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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 15, No. 15. August 7, 1952

V.U.C's Fascists

V.U.C's Fascists

Sir,—For many years now we have been hearing much of the activities of an alleged Communist faction at V.U.C. In view of the events of the last week, however, it seems that we must now take notice of a potentially far more dangerous group, the V.U.C. fascists. At the Special General Meeting last Thursday night, these people, unable to convince a majority of students present of the validity of their case, attempted to prevent the majority from expressing and acting upon its opinion by staging a walkout to deprive the meeting of a quorum. To quote one of their own propaganda sheets, "Defeated by democracy they stooped to subterfuge." What makes the incident even more alarming is that prominent among their numbers was a member of the present executive. It also appears that, outside the door, they prevented a student from re-entering the hall until after the count had been taken.

It might be argued that these people are merely a collection of irresponsibles. But when, as happened here, irresponsible are organised, so that there individual energies are channelised for the attainment of a common goal, we have, in essen-tians the [unclear: incleus] of fascism.

A.