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Yol, XVI, - No. 12 Friday, 13th June, 1947 .• limit:! nii ;,i Acts) to see the Hostel, The Vice, has the utmost faith in the ability of the students to conduct their own affairs, and he wanted) to demonstrate this to Mr, Hope, who had doubted whether we were capable of running: the Hostel. Mr, Hope was more than agreeably surprised and complimented the ad-ministrator (Dr. Hickey) and the Union Executive on the way that the Hostel was conducted. He sugrgested that if we desired he might be able to assist ns in securing further pre-mises for our use.

This offer was accepted, and after ascertaining that the suggested pre-

• mises were the main Union Jack Club building a preliminary survey of the building was made, which ascertain-ed that with slight alterations an ad-ditional 21 students could be accom-modated (15 in the main building and an additional six in the original Hostel). Mr. Hope was interviewed for the first time on Friday, 30th May. Our plans with which he agreed, were outlined to him, and it was decided to arrange a meeting during the following week between representatives of the committee of the Union Jack Club and the Union,

A meeting of the Union Jack Club committee was held'.on Tuesday, 3rd June, and on the following day Sister Payne and Mrs, Spooner (represent-ing the Union Jack Club committee) met Messrs, Kenny and Dellit and Messrs. Hope and Lee (of the Chief Secretary's Department), The Union

willingness to hand over the main building to us on ceratin conditions Tiiese conditions are:—

Payne who, with members of the Union Jack Club, has given us the benefit of her advice and experience, and who has done so much to make the Hostel a show place of the Uni-versity. It is to these and many others that we are indebted.

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The final results of the recent 1947 State election, grouped under party headings, are as follows:—

Votes Per cent, gained of total.

Labour 255,634 ,43.8 C.P.-Q.P.P 269,601 46.0 Independents . 33,872 5.7 Barnes Labour ,. 19,748 3,2 Communist 7,636 1.3

Votes were cast for Opposition candidates as follows:—

S.CM. AT BURLEIGH People's Party Country Party

156,819 112,782

26.8 19.2

(a) That the annual rent would I e 5 per cent, of the. capital value of the premises (this is estimated to be ap-proximately £16/10/- a week as compared with £12 now being paid —an addition of only £4/10/- per week).

(b) That no major structural alter-ations be made to the main building.

(c) That the Union Jack Club be allowed to retain one small room in the building for the storage of their records and their property (this means that 20 additional students can be accommodated—not 21 as pre-viously estimated).

(d) That the majority of students be ex-seivicemen.

These conditions were most satis-factory to the Union Executive, and w'ere accepted in toto. The matter was then referred to the Premier for his approval. The small increase in rental was probably the most pleas-ing feature of the agreement, and if exemption from certain rates can be secured this will be further de-creased.

THANKS.

This move, which assists to make 1947 a year to be remembered in Union history would not have been possible without the assistance and co-operation of many people. Those to whom thanks are especially due are the Vice-Chancellor, who has frequently expressed his faith in the ability of students to manage their

Th fifty students who attended Burleigh S.CM. Conference agree unaniomusly that Dr. Mickey Whyte is both a good chairman and a good chap. The discussions led by him, and based on subjects to be discuss-ed next month at the Oslo Conference of Christian Youth, were certainly provocative of thought. Addresses wove given in the evenings by the Revs. Bishop, Davies, Innes and James. We were pleased to meet again such old friends as Miss Joan Chadwick, Travelling Secretary of the Movement, and three students from Armidale University College. Miss Furlonger kindly acted i.s hostess.

But we didn't work all the time. Many were the tales pf the one that got away from our would-be fisher-men. "The water had that delicious nip in it, for those hardy venturers al 6 a.m. Long hikes disclosed the existence of muscles hitherto un-known, and many champions came to light in such sports as ping-pong, volley-ball and rounders. The final glow of conference came from the large bon-fire on the beach which burned throughout the last night— stoked by sleepy-eyed and dreamy boys and girls.

HighUghts of the election were:

(1) A considerable falling-off in sup-port for the Labour Party (im-possible to estimate statistically, as several Labour seats were un-opposed in 1944). The present Labour Governmejit is now rul-ing on a minority vote of 43.8 per cent., which is also less than the percentage of votes gained by the official Opposition (46 per cent.).

