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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1968
Page
2
A letter circulated among Australian university scientists condemns the Vietnam War, praising science but wrongly implying unique responsibility for weaponry. The piece argues scientists are not inherently better suited for moral leverage, citing naïveté among Manhattan Project physicists.
A review essay surveys Desmond Morris The Naked Ape highlighting its provocative claim of human kinship with apes and its overblown conclusions on biology and overpopulation. It notes style flaws but praises its challenge to human arrogance and the book’s grim outlook on future population density.
A compact critique of the Timbertop program at Geelong Grammar School. The book profiles J R Darling and E H Montgomery, detailing bush living for about a hundred boys, hands on building and community projects, and the broader aims and challenges of this Australian education experiment. The review notes the balance between Sir James’s discussions and Montgomery’s notes, Tim
Three major works by Aquinas Radhakrishnan and Tillich are reviewed as bridges between medieval and modern thought. Tillich’s autobiographical sketch, written after Nazi exile, traces his move to the United States and his rise as a philosophical theologian, with themes of home and exile.
A critical review of Bry Wrights biography Focus on Judith Wright, urging that the editor’s subjective approach limits its use for serious readers. The piece notes strong visual design and author bias, with extended discussion of Scott and Tillich connections and the broader metaphysical insights offered by related texts.
H F Brinsmead’s A Sapphire for September follows Binny Flambeau a restless teen in London’s King's Cross and Paddington Road coffee culture as she wanders toward self discovery through gem hunting clubs and new ties. Elizabeth Wilton’s Riverboat Family is a second South Australian paddle steamer frontier tale of the Angus children rebuilding a grocery business into river trading era adventures on the Murray.
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