Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 21 October 5, 1938
Bledisloe Medal
Bledisloe Medal.
The N.Z.U.S.A. representatives revived the argument in the matter of limiting the subjects for orations in the above contests to a "ten years' dead" qualification. The view expressed was that every living subject should be open to discussion. Obviously the fear behind the raising of the limit was the old bogey of Propaganda, but it was pointed out that any "Innocent" topic could be made the basis of political propaganda in any direction. So the freedom of speech ideal gained a point and a motion of opposition was recorded.