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STUDENTS AND MILITARY I . TRAIMNG I Meds. to

MELBOURNE BUCKS AGAINST ; COMPULSION. I

Plunge Whirl

nto Socio LIVE RECITAL WAS VARIOUS

GUEST ARTIST GOOD,

"Compulsory military service with the Melbourne University Rifles during the academic year is at variance wiUi (he position obtaining in Sydny, wlicre stu­dents have been granted ex­emptions," said the Fresident and Se>crctary of the S.R.C. (Mr. W. H. Graham and Mr. G. K. Connolly) in a joint statement published in "Farrago," Mel-l}0umc University newspaper, on May 12th, We have drawn your attention in

the last two issues of "Semper" to the fact that all male students of Melbourne University, whether or not in reserved faculties, are com­pelled by the Government to do part-time training in the M.U.R. Melbourne is apparently the only University in Australia where train­ing is obligatory.

Elaborating the protest of the ^ Melbourne S.R.C. (Students' Repre- \ sentative Council) spokesman, "Far­rago" points out that earlier in thei jear Mr. Dedman, Minister for War Organisation of Industry, stated:—\ "Students and others in occupations ! at present reserved are required toi serve the nation in their present oc- I cupation until such time as their ser- • vices are needed elsewhere." i

"Farrago" then goes on to quote! the Vice-Chancellor of Sydney | University, who publicly stated that the reason for the exemption of Syd-1 ney students from training is that; "specialists are needed both inside' the. fighting services for war pro- j duction, and many of these special­ists are drawn from reserved facul- ! ties in Universities," |

TliH S.R.C, concludes "Far- i rago," is takine^ steps to have the j compulsory trahiinsr of Mel­bourne students lifted. I

Might Do a Little for the War, Too

W.E.S. Bags Notability Has the Herston W.E.S. got pull, or personality, or is it just

plain live-wire? Whatever is ti:ue congratulations are due to the society for being able to secure the services for a meeting of none other than Chief of the U.S. Army Medical Services in Queensland, Major Harpur. Quite a few of these Meds. seem to be able to handle the Yanks successfully, but we thought the ability was confined to the female members of the faculty.

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WOMEN, TAKE YOUR CUE FROM MELBOURNE PUT SOME PEP IN THE

U.W.W.W.G.

The Women's War Work Group:, so far from being the lansruishing organisation that "Semper" has called it, is in

. reality a most active and cffi-oient body. It is, however, urgently in need of knitters and nctters. The Group has a room on the

second floor of the Old Courier Building, and wool can be obtamed there any time between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Arrangements for netting can be made by going to the rooms, or by getting in touch with Mrs. Axon, Twg. 1389.

In addiUon to this, the U.W.W.­W.G. has a section for maiklng hospi­tal requirements; swabs are made in the Women's Common Room dm-ing the lunch hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays Clothes .are made and collected for bombing victims, and books and magazines are collected ior.the Fighting Forces.

. Up till now it lias been mainly tiio staff Hvives, a^d.srraduaics who have kept the War Work . Group going. It is time all stu­dents took an active interest in

, tt. Ytni have heard what Met--Iwarnelfi dolngl

Lecturing in the theatre on Mon­day, May 4th, .Major Harpur spoke illuminatingly on the medical course in the U.S. This, said he, covers at least eight years, and added that be­fore beginning this course the medical student becomes a Bachelor of Science.

POSITION OF NEGROES.

The major discussed also the work in civil life and the army of American doctors. Dealing with (he status of Ncffro doctors, Ma *.>r Harpur disrio.scd that in the southern states of America, where racial chauvcnism Is strong, negi'ocs arc segregated j from whiles both in their medical training and in their practice. In the north, however, a situa­tion much closer to racial equal­ity holds good. Here negro ; medical students train alongside white Americans, and practise on both whites and ncsrocs.

The W.E.S, followed up Major | Harpur's address with an educational | film on dental surgery. j

DELIBERATIONS, j Last meeting of the Medical Stud- :

ents' Association produced some j paratively momentous conclusions, j The manner in which President > Whyte conducted the meeting pre- I vented the usual waste of time and breath that is so evident on these occasions. General business, instead of meandering lo an indefinite con­clusion, actually sped to a happy ending. Notwithstanding the speed thereof, there were some important decisions reached.

(1) The students have decided to ask for a representation of one member on the Union Council for every seventy students. It must be completely understood that for such a motion to g:o through, there must be enthusiastic sup­port from the medicos, not the traditional lack of interest which marks Herstonites.

{%) It was decided that social functions should be held at the Med. School on future occasions, these functions Including such efforts of ingenuity as one-act plays.

W.\R WORK NOT POPULAR.

This motion when first put for­ward was opposed. An amendment was proffered to the effect that there should be no social functions, these to be replaced by some kind of ac­tivity relegated to war work. The amendment was lost.

"SINGAPORE OUTLOOK" DEPLORED.

One member then got to lits fctt and declaimed the social attitude of the meeting, warning the students that they were act­ing in much the same way as the lnt;atMlan'.s of ill-fated Singa­pore. He deplored the "cat, drink and be merry" feeling that Eccmcd to permeate the mcctinff.

President called an informal meet- • ing for any students interested on i Friday afternoon. At this meeting ideas were discussed as to the future activity of medical students as a corporate body in the war effort. It was pointed out that although certain students were doing their bit as in­dividuals in first aid and ambulance work, their were members who as yet were doing nothing whatsoever in this matter.

We liavc yei to hear the result of the attempt by the University to form a V.D.C. Meanwhile, the question arises whether it is better lo leave the students to individual effort in an official post or to form a central organ' isation at llic School, which, al­though It represented a unified effort, would have no official standing in case of emergency.

The students are not over-indul­gent in passing a motion for more

; social activity, provided that they become thoroughly war-conscious

'and OBEY THE DICTATES OF 'THEIR WAR-CONSCIENCE IN A

Following on this outburst, the ; PRACTICAL WAY.

Melbourne in Trouble with R,A.A.F.

Encroachments on Varsity Property The sliortage of accommodation in Melbourne has led to

the United States forces taking over three of the largest second­ary school buildings, and to the Royal Australian Air Force obtaining some space at the University. The Air Force is now claiming considerably more, and its demands are causing con­siderable concern among some members of the University.

