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Last year John Hercus was elected unopposed, President of the Students' Association. He will find the going a little tougher this year. Both his opponents have wide administrative experience.
Nevertheless "Salient" considers Hercus the man to beat. He has controlled Exec. well of late. The Executive might not be the most united of bodies, but Hercus's mediation always seems successful. He thinks and speaks clearly, if a little hesitantly, and does not try any "big brother" antics. He is content to be the Executive's chairman, not a presidential "strong man." His policies have been sound and the new Student Union Building has a lot to thank him for. If for no other reason it would be fitting that he be president at the building's official opening.
Stand for the Students' Executive.
Don Brooker has a strong personality. Don Brooker is very capable—he gets things done. He is a little inclined to bulldoze, no doubt the reason for his unpopularity in some quarters. He made a fair fist of Tournament this year—a pretty thankless task. He controls a meeting well. He makes a good vice-president. Would he make a good president?
Peter O'Brien is without a doubt intelligent, a quick thinker, a good debater no less. What's more he's sound administratively. It sounds almost too good to be true. It is. We don't like digging up the past, but O'Brien's last and short sojourn on the Executive was, to say the least, disturbing. He was secretary in 1958 for a few short months. Having shown himself capable to do a good job and appearing to agree with Executive policy, he suddenly resigned, supposedly because discussion of the relative merits of two duplicating machines had kept him from his bed. We hope that was not really the reason—we'd like to believe Mr O'Brien a steady and reliable man.
"Is there any religion in which men are led to believe in the inherent goodness of this world, or is it that when they believe in the inherent goodness of this world, men have no need of religion?"
President:
J. D. A. Herous
• Men's Vice-President: A. T. Mitchell
• Women's Vice-President; Whetu Tirikatene
• Secretary:
• Treasurer:
R. H. Fisher.
• Womrn's Committee:
Celia FrostBridget KerrDiana Picton
one place untfitlled.
• Men's Committee:
R. W. HeineS. O'Regan L. W. Stubbs,
Vol. 23. No. 6.
Wednesday, June 22, 1960.
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Editor ... Ian Grant
Assistant Editor ... John Daniels
Contributing Editor ... John Pickering
Sports Editor ... Tony Chapelle
Literary Editor ... David Lind-Mitchell
Chief Reporter ... Michael Heine
Public Relations Officer ... Peter Frater
Film Correspondent ... Maurice Clarke
Advertising Manager ... John Gamby
Distribution Manager ... Peter Frater
The newly-created Victoria University Film Society has got off to a brilliant start. Since it began its programmes in May, the audience at the weekly screenings has progressively increased from the initial thirty to one hundred and fifty people, and there are signs that as it is still increasing, C.3, which is almost full at each screening now, will not be able to hold everybody comfortably.
The society is at present screening a two hour programme twice a week—on Wednesdays in C.1, and Thursdays in C.3. As they start at 12.15 p.m. and run through the lunch time period they can be seen by a wide section of the students. A screening consists usually of about five shorts and is designed to cover a wide variety of subjects and interests. For instance, past programmes have included such diverse films as Steelworks at Clabecq, the First Prize winner at the 1956 Anvers Festival, which treats the processes in a steelmill in an impressionistic manner; People In The City, the The Battle For San Pietro.
Films which have been booked for future screenings include the Academy Award winning Glass; others dealing with the Glyndebourne Opera, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Sadler's Wells will be shown along with films dealing with scientific, historical, experimental and aesthetic subjects.
The society was formed by
At time of going to press, the Students' Association has not yet given the society a grant to cover the hiring of feature films. It is hoped however, to screen these if the necessary money comes to hand. It would be a pity if the most progressive club in the university was forced to curtail its activities for lack of funds, when other more specialised clubs, less well patronised by the student body, receive large handouts.
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Brooker, Hercus Or O'Brien ! ... 1
Does The Commonwealth Stand For Anything? ... 2
Fijian Students "Keeping To Themselves" ... 3
Candidates Answer "Salient" Questionnaire ... 4 & 5
Science Page ... 6
Next Session Will Decide Election ... 7
Discrimination In University Sport ... 8
"We submit that the Commonwealth is an alliance of hypocrites. It stands for justice, but is just only when it is convenient to be so; it preaches racial equality, but practises discrimination." This outburst from K. Govind summed up the Affirmative, taken by the Fijian Students' Association, in the debate on the proposition "That the Commonwealth is an Alliance of Hypocrites." Other members of the Fijian team were D. Singh and S. Randand. The opposing team included T. Boyle and T. Roberts, and was led by Warwick Dent.
New Zealand, Australia, India, Canada and Fiji were all the subject of acidic remarks by the Fijians, but South Africa received the worst of the flak. Recalling the recent shootings, one speaker said "South Africa is a disgrace not only to the Commonwealth but to the rest of the human race as well." Doubts were expressed as to the real motives of much of the aid, such as that under the Colombo Plan, given to "underdeveloped areas."
In trying to disprove the Fijians' assumptions the Negative side found themselves forced to admit the existence of the faults that their opponents had condemned. However, several speakers made the point that countries were in fact acting according to their lights—they were not "saying one thing and doing the other." South Africa is not being hypocritical, since the government's avowed aim is to promote apartheid and segregation Similarly, Australia's "White Australia" policy is no secret. Dent made the slip of referring to the Maoris as "more equal than the others," and Boyle introduced a theatrical element by crushing in his hands a sheet of blank paper on which, he said, he had been waiting to record significant points made by the Affirmative side. The same speaker mentioned that he had, in Australia, sat next to two aborigines in a cinema This brought the prompt interjection: "Not in Alice Springs!"
