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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 27, No. 9. 1964.
Helen Sutch
Helen Sutch
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Helen Sutch is a second year full-time Arts student, and is at present Social Controller. Helen received her secondary education at Wellington Girls College, where she took an active part in athletics, swimming, basketball and hockey. She was also House Captain and Dux.
Since coming to University she has taken an active part in Association activities and clubs, including Drama Club, International Affairs. Literary, CND and Te Rangatahi, as well as participating in hockey (Tournament rep. 1963), and being a member of both the International and Cultural Affairs sub-Committees.
The Women's Vice President has two main functions: To chair and initiate student interest in the planning of education in New Zealand—in bursaries, halls of residence etc., and as an officer of the Association, to overlook and to familiarise herself with the policy, actions, of other portfolio holders, and to initiate policy herself.
I intend to fulfil both these functions to the best of my ability.
Having had some brief Executive experience as Social Controller. I will make no rash promises and pre-judge no issues; too many "immediate issues" arise which have to be dealt with for me to make rash promises that I may or may not be able to keep.
- I will support fully any moves towards stimulating improvement in the New Zealand education system, particularly as it affects University students. As an example. I will press the University Grants Committee to incorporate a special book bursary into the existing bursary structure. Secondly, I will support all moves of the Accommodation sub-Committee and probably intiate a few of my own.
- Clearly, the time has come for closer co-operation between and informed opinion on NZUSA. This body is responsible for pressing Victoria University's claims at the national level—it also utilises considerable funds provided by VUW students. These funds should be spent wisely and the claims pressed well.
- Public Relations is a fine idea and the most important part of public relations is, in a very real sense, being neglected—i.e. keeping the students in touch with what the Executive is doing and perhaps more important, not doing. The "Newsheet", initiated by the previous Executive, helps in this respect, so does the co-operation of Salient. More needs to be done.
- I strongly support the right of the Executive to make statements on international affairs whether these concern students directly as students, or not.
These principles that I have outlined I fully stand behind. I will be prepared to expand on and be specific on all these points at the meeting where candidates present themselves before students.