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2001 2000 $ $ 11. RETAINED FUNDS
Retained funds at 1 January (54,432) (210,606) Add Net Surplus for year 161,951 193,087 Less Interest to Graduate House Extension Reserve (23,798) (28,131) Less Donations transferred to other Reserves (555) (8,782) ___________ ___________ Retained Funds at 31 December 83,166 (54,432) ___________ ___________ 12. The Graduate House Extension Reserve includes an amount of $86,094 constituting donations made in 1993 to 1995 to the Graduate Union Building Appeal and an amount refunded by the University of Melbourne in 1995 for general building or maintenance purposes. An appeal was made in 1980 for funds to redevelop a building (which was subsequently demolished) to provide additional low-cost student accommodation.
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Present Council is of the view that Council will seek appropriate legal advice and court approval before applying the funds from the appeal in 1980/81 and accumulated interest, towards any re-development project incorporating the provision of residential accommodation for Graduates.
13. The Graduate Union of the University of Melbourne Inc was not a trustee of any trust as at 31 December 2001.
STATEMENT BY COUNCIL
The Council of The Graduate Union of the University of Melbourne Incorporated is of the opinion that: (a) the accompanying statement of financial performance is drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the operations of the Association for the year ended 31 December 2001;
(b) the accompanying statement of financial position is drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Association for the year ended 31 December 2001 and;
(c) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Association will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due. By resolution of the Council.
D.T. Bellair E.A. Spanti
Carlton 11 April 2002 Chairman Secretary-Warden
The Graduate Union of the University of Melbourne Incorporated
INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT TO MEMBERS
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I have audited the financial report, being a special purpose financial report, of The Graduate Union of the University of Melbourne Incorporated for the year ended 31 December 2001 as set out in the Annual Report on pages 3 to 7. The Council is responsible for the financial report and has determined that the accounting policies used and described in Note 1 to the financial statements which form part of the financial report are appropriate to meet the requirements of the Associations Incorporation Act (Victoria) and are appropriate to meet the needs of the members. I have conducted an independent audit of this financial report in order to express an opinion on it to the members. No opinion is expressed as to whether the accounting policies used are appropriate to the needs of the members.
The financial report has been prepared for the purpose of fulfilling the requirements of the Associations Incorporation Act (Victoria). I disclaim any assumption of responsibility for any reliance on this report or on the financial report to which it relates to any person other than the members, or for any purpose other than that for which it was prepared.
My audit has been conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. My procedures included examination, on a test basis, of evidence supporting the amounts and other disclosures in the financial report and the evaluation of significant accounting estimates. These procedures have been undertaken to form an opinion whether, in all material respects, the financial report is presented fairly in accordance with the accounting policies described in Note 1 so as to present a view which is consistent with my understanding of The Graduate Union’s financial position, and performance as represented by the results of its operations and its cash flows. These policies do not require the application of all Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements in Australia.
The audit opinion expressed in this report has been formed on the above basis.
Audit Opinion
In my opinion, the financial report presents fairly in accordance with the accounting policies described in Note 1 to the financial statements, the financial position of The Graduate Union of the University of Melbourne Incorporated as at 31 December 2001 and the results of its operations for the year then ended.
