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COMMEM. STOCKTAKING DEGREE CEkEiViONY. i THURSDAY'S IVIOBiLlSATlON.

The Degree Ceremony took place on Wii.s our Censor doing Uio KcLson uct on

INTERVIEW WITH MR. JOHNSON.

Friday hisl, willi Uie iisutil academic cere-j'j'iuii-sclay. wc wonder, or \vii.s il j'usi thiii • monial on the stage r.nd a rather Ilat and uis mind wasn't as quick on ihe uptake i Jileless display of \\'ould-'i:e v.-il from Uic student body. The pioueedings began at about 3 p.m., with the ijrocession, the main feature of whieh wut; thc transfer of the Beadle (with Mace) from iiead of the column to second last. However, as it seems thai in this isrocession tlie first shall be last, we ean only conclude that the genial Walter has risen in the world. A*. all events, the "WalVcrish solemnity'' aid­ed by hat, white gloves, and Mace, was still very much in evidence.

Couiuicmmoratioii ol Benefactors. Mr. George Sampson oti'ieiaied at the

organ with the National An'uietn and Gaudeamus, and Uie sludcnl;. Honoured hini lustily with tne well-known dirge, •'Sammy." Archbishop Wand, amid un-fortuivdtc interruptions, vcau tl^e invo-! cation; tho students miglit al least have lesUained their feelings during liiis part of the ceremony. Ai tire conclusion of the Invocation, Professor Scott Fieleher read the Comniemoralion oi Benefactors, taid tiie Chancellor recei\cd the Book of Student Benefactors.

For obvious reasons we cannot report the Chancellor's address, As regards tho students, most of them apparently did not want to hear it, and tliose who wanted to .simply couldn't. Il would seem, however, that many people outside the Univershy would far rather liear tiie Chancellor's ad­dress Ihan the students' interruptions, fOi; several complaints have been voiced by visitors who wished to hear the Chan­eellor and found it quite impossible.

iVIispIaccd Hilarity. Indeed, the Degree Ceremony was lo a

considerable extent marred by the unseem­ly behaviour of some students, only a small section, it is true, who were appar­ently unable to realise that the reading of the Invocation, thc Commemmoration of Benefactors, and the Chancellor's speech were features of the celebrations that definitely sliould not have been sub­jecl to the thoughtless interruptions. Dur­ing thc rest of tbe proceedings students are at liberty to enjoy themselves; Uiey should, however, be prepared to give some consideration to those features of the ceremony which are of such a nature that interjections are distracting and quite dis­respectful.

ConCcrring of Degrees. After the Chancellor's address the con­

ferring ol degrees took place. Thc Dean of each faculty was greeted with the ap­propriate faculty song. There being no Commerce song, the ingenious conductor made us sing one about somebody's sus­penders—we wonder what the Dean of the Faculty of Commerce tliought of it.

At the conclusion of the ceremony the procession left the hall In the reverse or­der in which it entered. In the mean­time some of the audience obeyed the in­structions on their programmes, ancl re­mained seated; the rest obeyed instinct, .and stood up.

:is usual'.' Anyhow, th;ii;ks lo his kinrirj ness, the procession was the besl we've I held for several years, i

'Viirsity wit seems to be brif^lueiiing up ; up hvtcly, i£ the procession is iiny ei itei ion. ' Let's hope the good work tonliiiues! A liltle ill November for iiisUiiice, iiiiyi.l i^ij a long way, Wiiere.' Well, nobody know.-.

ihc Flyiiii; Corpse. The disseetion of Hamilton Park, lljliy

Hughes and his population cry, Zano Gicy, Niglit Trotting, and the \vorn-oui

I Abyssinians, all received their full du..\ "Wo follow the Meds" announced ono

i lorry, but alas, when Ihcy got to Eliza-O'.iii .Sheet, wi. found them with more \Y.\iU: Uiiin i-everonee, ioUowing ;i I'lyiiiy corpse.

The oii,t;incei'.s. with their IW.iQ modvl.: iVii.s.sL'd by a icw inches, at one sUige, .i promising young med. .student. l;nown lo Caloundra enthusiasts last year as ••Tiie Happy Pig."

We could only wonder what would l:ave Uapp'jned to the .•\"oy.ssinians if Ihey had seen oui' Blaekshirls. We iii.so woji-dcred where all the black shirt.s fame fi om—und llic toothbrushes.

OFFICI.\L COMMENT.? ON C0:MME>!.

The Un'KMi President (Mv. G. A. John-;.-:;>!. i';'';'\'i:v/':d yustr-idriy. ;;;:ve i!;*' i(>lUiv.:ni^ coiiiii'iMi!;; un suicii'lil ; ir i i \ ' i lh.-

;:t Commem.;—

TilK PKOCKaSlOi.

.Ai)'!:'! (Vopi ;; few UJifc'iuni'le incicU'i';!.:-. thc proccs.sion weni off -.ery nicely, it v-.-ar- faii-l - ]c'.v; ;,nd trioviid .slov.'ly enoiii;':; for the publie lo sec thc variou.s sloSiins. A lot of these, however, wore wasted by poor printing and bad nl;'.<.'ing.

The TrjifTie Department has .-laU.cl ii-..il i-'.TTyihiii;; v::.y whiMy :-aisfactoi'v Iroin Iheir !)oint of view. •md. ;-tran?ely enough, tho pj'.jjers hart no partieuhirly scathing eriticisinf;. T';v priK'tiec, hnv.--ever, of displaying slottans which ha\'o not Ijecn seen by thc censor, or whicii 'nave been rciec'.cd by him, must be rc-L'ii-ded a.s must stop.

BACK TO EARTH.

ii.v ""viiuciit '.u«l S-iilUvan.''

