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Introduction:
What is a University?.................................................................... 2
USQ Act............................................................................................................. 4
USQ Coat of Arms and University Motto............ 6
The Offices of Chancellor
and Vice-Chancellor........................................................................ 8
Academic Dress...................................................................................10
Academic Qualifications.........................................................12
Academic Procession..................................................................14
Ceremonial Mace..............................................................................16
The USQ Flag..................................................................................... 18
Bibliography. .............................................................................. 20
USQ Alumni Network......................................................... 21
Acknowledgements............................................................ 21
Introduction: What is a University?
The term ‘university’—meaning an institution of higher learning­­—can be applied to the schools
used to train the bureaucracy in imperial China and the Byzantine Empire, the priests of ancient
India and the Aztec Empire, or the Koranic judges of Islam. However, universities in the tradition
we recognise today began to emerge in Europe from the eleventh century, first as ‘studia generalia’
or general schools recognised by the Holy See in Rome, established at Bologna, Paris and Oxford.
By 1300 there were some 80 ‘universitas magistorum et scholarium’—corporations of teachers and
scholars—in Europe.
These universities were places where the masters made themselves available to teach disciplines such
as the liberal arts, canon law, medicine and theology to willing students. The nature and function of
universities has changed over the years and in different countries—Australian universities owe much
to the Scottish university tradition—but the basic notion of a university as a ‘community of scholars’
has remained a constant.
Universities played an important role in the unfolding of the Reformation, in the establishment of
emerging nation states in Europe, in the Industrial Revolution and in the development of our modern
globalised society through the migration of the European university to the non-European world
during conquest and colonisation. Three basic traditions emerged during the nineteenth century
that would coalesce in the modern western university—from the German tradition of the University
of Berlin came a focus on research and training through research, from the British Oxford/Cambridge
tradition came a focus on human development through education, and from the Napoleonic
influence in France came a focus on the university in service of the State.
Australia’s first universities date from the 1850s—based on UK models at a time when universities
served essentially as finishing schools for British gentlemen. Higher education in Australia, and
the world, has grown significantly since these times. The period of development of the Australian
university from 1945 is seen as particularly significant in reflecting a gradual transition from higher
education serving only the elite in society to higher education for the masses, and from universities
changing from remote elite cloisters to international businesses that are more immediately relevant
to society and more fully engaged with their communities.
The unique place held by universities in the modern world can be gauged by the following quote1 :
[Only] eighty-five institutions in the western world established by 1520 still exist in recognisable forms,
with similar functions and unbroken histories. [These include] the Catholic Church, the parliaments
of the Isle of Man, of Iceland and of Great Britain; several Swiss Cantons; and seventy universities.
Kings that rule, feudal lords with vassals, guilds with monopolies are gone. These seventy universities,
however, are still in the same locations with some of the same buildings, with professors and students
doing much the same things, and with governance carried on in much the same ways.
1
Kerr (1982) as cited in Goedegebuure et al. (1994)
2
Universities are therefore, at the one time, highly conservative institutions steeped in tradition that
serve as the guardians of our culture and innovative organisations at the cutting edge of knowledge.
This unusual balancing act reflects the uniqueness of universities as major institutions in society.
Universities today are represented by a diverse range of institutions each fulfilling the basic roles of a
university while making specific significant contributions to society in their own way. The University
of Southern Queensland (USQ) is proudly a teaching- and community-focused regional university
that is a leader in open and distance education. USQ serves a highly diverse student constituency,
conducts research in areas of particular relevance to its regions and has developed strong mutually
beneficial business partnerships nationally and internationally.
USQ is at once a progressive transnational university and the recipient of the rich traditions of
the academic culture. This book explores USQ’s academic heritage, highlighting the University’s
traditional regalia.
At graduation academic staff come together to recognise and celebrate the achievement of the new
graduands and to welcome them into the international community of scholars
3
USQ Act
In Roman law, the term universitas meant ‘a corporation’. Hence there have always been legal
implications associated with the notion of a university. The earliest universities had a close association
with the Church and were required to be recognised by the Holy See in Rome. Later universities
were established under Royal patronage typically under a charter that identified basic principles and
directions that would guide their development.
