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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 9, No. 12. September 25, 1946

[Letter from S.T.H.S. to Salient Vol. 9, No. 12. September 25, 1946]

Dear Sir,—The editorial can be the most important and influential column in a paper, provided that it is not only significant but that it is simply, concisely and accurately expressed.

Your editorial of August 21 contains important material, the full implication of which is obscured by a haze of pretentious journalese.

Cut out this adolescent drivel about "Don Juans," "Raptures of Chinese Exploitation," etc.; stop those showmen juggling with the atomic bomb; bind the article into a coherent whole, and then you will give, what many of us want in an editorial, an important commentary on current events from a standpoint not to be expected from the reactionary press of this country.

We congratulate you on publishing important facts and views relevant to a controversial topic. Keep it up; but for God's sake write simply.

"S.T.H.S."