The names of two ex-students of V.U.C., H. M. Sansum and John Carrad, LL.B., have been nominated for Life Membership of the Students' Association. In endorsing two worthy nominations, "Salient" presents for the benefit of students, a brief note on each of the men concerned (detailed biographical particulars will be found on your voting forms).

Sansum

Harry Sansum came to V.U.C. in 1926. A modest chap, his one outstanding achievement as' a student was the vigorous reorganisation of the then moribund Defence Rifle Club. As an ex-student, however, he continued to take a lively interest in student affairs, and in 1936 took over the position of Records Officer to the Association, which had been founded by A. T. S. McGhie.

From then until his departure overseas at the beginning of this year, with the exception of two periods of illness, Harry devoted all his spare time to creating order out of supreme chaos. Since the inception of the Association in 1904, no consistent attempt had been made to conserve the Association's correspondence, or any of its records.

Sansum assembled everything he could find—blocked up walls and ancient cupboards furnished treasure trove—and sorted it into Correspondence, Publications and Pictorial Records. His work was well on the way to completion when he had to hand it over to others. From the mass of moth-eaten material emerged a series of permanent files indexed for instant reference, with a printed guide. A schedule of all V.U.C.S.A. publications has been completed, and the assembling of a full set for permanent records set in train.

Working unobtrusively and untiringly, Harry Sansum is one to whom the phrase "working unremittingly at personal sacrifice" is particularly applicable. Although his frantic rush to complete the job was largely responsible for his breakdown last year, Harry would be the first to wish that his work should stand on its merits alone.

And his work is outstanding.

Carrad

Few students will need introducing to John Carrad, who has been proposed for Life Membership of the Students' Association. His face (and igure) have been familiar to students or many years, at cricket and foot-ball matches, at student gatherings and reunions, at the annual Extravaganza. John's annual Interlude, with original songs and ethereal ballets, has become almost a fixture of Extrav. during the past few years. Acknowledging John's long and outatanding services to the Association through a Life Membership should be a popular move.