Aj&Jii|ueJt, [jlipHjejiLt: THE V.QM. N E W S P A P E R

Registered at the C.P.O., Brisbane, for transmission by post as a periodical. Friday, 23rd February, 1962 Ettabltthcd In 1932.

Volume 32 — Number 1.

PRESIDENT N.U,A.U.S, MEN VISIT SOVIET CENSURED The first delegation of Australian students ever to visit Russia left Sydney on

January 17 to spend four weeks in Russia studying university conditions. It LHSgrGCB on rVclCOttlQ endeavoured to increase the contacts between Russian and Australian students.

Freshers Welcome will this year be held at Cloud- , Two university students Russia were an Exchange throughout t h e world," land on Friday, March 2nd, and there will be an from Sydney and one from Scheme so that Russian he said. "N.U.A.U.S. is admission charge of 4/-. ' Melbourne comnrised IKP Students can come in large completely non-political,

* ' • ^^iDourne cwnpnsea the numbers to Australia and and this delegation is in Behind this s i m p l e balls, e.g., the Arts Ball.' delegation, lliey w e r e Australian students go to r e t u r n for a visit by

statement of fact there How then can the Union' Stephen Wilson (24), a Russia at minimum ex- Russian students to Aust-lies a very interesting possibly justify Its desert- i law student at Sydney Uni- Pense. story which does little ing its own premises for versity Denis Baxter (11) Their expenses while In credit to many of the the wholly unsatisfactory ,^„ ' 'V p,„f„^^ "', p n, ' Russia were met by the people concerned, least of Cloudland? I Iso" of trorcssor j . r. oax- s o v i e t Government; in all to Mr. John Besley, the Since the Council did ter, Vice-Chancellor ot the addition small grants were President of the Union. appoint a convenor of j University of New South made by N.U.A.U.S. and the

Last year Union Council Freshers'Welcome [ (Regu- Wales) an Architecture Australian Government. adopted as policy a motion lation 13C 1(a)] It was the . ^H,rlf.r,'\t- tU^ i ir..wpr<:,f„ ( The rest the delegates sponsored by Miss Coralie obligation of the E.S.C. to

ralia in 1961."

(N.U.A.U.S. News Release)

Jones, the Secretary of the do so and this was not Entertainments Standing done until an emergency

student at the University of ^^^^ ^^^niselves. New South Wales and ^ ^ ^ ^ g ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ leader of the delgation delegation and a spokes-

Fv°!?"l\^,^l.i°.JBf„ S ! Sill*l"X ,°/ o f f ^ W 5 ' I Tony Staloy (22), a fiaal man said that there" were

On Wednesday, February H, the Finance Advisory Com­mittee met to discuss the ) 952 Union Budget. The balancing of the Union's Budget is always

that all orientation func- February 14. By this tim"e i " " ' , r ; ' " ; ' dV""'\" u7 nif nolftical^^mDUcItfonTln ^ ught with problems as large tions. held on Union pre- Cloudland had long been I y^'"' law student at Md- "« Pf^^^X S ^ ^ ^ ^ sums of money are involved mises, shall be free. The booked and advertised as bourne University. i.Vc; , aeiegauon w ^^^ ^^^^ ^ n ^^ ^ ^ U . , ,3^ ideal of having all orlen- Jhe venue. But it had been -r^n r.>nrp«^nt-.tiV-r5 ,.f ""^"*- , . , exceed the finance available, tation functions free could booked by the President! . '•^1° rcprescntamcs ot "We have a large mter- The Honorary Treasurer, Mr. not be adopted because of who as an ex officio mem- I the New Z,caland Univer- national programme each A. Court, will present this

, the impossibility of pollc- ber of E.S.C. has no more sity Students' Association year and send out many budget to the Second Meeting ing the rule. The Medical power than any other and' comDietcd the dclecation delegations, especially in of the 51st Council to be held Society, rightly, Incurred certainly no right to act of " " the Asian area, but our in the J. D, Story Council Council's wrath by charg- his own accord in this; Among the projects that aim is to maintain friendly Chamber on Thursday, March

matter. For this alone he j the delegation discussed in relations w i t h students 1st. deserves strong censure, i

ing for entry to its 1981 Freshers' Welcome. How, then, can the Union pos­sibly justify its own ad­mission charge?

EXAMS. MYSTERY

Moreover, he informed the unofficial meeting of E.S.C. i (in January) that if they <

This fv/ictfon was held decided against Cloudland '• very successfully in 1961 the Executive of t h e i in the new Union Building. Union would itself re- ' Any objections then valid book that ballroom. This; are now non-existent, the ihreat Is completely un-; main one being damage to justified; there Is simply^ floors by ashes, etc., car- ro provision In the regu-rled In from outside. The lations for this. A sub- i Union was built largely as committee or s t a n d I n g ,,- , - ^, „ ... . . ... the centre for the sonal committee of council is Sunday Truth —it sometimes, in its own sen-

J S e t W o ' S T o S r h a l ^ T 5 f e V e " a t t ' ' a S ! , ' : " • " • • " " ^ y ^ ^ ' - S " «»•> » " « ' "V interest-facenal material. Recently it stated

a matter of some interest to students.

Whatever else, one thing must be said for A Thai in fhe

r.Q, . they been scattered — too scope of the Executive as • ing and long had they tolerated laid down in Regulation 3, ( . • poor venues. Many outside was completely outside the i st'*'''5'y» bodies hire the Union for (1-7),

E.S.C. Failed There was In addition has no power to do this;

strong disagreement be- so much Is clear. tween t h e orientation directors on this matter.

When the E.S.C. met on Wednesday, February 14, the general feeling was

I Prof. F. J. Schoncli, I Vice-chancellor.

i Dear Sir, i

Obviously you aro quite aware of the fact that a Brisbane Sunday newspaper ha.s recently featured in its news columns a story which allcpcd some malpractice In the J961 cxaminatioiw. This, ns you realise, implicated an anonymous Asian student studylnK externally. The newspaper concerned .stated that when confronted with these allegations and others implying pressure brought to bear by the Conimonwcalth Department .of Kxto"rnal Affairs, you declined lo make any eornment. In addition the paper haa reported considerable dissatisfaction on the part of many of the academic staff.

This Is an important matter and obviously Is of great Interest to students who are naturally concerned at any evidence of irregularity In exaniinations.

Accordingly I invito you to, make a statement to "gempcr Floreat" for publication in the forthcoming issue of Ifeb. 22. The administration has an obligation to

It is reported that Miss Coralie J o n e s resigned from the position of ES.C. Secretary as she h a d threatened w h e n t h e

that Cloudland should be President interferred so maintained for a number autocratically In t h i s of reasons, although most manner, agreed that the Union was "Semper" has no perso-the better venue. The flrst nal quarrel with any of of these was that If the the members of the E.S.C. booking were cancelled the but warns that It expects Union would loose Its good the E.S.C. to act as a re-r e p u t a t l o n with the sponsible body, appointed j the students on this matter management of Cloudland by Council, and that its memoratlon Ball. T h e decision should be In the who might refuse to accept best Interests of the U.Q.U. a booking for the Com- This one was not, likewise second was t h a t the neither the E.S.C, nor any President should not be other committee can ex-embarrassed since It was pect any quarter from his wish to use Cloudland "Semper" If regulations f o r Freshers' Welcome, a r e agabi violated or and be had made the duties left unattended, booking. This Is kowtow- Mr. Ken Bowes (Hon. Ing to the President and Sec, U.Q.U.) told a "Sem-can only be vigorously per" reporter that much condemned. T h e E.S.C. of the earlier action on should have had the fortl- the matter had occurred tude to stand firm on Its when he was 6n leave" of rights and obligations and absence for examinations, refused to abdicate Its On his return he had rights to the President. In attempted to have the addition, the committee position sorted out and the feared that the Executive regulations abided by. He would over-rule a decision had always opposed the in favour of the Union Cloudland booking, buildings. The Executive

Sincerely Youra, John Carmody (Kditor).

Dear Mr. Carmody,

Thank you for your lettei- o( 3 3 inst. The Staff Association has not yet considered the

newspaper article you mention and conscfiuently I can­not make a statement for Semper Floreat.

Yours Sincerely, J'^lnticnn, rrcshlent.

v. of Q. Staff A.ssociatlon.

Mr. J. Carmody, Editor, Semper Floreat,

Dear Mr. Carmody, Thank you for your lotter and for your invitation

t« contribute to "Semper". 1 do not propose to niaku any further statement upon this nmttcr.

Yours sincerely, Fred J. Schonell,

Vlce-Chnncellor.

Briefly it was this: external student was, 1960 examinations granted a pass, whilst the examiner noted poor writing, poor com­mand of English, and a barely adequate familiarity wifh the subject. The same student's papers in 1960 revealed good English, copperplate script with no sign of haste and know­ledge of modern U.S. methods of accounting, not dealt with. in the course.

It was decided to fail the student on these great sus­picions. However, the Dept. of External Affairs would have • none of this, as fhey main­tained that the Thai Govern- ' ment would regard it as a slight to the country since the student was the son of a high government official. Since then there have been reports of con­siderable friction between aca-; demic and administrative staff including a noisy altercation in ; an hotel. No one at the uni­versity—or for that matter in ; Dept. of External Affairs— could be induced to comment. ;

All of this naturally in­terested "Semper", so thei letter reproduced below was sent to the Vice-Chancellor' and essentially similar ones to the Staff Association and the' Professor of the Department': concerned. The replies could hardly have been less inform­ative as you can judge for, yourselves.

i In other words, "Semper" is i

not satisfied. Surely it would | do no one any harm to deny everything if the whole story is; false. On fhe other hand il it j is true our interest can only. quicken. This interest Is legiH- i mate. We have a real right to '• know the facts.

Sxfueafi6. and

It would seem that any Charlatan can make a quick ten quid out of the "Bulletin".

I understand that the article recently published on the con­troversy over the Thai external student was written from Mel­bourne by someone who has not been to Brisbane for some time. He was paid ten pounds for something lifted almost bodily from "Sunday Truth".

Some one ought to grab the "Bull-tin" by the Donald Homes.

A "Scmpar" reporter re­cently observed to his cost that the bus fare from the city to the University is now 1/5 . This, he says, v/otks at 14 /2 per week for the average student. "Semper" reminds readers that despite this, the Lord Mayor IMr. Jones) re­mains a member of the Univei-sity Sports Union. "My God, how the money rolls in, rolls

A Borstal for dogs was re­cently established in England and it has been claimed by the management that already many anti-social dogs have been cured of their reprehens­ible habits. I am sure that all postmen will approve.

W h a t possibilities t h i s offers! Such corrective institu­tions could well be opened for all types; errant atomic-bombers and naughty unionists who won't pay to have Com­munists come herp. But to begin with let's all agitate for a Borstal for Bob, I'm sure Brendan Behan would support the scheme, or at least drink to its success.

The following four plays were recently being performed in London: "Lady Chatterley", "The irregular Verb to Love", "Guilty Party", " W i l d e s t Dreams", and " 'l is Pity She's a Whore".

There is no truth in the rumour that this feast resulted in a massive influx of immi­grants which could be halted onfy by a Commonwealth Immigration Restriction Bill. "llait to Thee blithe Semper, Katt Thou never aert . . ."

Sxfudette

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Semper Floreat Editorial

SEMPER FLOREAT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1962

CALL A HAIT T HERE are many things which demand saying

although they irritate most of the people who hear them. Ours is a society which prefers "tact" and

"mantters" to frankness; a society which prefers silence to any annoyance resulting from a firm state­ment of fact; a society which denies the phrase, "Great is truth, and mighty above all things". This University professes to accept this ideal since it has inscribed It in the stone of the Main Building, and Semper Floreat" also accepts. Never has it been, and never oughl it be Semper's policy to refrain from expression on the grounds that this may be unpopular or resented.

This University is too large and there are far too many being admitted to it, year by year.

So, unrepentantjcy, I declare that many of you "freshers" simply ought not to be here, lacking as you do not only the intelleciuai ability to cope with and profit from a university education, but also the intellectual curiosity and eclecticism to expand the rather circumscribed horizons of your minds.

At a university one should do more than simply gobble up facts like a hungry animal; a worthwhile student has something to offer his fellows and can contribute in some way towards an intellectual atmos­phere within the university. A person unwilling to do this is a liability and has no place here. When the number of students exceeds the optimum, as it does here, opportunities are limited and the valuable students lose their chances to benefit by greater attention from .ind mixing with the academic staff. This, too, is otie of the great advantages of the good university.