Like most universities in Australia, USQ was created under a State Act. The University of Southern
Queensland Act establishes USQ as a ‘body corporate’ and defines its legal powers; it identifies USQ’s
basic functions as a university in the modern context; it establishes the USQ Council as the governing
body of USQ, defines its role, membership and processes, and states the members’ functions and
obligations; it defines the key roles of Chancellor, Deputy Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, as well
as key bodies such as the Student Guild, Colleges and Academic Board; and it sets out the general
principles of how the University should operate.
While created under a Queensland State Act and recognising that by convention education is
normally a State responsibility in Australia, USQ, like all Australian public universities, receives the
vast majority of its public funding directly from the Federal government. This creates an interesting
dynamic between the Commonwealth and the State in setting the policy environment and
influencing university behaviour and directions. This is made even more interesting by universities
having a tendency to be fiercely independent—building on a long tradition of academic freedom
and institutional autonomy, and decreasing their dependence on government funding—and
balancing their dual roles as the conservators of society’s culture and traditions and the seekers of
new knowledge. Needless to say, universities can be extremely interesting places to be with all these
forces operating together.
Under the USQ Act, the University has been granted its own
unique seal which bears the University’s name and the image of
the phoenix. It is held by the General Manager in his capacity as
Secretary to Council and used on official University documents
and testamurs. Each individual document needs to be personally
stamped.
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State Acts have had a major impact on
the development of this institution.
Established initially as a regional branch of the
Queensland Institute of Technology in 1967,
the independent Darling Downs Institute of
Advanced Education (DDIAE) was created
through The Education Act (1964) Amendment
Act 1970. This granted advanced education
status on the institution which became by law
an autonomous multi-purpose college under
the control of its own College
Council on 25 June 1971.
The University of Southern
Queensland Act 1989
guided the establishment of the USQ on 1 January 1992
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USQ Coat of Arms and University Motto
Universities emerged in Medieval Europe around the time when heraldic devices on shields were in use
as a system to identify individuals, families and corporations—at a time when most people were illiterate,
an identification system based on pictures proved very handy. A ‘coat’ of arms originally referred to a
linen surcoat worn over armour to protect it from the sun which bore the arms of its wearer. However,
as heraldry began to expand from its use in tournaments and in battle by feudal nobles and knights to
become a ‘symbol of gentility’ for wealthy families, the term eventually began to be associated with the
arms themselves. From the mid-fourteenth century corporations began to use coats of arms both on their
seals and to mark corporate property. Hence, it became the norm for universities to seek grants of arms
from the sovereign or her delegated heraldic officers as part of their regalia from this time. Eventually
universities and their constituent colleges simply began to adopt or assume arms, and this was the case
for USQ.
USQ began as a Toowoomba-based college of the Queensland Institute of Technology in 1967. In June
1971 the institution became by law an autonomous multi-purpose college of advanced education under
the control of its own College Council.
The new Council undertook to establish an identity for the emerging institution. It determined that the title
of the new college would be the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education (DDIAE), a title it would
hold until 1989, and developed a design for the College Seal. The symbol for the College Seal was chosen
as a depiction of the mythical phoenix rising from the ashes—as such the phoenix became the corporate
device or emblem. Just a few years before, the institution had started as just a few isolated buildings on a
flat greenfield site in Toowoomba, so the symbolism of a miraculous birth must have seemed particularly
apt at the time. The College motto was chosen as Per Studia Mens Nova meaning “Through study the mind
is transformed”, building perfectly on the symbolism of the phoenix in a higher education context. Phoenix
symbolism has been an important part of the institution’s development ever since—the rejuvenation of
life through knowledge, the ability to meet challenges and endure in the face of adversity, and the sheer
exhilaration of growth and innovation all typify what has become the USQ ethos.
