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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 5. 1966.

Presidential elections

page 10

Presidential elections

Elections are on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th May.

Trevor Crawford was elected unopposed as secretary.

Ken Cresswell was elected unopposed as treasurer.

John Mcgrath

John Mcgrath

John Mcgrath is a fourth-year law student, is chairman of the present Capping committee and is active (when he finds the time) in the university Cricket and Swords clubs.

He was elected to the current executive as Capping controller and is, of course, at the moment actively engaged in organising Capping festivities.

He is a member of the Public Relations and Publications subcommittees and a committee member of the Law Faculty club and the National club. He also organised last year's highly successful Winter Tournament ball.

1. To strive for a better civic view of our students by developing contacts with such organisations as the Rotary Club, Lions and the Jaycees. This would be done by recruiting some of our able speakers to address their lunch-time meetings on student problems.
2. To institute weekly lunch-time meetings with the officers of the association to discuss the progress of the executive and the best means to ensure that students are receiving the maximum benefit from their £6/10/-.
3. To leave my employment in town. My university course is based on my spending 35 hours a week in an office. This is the extra time I will be able to put into actioning my programme.
4. To improve our shocking relations with NZUSA. Strong debate and disagreement over individual issues must not prevent our two executives from co-operating. Our investment in NZUSA is so high that we must do our utmost to make it a success.
5. To allocate to one vice-president the job of thoroughly assimilating every part of the activities of NZUSA. He would report directly to our executive.
6. To continue our present policy of keeping out of issues of international politics thereby recognising that each individual student has the right to make up his or her own mind.
7. To press my long-held view that too much money is fed into vague, empire-building projects and that not enough of our income goes to the students' association sports and cultural clubs.
8. To be available at specified hours to discuss association affairs with students.
9. Above all, to continue the present executive's policy of systematic financial control over the students' association funds.

Lecture Series

"The University—Ideal and Actual" is the subject for Winter Term lectures. 1966. The lectures will take place between 1pm and 2pm on six Thursdays, three before and three after study week. The following is the scheme for the lectures.

1. Prom Medieval Paris to Modern Waikato—the Development of University Institutions. Associate Professor P. Munz. June 16.
2. The Universities in New Zealand. Lecturer not decided. June 23.
3. Autonomy and Integration— the Relation of the University to its Community. Mr. J. Jeffries (Wellington City Council). June 30.
4. The Student Life. Mr. P. Blizard. July 14.
5. The Fabric of the University. Mr. Ian Reynolds (Architect). July 21.
6. The University in a Technological Age—Investment in the Future. Professor F. Holmes. July 28.

David Shand

David Shand

Dave Shand is aged 21; commerce graduate in Accountancy, studying for BA in Economics; Research Officer in the Treasury. Two years' executive experience: Public Relations Officer 1964/65, Treasurer 1966, represented VUW at NZUSA Easter Council 1966; wide subcommittee experience; past member of Student Union Building planning committee.

Other Activities: President of the Debating Society, member of the VUW debating team; vice-president Labour Party club; treasurer of the Drama club; deputy-chairman Cultural Clubs' council.

He believes that the students' association must make itself more useful to students and receptive to their needs. In particular, action is required on the following:

Accommodation: Representations to government on the urgency of this problem at Victoria. Make this an issue in this year's general election.

Bursaries: A responsible follow-up to last year's student action, to remove remaining anomalies. Oppose forfeiting of bursaries by students who marry or take up minor jobs within their departments.

Campus Bookshop: Overcome administrative inertia and get this scheme off the ground.

Law and Accountancy Students' Pay: Support for faculty clubs seeking increases.

Graduate Employment: Press government for increased commencing salaries for graduates in the Public Service.

Military Service: Press government for special provisions for university students who are prevented from earning a reasonable wage during the holidays.

Evening Lectures: Negotiate to have all lectures held during daytime.

Car Parking: Have Wai-te-Ata Road reinstated as a student parking area. Seek inclusion in the town plan of a parking building near the university.

Research grants: The present £500 limit on tax free grants for university research should be raised.

Liaison with Schools: Press to have Tour of Schools by students reintroduced.

Problems of Individual Students: Representations by the association on behalf of individual students on academic matters it requested.

NZUSA: The immediate need is the consolidation of the past year's gains and continued advances in educational research and student travel. At Easter Council David Shand was appointed by other students' associations to supervise NZUSA's financial affairs. He is thus in close contact with its present activities.

The president is the spokesman for students in the community at large and must exercise this function constructively. This calls for an individual well acquainted with current developments in student and national affairs and concerned to make student views influential and respected.

With his administrative experi-ence, extensive down-town contacts and commonsense approach to student problems, David Shand is well qualified for the position of association president.