Well, from beiii.t5 ". .11 v.i .Sc;i" we came i"Baek to Earth" and iinally s ot dispoa-scssi. '.I di' our hind, so will j)i-oliiibIy re-

• main "in the Air'' until i;e;v'. Commem, : The fit.ncriii opinion v.-as liu:'i, li;e Bur-I lusque 'vViis «ood—in .spot.s. Tiie actual i IJ'dvlesque neei-scri were very cntert-ahiing, I but the Inn;; line o! skLlchcs, or.e i'iter ! .'.iiolj-iei-, ;osidecl lo monotony. The EaJlcts.

The cannibals wci'c c.Neellent; the audi­ence enjoyed them almosi ii.s iiiucl' as liicy enjoyed it themselves. It speaks volumes for tl'.e h'liige at the i''rince.ss that il is iliU slandiiig, dividualily did cannibals, v.'omcn's

-:0v.-evc:-, Bul where not !n:;tier anions

it eoniplelely s|:oilt !et. The men eould bv;

.• ei-ious brciich of trust, and

of time, and get away with women couldn't—and didn't.

Speak Up!

it:

m-thc the out the

Red Noses—and How? There were a number of rathei' self

eonsi'ioiis young men trolling round in pyjamas and dressing gowns. They suiil their red noses were from sunburn. •

Thc police car was good, and very cleverly done. VVe had an idea wo had soon that red-nosed, opcn-meulhed "bobbic" on thc hood, somewhcn^ before, but wo haven't ourselves tried the Bris­bane gaols—yet. He rather reminded us of a stage hand we had seen on Sunday at the Princess.

Thc Union President was walking along Elizabeth Street in company—well, in company not fitting to his office, to say the least of it. What do you think yourself, Jack?

Sore Feet, Jim? The conductor of thc band had a mar­

vellous walk—but his feet must have heen very tired afterwards. There seemed a slight ditTerence of opinion at times as to who should occupy the wheelbarrows, but it settled itself very speedily.

And so, back to "V arsity we turned, to clear up the mess. Wo think the public enjoyed our procession, the stafT certain­ly seemed to, and—main point of all—so did we!

The greatest lault of tiie p.ociuelion was failure to be heard on the part of a

j good iiereenlago of tho acloi's—and DKGREE CEREMONY, • aetresses, and severiM ekver sketel.e.- v.-ere

It is n pity that thc silence rcquesleti jspo'h in this way. The eliicf olUndei'i of the students during the Invocation ar.-i f ' '''' --^ men. There U.,cd to be a Time l!ic Commemoi-iilion of Benefactors was { (""^ '""£ distant) wheii a 'Va'.-.-ity r.ian not ohservnd by :il!. A few irrosiionsible:- n 'i s a "big noise." Now, either liie jr.o-in a ei'sc such as Uiis are sufl'icienl to ruin i' '-• 'on is loo much, for iiis \ ocaI eiiords, the Rood name of the whole student body. or we iia-s-e come to a new generation oi

pale-voiced young men. Indeed. Messrs. Coaldrake, Cuppaidge, Maguire, Salkeld,

Thc singin.c was a dpcided imp.-ovcmerr. and received miieli favourable commeni. Tho rest nf the cerenii^ny would ha\-e been \^nd (on rare oceasionsi Clayti^i, ^ •erL• considei'ably improved if there had been .on'y men present (witli the exeeptioii jf

lc.«s row during thc Chancellor's speeci;, and more during the actual conferring of tho degrees.

the dentists), who could be iieard al ail.

Kins Boop-Boop-a-Doop. We do thinlv th.e ea!i!;ibiil chief desei-x'.'.-:

:.•<=,.> I !i wo:d of praise. He was groat. His SrE.'VKlNG GENERALLY. . ^.^-^^ , ,y_ , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ „ ^ j ^ ^ ^j^^ ,,igj,^

On the whole, Commem. scorns to h;n-c 's it had been at rehearsals, but, besides

Sineinc Good. The singing, both before and during the

ceremony, was better and brighter than in previous years. It was a proud moment for the conductor, John Cronin, when the Chancellor congratulated him. Some mention shoiild be made of the pianist. Miss Betty Stephens, who was another example of a woman making quite a suc­cess of a task that had hitherto been re­garded as a man's job.

piLSsed \'oiy happily and successfully, and the students arc to be congratulated on Iheir efTorti-. I feel that these will not be unrewarded, for at a meeting of Iho Combined Advisory Committee of thc; Senate, on Tuesday. Sth, it was unanim­ously decided to recommend to Ihc Senate that in 1937 two days be set aside for the students to hold functions similar to those held this year.

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SONG BOOK.

MR. BLAKE'S SATISFACTION.

When approached by "Semper Floreat" for a statement with regard to the success or otherwise of the Song-book, William R. E. Blake, Esq., etc., leaned back in his chair, his thumbs stuck in his vest, and pondered deeply. After several false starts, he finally cleared his throat, and began thus; "The song-book looks as if it will pay for itself, in spite of the fact" —here Mr. Blake paused and pondered again, mumbling that "you usually put In spite of something," but finally gave up the attempt, and "Semper" crossed out a few more words on a page that was al­ready much marked with deletions and corrections. Clasping the back of his head with both hands, the sage went on: "A

playing his part, he iictually i;ne\ lines! Ye.s, incredible, but true!

Unfortunately, tiie same cannot be said of quite a number of others, wh.o seemerl to think thill it was not necessary to learn tho lines to' vards t!io end of the play at all. Thoy relied upon inspiration^ but In­spiration, in thc person of Mrs. Scott, was in this ciisc, audible to thc audience, too.

