W.U.S. Meets Here

V.U.C. Hosts

A World University Service Committee has recently been set up again in this college. W.U.S. is an International body whose membership is not restricted to any particular political or religious creed. Though students' in the Communist countries have generally been unable to co-operate with it, it refuses to become a merely "Western" organisation and a seat on its controlling committee is still left for a representative of I.U.S. It is actively supported by the World Student Christian Federation. Pax Romana and the World Union of Jewish Students. N.Z.U.S.A. approves of its activities.

But W.U.S. is not just another organisation for the sake of organisation. It is concerned with vital everyday problems of students the world over This concern is given concrete expression in relief for needy students in European and Asian countries from students in the better-off countries. Relief generally takes the form of subsidies for student hostels, student sanatoria, university libraries, etc. At one time the V.U.C. committee of the International Student Service other predecessor of W.U.S. adopted the University of Punjab in Pakistan as its particular concern. Expenses of organisation are kept down to an absolute minimum. Even so there must obviously be some talk and some organisation if relief is to go to the right places And at the same time W.U.S. believes that it can do its part in bringing about a healthy meeting of minds from different countries and different political and religious backgrounds Therefore the W.U.S. committees in the universities, besides raising money, try to arrange for staff-student discussion on problems of common interest

The V.U.C. committee will be appealing for money next term and next year there will be a call for workdays. It is surely our duty to do something for our less well off fellow-students, especially in South-East Asia. For further information contact one of the committee—Mr. T. Turney Chem. Dept,). Judith Groeott, Diana Lescher, Maxine Levy. Helen Rail, Ian Catanach, Michael Fahey.

Special Note.—An inter-college consultation will be held at Victoria College on Sunday. August 15, and Monday, August 16, as part of the Annual Conference of the N.Z.W.U.S. ALL students from all colleges—that means all Vic. students and all Tournament competitors—and all interested staff members and friends are invited to attend the discussions on these days. They will bo on:

(I)	The Impact of the University on the Local Community.
(II)	The integration of the overseas student into the life of the local community.