The College symbol and motto lent themselves perfectly to the creation of a Coat of Arms for the
University; first as a University College in 1990 and then as USQ in 1992. The design by Senior Graphic
Designer Mr Greg Coombes sees the phoenix under the Southern Cross within a traditional shield motif
and employing the three primary colours—the gold of Queensland as the sunshine State, the vitrix blue
that is the University’s distinguishing colour and the USQ phoenix in red—with the phoenix rising from
ashes of orange. The shield between the phoenix and the Southern Cross is divided by a wavy line that
represents both the Great Dividing Range at Toowoomba where the institution was founded and the
profile of an open book to signify learning. The University motto is written on a scroll under the shield. In
early versions the word ‘Toowoomba’ was written under the scroll but this was changed to ‘Australia’ when
USQ became a multi-campus institution from 1997.
In recent times there has been a trend for universities to modernise their image by dropping traditional
coats-of-arms in favour of modern streamlined logos. While USQ has adopted a modern logo for some
of its marketing and promotions exercises, the ‘phoenix’ remains as USQ’s official symbol and the Coat of
Arms features prominently on signage and all of USQ’s formal documentation and regalia.
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Early DDIAE logo commemorating its founding as
the Queensland Institute of Technology (Darling
Downs) in 1967
Stylised DDIAE logo 1970s
Elaborate heraldic design for McGregor College
from the early 1970s
Heraldic device adopted for the institution during
its transition phase as a university college in
1990–1991
USQ Heraldic Device 1990s
The USQ logo 2007
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The Offices of Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor
The governing body of the University is referred to as the USQ Council. Its members represent various
University and community interests, and bring a range of skills and experience. The role of the Council
is to generally ensure that USQ is managed efficiently and effectively within its charter and to help in
the setting of strategic directions for the University. However, the Council is not involved in the active
management of the institution, which falls to the Vice-Chancellor and staff.
‘Chancellor’ is an ancient title used to denote a senior official in a range of organisational and political
contexts. In the British higher education tradition it is a title used for the honorary or titular head of a
university. In Australia, the Chancellor is also Chair of the University’s governing body and therefore
participates in the governance of the University as well as having ceremonial duties. The USQ
Chancellor is assisted by a Deputy Chancellor.
The Vice-Chancellor & President is the Chief Executive Officer of the University and is responsible to
the University Council for the overall direction of the academic, administrative and financial affairs of
the University. Vice-Chancellors have traditionally come from the ranks of academia. While it has been
suggested in recent times from some quarters that a career as a business leader would be appropriate
for the CEO of a university, Vice-Chancellors by and large are distinguished senior academics with
strong backgrounds in academic leadership and university management. Universities themselves
are extremely complex organisations, needing to be managed as efficient international businesses
while fulfilling major obligations to the community to ensure equitable access to higher education,
to provide effective knowledge generation and transfer, and to make significant contributions to
community development.
The USQ Vice-Chancellor is supported by a senior executive, which includes Deputy Vice-Chancellors,
Pro Vice-Chancellors, the General Manager and heads of campus.
The official academic dress of the
Chancellor of the University of
Southern Queensland. This consists
of a black grosgrain gown with facings
down each side in front and a square
collar at the back of the same material,
edged with gold lace. Strips of gold
lace cross the sleeve at intervals
of 4.5cm. The headwear is a black
cloth mortarboard with gold braid, a
metallic dome button and full metallic
tassel. There is no stole.
The ‘Chancellor’s (Dickson) Chair’ was donated by Mrs Allison Dickson AO, former Deputy Chairman of the
DDIAE Council, Chancellor of UCSQ, and Inaugural Chancellor of USQ and her husband, Dr Grant Dickson. It
is one of a pair of antique oak chairs that were heirlooms of the Dickson family from Scotland. The chair was
originally loaned to the DDIAE Council for use by the Chancellor in graduation ceremonies in 1980 and later
permanently donated to the University in 1998. A location for the Chair was incorporated into the design for
the new Council Chambers when these were constructed in S Block at USQ Toowoomba that same year.
