Vol. 16, No. 4 CIRCULATION 625

By the time you read this issue the Honour System will have been introduced into each of the residential houses, as a somewhat revolutionary experiment in this

~-.liege. What the outcome is to be, no-one can say at ·this stage; but if it is to be the success we hope it shall be, Wagga Wagga Teachers' CoUege will be well on the way to maturity and will not look back.

Not only will the College achieve maturity and become a place of which we can be proud, but each and every one of us will benefit in some way as a direct result of the Honour System.

If you read "between the lines" of the aim of the System you will see that we are to accept more respon­sibility, develop respect for others, and start the initial stages of self-government. We have tried to spread this responsibility to as many people as possible so that it is not resting with one small group.

The student body will be responsible to individual House Committees, which will see that the house mem­bers maintain a certain standard of behaviour. House Committees are in turn responsible to the Judiciary Council which gives decisions on any breach of the rules, and decides the number of demerits. In time we hope to abolish the demerit system altogether.

Of the groups mentioned, the student body is the most important because the success of the system de­pends on that body alone. The less work the House Com­.... W.tees and Judiciary Councils have to do, the better ;

outcome depends on you. As you undoubtedly realise, the system is by no

means finalised. During the trial period we expect to make amendments and variations. However, these will come only through experience.

If you are not satisfied with any aspect of the sys­tem, or can offer any suggestions, do so by all means through any member of the Judiciary Council. Don't be apathetic and sit back criticising or condemning the system; have the courage to do something about it, in a constructive and sensible manner.

Remember that we are trying to better our lot. We are asking to be treated like adults, and the only way this system can work is to act like adults.

We have every confidence that you will all rise to the occasion, and prove that you can and will accept the responsibility. Give it a .go - it is well worth a try - and you will never regret it.

BUDDY LEONARD SUE: HINg

COLLE,GE PRODUCTION: 6th, 7th JULY

Dramatic Art II: "MR. PIM PASSES BY." Dramatic Art I: "THE\ LIVING IMAGE:."

(Preview on Page Three)

"MR. PIM "Mr. Pim Passes By," by

A. A. Milne, is a comedy in three acts, set in the County of Bucking hamshire in e a r 1 y Twentieth Century England.

Marden House, owned by a typical wealthy country gentle­man (Guy Nucifora) is the centre of the controversy. The Morning Room at Marden House 'd.ecided more than one hundred years ago that it was all right, and has not bothered about itself since. Visitors to the house have called the re­sult such adjectives as "mel­low," "old fa shioned," "charm­ing" - even "baronial" and "antique; ' but nobody ever said it was "exciting." Sometimes Olivia (Jan Hall) wants it to be more exciting and the previous week rather let her­self go over some new curtains. It is obvious that the curtains alone will overdo the excite­ment; they will have to be harmonised: with a n ew carpet and cushions. Olivia has her eye on just the things, but one has to go very carefully with

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PASSES BY" George. What was good enough for his great grandfather is gc.od enough for him.

Georg·e is aggravated more by his niece, Dinah's (Barbara Campbell) wish to become en­gaged to a "damned futuristic painter chap, Brian (Ian Cooper) . " Confusion mounts to chaos as Mr . Pimm (Michael Kinsella) a vague, elderly in­offensive gentleman, announces the "resurrection" of Olivia's estranged first husband, whom she believed to have died five years ago ; this results in "you can't hush up two husbands."

A solution to the problem is hampered· by the unexpected arrival of Aunt Juliah (Diana Pierce), who insists that she cannot remember "anything of the sort in the Marden family before, eve-h," to which George absently replies "Lady Fanny."

Comical events lead eventu­ally to a conclusion and the quietness of the Morning Room at Marden House is restored­Olivia did see them through it, but it did take some time.

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EDITORIAL The major topic of conver­

sation in the College today is the n ew system of administra­t ion-the honour system. Will it be successful? This is the question that is foremost in everyone's mind .

The answer is quite simple: yes, it can be a. success if we want it to be, hut it will need the .full co-operation of each and every student. It is up to us in the trial period allotted to see that the new system functions smoothly and effi­ciently .

The administration has list­ened to our complaints and has given us the oppor;unity of putting the ideas of the stud­ent body into practice, and it is our responsibility to see that this faith is justified.

However, I'm not going to look at this entirely from the idealistic side, as there are cer­tain to be flaws. We cannot ex­pect one hundred per cent success at the start as minor difficulties are bound to be encountered. It is hoped that these will be ironed out after the initial trial period, and modified.

Basically this system has been introduced to develop the attitudes of trust and responsi­bility, both of which are essen­tials in our future professic:m. We are being given the chance of proving our respon~ibility

and maturity. Are we going to grasp this chance? Or ~hirk the responsibility given us and fall 'back on the old system with which we were dissatis­fied?

-·-C.C.F. REPORT

The College Christian Fel­lowship is experiencing a wond­erful year . Each meeting has had a very large attendance; we have already capped the hundred mark this term.

During the year we have several outside speakers who come and take part in our meetings.

· Activities up to date have been a welcome-to-first-year­picnic, a camp. at Tumut and we have had already many opportunities to conduct ser­vices in the local churches. We have a snow trip to· Mt. Buf­falo on Mth July, and we would like to extend a warm welcome to anyone who would like to join us for hours of fun and fellowship in the snow.

Come along and join us for fellowship in the Infants' Edu­cation room each Wednesday between 5 p .m . and -6 p.m.

- J . Goldsmith, Sec.

PRINCIPAL1 S MESSAGE At this time, the Principal's most urgent message to the students at Wagga Wagga Teachers' College, is the one addressed to them at the assembly on 25th June, 1962, namely, that the new Honour ·System for the running of the residential side of this College is such a fine project that it should have the support of every man and women involved in the teacher training pro­gramme here. It will call for effort in ·foreseeing what is re­quired to make it work; it will call for effort to make the decisions as to what is to be done and it will call for effort on the part of some of the students to accept readily the decisions of the Residential Council. But in so far as it means that all students have an opportunity to shoulder adult responsibility, the new system is perfect.

May I express to the S .R.C., the Residential Councils, the House Committees and to all students my appreciation of their efforts and outlook and the hope that the whole scheme will ·be fully successful.

-M. E. HALE

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Sir, According to the illogical

note you added to Mr. Murray's letter in the May issue of Talkabout, it seems apparent that you are feeling secure in continuing to publish such articles as "Have You Hea.rd These."

It is therefore evident that the substance of Mr. Murray's letter was either misunder­stood or avoided by the mem­bers of the Publications Com­mittee concerned with the censoring of Talkabout.

