Malcolm McSporran Cultural Affairs Officer

Malcolm McSporran
Cultural Affairs Officer

Nominated: R. G. Timms.

Seconded: J. B. Croucher, S. P. Graham.

A vote on the present (Executive) system may, if accompanied by sufficient energy, be effective in changing some of the tedium. However, I would be happy just working for 'cultural affairs' because the implications are vast, promising, and hitherto ignored. Until now the 'cultural' side of the affairs (of both the position and the representative) has been absent in this portfolio.

I propose, not to ignore the important club activities but to handle them with a subcommittee, no less effiicent than past management, and to promote a revolution in University cultural activities. My main aim—which in New Zealand where there is a frustrating paucity of talent and facilities is of paramount importance—is to bring representative artists from overseas to cover the University circuit. This is the only way that the virtually non-existent modern arts can ever be seen here.