Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 8. 1966.
Hon LL.D brings protest
Hon LL.D brings protest
Salient Reporter
Some university staff plan to boycott the award of an honorary degree to the Rt. Hon. K. J. Holyoakc.
Invitations sent to staff have already produced B number of written refusals to attend.
But other staff members, at less senior levels, have remained silent, afraid prejudice their chances of promotion.
Others again will attend to avoid slighting the other recipient of an honorary degree, the retired librarian, Mr. Harold Miller.
While the number of protesting staff will be high. some staff members see no objection to the award.
At least one is known to have asked individual students not to protest
Students
Student protests will in any case be muted, for the award will lake place during study week.
Salient interviewed hall a dozen of the students it was thought would be anion the most likely to demonstrate the award of the degree.
All said they would be out of Wellington or at work during the week.
But Salient investigation also disclosed at least one group actively planning a demonstration.
They say they have already commenced painting protest signs.