In addition, quite apart from these more idealistic considerations we arc rather forcibly confronted with very practical financial ones. This University is, by any standards, indigent, a situation which is gravely aggrav.itcd by our numerical excesses. The little money which we have could be spent more wisely and effectively if there were fewer to cope with and there otighl to he fewer to cope with.

.Naturally the old argument of everyone's being endowed with the right to an education will be dragged forward. This, however, I categorically reject. Certainly there are many people who, for their own sake and that of the community, must receive a tertiary education but obviously they are a very small minority.

Nonetheless the preservation of rigorous stand­ards is of prime importance and this must be zealously pursued. These standards arc not academic alone. In this University, the traditional and absolutely necessary distinction between Totvn and Gown is being very rapidly lost, to our great disadvantage. As we admit more and more the average standard of the entrants falls pari passu. We are, in fact, admitting the masses, the "mob" and these people have the ideals and tastes of the "mob" and its bankruptcy of ideas. Certainly the intellectually adventurous and cultural minority remains but its efforts, being swamped by the sheer numbers and inertness of the mass, and rendered quite ineffectual. There is scarcely a greater tragedy in any University. We arc descend­ing to the very low level of our unimpressive community.

How do you stand?

STUDENT HEALTH Medical

The University provides for your benefit a free health service. The medical officer may be consulted by apfxaintment, and his rooms are situated In the lower floor of the Union recreation block. You are encouraged to make use of this facility for any type of medical or personal problem about which you would like advice, and arrangements can be made for further tests or treatment.

Students who suffer fronts any type of handicap which may influence their studying efficiency are particularly advised to make contact with the medical officer. Routine medical examinations are not compulsory, but it i« worthwhile to arrange for a cheek-up if you have never been medically examined. Other preventive measures available include immu­nisation against various diseases, chest X-rays, skin tests for T.B., and eye tests.

A consultant psychiatrist will make regular visits to the Student Health Service this year, with the ofaiect of providing diagnostic advice for students referred by the medical officer or fhe student consellors. This is a new facility In line with the accepted procedure in overseas universities, which reflects the importance placed upon the prevention of serious emotional disturbancs by early diagnosis and treatment.

Students are reminded that they may be covered by family medical benefits subscriptions, If they are vrhotiy dependent, until the age of 24 years; this includes those on most types of scholarship or fellowship. It is worth checking to make sure of your status in this regard; individual medical benefits subscriptions are strongly advised for those not other­wise covered.

Den tal Students—why le* financial problems ruin your teeth?

As well as having medical treatment available to students through the Student Health Service, dental treat­ment is available at the Dental Hospital, Turbot St.

The services, given by graduate dentists, are avail­able free to alt students over the age of 21 (however, all gold work has to be paid for). The remainder of students, under 21, can obtain treatment, the fees of which vary depending on their parents income (i.e., a means test is applied.) ,.;•

Although work is done by graduate dentists, students, if Ihey so desire, can have their teeth attended to by dental students at the (Cental College, Turbot St.—such work being done under strict supervision.

Any student desirous of these dental services should apply in person at the inquiry desky. Ground Floor, Dental Hospital.

As it is hoped eventually to establish a Dental Service at St. Lucia, the numbers of students attending the Dental Hospital will help warrant such a student facility.

Maurice J. Coiello, Pentittry Councillor.

PROLONGED ADOLESCENCE FOR STUDENTS • Universities are concerned not only with the brain of the student but more and more with his whole person. A Ger­man doctor who works in a university medical service put it this way recently: "The i students I treat will become • teachers, d o c t o r s , lawyers, j judges a n d perhaps even! chancellors. I don't want them i to be too neurotic."

• It is difficult to say with any exactitude what the pre­valence of mental disturbance is among students. However, in universities that have an efficent ca^-finding system as well as treatment possibili ties in which students have confidence, the percentage of psychiatric treatment may be as high as 20.

• A study undertaken by R. W. Parnell on the morbidity

I of students in Oxford showed ' that, during the years after the i war, the suicide rate among I students was 11 times higher I than in the general population i between the ages of 15 and j 24. Of 145 students who ' dropped a term because of i l l-; ness, over 50% did so because 'i of mental illness.

I • The explanation is largely I that the university encourages prolonged adolescence. Students remain in what amounts to tutelage for long years of study before they can fulfil the role

I of adults and achieve social I maturity. Economically they I remain dependent, which often I prevents them from marrying and from reaching sexual

' maturity.

WRITE FOR US WIDER EDUCATION "Semper", being the news­

paper of the Union, i.e., of all the members of the Union, is the better for being cos­mopolitan. This is very hard to attain simply because there are few with an interest in the paper. In a practical way this interest expresses itself in contributions, reporting, sub­editing and other routine assistance, etc.

Do any of these things appeal to you. tf you are a rare bud who answers yet, let the editors know either by word of mouth or by letter at Union Office.

When submitting c o p y ' remomber: j • Type it if you can; at |

least write legibly; • Write on one side of tho

paper only; I • Send it In early <at the | I latest one week before i j the date of publication), i

Wo piously hope that, a t , ! least until July, "Semper" I i will appear fortnightly, on , • Thursdays. Wc chall do our • I level best to adhere to this; ! I we can be helped. You ought, I have some Interest In this • I paper. '

This year the Union is planning to produce the best series of lectures so far given. Plans have been made to sponsor one lec­ture every Thursday at 1.15 p.m. The venue will be Room 45 in the Arts block. An active committee comprising Barry Baker (Convenor), Ed Tweddell and Bob Greenwood, have drawn up a list of pros­pective lectures including Mess r s . Hackett (Stock Exchange) Truman (Pol. Science), Thomas (Art),

Johnstone (Art), P r y o r (Classics), Lisner '(Ballet), Richards (Press), and Dr. Tonge (Forensic Medicine) and Miss Joan Whalley

1 (Drama). i Fill in your empty lunch I hours and be entertained land educated by influen­tial, enterprising lecturers. Don't just stagnate—help the Union to sponsor a more active University and en joy your University days.

SEE YOU IN ROOM 45 ON THURSDAYS.

WHY EXPERIMENT? You ave been, and will again be seeing some single-

sheet issues of what is designated "Experimental Semper". A word of explanation is necessary. These were compiled by Mr. Ken Bowes (Hon. Sec. U.Q.U.) to test a printing machine which the Union may buy. The name of Mr. John Carmody was appended in order that the editors of "Semper" rotair control over the paper. The work, however, was done by Mr. Bowes and not by "Semper" staff.

APOLOGY 1 PENFRIENDS

bWc*:,

I don't know, mate—these freshen look younger every year.

One of the experimental "Sempers" contains an error which may have caused some embarrass­ment to the parties con­cerned. Mr. Benno Horo­witz (Herston Vlce-Fres.) announced his engagement to Miss Elizabeth Blaydes (an Arts graduate of Syd­ney). Mr. Ken Bowles who compiled the experimental Issues wishes to express his apologies to Miss Blaydes and Mr. Horowitz,

D u r i n g the vacation there were received at Union Office letters re­questing pen-friends from among Q u e e n s l a n d students. They came from US.A., Germany and East­ern Bohemia (letters in Czech and Russian). Any­one who is interested ought call at Union Office for all details.

SEMPER FLOREAT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1962

''"TSE'lior:!" One For The Books (Mr. Harrison Bryan, M.A.)

It is certainly possible to have a library without a University, but no one has managed yet to have a University without a Library.

James Bryant Conant, one ot the leading educationalists of our age has put it this way with reference to his own University, Harvard, Bald President Conant in effect, the whole of the Har­vard staff could leave and become "SJ*. bookies", all Harvard's imposing brick buildings could disappear in the holo­caust of atomic war, all the students even could perish from German measles or hydrophobia; but so long as the four and a half million books in the Wldener Library were preserved then the Univer­sity could and would rise Phoenlx-like from the ashes.

This may seem a tall order to some students making their flrHt acfjuaintanoe with the University. And thetr aceptlclsni may be strengthened by discovering that the University of Queensland does not have a Library of four and a half million books, and that the Library does not happen to be the most imposing building on the St. Lucla site.

A little reflection, however, will remind us that University people, inu.st live by books, even If they do not neces.wrily live by the book. Their profession \s know­ledge and knowledge In this super-nmrkcf. self-service age conies neatly packaged in books. The lecturer who must keep up to date In his subject, the roscarcU worker anxious to know what is being done in his field elsewhere In the world and what others have done before him, even the unfortunate student; all theso are «prved by, and yet in .some sense a re slaves to, the printed word.

PROCESSED KNOWLEDGE But there really is a very liirRC amount

of thia processed knowledge about and. like the food market again. It nei<d.s a deiifroc of organization if It i.i to he useful. .•\ satisfying and nourishing meal will reault from a visit to the B.C.C. ©nly if the package purporting to contain deep-frozen poos docs not have rat poison in it by mis­take. The meal will bo the better too. if the atovo curries a wide vangi' of foods carefully arranged and displayed to make poBSihIe and attractive a whole scries of blends and inter mlngllngs of various items. Moreover. 1;' it ig a good .store, there will be more than one brand of tht; same type of good.s. To complete our analogy, even in thes« days of electronically organized household life, the best meals reiiulre of the cook that he or sho be capable ot something sillghtly more than just opening the appropriate cans.

All thii explains why you will find a Lib­

rary at your Univenity.

What lti«»d •of a Litrary U it and iujt how can it help you? In the first place, you will tt'xp over the LibrarY> w Part of if, wherever you go in the Univenity. In more than thirty different places; at St. Lucia, at Her­ston, at George Street, at Turbot Street and af William Street there are branch libraries anrf service points. All these have books and periodicals that your lecturers and you will need to do a reasonable job as studenH.

Within reason all the items In any of these librarle-s are available to you wher-ever you nmy bo in the iiniverslty. This i« possible hecau.se the Main Library at .St. Lucla acts as a nuelcu.s. ordering and

New Art Centre Harvard Vtiivcrs'tty has commissioned

Le Corbtisier with the construction of^ a ttcw Art Centre. Apart from exhibition rooms, the jive-storey btiilding will also incUide ivork rooms, studios, and the like jor the art stitdents at Harvard Uiiiversity. Every storey is planned as a single large room tvith removable par­titions tvhich (an be arranged as the situatiott tieviands. The exterior tvalls will be composed of solid construction materials which are so desigtied to let light in while avoiding direct stinlight. (Amerika-Dicnst, Bad Godcsberg)

cataloging as they arrive all the materials for tho whole system and carefully record­ing the location of each Item.

TRAINED STAFF Secondly, trained staff arc available a t

t he Main Library und nt the larger branch libraries to help yoti in every way short «f actually reading books for you; or, except In most unusual ra.ses, holding your hand while yon read.

Now what kind of reading will you have to do? (And may wc in the Library express the hope, parenthetically, that this is not the same as asking what kind of reading will you want to do!) This wilt vary a lot from course to course and from year to year. During Orientation Week and at other times you will be reminded that the great break in changing from .secondary school to University Is that you nre no longer " taught" In the formal sense. In some cases this means only that you will still be told tiiitijrs and then left to decide whether or not to Icam them. In others you will find, almost immediately, that you are no longer told anything but a re given certain leads towards making up your own mind about Ihem. Generally speaking, the more you advance in a sub­ject the less you are "spoon fed." in any sense.

How do you set about making up youi mind about those things? You read about them. In your textbooUs. In the books rc-commonded by your lecturers, and in any others you can find that st^eni to bear oa the subject. Then you argue with youv friends about them. The University library exlst.T juat to make thl.s process possible. U enalilp.s you, in the full traditional sense of the word, to I'cad for a degree.

OPPORTUNITY The Library, liowever, offers you more

than this. It may exist primarily to serve stuff and students In this bualnoas of gif­ting and begetting knowledge In the fields of the degree courses or the research being undorlakeu at the Univer.slty. But it also offers student and staff alike, without charge or supervision, the opportunity to read whatever they wish, whether related to formal .study or not. in providing tliLs opportunity the University feels It is con­tinuing to contribute to your education in a way whUili goes much beyond training you in the "profession of your choice."

This turns out to be pretty Important, actually. .Most peop!.^ agree that Increaa-ing specialization has a disintegrating effect in .scholur.shlp. A.s Individuals wo tend to know more and more about Ics.s und less and to lose .sympathy with the other man's point of view. In this scicn-tlfically controlled new world of ours It Is increasingly necessary both for the non-.scientist to appreciate the sclontist's ap­proach to things and for the scicntiHt to ' teep reminding himself of the human values in the .society his rocket:i may rule or ruin.