I would like to add the fol­lowing upon which it is hoped that the Committee will reach a decision:-

Sex was determined >by God from all eternity to enhance man's happiness and serve as a means of· his salvation when used according to His wm.

It therefore follows that the type of distorted humour as contained in the above men­tioned article, is a direct mock­ery of that which is Sacred, and it has the ultimate devel­opment result of the loss of self-respect as well as respect for neighbour, i-f such is ad­hered.

The Commandments of God are summed up in the follow­ing :- "Love God with all thy Soul, Mind, Heart and Strength

and thy neighbour as thyself for the love of God .. " There­fore, we cannot love one and despise the other.

What love has a man then, who provides for his neighbour the food for the loss of his soul which in the majority of cases results in a Chain Re­action? (I often wonder if these words of Our Lord have any meaning to such a person: "It would be ·better for a man to tie a millstone around his neck and drown in the depths of the sea, than to give bad example." )

I feel that this .Sacred ele­ment is distorted. as poison to the "doubtful" mind in •too many of our Australian maga­zines, without having people (who will soon set out to mould to some extent, the minds of the "Fathers and Mothers" of tomorrow) use this as a means for tragedy in this one life with which we are privileged to win the Kingdom of God.

Finally, I would ask the Publications Committee to act sincerely on this matter , since also, parents and readers of this paper, in and outside the college community, have taken an adverse view on this matter.

-Guy Nucifora.

Dear Sir, Warwick Mlurray in his letter

(1'5/5 / 6·2) expressed righteous indignation at the "suggestive material" in this paper . Is he to be condemned for his honest contributions?

However, I am sure that this "humour" would cease if bet­ter contributions of literary and artistic merit were made. The opponents of this "humour," the Christians, must 'be able to ,p-rovide the lead and contribute.

A common argument used to suppo-rt this paper's policy, is that the pa;per caters for all students. ,so it must, ·but it must be kept within the "accepted" s-tandard. of dec­ency. Another misleading argu­ment used is that this "material" passes the censors, ·but few contributions are re­jected by the censors.

Tolerance must, however, be shown. Let those who criticise "Farmer and Pisces" and their frustrated inh~bitions show by their own actions that they are "the leaders of tomorrow's community."

-Carl Bazeley

Dear Sir, Realising that we have the

best men's basketball court in N.S.W., it seems a pity that some -bodgie or irresponsible teenager warden sees fit to use our court as a personal drag track. It would be appreciated if the person responsible would perhaps consi:d.er our interests

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as the court was originally 1bullt for our use only.

We suggest that if the driver cannot suppress this bad hwbit he may find the stock route suitable for his hot rod activi­ties.

-"Wilt the Stilt"

T.T.A. CONFERENCE No doubt the students who

attended the recent conference in Sydney, could not but be pleased with what they saw and heard. Adele Weatherall spoke on behalf of Wagga Teachers' College and really did us justice. So impressed were the organisers that she was asked to move a vote of thanks to -our special guests at the afternoon session in the •Sydney Town Hall.

Over fifty of our marched along with the Colleges to ·the Town where our case for increased wages and higher status was put 'before the public. This meeting· was televised.

Much interest was shown to­wards our "March" in Wagga but we discovered it was far from unique. Alexander Mackie College held a ,poverty day when everyone ·wore clean but old clothing; and several hun­dred students from various Sydney Colleges marched to Parliament House to discuss with the members our status and pay problems. 1\Jpparently the police tried to break up this orderly demonstration say­ing that the students had no right to 'be there. Unwittingly, the Police brought tremendous publicity to our cause through this action and were made very foolish when the Sergeant-at­Arms at Parliament House asked the students to came

THE STRUGGLE IS YET OVER! As Mr. T~ . told us at the special assembly,, Victoria has just received an allowance increase which brings the minimum rate to £5•00'!

Ask your parents to write to their local member. Continue writing to the newspapers. Support your T .T.A. in every possible way. WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU. ARE YOU HELPING US?

-Tim Golledge, Vice-President

11PHANTOMONY11

Why the sudden drop off in attendance at the Saturday night dances? The word has it that many girls do not attend because they are not being whizzed steadily. Tell me, where else do they expect to find one!!!

--simeon

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"TALKABOUT"

Dr. GOORMAN U.C.L.A., B.A., M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.

"Talkabout" welcomes Dr. Jean R. Goorman as Lscturer in Health. As can be realised by a glance at her qualifications we are most fortunate to be able to avail ourselvEs of her experience and knowledge. She has , even at this early stage, shown an interest in student welfare and for this we thank her .

Dr. Goorman studied in the U.S.A. at Columbia and Los Angeles. Before coming to Australia with her family , Dr. Goorman was occupied in private practice of Pedi­atrics in California. She has two children, Robert and David Foster , whose father is a lecturer at a local Teachers' College.

At present her main interest is in travel, and it is rumoured that the Foster-Goorman family intend to travel to New Zealand during- the Aug-ust vacation.

STAFF RELAXING

SOCIAL UNION We would like to congratu­

late the football club on the success of their dance which, I think, was enjoyed •bY every­one. Many thanks to all who attended for their support.

There has been a general falling off of attendance at our Saturday dances, and in view of this, we will need more sup­port from you all if these Social Union functions are to be successful.

There is a busy social pro­gramme set out for this term, including several theme dances , film nights, and our annual snow trip. There will .be a few surprise themes, as well as the Beatnik Nite and Snow Dance. Several excellent films have been ordered for screening at College, and these will probably be shown on Friday nights in­stead of during the week.

July 22nd is the date set for the snow trip, and this has been well supported by both first and second year students .

Eighty Wagga students will be going to Sydney for Inter­collegiate teams. Notices will be put up to announce these functions at a later date.

We would like to extend. our congratulations to George Rou­feil on being elected to the Social Union. George has al­ways been a great help at our functions , and I believe we have chosen the best person to fill the vacancy on the Social Union team.

Typed copies will ·be made of the minutes after each meeting so that you may all keep up to date with the Social Union ac­tivities.

Lynne Pavitt - Tony Skene

PEEPING PROWLER Our College stands upon a hill, For all in Wagga to see. A look at it gives one a thrill And you are proud to be One of the students, a happy

lot With .prowlers, parties and

dances And raids, lectures and the

late Zot, It tickles all your fancies. The boys and girls are on the

whizz Every night of the week And you are tempted to have a

squizz Or even a little peek. And if you do you're sure to be Thrown out on your ear And if you don 't you ·~·e sure

to see A warden coming near. W'ith all our friends and pals Our College is ·our home And we will never forget those

gals When we begin to roam.

