• • e newspaper of the university of dueenstand students' union ii'-ctslfr'^'l a( G.P.O., Brlsbftne, for Vol. XIX, — No. 22 Monday, October 2, 1950 tiiin-'tfii>-'.= iori liy por-i aa a periodical. Adelaide via T. and E. students should avail themselves of the N.U.A.U.S. Interstate Travel and Exchange Scheme. Congress is just UNION COUNCIL too, too, too good lo be missed. If you want to go and have spent all your coin on post-exam, celebrations come to the A Union Council meeting will N.U.A.U.S. Endowment Department. be held at 7.15 p.m. on Tuesday, The Travel Exchange officers will '^*U{jent Symposia; 3rd October, 1950, in the Dining arrange for jobs for you, will help Library of All AustraUan Uni­ Room of the Refectory at George tc tod accommodation for you and versity Publications; Street. This week my attention is focussed it will be free service. Outstanding Films (educational The agenda includes:— upon the Men's Ciub Friday last they There is ample work available and recreational); 1. Correspondence: ^^Id their A.G.M. down at George between here and Adelaide. Super, Conferences of Representatives of la) re. accommodation for Unl. S*- ^nd the roll up was far below southern press publicly will pave Student Political Clubs; Regiment in the Common -* quorum. Up till now, it has been the way for hitch-hikers. Tours to scenic and industrial Room at St. Lucia. r^un almost as an engmeers club, Congress is to be held at the Zinc places; (b) Dramatic Society's request P^^ ^^°^l ^^^T^lJ'^^''' ""^""^-^ fZ Corporation Camp, Largs Bay, Ade­ Swimming and sports; for payment of £20/6/3 for P"^f f'^'^^f ^^at now was -^e laide, from 13th to 24th January. Recitals of recorded music; . lamps, flexes, etc.. bought, ^^ \\ ^^ff^?'^ ,«^« ^^^^ ^^ ^^ The site is really excellent with all Faculty Bureaux Conferences. 2 Reports; > » o control to St. Lucia, ' Accordingly, the A.G.M. and. mod. cons, and on the bus route to (a) Inter University Debates, Adelaide, It is just far enough from "'MSSilAHRA'' (b) St. Lucia Building and Plan-' Electiono,. ,.«»s fo«.,r •!195. 1i wlUt. bi.«.,e hel« d..«^ a*t the city to provide a seaside setting nmninrrg Committeer-nmmSffoa. 1i i„„„^ySt. Lucl^a gtlu^ thOctobere Junoh. hour next and yet close enough to remain in "Galmahra" will be distributed to 3. Election of Officers: contact with civilisation. students from Friday, September 29, Arts (Evening).—2 vacancies. } While the Ideal set-up would be The Congress" programme, as until Friday, October 6. Commerce (Even.).—1 vacancy. to hold concurrent meetings in .the planned by "Australaise", includes The following are diistribution Physical Ed.—2 vacancies. I five Union Areas to elect their rep. Address by outstandmg speakers; centres:— Procession Com.—3 vacancies. j to the committee, this v;ould be dif-r Congress Revue; Union Office, George Street.—Agri­ Business Manager for Galmahra, ficult to introduce, and unwieldy to Art Exhibition; culture, Architecture, Dentistry I„ 1951, ' operate. But nominations for the All Australian University Chess Engineering, Forestry, Medicine I,, 4, The purchase of a reserve of Executive and Committee can come Tournament; Medical Science I. and II., Science cutlery and crockery to hire to from any section of the 'Varsity, so Dancing to Adelaide's leading Jazz (Applied and Pure), Surveying, student bodies for student, the election of interested types is Band; Vet. Science, Physiotherapy I, Library, St. Lucia.—Commerce, Arts, functions. possible from all areas. Law. 5. General Business And it is interested, keen of- Enquiry Office, Medical School, Refectories. fleers who are needed for the. REVUE ORGANISERS Herston.—Medicine II.-VI., Physio­ Incorporation of the Union. Men's Club. There is wide scope therapy II., Ill,, Medicine Science 1951 Revue. for tUose who can make substan­ WANTED HI., IV. Mr. Rowland's suggestion re. a tial contributions. Enquiry Office, Turhat Street.— Union subsidy on spectacles for Men's Club Dance could be Im­ Applications are called for the Dentistry II.