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Booksellers Sweet and Maxwell have made a conditional purchase of the house and property at 10 Kelburn Parade. The section adjoins the area zoned for university expansion.
The purchase is conditional on Sweet and Maxwell obtaining authority from the Wellington City Council to operate a bookshop on the premises.
As The property is in a residential zone the City Council's authority is essential for the proposed change in the use of the land.
If the City Council approves, Sweet and Maxwell intend converting the house to bookshop suitability. By the beginning Of the 1968 academic year the firm hopes to offer an extensive range of university books at the Kelburn Parade address.
At present Sweet and Maxwell have no intention of setting up a second-hand book service. This remains a future possibility, depending on space available.
An extension in the firm's range of university books is planned. Science and mathematics are proposed additional lines.
Student discount rates of 10 per cent would continue to apply on textbooks and recommended reading. A spokesman for Sweet and Maxwell, Mr. Maben. said an increase in discount would not be possible in view of the New Zealand Booksellers' Association agreement on discount rates.
If the firm's application is approved, students will have the closest-to-campus book retail service the university has known.
Initiative for the move has come from Sweet and Maxwell themselves. Mr. Maben told Salient. "We want to provide a service. If we don't, you can kick us out."
Executive decided at a meeting last Wednesday to support Sweet and Maxwell's application to start a bookshop in Kelburn Parade.
The university administration is supporting Sweet and Maxwell's application. The Assistant Principal, Dr. Culliford, has urged the Students' Association give similar support. He said the convenient site and the service to be provided were deserving of support.
Students' Association President Doug White will propose that executive give written support to the application and if necessary verbal support at any hearing of objections.
Owners of land adjoining 10 Kelburn Parade have been advised of the proposed change in use. Sweet and Maxwell have also advertised their intention of using the property for retailing books.
There is a general right of objection against change in use of land. Objectors to these proposals must submit written statements to the City Council by September 24.
Mr. White told Salient that his initial reaction was that students would "enthusiastically support the proposed bookshop, but I would prefer to refer the matter to executive before supporting it in writing."
The possibilities of a student administered bookshop seem to have been dismissed by most parties as impractical.
Salient Reporter
The Employers Federation has declined to participate in the Students Association sponsored teach-in on unemployment to be held on Sunday the 17th.
In a letter to President Douglas White, the Executive Director of the Employers Federation said the President of the Federation was unable to attend.
"I am very doubtful whether it would be possible to arrange for some other person to participate, particularly as our organisation has not determined any particular policy aspect on the question which will be examined."
Speakers will be: Mr.
Mr. Rose will speak on the effects of unemployment on minority groups—Maoris, women and students.
Professor
Mr. Turnovsky will present an employer's point of view.
Professor
The Students Association is sponsoring the teach-in because it believes the problem is of national interest and will affect students in particular during the long vacation when they will be interested in obtaining work.
A recent survey made by the association confirmed a preliminary survey by Salient earlier this year that there will be considerably fewer jobs available for students this Christmas.
The national student body (NZUSA) may be in serious financial straits if a coming special general meeting of the Auckland Students' Association does not approve their levy.
Auckland delegates at NZUSA Winter Council refused to commit themselves for more than £1100. and although a budget was passed the Auckland share. £1800, has to be submitted to a special general meeting for approval.
If Auckland students decide against the levy then NZUSA will almost certainly lose its northern member.
Although costs would drop, the loss of approximately £1800 would be damaging to the organisation.
The current president. Ross Mountain, and the presidentelect,
If Auckland students ratify the levy then NZUSA councils in the next few years can be expected to avoid going through the usual financial crisis.
Auckland delegates have been a disruptive factor at several NZUSA councils.
In 1965 they collapsed the meeting over the question of the size of the budget which they eventually accepted.
This year at Easier Council they again baulked on the budget. At Winter Council they felt unable to commit themselves to their levy for next year's budget.
Auckland president
The outcome of the Special General Meeting will have special importance to students not interested in student politics.
If Auckland leaves, such issues as the right of Auckland students to participate in Arts Festivals, Congress and the Student Travel Bureau may be raised.
A Spokesman for the Labour Party Club told Salient that this organisation plans to demonstrate on campus on September 13 at the recruitment of staff by the defoliant makers
New Insurance scheme ... 2
Creche at university ... 10
Sludge ... 5
Editorials ... 6
Review pages ... 8 and 9
Letter ... 10
Sport result ... 12
The new Exec have revealed themselves to be real "Tripsfor-the-Bays" enthusiasts. Not since the Taylor days have so many gone to Tournament at such great cost for so little benefit.
One wonders how they can grant themselves two thirds travel subsidy and not give the Drinking Team a brass razoo.
The marvellous thing about justice in this country is Its impartiality. Never influenced by politics, for instance.
Why, just the other day a Vietnik was fined $100 for, attempting to burn an American flag, thereby occasioning a breach of the peace. A week later, three youths were fined $100 each for brutally beating up an old man.
Equality for equal offences— that's what I like.
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Our Asian friends must have suffered tremendously at the recent rice shortage. Profiteers getting at them and so on. Good to see Tokyo Rose making that cheap rice available. Our friends must be quite out of pocket what with keeping all their cars and scooters running. Must have been a welcome saving.
Now I know a few students whose staple diet is brandy. And what with the current shortage they're feeling the pinch somewhat. So how about running a cheap brandy booth? 'Twould not go amiss, I can assure.
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Quite An Evening towards the end of last term. On the same night was held the Law Dinner and Two wine and cheese evenings.
Heard tell of a law student, more than a little the worse for wear, who became bored with the legal camaraderie and eased himself upstairs, where he purchased a ticket to the Pol. Sci. gathering. Full of good cheer he entered the men's common room, grasped a bottle of vino and chug-a-lugged.
A deathly hush seemed to come over the assembled company. Our friend looked up, mystified. Surely the Department hadn't suddenly gone all fuddy-duddy?
He peered through the haze and perceived that the revellers were all of a somewhat dusky complexion. Turned out it was the; Samoan Society wine and cheese.
Our hero retreated, mumbling apologies. Might have been chopped up for the kava bowl. Dreadful trick!
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Every Saturday fortnight at the Paekak pub. the most magnificent jazz band entertains the patrons in the garden bar. Unfortunately, since the Midland went mod the local lads have been; heading for greener paslures, and the Paekak seems to be one of them.
Not content to enjoy the music and drink up, the Varsity boys seek more pleasurable indulgements, such as glass smashing and chundering competitions. And they wonder why anyone questions ten o'clock closing.
—Cynic
Nzspa
Proposals for a national student insurance scheme submitted by Price Forbes (New Zealand) Limited were adopted by NZUSA at Dunedin last month.
These brokers intend to begin the scheme with the cooperation of two life assurance offices (General Life and Royal Exchange) and two general insurance offices (Eagle Star and Northern). Negotiations are at present being conducted with these and other companies to secure concessions for students.
It is the aim of Price Forbes," declared in its proposal to NZUSA last year, to provide' favourable rates and conditions as well as an advisory service for students.
The second objective of the scheme is to give NZUSA a cut to further the association's activities.
The advantages of the adopted scheme over that proposed by
The main advantage, for both students and NZUSA, seemed to be that Price Forbes are prepared to pay NZUSA a percentage on insurance bought by users of the scheme after they have graduated, and graduates may continue to receive the student concession rates.