The following is a letter on the > leges could not agree to this ex-

This week's recital consisted of a pianoforte number (Douglas Burns), a baritone solo (James Green), two flute items (Edward Strcctcn), and three soprano solos by the guest artist (May Jordan), The programme was opened by

Douglas Burns, who played Polonaise in C sharp minor, by Chopm. His tone in this type of item was too fotceful and needed more restraint to fit the slow, stately steps of the Polonaise.

"I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby," by Frederick Clay was James Green's choice. His voice is of a very pleasing quality, but nervour-ness affected his breath control and phrasing to a certain extent.

The inclusion of two flute solos in the programme was a welcome change from the usual instrumental, items presented. Edward Streeten chose "Sur I'cau," a barcarolle by Philippe Gaubert, and the Second Movement from the Sonata in G major, by Marcelle Soulage. In both numbers a pleasant tone, good phras­ing and well-controlled breathing were evident.

The ffucst artist. May Jordan, prcscntdQ three numbers—all totally ciiffcrcnt in style . a ld character. The first—"Seren­ade," by Gounod—WSLS sung witli flute obligato by Edward Streeten. It was well £un«, but the flute Svas rather vigorous and did not quite balance. "Tho Things I Tell My Mother" (Bcs-ley) was her second choice. This is an art song of three stanzas, the text of uhich was most in­teresting ^ d entertaining. "Ah, Fois e lui che I'anima" (For

him perchance my longing soul), from "La Traviata" by Verdi, was the final item. This was sung in Italian, and the dramatic and bril­liant high range presented no diffi­culty to the singer. She has a pleas­ing presence and enjoyed her audi­ence.

SYDNEY V.D.C. SCHEME ABANDONED

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subject written to "The Argus" and "The Age" by Mr. D. K. Picken, Master of Ormond College and a member of the University Council;

"A variety of conflicting rumours about the present position of the col­leges of the University being cur-'lines. rent, it is necessary that the essen- I tlal facts should be made public. In | February the University and colleges came to an agreement with the De­partment of Air to provide the neces­sary accommodation for R.A.A.F., the University making available classrooms and parade grounds; the colleges undertaking the billeting of the personnel in their available space. This scheme came into oper­ation towards the end of February.

"Early in April the University was asked to consider the alternative of handing over the Union House or "a complete college." This proposal was one to which the parties concerned could not agree. Negotiations were reopened, and it was learnt that.the essential need was accommodation for a large increase in the number of trainees. Request was niade for full use of the properties of two col­leges. As the University and col-

tiemely serious proposal, they under­took to reconsider the existing scheme in such a way as to make provision for the greatly increased numbers. As a result there has now been submitted a proposal on those

BIG ISSUE. "The issue of far-reaching import­

ance is the extinction for the time being at least of great colleges which are at present engaged with the University in the training of stu­dents in "reserved courses" (which arc defined in terms of reserved oc­cupations"); and the disruption of a unique college system which has been built up in sixty-odd years of conspicuous service to the commun­ity.

"The major question at issue is the extent to which it is necessary, at each stage, to destroy the funda­mentally constructive work of educa­tion, in the process of "total war," to which all are committed. The time appears to be overdue for some ade­quate investigation of this vital national question."—"Union Re­corder," Sydney.

! VARSITY MEN DON'T WANT TO I TRAIN.

I In "Iloni Soit" of May 15, is publi<:hcd the obituary of Syd-

1 njy Ur.iveisitj's V.D.C. forma-l mati-on plan. It certainly makes I disheartening reading: [ "Owing to the very poor response I from men within the University, it [has been decided not to continue .with the plans for the formation of a j University V.D.C. Unit." I This is rather disgraceful. Sydney [sought a mere 70 men lot its'unit, yet they were not forthcomlTTf.

Under the title,. "Whose -^ftult is it That it Flopped?" the Editor in the same issue, in the tones of one long resigned to the heedlessness of students, complains: .

"The University staff lias ab-colutely failed to co-operate; students have ignored It." And winds up:

'^It remains to conclude that students arc apathetic, evasive and ohcltnately unthinking*, to say the least; puUio opinion might well say Hvotse."

2 S E M P E R F L O R E A T Friday, 22nd May, 1942

BIBLE WILL SOLVE POST-WAR PROBLEMS

SAYS A,S.C.M. CONFERENCE.

The Studont Christian Move­ment held its annual conference at Wynnum last week-end. May 15th-17lh. All who attci^cd found the addresses, the study, and tlie Christian fcllo^vslilp most inspiring. The study on "The Reliance of

the Bible in War Time," prepared by Rev, F. Arnott, dealt with: (1) "The Old Testament and War," (2) "The Christian View of War," (3) "The World after the War,"

To the Israelites God was at first a warrior who fought with his people lo ovei'come their enemies. Many of the prophets spoke of war as the duty of citizens, but they be­gan lo feel also its great tragedy, and that it was the judgment of God on man's sin. Only when men know God and have a living faith in His righteousness will tho nations live together in peace.

ALL GOD'S CHILDREN. Christ taught that we are all

God's children, and should live as brothers together, following no policy ol mere non-violence but rather of positive good. The effect of evil is evil ("the wages of sin is death"), and God's fatherly love cannot release men from the conse­quences of their misdeeds. But those who suffer innocently are sharing in some measure in the sacrifice Christ made for the deliver­ance of man.

THE DIFFERENCE. In the New Testament the Chris­

tian is regarded as member of a State ruled by "Caesar," and ho should render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's. (This restriction cuts out at once the idea of a totali­tarian state.) For he is also a mem­ber of the Kingdom of God, and as such the whole material element in life is not secular, but consecrated to the service of God.

in the Old Testament constant de­feat, failure and suffering are matched by stories of actual recovery by broken and dispirited peoples from despair, and the visions contain the certain assurance of the City of God which shall yet be established.

To work for this great result is the fundamental task (and inspira­tion) of what is commonly called "post-war reconstruction,"'

USE YOUR BRAINS ABOUT BIBLE,

The first address was givcai by Rev. Newton Bagnall, on "The Devotional Use of the Bible." It was not right, he said, for the student to adopt a prac­tice, apparently still common, of opening tho Bible, placing the finger on any spot, and taking tlic verse found as guidance for the day. The Bible should be studied as a whole critically but reverently. Mr, A, K. Thomson in his ad­

dress on "The Bible and English Literature," claimed that the Bible did not end at Revelations, but that the work of our greatest writers since then is worthy of a place among Biblical prophets. He illus­trated his point by quoting from modern poets, particularly T, S, Elliott,

The closing address of the conference was delivered by Rev, F. Arnott. In speaking of "The Bible To-day," he shoivt(d that the Bible was of vital im­port now, and that only througli the realisation of its fundamen­tal principles could wo hope to solve tho world's problems.

