SEMPER Vol. 36 No. 3 / THURSDAY MARCH 31 1966

The views expressed in this newspaper are not necessarily those of the University of Queensland Union Council. As will be readily perceived by even the dullwit reader.

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Unanimous Vote against

Uni Act at Meetii^

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r\N Wednesday evening 23rd March, 1966, ^ a t the Albert Hall, a packed audience heard distinguished speakers support the Staff As­sociation's stand against the new University Act. Nothing the speakers said was particularly novel to the writer of this article; the quality of the audience's response was arresting.

The meeting was chaired by Professor Lyons, Presi­dent ofthe Staff Association. Perhaps the most significant remarks were made by Pro­fessor Oliphant. He pointed to the fact that few academics at the University were mem­bers of learned societies. In fact, there were in Queens­land at the present day far more people with doctorates than had ever been produced by the University of Queens­land in its .vhole history.

Mainly student, with a sea­soning of staff members, the audience broke into spon-

nat "Pizz-pott" Idea was ali ours . . .

We would like to have it noised abroad that we in the editorial staff claim all the responsibility for that beaut, clever headline on theMVont page of last Semper. Philo­sopher Medlin has received many congratulations, some we are told from various levels of the public service and many high school and primary teachers. While we don't want to take all his glory away, we do feel compelled to announce our paternity of that particular brainchild.

the touch of honesty is fatal to our lives

SOARING ClUB SORE OVER SUP

The Southern Downs Soaring Club, which had the good fortune and good sense to ran an ad in last Semper, for which we humbly thank them and hope they prosper (lo run more), have an apology coming. We printed the wrong telephone number. Naughty Sem­per staff! Go and say you're sorry! Is that like your prayers?

Anyway the real number to call John Symonds on if you want to soar is 701288 (cross your fingers).

l A S r C A l l FOR DEBATERS In a highly emotional scene in

the public toilets in town we discovered lhat time has nearly run out. Anyone who missed the AGM of the Society, but docs want to debate, better tel lalf: 70 2017.

taneous cheering as the speakers made their points on University Autonomy, representation on the Senate and ex-officio representation of Church leaders. Around the hall, members of the audience held up placards and signs saying "U.Q. Union supports Staff As­sociation", "More staff re­presentation on Senate", "No clerics ex-officio". At times the whole gathering rose to its feet. In spite of, or because of the sense of movement and response, the meeting could not be called wild (it was wildly raining outside); the mood was rather one of reflection. At the end of the meeting the gathering unanimously passed a motion expressing opposition "to certain as­pects of the new University Act."

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DEATH IH SEMPER F M Y -HO SUSPICIOUS CIHCS.

Frederick Nurke, cousin of our own Rammita Pyuras (see page 2) was found dead today in his New Farm flat. A police surgeon who was there when the cops arrived said Mr. Nurke's death was natural and he suspected no foul play. He said it was natural lo die with the passage of time and the passage ofa crowd of shotgun pellets from the rear of the spine to the cranium. Dr. Slunkkc said it was a sad day. He had known Fred since the war, when he often surprised him with a visit to his home. Dr. Slunkke's home.

CINEMASCOPE IS IN, HATE! The Wider Education Com­

mittee is a regular sub-committee of the Union. This was admitted today. Amid furious yawning came the earth-shattering news that... that... ahh,... Stuff il. There will be talks March 3lst, April 21st and 28th, in B9 at iunchtimc.

See photo left: Dear God, I am sick of protests and protesters, but hold down your stomach while I tell you of another. This was th< wild scene as the Labor Club countered the protest which the Liberal Party Convention, meeting fast week on the campus, passed as a motion. Their motion asked Mr, Holt to lift the sanctions on trade with Rhodesia, which as we all know is not cricket. May they all drop dead in the toilet. ^

protest, counter-protest Registered in Australia for Transmission by post as a Newspaper. Edited by Michaels Ong and O'Neill Printed by James Ferguson Typesetting by Qld. Type Service

By geez, VII get the cops onto you, you long-haired xivisectionistI

GEHRE OmCERS WAIT The United States Consul, we have it on good witness,

told the gentlemen of the constabulary to make no trouble wlien the Vietnam Action mob surged around his consulate. They didn't. You see, they can be nice. After all policemen have great pateince, They must, be­cause otherwise they would get bored behind highway hoardings with only their old bike to talk to and the radar screen for distraction.

draft cards But don't cry, dear sympathetic reader, for they don't

always have a dreadful time. Why sometimes they are rewarded for their patience. For example you should have been at the draft-card burning at Albert and Queen a few days later. Lovely police brutality, lovely bail money, lovely leading-role Dramsoc man locked up for being a student. Happy endings, whee. Happy, happy.

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RAMMITA, our controversialist:

THE WORKOUT — five hundred quids' work

The University of Queensland Union has usually balked al making statements on political issues. The argument has been that voting members of Union Council should vote, not accord­ing to their individual con­sciences, but according to how they think their electors would have them vote. Now, since councillors are rarely in a position lo know how their electors would have them vote, they usually vote according lo their own assess­ments of non-political motions that come to their attention. But nol so where politics are con­cerned. Il would, for example, be unthinkable for the Union ofthe University of Queensland, to make a forthright public state­ment on the policy of the Austra­lian government to dispatch con­scripts to Vietnam, even though this policy will affect the lives of hundreds of students of this University. "We wouldn't have student support", the gentlemen of the Council moan.

And yet, miraculously, the Work-Out has been different. Education is a real political issue, and our Union Council has re­solved to back the Work-Out to the extent of some £500. By supporting the Work-Out, the Union has plunged right into the stream of politics. Furthermore, the Union has made certain state­ments about the University of Queensland Act, a very political issue indeed, and the President of the Union has spoken at the Staff Association's Public Protest Meet­ing about the new Act. "The times, they are a' changin'.,."

On what authority did our elected reps, on Union Council decide to support the Work-Out? Did they vote on this issue accord­ing to the dictates of their electors, or according to their own assess­ments of the situation? Certainly not the former, since nobody knows if a majority of the 14,500 students who arc members of the

Union actually favours the Work-Out. Union Councillors would seem to have opted for the Work

worthwhile activity, no matter what their electors think. '

The role played by the President of the Union, Mr. Roger Woo* gate, should here be mentioned. It's very doubtful if any of his predecessors of the past several years would have felt inclined to support the Work-Out in the way Woodgate has. (Last year's President, Mr. David Weedon, has openly declared himself op­posed to the Work-Out). Had the President of the Union been opposed to allocating £500 to the Work-Out, the whole show would quite possibly have collapsed by now.

So the Union has decided to have a Work-Out, without know­ing what sort of support to expect from its members. True, a general meeting of some 400 students in third term of 1965 voted to support the principle of the Work-Out, but what is 400 among 14,500? If it is allowed that elected councillors should take some notice of the views of their electorate with regard to the Work-Out, how are they to go about learning what these views arc? There seems to be at least two ways: (I) conversations with students in the refec, the pub, etc. (2) resolutions passed by general meetings of clubs and societies of the Union.

Both methods have their draw­backs: there is, after all, a limit to the amount of time one can spend yarning in the refec. or the pub; the views expressed by members of clubs and societies of the Union are those of only a small fraction of students at the University; and can't be regarded as representative of the views of most students.

There is another possibility; a map of Brisbane, divided into several sectors, stands in the

vestibule of the Union Building, and students willing to distribute pamphlets on Wednesday, April

Out because they consider il t 20th, '{Rfday of the Work-Out ..,„.K,..K:,. .„.:..:... *lfc#ft?HMrti)JeayMheir names at

JUnion Office. About 1,000 stu-ddtlUtitri needed for door-knock campaign of the whole Brisbane ardar''•• r '.: ; --Assuming that 1,000 students volunteer lo support the Work-Oui in this way (probably a super-optimistic assumption), what will the other 13,500 be doing on April 20th? No-one knows whether they will come to lectures, stay at home, or go to the coast for the day. Furthermore, there seems to be no possible way of judging what the attitude of students will be towards the work­out. All we can do is wail until April 20th.

