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Vol XVI, — No, 5 Friday, l l th April, 1947

THE POLITICAL CLUBS "Semper" is prepared to allot

spice for the expression of opinion on the various policies which are now being oiicred the people of Queensland, but each contribution must have the author's name and address for publication.

Students arc here introduced to the various poUtical clubs and their activities.

THE DEMOCRATIC CLUB. The club was formed in 1945 with

the aim of provoking interest in political questions, which it does by organising lectures, debates, etc.

In debates with other clubs it has had a record of unbroken triumph, having won every debate in which it has talcen part; its most recent suc­cess was against the Labor Club In the last parliamentary debate.

The olub has no party affiliations, but in practice su i^r te the demo­cratic system and urgies its develop­ment. It vhas a strong executive, headed by the president, George Watson (Arts IIL), and intends to take an active role in encouraging in­terest Ul the forthcoming State elec­tions.

THE RADICAL CLUB. This club was formed originally in

1936. Between then and the war, when the club lapsed, its activities gained it recognition far beyond the bounds ol the University.

Revived again in 1945, this club was particularly active in 1946, Its present ahns are to "provide a meet­ing place, a platlorm, and recreation lor students sympathetic to the cause ol the Labor movement." More par­ticularly affectmg students, it aims "to take action to improve the educa­tional facilities and the conditions generally of students at the Univer­sity and at other educational institu­tions,"

As with the Democratic Club, the Radical Club holds lunch-hour lec­tures. This year it has presented, to well-attended meetings, lectures by prominent officials of the trade union movement as well as by other notable people.

Mr. Len Webb, of the Physiology Department, is the club's president.

THE LABOR CLUB. This club was formed in 1946 by a

group of ex-servicemen, whose ac­tivity soon gained it more repre­sentative membership.

This club supports the ahns, methods and objects of the Austra­lian Labor Party, and ahns to pro­mote discussion and research on politics which aun at achieving the ultimate objective of the A,LP.

Active in all forms of debate, the club remahied undefeated in parlia­mentary debates until its recent ejection from the treasxuy benches.

Last year the club's limch-hour lectures . were most successful, and

" packed houses heard the Premier (Hon. E.. M. Hanlon) and Mr.

• Kerensky, Premier of Russia prior to. the 1917 refvolution. Two mem-tiers ol "the cliib held interesting de-

, bates with prbimihent Brisbane citi­zens. /The club was also most active

-iduringthelast.Ted^tal elections.-. ' Sli^THeypreaideilifij^^ Club is

Varsity to Wed

Next Saturady at the Southport School Chapel the marriage will take place of Margaret Catt and Ivor Cribb. Both bride and groom are Varsity celebrities; last year Ivor having been President of the Union, and Margaret Women's Club President and Editor of "Semper,"

The wedding is scheduled for 3 p,m,, and the reception will be at the Pacific Hotel, Margaret will wear traditional white satin, and bridesmaids P a t McDonnell, Meg Delpratt, Jean Rennie and Shirley Warren will be frocked, two in pink and two in blue.

Many Varsity students will be down for the weddmg, and there will be many others who wish Margaret and Ivor the very best for their future lives together.

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LUNCH-HOUR DEBATES IN MODS. ROOM

TUESDAY, 15th APRIL, 1947 - 1.10 p.m. LABOR CLUB v. DEMOCRATIC CLUB (G, COPEMAN) (G. WATSON)

"That the Queensland Peoples' Party is an agency of mass deception."

AT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL, HERSTON MONDAY, 21st APRIL, 1947 - 1.10 p.m.

DEMOCRATIC CLUB v. LABOR CLUB (Speakers to be announced)

"That the Labor Party has outlived its usefulness,"

"SHE FOLLOWS ME ABOUT!"

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RADICAL-LABOUR MERGE ATTEMPT FAILS

Early this year the two clubs met and discussed a recommenadtion from the Australian Student Labor Federation that the two left wing clubs within this University settle their differences and, if possible, form a broad club similar to the Melbourne and Sydney Labor Clubs. The A,S.L.F, is particularly keen t o , form a "united front" of left wing sympathisers.

The attempt to merge failed—the Labor Club maintaining that it was restricted in the study of socialist problems by the clause in its consti­tution which limited it to the aims and methods of the A,L.P, The Radi­cal Club pointed out that It was free to study all methods of attaining socialism. The meeting, however, recommended that a committee, drawn equally from both clubs, be set up. This committee, it was in­tended, would prevent the clashing of the two clubs and provide a com­mon ground - for the discussion of any differences which might arise.

