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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 4. 1966.

Growth of radical magazine

Growth of radical magazine

Iconoclast, a radical magazine expressing views of staff and students on current social issues, this year has the support of the newly-formed Social Science club.

There seems to be considerable student interest in the club, club supporters say, though there was not a large attendance at the inaugural annual general meeting.

The president. Murray Robb, says the club's activities will be of two main types. Public lectures on economic and sociological topics will be given in the theatre, and smaller, informal gatherings for lectures will also take place.

Subject matter for some of these will come from tape-recordings borrowed from the United States Information Service.

These cover such topics as the role of women in society and social welfare.

Iconoclast published two issues last year. Five, of improved format, are planned for this year. One of its main problems at the moment is a shortage of copy. As the editor puts it: "Students are finding difficulty in being sufficiently radical "