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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 28, No. 4. 1965.

Asian Study Society Formed

Asian Study Society Formed

A New student club has made its appearance on the campus. The Asian Studies Society was formed at a recent meeting of students interested in Asian Studies.

The main object of the society is to stimulate interest in Asian affairs and to provide students with an opportunity to learn more about Asia. The new committee plan to achieve this aim through regular (almost weekly) film evenings, and by bringing guest speakers up to the university. Although a majority of the society's members are students at present taking Asian Studies, membership is open to anyone interested in Asia.

At the Society's inaugural meeting several students expressed concern at the uncertain future of Asian Studies at Victoria University. For the last three years the Asian Studies Department has lacked a permanent head. Also the students have been given no watertight guarantee that the proposed reorganisation of Asian Studies at victoria will be to their academic advantage.

It is expected, therefore, that the Society will take active steps to ensure the collective voice of Asian Studies students is heard on the future of Asian Studies.

The Society's President, John Harlow, told a Salient reporter he hoped to see the Society taking some initiative in suggesting improvements in Asian Studies. Already the Society's committee has set up a sub-committee to examine how the teaching of Asian Studies at the university can be expanded. It is believed that this sub-committee may look into such matters as the introduction of Asian languages and provision for post-graduate study in Asian Studies.