A.L. Law FCA Registered Company Auditor Carlton, 11 April 2002
REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE GRADUATE COUNCIL 2001
The past year has seen continual and significant improvements in the operation and finances of the Graduate Union under the leadership of Eugene Spanti, our new Warden, slower than hoped-for progress towards settlement with the University of Melbourne, and very constructive contributions by Council and committee members for the good of the Graduate Union. I thank all our staff and members for the very positive results. Refurbishment of Graduate House accommodation has proceeded steadily, fire sprinklers have been installed throughout 220-232 Leicester Street, residents’ security had been improved, and many familiar faces are returning to our functions for members, while at the same time the Graduate Union has been functioning more effectively. Many members have commented very favourably on the atmosphere, confirmed by the very high occupancy rates and improved financial position. Although settlement with the University of Melbourne has proved more complex than anybody anticipated, because of many regulatory issues, our legal advisers have responded quickly yet prudently to University requests. The Development Committee selected Perrott Lyon Mathieson as our architects and has been working carefully through the many issues involved in developing the Kidd’s warehouse site, including the lodgement of planning applications for our new building. Now that University Square has been landscaped and planted, we can see what a marvellous position we occupy. We look forward to providing a higher standard of accommodation and member facilities in the new building, while continuing the refurbishment of the existing terraces. I am most appreciative of the support from members of Council and committees, our excellent staff and loyal members who have together built further on the base developed in previous years. David Bellair
REPORT OF THE GRADUATE HOUSE BOARD
The year 2001 has certainly been a good year. The University Square has been completed and what a transformation! Graduate House now enjoys both an unsurpassed location and a stunning vista. Due to increased advertising via our new website and a more efficient follow-up of enquiries, the occupancy rates for 2001 averaged 88.6% compared with 75.6% in 2000. This is a huge increase despite difficulties associated with the adjacent building site. Many refurbishment projects have been conducted successfully during the year and include: • the 10 bedrooms across the front of the terraces • gardens with a pergola and roofed area outside the dining room • relocation of the office of the Assistant Secretary to the former staff room and the Accountant to an adjacent disused bathroom. • updating of the Games Room, thanks to a donation of $3,400 from the Past Graduates and Postgraduates Society. • installation of a fire sprinkler system. Eugene Spanti’s appointment as Secretary-Warden (CEO) has been outstandingly successful. In addition to the improved occupancy rates and the refurbishment projects, he has initiated numerous changes to suppliers, contractors and in-house procedures which have resulted in savings in excess of $70,000 per annum. He continues to be truly amazing. Other staff changes during the year include the appointment of Lyn Weston, Assistant Secretary, Andrea Rulli, Administrative Assistant, and Lou Tarquinio, Porter. In summary, we continue to be blessed with loyal and effective staff whose work in running the House and maintaining/raising standards has been invaluable. We thank them all. Finally, we look forward to another exciting year of progress, planning and development and, if you have not yet viewed the changes, we warmly invite you to do so. Elizabeth Shellard Chairman of the House Board
NEW MEMBERS
The following new members joined the Graduate Union in the period February to April 2002. We welcome them and look forward to their participation in our members’ programs. BORRELL, J BA(Monash), GradDipEd(ACU), GradDipPsych, PostgradDipPsych BUTH, R BA(Tennessee); JDLaw(Washington) EVANS, S BA, DipEd(Qld); PostGradDipAppPsych(Swinburne) GUNDRY, J BA(Deakin) HAWKES, RG BmechEng(RMIT), MBA HILL, J BSc(Hons), PhD, DSc(London); GradDip(LaTrobe) KETHESWARAN, A BDS(Peradeniya) KING, M BSocSc(RMIT) KNIGHT, C DipTeach(Toorak College); GradDipSpecEd(Vic College) LONGOBARDI, A BEng(Salerno) RICHARDS, J BA(Monash) ROSATI, T BBus(PhillipInst) SKELTYS, K BA(Qld) STOKES, E BEco, DipEd(Monash); GradDipCareers(VUT) All degrees are from University of Melbourne unless otherwise noted. Degrees are stated as presented on members’application forms. Correction from February Graduate: GANNON, J BA, TSTC
PEOPLE AT GRADUATE HOUSE
LOU TARQUINIO
The College has a new porter. Lou Tarquinio follows the effervescent Justin, who has departed for fresh fields after a number of years’ service. Lou’s tasks include general maintenance and cleaning and his passion for gardening shows in the great improvement in the gardens at the House.
Lou was born in Pescara on the Adriatic coast of Italy and grew up in Pascoe Vale where he attended the local Technical School. He is married with two grown-up daughters and a three-month-old granddaughter, Tara.
ROMANCE COMES TO GRADUATE HOUSE
Marco Martorella and Petrina Kapper arrived at Graduate House around the same time in late July 2001. Marco was here for six months’ research for his PhD in Telecommunications Engineering and Petrina came from Queensland to undertake a Graduate Diploma in Political Science. Both believed they had come to Melbourne to study and enjoy life in a new city but, as fate would have it, something else entered their lives at Graduate House. Marco and Petrina have been together now for seven months and are inseparable.
