larch Auckland University Students’ Paper Price 6d subscription 4s vol. 27 no. 3—26 March 1962

•r appro; FRANCIS J. LILLIE : SUB-EDITORS, DIANE M . HARRIS, ROY McLENNAN : ADVERTISING, PAMELA MEEKING : CIRCULATION, PETER LOUCH : ILLUSTRATIONS, LES GIBBARD : LITERARY A N D ARTS, the Mj K|NGLE OVERSEAS NEWS, BILL RAYNER : SPORT, N ICK LUBECK : CHIEF PROOF READER, MURRAY WILLIAMS : REPORTERS, MARTIN GILLION, KEN McALLISTER, D A VID EVANS, BARBARA JONES, a the n SHEFFIELD, JOHN MURPHY, DIANA RICE, DAVID WILLIAMS : BUSINESS MANAGER, MURRAY MclNMAN racewell the ie Unive setting-ii ;he bene! vho are ck of n( or com ARDS, NOT GAMBLING xecutive rescinds motion forbidding cards

i recent Executive meeting Executive rescinded its ban on card playing in the Com- these P!; nRoom (the old Men’s one), while maintaining a ban on gambling in the whole student o f the a* tk. Card playing is not to be allowed outside the MCR half of the Common Room. association, lie actual motion passed on 5 M arch read as follows: That motion Ks.10 be reintroduction of card playing ment to remove the proviso cinded and that card play- — the question was whether making ‘allowed’ unequivocal. be allowed in the MCR the proviso be included He objected to the qualification of the Common Room ‘ . and that the ban be placed allowing card playing. not in the Women’s reimposed . . . ’ The stopping of gambling was ninon Room section, the not an Executive matter, Mr eria, or the Cafeteria 200 Signatures Wilson thought. The control ension) and that the ban Men’s House Committee of gambling was a matter for reimposed immediately, on Chairman, Curson, supposedly MHC. ience of gambling, or influenced by 200 signatures iage to furniture as a on a petition, moved this par­ Bombastic appeal tt result of card playing ticular motion although he Bob Cater, seconder of pro­ ling to the notice of the disagreed with the results of posed motion, bombastically cutive.’ gambling in the MCR. Bob appealed on behalf of those Rep., Chris Black- Vice-President Cater talked of innocent card players who original proposer of a people lacking the guts to would suffer on account of a motion, was not stand by their convictions. He hard core of wicked gamblers, nt so Peter Curson took was in favour of cards in the who he thought would devise ie cudgels. Common Room. a means of circumventing the members favoured the Capping Controller, Kerry ban anyway. Rodgers, although not happy Terry Power preferred the CALLED TO ORDER with gambling, felt a card ban original form (i.e. the text did little to prevent it. Dam­ above) since he thought it age, he thought, had been as necessary to have the power extensive as ever. of reintroduction. Public Rela­ Murray Mclnman titillated tions Officer Power advocated che meeting with some hard ‘police action’ (on part of facts about gambling — totally MHC) and heavy fines to com­ irrelevant to the principle of bat the damage to furniture. nee whether there should be or The amendment was de­ not be betting on cards. feated and the motion was ur doct Business Manager Mclnman then carried with Wilson dis­ : up. avowed that £2 10s had senting and Cater, Binney and ; progre changed hands during an Moorhead abstaining because n be evening of pontoon. of the introduction of the BIG JOHN W O W S MISS FRESHERETTE m than Our Societies Rep., Neil proviso. n years Wilson, proposed an amend­ CRACCUM REPORTER O’RORKE HOP as been years b On the third of March the O’Rorke Hall Residents Asso­ dancer ciation made its second conscious attempt of the year to think of itself as a part of the University by sponsoring its annual dance. The first attempt was its babble of these functions and of a Kingston Quintette which esearch advertisement of this same function the previous night at had appointed itself to com­ i maints rR CURSON, Chairman of Men's the Freshers’ Prom, conceded pete with the hired band. needed. House Committee by Mr Pan, if by nobody else, >ring hop to be the best floor show of Other functions NEWMAN HALL donatii the evening; and the third Other functions seemed to be w ill no doubt be the float or sion of Catholic Society’s new being held in the grounds and L Auckl Itre, ready shortly floats which O’Rorkians usu­ upstairs. er Easter, is said to be one ally feel moved1 or impelled Supper was served outside the biggest and best in to put in Procesh. on the lawn (for lack of tralia and New Zealand, space) so that in the middle tE CAN! will provide a library, Standing room for of what rapidly became a !IETY ( i bar, committee rooms, majority madding crowd’s ignoble strife Majesty ure theatre, dance hall and Graced by the presence of one could fight other people jy rooms for the Society’s and mosquitoes for food and H. the Miss Fresherette 1962, a native members, and for non- of the area, dancing took place drink. holics who w ill also be wel- The dance itself disinte­ ?w Zeal in the hopelessly small dining as well as a chapel, and grated, apart from a few last ie Gove: room, from which the tables bmmodation for the two had been removed, so that twists and jerks, at midnight, ident priests. there was standing room for and some people left imme­ he £80,000 property, plus OTHER FUNCTIONS UPSTAIRS a majority of those present, diately. cost of renovations, were in the long intervals between — O’RORKE ated by Archbishop Liston, dances. REPRESENTATIVE rot $h top of Auckland, but run- EVERY STUDENT WHO PAYS FEES IS ENTITLED TO In the adjacent lounge a in Cl i expenses are being met few people were fortunate 5ook fa the students, who w ill VOTE AT THE enough to find chairs, so that Letters to the Editor in eviewei dge to give as much as they AUTUMN GENERAL MEETING: THURSDAY, 8 PM they could sit in comfort and Box by Mailboxes or in ry of i afford each week, for the drink Coca-Cola to the accom­ t three years. THIS THURSDAY, 29 MARCH paniment of the inevitable Hut 7. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR... Card play & Exec behaviour

Everyone of some intelligence will support the Executive’s Student Behaviour and U niversity Publicil decision to eradicate gambling. But the grounds many Executive members chose for clamping down on gambling were pitiful. Sir, Plunging on, he appears to Nobody wants broken furniture and unruly behaviour, but the I consider that the article deprecate the fact that stu­ disorderly exhibitions could have been stopped without prevent­ ‘Student Behaviour and Uni­ dents put long hours into club ing ‘the sport of gambling’. versity Publicity’ which ap­ organization and into miscel­ Executive should have clamped down on gambling because peared in the March issue of laneous discussion. it is a pastime that should not be allowed at any university. Craccum deserves mention for I agree that time can be One can easily see how it could spread from five hundred to its abundance of unqualified wasted in these fields of en­ pontoon, and eventually there would no doubt be requests for a generalizations. deavour, but most students TAB agency. Whether gambling could conceivably spread or I refer to such statements as know where to draw the line. not, it should not be countenanced under any circumstances ‘ Students are not a superior Then D.E. stands on his at all. race. . . . Few work harder head and by implication ex­ of course, students would However Executive arrived at the decision not to allow than office, factory or manual horts students to take part in have good public relal gambling — even if the decision was taken in the name of a workers; most, except around the activities of sports clubs. but would be ignored quiet common room and unbroken furniture, and not, as it October of each year, do con­ Thankfully D.E. manages to public, the University hi should have been, on the principle that gambling is only for siderably less.’ complete his flip and goes on no more significance to those outside University. I submit that unless D.E. to confine the exhibitionist than the Auckland Busia Executive behaviour at this meeting where the motion can justify that statement he tendencies to a ‘few students’, College. If the XJnivei DRIP rescinding the card playing ban was taken was poor. cannot expect it to be ac­ and at last admits that it is ceases to be dangerous to several ye; The proposer (Sports Representative) of the motion was not cepted, or even considered, by these few who are taken to be ordinary man, it ceases to|eiin a typical present. The Capping Controller had to be awakened from a any person of at least ‘ aver­ the ‘archetype of students’. the University. the Cloister feigned sleep, while Men’s House Committee Chairman had to age’ intelligence. Finally he loses balance and I suggest the answer i ings stand be called to order several times for speaking out of turn. The first paragraph in the generalizes once again. He rather in the opposite dir is liable t< General behaviour and interest warrant some concern from section ‘ More Neurotics’ and must surely have meant to tion. Rather than make u ene for some all students who paid £5 at the beginning of this year. the final sentence are, in my refer to the delinquent minor­ cessions to the viewpoint According to You are reminded that the elections are at the beginning of opinion, similarly illegitimate. ity. ‘ the average Auckland c Rankin, p the Second Term. Perhaps the most objection­ To put the record straight ‘ the man in the street’, ‘ airmen of 1 ably unqualified statement is I would contend that the vast ordinary person’ (whosevii sponsible fc the paragraph beginning majority of students are a EDITOR'S NOTE are paramount with D.E.). the student ‘ Here they mostly confine credit to our institution. They University should create ire complis If ‘The views expressed in this themselves to preaching social­ work as hard as the rest of the UNIVERSITY itself an image respected an it appears article are not necessarily ism. . . .’ community, spend a respect­ the public, so that the op it isn’t just those of the Editor and I maintain that Craccum, able amount of time on stu­ ions of the public might nple leak, TEXT BOOKS Editorial Staff’ under ‘Knock as indeed all newspapers, dent affairs and in broaden­ modified by the respon; feen the C that Doomsday Rock’ implied should report only fact, and ing their general knowledge views developed in the l|d the roof tl Further supplies of some texts that all other articles were the not display such illegitimate in discussion and debate. versity, views of the Editor — it was literature as appears in the There is, however, a certain ‘ Intelligentsia’, which isLj shelter. 1 have recently arriver, particu­ unintentional. No article neces­ article I have just criticized. dissident minority, and as D.E. garded by D.E. as a ten: ghtly and a ( sarily expresses the views of complains it is these students larly in N. CROSSLEY abuse, is defined thus in ed, allowing the Editor. who should wake up and take Shorter Oxford Diction: jes of water 1 ENGLISH [while Craccum is a news­ an ‘agonizing reappraisal’ of ‘ The class consisting of fte Registra paper, it is also or should be just where they stand and educated portion of the pc: jted, and the Another reply to D.E. a vehicle of student opinion, what they are heading for. lation and regarded as capj his hands. I Now is the time to decide to and this article was written These are the students who of forming public opinion crack with by a student, even if it did have for so long given the To be worthy of this de: * order those texts which have a p p e a r s on p. 9 successful, make sweeping generalizations Varsity a bad name; these are tion is our calling and i tnths now the students who are the most run out — and which are and was generally inaccurate. privilege. raiting the a: — Ed.] unruly at capping time, who 400 M ALCO LM FRASEipe of sealer definitely required. are our exhibitionists and who irmanent rep BILLETS Sir, carry intellectual fancies to _ Ive extensive I realy must take exception ridiculous extremes. uctural alter PAUL'S 400 to some of the sweeping con­ What must surely be done Craccum is published by the Audi P®rhaPs ; BILLETS demnations made by D.E. of then is to educate the public BOOK ARCADE University Students' Association i ^ in f student behaviour and Uni­ that what they see on display id an umbrell 400 is merely the lunatic fringe printed by R. W. Lowry, 32 GU versity publicity. His con­ pass throug and not the solid core. 49 High St, Auckland BILLETS clusions apparently are that Rd, Epsom. ry often this students are immoral, lazy, DAVID LYTHE 79 Victoria St, Hamilton 400 A last thoug emotionally unbalanced, ex­ ik have bee BILLETS hibitionists, etc., etc., and he lickly if it w rounds his tirade off by stat­ Sir, om? ing that ‘ only when students It is indeed time that a OFFICIA. CRACCUM come down to earth and real­ responsible attitude was taken YOU ARE WELCOME AT THE ize that they are just ordinary by students towards the ques­ STOCK!? “ people will the University tion of behaviour and univer­ begin to have a better rela­ sity publicity. But D.E.’s BNZ tionship with the public’. choice of himself (or herself) Unfortunately D.E. forgot as our adviser on this matter WHITCOMI what he said at the beginning. in Craccum 2 must meet with Come in and discuss the recommend opening of a Cheque He tells us that ‘What he [the a strong protest. UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLANl Account w ith us. A BNZ man in the street] sees is not The argument presented cheque book gives you con­ impressive.’ seems to run like this: Stu­ fidence, and standing in the Does D.E. not realize that dents are ordinary people, but BLAZERS community. It opens the ‘ what he sees’ is merely the lazier than most ordinary Full range of stock fittings way to many banking ser* exhibitionism of the so-called people. Many of them suffer for men and women are vices that can be very help­ intelligentsia? The majority from neuroses and emotional always available fu l to you. A discussion of the students are incon­ tensions. This is due to a spicuous. morally reprehensible egotism. Men's Women) places you under no V WE can a obligation. Perhaps unwittingly he then In some students this egotism £ 6 /5 /- £5/17/6 2 includes us all among the pro­ is shown in a tendency to additional i ducers of ‘ pornographic trash’ exhibitionism. This exhibi­ Complete with Badge and participants in ‘ drunken tionism finds its outlet in left- Representative 'Blues' Made to Oil BANK shambles’. wing political activities and To cap it all, he really for­ unorthodox ways of dressing. Buy for Cash gets his initial qualification Thus the conclusion inevitably WHI1 and states that ‘few work follows: If students would or 20 Week Terms, 7/- Weekly harder than office, factory or only fight this egotism and manual workers’ and that strive to be good, ordinary ‘most . . . do considerably people, their political opinions GEORGE COURT S would swing to the right and BANKof New Zealand less’. The majority of stu­ Karangahape Road, at Papakuri relations with the public dents, I think, work as hard and at Papatoetoe New Zealand’s Leading Bank as anyone else, with periods would be better. of ‘ overtim e’ now and again. If this advice were followed, saday, 26th March. 1962 CRACCUM

NEW OVEN FOR Floor for Lumeah books CAFETERIA These stacks of hidden trea­ Clubs and societies using the sure represent library storage. Caf. w ill soon have a gleaming Eight thousand volumes, they new gas stove upon which to were moved one year ago brew their suppers. from properly equipped shelv­ Bought secondhand for £50 ing in the Botany building and less than retail price, the stove placed haphazardly in infer­ has four hotplates and an eye- ior conditions on the floors of level grill. Lumeah — an old house be­ longing to Varsity in Grafton Road. NEW GAS STOVE DITTO The library was told the We are informed by Miss books would only be kept Bracewell that the delicious, there for three months. That steaminghot savouries and students would was 14 months ago, and they pies retailed by the cafeteria public relal are still there. As such the will be available in even be ignored by books are completely acces­ larger quantities and better University hai sible. variety in the near future. gnificance to And their future? They are Mr White, with commend­ Auckland Busin DRIPPING to be moved still further away able industry, and entirely at f the Unive: to 21 Wynyard Street. his own expense, has trans­ e dangerous to ir several years now this has ferred from Eden Park a large an, it ceases to|en a typical wet-day scene oven, which is to be used for sity. the Cloisters. And the way cooking and baking, as w ell the answer ings stand at the moment, as keeping things hot. he opposite di is liable to be a typical r than make e sne for some time to come. the viewpoint According to Messrs Curson POSTERS SIZED UP Poster Regulations age Auckland dRankin, present and past 1. All posters for notice- Since WHC have been put in charge of all the notice- n the street’,1 airmen of MHC, which is boards in the Student Block rson ’ (whose vii sponsible for maintenance boards in the Student Block, they have formulated several must be submitted for stamp­ ant with D.E.),| the student block, this is a regulations in regard to posters. ing by a member of WHC be­ should create jre complicated problem The one regulation which has better condition over the last tween 1-2 pm and 4.30-530 pm nage respected an it appears to be. caused mest comment has been year cannot be disputed and daily. so that the op isn’t just a matter of a that concerning the minimum this in itself speaks for the 2. No posters smaller than ! public might iple leak. Apparently be- size of posters allowed on the necessity of the present regu­ 15 inches by 12 inches w ill be y the respond feen the Cloisters’ ceiling large, notice-boards in the lations. allowed on the large notice- toped in the ī dthe roof there is a tunnel, Cafeteria Extension and at the 3. If the minimum size of boards. signed for use as an air- far end of the Cloisters, i.e., posters were reduced, it would 3. No staples must be used itsia’, which isi id shelter. This has sagged the equivalent size of two give an advantage to the pro­ on noticeboards. WHC w ill D.E. as a tern ghtly and a crack has devel- foolscape sheets. fessionally done posters, which supply drawing pins. efined thus in fed,, allowing copious quan- As this regulation has would be comparatively much 4. WHC reserve the right to xford Diction; ies of water to flow through. BOOKS' DESTINATION caused some comment, especi­ more noticeable among a great remove any posters that do consisting of The Registrar has been con­ ally over the last few weeks, many small, hard to read, not comply with the above rtion of the pop Red, and the matter is now I have considered it advisable amateur posters. We feel that regulatons. egarded as caps] his kands. Attempts to seal to state the reasons for it, so this would give the profes­ ★ ★ ★ public opinion,' e crack with bitumen were those who wish to disagree sional advertisers too much of Once again, the University rthy of this def * successful, and for several WOMEN'S POWDER may do so with a reasonable a monopoly for important Hall is used as a lecture calling and i Dnths now we have been knowledge of the facts. functions, a state of affairs theatre. Chairs are provided, raiting the arrival of a new ROOM The minimum size of posters which we deplore, and which but one’s books must be bal­ COLM FRASE’ pe of sealer from overseas. anced on one’s knee for an Fulfilling an election promise has been considered by WHC we feel sure is also deplored rmanent repairs would ha­ hour. made last June, Anne Hilt several times during the by most of the students. lve extensive, and expensive, and Women’s House Commit­ period we have been in office, This regulation does not ructural alterations, tee have completed renova­ and the present ruling has seem to have caused undue lished by the Audi50 perhaps you had better tions to the obsolete shower been retained for the follow­ worry to any of the students THOSE STEPS vest in a pair of goloshes tents' Association room in the women’s locker ing reasons: concerned with advertising, It seems that the City Council an umbrella if you intend room. 1. It is much more efficient and those who have been engineer in charge o f paths Al. Lowry, 32 GIm pass through the Cloisters The result is a very femin­ to advertise a function with unaware of this rule have and steps in Albert Park has often this winter, ine and comparatively glamor­ two or three large and effect­ always been ready to comply achieved something several last thought: Would the ous powder room considering ive posters, than with half a when told. As we have made years of notices and requests have been fixed more the limited funds available — dozen small ones. Small these rules only for the benefit could • not. lickly if it was above MHC that is, £165. posters are not effective of the students, in the interests Students have virtually Dm? given up using their favourite OFFIClA. advertising, as was clearly of better advertising on the CRACCUM REPORTER. CRACCUM REPORTER seen when these were per­ available space, we would be short-cut from Albert Park to STOCK!' mitted on the notice-boards. only too happy to consider Queen Street through Court­ A fter a year’s experience in any valid complaints. Please house Lane. dealing with posters, I think remember that this minimum The fifty-two new steps that WHC are well qualified size applies only to the large have, to be technical, too small WHITCOMBES have all the textbooks prescribed and to make this assertion. notice-board in the Cloisters a rise for the size of the tread. In other words they are not 2. The smaller the notice, and in the Caf. Extension, and high enough. recommended for the three new Courses for 1962 — the more tatty it becomes, and that we are quite ready to ’ o f aucklan: The steps appear to be the harder it is to read. A ll accept two foolscape sheets Russian designed (a) for those with who have been at ’Varsity for placed together. very long legs, (b ) those with Spanish the last two years will remem­ KZERS ANNE HILT, very short legs, (c) some new ber the extreme untidiness of sort of animal, of course, of stock fittin gs and Bibilical History and Literature the notice-boards and the CHAIRMAN, WHC. equating (c) and students, ind women are illegibility of many of the perhaps . . . ! s available notices, before these regula­ CRACCUM REPORTER. Women's WE can also help you with books recommended for tions were brought in. Now £5/17/6 that the notice-boards have additional reading in all subjects. been enlarged, higher quality COPY CLOSING DATE Best Freshers’ Handbook ever, e with Badge notices are necessary, in order 2 APRIL FOR that they may be read from a exec, club and university Hues' Made to Oi distance. The fact that notice- coverage could not be better. TOURNAMENT ISSUE boards have been in much — Craccum CRACCUM ISSUE 4. fo r Cash WHITCOMBE & TOMBS LTD Terms, 7 /- Weekly Queen St & High St, AUCKLAND PEOPLE OF W IS D O M E COURT S and Victoria St, HAMILTON deposit regularly in the toad, at Papakura. Papatoetoe AUCKLAND SAVINGS BANK DO Y O U ? •day, 26th Page 4 CRACCUM Monday, 26th March, U

Report from Russia APOLOGIA ‘ Apology for the Bible ! Apology for the Bible ! ’ snorted Mr A- W. Young, a former law George the Third. ‘ I did not know that the Bible required student at Auckland Univers­ an apology.’ The date was 1796 and Bishop Richard Watson ity, has just returned from a had just published ‘ An Apology for the Bible ’. three-weeks tour of the And what was George III It is along these lines that USSR, as a delegate from the doing? The King was confus­ Bryan Walker will be speak­ New Zealand University Stud­ ing two separate meanings of ing when he begins his series this ensuii ents’ Association. ‘apology’. What Bishop Wat­ of meetings on April 10; he its, for my Most of the people he met son was doing was not making will by argument and ex­ its, at least were students and intellec­ a regretful excuse for a book planation, be presenting a essive for tuals who, he said, ‘know of which he was secretly reasoned and reasonable de­ more about the West than the ashamed; he was exercising fence of the Christian faith as uther time, West does about the Soviet the function of an opologist, something that demands the am move an admirable opportunity Union’. But he admitted there vindicating and deefnding the consideration and decision of th from ar students whose ideas were ‘certainly some gaps’. worth of the Bible, as a cham­ each student. It is why the wper Powys Christian belief are rai Higher education was the pion of the Christian fsuth. Student Christian Movement ‘The B sketchy to gain a clearer centre of his interest in Russia, whch is sponsoring the series and an An apology in the original ture of what and why and this he described as hav­ has decided to give the name aj alsls with j meaning of the word is a Who Christians believe. ing made ‘terrific strides’. An defence; it is primarily the APOLOGIA to what was and, I academic course at a university the defendant’s answer to the called in the last issue of st what the stifles to an consists of five years, and post­ speech of the prosecution. The Craccum ‘ Christian Week ’. Tuesday, 8 p.m. Reason graduate studies begin after very first preaching of the A ll the metings, which are or Faith? this course has been com­ Christian faith opened with listed below, will be in the ls it not stra ither Ration pleted. Much higher education words of apology in this sense, Upper Lecture Theatre. In Wednesday, 1 p.m.: God in. strikes tl is taken at technical institu­ with Peter replying to the keeping with the spirit of Appearance in History, He, so long tions which cater for medical accusations of a Jerusalem APOLOGIA the meetings will 8 p.m.: The Bible ARTHUR YOUNG ien repudiate studies, applied arts, engineer­ crowd. Apology in its Chris­ not be dogmatic lectures; at Says . . . another by ing and sea and river tian meaning implies the each there w ill be time for it is expected to be eight Thursday, I p.m.: The tractors! navigation. defence of Christian truth. It questions and argument. million. Problem of Evil. The quotatie At present 2.6 million people meets an accusation, explicit Bryan Walker will also be 8 p.m.: Puppets or Free are studying at higher educa­ or unexpressed, by stating the occupying the Women’s Com­ r s: English is taught in many Men? , tional institutions. In 20 years schools from an early age. Mr facts of the case and pointing mon Room in Hut 6 at various ‘After all, tl Young spoke to 11 and 12- out the rational conclusions to times during the week to give Friday, 1 p.m.: Christians m for cert year-olds in Leningrad .who be drawn fro mthem, as St people a chance for personal in the World. isonal mine were quite fluent. Paul did when he made his discussion with him. 8 p.m.: How Christians iow to be a defence before Agrippa. A P O LO G IA should provide Live. hates and Mr Young was in Russia 1 pain. Why when Lieut.-Colonel Glenn terpret the I made his space flight. He said mathematic ' They also serve who only stand that Glenn received front page is essential in universiAich I know and w ait.' publicity in most newspapers. buildings. I find this buildii emical force BUT THIS TIME, M & C DO THE ‘ The Russians knew quite a Student Unions a little too skeletal, in plao 0 from thi SERVING, WHILE U WAIT, AT OUR lot,’ he said. ‘ They knew that a little overworked, fi reject as a < previous attempts had been closure of the central con e living id< Photographs of Student Union buildings in the UK, Japan, postponed.’ is lessened by too many ope 0 so intim Sweden and the US have been displayed in the lower foyer GROUND FLOOR ings through the building th t inside? ’ He was also in Russia when of the Arts block over the last two weeks, in an exhibition surrounds it, and there is SERVICE CENTRE Powers was released, but prepared by Buildings Committee and Architectural self-conscious striving appa continues knew nothing of the exchange Society. ent in some of the glazii k js true tl with Colonel Rudolf Abel The organizers have tactfully though it is, this is the best patterns. But these details ieiieetuai sys until a week after it had taken 1 omitted the detailed architects’ presented exhibition of its type not mar a fine sense of rigb ^ the self place. Russians were told that drawings which usually com­ that I have seen in Auckland ness in form, texture, ai ^ the self” Powers was being released prise such exhibitions, and in three years. feeling. Both of the Japane ^ upon a ‘ as a gesture towards the have relied instead on big Of the work, I single out the buildings catch this to a less jentific “pro reduction of East-West ten­ clear photographs of real degree, but in places the sea jn which sion.’ Sussex University scheme as buildings answering problems the best, both in concept and of the M eiji University buil |ej method \ Housing is one of Moscow’s similar to our’s. At this time, in execution. The monastic ing seems too vast to me. Tfc| part of th< major problems, and to cope, when we are trying to evolve idea on which it is based can be seen in the photograp ,v is doome Mr Young said that prefabri­ a concept of such a building, seems to me splendidly appro­ of a person on the entrau ^ some e\ cated apartments to house 200 these images w ell deserve priate, not only to Sussex, but steps, and in the one intern what is left people were being erected in evaluation. also to Auckland. The clarify view. The Stockholm Studa ,Can, to the three weeks. These, however, Clear and vigorous presen­ and consistency with which Club is pleasantly unprete the Absolute Next time you're in town, come h described as ‘ inadquate — tation gives this display a big this idea is expressed in visual tious, and the buildings of th Now, my re; into M & C's Service Centre for they are too small and lack start on the crude attempts of and organizational terms pro Loeb Centre are well-scaled 1 reals to me se rvice w hile U w ait . . . it's the previous years. In fact, small duces the kind of vitality that their urban New York settip ]y speaking handiest place in Queen Street to proper facilities.’ but I imagine that only solutes, of § have a whole galaxy of small ser­ Hosts to the delegation were vices done in an instant, w ith bunch of the smoothest exea ®ts, revelati considerable expertise. members of the Student Com­ tives could look at home i all absolute; mittee of the USSR, whom Mr those vast, slippery, comma Why be without a duplicate key? Young described as ‘perfect’. rooms. I) Absolut Have one cut for only 2/6 ‘ We asked to see a lot of things I hope that Stud. Ass. mi the first pi and as far as was practical, have more screens made 1 an absolute Have blunt scissors and knives our requests were fulfilled.’ given a keen edge . . . 1/- that future exhibitions can I ree for sak P.M. less restricted than the presa at an absolu lron-on, washable name tags one. Fourth year students; ade flesh, s printed in minutes. 3 doz. for 4/6 the School of Architecture ai Kept that n Gold lettering, embossed on spending the whole of th leather . . . 2 /6 for 3 initials. term on the Student Unit building as a design problei Shoes that are down at the heel, BILLETS! retipped for only 3/9, leather tips and should be able to show 4/6, plastic tips and metal tips BILLETS! really good exhibition at tl from 4 /6 end of it. CO In the meantime, it is 1 Monogrammed stationery for a YOU too can personal touch, also engraving of to students in all facultii gifts, trophies, watches etc. BILLET. to present non-architects ideas on what our Studi S ' Costume jewellery repaired. MORE SCREENS IN FUTURE Union should be. Becau unless ah architect has such WHILE U W A IT basis on which to work Opinions expressed in these pages are 50 SHOI Autumn General Meeting of Students1 Association cannot hope to produce mut Service Centre Ground Floor not necessarily those of the Auckland more than a few interest: building patterns. Box 19 — Telephone 33-800 University Students' Association. is on Thursday 29 March. Are you dissatisfied with anything? See you at the General Meeting. DAVID MITCHELL. inday, 26th March, 1962 CRACCUM Page 5 March, 15

The garments of Shakespeare hang in the closet beside the fool’s — each with the marks of the loom upon it, neither altering the set of the shuttle in any fashion whatever. Oh ghost in the heartseeing grove, tell me are there any coats at all that wiL1 fit the life of a man in this world. luggling their abstract ideas'

this ensuing discussion I in no way intend backing up my opinions and findings with ts, for my opinions have grown so strong in me that they have themselves become its, at least for me. I want to buck straight in at the level of the language most ex- issive for me at the moment, leaving fiction, facts and friends aside, to be considered *ther time, possibly never at all. am moved to quote at claimed to relate to every outside in, rather from the in­ >ortunity i ^ from an essay by John item, event and occurrence in side out. ldeas wper Powys, an essay en- life, but carries with it the Even literature, in itself a are rath y ‘The Bible as Litera- claim to truth, to validity for revelation of the processes in­ clearer pi ^ an(j an essay that re- all time and for all conscious side human beings, in the why 31 als with greater clarity, beings. soul and the solar plexus, is elieve. port, and, I believe, truth, This definition lets into • the tainted and in fact ignored st what the Old Testament light the whole gamut of simply because the critical stifles to and is concerned idealism, morality, credoes, approach, based on prejudge­ of his subject as being the ledge absolute. ».: Reason cults, cabals and concepts ment, fore - knowledge and understanding of another In this way I contend with ls it not strange that a man, which the Western world has blind stupidity, finds no room people in their own terms, all my heart that ideas and accreted to the point of for personal reaction. m.: God’s I®61, Rationalist nor Chris- possibly at the risk of a rude ideals could and should never suffocation and self - contra­ I mean that the critic too i History 1 strikes the truth of the awakening to one’s own pre­ be anything more or less than ie Bibie tie, so long obfuscated and diction over the last 3,000 often overlooks and finds no cepts and ideals, and one is a stepping off point in the, ien repudiated in one sense years. place for his own reaction as laughed to scorn. search for God, for truth or But the sheer information a man or woman to portrayed another by its devotees and I do not exaggerate. In what you will, but if we stay j.m.: Theltractors! that absolutes are so many and expressed reality, the other words, the inadequacy too long on the threshold and that none can hold their own reason being that the Univer­ Evil. The quotations run as fo i­ of the University as I see it, never step off into the natural against another seems to hold sity has bestowed upon them sts or Free |ws: and as I have experienced it, flux, get lost there, w e w ill no meaning, lesson or grain of another reality, a false way is simply in this inescapable never attain to anything vital, ‘After all, the only thing I truth to the stalwarts of abso­ of seeing things. fact that its doctrinal king­ anything human, w ill never in Christians low for certain is my own lutist dogma. On the other doms cannot compass half the fact learn the joy of living ssonal mind; and that I hand, it appears to strengthen Discovery world’s reality, cannot contain life to the full. Christians m to be a being that loves them in a fanatical sort of To put it crudely, it teaches the realm of human experi­ d hates and feels pleasure way to assert their bastard­ the skill of annotating margins ence. As with the contempor­ Sham knowledge pain. Why then must I ized brand of Absolute truth rather than experiencing dis­ ary Christian Church, both I believe that a person can’t terpret the Eternal in terms against all-comers. covery through the senses — suffer from a gross confusion lose by moving on, especially mathematical symbols of Wars, both hot and cold, the work itself. between means and ends. when our young lives have univeniiiiich I know nothing and of have been conceived and acted However, I’m neither over­ In my opinion, w e should been crammed to the insuffer­ this buildii emical forces which I only out in these terms, and today looking nor denying the not­ al, in plae 0 from the outside, while attempt to emulate or at least able point of explosion with are being conceived even at able exceptions to a tendency learn from the Old Testament ideailsm and sham knowledge irked. E: reject as a childish analogy the expense of suicide and which is often almost a rule. writings where it is under­ about the world, especially entral con e living identity which I obliteration all round. A far­ Such giants of criticism as stood and expressed that the concerning the countless other many opa 0 so intimately and from cical, illogical and tragic state Henry Troyat, Cowyer Powys, Guilding th t inside?’ only way we can ever com­ cultures and races within it. of affairs to say the least! Lionel Trilling, Ezra Pound, prehend is by ceasing to try Marx said, ‘ You have noth­ there is I want now to show how T. S. Eliot and Andre Maurois ving appa fie continues: to know, thereby impeding ing to lose but your chains’, these preceding remarks hold come immediately to mind. the flow and flux of the name­ and perhaps the greatest poet the glazis ijj js true that these subtle good, not only in the theatre But the list is and must less natural order. And when of our country has seen fit to ;e detailsi tactual systems in dealing of world wars, but in the always remain small. The put it in this way: ise of righ ^ sejf ancj «the escape I say impeding the flow of the ambiance of the University deadweight pulls hard against natural order, etc., I refer not ‘You must live, get on with exture, as m the self” call upon us to world, the arena in which ten the good. The reason for this only to the obfuscation your life.’ he Japane upon a cold - blooded per cent of the present gen­ deadweight ever existing I brought about by intellectual But more than any living is to a less jentific “process of salva- eration comes to discover the have attempted to state. arrogance and absolutist writer in the West I believe ces the sea ,n” jn which by a premedi- unavoidable fact and phe­ Vision, insight and feeling methods of approach, but also Henry M iller has, so to speak, ersity buili |etj method we craftily drop nomena of mind. give way to critical appercep­ to the further phase of the put the case for life, in the to me. Th c part of the self that any- It is my contention that the tion and all the pernicious process when, having gathered most positive terms. phôtograp ,y is doomed, in order to well-worn road leads in this breeds of absolute statement, certain knowledge unto our­ I can do no better in con­ he entrain ^ some evasive fragment direction: towards what Powys conceptualization and cate­ selves we set about dessemin- cluding this article than make one intern what is left, as securely as calls the outside view, and gorization. The result: litera­ ating these vile notions, this another quotation, this time olm Stude tCan, to the slippery spirals further and further away ture becomes a nullity at their clutterbunk, this surface scum from his sadly neglected y unpreta ‘the Absolute.’ from the inside view, the hands. The outside view has until in the long run we leave works: Idings of th Now, my reading of Powys heart of the matter as it emasculated the values of the in our wake a trail of human ‘I know only what I have ^ell-scaled 1 veals to me that he is not were. inside view. misery, malcontent, neurosis, seized through experience. I Fork settin jy speaking of the religious But what matter? At the I would like now to follow worry, sickness and shame. put no trust in the men who hat only flutes, of gods, command- risk of making a fool of my­ this line of argument up by It is almost axiomatic that explain life to us in terms of ithest execs ents, revelations et alii, but self I reply: the matter of liv­ way of my own subject — those who try to change the history, economics, art, etc. at home! all absolutes, ing, of living life to the full. Anthropology, perhaps hold­ world or cast reality into their They are the fellows who ry, comma ing the only acknowledge­ private moulds are themselves bugger us up, juggling their n Absolute ment of the hegemony of the most in need of change. abstract ideas. I think it is a id. Ass. wj ^he flrst place then, what University abstractions instincts in the vast amphi­ piece of the most cruel decep­ is made i an absolute? Can w e not The University education and, theatre of the social sciences. Garden of Eden tion to urge men to place their The late Robert Redfield tions can free for sake of argument more, the entire University One might put it in terms of hopes of justice in some ex­ himself cried out for greater 1 the presa an absolute is a concept world is shot through with ab­ the myth of the Garden of ternal order, some form of attention, for the need to studentsi a(]e flesh, so to speak, a stractions, the usual end pro­ Eden, where shame alone was government, some social order, evaluate before all else the iiteetureai Kept that not only can be duct when one looks from the the legacy and outcome of the some system of ideal rights.’ ole of th inside view, the way in which tree of knowledge, of know­ MICHAEL JACKSON dent Unio a primitive people themselves gn problen evaluate, view and react to e to show the world they live in. And ition at not only evaluate but learn CONTEMPORARY PRINTS from their way of life! AUTUMN GENERAL MEETING ie, it is t I have found that his out­ ill facultii cry has fallen on deaf ears, YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR EXECUTIVE? architects JOHN LEECH GALLERY that gradually people, like our >ur Studi literature, are falling foul of COME ALONG AND SAY SO. e. Becaus Absolute knowledge, in this i has such case stemming I think largely THURSDAY - THURSDAY - THURSDAY ;o work from the Anthropologist’s in­ oduce muc 50 SHORTLAND STREET PHONE 45-081 tellectual snobbery, moral stu­ 29 29 29 29 MARCH interests pidity and plain self-love. Talk to an Anthropologist about the beginning and end AT 8 P.M. (AFTER LECTURES). j [TCHELL. Fage 6 CRACCUM Monday, 26th March, IK Kwday, 26t Continental films $PE Now Auckland has a cinema devoted exclusively!’ Continental films — the Lido Theatre in Epsom. It is unforti , which B ig ] All films screened at the Lido of ‘The Game of Love’), IV inn{ier the will be new to Auckland Cheats (a highly-praised fi! audiences, and all w ill be of about French beatniks), 1\ However, a the highest quality. A list of Memoirs of Felix Krull (froi iodience coming attractions includes: a novel by Thomas Manu! limited rang The Seventh Seal (by Ingmar The Rats (a brilliant Germ* Die produce Bergman, the director of ‘Wild film starring Maria Schel hence and Strawberries’), The 400 Blows Rififi And The Women (seqa- the play its (perhaps the finest of the ‘New to the well-known to be reason; W ave’ films), The Love Game and House Of Lovers (from ymenopte (starring the brilliant new novel by Zola and featurii fere shown French comedian Jean-Pierre Danielle Darrieux). Under the Cassel), He Who Must Die Sydney has no less thAot a good (with the director and star of four cinemas devoted excl* lainly not w ‘Never On Sunday’), The ively to Continental prodtt d a Universi Lovers (another famous ‘New tions, while the number specialy su< Wave’ production), Marcellino New York has soared to ow own with it (a Grand Prize Winner at the fourteen. It is to be ho| tssive list Cannes Film Festival), Neo- that there will be enoiij politan Fantasy (with Sophia interest in Continental films Sasic idee Loren and the Rome Opera Auckland to support Ai\mai, ,. jt!!i< basic i< Corps de Ballet), The Green gamated Theatres’ excil “fusing ants t Mare’s Nest (by the director new venture. ’s foibles j problem — that of the ‘Star’ Students should take H ^ one, or ‘personality’. Recordings opportunity of seeing at i JEAN PIERRE CASSEL a drama have made such a wealth of Lido as many as possible 7THE LOVE GAME7... eful gag GENEVIEVE CLUNY material available that to the outstanding films “ut! * ' rivewe result ‘sell’ his ‘version’ an artist above. satire. must now present some new, As it wa personal ‘slant* or gimmick, or lay failed t one is hearing music in its positively distort the com­ GIFTS & DONATION! ribution of i THE RECORD posers intention. Hence one true environment is a danger­ An Ante (sic)— Nuptial ca minds of th hears the following sickening Today the gramophone record can be thought of as an ous, yet all too common habit tract and an 1866 lithograj titrating in type of thing. ‘Have you integral and almost universally accepted phenomenon in to develop. There is also the facsimile of Shakespean belly i heardBruno Walther’s ‘Pas­ the musical sphere. Recording techniques have been per­ tendency to decry, or be first folio, one of the earl* tone, toral’? — or Katchen’s fected to an extraordinary degree, making records an disappointed by the live per­ of its kind, are among don Die humor; ‘Emperor’, or von Karajan’s formance — for one thing it tions received by the Vara consisted m; extremely valuable asset to the musician, from whatever ‘Walkure’, etc. There has is easier to sit at home and library last year. iegetahie am angle he approaches them. always ben the problem, but listen to ‘canned’ music than The contract was drawn i f>th a sat the record industry has But let it be borne in mind greater access to live perform­ go out to a concert or recital, in Capetown c. 1874 to j aggravated it, that we may be that the record, however ance of musical masterpieces) in spite of the fact that the over the prevailing Dutch la Clearly, th forced to listen to Mr X expertly made, can never — and the great danger in latter may be more rewarding. which made common props (describ through Mozart rather than to capture or replace the quin­ each case is to confuse the of the property of both part* ^consistently Mozart through Mr X. tessential spirit of a live per­ ‘print’ with the ‘original’. One O ur orchestra the common property to be * a v e ] formance. Used intelligently, of the essential characteristics Our National Orchestra, for Artistic standpoint the disposal of the husbaa ^ a ^Sh as an aid to appreciation or to of music as an art-form is the example, is in many ways as There is also a tendency to The copy of the contrJ*tPen<^ec^ on foster familiarity with new good as or superior to some important role of the per­ evaluate performances solely belonged to the late Sir Geor ! amuse UJ works, they are valuable -— former in completing the of the ‘great’ orchestras one from the technical rather than Fowlds and was donated but if their limitations are not hears on record. Compare, if creative process. Hence no the truly artistic standpoint. M r G. M. Fowlds. you were fortunate enough to realised they are an unadult­ two performances of a work This is to a certain extent The fascimile was given I hear it, their extremely fine erated menace. are the same — indeed, the necessary; nevertheless I Miss Edna Herrick. ‘It GRADU and clear playing of Brahms’ The relationship of record­ work is literally created anew shudder when informed, after remarkably good. Lithograj ing to live performance is to 2nd Symphony a season or at each performance. To cap­ asking an ardent gramophile are not very much Students my mind analagous to that ture one performance (of two ago with the swishy over- his opinion of a recording of a today,’ says the librarian,] iegrees con: between a painting and its romanticsed versions by such omas award ideal, mechanically achieved, Mozart piona concerto: ‘Not F. A. Sandall. print (except that there is far perfection) and imagine that orchestras as the Vienna enough bass’. The Governor-General di tony on 4 IV Philharmonic; compare their By all means, let us keep ated parliamentary journi niaded that Mozart (so often criticised our records and use them gazettes, debates and appi « received quite destructively) ‘Linz’ wisely, for they are a great dices from the Governs io later than under Ancerl with the ped­ gift from science to art — but, House collection, Welling! antic, highly mannered ‘per­ more important, let us keep to the Waikato Branch libn sonal interpretation’ of Beec- our sense of proportion and of Auckland University. Th Fees n ham or the precious basically realize the limited nature of records are essential for sexless approach so often their value. use of history students. go encountered. Yet one hears G. W. J. DRAKE. 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The harsher sort of aca­ ^Under the Sycamore Tree t , upraised fill demic game also has a genre iatniks), fl Jowever, a more sympathetic times neither consistent nor the play), Monique Palmai of its own: the novel of uni­ : Krull (fro adience considering the tasteful nor intentional. and Bryant Wakefield were versity life with its convention Dmas Mam united ranges of the players, In general, however, we affectionately mechanical, but already as rigid as those of the liant Germ fie producer’s relative inex­ aphides were scientifically the edge was taken off their country-house detective story, aria Schel ierienee and, most important, milked for laughs by John performance by Miss Palmai’s with opportunities for cut and omen (seqi fie play itself, judged itself McCowan, whose comic abil­ evident desire to assure her thrust among the dons and own ‘Rififi1 o be reasonably satisfied with ity and facial dexterity large­ audience that she appreciated enviably leisured talk. >vers (from ijmenopteramenea as we ly held the play together. her lines as much as they did. A Pound of Saffron does it well with an unusual setting ind feature were shown it. in the University of Auckland x). Under the Sycamore Tree is Weak to weaker Freudian tunnel and a preposterous plot based 10 less tfii iot a good play. It was cer- He and fellow anthropoids The set was effective by on the Drama School’s produc­ voted excla uinly not worth the attention were not greatly assisted by reason of its simplicity and its tion of Anthony and Cleopatra. ;ntal prod* it a University Drama Society, Spewack, whose jokes seemed colour scheme; more than 15 — From a review of six ; number i specialy such a one as our to range from weak to weaker. seconds looking at it gave one novels by Robert Zaubman, oared to o? nm with its previously im- For example: a headache. The tunnel was ‘New Statesman’, 23 February to be hope iressive list of productions, ‘I feel virginal. suitably Freudian, but one 1962. be enon I don’t know why. felt the point was being lab­ M. K. JOSEPH ientai films gsj€ idea good I have got three thousand, oured when the Chief Scien­ POLITICAL PARTIES pport basic idea of the play, four hundred and thirty-one tist was called upon to psycho­ This book is not a ‘system’ res’ excit by R. Nichels ants to mirror human­ children.’ analyse himself on a glorious of politics: it is an account of parody of a psychiatrist’s The politician is not an ordin­ how politics work. Its conclu­ 1d take 's foibles and frivolity, was and ary man. He needs — in a i good one, and in the hands couch. sions are unashamedly pessi­ ;eeing at country like New Zealand — a dramatist rather than Queen: Have you learned to As one might expect, the mistic: the more complex and s possible certain very definite gifts: the «ful gag-writer it might read yet? play has the last word (the differentiated political parties films abilities to speak, to organize, e resulted in genuine Chief Statistician (sighs): rest is silence): ‘Hope’s the become, the more likely they Yes, Your Majesty. only thing we need, and to bargain, to conciliate, to are to be controlled by a lead­ itire. judge the mood of a crowd. As it was, however, the Queen: As soon as everyone hope’s the only thing we’ve ing elite. has learned to read I’ll put got’ . . . Yes, for the next Men are not born with these This thesis is difficult to . failed to make any con- qualities, which come from NATIONi libution of importance to the out my ‘Reader’s Digest’ so production. controvert: do not New Zea­ they won’t! education rather than hered­ - Nuptial ci ninds of the audience, con- R.M.D.M. landers rather despise poli­ Audience: Sigh. ity. To be a politician re­ 66 lithograj «titrating instead on jabbing ticians in any case? How can Rae Pritchard proved her­ quires ambition and hard Shakespean tie belly with the funny one understand, on the politi­ self a master of the quick Penfriends Wanted work. But, once the requisite f the earlii tone. cal left, the manifest unfaith­ change as she moved from Occasionally the Students’ work has been done, the law among don The humour, such as it was, fulness of political parties to First Lady to Loved One, Association receives letters of supply and demand asserts their principles, except on the y the Varsi consisted mainly of animal, from students overseas asking itself. lEgetable and mineral smiles, from lackadaisical fecundity thesis that political leaders are to Forest Lawns. She was not for a pen-friend at this Uni­ There are few men with the ras drawn Info a sauce of situation independent of their follow­ helped by her make-up. versity. It is usually most qualities of a politician; once 1874 to { f®edy. ers? John McCowan and Neil difficult to find people at the these men lead a mass organ­ ng Dutch li Clearly, the success of the The Left in politics is con­ Wilson also managed their time who are interested in ization, they are in a position mon propa lv (described variously and fronted with the fact that any change in life quite success­ replying to these requests but to dictate to that organization. f both parti consistently as a ‘ farcical system of organization neces­ fully, and both grew old — one feels sure that there must If their followers dislike the perty to be a ‘very blatant satire’ sarily creates a privileged gracefully as well as grease- be a sufficiently large number policies of their leader, what elite of leaders, who tend to the husba “d a ‘light-hearted story’) of people in the university can they do? the contn lfPen(d&d on the cast’s ability paintfully. feel more solidarity with other who are interested. Only a few men have the elites than with the relatively ate Sir Geor amuse us, which was at General overplayed The latest requests we have ability to be leaders: these under-privileged they elaim to s donated had are from: men are already at the top; As the General, John Bates represent. Peter Brand, of East Germ­ they cannot be replaced. The Mr Gaitskell is one obvious overplayed magnificently (he was given any, who is 18 year’s old and process of organization has member of such an elite. rrick. ‘It had a sergeant-major’s voice), GRADUATION '62 would like to correspond with transformed the appearance of How can the Left overcome but unfortunately was un­ l. Lithograj a New Zealand girl. His democracy into the reality of this problem? It is not one Students wishing to have appreciative of his part’s re­ much bet interests are panting, music, dictatorship. which has as yet been ade­ librarian, ^degrees conferred and dip- lationship to Field - Marshal theatre, philosophy and learn­ This is one of the arguments quately faced; even in Britain omas awarded at the cere- Montgomery or of his easily ing about our country and of Robert Nichels’s classic, the New Left has not yet come -General Aony on 4 May, 1962, are re- exploitable resemblance to way of life. POLITICAL PARTIES, first to terms with it. ary journi liRded that applications must Lord Gort. Diane Hermanson, of the published in 1914 and now re­ The betrayal by a leader of and apj« e received by the Registrar As the ants who were the USA, who is 16 year’s old and printed as a paper-back by his party is simply thought to Governm «later than 10 April, 1962. first to gain human emotions is interested in dancing and Dover Books. be the outcome of stupidity (in one of the best scenes in l, Welling! music, and describes herself It is easy to see why it is or perfidy. No sociological Branch as a normal healthy American, so little known and why it analysis is made of it. versity. Th Fees m ay have teenager. stands in need of reprinting: A clear result of the divi­ ential for BILLETS! 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THE WILL TO KILL THE WONDERS OF THE DEEP (A member of the University Man’s struggle for survival has always involved duelling, even from the beginnings of veral mei Underwater . Club , describes pre-history when, as popular knowledge proclaims, our cave-dwelling ancestors played were the new and strange world to crush-the-skull with fearsome stone clubs. Refined variations on this theme were empha­ en Au be encountered beneath the sized in the gladiatorial days of Rome, with nets versus daggers, shields against javelins, letes wl sea.) and the clash of sword upon sword, heavy and double-edged. provii Breaking the surface of the land Se water, a few stray bubbles Movements and sequences omen’s., T mark the diver’s channel and are thus perfected; practice mpionshi behind him the frontier soon speed . . . battle speed . . . on 9 a: closes. A t a depth of two or ramming speed! Free play or is a spec three fathoms all swell sub­ loose play is the pairing off inships v sides. Not a weed moves. A of those still surviving. rain carpet of sand gleams faintly T h e speedy footwork, win< in the cleft of a rock some muscle - bound lunges and of fa yards further down. A mys­ tricky finger movements thus ack, and g perfected are just as much a terious continent traces itself the jump below. Idly pursuing fish that part of the skill of fencing as Barry Rob can hardly escape, swimming they were of 18th century ind a doubt lazily through schools of small sword-fighting circles. K quarter flickering mau-mau the diver H But now the emphasis has surface, desperate to le excellent gazes wonderingly about him. winning t changed. No longer do these another human being. One might think that colours ie soggy 1 moves drive inevitably to­ mThese ese are tnethe wonaerswonders an in this world are of a mon­ lainst a bit wards the achievement of the fears which attract people] otonous similarity. But it is opponent opponent’s death. Now mind not so. Greens of every shade the sea, bringing with the S, ** , and muscle unite and strive and blues of infinite variety mask, snorkel, flippers a "h,00®’ an , rapier grew narrower and until very recently the scene towards perfection of execu­ give each fish an individual accessories such as aqualua * c ear 0 more flexible, so the concept of many duels fought for hon­ tion of a movement, towards character. Climbing steeply underwater camera, diva of duelling as a desperate our and glory — a neat scar mental agility, which together and quickly up inclines or suit and lead belt. These struggle for the survival of down the cheek-bone, inflicted ultimately achieve that grand hanging motionless over deep experiences which anyone the fittest developed into an by a double-edged, inch-wide objective of all sport — the sea ravines the underwater enjoy. Skill in the use elegant, refined and fashion­ blade mounted in a velvet scoring of a point. athlete seems to be borne by equipment comes only fra able pastime, with the satis­ and silver - chased pommel, Varsity fencers are both invisible wings. Flight and long practice, a skill whs faction of honour the primary was the symbol of entrance sportsmen and artistes, and motion are controlled at will once mastered allows one objective. Dead bodies be­ to the elite among Varsity the club also provides those by sharp or gentle movements derive endless pleasure inti came subsidiary, an accident, society. facilities inseparable from of the fins. Dramatic incidents? exploration of the sea. a legal embarrassment. top-notch sporting institutions: Yes, these are also to be en­ a coach who is New Zealand’s Conquest Sweat glistens countered. Mostly trifling champion and Olympic repre­ Not only was the sword a To the onlooker on the dramas that are over in a few CRACCUM, with a cirtt sentative, parties, plenty of means to improvement of the other side of the french- seconds. A pipe getting hooked tournaments, bottle - drives species. Sydney Smith’s con­ doors, Auckland University on a jagged piece of rock; air lation of 2 0 0 0 , is and such other glorious fund­ tention, ‘ Conquest has ex­ fencing appears on the sur­ cylinders momentarily refus­ raising efforts, and an annual plored more than curiosity face to smack more of the ing to work in an underwater largest student new trip to some other fencing has ever done; and the path parade ground than of that cave; moments of animal ^lhe 880 ye centre. of science has been commonly which is romantic and dash­ panic when one can’t wait to paper in New Zealai rticularly 1 opened by the sword,’ de­ ing. A rather disorderly, id after son serves consideration, and also military-type rank advances, Nights to spare lb Hamilto establishes a claim unavail­ retreats, extends and lunges Fencing as a sport can be tough the able to the ancestors of any to the hearty roar of a ser­ learned by anyone with Mon­ other present - day weapons geant - coach. Muscles stretch of veteran Club-Captain Gj *’ reigning day nights to spare. Its exer­ TABLE TENNIS and tools of the sporting field. and bulge, sweat glistens, and ham Bush, Secretary ft cise is both physical and men­ ivincmg s< For today fencing is a the floor trembles to the Chell, four times NZU Chai tal. Although it is in itself CLUB ind Peter sport, though whether this is heavy thump of sandshoes. Terry Cockfield, two Scii a pure sport, it is also the Bruce Co< to be regarded as a deteriora­ Rank - work is merely a With the second greatest in­ graduates, mad-hatter means towards an end — the juisition fa tion or an achievement is a warming-up and wearing-out door game a late starter in and ‘streak’ Black; wL achievement of an art-form, matter for individual opinion. process, however, preparing Auckland, the Table Tennis Misses Ann Mutch and ft Pty c^as and a state of mind most Few, and considered to be for a ragged double row of Club is just emerging from its Dadson keep our rare Come: Ee m *:a e 0 necessary in a society wallow­ retrogressive, are those who, aspiring duellists who thrust summer hibernation. We hope tee metings on an elevat ing in a plethora of Freudian icKinlay, think of it in any other terms, and parry, riposte and recover that hundreds will throng to plane. complexes— it stimulates con­ save of course the Germans, to the call of the coach. our AGM on March 26th and, For four years AU wasti lc‘q ^ fidence and determination, ~es in thi with their inherent love of having sampled our