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NINETEEN-EIGHTYFOUR Swinopsis 64 has been produced for young men and w o m e n in their late teens and early twenties who are studying full-time in the tertiary division of Swinburne for professional diplomas. Eventually these students will occupy many responsible positions in engineering, applied chemistry, commerce or applied art. What sort of world can they expect 20 years from now?
Because the future is being born in the present, the opening section of this magazine explores the problems of "Living in a Technological Age". A s seen by our contributors and illustrators, these problems are startling, with undertones of Orwell's imaginative novel, "Nineteen-Eightyfour". The earth, it seems, is becoming crowded with people, and most of these people (particularly in the technologically-underdeveloped countries of Asia) are impoverished, toiling, hungry and thirsty. O n the other hand, the technologically-triumphant countries (including Australia) are enjoying increasing wealth and leisure; yet our wealth is largely wasted in dubious luxuries such as traffic jams, and much of our leisure has to be spent in the sprawling industrial and commercial environment of noise and smog.
The second half of the twentieth century, therefore, needs not only technologists, but also technologists who are humane and who can help to lead society in a direction which best serves the interests of all its members. If human life is to be worthwhile, technologists need to know not only h o w to change it, but also what they are changing and w h y ; they must understand and appreciate the economic, political and cultural environment in which they operate.
Accordingly, the second and third sections of the magazine go on to explore broad historical and literary themes. After all, the function of tertiary technical education is not only to equip a young professional person for his first job but also to equip him with navigating instruments for the ocean of life. If the student is encouraged to value Knowing as well as Doing, if his interests are widened, if he is able to let his mind range and to cope with all kinds of problems, then there is more chance that he will be ready whenever and wherever society needs him.
B. Barrett, Lecturer in Humanities
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Director's Remarks
Until last year the students of this College produced one magazine,
the "Open Door", which heroically but hopelessly tried to serve the wide and
varied needs and interests of young people ranging in age, outlook and experience
from those in the first form of a post-primary school, to others who had
matured to the equivalent of the final year of a university pass degree.
Then, in 1963, "Swinopsis" was born, as a medium of communication and
expression for full-time senior students. The "Open Door" remains
as the magazine of the Boys' and Girls' Schools.
The first "Swinopsis" was novel in name, subject matter, and presentation.
Dominated by the Art School, its Bohemian character expressed
something of the new-found artistic and literary freedom of those concerned
with its production.
This year "Swinopsis" has matured still further. It has been built round a
theme of some importance. Within its covers are gathered thoughts
on various aspects of that theme, thoughts contributed by students
from each of our main disciplines, Art, Chemistry, Commerce and Engineering.
In itself this is commendable. It is team work; practice in the pooling
of special knowledge for the common good. But it goes further than that.
It indicates a growing awareness by students of technology that the
problems to be faced, by their world, which lies ahead, are not only technological,
but social. Indeed, many of the most serious future problems of humanity
will result from the application of increasing technological
knowledge; some of the present social problems are in this category.
In a College of this size, where there are some nine hundred full-time students,
the contributions of only a few can find their way into this annual
publication. It is to be hoped that more contributions have been offered than
could be accepted, for practice in such writing must be of value to
young people who, with passing years, are likely to become leaders of thought
and action. And it is to be hoped further that those who have made no effort
at writing will read the magazine and discuss amongst themselves the ideas
expressed by their more enterprising colleagues.
I myself look forward to receiving my copy of Swinopsis6^.
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Every time the clock ticks, day and
night, there is another human mouth
to feed. After subtracting total
world deaths from births, we have
120,000 extra people each day.
Man now faces the greatest problem
of his 500,000 years on earth.
During the last 130 years, world
population has increased threefold.
In the next forty years it is expected
to double again.
©
Ironically, our own development of
intelligence has aided this snow
balling problem. Medical science
has upset the age-old balance
between births and deaths. H u m a n
life expectancy has doubled; as a
result population has exploded
uncontrollably.
Today each human being has some
20,000 square yards of earth at his
disposal. By the year 2000, however,
this figure will be reduced to 5000
square yards. What will happen
after that? Standing room only?
The population pressure is being
particularly felt in countries that are
already overcrowded. Asian pop
ulation is expected to double every
twenty-five years. Whereas at the
beginning of the century there was
one European to every two Asians,
the ratio has now become one to
four.
United Nations experts think that
the existing land resources, with the
application of the best existing
methods, could feed only 18,000
million people. The prospect of
having a quarter of those people by
1980 is frightening. The total figure
could even be exceeded in less than
100 years, if some scientific pre
dictions prove correct.
Thus, in the forseeable future it is
expected that mankind will multiply
at least four times. Man has two
solutions available to combat this
problem: family planning, or pro
duction of enough food, clothing
and shelter for the ever-increasing
multitudes.
The former proposal is contro
versial. However, everyone— Com
munist, Churchman or Capitalist-
is in favour of the latter. Thus, if we
adapt this solution, mankind's
destiny will rest with the productivity
of the world's soil*
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FOSSILS OF TOMORROW
John coles
Entire species of plants and animals
are vanishing from the face of the
earth each year. During the last two
thousand years 106 large mammals
have become extinct—40 of these in
the last 50 years. Excessive hunting,
and the taking over of the jungle
kingdom by man as he expands,
have lead to their extinction. Vast
areas of once good land are now
sand-covered rock, due to the soil
erosion which resulted from the
reckless clearing of forests. Unless
something is done to prevent
further destruction of wild life,
Australia and the rest of the world,
will be reduced to rocky deserts.
The only animals left will be man,
© his dog and cat, and maybe his
pet budgerigar.
Wild animals which appear to be
useless or obstructive to man are
often beneficial in some indirect
way. The Australian cockatoo was
hunted down because it damaged
shrubs. However, research has
revealed that this much-abused
species performs a valuable duty,
that of keeping down the beetle
known as dendrophagous longicorn.
The Victorian fishing industry
claims that seals should be classed
as vermin, and exterminated in our
waters, because seals sometimes
damage fishing nets. To me, it
seems that the seals would make no
great difference to the amount of
fish caught, and damage to a few
nets does not give anyone the right
to destroy all the seals in Victorian
waters.
In the same way as he has killed
animals that were of no use to him,
man has burnt out forests and scrub
and chopped down trees because
he thought that in their natural
state they were of no use to him.
Man wanted more land for crops so
he took it. Not long after clearing,
erosion by wind and by water set in,
transforming the burnt forests into
sand and rock. Farmers could not
farm the sand so they burnt down
more forests, and the tragic cycle
of events occured time after time.
Erosion sets in easily but is ex
tremely difficult to conquer. Erosion
costs the U.S.A. alone over four
thousand million dollars a year.
The chopping down of trees in the
city and suburbs seems to be
destruction without any reasonable
motive. If a drain is blocked, the
local council often blames leaves
dropping from trees. So the trees
are promptly chopped down. The
council does not try to think of other
possible causes, such as litter
swept down the drain by lazy street-
sweepers. Nor does the council
think of any other ways of overcom
ing the problem — for example,
placing a grate over the drain.
Sometimes the trees are not chop
ped down, but are only pruned a
little, as in the case of trees near
overhead power lines. However,
the council seems to want the
pruning job to last for quite a few
years, so the men saw away at the
branches until al) that remains is
the trunk with a few bumps at the
top where the branches were.