Mr. Mountain pointed out that although the successful company had been in New Zealand only three years it was a well-established company in the United Kingdom. It felt able to offer students an efficient and personalised service.
If the scheme is as successful as Mr. Mountain and the brokers expect, the profits from it from the point of view of the national body must be substantial.
In his report, Mr. Mountain claimed they would "set NZUSA up for life."
Otago proposed the profit should come back to constituents in proportion to the sum assured in each.
The Otago delegation was supported by Canterbury President
The southern bid for decentralised profits was opposed by former Victoria President
Auckland moved a compromise solution which was finally adopted, with Victoria dissenting. The proposal of Ausa President
Victoria's President
Months Of at least superficial peace and quiet at the University College of Rhodesia were shattered on the morning of August 11 when some 200 students staged a demonstration in downtown Salisbury.
The students were protesting a restriction order served the day before on the President of the University Representative Council (URC),
About one third of the students were white and the others were African or Asian. They brandished placards reading "Release Holman," "Down with Fascism." and "Reign of Terror—Rhodesia
Public gatherings with even the slightest political connotations have been banned under the Emergency Powers Act passed the week before the
When the students began marching towards the Rhodesian Parliament, the police intervened to disperse them with the help of clubs and dogs. Seven students were arrested.
The 21-year-old student leader is awaiting sentencing on a contempt of court charge resulting from the publication last April of a poem in the University magazine, Black and White, of which he was editor. The poem, called "In Honor of Brother Lewis and His Colleagues," makes satirical reference to High Court Judge
Holman had appeared in court two weeks before when the prosecution charged that the poem "violated the dignity and respect of the High Court judge." He has now been restricted to the town of Gwelo, about 200 miles from Salisbury.
(NZSPA)
Both major political parties have been criticised by NZUSA over the proposed referendum for late closing to be held in September.
The motion passed by the council of NZUSA stated that "this Council regrets the lack of leadership and guidance demonstrated by both major political parties in referring the matter of liquor hours to a referendum."
The Otago President.
In his report. NZUSA President,
He hoped, too. that NZUSA. all Constituents, and all students would do everything possible in order to get people out and voting for extended hours in the referendum.
"There is a growing feeling amongst those who could secure the result that no change is going to result from the referendum," he said.
If You think a drinking horn is strictly for males you're wrong. Salient brings you the exclusive proof.
Above may be seen a competitor in action at the Arts Festival drinking horn.
A special bottle event was organised for the fairer sx —it proved very popular with both spectators and the gulping gals.
It's all part of full emancipation for women.
— Murray Vickers photo.
" The role of law is to meet the need of society." said Dr. A. J. W. Taylor in a lecture in the Centenary Law series sponsored by the Law Faculty.
"Social and psychological research into the function of the family in society is needed. The insights gained should then be incorporated into a revised family law To meet this aim not only research but a much wider education of lawyers is needed."
Successful character and moral training of children requires a stable family life. Every encouragement should be given parents to bring up. children in a stable family in view of the profound effect of the family on the child
Where there is no family life, for example in institutions, substitute relationships are formed. Dr. Taylor described the behaviour of inmates of Arohata. The more broken up their homes, the more masculine, "butch," their behaviour. Slides were shown of the tatooing common in such institutions.
"Darl" relationships between girls developed as substitutes for family ones.
The importance of family upbringing in the development of transvestites was clearly illustrated, both by examples and by a quotation from an interview with one. Slides of transvestites were shown, the last of which was either the Extrav male ballet, or the Weir House drinking team.
Although no reference was made to Carnaby Street. Dr. Taylor indicated that he strongly felt distinctive dress for the sexes was desirable to help avoid confusion in sexual assignment. Reference was made to psychological and social confusion among young people arising from attempts to rebel both against parents and against the stereotyped views they believed older people had of them.
Dr. Taylor said that courts, in determining the custody of children in divorce cases, may take into account the future of the child But research following up the case histories of children involved in domestic cases or adoptions was advocated by him as a worthwhile area likely to lead to knowledge enabling better decisions to be reached in the courts in such cases.
After: Jim Holm. Vic's most successful fencer in the Men's Epee.
The Student Christian Movement sent the following telegram to the Prime Minister on July 27.
"The Annual General Meeting of the Victoria University Student Christian Movement deplores the present trend of the Governments policies on, the war in Vietnam and we urge the Government to take positive preventative action against the manufacturing and sale of poisonous defoliants for military use in Vietnam. We consider the use of such defoliants repugnant."
The Prime Minister sent this reply, dated August 3:
"I am not sure what present trend' in the Government's policy on Vietnam it is that your members deplore. I can only say in reply that the Government's essential objective remains unchanged: that is, to help the people of South Vietnam resist the imposition on them by force of a regime they have fought so long to withstand.
"I am informed that there is no current interest on the part of the American Government in purchasing supplies of defoliants from New Zealand. On the wider question of the use of defoliants in Vietnam. I would point out that selective defoliants—and spray of this kind are commonly used in New Zealand agriculture— are not being employed to poison or main personnel, but to deprive North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces of means of concealment and local food supply sources which help them to sustain their aggression against South Vietnam.
"As the United States Government has already pointed out. action is being taken to ensure that civilians and non combatants are warned in advance of such action and are resettled and fed by the Government of South Vietnam "
Keith Holyoake
Dr. D. B. C.
Continuing the trend of appointments from overseas and reversing the brain-drain. Dr. Taylor's is the latest position to be filled under this programme of expert import.
After graduating Ph.D. from Queen's university. Belfast, in 1948. where he studied both electrical and mechanical engineering. Dr. Taylor lectured at Liverpool and Nottingham Universities.
In 1956 be was appointed Lecturer in Mechanical Sciences at Cambridge University and two years later was elected a Fellow of Peterhouse, where he held a tutorship until being appointed Senior Tutor in 1965. the position he now holds.
During an absence from Cambridge in 1963 he was Visiting Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering for the first term at the University of Canterbury and in the second term he held a similar position at the University of Western Australia. His wife formerly Miss
Dr. Taylor, who has presented papers in the United Kingdom. United States of America, New Zealand and Australia, is particularly interested in rowing, and at the 1948 Olympics held in London he rowed No. 4 in the Ireland Eight
Just what is this indecent publications business all about? Despite large volumes of noise about it. no thesis has established any definite connection between literature and perverted behaviour, depravity, or any form of sexual or moral aberrations.
It is a sad commentary on our political and cultural maturity that a Tribunal born of this country to capture the envy of many parts of the world should become the scapegoat of ill-considered criticism.
Members of the Tribunal can't walk into milk bars and start condemning the varied hot paperbacks. If people are really concerned you'd think they'd submit a few books for consideration.
Cappicade editors have been appointed for 1968.
If You'Re a council delegate you can go to the NZUSA dinner and have a wow of a time. This year the fruit and cream cakes started living earlier than usual—there could be no speeches, the mouthers could not stand the foody barrage.
As cakes impregnated the air at cracking speed, one Vic delegate (a bird) was forced to take refuge under the table. Organisation collapsed. It is not expected the dinner will be reconvened, even though most "guests" were forced to flee the scene.
The Agm directed that the executive prepare a report on the establishment of a coffee bar on campus. The report was to be presented by the end of the last term. Haven't heard anything about it yet. and it is said we are now into the third term.
