a publication of the University of QueenslandUriion. Wednesday, 17th March, 1965.

Vol.35 No. 2

LETTERS ...to the editor

The last issue of Semper carried on page 2 a report on the Vice-Chancellor's orientation address. This was an amalgam of word for word exerpts from reports in the Courier Mail 1963 and 1964. Why hasn't someone written in,complain-ing, of course, of the laziness of the Semper reporter?

classical allusions... Dear Sir,

As a journalist of sorts, may I be so bold as to ask WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO SEMPER? As if the quenching of the McQueen fire (often poorly, kindled, but still, a fire) was not enough....

Now, we are asked to read a toilet-paper abortion put together by mis­guided and undoubtedly grubby hands. I suggest that a liberal distribution of 8orations and a soluble construction would complete the disastrous trend this thankfully eratic no-news-or-thought nonsense sheet has decided to follow.

Sobeit, Dionysight.

the library... Dear Sir,

The article "Not just bricks and mortar" (S.F. 4th March) contains some pungent criticism of the Main Library. The failure to appoint a Librarian after two years can only be described as deplor^le and together with the hig^ turnover of staff can only have an adverse effect on the admin­istration of the Library.

I would query the statement that the turnover " is not simply because salaries do not compare favourably with those offered elsewhere..." This must be credited with being the most important factor, though not without ancillary reasons, for the movement of the staff, For the sake of the University the Senate should immediately take steps to remedy the situation.

Finally, with reference to what was called " . . . the usual problems of lack of finance..." I suggest that payment of an annual Library Fee by all enrolled students be instituted by the University i This system operates at both Sydney University and the University of New South Wales whose annual Library Fees are £2 and £5 respectively and the money thus collected is restricted to the purchase of books.

J.H. Thorburn.

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The Union C!ouncil, ever sensitive to the wishes of its electorate, has decided that a committee be formed to investigate the possibility of setting up a Union Service in opposition toHayles Cruises. The committee hopes to organise regular Boat Rorts across the river to Dutton Park cemetary.

After devious negotiations with the City Council, the committee, in the best student tradition, is drawing up a petition. The drive for signatures will take place on THURSDAY 18 and FRIDAY 19 for DAY and EVENING STUDENTS; the booths will also be manned on the following MONDAY 22, TUESDAY 23 and WEDNESDAY 24, for EVENING STUDENTS.

The City Council emphasised that only people who were likely to use the ferry should sign.

Naturally, OUT CHANCES OF GETTING THE FERRY ARE ROUGH-

Naturally, our chances of getting the ferry are roughly proportional to the number of students likely to use it.

If you are likely to use a ferry running across the river to Dutton Park, your sigiature wUl help.

Moves are also in progress to obtain Concession Bus Fares. To bolster the Union's case, other student Unions have been asked to supply details of the concessions that students receive in other states.

Details of riots will be announced later.

transport trauma

-Members of the Union have for some considerable time been deeply concern­ed over the inadequate bus service provided for their (?) benefit by the Brisbane City Council. The discontent arising from the infrequency of services and the overcrowding of the services available, found expression in the demonstration of May 1962, which was well attended by exhuberant students, but poorly organised, thus ineffective.

The situation has worsened, e.g, on Friday 5th March, 2 buses reserved for Medical Students, travelling to Herston, left each | full, leaving 1 bus for 2 | busloads of normal students.

Despite valiant efforts to set a new student cramming record by the uni­formed gentleman, one bus load from 2^ busloads left 1^ busloads. They were solemnly promised that another bus was "following right behind this one" and would 'be here any minute". Thus instead of leaving to fill in time more constructively they waited they waited 35 minutes.

The retort given by the city ad­ministration to complaints in 1962 was that the service was provided to the students as a favour as the route was a money losing proposition. Yet most buses are full from terminus to terminus both to and from the Uni.

If the BCC loses money on every run in Brisbane then surely it is sensible to cut these losses to the minimum by providing adequate services on the routes that lose least and surely the University route must head this list. In short it is ridiculous to claim that more and better allocated buses are not possible.

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They passed by the water and kissed, she suddenly shy and strangely reticent now that they had reached some kind of turning point. They both felt it; she because she felt his tension and knew that something had to happen soon, an affirmation or else a denial of the love she felt sure was there; he because he knew it had to be done tonight. There was little time left; he imagined the peremptory summons arriving any day, to report for military service, and he was afraid. It was not an ordinary fear - it was, he knew, pathological in its intensity. And if he could get married before he was conscripted, he would be exempt. And the girl - well, he liked her, and this would have to be enough. He turned towai'ds her again.

"There is something I must say". She smiled at him. He felt painfully awiward, but he must hide the falseness heard in his voice.

"I have loved you for a long time now. You may have guessed. "

"I had". This unsettled him more than ever. Would she forgive him if she found out?

"I think about you, I dream of you, j ^ * ^ - ~ - you are everywhere and everything I

have waited, but I am sure now, that I must have you with me for ever. I could not live without you." The irony in this last remark almost made him giggle insanely. Some kind of brief pain must have shown in his face, because she moved forward into his arms. To save his sudden need to confess, he took refuge in formality.

"Will you do me the honour of consenting to be my wife?"

She looked up at him and nodded, her face alight with happiness. He drew her hard against him.

"We will get married right away. "

"No, darling, no. We must wait a year at least. My parents would demand it. They are so strict and formal." She saw the sudden shock on his face, and drew back.

"No, no, it will be too late then, too late, it must be soon'." Frightened she looked at him. Faced with defeat, he said tiredly, "By then I will be conscripted. I am afraid."

She knew then, but she knew she must have him, on whatever terms.

"Yes", she said, "we will be married as soon as we can." They looked at each other.

"With the blessings," he said bitter­ly, "of our beloved President, Dr. Soekarno."

The Time of Struggle Between Two Worlds

'he rise of Nationalism and the decline of Colonialism and Imperialism created a power vacuum in South-East Asia. This is seen more clearly after the defeat of the Japanese in the Second World War. The western powers that hurried back to their colonies were often confronted with opposition. The Japanese policy of encouraging national­istic movements accelerated this feeling and it seemed that is was but a matter of years before Colonialism collapsed. The invasion of the Japanese in South-East Asia had dramatically emphasized the strategic importance of the region and each world-power sought to have a "South-East Asia policy". A region of 1.6 million square miles with a population of 200 millions, not to mention the vast natural resources and potential market for the industrialized nations is of no mean importance.

The struggles of the Cold-War were extended to this area as power blocs sought to win support and influence among these different countries and on top of this, was the difficulty of liquid­ating colonial regimes and replacing them by new and stable independent governments. The needs of these countries are many, but the vital ones are economic development and security, To both of these, the different blocs offered economic and technical aid and defence pacts and alliances. However much altruism was boasted of, often there were "strings attached". This involved these nations to commit them­selves to either one bloc or the other e.g. Thailand's anti-communism, North Vietnam pro-communism. The desire to avoid this led to the embracementof "Neutrality" whatever it means. It seems to me that this may be more out of fear than anything else, (e. g. Cam­bodia), though each nation tries to justify it with one reason or another. The element of right may be on the side of the Americans in the cold war struggle.jpvith U.S.S.R. but the American policy of seeking out alliances with like-mindedpowers has not always been differentiated by S.E. Asian leaders from the more sinister policies of U.S.S.R. or China.