Roberts claimed that the Fijians were personally prejudiced by their individual experiences in New Zealand. "Just because they may have been refused admission in some boarding houses, or just because they have experienced discrimination in a mild form in New Zealand, and perhaps at Victoria does not mean that New Zealand, and so the whole British Commonwealth, is hypocritical."
Mr Nash came under fire from the floor several times. Tamasese condemned his "cheek" in "going to London and declaring that there are no superior races after allowing the All Blacks to go to South Africa." Larson, one of the few to support the Negative, mentioned the Balfour Declaration of 1926—certainly a great statement of ideals. O'Brien violently denied the value of this. "This is 1960," he said, "and the hopes raised in 1926 are still not realised." Similarly, McNeill declare heatedly that the Commonwealth "was being tolerant of the intolerable."
The Victoria team found the going tough. They fought a losing battle, backing down on several important points. A house vote resulted in a 33-8 victory for the Affirmative.
—B.T.M.
The Fiji Students' Association at Victoria now has about fifty members, nearly all of them students. Although this is a club of a significant it is an independent organisation unattached in any way to the Students' Association. It holds its own socials and debates; it has its own "News Bulletin." its own annual dinner.
People have questioned the wisdom of such an independent, self-centered group, for the FSA excludes all non-Fijians without exception, the excuse being that it would lose its uniqueness unless this were done. Thus, the group is actively encouraging the tendency of Fijian students to stick to themselves.
It must be remembered, however, that this tendency for the association's members to be standoffish is not entirely the fault of the FSA. More likely, indeed, the association is the consequence of the failure of many Fijians to establish contact with outside organisations. For the Kiwi finds it easier to make friends among old high school acquaintances, or with people from his home town. Finding that his social life is complete, he sees no need to meet overseas students. But it is understandable that this passivity should be taken for rejection, so that the Fijian, like the Asian, turns to the group in which he finds recognition and acceptance most easily. Hence, a habit is created of shunning the Kiwi, or any white man out of fear of rejection or ridicule. Defensive attitudes are built up.
It does not, however, stop there, for the overseas student sometimes does not find satisfaction in his own group. Should this happen, he is left in a psychological turmoil. He is "rejected" by both the Kiwis and his own people.
The lucky one does succeed in adjusting himself; the unlucky one creates a mental hell of his own, He may go go far as to dream up imaginary "prejudices" which he has been subjected to. Blaming others is a way of salvaging his ego. The PSA could serve as a half-way house through which the newcomer could be introduced into his new environment. Before this can be done, however, the association will have to give up its "Fijians only" policy.
—B.T.M.
These dales remain subject to ell kinds of modification regardless of whether changes seem justified or not.
Saturday, June 25: Rock-climbing at Titahi Bay. Leader: J.
Nicholls.
Sunday, June 26: Day tramp. Easy. Leader:
July 1-3: Holdsworth - Mitre. Leader:
July 9-10: Official opening of Evans-Patterson Memorial Bridge.
Saturday, July 23: Rock-climbing Titahi Bay. Leader:
Saturday, July 21: Rock-climbing at Titahi Bay. Leader:
Sunday, July 24: Day trip. Easy. Leader:
July 29—August 1: Winter Southern Crossing. Leader:
August 15-19: Alpine instruction, first week August holidays. Mt. Egmont, Leader:
September 9-11: Working Party. Alloway-Dickson. Leader:
The launching of Pioneer V into its solar orbit and of Tiros, the weather observer, and Transit I-B, the beacon, brought to 13 the number of man-made vehicles still intruding on space. Ten of these are travelling around the Earth, three around the Sun. Tiros, following the most perfectly circular orbit yet achieved, and carrying television cameras and automatic positioning equipment is the first satellite adapted to systematic observation of the Earth. In Its first two days aloft it returned 1200 pictures of the Earth's cloud-cover as seen from an altitude of 450 miles. It can make and transmit 120 such pictures on each 99-minute revolution.
Still beeping after two years in space is the grapefruit-sized Vanguard I. During nearly 8000 circuits of the Earth completed by its second anniversary, it has wandered about a mile off its predicted course. This discrepancy has been traced to the pressure of sunlight.
The latest analysis of the Vanguard I orbits, shows that the earlier conclusion that the Earth is pear-shaped is not proven—a symmetrical Earth could also give rise to the observed motions.
The proven age of the Earth is finally approaching the known age of meteorites, 4.5 billion years old. It's believed on astronomical grounds that meteorites were formed at the same time as the Earth. Samples of basement rock recovered in South Africa have been found by the uranium-lead dating method to be at least four billion years old. The oldest rock previously known was a specimen of mica, estimated to 3.4 billion years old, found near Murmansk in the U.S.S.R. in 1959.
The revised chronology pushes back several of the major subdivision of past scales. The beginning of the Cambrian period (the era of the earliest marine fossils) is now set at 600 million years ago, instead of 560 million, and the end of the Triassic (the age of the first Dinosaurs) has been fixed at 190 million years ago.
The new times were arrived at with the aid of improved procedures for measuring the radioactive decay of U238, Rb87 and K40.
The techniques now available can date suitable specimens of almost any period in the Earth's history with an error of a few per cent. The remaining difficulties are with samples between 50.000 and 1 million years old.
The anthropologist Australopithecus Promethus.
—M.H.
