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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 6, No. 11 August 11, 1943

We Work for the Patriotic Funds

We Work for the Patriotic Funds

Every day last week students were accosted in the main hall and asked if they would work on the work day for patriotic funds. Every day last week the exec, room was busy with people asking for students to come and dig their gardens or mind their babies, etc.

By Friday some two hundred and fifty students had volunteered to work—one hundred of these were Training College students.

Great difficulty was experienced in allocating jobs, since the majority of jobs were for men and a large number of women volunteered to work. This difficulty was overcome, however, since numbers of our girls were not averse to a little manual labour.

Unfortunately Saturday morning was wet, making gardening and other outside jobs uninviting. Some stalwarts, however, turned up and dug in spite of the rain.

The results of the day are not yet available, as all the money has not yet come in, but a considerable sum is expected.

Certain jobs which could not be done last Saturday are available this coming Saturday, and it would help to swell the funds if any students who could not work last Saturday would do these jobs next day. Any who could do this can place their names on the list on the main notice board.