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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 19, No. 2. March 10, 1955
[Introduction]
World University Service with its headquarters in Geneva, is an international body, whose membership is not restricted to any particular political or religious creed. It has its roots in European Student Relief (ESR) which was established in 1920 to meet the urgent material needs among university students caused by the First World War. Today it is concerned with vital everyday problems the world over, and this concern is given concrete expression in relief for needy students in European and Asian countries. Relief takes the form of student hostels, text-book schemes, student sanatoria, etc. But apart from raising money to make the undertaking of such projects possible, WUS also provides for research on University problems, and education for international understanding.
Until lost year WUS did not exist" at VUC, although there were branch committees at most of the other Colleges and very strong committees at CUC and OU." However, at the Easter Council meeting of NZUSA last year the following motion was passed:—
"That NZUSA support the activities of WUS especially in the field of relief and ask all the college executives to assist in the formation of local committees in their colleges where they do not already exist and to encourage all local WUS committee activities."