Of course, if students are vitally concerned about education in Australia, and if they are deeply interested in the workings of the Union, there should occur, within the next couple of weeks, a spate of campus meetings either supporting or condemning the Work-Out. But that is unlikely to happen. M6st students just don't seem lo be interested in either Australian Education or the University of Queensland Union, and there will probably be neither widespread support for, nor opposition to, the Work-Out.

Why this apparent indifference of students to matters that would seem to demand their attention? One is tempted to wax righteously indignant, to suggest (hat this in­difference is due to pernicious things like selfiishness, ignorance, and sheer laziness. And yet one doesn't want to seem smug, dictatorial, and self-righteous. The University has taught one to be humble, and to respect the opinions of others, even when others seem to hold no opinions at all.

RAMMITA PYURAS

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the idea of protest The idea of protest is not new to most of us and of late it has perhaps even touched

the periphery of our lives. Most of us experience a throb of excitement when we see a group of fellow students going around with banners and singing protest songs. We all rush to hear a debate or talk given during the lunch hour and sit rapt with concentration. Others go to heckle and boo and feel great as they would like to think that they know what they're doing . . . but forgive them. They are good only in parks for when confronted they know little of what is happening around them.

a sense of injustice Protest springs from a sense of injustice whether it be social, political or economical.

There are protests against the treatment of our aborigines, against Vietnam and against every and any true thing. So much so that one wonders if there is not a new breed of professional protesters who for a few quid will don their posters and go crazy. Never­theless, there are usually people who are genuinely concerned with the problems that face society and being aware of the consequences of governmental or public policy they are prompted to take action. In a society like ours where the trend is towards conformity and indifference to all except our own little problems, the response by the mass of the people cannot be large except insofar as the crisis touches their own lives. Then the pensioners would protest when pensions do not increase with the standard of living as would the wage earners. In most cases action is taken by a very small minority of the population.

australian smugness Yet are not the problems that face us real and do they not affect us personally?

Take two cases that we have been exposed to, those of Vietnam and education. The war in Vietnam for most Australians is far away. Australia has never been invaded

physically apart from the few bombs that fell in Darwin and other northern coastal towns. The reality of war is a memory. Pictures of its atrocities in papers and television seem somehow unreal and, after all, we are not really involved.

But surely the fact that the world has become smaller over the last few decades with the invention of supersonic jet planes, missiles and the like should have brought home to us the message that war with its appendages can happen here.

Few of us realize what is happening over there. Somehow the papers and television seems to repeat the facts over and over so much that we are lulled to the belief that nothing is really happening and then if there is, it does not concern us. We do not really care for freedom, perhaps we do not even think of it. All we want is that those dirty commies will stop aggressing the poor South Vietnamese — but are they? Few people seem to know. Each side claims the other to be aggressors. The fact that the South Vietnamese may be fighting for their freedom against aggressors whether they be white or yellow does not seem to be that important. Perhaps it's not, and that's why the Australian Government is sending more troops. Of course we should not worry that an increasing number of nations are worried about the war in Vietnam, after all, we have the Americans on our side. The fact that National Service men, who do not have the vote, are sent to Vietnam is not important. Nothing is important any more.

As to education, the fact that we are not spending enough on this is not important, our children can be half-educated. Our future leaders and scientists need not be of the best calibre, after all the nation can develop and the economy will not fail us, not even the drought can affect our progress. So why bother to protest at all.

aim of protest The aim of protests is not to create a passing excitement to our monotonous lives,

but to achieve public support for a cause and to see that action is taken to alter the status quo. In a sense it is a pressure group and as such seeks to put pressure where authority and decision makers exist.

What has protest to do with students? We are reputed to be the enlightened section of the community. We are supposed to have open minds towards everything. We are to question and not accept ideas as truth. Perhaps this is the ideal student, and such do not exist. Dare we then, hope that the majority of us who are at this University are cajjable of thinking and questioning the things we are told? Let us be worth our salt. This is not to imply that we should protest madly, rather it is a plea that each one realize what and where our responsibilities lie and to take the necessary action. To protest when the occasions arise; to raise our voice and let it be heard. We need then to consider carefully what the issues are before protesting for or against a cause. If we are to attend a talk, let us give the speaker a fair go (or are we no longer Australians); question and agree with him when he has given his case. In so doing we enrich ourselves by knowing the facts.

ambivalence of society to students The attitude of society and its leaders to University students is ambivalent. On the

one hand they see us as a group of irresponsible people, on the other they claim that we are their future leaders. Can this ambivalence be erased? Can we not conduct ourselves as enlightened members of the community? Or must we persist in confirming their view that we are immature and irresponsible? We do not enjoy ourselves less by not breaking or damaging public property or hurt members of the public. It is only when we achieve responsibility in our actions and thinking that protests, whatever they be about, will be able to achieve any result. To realize the problem is not suflficient; to take action, to find a solution, is important, and unless more of us do this our convictions will result in naught. The authorities can afford to ignore a mob of ignorant students but to ignore our orderly well-informed section of the community whose views are accepted by the nation is to undermine its own position in the long run.

MICK X 2

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the Open forum

. . . is a hotch-potch this week. But that's the way we want it. If you've got a beef, a bitch, or something pleasant to say, let's have it. One thing though, say it briefly if possible. That way we can get more people's garbage into the forum.

COMPULSORY SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Sir, Many of the lecturers in first

year Arts courses — from History lo Anthropology and Sociology to Linguistics — have begun their lectures by telling one that their subject is a 'science' and then going on to define a science and to say something of Scientific Method. No doubt many stu­dents from other faculties have begun lectures in this way too.

In view of the wide diversity of knowledge in the world at present and that in practically all fields there is an underlying scientific undertone — from Physics to His­tory — wouldn't it be a good idea to have a«hort compulsory course of lectures in Scientific Method for all first year students?

This would not only train people in the correct approach to research work, so important at University level, but also help them to see just how difierent fields of knowledge were co­ordinated.

Paul Knobel.

A FAILURE ABOUT A FILM A reply to "Sury the Living

Dead — 8 J" — Graham Rowlands — Semper Floreat, Mar. 17.

Fellini made seven and a half films and then "8i" — a brilliant film about an inesolute film director. But why should this lead one to believe this film is "all about how Fellini failed to make a film"? The film director (named Guido, not Fellini) is destined from the film's beginning to re­main in a suffocating world created out of everybody's but his own desires and influences, except for imaginative and childlike retreats into a world in which his feet arc not firmly fixed on the ground. It then seems absurd to call the film "a supreme artistic

I credo"- unless the credo is stated otherwise than by Guido. But then why say: ". . . one prospec­tive actress . . . scorns him . . . That hit him hard. No wonder since it's himself" 1 (My em­phasis.)

"8i" is often analytic — Guido's lack of determination and his need to retreat from the oppressive world resulting from his lack of determination are accounted for by his memories of childhood experiences. But if this is to be written off" as a "searching self-analysis", I cannot see how anyone remotely like Guido could make a film with the co-ordina­tion, development and integration of the images in "H". The shoot­ing scenes and the space ship set for Guido's film arc nothing more or less than a medium through which Guido's character and his acquaintances' derision (usually based on his self-projection into the film) are expressed. Guido's need to project himself into his film is a further manifestation of his need for escapism and a mani­festation which causes further alienation from his acquaintances. This hardly embodies Fellini's artistic credo.

It would be wrong to describe "8i" as a tragedy of a man's failure in his work and social relationships. For given the lack of a developed plot, this would be hardly more interesting than, and just as difiUcult to sustain as, a "searching self-analysis". Rather it is a tragi-comedy with the necessary universal application to be about a human condition of insecurity.

At first it might appear that the tragedy in Fellini's film is being developed on a realistic level reinforced by memories, while the comedy is being developed in Guido's imagination. But these distinctions quickly start to dis­appear (although never com­pletely) as, for instance, the sur­realistic settings begin lo appear in the scenes that one wants to call 'the present' or 'the real'. We

are prepared for this by the open­ing sequence from where Guido is locked in a car in a weird car park to where he is being called down from the end of a kite string. This sequence illustrates the tempo at which 'tragedy' and 'comedy' are to be juxtaposed in what follows. Simple and skilful cuts and fades transport Guido from one 'world' to another, the necessary contrast being given by remarkable variations in focus and texture.

