It is not uncommon for people to become restive when a newspaper takes an up issue. Space is devoted on a merit basis. It is the function of a newspaper to reflect opinion in the community it serves. For this reason uncontroversial topics remain outside its columns. Salient is sincerely concerned to improve this University. If reports on lecturing standards will improve it, then Salient will devote space to such reports.

The Exclusive Brethren was not newsworthy until there were accusations that they were breaking up families. Thus, lecturing was accepted until students found it was adequate. When lecturing becomes inadequate it becomes an issue important to students. Salient has reflected this discontent.

The results have been some ominous rumblings. We are tempted to draw a parallel between this and the famous case of Isis, the magazine of the University of Oxford. It ran a series of criticisms of individual lectures like a theatre column, and found itself in hot water. So far nobody has been sent down, but perhaps some constructive criticism might be in order to redress the balance.