Salients Billboard last issue noted that "national club disagrees with PM's remarks." According to motions passed by the club's committee, it was an accurate billing.
One committee member didn't seem to think it was quite the done thing to disagree with friend Keith. A little figure could be seen touring campus removing the Billboards.
Such a high degree of political maturity from a Nat committee member really is encouraging.
Recently one student took the risk of parking his car under an NP sign in Kelburn Parade. He didn't know just how great a risk he was taking.
A university groundsman had decided to extend his jurisdiction and informed the started student that if the car were parked there he would ring the Traffic Department.
Sadly Toro couldn't make tournament. Two field trips and a "week off'' occupied his holidays.
He claims he can remember almost a full day of his "week off." An optimistic claim, but what a magnificent effort!
To cap it all. he finished up by having to get the wife to knot his tie.
Can'T help wondering what Vic was doing sponsoring a motion at Winter Council regretting the growing income gap in Egypt. It lapsed for want of a seconder.
The collection at the end of last term for Volunteer Service Abroad raised 131 dollars. This will go towards NZUSA's target of 12,000 dollars to sponsor five University graduate volunteers.
Salient Reporter
The NZ Youth Council has organised a twoday seminar "NZ's role in Asia" for this weekend.
Professor
Mr.
Mr.
The afternoon will feature a panel chaired by a former NZ Ambassador to Japan. Mr.
Professor Janaki, Walter Scott.
Sunday morning will start with
The seminar is scheduled to finish at 4.45pm on Sunday.
Vic hockey player Allison "Gater" McNeill Adams looking pensive at Winter Tournament in Dunedin. Her thoughts seem to have paid dividends—Vic beat Canterbury in this match.
The Women's Hockey Team notched third placing in the overall table. Allison's sister and team captain Marion McNeill-Adams was injured and forced to withdraw from most tournament hockey.
The University Rugby Club has changed its pub. The Senior A side decided to change from the Midland to the Grand.
A directive went down to all other teams. They appeared to accept it happily.
This reversed a decision in 1937 to change from the Grand to the Midland. Since that time the "Mid" has been widely known as the mecca for student drinkers.
This move by the rugby club will probably influence the student body as a whole. Already many students seem to have transferred their patronage.
The immediate reasons for the change are unclear, though there has been friction building up with the management. Recently the Midland came under new management.
" To speak on the arts in New Zealand gives me a rather uneasy feeling," said the novelist Maurice Shadbolt, opening the New Zealand Universities' Arts Festival in Christchurch.
"It is to perpetuate a half-fiction—a wallpaper contrived to cover the cracks in the jerry-built house we call society.
"Culture must be part of a genuine, indigenous growth, not some mindless and sentimental transplant. New Zealanders are content to buy the trappings of imported culture without regard or understanding for the values which underline any genuine cultural activity.
"If I were to talk seriously about the arts in New Zealand," Mr. Shadbolt said. "nine-tenths of my conversation would be about Polynesian art forms, which provide practically all the culture we can claim as native to ourselves.
"Those who quote something like the National Orchestra as indicative of our art forms seem to choose, deliberately., those instances which prove we have no indigenous art and are prepared to make do with imported forms. The readymade culture supported by the Queen Elizabeth Arts Council and the official barbarism of the NZBC are part of the arrogance and ignorance which leaves us rootless."
Mr. Shadbolt stressed that it is impossible to consider the position of the arts in New Zealand apart from the condition of New Zealand in the world.
"If anything characterises New Zealand it is the slavish imitation of other nations in every aspect of life. We are prepared to accept the readymade in politics as in culture, We still attempt artistically to anchor outside
"We don't know where we live, because we have not claimed this land as our own in our imagination; we have to a certain extent rejected it Milford is not a pasteboard replica of a European fiord it is Polynesian, but this never occurs to us."
Mr. Shadbolt sees this rejection of Polynesian culture as a sin—a rejection of the fears and aspirations of humanity.
"The function of the arts." he said, "is to illuminate man his tribal world and the universe, to enhance life and give it greater value. The pristine approach of Maori art is an attempt to explain the wonders of the universe.
"New Zealanders have something to offer from this country, which must be imaginatively felt and explored. We must not be content with an imported culture."
There's no good girl's lip out of Paris.—Swinburne.
The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.—Macaulay.
A majority is the best repartee.—Disraeli.
Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.—Disraeli.
The Decline And Fall Of Ralph Nannah
September, 1967: Parliament enacts legislation abolishing the Indecent Publications Tribunal and substituting Board composed of the Minister of Justice, the Attorney-General, the Minister for Maori Affairs, and the Member for Invercargill under the chairmanship of Ralph Nannah. "From now on all books will be oneman-banned" quips Nannah.
October, 1967: Nannah gives first decision. Book referred to him by Paekakariki Glee Club. Title: "The Coventry Climax," written by
November, 1967: Miss
November 5th, 1967: Annual event launched by Nannah to replace traditional Guy Fawkes. Consists of burning of Encyclopaedia Britannica for its daring to point out that fall of Roman Empire was due to political division after the Empire had been Christian for 120 years.
July, 1968: First signs that Nannah is beginning to crack under the strain. After banning four millionth book ("Constitutional Problems in New Zealand" by
January, 1969: Nannah's portrait appears on front page of Time magazine (now unobtainable in New Zealand). Caption reads "New Dark Age Down Under." New Year's Honours list appears. Nannah given OBE. Refuses on grounds that sounds too much like SOB.
November, 1969: Nannah gets more votes in United States election than in Invercargill after classifying ballot-paper as obscene.
March, 1970: Nannah unanimously voted first New Zealand astronaut. Destination . . . Venus.
NZSPA — Tony Jaques
Nzusa Will seek observer status in the Communist dominated International Union of Students (Ius) and may attend IUS Congress in the future.
Membership of the IUS will provide NZUSA with the opportunity to exchange neutral and Communist countries outside the non-Communist International Student Conference (ISC) to which NZUSA already belongs.
This decision, based on a policy motion at Easter Council and passed at Winter Council, recognises that the IUS includes many organisations which do not truly represent the students of their country, and also that policies adopted have always conformed with the official Soviet policy, but the need to actively pursue world student unity 'was considered to be above ideological considerations.
"Observer status will merely indicate that we are interested in finding out what is going on at the Congress." said International Affairs Commission Chairman
Speaking strongly in favour of the proposal, he said. It will be an important step towards further decreasing the chance of prejudice and ignorance between student bodies."
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about—Wilde.
Property has its duties as well as its rights—
Sept. 8, 1967
Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of VUWSA.
An estimated illegal abortion rate of 20,000 annually is a startling tragedy for a small and easy-going New Zealand.
No longer can we ignore this back-alley pathos. Someone has to do something, somehow.
Legalised abortion - on - demand may well reduce the illegal rate. But it would have disastrous effects on the social fibre.
The national psyche would change immeasurably - abortion being seen as merely another means of birth control. Japan has felt this change and is beginning to regret it. An editorial in Ashai Shinbun, Japan's largest daily, has bemoaned the national attitude toward the human foetus.
Surely we could not have so little regard for human life as to allow abortion-on-demand.
Changing the law will not wipe out the back-street abortionist. The most it could achieve would be a reduction of doubtful extent. Japan's experience and that of the Scandinavian countries provide sufficient evidence for this. One estimate puts Japan's illegal abortion rate at 600,000 annually.