We thought the Dean sang his long song (without a prompt, tool) very capably, u was cleverly written, and very obviously enjoyed by the .staff (the real staff).

However, wc all enjoyed ourselves, audience and players, and, as ono fathei* was heard to remark aftei-wards, "It only shows what they could do with a little practice."

most creditable performance, in view of the fact that the cost was twice thnt of the previous issue, and tho song-book was considerably enlarged. Gratification was expressed by all who bought. There are left over a considerable number, and any persons wi.shing to obtain a copy may do so at their earliest convenience."

At this stage, Mr. Blake's mind begaii to wander completely, and it being ob­viously impossible to bring him back to thc subject of the song-book, the inter­viewer retired in disorder.

-SEMPER F L O R E A T

STAFF SNAPSHOTS.

No, 9. Roll under his arm, he walks placidly

into our midst, switches on the light and then, iiftor blinking at us all, proceeds to call the roll. Then, stepping down from thc dias, he proceeds lo close the door just near him. After v.'hich he is ready to begin.

His delivery is placid, deliberate, and rather monotonous. He has, too, a habit ol swallowing, as it were, the end of his sentences at times. Bul, in the midst ot his subject, he often gets quite excited about '.he topic under discussion.

With raised eyebrows, his calm voice suddenly asks a question, but if (as is usual, alas) no one can answer, he gets quite upset about it all, and his voice is shaken by disappointment, as ho tells us the answer.

It is the words "experiments" and "colours" that have the greatest effect upon him. They can move him surpi'isingly. It is his greatest joy to tell you of the suc­cess of his experiments, and he loves to play with a little colour wheel before you all.

But he has one fault wc cannot overlook. He has not the faculty—so sharply defined in his students—of perceiving when the hour is up. In vain do we close our books; in vain screw up our pons. With a sigh we are compelled to open them again and con­tinue on and on. Ah! at last, he stops, but —no, he's not finished yet—then he spends the next precious five minutes or so tell­ing us what he will lecture on-next day.

We're rather fond of him at 5 past 12, but at 5 past one! . . . .

No. 10.

With pompous stride, he descends upon us, his liorn-rimmcd glasses at exactly the correct angle. He is generally punctual, unless that last set of tennis has made him a few minutes late. "Ahem!" he remarks, and looks around at us all. and then, as if it were something quite beneath his dig­nity, he calls the roll.

He has a great habit of screwing up his face while lecturing, and he always seems to be searching lor a lost collar stud—or is it that his collars arc too tight?

His legal mind is rather obscured by one figure—one great figure (his own). His .students—to his mind—arc eagerly waitinp, to catch the pearls of wisdom that fall from his lips.

Oh, that collar! Poor man, it does annoy him at times. Perhaps a larger size? Still, it keeps his attention off his lecture at least.

He gets very interested in his words, this solemn young don of ours, and alas, it is well past the hour before his enthusiasm wanes at all. Then he has a few words to add, blinks upon us all, straightens his collar, and with swinging, heavy stride, is gone.

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EDITORIAL THOUGHTS (AFTER COMMEM.)

WATCH THESE DATES.

Thursday, 7th May— 8 p.m.—Meeting of Radical Club,

Philosophy Room, Friday, Sth IVIay—

1.20 p.m.—S.C.M., address by Mr. Lance Andrews: "Tensions in Present Day Europe."

7.'3Q p.m.—Special general meet­ing. Debating Society, Men's Common Room.

8 p.m.—Debate, Men's Common Room.

Monday, llth May— 1.20 p.m.—IR.C, address by Mr.

Arrowsmith: "The Re-Birth of China,"

Wednesday, 13tli May— 8 p.m.—Hockey Club Bridge Party

and Dance, Men's and Women's Common Rooms.

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WHAT WE SAW—AND DIDN'T SEE.

THE UNIVERSITY AND THE LAW.

INAUFURAL LECTURE,

Tlie inaugural lecture of the Faculty of Law was delivered by Professor Cumbrae-Stewart on Friday, April 24 th, at thc Teachers' Conference Hall, to a representative gathering of Dublic and students.

Sir James Blair, CImncclIor of thc Uuiversity, In introducing the speaker, referred to thc generosity ot Miss Gar-rick and Mr. T. C. Beirne, and also to the long and distinguished career of Professor Cumbrae-Stewart.

The first public lecture ot the new Faculty of Law, said Professor Cumbrae-Stewart, marked the linking up of the University and the profession of Law, made possible by the public spirit of thc Hon. T. C. Beirne, and the generous as­sistance of the Government, it also heralded the completion of another stage in the development of the new faculties shortly to be inaugurated. Evolution of tlie Faculty.

The speaker dealt with the Faculty of Law and its evolution, its studies and methods of instruction. The Faculty of Law, ho said, was older than any univer­sity. Bologna had a Faculty of Law nine hundred years ago; the University de­veloped out of it. A Doctor of Civil Law from Bologna inaugurated the Faculty of Law at Oxford in the I2th century; a Doctor of Civil Law of 0.\ford inaugurated the Faculty in Queensland in the 2Uth.

Tlie studie.s of the Faculty in Queens­land, said tho Professor, were modelled on requirements of the Barristers' Admis­sion Board. The studies dealt with Queensland Law contained in a vast body of Statues and Reports. The Admission Boai-d gave no instruction and relied upon examinations for testing tho fitness of candidates. The Faculty would hence­forth provide the instruction and was al­ready doing so. The appointment of Dr. Fry had enabled the giving of lectures in the second and third years of the course for tho LL.B., and it had been arranged to o.vtend this to the fourth und final years in 1937. Fraclical Experience.