There is an innate desire among the nations not to be pawns for power blocs and thus often their leaders are faced with the dilemna of a choice between economic aid plus its append­ages or going it alone which may mean their political downfall in their efforts to eventual modernisation. I dare say that in this choice they are aided by the fact that the U.S.S.R. is less trusted and more feared than the Americans.

Let us turn briefly to examine the

policies of the various world powers. We must realise from the start that the foreign policy of a nation is based on the national interest of the country. Thus, the Americans fear that the loss of say, South Vietnam will be against her interests, i.e. the psychological defeat of those who look to her for security.

The American presence in S. E. Asia is claimed to be the main deterrent to Communist expansion, and this has led her to commitments in aid, economic and military, to many of the S. E. Asian countries. She is, on the whole, young in the fieldof international politics, and in a sense naive in putting her views in materialistic terms, compared to the cultural and spiritual values of Asians in general. This has led to many pit­falls and exploitation by the Communists. The mass of the people she is trying to help do not realise this, only the elite do. The leaderships of many of these countries has yet to be consolidated among the people. The problems of mass-media, illiteracy, corruption and the sheer complexity of issues (e.g. religious and racial) has not helped her. The peasants see the guns and the Cadillacs of their rulers but little tangible evidence to help their needs. It can be argued that these are among the long-term projects, but to the man on the land this is of little significance. His interest is primarily that of his present condition. This has traditionally been so.

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The Russians have taken no direct role in subversive activity since the Calcutta Conference of S.E. Asian Communists in 1948, which touched off a wave of revolts. They have, despite this, remained a capital of conspir­atorial international Communism. The facade is that of peaceful co-existence. Their methods do not conflict with the ultimate goal of Communism, though Russia has lost considerable influence to the Chinese Communists. The 1955 visit of Bui ganin and Krushchev to India and other countries was an attempt to regain this, and so was Kosygin's recent visit to Hanoi.

China, (the main threat), has held the position of suzerainty over much of S. E. Asia and regards the region as a proper outlet for her expansive ten­dencies. There are three aspects of her policy to consider, namely economici military and political. Since 1956, China has participated in the "trade-aid" contests with other powers. Tlie military threat comes from her "under­belly" bordering the other states in the south, where she is believed to maintain a large force. Politically she has sought to persuade, enchant, if not deceive, both rulers and ruled, and her recent nuclear explosion has given her more confidence. Despice Chou En Lai's visit, after the Bandung Conference of 1955, to several of the S.E. Asian' countries-assuring them of the absence of any expansionist policies, he was met with challenges e. g. Rangoon Uni. students with placards "We Greet You With Tears". Whatever influence he gained was lost by his endorsement of the Russian suppression of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and later by the Sino-Burmese border dispute.

The French and British have on the whole declined in influence. Thc French after the humiliating defeat of Dien Bien Phu, the British by the granting of independence to her former colonies. With the British however, influence is seen by her economic interests and military ties. The Commonwealth strategic force in Singapore and her partnership with other countries in SEATO, is but a lingering influence. The French have made attempts to enter this region again by her recog­nition of Red China and the proposal for the "neutralisation" of South Vietnam.

The main innuences are those of America and China. Each claim a right to be in the area for one reason or an­other and each faces opposition in the various nations that try to "help and influence". The clashes that they had in South Vietnam is inevitable by virtue of their conflicting ideologies and interests. As yet, there seems little hope for a peaceful solution. American withdrawal will be humiliting, but the possibility that a new coup in South Vietnam, whose leaders may ask just that, is real . On the other hand the Viet Cong, with China's aid, gets stronger among the peasants, despite the "strategic hamlets". S.E. Asia seems destined to be a pawn for either one or the other power blocs.Solutions are often inadequate and prospects to me seem bleak unless one of them backs down or both are annihilated.

Michael H.C. Ong.

Canberra editor resigns The managing edi­

tor of The Australian, Mr. MaxweJl Newton, has resigned.

The managing director of Nationwide News Pty, Ltd., Mr. K. R. Murdoch, an­nounced last night that Mr. Newton's resignation had been accepted and that the assistant managing editor, Mr. Walter Kommer, had taken over as managing editor.

No reason was given for thc resignation.

The staff change would have no effect on the news­paper.

Staff at The Australian were notified of the changes yesterday afternoon.

Mr. Newton's statement

Mr. Newton said laiit night: "Perhaps I am wrong, l3Ut the experience of edit­ing The Australian under complete direction in recent times has, in my view, made it impossible to achieve the essentia! principles, aims and standards of quality which fired thc enthusiasm and dedication of » large team of men and women, •ncludinp myself.

'1 am well aware that one must take one's chances in such ventures in the limited opportunities avail­able in Australian iour-nalism today.

"1 can onlv hope thai those I have left behind may .still achieve thc origi­nal objectives."

Correspondent iu Canberra

Mr. Newton had been managing editor of the Aus­tralian since it began pub­lishing in July last year and had been closely concerned with its planning and pre­paration.

Previously he had been, managing editor, of The Australian Financial Review md before that political cor-••espondcnt of the Sydncv Morning Herald in Can­berra. A graduate of the University of Westecn Aus­tralia, he took fir.st class honours in economics al ' ambridgc before entering •he public service. He began his iournalistic career in 19.56.

Mr. Kommer vvas chief ol •he Melbourne bureau of thc Financial Review before !ie joined The Australian.

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Cheerful collegians reprimand fresher for some minor breach of discipline.

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The "fresher system" in University colleges is very often attacked as being: 1) childish; 2) sadistic and 3) unnecess­ary. Such criticisms usually arise from a misunderstanding of the system. It is usually assumed that senior students at colleges treat freshers the way they do simply because: 1) they were treated that way them­

selves; 2) they are naturally childishly cruel; 3) they have a lust for power.

These three points can be summed up as: it is a tradition and traditions are naturally self-perpetuating, even by people who have forgotten the reasons behind them.

I am not trying to assert that every college senior is free of any taint of power-lust, etc.; in fact the whole thing was probably started by people who merely wanted to assert their superior­ity over interlopers. But the system does work in a special way; perhaps to most collegians the results are merely incidental to the enjoyable process of establishing complete ascendency over a whole group of people, all this with the complete sanction of the immediate community. But, no matter what the method or the spirit of the system, it achieves desirable results which could not be achieved easily any other way and which are necessary to the very existence of colleges as such.

For the benefit of those who are not familiar with College initiations, there are three major factors: isolation, in­doctrination and humiliation. This should be clear enough. Now for the basic reasons. There are two: firstly, the system serves to knit the freshers into a group with great consciousness of 1) the traditions of the College, 2) the superiority of the College over all other colleges, and 3) the general desirability of the College as a place of residence. Secondly, it serves to deflate those freshers who have a to great conscious­ness of their own importance as a University student.

Actually, our colleges don't do it properly. The tradition is not strong enough here. In American fraternities and in military officer training institut­ions, the system is pursued with fright­ening success.

