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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 16 July 20, 1938

Words to Remember

Words to Remember.

It appeared before long that a good half of the youths on the ground floor didn't think much of the way the speaker was treating facts. Cries of "Speak the truth" became frequent, and as the evening wore on Mr. Holland, who remained cheerful and who had the support of by fur the greater part of the audience, halted in the reading of his typewritten speech to utter a few words of great importance to the youth of this land. Words such as these: 'If the audiences of listen to addresses of public men then it's line we had a change, and we're going to have a change next November." Not "If some people are not prepared . . ." mind you, but "If the audiences of New Zealand..."

What change can Mr. Holland intend to make people listen to him?

Again: "I'm not going to allow political meetings to be broken up by gangs of hooligans." immediate and continued protests—'Withdraw that word 'hooligan'," And one must admit the offenders didn't look much like hooligans.