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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 14, No. 11. September 6, 1951

[Introduction]

It was with some degree of diffidence that I agreed with one of Salient's reporters to write a few words on this subject about which each of us has no doubt his own ideas, and I will content myself with a few personal observations in the hope that they will not prove to be too banal.

Firstly, it must be noted that there are essentially two conceptions of the sphere in which an Executive may operate: it may consider that its duties are primarily of an administrative nature, or on the other hand it may endeavour to go beyond this and endeavour to extend the affairs of the Association into political, religious, international and other spheres. It is difficult to draw any hard and fast distinction, but fundamentally, I feel, it exists to a greater or less extent, and it is more in keeping with the obligations of an Executive, to attend to the administrative side of the Association's affairs—for reasons which I hope will become obvious later. This view seems more in accord with the conception of the Executive and with the nature of certain essential functions that are vested in it, and the responsibilities inherent in such functions.