Psychological attitudes towards the human foetus would be so changed as to induce some to seek an illegal abortion who would not normally consider terminating a pregnancy.
An abortion whether legal or otherwise usually has serious psychological implications for the mother. A shame in betraying the woman's dominant human duty pervades a lifetime.
Still something has to be done. Reforms are being mooted in this country to allow a consideration of the mother's social background when prescribing an abortion.
It is difficult to envisage how such a change could be kept within genuine limits. Only highly special cases could adequately justify the denial of life to a human being.
Each of us must face this issue squarely in the near future. It is too basic to shun as did the majority of the House of Commons in absenting themselves from the Chamber when the recent vote was taken in England.
At the nub of the issue is our assessment of the rights of the unborn. Many say these are such as to make abortion murder by another name. Many say there are no rights.
Whatever view is taken, the moral issues must not be swept aside by pure convenience.
Our culture has always found it a duty to protect the sick, the weak, and the defenceless. None is more defenceless than the foetus.
Those to be denied life at the hand of the abortionist can have no advocate in their cause but our consciences.
The recent controversy surrounding the Indecent Publications Tribunal has served to expose censoring as an unnecessary restriction for a supposedly liberal society such as ours.
However, the dying forces of Victorian puritanism can be expected to rise again and swoop on a page or perhaps a piece of celluloid.
There are two most remarkable features of censoring in this country. Firstly the preoccupation with sex and not violence for instance. Secondly despite a complete absence of evidence which suggests youth is morally corrupted by seeing sex as portrayed in some books and films, the protesters continue to make this claim.
Why a campaign has not been launched against war comics and others which centre around violence and are sold in dairies is somewhat puzzling.
The underlying factor behind our censoring system is that sex is not acceptable to the older generations as a suitable topic for conversation.
These people are concerned about the rising sexuality of the younger generation which makes them feel very uncomfortable, especially if their own children start discussing it among themselves.
As corrupt governments wish to hide this side of their activity so many of the older generation want to keep sex out of mind and thus out of print and celluloid.
Censoring is a restriction placed on man's liberty and should be carefully considered before being applied.
Before it can be justified there must be evidence which clearly shows detriment or unhappiness which others will suffer if an individual is permitted to see a certain book or film.
In other words it must be shown the act of seeing will cause the individual to rise and cause loss of happiness to some other person or persons.
Probably only in times of a national emergency would some strictly limited censorship be justifiable.
However if literature which emphasises sex is to be subjected to this close scrutiny, should not other products of society be also carefully examined for possible detrimental side effects.
This of course would require thousands of tribunals. Cigarettes and alcohol might be the first to be axed as in both there is clear evidence showing detriment suffered by consumer and others.
With the current witch hunt on books in progress it is time the more liberal members of our society organised opposition to our whole censoring system.
An Improvement on last year, Winter Tournament performance was still only a good mediocre. In only one sport did Vic emerge clearly victorious.
That was badminton. The other red ribbon placing was in soccer, where we tied for first place with Otago.
There were still some fine individual performances by Victorian sportsmen. With only one exception Victoria was represented in all NZU teams.
The exception was Women's Hockey. In other sports Victoria was well represented, but in none as well as Badminton, in which four of the eight members were from Victoria.
Among those who wore the green and gold colours with distinction were
Lim Ee Chiat was the top individual Badminton player. He won his fourth consecutive NZU blue.
Greta Firth won 15 of her 16 fencing bouts and captained the NZU Ladles Fencing team.
On a strange course
Final overall placings were:
Otago1
Canterbury2
Victoria3
Auckland4
Massey5
Lincoln College6
Victoria won the Tournament badminton. Second was Otago and third Auckland.
Unbeaten in all their matches, Victoria players then filled four of the eight places in the NZU team.
Leading the tournament team, Lim Ee Chiat had a narrow win over the Otago No. 1, Wong Tat Mong. This three-set match was the highlight of the series. The score was 15-8, 8-15, 15-12.
This performance won Lim Ee Chiat his fourth consecutive NZU blue.
The fitness of Victoria's No. 2,
In comparison with the high standard of the men, that of the women was generally weak. Victoria girls were in most cases above the overall standard, winning all the doubles and most of the singles.
In the NZU game against the Otago provincial side, the students narrowly won 9-7. The University men were superior, but lack of team understanding squared the doubles 2-2.
The Otago women proved much stronger, their only defeat being at the hands of Canterbury University's Miss
Victoria was represented in the NZU side by
An Unfortunate draw meant that the Soccer team met stiff opposition on the first day when the grounds were heavy. Consequently despite good results against Otago and Auckland they nearly lost to Massey.
Victoria looked decidedly sluggish with the defence crumbling disastrously in the latter stages of the first half. A rest on the Tuesday afternoon proved a tonic and the team went on to dispose of Lincoln and Canterbury with ease.
This was good enough to give Victoria joint first with Otago, leaving the match against Massey one of the great might-have-beens of Tournament, although, ironically, it was one of the few games that pre-match pundits would have given us a chance of winning.
The best Soccer from the Victoria team came from
Worthy of mention was the whole defence, specially the goalkeeper,
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Salient won the prize for the best student newspaper at the Student Press Council in Dunedin recently.
The Otago paper Critic was placed second and thus the two papers share honours for the prize. Critic won in 1964 and 1965 and Salient has won in the last two years.
The judges said they like Salient because they felt it was organised and separated news from comment. They also liked the layout. They said Salient and CRITIC were well above the rest, in which they were disappointed.
Salient Co-editor
Jazz workshops were held throughout Arts Festival week, at El Segundo, a highly suitable coffee bar. A concert was given on the Tuesday evening, at which groups from all the universities performed.
Folk music workshops were also held throughout Festival at another convenient coffee bar, the Club
Folk and Jazz combined in a lunchtime concert on Wednesday in University Hall, which was very popular. Jazz also combined with the Literary people in a session of jazz and poetry reading in the El Segundo.
A Photographic Salon and Exhibition was held at the Ham Campus throughout Arts Festival. Entries were judged according to approved salon practice, with those considered to be of suitable standard being "accepted" and those of very high standard being awarded "Honours."
Four Victoria exhibitors had work accepted—in the Slide section,
In the Print Section,
One of the high points of Arts Festival Classical Music was a concert of Sacred and Solemn Music held in the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church. The programme was taken up almost entirely by the Victoria University Choir, who performed two works. Schubert's Mass in G Major and Handel's Cantata Dixit Dominus. They were accompanied by a string orchestra of Victoria and Canterbury players, and conducted by
Organists from Victoria also performed during the concert:
Other items on the programme were a Solo Cantata Unschuld Kelenod
Four lunchtime concerts were held in the University Hall. Items were provided by an Otago group. but Victoria was featured in a Violin Sonatina by
The Victoria University Madrigal Group performed at an evening concert of Music for Voices and Recorders on the Wednesday.
Victoria student
John was Capping Controller on the 65-66 Executive and President of VUWSA on the 66-67 executive.
John is a fifth year Law student and anticipates finishing his degree at the end of this year.
He will take up his one-year appointment on the first of January next year.
He will receive a salary of $1800.
John is no life-long supporter of NZUSA.