As regarding practical training, he continued, it was universally reco^ised that the practical (experience and tkill of the lawyer could be learnt only , in

I barristers' chambers and solicitors' of­

fices. Many great lawyers such as Lord •Westbury and Lord Justice Fry, voiced this view, but the late Lord Tomlin had de­precated the absence of sympathy betwcc.i the academic and the practical lawyer— as he put i t ~

The Dons are so hard on the Judges, And the Judges so rude to the Don. ,

The modern law lecture, as described by Professor Jenks, was, however, a very dih'erent affair from the lectures of the past. Professor Tucker's view of educa­tion in general was that tho only educa­tion worth while was that given by com­petent teachers, who were allowed to give full play to originality and enthusiasm unhampered by consideration of what will pay in examinations. Private Study,

Private study, asserted Professor Cum­brae-Stewart, was not recommended. As Sir William MacGregor said in his address at the inaugural ceremony in 1911:—"The defect of private study is its liability to cram and to mental indigestion. Its gre-at lind inherent weakness is the want of University environment. Correspondence classes and private study must in the nature of things remain as inferior to evening classes, as evening classes are inferior to day classes."

This led to the consideration of the Uni­versity in the light of its general influences moral and intellectual upon its membeis and the operating of those iniluences upon students-of-law, chiefly in four ways— the cultivation of the view that the law is not merely a money making concern; that without knowledge of the history ol the law no lawyer is anything more than a labourer; the development of a higne. moral sense involved in the precept oi Horace that without morals laws are mad; in vain; and, lastly, the constant reitera­tion of the opinion that the University is a place for discussion; that the essence of a legal curriculum is discussion • and that our law arose from discussion by judges and lawyers trained in studies and methods whieh the University alone re­tains.

Mediaeval Systems, The wonderful mediaeval system of

education which gave us everything of value we have to-day was based on tho earliest curriculum of all—the Trlvlum, Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric—the two latter were neglected, but, for the training of the lawyer, both were essential. Legal reasoning did not differ from any other kind of reasoning. The University could and should teach the theory of how to reason and argue correctly. It was im­possible to teach a man to argue success-

On Friday night our spotlight shone on Gwen Clarke, with that very efTecti\'e

rose in her hair; Ida Keenan, in pure white chiffon; Jean Ritchie, in royal blue, that set of'i

her fair colouring; Lorraine Streeter, wearing shot velvef,

with toning flowers; Billie Batchen in the palest gold; Molly McLean, with the loveliest of

rose? on her green satin; and Joan Astill, in powder blue. On Friday night our Search light look­

ed for— Corby and Eddie, who disappeared

very early in the night; Dick, who wasn't thero at all; Alan, who danced with only one part­

ner for the 17 dances. Doug., wliom v. c couldn't find now and

then; Bill, who Koomed to be looking for

Lennons, or the Belle Vue every now and Ihen; and

Harry, who behaved remarkably well, considering . . . .

CORRESPONDENCE. (To the Editor.)

Sir,—I would like to voice in your columns my disapproval of the manners of some of the audience on Thursday night.

Of course, one naturally expects noise from the dentists—its really overflowing of good spirits, rather than bad manners in their case,—but it was quite evident on Thursday night that some prominent members of a newly-formed club in our midst, would need to devote less time to the study of sociology and more to the study of manners. Such an exhibition of outright bad breeding was a disgrace to 'Varsity.—Yours, unaffiliated, but

"ONE OF THE AUDIENCE."

fully in courl except by setting him to do it.

So far and so far only could practical training be attempted in thc University. The Admission Board might do something in future to remedy the position created by an Act which enabled a man qualified merely by passing examinations to prac­tise as a solicitor, which needs much more than mere book learning. Important Problems.

The University possibly could institute-lectures in Legal Ethics. But considera­tions of time and money entered into this. The future work of the Faculty depended on the solution of certain problems. One of them was the admission of members of the Queensland Bar to the degree of LL.B., if they had gone through the Uni­vcrsily law Lourse as far as it could carry them; another, the question of Highei Degrees, involving origin-al research. Jlcmodelling Queensland Jbaw.

The state of the Statute Law of Queens­land called for reform, and the Faculty should tram draughtsmen qualified to deal with it by consolidation or otherwise Further, uniformity of law throufihout" tho Austrahan States was a matter which sooner or later must be considered • The future, of course, lay in the hands of the young people of the present, and by their vision it would endure.

The motto which the La'w Faculty might adopt, concluded the lecturer, was that suggested by R. J. Cholmeley, a eood scholar and a good soldier

"Populo qui nascetur." (For the people which shall be born).

Thursday, 7th May, 1936 SEMPER FLOREAT

BOOK REVIEW. "TOGATUS" GROWS BIGGER. THE CATTLE KING,"

"The Cattle King," by Ion Idricis (An-gu.s and Robertson, G/-) will appeal to those Australians who arc fascinated by the spectacle of human progress, and who have an honest admiration for Ihe nobil­ity of toil. It is doubtful whether, out­side Australia, this book will have more thtin a sectional appeal, for it presupposes in the reader a certain amount of ae-qufihnanec with tho background.

Sidney Kidman started out on his great adventure with live shiliinfes and :i ouo-cycd horse, named Cyclops. Bul his Icsy inalerial assets of dogged determination, per.severance in the face ol adversity, and iibifily to profit by experience, were to convert hini into a nationa! figure, hon­oured by the King with a knighthood; thc controller of over 100,000 square miles of country, more than a hundred stations. The youth early became inured lo the hardsliips of a drover's life. He v.'as al-way.s alert to pick up knov,'lcdge which would be of invaluable service to him on droving expeditions. Onee having passed through a particular district he stored up for ever in his memory its distinguishing features, its water supply, the suitaoility of the vegetation for cattle feed. He soon discovered that his particular bent \vi.s ctittlo and horse dealinp,. But lie was nothing if not versatile.

