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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 6 April 13, 1938

Succinct Statement

Succinct Statement.

The position is this:—
  • (a) That our best men are needed in this country.
  • (b) That our best men are not staying in this country.

(Now, you youthful graduates, preen yourselves! You are the "best men." and Father Savage is talking to you!)

"I was immensely struck," said Mr. Savage. "In London with the young New Zealanders I met. They had good positions and good prospects, yet they conveyed the impression that they had to leave New Zealand [unclear: be] were such young men who wanted to work in their own country and that their country needed their work."