When capping controller on the
The Victoria University choir presented Schubert's Mass in G and Handel's "
The choir was conducted by
The group spirit prevalent in the choir helps it to produce unified rhythm and tonal variation, and a refreshing feature is that it evidently works on the principle that "Singing is easy and fun." This results in singing which is energetic and obviously enjoyed— its only disadvantage is the choir's apparent inability to produce a real pianissimo. To me this seems a small fault—this capacity is probably the next stage which the choir will reach in its development.
A distinguished feature of the choir's Christchurch concert was the use of student soloists. This was a highly successful experiment and prompts me to beg that in future this practice will be followed for all the choir's concerts.
In the past the soloists used have been well-known local singers. The quality of these soloists has generally been good, but I feel that the University Choir concerts are an excellent opportunity to give younger singers a chance to gain valuable experience, and the use of student soloists would also make the concerts genuinely university activities—necessary if the choir is to make a name for itself independent of other Wellington choral groups.
The four soloists were
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The practice of pressing discs in both mono and stereo is rapidly being phased out. A few months ago one local company issued a new series in stereo only and advertised their LPs as being compatible to both mono and stereo players.
More Phase Four discs are appearing and the classical ones continue to please. One cannot hope for too much from this series, however, as the conductors, recording manager and organiser are only interested in recording music which allows "maximum sonic and musical impact" — hence The Pines Of Rome, Bolero, Capriccio Espagnol, Grand Canyon Suite, etc.
I was disappointed when I read an article by Tony D'Amato, the A & R manager for the series, who when talking about the people who buy these discs said, "Bach, Mozart and Beethoven . . . can be considered neither popular enough for our buyers, nor does the music contain the kinds of orchestral textures and coloration that Phase Four enjoys spotlighting."
The latest record that I have listened to is Stokowski and the New Philharmonia Orchestra in a vivid performance of selections from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty (PFSM 34083). The recording is typically spacious and at times rather overpowering. The orchestra is in brilliant form and if you are wanting an excellent recording of lengthy selections from these two ballets then this is the obvious choice.
An RCA release in a similar vein is The Wonderful Waltzes Of Tchaikovsky (LSC 2890 Stereo) played by the Chicago Symphony under Morton Gould. The selections are rather hackneyed—waltzes from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker Suite, Eugene Onegin, etc. However, the performances are very good. The stereo recording is more than satisfactory but it does not equal the sheer brilliance of the Phase Four one.
Highlight of the past month's releases is a two-record set, The Art Of Titto Gobbi (HMV ASDM 607/8 Stereo). Side 1 is devoted to operatic arias — the beautiful Come Paride from Act 1 of L'Elisir D'Amore and arias from Rossini's William Tell, Verdi's
Side 2 contains the least familiar music, he sings 17th and 18th century classical songs and arias, accompanied by
The second record explores other aspects of the baritone's diverse abilities, popular Italian and Neopolitan songs, and Romantic songs by Tosti, Gastaldon, Respight and Wolf-Ferrari. An accompanying booklet with informative notes by
One of the most frequent symphonies to be issued on cheaper labels is Schubert's 8th (The Unfinished); the catalogues are full of cheap recordings. For some reason 90 per cent of these are unsatisfactory and therefore if the buyer can afford to be choosy he or she is compelled to pay extra for a recording and performance of a suitable standard. HMV's Ace of Diamond label has recently a very good version of this coupled with Schubert's 2nd. the orchestra is the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by
The right degree of lightness has been infused into both works—so often conductors allow themselves to get bogged down in the slow movement of the 8th. The VPO's playing is at its usual high standard. Unfortunately the recording does show its age and much of the brilliance is lacking, especially in the treble—but maybe I have been listening to a surfeit of Phase Four. A good buy for $3.50.
The Zarzuela is a type of lyrical Spanish opera virtually unknown to music-lovers outside Spain. Occasional sopranos have included a few songs in their repertoiresVictoria de los Angeles and Conchita Supervia are two who have actually recorded Zarzuela material. The music is not particularly attractive when first heard in such a large dose as on a recent RCA Victor release Montserrat Caballe Sings Zarzuela Arias (LSC 2894 Stereo). Most of the material she has chosen is poor and Mme. Caballe adopts a rather stolid approach to the music—very little tonal contrast does not help to make the most of some of the very light songs. Definitely a record only for the enthusiast.
While on the subject of Spanish sopranos, a much more satisfying disc features Victoria de los Angeles as Rosina in Highlights From The Barber Of Seville (HMV ASDM 2307 Stereo) taken from the complete set first issued in 1963, Also featured are
In the past few months the names of the prominent San Francisco "hippie" groups have become household words—"The Jefferson Airplane," "The Grateful Dead." "Moby Grape" and "The Peanut Butte Conspiracy" have all had their photographs in Time, Newsweek and other similar journals, Suddenly New Zealand record companies have become conscious of American psychedelic music and the market is being flooded with first LPs from every "hippie" group whom they can lay their hands on.
The "Airplane" has been around the" recording scene longer than the rest—they are more complex and much more polished. When I reviewed their first LP Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (RCA LPM 3584 Mono) I was unimpressed but I suddenly found myself liking their "folky" approach to pop music; they are really an extension of what Dylan and The Byrds have been doing for the last couple of years.
Surrealistic Pillow (RCA LPM 3766 Mono) is the best pop disc that I have heard this year (other than Sgt Pepper of course). Although the group has changed the female vocalist since their first LP there is little difference in their sound—close harmonies, tremendous bass playing and outstanding, strident lead guitar work—admittedly they are now considerably louder and far more driving. The selection of tunes (written by themselves) is very good: highlights are it Of A Mile In 10 Seconds, White Rabbit. Plastic Fantastic Lover, My Best Friend and of course. Somebody To Love. My only complaint is a minor one—why haven't RCA been more adventurous and released the record in stereo?
Time consider that "The Grateful Dead" is second to the Airplane; their biggest claim to fame is their sponsor—the millionaire "hippie" chemist who made his money out of the discovery of a cheap, easy method of manufacturing LSD. Their first recording out on Warner Brothers (WBS 1689 Stereo) is interesting in that they sound just like a second-rate imitation of the Jefferson group. The only difference is that they have an organist, no vocalist worth mentioning, and no abilities in song-writing. Their only superior aspect is their way-out names ("Pigpen," "Bill the Drummer." Jerry "Captain Trips" Garcia) and appearance which makes the Airplane look like a bunch of Mormon Sunday school teachers.
This year's Arts Festival Fine Arts Exhibition was held in the Canterbury University Students Common Room at 11am and contained 100 works representing student artists from Auckland, Canterbury. Massey and Otago.
No apparent effort in this field was made by our new Cultural Affairs Officer and hence the lack of any Victoria contributions (folk singing no doubt made up for it).
The standard achieved by the paintings was very amateur and nowhere near those of the last two Arts Festivals.
There were, however, one or two works which stood far above the others: for example, the one awarded first prize—an untitled work by
Two other notable paintings, also from Canterbury, were abstracts by Painting) and Landscape). Painting was a central, circular, light red and earthy red-browns on a grey background of impastoed oils. Bold forms and bold colours—blues, reds, browns and off-whites—on a large canvas made up Landscape.