The continuity of the images is provided by their atmosphere, e.g. the clammy, oppressive atmos­phere of steaming baths sur­rounded by onlookers, of the meeting with the cardinal in the underground springs, inside the school confessional, in the scene with Guido and his wife in bed, and the harem scenes. Note that Guido's reactions vary with these dififerent scenes. The integration of the images comes with the gradual mixing together of the characters and atmospheres and a sort of indeterminacy of Guido's reaction to them. This process becomes complete with the final scene which has an amazing unifying power and is one of the best ever tragi-comic conclusions. No answer need be given as to whether Guido failed to make his film. Fellini's film is complete.

Roger McNiven.

HIS OWN SOAPBOX Sir,

I wish to put forward a strong criticism and express my extreme distaste at the behaviour of the Vice-President of the Labour Club, Mr. Peter McCawley, at a speech given by Mr. Gough Whitlam entitled "Youth in Politics" on Friday, 25th February in the Shared Lecture Theatre.

Mr. McCawley by his seeming­ly overwhelming desire "w stand on his own soapbox" and heap

abuse on the Liberal Govern­ment for its shortcomings, indi­cates that he has little regard for the future of Labour, but is rather more interested in achieving per­sonal recognition.

Criticism, to achieve its pur­pose, must be handled correctly. Mr. Whitlam with his use of subtle wit and sarcasm achieved the purpose of his criticisms.

Mr. McCawley does not pos­sess this ability but does possess a particularly strident and annoying voice and a singularly well developed capacity for rudeness (otherwise a guest speaker of Mr. Whillam's eminence and an intelligent audience would not have been subjected to the em­barrassment of Mr. McCawley's vote of thanks (?) )

This type of speech-making shatters any favourable image that is built up by speakers of Mr. Whitlam's calibre.

Quality is required not Quan­tity, therefore Mr. McCawley next time you're tempted to make a speech, DON'T, it will be of tremendous help to Labour's image.

Barry Spiccr, Commerce IV.

BREAD & BUHER ISSUES

Sir, It would appear to me that one

of two things is wrong with the bulk of students at this university. Either they are too idealistic to worry about bread-and-butter issues or too apathetic to worry about anything other than that which comes in bottles and kegs.

As an example of this, I would like to point out that nowhere in the Work-Out pamphlet issued at the meeting held during Orientation Week, was there any mention of scholarsliip allow­ances. However, there was men­tion of the fact that the system of bonded teaching scholarships was unsatisfactory. What was not mentioned was that the disparity between the maximum Common­wealth Scholarship and the Teaching Fellowship amounts to about SI80 a year. Also it should be noted that the latter is not subject to any means test whereas the former is. Surely it is unreal to argue that the Bond require­ment be dropped, unless the Commonwealth Scholarship al­

lowance IS considerably increased. The inadequacies of the whole

Scholarship system should be exposed and the Work-Out is the ideal opportunity to do just that, We cannot afford to be too altruistic at a time like this. We have a great opportunity now, but perhaps Messrs. Gasteen and Woodgate, for reasons best known to themselves, are not interested in such materialism.

Chris. A. Rootes.

POINT OF INFORMATION. Last year, Messrs. Gasteen and

Watson, in conjunction with the Association of Teacher Fellow­ship holders at this University, organised a demand for increases in Allowances to Teacher Scholar­ship holders. Subsequent in­creases were granted. Perhaps due to the apathy of the people who stood to benefit from this, the increases were not large.

ADVICE BEFORE ARRIVAL Sir,

I would be grateful if you would print the contents of this letter in your paper, as I believe that it is important enough to warrant the widest possible audience.

I would like to ask students who visit the Tenhory during future vacations to please take account of conditions here when they make up groups to visit out­lying areas. This Patrol Post is situated on the lower slopes of Mount Wilhelm and is one of the best means of access to climbing the mountain; naturally, many students who visited during the last vacation decided to climb the mountain. However, they made absolutely no preparations for such a climb (which is fairly arduous, to over 15,000 fl. a.s.l.) and had obviously made no enquiries regarding routes, avail­ability of food, distances, walking times, etc. As a result, residents were suddenly besieged by groups of 20 to 30 people with inadequate bedding and food and no idea what to do next. The point is that stations such as this have very limited accommodation and bed­ding and only one freezer-plane per week. Most people keep a small reserve of food on hand, sufficient for a few people for a few days, but not enough for groups such as these. In addition,

other people got lost, causing Administration officers, here, a fair amount of inconvenience.

I was not here mj;self, as I was on leave, but my Junior officer was holding down the job — and doing it very well, loo —until this flood of people hit him. Now, I think most students here found that Territory people are ex­tremely hospitable and ready to assist. I am used to strangers dropping in at odd hours ex­pecting food and a bed, and, if possible, they get it. I was asked by the Union to accommodate some students this vacation; as I was on leave, this was impossible, but next year I will be happy to assist several students who would care to stay here. However, I cannot (physically) feed and accommodate large numbers of people without notice.

So, if any of you feel like com­ing up here next vacation, you are welcome. But, please, first plan your expeditions to any points of interest, such as Mount Wilhelm. You can obtain information from several sources, including the Tourist Bureaus in Port Moresby, and the various Administration centres near the points of interest, i.e. if you want to climb Mount Wilhelm, ask me!

This letter is not intended to discourage anybody from visiting the Territory — on the contrary ~ but I hope that it has made clear the fact that the Territory is still fairly primitive and you can­not always depend on networks of food and assistance every­where.

Yours faithfully, W. H. Biscoe,

Gembogl Patrol Post, T.N.G.

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THE CASE FOR UTOPIA By PETER

(1877-BETTER A N D BETTER OFF The world would be better off' if people tried to become better. And people would become better if they stopped trying to become better off. For when everybody tries to become better off, nobody is belter off. But when everybody tries to become better, everybody is better off. Everybody would be rich if nobody tried to become richer. And nobody would be poor If everybody tried to be the poorest. And everybody would be what he ought to be if everybody tried to be what he wants the other fellow lo be.

Christianity has nothing to do with either modem capitalism or modem Communism, for Christianity has a capitalism of its own and a communism of its own. Modem capitalism is based on property without responsibility, while Christian capitalism is based on property with responsibility.

MAURIN 1949)

is based on poverty through force while Christian communism is based on poverty through choice. For a Christian, voluntary poverty is the ideal as exemplified by St. Francis of Assisi, while private property is not an absolute right, but a gift which as such can not be wasted, but must be administered for the benefit of God's children.

According to Johannes Jorgensen, a Danish convert living in Assisi, St. Francis desired that men should give up superfluous possessions. St. Francis desired that men should work with their hands. St. Francis desired-that men should offer their services as a gift. St. Francis desired that men should ask other people for help when work failed them. St. Francis desired that men should live as free as birds. St. Francis desired that men should go through life

THREE WAYS TO MAKE A LIVING Mirabcau says "There are three ways to make a living: Stealing, begging, and working." Stealing is against the law of God and against the law of men. Begging is against the law of men but not against the law of God. Working is neither against the law of God nor against Ihe law of men. But tliey say that there is no work lo do. There is plenty of work to do, but no wages. But people do not need to work for wages, they can offer their services as a gift.

CAPITAL AND LABOR "Capital", says Karl Marx, "is accumulated labor, nol for the benefit of the laborers, but for the benefit of the accumulators, And capitalists succeed in accumulating labor, by treating labor, not as a gift, but as a commodity, buying it as any other commodity at the lowest possible price. And organized labor plays into the hands of the capitalists, or accumulators of labor, by treating its own labor not as a gift, but as a commodity, selling it like any other commodity at the highest possible price. And the class struggle is a struggle between the buyers of labor at the lowest possible price

at the highest possible price. But the buyers of labor at the lowest possible price and the sellers of labor at the highest possible price are nothing but commercializers of labor.

SELLING THEIR LABOR When the workers sell their labor to the capitalists or accumulators of labor lo accumulate their labor. And when the capitalists or accumulators of labor have accumulated so much of the workers' labor they they no longer find it profitable to buy the workers' labor then the workers can no longer sell their labor to the capitalists or accumulators of labor. And when the workers can no longer sell their labor to the capitalists or accumulators of labor they can no longer buy the products of their labour. And that is what the workers get for selling their labor.