You can help make this world saner and SMhr by reading outside your own narrow i'itid. You witl inevitably spend most of your life in your small corner but we will all be a lot safer if you have at least a rough idea of what goes on in mine.

SOME STATISTICS Now to concltidc with some statistics.

We said earlier that we do not have u great library. But tlmt is no reason to feel unduly ashan^ed of the Library wc do havo. By and large you will find, aa undergraduates, that there a re hooks enough In it already to keep you busy. There are In fact more than a quarter of a million and they are being added to at the rate of more than 160 each day the University is open for business; one new book, tliat Is, every three minutes or so Hiat vou spend a t lectures or in the I'nion 111 the laboratory or in the dissecting room, or oven in the Library or one of its braufhes.

Depending on your field of study, or your extra-study interests, you may be interested less In books than In periodicals, magazines if you like. Your Horary receives regulaiiy the i.-wues of more than I LiiOD separate • periodicals. Something like lOfi.OOt) parts art> handled each year.

Of course, we still do not have enough books for some purposes and we are grow. Ing 80 fast that we have neither the ac­commodation to contain thom or the staff to look after thom In the way that we would like. So that while urging you to

use the Library, purely in your own Interests, we do ask that you be patient with our shortcomings.

SIMPLE RULES You will be required to conform to a

few .simple rules of library u.se. These arc dcslprncd to protect the Interest;; of the vast mniurfty of genuine nnd rcuAonably cthicnl students ugalnst tlie Inevitable minority nt selfL^h and un.soruputous "book hogs."

Three things above all arc worth re­membering about the Library. Remember that since the library is there for your use we cannot tolerate your misuse of It. Uememtoer to ask for help If you need It; the library staff are anxious to assist but they will not know your troubles till you spill them. Remember, please, tha t if you have complaints or criticisms the library win do its best to meet them, but again It must know and would Uke to know first and not a t second hand, via lecturers or "Semper Floreat" or even "Truth".

Your Ubary Is costing we taxpayers about £120.000 this year. This is a cheap enough price to pay for giving the University a heart which, as President Conant pointed out. will keep on beating even if the limbs are amputated. But it Is money down the drain as far as your parents are con­cerned if you do not make some use. any use. of It.

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POETS 'CORNER? The Editor would be glad to he in a

position to tnake a "Poets' Corner" a regular feature of "Semper" Apart from the fact that this would help student writers by presenting tlieir work to fellow students, a paper which claims to be somewhat belter than the daily press, and we hope, somewhat less ephemiral, ought to concerti itself with poetry as it does with music, books and the like. This is an invitation.

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Harlem-born^ he began on THEY CALL DIXON

"MUSICAL GENIUS

EDITORIAl Are we to assume that If

a university Ls a "Place of Light, Liberty and Learn-nlng" that students of a university are concerned with things of value exter­nal to their studies? In o t h e r words, can we assume that they are pre­paring to be able to make some contribution to Aust­ralia's cultural a c t i v i t y and future creatlveness? A .small p r o p o r t i o n of students already at this university can a n s w e r affirmatively. The Austra­lian Broadcasting Com­mission recognises the fact that students — mainly of the U n i v e r s i t y and Teachers' Training Colleges —form the bulk of the Youth Concert audiences and a not Insignificant p a r t of other concert audiences.

Last year the A.B.C. demonstrated this aware­ness in practical terras, and, on the suggestion of the Honorary Secretary, inaugurated a series of annual free concerts by the Queensland Syn;phony Orchestra, the second of which is to be held In the Refectory on March 7th. Certainly this concert has as one of Its functions the promotion of the ensuing concert season, but it will also serve to introduce many to serious music as the schools' concerts. It Is hoped, too, that many will be inspired to develop the concert-going habit: again, It is hoped, to their advantage.

This coiicert then has more t h a n mercenary motives. If students are to contribute continuously to Brisbane's culture it is important that the new generations of students are aware of their obliga­tions. These can be trans­lated into real terms, in some small measure, by way of the A.B.C. Concert Series. With a discriminat­ing public they can only improve, but. obviously this demands the regular presence of a public.

Ought you be in the audience?

—John Carmody

• •• And so is Young Banmhohn

y^MERlCAN conductor Dean Dixon has been described by European criticis as "a magnificent musician", "a musician of genius" and "one of the most complete conductors of our time". He was born in 1915 in

Harlem, New York Citv. His parents were West Indian and he received a British education in his home. Dixon's musical education was due largely to his

mother who was passionately fond of music and determined that her son would become a musician. From an early age he was taken to concerts and operas and, at three, received his first violin lesson from his mother. Dixon played in the phony orchestra at a Har-

orchestra at the De Witt lem branch of the Y.M.C.A. Clinton High School; when WAS IMPRESSED . he graduated in 1932 the Samuel Chotzinoff, the head of the music depart- music director of the NBC, ment advised him to con- attended a special concert tinue his studies. arranged at the Heclcscher

He entered the Jullliard Theatre. School, and later (from He was impressed and 1936 to 1939) he studied asked Dixon to direct the conducting w i t h Albert NBC Symphony Orchestra Stoessel under a Jullliard for two concerts. Fellowship, In 1940 Dixon became

He also s t u d i e d at conductor of the National Columbia University where Y o u t h Administration he received a Master of Orchestra. Arts degree. In 1948 he received the

As early as 1932 Dixon Alice M. Ditson Award of had formed his own sym- $1,000 for outstanding

Ovation in N.Z.

The resident conductor of •he Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Pekarek, has juit returned from a New Zealand tour.

His tour, embracing eight concerts, as guest conductor of the New Z e a l a n d National Symphony Orches­tra, r e c e i v e d universal laudatory reviews.

The reviews included headings such as "Inspired playing at National Orches­tra Concert"—"Fine Music with Guest Conductor" — "Guest Conductor receives Enthusiastic Reception".

rONCEBT-goers will sit in the. presence of a

genius on May 26, Septem­ber 22, and October 5 and 6—Daniel Barenboim.

The Oxford Dictionary describes a genius as one having "instinctive and extraordinary imaginative, c r e a t i v e or inventive capacity."

This, then, is teenage celebrity pianist, Daniel Barenboim, touring Aust­ralia tills year for the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

What boy of 19, unless he also is a genius, could claim:— To have begun his career

at five. To have learned to read

music b e f o r e having learned to read words.

At seven to have made his public concert debut. HUGE REPERTOIRE

At nine to be invited to play at the hallowed Salzburg Mozarteum.

At 15 to have a repertoire of 250 solo works and 21 concertos, as well as being able to conduct 70 orchestral works.

To be the y o u n g e s t musician to receive a diploma from the Santa Cecilia A c a d e m y , in Rome. And all this, mind you,

did not turn the child into a prodigy. His worldly and academic education was not jeopardised.

His father, also his music teacher, demanded that Dan was to be a "complete man" as well as a "complete musician".

Professor Enrique Baren- . bolm, as a result, allowed Dan to practise only one or two hours a day, turned down engagements worth tens of t h o u s a n d s of pounds a year, and kept his son at school.

Youth Sat,, March M Silt., April 28 Sat., May 19—Concerto and

Ciimpctitions Sat., June 2. Wed.. August 8 Sat.. September 1 Sat., September 22 Sat., October 27

Music lovers

SIR BERNARD HEINZE loves being with children —particularly when they are interested in music. Here he shows a blind girl how to blow the tuba.

T O Sir Bernard Heinze has gone popular credit for making Australia a music loving nation. Though

some mav quibble about this, few will argue that Sir : Bernard Heinze has not set out, with single-minded i purpose, to make it so. His visit to Brisbane in audience, 85 people at 1/-

June will be one of the a head, highlights of the 1982 Now 67 and director of concert season. the S y d n e y Conserva-

To Brisbane audiences, torium of M u s i c , Sir who see and hear him Bernard can look back regularly, this bright-eyed, (but he doesn't) to being beaming son of Australian decorated by kings and music, is entrenched in recognised by universities, their hearts. Overseas he is rated with :

But it was not always so. the great contemporary In 1924, after turning conductors,

down the post of concert- However, if one thing master of the Dresden stands out above all else '• Symphony Orchestra, and in this man's career, it has ' posts in Paris, Helslngfors, been his love for children Budapest, Zurich and Ber- and the way he has used i iin, to Work hi Australia, that love, and those child-he gave his first concert ren, as a vehicle for Aust­in M e l b o u r n e — the ralia's musical future.

Orchestral Diary Krips—Uirry Sitsky (Pianist) j Pekarek—Camilla Williams (Soprano)

contributions to American music, and his career In Europe began In 1949 when he accepted an invitation from RadiodifTusion Fran-caise.

In 1952 he conducted over 60 concerts in Sweden, including a concert at the Stockholm Festival to celebrate the 700 - year anniversary of the Swedish capital.

IN GOTHENBURG For the following seven

years, Dixon was artistic leader and head conductor of the Gothenburg Sym­phony Orchestra.

He worked with the Gothenburg Orchestra for part of each year and spent the rest of his time touring the major music centres of Europe.

His reputation is such that at different times he has been offered positions as permanent conductor of the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Brussels Philharmonic, the Koln Rundfunkorches-tra, and the Teatro Com-

. munale o r c h e s t r a s In ; Bologna and Catania.

In 1960 he had the choice of three major musical posts in Germany; general music director of

: the City of Hanover; • successor to Eugen Jochum I at the Bayrlsche Rundfunk I in Munich, or Chefconduc-' tor and general music : director of the Hessische Rundfunk S y m p h o n y Orchestra in Frankfurt.

He accepted the last of these and is now conductor

, of the 101-member sym­phony orchestra in Frank-furt-am-Main.

Dixon is well known in Europe for his new tech­nique of teaching the classics to children as well as to high schools and universities.

He lectures on this tech­nique on television and radio and at free concerts.

He lives with his wife (a Finnish playwright), and three daughters, in an ultra modern villa outside Frankfurt. .

Vocal Pekarek—Q'land C. and V. Comps. Finahsts ! Hcin:e—Ernest Llewellyn (Violinist) I Pekarek—Nancy Weir (Pianist) 1 Van Otterloo—No Soloist Pekarek—Daniel Barenboim (Pianist) Dixon—James Carson (Flautist)

Came to Sydney to be Engineer

A young man who came to Australia to become an engineer, will be soloist in the first Youth Concert

of 1962 with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Henry Krips on March 31. He is Larry Sitsky, now

an established pianist and composer, and at 27, a teacher of piano at the Queensland C o n s e r v a -torlum of Music.

The son of W h i t e Russian parents who fled to China d u r i n g the R u s s i a n Revolution in 1920, Larry Sitsky was born in China, and came to Australia in 1951 to study.

But it was not to study music, although his musical background was such that when only 12, he played with the Tientsin Orches­tra.

He entered the Faculty 0/ Engineering of Sydney University, but six months later decided that his future w a s music. He switched his studies to the Sydney Conservatorium.

*^i! F j a d u a t i o n , he studied for two years more In San Francisco under

' Egon Petri, who, among ! other things, held the dis­tinction of being a pupil

I of Buzani. I In February, 1961, he ! was appointed teacher at I the Queensland Conserva-I torium.

A.B.C. SUPPLEMENT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1962

THEY ALL WANT VAN OTTERLOO

IWILLEM VAN OTTERLOO is one of the world's most highly regarded conductors. Under his

leadership, the Residency Orchestra of The Hague has taken its place among the world's great orchestras.

Born in Winterswljk, He studied the cello and H o l l a n d , van Otterloo !:?!?iP°fi!5'°"„, ^ *^„P„°^t!!^" studied medicine before " *"" " ' ""^ deciding to make music his career.

Pekarek Praises Youtli

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vatorium of Amsterdam, then went Into the cello E-Dction of the Municipal Orchestra of Utrecht. •-

An unexpected opportu­nity to conduct the orches­tra led to his being made second conductor In 1934. In 1937, he became chief conductor.