In tho course of his IOUL; and eventful life he owned and worked u bullock team, ran a butchering busines'j. and had an active interest in a coaching .syndicate

' second only in importance to the famous Cobb and Co. But it was his skill in buying and selling mobs of cattle and horses, his shrewd judgment of markets, tiiat provided him wiih tne necessary capi­tal lo start forging his chain of .stations. E:;peiicnee taught him never to waste regret over a loss, and indeed, il gener­ally happened that in the nexl gamble with Fortune he won the toss.

Though it is avowedly the author's in­tention to make the Cattle King the out­standing force in the book, he has unwit­tingly given prominence to another factor whieh almost ovci-shadov.'s Ihe hero. II seems, to this reviewer at least, that he has e\'en erred in the choice of title, and that ".'Xustralia in thc Melting Pol" would have fitted better thc colourful panorama of a new world, teeming with undreamed of riches, in which eerlain stirring souls by reason of their more enduring quahties, rose above their fellow men on the ladder of success. The pioneer had to konw his country, to anticipate the freakish moods of nature, and even when success iccnied just round thc corner, nutuve very often turned traitor.

Thc fate of the land lay in the hands of those men, but it was a land of treachery, and fortunes were made and lost '.'ii a gamble,

Kidman's life covers a period of extra­ordinary interest in the development of Australia, In the days of his youth he had contact with one Eureka Bill, who was wounded in tho Eureka Si.ociiade. In the days of his mounting prosperily he saw .-Vustralia become a Commonvvealth in 1901. Saw her win hor spurs in the Great War, and later, take her place in thc eyes of the world as one of thc Brit­ish Commonwealth of Nations.

Idricss's style has no pretensions to be anything more tha ncompctent and work­man like. Thc biography is unequal and at times frankly uninteresting. Certain aspects of the man's life arc sacrificed to the elaboration of the story of his material advancement. The dialogue fails to con­vince because the author has made it too "informative" for the purpose of setting out his material. This is perhaps the most serious fault in the book.

Our copy from McLeods.

TASMANIAN UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISE

"Semper" is not the only 'Varsity news­paper that has increased its size this year. Wc are very pleased to see that "Togatus," thc organ of the Tasmania University Union, has now become considerably larger, and has made a splendid beginning with ils extra space tor original contribu­tions, "Semper Floreat" oflors its hearti­est Congrats, and hopes that "Togatus" will continue with the good work.

I.MPRESSIONS OF QUEENSLAND.

We feel sure that "Togatus" will not mind if we take from its columns some re­marks made by tho Tasmanian tennis players on their recent trip to Brisbane. We do this not in order to let our tennis committee know what their guests thought of them, bul simply to present lo our readers some interesting views on Queensland peculiarities, particularly with reference to beer and women. As the Southern tennis players seem to have been quite successful in impressing our under-gradosses, we refrain from mentioning names; however, here are the comments of some of the Tasmanians:—

"We were well looked after in Brisbane. Among other things, we were taken over the famous Castlemaine Brewery."

"Though r cannot fairly say that the other members of the team behaved like little angels, yet wc managed to leave be­hind us an atmosphere of general good­will."

"I was very disappointed with the meals on board ship. Somehow, I seem to re­member other occasions on which I en­joyed my food more. However, I made up the deficiency at a dinner given us in Bris­bane. (Rominiscently) Thnt was a most successful evening."

(Yes, there seems to be plenty of evi­dence as to the success of that evening.— Ed.).

"I received a favourable impression of the young women ot Brisbane. It is a curious fact that most of them have RED HAIR. I made investigation ia this mat­ter, but was unable to discover the cause."

(Is there any reason for our visitors to imagine that Brisbane women have red hair? Perhaps.—Ed.).

And finally: "I have one complaint to make: the Brisbane beer has no kick for me." (Still, from what we can hoar, it seems to have achieved its purpose.—Ed.)

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Why, in Commem. Week, the subject chosen for debate was "That Capital Pun­ishment Should be Abolished," only the Debating Society themselves know. It seemed to us that they could with profit have chosen a lighter topic.

However, Mr. Gibbs, in a very hurried speech, seemed most an.\ious to convince us of his views. He had the usual debat­er's habit of leaning upon his chair while he was speaking. He had evidently been reading the murder news in the Press late­ly.

Mr. Connolly loves waving his hands about. He did it in oractically every sentence he uttered. Sometimes, it was quite edective, jjut very often, definitely not. Then, not content with that, he be-;an to use his head as well, nodding it sideways towards the table. Then, Mr. Connolly really startled us! He told us that he might commit murder ot any mo­ment!

Tho next speaker, Mr. Collier, got back to the old habit of leaning for support on his chair. He seemed to find quite a lot of inspiration upon the verandah of tho Common Room, and, at other times, his eyes were modestly downcast—upon his notes. (We might* add that there were quite a number of ladies sitting just in front of this speaker ,too.) He concluded by telling us he was a med. student—a rather doubtful act of wisdom.

Mr. Pace gave us the impression of hav­ing given quite an amount of thought to j the subject in discussion—a pleasant con- j Irast to the previous speaker. He had RO annoying mannerisms, ond spoke with a quiet emphasis that was rather impres-.live. , .

In a desperate i-ace against time, Mr. Connolly, in reply, ranged from encyclo-pedlac to "Whaek-ho," and sandwiched in

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One of our chem. lecturers struck quite a homely note on Thursday morning, when he brought one of his offspring to inspect 'Varsity wit—or otherwise.

There was rather a good leg display among the Blaekshirls in the procession, but—where have we seen those shirts be­fore?

One tall 2nd year on Friday night per­sisted in dancing with her eyes closed fast. Was it emotion or just sleepiness?