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Academic Dress
Academic dress is traditional clothing now generally only seen at graduations or at very formal
academic functions in some universities. However, well into the twentieth century in many
universities academic dress was the day-to-day wear for teachers and students alike. The academic
robe and hood familiar today has its origins in the ‘cappa clausa’ or closed cape worn by the Medieval
clergymen who were both the masters and students of the early universities. By the late fifteenth
century the general trend in England was for the academic tunica to be open in front and for the
sleeves to become more prominent, reflecting the changing fashions of the day. This basic design
came to form the basis for academic dress in the English-speaking world. Today, each university has
its own statutes for the design of its own distinctive academic dress.
At USQ, the style of academic dress of graduates, approved by UCSQ Council in 1990, distinguish the
faculty or field of study undertaken and the level of the award. For degrees to Masters level, USQ’s
academic dress is based on variations of a black woollen gown in the style used for the Bachelor of
Arts degree at the University of Cambridge, together with a black cloth mortar board with a black
tassel and a stole or hood trimmed in the appropriate Faculty and field of study colours.
Recipients of a Doctoral degree tend to have the most elaborate academic dress, and hence there is
the greatest diversity at this level both across and within institutions. For research Doctorates, USQ’s
academic dress is based on a black gown of Cambridge Doctoral style and hood faced in Cardinal
Red (for PhD) or with the appropriate Faculty or field of study colours (for other research Doctorates)
and with a black velvet bonnet with coloured cord and tassel. Other Doctorates and honorary awards
at USQ have their own form of academic dress.
The distinguishing colour of USQ is vitrix blue.
The official academic dress of Doctor
of Philosophy of the University of
Southern Queensland consists of a
black gown of Cambridge doctoral
style faced in cardinal red; a black
Cambridge full hood, fully lined in
cardinal red; and a black velvet bonnet
with red cord and tassel.
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DDIAE Graduations 1989
A group of new USQ Graduates who
travelled from Shanghai and Taiwan
to attend graduation in 2004
The academic dress of the DDIAE as
approved by Council in July 1972 consisted
of a royal blue gown with a sash displaying
the Institute emblem. In 1992 the official
academic dress was changed to a black
gown of Cambridge BA style. The decision
to change to black robes for USQ was
made for purely pragmatic reasons as it had
proved difficult to obtain royal blue robes of
a consistent shade.
The award of Doctor of the University (honoris causa) was conferred
on Emeritus Professor Peter Swannell in 2004 in recognition of his
service to the University. The official academic dress for this award
consists of a scarlet gown of Cambridge doctoral style faced with
vitrix blue and edged with gold, having fully lined sleeves in vitrix blue
and gold edging; a scarlet Cambridge full hood, fully lined in vitrix
blue and edged with gold; and a black velvet bonnet with gold cord
and tassel.
A number of honorary awards can
be conferred by USQ. Vice-Chancellor
Professor Bill Lovegrove (left) and
Chancellor Mr Don Stevens AM (right)
are seen here with Mr Ken Munro
OAM and Dr Vicki Sarra, who received
USQ honorary awards in 2004.
Mr Munro wears the academic dress
of a Fellow of the University while
Dr Sarra wears the academic dress of a
Doctor of Science (honoris causa).
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Academic Qualifications
Universities confer degrees to demonstrate that an individual, after appropriate study, has gained a
certain level of mastery over the subject matter in their program of study. A university degree confers
a certain status and reflects the achievement of skills and knowledge through higher education and
training through research. This taps into a long tradition. Of note is that as early as 1300, almost half
of the highest offices in the Catholic Church—cardinals, archbishops and abbots—were occupied by
degreed masters who had graduated from one of the 80 Medieval universities that had sprung up all
over Europe by that time. Today, each of the professions requires a degree as a basic qualification and
postgraduate study (that is, further study taken after a degree) is increasingly being undertaken.
The principal academic qualifications are a Bachelor’s degree awarded after the completion of
undergraduate study, and the Master’s degree and Doctorate awarded after postgraduate study.
However, various undergraduate and postgraduate certificates and diplomas are also awarded and a
wide range of non-award programs are also offered for study at universities, including USQ.