offering, dog at Tournament, but ini! modern expressions of the letic Cha: tradition. roll up with bats to our inter­ we were relegated to a disi age-old ‘will to kill’. distance Heidelberg University was club trials on A pril 2nd and second and so w ill be gt Mediaeval history is strewn EXEC. NEWS 4th. However the long winter at full puff to topple CU New with corpses resulting from The Woman Vice - President weekly slog to the Show- August. Over the past an duels with the sword, an art- 400 will acknowledge all letters grounds will not commence years A U has been almost i B McDeJ1> form which increased in in­ BILLETS received from students, re until about the same time as perceptibly climbing the inti ^ tricacy and skill. But as the bursaries, saying that the first vacation. Then our 50 or club ladder, until last the counti 400 Educational Sub - committee so interclub players and the A Grade finished compete a1 payers will venture forth to BILLETS w ill consider them at some and the A Reserves » * future date. uphold our name until the creditable third. If enoti 400 August vacation, when Winter players are available BILLETS Tournament at Christchurch season we w ill maintain h topy clo! and the Auckland champs, our performance and JOHN REID 400 which come perilously close copy CRACCUM CAN NOW status as one of the big-thj BILLETS to coinciding, w ill end the clubs in Auckland. & CO. LTD season. wow 400 billets are needed for com­ BE BOUGHT FROM . . . A final word to prospect of The same congestion which petitors in the Easter Tourna­ TECHNICAL BOOKS LTD, is becoming typical of ’Varsity permanent or itinerant me bers: Anzac Avenue ment. life at Auckland is also Apply at Stud. Ass. office. VICTORIA ST EAST. responsible for the club pos­ You w ill be touched fort WINE & SPIRIT sessing no rooms in which at piffling sum of only 10/-J least one table could be per­ sub. plus 6d or 1/- table: ARE YOU SATISFIED? manently erected, so for each per night of interclub; wh Merchants club night, champs or trials would not break even ; Save £< most penurious student. 5 Wholesalers of SEE YO U AT THE AUTUM N GENERAL MEETING OF evening, out come the tables, ON TWO out go the women from the lest this entice you to rush 6-volt fror TOBACCO, TEA THE ASSOCIATION. WCR, and table tennis is enthusiastically, but someu) played under trying con­ thoughtlessly, please che and YOUR CHANCE TO QUESTION YOUR EXECUTIVE. ditions. But — magnificent your other committments oi facilities will be available in the May-August period AUSTRy AERATED CORDIALS THURSDAY AT 8. THIS THURSDAY 29 MARCH. the new Student Block in only ensure that you can turni four year’s time. regularly and not just The present officials consist nothing else is on. March, CRACCUM Page 9

continued from p. 2 Autum n ANOTHER REPLY TO D.E. General Meeting THURSDAY 29 MARCH UNIVERSITY, STUDENTS, THE PUBLIC he wears a duffle coat or a Many students, aroused by the article on ‘ Student beard. It’s inevitable). Re­ Behaviour, University Publicity ’ in the last issue of ligious societies should be Craccum, have now a deep sense of guilt about their rela­ banned, too, because with the tionships with the public. possible exception of Evangeli­ For too lnog, the rot has been ary middleclass housewife! cal Union (which believes setting in. Subversive societies Soap powders never get sold good works irrelevant to sal­ in the universities, 24-hour like this; why should the vation) they talk too much drinking orgies, organised University get itself sold in about moral values. pornography, the wearing of this way? The University has The University could pos­ beards, and duffie coats — all much to learn from the manu­ sibly play a greater part in these have been creating an facturers of soap powder: If it nuclear weapons’ tests in the image of the university in the could devote all its resources Pacific in order to discourage public mind so unfavourable to sponsoring a Selwyn Too- the kind of self-proclaimed as to be unalterable by even good quiz programme its intellectual D. E. writes about. the most skilful motivational worries would be over. Once students actually helped researcher. A new era must to test a nuclear weapon, they begin: The university must be Security police would have no more illusions ate to cleansed; an irate and long- about the United States. They suffering public must be Or nearly all its worries. A would be face to face with oeing. Courtesy Auckland Star appeased. Students’ Associa­ few minor things would also practical politics. They may ainst a biting wind he split NOTED ATHLETE DAVE NORRIS have to be done. To ensure act people tion must hire a market think it dangerous to demon­ opponents within the first research organisation to probe good relations with the Gov­ strate at Whenuapai: They ig with the rjong ancj finished strongly Field Events the ordinary man’s subcon­ ernment, the Security Police should be given an opportunity fhppws « , cieaI. of the field, Others to gain placings were should be allowed to decide as aqualm scious reactions to students; to find out how much the Dave Leech (hammer throw) what university clubs should nera, div and a public relations firm to United States is concerned who won the title, and Peter be allowed to exist; ‘ Craccum ’ about their safety. ;lt. These alter misconceptions about Norris, who came 3rd in the should offer a free full-page :h anyone students. When these organ­ The problem of ‘parties’ — discus. Maureen Barclay just ad. to the Security Police in the use isations demand changes in so-called — and ‘Capping missed a placing in the patterns of student living, which it could advertise for Book’ — is a very real one. It is only fro public-spirited citizens pre­ i skill whii women’s shot put. these changes must be made; is almost impossible to find pared to give it information allows one the alternative is unpopularity. anybody except a neurotic about subversive activities leasure in Who would dare to be un­ under 25 uninterested in Bad Luck among students; the University ie sea. popular in a democratic alcohol or pornography. It Second man to fall was 440 country? should not even try to keep seems desirable, therefore, if yards hurdler, Bruce McNeill, files about students confiden­ the University is to maintain who slithered to the ground tial, but should as a matter indefinitely good public rela­ 'ith a circu only three hurdles from home. Fundamental changes of routine send copies of all tions that the minimum age He was then in 3rd place. material to the Hon. T. P. (00, is t Clearly, the first changes for admission to University be Courtesy Auckland Star must be fundamental. Some Shand, the head of the raised to 65. There are so Security Police, and the lent new BARRY ROBINSON Test Match old fogies, with no notions many old age pensioners with national executive of the time on their hands, quite un­ Following the announcement whatsoever of modern adver­ League of Empire Loyalists. interested in sex, alcohol, V ZeCfiCM yards started in a of a thirteen-man strong Aus­ tising, think that the university 1 rticularly heavy rain squall ‘Truth’ should also have a politics or pornography. They tralian Universities team, should be involved in what is d after some initial jostling right to sit in on all Student would be ideal representatives which is to compete here at called a disinterested search lb Hamilton led the field Association executive meet­ of the University and would Easter, much interest has for truth. This prejudice has rough the first lap, which for too long had a totally ings to ensure that no students hugely improve our reputation been aroused and the com­ are being corrupted by agents in the city. They would have -Captain Gi r reiSning champion Gary ing Tournament promises an adverse effect on university ■cretary Ft ®Pot anc* finished a relations with the public. What of the Kremlin. These few, to be screened before admis­ especially hard fight in this simple, elementary measures sion, but this should be a sNZUCham lvincin§ second, 15 yards field. On current form how­ does the man in the street care would give us better relations matter of course. Let us look two Sciei Peter Snell, ever, our club should have a about truth? Modern advertis­ with the Government than forward to a University l-hatter ft ®ruce Cooper, a recent strong representation in the ing science has proved he is Black- wl pinion from Otago Uni­ any other University in the attended by our oldest and NZU team. completely indifferent to it. If tch and ft p chased John Davies Commonwealth. wisest citizens completely and R.H. the University could appeal rare Comir Be the one mile, and was more to the subconscious These things are done auto­ impeccably respectable. Then an eleva 6ely followed by Keith motivations of the public — matically in Spain, Portugal, we will not have to worry icKinlay, who had made if it could cure BO or make and most countries in Latin about appeals for our building A U wash the early pace, sheets Persil white — it would America — if it is good enough fund: We will not need new ent, but ini! ces in the Auckland A U APPOINTMENTS be far more appreciated by for other free world nations, buildings. ed to a dist Championships over the public and would probably why isn’t it good enough for The Executive has ratified OWEN GAGER will be go 1 distance will be close, reecive awards for public us? the following appointments: topple CU ^ ^ew Zealand Junior service from the Junior Cham­ Miss Naera Neumann to the the past i ^P*011 and record holder, ber of Commerce. Women’s House Committee, sen almost n McDell> looking to dis­ If the University declares and Messrs B. White, J. Publicly shaved hing the ini ce one the two t°P m*ters the truth whatever the truth Matheson, M. H ill and N. Students should of course be the country for the right might be, it could easily end HERBS Lubeck to the Men’s House kept in order. Bearded up by supporting Communism tnished'foil compete at Easter Tourna- Committee. students should be publicly f o r teserves m nt' or declaring that the basic shaved; duffle coats publicly CRACCUM REPORTER. l. If enoi human instincts are sexual. burned; there should be a SOUPS SALADS available Think of the effect of such university uniform to ensure pronouncements on the ordin- maintain b&opy c lo s e s 2 Clpril that the public are not STEWS SAUCES ce and alarmed by any eccentricity of the big-thi copy closes yes balm apple mint CRACCUM, with a circu­ dress. There should be an basil spearmint nd. wow man you official Students’ Association bay parsley to prospect lation of 2000, is the BILLETS barber to give all students borage rosemary tinerant ms too can regulation haircuts once a chervil summer savory 400 billets are needed for com- chives tarragon w rite largest student news­ fortnight. Students, too, should dill thyme Duched for be compelled to run at least marjoram lemon thyme BILLETS mint only 10/- yes paper in New Zealand. ten miles a week to rid them­ 1/- table petitors in the Easter Tourna- selves of neuroses: Why • in decorative pots from 5 /6 terclub; wh should we need psychiatrists sak even Save £4 . . . BILLETS if we had enough athletics • in bouquets garnis from 6d student, coaches? ON TWO YEARS GUARANTEED FULL W EIGHT BATTERIES ment. you to rush The teaching of ethics in the GOURMET HERBS 6-volt from £4/5/6 A 12-volt from £6/11/6 University should be pro­ but someu'l BILLETS TELEPHONE 48-286 * MRS TURNER please ehi Also reconditioned Batteries from 39/6 scribed, and all books on ethics nittments oi in the University Library con­ st period AUSTRALASIAN BATTERY COMPANY LTD 400 billets are needed for com­ fiscated lest too many students take an unhealthy interest in HERBS - i can turn Auckland petitors in the Easter Tourna­ not just morals. (W e all know what As used 'for track and racing by ment. on. 60 FRANCE STREET happens: First a man reads HERB Elliott, HERB Snell and Apply at Stud. Ass. office. Plato or Aristotle; next thing HERB Halberg. SLEEPING KIWI AWAKES ? Overseas news The norma It was recently reported in the Press that M r M. Corner had been appointed as New Zea­ having nal land’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. The question that COSMETIC CUTS? and a large assembly rooi endowed v springs to mind is whether the Government intends to play a more decisive role in inter­ If the planned student lodginj getting national affairs, or whether the appointment is a mere facade, demanded by diplomatic Are Auckland’s women ’varsity construction programme protocol. students the Cinderellas of its completed in time, it is pro! And rath beauty