberia: peacefully in a room furnished with a the mid come to the end of suffering as he has ‘ This journey, if it had done nothing radio set and a picture of the latest come to the end of everything else. He else, had reinforced a sense of disap­ Pope; he was prepared to die only where a cross gets off the boat and finds himself in a pointment with what man had made his ancestors had died, in the darkness ion and leper village. The fate of the lepers does out of the primitive, what he had made n proving surrounded by the smell of dry mud not move him but he recognises, in what out of childhood .... there was some­ Wotan’s and leaves ’. is termed a ‘ burnt-out case ’—a leper thing in that early terror and bareness Many of who is cured but has gone through the of one’s needs .... The sense of taste Ambiguous agnerian i first stage of mutilation, a physical paral­ was finer, the sense of pleasure keener, Greene develops plot and character with superb skill. The timing is more than iv stem fr< effective and the narrative unfolds simply [ glib, fact as each event is unobtrusively prepared musical a] EAT AND E NJOY for and described. The style is faultlessly lathan’s art tample. 1st Grade easy, the work of a true craftsman. The A.M.C. MEATS work is rich in irony, e.g., the multiplicity hat Wagn erald Abn MONARCH of meanings in the simple statement ‘ Thank God you aren’t finished like i to plod BACON, HAM and SMALL GOODS ages of C iblets of 1 ★ NOTE Apart from the reviews by Don Binney Uni QUALITY PRODUCTS and Alan Taylor, I wish to disclaim all i this worl of responsibility for the Literary and Arts al error of section which appeared in Craccum No. 8, Ithe means T H E AUCKLAND MEAT CO. LTD since I did not select or edit the other Rodney Denhi n made m aterial. Bill Tawhai plays Othello in AU Drami i cct of ex LITERARY & ARTS EDITOR. production made the no 24 July nday 24 July 1961 CRACCUM Page 7

TED FO 1962 open for h THE PRIVATE LIFE or 1962. Card Neil Wifo c /o Student details of t: erests, etc., just. Applicjr d a meeting • w eek in ordi nee is desirabl BEOWULF :e the pent d to join it iai tw o issue recent years, many Scholarly studies of Beowulf have appeared in the ■tions will ademic journals. However, so far as we know, no one has yet attacked 3SING eowulf from the psychoanalytical point of view. jgu st. is is a surprising state of affairs, when Obviously, Beowulf needs a thorough realises that few works of English psychoanalysis. Previous critics have lerature are as really psychoanalysable been too busy determining whether or this Anglo-Saxon poem, so pregnant not the monsters have satisfactory t is often h dark Freudian m eaning, so tantalis- Christian pedigrees, or in finding a parent onstant plea |v spiced w ith suggestive symbolism. for the foundling poem (since its author, ubtle revela Hie storY o£ Beowulf has its origins for understandable reasons, preferred to ait of the i primitive folk mythology. (The legend remain anonymous). l. T h e fam n probably be traced back to a prim i- Our interest is rather in the poet’s ion, love, ie god o£ ‘ Peace> trade, and fertility. ’) subconscious. Here we have discovered itely woven rtunately for the eager psycholanalyst, neuroses so dark and fetishes so devious, >le is a mot pse folk e}ements have been thoroughly that we dare not mention them, even in 1 entprtaii talogued in an edition of the poem by the pages of Craccum. However, with ther Klaeber. The reverend father much hesitation, we do intend to outline eene’s novd|*ers' for examPle’ to the le§end o£ a the plot, in as suggestive a light as pos­ th at is s monic arm which stretches into houses sible. The rest is left to the reader’s own analysis. In the interests of science, ful for—as carry off human beings (especially ldren), until it is finally seized and it is a pity that we cannot offer a prize in the darkness, and with his bare hands Beowulf, scourge of the (sex) fiends. mplifi cationi succeeds in ripping off the creature's im as he rei°kcn of£ bY a famous warrior. for the best solution. arm. This limb is exhibited next morn­ The imaginative psychoanalyst, you any Plot ing in the hall, to the delight of Hroth­ D ragon trained on . fairy stories, should >nly knows gar, who announces that he has ‘ gained In the last section of the poem, the age­ have no difficulty in suggesting a The poet tells us that Hrothgar’s hall ne, ‘ an atte a son ’ in Beowulf. ing Beowulf is required to do battle with number of likely interpretations of is visited each night by Grendel, a sub­ ision to vai But now Grendel’s limb is recovered * the worm that flies by night, in the this legend. (It is doubtful, how- human monster of extra-large size. He : and non l* by a female monster—not his wife, but howling storm ’ (to quote Biake). A removed eter, whether anybody will outdo gobbles up any of Hrothgar’s retainers dragon has ravaged his kingdom and caught sleeping there. Hrothgar is his mother, who comes up from that ehold-preoco those of Freud. Cf. the Collected lias burnt down his palace. To uphold alarmed. He is getting on in years; he realm of infantile wishes, the dark pool trences are