The Radical Club supported this motion, which was defeated by a two to one majority by the Labor Club. Approached, Mr. WEBB says:

"While we regret that the recom­mendation of the A.S.LJF, could not be implemented, in view of the in­transigence of the Labor Club com­mittee, we trust that our activities may still be complementary, and ol value to student life at this Univer­sity." .V .' '•[ Mr. COPEMAN says:

"The Labor Club's members desire to retain their separate identity, but I personally hope that the decision not to form a joint committee will not prevent the holding of inter-club debates and discussions as are being , held by the Labor Club with the De- " mocratic Club."

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GIVE IT A NAME

Would the Secretaries of the fol­lowing clubs please give t he names,, addresses and 'phone numbers of their office bearers to Mr, Hulber t : ..

Gramophone Society, Herston. ; W,E.S., Herston, .>' Ag. and For. Society. ^^ Democratic Club, -^fii. Medical Society. Boxing Club, Women's Basketball Club. Newman Society.

J. E. DELUT, Hon. Secretary,^:::

University of Qld. Uriion. !

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Vol,-XVL FRIDAY, l l th APRIL, 1947 No. 5

Student Pdlitics All students should be interested—actively interested—in

the politics of the nation. It should be clearly realised that those who govern the country are in the position to affect mate­rially the way of life of each and every one of us.

Men and women at this University should have the intelli-' gence and ability to analyse and understand the political situa­

tion, to realise the significance of all political moves and move­ments, and, most important, to exert by speech, by the written word and by action, a vast influence on public thought.

Students here are fortunate in having available to them political clubs within the University. Elsewhere in this issue are details of these clubs and of their activities.

Remember, in other countries the people look to the Uni­versities for guidance and leadership in political thought. It can happen here.

RADICAL CLUB

Our special correspondent reports that Mr. G. Psychology Naylor, in his seventeen-year-old Triumph, was one of the starters In the World Speedway Championship on Saturday night. He also finished.

The time is ripe, we feel, to con­sider the question of the status of students and their organisations in the University and the problems re­lated to this.

The following matters appear to us Immediately as requiring elucidation:

(1) What Is the official status of the Union?

(2) What is the status of the Union (and Sports Union) subscrip­tion?

(3) Have students the need or right of direct representation on the Senate?

We shall do no more in this article than ask certain questions to which

nature until you change l^e I always trot, and they always pat ov.'KE.AiVl U r I r i c - WCiCfw present system? or children on the head."

WHICH WILL YOU TAKE?

University Sidelights SINE ODIO STATES SOME QUESTIOllS

(2) How can you change the sys­tem without improving human natiure?

. _ This puzzle was put by A. K. Thoniison, MA, ("Andy" to you) to the audience at the Radical Club ineeting on Thursday. ;\His address was "On the Prole-

:^ tafiat and Literature."

"• DICKENS NO PROLETARIAT. Dickens was a non-proletarian

. novdist contrary to general belief. VIn fact," "Andy" declared, "there aren't any proletarian novelists. Be-

~, pause, immediately you become a novelist you cease to be a member of

" • t h e proletariat." Dickens thought that human

--w-nature, not the system, should be . changed. He was not a revolution­

ist. Whereas revolutionists tend to I: belittle the horrors of revolution, the

, name "Tale of Two Cities" always ;,: makes us think of the bloody guillo-''[ tine and Madame Defarge , . , knit­

ting. (Here "Andy," with appro-.;, .^riate gestures, dispelled the solemn

atmosphere which he had created.) FURTHER PROOF.

Further proof that Dickens favour­ed theory number two, was the abundance of the "good rich men" in

; his novels, "These men," said Mr,

When Dickens expressed sympathy for the children of his day, he was really feeling sorry for hunself as a boy.

PROLETARIAT YOURSELF! The talk was amply stocked with

Thomsonian "jabs." "Your forbears three generations

ago were probably proletarians," Mr. Thomson told the audience. "How­ever, they managed to struggle out of the vvorking class. Into the middle class. Now they are struggling to keep yofu in the middle class."

"I am an ex-proletarian," said Mr. Thomson. "My father was a coal-miner, and later worked In the Ips­wich Railway Workshops."

