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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 2. 1966.

Religious men

Religious men

Concerning the objection to the direct representation of religious bodies, it is important to realise that the staff association does not object to members of religious bodies serving on the Senate but only to their being entitled to Senate membership simply because they are church members. The objection to this direct representation of religious bodies comes equally from Christian and non-Christian staff association members.

Finally a comment on the last two points. While it might seem to some that the deletion of a section of the previous act, which forbade the administration of any religious test to any member or prospective member of the university and of another section which guaranteed equal rights to women, was not of much significance in our day, it is the staff association's view that the existence of such provisions is in general an excellent thing and in the local conditions their retention is a matter of more than academic interest.