Marco will return to Italy in early April to continue working on his PhD which he will complete in October. Petrina will complete her Graduate Diploma in June and will then follow Marco to Italy in July to learn Italian and pursue her career in political science.
BOON TIK TAN
Boon Tik Tan comes from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. He has stayed at Graduate House throughout his Master of Dental Science program from 1999 to 2002. Boon says that the friendly ambience, the location and the delicious meals make Graduate House a unique and attractive place for postgraduate students to stay. He has had a wonderful time while here and has met a lot of students from both Australia and across the globe, some of whom have become close friends. He says he will take home with him “nice memories” of Graduate House when he leaves and hopes one day he will come back to visit again.
50TH ANNIVERSARY: DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY
A Dinner to mark the 50th anniversary of the Department of Criminology was held at University House on 25 October, 2001. This overview of the Department is condensed, with permission, from Professor Arie Frieberg’s Foreword in the commemorative booklet issued for the occasion.
Since its modest beginnings in 1951 as a Board of Studies, the Department has had eight chairmen or heads of Department: the Hon Sir John Barry (1951-1958) and Chairman of the Board of Studies (1959-1969), Stanley Johnston (1958-1978), Lynette Foreman (1979-1980), Professor Sam Hammond (1981-1982), Denis Challinger (1981-1984), Austin Lovegrove (1985-1987), Ken Polk (1988-1991) and Professor Arie Frieberg (appointed to the Foundation Chair of Criminology in 1991 and to the headship in 1992).
In 1976 the jurisdiction of the Board of Studies was transferred to the Faculty of Arts and Criminology was formally constituted as a department of that faculty, where it has remained. As it draws on the disciplines of law, sociology, psychology, history, psychiatry, cultural studies, politics and others, it sits well in a faculty that spans the social sciences, humanities and the creative arts. It maintains links with other faculties, especially the Department of Behavioural Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences with whom it shares the teaching of its forensic psychology program.
Criminology has had a number of homes, the three major ones being in Royal Parade, Barry Street and now Queensberry Street. The original Diploma in Criminology program, which has produced over 1,600 graduates, has diversified into a range of courses: a three-year Bachelor of Arts degree, a four-year honours degree, a graduate and post-graduate Diploma in Arts (Criminology), a Master of Criminology, a Master of Criminology (Forensic Psychology), a Master of Arts by thesis and a PhD program. It also jointly teaches the Doctor of Psychology (Forensic Psychology) course with the Department of Behavioural Sciences. In 2001 there were approximately 2,400 individual subject enrolments, the equivalent of approximately 400 full-time students.
GRADUATE UNION COUNCIL ELECTION
General Information
As a result of the call for nominations published in the February issue of The Melbourne Graduate nine nominations have been received for the four positions to be filled. A poll will therefore be
held, with voting closing in the registered office of The Graduate Union at 224 Leicester Street, CARLTON, at 4pm on
Thursday, 16 May 2002.
A voting paper, a small envelope marked “Voting Paper” and an outer envelope, in which the small envelope containing the voting paper are to be placed, are all enclosed with this Newsletter to all members. If you have not received them, please contact the Graduate Union office immediately. Should you have any privacy concerns, you may, having completed the declaration on the envelope addressed to the Returning Officer, enclose that envelope within a larger plain envelope and address it in the manner identical to that shown on the envelope addressed to the Returning Officer, before posting or delivering to the Returning Officer, as directed on the voting paper.
Personal Information and Policy Statements Submitted by Candidates
Candidates are listed here, and on the voting paper, in the order in which names were determined by lot in the presence of two witnesses. The statements, which follow, have been standardised only by listing the surname first, followed by other names, and the listing of degrees and diplomas and the inclusion of the names of the proposer and seconder of the candidate.
A complete listing of Council membership during any part of 2001 is set out in the introduction to the Annual Report, commencing on page 3.
The four members elected in this poll will have terms expiring in May 2005.