Recently it was proposed that a
chair lift be erected on Ayer's Rock.
Surely a lift would mar the beauty
and solitude of this landmark. The
Rock would soon be covered by
tourists who would otherwise not
bother to make the climb up.
Eventually the chair lift on Ayer's
Rock would resemble the escalator
up to the first floor of Myer's.
Another place where beauty and
unigueness are being lost is along
the Gold Coast. At a number of
previously attractive places, beach-
minerals processing-plants are now
set up. They are an eyesore in them-
seoves and are ruining the beach for
its prime purpose—swimming.
The resulting monotonous environ
ment, if this ubiquitous vandalism
continues, will surely have an ill
effect on everybody. In his leisure
time, man needs something dif
ferent from concrete, steel and
glass buildings, noisy crowded
streets, and the bustle of everyday
life. Many people enjoy spending
their leisure time in the timbered
hilly country, at the beaches, and in
the unique vastness of the centre of
our continent. Overseas visitors
travel here to see Australia's native
animals, birds and plants. Unless
our flora and fauna are preserved,
places for spending leisure time
will be no different from those in
which we spend our everyday life.
Travel for enjoyment will be point
less.
National parks and sanctuaries
provide some chance for flora and
fauna to survive, but, alas, they
are often established too late to
revive and extend the species. And
with the spread of suburbia, pot
ential sites for such natural reserves
are dwindling.
Concerted action must be taken
soon—while there is yet time©
kevin munday
Of the world's 3,000 million people,
nearly two thirds are victims of
hunger or inadequate nutrition.
Indeed, if all the world's hungry
people stood in a queue spaced two
feet apart, the queue would stretch
around the world 25 times. Over
large areas of the world, people's
everyday meals are insufficient;
children go without milk after they
are weaned and child mortality
between the ages of one and five is
often fifteen times higher than in
well-fed communities.
However, all this is nothing new. It is
probable that the world has never
fed all its people adequately. The
difference is that to-day, thanks to
the discoveries of science, w e have
the knowledge and power to pro
duce sufficient food, measured on a
health standard, for 18,000 million
people. But, unless w e start doing
something now to mitigate the
present situation and prepare for
the increasing numbers, w e are in
trouble. A n d the pronoun "we"
means particularly the people of
fortunate countries like Australia.
According to a recent survey, world
food production is increasing faster
than the growth of population, es
timated at two per cent, annually.
Unhappily this does not mean that
the world's food problem is solved,
for the greatest increase in food
production is in those countries
where food is already plentiful, such
as Australia, and the least in those
where it is most needed, such as
India. Another regrettable fact is
that in those regions where the need
is greatest, not sufficient effort is
made to produce protein foods,
(meat, milk, eggs, etc.), the lack of
which is largely responsible for
diseases of malnutrition.
Despite increasing populations, the
advanced countries are feeding
themselves better than ever. Par
ticular instances will sharpen the
contrast between developed and un
developed countries. In nutritional
value the diet of an Indian peasant is
equal to about 30 per cent, of an
Australian's. In eastern. Asia the
daily consumption of animal pro-
ucts per person is less than a third
of what it is in the United States.
In the light of these alarming facts,
it is up to all advanced countries,
such as Australia, to tighten their
belts and to give gifts of food,
machinery and technical assistance
to the underdeveloped countries
in order to solve this problem. This
is an enterprise in which we are
all involved©
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living with the robot
© atan harrison
Ninety per cent, of all light bulbs in
America are made by fourteen
workers at fourteen machines. A
factory now needs only two people
instead of 200 to produce 1,000
radio sets. Vending machines in the
United States last year dispensed
15 per cent, of cigarettes, and sold
2 billion cups of coffee. More than
4 million U.S. robot venders offer
everything from onion soup and
insurance to a spray of French
perfume or a 30-second sniff of
oxygen to relieve hangovers. These
are just a few examples of the
expanse of automation.
Automation is part of our expanding
society and has many advantages
to offer to our advancing community.
It provides a powerful lever for
economic growth. After machines
are paid for, the only expense is for
maintenance; high labour costs are
obliterated. Automation facilitates
a vast increase in production and
productivity, required to keep pace
with population growth, and helps
to raise living standards.
Meanwhile many short-run prob
lems have to be met. Small indust
ries and disposal centres, which
cannot afford to meet the large
automatic instalment costs, will
eventually be over-run by larger
firms, who with automation will be
able to reduce their sale prices.
Automation requires highly quali
fied labor, including the designers
and maintenance workers of the
new machines. But this brings
about unemployment among the
unskilled. The time may come
when all packers, machine oper
ators and many shop keepers will
be swamped by automation. This
fact, however, could eventually
become a great advantage be
cause the community's educational
standards (and therefore its
living standards) will be raised.
Under automation the trend
is for young workers to enter
employment later and for older
workers to retire earlier.
With automation and pop
ulation both increasing
rapidly, manual working
hours will gradually decrease
and therefore man will then
have to find more activity
to fill in his leisure hours. This
problem is today a real one in
countries such as Sweden where
such a high standard of living
has been reached, that everyone
is provided for and all real in
centive for work has been lost.
This has resulted in juvenile
deliquency of which Sweden has
one of the highest rates in the
world. It seems that man must
learn to use his leisure time to
full advantage©
HIGHWAY ROBBERY john todd
A modern metropolis such as
Melbourne needs both private and
public transport. However, while
Melbourne continues to sprawl ever
outward, our governmental and civic
authorities are encouraging private
motor cars to the detriment of public
transport—that is trains, trams and
buses. This is, I believe a short
sighted policy.
A four-laned freeway alone requires
some fifteen to twenty acres per
mile—an incredible figure. Apart
from the cost to the community for
this land, can we afford to have
our parks and playing space taken?
Also, one "interchange" (or
junction) of two freeways requires
one - hundred and forty acres,
enough land for about eight hun
dred homes and their streets and
footpaths.
If we can finance these freeways,
we then have many more thousands
of cars daily entering the city. These
cars require costly city sites and
buildings for car-parks. This, in
turn, reduces the land left available
in the city for shops and offices,
values of remaining properties are
forced up, and up go rents and the
cost of goods and services.
Now, if we look at public transport,
we see that one rail track can carry
30,000 passengers per hour com
pared to one freeway lane with only
2,000 per hour. Furthermore, the
rail track, like the new third track to
Camberwell, can, by suitable sig
nalling, be used for inward morning
and outward evening traffic, where
as separate freeway lanes are
needed for inwards and outwards
traffic.
The railway track is therefore
30 times more effective than the
freeway lane for equal amounts of
land used. Conversely it requires
30 freeway lanes, of 15 feet each,
©
needing an overall width of 450 feet,
to do the same jobs as one rail line.
A 24 - hour railway strike on
March 20 this year gave Melbourne
a preview of what will have become
"normal"(!) here by 1970—nearly
half a million cars on the road
during morning peak-hour. The
"Herald" that evening reported-:—
"Allowing two people to a car, each
person occupied a minimum of
150 sq. ft. of road (the average car is
about 15 ft. long and 6 ft. wide, and
needs its own length in extra
roadway and an extra two feet on
each side as a margin of error, even
at 5 m.p.h. traffic jam speeds).