Isolation serves to make the fresher totally conscious of the College as the focus of his life at least for certain purposes. Whether or not this is desir­able is a bigger question which will be dealt with later in Semper. At military institutions this isolation lasts for a

year, and is, as I have said, frlghten­lngly successful. At bur Colleges this lasts for a week if it is done at all.

The indoctrination serves to brief freshers thorouglily, quicldy and pain­fully on College traditions; the humilia­tion serves to deflate freshers and reduce them to a common donominator (and ofteii, incidentally, to a quivering jelly). The whole thing generally presents rather a frightening picture to freshers; getting through it unscathed naturally makes the college seem worth having. Thus we have the results des­cribed above, simply and quickly, while providing wholesome family entertain­ment for the seniors.

If the College system as we have it here is to endure ^vhich is, I suppose, a matter of considerable indifference to most non-collegians) the fresher system is necessary. Otherwise Colleges would be little more than expensive boarding-houses. This is definitely imdesirable from any point of view; it would probably culminate in the establishment of a kind of university "upper crust" residing in the colleges. An initial step towards this kind of decadence has been perpetrated now in St. Leo's College with the slow abolish­ment of the fresher system, apparently to reduce the College to a permanent state of bland indifference to anything. It will be interesting to observe the results.

Meanwhile, the only conclusion that can be reached is this - if our present College system is desirable, then the present treatment of freshers is a necessary part of the system. Abolition of it, anjrway, could result in the Colleges becoming useless and completely insufferable adjuncts to the University.

Por Semper

IN OUR CUUNTRY

A fun-loving senior student tries to interest a fresher in some wholesome group activity.

Freshers are encouraged to spend their leisure hours in College.

A REVIEW OP "BLUB HILLS"

By G. Rolland Hills The traumatic them e of this searing serial is

the Psycological ,Pathologic al,Physiological and

Pseudo-symholic dilemmas faced by a submissive rooster

The bull lances the boils and they spurt sporadically

up In your face forcefully. It Is a piercing, fiery

forceful, profound, searing, f earfull, penetrating, ironic

accomplishment)-pounding,passoinate,powerf ull-

pulsatingprovocative,pointless.

Oh» The agony and the anguishj

The ABC closes vith a piercing scream,with a description of

social intercourse which rivals for intensity ,if not for

stark beauty& realism love,passages from Blyton.

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The Local Education Officer, Mr. Peter McCawley, is forming a commit­tee to look into various aspects of education. In particular, members of thc committee will be able to take part in the preparation of a number of reports and surveys which the National Union will undertake in Queenslands. Some of the members of the committee will be in charge of surveys on:

Attitudes of High School matricula­tion students towards University - in particular, the aim of this survey will be to find out what knowledge these students have of University courses that are available, and what mis­conceptions they have.

The financial position of High School students - particularly, how many students cannot continue to University full-time because of their financial position.

Other members of the committee will have the responsibilities of pub= licisingthe Education Reform Campaign

NATIONAL AFFAIRS NUAUS exists to represent the

students of Australia nationally and internationally in matters of concern to students. Students are traditionally concerned with those aspects of political or social affairs basic to the preser­vation of a free and open society. The 1965 Annual Council of NUAUS discussed thc following national matters;

The "Restrictive Immigration" (White Australia) Policy: Conscription; Abor­iginal Affairs; The Reduction of the Voting Age; Censorship; The Orr Case.

These discussions by the Council led to the following resolutions (amongst others), which attempt to reflect fairly the opinions of the students of Australia!

%That the Minister for Immigration be called upon to exercise more liberal­ly his powers in regard to the admission and deportation of immigrants of non-European origins, and in particular in regard to persons who have shown or could be expected to show an ability to

assimulate into the Australian commun­ity as it is developing.

#That NUAUS expresses its condemn­ation 01 conscription in any form, except in times of extreme national emergency, and furthermore expresses its strongest possible opposition to the service overseas of conscripts, before every other possibility of defence has been exhausted.

^That NUAUS expresses its particular concern over the following aspects of the Commonwealth Government's plans for a selective National Service Training Scheme: i) that, unlike full-time students, part-time students at University will not be granted automatic deferment if calted up, and would be subject to the same problems with respect to interference with their studies as their full-time colleagues, as well as having to inter­rupt their professional cariers.

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capital punishment, welcomes moves in the' U. K. to abolish it, condemns those Governments in Australia which still retain this barbarous form of punishment, calls upon them to abolish it forthwith and urges Constituents to to work for its abolition. 0 That NUAUS insists that as a step

towards the liberalization and ultimate abolition of the rigid censorship in Australia, any censorship should be effected by appropriately constituted f bodies rather than by police and customs officials as usually occurs at present.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Besides concerning itself with

matters of co-operation with student organizations in other parts of the world through the International Student Con­ference and the International Student movemeiit for the UnitedNations, NUAUS passed the following motions about Racial Discrimination:

• That the President pursue the im­plementation of all NUAUS policy directed against racial discrimination in all countries and in all its forms, in particular against South Africa, report­ing separately on all action to August and Annual Councils of the Union.

•That in implementing the particular opposition of NUAUS to Apartheid in South Africa, the President concentrate on the following aspects:

(i) publicising the abhorrent situation at present existing in South Africa, and

(ii) co-operating with such welfare bodies as Defence and Aid and SACKED (the South African Com­mittee for Higher Education).

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At Queensland University, tiiat sprawling, sogniontcd, dohumajuzed dc}4TCL'-sliop "A community in search of knowled'^c" is a meaningless phrase, imd indeed, iareical, as a definition of thc University. Yet where is even the hope of approaching such an ideal with a Ijody of over ten thousaiid. What is the lone student but an ajionymous face in a lecture Ihealhre, wlio, witliin a few years may (prohaiily will not) be an anonymous gowned figiu'e who walks across the stage of thc City Hall to receive his degree. He hasn't dis­covered whal thc University is. He was a nameless individual wlio sought and won a degree, a good jol), a sizeal^le income. (What more can a man want?)

But neither the crisp feel of that vital scroll in his hot little hand nor his spinal shivers at the noble sound of "Gaudeanuis" are thc rcaJ experience of University. Thc real thing is to feel and to know thc University as a community - Lo take a living, active part in the communal search for knowledge.

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St. Luciais being daily enlarged and extended-a degree-shop at the expense of a university - while the Darling Downs, urgently in need of a University College, has had a committee working for this end for several years.

Concern for a "fair go" for all further enhances Toowoomba's case. Figures for 19 64 enrollments show that there are more than twice as many Brisbane full-time students compared to country full-time students, whereas on a population distribution basis there should be more country students than Brisbane ones. For reasons elaborated in the Darling Downs submission to the Australian Universities commission, country students just do not have opportunities equal to those from Brisbane.

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There are 250,000 people within a fifty miles radius of Toowoomba. By 1970, 1300 University students will be coming from this area. The saving from not having to find them accomm­odation in Brisbane would be well over Elm.: a factor which cannot be neglected.

The injustice, not to mention the wastage of talent, in this situation makes a strong case for the Darling Downs University.

A great deal of practical investiga­tion and planning has been carried out by the Committee for the establishment of a Darling Dawns University. Dr. McGregor, the Chairman of the Committee, when interviewed for Semper said that "400 acres are reserved under the Town Plan. All essential services are on the doorstep. There is ample room for expansion."