-Peeping Prowler

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THE LIVING IMAGE Madame La Comtesse De

Boisgelin La Tour, once rich and beautiful, still vainly attempts to continue the im­-pression of her past beauty al­though she is now in her eightieth year. Her sixteen­year-old grand-daughter, Clo­thilde, has been sent from the country by her mother in the hope that she might inherit a large portion of her grand­mother's remaining wealth at the latter's fast aproaching death.

However, another party-the Church-pas a similar interest; they desire the jewels for the adornment of a new Madonna carved by a certain Father Polydore. The Abbe from the nearby monastery· promises eternal salvation to the Com­tesse in return for her sap ­phires.

Clothilde, discovering the Church's intention becomes alarmed. After the Abbe's visit she is allowed to see the jewels, and at this vital stage, Father Polydore arrives to hear the confession of the Comtesse. It is from this point on that the true character of Clothilde is revealed, and inner and outer conflict reaches a high pitch. It is not until the end that the true significance of the title , "THE LIVING IMAGE" is re­vea led.

The atmosphere shifts from one of quietness and calm to one of jealousy and anger, human greed permeating the whole play .

The Comtesse is greedy, lust­ful , yet appreciative of beauty -a. woman unrepentant to the last, of her sinful life. This part is cleverly played by Helen Bo-wden. Clothilde, pale, slender and enigmatic, a seem­ingly insignificant lass with high hopes of future fame is played by Chery·l Walmsley. Brian Bazzo is well cast as the coldly persuasive Abbe, while Father Polydore's role is interpreted sympathetically by David Ross. Ann Sides and Dennis Jowett comp-lete the cast.

PETITION NEWS It was quoted recently in a

reputable New York newspaper that a journalist decided to see how many people actually read and thought about the contents of a petition 'before signing it. He therefore drew up a petition "To have rain banned at the weekends." Of twenty people who were ap­proached with the petition twelve signed ! ! !

Oh! Ech! -The Thinker

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MISS de LAURENCE

The College welcomes the arrival of Miss de Laur­ence who replaces Mrs. ' Whittaker, to lecture in Infant Education. Miss de Laurence was trained as a Primary Teacher at Sydney Teachers' College and her first appointment was at Chipping Norton Infants. Leaving there she furthered her teaching career at Lidcombe and North Sydney Demonstration Schools before being appointed as Deputy Mistress of Balmain Demonstration School. She was then posted to Fairfield Heights after which she became Headmistress at Windsor Infants before coming to Wagga Teachers' College.

Miss de Laurence is interested in Dramatic Art and Music.

7 Hints on Percenality Development

1. "Put money in thy perce," Othello.

2. Patience and perseverence for porn porn production.

- 3. Where there's percepira­tion there's work; where

there's work there's weaving .

4. 'My watch says you're late; what's your perce word?"

5. Pom-pom propagator per­ceives that nothing is diffi­cult: it is just ·a .progres­sion.

6. Participation in manipula­tion made Moss a mighty motor racer.

7. All great percens are authors.

Anything you can prove, Perce can prove better.

JOKES There was a young girl from

Peru, Who decided her loves were too

few, So she walked from her door With a fig-leaf, no more,

And now she's in bed - with the flu.

"Would you like a ·baby sister or a baby brother?" the ex­pectant mother asked her four­year-old son.

"If it's not too much trouble, I'd like a .pony."

There was a young lady named Maude,

A sort of society fraud. In the parlour, 'tis told, Sh e was distant and cold, But on the verandah, my

Gawd.

'The SI·GNATURES The THING

The news that certain per­sons are preparing a certain petition leads to the belief that the petition circulating season is again open. For this reason I have taken upon myself the job of giving advice on pre­paring and circulating peti­tions.

The first problem is to find a sui table subject to petition against. (Have you ever noticed that petitions are always against something?) This is limited firstly by the number of people willing to sign a petition on a given subject and secondly by the existence of someone, or something, to present the petition to. It is, for example, useless circulating a petition objecting to the mating-call of the circle-eyed coo-bird because even if. you could find enough people to sign it, there would be no one to present the blasted thing· to . You could, as a last resort, always present it to the bird, but it is doubt­ful if it would change anything connected with its mating habits-would you?

Having chosen the subject for your petition the next problem is the actual wording. This must ·be concise, impres­sive, and completely incompre­hensible. This is best achieved by using gobbledegook official­eze, an example of which is here given .

We hereafter called the undersigned do, in the form of this document (hereafter called the petition) depu­·tate vigorously against the iniquitious victimisation of the public (hereafter called the party of the third per­son) in regards to the vic­timisation of the party of the third person by the govern­ment of the day. Moreover, we the undersigned, being the party of the first person, do, in proxy for the party of the third person, and the party of the second person (in the event of the exist­ence of same·) hereunder affix our signatures in full support of the above.

This is possibly the best form of wording to use in a petition as it satisfies fully the con­dition of being completely in­comprehensible. People are very unwilling to admit ignorance and so a person reading such petition, and not knowing what it is about, will dare not ask, in case he is though incapable of understanding the simplest of En glish passag·es.

The petitioner can help here by saying such things as "that's

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perfectly clear isn't it." The person will , however, recognise such words as "public," "sig­nature" and "government of the day" which are extremely imr:.ortant.

By using "public" the reader is led to believe that his sign­ing the petition (the need for him to do this is established by the word "signature") will in some way benefit himself and. not some ex!Otic group such as the South Western Arabian Camel Corp. The use of "government of the day" is almost essential for the success of the petition as almost every­body has some kind of grudge against the government and will sign a petition on this basis alone . The same is true of "administration" which may be substituted if so desired.

This leads naturally to the best way of gaining signatures for the petition . Making them up yourself is considered illegal and so should be avoided, ex­cept as a last resort. The best way of getting large numbers c.f signatures in one go is to introduce the petition at some sort of meeting, either religious or Communist. If successfully in troduced here it will be found that all present wil sign the petition under the assumption that if they don 't the others will think them either un­worthy or heretics.

If this cannot be done the only other way is the slow pro­cess of soliciting signatures, one at a time. However, do not despair as statistics show that 6 out of 10 people wil sign any petition without even looking at it . .So work out your cause, fill up your pen, and the best of luck.

-Mors Iabrochii

Petitions ! Petitions ! ! A league to petition fC'J" th

removal of the two College statues Myrtle and Chloe (by the fish .pond) is to be formed. ' The reason for this is that in their present semi-nude states the statues can be regarded as obscene.

