Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25, No. 6. 1962.
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Your president, Armour Mitchell, is a man of many talents. Twenty-four-year-old son of a Hastings minister, atheist, title-holder of the N.Z.U. drinking horn, Mitch has completed a B.Sc. degree in Maths. He is now studying commerce. "I took six years to complete the degree," he said with a grimace.
His interests have now turned to commerce, and he will pursue them. To Armour Mitchell any knowledge is useful.
His energies are mainly centred around university affairs. But he finds an outlet in reading science fiction, and occasionally, a Carter Brown. In answer to my raised eyebrows, he explained, almost apologetically, that he reads merely for relaxation.
His musical taste inclines towards Dave Brubeck.
On controversial matters, Mitchell was cautious. Politically he has no leanings. He Is neither strongly Labour or National, rather—"in the middle". However, to my question, he answered that he thought extremist opinions amongst students desirable. They afforded opportunity for discussion, helped the indifferent student to become politically conscious, and to form his own opinions. When asked about his future, Mitch spoke of having political ambitions, but "in-the-middle Mitch" will have to decide which party is worthy of his support (or maybe which one would give him a better chance). He would not say anything else on the subject, except that there was scarcely any correlation between ambition and fate. He is a fatalist, and does not believe in God.