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Salient. An organ of student opinion at Victoria University, Wellington. Vol. 23. No. 7. Monday, August 8, 1960.

[introduction]

Some unconnected ramblings purporting to be an article for " Salient " resulting from being trapped when in a weakened stale at the end of a lecture.

It is a widely-held and not entirely unfounded belief that the scientist is the present-day Philistine. (This modern swear word does not mean lover of beer.)

Oh yeh! Contrary to what appears to be the opinion of many so-called scientists, science is in fact an art. The joy of being able to add another strand to the fabric of knowledge is only to be compared with that of painting a picture, making love, writing a poem or composing music. (The scientist if, of course, not the only one capable of adding to knowledge, but his attitude and methods are very successful.)