(2) A sharp decline in the Commun-ist vote. In both the 1944 and" the recent elections five Com-! muist candidates stood: the figures are:

1944 Communists received cent, of votes cast.

1.8 per

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LABOR CLUB ACTIVITIES

Jack Club committee signified their! own affairs; Mr. Hope and Sister

WHO WANTS TWO GUINEAS?

Now that the Union Hostel has grown and has reached the size of an average Queensland Uni-

• versity CoUege, the Union Exe-cutive considers that it should have a name commensurate Avith

. its status. .Miss Payne and other mem-bers „of the Committee of the Union Jack Club have offered a

., .prtoe of two.£uIn£&9 to the stu-;dent;who suggests a name which woiild.bevmost fitiinfe. 'The final

, .; selection of the ̂ tiairie'^ests with :: -the-Viiln Exe

vPage Two SEMPER FLOREAT Friday, IJtth Jiuie, 1947]!

IR.C TALK:

Malaya, Land of Contrast At a meeting of the International

Relations Club, Mr. Stevenson, who was senior chaplain in Malaya dur-ing the war, said the great contrasts were the most striking things about the East. While a few live in ab-solute luxury, there are millions liv-ing in absolute poverty.

Illustrating this, Mr. Stevenson told of a street on one side of which were the hovels of the poor, and on the other the palatial residences of the rich. Australians would find it hard to conceive of such wealth, for the poorest mUionaire in this street was worth three million dollars. In-side the homes of the wealthy are fabulous art treasures—gold and pearl inlay doors, gold and silver plate, beautiful carving, fine china and eastern and 'western antiques.

On the other hand there are the countless poor living and dying in slums where the smells are inde-scribable. Wretched human beings lie down in the streets to sleep, and some of them never rise again. A cart goes through the streets picking up the dead. The bazaar can be smelt long before it is reached. Meat

smell several weeks old. Dentists may be seen practising in the open air. They use no tools but their long tapering fingers which are surpris-ingly effective.

An Eastern funeral is a very in-teresting spectacle. Thousands walk through the streets to the music (?) of about four bands, all playing dif-ferent tunes. Then comes the beau-tifully carved coffui of the deceased Mr, Foo, Next come the professional mourners, wailing and winking slyly at the crowd. After the funeral all partake of a lavish feast. However, the body is not in the beautifully carved coffin, but it is placed in a dirty old basket coffin, wisked through side streets and buried secretly. These precautions are taken to trick the devil.

Mr, Stevenson found white people were loathed in the East, as most of them go there only to exploit the natives. He concluded by saymg that the East, with more than half the world's population, is waking up, and that Australians would be wise to understand the yellow race, and not imagine they are superior because

RADICAL CLUB ADDRESS:

Be Honest About Communism Lately there has been a lot of 1 described in terms of mechanics. It

abuse hurled by Mr. Abbott (CP.) at has been shown to be limited, not Australian Communists, Those who oppose the Communists fall into two classes: (1) Those who are intellectu-ally honest and believe Commimist views to be correct, (2) Mr, Abbott's type, who know that Communist views are right, and in whose in-terests it is to "have a slam" at the Communists,

This was the opinion expressed by Mr. Callaghan, biologist, a founda-tion member and one-time vice-pre-sident of the U.Q, Radical Club, In addressing a lunch-hour meeting of the club he said that there were

only by Marxists but also by Ideal-ists, (Idealists are those who think that mmd is primary. If this view is taken to its logical conclusion, however, it leads to solecism.)

(b) Dialectic—the Marxist type, Hegel put forward several laws of dialectic which have been called merely truisms, but which, when fully applied, give the explanation of life through the ages. The laws of dialectic can be regarded as the laws of motion and society. Nature itself behaves dialectically.

How does my Communism fit in

"and fish covered with flies look and!their skha is white

Fun—Food—Frolics Just recently you had your first

taste of the Evening Students' Social Programme for 1947, Did you enjoy the Rally? We hope that you did, because on Saturday, June 21, we are presenting the next item, the famous Evening Students' Boat Trip!