Interested .parties pi ease con­tact

-Farmer and Pisces

Another league is to be form ­ed to confiscate all obscene works from the library. Ex­amples of such works would cover most of those books on the College reading list which includes the works of Shake­speare, Lawrence, Chaucer, Joyce and Farmer and Pisces.

This move should prove popular with both the moral­ists and amoralists.

A good old fashion p-uritan burning of these books will be held in the Pleasance (see Cal­en dar p37) on Walpurgis Day, Friday, 13th July.

-Farmer and Pisces

"TALKABOUT"

ST"RICTLY AN ADVERTISEMENT

There seems to be no way of stopping the person who really wants to write. The real diffi­culty nowadays is to persuade those people who should be able to write to go ahead and. put their thoughts on paper. When .people are asked. to write something for a magazine or paper they raise a series of time-honoured objections. Let us look at some of these.

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT"

Let us counter this with a question: How old are you? Eighteen, nineteen, or past the semi-magical barrier of the 'teens? In other words, can you honestly say that you have lived a quarter of your life and. nothing has happened to you that Is worth writing about? Because, you see, the really oood writer usually writes : .bout what he knows. Most people seem to be under the misapprehension that when they write a story it has to be a;bout the strange and wonder­ful lives of utterly a.bnormal characters living in exotic places; that this story must rise to a smashing climax of violent action; that there has to be a definite "punch-line" or a trick· ending.

There is a market for stories like this; ·but when you stop to think about them you begin to realise that you have to stop thinking to bother with them. So many of them are artificial faked., insincere- mere escap­ism, and not very good es­capism at that. A real situation honestly described, makes a much better, and thereby more satisfying, short story. What holds your interest most? An eye-witness account of a real event. Or better - your own account of an event-that is, a short story in vocal form.

Moreover, it does not have to be a story of violence, culmin­ating in a savage climax. If life were really like that we would all be ulcer cases at an early age . Yet important things do happen to all of us. Which decision has most affected your life up till now? Was it made in a welter of emotion or violent action? probably not. Yet the story of how that de­cision was reached -can be just as interesting as the story of a murder , or some such sen­sational event which you have never witnessed . Other people want to hear about that de­cision. In a slightly fictional­ised form they can see their own problems and someone else's solution.

Of course, truly exciting things can happen to the or-

dinary individual - accidents for instance. One student turned in a fine effort, on an accident in which he was involved. But the import­ant things, or the truly inter­esting things, can be quiet, apparently unemotional, even trivial occurrences which, in the end turn out to be import­ant. A student once wrote for me a story about how she made friends with her room­mate at College. At first view unexciting, yet a warm, human character study of herself and. her friends.

Another developed an hys­terically funny story about her first kiss. One young man caught all the frustration and rage at a day at his favourable beach spoiled by a party of in­truders; another portrayed ef­fectively the embarrassment he felt as a drunken woman re­vealed her private life during a bus trip home. Each of these is a commonplace situation enough, but told with honesty and sincerity, they brought situations and people to life.

But there are further ob­jections:

"I CAN'T WRiTE WELL"

The answer to this is that you never know until you try. So try! If you are still unhappy about the story, bring it to us. We can help, suggest , guide­and if necessary we can cor­rect. A second opinion is usually enough to spark the writer into a fUrther, more profitable development of the story.

"I'M NOT INTERESTED IN FICTION"

Who cares if it isn't fiction? Write us an article which de­velops your opinions, philoso­phies, or even your grouches. This can be used too.

"WHAT ABOUT POETR.Y"

It is difficult for people to give you advice about writing poetry. My only advice would be negative: Don't fall into the trap of writing formless poetry. I don 't mean by that that you should have perfectly regular stanzas, rhyming coup­lets or quatrains or such things. Form is definable as the perfect fusion of content and expression, and beginners in poetry rarely achieve this. Indeed, there are very few poems in all literature where it occurs. But, poetry must be disciplined; it is not a form­less gush of chaotic emotion, so beware of so-called "free verse" which is often an excuse for sloppiness. Apart from that, the same applies to poetry as to prose : say what you want to say honestly and sincerely.

And the reason for all this ? W'e have a yearly publication, "Baringa" by name. We can use your short stories, poems, articles. Why not think about them now? Good literary work needs time for revision, so if you have anything we might like to publish, let us have it soon.

-Mr. B. Fone

Pa ge 5

22P HEARD THESE CRAFT: Of course they

don 't have paddle pop sticks in Lapland, because it's too cold for Paddle .Pops.

It's not that I'm stra.ng, it's just that this is weak string.

That's an intelligence test, that one.

The only difference ·between me and Christian Dior is the wages we receive (P.oS .: Chris­tian Dior is dead .)

I'm old enough to look after myself.

E;NGLISH: Despite her limi­tations, Marilyn Monroe has certain peculiarities . . . you can't deny that she has a well­rounded fig·-ure.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: Mr. Griffin, the word is NOT out.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION : Censored.

AUSTRALIAN HISTORY: But where were the women -you can't have children with­out women!!!

-FOO

CONCRETE PATHS We plod through the mire , It raises our ire, We'll have concrete paths one

day. To lectures or the shop Through the mud we slop. We'll have concrete paths

one day. I just wore out thc.se shoes

of mine The Principal's built an office

fine . But we'll have concrete .paths

one day. -Mudlark

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THE KANGAROO HOP I

you see the kangaroos and emus. On a hot day, not many kangaroos are seen and those

, which are sighted are usually "The Kangaroo Hop" is the lying down in the shade of a

name commonly given to the tree. When there is not much trip from Parkes to Broken food about, the kangaroos are Hill in the "Silver City· most numerous. Emus are a Comet." This trip holds the common sight, they are very travel1er who has not been on frightened creatures, and start it before spel1bound and running as soon as the train amazed throughout the whole comes near them. These birds 430 miles of it. For the geo- can run up to 40• miles an graphy student it is one of the hour . Although you do not see best geography lessons he any sign of the inhabitants, could have. the train often stops at little

The journey begins at ·Parkes sidings. to unload food and at half past eight in the morn- mail. There is always someone ing and ends at Broken Hill to meet the train and at the at half .past five (N . .S.W. time, bigger centres, it is common to six o 'clock Adelaide . time). 'he see railway fettlers' wives railway works with N.S.W. time squatting in the dirt and dust for obvious reasons, a total of of the station with a squalling, nine hours. To do this the dirty baby in her arms and train reaches a maximum several equally dirty children speed of up to 80 miles an playing in the dust. After see-hour along the greater part of ing scenes )ike this, one begins the trip, which is made possible to wonder how these people by the almost complete lack of live. Aboriginal children are curves in the railway line. numerous and in most cases

Parkes is like any ordinary country town. Its population is 8,000•, which is engaged prim­arily in providing facilities for the farming community sur­rounding it. The town itself nestles in a broad valley. An important feature of Parkes is the radio telescope situated there, of which we hear so much. The "Silver City Comet" begins its long trip here and as it slowly passes through it one can see the tremendous in­habitants starting 31bout their daily activities. Wheat silos of tremendous size and heights are a common sight, for Parkes is one of the main bulk wheat handling centres of this region.