world? able that the student lodginj achieving It seems incongrous that shows that the ponderous the United Nations. That such English students were problem in Leuven will e have no such a move should be made wheels of Government are at a prophecy was made in 1945 labelled with this doubtful solved by the year 1965. pend any by a Conservative Govern­ last slowly turning in the right shows clearly that the smaller compliment by Richard Henry, The rising number r e ly had ment whose tradition in inter­ direction. nations of the world can make i r£ and internationally renowned students w ill also necessitatf ling which national affairs tends to be a definite contribution to in­ the expansion of the univers- tomie before negative. Over the past half- ternational politics. British hair artist. ‘ Labour Party concern ity. The establishment of ins becom century, except for occasional To remedy this, the Exeter total of ten new institutet|fce secret j bursts of independence, New Appropriately enough the association of the National US 'Collective Security' seminars, libraries, and let. means v Zealand has been no more most concerned about the A form of collective security Union of Students have found situation is the Labour Party. ture rooms is planned. Fifteej than a resounding board for has developed since 1945, not a barber shop, a beauty par­ Think ab During the Party’s periods in architects are presently wort initially British foreign policy, so much ‘an attack on one is lour, and two clothing shops hool Cert: office, New Zealand’s foreign ing on the planning of the and in the post-war period, an attack on all’, but rather in Exeter who are willing to «requisite policy has tended to deviate entire project. American. ‘an attack on one is an attack work at reduced fees for ader the ag from the patterns laid down on the US’. Once again New students. leaningfuln by the Great Powers. Labour Zealand’s foreign policy has A hair shampoo and set ie increasec Gradual Awareness has always been international­ become dominated by a great costs 8/6 instead of 11/6. ist in outlook, believing in Developing power, and the emergent in­ Clothes are sold at a five per British Universities an There wo co-operation on an inter­ certainly expanding. They w hanges — New Zealanders have always dependent attitude towards cent discount in both shops. national scale. The Labour the international scene has have twice the number ronsiderah tended to regard New Zea­ Students must show an NUS leaders have looked to this students on their hands within tias;>s and si land’s isolation as a good withered in the shadow of the card and a special pass in co-operation for New Zea­ seven or eight years, the ^ u a l cor enough reason to forget about anti-Communist US doctrine. taking advantage of the reduc­ land’s defence, and were chairman of the Universil 2ht find what is going on elsewhere in Many times the American tions. strong advocates of ‘collective Grants Committee stated in rimes Act; the world. However, a gradual inability to see shades of grey Auckland ’varsity students security’, i.e. ‘an attack on one speech before the Royal Com­ fcr housing between the black and white don’t do too badly in com­ awareness that all is not well nation is an attack on all’. monwealth Society. Df Old Age is creeping into the minds of of Communism and Capitalism parison. The NUS is also mak­ This was New Zealand’s has endangered not only the A t present there is an annua I me: the New Zealand people. Dr ing an effort to obtain a theme in the League of average of 110,000 studei would Findlay, speaking in his cap­ US, but also the rest of the reduction of eight per cent on Nations from 1935 on, when world. The most notable ‘mis­ In eight years this figure mi biassed. acity as President of the the Labour Government sup­ cosmetics. That would be help­ calculated risk’ was the sup­ increase to 200,000. Man And from Labour Party, stated that the ported strongly the imposition ful in this city. port of Chaing Kaishek, Universities have alreadr view, ac country that used to be a of sanctions against Italy, for against the Chinese Commun­ admitted as many students general or social laboratory has become invading Abbyssinia in 1935, ★ ★ ★ ists, and the apparent support they have room for. iuitable < a self-satisfied hothouse. This and against Germany for of most of the Chinese people. In the chairman’s opinu '. I wou statement explains many occupying the Rhineland. The balstering of Syngman Plans for a student village at expansion problems would ■vernment aspects of New Zealand life Such a stand was directly Rhee in Korea was another Leuven, in Belgium, include more easily solved by con graduate I today, including, according to opposite to the appeasement case where US interests besides the provision of living structing new buildinj rghly learr the Secretary of External policies of the Great Powers, quarters, the construction of rather than adding to ol Affairs, Mr McIntosh, the re­ tended to over-ride the feel­ fc: read n and the independent nature of ings of the people. Now a its own church, restaurants, ones. luctance, still apparent in New iko lived the move is apparent when it similar situation is developing Zealand, to accept the need Mum : is realized that New Zealand in South Viet Nam where the for independent New Zealand it deriving was the only Commonwealth US is pledged to defend the policies, and for the adminis­ nation not to recognize Italy’s status quo, a status quo that vessels or aircraft in the with the effort Australia trative refinements and expan­ possession of Abbyssinia. is growing increasingly un­ Pacific’. New Zealand are putting sion they demand. Perhaps the In 1936, M. J. Savage said popular with the South Viet­ Thus the situation could the anti-Communist battl appointment of Mr Corner that the League was New namese. arise where New Zealand was and are becoming too relii Zealand’s (or any small called upon to provide troops on American arms. nation’s) only hope. This NZ-US Treaties to fight the Red Chinese Now is the time ft emphasis on collective security Where does New Zealand fit because a US plane was New Zealand to do BILLETS was reiterated at San Fran­ into this picture of US shot down over Taiwan. little commonsense thin] cisco in 1945 when Peter dominance. New Zealand is Admittedly, such a likelihood and some straight-from- the- BILLETS Fraser strongly opposed the tied to American foreign policy is unlikely, but in moments shoulder talking. It is in Net veto, regarding it as a means through SEATO, and the of international tension, not Zealand’s interest that Cot BILLETS of protecting any aggression ANZUS Pact, both of which impossible. How does New munism, in its present aggri of the Great Powers, and reveal the American slant to Zealand benefit? We have the sive form, should be stop] BILLETS emphasised the need of all ‘New Zealand’s’ foreign policy. promise of US protection. New from encroaching further nations to re-act against an SEATO, the collective security Zealand also had the promise South East Asia, but 400 billets are needed for com­ aggressor. His foresight re­ treaty that is so often referred of British protection in World country should be more than petitors in the Easter Tourna­ garding the mis-use of the to as ‘a paper tiger’, states War II, only to be told when an outpost of the US, real ment. power of the veto is mirrored that the signatories will react the Japanese entry was to be discarded if the goii Apply at Stud. Ass. office. today in the ineffectiveness of in common if any country (not imminent, that Britain could gets rough. A new outlooi merely signatories) in the not do anything to help Aus­ and a vigorous approach treaty area is subject to armed tralia or New Zealand, unless international problems is aggression. On the surface, the countries were actually quired in New Zealand this would appear to be the being invaded. A similar current foreign policy. Soi THE HOUSE OF FLACKSON LTD situation that New Zealand’s situation could arise with the attachment to the US as more thoughtful leaders had US. New Zealand, as far as leader of the Western wor] Appointed Stockists and tailors of been seeking. However, tacked the Pentagon is concerned is is inevitable, and in soi UNIVERSITY BLAZERS on the end of the treaty is the not very highly rated in ways, desirable, but such READY TO WEAR ‘Understanding of the United defence priority, and apart attachment should be flexibl States of America’ that clearly from treaties, US has no ties enough to allow New Zeal unlined University blazers from £5/15/- points out that the US w ill act with New Zealand in the same to say her piece on behalf only in the case of Communist way as Britain had. It seems the New Zealand people, Flackson's will also tailor your University blazer aggression. clear then, that if the US finds not merely read from Also, ANZUS, the outcome herself in military difficulties, document drafted in the U TO YOUR MEASUREMENTS of the American desire to New^Zealand will be offered State Department. rearm Japan against Austra­ sincere regrets, and that is Overall, then, it is to ti lian and New Zealand wishes, about all. t hoped that the appointment d A UNIQUE FLACKSON'S SERVICE could be extremely dangerous M r Corner signifies a definit from New Zealand’s point of move forward in presentin) FLACKSON'S CLOTHING HOSPITAL Forceful Diplomacy view. Article V provides that New Zealand’s own point ol will convert your double-breasted suit to a smart single- * an armed attack is deemed Needed view, and a sign that Net breasted style, and in fact any type of tailored alterations, to include an armed attack on What should New Zealand do? Zealand is at last becomirij tapered trousers, etc. the metropolitan territory of M r Dean Rusk, US Secretary aware of her internationa I0NE 48 any of the parties, or on the of State, is visiting Canberra obligations both to the worli LADIES — Costumes, coats, etc., restyled and remodelled. island territories under its for an ANZUS meeting in and herself. 11S EADY BUI jurisdiction in the Pacific, or May, mainly it is rumoured, on its armed forces, public because the US is dissatisfied B ILL RAYNER March, 19M^onday» 26th March> 1962 CRACCUM Page 11

he University and the vote • • • Jhe normal student — let us say the average student — begins a Varsity career without laving national and local-body franchise, and leaves to go out to work or matrimony fully HO " M ,» ;embly ro ndowed with these rights. In fact it is the only qualification that most of us are confident udent lodg i getting from our years spent in this place. ogramme e, it is prol I And rather a pity, because the needs of life, from an as bloody as it looks — Parkin­ ident lodg achieving this qualification allowance right down to re­ son’s Second Law ensures that ’TP Emm ven will have not been required to ligious and political convic­ most of the money will be ar 1965. pend any effort — we have tions. wasted in Governmental De- number lerely had to grow old, a I have linked convictions, partmentation — the fact re­ >o necessiti ng which many fools have politics and religion because mains that the bulk of stone the unive ne before us. There are citi- so many voters make a politi­ and bronze used to com­ shment of ns becoming initiated into cal decision not through judge­ memorate war dead is already H :w instituta he secret ritual who are by ment but through faith. And excessive and is still increas­ es, and means worthy. for such a momentous act, and ing. nned. Fifte considering what trust can be asently worl [Think about this one: if put in the abilities and integ­ tool Certificate was made a Responsibility ining of rity of our politicians, we must N Z POLITICIANS KEEP CLEAR OF MORAL ISSUES requisite for all voters find that faith is a thing not A slightly larger amount is der the age of 30, would the spent yearly in an elaborate good enough, or at least is not Protest rally 1960 because of exclusion of Maoris icaningfulness of an election the right thing. system for forming the minds : increased? There were 1,245,000 persons of today’s children and adoles­ from All Blacks in New Zealand qualified to cents. Make no mistake, a vote ersities i There would no doubt be vote in the 1957 election, and is a responsibility. ng. They hanges — NZBS would be the representatives they elect­ The voters who do actually number «nsiderably more middle ed spent on behalf of the coun­ decide on the composition of Breadwinners if the financial policies of the hands with iss and slightly more intel- try during the 1958 - 9 year Parliament — I refer to the