He emphazised Toowoomba's suit­ability of cultural climate in the role of a University City. "Education is its biggest industry employing the most and having the biggest wage bill. A University would find that it would be in a city that was with it rather than indifferent. In Brisbane, it constitutes only a small segment of cultural life whereas here, it would be regarded as an important and integral part of the city's life.

With regard to the work of the committee, he said, "We have spent, since our centenary celebrations, a long, expensive and, at times, frustra­ting three years of toil during which we have obtained much publicity, a site, promised financial backing of over £100,000 and membership at £ 1 / 1 / per head of 10,000. Thus the support is substantial."

Those who unthinkingly assume that the next University must be in Brisbane may be in for a shock when the Martin Report is finally released.

Film director Ingmar Bergman is not an introverted man; but an in­troverted genius. He says what he

wants to say. He knows the society image of man is not man. His concern: what we are and why. He wants to show us what we are afraid to see in our­

selves. His world is the austere beauty of Sweden and the aridity of the soul.

Bergman probes behind masks as each character searches for true iden­tity. Each wants a chance to live, a moment of joy. Sometimes grotesque, often frustrated, the characters are always vivid. Through them comes the moral. Through interaction of character comes the plot. Bergman implies how little we know about ourselves and others. Do we want to know?

His early films show how women's ability to control men rests on how they manipulate the male conceit.

In The Naked Night he is fascinated by the concept "mother", incestuous longing for innocence, security of the womb, themes are: that we can't learn from other's errors - only our own: seeing significance when there isn't any and none where there is; the ex-horbitant cost of illusions with bitter­ness at their destruction. It's irony of mutual betrayal, so anti-cliche it al­most becomes cliche. It says no matter how miserable men and women are together, they'd be worse alone. As a man shoots his image in a mirror we infer that only death gives significance to life. Raw naturalism'.

In baroque poetry The Magician shows comedy and pathos in Sartrean human absurdity. Anguish: "We walk step by step into darkness. Movement itself is the only truth," and rollicking fun: a girl seduces a would-be Don Juan in a laundry basket, an old woman spits at a crow.

Never is Bergman's tilt at the limitations of reason clearer than in a comic-tragic autopsy where a rat­ionalist is bewildered by a moving corpse. In a dynamic sequence of expressionism, the room closes in. Blaring music'. Dwarfed by prison bars - lost. The prison is the self, a recurr­ing theme.

The Virgin Spring is classic sim­plicity in epic mood. Actress Birgitta Pettersson plays Karin's youth and innocence with rare beauty. By contrast in a ghastly sequence we see a herds­man gurgling grunts and groans, trying to express his desire for her. But he is mute. Horribly he rapes her. Karin's father avenges her by knifing, burning and squashing the herdsman and his brothers. Her corpse is at a stream, To it the father says: "You see it God. You permit it. I don't understand you." He asks forgiveness, resolves to build a church. From beneath the corpse while a hymn soars, the spring trickles

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By G. Rowlands

out. But the manuscript is by Ulla Isaksson; the message is alien to Berg­man. He simply states evil so that the whole destructive force of the Cosmos writhes before us. The father tries to balance good and evil. It is the irony he can only tip the scale to more evil. But in the boy's eyes the herdsman is eternal man asking: "How is it possible to live in this world?"

Devil's Eye is a comedy too slick, too obvious in paradox - inferior to Germi's Divorce - Italian Style.

With Through A Glass Darkly, Berg­man's early Protestantism is in ashes and disillusion. It focuses on poetic psychology with Bach's cello tones to tighten tension. Like Kafka, characters are alienated from themselves, each other and God. The writer is selfish.. His daughter, played magnificently by Harriet Andersson, longs for death as escape, escape from herself. This neurotic woman experiences God as a Spider: "It was a loathesome evil face. He climbed up on me and tried to penetrate me. His eyes were cold and calm". God is a void, the certainty of death. Significant too that the spider is only hallucination. But the writer comes

1.3 at last to forgive for he can't live with­out forgiveness for himself. So under­standing among people is God.

Often Bergman exposes the position of the artist: in a nightmarish speed-up pantomime of the difficulty of disting­uishing between tragedy in jest and tragedy in earnest and the danger of life for art's sake.

Another theme is attraction-repul­sion: adolescent brooding between desire and disgust for sex; the drive to love but the loss of freedom; the irony of rejecting a sense of security but longing for it too,

It has been said Bergman is too coldly clinical. That he examines people as microbes under a microscope. Perhaps so. But the microbe is him­self. He can inspire actors because he was one, "a terribly bad actor", he says. He leai'ned the hard way.

In the end Bergman's message is this: how our eyes smart when we see ourselves but if we can bear the failure and humiliation we can bear life. From one man's self-analysis comes panaceas for all mankind.

Wild Strawberries (to be screened shortly by the Brisbane Cinema Group) is dream sequence in a journey to the centre of the ego. There is Borg's self-analysis, Bergman's analysis and then ours. He finds only aloofness and wants to do one meaningful act before death.

A Lesson In Love (with tragic-comic cynicism) Winter Light and Silence (with the theme that alienation from others is alienation from God) are to be screened shortly at the "Lido".

* * *

People interested in more than fairy floss from Hollywood now have a chance to show their enthusiasm. The manager of the "Lido" has assured me that if the next round of foreign films is not patronized, no more will be screened. It seems it is not the management but the public that want only happy, shallow escapism, divorced from reality. Here is a chance to prove man is flesh and blood'.

"RELIGlfll\l A N D LIFE:

I would like to say a few words about the parable concerning the wise and the foolish virgins.

Five took oil to the feast and five didn't.

Now these ten virgins represent people today. Just as five virgins were wise so today some people are wise and just as five were foolish so today some people are foolish. People today keep putting off the day when they will conjfess and make their i eace with God. And just as when the bridegroom came and the foolish virgins found their light was going out, today when people come to the end of their lives and DIE they find that the light of their good works

CO'Operation ^ Wi among religious societies

The Ecumenical Movement which is weeping Christianity in the 1960'sand

.vhich is evidenced by the vigour of such jodies as the World Council of Churches md the Vatican Council is finding a strong echo in Queensland University.

There is close co-operation between

ihe Religious Societies, particularly he Anglican Society, the Newman lociety and the Student Christian Move-nent.

These three groups are combining to produce a magazine for general sale on Campus. The editor is FrankMines, the business manager Cliff Pollard, This publication will include general articles on Theology, the Ecumenical Movement, and questions of broader social significance. The editor would be happy to receive any contributions.

Also, there is to be a combined series of meetings on Wednesdays between the 31st March and the 12th May, in Room 45, Main Building, in the lunch hour. Speakers will include the new Chaplain to the Anglican Society, the President of the Methodist Confer­ence, a Roman Catholic speaker, a speaker in the Evangelical tradition, and so on.

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llickers and goes out because it has not been fed with the oil of good works. They are weak and they call on others to help them with oil from their lamps. But often people can not help them. Only God can help them, only God', He can give them oil for their lamps if they ask Him. But, of course, they do not know how to pray - they buy their oil from the merchants of this world. And when they reach the gates of heaven, they will be told, "You are too late. You did not repent and buy oil when you had the chance". So they are cast into exterior and eternal darkness.