In addition, USQ will occasionally confer honorary degrees for distinguished service to the University,
the community or the academic profession on the advice of the Honorary Awards Committee of
Council. One such honorary degree is the Doctor of the University (honoris causa).
The pinnacle of study at university is graduation—the action of receiving or conferring an academic
qualification, which may occur at a graduation ceremony attended by the graduand or in absentia.
All graduates of the University are part of the institution’s alumni. In turn, the institution is their alma
mater. Alumni may support their alma mater by providing information to prospective and current
students, by making financial or other contributions to the institution or by otherwise participating
in its activities. The USQ Alumni includes graduates and past staff-members of the institution.
The 2001 University Medal
recipient Mr Jason Austin
had previously been awarded
the Institution of Engineers’
Australia Wilmoth Medal and
Prize 2000
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University Medal:
To recognise exceptional
academic achievement USQ
Council may award the
University Medal to its
most outstanding
Bachelor’s degree
graduate. The first
Institute Medallist
was Mr Peter
Robert Albion
who graduated
with the first group
of 25 graduates
in 1970 and later
became a long-serving
Education academic at
the institution.
The USQ Testamur: At USQ a testamur is a
certificate issued by the University Council to signify
that a student has satisfied the requirements of a
specific program and has graduated
Testamurs are awarded to graduands by the Chancellor at a graduation ceremony, or may be awarded in
absentia if the graduand is not able to attend. Here USQ Chancellor Mrs Roberta (Bobbie) Brazil officiates at a
USQ graduation ceremony in 2006.
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Academic Procession
An academic procession is a traditional ceremony in which university dignitaries march together
wearing traditional academic dress. An academic procession forms a usual part of university
graduation ceremonies where academic staff gather to recognise and celebrate new graduates.
At these ceremonies, the colours and styles of regalia reflect the diversity of alma mater of the
participants. Much of the colour and pageantry of an academic procession is achieved through the
different and spectacular academic dress specific for higher degrees conferred on the academic staff
by different universities, typically from all over the world. Gowns of all colours and descriptions can
be seen, with hoods or stoles, and with a range of headwear from a trencher (‘mortar board’) cap to a
Tudor bonnet or tam (resembling a tam o’shanter) typically with a coloured tassel.
The graduation ceremony commences with a procession of academic staff and officiating officers
entering the hall in academic dress to preside over proceedings. The formal graduation concludes
with the graduands joining the academic procession as learned alumni as it leaves the hall.
The wearing of distinctive academic dress by academic staff, officials and graduands at graduations
essentially symbolises the credentials of the participants—for academic staff their credentials to
practice their profession and for graduands their ascension to the status of graduate as part of a
world-wide university community.
Pageantry on display: Spring graduation ceremonies for 1999 were conducted at the magnificent Empire
Theatre in Toowoomba (Reproduced with permission of The Empire Theatre, Toowoomba)
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The grand academic procession for the Spring graduations of 1999 winds its way through Toowoomba’s main
streets, giving the community a taste of the event’s pomp and ceremony
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Ceremonial Mace
The mace emerged as a popular weapon in Europe in the Middle Ages. It was a particularly useful
weapon for use by mounted warriors against foot soldiers, and was favoured by members of the
clergy who could use a mace to inflict a heavy blow without shedding blood—an act that was
forbidden of priests by canonical law.
From the early twelfth century maces began to be used in ceremonial occasions as a symbol of
the authority of the crown. This tradition was soon embraced by other western institutions—most
notably parliaments and universities. Most Australian universities have a ceremonial mace that is
used on formal occasions to represent the authority of the governing body—which for USQ is its
Council.
On 29 March 1993 the Toowoomba City Council generously presented USQ with its ceremonial mace,
to mark the close ties between town and gown. Manufactured by Hays Jewellers, Toowoomba, the
original tender read as follows:
“The base of the mace is a large [39 carat] faceted garnet [of exceptional clarity]. The shaft of the mace
is [locally grown] cedar from the original medical block of the Toowoomba General Hospital. It features
38 natural [1 carat] garnets set to spiral around the staff. The head of the shaft is inlaid gold-plated
sterling silver which rises up to form the fully enamelled USQ Coat of Arms. Intricate filigree work in
sterling silver then holds up the phoenix in 3–dimensional gold-plated sterling silver, surrounded by
flames. The cedar was chosen to symbolise the healing of humanity through knowledge; the garnets
symbolise the purity of learning.”