During those early years, he studied conducting with THE resident conductor . ^ ^ » v - ^

of t h e Queensland the noted Dutch conduc-S y m p h o n y Orchestra, tor, Carl Schuricht. Rudolf Pekarek, considers CAME TO FORE Youth Concerts most re- . It was after the war that warding. Wlllem van Otterloo really

"These young people are > came to the fore, enthusiastic to a tangible In 1946 he was conduc-degree. I can feel their' tor of the Netherlands likes and dislikes, and I , Opera Orchestra, Amster- and from September, 1962. am never in any doubt as • dam; in 1948 he became will join Jean Fournet as to how a concert has been conductor of the Radio one of the two official con- ,^„ . „,,, received by them," he says. Philharmonic Orchestra in ductors of the Netherlands DRISBANE concert-goers arc about to meet a "new'

• " "•• Radio P h i l h a r m o n i c ** a^ist named Camilla Williams who'll capture thei

Camilla is "newcomer" What kind of music do • Hllversum.

they like? In 1949 he was appointed Orchestra That is the most dlfflcult to his present post with Recent Notices:—

part of Youth Concerts— the Residency Orchestra. "A body of players finely the selection of a pro- Van Otterloo Is one of tuned like a precision in-gramme, says Mr. Pekarek. ^ the most sought - after strument . . . the glory of

But he adds, he believes • guest conductors today. the Hague Orchestra with something like 90 per cent.. He has c o n d u c t e d Wlllem van Otterloo Is the of young people like to i throughout E u r o p e , in complete unity and purity hej. accomplishments hear music they know.! South Africa_ and in North of , tone gjv en, _by ^«J_e A negro, she was the first

woman of her race ever

capture their hearts and their admiration. She is "ncu" only in the sense that she has never been to Australia.

Camilla Williams Is one of t h e really g r e a t sopranos of our time.

Let us look at some of

velvety texture and aston­ishing radiance".

The g r e a t songs of Schubert, Brahms a n d Hugo Wolf are also In her

This Is true not only of, and South America youths, but of music-lovers generally.

A telling point in sup­port of this, is made by Mr. Pekarek.

He declares that conduc-

Daily strings." — London Telegraph.

'•The mellow warmth of the orchestra sprang from its fine body of strings; their tone has an autumnal ((oldenness rather than blatant brightness, with the emphasis on musician­ship rather than virtuo-

to sing in opera in New York City.

Her home town of Danville (Virginia) gave her the key to the city—the first to receive it and the only one so far.

In five years, she has made 12 c o n c e r t tours of Europe, toured the Car-ribean and Israel, made a grand tour of Africa, and criss-crossed t h e United States.

WON CITATION in ronducfcing held by the even excitingly eloquent." p^j. ^er tour of Africa too are -^riarfrom some of Netherlands Radio Union, The Times. made under the auspices l^c mLt'famous o S fn

of the International Cul- which she has appeared— tural Exchange Service "Aida", *T Pagliacci", "La of the American National Boheme" and of course Theatre and Academy, "Madame Butterfly", she received a Preslden- s e v e r a l of Mozart's

operas are on her selection list. too.

A song-writer... and ^^-^_ _ ^ J _ _ - ^ i , ^ ^ _ - Vienna, he conducted the f f O T l Cl 1 1 C 7 T O I Vienna Symphony Orches-^*^^ i r*B iW»*»^r* ' ^ - . jj.^ j ^ ^ programme of

In Buenos Aires, the Critics' Circle has twice named him conductor of the year and he will con­duct another .series of concerts in Buenos Aires

tors know they have only ! this year, just before his to feature a programme tour of Australia, from the romantic period Van Otterloo is highly to pack a hall. regarded as a composer in sity.

BALANCE IS AIM his own country, although 'The disciplined bril-Mr. Pekarek's aim with pressure of his other work liance of the playing

Youth Concert programmes leaves him little time for matched the discipline of is to give them balance.' composition. fhe conductor's approach. He tries In each concert to He instructs every year so that the total effect was cover three broad periods > at the International course warmly a n d sometimes —the classical, the roman­tic and the modern.

While talking to Mr. Pekarek we gleaned a little of tK> work-a-day world of a conductor. —For instance, by 9 a.m. he has spent at least an hour pouring over musical scores —those he's using, ' IF you remember the song Australian music—that ol those he's likely to use in ' "Land of Mine" which Alfred Hill and Robert the future, and new works won the National Song Hughes, always coming to hantfc Contest in 1953, you are , In four tours abroad

By 9.30 he Is at rehearsal remembering the music of Krips has taken every and in any one week he Henry Krips. If you've seen opportunity to promote would work 21 hours with , the A u s t r a l i a n films AustraUan music, although the orchestra.

In case any should con- . Matthew", you will have slder that an easy money heard Henry Krips' back-job, it Is well to remember ground music, that orchestral rehearsals: Yet further afield. If are but the polishing pro- i you've seen the ballets cess applied to many hours i "Faust" or "Revolution of

' the Umbrellas", or perhaps heard only the music, that too, is the creation of Henry Krips.

Most Brisbane m u s i c lovers will have attended

THE following arc dates a Krips concert, for he for y o u r Brisbane ccmes regularly to Queens-

Orchestral Diary. , land. ^ , u « • Fri Sat Apr. 13. 14: ! He will conduct the first

Tziplne, Camilla Williams Youth Concert of the 1982 (Soprano) season In the City Hall on

Prl., Sat.. May H, 12: March 31st.

a s ° ^ " ' ^ ' ' ' ' " ' toJ'of t ^ ^ , , ^ Fri Skt June 15, 16: Symphony Orchestra. He was formerly musical _ Today, she is one of

suggested programmes

tial Citation She has sung for two

American Presidents at White House receptions, Eisenhower and Truman. Camilla Williams has a

personality of sweetness, v/armth and gaiety, and to

, "Smithy;. ' £ _ ' " ' W | ; V f ireacrinsTanTe'FlVe'Wps ^ 'JJ^g 15?opean'^critlc, a "" "^^ "flowing soprano voice of

Of individual practice. • •

Orchestral Reminder

W h i l e contemporary music may not be always to her taste, her pro­grammes are likely to in­clude at least one modern American c o m p o s e r — Sergius Kagen—who also happens to be her voice ccach.

Career reads like fiction \ 1 / H E N it comes to rags to riches stories, few could

parallel that of Australian pianist Nancy Weir, who will appear with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Pekarek, in Bri,sbanc on August 8th.

She was "discovered" by British Intelligence Service sheer chance: launched on during the war. her career by public de­mand and subscription; went f r o m success to success, then sank Into oblivion In World War II

KriDsYs"resident conduc- were primarily to further almost before her public New South Wales country "•"H^. - . . . .. UI . . . j . „ pnran,. hori hponin townshlp of Lockhart.

She had picked away at director for Cinesound; Europe^s leading pianists, the piano from early child-

/iri itv icM Tv>ic man nf n n n v : "^usicai director with the Nancy Weir's c a r e e r hood, and soon, listening FH qit Jimp 29 30-Ufl^nts does not confine ^Irsova Ballet and resl- reads something more like to a neighbour's piano, she

H^n^P fnan Sutherland ! S . actlvIt°S ?o conduct- ' ^^^t conductor with the fiction than fact. was playing Chopln-with-Helnze, Joan sutneriana his activities to conaucc . ^ ^ ^^^^^jj^^^ g^^^pj^^^^ Among other things, she out having learned a

Orchestra. was a member of the single note of music. It was as she was play­

ing a Chopin nocturne one n i g h t that she was "discovered". A London

A gifted linguist, she served in Tunisia, Italy, Egypt and Palestine.

IN THE COUNTRY Her story began in the

Joan Sutherland | his activities to conduct (Soprano). Ing, composing or playing.

Fri., Sat., Aug. 24, 25: He is one of Australia's Pekarek, Claudlo Arrau m o s t forthright unpaid (Pianist). ambassadors at large.

Fri., Sat., Sept. 14, 15: This is all the more re-Van Otterloo, Rugglero • markable In that Vienna Rlccl (Violinist). I was the place of his birth, „ , ,

Fri., Sat,, Oct. 5, 6: but Australia Is his country b.it., May 26 Pekarek, Daniel Barenboim i by adoption—he is natural- Tuc. June 26 (Pianist). I Ised, and in fact served In I \v,.,i i.,|„ j .

Prl., Sat., Nov. 2, 3: , the Australian forces In l n ^ V „ i Dixon, Pamela Page and World War II. ' ^"•' ^ " 8 - " Max Oldlng (Piano Duo).' Recently, on a visit to Tue., Sept. 18

Wed., Apr. 18

iRedUd SHwi^ Camilla Williams (Soprano) examiner who happened to Daniel Barenboim (Pianist) be passing through, heard Joan Sutherland (Soprano) *^^^ ^^^ was amaxed. Leonid K.,g.„ (Vi„l,„,^) , , J / r „ c r a A T V ? Claudio Arrau (Pianist) ggj s^ll for Germany ai^d Ruggiero Ricci (Violinist) England.

Where are they

n o w . . ,1

lyHERE are they now— those aspiring young

concert artists of yester­year's A.B.C. concerto and vocal competitions?

Perhaps Joan Suther­land is most widely known.

She returns to Australia this year for the first time In 10 years, the most universally a c c l a i m e d singer since Melba.

Another singer, Phyllis Ralsbeck, is now in London doing quite well.

Singer Elsie Morlson, Ronal J a c k s o n , John Cameron and Helen Mc-Kinnon have ail had over­seas experience.

Raymond McDonald, Neil Warren-Smlth and Geof­frey Chard h a v e all appeared in Elizabethan Theatre Trust Operas.

DIED IN CRASH Pianist Richard Farrell

was well-known to London audiences before his death a few years ago in a car accident in England.

Gordon Watson is active in London's music life and Geoffrey Parsons has made a name for liinaself as one of the world's best accom­panists.

C'-mers L?ske is on the staff of Adelaide's Unlver-• "v Cnrservatorlum, and Ma.v Olding on the staff of ths Queensland Con-.servatorlum,

Started in the theatre

JAMES CARSON has been first flautist in the

Queensland S y m p h o n y Orrhestra since 1949.

B o r n l.T Melbourne. James Carson became a student at the Melbourne University Conservatorium of Music when still in his 'teens.

He studied with Leslie Barklam, one of the finest exDonents of the Instru­ment In this country.

His first job was In a theatre orchestra, subse­quently he became a mem­ber of a radio orchestra.

When he was appointed to his present post he was then the youngest Aust­ralian ever to be leader of a section in a major orchestra.

He was then only 21.

Strong link with Old. V I O L I N I S T Ernest

Llewellyn, soloist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Bernard Heinze on June 23, has a strong link with Queensland.

In 1944, while serving with the R.A.A.F., he a c c e p t e d an invitation from the Queensland Gov­ernment to lead a Queens­land String Quartet.

All the quartet's concerts were free, given mainly in Queensland's music-starved outback.

He left the quartet to join the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as c o n c e r t -master In 1948—a post he has held ever since.

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PhilospMcal Problems

"Facing Philoiophlcal PtobUmt". by QuentinGibson. Cheshires 1961; 63p. Price 12 /6 .

This book by the Associate Professor of Philosophy at the School of General Studies AN.U. has been revised for reissue in this edition. For those who have done no previous reading in this subject and are attempting the study of Philosophy for the first time it is to be recommended as introductory reading.

certain conclusions about the nature of the world." It Is a pity that Gibson did not expand this portion of the book

Problems are posed such as Prefer­ences In Art; Time; Freedom; and God-ness and then these are discussed tmder the following headings — Clarification, Scientific Solution, Supra - Scientific Solution and finally Dissolution.

In the discussion on Time some of t ie problems are: Does everything \mlch exists occur in time? Is there a connection between what we call the 'past', 'present' and 'future', and If so what Is it? Is it necessary to bring an element of stability Into life by the con­sideration of time lessness? These are all pertinent questions and Gibson's approach here is objective throughout.

The chapter on Clarification Is par­ticularly good and could well be re-read. All of us could profit from this as the autlior clearly demonstrates the Import­ance of clarity to the understanding of a problem. Many ambiguities could be It each problem were clarified a good deal more than Is usually the case.

C. D. Broad says ". . . the most fun­damental task of Philosophy is to take the concepts which we dally use In common life and science, to analyse them, and thus to determine their pre­cise meanings and their mutual rela­tions."

The section on the Appeal to Self-Evidence Is critical of the Intuitive theory about reasoning, and rightly so. "It is hard to avoid being drawn to­wards such pieces of intellectual audacity in which the human reason claims to achieve at one blow final and

The last chapter contains an interest­ing Introduction to the theory of "logical positivism", a theory that haa a fairly wide following today among philoso­phers. This short way of dealing with philosophical problems is to consider that some are necessarily true because they are tautologies. This will lead to the consideration of the structure of language from a logical point ol view, and there can be no doubt that this is Important. The realisation of this Is one of the great developments of recent years. Semantics therefore are in the front line of much philosophical thought today and necessarily so, as without knowing what exactly Is meant by a problem correct and true analysis becomes dlfflcult if not Impossible. It should be pointed out that the author does not attempt or Intend to answer the problems raised, as this is outside the scope ol this book. Ratyv5r the in­tention Is to draw attention to the various ways of approaching problems as they arise.