With acknowledgements to the

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Pictured above are members of the New Guinea House of Assembly being entertained by the Union after the Union council meeting. The New Guineans were touring the uni and more or less happened upon us. The snide

reference there is that the Union wasn't notified of their coming . . . which is pretty clever as well as snide if you read on.

The members made it clear that the House of Assembly hadn't complained about the student work camps over the vac, and neither had the natives. (See Open Forum). However, they would like in future to be notified and would assist in arranging the itinerary of students going to the territory.

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GAMEO P H O T O S For Appointment Phone 98 5255

NOMINATIONS CALLED FOR BY-ELECTION Commerce Part-Time 1 Nominations close 4th April. Hand to Education Full-Tlme 1 Union Office. Nomination Forms Education Part-Time I obtained at Union Office. Science Full-Tlme 1 Forms must be clearly signed by at least TWO (2) Seconders; both the candidate and his nominators MUST be members of the Union, and must be of the same Status (i.e. Day or Evening) and Faculty as the Position sought.

Electoral Officer

PRESIDENrS YAK Post Graduate Students

Those post graduate students who are not Private or Scholarship students do NOT pay Union Fees. As users of the Union Buildings and members of the various Clubs and Societies it is encumbent on you to become members of the Union.

A quick easy method is to pay the Union's $20 Life Membership fee. This entitles you to —

(1) posted copies of all authorized Union publications (no matter where you are).

(2) If transferred, for example, lo Sydney, membership of the Sydney University Union, who have an entrance fee of $20 plus a yearly fee of S20. 1 hope to take steps to extend this to other Universities. '

(3) Membership of a mythical graduates' club which will no doubt eventuate when the Union has the money lo provide such facilhies.

Enquiries may be made at Union Office.

Future Union Development

(1) There will be no extensions to the recently completed additions lo the Refectory.

INSTEAD, the Union proposes —

(2) To extend the present Relaxation Block at a cost of $100,000.

(3) To build a Union Theatre at a cost of $240,000, Finance

During the next triennium the Union (largely by means of an overdraft), can raise 5180,000.

Total cost of proposed buildings $340,000 Probable amount raised by U.Q.U. 5180,000

$160,000

The Union has requested the Australian Universities' Commission for a grant of $160,000 in the 1967-69 triennium for further buildings.

Comment There arc very definite reasons for these changes. The change is

one of DIRECTION rather than INTENTION. The Union has always lacked facilities which complete the original conception of what it should incorporate. Wc have Refectory areas but little recreation facilities, or clubs' facilities, and no theatre.

The original submission to the A.U.C. in March, 1965, stated that additional areas would be used to provide facilities for Clubs and Societies. This motivation has not changed. In the Union's opinion, however, it would be cheaper and more advantageous to provide these facilities in an Extension to the present Relaxation Block.

Incorporation Union Council has decided that the Union should seek incorpora­

tion under the Religious, Educational and Charaitable Institutions Acts and that all preparations should be completed by the time of the Annual General Meeting of the 55th Council.

This is an important and premeditated step taken by the Union Council. It raises issues that are becoming more acute as the Union grows in size and complexity. These will be discussed by the Chair­man of the Legal Standing Committee, Mr. Scott Gregory, in both Semper and the Union Spokesman during the next six months.

Recreation Facilities Billiard tables (4) and Musical Facilities (18 sets of stereophonic

headphones) are available in the old Cellar.

EVENING STUDENTS please note that these will be available for your use until 10 p.m. from Monday, 4th April.

Budget This has been posted on the oflicial Union Notice Board. Enquiries

should be directed to the Honorary Treasurer or myself. A number of items were controversial and in these cases the Union Council decided as follows:

(1) Work-Out (2) Clubs and Societies general

Local Conventions and Mazagines (3) Annual Union Council Dinner

President's Evenings Cocktail Party Semper Party

The Council qualified only one of these items, namely the Clubs and Societies allocations. These are to be

distributed according lo the principles laid down in the Working Paper prepared by

the Clubs and Societies Standing Committee. The Working Paper

will be the subject of an article by the Chairman ofthe Clubs and Socie­

ties Standing Committee, Mr. Michael Oley, in the next Semper.

University Plaques The Union has sold at least

300 of these to the graduates of the University. The profits are being spent on reading ma­terial of interest to students

which will be placed in the music room.

O.S.S. Director Mr. James Ongkili has

been elected to the position of Over­seas Student Direc­

tor. I would urge all 'Overseas Students and

student organizations to take complaints and sugges­tions to Mr. Ongkili, who I am sure, will be very pleased

to receive them. Roger W. Woodgate

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proof of the pudding revienved by Gratiam Roiwlands

You can read "Brccht On Theatre". You can know what Brecht wanted with his Epic theatre. But it's virtually im­possible lo know how true Brecht is to be achieved or just what it will be like on stage.

As Brecht liked to repeat, "the proof of the pudding is in the eating". Max CornweH's production of "A Man's a Man" was tasty pudding indeed. It caught the flavour of Brccht and if it wasn't pure Epic theatre, it was very close. And anyway, there is always the excuse that Brecht hadn't completely de­veloped all the aspects of the Epic when he wrote it.

To achieve pure Brecht must surely be one of the most diffi­cult feats in the whole of world drama. After all, he believed that you couldn't understand or rationally appreciate anything until you treated it with con­tempt. Emotions for Brccht grew out of reason, not the re­verse. In his fascinating exposi­tion of Epic theatre, he sets up the traditional tenets of drama­tic theatre and categorically opposes each one.

Epic theatre doesn't involve the audience with the actors by process of empathy; il alienates them into observers. It arouses action and forces the spectator to make decisions. It gives a picture of life. It argues — using reason, nol emotion, although emotion is not to be lacking. What the actor must do is to demonstrate emotion with­out feeling it. It's just the oppo­site to Stanislavsky where the actor becomes the role; the actor demonstrates the nature of the character he's playing. Inherent in this demonstration must be a criticism of the char­acter portrayed. The human being — alterable and able to alter — is the object of inquiry. There's no development, but cinematic montage learned from the silents. Any part of the play can be seen for its own sake and separated out. Thus, concern is on the course of the play, not its end.

Above all, it's didactic but at the same time Brecht maintained it must bef "fun", Brccht said of "A Man's A Man": "it's jolly business".

The play shows how Galy Gay, an ineffectual and hen­pecked husband, is dragged into army life as a replacement for Jeriah Jip who has become racially contaminated by loss of some tufts of hair. The soldiers

arc tough slobs with burly Bloody Five as the leader they trick into thinking there's been no replacement. At the funeral of Galy Gay, Galy Gay delivers an oration about himself— "the last individual" — in which he is metamorphosed into a tough slob-soldier, Jip, to become the hero who outshoots big Bloody Five. There are laughs through­out, e.g. an elephant urinates in full view of the audience, leg cocked towards thcni. How's that for Alienation? Tagging along with the soldiers are ihc whores, the Begbicks with grog, bed and bawd. So no matter what Brecht's intention, the play is a biting, funny send-up of a dehumanized army and destruc­tion of the individual. Twenty-year-olds can be excused for missing the joke.

Brecht's dialogue is pointed, fast, almost epigrammatic at times, very effective when the soldiers twist Gay's words. At other times it's completely super­fluous, being particularly effec­tive in commenting and describ­ing what's going on. This is a clever alienating device of the playwright, and relieves the actors considerably. The plea for recruiting with its line that slogans never die but soldiers do, arguments that make identity cards more valuable than life and often the only thing that reminds a soldier who he is and the various songs arc all barbed with dialectics, very savage satire indeed.

Acting lhat would usually be effective is least effective for Brccht. Yet, much of the acting that didn't achieve Alienation effect didn't really damage the play. Comment on whether acting was alienation or not must be even more subjective than usual, because it seems lhat only if you have some idea of how a particular person behaves in life can you say whether he was demonstrating the person­ality or becoming it. e.g. David Robin, the Buddhist monk, was excellent with his liltle steps and consistent mispronunciation of words. He seemed realistic enough but then who knows any monks? More people have con­tact with a woman like Mrs. Gay. And here Barbara McArlhur was obviously de­monstrating the role. Very effective Brccht.