Essays, for his paper on T h e the dignity of man, Beowulf goes forth can’t afford to waste men, yet he doesn’t of the unconscious. ;ion ’, and Monster’s A rm ,a study in p rim i­ to kill the monster. Though the heat wish to give up the valuable hall. Beowulf engages the beast with Hroth- vo-analysis. tive religious symbolism.) of the combat proves fatal, he succeeds gars’ sword, but this proves ineffective. Help arrives in the form of Beowulf, with his dying strength in plunging a U cW ILLW Weak Conjugation once a sluggish adolescent, but now However, he succeeds in killing her with dagger into the beast’s belly. a ‘ magic blade ’. As soon as this hap­ Some rather startling comments on the (after defeating some sea monsters in an During this combat, he gains a son underwater wrestling bout by night) re­ pens, a flame spurts up ‘ filling the place rivate life of our hero have also been and heir—a young warrior, who comes nowned as the strongest man in the w ith light and the blade melts to )UCTI0 tarie in a poem by Mr Kingsley Amis. to his aid in the same way Beowulf once i rendel’s m other was ‘ Beowulf’s kind kingdom. When evening falls, Hrothgar white icicles. But Beowulf is able to came to help Hrothgar. But, because return to Hrothgar the hilt of the sword f woman ’, remarks Mr Amis (hinting and his wife retire to their room while the dragon's mound should never have on which Is inscribed the legend of O xkly that the term ‘ weak conjugation ’ Beowulf remains in the hall to meet been opened, Beowulf’s people must fear by Mr f U not only a grammatical meaning). Grendel. He hears Grendel approaching Genesis. an uncertain future. nights at ginning Banned Well, there is the plot. It may appear a harmless one to those not experienced being tala runnhilde is Wotan's Uncle in the methods of psychoanalysis (if the Maori there is anyone tvilling today to admit ilayed by Mr J. Nathan’s attempt to explain the ‘ Ring ’ cycle as ‘ the embodiment of Wagner’s philosophy ’, though that he is still in this unhealthy state. 11a in last Reserving of a pitying admiration, indicates a lack of appreciation of Wagner’s purpose in writing the As for the more symbol-minded reader, car Named hetralogy. we hope that, even in this brief summary, is lago. he has tasted something of the dark ie cast id think it is very doubtful whether a dis- dividual arts on the grounds that they artistic theories, M r N ath an ’s observa­ Freudian allegory which makes this poem ildridge, & iion of the R in g in terms of Wagner's ‘ merely indicate ’. tion that ‘ the R ing has been treated here so popular among scholars of English. and 'Dick ji jlosophy has any validity; but even He wants a unified, universal art-work in an unusual way ’ becomes the under­ Our aim has been to restore Beowulf it has, Mr Nathan devotes only one (Gesamtkunstwerk)—one single Art com­ statement of the century. to his former, pagan glory. Much will r a g r a p h of his 600-odd word article to pounded equally of ‘ tone language ’ and The fact that Wagner’s following of be achieved, we think, if we succeed in thing approaching Wagner’s philo- ‘ word language ’. To do this the ‘tone- the rules set out in Oper und Drama getting the poem banned from the library ihv—an extraordinary dissertation on poet ’ must choose the right type of sub­ became less rigid as the cycle progressed, and from the English course, on account symbolism of lines and circles, which, ject—one in which ‘ the action is com­ the music assuming domination over of its suggestiveness. Nathan asserts confidently, ‘ one can pletely justified in character and scope the other components of the Gesamtkuns- T . MONK in the music ’ (sic). T his gem is set by the feeling that prompts it ’. Judged twerk merely makes Mr Nathan’s state­ the midst of a long and involved from this point of view, the ideal subject ment that the ‘ musical side has not been mopsis of the R in g plot which reads is the legend: ‘ concentrated, inexhaust­ treated as much as some would like, cross between an A nna Russell ible, externally true, but more intense but this is at is should be ’ even more Tsion and Patrick Campbell’s exposi- and elevated than anything in everyday absurd than it would have been. In LIBRARIANSHIP lion proving conclusively th at B runnhilde life . actual fact there is not one reference to Wotan’s ,uncle. Oper und Drama is first and foremost the music of the R in g in the whole an apologia for the Ring; and at the article. Many of the misunderstandings of offers graduates in arts and science a same time the tetralogy (with the excep­ I make no comment on his parting agnerian music drama so prevalent to- tion of Gotterdammerung) is the only shot—that ‘ Wagner is not a musician’s y stem from the numerous paragraphs wide range of professional careers. work which embodies the principles set musician but a musician for everyone ’. glib, facile generalizations in books of out therein. Possibly only after a 6 a.m. cold shower musical appreciation ’■—for which Mr could I distil any meaning from this NEW ZEALAND LIBRARY SCHOOL iathan’s article could be mistaken as an True Light statem ent. unple. The