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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 13, No. 16. July 27, 1950
No Mans Land
No Mans Land
Swot Shops?
Sir,
I am much, interested in the two articles appearing: on the front page of "Salient," this week. From my limited experience I would concur with the opinions expressed there." These are some further points that I would like to raise.
(1) Different subjects require different methods of approach which vary from stage to stage, and according to the students interests and relative abilities. "Salient's" reporter could well carry out some investigation and the paper give some publicity in this direction thus helping students to avoid finding themselves, half way through the short session, off the trail, or even worse, in some units at stage III, out of their depth.
(2) I would question the prevailing erroneous belief that any Honours graduate is automatically qualified for appointment as a teacher—not that professors, lecturers, tutors, and demonstrators claim to be teachers. But anyone who would impart knowledge effectively and inspire sincere enthusiasm for the acquisition of knowledge, must be a teacher in manner and spirit, if not in name.
(3) Why do the university authorities, many of whom obtained their degrees in the relatively palmy "good old days," delight in "putting on the screws, for present day students, under the pretext of "putting up the standard." This is most evident in the Faculty of Medicine.
In other words why not have a university in spirit, as well as in name, and not just a series of "swot shops."
—P.C.A.
Greek Executions
One Every 49 Minutes
Students may have seen a small single column heading in the "Evening Post" of June 29 last, entitled "2877 Greek Death Sentences in 3 Months." But did they realise that it meant an execution every 49 minutes during January, February and March of this year. Nine hundred and sixteen were "rebels" 1805 were sentenced by military courts, and 96 were collaborationists (whatever all that means). In addition 21,915 suspects were sent to prison. As students (many of us having fought In a war to end fascism) we must concern ourselves with this state of affairs.
It was during our 1st term that 16 student leaders of E.P.O.N.. the Greek Youth Democratic Organisation were sentenced to death by a military court. The International Youth Council of Great Britain issued a protest resolution against the death sentences given to Greek students "whose only crime has been to defend Greek Democracy against Greek monarchists and fascists."
Poly Kyriazis one of the Greek delegates to the 1st W.F.D.Y. Conference in London was one that was deported to the death camp at Makronisses. Later the so-called "Council for the Remissions of Punishment" rejected the death sentence appeals of eight Trade Union leaders. Among them were Tony Ambatleles, Secretary of the Greek Federation of Maritime Unions, V. Berakis. President of the Union of Maritime Engineers, and Tinoyanakls, member of the Executive Committee of the Union of Tobacco Workers.
And so It goes on—murder and more murders!! Thirty executions a day, 900 a month!! ' These figures include many students who have fought and lost their lives—their only offence was the attempt to build a better Greece!
On July 2nd the P.M. of Egypt. Nahas Pasha refused to support the Security Council's resolution on Korea. He said the Security Council acted with speed and armed force on this occasion, but nothing was done in either cases.
Why doesn't the Security Council stop the oppression of Colonial peoples in Malaya and Indo-China, and attack the terror of fascism in Greece, with the unusual speed they used on Korea ? V.U.C. students would like an answer.
—P.P.