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"SEMPER" REBORN

Take it calmly when "Semper" ap­pears from first issue next term looking like its little brother. Re­duction in size isn't going lo mean •a reduction of interest.

Editor REGINALD MATHEWS

Business Manager S, R. SCOTT

Sub-Editors J. H. GREEN

TANGLEFOOT ADAIR

E. B. HARGREAVES

VoJ, XI, Friday, 22nd May, 1942 No, 9

Panic Over Panic Buying The mad rush on drapery stores which occurred after the

announcement of clothes rationing, while a pretty nauseating exhibition, does not warrant the lugubious and self-righteous spate of denunciation which has appeared in the pages of our phariseeical daily press.

All that stuff about "National Disgrace," and the various attempts to prove that the Australian people is rotten at the core are so many sanctimonious or maybe panicky exaggera­tions.

It is true that the crowds of stupid old women, and the Iciiser numbers of moronic men, who stampeded the stores are

guilty of plain sabotage. It is true that they have been an almost intolerable exasper­

ation to legitimate buyers, who have not been able to get a look-in for some time, and who have been forced to halt, cursing fiercely, before one closed door after another.

It is true that the actual persons involved must be highly despicable types, particularly those who maintained the mad­ness after the national appeals of the week-end.

But the actual number of persons involved must have been fairly small. I, for one, don't know a single person who took part in the business, or who did not thoroughly disapprove it.

I don't think there is any basis in the results of the clothes rationing announcement to doubt the capacity or willingness of the Australian people as a whole to fight to the very end of all sacrifice for the victory of the anti-fascist forces.

The drapery stampede was the work of a compratively few delinquents. No one can say the .scandal is reflective of the attitude of Australians as a people.

A little punishment would be in order for those saboteurs. In Russia a man was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for a three-hour troop-train hold-up. That's the kind of treatment that keeps Quislings, conscious or unconscious, on their toes.

One,.p6int made obvious by the panic, however, is that political education of the people is necessary. Social conscious­ness in a capitalist society (where individual throat-cutting is the keynote of social relationships) is always low, and at no time is this more disconcertingly shown than during war.

The Government, therefore, might profitably abandon its silly, chauvinistic "hate" propaganda, and teach the people something of the real nature of fascism, so that their hatred for it will grow out of an understanding of the political, economic and cultural depravity of that foul creed. Only if they have political understanding can the people know why they are fighting; and understanding will prevent, for instance, the degeneration of guerrilla forces into bandit gangs, and, less serious, such ugly exhibitions as that to which we have been treated over the last couple of weeks.

VARSITY PARLIAMENT WANTS SPECIALISTS TO SPEAK.

We Look at the War VIII.

PANIC BUYING.

The hart, we are told on respectable authority, pants for cooling streams when heated by the chase: the assurance leaves us cold: the wind is chill and its direction upwards and we have lost five pairs of underpants from the laundry, nor does the-chase from shop to shop reward us. No, sir. We are a panic buyer. Noses that in suaver times might have charm, allure,, even glamour, become snoutish with contempt directed against us, US, who have courteously patronised those counters since the servers were in short pants. We are just one more panic buyer. This rush of frantic purchasing which has .•succeeded the rash announcement of an intended rationing of clothes seems to have aroused the wonder and disgust of many people in the community.

Strict Parliamentary custom— with attendant liypocrisy—^was observed at last Friday's debate. Mr. T. Thatcher carried out the

role of speaker in a most competent manner, occasionally interrupting proceedmgs to give brief advice. The business of the day opened, as is the custom in all British Parliaments, with a prayer for guidance. Ap­parently this had more effect in this "government" than it is accustomed to have oh Australian ones, for to­wards the end of his speech the Prime Minister announced in a deep, religious voice that he could see a light. It is not mentioned whether it was red or blue.

This same Prime Minister was also most unfortunately halted half way through a flying start by a call for "order" from Mr. Speaker.

The bill piit torvnad by the

I Government was to provide for compulsory University Education for Members of Parliament, abolition of compulsory voting and abolition of the party sys­tem. How such an impracticable conglomeration could pass the house can be explained only by tho large number of "Yes Men" supporting the government. The need for speakers with a

knowledge of their subject is urgent We want lawyers to give the legal aspect, Med. students to tell us of biological difficulties, economists to quote figures, and so on. Come along on the first Friday after Qie Vac. and give us the benefit of your wide experience on the subject.

The Law should only inter-fei% wttti marriage in so far as it is necessary to protect any cWIdren."

It is claimed to be something ex­traordinary and foreign to the Aus­tralian temperament. Such a claim is difficult cither to substantiate or to deny; but it is interesting to note how the critics of panic buy­ing fail to notice other indications in the daily press of an outlook which is at least as anti-Australian and may have much more serious consequences, AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL

SET-UP. For instance, a short while ago

there was widespread condemnation of certain coat-miners who were on strike. Yet some light may be thrown on a background against which panic buying is at least understandable by the following re­port of parliamentary discussion when Mr. Curtin committed him­self to definite action against the defiant miners;—

Mr. Curtin: "I took this action because the Millficld miners re­fused to Worii despite the in­struction of their Federation."

Mr. James (Lab,, N.S.W.), who represents the coal-fields: "WTiat a job you will have to enforce it!" Light of an older and colder sort

is thrown on that same background by the following report of comments made by his Honour Mr. Justice Philp, on the verdict given by a jury in the Charleville Circuit Court:—

"I suppose I must accept that," His Honour said, "but I doubt whether it will hold in a court of appeal. It is a most perverse ver­dict. It shows what a travesty of justice it is to try anything in the west."

