Juvenile Article

Dear Sir,—As club captain of the V.U.W. Swords Club I wish to apologise publicly to the club members (past and present) who were so needlessly abused in your issue for May 1, 1961. This juvenile article on page 3 (unsigned) was not authorised by the club committee and represents an unprovoked and humourless attack on its members.

As readers are probably aware, an Australian University fencing team will soon be touring New Zealand and will fight Victoria on May 11 and N.Z.U. on May 27 in the new gym. This club is anxious to publicize the tour, and thanks to Salient for its generosity in donating precious newspaper space—but regrets that such nonsensical and meaningless copy was printed.

I would draw your attention to a paragraph on page 12 of the same issue of Salient under the heading "Press Council Talk," where the topic of editorial responsibility was discussed. In view of these comments by Mr Auben, I trust that future personal comments will not be published without the sanction of the organisation the people belong to.

The undermentioned club members have been chosen to represent V.U.W. for the forthcoming match against Australia. Their fencing ability must now be well-known to those who read the above-mentioned article. So without further preface to their skills I list the team and trust that readers will take the trouble to watch them in action on the afternoon and evening of Thursday, May 11, to discover their true merits.

Men: R. Martin, R. Peterson, J. French, R. Hall, C. Home, S. Churcher (emergency).

Women: G. Buchler, L. McKenzie, S. Tidey, J. Buckland, D. Youren (emergency), J. Corlleson (emergency).