only way to find out W hen the R in g is seen in its true light, Wagner was really aiming at—as and as the embodiment of Wagner’s G. W. J. DRAKE WELLINGTON raid Abrahams says, ‘ a horrible one— to plod wearily through the turgid One year diploma course; generous liv­ of Oper und Drama—the sinai iblets of Wagnerian music drama THE INTELLIGENTSIA ing allowances paid to students. of Auckland University are regular depositors Universal Art—Work Prospectus from Librarian, or write to j this work Wagner discovers the essen- of the AUCKLAND SAVINGS BANK al error of opera u p to his tim e—‘ th at the Acting Director, New Zealand Lib­ means of expression (music) has A R E YOU? dndy DenhJjecn made the object; and th at the ob- rary School, Private Bag, Wellington. Drama JjK' o£ expression (drama) has been iade the means H e condemns the in ­ Page 8 CRACCUM Monday 24 July II ^ 24 UNDAY SPOt Because o f Recently there has been considerable controversy over Sunday sport. Two opposing viewpoints are given itv to trav< here, and we would be pleased to hear anyone else’s views on the subject. auspices of nd A d e n . FOR AGAINST Eastern pressive an* Over the last few years there has been an increasing tendency to stage In viewing the question of Sunday sport from a Christian viewpoi dition's sue sports of one kind or another on Sundays. it may help first to see what constitutes the Sabbath and what thei tileged, ovi place of this ‘ day of rest ’ is, in Christian practice. ime in my This has met with severe criticism in off the streets, thus preventing many lid most rc some quarters, which I think is quite un­ acts of vandalism and loitering which Read Exodus 31 : 12—17, where we find Despite obvious efforts in the past mark on justified. could otherwise take place. One has th at ‘ the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying keep Sunday free of organized spot irs to shattc Those who oppose this practice do so only to drive past the domain at Free­ Speak thou also unto the children of activities, there has been over the ch typifies on the grounds that the Bible says we man’s Bay on a Sunday afternoon and Israel, saying, Verily my Sabbath ye shall few years, a growing tendency for vai111 iders;S; only h should rest on the Sabbath Day. Howr- see teenagers enjoying a well organized keep, for it is a sign between me and sporting bodies to encroach on this |uired in a ever, surely the definition of ‘ rest ’ in game of Rugby, soccer or whatever it you throughout your generations for matches and practices. e ease in a this context is ‘ change of occupation might be, and to meditate on what these Certainly the temptation to use Sui then one i: a diversion from usual weekday employ­ youths, many of them so-called ‘ teddy We see then, that the Sabbath is a (perhaps the one day in the week Easy to forg ment, and a rest from mental activity. boys would find to do otherwise, to token of God’s covenant-relation with heavily scrawled upon in ou r appointn ,ulined in I can think of no healthier, more harm­ realize what a worthwhile thing these Israel, profanation of which is a breach diaries) for sport is great, b u t how 8” hered mai less change than playing sport. of this covenant-relation. Eventually the games are. too, must be the temptation for fam [h(ies with i To those who say that Saturday is the Besides sport is one of the best teachers keeping of the Sabbath was to become a in heavily built-up areas to encroach tred to you traditional day for sport, might I suggest we have. Unselfishness, reliability, con­ distinctive mark of Judaism and the the vacant park and recreational land * of a b< that in Saturday sport the ‘ play to wrin ’ sideration for others, self discipline, are negative aspect of total abstention from building sites. Yet what a herii :r in filthy element is uppermost, whereas Sunday all attributes one wishes and expects to work became uppermost. would be lost as soon as one person brushing y sport is of a more diversionary nature, find in Christians of today. What better What relevance has this to the question perm itted to do so! So it is with Sun ing limb? played purely for enjoyment, without a way is there of developing these traits of Sunday sport, the playing of organized dity? The competitive spur; in other words, a true than per medium of sport? And what matches, the holding of organized prac­ Nibbling at Seventh Day iking, open relaxation. could be more logical than to do so on tices, and spectatorism? Just this. By If it is a day for unlimited and u h their feet If taking part in sport on Sunday is a Sunday? allowing such activities to encroach on hibited sporting activities, why d the small sinful, then so, too, is lawnmowing, Not for a minute am I advocating sport the Sabbath (our Sunday) we are hinder­ sporting authorities simply seize the still in < gardening, letter writing, and, for that to the exclusion of Church or of any ing men and women from maintaining as quickly as they can? But, if Sunl s. mouth ; matter, all activities; yet there must be other form of worship. Religion is an this day as one of worship, quiet, rest, is for another