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ask yours elv es IF you can do it ; ask yourselves<br />
WHY can I do it" .<br />
T he same sort of doom han gs over th e EE<br />
period on T uesday morning, but here a t lea st<br />
we sho w some stru ggle. It's amazing, all the things<br />
we sho uld h ave learnt during EE , Grade I . To<br />
make up for their deficiencies some actually dare<br />
to ask (}.uestion s (guess who). Even Della sta rt s<br />
a d iSCUSSIOn frequently, wh ereas Karl never fails<br />
to make a fool of himself with hi s ignorance.<br />
During all this T hom pso n has eaten a cou ple of<br />
oranges an d Scr ew some bananas and as a token ot<br />
friendship they exchange the peels. Also Howie<br />
has just thrown a fit, and Eric's note bo ok with it .<br />
across th e room becau se Screw ha s tickl ed him<br />
behind the ear; Eric doesn't even look up from<br />
his cross-word. Carr must ha ve said or done som e<br />
thing peculiar because Hogg gets a laughing fit,<br />
spreading his cold ove r the bl okes in fro n t of<br />
him. Aft er a wh ile he decides h e has had en ou gh<br />
and stab s himself with hi s slide r ule. H ogg collap<br />
ses foll owed by Deli and his seat. Out of blue<br />
Taylor sin gs ou t that Woollard don e it a nd<br />
Woolla rd wa nts to know what. Al never loo ks u p<br />
fro m his pap er. It 's a happy gar nering. but one of<br />
m ake -belief becau se it ha s been mentioned often<br />
eno ug h th at we ha ven't got a chan ce. Bu t we<br />
ne ver give up, eve n during HE.<br />
HE ma inly conti nues on a straigh t path because<br />
of Swales' ink su pply. If we were at least told tha t<br />
we a re to get th e H E and EE diplom as as well it<br />
would make it so much easier. During a sentimental<br />
moment a genuine sym pa thy tow ard<br />
the mech anicals and electrica ls ove rco mes me.<br />
How ca n th ey pos sibly build goo d cars or TV<br />
sets with so many efficiencies and power fact ors<br />
Wednesda y's Slats. is reserved for Thom son . His<br />
confirming "T hat's right, th at's what I get" tells<br />
us that we can acce p t wh atever has been said . If<br />
it wasn 't for Taylor the wh ole class would be a<br />
perfect example of a united front; only he wants<br />
to try the problems by himself first. Pether<br />
remains neu tral, he doesn't want to break with<br />
Taylor. Screw in between has been to an other<br />
ball and is telling Murray all about it. So Murray<br />
decides to ask Sill to help him look for a glrlfriend.<br />
All Sill wants is a green biro.<br />
With Thursday arrives the climax for this pa r·<br />
ticular half of th e class. It's survey Prac , day . Early<br />
before 9.00 we ga ther outside room 20, everyone<br />
with hi s own little problems - creating an expec·<br />
rant auuosphere. Ver satile H ogg - the first there<br />
- is p ract ising a new impression, at the same time<br />
having a shoot out with Karl, wh o is approaching<br />
from the other end of the corridor. Scre w arrives,<br />
dumps hi s ba g and goes in sea rch of a date.<br />
HOWle com es craw ling along on hand s and knees,<br />
he had to walk from th e station. Sm ith and<br />
Brindle (his biro a ll read y tucked behind his ea r)<br />
foll ow five steps behind, they don 't want to wa lk<br />
with Don. While Wi seman is answering pol ite ly<br />
all th e " ho w d id you do its" Hogg ha s a full -dress<br />
rehearsal in front of Carr, who a p prov es of th e<br />
show. Wo ollard's first quest ion concerning AI's<br />
pr esence is not a nswered . Spaulding can't ask for<br />
Al because he is out of breath - he had to drag<br />
his car into a ke rb d u e to lack of a gearbox.<br />