The "Majestic" will leave North Quay at 1,30 p.m, with, we hope, a good assortment of evening and day students on board, and will arrive back with any survivors by 10.30 p.ra. Vast quantities of provender have been ordered, and after disposal of same, there will be dancing at Mandalay,

Tradition, and the generosity of the Union have decreed that there shall be NO charge! We will be picking up the hockey players at St, Lucia— as an added attraction.

But, unfortunately, we have only a limited number of tickets available, so you'U have to hurry to avoid dis-appointment. This is how you get them. Leave a slip of paper with your name on it (or names if more than one ticket is required), and the niunber of tickets, in the pigeon hole marked "T" in either the Men's or

Women's Con:imon Rooms, In due course your tickets will be placed in your own pigeon hole.

Although we supply all the food,-we ask you to bring your own cups. Don't forget. Saturday, 21st, and re-member, it's free, and it's lots of fun,

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many misconceptions and misrepre-sentations of Communism.

Highlights of his address were: MISCONCEPTION.

We have to read what Marx, Lenin and Stalin have said on Communism in order to get a proper grip of the subject. Second-hand information is no good.

MISREPRESENTATION. Abusers of Communism who call it

un-British know the facts but misre-present them. Communism is about as foreign as natural science, on which it is based. Marxism is foreign in so much as it is an idealogy from a number of countries, but it is drawn from the three sources of German philosophy, English political economy and French Socialism.

What is meant by materialism? It is the view that matter is primary, mind secondary; that matter exists independently of mind. There are different types of materialism,

(a) Mechanist.—^Everything can be

with my work as a biochemist? Well, many scientists use the dialectic method successfully in their work. It is only natural that we should ac-cept Marx's political views as well as his scientific ones. The Marxist phil-osophy is by no means a simple for-mula to be applied to all cases. It is a mode of thought, of looking at things, of examining them,

SOCIAL THEORIES. Marx and Engels not only de-

veloped theories in respect of natural science. They were concerned with the application of their theories to every aspect of social life. All the forms of society which have existed in the past are dialectical develop-ments, one from the other. The earliest men lived in primitive Com-munism, then came the slave sys-tem, feudalism, and capitalism.

Finally, it should be made clear that Communists do not believe in imposing a new form of society on people against their wills.

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FRID.AY, 13th JUNE — 1.15 p.m., History Room: Address

by Mr. Errol Aberdeen, B.Agr. Sc, of the Plant Disease section, Agriculture and Stock Depart-ment. Arranged by U.Q.E.U.

7.30 p.m., Men's Common Room: .Casting for the Dramatic So-ciety's Melbourne play, "Dan-gerous Corner," by J. B, Priest-ley.

MONDAY, 16th JUNE — 1.10 p.m., Law Room: Teachers'

Meeting. TUESDAY, 17th JUNE —

1,10 p,m., Geology Theatre: Ad-dress by Mr, McDonald, Man-ager of "The Telegraph" on his American Lecture Tour, Ar-ranged by LR.C.

1.10 p.m.; Public address by Mr. F. E. Roberts, M,L,A,, Barrister-at-Law, on "Political Morality," Arranged by Labour Club,

THURSDAY, 19tli JUNE — 1.10 p,m,. Engineering Lecture

Room: Meeting of U.Q, Rifle "Club,

The "Courier-Mail" has for sale the following photos, all of which are of Varsity Procession floats:— Tho Dragon (5 views, including 1.

all seated and 1 full length). Science Float. Certain floats at the starting point.

The Test Tube. Pink Elephant (3 views). The Arts Float, Prams and Barrows (Physics). Five Girls (Arts Faculty). Dentists (3rd years) Dentists' Car ("1 Pullem") (2nd

years. Victoria Bridge.

For series numbers see K. T. Greenham, "Semper" Stall'

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DEBATING SOCIETY FRIDAY, 13th iUNE, at 8 P.m.

MEN'S COMMON. ROOM "That the form of bureaiiqi^tcy should be sub^tanitoUy dimin-ished."