My people, be warned by this parable. Do not be caught unawares. When you are about to sin always ask, "Would I rather be inside in the light with the wise virgins or outside in the dark with the foolish virgins?".

BOOK REVIEW: imm

DR. MANNIX by Niall Brennan Rigbv. 1964, 47/6d.

1845 to 1849 was the period of the Great Hunger in Ireland. Nearly a million people fled to America, Austra­lia and other countries. Daniel Mannix was not part of this Great Emigration, in fact-he was not born till 1864 but he was certainly the greatest Irish emi­grant. Nial Brennan points out that many Australian Catholics regarded Mannix's coming to Australia as perhaps the greatest disaster the Catholic Church in Australia had suffered. It is easy to sympathize with such people. Many Australian Catholics of Irish ex­traction felt that with the gradual fading of the ghetto that had enclosed them they had to show the Protestants (or the agnostics) that they were as good as they. If it was worldly success in which they chose to emulate the rest, it is hardly surprising that they identified "whiteness of soul" with whiteness of collar.

in particular Mannix infuriated the Irish Australian Catholic by favouring some one like Santamaria who knew little of the island Marx once called "a land of woes" and who placed little im­portance on the cherished worldly success of the Irish-Australian. Per­haps this was Mannix's contribution to the Catholic Church in Australia. He found it obsessed with the Irish past of many of its members and he left it with a distinctive character of its own. K the French Church was dominated by intellectuals and the Spanish by mystics then the Australian Church was domin­ated by prophet-laymen. Mr. Santa­maria was a well-known example, but there were others and one could easily trace the influence to Melbourne.

F. Mines.

say the next fifty years.

Science fiction writers do not say that "this will happen", any more than the writers of historical novels say that "this did happen". Science fiction writers are rather saying "this might happen" or "this could happen if we're not damn careful" (Before Eden). Their method might be described as the "what would happen if-"formula; remember-ingthatthe"if's"of yesterday are often the "when's" of today and the accepted facts of tomorrow. To give an example from the present ajithologj-; -

The year is 2015 A.D. You are a Judge on the bench of a Court in the United States. You are conducting a hearing to determine whether two men should be turned over to the UN Criminal Court for prosecution. The

'charge is that the men deliberately destroyed UN property. Both men are highly respected scientists.

The machine they destro^-ed took thirty years to design and another ten to build; it was to combined effort of many nations. It covered two square

blocks, a]id extended hundreds of feet below the earth. The energy^ required to operate the machine could be supplied only by the thermonuclear reaction called hydrogen fusion. The machine had never been tested: like the atomic bomb, it could not be tested piecemeal.

/It was mankind's first serious attempt to build a time machine.

^ ' V f y Q2-jjy 0 a cioseci uourt. You ciet ^"W^ 1 Court. The men explain that, o s. ^ ^ \ night in question, the machine wz ^ ^ ' ready operating; when they reache

"A flying-sauc6r has just landed out­side the Pentagon. The great might of the United States Army has been rushed to the scene. A little (or big) green (or blue, or purple) man appears from in­side the saucer. The scene is one of tense expectancy. The City has been evacuated. All weapons are trained on the man from outer space. He reaches for something hanging from his belt. A fusilade of bullets strikes him down. The world has been saved from an invasion from outer space . . . "

This is the sort of tripe churned out by Hollywood for third rate horror movies, and is taken seriously only by mentally retarded ten-year-olds. But because of it, many people regard all science fiction as rubbish. However, serious sci-fi has much more to offer than little green men and atomic ray guns, as a look at Yet More Penguin Fiction, will show.

There are twelve shoi't stories in the book, covering a surprising variety of subjects. Six of the stories take place solely on the planet Earth, and three others are limited to this solar system. The time, in most cases, is the present or the proximate future -

The men insist on giving evidence only to a closed Court. You clear the

on the as al-

eady operating when they reached the control room. From the gauges, they were able to tell that the intruder had used a very large amount of energy. They explain further that, according to theory, once the machine has been put in operation there can be neither a cessation nor a reversal of its operation without a grave danger of vapourizing a large section of the earth. The only safe way to stop the operation uecess-arily resulted in the destruction of most of the machine. This was the course they took.

The scientists continue that they know the name of tlie man who used the machine, and that he left a note explain­ing what he was going to do. You sit up and take notice - neither of these facts have been revealed before.

The man had sent himself back nearly two thousand years in history. You pause a moment to reflect on the im­plications of this action. They are staggering. If the present stems from the past - as, apparently, it must -then even a minute change in the past can cause tremendous changes in the present. Perhaps even cause this whole universe to vanish. You are glad that you did not have to make the decision.

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But the scientists have one more bomb-shell to drop. The intruder was not making an impulsive, rajidom trip into the past. He has a definite plan, and had set the verniers with perfect precision. He had taken a repeating rifle and five thousand rounds of ex­ploding ammunition. His intention was nothing less than to arrive at Golgotha in time to rescue Jesus Christ from the Roman soldiers. In short, to prevent the crucifixion.

The scientists suggest that the pro­ceedings should not be made public. Much of the public might foolishly support the intruder's actions without realizing the consequences - secular as well as religious. But the decisions are all up to you . , . . (The Rescuer).

If this seems a little too far-fetched, the book offers stories much closer to this day ai\d age: Eastward Hoi, a rather whimsical picture of life in North America some years after World War III; The Windows of Heaven, dealing -- in a rather unusual way - with the first man to land on the moon; and Before Eden, in which the first expedi­tion to Venus unwittingly destroys all life on the planet.

It is always necessary, when reading science fiction, to exercise what Words­worth called "the willing suspension of disbelief"; but with some stories you need this more than with others. Thus, there is a difference between science fiction and science fantasy, even though it is often difficult to draw the line. Most of the stories in this book fall pretty close to the borderline, so I'll quote examples from elsewhere: Arthur C. Clarke's "A Fall of Moondust is fiction, though i'bunded on a solid basis of scientific fact; whereas his book The City and thc Stars is a good example of science fantasy. Speaking generally, science fiction is the more serious kind of writing, while sciency fantasy is written more for pure and simple entertainment. Often, however, the hard-boiled scientific mind boggles at some of the more heady flights of science faiitasy, and so science fiction has a wider appeal than science fantasy. Referring again to the present anthology, The Wall and MS Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie (both verging on fantasy) will not api3eal particularly to those who hold (consciously or unconsciously) that the material sciences are the be-all and end-all of important knowledge. On the other hand, science fiction some­times deals with matters so esoteric that only those with a reasonably broad scientific background can understand them, much less appreciate them fully: Common Time ajid Fulfilment are approaching this type of story.

In brief, then, whether you like black magic or interstellar spaceships, sociology or cybernetics, this book will help keep you awake during lectures.

Peter Tiffin.

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creeping capitalism

Emphasis on "Market Socialism" has led to the development of some "fantastic ideas" in Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, Mr. Bruce McFarlane said last Thursday. Speaking at a lunch-hour meeting sponsored by the Labor, Left and Political Science Clubs, Mr. McFarlane, a Research Fellow at A.N. U., reported on his recent trip to Eastern Europe.