"EABBIE"? A member of the audience asked

"Was not Bums a proletarian?" "Ah, no! He was a farmer, and

farmers consider themselves a cut above the proletariat," answered Mr, Thomson.

Great writers like Shaw, Wells and Galsworthy had done more for the( workmg class than other so-called proletarian novelists, Shaw said what he thought and made you like what he said.

School teachers were superior to the working class, Mr. Thomson con­cluded.

Southport Sidelight. Artiste to Scientist: "I can't

cook, but I'd make a good wife in other ways."

Was he em-beris-ed!

we hope answers will be supplied in later writmgs,

THE UNION. The historical development of the

Union raises certain problems. It is certain that the Union as it now exists is not the same as the Union as first constituted nor the same as the parent student organisations from which the Union has evolved.

Accordingly, we ask— Under what authority was the

Union established? What powers have been delegated

to the Union? To whom are the Executive, the

Council and the Union respon­sible?

Has the Union a right to levy sub­scriptions on any or all stu­dents?

Is the Union able to acquire and dispose of property, employ servants or enter into con­tracts?

THE UNION SUBSCRIPTION. Is this a University fee or is it a

subscription to the Union? For what purposes can this money

be used? Who has the right to determine

the amount of this subscrip­tion?

REPRESENTATION ON THE SENATE.

Is it necessary for students to be represented?

Would such representation serve any useful function?

is it desirable for students to be represented?

What is the relation of the Union to the Senate? •

For those who read this far we would ask them to ponder these questions, and in the light of their answers consider the problems of the proposed Union fee rise, the activities of the Union in the matter of the hostel and otherwise, the fact that Union fees are paid by the Commonwealth Government under Financial Assistance and Reconstruc­tion Training but not by the Queens­land Government on behalf of Open Scholarship holders, the fact that the responsibility of the Union has been questioned in the matter of the Hostel, and the fact that as yet we have no representation on the Senate.

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Subject — "That Ignorance is Bliss,"'

Quite unknown to many of our students, there has been set aside in the main Library, a section for the International Relations' Club Library of this University. This Library has been built up, year by year, from books sent to us through the Andrew Carnegie Trust Fund. To-day it boasts several hundred excellent books on World Affairs and Prob­lems and International Relations.

Any of these books may be ob­tained on inquiry at the office in; the Library Hall, so, students, do not be slow to make use of this wonderful | ift to our University. The more we iead about other countries and thieir problems the more we^sHall be-able

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Sir,—It is possible that the idea of a Students' Mathematics Club may appeal to some of your readers who are interested in Mathematics

' for its own sake as well as, or per­haps apart from, its connection with certain University courses. The History ot Mathematics is in many respects a fascinating subject — though lecture room experiences may in some cases not seem to sup­port the assertion. The men who have developed the subject have all been human beings, with all the yirtues and failings of humans, and though their lives are full of inter­est they are, to the majority, only names. Few know anything of Archmiedes except the oft-told "Eureka" story, Halley is known only as the discoverer of a comet, and not as the man mamly respon­sible for the publication of Newton's Principia, and with a high mathe-^matlcal reputation in addition. An­other who would have been a

' genius was killed in his twenties in a duel, whilst still another famous man had to leave his University ap­pointment In a hurry because lie chastised forcibly two of his stud­ents.

So far as I am aware, the only Mathematics Club in Australia is at the University of Melbourne, though in England and America such clubs are quite common. There may be in the University of Queensland a

ffew enthusiasts willing to form the nucleus of a club here.^Yom-s, etc,

J .P. MCCARTHY,

ATHEIST ALEC'S AUMONY. Dear Su*,—I desue to donate the

modest sum my last wedc's effort brought me to its subject, the Red Cross Fund—and to wish it every success—despite its slogan.—Yours, etc.,

ATHEIST ALEC. . :o:

CACTUS BEATUS. Sir,—After several vain attempts

to reach the higher notes of "Gau­deamus" at a recent Commem, Prac, I lapsed into a gloomy silence and hearkened to the efforts of more agile voices. While so domg, I was somewhat interested to hear one young lady loudly declaiming "wivat academia, wivant," etc.

