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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1931. Volume 2. Number 2.

The Tournament

The Tournament.

All loyal Wikitorians present at the recent Tournment will remember certain aspects of it with shame and indignation. First we shall never forget the haka debacle at the Boxing, secondly the poor figure cut by the tennis representatives, and finally we have no reason to be proud of the performance of the swimming team. Admittedly, the swimming team were runners-up to the other three colleges, and our lofty eminence of runners-up was gained, although we did not score a single point. We have referred to the haka, or lack of it—things have come to a pretty pass when we dare not produce our mascot at the Tournament Hall because we had an insufficient number competent to perform a haka when it was produced. Tournament is at Wellington next year, and it behoves the Executive to set about getting a really good haka immediately, and, above all, teaching it to all students, whether or not they intend taking part in next year's Tournament. It will be a lasting disgrace if the students of the town in which the Tournament is held cannot give expression to that College spirit we all think we have. The Constitutional Recess Committee very wisely communicated with other Colleges, and from the knowledge at their disposal evolved something concrete for the consideration of students. Let the Executive take a leaf from their book by scrapping the old haka, and then by having a selected group of students taught haka at some Haeremai pie evening—the best to be settled by vote and learnt immediately. The Haka Committee could also with advantage obtain some more College songs from the Australian Universities. The question is an urgent one and we should suggest that the Executive take immediate action.