purpose, then let yet beari few people these days who would object integral part of our lives and should not fellowship, and general spiritual up­ admit that purpose and stop nibblinj [erance that to any of these. be treated lightly. However, Church building. one day in seven in which quiet and* Several opposers of Sunday sport say attendance and Sunday sport are perfectly But you may say, * If Christians want must predominate. be a witnes; that it is not casual games of tennis, compatible; Church services are usually to go to Church, spend Sunday resting The very fact that sporting bodies I laggering, i swimming, etc., that they object to, but held in the morning and evening, and or visiting friends, let them, but what of hesitated in seizing Sunday for V final desi organized sport of any kind. Surely, organized sport almost invariably takes those who would prefer to take part in, would seem to indicate that some at I complete es however, if they condone Sunday sport place in the afternoon. or watch a cricket or football match? Is are respecting or are at least concei problem: in one form, they should not condemn All in all, I feel that the whole question their personal freedom to be hindered with, the maintenance of the Sabbath in all co any sport on Sunday, since the principle of Sunday sport, for or against, boils down to the extent that they are unable to do a day of fest. lived the b( remains the same, whether the sport is to this: Let those ‘ against ’ abstain for such things? Man is given five days in which :tical advice organized or not. they are quite within their rights, but To this I would say, whether people work to provide food, clothing and she universal e let those ‘ for ’ enjoy their Sunday sport, go to Church or not, and even if a as well as to find entertainment was in Etl Mischief for Idle Hands without interference, because, as I have number of people do wish to indulge in cultural benefits. The sixth has olved a ‘ Satan finds mischief for idle hands' is pointed out, one can be at the same sporting activities on the seventh day. made free of work for the recreation Occur amon: only too true a saying, and I am strongly time both a good Christian and a firm shouldn’t the day be kept free of other the body as well as for finding excitei,B idards of e in favour of sport on Sunday if for no believer in Sunday sport. organized activities, in case people may (spectatorism) and entertainment. attitudes other reason than that it keeps adolescents JUSTINE WALTER want to worship their Creator? But what of the Seventh? This is ei litions beco tially God’s day and it exists so Dnal disgi men and women may renew that w!;,J(lards of oi will keep them in a state of spirii e young health during the rest of the week, returning is not to say that contact with God would fee necessarily confined to Sundays, howei en truly ch just as bodily recreation is not neces: iia. In Ar confined to Saturdays. Few people, I feel, would object to playing of games, swimming, etc,, Sundays, but it is feared that it is or TAR ized activities that will cause the Sabi to become another Saturday and serio ever hinder the spiritual activities of pul worship and the making and cleepi of friendship both within and wi nowhere i the Christian Church. are ant P. /. w o o n c o c roes. For Courtesy ' Auckland Star ' This start! Aussie League Captain Brian Carlsen tackling ruse the Ne1 a N.Z. player in the 2nd Test Match. The total ] the non-pro Persons ur DOES THE SUN EVER SHINE? Persons ov FARLEY CUP (SKIING) In services Brian Carlson, captain of the tour­ two countries which compete for the Rules are also played, though to a la In prisons, RESULTS ing Australian Rugby League unofficial title in the Rugby League extent; the latter has its greater folio» Employer w orld. j ’nemploye The annual race for the Farley Cup was team, described N.Z. to us in one in Victoria, and Rugby Union is doi nant in the Universities. Persons w held at Mt Ruapehu on 9 July in ad­ word—yes, you’ve guessed it— Standard Varies: Managers, 1 verse conditions and with a general lack The team had enjoyed its montli ‘ wet ’! Well, if they must choose Brian said that in the general opinion are gi' of organisation. The visibility was so N.Z., Brian said, and wished the ) Police (enoi the wettest June in 100 years . . . of the team the standard of N.Z. Rugby poor that only one run was held. team the best of luck for its forthcom Teachers a The Course of eleven slalom gates was Two Defeats: League was high in Auckland, but low English tour. don’t elsewhere, as such formidable scores as a set by Ray Copp, the Varsity Ski Club JW [Clergy The team was on tour for four weeks, 66-3 win over a Hawke’s Bay team would Instructor. judges, jui during which time they lost two matches; seem to indicate. Asked about the Results were: Vharfies, in the first test they were beaten 12-10, crowds, he said that they had been dis­ Post office Bob Strevens (33 secs) 1st, John Horrocks and in the last match of their tour appointingly small compared with Aus­ JUDO CLUB meets on Wedn Other Gove (35 secs) 2, Roger St Clair Brown (36 Auckland defeated them 