What does one conclude when one Ist year Ag. student returns to King's after Commem. on Sunday afternoon for tea!

Evidently satin is slippery stuff. One of our much-talkod-of fresherettes nearly lost her frock at the end of Commem.

Birthdays seem the vogue just now. Sat­urday saw two gay parties, one at a popu­lar cabaret, the other in the nearby moun­tains (where, incidentally, it's quite easy to get lost).

We noticed one pair at Commem. who seemed to be nearly always in each other's company. These school romances cer­tainly prosper when continued at 'Varsity.

Of course, the highlight of the night was the engagement ring upon a college scient­ist. Congratulations overwhelmed the pair all night.

What—or rather, who—delayed the Com­mem. programmes, we wonder? Ah, these last minute touches! . . . .

As usual, quite a number of males for­got their tickets. Too much on their minds, perhaps?

We noticed our French lecturer in very charming mood, on Friday night. Who was the 3rd year undergradess he was compli­menting so mueh?

Where was that well-known single-seater on Tuesday? A taxi seemed poor substitute indeed. Was tho impersonation of the police car too much for it, we won­der?

Thursday night seemed to bi-ing happi­ness to several "grass widows" at the Bur­lesque.

We noticed one King's man giving very earnest advice to his younger brother at the Burlesque. Words of wisdom about the ballet, perhaps?

We wondered yesterday if our Latin Prof, had caught the knitting craze. He was wandering around the Exhibition Oval with hands immersed in coloured wool.

We noticed that one of our 2nd year La'w-1st year Arts romances did rather well at the Exhibition yesterday. What wi{h running, and the lengthy business of walking from one oval to another . . .

"THE TRUTH."

CRITICISM OF BURLESQUE.

Of course, we have our own very defin­ite opinions about ourselves, but it's al­ways rather interesting to see what otheri have to say about us. Our local dailies evidently refused to commit themselves to any great extent, but "Truth" was not so backward in coming forward with ideas.

There was one bit of criticism, however, that rather hit the mark—"slipshod speech was a very noticeable thing in the cast." Unfortunately we eannol wholly refute

'this. Brtislics, Irons?

"The male chorus were rather be­draggled, and the girl graduates hadn't been busy with the electric iron, clothes or hair brush either." the article continues. Well, after all, cannibals are supposed to be cannibals, and not advertisements for fhe latest beauty parlour craze. As for tlie women—why, we inspected them ourselves at close range, and they wore ciuite O.K. A Few Words of Praise.

"The cannibal ballet—fine physique" is another comment. Was it the shaking of

j the whole stage as they jumped that in-' spired this remark, we wonder?

But—to cheer you up—we also repeat tho one consoling criticism of tho article— "Plenty of bright ideas in it, and talent, too." So cheer up; things aren't so bad. Our Secret Moments.

And now we come to the prize sentence of the lot. We have purposely kept it till last: "The love-making was not half so realistic at the Princess as at the 'Varsity dances," Well, ns one man to another, wouldn't that crowd rather cramp your style?

Still, there's something in the idea. Per­haps people well known for their—er— ability in such things might be given those parts in future. Certainly it wouldn't be a case of only one rehearsal then! What about it, Mr, Fogarty?

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PERSONAL. Dr. F. J. Booth, our new lecturer in

Physiology, arrived on Tuesday, and will take up his duties almost immediately.

Mr. Lance Andrews, B.A., Travelling Secretary of the A.S.C.M., arrived in Bris­bane on Sunday, and is staying at St. John's College during his fortnight's visit. Mr. Andrews has recently returned from Europe, where he attended a meeting of thc World's Student Christian Federation nt Chanicoria, in Bulgaria, at which a large number of nations were represented.

The engagement of Doreen Millett and Harry Thomsett, two well-known 'Varsity-, figures, was announced last Friday at; Commem, Doreen is at the Women's Col­lege, while Harry has joined the ranks of the bread-winners ot Toowoomba Gram- . mar. Congrats.!

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S E M P E R F L O R E A T Thursday, 7th May, 1936

SOME OF OUR RECENT GRADS.

Left to Riffhl: J. R. Sweet, B.A.; .1. E. Coinnss, B.A,; Mrs. G, O. Eckcrslcy, B.A.; Miss L. Crowther, B.A,; M. Powell, B.Sc.Affr,; D. .1. Morris, M,E., B.Sc; C. H, Alen, M.A.; ,T, 11. Connah, B,A.; R. S, Skerman, B.A,; H. II, Mayzc, B.Sc, —Photographs by courtesy Regent Studios.

SUCCESSFUL ATHLETIC MEETING,

EASV VICTORY FOR EMMANUEL.

JORDAN WINS WILKINSON CUP.

Thc aitinial sports mectins: of the Univcrsily Athletic Club, held yester­day afternoon, proved a ffrrat suc­cess from almost every point of view. II was an occasion somewhat unique \ in thc history of athletics, in that thc { events were run to time; and Ercater i interest was taken Ihis year. Com­petition was keen, and llicrc were move women competitors and more spectators than usual, Emmanuel was comfortabj.v successful in Ihc Intcr-Collcffo Competition, winnins hy a very substantial marfiin from King's. Jordan won the Wilkinson Ctip for this year, .Miss S. Tliomson, as the best of the women athlclc.s, was pre­sented with a box of chocolates.

A disappointing feature of the meeting was thc fact that there were vei y few exlra-eollegiate competitors; it seems that outside the colleges there are only some half-dozen people who arc interested in athletics. It is hoped that greater interest will bo taken in future, for Ihe sports arc for the whole Univer.sity. and .should not bo allowed lo look like little more than an intcr-eollege event.