Allowing a Melbourne tram the
same margin, each of the 150 pas
sengers that can be sardined into
one would occupy just over 8 sq. ft.
of roadway. In other words, most of
the people who came to work this
morning by car took up nearly
19 times the road space of those
who travelled by tram".
And remember too, that by 1970
Melbourne will have one big "peak
period" traffic jam—lasting from
dawn to midnight every day.
It is therefore quite obvious that
our railway and tramway systems
should be vastly improved to curb
the increase in cars.
We could have large car parks
around suburban stations so people
could park their cars for the day and
travel to the city by new fast and
comfortable trains. W e would then
need a railway circling the city,
because people would be dis
couraged from travelling by train if
they had to go a long way from the
station to their business.
The promotion of public transport
needs to be co-ordinated with the
building of flats. If flats and other
high density buildings were properly
integrated with railway stations
and tram routes, a substantial
reduction in peak-hour highway
needs could result.
American transport authorities,
after spending enormous sums
on freeways, car parks, etc., have
found traffic congestion increasing
and costs of freeways spiralling.
N o w the American trend is towards
increased public transport.
A major increase in public trans
port will not, of course, remove the
need for freeways, but it will sub
stantially reduce the number of
lanes required and postpone the
need for others©
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The world population explosion and
the development of urban civili
zation are bringing mankind face to
face with a serious shortage of
drinking water.
In a typical modern city it takes a
citizen approximately five gallons of
water to wash his hands, shave, and
through the pipes. A shower con
sumes five gallons a minute and a
bath normally amounts to twenty
gallons. Lawn sprinklers, street
cleaners and the washing ot motor
cars great rease this consump
tion : not to mention the iremendous
quantities used in agriculture and in
gallons OT water to make one ton ot
steel, 1,000 tons ot water tor a man's
woollen suit. 15 tons for a qalion ot
And is our water really clean?
There is a growing trend for cities
to use the same river for dumping
sewage and obtaining drinking
water. Melbourne, for example, is
already doing the lormer in the Yaira
at North Kew and is talking about
doing the latter in the Yarra at
\A/arrandvte. (Foriunaleiy to< us.
North Kew is downstream hon
Warrandyte). W e may live to see the
day when the sewage from North
Kew is extracted from the Yarra
again at, say Richmond for drinking
in the inner suburbs.
Once it was a simple problem to
cleanse water in the fermenters and
aerators ot treatment works L u l
todav many pollutanis—to* example
powerful and mysterious tc be
everyone i:- drinking each other
wasn-wau moth Dioioci i
lint
ieriment is being conducted—
with unknown effects on stomachs
and kidneys. Someday, autopsies
may reveal that what prolongs the
usefulness of the garment may
abbreviate that of the wearer. The
time may not be far off when Aus
tralian suburbanites will choose to
buy drinking water in bottles.
However not all is so glum. Sanitary
engineers hope to put city sewages
to the practical use of reducing
man's lack of proteins. Large-scale
salt-water evaporation methods are
already in operation in some
countries, converting sea water into
fresh drinking water. Furthermore
there is much scope for research
There is also a continuing demand
for meteorological data on glaciers,
pack ice, and the nature of snow.
Thus, it is obvious that the supply of
fresh water and the preservation of
related amenities are not problems
which industry can be expected to
solve alone; work and planning of
this nature must be on an internat
ional scale, for the problems of
water supply and control are
world-wide.
Yet despite these advances, more
scientific information is needed,
especially with regards to hydro-
logical surveys on a world scale.
THE LOST ART OF TRAVEL
ralph patford
What has happened! The word
"travel", according to the Oxford
Dictionary, means "to journey, to
go, to move along a course". It is
related to the French word "travail",
meaning "trouble, work, torment",
and to the Latin "trepalium",
meaning "three-legged instrument
of torture". Once, to be a traveller,
you had to be an adventurer too,
but now all you have to do is call
yourself a tourist (meaning a
"sight-seeing traveller") and flash
a great bank roll.
Until the eighteenth - century, a
traveller was recognized as a brave,
adventurous soul going busily
about his profession. Marco Polo,
for example, took five years to trek
across Europe and Asia to China,
in the thirteenth century. About the
end of the Middle Ages a traveller
could usually be put into one of
these four classes:— Exiled mon
arch, adventurous aristrocrat, mer
chant prince or wandering scholar.
Things then were awfully tough;
there were no roads, let alone solid
ones; and the poor beasts of burden
had a pretty rough time of it.
But gradually things started to
change; travelling became easier
and easier and travellers became
softer and softer, and hand in hand
with this came the tourist.
Tourism, Baedeker's Almanac and
Cook's tours spelt a blow in the
solar plexis of the true traveller.
Baedeker's Almanac was crammed
with authentic information on a
thousand and one places and things,
Cook's organized tours started to
spread across the world to such
places as America. (Even World
War II could not escape tourism;
the "Baedeker Raids" on England
were so called because of Goering's
instructions to the Luftwaffe—des-
troy " every historical building and
landmark in England that is marked
with an asterisk in Baedeker's").
In the twentieth century tourism
has become big business. The
Americans have introduced the
glamorous idea of the Air Hostess.
Everything has become "luxurious":
luxury liners, luxury coaches,
luxury 'planes, luxury hotels, luxury this, luxury that. If you
ask how far you are from some
city or country, you are told "fifteen
gourmet meals","one restful night's
sleep", "first light here, sunrise
there". Once you travelled to see
the natives; now you travel to avoid
them. A typical tourist's agenda
could read:— June 15: Paris-
Champagne and striptease.
June 17: U.S.A. — Disneyland.
June 18: U.S.A. — Flight over
Niagara Falls. June 20: Hawaii-
Silver sands of Waikiki Beach.
June 22: Aust.—Climb up Ayer's
Rock. June 24/26: France—Cruise
on the Mediterranean.
where does it end?
This modern way of travelling is
no good to anyone. All the tourist
sees is a veneer of life, not life
as it really is. He sees spectacular
landmarks, eats delicious foods
and enjoys the best night life,
but he does not see what really
makes the individual or the nation
tick. He fails to grasp the constit
uents in the structure of a nation's
culture, religion or morals. The
other extreme of foot slogging and
paddling canoes is no better. It
would be a great deal healthier
but it would also be impractical
in this modern age. It is necessary
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Late autumn surprises Laughing in a thousand faces.
Late Afternoon
Grey sodden skies Hum Suspended Over slanted rooftops. Each tile is red arid like ice Today. Each tile is laid end to end And scrapes edge to edge When afoul wind Takes to blowing. Countless terracotta biscuits Burn the fingers When a baked sun Takes to blazing But skies hang low Today. Skies like heavy heaved blankets Soak home Heart Mind. Grey sodden souls In homeward straits Scuffle and gossip 'neath ribbed balloons Party-hued, haloed Today. Shuffled now Into silence. Slippy Glassy Pale pavements Shadowed and splintered By narrowed toe and shoed heel. Lead-headed blooms Steeped In soundless gardens Today. Skies like heavy heaved blankets Soak home Heart Mind.
