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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 18, No. 2. March 18, 1954

Freshers Welcome

Freshers Welcome

We were sweet and innocent, pure but shy,
We gazed in awe at those almighty ones,
Mounted on [unclear: benchces,] quite staid and sedate.
Then came fantasy, weird and strange,
There appeared now an [unclear: ownerless,] fluttering hand,
An alarm-clock, balloons and a billowing mass
Of paper.
Then came the sudden impact of a strange combination,
Rugby and tattoo don't seem to mix.
Incredibly, too, the presence of a monkey,
Bouncing on the tables.
And grabbing pretty girls.
And then the frantic conga,
To the gym for dancing
Led by the haka party
Who didn't seem quite sober,
Amazing as that seemed.
And then. Then came the Moment
In a mixed, disordered way.
We took the oath right soul fully on knees.
Next the minions of the high priest took over
And they Kissed
All the girls
(In a rather untender way).
Following this the dancing
On carpet of feet.
And singing and smoking,
Eating—and revelry
And walking back home in the rain,
Drenched.
Damn it . . .

—By Two Freshies Who Was There