Ronald G Ritchie Returning Officer
CANDIDATES’ STATEMENTS
*BINNS, John Court, BDSc(Melb), DDS(Tor)
Proposer – Robert William Gibson Seconder – Darren Hamilton Room
Dr Binns, a present Council member and past chairman, is happy to continue to serve; to contribute his knowledge of local and overseas colleges for the Graduate Union’s benefit; to ensure sound financial management under any economic circumstances, and strong Council support for the Warden throughout the building programme; to foster good relationships with the University, Business School and research institutions; and to provide all possible assistance to Graduate House residents throughout their studies.
Proposer – John Court Binns Seconder – Darren Hamilton Room Over the past six years policies of Graduate Council have resulted in repayment of all debt, elimination of accumulated losses, recruitment of excellent executive staff, and resolution of the impact of developments on University Square so that the contract with Melbourne University will allow the Union to stay on the Square with the prospect of a new building. Presently Vice President I have been pleased to be part of this and hope to continue this effort for another three years. PYERS, Ernest Keith, BA(Melb), BEd(Melb), TPTC Proposer – Noel Joy Fethers Seconder – John Stanley Martin
Retired Secondary College Principal. Reside near Daylesford. Eighteen years shire councillor, four terms Shire President Shire of Daylesford/Glenlyon. Sixteen years Shire representative on Ministerial Committee (Mineral Water Advisory Committee) which influenced Daylesford’s emergence as tourism exemplar. Life member Graduate Union. Greatly disappointed by the tone of two special meetings in crisis period over year ago. The will of membership seemed thwarted by chairman Gibson’s rulings. I stand for democratic procedures, open debate and development Graduate Union premier club facilities. *GILL, John, BCom, FCPA Proposer – Malcolm Mansfield Brumby Seconder – John Niel Black I have been a life member for over 40 years and am seeking re-election after completing my first term on Council. I am currently Chairman of the Development Committee overseeing the redevelopment of Kidd’s site and member of the Audit Committee.
I am interested in governance issues and committed to making the Graduate Union a strong democratic institution. I am retired after 40 years in the pastoral agency industry where I was a company secretary of a major pastoral company. ROOM, Darren Hamilton, BA(Tas), DipSocStudies(Melb) Proposer – John Court Binns Seconder – Rodney Reginald Watson After retiring with 33 years of State and Commonwealth public service, I am a volunteer with Railway Associations, National Trust, St Paul’s Cathedral and Bicycle Victoria. The Graduate Union attracted me as a meeting place for graduates and students from all academic backgrounds. Graduate House enhanced this, not only as a residence, but as a venue for graduates to develop their professional and social contacts. I believe these features of the Graduate Union must be developed to the full.
*ROBINS, Margaret Rose, BA, DipEd(Melb), ALIA(London) Proposer – John Gill Seconder – Barbara Ann Funder During my tenure on Council I think it has largely met the challenge of attaining harmony and dealing with the demands inherent in our development into a larger entity. I have served on the House Board and as an editor of The Melbourne Graduate for three years and have enjoyed the greater communication with members of disparate age and interests this has brought. I hope for your support to continue contributing towards the realisation of our plans and hopes. LONG, Norma Grace, BA Proposer – John Court Binns Seconder – Ralph Slade de la Lande Miss Long is a Life Member and over many years has volunteered her services to the Graduate Union in the administration of its affairs. She would like to continue to serve the Union, to support the Warden and to bring her expertise to those areas which may need her support. The interests of the members and residents are of paramount importance, and she looks forward to assisting them in developing a new Graduate House to suit all interest groups. RICHIARDI, Peter, MBA(RMIT), BAppSc(RMIT) Proposer – Lynette Shirley Farnworth Seconder – Peter Ian McCutcheon As a Graduate Union member since 2000, a member of the Solo Graduates and Graduate Union Membership Committees I see a number of significant issues for maintaining the vitality of the Graduate Union –• actively increasing membership. • developing the social and commercial attractiveness of Graduate