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The history of Melbourne divides naturally into four periods, each of which has left its mark on the environment where we now work and play. 1803-50: In 1803 the British Government tried to establish a small settlement on the eastern side of Port Phillip—but failed. However in 1835 Batman and Fawkner arrived from Tasmania, and within six years Melbourne had 4,000 people, 30 hotels and three newspapers. Victoria had become a large unfenced sheep run, dotted with lonely homesteads and shepherds' huts. 1851-1890: In 1851, when the gold rush began, Victoria became separated from New South Wales. In the 1850's the first railway in Australia was opened from Melbourne to Port Melbourne; the streets were paved, and were lit by gas; Cobb and Co. coaches began. Melbourne soon surpassed Sydney in size and for more than 40 years was Australia's most populous city, and the financial and commercial capital of Australia. By the 1880's there were rambling new suburbs (such as Hawthorn), cable trams and 12-storey sky-scrapers.
1890-1918: With the economic depression of the 1890's, many of the new sky-scrapers and villas became unoccupied and thousands of people unemployed. N.S.W., which previously had- only two people to Victoria's three, now grew faster and surpassed Victoria. Victoria passed through the leanest years in its history.
1918-63: With two post-war booms, Melbourne has fattened sumptuously on industrial expansion. Industrialisation has enabled Melbourne to absorb far more than its share of overseas immigrants. Today because they cannot get houses closer at hand, Melbournites have gone to live even in the hills. The city where Batman and Fawkner built their huts is now larger in area than the London of their time©
TWENTY THREE YEARS AGO
malcolm hobday I recently had the fascinating experience of reading copies of "The Argus" and "The Herald" dated March 5, 1941, which were found under the lounge carpet in a Melbourne house.
In 1941 war was raging in Europe and imminent in the Pacific. Consequently the first three pages of both papers consists essentially of war news. Under the headline "Friendly Japanese note to Britain" I found this statement: "Japan has assured Britain that she does not intend to attack her interests in the Far East and does not wish the war to extend to the Pacific". (This was only a few months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.)
The headline of "Teacher Need in Schools" was present even then, because of the number of male teachers enlisting in the armed forces. Of direct interest to us as technology students was that at this time the Council of Public Education was considering allowing exemptions to diplomates attempting a degree course at the University.
The major difference between the two Melbournes is the rise in the cost of living. Men's suits were £7, women's £4. A house was advertised as "well situated, large grounds, double story, twelve rooms plus verandah and balcony, carpets, heating, etc."—all for £3750. The new Oldsmobile Economaster cost £488. Many second-hand cars were 27 below £100. Cigarettes were 1/2d. for 20; 7d. for 10. Furniture: three piece lounge suite, £10/0/0; gent's wardrobe, 65/-; special offer, bedroom, dining-room, and kitchen completely furnished for 39 guineas. Advertised in "The Herald" were no less than ninety picture theatres. The prices of seats for "Gone with the Wind", for example, ranged from 2/6d. to 5/-.
I have tried to show changes that have taken place over the past years, but gazing at the top of both the 1941 papers I notice that there is one aspect of Melbourne that has not changed—the "changeability of the weather. Morning forecast—fine; evening forecast—showers•
A PEEP INTO THE PAST
Stephen boultis Many streets around Hawthorn
received their present names during
the pioneering days—after a well
known person or landmark.
28 Burwood Road was named after a
famous mansion, "Burwood",
which was in another street near the
Yarra—Coppin Grove. The house
was built by the late Honorable Sir
James Palmer M.L.C., and was used
for the first meeting of the Legis
lative Council of Victoria. The Deed
of Separation of Victoria from the
Colony of New South Wales was
probably signed in the dining room.
This house is now used for training
domestic arts teachers for private
schools.
Glenferrie Road is said to remember
Tooronga Road and Auburn Road,
which in the nineteenth century
were dotted with vineyards, are
called after two mansions which
were originally built there.
Riversdale Road was so named
simply because it led to the Yarra.
Power Street passed through a
paddock owned by Squatter Power.
Barkers Road used to lead to
Squatter Barker's hut.
History is all around us. Knowing
something about the origins and
traditions of one's locality can make
life more interesting©
Looking at a map of the eastern
suburbs, one can still trace the
remains of Melbourne's old Outer
Circle railway. This railway, which
was completed in 1891, stretched
from Hughesdale (near Oakleigh)
to Fairfield (on the Heidelberg line).
Along it, quaint steam trains once
puffed through Alamein, Ashburton
Burwood, Hartwell, Riversdale, East
Camberwell, Deepdene and East
Kew.
Eighteen-ninety-one, however, was
a depression year. Within two years,
parts of the Outer Circle closed
down, and within six years the entire
line ceased to function. Sections
were reopened and closed from
that time until 1943, and now only
three miles of the original Outer
Circle remain open, that being from
Alamein to Riversdale and a
three-quarter-mile strip at Fairfield
used by the Australian Paper Mills
for goods traffic.
The idea of having an Outer Circle
railway was first proposed in 1873
by Thomas Higinbottom, the en
gineer-in-chief of the Victorian
Government Railways. At that time
there was a railway from Oakleigh
to Gippsland, but none between
Oakleigh and South Yarra. Higgin-
bottom's proposed Outer Circle was
to carry passengers from Oakleigh
to North Melbourne station (instead
of using coaches from Oakleigh to
South Yarra and then the privately-
owned Hobson's Bay railway from
South Yarra to the City).
Higginbottom's idea was not used,
as the Government built a line from
Oakleigh to South Yarra the next
year and then purchased the
Hobson's Bay Company.
The Outer Circle that was built had
therefore an entirely different route
to the one first proposed by
Higinbottom, and passengers had
to change trains. One service
ran from Fairfield Park to Riversdale
and another from Camberwell to
Oakleigh.
The main reason for building the
1891 Outer Circle was to enable
goods traffic to be diverted from
the main suburban line at Oakleigh,
but once built, the line was used
mainly for passenger traffic.
The route of the railway can still
easily be traced, as it cuts under
Canterbury and Mont Albert Roads.
The old railway bridge over the
Yarra is now used by motorists
on the Chandler Highway. Other
spots are now children's play
grounds or are reserved by the
Melbourne and Metropolitan Board
of Works for future freeway de
velopment systems©
ON THE CULTURAL FRONT
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tne intelligent swinburnian is reading
The education diet offered
at Swinburne is varied and
balanced. Technical diploma
courses include advanced
study in the humanities. In
these subjects students are
encouraged to broaden their
experience, interests and hori
zons. Thus a student has the
opportunity to become fam
iliar not only with his own
chosen specialist vocation but
also with the general, liberal
culture that is common to
all educated, professional
people—literature, the social
sciences and the history of
science and technology. For
S W I N O P S I S '64 we have
invited students to nominate
the most significant work of
fiction or biography that they
have read lately. Here are their,
replies and recommendations.
