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Congratula tions to A nd rew Perryo n his br illiant fielding in close tothe wic ket, clim axed by a fantasticca tch from a full-blooded drive.~ Tony Newma n .STAFF-STUDENT HOCKEYMATCHIt 's no use blaming us if we searchfor sinister truth below the innocent-lookingsurface of sta ff-stude ntre la tions. Searching fo r symbols hasno w become second nature to us.On e in field fly is not just one ofmany flies, on the spor ts field o r inliter atu re. An d wha t does thatqu eer-looking em bryonic sha pe sur ­ro und ing our sea- ho rse mean to youtoday? It suggests the em ptied brainof the perfect victim of brainwashing .T his particul ar br ain-was hingopera tio n start ed fro m the mom entthe staff stepped ou t of the sidedoor at lunch- time on July 26. Thesweaters and jack-boots wer estra ight Orwell. G reat hockeysticks, br andished by M essrs. Wilson,Wittman, Brown, Mutimer,Dolphin, Ellix, Brennan, Boyd,L add, Mi ss Wallace and Miss Carter( 11 in all) wove sulle n arcs inthe sky as their owner s leap ed overthe Embankment. The glazed lookin their eyes bore out the rumourthat Mutimer had hy pnotized theminto a belief that they were invin­----ci61c. W e feI'r"TiKeHeri'ry's troopsbefore Agincourt. " He that hath nostomach for this fight let him depart"rang in our ears. We wereready to depart, as usual, beforewhat we expected would be, not anAgi nco urt, but a Waterl oo . We wereo nly mildly amused at Me Ladd'smillin ery and other express io ns ofind ividuality,The op en ing " bullying" stra tegyth at followed the toss was obviously aimed at ccnfusion-s- anotherof the psychology techniques transferredfrom class -roo m to playingfield. R em ember how we wereluI1ed to preliminar y lazi ness by th eco mparati vely light pr essuresbrought to bear in the firs t fewwee ks of Co I1ege life? However,th is prelimina ry ligh t pressu re ofstaff sticks was gradua lly replacedby stern er stuff. Insistent edgi ngtoward s their goal line sent us intoa near panic as th e staff yelled," Your passing is not up to sta n­dard." By blocking, turning, kicking,p ushing, shoving, strikingabove the co llar bone, the sta ff teamga ve the student proles not amom ent for reflect ion on tactics orrel axat ion from the physical exhaustionof tearing up and down thefield . One of us had the great goodfortune to crack Me Mutimer onthe head , but only a b all of psychologyflew back.They mercile ssly tortured uswith the sight of th eir complet emastery o ver every aspect of thegam e. Ruth P aynter wa s the first ofthe fight ers to disappear. RumourleadU'Stoimagii'iC"the wotsf~ Jtlas;-,------­what a sacrifice she made in thecause of human liberty! A Simoncome to our hockey field?Thanks, Staff, for a lot of fun.STRUAN, 1962PageSixty-Three