A Blade for Weir

I will not reply directly to "Stop that Humbug" by answering his objections, but will carry the war into the enemy's camp and analyse his state of mind.

Granted for the moment that the Weirties behaved like children in being carried away by the eloquence of the Executive members, it still remains that the mental condition of our opponents is infinitely worse. They are bound by the chains of a false tradition. They have observed that the students' right to play the fool is traditional, hence they conclude, if any event should clash with our revelry, then the revelry comes first; but here is where their minds misfunction-it does not follow that if a student is entitled to be rowdy, that he has nothing else to do but to be rowdy. He comes to the University first and foremost to train his mind and if he cannot take a full and comprehensive view of his college as a whole, his intellect is certainly not trained. A student should be able to apply his superior powers to any and every situation; for instance, he deduces that a certain amount of pomp and dignity enhances the value of a University, he realises that on certain occasions he must be dignified and solemn and he knows that ceremony is an integral part of human existence. Contrast this perfect student to the conventionalist of the Haeremai Club who says: "We must always resist authority whether we are in the right or in the wrong, just to gratify our petty pride."

I might also add as another proof of their low mental age, that they see the world in black and white. The Profs. are tyrants who are always wrong and they are the suffering heroes who are always right.

Again, public opinion is the opinion of those who have an opinion. If individual personaldo not havean opinion, then as a whole they have no opinion. Similarly with V.U.C., most of its members take no interest in it at all, so its public opinion is formed solely by those who lend support to its activities. And of these Weir House forms the majority. Therefore Weir House opinion is Varsity opinion.

That means, of course, that Weir House has a mandate over the rest of the College, and it is right that this charge shouldbe administered till there is sufficient energy forthcoming from elsewhere-so until then, Weir House is the

Arbiter.