The first fifty miles of· the trip is very similar to the country around Wagga and district, this also being a wool and wheat growing centre. Huge 100 acre paddocks of wheat cro,p and paddocks of grazing sheep are a sight. Some paddocks are ploughed, some are sown with wheat crop some are a sea of emerald green young wheat plants and others have a ripe golden crop ready to be harvested, or being harvested (the state of the paddock depends naturally on the time of the year.) As the train passes through children can be seen making their way to school, on foot, by horse, in their parent's car, in an old, dust-covered school bus, or on the train itself.

To wheat and wool country gradually merges into scrub country, which appears to have no inhabitants at all. This scrub country takes up about 150 miles of the trip, and con­sists of low stunted and knotted eucalypt trees with small bushes and some grass inter­spersed in it. It is here that

are better dressed and cleaner than the white children. They are very shy and often board the train and buy ice cream from the buffet, which caters specially for them.

Unlike the wool and wheat country, the scrub country does not merge into the next type of country, but rather it ends abruptly. The next 200 miles of the journey is the most fascinating of the lot. You suddenly emerge from the scr.ub into a wide fiat plain. The vegetation cover is prac­tically nil, saltbush is the char­acteristic undergrowth, with an occasional tree here and there. After a good fall of rain, however, the transfor­mation is f·antastic. The whole area has green, luxurious grass covering it . The grass is, how­ever, not hardy. enough to stand up to the severe climate and quickly dies. It is hard to imagine how far you can actu­ally see. I don't think it would ·be an exaggeration to say hun­dreds of miles . The horizon merges into the sky, so that you cannot tell where it ends and the sky begins. The only trace of inhabitants is the occasional siding that the train pulls up to (these are usually .iust a pile of railway sleepers) and the roads from the sidings which sometimes wander over the plain out of sight. •Some­times you see a little cloud of dust travelling along it .

As you get further inland, sand-dunes become a common sight; these vary in size and height and often occur in swarms. In summer emus bury their heads in the sand, and on examination, it is found that the sand is saturated with moisture about a foot down. Mirages are very deceiving; large expanses of shimmering,

cool water can be seen not far from the railway line. Although they do not seem very far away it takes a long time to reach them and when you finally think you are there, they sud­denly disappear. At Menindee on the Darling River, there is a real expanse of water, namely the Menindee Lakes Scheme which has been in the news a great deal lately.

An interesting feature of this part a.f the journey is the con­stant changing of soil types. Soil varies from chestnut brown to grey-white, to red, and within a few miles all three can be found. These soils never mix, one type stops abruptly and the other begins. Some large sand dunes are composed of two different types of soil (e.g. one half grey white soil and the other half red soil) and when blown down by the wind, the soils never mix ·but sift out again into two dis­tinct soil types.

The names of the numerous sidings are often very amusing and the person very efficient in pronunciation would find some of them very difficult to pro­nounce. e.g., The Gorge, a little siding just out of Broken Hill, is very amusing in that the country around it is as fiat as a pancake, there being no "gorge" in sight.

You can tell when you are approaching Broken Hill be­cause the Barrier Range stands out distinctly against the sky­line. This is not a range of mountains as some people tend to believe, but rather it is a range of hills that appear like mountains when all one has been seeing for miles is fiat plams. The train does not go straight into Broken Hill but comes in by a roundabout way. The Flying Doctor .base is passed on the way in. The train finally pulls up at the Broken Hill railway station, which un­like most New South W'ales railway stations is a modern ·brick building and is one of many indications of the wealth and prosperity of this great inland mining centre.

-The 1,100 miles student -·-ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT Known only to be known As hide to hide is sewn, .Surrounding all with laughter; From a Persian rug To the size of a shrug, And who knows what, comes

after. Light only to be lit As wool to wool is knit, Reflecting all with ;Jastet; And the size of the room Marks the extent of the goom, And who knows what, comes

after.

"TALKABOUT"

TONIC TALK Paul, in 1 Corinthians 15-19,

says these words, "If in this life only we have hope in Christ we are of all men most miserable" but praise God that Christ rose ag·ain from death and is living now and for all eternity in heaven. Where will you spend eternity?

Your decision in this life determines whether you will go into paradise or into the place of everlasting torment and separation from God. The Bible, which in the pure and holv word of God, states that Hell is a place of "weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth," but the way of salva­tion is clear and plain, just as it was when Christ was choos­ing his disciples - "Follow Me," was all he said and that is all He is saying to us: "Fol­low Me."

Will you follow Him and en­joy the peace of sins forgiven in this world torn by worry, sin and strife? The promise of eternal life was made by Christ Himse1f in the words "Who­soever will come unto Me I will in no wise cast out." Take Him at His word, friend, and follow.

-Warwick Murray

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'"TALKABOUT"

We cast our eyes on the na.ked form of CRUD of ERIHANUS (somewhere in the ur•per extremisphere), who is seen knitting a fibre ­glass beanie. Not only is CRUD the most ·highly qualified glass bottle blower in the Coca-Cola business but also is the President

o,f the Barrentop Beanie Club.

i\nd in the time it takes to say Reichsdeputationshauptschluss (roughly two seconds on the s~fiiifal) CRUD- is hurled earthwards. In a. puff of pyjamas he finds himself at the g'ates of a strange and foreboding edifice.

Turning· to the building, in front of him he is confronted by BIZZA & ORCH. They escort him to the offi·ce of the most high and venerable Wimpey. Wimpey in turn escorts CRUD to the throne of the Venerable Moza, who is the big wheel in the N.T.G.B.

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DEAR BRIDGET Dear Bridget,

I'm a second year woman student keeq,ly interested in de­bating. It was through this activity that I eventually met the man of my dreams. Could you give me the knowledge on how to catch him. Over a dist­ance of 440 yards he always evades me. -"J.P."

ANSWER: This is a deba.t­able ·question, but I suggest you train your voice."