Most of these books are
available in the college library
or college bookshop©
LUST FOR LIFE IRVING STONE
This is the best modern novel I have ever read, and I strongly recommend it to everybody. It tells in fictional form the life story of Vincent Van Gogh, the famous painter who flourished in the late nineteenth century. W e follow this sensitive and mysterious genius through his experiences as an art dealer in London, as a preacher in a Belgian coal-mining village, as an amateur painter in Holland, and as a master painter (and mental hospital patient) in France. Once you pick up this book, you cannot put it down • Norman Giderson
THE STORY OF SAN MICHELE AXEL MUNTHE
This is a "must" for everybody. It is
the autobiography of a Scandinavian
doctor before World War One. Besides portraying the conditions on the
continent at this time, Munthe tells of
the carefree life of the natives of a
Mediterranean island where he spent
his retirement •
Geoff Nlears
GERMINAL EMILE ZOLA Here is a grim picture of a community of coal-miners in nineteenth-century France, living and working under apailing conditions. During a strike the miners are turned into a crazed mob, capable of violence, destruction and murder. However, the compassion and kindness, which these people often manage to show throughout their bitter existence, suggests that there is still hope in the future for them and for man 9 Alwin Himan
THE GRAPES OF WRATH J O H N STEINBECK
During the depression of the
1930's, the mechanization and
amalgamation of farms forced
many small, poor farmers from
Oklahoma to migrate to Cali
fornia in trucks and cars. After
living en route in shanty
towns made up of tents and
scrap-cardboard houses, they
were disappointed when they
reached California and could
not get work. The wealthy
Californian orchardists and cot
ton growers treated the small
farmers worse than as animals.
Gradually in the hearts of the
small farmers there a growing
wrath. This book is of con
siderable historic significance. John Coles
BRAVE NEW WORLD
ALDOUS HUXLEY
"Brave New World" predicts how society
could develop in a hundred year's time—
if present trends continue to their logical
conclusion. Marriage has been abol
ished. Individuals are mass produced in
test tubes, and, while still on the
conveyor belt and in early childhood, they
are conditioned to willingly accept their
preselected place in the community, the
state being their only guardian. All
religions have been replaced by one sect
which worships the leader of the state.
Books are strictly censored. Some
characteristics of the "Brave New
World" (such as public contentment,
economic stability, and the absence of
all physical diseases) are desirable
but, it is debatable whether these ends
justify the undesirable means ©
Peter Wilson
OF MICE AND MEN Steinbeck's hereos are two wandering farm labourers in California during the depression of the 1930's. One labourer, a strong half-wit, accidentally kills a young woman. In order to forestall an angry lynch mob, the other labourer takes a gun and performs an unusual action which gives the novel a powerful, thought-provoking climax. Graeme Hamilton
CLOCHMERLE GABRIEL CHEVALLIER
In order to give his township
some prestige, the Mayor of the French township of Clochmerle
in the 1920's, decides to build
a men's public convenience.
Unfortunately he chooses a
site in Monk's Alley, next to
the church. The results of this decision are far-reaching. The
town is disturbed; feuding with
a neighbouring town breaks
out; the French Government is
made "more precarious than
usual; and hopes of world disarmament are confounded.
The book makes good reading in that it is unusual by our
standards of behaviour and
thinking • Jim Maunder
LORD OF THE FLIES WILLIAM GOLDING
When an aeroplane crash-lands, a party
of schoolboys are cast away on an
uninhabitated coral island, At first they
take advantage of this and treat the
situation with enthusiasm, However, their serene existence is threatened
not by any external danger, but by
human emotions: fear, anger and lust
for blood. With this parable the author
unfolds a whole passage of human
history© Ronald Prato
THE BLACK CLOUD FRED H O Y L E
The novel concerns the import
ance of the relations between scientists and politicians.
W h e n a strange but intelligent
black cloud suddenly eclipses
the sun, life on earth comes to
a standstill. Using his own special radio transmitter, Professer Kingsley makes con
tact with the cloud and thereby becomes the most powerful
man in the world. In a discussion with the leaders of
Russia and the United States, Kingsley looses his temper and
threatens to instruct the cloud
to destroy these leaders. In retaliation, hundreds of hydro
gen rockets are launched at the
cloud's brain, but the cloud simply reverses the missiles, and Kingsley's power is then
, evident to all. Thus the author shows how in the modern
world scientists and politicians ought to work in harmony to
help man survive©
Robert Turner
S C O O P EVELYN WAUGH This is a satire on the popular press. The sensational British newspaper, "The Daily Beast", requires a foreign correspondent to cover a civil war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia. Because of mistaken identity, a country bumpkin named William Boot, gets the job, but he scores a journalistic triumph. Evelyn Waugh's style is hilarious, almost farcical and extremely enjoyable to read • Kevin Smith
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE J. D. SALINGER
This book gives us insight into
the affluent American way of life. For example, the main
character, a boy of sixteen is, by our standards, equal to a
young man of eighteen or older. The humorous situations and problems, in which this angry young man becomes
involved as he struggles to grow up, make fascinating reading •
John Todd
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MARY MCCARTHY
Well, actually, as a humble Victorian, I haven't read it, but,
according to erudite dissert
ations in the intellectual week
lies, this novel has a socio
political leit-motif, viz., the social climate of Roosevelt
N e w Deal America of the 1930's
(an a m a l g a m of pragmatic
liberalism, social eniightment, female emancipation and pol
itical optimism) and the trau
matic impact of all this on
sophisticated female m e m b e r s of the bourgeois intelligentzia
in their various milieux. Suit
able for highbrows •
Jenny Mcintosh
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
EMILY BRONTE
This book provides an interesting contrast between living
conditions in the mid-nineteenth century and today. The
novel was written in 1847, a period when women did not
enjoy modern liberties. Emily wrote in the style of a man, and,
to make her novel acceptable to the public, published under
a man's name. She describes perfectly the wild Yorkshire moors in the north of England,
and the language, manners and dwellings of the scattered residents • Warwick Armstrong
romeo & juliet WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
This story is about teenage vice among New Australians in northern Italy. And the heroine is only 13 years old. I am surprised to find that this book has been prescribed for Leaving English this year in Victorian (!) high schools, including, indeed, the co-educational ones • Michael O'Flynn
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I. "Are you sure the bus stops here?"
2. "Do you know the Director's complaining?"
"No, hum a few bars" .... 3- Where have all
the students gone 4. "Hey fella's, do you
know where the Noddy book's are kept?"
5. "Til raise you two bread rolls"
6. 1st Milkbottle "Let me curdle you". 2nd
Milkbottle "Get away fresh" 7. "Looks
like Til have to wind them up again" ....
8. The Group 9. "Vve heard of split
personalities, but this is ridiculous" . . . .10.
Predujice II. "So that's what's keeping
up the applied science block". Ray Watts
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Swinburne has been in the news
this year. The daily press has
reported fully on current proposals
to develop degree-level courses
at Swinburne and at Victoria's
other seven major technological
institutions. Many students, how
ever, may not be aware that the
college has also received a con
siderable amount of publicity in
dozens of local weekly news
papers, circulating in various
suburbs from Richmond to Bel-
grave and from Eltham to Mentone
Here are a few extracts from the
local papers:—
fifty-five
years ago Swinburne Senior Technical Col
lege this year is celebrating its
55th birthday.
In 1909, when the college was
founded, an aeroplane crossed the
English Channel for the first time,
the first self-starters were fitted
to motor cars and a Belgian
discovered Bakelite.
This was two years before the first
plane flew over Melbourne. Flin
ders St. Railway Station and Luna
Park had just been built. The
Victorian Government had just
declared Saturday afternoon a
half-holiday.
At that time the eastern suburbs
had neither electric trains nor
electric trams, the railway cros
sings in Glenferrie Rd. and Burke
Rd. shopping centres having
gates instead of viaducts.