The Auckland painting contribution was surprising and represented two extremesridiculous Pop to conservative exercises. Examples were Molly and Ted About to be Wed, a brightly-coloured canvas depicting an Asian-wards continental drift of the African Continent, on one hand, and, on the other, many studies of nudes and still lifes.
The Graphic Section was not very inspiring, the standard again very amateur. The Sculpture section, on the other hand, may well have been good, but it was extremely difficult to see the exhibits due to the rubbish, such as empty cigarette packets, piled up around them 'and this is no exaggeration!.
One work which, mounted on a higher stand, was able to be viewed—Insectiscope, by
From The Outside it looks rather like the exterior of a run-down earlysettlers' shack. Inside, however, it HAS the appearance of the interior of a run-down early settlers' shack.
It is, in fact, a student flat in Dunedin and served as a billet for five women students from Victoria at this year's Tournament.
Its three occupants had generously volunteered their residence (rent $100 a year if anyone's interested) for the use of seven Tournament competitors but even the University's sense of humour has limits and the number was reduced to five.
In case you are at this stage wondering just what this has to do with the review page of Salient let me draw your attention to the photograph. This five feet high portrait of you-know-who beams paternally from the mantel-piece and bids all and sundry to "Join The Party." The background is blood-red, I didn't dare ask the exact substance used —for fear of being told.
The multitude of scratches and bulletholes in the Great Yellow One's face testify to many an assassination attempt. Carried out maybe by whoever left the tyre marks on the linoleum or the white foot prints on the ceiling.
This is another case of "if walls could speak they'd speak Chinese." Whether they would tell of orgies galore, maidenheads cut short or dirty schemes gone wrong, Mao isn't saying.
D.M.S.
Class, a symposium edited by
One would have liked to be kinder to this book for it is published "in an attempt to clarify the influence of class in our society today." Apart from three contributions (by academic sociologists) this attempt fails miserably.
The main fault of the contributors is that few can provide any idea of what it is that they are writing about. "Class", to be sure, is a difficult concept-it was that demon
This, at least, appears to be the view of these predominantly middle-class radicals who seem unaware that class is an integral part of, and dependent on, an economic system. Totally neglected, for instance, is the fact that the existence of poverty is essential to any class society.
Instead we are told that "the saddest aspect" of class structure is the failure of class members to understand the others' class values and their "inability to talk to one another in the broadest sense of the word." There is similar woffle on pop culture, the contemporary novel and other nebulous subjects, the likes of which make the mind boggle. The hogwash served up by the majority of contributors seem to be the result of a gullibility to the ideas of status quo apologists and a glibness matched only by smart journalese to be found in pretentious newspapers.
Even the three best contributions, by Dennis is Marsden (education),
Class is part of a series labelled "The Great Society." but if this is representative of the standard of the others in the series, then it will remain as still-born as that other Great Society. It seems unnecessary to add that its interest to New Zealanders is about as relevant.—
Sirs,—Mr. Benson's interesting review of Blow Up makes several good points, and is an honest presentation of his reaction to this intensely personal film.
I am pleased to see him puncture this myth about Sarah Miles being Hemmings's wife in the film; and I quite agree that much of the criticism has been carried out in terms of people's preconceptions of what Antonioni is after.
However, I feel Mr. Benson is guilty of foisting his preconceptions on us with reference to his confusion of Antonioni and Fellini, two distinct and very different film makers. I have only seen La Notte and Blow Up of Antonioni, and four Fellini films; but there seems to be nothing in common between the two. Both seem to deal with the world they know, and this has often included artists, writers, etc. But to claim that this "reeks of intellectual snobbery" can only be seen as inverted snobbery —and to drag Bergman into this picture is to confuse the whole issue.
Fellini is pre-eminently a man of life — his films are bursting with life. La Dolce Vita is a down-beat presentation — but still with much humour, and a great deal of 'cinematic inventiveness — 8 1/2 is one of the funniest films of all time, a landmark in film (history for its technical brilliance and its presentation of humanity. To compare these films with Antonioni's coldness, is to misinterpret the essence of both, men's films.
I found Blow Up easier to take than La Notte. because the coldness — admittedly present — is not so constantly reinforced by the dialogue, and the character's behaviour seems much more credible. I could wish that in Mr. Benson's search for "the implications of this detachment," he had tried to make some distinctions a little more clearly.
I Realise That in Mr. Boyes's pantheon of directors, Fellini is God and Lester is Jesus, but his haste to dis-avow any similarity between The Deity and Antonioni is misplaced.
Although the fact may leave him benumbed, it is nevertheless true that some people have been as unmoved by Fellini's later films as they have been by Blow Up and La Notte — I Lost It At The Movies is worth locking up.
It seems to me that insofar as themes are concerned valid comparisons can be made between Blow Up and, say. La Dolce Vita. Mr. Boyes may regard this as a "misinterpretation," but it is a view which I shall continue to hold and expound. (For the information of these interested. Miss Kael's illuminating review of Blow Up will be found in The New Republic, Feb. 11. 1967— Periodicals Room. Vic Library).
Rex Benson.
Sirs,—I have just spent one and a half hours listening to the "Varsity Show" on 2YD and I am appalled at the low standard of the programme. Not that it had anything wrong with it as a programme. It was simply 2YD's normal variety music programme, interspersed with the inevitable adverts and occasional bits of news flogged from Newsheet.
Must we be represented by such humdrum mediocrity? Can't we offer something more worth while than "canned" music and toothpaste ads. Why not debates, discussions, lectures—even readings from Winnie the Pooh? Or is the NZBC scared of anything that might be controversial?
The blame doesn't lie entirely with the NZBC (although they only give the programme a pittance to run on) they are desperately short of material. Whatho, student apathy rears its ugly head again. There are (or should be) nearly 5000 feverishlyfestering minds here at Victoria—surely all this rampant grey matter could produce enough material to fill a miserly one and a half hour weekly programme.
There are a great number of clubs who could give something to this programmeDebating, Labour, National, Law. Film Society, Anarchist. Geography students' club and all the other science clubs—in fact damn near every club should be good for 15-30 minutes' worth at least once a year.
This could be the chance for the newly-elected Executive to break tradition and do something . . . anything, as long as they organise some sort of positive and worthwhile University Programme or forget the idea and don't have a programme are, all and slide further into the abyss of apathy and procrastination.
David John Fergusson.
Sirs,—As one of the organisers of two previous student demonstrations in 1948 (against conscription and against the Dutch attack on the Indonesian Republic). I would like to congratulate the present generation of students for their magnificent demonstration against the American emissaries of war.
I think this represents the highest point of student political activity yet reached in New Zealand.
It restores to Victoria the proud reputation of leading in progressive political action, a reputation established in the depression and anti-fascist struggles of the thirties and forties.
Contrary to the comment on 2YA that evening, my impression of the march was of its serious, reasoned and determined character. I felt many students were somewhat surprised at their own temerity in challenging in serious political struggle the forces of the state and money power in New Zealand.
In this splendid patriotic activity to keep New Zealand out of the grasp of the warhawks of America, the students are not only safeguarding their own lives against conscription and war; they are expressing the conscience of New Zealand outraged by the horrible spectacle of the mechanised might of America waging its war of aggression against a peasant people struggling to be free.
Sirs,—Shortage of rice is the main issue at present that catches both the public's as well as the students' attention.