A reviewer for Dr. Ausubel's book! "The Fern And The Tiki" claiming that it is the most accurate factual account of New Zealand life that has yet been published!
About a year ago we read that Americans were going culture crazy: mad bent on absorbing any information they could from every possible source—principally books. We heard about the admiring Californian who wrote to a New York publisher asking: "When's that guy Homer going to write another novel?"
Now we see that a survey has proved only 26% of American college graduates read a single book the year after graduation.
Next time you hear Kruschev saying he doesn't understand America take a little notice. It just might not be propaganda.
Sliding down off America's back and climbing on to New Zealand's bigger band-wagon—the pre-election bribe. Everyone's in to win—individuals, groups, societies, and even cities. Auckland, it seems, is to have a new airport. There's speculation afoot as to what other cities might be asking for. How about: (Wellington), a go-ahead transport scheme, go-carts in congested areas; (Christchurch), more prison accommodation for large criminal population; (Dunedin), a sense of humour.
The politically dead, anyway. Of course, no one grudges the hon.
It does make one think. Could it all have been carefully calculated? After all, Tirikatene is more popular among the Maoris than the Minister of Maori Affairs.
"Pop" songs to-day are just the bluest. Always about the guy who's lost his gal. The excuse for these dismal ballads used to be: "A sign of the times– fatalism and a lack of stability." Now we know better. Scientists tell us that in the next 10 years there will be a 2% population increase in Australasia—and a 50% increase or teenage males. No doubt New Zealand girls will get sloppier than ever; perhaps our young men will do away with their sports coats and baggy trousers.
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This year we are publishing answers to a " Salient" questionnaire, not the usual "blurbs." We feel that they have more value, can be more searching and will give the voter some idea of a candidate's capabilities. Anyway, we're leaving it there—judge for yourself. We do draw your attention to the nominators and seconders—if they're reliable the chances are the candidate will be, too. Some candidates have failed to fill in questionnaires; the majority of these will be elected unopposed. For any other election material see the main notice-boards.
1—Should the University be entirely full-time, or should part-timers be encouraged? D. L. Brooker (President): "A complete full-time university system is the ideal. But under the present structure of education in New Zealand part-time study is an integral part of our educational system, Until such time as the pletely changed in their basic structure to a theoretical degree followed by practical study completely outside the university's sphere part-time facilities are essential. It is also necessary that as many people as possible be given the opportunity of a university education."
I. M. Chatwin (Men's Committee) : "It must of necessity include part-timers."
D. J. Davy (Men's Vice-president): "The university is for full-time reading but because of the curricula part-time students now form an integral part."
M. P. Dawkins (Men's Committee) : "Part-timers should not be encouraged, but should nevertheless be allowed to remain part-time."
Celia Frost (Women's Committee): "I think that part-time study should always be a part of Victoria University, but full-time study should be encouraged."
R. W. Heine (Men's Committee): "Ideally full-time, but I recognize that part-time study is essential for many."
J. O. A. Hercus (President): "Neither. full-time study is far preferable for those able to do so and should be encouraged by vastly increased non - bonded H.S.C. bursaries."
Bridget Kerr (Women's Vice-President and Committee): "No."
A. T. Mitchell (Men's Vice-President): "Full-time when possible, but some courses prevent this."
P. V. O'Brien (President): "The university should make provision for both, and leave it to the student to make the choice, provided he is prepared to work whether part-time or full-time."
S. O'Regan (Men's Committee): "I believe that full-time study is preferable, but when professional and financial considerations make it impossible, part-time study is better than no study at all."
L. W. Stubbs (Men's Committee): "A university cannot possibly be entirely full-time—certain professions (law and commerce) require the student to have practical experience."
J. A. Tannahill (Men's Committee) : "Neither, depends on the individual student."
Whetu Tirikatene (Women's Vice-president): "I would definitely not like to see students who hadn't the opportunity to study on a full-time basis excluded from taking university courses."
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2—Should the University offer a more comprehensive social life for students?
Brooker: "The 'social' life of the university at the present moment would seem to be as comprehensive as possible. If 'social' is used in the sense of 'cultural' then the university can offer more and the student should have a greater awareness of what is offered at the moment."
Chatwin: "Isn't it adequate at present?"
Davy: "This can only be done if the facilities are conducive. The new Union Building will be a big help in this direction."
Dawkins: "This problem is too complex to be dismissed summarily. Briefly it boils down to a question of whether the university should produce a well-balanced social animal or a thinker."
Frost: "I think that students should participate more fully in the social life already available."
Heine: "Yes, especially during the day."
Hercus: "The university, no, but the clubs and societies, yes. Greatly improved facilities will be available in the union for this."
Kerr: "No comment."
Mitchell: "Why are we getting a Union Building?"
O'Brien: "The function of the university is education. The social life is a matter for the student himself. The Association's activities in this field are, to my mind, sufficient, and therefore my answer is no."
O'Regan: "University social life is quite comprehensive as it is. But the cultural side of things leaves much to be desired."
Stubbs: "Yes—it would certainly help to bring students together and help to arouse student interests, which at the present are non-existent."
Tannahill: "Yes."
Tirikatene: "It a more comprehensive social life would be conducive to improving the quality of our work as students then let's put our heads together to see how we can effect such an expanded social programme. Personally, however, activities in the Maori Club and Fencing Club have been adequate for me. There are a number of clubs at Victoria catering for a variety of individual interests for those students who wish to join them."
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3—Is virtue rewarded?