Being a Latin student, I am quite well aware that "v" in classical Latin is pronounced as a "w," but I am of the opmion that in sing­ing "Gaudeamus" it would be more natural and more correct to say "vivat" rather than "wiwat." In any case let Us have one or the other, but not the half-baked mix­ture of the two that I heard.

It is a triflhig point, certainly, but •as "Gaudeamus" is the anthem of the University, there should not be some "vivating," some "wiwating," and others "wivating."—Yours, etc.,

VEE VILLY VINKY. • . :o:—^

Council Who's Who Continuing our gallery of Union

Councillors we present one of the Vice-Presidents bf the Union.

EVENING STUDENT VICE-PRESIDENT (FEMALE).

LUNCH-HOUR PLAY r "WEATHERWISE"

A Skit on Spiritualism by Noel Coward.

Produced by ELSA VIDLER In the MODS, ROOM, THURSDAY,

17th APRIL, at 1,10 p.m,

GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY LUNCH-HOUR RECITAL

TUESDAY, 15th APRIL, 1.10 p.m. Lectm-e Room, New Library Bldg.

Programme -1, Schelemo—Bloch, 2. Stenka Rasin—Glazovnov,

The Brown Case! MOOT

JEAN HULBERT, Phys. Ed. IU. Jean is quite an experienced hand

in student administration due, not only to her relationship with our Secreatry-Treasurer, but also to her personal ability. An ex-B,G.G,S. "old girl" she came to the Varsity in 1945, and after attending many Council meetings in that year as ob­server she was elected as Evening Student Vice-President for 194S. During the same year she became Secretary of the Evening and Ex­ternal Students' Association, and carried on a large correspondence, particularly with external students. Her activity and interest in the As­sociation did much to make 1946 for it, a successful year. She was re­turned to her executive position of the Union for 1947, a feat in itself and at the same time has recently been elected Vice-President of the Evening and External Students' As­sociation for 1947, Jean has also served on a number of Union sub­committees, notably the successful Orientation Sub-committee of 1946, and durmg long vacation acted as assistant to the Honorary Secretary.

and sings in the choir. She Is tliso a sportswoman—being a Phys. Ed. she couldn't help it—swimming, basketball and hockey being her long suits.

Jean is easily approachable^ and is willing to submit any evening stu­dent problems to Council. It is h&c endeavour to forward the Interests of evening and external students at

EVENING RECITAL WEDNESDAY, 16th APRIL,

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' Court, Supreme Coiut House, Bris­bane, on Thursday, 17th April, 1947. The presiding officer will be Mr, Edward Sykes, B.A,, LL.M., Barris-ter-at-Law, a lecturer in the Uni­versity Law 'School. The subject of th& moot is as follows:—

BROWN V. THE DOMESTIC PLUMBING CO.

The defendant company, which carries on the business of plumbing, instructs A, one of its employees, to go to the residence of C to perform a certain plumbing job. The de­fendant has issued instructions to the technical employees that they must not drive the company's trucks unless they have been approved by the company as competent drivers. A has not been so approved. Never­theless he uses one of the company's trucks to go to C's residence, driv­ing it himself. He takes with him as passenger the plaintiff, J, who is also an employee of the defendant company, and who has been told by the company to go out to C's residence to measure up for another distinct and separate plumbing job for C, During' the course of the journey to C's residence the plain-tifi" is injured owing to the negligent driving of A.

He institutes proceedings against the defendant company,

COUNSEL For Plaintiff -

Mr, A, S, BROWN Mr. P, D, CONNOLLY Mr, MILLINER,

For Defendant -Mr, W, B. CAMPBELL, B,*A. Mr. G, G, WEBB Mr, R. K. BRADLEY.

Her activities are not, however, J every opportunity while remember-confmed to the Union. She is Vice- mg that they are University stu-Presldent of the Musicial Society dents.

PRINTED NOTES ON SALE SATISFACTION OR ELSE ^ !

The Printed Notes Committee which was established by the Union Council m 1945 to satisfy a long felt student need wishes to announce that "Pruited Notes" covering courses in Physics I. (suitable only for En­gineering I., Science I., Applied Science L, and Medical Science L), Pure IVtathematics I., Applied Mathe­matics I., and Pure Mathematics II., will be available in the Book Ex­change next week (Monday, April 14th to Friday, April 18th).

These notes are produced at your Union's du-ectlon and expense for your benefit. Every effort is made to produce books which closely fol­low current lectures. Their object is to reduce note taking and its at­tendant evils to a minimum, and to give you the opportunity of following lectures as they are delivered.