-Bridget

Dear Bridget, I am a disappointed second

year female student. I learnt there was a new, attractive lec­turer at the College. However, after much boastings of my

STOP PRESS Since his accident Stirling Moss has taken up French Knitting to restore strength and supp·leness to his wrists.

intentions, I discovered that the name was misleading as to the sex of this person. Is. the Education Department always misleading to eager College students? -Miss de Fied Dear Miss de Fied,

Looks like you walked out into the fog and miss de.'

-Bridget

Dear Bridget, I am a first year boy who has

been whizzing a second year ·bird. On Saturday night, how­ever, I learnt that I have been put down for a certain tree­loving bloke named Benjamin. As I have been bitten by one bird this year, I worry about this other untrue love?

-Teddy Dear Teddy,

Guess you will just have to grin and bear it.

-Bridget

Dear Bridget, 'My boyfriend has duck

humps. He refuses to wear his jumper even on the coldest of days. Can I politely tell him that this is very irritating to me or not?

-Lawn Mower Dear Lawn Mower,

I can't answer your question, but what were you wearing to feel those duck humps?

-Bridget

Dear Bridget, My last four boyfriends have

been of the same name. I seem to ·be in a rut. How do you suggest I overcome this prob­lem? -Bib~

Dear Bibby, Never rus in-always ask the

boy his name before you whizz him.

-Bridget

"TALKABOUT''

FREEDOM To wish for a drifting river, A weeping gum nearby, A way from the glance of

people A rug on which to lie. To spend a day dreaming Satisfied in every way, Frustrations expelled, The world around you, in

your sway. To be with your lover , Know the greatness of the

strongest need , Oneness, united, To venture onward without

heed. To be free o.f responsibili.ty , To give and to take, Not as human thinkers Ever wary of a mistake. Ruled by emotion, Instinct to prevail, Love ever forward Hil!ppiness will never fail . To sleep when overtaken By the veil of weariness, Protected by a ·being, With whom you may regress. If these things could be Then the world would be new Returned to the GenGsis, BUT THI·S IS NOT TRUE.

- -Rob.

REVISION OF LAST LECTURE

Last week Mr. Young put be­fore our eyes,

Six "ing" words to memorise, These are varieties he told to

us, In the tedious instructing of a

class. Hearing, seeing and doing were

the three he gave to us, Then came reading, writ ing ;

talking was the last. Handy hints were given to be

placed in the back of the book,

So when Mr. Young wants to check up, all he has to do is

look. To conclude the lesson, a girl

was told to stand And out in front of all the

class to answer questions off-hand.

And thus did end the lesson , And Mr. Young did say, "I'll interview those unfortun­

ates: who walked in late today."

The lecturer had finished, The class was told to go, We gathered up our papers, And went out row by row.

NOTICE We regret to announce that

due to lack of ,patronage Hotel Kambu has closed down for the winter. We look forwr..rd to a 1busy season with the in­creased activity which should occur with the coming of Spring.

-Farmer and Pisce.,

"TALKABOUT"

Debased Currency (Re-print from Souvenir Issue,

1961)

"The scholarship system brings debased currency to Colleges," was a noted criticism of students during this year. Why did the person who made that statement actually make it? It was either a carefully considered appraisal of stud­ents or a controversial state­ment made at that moment to arouse some interest.

If it was the second it prob­ably had the most value and as such deserves our attention. Students are most voluble in conversation on matters of petty importance but there is little involvement in the wider issues of human relations. Is this 1because they are "debased currency" and their minds are just not equal to the task of appraisal, assessment and the use of tact? I really wonder whether 60.% of this College could express a considered view on a matter of interest and im­portance. You have only to speak to the students who have given hours of their time to produce Baringa a-nd Talk­about, because they believe they are important for the Col­lege, to realise this . Their efforts in most cases are greeted with apathy. That students are apathetic is de­plorable. A feature of any group of students should ·be their ability to appraise the views of others and express in no uncertain terms considered views of their own. If they can't , they simply stagnate and drown in their own pettiness and ineffectuality. The narrow­ness, the lack of imagination an d the dogmatism, that un­[or tunately will characterise a number of students' careers, have their beginnings. in this college where the very opposite should be the case.

One of the best ways you can show the critic that we are not "debased currency" is to make use of your two publi­cations - Baringa and Talk­about. They have two obviously different functions but in the end do the same thing-give you an opportunity to say something worthwhile. Are you worthwhile enough to say it? By now those with any real interest in College matters will have their copy of Baringa and in it you will find that the Editor has outlined the form of a Writers' Group that could meet to speak and write their minds. Some of the products of such a group could be suita;ble for Talkabout but his main purpose, I think, is to lift the standard of writing in Baringa. If next year's Editor of Baringa

has been elected then find him on your return to College and get to work for the sake of your reputation as a thinking student. Don't give our critic the chance tc. call us "debased currency"-show him at least in our writing· that we have something worthwhile to say. Students' writings have caused revolutions. It was students, who in 1956, aroused Hungary to revolution. This year's Bar­inga and Talkabout will not do that; but unless thinking stud­ents can themselves get to­gether to form a Writers' Club in order to think, to write, to criticise and then to re-write they never will cause one.

-Pennies from Heaven -·-ON INCREASING

MATURITY Sir,

It has been brought to my notice of the general ignorance of students of this College, a tertiary institution, in the little matters which show how mature a person it .

The correct procedure in affixing staples into an assign­ment is one mere example. Practically anyone who has be­gun their tertiary education knows that you cannot quickly place one of these sta.pies into position. Because of the apparent lacking of my college students in this sphere of their education. I will briefly des­cribe the correct methods.

Of the several methods you must firstly decide upon whieh you will adopt, by of CO'Jrse, writing down objectively the points for and against each method. But more of this in the College Calendar, which of course, you have read.

One of the easiest methods is to draw in lightly with a 4H Copperplate pencil the diagonal from the left to the lower right corner. Then h alf an inch in from the former corner on the title page the staple should be placed, perpendicular to the diagonal. The diagonal should then be removed by the use of an India rubber eraser .

I trust, .Sir, that this article may be of edification to your multitude of knowledge seek­ing perusers.

Yours sincerely, Jim Rain

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A GU IDE TO THE UNINITIATED

Between the joy of adol­escence and holy wedlock we find a muscle-bound male, who conscientiously fills the role of a Surf Lifesaver.

Lifesavers are usually found around and about members of the opposite sex. He is inno­cence with a beer bottle in his hand, inexperience with a fe­male under his wing, Tarzan in his torn and faded ".Speedos." Parents tolerate him, children idolise him, the government and Shire Councils ignore him and girls thrive on him.