Swinburne has seen vast changes
since 1909. For example, its dip
loma courses now touch on such
fields as automation, electronics
and the manufacture of platic.
Perhaps the biggest changes at
the College are still to come.
from college
to university Six professional engineers who
already hold Swinburne diplomas
have been admitted to Melbourne
University this year with block
exemption from the first two years
of the Bachelor of Engineering
course.
They are: Alan Mawson, Graham
Harrison, and Peter Smithers
(Electrical); Fergus Fricke and
Geoffrey Thomas (Mechanical);
and Ian Mclnnes (Civil).
All these young men are excellent
students. They have contributed
to, as well as benefited from,
acadamic life at Swinburne. The
intellectual interests of Alan
Mawson, for example, range from
relativity theory in physics to
Indian Yoga.
The number of ex-Swinburne
students who later graduate from
Melbourne University has ranged
from three to ten annually in
recent years.
Of these students, three quarters
have graduated with honors. Of
the half-dozen second-class hon
ors degrees in civil engineering
awarded by the University in 1961,
five went to former Swinburne
students.
As a diploma is itself sufficient
qualification for entry to the en
gineering profession, most Swin
burne diploma-holders proceed
directly from the college to well-
paid positions that are awaiting
them in industry.
a bird's eye view
of swinburne
Swinburne Senior Technical Col
lege is now virtually a city in its
own right. It has an annual enrol
ment of about 8000 students,
largely part-time. They are study
ing about 400 subjects, ranging
from secondary and trades to
second - year University level.
There are about 300 instructors.
Swinburne is the advanced tech
nological institute for the eastern
suburbs, in terms of student num
bers, after the Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology and Mel
bourne University, it is Victoria's
third biggest educational estab
lishment.
Nearly half the enrolment is in the
senior school, pursuing certificate
and diploma courses in engineer
ing, applied chemistry, commerce
and art. The number of full-time
diploma students is usually about
800.
The diploma school is co-edu
cational, although men and wo
men students gravitate towards
scientific or non-scientific courses
respectively. Diploma courses
begin at post-Leaving level.
The original college block ad
joining Glenferrie Station is now
devoted to diploma courses. Since
1960 the trade school and the two
secondary schools for boys and
girls have been moved to sites
several hundred yards away.
Compared with a building meas
uring 130 ft. square in 1909, the
Swinburne campus now covers
seven and a half acres.
Swinburne's director (Mr. A. F.
Tylee) estimates that he walks
nearly five miles to visit various
departments. Several years ago he
arrived at this figure by carrying a
pedometer—a distance measuring
instrument—during a typical day's
activities.
scholarship
Seventeen-year-old Kenneth Free
man has won a £900 Repco Ltd.
scholarship to complete a Dip
loma of Mechanical Engineering at
Swinburne. Kenneth is now in the
second year of his Swinburne
course. He receives £200 this
year. £300 in 1965, and £400 in his
final- year. The scholarship is
awarded on the basis of academic
achievement and personal
qualities.
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library note WIDE READING
alison little Do Swinburne folk read many
books outside the field of tech
nology and pure science? Yes,
they do, according to a survey
made by the college central library.
Indeed, nearly two thirds of the
books borrowed from the library
are non-technical.
During a three-month check,
3970 books and journals were
borrowed by students and staff.
The following table shows, in
descending order of popularity,
the various subject groupings and
the percentage of loans for each
group.
Technology, including engineer
ing, agriculture, management,
home economics .. .. 23-23%
Literature, including novels and
drama 20-83%
Pure science, including maths,
physics, chemistry 12-74%
History, biography,
travels 11-95%
Journals 11-17% Arts, including drawing, music,
recreation 9-89%
Social sciences, including, pol
itics, economics, law.. 6-31%
Philosophy and
psychology 2 09%
Religion 0 81%
Languages, including English
expression 0-68%
General reference
works 0-18%
It is significant that borrowings
from the literature section are
second only to technology.
Humanities lecturers encourage
their students to read novels as
recreation. It will be interesting to
note what effect the list of recom
mended novels in this issue of
Swinopsis will have on literature
borrowings after the November
examinations, when students have
more time to relax. (By the way,
take our advice and examine the
Swinopsis novels list thoroughly.
It is an excellent way to further
your general education.)
The above table, of course, does
not tell us what kind of books
students read inside the library
without actually borrowing. The
recording of figures hourly each,
day for more than a month has
shown that the average number of
people in the library at any one
time is 25. The average number
studying in the library each day is
199.
Another interesting figure: the
total number of books in the col
lege library (including branches in
various departments) is 23,000.
The central library has a staff of
five, including two professional
librarians and three assistants.
One of their tasks is to answer
any queries you may have. If you
cannot find a book, ask!
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s.r.c. report
In the past year the Students'
Representative Council has in
creased its participation and ini
tiation in College activities.
As from this year the S.R.C. is
empowered to collect S.R.C. fees
from every full-time student. This
has enabled the S.R.C. to take over
and subsidise many student
activities.
Within the new Applied Science
building the S.R.C. has a small
office and a larger committee
room. The S.R.C. has now been
centralized—the committee room
also being the "Contagious" office
as well as meeting room for the
S.R.C. and for clubs. W e now have
a public address system in the
cafeteria.
The newly-formed social commit-
ree has been very active. There
have been six dances, one of them
being run free of charge to
students. The commencement
and annual balls were both ex
tremely successful. Other ac
tivities included a car trial-cum-
barbecue, a riverboat trip on the
Yarra, and a snow trip, these
events heavily subsidised by the
S.R.C. The "Miss Swinburne
Quest", now an annual event, this
year raised funds for the Com
munity Aid Abroad project.
An inquiry was held into student
sporting activities. It was found
that the lack of participation was
due to the fact that most students
have Wednesday afternoon
classes. A sports committee was
appointed by the S.R.C, compris
ing of a member of staff, Mr.
Watson, and captains of sports
teams. The situation concerning
Wednesday afternoon classes is
to be improved next year.
A disappointment appeared to the
fact that there was going to be no
revue. However, the S.R.C. was
approached and agreed to put a
revue committee on its feet and
make the revue an annual feature.
"Contagious", under the able
Editor, Gary Bettison, and finan
ced by the S.R.C, completed its
second year of publication; a
particularly outstanding effort be
ing the Education Week issue.
Swinburne S.R.C. is a member of
the Victorian Federation of Tert
iary Students. The aims of the
V.F.T.S. include agitation for a
College of Advanced Technology,
regional universities, an increase
in scholarships, concessions to
students in taxation and travelling
expenses, and representation "of
students in college administrative
councils. It is also an effective and
desirable means of intercom
munication between all Victorian
tertiary students whereby uniform
action by all students can be
brought to bear on major problems
related to tertiary education. A
recent example of such action is
the agitation by tertiary students
throughout Australia for better
educational opportunities and
conditions for aborigines
(ABSCHOL).
This report summarizes the year's
activities and gives the idea of
the type of work done by the
S.R.C. However, the S.R.C. could,
with more and enthusiastic stud
ent support, extend its activities
yastly.
