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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25. No. 12. 1962

Big Cappicade Scandal

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Big Cappicade Scandal

Something drastic went wrong with the organisation for the distribution of Cappicade this year.

Salient asks that the following questions should be answered.

Why have a number of students and clubs failed to receive the commission on the copies that they sold?

Where has the money for two hundred Cappicades disappeared to? Were the sellers of Cappicade told what they should do with the money collected? If not, why not? And if so, why has the present confusion arisen?

Why also did some students extract their commission before paying in the proceeds of sale whilst others failed to do so?

Why is Mr Robb approaching sellers in an attempt to find out Now whether or not they paid in their money in May? K would appear that he kept no records at the time. If so, why not?

The distribution of Cappicade is notoriously ill-organised but this year it seems to have become completely chaotic, Ex-treasures of the Association and Cappicade distribution manager Robb, has still failed to balance his accounts and executive is becoming increasingly concerned. As Vice-President I ham puts it. "It looks as though it will be impossible to straighten up the mess"

Admittedly a system of distribution that relies upon the honesty of volunteer sellers is open to abuse. But this just makes it imperative that the organization must be efficient. When 200 copies of Cappicade or the money for them goes missing then the student body has to bear the cost.

Commission is paid to the sellers and to clubs that organise their members to act as sellers. These individuals and clubs have done their job selling a record number of copies. They are entitled to receive some commission due to them on their sales and it appears that executive may have to take word as to whether or not they have received the commission due to them. Certainly no records appear to exist as to who has received their commission.

At the last Publications committee meeting the question of the failure to balance Cappicade account was raised. It appears that executive and publications committee have been letting the matter slide.

This is dereliction of duty for which the student body must bear the cost.

—Special Correspondent.

On Education

The Education sub-committee under direction of Karen Clark and John Perham made initial soundings into the difficulties experienced by students in this University.

All the problems reviewed were delegated to individual members of the sub-committee for further investigation. Background problems on student health seemed to be of prime importance to most members of the committee.

A sub-committee under V. Maxwell to investigate the effect of the shortening of the term of the bursary was established as was one under the guidance of Peter Blizard to bring forward proposals for a new course for a Bachelor of Social Science.

Rumania

Education, from elementary schools to university included, is free of charge in Rumania. One out of every six people attends one of the various forms of the educational system.