"You pays your money and you takes your pick." Your pick at election time may not be elected but probably one or two of the members of the Executive were marked on your ballot paper. They meet in the Exec. Room in the Gym every two weeks or so and have a considerable amount to do with your affairs. Any student who is a member of the Association is entitled to be present—fresher or hoary old timer.

March 1st was wet. The Drama Club were rehearsing for their first major production and had to climb the hill. The Executive had a full roll call and John Yaldwyn was replacing Peter Tarrant who has left Wellington. By 7.15 they were down to business and the matters discussed were wide and varied.

There was a notice to prevent outsiders playing on our tennis courts to be erected, a door and lock to be fixed, typewriters needed overhauling, Salient needed a new table and the matter of some petty vandalism had to be explained. Bills had to be read out and their payment authorised enabling Mr. Malcolm Mason, our Association accountant, to write the cheques. Salient's first issue criticised by President Kevin O'Brien caused an interchange between him and Miss Fougere.

The Executive were surprised that Salient had made no mention of the fact that a committee had already been set up to arrange support for those negro students who are to be denied medical bursaries at the Witwatersrand University.

At one stage during the evening the matter of the College Song—or rather the lack of one—came up when Mr. Maurice O'Brien proposed a contest for one. "That's not going to be difficult," volunteered Paul Cotton. "Something like this ought to do; "Hail Victoria Alma Mater. Blast your eyes and Damn your teeth." Finally it was decided to leave the serious matters necessary to Maurice O'Brien. The proposed judges are: Messrs. Braybrooke, Lilburn, Carrad, Cohen and Kevin O'Brien.

Extrav Script—Miracle

This year will be recorded as the year there were scripts and the President already had three in his possession before the closing date. The last day was advanced to the week-end of the 4th to allow three others to be completed. Six Extrav scripts nearly stopped the meeting.

Maurice O'Brien, House Manager for this and last year, set out to do away with the interval entertainment. This motion was lost—Curtin, Stewart and Cotton jubilant. It seemed an appropriate time for Miss Cook to recall that an inebriated interval entertainer had woken from his stupor during the interval show just as his leg was being sawn off—"Sordid, isn't it," he said before fading out again.

It was resolved to ask Mr. Ray Michael to stage manage Extrav this year.

The Sharma Mystery

Two members of the Executive, the O'Briens, had done some investigating but the results were inconclusive. Pat Sharma has already left New Zealand.

This matter will be raised again at the N.Z.U.S.A. conference, but at the moment the position is not satisfactory. No legal obligation rests upon the Minister of Customs to give reasons for his action to Pat Sharma—the obligation is a moral one only. At the moment no one is certain whether or not Pat Sharma did know the reasons himself.

Speakers from Britain

The British Council exists to spread British culture about the world and assists by financing speakers providing they are British subjects and always providing that they are not of a controversial political or religious turn of mind. Suggestions for speakers: Prof. Joad, V. S. Pritchett, Arthur Bryant, Christopher Dawson, Prof. Butterfield and A. P. Herbert; these will be forwarded to the British Council which may be able to arrange one for Congress next year.

Miscellania

A convener for the Social Committee was wanted. John Yaldwyn was appointed Gym, controller and took over Peter Tarrant's duties. Miss Val Jones was appointed Executive's representative on the Blues Committee. This question of no marks on the New Zealand University cards is receiving attention.

A report from the publications committee advising that The Spike go into recess was received and adopted. The suggestion of the committee was that the money normally used to subsidise this magazine be used by the Executive at its discretion to assist other student publications. The Executive thought this a sound suggestion.

Now that the resurfacing of the tennis courts has begun the Secretary was advised to write to the Council requesting that the subsidy of £70 be forwarded.

On the Board

That is where your Students' Association fee is used. The minutes of your Executive are pinned on the main notice board as soon as possible after every meeting so that you may know what is going on at the meetings.

If you have any complaints or constructive suggestions your Executive will consider them if you can take the time to write them a letter.