Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 2, No. 1 March 8, 1939
Now We Know!
Now We Know!
"The students are unimpressive and the building is worse than the West School Wellington College, and that's pretty bad."
Innovator: "Why don't you have female professors—young and pretty ones?"
Ditto: "Your main building's all right, but your gym, and other rooms over there are frightful, they're not even clean."
Young Hopeful: "I think it's got a glorious old-fashioned atmosphere of learning about it—it seems steeped in erudition. I think I'm [unclear: going to] have an awfully jolly time up [unclear: here.]"
Home Science? "It's dreadfully dusty and has a frightfully stale smell. The students all need a brush up and be made to look smart."
"The building is awful; the climb up the hill is hot and much too long-and the students are nuts." So there.
Here's something better: "I find it very friendly and Interesting. The students are a fine crowd."
"I hate Gothic architecture, so I don't like the line of your building, but it is much more congenial and friendly than I expected."
Terse Comment: "The men's common room is pretty good, but it's not a patch on their lavatory. The lavatory's the best part of the whole show."
Criticism: "I think it is ridiculous that they should close the common room in the afternoon when there are people here to use it."
"That goes for me too."
[unclear: Turmoil]: "I'm all mixed up, don't know where to go or what to do. very hot and bumped everywhere."
"I'm scared stiff. It's like a museum or asylum or something."
"The library's like a morgue."
[unclear: Supercilious] Head Prefect: "Is this the intelligentsia?"
Lastly a completely [unclear: blase] Head Prefect: "Well. I think the physiques of the men are awful. You're a lot of weeds. And the girls are not up to much. All together I think the joint's lousy!"