Without labouring any of the in­ferences that may be drawn, rightly or wrongly, from instances such as these, it would appear that the background against which continu­ous appeals are being made to pre­pare for a new, post-war, social and economic order needs a little touch-ing-up before any foreground worth the while can be painted in. Natur­ally, panic buying is to be depre­cated; but it must be remembered that there has been no steady train­ing in social co-operation such as might justify anticipating one hun­dred per cent, self-restraint in face of six weeks notice of a new and bewildering restriction,

MEE'HNGS AND PARTINGS. Regrettably we have no secret

service of our own and must rely on newspaper reports which, so far as diplomacy is concerned, are mostly guesses. However, about the recent meeting of the Dictators on the Brenner Pass, a high place that has frequently been resorted to in past years for a view of the Pro­mised Land, we tliink our own guess as good as any other. That is that the meeting was partly the result of diplomatic activity Jjy our dear old buglKar, M. Laval.

He and Mussolini have been very close friends in the past and have been responsible lor various shady negotiations: but are they still work­ing in with one another? Or Js, M. Laval, seeing the decline of Musso­

lini's prestige, double-crossing his old partner with the partner's part­ner? We have to bear in mind that Italy's aspirations—sacred as­pirations, they have probably been called both in France and in Italy, though the adjective has a somewhat different meaning in Gaul—for the recovery of Corsica and Nice have not yet been satisfied nor been offi­cially abandoned. If Hitler wants more Italians for the Russian cam­paign he may be asked for some­thing in return; and that little some­thing might be Corsica and Nice,

NoAV, whatever IH. Laval may be A dlllng to give away, he can­not, for his political life's sake, dare to surrender these terri­tories. So the two satellites arc probably at the moment pulling in opposite directions from the central luminary;, with results tliat all political astrologers arc anxiously a'waiting.

THE WEST INDIES. The American negotiations over

the French West Indies seem to have been well conducted. France has agreed to immobolise her naval ves­sels at Martinique in return for the guarantee that America will not seize the funds of the Bank of France defjosited there. Vichy could not really have been expected to agree to hand over her tankers to the Allies, for that would have been too flagrant an affront to Gemiany, and Vichy is not yet in a position to flout the New Order.

EUROPEAN "UNITY." Do the supporters of Federal

Union, we wonder, derive much satisfaction from the spectacle of a Europe which is very efficiently Unionised at the moment but does not reveal any of the joy that ought to attend that ideal solution of all our diplomatic troubles? Although, all of them are parts of the New Order, Hungarians do not seem to love Rumanians any more than be­fore, while Czechs and Yugoslavs seem to nurse the same hatred of the Magyars as in the bad old days. As for the Bulgarians, though they should l3e thankful to belong to the civilised part of Europe, they show the old disinclination to fight their brother Slavs in the outer (and Bol­shevik) darkness. In fact, it really does seem that Europe is in a dread­ful state of disunion, equal to that of pre-war days: a fact that should be of great consolation to us at the moment.

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Friday, 22nd May, 1942 S E M P E R F L O R E A T

Sez You? To the Editor.

LONG LIVE VARSITY V.D.C.

Sir,—We have pleasure in advis­ing that we are willing to join a V.D.C. unit in the University if form­ed, and hope the foundation of such a unit—since it is of the utmost im­portance—is attended with success.

G. LAHEY, Chem. III. F. M, PROVERA, Chem, IH, L. J, WEBB. Chem. III.

ENGINEERS ARE LYING BRAGGARTS.

STALIN ON SOVIET STRENGTH,

Sir,—I meant revolutionary social­ism or Marxism,

Nazi Germany and Japan (which Aristotle cites) will crack very soon. Soviet Russia won't, because, as Stalin said, "The Soviet rear was never as strong as to-day. It is quite credible that with such losses as we have to-day, any other state would fail to withstand the ordeals, and would deteriorate. If the Soviet system was able so easily to with­stand the ordeal, and, still further, to strengthen its rear, this means that the Soviet system is now the strongest system,"—Yours, etc.,

L. WEBB.

Sir,—In your last copy of "Sem­per" you inferred that the Engmeer-ing Faculty introduced Volley Ball to the Varsity. I would like to in­form you that through Mr, Ivor Burge, the first-year Meds, intro­duced the game; and as Engineering boasted about this as about every­thing else, we would like you to make known the falsity of their bragging by way of "Semper."— Yours, etc,

MENIMEDS. ;o:

THEY ARE, TOO.

THEY CHOOSE THEIR OWN BATTLEFIELD

SECRET OF CHINESE RESIST­ANCE.

Chinese military tactics, whicli have proved so effective against the Japanese, are based on tho teachings of ancient Chinese siralcgiits, one of their main principles of defensive warfare being: "Choose your own battle­field." Successful resistance does not

mean that every inch of territory must be defended at all costs. "To resist everywhere is to lose every­where." Rather should certain areas be selected as centres of resistance from which the defenders may sally forth to reduce the numbers of the enemy.

This was perhaps the foremost lesson taught by Mr. Chen in his address to the members of the I.R.C. on May I4th. The speaker, a member of a Chinese commercial firm in Australia, exemplified in

NazisCulturally Exterminate Nations

"Education" Makes ignorant Hoodlums of Conquered Youth

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"RUSSIA REVEALED" AGAIN,

Sir,—I cannot accept Mr. Webb's invitation. I work out of town. But I hope you think the matter of so serious a nature as to permit con­tinuance of the controversy.

Mr. Webb's whole scheme is based on economic determinism. "The economic basis of society deter­mines, dominates in the ultimate analysis the social, political and intellectual life-process in gene­ral," he says. It is against such a simplification that I .again protest. I suppose that if we grant dialectical materialism, economic determinism follows and so, the whole basis of his theory.

I readily grant that economic de­terminism is a factor. But so is psychological determinism, political determinism, etc.—and, in addition, i maintain a fundamental indeter-minism, giving man the right to live above these materialist causes.

Your correspondent speaks of a decrease in neuroses, adolescent de­linquency, prostitution . , . due to economic security in Russia, As I write, I have before me, "Changing Bussia," by CoL F. J. Miles—a very fair estimate of the Russian Revo­lution, it seems to me. Among other things he points out the vast num­bers of homeless children, some 250,000, in reformatory homes—chil­dren who have slipped through the net of the youth organisations. He tells, further, of large numbers of prosecutions of parents for deserting children, of the violent efforts now being made to stabilise family life, so cruelly broken up by too easy divorce laws. And when your cor­respondent speaks of improvement, it is improvement so often on the excesses wrought by a system which stressed economic determinism but allowed free love, destruction of family life, and a carefully censored list of reading to prevent the truth being known about other countries.