FRIDAY, 20th JUNE A PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE

with Democratic, ̂ Club pcicupying the Goverhxnettt Benches! ,'' •

GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY RECITALS

TUESDAY, JUNE 17 (1) Violin Sonata in A Major-

Fran ck. (2) Violin Sonata in E Flat Majoi-

Beethoven, FRIDAY, JUNE 20

(1) Norwegian Dances—Grieg, (2) Swan of Tvonela—Sibelius. (3) Landkjending—Grieg.

WATCH FOR

GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY JAZZ RECITAL

TUESDAY, JUNE 24th, 7.45 p.m.

"The Telegraph" has available some excellent procession snaps, taken,by staff photographers. These are available in the 6in. x 4in. size for 1/9, and 8in, x Gin. size for 2/3. Room 18, Telegraph Building, Queen St, They are:—

The Fiery Dragon. The Southport Stmker. Keep Your City Clean (Vet.). Prams (Physics). Band (Engineers). Pink. Elephant, Just Married, Procession approaching corner

-Elizabeth and George Sts, Elephant. "Spare the Rod and Spoil the

Child.'; McKell (t\vo people). Five girls (Mrs. Black float). Science is Internal. For series numbers, see K. T.

Greenham, "Semper" staff.

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S.C.M. REUNION FRIDAY, iath JUNE, 5.30 p.in.

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A Ch'apei Service (address by Rex. H. S. R. Innis, B.A.)

F6fi6wed. by Basket Tea and . ^ . *'Beaut Do.»•v^^..c

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i'ridayj 13th June, 1947 SEMPER FLOREAT .Rage Tiuee

Community Soap-Box UNION COUNCIL NOT POLITICAL

Sir,—After reading the pathetic outburst of ' your correspondent, "Procession Spectator" ("S.F.," 23/5/47), I feel that I must make some explanation to the poor little deluded child. (I thought there was a minimum age and standard of in-telligence for entry to the Univer-sity, but apparently I am mistaken.)

r do. not thinlc "Semper" has ever said or even implied that "politics are not an integral part of the Uni-versity." May I explain to my dear misguided fellow student, that for one thing there is a course in Politi-cal Science in the Faculty of Arts, Again, there are three clubs—Radi-cal. Democratic and Labor—which directly or indirectly concern them-selves with the study of questions of politics and political thought. If he has not heard of these clubs I sug-gest he read his Handbook.

•\Vhat has been said, however, is that' members of Union Council should not allow their political beliefs to influence their decisions in mat-ters of student government. This view is supported by a great major-ity of the delegates on Union Coun-cil, and I believe that the decisions they make are not tinged by their political feelings. As an organisa-tion, the Union Council is non-political, but this does not prevent each member from supporting one political belief or one political party in preference to others. I do not loiow whether it is a coincidence or not, but the most active members of Union Council are those who are members of or have taken an interest in one or other of the political clubs, or who hold one political beUef strongly, away from the CouncU table. All the delegates to the recent N.UA..U.S. conference are or have been members of one or other of the political clv&s, and they hold theu* political beUefs quite strongly; that's but they did not let these beliefs in-terfere with the decisions they made at that conference.

Wilh regard to political comment on the Procession floats, surely that wa.s a matter for the students who arranged the floats. It was never intended that the Procession should express the views of the Union Coun-cil, and as a matter of fact I doubt whether any one else thought that it should.

Lastly, Mr. Editor, I agree whole-lieartedly with your comment on our friend's letter.—Yours, etc.,

"UNION COUNCILLOR."

satisfying, perhaps, the said gentle-man's desire to see his name in print, does seem a little off-key,

A further handful of muck by some lunatic calling hunself "Vigil-ance" to add to the pile he has al-ready heaped on various members of the Union Executive. This particu-lar bicker between "Vigilance", and the U.Q.U. Executive's champion, Mr. Kenny, has been running its dull course for some weeks now, each man rivalling the other in the almost un-believable absurdity of his remarks. Surely no sane thinking adult could ever seriously connect the Union or any of its constituent bodies with "Power PoUtics," "Putschs," etc? Speaking from experience, I would say there isn't enough power in the place to drive a toy train! Really, sir, this sort of thinic may stir the cynical to laughter, but to most of us it appeals as unjustified waste of space.

