End Ballyho!

There is something almost ludicrous in the epidemic of banning student magazines that has spread over the Southern Hemisphere. The Authorities remind us of old women chasing around after a flock of hens and occasionally grabbing a few tail feathers but never getting near enough to capture a bird. "Farrago" is the latest publication to be added to that list of "glorious martyrs "—Phoenix, Spike, Sirocco, etc.

Can't someone write an article that will secure a professorial ban for "Smad"? It need not be very radical—just a mention of Marx, a touch of cynicism and a few facts, sufficient to start the welfare League in his usual reaction. And then Honour!

The banning and censorship of journals is serious in a big community where this is the only real method of communication between large sections of the community, but it is a triviality in a University where what is banned in print will be spoken more forcefully; for conversation is a method of communication that will reach every member of a University—and in a shorter time than it takes to print a paper.