He pointed out that three schools of thought exist on what economic strategy socialist countries should follow. Yugo­slavia, Czechoslovakia and Hungary have adopted a policy of market social­ism. This places an emphasis on consumer goods, with a consequent need for market guides. Yugoslavia has established workers' councils to deal with such questions as wages and profits.

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However, this decentralisation has not eliminated bureaucracy, said Mr. McFarlane, but merely replaced a vertical bureaucracy with a horizontal one.

Another alternative is central plan­ning. This, said Mr. McFarlane, existed in Russia under Stalin. It is supported by socialists from Western and un­developed nations who see planning as central to socialism, and oppose the Yugoslav rejection of it.

There could, suggested Mr. McFar­lane, be a third system: "planometrics". This involves the massive use of computers to overcome physical problems associated with central plan­ning. However, plaiming could still be decentralised to some extent if desired.

This is an entirely new student group, which is going to follow the patterns of Student Action already established in other universities. This means that Student Action will voice and act upon the opinions of the majority of students on topics affecting the University com­munity.

During the year, Student Action will introduce speakers to talk and debate on topical, and perchance, controversial subjects ranging from Birth Control to Bus Concessions,

Student Action will not be politically or religiously baised and has no affilia­tions with any existing club.

Student Action will attempt to stim­ulate thought on current and topical.

matters which directly or indirectly may affect students. There will be no membership fee and the only pre­requisite for joining is a genuine ii>-terest in current affairs.

The group will also attempt to bridge the growing gap between faculties by bringing interested students together on topical subjects. However, to succeed, Student Action needs, large numbers of interested and articulate students. We hope the group will grow and gain support to become eventually an integi'al part of this University's life.

NEXT MEETING :

STUDENT

ACTION

Tuesday 23/3/1965. Room to be announced.

Socialist Revival ?

The Labor Club is financially healthy, but is otherwise under observation. At the Annual General Meeting on March 10th, Frank Gardiner (Law), who has spent a considerable number of years lately around South-East Asia as a fleet air arm aviator, was elected President. Other office bearers are: Vice-President, Peter McCawley, Secretary:John Mills; Treasurer, Steve Karas. Mary Bennett, Ross Barber and

Bev. Nagel were also elected to com­mittee. The club hopes to operate sim­ilar functions tmd talks as last year, particularly the Max Poulter Lecture, and also open some new activities. It is hoped Arthur Calwell, M.H.R., w:iU address the club in thc next few weeks. All members of the club, particularly the office bearers, will talk socialism to anyone interested at any time. Just try them.

POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB

Notice of proposed amendment to the Constitution.

At the Annual General Meeting of the Political Science Club on Wednesday 24th March, the following constitutional amendment will be moved the proposed wording is underlined,

5. OFFICE BEARERS

(a) The office bearers of the Club shall be :-

President Vice-President Sccretary-Treasuere

Magazihe Editor Five (5) (Six (6)) Committee

Members. (b) The Executive shall consist of the

President, Vice-President, (and) Secretary-Treasurer, and Magazine Editor.

(c) The office bearers of the Club shaU be elected at .the Annual General Meeting of the Club. Of the five (5) (six (6)) committee members, at least three (3) shall be first year students.

G. Fryberg (President) R. Stewart (Vice-President)

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BASEBALL University of Queensland Baseball

Club will field four top teams in this years winter fixtures. Baseball is gaining prominence within the Uni­versity ajid last season we finally rose out of the doldrums to come second in the overall club premiership. B and C gi-ade won their premierships, Dgi'ade were runners up mth the A grade narrowly missing the finals. This year looks like being even better.

The Inter-varsity team is becoming a force on the field and has always been the top team off the field. We have hopes of bringing back more recognition this year besides the boat-racing champion­ships at which we have been invicible.

Social activities are plentiful, and this is generally where the best per­formances of the year are to be found. Baseball, however, provides a great opportunity for cricketers to keep their eye in, but not being a cricketer is no criterion that one win not make a base-baller.One does not have to spend long strenuous hours of training and playing duringsecondterm. For more informa­tion refer to the notice board or contact Wayne Moll ah at 98-3653. So, see ya at the ball game'.

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The crowd comes to its feet as Uni­versity speedster Arthur Rowe sizzles over the 100 yd. dash in 9.7 sees. , Arts-Law student Ric Clarke shows the way in the k mile, Dental student Mo­resby Smith crushes all opposition with a breath-taking last lap of 63 sees, in the 3 miles typical scenes at the Queensland Athletic Championships on March 6th and 7th at Lang Park. Uni­versity Club finished with no less than 8 individual first placings, not only in the track but also in the field events, as when Medical student Paul Weedon shot-putted 46 ft. 4 ins. to win the Senior Event and when John Rolley hurled the javelin 178 ft. 4 ins. to take the Junior Title.

Ric Clarke and Arthur Rowe finishing a 440.

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Tennis Inter-Varsity Tennis for 1965 was

held in Adelaide from February 22nd to 26th at the Memorial Drive Courts. Both the Men's and Women's Teams from the University of Queensland reached the semi-finals where they were defeated by the eventual winners - Adelaide and Sydney.

The outstanding performance of the Queensland contingent came from Betty Fisher who was selected in the Combined Women's Team for the third year.

The following are the results :-

MEN Queensland d. New England 1 0 - 2 Queensland d. Tasmania 1 1 - 1 Queensland lost to Sydney 5 - 7

SEMI- FINAL Queensland lost to Adelaide 3 - 9

The more mediocre athletes also played their part to give 'Varsity a virtual monopoly of the relay events - 3rd in the 4 x 110 yds., 2nd in the medley, and first in the 4 x 220 yds., 4 x 440 yds, , 4 x | mile, and 4 x 1 mile.

The club is proud of its state representatives - Clarke, Cameron, James, Murray, Smith and White. At the Australian Championships held in Hobart Ric Cl arke turned on a scorching 48.2 sees, to take second place in the •4' mile while smooth-running Moresby Smith finished 4th in the 3 miles behind such big-names as Ron Clarke, Albert Thomas, and Trevor Vincent.

Detailed Results of State Titles:

110 yds. - A. Rowe 3rd 9.7 sees. 220 yds. - A. Rowe 3rd 21.5 sees. 440 yds. - R. Clarke 1st 49. 3 sees. 3 miles - M. Smith 1st 14 min. 11.4

sees. 6 miles - I Murray 1st. Shot Put - P. Weedon 1st 46 ft, 4 ins. High Jump - G.Taylor 1st 6 ft. 1 ins. Long Jump - R. Jones 2nd 23 ft. Pole Vault - R. Duigan 1st 11 ft. 6 ins.

- P. Krause 2nd 9 ft. 6 ins. 440 Hurdles - P. Krause 3rd 61.5 sees. Junior Javelin - J. Rolley 1st 178' 4" Junior Long Jump - J. Rolley 2nd Junior Mile - P. Cameron Junior 2 Miles - P. Cameron 2nd

9 min. 43 sees. Junior 440 yds. - F.White 1st 51.5 s. Junior 880 yds. - F.White 2nd 2m. 7s.

