) July, 1! Auckland University Students' Paper Vol. 26 no. 9, 24 July 1961. Price 6d. Subscription 2s. EDITOR, ADRIENNE RHODES; SECRETARY, BILL RAYNER; ADVERTISING, MIKE DAVIDGE; DISTRIBUTION, TONY READ, GRAHAM KING; BUSINESS MANAGER, TIM NUTTALL-SMITH; ULLUSTRATIONS, WILLIAM A. TAYLOR; CHIEF READER, JEREMY NATHAN; PRODUCTION, BRYAN DEW; GENERAL SUB-EDITOR, BARRY LOVEGROVE; GENERAL REPORTERS, FRANCIS L illie, b r u c e b a b i n g t o n , G e o f f r e y i r w i n ,- o v e r s e a s n e w s , d a v i d p it t ; s p o r t , j u s t i n e W a l t e r ,- l it e r a r y a n d a r t s , r o g e r h o r r o c k s . ie problem [ ■ RUSSIAN STUDENTS' o c k in g stock 0 ^ | g f § ^ t's see, then H R TOUR Auckland University students will be able to meet the Russian student delegation n that prii on the evening of 25 July. MfProceshch comes Ban? The Russian students, who are here on d o g e t the a goodwill tour, will probably speak for ? Y es, that! OBJECTION TO MID-WEEK PROCESSIONS twenty minutes each on this occasion. oeards; m | Lvre with ^ recent meet^n§ °f the Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board decided to s th a t? Oh,support Traffic Superintendent N. A. Lake in his plan to ban all mid- jt the colotLeek processions in Queen St, except Civic ones. This, of course, would af the legs | ect our procession. yes! 3, as the Fri Auckland's Fire Chief Drummond, when However, due to the shambolic nature rtle came ti interviewed, said that processions such of the last University Procession, a seri­ a t th e shot B the University’s were a hazard to the ous situation could have arisen. Especially s has died e tmergency services of the city. On sev- since fires in Queen St are liable to be­ i things mos ;ra| occasions the Fire Brigade had been come important affairs. n d e r about |jvertecj during processions, but due to This, of course, does not allow for the t e govern! . liaison with the Traffic Department. >r us, ours r" , _ r „ „ inconvenience caused to th? general road Oh, and by 13(1 managed to Set to Q ueen St fires user or to public transport. d f o r PROs, |ith a minimum of delay, lo o k after Apparently civic parades are to be an exception to the proposed ban on mid­ week processions. However, this recom­ mendation of the Fire Board has not yet A^‘Jremachine You . W h e n preps been accepted by the City Council. ide that you New York with a population of nine on th e jolly r an A, or an 0? million has its tickertape parades down 3ty machine] a n inconvi Broadway. It is difficult to see why tom ers. t tloes not really matter which of Auckland, the ‘ last, loneliest, lousiest t s h o rt of ese blood groups, or any others slum in the South Pacific ’ cannot. >wed ' those ti belong to. What does matter, has anyone CRACCUM REPORTER NEW LUXURIOUS SETTING FOR WOMEN STUDENTS W. A. Taylor w e had wever, is that you are prepared give a bottle of your blood on hursday, 3 August, when the 1 lobile Blood Transfusion Service Women's Shangri-La ON OTHER PAGES : sits Varsity. The Private Life of Beowulf .... 7 S,ev rely on us to keep up a steady At the end of a long corridor lies the But come, you must choose where to Mail Bag ..................................... 4 ipply of blood at this time of the year women’s Shangri-La. Yes, it’s real, girls! sit. Luxurious armchairs and soft divans Bloodshed .................................... 9 nd this is one very real and very im- This is your scrumptious new women’s are arranged in comfortable groups about Incense to Idols ....................... 5 ortant way that we can show that common room, uniquely furnished and a low coffee table scattered with the Aussie Rugby League .......... 8 Indents have a social conscience. painted in attractive blending colours. latest magazines. Nelson's Column ....................... 