A Man's World

Among the women lawyers, scientists, teachers, and psychologists who have talked to me over their "family wash-tubs," all believe they are not fulfilling their obligations to society or themselves; that their costly training is being wasted.

Among the same professional group who are unmarried and working at their careers, many consider their university education has worsened their chances of achieving a "family wash-tub" of their own.

If I have not quoted one woman prepared to state she has wholly benefited by her university training, the reason is simply this— I was unable to find such a woman.

[Abridged, Editor.]

He's shy. Get to know him. You'll be glad of it. He Wants to talk with you. And you can learn from him. Learn how it is to live in a country that's crowded, cosmopolitan, and with extremes of wealth and poverty that to you are completely fabulous. Or learn how it is to be dedicated to the service of a country and its peoples, with the renounciation of our own typically selfish and unambitious ideas. Meet Africans, your own age, going home next year to be leaders of their countries.

Come along to international club and have a ball at the most alive club in this university! This means You. "International" means its a club where you meet People—it's no exclusive gathering of foreigners—it's a cosmopolitan gathering of Victoria University Students—on a level where you can really get to know and have fun with them.

How about university staff? Club secretaries: invite, cajole, intimidate or force them along to your meetings. Let students know that they are human. Not tin gods stuck on a podium delivering oracular proclamations to the mob.

University is not merely a place for the transmitting of ideas. It is a place where ideas are sought for or created, and then analysed, sifted, and considered. Nobody is Right in a university. Our information is a living entity, always growing and reforming and You are a part of that entity. Grow With It—don't be part of the deadwood or the excreta.

—J.H.