The outcome of economic deter­minism as seen in Russia, then, will lead to war, in the pathway of its progress. For men will fight for freedom—particularly religious free­dom.

I am a Socialist, As a Christian I must be. I will strive with Mr. Webb for econpnilc security. But I must take note, too, of many other factors which influence man's real happiness-^not the. least Important being moral and, religious ones,— Yours, etc.,

J. A. "THOMPSON: ^U you won't k^ep your, letters

short/Mr. liiqmpson, you must sub­mit to cuts!-^Ed.)

• Sir,—When have the Engineers in­troduced Volley Ball? They have

[been playing for 3 or 4 weeks now, ; whereas the Meds. have been play-ling for the whole term of 10 weeks,! himself the best qualities of present I Can the Engineers still say, they in-, day China; courtesy, culture, physi-'troduced it? They seem to be very''^3l attractiveness. i presumptive in view of the fact that: CHINESE NATIONALIS.'VI. ^ they must have known the game' The growth of a national con-:was being played by the Meds. Mr, sciousncss in China during recent i Burge would have told them that, years was very noticeable, iMr, Chen : Perhaps they are too elated over pointed out. No longer could China their "successes" as they call them ,l e exploited by the West. Nevertlie-

i (what successes they have had I do loss China's foreign policy had al-|not know) to notice such a fact.— ways been, and would always be, ' Yours, etc..

MEDSALL. -:o:

AND THEY FINISH UP LOSING!

Sir,—So "Engineers Introduce Yank Importation," Sez you! When will somebody wake up to the fact that the First Year Meds. were

'playing Volley Ball long before the Engineers even thought of "intro-

Iducing" it? Anyway, the crack En­gineering No, 1 team is no longer under any misapprehension, having

; {alien to the First Year Med. team, which was not nearly at full strength

lowing to short notice of the chal-

one of friendliness and co-operation with the democracies. The eihics of

: Confucius made the difference be­tween Japan and China in this re-

, spect. NO SINO-JAP. PEACE.

' Any suggestion that China ^voiild compromise with Japan was the Jesuit of wisliful think­ing on the part of the enemy, or Ccrliaps ignorant speculation by those who were unacquainted with the Cliinese spirit. Cliina would fiffht till the last Japan­ese had been driven out of the country.

: STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS. China had great reserves of man-lenge. Even the mighty Engineers

can still learn a thing or two from Power: soon she would be able to the Meds.—First year at that! Any ' "^ ' °° divisions into the field, time you want a lesson. Engineers.. ^°"^^ '"'^ht wonder why, under

|—Yours, etc., ithese circumstances, no great offen-' MEDONE. ^'^'^ ^ '''"> being launched against the I P.S.—An apology from the be- ' "P'''"^^* ' ^"^ China still relied I nighted individual responsible for "P^"^ outside sources for equipment, ' the bloomer which deprived Meds. especially tanks, artillery and aero-I of the credit due them, would not Planes. These were slowly arriving I go unappreciated. ^^ ^^^ ^"^ 3"'- Chinese resistance

.p. I could last out indefinitely even if

j BOOZING, SMOKING, PETTING—

Messages from occupied coun­tries and from Germany itself, show that the Nazb arc deter­mined that their efforts to "Ger­manize" those they have already conquered sSiall not fail.

Tills thoroughly German policy is especially noticeable In the methods of "education" applied by the conquerors to the children of the vanquished peoples. The German domination policy is, of course, of two kinds—adapted to whether the victin is of "Ger-

i manic bloflid" or "non-Gtrmanie I stock." So, Kiturally there are I youth policies to fit the two I cases.

I The "Gerrnanic blood" peoples— the Scandinavians, Dutch and Flem-

|ish—have the bright future to con-I template of becoming the Nazi's 'fighting slaves under local Quislings. I Therefore the qualities to be instil-:led into their youth are bullying ; toughness, so that other peoples may 'be bludgeoned into subjection, with ,a blind obedience to the Nazi over­lords.

The "education system" is de­scribed by competent observers as having no objective other than tht

i developing of the most primitive emotions of hatred and contempt for other races and a fear of Nazi over-

' lords.

HOW TO MAKE A NAZI, Fed from its earliest years on

ready-made ideas and catch ' plirascs, rcBTularly drilled in

Nazi policy, tlic child has natur­ally no stimulation towards any-

i thing so highly dangerous as freedom of thought. The whole leaching accentuates physical dc-

' vclopmcnt, rather than mental, I the ideal ..breeding ground for ' the street hooligan who becomes

the perfect policeman or trooper I in tho Nazi plan. There is in

the whole system a studied neg­lect of aspirations tliat might lead to the higher branches of caucation or thought.

AND SWING.

jthe Burma Road were cut: land i routes to Russia were still open.

1 Sir,—As I expected, last issue of j "Semper'' revealed some moronic I drivel in reply to my previous letter. i Perhaps some people realize that I they are incapable, for some reason or other of appreciating the deeper

I side of life. What our friend. Blimp, 'calls dry, uninteresting and hap-I hazard notes, are far deeper and j fuller of meaning than the shallow emptiness of screechy jazz. Jazz is all superficiality. Another point. Blimp. Just what do you mean by "In some cases insincerity is more to be deplored than sincerity"?

Also, Blimp, anyone who deliber­ately offers what he considers may be of use to his opponents must be either a genius or an idiot.

Did the Red Indians have many of the social evils which curse our community? Were many of their numbers blasted by heavy drmking; or excessive smoking; or mentally and morally and physically degraded because of blighted consciences which allowed blatant sensuality? If anyone thinks that we are more highly civilized in these matters, he must indeed be blind. Our society, though highly developed in so many respects, and highly civilized in so many ways yet has some very de­graded habits and customs.

But to include appreciation of swing in this question would, no doubt, offend some people.

About swinging; the .classics.

Clihicso manufactures were proceeding successfully under tlio system of "co-opcrativcs." Factory scattering also frustrat­ed tl;e efforts of enemy bomb-iit.

CHINESE STUDENT WAR EFFORT.

Replying to a question about the part being played by Chinese stu­dents in the war effort, Mr. Chen said that the manufacture and dis­tribution of propaganda was largely a matter for the Universities. This made possible the political enlight­enment of the masses.

swlngsters can't find an original way to produce swing, I don't suppose I can but pity them for venting their spite in trying to turn good music into doggerel. But it doesn't spoil the classics; it only makes one's en­joyment of them greater after hear­ing a screech version of them.