10 The fibrolite exterior of Hut 6 is for­ The whole picture is one of restful If you are under 18 you will need gotten the moment you step into the contentment, of palatial comfort in written authority from your parents delightful interior. You are warmed and spacious surroundings. to allow you to make a donation. intrigued by the exotic banana-shaped The brilliant designing has been done FENCE DAUBING The process is painless, and cannot do heaters. You swim into a state of easy by that group uncommonly called The corrugated fence of Government v harm to anyone who is in a reason- relaxation. ‘ Women of House Committee ’, guided Flouse has received a liberal coat of paint, le state of health. It will also give The charming decor is based on walls by the charm ante Ann H ilt. T his cosy not white monochrome, but a black ti a valuable opportunity of discovering of sea-horse white and pastel green. den has been created as a retreat from daubing which in tall letters subtly ur own blood group, if you do not Attractive rugs lie nonchalantly at your the hurly-burlv of the male world. suggests that Auckland should ban South lready know it. feet. And as you enter, your eyes posi­ Well girls, see you there in this se­ African goods. The actual words of the tively fire with the jazzy red, green and cluded spot, sunk in the modernistic platitude are: of grass an The service will be operating (sic) on otices. Now the Common Rooms from 8.30 a.m. to blue flashes of the peacock curtains sway­ armchairs, restfully reading and exchang­ BOYCOTT S. AFRICAN GOODS ing in the gentle breeze which flows ts h ave leftl BO p.m. Donors are even provided ing pleasantries with relaxed ease against It is hoped that this cathartic paint­ e inevitable ith free tea. biscuits and iron tablets. through the pleasant windows opening a background of dancing peacocks. ing has relieved the feelings of this anti­ ’ paving p on to the spacious lawns of your Univer­ apartheid fanatic. o f coming BO B C A T E R sity. CRACCUM REPORTER CRACCUM REPORTER itination, wi t b e that r a t the en ould one suj 3 scholars bi co u ld it be lead only to us straight in te l ligentsia S tead , rears wspaper dei at a time i speak of ha e n in g in I re-erected : ie harbour. 3 here and i site? th e bush t ith notice s Building. | n o w is to i ush, th en - i lawyers. ( TONY NEISI GET OFF MY BACK ! onday 2 Page 2 CRACCUM Monday 24 July 1 1---------- ates will be the brains of this country. THE UNIVERSITY IMAGE The self-made man is losing his former ‘ By united effort the university power. should be able to fill a greater role In this modern age the individual is in the general life of the com­ fitilling it more and more necessary to munity \ specialize and it is in specialization that Sir Douglas Robb, Chancellor elect, last the university deals. However, a ‘ broad week urged the University to assume its mindedness ’ is also of vital importance proper role in the city,, which it had not and one would imagine that graduates, done in the past. having had the opportunity to take an The University is the centre of learning, active part in all spheres of varsity life, of higher education. As such it is an would be more aware of matters of gen­ institution that deserves the highest re­ eralized knowledge and have a wider grasp spect from the community at large. of common principles. Auckland University will not and can­ This is not so, however. Students not dominate the city as do the universi­ abuse their privileges and only a small Wed. ties of Oxford and even Otago. The city proportion actually take advantage of is too large and its functions too varied, the wide range of activities and facilities and Auckland University has not acquired which, though inadequate, are offered the dignity necessary to set it in import­ them . ance above the other New Zealand Uni­ The narrow-minded graduates which versities. are ‘ turned out ’ by the University do Little effort is made to set up an image not represent to the public an adequate Thu. of learning in the eyes of the public. University image. Attention is attracted by way of The University should not grow into E/A-7r feel thy ’ capping and a few workdays. an institution for the narrow-minded de­ On these occasions students prove that velopment of specialists’ brains. Nor their lives are not entirely those of book­ should Auckland sit back and allow the YOUTH WELCOMES Why did the Chicken cross the Road? worms and that they have a certain un­ University to be known as a borstal for Lake's Laxative and discover answer selfishness where their University is bawdy intellectuals. MAYOR P ag e 10. In the eyes of the public, ‘ intellectual ’ concerned. Why capping celebrations The Auckland Metropolitan Junior and workdays are held, is not clear. is almost a dirty word.