Addison op enly pra ys for rain so th at Russel will<br />
help h im on some computations. Coop er com es<br />
down after h e realized h e was on the wron g lIoor<br />
wondering if snow has fallen on the r acecourse.<br />
Meanwhile Macw ell ha s arrived on crutches; aft er<br />
a viscous struggle last ing two minutes he surre n <br />
ders them. Ho gg's o nly comment "They never<br />
built cho p pers li ke that 30 yea rs ago". Murra y<br />
ha sn 't remem bered yet wh ere h e has hidden the<br />
computer; Po well is determined to get some work<br />
done during P rac. Sho rtl r be for e 9.00 Al arrives.<br />
Woollard consequently co lapses, wiping h is forehead,<br />
Hogg ex claims "That's the end of m y da y".<br />
Only Spa uld ing shows p rese nce of mind by chain <br />
ing Al down. Poor AI, he has n ever been th e same<br />
since hi s lack of a tt enda nce was pointed out to<br />
him.<br />
Fina lly, in th e afte rn oon. th e tens ion is rel eased.<br />
Ma c who till recen tly had everyone believe that<br />
h e had a hairy chest exposes his collar of hair.<br />
drops to the ground and dreams of th e girl he<br />
saw on the way to scho ol ; Monroe coo ks up<br />
another ointment for Eric. On the other end ot<br />
th e ground th e film ing of a western makes good<br />
progress. Walt Disn ey H ogg is explaining to bulletperforated<br />
Carr how to Iall off a ra ng ing' pol e<br />
used as a ho rse while Karl tri es desp erately to<br />
get a film in to th e th eod olite. Powell , moaning<br />
behind th e stage, "Come on , yo u guys". Addison<br />
is wo rking.<br />
The week con cludes almost th e same way as it<br />
starts. H yd. and then Surv'y. T he proc<strong>edu</strong>re is<br />
al most the same. Dell a is ma rked present even<br />
tho ug h he will be 10 rnins. •la te. Murray's enquiries<br />
a bou t the activiti es du ri ng the coming<br />
week -end a re th e on ly chan ges fro m Mo nday's<br />
proc<strong>edu</strong>re.<br />
T H E YEAR'S VICTO R IES<br />
Inter-faculty swimmin g spo rts.<br />
Inter -faculty athlet ic spo rts.<br />
Civ ils against t he Rest football ma tch.<br />
Yarra raft race.<br />
Many ci vil engineering diplomas.<br />
RAFT RACE IN DETAIL<br />
Horrified at th e school's preparations for th e<br />
cha llen ge race between R .M.LT. and C.T.C., the<br />
eight form ci vils set about to build their own raft,<br />
The civil raft manned by 12 civils defeated a<br />
huge raft from R .M.I.T. manned by 50 gremlins<br />
and a n ou tboa rd motor and a cumbersome raft<br />
manned (sulported) by hundreds of swimming<br />
C.T.C. electrical college students, Some hi ghlights<br />
of the race are listed below.- ..<br />
(a) Civils wait half an hour for rest of rafts to<br />
line up. Due to bad d esign the R .M.LT. outboard<br />
engine re fuses to work under water.<br />
(b) Caulfield students take command of first<br />
bridge, allow civil raft to pass them , pour refuse<br />
on R .M.LT. raft caus ing a temporary but hurried<br />
a bandonm ent.<br />
(c) A utility fu ll of R.M .LT. am m unition is put<br />
to goo d us e by th e C.T.C. ground crew.<br />
(d) R.M.LT. stu de nts reli eved of green pa im<br />
whi ch is also put to good use. (R .M.I.T. gre rnm ies<br />
turn green.)<br />
(e) An attempt b y R,M.I.T . to catch up by<br />
using a car on the bank to lOW them.<br />
(f) After winning, the civi l raft launches a<br />
lightnin g attack on a police boa t (he avily armed) .<br />
(g) Victors a nd vanquished join in a bath in the<br />
Sout hgate fountain. (While bathing it was noticed<br />
that the fountain had a definite tendency to<br />
vibrate under th e action of many jumping bodies.)<br />
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