-IV. student^. proved out of sight, firstly by holding positions of Revue Organisers and ihe function, say, at Cloudland ,in Business Manager for 1951. Inter­ first term, when there is .1 dearth ested types see the Hon. Sec. of the of dances, and as an extra high­ Union, or any member of the new light, could be re-instituted as a Union Council. ITancy Dress show. HURRY 1 From Here and There... An energetic, thoughtful commits tee could arrange social functions MEN'S CLUB There are over 35.0 overseas students at the Melbourne apealing to most male undergradfr^ University, and 39 doing single subjects. Of these 136 are possibly after the style of engineesr* The A.G.M. and ELECTIONS for from Asia and 110 from Europe. An Australian-Overseas Club teas or mid-year dinners. They could 1951 will be held in the MEN'S has been formed and includes many Australian students in­ be arranged either as of general COMMON ROOM at St Lycia terested in overseas countries. interest to meet interesting gradu­ Ne,\t Thursday, .5th .Oct., at 1.10 R,m. ates and significant visitors to 'Bris­ Nominations are required from sJl bane, or in area groups to meet .areas for President, Vice-Presidenit From "Farrago", .speaking of Hockey Carnival held in staff. The place of smokes is dpubt- and Secretary arid jthree .fliembers Brisbane last vac; "The superb condition of the field was a ful, especially when conducted in Of Committee, and these must Jbe feature of the carnival; in fact, as stated by some of the top- their present crude fashion, with in the hands of the Secreteiy, G. notehers present, it was the best ground on which they ha^ij their good proportion of twp-ipdt ';H. Clarke, by the day before the ever played." screamers. meeting. So if yon want to do some-< Make a pohjt of cpmirig. to this thing worthwhile with your <al-' •electlonl Exercise your right to Plans are afoot to n)Ove the Cambridge atomic research etns while at' the 'Varsity; put -control this club. from the Cavendish Laboratory to an old aircraft factory out your weight behind Men's,Club at of town, Oyer twenty years ago, the atom was first split in elections next year. Give your; X-MFipi" STIUPENTS support then, and your sugges­ the Cavendish Laboratory by Lord Rutherford. tions, and nominate suitable, . ALL STUDENTS Who ^quire .^ energetic types, who will criMiiie^; During 1948-49 Harvard University received 16,000,00 dollars an Interest in a decent cli,ib for^ -^ refund ^or their .?W?ay mi^^ ^ men. If you don't act how, theil .Student H^aj^th Si^^e fj^re femin^ in gifts, Yale 6,500,000 dollars and Prhtioeton 3,000,000 dollars. men's club In the future will prol>»^ •that Uie dlaim' aheet. WS^. h^ .*J^ ably cease .to exist tor lick ott the Union Office fcy "p.ctpb€r 15. During the last vac. Mejlbourne won . the Jn,t^r-yarsity support. J p. B. .ROW?LiA10, Fencing and Ad.ejaidp won the Inter-Varsity Lacrosse, —FE'LIX. Director.^f .Student ^ealth. *«»?'.«II"^>l^mWW^"W» • Mini W. 1^1' Woods—p^aeontolqi^ Invertebrate ,'.'•• i - Hall—Distributive •Trading ... j6nn}ngs-7.The:;pritli^ .Cpnatttution Prosserr-nManual of Message and Movements ^mrfm' I uit Jiui.niiniiu. •lU Jl ilU* n' m' inT'm-^jT-iH Page Two SEMPER FLOREAT Monday, October 2, 1950 semper (loreat... "Fm Glad I Came to the the newspaper of ihe unTverstty of University" queensland students' union Some years ago, when I was about twelve or there­ abouts, I tried to think what my next twelve years would, I Co-Edttora: ALAN WALKER, MALCOLM HAM. be like. As children usually do, I was given to day-dreaming, Associate Editor: MURRAY wn^LIAMS. (and not only in class); to be a Superman—that was my Sporting Editor: JOHN HARRIS. ambition; to conquer all, to recognise no master in anything- Social BaiUess: MARGARET HISLOP. How marvellous! One builds up many grandiose ideas about St, Lucia Sub-Editor: STEPH. HOCKING, oneself when one is at the ripe old age of twelve! What, Staff: a maze of complexes the young child has. He moves in the St. Lucla: KEITH MORRISON. IAN HARRIS, PAT WALKER, LEONIE HAYNE. restricted society of his schoolmates, buildmg up little George St,: BRIAN LEDLEY, BILL RUDD, CHAS. THOMAS. hatreds, petty grievances against his parents, his cobbers, Herston; JOHN O'DUPFY, JOHN EMMETT, BRYAN EMMER30N, until ho decides to wage war with all humanity! (This is, Business Manager: GEOFF. CLARKE. of course, only my experience; it may be coloured to a very large extent by my own individ^ial personality; in that case Vol. XIX MONDAiT, OCTOBER 2, 1959 No. 22 I would apologise to any who deny that this was their state • of mind at the time.) I'he child at school indulges, to a is only through practice that ideals; great extent, in hero-worship; both can be achieved, in .sport and academic ability. He On the other hand, the skilled A Criticism recognises in others those qualifica- engineer, doctor or scientist should' tions which he would love to see in realise that his professional life Is Under the heading "Anti-Conscription Move in Sydney" himself. If, by chance, he himself not the only thing that counta: he- in the columns of this paper on September 18th, there appeared excels in any of these fields, pride should endeavour to brosden hi£r steps in and persuades him to think understanding and interests and try an article which is largely devoid of logic and common sense.