The ofTicials of thc sporls meeting were: Judges, Professors Michie and Hawken, and Mr. Mahoney; timo-kecpcrs. Rev. M. Henderson and Rev. II. H. Trigge: starter. Mr. D. Thomson; check starter, Mv. H. Gibbs; announcer, Mr. A. Browne. Unfor­tunately, Mr. Wilkinson, thc donor of the Wilkinson Cup, was un'able to be present.

The results of the events were as fol­lows:—•

100 yards Championship (Heats).—First Heat: Walker (E.), 1; Wilson (E.), 2; Anger (K.), 3. Time, 10 l/5secs. Second Heat: Jordan, 1; Manning, 2; Cross, 3. Time, 10 7/lOsecs,

100 Yards (Women's):—Miss S. Thom­son, r. Miss J. Thomson, 2; Miss Cossins, 3. Time, 13 2/5secs.

880 Yards Championship:—Arrowsmitli (E.), l; Avery (E.), 2; Wensley (K.), 3. Time, 2min. 4 3/105005.

120 Yards Hurdles Championship:—^Wil­son (E.), 1; Schmidt (K.), 2; Dagg (J.), 3. Time, l6I/I0secs,

100 Yards Championship (Final):— Jordan, 1; Walker (E.), 2; Anger (K.), 3. Time, 101/5secs,

220 Yards (Women's):—Miss S. Thom­son, 1; Miss J. Thomson, 2; Miss R. Field­ing, 3. Time, 32 l/5secs.

Long Jump:—Shaw (E.), I, 19ft. 3in.; Kleinschmidt (K.), 2, 18ft.; Birkbeck (J.), and Neville, 3, 17ft. Sin.

Putting the Shot:—Hopkins (J.), and Rippingale (E.), 1, 30ft. Gin.; Robertson (E.), 3, 29ft„ 4Jin.

220 Yards Ghampionship:~Jordan, 1; Walker (E.), 2; Anger (K.), 3. Time, 22 9/lOsecs.

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Mile Championship:—Preston (K.), 1; Avery (E,), 2; Kleinschmidt (K.), 37 Time, -imin. 47secs.

Uigh Jump:—Wilson (E.), aft. Tin.; Schmidt (K.), 2, 5ft. 5in.; Klciiischmidt (K,), 3, 5ft. 3in.

Relay (Women's):—Freshers, 1; Seniors, 2.

Intcr-Collcffc Relay:—Emmanuel, I; King's, 2; John's, 3. Time, 44 4/5secs,

Intcr-Facully Relay:—Agriculture, 1; Arts, 2.

Quarter 3Iilc Chanipionship:—Arrow-smith (E.), 1; Jordan, 2; Avery (E.), 3. Time, 53isces.

Points for Intcr-Collcgc Competition:— Emmanuel, 20i; King's, 8; John's, Ih.

Points for Wilkinson Cup Competition: —Jordan, 8; Wilson, C; Arrowsmith, 6.

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MIXED TENNIS.

mem. celebratois heaved a sigh of relief. Best players of Ihe day wore: For\vard.i, Atkinson, Windsor, Elliott, Whyatt, Backs: Ciarke, Di.xon, Hempenstall.

B's AGAIN DEFEATED. The B's again went down, being beaten

by Bretts, 21-8. Commem. eli'ecis wore obvious in this match also. Best players

I were: Parker, Hopkin.s, and Fitzgerald.

'VARSITY MEN IX BRISBANE TEAMS Congratulations to F. Whyatt, V. Wilson,

L. Di-xon, R. Atkinson, P. Tully, F, Vin­cent, and V. Kithoison, wiio represented Brisbane last Monday.

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UNIVERSITY TEA3IS MEET.

Owing to the fact that hardcourt cham­pionships were being held at Nambour during last week-end, no fixtures were played in the Pennant Men's Grade; they will resume next Saturday, In the Mix­ed Grade, University II. met University III,; both teams were weakened by the absence of the usual men, but this fact did not afTocl thc result. University II. won rather comfortably. It was unfortun­ate that this match was drawn for last Saturday, because it would have been more convenient to play it during tho vacation, when 'Varsity finds it hard to get teams. In addition, tho Women's Sports Union is sending a team to Adelaide during the first vaeation, and it seems that the mixed teams might havo to forfeit vacation matches.

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'VARSITY A's WIN EASILY. In their third match of the season.

'Varsity, on Saturdiiy, mot Valley, in thc late match oii thc Exhibition No. 2 oval. It was obvious that the Commem. danee the previous night, had some eilcct on several of tho players. However, when tho final whistle blow the scores stood at 22-() in "Varsity's favour.

Thc first half was marked by very even play, which took the ball from one end of the lield to the other. Valley look full opportunity of 'Varsity's mistakes. Shortly after thc opening of play, Valley opened the score by a penalty. After several minutes further play 'Var­sity wore pressing Valley in their 25. The ball came cleanly from the scrum, out along the back line to Nicholson, on the wing, who grounded in the corner. The kick failed. From a similar move­ment, Dixon gave Nicholson another op­portunity, for Nicholson, to score in the corner. Again the kick failed. 'Varsity now led C-3. Valley were pressing hard, when James gathered a loose ball and carried it over the line. The try was unconverted, putting Valley level. Thi scores at half time stood at 6 all.