The book has much to recommend it but one complaint must be made. For the size of the book the price appears excessive notwithstanding that it has hard covers. However, these could have been dispensed with and paper covers substituted enabling the price to be re­duced to a more reasonable level.

J.H.T.

are you PURE? Bored? Jaded? Life has nothing more

to offer? Try the Purity Club for ten­fold relief of tension!

The new craze for purity which Is shaking our sln-rldden nation is also beginning to shake this even more sin-ridden University? Yes! A group of brave young reprobates, pathetic in their intensity, are setting out to save themselves, and, incidentally, the world, by starting a new club known as the Purity Club. It must be emphasised that this club Is not for those unfortunates who have been pure since birth (prob­ably quite recent), and wish to stave off the evils of the world. The Purity Club is reserved for those with some experience in worldly matters. It caters for sophisticated, blase people, tem­porarily bored with a life of vice and dissipation, who wish tc relax In con­genial surroundings of dedication and Intense devotion to duty. (The Union Refectory may he held up as a shining example of such an atmosphere.) For this reason, the Purity Club also wel­comes young envangellcals, provided they are willing to be as dogmatic and narrow-minded as possible In their mission of purifying the world. For some reason, relaxation ol the less worthy members of tho community Is considerably facilitated by the presence in other people of tense and uncom­fortable devotion to mankind.

The Purity Club was started this year by a literary member of our community who, while studying a recent edition of "True Love Confessions", was startled to find a quotation from Tennyson. (He knew it was Tennyson because the poet's name was printed beneath the quota­tion, Besides, as is probably self-evident, he is majoring in English.) Thp quota­tion was as follows:— "My strength is as the strenRtk oj ten Because my heart is pure."

Tctiny-soii, .Mfrcd I.ord.

The mind of genius at once leapt to work. Jaded by a vacation perhaps over-long and over-filled with excitement, he had for some little time been seeking a means of renewing his energy. Now he saw It, complete before his eyes! A quiet, comfortable room, congenial com­panionship, suitable refreshment, sweet music, and ever facility for the purifi­cation ol the cardiac passions l ne saw

himself and his friends leaving this course with their mental and physical capacities for enjoyment increased ten­fold, and as the delectable vision passed before his eyes, he drooled a little (Into his handkerchief, of course) with anti­cipation. And thus was the Purity Club born. There was little difflcultv In re­cruiting members, and before long the dream was a flourishing reality. A badge was designed—a pure white bottle con­taining a vital elixir ol life—and the Tennysonlan motto emblazoned round the badge was adopted as the official motto of the Club.

Perhaps a few words on the function and activities of the other half of the Club might be In order. This is the part which is concerned in the purification of man-kind, and Is known as the Purity League to distinguish it from the other part of the Club. The Purity League consists mostly of ardent young women, all full of loathing lor the species Man and his vile spoliation of the pure beauties of Nature. Those members of the League who are not ardent young women are ardent old women, even more full of loathing for Man, especially that part of it typified by the male sex. They are all lull ol enthusiasm for their work, and any excesses into which they may be led can be attributed only to zeal. You will probably recall the furore created re­cently by the charging by the police of a member of the league with In­decent exposure and Illegal soliciting after she had paraded through the streets of Brisbane, that purest of cities, clad in the new Purity costume —for what could be as pure as the untrod human skin? She stands as a shining example to all of us In her glorious martyrdom. The Purity League also has a badge and motto,

"IF YOU C A N T BE PAID, BE Pl^RE."

I am sure this short article has aroused the Interests of all of you In the new Club. Enquiries about the Club may be addressed to me via the respectable Editor of this eminent newspaper, whose purity Is, of course beyond ques­tion, although not outside the range of exclamation.

Nausea Bagwash, Dishonourable Secretary.

SEMPER FLOREAT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1962

NEW LETTERS FROM SYDNETTOWN By EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD

Sydney at the moment is alive with first-class theatre. Whether U is the result of the influence of the University of New South Wales Drama School or in spite of ii I am not sure. The most impressive play on at the moment is The Buffalo Skinner", by lonnie Chapman, at the Ensemble Theatre in the round.

The theatre is intimate with 5 or 6 rows ol seats on all 4 sides ol the stage. The lighting and sound are controled

This play demonstrates some of the finest acting I have ever seen In Australia. The cast Is composed ol young Sydney professional actors under the directorship of Hayes Gordon. They act without props or scenery; their mime Is perfect, The play itself concerns Good and Evil and their effect on a sensitive adolescent male. Not once throughout does our hiterest flag although, in m o d e r n tradition, the characters periodically break off to discuss their motivation directly with the audience. A most impressive performance of a very interesting play.

Brian Young (a buffalo skinner), Don Reld (a popular preacher), Lorraine Bayly (a danchig fool), Role Cook (a would-be whore) and Benlta Collins (a hymn singer) are young Australians who can anticipate great renoun throughout this country In the future.

The Eensemble Theatre Is an old con­verted boat shed on the water at Mil-son's Point (the north end ol the Har­bour Bridge). Theatre patrons can arrive by water If they wish and moor their boats at the theatre side foyer.

from above and is superb but unobtru­sive.

The Company Itself has a dis­tinguished though short history behind it. Two ol Its previous success were (a) The Seven-Year Itch; and (b) The Drunkard (that Victorian melodrama which ran non-stop In Hollywood lor 18 years). , , ^ ^

Music at the moment is at rock bot­tom. We are ol course suffering the A.B.C.'s Summer Festival. The most In­teresting music to be heard recently was a recital by the Leonine Consort, In the Chapel ol St. Paul's College, Sydney University. This acoustically perfect little chapel with its 15th century Dutch Cabinet Organ, provided a perfect set­ting for works by Fyrfax, Byrd, Swee-llnck, Schulz and Buxtchude. Modern works included an interesting Christmas History by Hugo Dlstler. This concert, alone, deserved to draw an audience out i n t o Sydney's inclement Christmas weather.

Jan. 23, 1982

FILMIC MAGNIFICENCE This film Is a product of the current

renaissance in the French cinema — the "New Wave" — a group of dynamic young directors who have appeared almost simultaneously within the last three years to infuse new life into the cinema as an art form. The outstanding members of the group are Claude Chabrol (Les Cousins), Francois Truf-faut (Les Quatrc-Cents Coups), Louis Malle (Les Amants), Edmond Sechan (Histoire du Poisson Rouge), Jean-luc (joddard (a Sant de Souffle), Marcel Camers (Orfen Negre), and Alain Mesnais, whose "ffiroshima, Mon Amour" not only surpasses in quality and insight the work of the others to date, but is one of the very few master­pieces of filmic art.

In common with such other great works as "Battleship Potemkin" and "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", this amazing film represents an innovation in film form—the narrative element is virtually non-existent, being replaced by a lyrical, incantatory quality, dream­like in intensity, which has been com­pared to that of a Proust novel or a Paul Eluard poem, and which reminds mc very much of Lawrence Dunnell's work in his "Alexandria Quartet".

This quality is achieved through the use of such devices as lingering lays -dissolves, frequent cuts back and forth in time, producing at limes the almost simultaneous denoulnnent of up to three separate lines of thought, and above all, through the film's extremely slow pace, a mesmeric, slow-motion effect which nevertheless retains a constantly taut grasp on the viewer's interest.

The musical score by Georges Delescuc and Giovanni Fusco is one of the best,

"HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR" Directed by Alain Resnais. An Argos films, Como

Films, Pafhc Overseas Production. Screenplay by Marguerite Duras. Photography. Saeha Vlerni (France) and Michio Tskahashl (Japan!. Art direc­tors, Esaka, Mayo, and Petri. Music, Giovanni Fusco and Georges Deleruc. Editors, Henri Colpi, Jasmine Cliasncy and Anne Sarroute. Franco-Japanese, Cata Films. Cert. A, » . . .

Tlie girl. EMMANUELE RIVA; The Boy. EIJI OKADA with STELLA DASSAS, PIERRE BARBAUD arKT BERNARD PRESSON.

both musically and dramatically, I have yet heard in a film, and plays a major part in integrating the various facets of the film's construction.

There are only two principal actors, Emmanuele Riva and Eiji Okada, who play respectively a French actress and Japanese architect who meet in modern Hiroshima during the making of a peace film. This casual acquaintainship which develops into love revives the woman's memory of her first love for a German soldier and the dreadful experience she lived through as a girl in her home town of Nevens in France. Distress­fully she realises that she is forgetting against her will this most decisive phase in her life.

At this point, story and symbol become inextricably mixed, for the two, elemeiits of Nevers and modern Hiro­shima combine with the film's horrific introduction—scenes of the effects of the atomic explosion on war-time Hiro­shima—to make the film what it ultim­ately is, one of the most powerful utterances yet issued against the evil of war, and a plea for remembrance of things past: just as the woman finds she is involuntarily forgetting one of the most important experiences in her life, so wc today are forgetting Hiroshima, and to prevent further self-destruction, we mu.st remember.

JOHN TALBOT.

WILL BRISBANE LOSE THEM? Brisbane fi lm connoisseurs are very close

to losing their only opportunity for seeing commercially-released quality art films.

In a recent conversation wit l i the manager of the Carlton Theatre, Mr. J. R. Murphy, I learned that some of the very best of recent overseas releases have been available for re­lease in Brisbane for almost a year, e.g., Antonionl's "L'Adventura", Fellini's "La Dolce V i ta" , and Bergman's "The Virgin Spring" and "The Magician". However, it is very doubtful a I the moment whether these films will be released here—they simply do not pay! Brisbane people are evidently either too ignorant or too lazy to patrnoize the screen­ing of films which offer more than mere

entertainment.

An example of this appallingly low cultural standard was provided with the screening of Bernais masterpiece "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" ; the night I was there, at least three people walked out half-way through the f i lm, while the average daily attendance figure was so low as to make screening beyond a week impossible.

As a member of this university, I appeal to all readers of this article to go to these films when they appear, and drag along as many friends, albeit unwill ing, as possible. Or yet another attempt to raise artistic stan­dards to a recognisable level in Brisbane wi l l fai l .

SEMPER FLOREAT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1962

First Class Facilities Fascinate Freshers

As a carious onlooker I watched the milling crowd of freshers e^warming through the Barge BuUd-ing--better known as the gymnasium and basketball coiu^. They nodded and pried and inspected the brand new equipment, were impressed by the spacious surroundings of the court and excelient ventilation, the showers and above all by the thrilling exhibition game by our out-of-conditlon members.

So to alt this mill ing crowd Armidale in second term to of curious freshers I say— Toowoomba. Wi th the Basket-

Come along and join up. If ball Club within the University you want a sport that condi- of Queensland you can escape tions you; a game that you can the slothful 8 0 % of students play summer or winter in all that play no organised sport— leather and indoor or out- you can't study if you are not doors as the weather permits f i t . If you think this game you need Men's Basketball, isn't fast enough or skilful Long or short, f i t or fat, we enough—try us and see. We need you and you need the practise 10 a.m. uSnday morn-Baskebtall Club! Here you have ings at the courts at Sf. Lucia. a weekend game, within the We play at 2 p.m. Saturday Uriiversity, with games in afternoons in the gymnasium. Brisbane competition if you are We'l l be looking for you, good enough. We can offer Freshers! you trips to Townsville at J . D. McEvoy, Easter, to Sydney in May, to U.Q.B.C.

Try Basketball So you want a sport that's cheap, doesn't involve

a risk to limbs, is easy to play as well as being fast and interesting . . . ?

BASKETBALL was made for you!