Granted this difficulty, it still seems possible to draw attention to a colossal paradox in acting in this production. With some

important exceptions, the actors alienated the audience most when they faced them and spoke to ihem. In doing this, they could let the words pour forth so that the words assumed a kind of life of their own, a sort of verbal ghost. Conversely, when Ihey talked to one another, they seemed quite realistic people. So, analysed on pure Brcchlian criteria, the soldiers, in particu­lar, were failures. But this didn't seem to mailer. With ihe exception of Doug Barry who was badly miscast with a light, lyrical voice, the Scum (Rob Hanwood and John Deshon) were forceful, grotesque, ugly and machine-like. JackSioll, as Bloody, was excellent despite, or perhaps, because of, his non-alienation role. Even in his bloodthirsty "Kipling" poem, he conveyed the impression he personally felt what he said. But no one can deny this was brilliant acting.

So, I'm not convinced that Alienation is any more drama­tically effective than dramatic acting. It could be less effective. Despite this, top marks must go to Rachel Darken as Leocadia Begbick. She achieved the vir­tually impossible task of con­veying Alienation both while talking to the audience AND while talking to the other characters. She seemed to stand aside from her words, gloat over them and let them live by them­selves. Brecht spent years of his life trying to leach aclors just this technique.

Rory Sutton, as Gay, was effective enough, but his role was somewhere between drama­tic theatre and Epic. It was a more difficult role than Rachel Darken's because he could hard­ly stand aside and gloat over the words of an ineffectual charac­ter. After metamorphosis, he was a powerful soldier, but had little opportunity for Alienation because he spoke mainly to other aclors. The oration itself was pure dramatic theatre, and very fini at that. You couldn't pinpoint really when he changed character except for knowing it was sometime during those steps forward into a new life. It was gradual, yet at the same time fast. The lines about a person's not becoming anyone till some­one else called them something musl surely have aroused our sympathy, if not total Aristo­telian empathy.

Both Greg West and David Glen were effective with their

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (excerpts); Swan Lake, Op. 20 (cxceprts), Philadelphia Orchestra (Eugene Ormandy). CBS (mono) BR 235148, (stereo) SBR 235148. $1.75.

Ormandy seems to be so intent upon drawing opulent orchestral sounds from his magnificent orchestra that he forgets that the essential characteristic of this music is that it is to be danced to. The result is lhat the music be­comes laboured thereby losing all of its naive charm and sparkle.

Although CBS provides a par­ticularly spacious recording with all the good-will in the world I find myself unable to recommend it.

Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 Nos. 1-6. Weller Quartet. Decca LXT6182-3;SXL 6182-3. $11.50 (records available separately at $5.75 each).

Haydn's Op. 33 quartets, some­times referred to as the "Russian Quartets" or the "Gli Scherzi Quartets", stand as one of the high-watermarks in his career as a pioneer in the art of the string-quartet. They were, Haydn claimed, "written in an entirely new and special manner" —a remark which undoubtedly refers to the manner in which the main movements were developed or­ganically from their first theme or subject.

The young Viennese musicians who form the Weller Quartet play the music with excellent rhythmic control and good balance of tone. Barring an occasional rough patch from Ihe leader (whose part is, of course, by far the most exacting) the playing is accurate and polished; in fact the most technically demanding movements arc possibly the most successful. The witty finale of No. 2, for example, is splendidly done.

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Their interpretalion is at all times in perfect accord with Haydn's music, and quite devoid of toe inappropriate "romantic" colourings that some musicians thrust upon the music of this genre.

Perceptive sleeve-notes and ex­cellent recordings also contribute to the undoubted success of these records. Adam: "Le Diable a quatrc" —-Ballet. London Symphony Or­chestra (Richard Boynge). Decca LXT 6188, SXL 6188. $5.75.

This ballet is something of a rarity, but certainly worth reviving for il is a fine piece of French Romantic writing. The Boynge performance is, as one might ex­pect, full of vim and vigor with the London Symphony respond­ing with abundant enthusiasm.

The only real flaw in this re­lease is the inadequate slecvc-nolc which tells us virtually nothing of the plot of the ballet.

rollicking yel bitter songs. John Kershaw, as Jip, spoke too quickly up on the scaffolding but was excellent in the drunken scene where it could so easily have been overdone. Joe Martin's roly-poly eyes were funny enough and Ann

• Pechey, Marg Emmerson and Ruth Gilliland kept up fast rounds of dialogue with little hesitancy.

The no-curtain changes were barely noticeable, whether freez­ing was used or not. though the latter proved striking. Contrary to some reputable opinions, I maintain the sets did not come across as realistic. It would have been an error if they had. Scaffolding is hardly realism.

The lighting was sophisticated with its double changes, par­ticularly when one of these was a spot inside a bigger change. Green and whiting were used to some effect and the single light from above on Rory Sutton as he bent forward and down was just right.

The costumes were apt and the make-up helped, though by no means created, any Aliena­tion effect that was achieved. Whether by exigency of circum­stances or by design, it was more effective to have the slides at the side than at the back of the stage, because they were distracting but complementary rather than contradictory and opposing stage action as was often the case at the German Ensemble. Dick Huricy's British Anthem — Rhapsody on a theme of Queen Elizabeth — had better variations than Barry Humphries.

And most people, 1 think, would gel the impression that Producer, Max Comwell, did a little more than his few words on stage.

He took a late Twenties play that was a prophetic vision of the Totalitarian State (Germany or Australia?), like "The Life of the In.sects". It was updated in adaption, true. But he saw in it more than Brccht himself who, after all, did say all his plays were only for the time and place in which they were written. What's more, he brought a very difficult kind of theatre into dramatic life.

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Rowlands and BJorndahi CLASSIC Wi:STI RN REDISCOVERED

One welcomes the screening of "Stagecoach" by the new Film Society on April 6. John Ford is far and away the greatest taleni ever (o emerge from the Hollywood system. Generally, the system either beats you (Orson Welles is a case in point) or you join il. John Huston joined il; and in doing so, forsook a spare, controlled, per­sonal style for a characterless conglomerate of styles that began with "The African Queen" and has continued through to "Freud".

But Ford's case is different again. He is a romantic and a rebel. At first he rebelled against the system, and got awav with "The Informer" (1935), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), and' '-The Long Voyage Home" (1940), which quite apart from their aesthetic value, arc strictly non-Hollywood in content. But Ford's romanticism later allowed him to compromise: the traditional western was made for John Ford, and Hollywood approved the traditional western. There­fore, since "Stagecoach" (his first sound western) paved the way, there has been a steady flow of incomparable outdoor films ("My Darling Clementine", 1946, "Fort Apache", 1948, "Wagonmaslcr, 1950) which serve as monuments to Ford's imagination.

Steeped as it is in its affinities with nature, Fordian cinema is the nearest counterpart of Wordsworihian poetry. His beloved Monu­ment Valley (where most of "Stagecoach" was filmed) is a kind of dusty Lake District, without ihc lakes. Al his best. Ford's eye for pictorial composilion has no equal. He is nol without fault. His handling of romantic relationships is clumsy (John Agar and Shirley Temple in "Fort Apache" are a wci pair) and his celebration of discipline, its fanfare and flag-waving, the loving ritual before the battle, seems, for all its splendid execution, dangerously old-fashioned in attitude. However, Ford's humanistic preoccupations must always exonerate him from the accusalion of jingoism. He only exalts the battle insofar as it is a testing ground to illustrate the nobility of men under stress, which has always been his theme.

"Stagecoach" is the introduction par excellence to Ford. He brings to the elemental frontier-world a tough-tender lyricism that betrays his romantic vision, beautifully interpreted by faces thai graced Ford's universe for many years: John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, John Carradinc; and expressed in his affectionate vernacular lhat ranges from New World taciturnity to Irish blarney. "Stagecoach" must be seen — it is proof enough lhat the interests of art and commerce are not mutually exclusive.