Stephen hill, president
theatre group
overseas students' club
forum club
theatre group
The Swinburne Theatre Group,
formed two years ago, now has
fourjull-length productions to its
credit. The major effort of 1964 was
the presentation of Barrie's "The
Admirable Crichton" for six nights
and a matinee. This play was on
the Leaving syllabus for 1964 and
drew an audience of over 1,900,
mainly from 28 schools in the
metropolitan area and beyond.
This was a successful production
of a high standard of performance,
with particularly handsome and
imaginative sets.
In December this year the Group
will co-operate with Mr. Ken
Woodward's evening drama class
in presenting a series of excerpts
from Shakespeare, Shaw, Ibsen,
and modern playwrights. This will
give an opportunity to every
member either as an actor or
back-stage worker.
Plans for 1965 include a full scale
production of a play on the
Leaving Certificate Syllabus.
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overseas students club
The club was formed in 1960 with
the following objects: firstly, to
foster goodwill and friendship
between overseas and all other
students in the College; secondly,
to co-operate with the college
authorities and the S.R.C. in all
matters pertaining to the welfare
of the overseas students of the
College; thirdly, to provide for the
overseas students of the college a
meeting place where matters of
common interest may be discus
sed, and to promote such activities
as may be of interest and benefit
to students.
At present 90 overseas students
from various countries such as
Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Hong
Kong and Thailand are doing full-
time courses at the college. The
Club's Committee is trying to
assimilate these students into the
normal life of the college. A s a
committee, we are trying to
achieve our aims by having films
and talks, and by organizing
sports, trips and dances. The
Freshers' Welcome Dance was a
great success. Badminton and
table-tennis matches were played
by our overseas students with
those of Ballarat and Footscray
Technical Colleges. However, the
highlight of the year's activities is
the Annual Chinese Dinner, which
has been very popular and suc-
cussful in past years.
It is the Committee's desire to get
the full support of our overseas
students in the college. W e also
hope we shall have the support of
Australian students by their
participation in our club activities.
thomas yap, president
forum club So many people, young and old,
are expected to communicate their
thoughts to others. To be con
vincing and sincere in one's
speech, practice is essential. A
confident, fluent speaker is made
by his own efforts, by listening
politely and patiently to others and
by offering helpful, constructive
criticism of his collegues' efforts.
The Eorum Club aims not at
producing orators but hopes that
its members will enjoy mutual
benefit from the regular weekly
meetings. Discussion is spontan
eous, the range of topics un
restricted and the language mod
erate.
During 1964 over forty students
from all faculties and years have
participated in all the activities of
the club and have helped to make
our task of organisation pleasant
and gratifying.
noel bryan, Stewart boundy,
peter bull
SPORTS REPORT Because this year about half of the diploma school's sporting
enthusiasts are involved in
Wednesday afternoon classes,
much credit is due to the other
half who have borne the
Swinburne banner.
The cricket team finished in
third position with wins over
Preston and R.M.I.T. and
losses to Footscray and Caul-
field. Best players were Gra
ham Cuddon, Geoff Stafford,
Gary Seaborne and Keith
Whitelegg.
The football season commen
ced with inter-faculty comp
etition for the Stevenson Cup.
The Civil Engineers led by
Rick Harding were successful,
with Geoff Stafford's Mech
anical Engineers a brave second. Gary Young, of Hawthorn
of Hawthorn Football Club,
was then appointed coach, and
training commenced for inter-
college matches. Difficulties
due to lack of numbers be
came apparent, and, after a win
against Melbourne, defeats by
Geelong, Caulfield and Footscray followed. Best players
were Jim Traycheoski, Peter
Farmer, Graham Cuddon,
Ossie Ireland, David Alcock
and Colin Fricke.
Coaching for the tennis team
was arranged during first term
and every effort was made to
give the players thorough
preparation for the inter-col
lege matches. Captained by
Peter Gartland, Swinburne de
feated Geelong but lost to
Melbourne and Caulfield.
The basketball team, led by
Terry Wale, has played weekly
competition matches in the
Technical Schools Competit
ion at Albert Park Basketball
Stadium, and has reached
fourth position on the ladder.
At the swimming sports, Swin
burne finished in third place.
Robert Elmore was an out
standing competitor, and Lind
say Howatt, John Ward and Ian
Bulmer provided good support. Wins at the Athletic Sports
were recorded.by Max Follard
and Gary Oldfreld.
For the first time a rowing team
took part in the Technical
Schools Regatta, and Ralph
Hartnett and his crew were hard triers.
Sports awards 1964 Cricket Graham Cuddon
Football Graham Cuddon
Basketball Terry Wale Tennis Peter Gilbertson
Athletics Gary Oldfleld
Swimming Robert Elmore
Rowing Ralph Hartnett
COLLEGE AWARDS W e congratulate the following
people who have been awarded
certificates and diplomas since
the last issue of the magazine
was prepared:
CERTIFICATES
art:
adolphus, John shane
begley, keith arthur
cope, leslie james horace
craythorn, Sydney james
cromb, helen Joyce
cuffley, peter leonard
delaney, carolyn
goodchild, janet elizabeth
haag, gillian anne
haxton, necia
klein, donald peter
macintosh, alan bruce
marsden, ralph lawrence
newell, raymond peter
osborne, carol renee
reynolds, patricia irene
rintel, david eric
roussiyan, vadim
scandrett, shirley elizabeth
stone, derrick ian
tan, whye cheng
ward, John waiter
whitelaw, kay lorraine
wigley, arthur edward
wilde, margaret denise
building construction:
baker, kenneth george
dawson, graeme edward
hoggins, richard anthony
klep,'cornelius
ogilvie, harold graeme
applied chemistry:
parry, samuel eden
accountancy:
anderson, John ronald
bainbridge, brian William
bethune, ian eric peers
chan, chue ann, esther
chandler, terence alfred
coker, kevin ernest
crozier, roger frederick
denholm, milton dive
flynn, geoffrey raymond
fyfe, grant mcintyre
gale, david John
geehman, jack edward
grant, peter
heron, albert leonard
honey, charles samuel
hughes, maxwell david
Johnstone, noel
kempton, alan kenneth
lau, tin chor
lowden, John Stephen
mckay, kenneth John
moller, John munro
peters, lionel harold
pilcher, terry james
quinn, verdi raymond
renison, John anthony
rodgers, Sydney george
robbins, William fellows
sbarrato, george
simpson, raymond frederick
somogyi, george
Williams, allan ernest
young, rex William
commercial:
adgemis, despa
berryman, eleanor margaret
carne, Janice elizabeth
cohen, janis maree
crockett, heather dawn
Cumberland, June enid
eeles, Shirley annette
forbes, susan margaret
fox, barbara rae
galvin, helen janis
lakeman, barbara muriel
luff, helen margaret
lunn, elva June
mullane, sandra florence
mullane, susanne loreto
nicholls, rhonda ellen
styler, Jill anne
treasure, elizabeth shirley
advanced commercial:
spencer, pauline edith
stanbrough, lois helen
secretarial:
collyer, nola marie
ho ying ha, Jennifer
taylor, pamela loris
supervision:
beilharz, gerald
dix, frank
gordon, ronald aitken
nicholls, raymond leslie
pfitzner, james bruce
pretty, John kevin
pulford, robert
shannon, geoffrey
civil engineering:
warren, herbert edward
electrical engineering:
akeroyd, douglas robert
friberg, bruce robert
hunt, herbert bruce fleetwood
pendavingh, dirk Joannes
mechanical engineering:
bey, John peter
meyers, Sydney gordon
stone, peter david
production engineering:
cockerell, John edward michael
firth, kenneth frank
marlo-monten, kauko John
TECHNICIANS'
CERTIFICATES building:
denman, lindsay raymond
Sinclair, John ronald
heating, ventilation, air
conditioning & refrigeration
eckstein, waiter albrecht
electrical:
cornish, gary John
scarff, garrett damien
mechanical:
baker, godfrey colin charles
dyson, arthur richard.