The Union gives its unconditional guarantee that If any complete set of notes' is returned to the Book Ex­change at any time within the first

two terms the original price of the Notes will be refunded in full. If for any reason you are disisatisfied with the Notes after having given them a thorough and fair trial you may take advantage of this offer. In 1946, when over 1200 sets oC Notes covering 6 different subjects were sold not a single set was returned.

We are no longer in a position to recommend Chwhistry I. and Geology I, Old copies will be sold at 1/- per book for scribblmg paper (one book contains on an average 70 foolscap pages).

No restriction is placed this year on the number of sets purchased by any one individual, but Notes can only be sold to Union members. Sup­plies this year are better than last, but may prove inadequate in one or two subjects.

The Book Exchange will be open from 1 p,m.-2 pJn. daily.

Each set of Notes, averaging about 200 pages, sells at 10/-.

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Oarsmen Train ing '"The*^nue'*'for the Inter-Varsity Rowing has now been defmitely de­cided. It will be held on the Ne-pean River, outside Sydney, in first vac. This news was very wdlcome, as Perth was a possibility, and finance and time would have pre­vented our compethig in this distant State.

Oiu" crew will be selected as so^n as possible. At the moment ten oarsmen are trying to work into a combination, and get out in our rac­ing boat, the "James O'NeUl Mayne." These ten people are the best we have at present, but the crew will by no means be selected exclusively from them. Another eight has been organised, and they will train in the B,G,S,O.B.A. light boat, the "Carson-Cooling"; if any members of this crew show potentialities they wiU be tried with the "Mayne" eight until the best possible combination is obtamed, and this will then be our representa­tive crew.

COACH, The position of coach is as yet un­

decided, Eric Evers, the coach of past Queensland Kmg's Cup crews, has been asked to take us on. If he is unavailable we shall have the services of Frank Avery, Toowong Club's coach, and the official coach of this year's Brisbane crew.

Dr. Whitehouse has laid a firm foundation," prospective crew meni-bers have been traming under his guidance sm.ce February. His job, however, will take him to Central Queensland when trainhig is at its peak, so he could not take on the

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PERSONNEL. The following are at present in the

"Mayne" crew; Don Clouston, Dentistry IL: Rowed

for Southport in '45, and stroked last year's University eight,

Derek Mieycw, Med. Ill,: A keen rower while at B,G,S., was (3) of last year's University crew.

Robin Bisshop, Eng, I,: Up from Mel­bourne, where he rowed in the Xavier eight in his final year at school. Unavailable for selection last year. Resides at St. Leosi

Geoff Briggs, Med. IL: Reserve of last year's crew. Rowed in Churchie firsts in '44, A John's man.

Guy Ethell, Med. IL: Had a dis­tinguished school rowing career, being In Churchie firsts for three years. Was (5) in last year's University eight,

Nev Parker, Med, III,: Another Churchie rower. Associated with University rowing since leaving school, A John's man.

Brian Hirshfield, Med, I.: Rowed in B.G,S, firsts in '43 and '44, and

. has been an active rower with their Old Boys' crew since then.

Rod. Pilbeam, Vet, Sc. I.: B.G.S. firsts for three years, and has been rowhig with tiieir Old Boys' crew during the vacation.

Phil Taylor, Dent. I.: Stroke of Churchie firsts for the past two years,

Dick Lyons, Med. II,: And yet an­other Churchie type. Has been an active rower since starting his course, and has represented University in several regattas.

This is the "Carson-Cooling" crew: Ron Herbert, Rick James, Hank Mc­Clymont, Neil Blocksidge, Syd Page, Rod Ferris, Bob Samsbiury, J. Richards, Lee Gregory, and Bill Rodgers.

ENTHUSIASTS. The many otherse who are not in

either of these crews, if sufficiently interested should contact the Capt. of Boats (J, Bookless, Eng. IV.), and he will arrange crews for the four and tub we now have available for novices.

All rowers who can devote any time to the club will find plenty of repair work on our boats in the Navy shed to keep them busy. Every Wednesday afternoon an organised working-bee will be held at the Navy shed, and all those who are getting so much out of the club are expected to -come and put somethujg into it.

