Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 6. 1966.
Pathos
Pathos
After the elections, there was still business to complete. It fell to Helen Sutch, International vice-president, to take the chair. Throughout the Council she had always been at Taylor's side. Unfaltering, her small voice directed the men who had Just performed the execution. Whether Alister Taylor was Knight or Saracen, he and his lady withstood defeat with dignity, and the end of the convention was not without its pathos.
After the four days were over, the Council had become a haze of itchy seats, coffee breaks, late night drinking sessions, and too few hours asleep. By then one phrase had totally seized the consciousness, like a melody that cannot be dispelled: "All those in favour say 'Aye'; to the contrary, 'Nay'; I declare the motion carried."
In reflection, the proceedings in Dunedin left this observer with a feeling of genuine appreciation. The delegates eclipsed their own pretentions by hard work and definite accomplishment. If they showed a lack of resilience in adapting to the needs of an expanding organisation, it was because they were more conscious of their own political rights than of the organisation's executive necessities.