World Affairs

The meeting stressed the importance of the students' awareness of world affairs and that too many students remained chained to the ivory tower. A ban on any type of discussion was thought to be both intolerant and un-democratic.

A member of Salient staff present pointed out that the paper was primarily to publicise student affairs and not to act as a thrashing ground for private wrangles.

Mr. Pip Piper recalled that in 1932. Smad, then the college paper, adopted a similar policy. Another paper, Student, was started which virtually replaced the old paper. He said he would not like to see this needing to be repeated.

This evoked a feeling of nostalgia for the days when, under Bruce Millburn's Editorship, each issue of Salient provoked comment and discussion in the city newspapers. It was thought that the policy should be one of positive attack rather than expediency.

It was generally agreed by all present that, if students showed a live interest in current affairs, it was the duty of the paper to publish relevant letters and articles. There were two schools of thought as to the amount of interest in current affairs in the college but all agreed that it was not as live as it might be.

A second point of divergence was whether or not Salient should attempt to stimulate interest on these matters. Should Salient be the spokesman of student affairs or should it provoke interest and controversy?