Congress information

Congress at Curious Cove next year will be between 24 January to 1 February.

The NZUSA Congress which is held annually at Curious Cove, near Picton, in Queen Charlotte Sound, is primarily an intellectual meet attended by students and staff from all universities and colleges.

It provides an opportunity for people of different faculties and varied specialised training to discuss together some of the problems that concern the University, the country, and the whole structure of ideas and traditions within which we live.

The programme of each Congress includes lectures by about 12 guest speakers.

According to the blurb issued by the Congress Committee the Chairman this year will be Associate Professor S. H. Franklin of Victoria University.

Other speakers will include Hon. R. D. Muldoon, and Labour M.P. P. A. Amos, and Mr. J. A. Shallcrass, senior lecturer in education at Victoria, who will be speaking on the Congress theme, Politics and Education; and Mr. Dennis Rose, assistant head of the Institute of Economic Research; Maurice Shadbolt. novelist and short story writer; and Robin Maconie, junior lecturer in music in Auckland have accepted tentatively.

Other speakers invited are John Lennon and Eugene McCarthy, and a Maori speaker, possibly Mr. N. Puriri.

The arrangement of the programme, with a lecture each morning and another in the early evening, leaves the whole afternoon free for recreation.

The Cove has ideal conditions for swimming. rowing and water-skiing, as well as hill climbing and bush walks. There is ample space for games and sports such as tennis-quoits and volley-ball, while tabletennis is a. popular feature in the Social Hall. Sightseeing and picnic trips are included in the official programme.

After the evening lecture, entertainment is provided by films, concerts, dancing or fancydress in the Social Hall and a feature this year will be a barbecue on the beach.

The total cost for each student is only $27. This charge includes meals, accommodation, films, launch transport from Picton to the Cove and back, and the all-day launch cruise.

As the number of students attending Congress must be limited to about 140, applications will close on November 15.