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

Conservative

Conservative

Dear "Salient,"—Mr. Gordon's querulous note, which appeared in your last issue, seems to me to provide a most interesting psychological study—the workings of the "conservative" mind.

Mr. Gordon, in as many words, complains that "Salient" is rabidly socialistic in tone and apparently expects the staff to enter upon a campaign to wake up the sleeping conservatives of the College. It is typical of conservatives such as Mr. Gordon to leave the hard work to others and then to complain that they have not been given a chance. Mr. Gordon and his like have left it to the "rabidly socialistic" students to launch the paper, and keep It supplied with readable matter, and, in view of the frequent appeals which you have made to all students, the non-representation of conservative opinion in your columns has been due to lack of initiative on the conservative students' part rather than to lack of opportunity.

Your action in having the report of the Spanish film-cum-lecture function written by an ultra-conservative is proof enough of your earnest desire to make your paper a true organ of student opinion. But should the editorial staff have to go round the College begging representatives of various shades of opinion to contribute to your paper to give it balance? If Mr. Gordon and his co-conservatives have any real opinions it is up to them to put them in readable form for publication, instead of criticising those who have so successfully launched the paper, because their views (expressed) do not happen to coincide with those of Mr. Gordon's clique (unexpressed). Yours faithfully.

R.C.E.S.