WOMEN Queensland d. Monash 8 - 0 Queensland lost to Melbourne 2 - 6

SEMI-FINAL Queensland lost to Sydney

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The first Rugby Union touring team from the U.S.A., the University of California, will be here later in the season. The University Club wHl be partly responsible for looking after the tourists; and billets will be required for a week, so anyone interested can leave word at Sports Union.

The Season got under way in a rather dismal fashion on Friday night at the Lions Charity Carnival when the Uni­versity Side was defeated 9-0 by the Rest of Queensland in a somewhat scrappy game. It was quite evident that the fitness of all players left much to be desired and some hard work will be necessary before the fixture games begin in early April.

Fresher trials proved very success­ful and some promising players v/ere unearthed. If the enthusiasm shown by new players at the trials continues throughout the season it should be one of our most successful. Don't forget that training is on every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon on No. 3 Oval. We are fielding an Under 18 as well as two Under 19 teams in the Junior Rugby Union Competition this year and more under 18 players are required. Come down - you'll all get a game'.

UNION COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS

Notice is hereby given that nom­inations for the following positions on the 54th Union Council will close at 5.00 p.m. on Monday the 22nd March, 1965, not Wednesday 10th March as previously advertised.

The positions vacant are as follows:

Position No.

EXECUTIVE General Vice-Pi'esident 1 St. Lucia Evening Vice-President 1

FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES Arts (Day) 1 Arts (Evening) 1 Commerce (Evening) 1 Education (Evening) 1 Physical Education 1 Science (Day) 2 Science (Evening) 1

The elections, if necessary, will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs­day, the 6th, 7thand 8th of April, 1965.

Electoral Officer, University of Queensland Union.

5RENDAN BEHAN] DRAMSOC will begin its "activ­

ities for 1965 with a riotous production of Brendan Behan's The Hostage. The play, with its boisterous comment on Anglo-Irish relations, and on the Irish themselves, is almost an embodiment of the personality of its author.

The plot, as such, concerns a young English soldier held as a hostage in a Dublin brothel for an I.R.A. patriot, who is to be hanged in Belfast. Behan's treatment of the story, as rollicking comedy, diversified by ballads, satir­ical songs and dancing, provides an evening of magnificent entertainment.

Producer, Ray Dunlop is well known in Brisbane Little Theatre, particularly for his recent outstanding production of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker. Fellow Arts Theatre member, Brian Blain will design and construct the complex set.

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THE HOSTAGE will be presented in the AVALON Theatre on March 25, 26, 27 and April 1, 2 and 3,

Dramsoc, this year, wiU also institute a series of Theatre Workshops, which, it is hoped, will be of benefit to students interested in dramatic art. It is planned to balance lectures with practical application of methods. Prin­ciples of backstage production, make­up, stage convention, and different aspects of theatre (radio, television, revue) will be subjects under discussion The first of these workshops will be held on Thursday, March 18th, at 8 p.m. in B.9 (Main Building). It will take the form of a "GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO AMATEUR THEATRE". The lecture will be given by Mrs. Gwen Foggan of Twelfth Night Theatre.

Future speakers will include Miss Sykes and Miss Hanger from the staff; also Ray Dunlop and Russell Jarrett from Brisbane Arts Theatre.

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It's the beginning of a new academic year and no doubt it's hard for. mauy of us to realize the holidays are over. However, just;, as we have had to start before, and will have to start work again in the future, we will have to begin now, and the later we see this, the sooner we will wish we had seen it.

Tuesday Tomorrow never comes ancj crying over

spilt milk won't help those who said yester­day that they would start work tomorrow.

If those of us who did not begin yester­day, resolve to start work tomorrow then the words of that famous Frenchman, R.G. Menzies, who said,

"I charge thee, fling away ambition by that sin fell the angels. "

will mean more to some of us than they will mean to others who don't, because they have other things to do.

Wednesday It's the third day of the week and it's

important to understand this. Of course for some people, it's the fourth day of the week, while for others, it's probably the last, depending on how you look at it, if you do, provided you're, lucky enough.

Thursday

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Another coup in Vietnam - the forty-fifth since yesterday morning. Many Austra­lians may not be able to follow what is really happening in South Vietnam, just as many Americans cannot follow what is happening there either. However, the fact that there have not been elections in Vietnam for many years does not make the process any less democratic, and it is widely accepted, that the latest regime is just as representative of the Vietnamese as all the others.

Friday Today is here again, and some of you

will remember Monday. Another coup in Vietnam. No doubt it's hard for many of us to realize that the week is over, but it is. Next week we will have to start anew, because this week we haven't, and if we do it 'll be allright, although this week it isn't.

Authorised and edited by Brian Toohev. Printed bv Watson & Ferguson. mtm

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BASEBALL University of Queensland Baseball

Club will field four top teams in this years winter fixtures. Baseball is gaining prominence within the Uni­versity and last season we finally rose out of the doldrums to come second in the overall club premiership. B and C grade won their premierships, D grade were runners up with the A grade narrowly missing the finals. This year looks like being even better.

The Inter-varsity team is becoming a force on the field and has always been the top team off the field. We have hopes of bringing back more recognition this year besides the boat-racing champion­ships at which we have been invicible.

Social activities are plentiful, and this is generally where the best per­formances of the year are to be found. Baseball, however, provides a great opportunity for cricketers to keep their eye in, but not being a cricketer is no criterion that one will not make abase-baller.One does not have to spend long strenuous hours of training and playing duringsecondterm. For more informa­tion refer to the notice board or contact Wayne MoUah at 98-3653. So, see ya at the ball game'.

PLAY

SQUASH at Toowong Squash Courts

27 Campbell Street, Toowong

7 5025 :: 7 4247

CONCESSION RATES 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays

The crowd comes to its feet as Uni­versity speedster Arthur Rowe sizzles over the 100 yd. dash in 9.7 sees., Arts-Law student Ric Clarke shows the way in the 5 mile. Dental student Mo­resby Smith crushes all opposition with a breath-taking last lap of 63 sees, in the 3 miles typical scenes at the Queensland Athletic Championships on March 6th and 7th at Lang Park. Uni­versity Club finished with no less than 8 individual first placings, not only in the track but also in the field events, as when Medical student Paul Weedon shot-putted 46 ft. 4 ins. to win the Senior Event and when John Rolley hurled the javelin 178 ft. 4 ins. to take the Junior Title.

Ric Clarke and Arthur Rowe finishing a 440.

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Tennis Inter-Varsity Tennis for 1965 was

held in Adelaide from February 22nd to 26th at the Memorial Drive Courts. Both the Men's and Women's Teams from the University of Queensland reached the semi-finals where they were defeated by the eventual winners - Adelaide and Sydney.

The outstanding performance of the Queensland contingent came from Betty Fisher who was selected in the Combined Women's Team for the third year.

The following are the results ;-

MEN Queensland d. New England 1 0 - 2 Queensland d. Tasmania 1 1 - 1 Queensland lost to Sydney 5 - 7

SEMI- FINAL Queensland lost to Adelaide 3 - 9

The more mediocre athletes also played their part to give 'Varsity a virtual monopoly of the relay events - 3rd in the 4 x 110 yds., 2nd in the medley, and first in the 4 x 220 yds., 4 x 440 yds., mile.

