Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 10. 1966.
On the grapevine
On the grapevine
Daily paper?
The Dominion, which is reputed to be a daily newspaper, has a strange time lag in its letters to the editor columns. Last Saturday, 18 days after the student protest at the Holyoake Hon. LL.D., 17 days after an uncharacteristic outburst of emotion in its editorial column, it suddenly got around to publishing some of the replies. Five in all—and four of these got into the sports section by mistake. Curiously, all but one were written by students. Salient's man about town reports that the paper shortly hopes to announce the result of the Boer War—if it could only find the article.
Caf meals
House committee chairman Paul Peretz, commenting on a number of complaints made to him about cafeteria meals, says he has discussed the matter with the caterer, Mr. F. Levenbach. "He has assured me that if anyone has a valid complaint about a particular serving, he will be only too happy to replace it," says Mr. Peretz. "I would consider this a reasonable offer and would ask people not to abuse it." At the same time, a suggestions book for longterm suggestions or complaints of a general nature has been placed in the students' association office.
Penfriend
Japanese Girl Penfriend—Miss Nobuko Kitamura, of 1-chome 3-41 Kyomachi Otsu City Shikagen Japan (age 19) seeks a New Zealand penfriend. She describes her interests as "appreciating the old arts of Japan, taking a walk, speaking English, and reading." Anyone interested can obtain her letter from the editor— together with her photo and some assorted Japanese stamps.
Film show
A Six-Part Film Show has been organised by the Department of English, and two showings have already been held. Next showings are: August 1, "The Loon's Necklace" (a North American folk tale illustrated with native masks) and "From Renoir to Picasso" (Renoir, Seurat and Picasso). August 8, "Sidney Nolan" and "William Dobell" (Modern Australian artists). Showings are at 1pm in the Memorial Theatre.
Concert coming
International Club is again presenting an International Concert in the Memorial Theatre on Friday, July 29, and Saturday, July 30, at 8pm. Items include songs and dances from New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Europe, Asia, and America. Tickets from the SUB office.
Film society
Victoria now has a new film society. The inaugural meeting, held on July 11, elected Nevil Gibson as president and Peter Boyes as secretary-treasurer. Membership will be by subscription and there will be four screenings this year. The first took place in C3 at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 26.
The other screenings will include "Orpheus" (Jean Cocteau), "Frenzy" (directed by Sjoberg, scripted by Bergman), "Hallelujah The Hills" directed by Adolphas Mekas (a recent American comedy), "Paris Belongs To Us," a recent French film, and "The Passion Of Joan Of Arc," a classic directed by Carl Dreyer.
Varsity beer
Dunedin: A commemorative brew of beer may be produced for the University of Otago's centennial celebrations in 1969.
The Otago Student Association will ask the committee planning the celebrations to investigate this possibility.
Student president Denis Pezaro told a recent executive meeting: "If there are to be special stamps, then why not special bottle tops?"