In the centre pages were a dozen or so blurred miniatures. This, how-ever, is a more or less recent innova-tion, and may in time become an in-teresting feature when and if it gets out of the "Baby-Brownie" stage.

The sports section seems, as ever, to be devoted almost entirely to re-ports on the minor (or perhaps junior) winter sports. The casual treatment of the efforts of the various football teams—remember, footbaU is our main winter sport— is reflected in the inconsiderable at-tendance of Varsity students at even "A" grade matches. This may be the fault of the clubs concerned, but why not go and look for news lilce any other self-respecting newspaper? Then, perhaps, some of us would know why it is important to us that a certain Mr. Bridgman's leg re-covers.

Lastly, may 1 address to you, sir, a personal request. Please give us some food for thought; after all,

what an editorial is for!— Yours, etc.,

ANN S. THESIA. (Dear Ann,—After seven years at

the Varsity you would be reading the Notices. But we never did publish the information you want. We know your idea is "View Mat.," but after seven years, you really should give it away.—Ed.)

Basketballers Do Well At the first Inter-Varsity Basketball Carnival, held in

Sydney last week, Queensland performed most creditably though dogged by bad luck. Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide were the other participants; Hobart withdrew at the last minute. The championship was won by Sydney. The team' consisting of eleven

players, of whom Ken Pearson was captaui, Ivor Burge coach, and Bill McCabe manager, arrived in Sydney on Friday, 20th May, and practised on that day and the following on the full-size court.

The first string included Burge and Cramond (forwards), Pearson (centre), Cantamessa and Monohan (guards), and the second string in-cluded Urquhart and Stahies (for-wards), Hartwig and Purssey (cen-tres), McCabe and Muir (guards). .Unfortunately an injury sustained at practice prevented Purssey's partici-pation in any matches. McCabe was elected captain of the second string.

COMPETITION ROUNDS, On Monday, 2nd June, in the first

round Queensland convincingly de-feated Adelaide 31-18, after leading 19-7 at half-time. Sydney and Melbourne played a close game; at time the score was 20 each, and a five-minutes overtime period saw Melbourne win, 26-21,

On Tuesday Queensland lost to Sydney, 20-33.

Queensland missed many oppor-tunities from free throws,

Melbourne defeated Adelaide, 49-8. In the final round on Wednesday

Queensland defeated and outplayed Melbourne, 23-8, after leading 11-6 at half-tune. On the same day Sydney defeated Adelaide, 55-13.

At the conclusion of this round Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane each had two wins and one de-feat, while Adelaide had three defeats.

To decide the finalists, the ratio of jpoints scored for and ag-ainst each team was taken, and as a result Sydney and Mel-

bourne reached the final, Alel'* bourne just excludinir Queens-land. In the final on Thursday Sydney

defeated Melbourne for the cham-pionship, 22-14; and on the same day Queensland agam defeated Adelaide, 30-15.

Queensland was indeed uiilucky to have been excluded from the final; another four points scored in any game would have been sufficient to have displaced Melbourne,

In the first string, where team work was the princijtal feature, Ivor Burge* was outstending, and Ken Pearson and Ross Monahan also showed grand form. The five men in the furst string

were the more experienced players of the squad, but the members of the second string also played good basketball and teamed, well.

Though Queensland did not win the championship, as we would have wished, the tour was an outstanding success. This is in the main due to two men—

Mr. Ivor Burge, who devoted so much time to coaching the squad and to whose coaching the standard of play was a tribute. We are fortim-ate in having a coach who is known to be Australia's greatest basketball authority; from him the squad gain-ed a veiy valuable knowledge of basketball as the world's greatest team game—not as merely an in-dividual skill.

Secretary Bill McCabe, who acted as manager for the team. Bill work-ed very hard towards the promotion of this carnival, and also managed the arrangements and finances of the team in a most efficient manner, making for the success of the trip.

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UP TO THE MINUTE,

ervice Column SICK LEAVE,

BRICKBAT.

Sir,—Although over the past seven years I have watched the decline of "Semper Floreat" from a provocative, much-discussed and well-read paper to its present state, I am still un-willing to join the ranks of those who jibe "at its inefficacy. Rather than dismiss it with a ci-yptic "That Rag!" I bestirred myself one dull day to search out my reasons for considering it such a poor piece of journalism. (This, of course, after having traced back the University's social and

' sporting history on the various notice .boards!) This is what I found:

.An aggregate" of three columns (nearly a whole page!) devoted to commercial advertisements, most of them completely unassociated with student activity.