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Local craftsmen played the major role in producing the mace. Mr Chris Bell, judged the 1992
Queensland Jewellery Apprentice of the Year, was the jeweller responsible for supervising the
production of the mace and did the majority of the silver work himself—particularly the silver
filigree bowl which was the most difficult component of the mace to produce. Mr Chris Arnold
from Toowoomba Colonial Furniture, judged the 1992 Queensland Woodwork Apprentice of the
Year, performed all the work on the cedar. All the garnets, each 1 carat, were from crystals found in
the Darling Downs region and were faceted by members of the local Facetors Guild and Lapidary
Club—with the majority of the cutting being done by Mr Bob Boddington, Mr Manual Pelecanos
and Mr Nev Kleidon.
The USQ Ceremonial Mace
is carried by the Academic
Registrar2 at graduation
ceremonies and represents the
official status of the University
and the authority of its Council.
Pictured is long-serving
Academic Registrar Dr Kurt
Timmins who retired in 2006.
(Photo: Exclusive Portraits)
The role of ‘Academic
Registrar’ at USQ has now been
subsumed into the functions
of the Group Manager Student
Affairs. In some universities the
mace bearer is referred to as a
marshal or bedel.
2
The USQ Flag
Mr Greg Coombes and Ms Dorothy Baker, two long-time staff members of the institution, designed
the USQ flag to commemorate the opening of the University in 1992. The flag is of reflex blue,
proportions two by one, showing a stylised version of the University Coat of Arms in blue on a white
shield located towards the hoist with the letters ‘USQ’ aligned on their side in blue on a wide white
strip in the fly.
The USQ flag was officially raised in the quadrangle amongst a new Avenue of International Flags at
the Toowoomba campus to commemorate the opening of the University and the 25th anniversary
of the institution in a ceremony presided over by the Governor-General, the Honourable Bill Hayden,
in September 1992.
At this time, three flagpoles were also erected in front of B Block at USQ Toowoomba for the flying of
the National, Queensland and USQ flags between first light and dusk each day.
The USQ Flag flying at the commemorative ceremony in September 1992
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Flags have come to represent more than simple
standards denoting allegiances. They represent
powerful symbols of human ideals and aspirations.
Every flag can be linked to its own wealth of
human stories. (Photo: USQ Archives)
USQ today is both a major regional university and a large international business. National flags in the
USQ Toowoomba quadrangle serve to recognise and celebrate the many countries of origin of USQ staff and
students and the rich diversity of the USQ community.
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USQ Alumni Network
If you are a graduate or former staff member of USQ you are part of a worldwide
community of over 55,000 people. As we celebrate forty years of USQ, we would like
the opportunity to reconnect you with the University, with former classmates and
colleagues, and with the ever-growing network of USQ alumni.
For further information, including how to apply for your free membership of the USQ
Alumni Network, visit www.usq.edu.au/alumni or contact us on the details below.
Australian Hotline: 1800 687 907
Telephone:
+61 7 4631 5329
Facsimile:
+61 7 4635 5550
Email:
[email protected]
Postal Address:
USQ Alumni Network
PO Box 395
Darling Heights
Queensland 4350
Australia
Acknowledgements
Unless otherwise indicated, all photographs have been sourced from the USQ Photography
archives.
Thanks are extended to:
Staff of USQ Photography, past and present, for the images included in this publication;
Liza Mattiazzi, Cindy Laine and Elizabeth Bull of USQ Photography for studio photography;
Carolyn Taylor-Smith for gown styling;
Mr Greg Coombes for advice on institutional heraldic designs; and
Associate Professor Kate Foy, USQ and Mr Stephen Szabo, Heraldry Australia Inc. for reviewing the
draft text.
Graphics USQ 06-381