EDITORIAL

Peoples Vice, 19 July 1943, Page 1

EDITORIAL

; Cnee again the peace and tranquility of cur is to ,be cesoratcd by the motley throng of seekers after knowledge* . Once again will our hitherto phlegmatic Xcksy raise his tear* filled eyes and gesticulating* ; arms .to . the heavens and mouth.-., curses and maledictions . upM the. heads of ths company ..rations*; corporals. Cnee again ths cooks will , ferret among the -growing piles of discarded rations to proonce weird and wonderful con*: cot tiers such as ths eyes of man have. never seen before. Cnee again will the comfort-loving members, of >?Qs - shot;”, their appre- ’■ ciation of all things tv. their ululont cries. xet, . bombs by . am/ other name aw. still bombs* and so rust .be lectured on. ,>? Pay be it from ms to dictate the; policy cf the -Engine 3 though »o rest content -I® the knowledge that we can do so. -.’e would •oncede In all generosity ' th & t bombs * whether disposed to ba ■ bombs or bonds u ca disposed, are still bombs* and .c S n g under . th® . heading ci dangerous*-bloody dangerous* let the instructors from Fac Zealand manage* ;by guile - and ; pretence* to : lura keenly embitiovs young officers* ion-32eking sergeants* t breast seeking corp©rale and pleasure-seeking sappers to the School of Bombing. Whether it be the suave chart: of the ' Sig— Chief instructor, or the naive spoutings of his lowly assistant ,we .do net: suss to state but whatever it be that emanates . the lure*** they cotie*., they learn,. . they forget. It gives one a cause to wonder at the fascination of toying tri th fata. Is it the careless laugh.ef heroes whe de and die of whom we read but never see? is it ; the long ■ awaited fehsned to visit the . to and shrine ef Engineers HV is it a alaguldad faith in the Incrledga of the instructors* skill? or -have they Just been told to coms ???• z ' ■...■■. . .

Tender Tuesday sts- the 13 th July far- it? marked. the ? .. birthday of your/Editor. ;: Thanks are still being expresses to ths Doctor : , and kursc-. .. The 'seven: days; have;-long since elapsed one visiters are welcome -at. the ; home.? Please bring a bottle. - .