Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 10, No. 12. August 20, 1947
[Introduction]
From the north and from the deepest and darkest part of the South, a determined band of warriors, armed with swords, hockey sticks, balls and beer bottles, will pour into Wellington for the annual upheaval—Winter Tournament.
After skirmishes on the various playing fields with the local yokels, and a final paroxysm in the form of Tournament Ball, the visiting stalwarts, vanquished or victorious, will retire to their respective Alma Maters, leaving Victoria to slip back into furious swot. But before then, Victoria students in their capacity as hosts, will do their utmost to make Tournament as heroic and hard-fought on the field, and as flambuoyant and flirtatious off it, as it always is.
An enormous number of controllers and committees are vying with each other in the efficiency of their organisation. Political differences have been completely submerged for the duration—VUC will present a popular front to the aggressors, in an all out drive to rid itself of a Wooden Spoon or so, and to explode the myth of the inhospitality of the capital city.