NOEL BJORNDAHL BADGE OF IRONY

With "The Red Badge of Courage" Huston achieved ihc improb­able. He created a film which satisfies as cinema language yet at the same lime quotes from Crane's novel. The danger of this twin technique was seen in Brooks' "Lord Jim" which was true to Con­rad's psychology (if not his plot) but failed to make the motivations real in film language.

The hero shows his fear of facing battle during the U.S. Civil War. The rest of the company are afraid, except they adopt fronts as protection from their fear. In battle, he doesn't run .ii first charge but docs at the second. Later, he learns the company held out. He feels guilty and wanders about aimlessly until he sees a wounded friend die bravely. Then he is resolved. He has received a slight head wound accidentally and it's this that allows him to return to his company. This is Ihc red badge of courage — considerable irony for a war novel or film. He becomes eager and twice as daring as the rest.

The autheniic psychology is marred somewhat by a confession of his running at the end. This lacks credibility because it's only a partial confession.

Still, Huston's battle scenes have realism and force, The lens is stationary when the men fight from stationary posilions. Il moves with them as Ihcy move, defeat being shown once by the men's moving back while the camera moves forward. The screen is often whited out by smoke and wc wait to sec what change will have occurred when il clears. On this level (as on any other) it's infinitely superior to Vidor's "War and Peace". Annoying experience it is to feel stirred while men blow each other to hils, But fine cinema.

and a Junk set: CATCH As an architecture student I

know little about theatre pro­duction, but 1 hope "Catch" will be an exciting spontaneous and exuberant play. Like an architect, writer or sculptor, I am presenting a basic development, where one exploits the medium with which he is working and finds by mistake and experiment its effects and its applications. So 1 am submitting "Catch" as an expcrimcnial thesis in sense, sight and sound.

The script was written around the seven people in the cast al­though they do not play them­selves. It is a hodge-podge of prose styles. Often I have Iried to recapture a mood and am more concerned with the sound than the sense. Al one point the

dialogue abruptly turns to non­sense but the action continues. A listener said that he felt his brain had been turned through 90" and although he was still with it he was receiving on a different wavelength.

There is no plot or motivation so from a production point of view wc can and have used every­thing, from projectors to lapc recordings. Sometimes the sound­track completely overtakes the speech, sometimes it cuts across the play in direct contrast or overiaps.

As we arc financially independ­ent, the production relies to a great extent on initiative and imagination. Wc have a set built out of junk, we use newspaper

costumes and we borrow ihings. To give the play sonic overall

coherence, i have edited all these pieces rcsulling alnio.st in musical form. In fact ihc play has a cinematic quality, where it moves from scene to scene, backwards and forwards, sometimes cutting abruptly and sometimes dis­solving.

It is ver>' hard lo describe in any way (il has been called "Pop" theatre), because, since it is experimental its audience impact is unpredictable. However, il will be well worth experiencing at the University Theatre, Thursday, 31st March, Friday, 1st April and Saturday, 2nd April, at 8 p.m.

W. YOUNG

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the religious

dean and students Students arc more exacting than average television viewers, it was

revealed recently by Dean Baddely, who with members of his TV. panel was addressing a lunch-hour meeting in Room 81. Neverthe­less, the panel was at least outwardly calm and confident while discussing questions by students in the light of Christian teachings.

The first question, of obvious significance to Ausiralia, was "Is swearing sinful?" If there is no blasphemous or obvious intent, it was decided, ihen the question of sin does not arise. However, the panel felt that the practice was both lazy and socially ugly, and should not be condoned.

The habit may be hard to eradicate from society because of its infectiousness. On the evidence of one member of the panel, it is such a natural part of Army life that even clergymen are susceptible to it!

As is to be expected in University circles, sex formed the basic theme of one of the questions. The growing problem of illegitimacy and extra-marital conceptions was raised, and the questions asked whether the Church's attitude on this point was adequate to cope with the situation. Generally, the panel felt that il was, but that Christian moral values needed to be constantly re-emphasized and the sound reasons behind them explained. A suggestion was made for an educational programme in schools dealing with these values and pointing out the dangers of promiscuousness and pre-marital intercourse.

The Dean rounded off this discussion with Ihe ofi-neglected truth that Christians should not try to enforce their views on the rest of the community. As well as being an unnecessary interference with personal liberty, this is fruitless if the rules concerned hold no meaning for a number of people.

Finally, the scarred old warhorse of book censorship was trotted out —- presumably members of the panel had discussed this many times before, as their well-formed views would seem to indicate. Again they reached a unanimous decision — the present system is ineffective and unduly harsh, but there should be some form of limited ansorship, mainly for the protection of children whose parents arc not sufficiently responsible to supervise their reading. Among the last suggestions was that there should be a Board of Appeal, for the benefit of dissatisfied people such as academics with the feeling that their students were being starved, culturally or otherwise, by being deprived of such controversial works!

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them and workout The Newman Society, the Anglican Society, and the Student

Christian Movement will support the Work-Out by sending sludenls to speak to various parish organisations about the aims of the Work-Out. Members of Newman will speak lo parent associations of Roman Catholic schools, while SCMcrs and members of Ang. Society will speak to youth groups and men's and women's societies of their local congregations. Space is also being sought in parish magazines for publicity about the Work-Out.

The Work-Out Committee is issuing a set of notes for the guidance of speakers,

Members of these religious societies are also encouraged to take part in the door knock campaign on April 20th.

US and workout If you don't have lectures Wednesdays at 10.15 a.m. tunc in to

4KQ, if you have a radio, and hear more delightful garbage about the glorious workout. These radio talks occur every week right up till work-out-lime and the first was yesterday (March 30lh). You've only missed old K.G. so don't bust your guts over that. One of the talks coming up is a taped interview with Dr. Indorf (see last Semper, p. 4). Our unstoppable Workout organizers arc attempting to get on Meet the Press before Workout day lo whittle away at public apathy some more. And they will also pollute Ihc air on Channel O on a show called Brisbane Line. That'll make all (he '45 diggers happy.

Your faculty society — D'yuh know yuh had one, huh, dumb clot — is acting on the Workout. Get with it. You can also put your name in big book at the Union building for people who will distribute pamphleis on the big day. CHECK YOUR SECTOR! And Alf Nucifora is still looking for bright femmes to public-relate with radio

and TV, that is, a bird for each channel and radio station to really hammer them into giving us publicity downtown.

Finally, on WO-day we want people to address various groups of citizenry, e.g.. Housewives, Rotary, to let them know why the ratbag studentsia is playing up, We'll write the speeches. If you fancy your­self a Cicero (see p. 8 last Semper) then come and see Nicki. . . the blond bird "working out" in last Semper, p. 6.

You can find ail these people in and around the Semper office in the Union Building.

if the students are silenced, we may look for it it the stars

the politicai

neutrals On April 1st (no fooling) the Political Science Club will be sponsor­

ing a debate on VIETNAM between Senator Cohen of Victoria and Sir Wilfred Kent Hughes, MHR, Victoria. This will be held at 1.10 p.m. in the Relaxation Block.

Both the speakers have been outspoken in their views and as responsible members of their respective parties, students will be able lo anticipate a clear exposition of the views held by both the Liberal and the Labor parties.

The polsci club distinguished itself also by passing a motion similar to this one passed by the General Meeting of Student Christian Movement: "That SCM in the U of Q declares its support for the stand of the Union against Queensland Uni Act."

non-pinkish The Labor Club held its Annual General Meeting last week in the

J. D. Storey Room. Elections were held and Peter McCawley surged to the fore as the new president of the club.

After the meeting there was the usual grog-on in the Page-Hannify Room. Among those taking part in this stage of the proceedings were Jack Duggan, the Slate Parliamentary opposition leader and our old friend Manfred Cross, Federal A.L.P. member for Brisbane.

Great activity looms ahead for the year with plans for discussion groups, tallu and parties. Plans are underway for a Teach-in on Vietnam to be held on May 6th, 1966. Watch for it.'