Brooker: "Sometimes, but in university circles usually not enough. Too many are prepared to criticise without deep thought."
Chatwin: "In the general conception of the word."
Duvy: "More often than not it is popular appeal rather than virtue which is rewarded."
Dawkins: "Not being virtuous I am not qualified to answer."
Frost: "Yes."
Heine: "Yes."
Hercus: "In the case of executive members, no."
Kerr: "No comment."
Mitchell: "Define your reward!"
O'Brien: "Yes."
O'Regan: "Never."
Stubbs: "The virtuous think so."
Tunnahill: "Yes."
Tiritakone: "Virtue, if indeed it be true virtue, is surely its own reward."
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4—Do you support temperance?
Brooker: "Who knows—we all will on Sunday morning."
Chatwin: "In moderation."
Davy: "Drunkards are a crime.
Drinking is not. When prohibition was introduced to the U.S.A. a large outbreak of crime followed— illustrating well the dangers of temperance."
Dawkins: "Yes, but not abolition."
Frost: "I think people should be temperate drinkers, if they wish to drink at all."
Heine: "I believe in moderation."
Hercus: "In all reasonable things."
Kerr: "No comment."
Mitchell: "In what?"
O'Brien: "I don't support overindulgence. I appreciate the views of sincere temperance, but I don't support wowsers. In fact. I don't support temperance but I am not vigorously opposed to it."
President:
J. D. A. Hercus: Nominated Davy; seconded Hinch and Swanney.
D. L. Brooker: Kerr; Laurenson and Hunn.
P. V. O'Brien: Deacon; Walls and Stubbs.
Men's Vice-President:
D. J. Davy: Fogg; Swanney and Waite.
A. T. Mitchell: Hunn; Hinch and Ward.
Women's Vice-President
Bridget Kerr: Davy; Swanney and Hunn.
Whetu Tirikatene: Pointon; Kingi, Fogg and Nanden.
SECRETARY:
J. E. Swanney: Davy: Millar and Deacon.
Treasurer:
R. H. Fisher: Brooker; Hunn and Hercus.
Women's Committee:
Diana Picton: Erdos; Isdale and Reid.
Cacilia Frost: Hamlin; Hunn and Hercus.
Bridget Kerr: Davy. Swanney and Hunn.
Men's Committee:
A. W. Everard: Fairfax; Johnston and Lyall.
B. P. Dawkins: Robinson; Coleridge and Hoare.
R. W. Heine: Marsh: Crotty and Rait.
I. M. Chatwin: Hunn; Mitchell and McBride.
L. W. Stubbs: Deacon; Kerr and Lawrence.
J. A. Tannahill: Deacon: Kerr and Brooker.
J. J. Watts: Kerr; Brooker and O'Brien.
S. O'Regan: Swanney; Fogg and Waite.
O'Regan: "Liquor is the curse of the student body."
Stubbs: "No; God forbid anyone who does!"
Tannahill: "No."
Tirikatene: "Temperance most usually connotes an absolute standard. I feel that absolute standards cannot be realistically maintained by the vast majority of people. On the other hand, temperance also means 'moderarealistic standard—'moderation' – a right time and place and, yes—a right manner. Moderation implies that there is a reasonable limit, and it is good judgment to know when this limit is reached."
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5—Do you think that New Zealand will win the first rugby test?
Brooker: Complete temperance could possibly be as dangerous as absolute alcoholism. However, when there is business to be done alcohol doesn't miss."
Chatwin: "Of course."
Davy: "The All-White New Zealand team should have a strong chance."
Dawkins: "Yes."
Frost: "Yes."
Heine: "Only if the moon is in Aries."
Hercus: "The so-called 'New Zealand' team should win."
Kerr: "No comment."
Mitchell: "No promises."
O'Brien: "I don't believe in forecasting the results of tests. See me five minutes after the final whistle blows."
O'Regan: "I hope not."
Stubbs: "Of course I do—nothing like being patriotic."
Tannahill: "Yes, the New Zealand whites."
Tirikatene: "I don't know. In fact I don't know very much about rugby. The 'test' to which you refer: Is it a test as to who will win, or who will play the game?"
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6—Should panty raids be re-established as a part of capping proceedings?
Brooker: "No."
Chatwin: "A little levity is usual, and goes a long way."
Davy: "Provided the panties are inhabited."
Dawkins: "Provided no loss of life, property or money is entailed I see no reason why such organised stunts should not be re-established."
Frost: "No."
Heine: "No, should be a regular activity."
Hercus: "They have never been established."
Kerr: "No."
Mitchell: "Male or female?"
O'Brien: "No."
Picton: "I am panting with anticipation."
Stubbs: "Yes, provided that the Weir House boys don't make too many 'bloomers.' How about the girls? What about under-panty raids?"
Tannanill: "No."
Tirikatene: "This is another activity I don't know much about—I mean, are the garments in the wearers during the raid? Whether the weather be cold—whether the weather be hot—whether the wearer—in fact—objects to it or not determines the appropriateness or otherwise of these raids. I must confess, however, they do not appeal to me."
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7—What impressed you, or dismayed you most about the last Executive's administration?
Brooker: "Lack of active interest by the majority of the university's students. The high standard of the Capping Week programme. The general move toward more businesslike lines. The lack of interest and support, on the whole, by the women of the university."
Chatwin: "Hercus's administration was effective, although greater unity is required on the Executive, particularly among the women,"
Davys: "I was impressed by the standard of debate which has proved that many of the present policies are sound."