two main parties were scrupu­ years, ttual; corporal punishment People who are not yet £261 million — that is to say, flotsam of those electorates lously analysed, and the ‘ mid­ ht find its way into a bread - winners, whose sol­ e Universitj each voter administered ex­ where the result is not a fore­ way-income’ figure was de­ e stated ini nes Act; States Advances vency depends more on simple rived, a bulky portion of the penditure of £210. gone conclusion — this group, ■housing reduced in favour and private thrift than on tax ; Royal Con Combined votes of company of a number difficult to com­ population would refuse to [Old Age Pensions . . . see evasion and promotion man­ ty- shareholders, having an in­ pute because of its smallness, act to rule. There are still iat I mean? The Govern- oeuvring, are particularly e is an annu fluence over a mere £110 m il­ of an importance difficult to numbers of theoretical Social­ nt would not become better prone to taking concern for 300 student lion profit in the same period, estimate because of its great­ ists in the better-paid profes­ ; biassed. everybody but themselves, is figure iw were of far less importance. ness, includes a quantity of sions, still permanent Tories especially if they have the 3,000. Ma [And from a practical point Furthermore, a commercial middle - class suburban and among the wage-earners. comfort that they are quite ve alread [ view, academic education, shareholder authorizes the small - town young men and It may take half a lifetime unable to do anything about y students serai or specialized, is an purchase of office supplies, women, floating often without for a man to leave one social Cuba, Berlin, unemployed for. litable criterion for suf- political purpose or opinion, class and join another, and he raw materials and equipment. Australians or poverty- lan’s opin ge. I would hate to put the torn between family tradition w ill finally adjust his habits stricken Asians. ms would ivernment into the hands of of Conservatism and intellec­ of spending money and even Hence there are idealists by some of his attitudes; ,but, ved by con aduate BA who had thor- £20 on defence tual affinity with Socialism, or the score, hammering out per­ building hly learned his set books, The average voter spent in some such thing. I speak of being' a passionate and moral sonal eredos or even grasping creature, he does not abandon ding to read nothing else, and the 1958 - 9 year £20 on ‘ De­ the students of teachers’ col­ on to slogans new and obso­ loyalties. One of the few lived quietly at home fence’. Although this is not leges and universities. lete— all this being quite un­ loyalties available today to Mum and Dad and the M y title reads, ‘ What do suitable for expression through the ordinary man is to his deriving from them all you vote for?’ Not who, what person or what thing. But a two - party parliamentary political party. system. \ustralia aa on what principle do you Student, your first vote The number of idealistic ; putting int take a pencil and start next year perhaps. Once you radicals in a New Zealand mist battl crossing out names? The stu­ come out of the polling booth, university is at least balanced however much you have been g too reliai dent is frequently caught in (though less vocally) by the wavering, however slight your ns. between the workers that he number of students who be­ spirit of partisanship, the talk time sympathizes with when he is lieve disinterestedly in the of ‘ your party’ — ‘ the gang’ to do trying to get good part-time beneficial effects to the com­ you said must be right — will lse thinki employment, and the interests munity of competitive free begin to look like at least an ght-from-i M en leaving pub . . . of the profession that he in­ enterprise, and who greatly attempt at sincerity. It is in tends to belong to. deplore all forms of central The dictums of the rest it that O His present affluence may New Zealanders depend on the generosity of planning (even that designed will be so many plausible ex­ •esent ag to ‘promote’ industry). cuses, so many promises un­ I be stopi the Welfare State, but if he have a separate poll has any ambition to become And such idealism does not able to be fulfilled. Now, not g further always die as the person ages. later, is the time to think of ia, but more than a m artyr of for alcohol bureaucracy — an ill-paid ex­ Theoretically it should be pos­ what the parties mean, and >e more t! sible to compute an income what they .will mean to your te US, real pert in a Government depart­ ment — he realises already figure below which all earners ultimate plans. if the go: should vote Labour and above new outli that he w ill live to curse this very generosity. which all (non-) earners approach should vote National. Continued on p, 72 To add to this dialectic are iblems is But everybody knows that v Zealand) the problems brought about policy. Soi by idealism. The student, who ie US as has been continually taught to estern worl PORTRAITS think (if not moralize), tends to abandon the simple and nd in soi convenient question, ‘ What is 400, yes 400 billets are needed for Easter Tournament competitors but such SOCIAL best for m e?’ and prefers to 400 d be flexil burden his mind with ex­ 400 New Zeali FUNCTIONS plorations into ‘What is best?’ 400, yes 400 billets are needed from 19th - 25th April on behalf 400 l people, WE Process and 400 ad from 400 I in the U Enlarge your own 400, yes 400 forms are available at Stud. Ass. office t. WHAT ABOUT SOME 400 it is to film s, 400 apointment COPY FOR 400 ies a definn BLACK & W HITE n presently TOURNAMENT BILLETS >wn point d or COLOUR CRACCUM? ;n that Nei TOURNAMENT BILLETS ast becomm During Easter 400 billets will be needed to house Tournament internationj I0NE 48-267 COPY CLOSES 2 APRIL to the worli competitors. If you can help billet one of these 400 bods (male US EADY BUILDINGS 192 QUEEN STREET AUCKLAND C.l FOR ISSUE OF 16 APRIL and female), then please fill in billeting forms available at the Stud. Ass. office. . RAYNER. Page 12 CRACCUM

Continued from p. 11 American aid for students UNIVERSITY AND THE VOTE inch

‘ Craccum’ has undertaken to The programme that would The East-West Centre should DITOR, FRAh bring to the notice of Auck­ benefit a New Zealand student appeal to Arts students who One major difficulty for valiant party hurries throui: mRARY ANI most is the Asian Studies pro­ are interested in international land students various scholar­ voter and politician alike is legislation just before BARA JOI ships and programmes that gramme, available at the co-operation and friendship, the divergence of criteria for election it is bound to lose. are available for students graduate and under graduate or possible employment in electing a representative. You interested in going abroad to level. The course entails a co­ the international sphere. might want for your vote a COMMUNIST CHINA? further their studies, or to ordinated study of Asia, and The benefits gained from decision on South African gain experience. an Asian language. such an experience could not Rugby. Race relations is a Could become party polir The first programme to be Senior scholars from Asia be measured merely in the world issue more important but I’ll be surprised if it eve considered is the East - West and the West are offered extra degree or diploma ob­ than the fiver you will or will does. The first official rec« BI Centre, established by the grants to enable them to visit tained, but would become evi­ not find on the tax bill. nition by New Zealand of ft United States Government as the Centre both to do re­ dent in a more intangible way And New Zealand politicians Chinese Government wil » .. ^ a counter to the Russian search, and to lecture on through a broadened outlook, at the time of the Rugby dis­ probably be in a declarator'’’"'* ^ of war. Friendship University. specialized topics. and a greater degree of tolera­ crimination turmoil officially the p The East - West Centre, or The course which no doubt tion of the customs and ideas recognized the importance of Those readers who has ' Centre For Cultural and Tech­ the United States Government of other nations. the issue by keeping clear of been looking for a stn nical Interchange Between would prefer foreign students Further information and it altogether. party bias in this article East and West, as it is form ­ to undertake is the American application forms may be ob­ Which means that it was kiss or spit on w ill by ally called, is an integral part Studies programme, which is tained by writing to: The not an important political (I hope) have gone a of the University of Hawaii, aimed at giving students an Director, East - West Centre, issue. somewhere. So I shall situated in Honolulu. insight into American tradi­ University of Hawaii, Hono­ The prohibition or liberty of from the supremeness tions, institutions and the way lulu 14, Hawaii. drinking may be to you more thought to the higher real of opinion. of life of the American people. FOREIGN A F F A IR S ED. of a motivation to go to the Emphasis on goodwill polls than anything else. We New Zealand is a politic! The emphasis at the Centre is Financial assistance have had to erect a separate nonentity, except where voi more on international fellow­ Exceedingly generous scholar­ CRACCUM CAN NOW voting system which deals are cheap and decisions meai ship than on extremely high ships, covering all expenses, with, unfortunately, only part ingless, as in the UNO. level of formal education, including travel, board and BE BOUGHT FROM . . . of the question. The foreign and dome* with students being drawn tuition, are available to both TECHNICAL BOOKS LTD, policy of our Governma from Asia, the Pacific area graduate and undergraduate must concentrate on nun and the United States. students. VICTORIA ST EAST. DECIMAL COINAGE? ing and manipulating the Na Something that will be of Zealand pound note. The importance when the rest of form of the universe is nott our civilization is archeology. function of adult suffrad No administration wants to be and my only advice can burdened with a change-over. Leave the ideas in the boi WOOLWORTHS Pressure will have to come ‘ Look in thy pocket and volt BURSARIES > £ 1 7 6 . from outside, unless some A. E. THOMSON!

These bursaries are offered by Woolworths (N .Z.) Limited. Each is poyable ot £22 eoch month for eight months during the academic year. SELECTION «

SELECTION will be made from FULL-TIME STUDENTS who expect to be taking their final year in 1962 in any degree course. The main requirements will be a high standard gained during secondary and followi University education, sound qualities of leadership and a desire to follow a career with an Iment organisation which offers outstanding opportunities and rewards. in G B la c again y and NO BONDING it. W il: Students will be required to sign a simple agreement confirming the offer but NO BOND paragr, OF EMPLOYMENT is required. Part of thp bursary agreement will be an undertaking by titution Woolworths to provide employment during vacations. These periods will be used to provide id b y : a planned initial training programme covering various aspects of the business. Salaries up m em b to £15 per week will be paid for this vacation work. th e lament fho has ► YOUR FUTURE percent season ii a Unive: Should you decide to join us and you were accepted your future TRAINING FOR MANAGEMENT who has after graduation would be interesting and remunerative. You would start at £900-£1000, and after rersity ii a training period of about two years you would manage your first store on a minimum of £1100 per ating To- annum. During your first two years of management you could improve your salary from £1100 to £1400 with a target of £3000 before retirement at 60. Be p la tfo its in th ating ( Woolworths is one of the most progressive organisations in the Southern Hemisphere, and repres with its constant expansion a high standard will be required of the future executive. Pro­ who has 1 gress is by no means limited to store management. Executives are required in many fields Executr iber as t ik fit and Application Forms are available from: Send your Application to: tied to w a. The Registrar's Office, Auckland University. Personnel Manager, b. Vocational Guidance Centre, Woolworths (N.Z.) Limited, COPY FOR CAPPING Auckland. 57 Dixon Street, c. Woolworths (N .Z .) Limited, Wellington. ISSUE CLOSES 18 APRIL Zone Office, (TICE T< Lome Street, Auckland. UDENTS TOURNAMENT! ase make enough l COPY CLOSES FOR ISSUE No. 4 O N 2 APRIL at. WOOLWORTHS (N.Z.) LTD. BOX 495 W ’GTN Inquire a lion Offic