13-8. However, tralia, where it was nothing to play days at 7 p.m. and Saturdays of Wo: secs) 3; A drienne Rhodes and John by squaring the test rubber with a 10-8 before a crowd of 60,000. However, 9 a.m. in MCR. Married w< High Scho Strevens (39 secs) 4th equal (could be win in the Second Test, the Australian Rugby League is, of course, Australia’s ugly), Geoff Feast (40 secs) 6 th, Pearce team has retained the Trans-Tasman Drunks, bu chief winter sport, and stands on the confide St Clair Brown (41 secs) 7th, John Pezaro Cup, as well as an unofficial ranking of same plane over there as Rugby Union Did you know that the Judo Club (46 secs) 8 th. Barry Hobman did not second to England in the World Cham­ in N.Z. in the habit of leaving bits of flub To complete the course. pionship. France and N.Z. are the other Soccer, Rugby Union and Australian hind? This leaves e up its ide 4 July Monday 24 July 1961 CRACCUM Page 9 LOODSHED ecause of his relative isolation it is the average New Zealander’s misfortune to be denied the opportun- itv to travel extensively overseas. I was therefore very fortunate to be invited to Ethiopia, under the Auspices of the United Nations. Air travel included stopovers at Sydney, New Guinea, Bangkok, Colombo 1 and Aden. ho Eastern p art of the tour is both Great Britain, industry was established, been treachery to a regime, was also a kressive and depressing. I witnessed trade was widely developed, science was fight for the kind of freedom to which all X viewpoi Liitions such as are typical of under­ working miracles, and the populations humanity has a right. hat the i jvileged, over-populated countries, at enjoyed definite freedom. In feudal Earlier this year it was reported time in my life when the sights I saw Ethiopia, however, could be seen the that the Emperor, in an enlightening U l most readily im print their indel- horrible backwardness of the national speech, decided to delegate much of his V n the pasi L mark on my mind. It takes only economy, the slavery of the peasant, a prerogatives to his minister. This is, A m nized spot Lrs to shatter the sense of complacency general widespread ignorance, and the admittedly, a start; but in itself, not Haile Selassie over thejjch typifies the m ajority of New Zea- licentiousness of despotic power arising enough. While the people of Ethiopia only by education that people will deve­ tcy for van LerS; only hours to destroy an attitude from the landed classes. elect the parliament, the Emperor selects lop the yearning to belong in a civilized h on this |qUiretl in a short lifetime of compara- This contact with the outside world his ministers and these are not selected and free society. iS. [e ease in a civilized society, aroused the thoughts of revolution in from Parliament. Rarely is a minister I have returned to New Zealand a to use Sun one is unused to such sights, is the minds of the educated Ethiopians, also a member of Parliament. Thus there more sober and thankful person. Sober, the week taSy to forget the dead baby floating and in the minds of the hand-picked exists a strong council of ministers because I have seen how other people ir appoint® (urnecl in the Bangkok canal? The bodyguard of the Emperor, Haile selected by the Emperor and not respon­ have to live. Thankful because I am not aut how gi; jj,e r e c i nian whose ulcerated leg Selassie, himself. The ideals for which sible to Parliament, which has very little one of them. But it is the responsibility >n for fan g,es with maggots? The young girl they later laid down their lives ranged power. of every one of us to be aware of the o encroach L(j to you by her brother for the from a revised programme of constitu­ Such a system must change. With poli­ usurped and wretched way some human tional land ^ce of0[ a bottle of ‘Coca-Cola’? The tional monarchy, through the emancipa­ tical reform will come economic, and beings are required to live, to shake it a herit er in filthy rags, pleading for alms. tion of serfs to the distribution of land ultimately social, reform. The best ourselves from our apathy, to be not. ne person brushing your coat w ith a bound-up, among the peasants. answer to the problem, which is obviously merely tolerant, but active in recognizing s with Sum ng limb? T h e exhibitions of open The revolution suddenly and dramatic­ complex, lies in raising the standards of how others are forced to fight and die n t h Day |di‘y? The PeoP,e’ neck-tleeP in thc ally took place. I was in the middle of education. It is only by education that to attain such ordinary standards of iking, open sewage canals, hunting the fighting. I saw men die, and many the people will know W'hat is right and happiness as we have habitually taken k< *U1( 1 h their feet for articles in the slime? more dead. At times my own life was in W'rong about the way their affairs and for granted. s, why di the small Arab boy sitting naked jeopardy. It was at these times that I lives are being administered, and it is BARRY LOVEGROVE seize the still in a mud puddle, with his developed an overwhelming repulsion iut, if Sut S, mouth and nose encrusted with towards the business of