Dawkins: "I was impressed by the fact that the administration was not prominent."
Frost: "The large amount of
Heine: "Impressed. Handling of Tournament arrangements and conception of portfolio system."
Hercus: "The disinterest of the student body in our administration."
Kerr: No answer given.
Mitchell: "Plenty — on both counts."
O'Brien: "I was impressed by a great deal of activity, but dismayed by a lack of thought on many issues. Many things were done, some very well, but others very poorly. I was also dismayed at the arrogance shown in a particular quarter.
O'Regan: "I was particularly impressed with the conduct of meetings and with the smoothness of the administration."
Stubbs: "Nothing really impressed me. The brothel-like state of the Executive room dismayed me and reflects on the administration."
Tannahill: "Indifferent."
Tirikatene: "What impressed me most of all about the last Executive was the ability and high calibre of some of Us officers."
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8—Do you believe the accommodation problem is sufficiently acute enough to warrant a second men's hostel?
Breaker: "Not only a second men's hostel, or hall of residence as they are now labelled, but also general investigation into the whole hostel system at V.U.W."
Chatwin: "We definitely require another hall of residence."
Davy: ''One only has to read the for another men's hostel."
Dawkins: "I have not examined the problem of accommodation."
Frost: "Yes."
Heine: "Definitely."
Hercus: "The situation is certainly acute. However, the University Council has been considering the problem and definite proposals regarding future halls of residence are due in the near future."
Mitchell: "Anyone who doesn't believe this wants his head read. Perhaps a mixed hostel would be better."
O'Brien: "Yes."
O'Regan: "I believe that the accommodation problem is acute. But I would advocate student flats, not a hostel."
Stubbs: "Yes, a second men's hostel is a must."
Tannahill: "Yes."
Tirikatene: "If the accommodation need is as accute as I understand it is more student hostels—for both men and women—would certainly be a good idea."
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9—If full-time, how many units are you attempting? If part-time, occupation? Both, what outside activities? Broolrer: Part-time law clerk. Outside activities: R.W.Z.N.V.R., scoutmaster, sports activities."
Chatwin: "Part-time; accountancy-civil servant. Outside activities; interested in a number of clubs and societies inside and outside the university."
Davy: "Part-time; research worker."
Dawkins: "Full-time; Physics III and English I. Outside activities; indoor basketball, harriers, athletics, tennis, weight-training, tramping, languages (Spanish, German and Russian) and music."
Front: "Part-time; accountant's clerk. Outside activities; member of Wellington Accountancy Students' Society."
Heine: "Part-time; for two and a if years sixth form maths teacher at a well-known girls' secondary school. Outside activities; Extrav., Congress, a little cricket, and writing for 'Salient.'"
Hercus: "Part-time; Secondary school teacher. Outside activities: Member of many student societies; patron of drama and international club: coaches rugby football and plays indoor basketball."
Kerr: "Part-time; Department of Statistics. Outside activities; Sports Committee and Maths and Physics Society."
Mitchell: "Part-time: teaching 12 hours a week. Attempting one unit, Chemistry III. Outside activities; student 'affairs.' "
—Very doubtful. But judge for yourself—at the A.G.M.
O'Brien: "Part-time; Clerk, Overseas Shipowners' Committee. Outside activities; public speaking and athletics."
O'Regan: "Full-time; four units. Outside activities; yachting and its social aspects, reading, music, women, and an occasional quiet glass of sherry."
Stubbs: "Part-time; Law clerk. Outside interests; golf, tennis and, of course women."
Tannahill: "Part-time; solicitor. Outside activities; Football Club, Extravaganza for five years; Golf Club."
Tirikatene: "Full-time. A Government Bursary enabling me to take a Social Science Diploma has interrupted B.A. studies. Outside interests; fencing (a former N.Z. finalist) and an active committee member of the Maori Club since its inception."
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10—What qualifications have you for the office you are seeking?
Brooker: "Vice-president V.U. W.S.A., 1959; chairman Sports Council's Sports Committee
Chatwin: "I was a Touranment delegate in 1959 and Tournament Controller this Easter. Secretary of Miniature Rifles Club, President Defence Rifles Club, member Sports
Committee and Blues Committee." The future: "Generally interested in student affairs. I will be the last to let you down."
Dawkins: "Secretary Indoor Basketball and Alhletlc Clubs." The future: "I desire to see the Executive working from the inside."
Davy: "Secretary Student Association 1958. Treasurer 1959. Various (International, "Blues." Finance, Extrav., Capping) Committees
Frost: "Treasurer Debating Society, Swimming Club, Cappicade 1960. Member Commerce Faculty Committee, Controller NZUSA Congress 1961."
Heine: "Born under Antares in Scorpio. Lucky colour mauve." The future: "Want capping arrangements modified, think fresher students should be personally guided in their subjects by senior students, want more university spirit, and would investigate the question of allowing sporting types to belong to outside clubs. Want also to have mure details of Exec. meetings printed in 'Salient.'"
Herous: "(1) Member of Executive for past 3 years as committee member, vice-president and past president. (2) Has chaired every sub-committee of the Executive during these three years. (3) A graduate of Victoria in physics and mathematics."
Kerr: "None."
Mitchell: "Senior delegate to Easter Tournament, Extrav organizer, Stunts Controller, Secretary NZU Sports Union, Student Association representative on WCC Public Relations Advisory Committee and Festival of Wellington Procession Committee."
