Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 20, No. 8. September 14, 1956
[Introduction]
The New Zealand University Student Press Council (NZUSPC) held its August executive meeting in the editorial room of Canta (CUC student paper) during Tournament week last month. In the course of its five-day programme the council discussed a wide range of matters affecting the student press, listened to talks by prominent Christchurch pressmen and played hosts at a luncheon for Education Minister Mr. R. M. Algie.
Under the chairmanship of AUC's editor, D. J. Stone, the council ploughed through more than a score of Items on its agenda, finishing in time to climax the week's work with a formal dinner for guests George Burns, editor of Christchurch's evening newspaper the Star-Sun, and former journalist Donald Rain, now chairman of Canterbury College Council.
In between procedural wrangles and adjournments to listen to guest speakers, council members formulated plans for' further co-operative supplements covering NZUSA meetings, Tournament sports, and Congress; considered further the question of participation in international student press activities; cemented relations with NZUSA; discussed problems facing the student press; and debated the council's financial situation.