PAGE 7

GEOGRAPHY CONFERENCE Plenty of Fun in Sydney

rr,^LJl>?^ ^*^^i^'^^^^ *°4 stimulating, do not not only their university ?T°n 1 ^®Pf . ?* Australian make up a conference and but also their city. Alter Rf iPtfp., J a / S 2 ^ i ? « ^ ^%^9 ?^ ' "S ^«^ P '°- such a short week packed ?fS oDfv, T ^ J^^^. ? T "^^t^ ^^^ ^ delegates with excitement, meeting S r t ; l " i M * ° Feb 3rd in with a barbecue, a night fellow students from all ?.ffi n „,*Sl ^^^^- P^P"^ 2" !'* P ^^°^ ^^ HarbourV over Australia, we are »!£.« W ° f ^ ^^***° ^^^}^^ J ? "^ *?^ * *?"^flc day at looking forward with eager M^li^rl ^o™a"f>^ 0 ' ^ Sydney's northern beaches, anticipation to attendfiig National Association of Of course our night life another N.A.G5. Confer-^TA / l o ? P « 7 .,^*H^!2l* ^»s not complete without ence. We hope you will be (NA.GB.). We feel this an evening at King's Cross, able to Join us In this, conference marked the be- We also had a wonderful (For further information ginning pf cp-operaUon day travelling through the about tlie G e o g r a p h y ' ' •17^^"/."^®"^. ^ ,®^^^ Blue Mountains with lunch Society please contact Ken state and Increasing In all at Govett's Leap. Johnson t h r o u g h the ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^P^y- , The S y d n e y students Geography Dept. or Diane

Nevertheless, discussions made us very welcome and Krimmer at 7 6078) alone however Interesting were pleased to show us

Matches are played on Saturday afternoons in the Physical Education Gymnasium at St. Lucia commencing at 1.00 p.m. Come along this Saturday with a pair of shorts and sandshoes and we will show you how to play. Experienced players wi l l be present to take an active in ­terest in you.

Regular training sessions are conducted every Sunday morn­

ing at 9.30 a.m. on the out- j door basketball courts (next t o ! the tennis courts) at St. Lucia. Both new and old members of the club should attend these I as only constant practice can 1 make a skilful player. |

Al l freshers, including those I at colleges, Asians and even- ! ing students are invited to I play. Graeme Kidd (954629) ! wit l be happy to give you ! further information. I

One of the few occaiioni when the Di iecton were ipeak-ing to each other.

I M : NO, please, Elaine not againl Elaine: Men ! ! Useleti idiotsi

ENGLISH FOJt OVERSEAS STUDENTS

Attention is drawn to the availability during 1962, of an

j evening course in English for Overseas Students. The course is to be conducted by the Institute of Modern Languages at the University, St. Lucia, commencing during the week beginning March 12, f962 .

The course is primarily i n ­tended for overseas students who have some knowledge of English, but who desire to improve htat knowledge, so as to be better bale to cope w i t h their University studies. The course wi l l be held twice weekly and will consist of forty-five (451 lectures, each of one hour duration. The fee for the course is £7.0.0.

Enrolment forms may be obtained from the Enquiry Office (main building), tfie Union Office, or the University

I Bookshop. I Those intending to enrol j should first contact the Tutor,

' Welcome all Freshers to ' ff'J: "• ,^^'T P'^'!?T ^V' the Women's Gymnastics | PfP';""«"^ ° ' ^"9''^^ St.

,Club, Meetings are heldr"*^'^- f, , - ,, one night weekly, and one ^' • ^2""?"'

I lunch hour per week for Kegistrar. , those able to attend. Club TvpiNr: SFOvirrc ; activities include all kinds I TKOCC V !? . A ^ < of floorwork and tumbling,, ^^'"'VT ^^^^.^^^1- •"i^"' land work Is done on the " ' ^ " "'" T.""'^"^' ^ " P ' ' " ' ^ ^ ' f o l l o w i n g apparatus- r i " « - c'^'""^ reasonable 1 vaulting box and horse, i ^nt" I ' l n . V ^ ^ ' T i ! balance b e a m , paraUel ? " ' T r^.^'^'ou ^^ bars, trampolhie.' Meetings j J ^ j ^ ^ g J X ^ ' h i r s ^ s ^Sn^"

• are held In the gymnasium ! - ^^^^ ^*^^' ^°"'^ 58.2007. .in the Physical Education j Typing Services: Confidential Building at 1 p.m. All new | typing, reasonable rates, call members are welcome. j and deliver if necessary. Phone

. Opportunity will arise l Z^'?"^- ' ^ ^ ^ ^ " ^ r r ' ^^ 'for inter-club competition,!^'^l'^^ ^^'^ '" ' ^^^^'"^'• and participation in the ~ ~

WOMENS GYMNASTICS

Moves are afoot to start a Sailing Club It is proposed to form a sailing club if sufficient

support is shown. Proposals from N.S.W. suggest Intervarsity com­

petition at the end of thb year, radpg with either Moth Class or Gwen Class boats.

Regular racing every weekend pcsalbly in conjunc­tion with the South Brisbane Sailing Club at first. Is suggested.

BUT there JH no need to own a boat; the propowed club intends to build up Us jtwn licet. In addition, the club intends to cater for those interested in watching sailing from the shore as well aa for those practising the art.

It Is intended to (1) teach beglners to sail, (2) teach yacht construction and sail-maldng, (3) hold social functions, (<) arrange talks on sailing by well-ltnown yachtsmen, (6) hold film and slide evenings of yachting events, and (6) stage an annual picnic on an Island in Aloreton Bay.

So tlicrc ts no ncc<l to be iin "old salt" ticfore you Join this club, which is in its Infuncy lt.self. Join NOW, become n roiinilntton member, and form a club to suit your tastes.

We hope to hold an Inaugural meeting In the near future to discuss the alms and regulations of the proposed club.

Watch the notice boards for further announcements. For further information, phone Martin Playne

7-2021 extn. 462 (day) or G-5106 (evening).

! Qld. Championships. Social, i functions will be held dur- • • Ing the year, and there I ; win be a team sent to! i Intervarsity.

WATER SKr CLUB Don't Miss

The VARSITY 5

at the Refectory Friday, March 23

NOTICE OF MEETING All members and intending

' Do come along to our! A.G.M. on Tuesday, 27th i February at 7.30 p.m. In I members are requested to

I the Games Room — St. i attend the A.G.M. of the i Lucla Refectory Basement. | University Water Ski Club in : You need not have done; the Union Buildings on Mon.. ; any gymnastics before. i 5th March, at 7 p.m.

(C, OKi <?,iT . l o " ^ " MAti.cM

V.^O p.M,

Leader of (he Federal Opposition, Mr. Arthur Cal­well, confronted by members of Sfudent Action.

C O M C ji^^^yt> e w J O V IT

QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY DRAMATIC SOCIETY

Is alwaqs betfer when bou(|ht from

iVuos.Whalinore's 7 \ SPOm * £t£CWCAL CfNm ^

\ AiiiAiPi n w. ANiAC iQ(/An J^l ^^_g^ 'HONE 31 1936t ^ ^ ^

WO.

DINNER WITH THE FAMILY By JEAN ANOUILH

G.P. HUT, ST. LUCIA at 8 p.m, from Feb. 27 to Marcli 3

•

First Production For 1962

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They Are Opposed To All Racialism

The Prime Miniiter called them "silly yahoos" and tmposters who were clearly too stupid to have matriculated and goite lo University.

The Immigration Minister Downer became angry and «aid that if they represented Australia, then heaven help Australia.

Opposition Leader Calwcd deplored them.

This was ihe atmosphere I In Melbourne, with police as-when student picket lines distance. Student Action or-ringed election campaign hails, ganised an airporf-lo-city wel-Yoong men and women, youths come to the two Malayan jnd girls blackened their faces, divers currently threatened

SEMPER FLOREAT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1962

demonstrated and sang speci- with deprartation. 1 ally composed parodies. J h i s j f tudent Action was the Student Action cam­paign "on the job" .

V^haf is it that Sludent Action seeks? What is the aim behind the demonstration, picket lines and gaudy parades?

simul­taneously in three States, held down-town demonstrations re­cently protesting against the arrest and deportation of three young Portugese sailors seek-

r J .1. -ng asylum from Salazar's Por-First--fo condemn the pre- ^J ^ ^^ j , ,,^3^ ,^,g„ ^^at the

sent implementation ot White ^^^erlying philosophy of Stu-Australia" as racialist ("mind that tan— they might deport you" is a popular slogan!.

Second to publicise that politicians are lagging behind public opinion. Student Action

dent Action is not only anti-racialism but also the defence of civil liberties, In this sense, its active participants are the social conscience oi the com­munity. Hence the attack-

P ° ^ " ' i ' ° - , ' ^ ^ ' ^ ^ - '_^.n'. ^ u ' y ' : from the racist A.W.U., from Menzies, from Calwell and cession of gallup polls shows

a majority of Australians favour a change in the policy. (The Herald, 4 / 1 1 / 6 1 , re­ported a Gallup poll showing 57 "fj in favour of permitting migration of skilled Asians

other parts of the "Establish­ment" who sense this,

From where does support come? In the first place, from a broad strata of students —

However policy is for "control the first S.A. Committee m not color b a r " - Student Action Melbourne contained officers does not propose "opening the of the Newman society, f loodgates"! S.C.M.. Liberal and A.L.P.

Third—to oppose racialism Club, Athenian Society, Debat-abroad (large and impressive ' "9 Society and Nationalist demonstrations took place in society. The only dulis m Sydney's Mart in Place and Southern States not included Melbourne's Flinders Street ^ "d not suppsrting S.A^are the over the shooting of Africans "Labor Clubs , avowedly pro-at Sharpeville in Soulh Africa. Communist and denouncing In Sydney three demonstrations '" '"^ent direct action as ad-involving 3,000 students took venturist and the handiwork place •! to days in a protest o ' agent provocateurs . again,- apartheid. Support also comes from

FOL f h - to prevent apart- University staff members who heid treatment of Aborigines, are disillusioned with the

F i f t h - Student Action aims alorphied stale of the political 10 show overseas opinion thai parties and the timidity of pro-students extend friendship to fessors and academics in Asians in Australia who are speaking up against the harassed by the government, "colour l ine".

THE TAVERNERS'

COLITMN oil DO YOV DO?

r o .ADKUr.VrKLV vcniilan- ihc \ arsily .spirit .md VL't jModiicc iiiincrial icpresentativc of it. is m iniiijric the iniangihie with tlio tangible. "Thf great iliinjj aln)iH the Song liook". said the Taverner. re­dlining to reflect un the sparkling Kmire.xian qualities of his ale and to lei n. coolness bespangle hi.s brow, "the great thing aboiu the Song Book is its eminent siiiiabiliiy for every form of X'arsity rela.xation".

.\.\'D WITH the plaudits <>f the Southport and Surfers' Paradise Uiim and Kiiininalive SiK-iely ring­ing in his ears, the Taverner weighed anchor, split .mother infinitive and followed the sea lanes north to insi eci the late.' i literary ofTerings of sandstoned St. Lucia. And was delighted lo reassure himself that ihe Song Book was still a most satisfactory selection. .\ .\ quick browse served as a refresher course. He remembered that one morning .\dani. as tlie tirst nian, was tilletted and imroduced to Kve. and recalled ihai Lil was a girl, indeed a beauty. The incident on the tide down from Bangor served to revive the memory oi the poor but honest victim of the squire's game. Bless 'em all. ble>s 'em all! The folk songs and -oaks' songs and all. Kor an outlay of a couple of shilling;; the Taverner provided himself wilh a com­panion which proved 10 be a veritable bible in his nocturnal aciivilies.

A SIPKKB investment this Song Btxjk. Krom the I'nion Shop in ihe St. l-ucia Refectory, wheie pink elephants have their origin.

.^t aud ca lltus If^itur.'

THK TAX KKNKk.

The FUN AT CARNARVON

In this, the (debut of the Vertebral Coluoin. it is my object to reassure readers that its function Is purely frivolous. Its aim is to report the social life of the Medical Society and when possible, the private life of individual members, and so for a beginning I should l i k e to welcome the Freshers of this year into the Society, and to ask them, particularly, to be­come interested in making t h e year's social pro­gramme a very full one. We are striving to organ­ise functions to include both young and older students and without an enthusiastic response, this social year cannot be successful.

Social Activities: To begin the year, there

will be a Freshers' Wel­come on the 21st of Feb.. at Victoria Park Refectory. This is the rst of a series of Socials held throughout the year at Vic. Park. We hope to hold two combined socials, one w i t h the Engineers, the other with the Women's Club, and so to have two or three func­tions each term.

Two weekend Conven­tions will be held as usual, the Med.-Physlc. Conven­tion at Tallebudgera, and the "Lost Weekend" at Bina-Burra, and in the May Vac, the third Aust­ralian Medical Students Assoc. Convention will be held In Sydney. It Is to be hoped that we will be able to have the annual Medi­cal Dinner, which was cancelled last year because of the poor response, but we will certainly have a Medical Ball again, and if possible to organise a bar­beque and a boat trip. For men only the Convenor is trying to arrange Smokos, and these will no doubt be more welcome than most 1 other functions.