O'Brien: "Wide knowledge and experience of student affairs at local and national level. One time Secretary of Students' Association, Secretary of NZU Sports Union The future: "An ability to give the Association a sound and efficient administration."
O'Regan: "President of NZUSPC, formerly on Committee of Maori Club, Committee Catholic Students' Guild, on Executive, Wellington Yachting Association. Plenty of practical administration experience." The future: "Am interested in establishing a sounder Public Relations organisation; in placing more emphasis on cultural activities; on giving urgent attention to the problem of student accommodation."
Stubbs: "Sales Manager Extrav. 1960. Two years' experience in a law office, therefore a knowledge of how a business organization (such as Executive) should be run."
Tannahill: "Committee, Law
Faculty Club, 1959; Public Relations Committee, 1959. I won't promise anything but will work hard."
Tirikatene: "Experience on the N.Z. United Nations Council, W.E.A. and Church and Maori welfare committees."
N.Z. Players. Opens at Wellington 6th July. Arthur Miller's tragedy of jealousy in the docks of New York. Banned in London. Produced here by Roy Hope. This play continues the declared policy of the Players to develop a bolder line in 1960.—Advt.
"A struggle to the death between capitalism and Communism is unavoidable. Certainly we are not strong enough to attack today. Our time will come in about 20 or 30 years. In order to be victorious we will need the element of surprise. The burgeoise must be lulled asleep. We will accomplish this by starting the most theatrical peace movement the world has ever seen. The capitalistic countries, being stupid and decadent, will work with pleasure towards their own destruction. Seizing the opportunity of this new friendship, they will walk straight into the waiting trap. And as soon as their defences are exposed we will smash them with our mailed fist."
—Manuilsky, Professor at the War Academy in Moscow. 1931.
The Firms which advertise on this page have all shown their goodwill towards students on many occasions. All your needs should be covered here. When using this page you can be sure you are dealing with people who like and cater for students.
By using this page, you will have a better chance, in the long run, of getting value for what you spend.
Studio of Ballroom and Latin-American Dancing. A school of dancing which asks its Pupils to study assiduously and offers expert individual or group tuition. The basic course is 5 half-hour lessons, but there is no limit to what can be learned. Phones 45-818 (B) and 52-975 (H).
A fine place in Lambton Quay between the Cable Car and Whitcombe & Tombs. The best range of dresses and coats in town, attractively displayed.
About half-way along Willis Street. Very smooth-flowing silent wool for knitting during lectures. Muffled needles sold. Seriously though, specialists, with the best range of plys and colours in town.
Opp. the Grand Hotel in Willis Street, below street level. An excellent range of mix and-match separates—slacks, skirts, blouses, overblouses, sweaters, etc. Skirts with matching three-quarter coats are new. Suede coats and sports jackets, casual and charming. Also at 137 Cuba Street. For students only—7½% discount on presentation of Library Card.
Discount does not apply to Sales.
112 Willis Street, a little way down from the Hotel St. George corner on this side. A smoothly sculptured stair leads to a room above a shoe shop. Fine for daytime drinking. Cona coffee.
At Vivian St. and Cuba St. corner next to Wellington Taxis. Decor of theatre programmes and exciting posters. Hot waitles, toasted sandwiches, interesting drinks. Nightly from 8 p.m., including Saturday and Sunday, but not Tuesday.—Lucy and Pat Craddock.
Upstairs in Herbert Street, Off Manners Street. On one side of a partition, coffee and fruit juices, on the other, dancing (live orchestra). Admission on dancing nights,
6/-
At 48a Manners Street, a co-operative bookshop. Buying a single share (£1) entitles you to 10% discount on all titles for life. Great variety of stock includes French and Russian material. Any book ordered from anywhere in the world—delay about two months.
Half-way along Willis Street. The bulk of the stock Penguins, plus selected American educational titles—probably the best representation in town of really good paper-backs. Useful references in Pelican, especially for English, History, Philosophy, Psychology.
At 102 Lambton Quay, Phone 43-910. Religious books of all descriptions, e.g., theological, devotional, church history – and childrens's.
54 The Terrace. Carry A Complete Range Of Student Books In Commerce And Law.
Price Lists Available On Request.
At 81 Ghuznee Street in To Aro. Most easily found by taking a Karori bus to the City. Stock prescribed texts in each SCIENCE subject at each Stage, and valuable references.
Also obtain any books to order quickly. Geography students! Try Technical Books in Ascot House, Ghuznee Street, FIRST.
"Geography Of Man" available in three different editions to suit your pocket – 1st and 2nd editions, or good used copies. Other texts also in stock, less 10% discount.
In Lambton Quay, hard by the Cable Car Lane. Offer men's wear exclusively–durable stuffs at good prices. University blazers at £6.19.6. Weir blazers at £8.0.0. also made to measure if required.
At 5 Willis Street. Everything to be known about trousers known here. Take your choice of styles and fabrics, take your choice of price. 268 fittings.
Suggestions for additions to this page are welcome. If there is any need of yours not covered on this page, or any good firm not recommended, please drop a line to the Advertising Manager "Salient", Students' Ass. Office
At 86 Manners St., opp. the Regent Theatre, Tel. 40-529. For Capping. Tournament, Law. Commerce and Miscallameous Balls, a good dress suit hire service, with individual service and/or alterations. For the exhibitionist—costumes to hire. Go wild, man.
Dine and Dance Supper and Dance
Tony Noorts' Orchestra
Featuring the electronic console organ, floor shows, vocalists. Ideal for all your social functions.