Shortly after play was resumed, it \\as evident that 'Varsity had the best of the game. In this half the forwards outplay­ed their opponents, Windsor breaking through continually with the ball at toe. In the line outs they got possession of the ball almost every time, supplying the backs with a good share of the ball, Phil. Clarke played his usual safe game, saving many tries by superb tackling. Tries in this half were scored by Dixon, Hempen­stall, Tully, and Atkinson, two of which were converted by Hempenstall. This last half became very willing, and was marred by many pugilistic displays. When the final whistle went, most of tliose Com-

The first team had drawn Maree for the fixture last Saturday, and Commemoration festivities made things slightly in Maiee's favour, but for half the game, at any rale, their elTcct was not apparent. Immediately after the opening bully 'Varsity were in the circle when Ross missed an easy shot at goal. We continued to press, and though some splendid work on right gave many op­portunities, erratic circle work precluded scoring, Maree then made a good recovery, and a shot at goal got past Jiear. But 'Varsity still hnd the better of the game, and forced a corner, from which Mahoney netted. After the bully 'Varsity were on top again, and Birkbeck sent the left sido oIT, for Watson to goal from a diflicult angle—'Varsity 2, Maree 1.

Tho game continued in 'Varsity's favour, thc halves intercepting splendidly, and making openings, which the for\\fa-ds were not slow to take. But faulty circle work alone pre\'ented an imposing first half total. As it was, a lapse in the full-backs saw Maree force a corner, from which a goal resulted. The scores remained 2-an ot half-time.

On the resumption, for some unaccount­able reason, 'Varsity went to pieces. The game, from being one which assured an easy victory, developed into a scrappy jumble, in which anything might happen. It did happen shortly before full time, when Maree goaled from a rather poor shot. No doubt Commem. was responsible to a large extent for the defeat, but faulty positional play did a good deal towards weakening the "Varsity attack.

B. GRADE DEFEATS Y.M.CA. Last Saturday, the .second University

men's hockey team defeated Y.M.C.A. by four goals to one. Tlie team continues to show improvement, and with more co­operation among the forwards, especially in the circle, should go close to taking the honours in its grade.

Some of the team gave evidence that they were suffering from the ill-effects of a good Commem. However, Jack Dahl, playing his last game with us, for some time at any I'ate, proved a solid last line of defence; he received excellent support from Crawford and Grimmett. In attack Fowler (3 goals), and Redmond (1 goal), were most conspicuous.

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On a reeciil evening in thc Piiilo.sophy Room, the Radical Club held ils iir.?! meot-iiig ;'.s an afiilialed body of the Uniun.

HuK!nc.s;i being disposed of, thc nu-eling KettlcLl down lo discuss tlie riuo.>t:rjn; '•Is r^atrio tisni a Soeial Virtue';" A brief, well constructed paper, read by Miss Mabel Pound, opened the discu.:.-,iLi.;, ihen Club members engaged in active arci'U'i onl on llic many controversial points raided.

With the arrival of Mr. Schindler. who though unavoidably lale, was by no means unpiepared. tilings livened up consider­ably. Into an lUmospiierc valher too peaceful, he cast a well aimed bornljjhell: ••It is impofc.sibk' lo speak in .Vustrali.i ot the ela.ssic riUribulo 'Patriotism.' The term 'Loyally' should be eiiiployed." Tno ensuing auad-amie debate resuUed in a commonly satisfactory working doliiiition ol i'alriotisiii being accepted as -pricie in collective aehievemcnl."

Then from Mr. Callaghan came tiie vital question: "Can wc speak with any truth of 'collective aehie\omcnt" with it.s neces­sary corollary 'co:nmon posscs:;;on' in modern society'.'' Thenceforward dis­cussion was fruitful. Mr. Schindler I'rgued that common possession was unnecessary for vhe presence of true patriotism, Mr. Juhus contended that for patriotism to be really constructive—a social v;:lue— this factor was an absolute necessity, otherwise a sentiment of polential crea­tive force could too easily be played on and distorted lo serve unworthy cmU. In Ihis he received strong support, n vyalth o( historical evidence being adduced. Tiie deliberate wholesale manufacture ef lies and corruption of faets for uso a.' p/o-j:aganda in the la;;t war was dealt v.ith in detail. More recent and even more dan­gerous examples were quoted—the im­position and fostering under Faseisiii of a spurious destructive nationalism jn vari­ous European countries, receiving particu­lar altention. Were Miss Bulcock, who has recently returned from Europ<.. was iiblc to give n vivid account of soiv.c per­sonal experiences.

"Where, then," il was asked, -c.-.n wi; look for an example of patrioiisin in action -as a constructive force?" "In the Soviet Union," replied Mr. Bacon, and proceeded to describe the process in de­tail from village or town to central power. Broadly, his argument resolved itself in­to three main points—Soviet patriotism from the individual, national and inler­national aspects. Internally, he .<«howcd that in this country, with a national economy based on common ownership of the moans of production, true patriotism had been cultivated with the result that from a backward, semi-feudal country, Russia had risen in the eighteen years since thc Revolution to a dominant posi­tion as a modern industrial nation, free from "depressions," unemployment, ^nd similar chronic illnesses of other coun­tries. On the international scale, he eon-tended that as a consequence of the Com­munist idea of the brotherhood of man, Russian patriotism was not limited by artificial national boundaries so that thc Soviet Union stood to-day recognised as the strongest single factor in Ihe main­tenance of world peace.

Discussion was still being conducted vigorously when Walter appeared to "close up"—in fact, sevnral members missed last trains by continuing to air their views over coft'ee in an uptown cafeJ

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between quotations a list of the countries of Europe. He gave us several bright moments.

Mr. Gibbs had also read "Whack-ho," it appeared, and o\'er the face of the chair­man (Mr. Blake) at this stage, spread a gleam of contentment, at this evidence of "Whack-ho's" uplifting influence,

Mr. McGratli ("Frankie" to you all), in passing sentence upon thc speakers, was disappointed at the lack of force. Wo might remind him that the procession has been taking up a lot of our energies late­ly. However, thc decision passed to the negaiive side.

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