Blimp very truly and aptly said, "From the classicist's point of view there can be nothing to choose be­tween one swing hit and another." I say all swing is shallow; similar in that tliere is no depth for real enjoyment in it. Swing hits die fast; the classics will live for ever.— Yours, etc.,

DIOGENES. P.S. — Sorry, Music-Lover, I

haven't space to tell you a few things, and ask you a few questions. Next week, perhaps.

: o: DEBATES CRl'nC SLAPPED

DOWN.

Sir,—Might I point out to "Kep-lar" that ere we criticise others we should be careful that we do not possess the same faults ourselves.

. if Besides appearing unutterably' fool­

ish he has demonstrated his own striking ability to muddle.

I submit that there has been no muddling in the selection of sub­jects for debate, the only cause for complaint being on one occasion when a legal technicality involving the meaning of "British Subject" and "immigrant from Great Britain" necessitated the changing of the subject at short notice.

Had "Keplar" taken the trouble to ascertain the position before writ­ing to "Semper" he would have dis­covered that all subjects for debate are selected by the Debating Com­mittee. If he is so "anti-muddling" I suggest that he become less apathetic and co-operate with mem­bers of the Debating Committee, who find it very difficult in the face of student apathy to arrange serious subjects which are topical, interest­ing and constructive.

Should he think fit to withdraw his remarks the Debating Committee will accept his retraction.—Yours, etc.,

E. G. Le BRETON, Hon. SeCii>eb. Society.

But even more mteresting is a glance at the curriculum provided for the unfortunate "nott-Germanic stock"—the hapless Poles, Czechs,. Greeks and Serbs. The "education" devised for these conquered peoples is of very simple, but all-embracing design. It merely fits them to be­come their masters' life-long slaves. Their "culture" is limited to learn­ing the German language, and im­bibing with it an appreciation of the superiority of the Herrenvolk. The whole system was admirably sum-

'med up in an address by Gauleiter jGreiser to German teachers about Uo be sent to "educate" the Poles:— '; "Tlie Poles must ever be

Placcid on the low level to which they belong. You German teach-

i crs must educate our youth as masters of tliat land."

UNIVERSITIES RAVAGED. As soon as Poland was occupied,

the conquerors began their war against education of Polish youth. The country's universities were closed and looted and all educational facilities were "Germanized." Po­land, under occupation, is divided

• into two territories. The western portion is incorporated in the Ger­man Reich, and the central portion is the "Central Government." In this pleasant land, with its iMpulation al­ready doubled by the Poles and Jews sent there from the western part, the people will be allowed to live only

"if they work incessantly." In the Nazi plan for the future this.

Central Government area of Poland is to serve as a reserve or store­house for needed man-power, and its economic life is arranged to that end.. Ihe General Governor, Dr. Frank, has stated that the Poles will be given a general education at an ele­mentary school, followed by training them to work physically, "which is their natural destiny." The techni­cal schools are in full swing provid­ing qualified workers for the war

I factories.

I NATIONAL IDENTITY I DESTROYED.

Western Poland, the portion incor-Iporated in the Reich, is being "Ger-jmanized" rapidly. Every Polish 'school was closed as soon as the I country was taken, and German I schools were at once opened in their } places. I The FolisJi child has no oppor-. tunity to-day of learning the j native language, for German is I the only language taught and I spoken at tlie schools. To make I sure that no outside influence ' should affect this, the conquer­

ors dismissed every Polish teacher. Tlic executioner's block, the concentration camp and the ideportation train iiold the secret of what happened to most of these unfortunate people, Polish libraries have been closed, and all school text books destroyed, and to the Pole this land is to­day an intellectual desert. Some Poles there were, brave

enough to try and arrange private tuition for their children of ad­vanced secondary school grade, but the thoroughness of Nazi secret police methods made that impossible. Until Poland is set free once more, the outlook for her j-outh is worse than hopeless.

—From the Depatlmeiit ol Infor­mation.

SHUTTERS DOWM

AU "Sez Yoa" controversies, bar' that between the Ilfedfl. and Engtiieen; are' o o ^ ' do«ed» T«u'll.bave to'start'-nith pnio-^ ttcaily a dean sheet neiri'tdrla^ .

Hockey "A" is Still Tough Team

Saints K.O'D. 7-3

New Blood Promises Well Last Saturday saw Varsity A's, playing their first match

of the season against an outside team, record a convincing win over St. Andrews, 7 goals to 3. Saints* team was composed mainly of A graders of last year, helped out by Mills and Rosen­borg of Varsity. Neither side played a goalie,

S E M P E R F L O R E A T _ _

1 VARSITY HIT HARD BUT NOT DOWN

Friday, 22nd May, 1942

ONLY TWO MEN INCAPACITATED

STILL IN FINALS.

I Saturday saw for the first time | Varsity lose both her "A" grade ,

I matches in the same afternoon, i ' One team was beaten by Eagle j ; Junction, the other by G.F.S. j j Old Boys. Tho Reserve Grade

team was beaten at Kalinga by | ; Brothers. : There is much to be said for andj : against the way Varsity shaped on | ; Saturday, The first great offence ! on the part of some players, or,

that they . would-be players, was 'didn't oven turn up! I It is the duty of all those in

the Football Club to look at the From the start most of our men these, while Dingle seemed to spend' tcamcs list In the dressing shed

on Friday. a lot of time in personal duels with the opposing right wing.

Both Mills and Rosenberg played rather well for the oppo­sition. The former especially, at centre-half, was always a stumbling block for our for­wards. Rosenberg stopped just about everything, but used his feet nearly as much as his stick.

GAME STILL KICKING. Altogether it was a jolly fine

game, and showed that hockey is still a live force in the Varsity. We have two matches scheduled for early next term—a return game with Saints, and another with Wilston, so just watch our dust!

•;o:-

"PRACTICALLY NO ONE HAD PLAYED BEFORE"

showed patches of good play, but combination was sadly lacking. How­ever, Trocdson and Knox both man­aged to score, giving us a 2-1 lead at half-time.

REST BE.NEFITS BOYS.