Various notices scattered through-out in a sewningly haphazard fashion. If the notices concerning certain Faculties and Societies were

, provided with a special (catalogued) ]•• ; niche, of-their own, this source of

, annoyance might be obviated. ' ;: No" less than three insertions by

; , 'the Union Secretary—^^pmplete with • ; ^Aame;Uitle and.address.^This prac-

Sir,—In reply to M. McEniery ("S.F.," 16/5/47), I point out that the clause which states "registration fees are not payable by the Sports Union," was reinserted into the Constitution in 1940, So, it stands to-day,

"When was the Constitution last ratified?" he asks. It was revised be-fore publication at the end of 1946. It 'can be amended at any general meeting. Also, if he reads his little grey book, page 4, para, (d), he'll note that regulations of the Sports Union may be amended at any Coun-cil meeting (one is held every month) or at any general meeting. Thus we might say the Constitution is right up to date. If any member wishes to amend a regulation he has either to instruct' the delegates of his sport-ing club, or to move the amendment at a general meeting.—Yours, etc.,

C. E. ELLIOTT, Pres. U.Q,S.U.

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U.Q. SERVICES CLUB GENERAL MEETING

FRIDAY, 13th JUNE, 1947,.7.30 p.in. GEOLOGY THEATRE,"

Business: Report of lielegate to Bit. ;

Dedman. , -Matter of'amount 0*. sul>r.. ,

scription,: ' V General.

:;u*f.; . > Befrefhments.

*a, ;i^ii^AUbi».€'W>Ui' •-;:i}i

Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme students are ex-pected to inform the University De-partment of Rehabilitation and the Branch Office of the Universities' Commission if they are absent from lectures or classes for more than two consecutive days. Where the ab-sence extends beyond five days, the student may be required to submit a medical or other appropriate certi-ficate.

The trainee is paid the normal training allowance during absence due to sickness as long as the total period of such absences does not ex-ceed five w'orking days (or five and a half workink days where Satur-day morning work is required) per quarter. This leave allowance ac-crues at the beginning of each quarter, and is cumulative for twelve months. Holidays or vacations which may fall duruig the period of a student's illness are not deducted from his leave credits.

If the alxseenoe due to iUness extends beyond a student's side leave credits, an adjustment of the training aUowance is made. If, during full-time trainhig, a stu-

dent suffers an injury arishig out of his trainhig, he should refer to the Branch Ottiee of the Universities* Commission or the Guidance Officer tiie '.question of financial, assistance for. medicail surgical and hospital treaunent. Injuries < sustained in compulsory physlcel tralnlog which is a part,of the,curriculum marJje.j,,

.regarded as suffered during training. I However, sport in which students voluntarily participate, whether as members of official University teams or not, is not regarded as part of the academic curriculum. REPORT OF U.Q.S.C, COMMITTEE.

The last meetmg was held on Wed-nesday night, 21st May, at U.Q. Union Hostel, Present were the President, Jock Robinson; Vice-president, Keith Greenham; Secretary, Robin Powell; and Treasurer, Tom Brady.

It Was resolved to hold a general meeting on the first Friday of second term. The agenda for this meeting is shown in the notice (in "Semper"), all of which was decided upon at the committee meeting. Delegates were elected, one to proceed to Canberra along with delegates from other Aus-tralian Universities, also another to observe at the C.R,T,S, Trahiees' Central Committe, and another to wait upon the regional officw in charge at Universities' Commission. Constitution amendments were dis-cussed.

T r a t i v e dates for further com-mittee meethigs were decided upon, as also the date of the Annual Gene-ral Meeting on Wednesday, June 18.

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UQ. SERVICES CLUB DINNER

WEDNESDAY, 9th JULY, .1947, .. 7 p j n > . •,̂ t'"̂ TW«g

: ANZAC-. HOUSE v ! v . ^ ^ p St»b8criptlba

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SPORT SUPPORTS

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• CORRECT SUPPORT

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Inter-Varsity Boat Race

• "Sorco" Sportsfrap

wrra THE BAND

TAIIJQRED FpB: the IlD-

est SDort-atiBD made.