Sporting Activities: Inter-facully sports this

year will include football macthes and Inter-faculty rowing (fours 1, and others which may eventuate, golf, • tennis, etc., and, of course, the traditional Tug-o-War with the Engineers on C o m m e m . Day. T h e faculty sports will again be a Med.-Physio. football match and the cricket match at t h e Lytton Quarantine station fQj which the teams will be

• the Clinical years versus the Pre-CUnical years, and finally, there wll be a gala football m a t c h , also Clinical versus pre-Clinlcal.

For those of you who are unaware of the results of this year's elections:

President of Society: Michael Powell Med. V.

Vice-President: R o b i n Spork Med. V.

Secretary: Jon. Douglas Med. IV.

Treasurer: John Corbett Med. IV.

The Social Convenor Is Errol Magulre Med. IV and the Sports Convenor is John Drewe Med. IV.

It remains only to be said that all information, however personal, will be very welcome.

ATLAS.

.V voca/1 umposili'iii drdiratrd lo ihr l^f>2 C.urnari-oit E.\piditi'>ii •:<"iilJ hi' a hybrid •if "Mud. Mud. CiiDnuus Mud". "Tramp, tramp, tramp'', iitid "Si.\lfi'n T'ifi.*". iitlh a ffu '.trll-placrd f.\prr.i-^if)ii.> hnrrit'.red Irom llu Eiivinrrr.^' Sotifihuok.

Tfie piirpost" of ilic cxpoditlon wnn in dcteritiinc how lont; :iborlgtnnlK liad lioiMi llvinj,' In the urea, and to lind any chiinKox whleli hud occiiirvd In thoir way of life To this ond. twD pits were oxcavatcd In I'allii'dral Ciivi'. .sitiiati-d In the ("arnarvoii Gor^o .Viitional I'ark and I'l hl ititloK froni Ihf CWA liut where our hasie camp was e.stahll«hi'd.

The eonvoy of eleven vehlelps .set out from St. l-ueia at ISl."i hr.s.. 2« .fan., in" WHH two short liy Ihe time we arrlvi-d at HCoy. 1 Hyit in Toowoonilia (just aftei-eloHinn llnie—drat): Ihe Hlitz had blown a neud fca.sket and had to I'e towed up the Toll Har by tlie "vvreelier" -15 tons of tow truck which Is llai out at 4(1 in.i>..h. and which avera(,'e.s X 10 4 ni.ii.g.

The hllumon road petered out at I-toma. where we spent the next nlfrht. Two iiion-.soonal deliiKe.s K'lve the town almost as great .1 volutin- of water as the <iiiantity ol" Too\vooitil)a beer whicli. in spite nf Ita inferiority to local hrews. was readily con-siinieil. Local opinion was that we would nol .see In June by the foMowinK ni^ht. but wor.Hc lliJin that: the rain foiled plans v.hlch were afoot to raid the nearest vine-yanis lo siippleinent onr rntlons.

Typical of army detornilnatlon and for­titude. We not only nmdc II to Injiine; but pressed on to lia.se camp, KM miles further on. allielt considerably hehlnd schedule; there was much sliding around on wot rnads and a couple of occasions on which trucks ha<l to be pushed out of bo(,'s. Two cars travelling in the opposite direction were stopped and liuly warned about the qiiagTiiire ahead, bnt lliey cio-ried on regardless. Il is still not known if <>r how they reached Itoina.

I'athednil (.'ave can be roughly likened t<i half a concave mirror. appioxlTiuitely L'Oll feet wide at the lm.se. l.Sii feet high and .S(i feet deep. Its existence Is con­tributed to the fact tliut a bend in Car-niifvon Creek was onco situated there, ami as the water level dropped and the creek bed shifted, the cave wa.i gougeil out of the sandstone cliff face. It Is almost ob­scured from the front by trei-s. whieh Is wliy the original party wearily marched a mile past it before realising ihe mistake.

.Meanwhile, a g f l ' . team had started lo clear ii way for vehicles as far as possible up the gorge. By the end of the second day. we had proceeded IJ nilles. and the following day a further mile of .super-lilghway was laid down. .Most of the numerous gullies (filled in with logs, stones and earth) whicli punctuated the route be;<r niimes such as ••Connolly Cuf, ".MacKlwaln's llmin". "Harriso.n^s Cross­ing". ••Philip's I' olly". and "Albtrl .1, Hoveling Uridge", The road was named

the "Donald ,1. Tugby .Memorial Drive'", In honour of the leader of the scientiiic party.

Ivxedleiit swinnnJng lu>ie> WCM- \vcic«ni«' feiitiircs lit Ijotli camp sites. . few. bow-ever, were ciui^lit with their jumt.* down in that tlicy ncglre)e<i t<» tjike swininilnjc trunl<s. Tills sitiititlon was iimipllfnt«t hy the presence of two wonu'ii .•^•lontists iit imse vnmi> »iu\ one ni the vnve, jiniJ Uii-unrortuiiiiles hud oitluT to t«»rrow .«4»nic. one oLse's sliort.s iir wait until ni);litfall for tlieir ilally bath.

nigging proceeded well down to *> feet, during which time specimens were col-It cted and soil and charcoal .siimples taken where n>'cef-.«iiiy. but al tills level .sandstone whieh had fallen Irom thu roof of Ihe cave blocked the way. and number - pit WHS <:losed down, liowever. Dr. Tiigliy fiiunil a small gat) and continued to twelve feet, thereby selling a new (.Jueensland record. 'I'lieii came the laborious Job of tilling ill. which did not begin until nild-niorniy; on Kriday: thus the rear parly did not reach Injune until iVMK but there We found a free show liirned on by the local It.' l. sub-branch—und very welcome Il wns. There wc also found Ihe Wltz. which, anticipating trouble. ha<l left a iliiy early and. fultilllng expectatioius. had been driayed with a broken water pump.

Yet We sliiil remember Injune for ono more reason: tlie following morning, whon il few miles south of the township, a G.MC stores vehicle caught on fire. The tiiick hud lo tie unloaded while the fire was being fought, und l>y tho lime the local tire brlgiide hiid arrived (viz: two men ;ind a lire extinpuislier in ii I'lymoulh sulan) the llaines were out. This was where the itiitz came in handy—tho hoineloss stores were loaded (m lo it.

In spite of all delays, however, we arrived buck jii i. I.ucia at l23:t on Sunday the 4th—only ilnee minutes l)ehind tho e.slimtited liiiit' of arrival.

Al rear: Capt. Piper (Adj., Q.U.R.), Dr. D. J. Tugby, U . Col. P. Connolly. Front: Mr. M. King (Pjych. Dept.

MEN - - - BEWARE! The women of this University are.

true to nature, a meek and passive lot. This is certainly not the result of lazi­ness, but unquestioning obedience to the mystical law which says that It Is the female who provides hte passive force to hold the Universe, and our society, in equilibrium.

However, a wave of unrest has swept through the women of the University. This law pre-supposes that there is an equal and opposite force in existence, provided by the male of the species. To our dismay we found that this force is pitifully weak, despite the overwhelm­ing numbers of men around. We feel that it is our duty to try to preserve the mystical equilibrium and to do this we must become more active, until we have stirred, or shamed, the men out of their strange lethargy.

A number of the Women's Club Com­mittee have discovered latent Pank-hurstian tendencies, and, Incensed by cruel indignities, have at last lost their patience. The flrst of these indignities was the Women's Club poster at the Jubilee Ball last year - . depicting a number of hens picking at their corn, ruled over by a plump and clucking hen on the root (we are glad to report that the male responsible for this de­sign, an Arts man, hasme t his Just deserts). Furthermore, the Committee

have not read sufficient Preud to be afraid of exhibiting suflragette, or even "organising" tendencies.

So this year, men . . . beware! The first attack on your hallowed

ground is the Orientation Week football match against the University Football Club — and woe betide any male who suggests that there is any lack of feminity in the female team. , Our next attack will be resented even more. The Women's Club is holding a Batchelor Girls' Dance early in the term. This venture is Justified, we feel, by the fact that tradition Is fast dis­appearing at the University. There was a time nol very long ago, when the women paid for their own tickets to Commem. But student social life is being slowly swallowed and digested by Town Social Life, and this custom is now hopelessly lost.

Why not, then, have one occasion In the year when the women have to buy their own, and their partner's tickets? For the Batchelor Girls' Dance no ticket will be sold to a male, and we shall watch in glee as the men sit biting their fingernails, but trying hard not to appear eager for an invitation. If the Batchelor Girls' Dance is the success we expect, it can be a valuable means of preserving tradition.

Authorised by J. B. Daiton. Editor: J. Carmody, c / - University Union Offices, St. Lucia. Printed by Watson, Ferguson and Co., Stanley Street, South Brisbane.

:an,Hay, ."•ar-:!' 5, 19£2 .Volume 32, I\!D.4 (experimental)

Semper Fhreat

Galmahra Uniwrfity of Queenslind Union . MjtJiine

GALMAHRA TO BECOME A PHOENIX?

Recent discussions on the Activities Standing Committee of Union Council indicate that 1952 may see a new edition oi "Galmahra". "Galmahra" i s the name of the magazine published by the Ujiiversity of Queensland Union. The Union archives have copies going baclc to 1927. Actually, "Semper Floreat" developed out of "Galmahra", In the early days, "Galmahra" v«as published once a term by the University Union. In more recent times it has been an annual publicaUon. Hov/ever, in 1960, the Uniot\ lost so much money on i t s then unpopular advertising pocicet edition that i t was decided not to publish any edition in 1961. The annual 1961 Report of the Union hadaUUleonecdote on"aa lmah ta " v/hich read: "The Union has experienced the hardships of publishing an unpoluVai literary magazine. Unliico Consolidated Press , we do not have a Bulletin with which to amalgamate our modest pub­licaUon." There was actually under consideration a proposal to issue "Galmahta" as a monthly supplement lo "Semper" and at the end of the year lo consolidate tho supplemenl into one magazine. For publication as a

coUeclot's item: A sort of " B e s t oi Semper '62" .

However, il would appear that "Galmahra" will be published as o magazine first and foremost rather than as a newspaper

supplement. So, you literary hacks around tl» University and those who never thought they had a knaclc for writing, how aixiul penning some short stories or poems, or anecdotes, and submit them to Union Office for perusal by the editorial board of "Galmahra".

Mr. Moyloh in 1959 submitted proposals for the recommencement of publication of the Union's magazine, "Galmahra". In this report drawn from the archives of the Union he pointed oul that "Galmahra" i s locol Aboriginese for "Spokesman of a Tribe". The report went further on to state: " T h i s magazine of the Uni­versity of Queensland Union was first published in October 1911, the name then used being the University of Queensland Magazine, and the cost being 1 / - an issue, the idea being that it was to be published once a term. By the time of i ts death in 1951 it was a much etdait^ed magozine, 80 pages compared with an original 36. It contained no advertisements at all at thts time and was published once a year ."

Between the wars "Galmahra" was distributed free for members and the price of Its production included in the General Purpose lee of University students. In 1951 a Referendum killed "Galmahra". One of the reasons given for cessation of publication was the decision that Ihe money could be belter spent on financing faculty magazines. Mr. Moylan pointed out " tha t some day a history of the Union would have to be written, and in "Galmahra" at least as i t was in the 1930's will be found notes not only on the Union but on Ihe various activities of the societies of the Union, e.g.. Debating, Drama, S.C.M., and sporting. II was a veritable vein of information."

Bowes reveals secrets

SPECIAL TALK FOR FRESHERS,ON UNION

An idea of the St. Lucia Vice-President's to have the Councillors for the various facult ies to be introduced to the freshers has been expanded by the Orientation Directors into a special t a lk on How the Union and National Union, work as well as making student rep­resentatives known to Freshers, This ta lk i s to be presided over by the Honorary Secretary and bears the very intr iguing t i t l e "How to Get On in the Union without rea l ly Trying",

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Stop Press House Conimittee Approves Improvements Totalling £l550

for Union Buildi.gs

At i t s f i r s t meeting for 1962, Union House Committee showed us that the fes t ive season had not entirely passed. Santa Claus Lennon, Chairman of the House Committee, pulled his reindeer into l ine and dug deep into his bag of goodies to find £1550 available for capital improvements to the Union Buildings in 1962.