A surf lifesaver is a com­posite-he has the appetite of a horse, the tan of a negro, the lungs of a jersey bull, the jiv­ing ability of Elvis, the knees of a housemaid and the am­bitions of a bum. When forced to participate in R and R drill, he has five thumbs on each hand and two left feet .

The things he likes are: bikinis, 'body-.building, alcohol, fast cars, women, waves, telling dirty jokes, crew-cuts and board races. The things he doeE not like are: members of the other clubs, paying fees, club meetings, unco-operative fe­males, "square" dancing, girls ' fathers, formal dress (i.e., a tie) , lost children and club presidents.

His most cherished posses­sions are: a pair of tattered football shorts, half a dozen beer glasses from the local pub, somebody else's mattress, and some other bloke's surfboard.

Surf lifesavers fall into these categories: good, indifferent, helpless and hopeless. But girls -what would our beaches be like without Australia's most cnlourful figure-the Surf Life­saver??? -One Who Knows

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0' TRAVAIL! Thinkest thou this empty

head of mine Thy worldly knowledge can

absorb? Only were I as a grain of sand To absorb the moisture of thy

knowledge And enjoy each richness to its

full; And at each filling give. Seeking no reward but wonder ,

and delight As youthful seekers of thy

mysteries Were enriched from my tul!ness

thereof.

-·-First Year Half Yearly Exams

Recent results of First Year HalfcYearly .Ex ams disclosed-70 % Failed completely. 10 % Were in the wrong room.

6 % Fell asleep during true or false questions.

2% Forgot to bring a pencil. 2% Forgot to come back

after being excused . 2% Made pa.per planes out

of test papers. 2.% Of male students were

too busy looking at the few female students on the stage.

2% Were still numb f.rom initiation .

1% Could not read. 1 % - Could not write . 1% Chucked the whole mesE

up as a bad joke. 1:% Were still in bed. 1 % Just stayed away alto­

gether.

TOTAL: 10<1% (one idiot hand­ed in two papers).

RESULT: All first years are doing remedials.

STUDY DROVE 1st YEARS UP T'HE WALL

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Gl RLS: 40 Ways to get a Whixx

(direct with variations from a well known American

magazine)

1. ·Pick up the book he drops, strike up a conversation while you retrieve it.

2. Be .friendly to the new boy. Offer to give him a tour of the back path.

3. •Sign up for circuit train­ing. Be an "orange" girl at the footy.

4. Go where the boys are­only when the warden is off duty.

5. Sign up for the news­paper staff (we couldn't thir.k of a variation obut we tried) .

6. "Mistakenly on purpose" pick up his lecture notes; leave yours with him. It will take a meeting after tea and a get­together to straighten out the confusion.

7. Advertise that you've fin­ished next week's 4,000 word assignment.

8. Try out for "twister" title. Everyone will notice you.

9. Suggest doing a joint re­search ,project with him.

10 . Take up bush walking. You'll get a chance to walk to­gether, get acquainted after class hours.

n . Go into the dining room alone. Sit at an empty table. Don't be surprised if he doesn't join you.

12. Carry something enorm­ous (like his Perce box). He'll feel like Sir Galahad when he offers to help.

13. Borrow his jumpers, lec­ture notes you missed, football mocka etc.

14. Do his French knitting. 15. Ask him to explain more

thoroughly a .point he mad.e in his seminar.

16. Ask the brain for help in assignments.

1·7. Offer to mend his foot­ball jumper.

18. Volunteer to collect debts after .pay. You'll have to talk to everyone to urge pay­ment.

19. To catch the eye of the lad who sits •behind you, Luck a saucy pink bow in the back of your curl.

20•. Smile and greet every­one as you pass in .the lecture block, don't wait for introduc­tions.

Z1. Ask him to mer.J your bed lamp.

22. Temporarily lose your wardrobe key. Ask him to keep a few of your belongings in his.

23. Wait for him after a test to discuss your answers.

24. Contrive to go to dems . with him. Don't hesitate to ask him to wait.

2·5. Take a complex camera to the footy with you. Boys love to give advice.

26. Invest in language or Shakespeare records. Ask him up for a study-listening session.

27. Walk out from tea alone some nights to encoura6e him to catch up with you.

28. Ask him to help with the card catalogue or a confus­ing library index.

29. Take neat, good notes­the kind he'll want to borrow.

30 . Lf he's drawn a blank in Nat. Science offer to coach him in the exams .

31. Sit near him in the library.

32.. Stare at him during meals, afterwards say : "I couldn't help noticing your cravat, I'd love to buy one for my ;brother like that."

33. Have him help you hang de-corations for a dance.

34. Suggest an excursion to Willans Hill or the beach that ties in with your current Geog­raphy lectures.

3·5 . Compare grades, especi­ally if you know his were better than yours (unlikely).

36. Memorise the t~ies in football last •Saturday. Compli­ment players at the dance Sat­urday night.

37. S m i 1 e sympathetically when he falls off his chair or spills milk in the dining room. Don't lead the laughter.

38. If you even know one boy in the football team, 1 ush over at half time and start a conversation. He'll introd.nce you to his friends.

39. Comment when he wears a clean shirt or someone else's jumper to lectures.

40. Last and most import­ant: Get along with his fliends even if it kills you .

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"HE SITS AND THINKS- II

The lecturer sat at the tea table thinking. For the first time in a week he had a chance to get aside from the hectic life of College. This was his first year lecturing, and more important his first away from home. Things seemed different somehow.

He remembered how he had playfully punched his school­mate when they had called him a "consch" and suggested that he ought to be a professor. Well, this wasn't quite a pro­fessorship but it was near enough.

He had come to C'ollege on that fateful day with his mind as confused as the spaghetti that had just been placed in front of him. On top of· be­coming a lecturer he had found himself accepting the position of warden.

He liked •boys very much and wanted to repay them for what he had lacked in his Uni. years when he lived at home.

There was a mild disturbance in the body of the dining hall as some girl giggled but it barely registered with him.

That first lecture when he had smiled sweetly, tried to sound tough fm· the boys, yet pleasant enough for the ladies.

And then there was the first time a rumble had started in the dorm. He was grateful for the way the boys had respond­ed to his first voice. This also brought to mind his first nlght on duty. He smiled as he thought of the fun.

Another warden questioned him about who would win the table tennis title. He looked blank but apparently that was sufficient an answer as the conversation flowed on without him.

