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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25, No. 3. 1962.

Hoo Hah

Hoo Hah

Sir,—A poster advertising the forthcoming visit of the internationally renowned organist Kenneth Goodman, placed last week on the music notice-board, was removed, and replaced by one of your revolting, obscene and scurvy yellow posters.

While it is perhaps natural for a minor organ to attempt the subversion of a large one, it is in exceedingly bad taste, and is, furthermore, pusillanimity of the most insidious kind.

In pursuing such a campaign of intolerance against good music, you do not represent the vox humana. In fact you are treading a base cleft, and are on the brink of a bottomless abyss. In the memorable words of Roget: "pish! tush! tut! pshaw! pooh! fudge! bosh! humbug!"

We warn you sir, you must face the music, it will be piping hot, and we will call the tune!

You cannot keep a goodman down.—We are, etc.

Malcolm A. Geard.

T. G. Aitken.

Harold Hill.