killing. This was then let . , , L vet bearing all with such a quiet civil war, when for three days anti op nibblim f ' , P . . . , „ , • . , terance that the onlooker is humiliated nights brother fought with brother until quiet andi c . be a witness? the wailing of the bereaved women in ng bodies h ^gering- unforgettable experiences! black could be heard incessantly through lay for •' final destinati°n’ Ethiopia, was not the crackle and roar of light arms and tanks. FORESTRY t some at - , , , . „ . east concer Problems exist there’ lust as th£T But the revolution, lacking in first- class organization and the vocal support and recreation the Sabbath in 3,1 countcries £which . have, n°' lived the benefits of experienced and of a terrified public, failed. One felt, in which ctical advice’ f'nancial ai(l and, above however, that this was only the first in a ing and she I universal education, long series of struggles to attain tainment Iwas in Ethiopia, too, that I became E thiopia’s freedom. xth has h ,lve(1 in a situation which is bound Haile Selassie returned in triumph to » recreation &ccur amonSsf a people whose rising Addis Ababa, the capital. But the ing exciter ldar(ls education inevitably affect triumph had a hollow ring. In his victory nment. it attitudes until disgusting social speech, the Emperor drew attention to Part of every New Zealander’s heritage is the joys This ises d‘tions become an enigma to them, a the scholarship of the rebel leaders. of forest and stream. Campers, trampers, anglers, exists sot Pna* disgrace incompatible with ‘We sent students abroad for higher ew that wk dards of ordinary human decency, training . . . we educated them . . . gave shooters, picnickers, and caravanners — all like to te of spirit he young Ethiopian intellectuals, them authority. Now' they have repaid get away from the clock-ridden daily round to the he week. 1 f returning from scholarships over- us with treachery, bloodshed and fresh air and beauty of the bush. t with God > would feel deeply the contrast be- banditry . . .’ idays, howet in truly civilized society and feudal But the Emperor is too wise not to It may not be obvious, but until the conservation not necessa iopia. In America, the Continent, and know very well that what might have policies of the Forest Service replaced the wasteful practices of the past, there was grave danger that .1 object to this heritage might be lost. Each acre of forest ning, etc. iat it is org TARTLING REVELATIONS destroyed by fire or indiscriminate milling makes it se the Sabi harder to meet the demand for the solace of solitude y and serioi ever So Much . . . —a demand that increases every day with our ex­ ities of NZSUPC panding population. To meet its responsibilities in J n ^ mewhere in New Zealand there are two people—no one knows who the protection of State forests, the Forest Service tv are and they might be difficult to find, but they are national exercises its authority with wisdom and restraint. ooncoa oes. For on their backs rests the whole economy of New Zealand. This startling piece of inside information is freely available to any who w'ould While unauthorised entry to State Forests is pro­ |use the New Zealand Year Book. hibited by law, a liberal The total population of New Zealand is given as 2,176,224. Now try subtracting policy of issuing per­ the non-productive sections of the community listed below and see what happens! Persons under age of 15 675,914 mits enables organised Persons over 60 ...... 280,150 groups and individuals In services and hence do no work and therefore do not count 22,428 ugh to a 1« In prisons, borstals, etc...... -...... 3,065 to make extensive use eater follow Employer (paid for no work) ...... 69,503 of these popular play­ Fnion is dm I'nemployed ...... 9,625 Persons with private income (wealthy loafers) ... 78,918 grounds for recreation­ Managers, foremen, administrators, clerks, etc., who do no work but al purposes. its month are given a salary ...... 128,461 shed the \ Police (enough s a id ) ...... 3.520 its forthcom Teachers and varsity lecturers and other educational types who don’t work ...... 21,904 JW ‘Clergy ■••• •••• 8,845 |udges, jurists and other parasites ...... 2,927 Wharfies, railways, etc., etc...... 42,004 Post office (no comment) ...... 8,309 on Wedn Other Government employees not already mentioned (e.g., Ministry Forestry is Saturdays . of Works, etc.) ...... 502,197 Married women not accounted for as yet ...... 307,553 forever High School pupils over 15 ...... 3,207 Drunks, bums, no-hopers, Varsity students, burglars, car-converters, f confidence m e n ...... 6,493 Issued in I he interests of forest protection Judo Club b y The New Zealand Forest Service. its of flufl Total in the above categories ...... 2,176,222 This leaves two people to do all the work and it’s about time the other one ;e up its ideas. —Copy Boy 384« Page 10 CRACCUM Monday 24 July

Lake's Laxative IT0R, ADR USTRATIONI University students, finding the gambling atmosphere of the common rooms not conducive to peace, have [LIE, BRUCE seized on the latest opportunity to while away otherwise dull University hours.