jones, kevin thomas
production:
oldmeadow, david kirn
guscott, neil thomas
DIPLOMAS art (advertising)
kalbrunner, david raynor
karanges, estelle maria
mar, Stephen chun-chiu
mcmenomy, robert keith
newman, lorraine Judith
oakley, dianne joy
stomann, allan
thiemeyer, anne
walls, Catherine
wemyss, sandra elizabeth
art (illustration)
mcmenomy, robert heith
applied chemistry:
anderson, barry francis
cerini, david winston
dough, kenneth crossby
fletcher, david burris
nieuwenhuizen, keith Joseph
sahmet, John samuel
sanders, John bevan
washfold, alan douglas
wilson, john rodger
chemical engineering:
dark, Oliver george
golding, michael henry
mahoney, neil heatly
moore, jesse gordon
watt, ronald andrew james
commerce:
anderson, john ronald
choong,kam choy
kosol, bhibhathana
marshall, allan thomas
ong, kok wah edward
tan, kim yee
vandenberg, lawrence arthur
simpson, raymond frederick
commercial practice:
jack, vivienne
smith, lynette faye
civil engineering:
ali, m o h a m m a d jasin
anderson, phillip edward
bramley, anthony leon
buchanan, john leith
caldow, ian leslie
chapman, peter james
crook, Joseph william
donnan, laurence desmond
emmitt, robert francis
evans, malcolm trevor
hee, meng chor
holyoak, robert henry
howe, barry edward
jacobsen, peter clement
lade, alan raymond
lloyd, john frederic
moore, robert john
price, graham ivor
randies, john robert
rees, geoffrey mervyn
Sheffield, ian charles
sheldrick, mearns trickett
tang, cheung kei
thomas, leonard norman
vozzo, vincent francis
vroombout, ferenc
withington, james trenwith
electrical engineering:
carter, douglas charles
cossins, peter james
davey, rex graham
gersh, richard neil
greenland, william john
hing, david grenville
law, yen pheng
loidl, gunter wolfgang
prewett, maxwell james
pywell, waiter bruce
squires, vincent george
watt, robert james
whitehead, bruce
willers, john charles
wong, wing chiu
mechanical engineering:
calvert, malcolm mcgregor
campbell, john drummond
coull, thomas craig
gaskin, gary james
gilfillan, robert angus
griffiths, alan brian
gude, darrell
hanlon, peter john
hill, malcolm haswell
Jenkins, John francis
jones, alan lindsay
kong, siew gee
langlands, kenneth craig
law, yen pheng
lowry, allan nicol
savage, rodney keith
schneller, andrew denis
seward, dennis holloway
s harp, ian ronald
shields, geoffrey linton
tevlin, ian paul
vun, kyn min
walker, robert Stephen
willers, john charles
production engineering:
best, Stanley morris
broomhead, Wallace george
jesse
edwards, john douglas
hall, david alexander
Johnston, ronald barry
POST DIPLOMAS heating, ventilating, air
conditioning & refrigeration
broadbent, dive reginald
wright, colin victor merrell
industrial m a n a g e m e n t :
bartnik, zbigniew thomas
mclennan, bruce neil
pearce, leslie charles
CLASS PRIZE AWARDS FOR 1963
Art 1 st Year, Lorraine Johns
2nd Year, Carolyn Delaney
3rd Year, Peter Alfred Robinson
4th Year; Margaret Gurney
Chemistry
1st Year, Richard Anthony Gordes
(Deceased)
2nd Year, Robert Spencer Grosvenor
3rd Year, Ian James Bulmer
4th Year, John Daryl Morley
Chemical Engineering
1st Year, Richard Anthony Gordes
(Deceased)
2nd Year, Kwan Yuet Fung
3rd Year, Brian Robert Warriner
4th Year, Archibald John McKirdy
5th Year, Robert Valentine Shaw
Commerce
1st Year, Warwick James Armstrong
2nd Year, Alison Ruth Little
3rd Year, Frank Aylen
4th Year, Raymond Frederick Simpson
Commercial Practice
Kathryn M. Morrison
Commercial Certificate
Janis Maree Cohen
Advanced Commercial Certificate j. i
Pauline Edith Spencer Engineering-Civil
1st Year, John Raymond Knibbs
2nd Year, John E. Drake
3rd Year, Peter Victor Gilbertson
4th Year, John Boehm
Engineering-Electrical
1st Year, Phillip Tuckett
2nd Year, John R. Coles
3rd Year, Michael Wingate
4th Year, Alan J. Mawson Engineering-Mechanical
1st Year, Peter John Martin
2nd Year, Richard Charles Huxtable
3rd Year, John Alfred Rose
4th Year, Laurie Robert Cameron
Production Engineering
2nd Year, Russell James Clough
1st Session Sandwich Course
Stephen Gerald Phillips
SPECIAL PRIZES
Engineering Drawing Laurie Robert Cameron
Humanities
Alan James Mawson
Mathematics
Alan James Mawson
Physics Ian James Bulmer
Social Science—A. F. Tylee Prize
STUDENTS REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL
Gary Richard Oldfield
PRIZES FOR OUTSTANDING TECHNICIANS
Mechanical Engineering Godfrey Colin Charles Baker
Heating Ventilating, Air Conditioning &
Refrigeration Walter Albrecht Eckstein
PRIZES FOR WELDING
Electric Welding
Dennis Steed
Oxy Welding Edwin Robert Eagles
1964
Executive:
President: Stephen J. Hill Vice President: Catherine Woodard
Secretary: Laurence Schafe
Treasurer: Barry Suhr
Members:
4th Year:
Art: Robert Macfarlane
Chemistry: Stephen Hill Engineering: Ralph Hartnett
Commerce: Barry Suhr
3rd Year:
Art: John Ward Chemistry: Laurence Schafe
Engineering: Keith Johnson
Commerce: Rod Findlay
2nd Year:
Art: Catherine Woodard Chemistry: John Macintosh
Engineering: James Trayschevski Commerce: Rod Taylor, Janet Stevens
1st Year:
Art: Garry Ponton
Commerce: Maris Rumball
Editor of "Contagious": Gary Bettison
Overseas Students'Club:
Thomas Yap
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The editor and art director wish to than
Mr. R. Francis of the Art School, for hi
encouragement and Miss V. Thomson, o
the Commerce School, for arranging fo
the typing of contributor's manuscripts W e also wish to thank Mr. D. Ennis o
Ennis & Willis for his technical advice
and John Hince, Malcolm Girvan, Barbara
Grosman and Ray Watts of the 4th yeai
Advertising Design group, for their
contributions to this edition of Swinopsis
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