Struan 1965 - Adm.monash.edu.au

Geelong on the 7th July by buses,and despite the weather enjoyed themselves.This visit was a little disappointingbecause the social a spectwas largely neglected. Amends weremade on the 11th August when thewhole of the Bendigo TC visited us.Altogether th is was a very successfulday both socially and on the sportingfield . On the 17th August a small butenergetic group from Western TC,South Australia, visited us . These"Westerners" were jealous of ourcollege's surroundings, view andhostel. The visit by the Technica l TCwas an educational one and S.R.C.provided the gu ides and acted a shosts for the morn ing.These visits are a ve ry importa ntpart of college life; they g ive therespective S.R.C.'s a chance to me etand ex cha nge views regarding th eoperation of their councils and thevisits pro vide competition in a widevariety of sports and a chance forthe colleges to meet socially.It is pleasing to hear that Inter­State college visits are coming backinto vogue. These were popular anumber of years ago, but seemed tohave d rifted into the background.However, they a re with us again andit is up to the students of the variouscolleges not to abuse them, but tomake the most of a valuable opportunity.Perhaps the most im porta nt roleof S.R.C. is to look into and carry outif practicable and acceptable, suggestionsmade by the students withinthe college. This year the S.R.C. followedup a number of student requestsand suggestions with fewpositive results. These included:A Miss Aus tra lia entrant from thecollege sponsored by the S.R.C.; avending machine; a cafe-bar machine;lib rary seating; a certificate of competencyfor the operation of a filmprojector; exa ms and their clashw ith teaching rounds and the questionof teaching marks. This last onewas perhaps the most important andsucces sful task that the S.R.C. carriedout this year as far a s the students,particularly the first-years,were concerned. The result is nowtha t teaching marks are given aftereve ry round, and the C classificationis divided into C+ and C-. Thissuccess showed the practical influenceand powe r that SRC does pos ses s andshould provide an ince ntive to the incoming S.R.C. It proved that if thestud e nts have a leg itimate grievanceand b ring it to S.R.C., something canbe done about it.The question that we a sked andthe incoming S.R.C. asked and futureS.R.C.'s will a sk is how can S.R.C. beimproved? What more can SR.C.do? These are difficult questions andit wi ll be only over a period of timeand experience that S.R.C. will furtherd evelop. S.R.C. can develop only a sthe needs of the students demand,and w :1I undoubtedly do so as theCollege expands and the studentpopulation increases. The three-yearcourse a nd later the four-year coursewill affect S.R.C., whose constitution,outlook and responsibilities willchange markedly.In conclusion I wish Geoff Olneyand his S.R.C. every success in 1966.5