After the interval the standard of play improved out of sight. None to our forwards except Trocdson played higher than B Grade last year, but they all showed con­siderable promise, especially Knox and Newman. They began to de­velop a bit of combination, and from then on gave Saints' defenders a bad time.

The game was fairly even un­til the score was 3 all, but after that wc ran out fairly easy ^vinncrs. Trocdson hit four more goals, one

a very nice effort (it nearly cleaned up Saints' full-back), while Knox also landed another one. This lad, a fresher, sliowcd very fine stroke-work, but he wants to develop a .go-getter personality, i.e., run like heJl for the circle whenever he gets the ball. This also applies to the wingers, Tsikleas and Hynd, They were always too slow in getting from a Iwcnty-tivc bully back tc their positions on tho half line. i

ROLLEY VINDICATED. '

The halves were fairly good, j Mahoney as usual stopping every­thing that came his way. Your cor-jespondent humbly apologises to Mr. RoUey for not putting his name in

• capital letters in the last hockey . write-up, and hopes this will make «hat half line again, I'll bash your amends. He really did play quite an snout in!" When Phineas found out energetic game, however, and saved what to do he showed brilliant .a couple of otherwise certain goals, amateur form, vonc at some expense to his reputa- A highlight was provided by IJQn I Forbes, who trod on the ball and

Full-backs • Dingle and Traves | were handicapped by not having a j goalie to back them up, but played j quite well individually, although j their B2 combination of yore has not i

ISEVEN-A-SIDE HAS QUIET DAY.

I By popular request, the I Hockey Club ran its second ; Scven-a-side on Wednesday, tlie i 13th. Tho Meds. had an exam. j on, so ihtjy didn't come, and tho j women were up town panic-! buying, so they didn't come, and

since no one else came, only fjfty brave souls fought out the honourable battle on the playing fields of Brisbane, A hasty an­alysis showed 30 Engineers, U women and a miscellany (mainly Med., Arts, Forestry, Ag., Science, etc.). There was no fishy work over

selection this time. Oh, no, Traves picked the teams, 1 wrote them

MED.-ENG. FLARE-UP

VOLLEY BALL BULLO.

It is posted usually on Thursday | ^^^^^^ jj^^ p ^ g captains argued over ; afternoon. Do those men who didn't, y ^ ^ ^^^ Troedson exercised a final turn up expect to be Pe«ona"y jveto.' An admirable system, the

i notified that they are to play? teams were evenly matched, except TEAMS SHORT. '^^ the selection of Ann Priestly

; Because of this oversight on the ^^yg^^ ^ gj^^n ^iot, with the result : part of some members, two reserves i y . ^ Newman (sly dog) who bagged ^had to play in the "A" grade match,: j^^^.^ j g^ jy ^^,Q^ ^a! ; It was even worse in the "B" grade. ' XANGLEFOOT MANGLED. I match, Three outsiders played for j ^ ^ jj^^j vomd proved interesting, , Varsity to help make up the fifteen, ^^^^ bloody. With a smart slash with but even then they were short, , jg gtjj.| Q^^ Rayner drew blood

VARSITY "A" v. G,P.S. j , . ^ ^ Tang-sliced his eye open, so : Chief fault lay in the scrum, j y carried off the dead body. There was hardly one good pack- ; ^ j- ygg ^jt joj-e Mclvor so consist-down during the whole play, i^^^y ^^ ^^Q thumb that it was too

Play opened slower than usual, s . ije^ fd- him to play on Satur-; and was rather feeble until soon ; after first score by G.P.S, Brian Courtice, playing his second match

day. VERSATILE PAIR.

Mahoney and Dingle, no

Alarum! Alarum! Sound of sirens off stage, noise of bursting bombs and of bucket pumps. Turn out the fire squads! Man tho first-aid posts! Xlie Blitz has come tp stay. Volley Ball has struck. General

Ivor Burge issued the following terse communique last night from his Volley Ball headquarters in South­western Pacific: "Operations on full scale broke out on the Volley Ball front yesterday afternoon. Close on fifty players took part, l>lo casualties have yet been reported,"

CARTER, BOSS BULL-ARTIST. William R, Carter, your special per­

sonal representative, win bring you, from time to time, through these col­umns an up-to-the-minute account of this soul-searing epic drama which is being enacted in your very midst.

The latest despatch dated Thurs­day morning reads: "In fierce hand-to-hand combat a team of specially picked Physical Education troops completely routed every enemy en­countered. Their own losses were negligible. Next best performers wore Engineers II."

HONOURS EVEN. Infiltration tactics were employed

by the Meds., but these proved futile against the seasoned defence of Eng, II, and Phys. Ed. Inexperienced troops of Eng. I. suffered early re-

MINOR HOCKEY TEAMS ARE HETEROGENEOUS—AND

HOW!

Last Satuilday, the Rest of the Varsity Hockey Club scratched around while the elite broke up St. Andrews. Considering that to raise teams wc had to go re­cruiting all over the Varsity in opposition to the Football Club, the game Vas successful.

As usual, the captains luid to rcf„ and instruct the new re­cruits In the game which they oid in terms like these:

"Phineas, if you ocme back past

shot into the air like a Demon appearing in a pantomime; highly amusing for the young hBRtJs, but tho old bearded men only sneered.

doubt .V ' ^"l'.":/°°.'' "'f '^ ' ' '^"^'?"i^ul^ having" murdered their patients atl^'ers'es, "but "uncomfirmTd reports

. r...j . .. J ^ . . J .., — .u. ^ ^ Derjiai Hospital so as to get j,.om unreliable sources in Peru and away in time, sneaked in about tea | Tibet speak of new and secret time, and Mahoney still wore that weapon to be used by this team in gorgeous W.A. shirt. The pair spent | the near future, the rest of the afternoon playing alternately for the winners and

'oscrs.

U,S, TO FORE. The following were mentioned in

despatches for bravery in the face of enemy fire: Miss Joyce Barret, of Women's Guerillas was used to stif-

returned yet. Traves had a few j more gallops down the side-line, and • nearly scored himself after one of i

PLAYERS' SAFETY GUARDED. Be warned, all intending hockey

Psst! Psst! !

'players, the only difference from i scven-a-side is that the game is orderly and well conducted, inebri-

i ates and raving lunatics are not per-^ ^ I mitted oh the field, consequently, no

one gets hurt—much. Joking apart, we would like to

see you at St. Lucia some Saturday. So when you see the lists up just in­quire, and don't worry if you haven't played before. Practically no one had last Saturday, and they all had a good afternoon's fun.

the toe, lifted it and scored out on the side line. This was not converted.