Phones: 50-590 or 58-000/6033.
At 48 Manners Street. Manager,
Curiously enough, thry come in various shades of fawn. But they come. They have a reputation for responding soonest to telephone calls. After the ball or the party ... 56-900
In Ballance Street, by the waterfront. Wholesale wine and spirit people. Vinters to Stud. Ass. Especially of interest are T.M.V. Sweet and dry wines, sold by the flagon, which go well at a party. Also Vin Ordinaire–a dry red table wine at 5/6 quart. Minimum order 2 gallons.
Comes a degree. Comes a wife, child and bank account. Get in early with a BNZ cheque account. Pay by cheque. Get the record of your statement. Control your spending.
At 102 Lambton Quay. Exists only to supply records. Classical, Jazz, Vocal, Orchestral, Shows, Drama, Verse, anything you like. Upstairs.
In Farish Street, clearly visible from Manners Street. For women, cosmetics and beautifying varnishes. For men, combs and, recently, manly deodrants. And, of course, medicines and prescriptions and cameras.
Produce your Library Card.
In the T. & G. Building, opp. Cable Car Lane A most handy shop with the usual range of soaps, cosmetics, ointments and soothing balsm. Prompt prescription service.
At the bottom of the Plimmer Steps. Handy to the 'Varsity, to eating places and shops. Students and student teachers found here. Only bar in town with a choice of beers on tap. Red Band Draught and Tui Draught.
Nearest to the University, on the corner of Willis and Manners Streets. Many like the Back Bar. Never too crowded and comfortably twilit. Handy to eating places. Red Band Draught, drawn from a refrigerated tank room.
A network covered by trams, diesel buses and trolley buses, will take you anywhere in the City. Timetables can be procured at the Lambton Quay and Courtenay Place terminals at 6d. per copy. The sight-seeing tours are truly remarkable and will make you familiar with the terrain of Wellington.
Telephone 42-719 for further information.
In Willis Street, near Stewart Dawson's Corner, and
In Lambton Quay, opp. the D.I.C. two of a kind. Good food cooked with a light touch. Just the place for business girls the salads are special. Prices good.
4 Roxburgh Street, off Marjoribanks Street, past the Embassy Theatre. Serves a delectable plat du jour at 3/6. Home-Home-made cakes.
Coffee, of course. Praiseworthy.
Next door to Quantas Corner in Featherston Street. Downstairs a magazine shop, upstairs smart haircutting, personal attention, and a standard of hairdressing reliably good.
In Willis Street above S. P. Andrew's, near Stewart Dawson's Corner. Hair styles for girls. Highly individual attention and plenty of ideas.
In Manners Street, beside the Post Office. An entirely new, well-designed little saloon with 3 chairs and a good standard of cutting. Continental haircuts a specialty. Tatts tickets.
22 Manners Street. Toughen up for the football season, loosen up for the cricket season, tone up for the swotting season. personal individual tuition. There is a significant reduction in fees for groups of four or more. This is a special, for students only, and Library Cards must be produced.
(Witcombe & Caldwell)
Half-way along Willis Street. Long-standing connection with University sport. Every one of VIC's twenty-four sports catered for here.
All contingencies provided for.
For all stationery requirements, Drafting equipment and architectual supplies a specialty 178 Featherston Street (opp. C.P.O.), and also 178 Lambton Quay, Wellington.
16. The Terrace. Phone 42-095. Angle-poise lamps, drawing instruments, precision slide rules, etc. Serving science for over 70 years. Watvic offers students the most comprehensive range of scientific equipment.
Parliament meets for its lost pre-election session this week. It should end by the last week of October, leaving a clear month for campaigning before November 30. By the time the campaign starts the political situation could be very different from now, for the government can be relied on to pull quite a few rabbits out of the hat this session, and the way the opposition reacts to them will make an important difference to the voters' opinion of it in November.
The National party has already changed its tone on one important question—the Nelson railway. When the plan was first announced the National party, including Maryborough's Mr Shand, couldn't denounce it loudly enough. Mr Holyoake was away then, but since his return he has said several times that his party would first examine the plan thoroughly, if it got into office, and then decide what to do about it. This leaves the party conveniently uncommitted until after the election, with Mr Holyoake able to say that he can't be more definite until the government chooses to give more details of the scheme. This is a big step back from the Party's first outery about "a shocking waste of public money," and probably a prudent step, too.
In retrospect it was a good thing that the government did not consider calling Parliament into session in February to enact tax cuts early in the year. This idea was mooted in the Labour party last year, but it would have been a gamble to enact the cuts before the six-monthly accounts were made out. Now Mr Nordmeyer has found that taxes have not yielded the expected amount, and there is an £18 million deficit in the public accounts. This, gloomy enough in itself, would have made any tax cuts backfire badly, and the Government would have looked pretty silly.
There are still a number of possibilities for the budget, however. The first items to receive attention this year will almost certainly be the 1958 penal taxes on beer, tobacco and spirits. It is not quite so likely that the last fourpence will be taken off petrol, but the others should have some, if not all, of sales tax imposed in 1958 removed. Because of the deficit, reductions in income tax are not so likely as they were at the beginning of the year. The remit before the Labour Conference proposing total exemption for all incomes under £1040 has no hope at all of serious consideration, but the overall rates may be reduced slightly. Estate and death duties will almost certainly be scaled down.