House facilities. • further development of residential services. And, as an experienced senior manager with a major manufacturer I can bring to the table skills in marketing, financial management and strategy development. PANICHI, Marilyn Laurie, LLM(Melb),DipEd(StateCollHawthorn) Proposer – Elizabeth Anne Shellard Seconder – Elizabeth Jane Charlton I have a broad academic and practical legal background after three decades running my own firm and as a corporate lawyer practising commercial, property and criminal law. I have taught law at Melbourne, Swinburne and Singapore Universities. As student solicitor at Monash and RMIT I have served on numerous committees. I have been in Graduate Union for three years and a committee member of Solo Graduates for one year. My goals are to promote a vibrant Union and expand membership. *Retiring Councillors eligible for re-election
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR From Bruce Burne, Surry Hills, NSW
I write to express my appreciation of the current presentation of The Melbourne Graduate which I feel does reflect the revived sense of hope and progress in The Graduate Union. I greatly appreciated the article by Professor Stuart Macintyre on the University Quadrangle. It evoked being taken to see Professor Paton by my mother to discuss Law School enrolment; clustering there for exam results; Kathleen Fitzpatrick eloquently pleading for the camellias; Bill Berry sallying forth to enlist support for the reviving Graduate Union; studying in the cramped library supervised by Miss Waller. The juxtaposition of the fine new Square and Law School at the University gates is to be admired, as are the enhancement possibilities it gives for Graduate House. With best wishes to The Graduate Union and newsletter. 2nd April 2002 Minding our Cs and Qs: Acorrespondent chided us on our rendering of “barbecue” in the February issue. We still hold to our choice and cite major dictionaries in support. So we will continue to mind our Cs, given that few people today would recognise a chop picnic. MRR
DONATIONS
The Graduate Union has deductible gift status but donors may continue to indicate the purpose for which their donation is to be applied. The following amounts received during the period February to April 2002 are acknowledged with thanks:
Graduate Union Building Fund
$50 C Close, G Jones, D Le Brocque, X Licen, F Rule $25 M Kehoe $20 I Chippendale, B Lewis $15 M Dowling, I Geard, M Hill $10 I Rosario
The Residents’Assistance Fund
$55 A Martin $35 G Jones, B Lewis
General Purposes
$25 J Pascoe
VALETE
Since publication of the February Graduate we have been notified of the deaths of the following members: Eric Love, Life Member, joined 1947 Alan Mason, Life Member, joined 1950 Robert Mellor, Life Member, joined 1975 Geoffrey Opat, joined 1973 Nicholas Turnbull, Life Member, joined 1960 Kevin Westfold, Life Member, joined 1985 The Graduate Union appreciates the support of these members throughout their lives and at their passing feels a sense of loss. We regret that space constraints do not allow individual acknowledgement of each late member of our community. Professor Geoffrey Opat died suddenly on 7 March. One of his recent kindnesses was to send us his text on the School of Physics’ 50th Birthday, on which the article in The Graduate of November 2000 was based. We also note with regret the recent death of Professor Hill Worner, a member for many years and well known in our graduate community.
During the month of April we commemorate Anzac Day and the Editors accepted this very timely unedited tribute to The Unknown Soldier from an ex-serviceman life member.
The Unknown Soldier
No loved one stood around him
To bid a fond farewell No word of comfort could we give
To him we loved so well
Lance-Corpl A.L Baker was killed in action at Bullecourt on the 3rd of May 1917, age 22 years and 3 months. The quotation is from his In Memoriam card which his younger sister has preserved all these years. The card also has his photograph showing an alert handsome young soldier. Born in Larpent in Victoria he served with his brother who survived the war in France. According to C.E.W. Bean in the second Bullecourt battle the Australians suffered 7000 casualties. Bean, in the Official History records: “The second Bullecourt was the most brilliant of these achievements, impressing enemy and friends alike; it was in some ways the stoutest achievement of the Australian soldier in France carried through against the stubbornest enemy that ever faced him there.” The Australian Memorial at Bullecourt does not carry the soldiers’ names for the Memorial Plaque reads:
Sacred to the memory of the 10,000 members of the Australian Imperial Force who were killed and in the two battles of Bullecourt, April-May 1917 and to the Australian dead and their Comrades in Arms who lie here forever in the soil of France
“Lest We Forget”
One of the many monuments and memorials to commemorate the campaigns and battles on the Western Front in World War 1: This then is a memorial to Bullecourt to thousands of Australian Unknown Soldiers and soldiers whose graves are known.