As we all know, since the time when New Zealand Government curtailed the import of rice resulting in its shortage, the impact, of this policy has greatly affected the Asian students for the simple reason that rice is their staple food. As a result of this shortage, the price of rice soars sky high; the shopkeepers in some cases are taking undue advantage over the situation.
To make the matter worse, some of the Asian students are unable to buy any rice at all. This means that they have to change their pattern of diet, a process which some of them feel hard to undergo since they are so used to eating rice. To acquire new eating habits, therefore, is the problem that faces some of the Asian students—a problem that arises out of acute rice shortage in New Zealand.
The problem was recognised and the new International Affairs Officer,
However, Mr. Corkin in his letter to Salient (July 28 issue) misinterprets the idea behind this move completely. The nature of the content of his letter clearly calls for a clarification if not a rebuttal.
In the first paragraph of his letter Mr.
If he means the former, he is totally wrong in asserting that
In the second paragraph of his letter, Mr. Corkin confuses himself for the fails to distinguish between "staple" food and delicacies. This is evident when he suggests to supply frogs for the French. He also suggests fish, chips and "free" beer for the unemployed pakeha students. The implication of this statement is that the overseas Asian students are getting free supply of rice from the Inter national Affairs Officer.
However, here, he contradicts diets himself for in the first paragraph of his letter he mentions that rice was sold at "Cost Price." His implicit allegation that the Asians aregetting free supply of rice can be dismissed.
It is interesting to note that Mr. Corkin does not know what is short in supply and great demand and what is not Surely Mr. Corkin should recogrise that such things as what is not and what is in frogs, pasta, haggis, etc., are not in short supply, nor is there any demand for them. Moreover, chips and beer are not short in supply. To bring this sort of thing into his letter, Mr. Corkin not only confuses the issue but also completely misses the point at issue.
G. Dan.
Sirs,—Forum has disappointed me throughout the year. I have never been to Forum.
Forum is held on Tuesdays between 1.10 and 2pm. So is a lecture of mine. So are hundreds of others' lectures. Therefore we are disappointed with Forum; not with its content (which is inexperienced by us) but with its timing.
Of course a minority of students must necessarily miss, out whenever forum is held. But when it is held only once a week, and when its timing is not changed during the year, hundreds of students cannot participate at all.
Surely it is not impossible to occasionally change the time of Forum to another day, or another hour, or both. Even if the change were only termly, hundreds (although possibly not all) of the students who at present do not attend and participate, because they cannot, would have this opportunity.
I believe that every student should have this opportunity To constantly deny an accountable minority the right of regular Forum is unjust.
It is necessary?
I remain—unforumized!
Mervyn P. Judge.
A Creche was started at Victoria early this year by a small group of student mothers.
It is open on Mondays and Wednesdays, from about 9am to 2.30pm. It is under the care of a supervisor with Play Centre training and a mother helps each hour. Mothers pay 2/6 for the first hour and then 2/an hour. The creche is limited to children over the age of three months.
Any more mothers and children are welcome this term. The creche have heard of some interested mothers for next year, but it would be easier for them if these people could give them fairly definite numbers of the children they would be bringing.
Any inquiries—for this term or next year—to Helen Parsons, phone number 74896.
Sirs, —Your editorial about Halls of Residence was too kind. It does not bring out the point that they are funda-mentally impersonal places, thoroughly suited to the sub-merging of the individual in the mass. They are nothing more than a conglomeration of sub-standard bed-sitters, plus common room and facilities for preparing lumpy porridge, incredible rice puddings and suspensions of mince in large amounts of water. They have none of the advantages of flats or houses, The individual is confined either to the obscurity of his cell or to the anonymity of the Common Room. In many institutions he is denied even this at certain times of the day, as cleaners come first. He is tied to a fairly rigid schedule, as he must eat when food is provided or see his money wasted, and he must sleep and study at times determined by other people (noise-makers, reserved for those who wish to read the thoughts of the current idol (be he Jesus, Mao or von Clausewitz). But if an Englishman's home is a castle, a Hall of Residence must be cleaners, etc.)
Elsewhere, institutions such as these might be called People's Educational Communes (or Seminaries), and the Common Rooms might be heaven indeed. A name such as "No. 2 Barracks" is more honest in its own context than say. "Holyoake Hall."
Also mis-named are Common Rooms, which would be better termed Lowest Common Denominator Rooms, as they almost inevitably give rise to a lowest common denominator mentality. I can just see it; a dozen Weir Houses competing with each other to see who can make the biggest fools of themselves, (I have even attended a largely residential university (overseas) where exactly this happened.) In ten years time the occupants can move on to the Clubs, Rotary, etc., where they can continue the image building: meanwhile university social life will be focussed around trivia. Perhaps the title Hall of Residence is not after all, so bad as it can invoke the echoes of Rule Britannia, marmalade and jam. Perhaps smoking jackets could be issued.
The worst aspect of the University's present plan is that it brings to a central place in University life organisations that are fundamentally anti-University. If we suppose for the moment that a University is a place dedicated to The Search for Truth, we ought to ask whether those organisations that will provide the "home" atmosphere for the students are similarly dedicated. These organisations being Churches, the answer is clearly no. Churches are not interested in The Search for Truth: they found their truths long ago. Further, their truths are arrived at by revelation, a method that has been discarded, I believe, even by psychologists. Of course, a university is not really dedicated to The Search for Truth, but the embracing of the Churches is going to make it harder for it to attempt to be so. The present plan can only lead to increased Church influence at a time when Church influence is thank God, declining. And such an influence will, of course, be bought with someone else's money.
One further point, often advanced by apologists for Halls of Residence, deserves mention. Though Halls are generally not a Good Idea, they are a good idea for firstyear students 'so goes the argument) who are unstable, lack maturity, etc.. etc. This argument Is the least logics of all, for If something is bad for an "average" person. It is obviously worse for those who are impressionable, and whose future outlook may be determined by it. But such is the poverty of the arguments for Halls of Residence.
Sirs,—I would like to endorse the opinion expressed by Miss Stevens in her review of, "Lady From The Sea" in the last edition of Salient, that "... a drama workshop is needed where potential and aspiring actors can learn the skills ox the craft before being inflicted on a paying audience."
This would go a long way towards removing a distressing tendency of Drama Club productions — the appearance of the same actors and actresses and few new faces.
Also a plea for more topical, contemporary drama. Furthermore, we have been subjected to this mood of morbid introspection in Drama Club productions for too long.
Sirs,—Your leader of August 8 has prompted me to question the feeling of the mass of VUW students and staff toward the Vietnam conflict. I believe that at present none can objectively say the majority (large or small) of the student body are either for or against American involvement; whether they are pacifists, or merely indifferent toward the whole business.
It may be said that Salient Is a reliable barometer of student feeling. Is it? Our paper reports that numbers in the recent M. Taylor-Clifford march "have been hailed as increased anti-New Zealand participation feeling on campus" (quoted leader). But is there anybody on campus who is in a position to make such a "hailing"?
Again: a number of sheets were distributed in the cafe and elsewhere, in the period immediately preceding the American envoys visit. These implied that there would be protesters marching "on behalf" of the university.
What can we do about this? I suggest a referendum whereby every person on campus would have an opportunity to register his or her opinion.
Certain difficulties in pro-cedure would immediately arise, notable among them being the methods of organisation, and thereby the validity of the results. But there will always be sceptics, no matter the issue. An effici-ently organised referendum would be accepted by most of VUW as a realistic assess-ment of student feeling.