Most Labour promises have been carried out, and the party can also say that its measures to rescue the economy from the
Outside Parliament several unknown quantities remain. The freezing industry dispute could develop into something nasty, with Mr Walsh decreeing an export ban while talks are still in the conciliation stage. On the other side a speaker at the recent South Island Federated Farmers meeting called for a "showdown" with the unions. This sort of talk, started by the shipping companies and echoed by some of the dumber members of the National Party, preceded the 1951 waterfront strike, and no one wants a repetition of that.
Both parties have got well started on selecting candidates for the election. Labour are at a disadvantage here, for several of their older men, including the Prime Minister, obviously do not intend to retire, and the party does not seem determined enough to give them the necessary gentle push.
Labour's longest-serving member,
National will have a younger, fresher team. They are certain now to have the services of H. R. Lake, who has been nominated for the safe Fendalton seat vacated by Mr Watts. Mr Lake represented Lytteiton from 1949 to 1954, which was quite an achievement for any National man, and would be in line for a ministership if National win the election. Watts, a good businessman but no politician, is worth losing if a member of Lake's calibre is gained. There has been keen competition for the Otaki the selection committee had to deal with nine candidates. Expectation of a National victory seems to be great in some quarters. In Hawke's Bay the sitting member, usually automatically endorsed, suffered the unusual indignity of having to submit his name to a local party selection committee.
The Social Creditors remain an unknown quantity. No one can tell exactly where they get their votes from, and no one can forecast what their vote will be this year. The League has remodelled itself lately.
Social Credit now seems to have a hard core of voters, and in time this core should gradually build up until seats are gained. This was the pattern of Labour's rise. The only question is whether Social Credit will survive until the process starts bringing results.
—J.D.
A group of Oxford undergraduate recently published the first issue of an international students' magazine, intended to bring together student writing from universities all over the world. Called "Oxford Opinion"', the illustrated magazine will be distributed in nearly 300 universities around the world. It is to be published every two weeks in English.
Two of the world's great conductors were largely responsible tor making Lois Marshall, the Canadian soprano arriving in New Zealand at the end of the month, internationally known.
Toscanini made her voice known to world audiences when she recorded with him, and Sir Thomas Beech am persuaded her to visit Britain and win the reclaim of European audiences.
Remember The A.G.M.
Have you paid your Students' Association fee this year? If you have, don't expect that you wilt be able to participate in University sports, particularly athletics. Being a bona fide member of the Association is not sufficient qualification for the inter-Varsity tournaments.
(1) To be eligible for a tournament athletic team you must not have competed against a varsity athlete in outside competition, e.g., centre or national competitions, as a member of another club.
(2) If, during the summer season, you move to another university you are compelled to represent that university in preference to any other club, although there is some leniency towards freshers.
The point I want to make is that any varsity student should be eligible for tournament, providing his or her standard is satisfactory, and that the present constitutions end rules do not allow this.
Many, probably most fresher athletes, are already members of outside athletic clubs, and in order to compete at tournament they are compelled to sell out from them. Their original clubs probably fostered and coached them for some seasons. Several notable New Zealand coaches strongly disapprove of the varsity clubs' rules, for when an unsuspecting fresher athlete is "persuaded" to change clubs his coach loses him, and all his hard work and planning is brought to a disappointing halt. If you have ever tried to coach anyone seriously you will recognise these sentiments.
It is understandable that an athlete who is dissatisfied with one club will join another to improve his or her ability. But this can hardly apply to the varsity clubs, for very little is done in the way of coaching here. Varsity clubs have very little to offer the serious young athlete because:
(1) The university year has ended before the athletic season begins and by the next year the season is almost over.
(2) Many students move away from Wellington during the holidays.
(3) Facilities and coaching are almost non-existent.
(4) The result is a poor club spirit and lack of enthusiasm.
No self-respecting athlete would change clubs just for the chance of getting a "blue." Why should an athlete be compelled to compete for the university in his home town when he studies at another university, as medical or engineering students do?
So the fresher athlete who changes his club has been "poached." The young athlete succumbs to the lure of a "blue," although for most this remains well out of reach. The varsity clubs are not interested in athletics as a whole or in varsity athletics. If there was a genuine interest there would be none of this discrimination between students. It is strange that such demands are made on prospective tournament athletes when so little is offered. Why discriminate against members of outside clubs when there is irregular, or non-exsistent, varsity competition during the summer? It would be a different matter if there were both a separate varsity and centre meeting each Saturday.
Although the case here is for athletics in particular, a similar situation exists in other sports, and it is my hope that the present anomalous situation, or discrimination against students on grounds external to the university, will be corrected immediately the new Executive takes office.
—B.G.R.
ON THE BEACH is a very controversial film. Some like it, others have been very disappointed. We printed one criticism last time. Here's another:
ON THE BEACH was by no means made on a small budget. It boasts Stanley Kramer as its director, four major Hollywood stars and a script based on a best seller by Nevil Shute. The film concentrates upon live characters and their attitude to the impending disaster of total annihilation caused by radio-active fall-out from a war in the northern hemisphere.
The characters are trite and Hollywoodish when they should be real people. There is the upright American naval officer (Gregory Peck), a beautiful but lonely woman (Ava Gardner), a nuclear scientist (Fred Astaire) and a conventional young married couple (
One of the major effects that the film achieves is that of the reality of the situation. This is no science-fiction story. We are shown, neither violence nor horror. There is only one sensational sequence: The motor race, the last Grand Prix on earth, is superbly photographed, in which the drivers race as they would never have raced if the prize-money was going to mean anything to them once it shots of
On the acting side we have
—L.A.