At Villers-Bretonneux is the Australian National Memorial carrying panels commemorating the 10,982 Australians who died in France and have no known grave. This is where Lance-Corpl Arthur Baker’s name is listed. His casualty details after listing details of his service with the AIF 22nd Battalion, service no III, under the Grave Reference and Marker Type there are blanks – no information except to the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. The concept and the tragedy of the Unknown Soldier may be found in many places. As well as in the hearts of their family pause and remember the thousands of women who never married and thus never bore the children of the Unknown Soldiers. To many Australians the term “Unknown Soldier” would refer to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Dedicated on Thursday 11th November 1993, the tomb contains the remains of an Unknown Australian Soldier from the Adelaide cemetery at Villers-Bretonneux. Other nations, Britain, France, Belgium and the United States of America have tombs to their Unknown Soldier with memories of historic battles and feats of bravery. For Australians it is most significant that our Unknown Soldier comes from the cemetery of Villers-Bretonneux because it was here that the 2nd Division on the 24-25 April in a second battle saved the city of Amiens from capture by the Germans. For Britain, the honour of the first tomb to an Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey on the 11th November 1920 was well deserved as the home of the Empire. Today, Australia is a nation in its own right and identification with its own history is both timely and appropriate. Of the two concepts of a memorial to Unknown Soldiers, the mass monument is in France and the individual tomb as in the Australian War Memorial it would seem that their origins are different. The origins of the mass monument are diverse whereas the origin of the individual tomb is most precise, known and documented. In 1979 and 1980 we lived in Surrey in the village of Shalford near Guildford. An historic village on the Pilgrim’s Way to Canterbury. Our home was the old vicarage on the banks of the Tillingbourne river and on the opposite bank was the village church of St Mary. A small brick bridge had been constructed by parishioners for the Vicar to walk to and from his church. Within our garden was a WWII pill box and concrete dragon teeth as defences against tanks, should the Germans have invaded. It was to this green and pleasant village that an ex Army Chaplain, Rev. David Railton came as vicar. The pulpit of the church is engraved with these words:
“And many fell that day and there was much valour”
Faded flags of regiments hang from the beams. These words are from Arthur Mee in this book “Surrey – London’s Southern Neighbour.” It was interesting to find as vicar of Shalford, the man who inspired the sublime idea of the Unknown Soldier. He was David Railton who came to Shalford in 1931. He had served as a chaplain in France.” He wrote in August 1920 to the Dean of Westminster, Bishop Herbert Ryle, with the suggestion that an Unknown Soldier should be buried among the nation’s “illustrious dead” in the Abbey. A committee was set which recommended that the Foreign Minister should take immediate steps to make a body available for the forthcoming Armistice Day celebrations on 11 November. The genesis of the idea appeared in a magazine called “Our Empire” written by Railton in 1931. There could be no more sincere words than the following from his article on “The Origins of the Unknown Warrior” probably written in Shalford. “I came back from ‘the line’ at dusk. We had just laid to rest the mortal remains of a comrade. I went to the billet in front of Erkingham near Armentieres. At the back of the billet was a small garden and in the garden, only about six paces from the house, was a grave. At the head of the grave there stood a rough cross of white wood. On the cross was written in deep black-pencilled letters: “An Unknown British Soldier” and in brackets underneath “of the Black Watch”. It was dusk and no one was near except some officers in the billet playing cards. I remember how still it was. Even the guns seemed to be resting. How I longed to see his folk! But, who was he and who were they? Quietly and gradually there came out of the mist of thought this answer clear and strong. “Let this body – this symbol of him – be carried reverently over the sea to his native land.” An epitaph also for Lance Corpl A.E. Baker
The author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to:
• Mrs I Milne, younger sister of Lance-Corpl A.E. Baker whose treasured records are the basis of these writings • Mrs B Somers, niece of Lance-Corpl A.E. Baker whose decision to visit her uncle’s memorial and her inspiration was the catalyst • The Australian War Memorial for their information and their dedication to ascertaining facts from limited information furnished to them • Reverend David Hobden the current vicar of St Mary the
Virgin in Shalford for his extracts from “God on our side”.