• Despite the Easter holidays and the counter-attraction ofs the surf carnival at Southport, Rugby Union's preliminary gallop at the Exhibition last week-end was surprisingly suc­cessful. Two trial games were conducted, and though the^ strength of the various teams cannot be accurately gauged' from them, they gave players some much-needed team practice.

In the second game University was [remainder, it is going to be hard to choose the best pack, but since the pool system has been definitely established, Varsity forwards should never be much below full strength,

POSITIONING OF PLAYERS. One point I should like to mention,

however. Is that certain players excel in one position, while in others they are of much less value. It is to be hoped that the forwards are given their proper jobs to do,

BEST PLAYERS. ' The highlight of Saturday's game,

was the display of Portia Smith. Portia had to play centre forward, a position strange to him, but this did not prevent him from turning on ^ sterling display, both in the rucks and in the loose. Portia is our No. 1" breakaway for this year!

The remainder did very well, with Jack Carroll just shading the others for honours. The rucking as a pack and defence of the breakaways are still, however, open to improvement.

NEW CENTRE PROMISING. The game unearthed a very pro­

mising fresher in Thompson from North Queensand. This lad was rather nervous for a start, but gamed confidence as the game proceededj* Without a doubt he has football * sense, and will play a lot of senior football before he leaves the Uni­versity.

Peter Bridgman was the best bacl ^ on the field, while the remainder all showed signs of an early return to last season's form.

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U.Q. RIFLE CLUB

On Thursday, 27th March, the Rifle Club met in EXJl.3. Mr. B.- C. Keogh is now secretary, and replaces Mr. E. M. Jones, who has left the University. Mr. 1'. Holle is treasurer. The delegates to the- Sports Union Council are Messrs. K. Greenham (President), and A. . M. Thomson (Captain). Mmnbers have :been in­formed of the present position re.* garding rifles and club activities. We hope to Have some fiurther R.C.4 forms, available soon for Intending mraiba^;.,.;Oiir-G mrail)iKshj[p;|t6i,4^^ and/NdtiwiBoarys^^forlfu^^ ni i i ' tb i V V | - • .^f.^.»> \n\f f 7 , ••>.

pitted against a New Farm team, reinforced by several Y,M,C,A. and G.P.S. players,

Carroll, the half back, missed an early penalty kick, but shortly after­wards Rex Proctor (a new-comer from G,P,S,) notched out first pouits for the season with an easy goal.

NEW FARM RALLIES. This reverse seemed to instil much

energy into the light blues, for they stormed our half of the field and soon, per medium of two unconvert­ed tries, took the lead at 6-3,

New Farm was receiving a feast of ball from the scrums, and each of these tries found a rather disturbing weakness in our right flank. How­ever, when our backs did move pro­perly for the fh'st time, Bridgman cut through and gave Thompson his first try for University,

Proctor converted. Bridgman was again in the picture

when he scored Varsity's second try, after Carroll had moved freely from the scrum. The kick failed, but we led U-6,

Farms came again soon afterwards and made the score 11 all.

FORWARDS' TRY. Then came the thrill of the game,

Thompson short kicked, followed through and gathered, and when op­posed threw a pass to Henderson, Bob raced to the full-back, and then served Ericson who, when he met trouble, returned the ball to Hender­son who crossed the line. The ex­citement was intensified somewhat by the fact that this last pass was well forward, which fact the referee failed to notice.

John CarroU clinched the issue with a penalty goal just before full time, which rang with the scores 17-11.

GOOD START. Thus, Varsily has again started off

on the right leg, but there are quite a few weaknesses which will have to be ironed out if this team is to be of the highest class.

The absence of Quatermass will weaken the back line no little, but there are several players who can fill his position with distinction. One of the wmgs, however, looks something of a problem as there is a dearth of good wingers at the moment. O, for a Nicholson.

The halves are able to hold their own with anyone they are likely to meet, but much hard work has yet to be done to eliminate misunderstand­ings. This coniiecthig link controls the destiny of the whole team.

In the forwards we have a dozen men who are worth a place in any A grade team, a m o n ^ them being two hookers who have no peer in Brisbane at the momait. As to the

I.R.C. NOTICE At 1.10 p.m. NEXT TUESDAY in

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STICKS and CHOCOLATES are provided and ignorance of the rules of Hockey-is definitely an asset.

SUPPER aftenvards at 5.30 p.m, at the Refectory on the Domain, followed by a talk by -

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