The new rage is a variant of the ancient their course by the stars. Sadly, four N e w C lub terror, ' running the gauntlet Students have been apprehended by travelling vans Students are invited to participate in this are calling their game ' Lake’s Laxative ’. and destroyed at the city pound. novel game, and it is rumoured that a DAMN THESE BRACES The idea is to wait until dusk and then ‘ Lake’s Laxative Club ’ will be formed Not only was June wet» dash across the Princes Street pedestrian Bound off the Curb in the near future. There is no need crossing in a mad atempt to gain access wise, Parliament openei Experienced competitors in the game to think that the Traffic Department to the other side. S ta n d in g in th a t wind admit that the only really safe way is will install efficient pedestrian lights and they call the cloisters That so many fail to reach their goal tli to wait until a car approaches the cross­ spoil our bit of fun. day, my feet in pudi is an indication, so far, of a certain ing when its proximity can be deter­ Only the other week, a student man­ water as I waited to want of appreciation of the rules of the mined as a matter of yards, then to aged to distract temporarily a glazed­ the overcrowded caf., I Jreat a p f game. bound off the curb with a tortured cry eyed traffic officer from frantically stick­ a ro u n d a t th e rain-s |y Russia Plunged into Darkness directly under the wheels. ing pink flappers on anything remotely p o s ters a n d f e l t comfort L them m y misery in these wo | Many participants wait for a break in Not only will the motorist carefully metallic. The student pointed to lack of lighting and smiled sweetly. The exceedingly regn Elvira traffic (indicated by Princes St bying avoid Princes St in the future, but in the there has been such d lec plunged into darkness) before springing resulting confusion of blood, fibias, glass cop patted the student indulgently on the getting proper Universit ,, wkh off the kerb and galloping blindly into and hair, other competitors can slip across head, turned him round and pushed mgsings inm theme Cityuiry ofot Ao J,t , the black. Rut this method spells dis­ to the other side, unnoticed and un­ him glibly under the wheels of a passing The honourable gentlem P aster! harmed. This, of course, requires a bus. wrote that in 1919 was Sir Robert $ F a transl' Before the unfortunate fellow reaches selfless devotion to one’s fellows, on the We sympathize with the student. He like to think that wherever he is, I imarily to mid-point he is bound to blunder far off part of the deceased. Such men are all was a club member and the Traffic De­ re g re ttin g . idents o f Never mind, there's at least one tlii |> interestec course. This sets off a sort of frenzied too rare. partment might have let him die a more glorious death. Meantime the feeling is up to the minute around here an [and its p panic which impels the great majority The person who fails to enter into the Strev's phenomenal filing system, tra lnother p seems to be to get that run down feel­ to charge, screaming and gesticulating, spirit of the thing is one to be despised. complete with shocking pink plasti |^ ew Zez straight towards the lights of oncoming Why, we heard of a fellow who took a ing try ' Lake’s Laxative ’. This has every conceivable category I , 0p tp cars. ferry to Devonport, came back across CRACCUM REPORTER complaints about the filing system. |‘ There are some participants, too, who the Harbour Bridge and cut through Ed: Since this article went to press, the THE SERPENTINE re are mUl select a promising break in the traffic, Albert Park to reach Pembridge. Such Belisha beacons on the pedestrian cross­ We understand that the Rowing Cl |<:ont*|lue4 and peering into the gloom, creep care­ men destroy the very foundation of the ing have been put in working order. expressed definite interest in the orr espective O fully forward on all fours, determining ideal, ‘ sport for sport’s sake ’. lake which has appeared on the fon pressed hi phant grass plot in front of the Physic USA and W IN TER TOURNEY The 'Star' tells us why we need s ^ew while Princes Street plans new tei dents did buildings for next year's crop of youi fj h e a rd , MASSEY'S FIRST erfords — the best of whom will in gnant rei end up in Aussie, U.S. or U.K. Hardly ecially of This year the Winter Tournament worth the bother, does it? Once erect | finger ] will be held for the first time at buildings of course will rapidly been [. 