He had learnt a lot a;bout the modern student in the last three months. They were as human as he was. That was why he had gone bushwalking with a party of them last weekend. Although the exercise had killed him he grinned as he remembered how he slid, grinning like a giddy teenager down that last slope.

He was glad that one of the boys had come to talk over a personal problem with.. him­he felt that he was appreciated. He would rather ~be their friend than their "Big Broth­er" and yet often he felt as if that was what he was expected to ·be.

He was still sitting there thinking when a voice drifted across the table mentioning something about the lack of contributions to "Talkabout."

"TALKABOUT"

She was going to go on when she noticed that they were the only two left in the dining room so they quickly rose and moved silently back into the busy world of 30 minutes ago.

-Interlude

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The Loved One We must first establish a

group of admiring friends. The subtle approach is• to heckle someone publicly, and thus dazzle everyone. It's pots of

by George, taking the -···''""'"' out of people.

can learn •bY watching how youngsters do it in class. Make sure they are under 4th Grade, as above that level they have generally grown out of it .

Now, the subject for the truncating. It is desirable for the subject to have the follow­ing qualities-:

(b) Something to heckle­someone with some sort of in­firmity would be ideal, as it requires no mental effort to heckle something as glaringly obvious as this.

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be antagonising a group, only an individual, which does not matter anyway; (2) he will quietly ignore it, won't return the smashing wit, and form his own little group, thus setting up an alien party.

Other smart things are good too, like playing hide-and-seek with teapots. This esta;blishes you as a. first clas clique of Lotus-eaters-cock of the Dorm in fact.

lf, of course, you let your cmwning glory grow, or if you dye it, then you are immedi­ately labelled a character and accepted in Top-Drawer circles.

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COMFORT TO STUDENTS The •Student stood at the

Pearly Gates, His spirit no longer bold;

He waited for St. Peter To admit him to the fold.

"And what have you done," St. Peter said,

"To gain admittance here?" "I've been a student teacher

And underpaid two years."

The Pearly Gates swung open wide,

St. Peter touched the bell. "Come in," he said, "and

choose your harp, You've had your share of

hell."

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FOOTBALL The first grade is still having

a successful season being sec­ond to W'aratahs. They were unlucky to lase some of their star players especially their fiery Riverina pivot and cap­tain, Ross Eggleton; but still they have continued to play brilliant football losing only two games for the season. Their last match proved to be a thriller where with their speed and hard rucking they openly thrashed their old rivals Ag. College 26-3.

The Greens and Golds when they have recovered from loss­es, lnJuries, retirement, etc., and organised themselves should provide a thriller of a match when they meet again at the end of the season. The Greens, who were overpowered in the last match against the Golds, will have to live up to the name the Greens built up last year. It will be interesting to see which teams out of R.A.A.F. "A," "·Gr-eens" and "Golds" will meet in the Grand Final.

The Colts who seem to be having a run of bad luck re­cently still hold a position in the first four in the comp. With Athol Mulley behind them they could still prove a headache to the top team at the end of the season.

The footballers were pleased with the response they received for their football dance and especially to all supporters and hecklers at their r.ecent match-es.

-Mick McGrath Sports Editor.

SOCCER GOLDS KILL THE DUCK GREENS HIT THE: TOP

With the first round com-pleted and the second round under way the Soccer Club has seen mixed luck. Two players who will be missed by both teams are Mick Sheddon and Bill Quantrill. Mick broke his leg playing for the Greens against R.A.A.F. and Bill suf­fered a recurrent injury to his back some weeks ago. Both players look as though their next game will be early . . . in 19·63. The Golds team has finally notched a couple of points. To be congratulated on this game are Mick Sheddon and Johnny Cranfield who scored the team's four goals. This congratulation, however, must go to the whole team, who played as such. In the game against R.A.A.F.-former competition leaders-the whole Greens team played. well-es­.pecially as only 1(} men were left to do battle after 55 min­utes. It is pleasing to note the improvement of Peter Hamil-

ton, Cafferky and Bob Cureton -all of whom have showed their best form to date in the last two games.

Perhaps the most disappoint­ing feature of the soccer this season is the lack of supporters. All hecklers are welcome (whizzers as well) and you will be assured of an exciting game. Where? Generally there is at least one game at the College each weekend. Watch the notice tboard ladies (and !3d­dies) and we will give you the clues. -Macka and 'Cerlot

MEN'S HOCKEY The growth of hockey in the

College this year has been re­markable. We now have three teams in the local competitions. Our new team, College 3, are settling down fast and. we ex­pect them to record their f1rst victory soon. The second, led by Noel Miller, are doing well in the competition and there is keen rivalry for some posi­tions. The firsts have shown that they cari be a premier side but they still need a lot of hard work to build up a match winning combin3.tion.

W'e took two teams to Tumut to the annual carnival and al­though we didn't win many matches we all g·ained valuable experience both on and off the field. The second performed very creditably against much stronger opposition.

Our congratulations go to "Hick" Norman, Buddy Leon­ard, Ian Brown, Terry Lane and Vince Fisher, who repres­ented Wagga at the Victorian Country Championships. The last four mentioned have also .been selected to represent Wagga in a match a.g·ainst Albury on July 1.

With the selection of the Intercollegiate team eoming up let our motto on the field be, "Excel with Honour."

-A Selector waiting to be impressed.

Women's Softball The Inter-house competitbn

is now finished with Kabi emerging winners and Marinya hard on their heels. The com­petition was actively partici­pated in and valuable experi­ence was gained: by many.

This term we are only play­ing with three College teams and attempts have been made to arrange games w\th the Army, R.A.A.F. and we hope, a staff team. Balmain Teach­ers' College is coming down early in August and this mat:eh should cause quite a deal ·of interest.

As Intercollegiate is .mly a few weeks away we need as

much practice as possible. Therefore we issue a challenge to all other sporting teams in the College-come and sec if you can beat us.

-Adele Weathera.ll

Women's Basketball Only three competition gam­

es have •been played so far t:his year and the llst, 2:nd and 3rd teams have each had one de­feat . The 4th team, with ma.ny stars making stupendous come­·backs, achieved: what was thought to ·be impossible-they won!

Although last week showed the ability of all teams, further training wouldn't go astray. Remember first grade, Inter­collegiate is only a few waeks away.

The first grade has at :ast been finalised and we welcome Anne Rentoule and Jeanne Quartel in place of· Kaye Dick and Dinah Walker who have had to withdraw because of in-juries.

-Jai Delavere

MEN'S TENNIS The championships are well

under way with only the quarter finals onwards to be played. congratulations. to those who have reached this stage.

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