4 x 2 niile, and 4 x 1

The club is proud of its state representatives - Clarke, Cameron, James, Murray, Smith and White. At the Australian Championships held in Hobart Ric Cl arke turned on a scorching 48.2 sees, to take second place in the J mile while smooth-running Moresby Smith finished 4th in the 3 miles behind such big-names as Ron Clarke, Albert Thomas, and Trevor Vincent.

Detailed Results of State Titles;

110 yds. - A. Rowe 3rd 9.7 sees. 220 yds. - A. Rowe 3rd 21.5 sees. 440 yds. - R. Clarke 1st 49.3 sees. 3 miles - M. Smith 1st 14 min. 11.4

sees. 6 miles - I Murray 1st. Shot Put - P. Weedon 1st 46 ft. 4 ins. High Jump - G. Taylor 1st 6 ft. 1 ins. Long Jump - R. Jones 2nd 23 it. Pole Vault - R. Duigan 1st 11 ft. 6 ins.

- P. Krause 2nd 9 ft. 6 ins. 440 Hurdles - P. Krause 3rd 61.5 sees. Junior Javelin - J.Rolley 1st 178' 4" Junior Long Jump - J. Rolley 2nd Junior Mile - P. Cameron Junior 2 Miles - P. Cameron 2nd

9 min. 43 sees. Junior 440 yds. - F.White 1st 51.5 s. Junior 880 yds. - F.White 2nd 2m. 7s.

WOMEN Queensland d. Monash 8 - 0 Queensland lost to Melbourne 2 - 6

SEMI-FINAL Queensland lost to Sydney

FINAL

3-5

Sydney d. Melbourne by 1 set, 4 rubbers all.

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The first Rugby Union touring team from the U.S.A., the University of California, will be here later in the season. The University Club will be partly responsible for looking after the tourists; and billets will be required for a week, so anyone interested CcUi leave word at Sports Union.

The Season got under way in a rather dismal fashion on Friday night at the Lions Charity Carnival when the Uni­versity Side was defeated 9-0 by the Rest of Queensland in a somewhat scrappy game. It was quite evident that the fitness of all players left much to be desired and some hard work will be necessary before the fixture games begin in early April.

Fresher trials proved very success­ful and some promising players were unearthed. If the enthusiasm shown by new players at the trials continues throughout the season it should be one of our most successful. Don't forget that training is on every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon on No. 3 Oval. We are fielding an Under 18 as well as two Under 19 teams in the Junior Rugby Union Competition this year and more under 18 players are required. Come down - you'll all get a game'.

UNION COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS

Notice is hereby given that nom­inations for the following positions on the 54th Union Council will close at 5.00 p.m. on Monday the 22nd March, 1965, not Wednesday 10th March as previously advertised.

The positions vacant are as follows:

Position ' No.

EXECUTIVE General Vice-President 1 St. Lucia Evening Vice-President 1

FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES Arts (Day) Arts (Evening) Commerce (Evening) Education (Evening) Physical Education Science (Day) Science (Evening)

The elections, if necessary, will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs­day, the 6th, 7th and 8th of April, 1965.

Electoral Officer, University of Queensland Union.

1 1 1 1 1 2 1

JRENDAN BEHi DRAMSOC will begin its activ­

ities for 1965 with a riotous production of Brendan Behan's The Hostage. The play, with its boisterous comment on Anglo-Irish relations, and on the Irish themselves, is almost an embodiment of the personality of its author.

The plot, as such, concerns a young English soldier held as a hostage in a Dublin brothel for an I.R.A. patriot, who is to be hanged in Belfast.Behan's treatment of the story, as rollicking comedy, diversified by ballads, satir­ical songs and dancing, provides an evening of magnificent entertainment.

Producer, Ray Dunlop is well known in Brisbane Little Theatre, particularly for his recent outstanding production of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker. Fellow Arts Theatre member, Brian Blain will design and construct the complex set.

.A FRKNCHSgCIETY i--^..'iF^ SOIREE WILL BE HELD

AT 7. 30 p.m. ON

WEDNESDAY 17th MARCH

IN THE CELUR. SUPPER,

MUSIC, AND SLIDES OF

FRANCE WILL BE

PROVIDED,

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the AVALON Theatre on March 25, 26, 27 and April 1, 2 and 3,

Dramsoc, this year, will also institute a series of Theatre Workshops, which, it is hoped, will be of benefit to students interested in dramatic art. It is planned to balance lectures with practical application of methods. Prin­ciples of backstage production, make­up, stage convention, and different aspects of theatre (radio, television, revue) will be subjects under discussion. The first of these workshops will be held on Thursday, March 18th, at 8 p .m. in B.9 (Main Building). It will take the form of a "GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO AMATEUR THEATRE". The lecture will be given by Mrs. Gwen Foggan of Twelfth Night Theatre.

Future speakers will include Miss Sykes and Miss Hanger from the staff; also Ray Dunlop and Russell Jarrett from Brisbane Arts Theatre.

CAJR_ 0W_NEJIS_

A crippled student living at Annerley needs a lift to St. Lucia on Miondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during term. Would any person willing to help please contact the Student Counsellors' Office in the Relaxation Block.

SELL, 1964 Yahama 250. £90 or best offer. Ph. 96 2875.

BRISBANE CINEMA GROUP presents

INGMAR BERGMAN'S

WILD STRAWBERRIES Starring VICTOR SJOSTROM, INGRID THULIN, GUNNAR BJORNSTRAND,

BiBi ANDERSSON

^ "' LORDS OF THE FOREST THURSDAY 25th MARCH ONLY at 7.30 p.m.

at the ASTOR THEATRE, Brunswick Street, New Farm (Tram Stop 10, New Farm Park or New Farm Wharf Line)

Admission 8/-. Students' Concession 6/- (on production of Union Card)

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Monday It's the beginning bf a new academic

year and no doubt it's hard for. r^any of us to realize the holidays are over. However, jusl as we have had to start before, and will have to start work again in the future, we will have to begin now, and the later we see this, the sooner we will wish we had seen it.

Tuesday Tomorrow never comes and crying over

spilt milk won't help those who said yester­day that they would start work tomorrow.

If those of us who did not begin yester­day, resolve to start work tomorrow then the words of that famous Frenchman, R.G. Menzies, who said,

"I charge thee, fling away ambition by that sin fell the ai^els. "

will mean more to some of us than they will mean to others who don't, because they have other things to do.

Wednesday It's the third day of the week and it's

important to understand this. Of course for some people, it's the fourth day of the week, while for others, it's probably the last, depending on how you look at it, if you do, jMTOvided you're lucky enough.

Thursday Another coup in Vietnam - the forty-

fifth since yesterday morning. Many Austra­lians may not be able to follow what is really happening in South Vietnam, just as many Americans cannot follow what is happening there either. However, the fact that there have not been elections in Vietnam foi many years does not make the p'ocess any less democratic, and it is widely accepted that the latest regime is just as representative of the Vietnamese as all the others.

Friday Today is here again, and some of you

will remember Monday. Another coup in Vietnam. No doubt it^s hard for many of us to realize that the week is over, but it is. Next week we will have to start anew, because this week we haven't, and if we do it 'll be allright, although this week it isn't.

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