Like many students, I can see a danger of truth being clouded by perhaps unfounded speculation and appeal to emotion.
Sirs,—Recently Salient devoted an editorial and another article to the resignation of the Editor of INSIGHT, the Auckland University Catholic Society's quarterly. In these it was sug-gested that the editor was forced to resign following a letter from Archbishop Liston who, as you quote, deprecated some of the contents of issue 4. The Archbishop did not ask for the resignation of the editor nor did his letter lead Catholic Society to ask for It. You would do better to accept the editor's own explanation that he resigned because of a shortage of time and uncertain health.
The Salient editorial stated that there is little hope that "the balanced and open-minded approach will continue". As present editor I will do my best to see that It does continue and in fact, develop, since Insight is still in its infancy.
(Former Assistant Editor)
Sirs,—I think the man who writs the letters should write the rest of your paper.
Sirs, While I admire your columnists' wit, I hardly envy them their originality. The two comments made about me in the "On the Grapevine" column over your last three issues—that I was "so left that I was right" and that T "sat right down and wrote myself a letter"—are both verbatim transcripts of my own descriptions of myself in casual cafeteria conversation
While my remarks may go some way to prove the old axiom that no one hates me better than myself. I do feel that if your columnists are to avoid charges of plagiarism they should acknowledge the sources of their quotations. I trust that similar comments on other people in your column are not also the results of eavesdropping.
Great minds think alike.— Ed.
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The temptation when reporting on this year's Winter Tournament is to dwell on the isolated bright spots and overlook the generally uninspired performance of teams from Victoria. It is equally tempting to propound theories like the one relating position in Tournament to distance of university from Otago.
The fact is our teams were temperamentally ill-equipped for Tournament. A quick spotcheck on the first day revealed a "tilting at windmills" attitude summed up in the oftheard remark "we could come second or perhaps third."
There were notable exceptions. The Badminton team was a perfect blend of experience and enthusiasm, our Soccer players coped extremely well with the daunting task of playing five games in three days as well as showing a determination to fight back in the face of ill-considered rulings and rough play.
From an organisational viewpoint Tournament '67 would rank as average. With the exception of the lighting in the Badminton courts few complaints could be made as regards general conditions.—
This Was one sport where Salient's pre-Tournament predictions failed to take into account that teams from other universities were entered also. The team's final placing of fourth, below Massey and above Canterbury, speaks volumes.
Individually Victoria's first man home was
Incentive for teams to run faster next year may be found in the decision to include a Women's Cross-Country in future Tournaments.
The Drinking Horn was held in a somewhat more Theatrical atmosphere than before. The venue was a university hall with seating accommodation for hundreds of alcoholic voyeurists.
A depleted Vic team made a gallant effort and actually reached the final only to meet a polished Otago who drank with a finesse unapproached by any other team. Vic's leader Steve Taylor's cavorting inspired apprentice drinker
In the Individual events Otago asserted their superiority, Taylor being so tired by that stage he was more inclined to giving himself a hop shampoo, much to the delight of the large audience.
Fencing Honours must go to the women for all-round performance and to
Although weakened by the absence of many of the stars who have made Victoria feared in the fencing world, the women's team performed excellently.
It was generally felt that their failure to win the women's foil, in which they were unbeaten, could be traced to a faulty spool in the Otago match. They had won the match 10—6 but because of a tie with Auckland individual bouts were made to count and the disputed bout proved crucial.
Greta Firth, who captained the NZU team, was outstanding winning 15 bouts from 16. Creditable performances were also turned in by
The men's events were dominated by Otago generally and
Considerable though these were they proved insufficient to take the team to higher than third place. Loh went on to fence for NZU in their annihilation of Otago-Southland.
The only other male fencer of note this year was
Victoria Was second to Otago in tournament golf played at Balmacewan Golf Course. Poor greens and some reconstruction work on the course made scoring difficult.
Otago's victory was due in part to local knowledge, but they had by far the strongest team. Theirs was a well deserved victory.
Stars of the Victoria team were undoubtedly the captain,
Baltrop was the top individual in the stroke play with a four round total of 307. He reached the final of the match play only to succumb to another Freyberg player,
In Adams, Baltrop had the misfortune of an opponent who included three birdies and two eagles in his round. Adams was five under the card when the match finished.
Tournament results were:
Otago 933 1st
Victoria 965 2nd
Auckland 967 3rd.
In the NBU match play final,
Canterbury won. Vic second-equal with Auckland. See next issue.
The Overall placing of the team (third) was a fair reflection of their ability. A gradual improvement was discernible but the lack of finishing power was more apparent still.
Perhaps with a little more dash amongst the forwards we could have reached second place. The lass of
Thrashed by the Otago and Australian teams, well beaten by Auckland, Victoria managed two fairly good wins against Canterbury and Massey.
Canterbury first with Vic fifth. See next issue.
Winning only one game, the Women's Indoor Basketball team finished fourth. Canterbury was clearly superior and deserved its win.
Poor teamwork and the absence of any positive playing tactics accounted for the team's disappointing performance. These girls have been playing all season without a coach.
Their play showed no organised methods of attack and the defence, usually the team's greatest strength, constantly gave under pressure.
They were handicapped by the last-minute loss of a key player and were reduced to a tournament strength of six. This was at least two less than any other team. This meant loose guarding to prevent any player being fouled off.
The win was against Massey in an exciting game with a final score of 53-52.
Otago won. Vic's
Runners-Up in tournament shooting, the relatively inexperienced Victoria team fulfilled Salient's prediction.
Early indications were that Robieson could qualify for an NZU blue, but tournament strain began to tell in the North-South match. Points were also lost at that stage by Smith and Dewhurst.
Robieson did qualify for a Victoria blue by totalling 986 points. The Victoria standard is 981; he was the only shcoter to reach this.
The whole team w.nt on to shoot in the North v. South match, narrowly won by South. The three top Victoria shooters went on to shoot for NZU.
Victoria came second to Otago in squash. Individual honours went to Victoria's
In the final, Hawkes beat Canterbury's
Hawkes won the first set 9-6 and then lost the next two 9-3, 9-7. In the fourth set Henderson raced to 8-5 and played match ball.
With an immaculate volley inches from the tin, Hawkes! took the serve. He survived the match point and went on to win 10-9, 9-2.
Loss of
Despite the pre-tournament setback, the team performed well to finish runners-up to Otago. The matches against Lincoln, Canterbury and Auckland were won by all players. Against Otago, the Otago Nos. 2 and 3 proved too strong.
Massey provided the closest match of the tournament Hawkes beat the Massey No. 1,
The women's team had easy victories prior to meeting Otago's stiff oppositiong Against Otago, Miss Lawer lost in the fifth set to Miss
On Paper this was the weakest team that Victoria had sent to tournament for some years. The team did not match Canterbury for consistency, nor were the women members as forceful as their Auckland counterparts, yet it managed to retain an overall cohesion, particularly when behind. This was in evidence against Otago, when Victoria finished strongly to pip the home side 11-10.
Despite a heavy defeat by the team winners, Canterbury, Victoria continued to fight for every point. Inspiration was provided by the assured
More fortunate were
The sharing of third place' with Otago was due mainly to the individual brilliance of