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. . . which has nothing whatever to do with the DRAMSOC WEEK­END at Stradbroke Island coming up on the 16th and 17th of April. By the way, all students — as members of the Union — are auto­matically members of the Dramatic Society, so you can all come along on the weekend if you want to . . . make love not war. . . and we are going to do even greater things, namely, make a MOVING FILM of our om\ (We're not absolutely sure what wc mean by "moving film" either, but at least it's a change from method acting). Actually, the film will be the centre of our activities — perhaps it will be de­signed to advertise the Inter-Varsity Drama Festival in August, or something like that. A chance for a totally new experience for aspiring actors, producers, and hangers-on ! ! ! All welcome. The inclusive cost of the weekend will be no more than £5 each — unless you happen to drink (there's a pub nearby). Those interested in coming should phone 7 6368 as soon as possible for more details. And remember, the only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past while every sinner has a future . . ,

all that jazz Since the rebirth of the Uni, Jazz Club in 1964, things have pro­

gressed fairly slowly, but this year with a big rise in membership enthusiasm and a fresh outlook, the club hopes to revive interest in jazz both at University and outside. During the past two years the club has been built around the Modern University Jazz Group, but' this year with an increased number of Music and trad enthusiasts a trad group has been formed to bring you a wider coverage of jazz music.

Proposed activities for the year include lunch hour record sessions and jams in the cellar every Monday, a weekend convention at Strad­broke on the last weekend of first term, and the Inter-Varsity Jazz Convention in Adelaide from May 22nd to 29th. As it is important to know approximate numbers who will be attending this Convention all those interested in going to Adelaide are asked to contact any Jazz Club official as soon as possible. Remember that I.V. caiers for non-musicians as well as musicians so a gas time is assured for all those who attend. . . . .

During the year we hope to be able to bring out to Uni. visiting artists for lunch hour concerts. Unfortunately we were unable to get the Dutch Swing College Band out due to their pre-arranged programme, but from a talk with some of the group it was evident that they and other visiting musicians are extremely keen to come out in time to foster further interest in jazz. However those who attended their Festival Hall concert were able to hear trad jazz at its best. Peter Schilpuruchi on clarinet and soprano sax and Arie Ligthardt on guitar and banjo were outstanding.

On the local scene jazz can be heard at the "Primitif" on Sunday nights and of course the Uni. Jazz Band will be blowing down at the "Catacomb" in Brunswick Street, Valley, from eight o'clock til one every Thursday and Saturday nights.

Finally, 1 would like to extend a cordial invitation to all those interested in jazz and who have not joined the club to come along to any of our meetings or contact me personally at 55 1452. We need your support, so come along—join up — your King and Country need you! .^MWb

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/Queensland Basketball Club I wish to extend a hearty welcome to "The Shop" lo all readers. I am Noel Grundon, and as half of the Basketball Club's Publicity Department, hope to bring you throughout the year, reports on the news, views and activities of the Club. Most club members will have met by now per­haps the better half of the publicity Department' Roy Bishop, who is handling the Basketball Newsletter On mentioning members, I would like to point out thai anybody interested in playing basketball is very welcome to join the club. All you have to do is turn up for the practice sessions at the indoor court in the Physical Education Building at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoons and between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon Make yourself known to Club President, Dick Whitson Secretary Clive Dunham and Treasurer Barry Dorari and from then on you are in. Don't worry if you have not played before. We all had to learn once and here you get special coaching from the more experienced members. We are fortunate in having a previous Blues Winner, Bob Rayner, as our Coach, this year and with his help expect to go a long way in the Brisbane Amateur Basketball Association's Winter Fixtures. Last year we met with considerable success in the "Band C" grades where the teams were composed largely of first year sludenls.

These winter fixtures are played al the Piaza Theatre Bardon, on a very good indoor court. They are starling soon and at present the Club selectors are busy grading players and selecting teams. For the University student with his eye on third term study, Basketball is an ideal sport. The Winter fixtures of the B.A.B.A. only last fo- the first two terms and all clubs activities cease before third term.

, As well as the Winter Fixtures, the Club participates in Inira-State Weekend Tours. One such tour to Nambour last year was a roaring success and moves are being made for a similar tour to occur before Inter-Varsity this year. Prospective tours to the Gold Coast and Townsville are also being planned, It may be worth noting that these tours are made in association with the Women's International Rules Basketball Club. Expenses for the trip are kept at a minimum with the aid of generous grants from Sports Union and other subsidising schemes.

The Inler-Varsity this year will be held at Adelaide from May 23rd to 27th. After our Sydney successes last year we are looking forward to belter things at Adelaide.

Inter-Faculty competitions are also completed during the season and it appears that last year's champions. Medicine, may be hard put to stay on top.

So there you have the proposed activities for the year. The odd dance or social will be held during the year and details will be announced as they come lo hand. One such event is coming up in Easter. The Townsville University Basketball Club will be visiting Brisbane on Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the Easier Weekend. They plan to play four games against us over the week­end and to meet us socially at a monster dance in the Tennis Pavilion on Saturday night. About eighty Townsville sportsmen and women will be down for the Easier Weekend and so it should be a real "whang-oh", dance graciously organised by the Tennis Club.

In closing, anybody wishing for further information on the Basketball Club can get same from the following:

Dick Whitson 36 2263, Clive Dunham 79 2875, Barry Doran 36 3592.

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N. J. GRUNDON

dribble from the basement,,,,, ,,,,„ ,„ can use new members (old members we got plenty of!). If you're looking for a top participant sport, join lip with us. We field 5 teams in the four highest grades and the social side of the club is incomparable. Have no fears about getting on in the game. It's not unusual for new members to make the inter-varsity squad (going to Sydney in August this year), particularly if they show a definite promise. Last year Mike Crom­melin made it from the Sth team and "Young Bill" Kelly was chosen in the Combined Universities team, showing that determination and natural ability can carry you a long way in the game. You can't beat the club for socialness and birds aren't hard to get either. Remember this year we have a blonde supporter looking for someone new to support and with luck, good looks, charm and a winning way, it just could be you.

The U.Q.Bb.C. got away to a fine start in '66 with the A.G.M. in the J. D. Storey Room and by a unani-mous decision, the meeting was later adjourned to the Regatta. It was mighty unfortunate for some caddish members who stayed on in the vicinity of a Freshers Dance afterwards . . . mighty unfortunate. Uni. broke all records and precedents by being the first club to start practice this year. Last season Uni. was one of the top clubs, winning two premierships, and running up (the pole) in a third. Inter-Varsity was great and Qld. continued its unbeaten record in the Boat Race by swamping all<omers. Re-runs against Monash were many and the race soon developed into a feat of endurance. A special mention to the four heroes, Dave Cronin, Bob Pearson, Frosty (at the time —very) Mollah, and Mad Mike Thomsett (did it have lo be I/V week?). Incidentally we came third in the series. We d tell you all about 1/V except no one can remember what happened. The social life last year was red-hot and ours is the distinction and high honour of being told never to return to every place except the National (wc actually got invited back!)

^ -^r no need to be

\TK ' is year finds the Judo Club very stable financially. This fact has enabled the Committee to plan ahead and offer its members many social and sporting activities throughout the year.

We urjge intending members to join quickly, for train­ing has intensified considerably in the past weeks and under the capable hands of Col Matthews and Greg O'Brien (1965 Qld. Champs.) the Club hopes to have just as much success as last year.

Our first major event this year is the Queensland Championships, hosted by us, at the University Refec­tory on Saturday, April 9lh. All spcctatiors are wel­come, and I am sure will have an entertaining day.

The most appropriate time for spectators will be in the evening, when apart from the finals of the contests, demonstrations will be given on the various forms of self defence.

Last year in Bundaberg the Club won 7 out of the possible 12 trophies, but this year (the titles being held on home ground) we are confident in winning even more.

The "Fresher" Women this year are improving rapidly, and also judging from their appearance at the 'Freshers" Welcome on the 19th it seems as though their potential never ceases.

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and coming strong men? The Weightlifting Club needs new members and old ones, too. Bantamweights to heavyweights to train and represont. University. Weightlifting is a sport that requires no previous experience for one to succeed. A few hours a week oyer a couple of months will transform any young man with slight athletics ability into a fair weightlifier. Size is no barrier, the competitions are graded for seven weight divisions.