5 ow temporary, icmpuiaiy, thenmen bemsemi-permanet i-permanen v m Massey College, and from informa­ presto, we are lumbered with them fj ■ | tion received arrangements are well Talking building-wise, what abo i ™ under way, and every effort is c h a p e l d is p la y ? O n e sketch looked l6", . barn, another like a space-station, i 5. ls a c being made to ensure that Massey’s another like a broadcasting studio. S first tournament is a big success. of them would be preferable to tl *-^l e Georgian and Gothic-weddingcake v/i iter refusec The sports venues have already been m ig h t g e t. is larger th; allocated and hired, and matches have inks was g i1 been arranged with either the Palmers­ jnager a n d ton North or the Manawatu representa­ If an h o u r tive teams. The site of the drinking horn contest will be the Standard Brewery. Although the roll at Massey is only 500, the successful sales of this year’s Capping Book, and the well organized procession, indicates that the Tourna­ ment will not suffer in comparison with those of the other larger centres.

BRIDGE MARATHON The Auckland University bridge team, attempting a world record Freedom from Hunger for marathon bridge playing, was Have you ever realized that two-thirds of the world’s population are forced to retire after 43 hours’ con­ starving ? tinuous playing owing to the ill­ ness of one of the contestants. Have you ever realized that the other one-third have so much food that they waste it ? In attempting to break the record 7o Time was when those stairs used| hours set by a Capetown team, the Auck­ to the library. You can always tell I NZers, obviously, come under the second such committee. But the Government is students who have not been land students attracted a crowd of category. planning to ask CORSO to convene one. while . . . they all get caught!] breathless spectators who watched with From 1960 to 1965 the Food and A gri­ You are removed from all this. It really was really going places. fascination as round after round was culture Organization (along with other hasn’t got anything to do with you. TOO MUCH — Esmeralda. Thank played. The four male students inter­ active UNO groups) are arranging a But stop and think for a moment. they've gone. Now 1 can read the | spersed eating and drinking with their campaign known as ..Freedom from You don’t have to sign another petition p e a ce . playing, pausing only for due necessities. H unger. or march up Queen Street, but you do GULBERT and SILLIVAN — now they'ij Many interesting games of Contract This scheme is a positive one; it aims have a duty to your neighbour to live copyright, the N.Z.B.S. has gone bera Just seen a pale pink car with I Bridge have been played in Jttempts to not to feed the hungry, but to allow more positive and thoughtful lives. egg yellow number plates. Eugh ! break world records. One game in a the hungry to feed themselves. It aims Create in yourself a person who cares WHAT A BLOW ! Glasgow shop window in February, 1960, to do this by improving methods of that others are hungry — set up a one- Top of the restricted imports list was stopped by the police because of growing and marketing food, by land m an comm ittee. (Yes, you can chair it!) trumpets.' Canaries of the World the obstruction caused by the watching development, by education of primitive It is hoped that soon New Zealand Miss Mabel Howard asked the | crowds. This particular game between Asian farmers, by development of natural will have a national committee which what was being done about the im three Scotsmen and a Dutchman lasted resources. will support the Freedom from Hunger of canary seed, the shortage of 74 hours. This campaign can only work fully if campaign: but in the meantime, why cau sin g c o n c ern a m o n g b ird fancierj support is given by each country; it has don’t you support it as an individual. DID YOU KN O W ? The game in Hut 7 was this Univer­ The upstairs ones have lovely pink been suggested that this support is best You know, as well as I do, countless sity’s attempt to become known the Class distinction? world over. It is a pity the game could arranged by the setting up of a national ways of helping and caring for the two- The unkempt look that young thinj not be finished. committee within each country. New thirds of the world’s population who are for is obtained by running an Zealand (long the home of advanced starving today. through the hair every morning. CRACCUM REPORTER social services) has, naturally enough, no NEIL WILSON TONY