Iplay was "fair," but G.P.S. scored • just before the bell from a half-way scrum, giving evidence of feeble

[ work on the part of our pack. Scores at halif-time were 8-3.

SECOND HALF. ^ ^^^y i c noted that in the final ; The second half opened with Var- ^^^^ Traves and Troedson played, so sity vowing vengeance, but that was ^^jjj DJngio and Mahoney. Willy

1 as far as it went. Stew. Given miss- \ ( .j,rtei. ^as there, squatting in goal fen the resistance of Arts, S. Ray­ed a kick from a "mark." G.P.S,' jjjj^ ^ minor bear (he objects to be- ner was mentioned for excellent realised that Varsity was making it! j^g ^^Y[QA a big bear). stratosphere work, while "Skeet" of a forward game, and played the •, ATMOSPHERIC NOISES. jU.S. Army Corps formed a spear-same tactics •;' We also note that Willy has'head of the Phys. Ed. attack.

Des. Cooke crossed the line, but it j, changed his tactics, and does not; was unconverted, from a five-yard ipj j . his faith in magic words any.' BASKETBALL, scrum, G,P.S. forced the play into i io„ge,. but emits a continuous snarl,; Our intelligence section reports our twenty-five, and with a brilliant ^ ,),ip , sounds strikingly like a cross | that the manufacture of heavy "dummy" G.P.S. won the day by ; jjg^ , ^^^ the Varsity air raid sirens]equipment is proceeding apace in taking the leather over the line,, ^^ j ^ . t fight. theU.Q.E.D. workshops, so that a making the score 14-6. ; ^ot to be out-done, Rosenberg | flare-up on the basket ball front is

The next try came from Larry , j.gj,g^ ^p ^^^ ^Q^^,^ the field waving i expected in the near future. This Louth, showing that when the for-.hjs s^vord like a mad Turk, cutting i will mean a great drain on man-wards followed the ball from theij^^^^ t^e opposition relentlessly and | power, and more and more volun-drop-out, they could carry it through, uttering a shrill piercing scream. j tcers are required to play these in-

Troedson won, so next time you; teresling and exciting games. • sec him, stare very coldly.

VARIOUS KINDS OF BALLS. "Burge of 28" was there with some I

j volley balls to entertain those elim-j mated in the early rounds, and doing all right for his Wednesday after­noon "Joy of Living." Forsooth, 'tis the goods, so boys, roll along some

i Wednesday, and play volley ball, 'basket ball, baseball, softball and

The conversion was declined. Final score was 14-9.

BERT OVERELL SAYS HE'LL RETIRE

Pity we've stopped smoking. We hear one of our young friends has so many "Lucky Strikes" she doesn't know what to do with them.

• • •

Whe na couple of truckloads of Yanks pulled . up at the Shop the other day everyone thought they'd come to get Norm!

• • • "Semper" business manager,

Scotty, just couldn't believe that anyone w'ould have the lip to kiss in Main HoU in broad daylight. When assured of the veracity of the report he-confided that he'd like to try it himself. Not while "Semper's" around^ Scotty,

GOSSIP ALITIES.

Among the new-comers we single out Sam Raynor. ; Sam' has develop­ed into a full back's nightmare; tackles the man and not the ball.

Donaldson uses his stick like a scythe and Slim Summerville shadowed the ball like a terrier. Barrett shadowed Sam, but didn't stop him scoring twice.

Old Tangle provided a "stout" de­fence and cast pearls of wisdom to his team. Lukey and Aird are pro­mising full backs.

"The final score was 4 all, and the experts say the standard was be­tween J l and B2.

Not bad considering.

JUNCTIONS v. A2. To quote "Truth," the "Junc­

tions were in jitters, but Jotted Varsity." Tliey did that well and truly. Junction kicked off and for the I hockey,

first ten minutes the play was very : haphazard.

SELECTORS' BLUE. The teams on Saturday were the

product of much deep pondering on the part of selectors. With the in­tention of making each team as strong as the other, they made two teams of comparatively weak qual­ity.

BERT OVERELL INJURED. We are soriy to say that Bert had

RAW! N.B.—In tnc preparation of

this article only the very finest grades of raw bullo have been used anfi these have been re­fined by repeated resubllmation.

— :o:— .

NO SCIENCE. Note: On account of his

mangling value, the selectors have decided that Hoyling siiall be gtadcd on the level of regu­lar players.

—G.C.

a bad "spin" on Saturday. Ten min­utes after the match began he cut his nose badly, but went on again. Then just after half-time he gashed his forehead. He had three stitches inserted, He vows and declares he'll not play again, but we sincerely hope he thinks It over.

PLAY DEAD. The play just went "up and down"

the field with no excitement any­where, though the players say it was "willing" until, just as the bell went, Hoy took a great kick from right back near the half-way line, '

Score at half-tinie was 12-6..

In the second half again, E,J. jumped out to a flying start with a straight run through to score in the corner; And again after the drop­out they went through and convert­ed.

Even though Pans Chenoweth out-raked the Junction hooker, it was the inability to tackle and the lethargic meanderlngs of our for­wards that gave the Junction men a walk-over.

Next match we hope, and feel sure, ^ve ^vlll see better foot­ball.

A HOP HAS BE£N ARRANGED

BY THE Q.M.S.A.

Printed by Shipping Newspapers -c: (Q'landO Ltd,, Ryan House, Eagle "'i^t, Brlsbanei for" the University

g£ Queensland Union.

To be held at "Cantwell's," Ade­laide St., on June I6th.

The Dance will be in lieu of the Annual Ball and Smoke Concert, and will also take the form of a farewell to the Medical Graduates of 1942,

Dress—same as for Commem. Dinner suits if you feel like it.

For alcove reservations ring Len Menogue, F 6009, or Medical School, B 0534,

Tickets may be obtained from:— R, Earnshaw (Med. I,). E, Le BjjBton (Med. 11.). L, Menogue (Med, III,). W, Alderman (Med, IV.). A. Harrison (Med. V.). Mr, Hulbert, Varsity. Transirort will -be arranged for

those desiring it. Give ydlit names to any of the above listed.

Double Ticket—8/8.