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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 28, No. 12. 1965.

[introduction]

D. Finnegan, of Auckland, won the Bledisloe medal for oratory. The contest was held during Winter Tournament.

The medal is one of New Zealand's highest awards for oratory. It is awarded only once every three years.

Mr. Finnegan spoke on Francis Vernon Douglas. His relaxed and natural manner made a considerable impression on the judges.

Francis Vernon Douglas was a Catholic priest martyred by the Japanese in the last war.

Mr. Finnegan based his speech on the message which the priest's actions have for the world during the Vietnam crisis.

The way to end the Vietnam struggle, he suggested, was to send not money, or troops, but ourselves.

The Victoria contestants were A. Ashenden and Y. Grbich.

Mr. Ashenden spoke on "The Artist in New Zealand—The Stranger in the Land."