The House Committee was following recommendations put forward by the Capital Expenditure Pr ior i t ies Sub­committee which consisted of Bob Greenwood and Mr. Bill Henderson who were assisted by the Union Treasurer, Dcecutive Officer and Union Architect,

J?efectory:

To cope with the increased load on Refectory seating space especially during the peak 1-2 period, twelve more tables are planned which will be supplemented by chairs the Union already possesses. Some of these chairs will be placed on the t i l ed area outside the Refectory.

A larger stage is planned for the Refectory with steps at each end to provide bet ter f a c i l i t i e s for evening and day time functions in the Refectory, Two more spotlights are also planned to provide more effective lighting for evening features.

Several hundred pounds are being planned for improvements for the kitchen. These improvements mainly consist of a better layout of equipment which will provide more efficiency and lovter costs which means that Union members will receive faster service and have to pay lower prices.

Mrs. Ashton in the Union Shop will be provided with a handbasin which win mean more hygienic conditions both for herself and for the people she serves. Between the Refectory seating area and the Page Hanify Room a s l iding door i s to be constructed. This i s important for evening hirings of these two areas simultaneously. This will mean extra income for the Union and, therefore, lower prices for students.

To supplement the existing screens-cum-noticeboards loaned to us by the University three more are envisaged.

An innovation which will be welcomed by the various religious groups on th i s campus i s the small chapel planned underneath the Refectory. Relaxation Block

Improvements are also planned for the Relaxation Block.

The Women's uommon Room gains a mirror and also a door in the passage i s planned so as to i so la te women's t o i l e t s and the Women's Common Room from the general thoroughfare. Divider screens are also planned for the Women's Common Room. Administration Blocks

Does not conse in for so many innovations. The main ones areJ clubs and societies lockers will be instal led in the club rooms in the Administration Block. A phonograph record storage cabinet i s planned for the J.D. Story Room.

The P.A. System in the Refectory will be mobilised so as th i s unit may be used in the Story Room and the Common Room

I N V I T A T I O N

PRESIDENT and COUNCILLORS

Would a jl predate your

joining members of the Union on the occasion of a free

orchestral concert.

liy courtesy of the

Australian Broadcasting Commission Ut. Rudol f Pekarek

ivill cottdtict the Queenslatid Sym{>hotiy Orcbe<.tr<t iu the

Union Refectory, St.Lucia, at S (i.m. on W'odtipsday. "Ih

March, 1962.

programiiie (ncluded as well a Jazz concert Paintings and sculptures by students were shown at an exhibition by Auckland and

,, .u . . ,1 . . . . .. -, , Canterbury University Arts Schools. There DRAMA FESTIVAL IN AUSTRALIA llT?uV\'}"'\'LT.!'"l!"^^^^^^^^ "^^ ^ ' s " a small exhibition of photographs

and a number of discussions on student writing.

Supplement to Semper Floreat THIRD ARTS FESTIVAL OF NEW

ctv-rrcLiTu i..-rrT,wir,..^ ZEALAND UNIVERSITIES SIXTEENTH INTERVARSITY IBCA NEWS

IBCA NEWS In Austfalla's oldest theatre, the Theatre Royal in Hobart, on the island of Tasmania, drama societies of Australian universities performed between August 12 and 22 in the Sixteenth Intervarsity Drama Festival.

The Festival opened with the Jasmaniati entry "The York Mystery Cycle", dating

take the same positive stand towards the holding of a National University Arts Festival as may be noted from an announce­ment in CANTA, paper of the students of Canterbury University:

"Since this is Tournament and Arts' Festival issue we had better mention them. We suppose they fulfil a useful function and are

back from the fourteenth century, consisting ^"^^^H to certain sections of the student body .... We wili have lots of wise thirrgs to say after i t is all over."

of 48 pieces. A complete performance of the Cycle would lasl at least 12 hours. In English literature there are four of these collections of bible-history plays: the Chester, the Coventry, the Towneley and the York cycles. In this production the following stories were included: Creation, Adam and Eve, and the Fall; after the interval followed the New Testament stories starting with the Annurtciaton, after which followed the Birth, Temptation up to the Trial and the Crucifixion. The post-Crucifixion events culminating in the Judgement followed a second interval. The producer had modern­ized the mediaeval English words in order to make the play more easily understood to modern audiences; he added music -Gregorian chants as well as some modern music - and sound and light effects. The result was that a certain compromise between mediaeval and modern theatre was reached which was felt not to be entirely satisfactory.

The play "The Sport of My Mad Mother" -well-known through many performances Including those by student groups - by English female playwright Ann Jellicoe, was presented by Perth University. The title is taken from a line in Hindu Mythology: "A l l creation is the sport of my mad tvothet Kal i " . Anouilh's modern version of the Greek Orpheus and Eurydice story was per­formed by Melbourne's Dramatic Society. The play, called "Eurydice" with the English title "Point of Departure", was performed In

Anyhow, the Third Arts Festival was held in August in Palmerston North, again in con-Junction with the annual national student sports event, the Winter Tournament The sports men and women of the universities and colleges of Auckland, Canterbury, Lincoln, Massey, Otago and Victoria competed in many different sports: chess, football, cricket, basketball, hockey, golf, table tennis, skiing, fencing, judo. Otago Uni­versity was the winner of the tournament with 50 points followed by Canterbury and Auckland Universities with respectively 44 and 42 final points.

The drama and music sections were the most important features of the Arts Festival. Sensation was caused by Lincoln College, making its debut in the festival and winning the first prize with Its production of "The Bespoke Overcoat" by Wolf Mankowitz, a success gained mainly by the excellent acting of the two main characters. Auckland University p v e a very good performance of lonesco's"The Bald Soprano" ("LaCantatrice Chauve") which was repeated In Its original language by the French Club of Canterbury's University. Victoria University had set Itself the very ambitious task of performing Sartre's " i n Camera" ("Huis CIos"). The performance was, however, not considered in the final adjudication, because it exceeded the allowed time of one hour. Last year's

THE EIGHTH DELPHIADE Leiden, Holland. 'BCA. The Delpnic institute was founded in 1950 by Professor Dr. Wilhelm Leyhausea in co-operation with student groups from different European universities. It was established in Mainz, Germany, address: Ftiedtichstiasae 21, MAJNZ-Gonsenheim. Present presidents of the Delphic Institute are Mrs. Anne Marie Leyhausen, who succeeded her late husband, and Professor Fernand Robert of the Sorbonna. The Delphiade, formerly held evety two years, now annually, are to be compared with the classical Olympiads - a friendly reunion with no competition. Their purpose is the representation of Greek, Latin, Mediaeval and other classical plays.

Present member Institute are:

groups of the Delphic

very bad conditions, so that the audience got ^up winner, Massey Agricultural College was the feeling that the performance In Melbourne ,535 successful this time with an uninspired itself should have been much better. The pe,forn)ar»ce of Noel Coward's "Family role Of Monsieur Henri (Death) was played ;^ibun,». canterbury University Drama particularly well by the producer of the play. ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ Adelaide University had the courage to play ,^(3^ ^^^^, j ^ ^ „ ^^ ..p,^^^^ Oscar Wilde's "Salome", which could not ^^ ^^ ^^^„ 0^3^, University terrified the become a success because of the simply pushing aside of the climax: Salome's dance. The production showed, however, some very good points.

Sydney Univers i ty was general ly considered to be the best performer of the Fes t iva l w i th Harold P in te r ' s " T h e Birthday P a r t y " . A good se t t ing , competent ac t i ng , a strong p lay, that was good theatre to which the next performance by Queensland (Tenessee Wi l l i ams ' "Someth ing Unspoken" and "Suddenly L a s t Summer") contrasted very negat ive ly .

audience with Harold Pinter's "The Room". Two other performances in French were "Ne Dites pas" by Fontaine and " L e Commissaire est Bon Enfant" by Coutteline.

Highlight of the section of music of the Festival was the concert given by the Victoria University String Orchestra, which Included two very much enjoyed student compositions, one of them being written by Robin. Maconie ("Two Pieces for String Orchestra"), who himself gave a piano recital. Three organists from Otago, Victoria and Massey presented an evening of organ music in St Andrew Church. The Festival's

Belgium: Jeune Theatre de I'Universlte Libre de Bruxelles.

England: Bradfield College, Bradfield Berks. Bristol University Department of Drama. Marlowe Society, King's College, Cambridge.

France: Groupe de Theatre Antique de la Sorbonne, Paris.

Germany: Collegium Oelphicum, Mainz. Greece: Dance group Roussopolou

Athens. Italy: Academia Nazlonale d'Arte

Drammatica, Rome. Teatro Univetsitarlo dl Bologna. Teatro deH'Unlversita dl Genova. Teatro Ca'Foscarl, Venice.

Portugal: Teatro dos Estudantes da Unlversidade de Coimbra.

Sweden: Goteborgs Studentteater. Switzerland: Delphisches Theatre, Zurich. Uruguay: Teatio Universitario de

Montevideo. U.S.A. Theatre Group of Mount Mary

College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Delphiades took place: Jn 1950 in Mainz, 1952 Verona, 1953 Lyon, 1955 Saarbrucken, 1957 Geneva, 1959 Bristol, 1960 Dijon and 1961 Coimbra.

In her opening speech to the guests and participants of the Eightii Delphiade, Mrs. Anne Marie Leyhausen stressed ttie alms of the Delphic Institute. No works by modern authors can be included in the programme, even if they are modern versions of classical themes. "Not the names or stories are of importance, but the spirit of the Ideals oi tha Antiques, the eternal thoughts of the Middle Ages: love of mankind, justice, faith in the high human virtues "

Host group this year was the Teatro dos Estudantes da Unlversidade de Coimbra, founded in 1938, which performed "Antigone" by Sophocles. "Agamemnon", one of the three plays of the "Orestes Cyclus" by Aeschylus, was performed by the Collegium Delphicum of Mainz. The "Group de Theatre Antique de la Sorbonne" presented the second play of the trilogy "The Choephori" as well as a condensed version of the last play "Eumenides", which was titled now "The Process of Orestes". Thus, the participants of this Delphiade had the privilege of seeing thewhole trilogy performed.

It was interesting to notice the difference between fhe productions by the German and the French group, as far as the function of the chorus was concerned, the German chorus being static, supporting the greatness of Agamemnon, the French chorus had a more modern character; the German chorus saying its text in a slow rythm, the French chorus spoke it with iTiore human voices.

Goteborgs Studentteater, established in 1932, member of both the European Student Theatre Union and the Delphic Institute (like some other groups), performed since its establish­ment both modern and classical plays. In 1959, the group was to be seen at the combined ESTU - Delphic Institute Festival In Bristol, where It performed "Professor Taranne" by Adamov. At this Delphiade It presented "Andromaque", tragedy by Jean Racine. It was a very sober production, which used simple costumes and a tradition­ally tragic music, characterized by excellent acting. Centre Universitario Teatrale di Parma, specialist in performances of plays by Plautus, gave a vivid interpretation of the comedy, which was the source of Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors", "Menaechml". The Mitre Players of Cambridge's Selwyn College played the 15th century morality play "Everyman", the English version of the Dutch original called "Elkerlyc".

EXHUMATIONS

New type permits

THE Manager of ^Jo/c Transport Depar'<^5/nt,

BHsbane City Cour^/has advised that thrJh^sting "University 9d." r.<§<nt (pink) Is to be withdr'-cSrfrom issue and replaced > y« siihilar type of permit vxjvwhite backing.

This ar(4h/ Is being* taken to enab'<<Si«iin conductors and bus dQ-/as to readily dlstin-guirSSetween "University 9d." a tX^Uie School Pupils' Re-

i^d Pare Permit available University students under

19 years of age.

DENTAL TREATMENT FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Students - why let financial problems ruin your teeth?

As well as Medical treatment being available to students through the student health service, Dental treatment is available at the Dental Hospital, Turbot Street.

The services, given by graduate dentists, are available free to all students over the age of 21 - all gold work, however,

(Maurice J. Costello, Dentistry Rep. on Union Council)

has to be paid for. The remain­der of students, under 21 years, can obtain treatment, the fees of which vary depending on their parents' income (Means Test).

Although work is done by graduate dentists, students, if they so desire, can have their teeth attended to by Dental students, at the Dental College, Turbot Street - such work being done under strict supervision.

Any student desirous of these dental services should apply in person at the Inquiry Desk, ground floor, Dental Hospital.

As it is hoped to eventually establish a Dental Service at St. Lucia, the number students attending the Dental Hospital will help warrant such student facility.

AuthorlMd by J. CMawjdy c A UnivBraity

Union Offlcea, St, Lucia,

Produced In tha Union Offica, St, Lucia