The first competition will be held this Saturday, on the 2nd April at 1.45 p.m. in the old quarters. All students are welcome and no previous experience is necessary.

The competition will be in the yellow hut which is found by turning left at the refectroy end of the En­gineering Administration Building and proceeding down until one reaches the staircase on the left.

Enquiries ring: Rod Williams 56 5278, Ross Gagliardi 55 3680.

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THE BIRD on the ROAD

Semper without apology to the intellectual snobs or deference to the "footballers" prints another road test carried out by members of the staff. Anyone who tries to ignore automobiles is blind to one big fact of modem life. This uni and the people in it are part of modem life. And anyone who thinks automobiles have no place in Semper is telling us how to do our job, and can (herefore get stuffed, or elected editor.

Technically the Datsun Blue­bird is strictly conventional. The 1300 c.c, 67 b.h.p. engine gives quite lively performance up to about 50 m.p.h. through the all-synchromesh 4 speed gearbox. Synchromesh on Ist gear makes city driving a pleasure — first can be easily engaged below 10 m.p.h. To keep up a high average speed in hilly country it is necessary to use the gears to some extent but this is made less of a task due to the short, crisp action of the floor-mounted lever.

Suspension is by coils and wish­bones at the front, and semi-elliptic springs at the rear. The ride is a little on the firm side but assists the vehicle's high speed handling. Body roll is limited but strong understeer was experienced during a fasl run down the lest mountain. This understeer characteristic persists right up to the linul of adhesion. Rear axle location is adequate for most conditions though a degree of undesirable wander is encountered if bumps are "found" in fast curves. The steering is light and precise, transmitting only a mini­mum of road shock even over rough surfaces. Overall, the car's handling is quite good for a saloon. The brakes are eflicient under normal use though pedal pressure is a little high and brake fade can be induced under hard use.

The gear ratios are adequate for quiet driving but performance could be bettered if Ist and 3rd gears had slightly higher ratios. Third was good for 60 m.p.h. but admittedly the test car was nol fully run in. Acceleration through the gears was very creditable for such a small engine and, though not advised, savage wheelspin could be induced in I si gear (with considerable axle tramp as a re­sult). Ciiitch action is good and only a minimum of slip was cn-coimtered wiih severe use.

The engine itself is brightly finished in long-wearing enamel and has apparently received al­most as much care as the exterior paintwork. The coil is mounted high and dry on the firewall, the fuel bowl is also mounted high where it can be easily checked, the distributor is completely water-proofed, the twin hydraulic reservoirs are polystyrene, and the whole set-up is designed with a strong leaning towards acces­sibility and serviceabilitv. An­other thoughtful extra ' is the inclusion ofa very useful portable trouble light — handy if you run into bother on an unlit road.

Overall the Bluebird is a neat vehicle, technically sound and very robust. It is very attractive and, although a little small inside, represents vety good value for money at S1798 lax paid.

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Semper Floreat Thursday, March 31 Page 8

Singing is better than killing. / '

Marion Henderson: wondering if a dialogue were even possible ?

an interview: I confess I sought this

interview with a spiritual scalpel in my hand. Something in her

singing that I couldn't easily understand provoked me. I found

the same intangible feeling in her eyes. Up close they seem to

have something Indefinable, a power of persuasion perhaps, that

her voice has on stage. Why protest songs, I asked her? Her

hands flew up in an expressive gesture, I love all music. If I had

the voice for it I'd sing Puccini. But I haven't. Sometimes I can't

hold a note straight (one hand weaving a pattern in the air.)

Did she have a definite stand on the Vietnam issue? She looked a

little quizzical: I'm against killing. Somehow the argument never

had such force before.

What can protest-singing do? She was on her feet, handing me a

cushion. I reached out to take it. She withdrew it. I was non­

plussed. She offered it again. This time she let me take it. When

an artist goes on stage something has to pass between him and

the audience. He has to give. When I sing to people I'm trying

to sell the idea of sympathy. Like ads on TV, but my product is

important. Didn't she answer more to the music than the lyrics,

mentioning especially the Leadbelly songs? Of course I react to

rhythm- Don't you? Now the light gleamed and I realized we

were re-defining an old problem. Art confronting academia.

Aristophanes confounding Socrates. I began to wonder if a

dialogue were even possible in this outer region, so difficult of

access, so hard to remain in.

She began to talk warmly of her husband and children, and I

learned something about myself when my scotch suddenly slid

lower in my grip. One may dream.

Civil Liberty AT a well-attended lunch hour meeting sponsored by the Vietnam

Action Committee Mr. Philip Richardson, lecturer in Political Science, addressed students on civil liberty as it exisls in Queensland today.

He proceeded lo present a well-formulated lay approach lo the subject. His thesis was lhat very liltle efieclive liberty exisls and lhat basic freedoms such as freedom to speak, write and read were simply not present.

The political implicaiions oT these affronts to our liberty as citizens of a free country were the primary concern of the speaker and he pointed out that media of mass communication such as television, radio and press were largely under the control of a very few wealthy men primarily conservative in outlook, and therefore not likely lo be sympathetic to any demands for a change in the present analysis of things.

It was Mr. Richardson's contention that the right to influence authorities in a peaceful manner is a basic liberty, but the right to demonstrate and agitate Mr. Richardson maintained is severely cur­tailed by law and he quoted various acts to illustrate the near im­possibility of organising any effective demonstration. These regula­tions he pointed out, were often instances of delegated legislation neither initiated nor approved by any parliament but simply issuing from an administrative body such as the police department.

IHEY W E D THRU'RUSSU All THE W 1 0 69

. . . to bring you this collection of iconoclastic facts. We warn you, Neddie, if you come to this show you will lose all your safe, pre-conceived ideas about those."* horrid commies in Russia. The iron curtain will be torn down before your eyes. You'll gasp. You'll call for help. You'll run, for the toilet. (Other cd: Can't you be serious for two minutes, oneill?)

(if that's the way he . ..!) It is herewith announced that Profes­sor B. Christa of the Russian dept. will conduct an informative and highly improving lecture on Modern Russia. This will occur in the evening in B9 at 7.30. The date is April 6th. It will be the Professor's first public appear­ance in Brisbane and patrons are asked not to be rude. ( l i rH

Mr. Richardson also discussed the social discrimination against certain political parlies which were considered to be undesirable influences, however minor, within the Australian community al­though not positively prohibited by law and pointed to the Com­monwealth Security Intelligence Organisation which, with its wide powers of investigation was a very real threat to our liberty. The functions of this body were, lo the present time, primarily intimida-lory as although widcscale in­vestigations were conducted during the Petrov Case for ex­ample no actual arrests or charges were made in conjunction with it.

A short survey by the speaker, of a handbook compiled by a Melbourne barrister on procedure lo follow when arrested, could be an aid during the forthcoming Commem. celebrations (for the benefit of those students nol

present the sure method of non incrimination seems to be the con­tinued repetition of the words "I have done nothing wrong and I want to see a lawyer," and the giving of one's name and address.

Mr. Richardson also considered briefly the judicial system ilself and was of ihc opinion lhat judicial partiality, the possibility of judge-made law, the possible resuscitation of ancient laws and the use of very wide covering acts such as the vagrancy Act were ail potential threats to our liberty.

It is unfortunate that Mr. Richardson's well reasoned and primarily factual address was re­ceived with much hostility by many students who, it seems, are prepared to sacrifice the possibility of a "Brave New World" and continue to ignore the very real threats to our personal liberty that do in fact exist.

I WANTS VOIUNIEERS AND WE WANT ACTION

Students living away out in such places as Clayfield, Cherm-* side, Coorparoo, Kcnmore and Ml. Gravatt who drive to uni are asked to give iheir names to Pat. She is the Accommodation Officer. Accommodating is her business, not to say her bliss. The idea is, you pick up other students on your way here; for a fee. That changed your mind.

And we want you lo pick up everyone you see on Coronation Drive so that they save the bus fare, you get to meet lots of new people, all of whom will be bums, and the City Council will go broke.

THE lASl WORD The final bit of crap in this

most discouraging issue is this:* There's a French Society Tahitian Soiree in the New Cellar on April Sth. You wil! probably not get raped. Froliage may occur. Take your machete.

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