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and Anklets 3 sradet-,-

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in 3 .pbe

(opp, castoms House), LIlCl ,

42S QUEEN ST., BRSBANE.

IS arrived at Penrith on Tuesday, May 27th, arid from this day until Satur-day last, the crew was on the river twice daily. Although we realised what we were up agauist, and al-though we were severdy criticised in the Sydney papers, yet we still felt we were capable of winning, and took our mommg and evening walks and our trainmg rows very seriously.

THE RACE. Time went all too quickly, and the

race was upon us before anyone bad time to become expectantly excited. The day turned out to be one of the few sunning days we enjoyed down there, and conditions during the race were ideal.

All crews jumped away to a good start, and kept together for the first

By now, all those interested in rowing have heard the sad news of our defeat in the Inter-Varsity boat race, and pos-sibly expected this article to contain several excuses to justify ourselves. This, however, cannot be done, as we have no excuses to n.ake; on the day of the race .the crew were at their peak, and yet were still eight lengths behind at the finish. Here is the whole story. We half mile. We started to lose ground

at this stage, and at the mile peg were a length behind. By this time Adelaide had also began to fall back, and W,A,, Melbourne and Sydney staged a torrid battle over the middle mile, with W,A, holding a slight lead at the 2-mile peg. At this junction Adelaide were a couple of lengths behind, and we were about six lengths behmd them.

Over the last mile Melbourne, and then Sydney gradually passed W.A,, until the last J mile, when Sydney, finishuig beautifully, steadily drew ahead of Melbourne to win by U lengths, W,A, were three-quarters of a length away, third. Meanwhile we managed to catch up two lengths on Adelaide, but this was not enough, and Adelaide fmished three lengths

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A glance at the results of last Saturday's tennis seems to indicate a general falling off in form of the majority of teams. Due to the vaca-tion, teams probably were not at full strength, and so one can hope tbat this is not a true indication of the standard of Varsity tennis.

BADGE GRADE. In the Badge Grade the University

went down to Moonah Gold, 40-22. Although losing all the singles, they sparked up somewhat in the doubles for Mai Cameron and Bob Squires to defeat one of the doubles pairs, 6-4. It is worthy of mention that Paul Spiro was narrowly defeated in his singles, 6-5.

MEN'S A GRADE DEFEATS BRETTS.

Coming to the Men's A Grade, we find University A defeating Bretts by 15 games. John Casey had no trouble to win his singles, 6-1, and John Roe

and Graham MacDonald both ran out victors at 6-3. This superiority was maintained in the doubles, in which they finished 10 games up; John and Peter Roe paired very well together in their doubles.

MEN'S B DOWN TO B.h.C. Howevejr, University 'B" has a sad

tale to tell in that it was defeated by B.B.C. But this was to be somewhat expected with John Perry and Peter Morris unable to give the team their noble support. Ron Poon was very lucky to win his singles, 6-5. It is suggested that "fish and chips" were responsible.

In the mixed A Grade, University II. were defeated by 7 games last Saturday and by one game the pre-vious week. It is to be noted that the usual women members were away upholding the name of Queensland! Varsity in Melbourne, and rather successfully one might add.

behuid ,W.A, to fill fourth place, with ourselves four lengths further back, last.

And now, a few statistical facts. The time for the race, 16 mins. 50 sees,, was exceptionally fast, and well up to King's Cup standard (the course record is 16 mins, 30-sees,). Even our tune of 17 mins, 10. sees,, was, relatively speaking, quite good, as the race was won on the same course under sunilar conditions in 1927, in 17 mins. 3D sees. The in-ference is that Queensland has not disgraced herself, but was outclassed by the other crews, which were ex-ceptionally good.

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VARSITY n . V. COCO-COLA. In the first match of round 2 on

Sunday, Varsity II, showed a pleasmg return to form by a runaway win against Coco-Cola, the scores being 25-,4. Runs were scored by R. Eva (3), B, Walker (4), Mc-Quillan (2), G.Johnston