Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 13, No. 6. April 13, 1950

[Introduction]

This article is long delayed in appearing, for reasons both within and beyond our control: but perhaps it's only after freshers have been here a while they will appreciate the question. . .

This was one of the main questions naked by Mr. Braybrooke when, at the request of the Students' Assn. he spoke on the attitude of the students to the university.

Our attitude might be more clearly seen if we considered why we students come to the university. This in turn raised the question of what was a university and university education.

Various ideas have been expressed as to what happens here. Some have said that university education conissts in casting imitation pearls before real swine—and there is something to that. Far too many students regard their function as that of blotting paper, and hope merely to sop up a few facts and opinions sufficient to enable them to extract the desired tickets to a better-pair job at the earliest possible moment. While we cannot disregard the need for a certificate, we must realise that there is much more to university education than the acquisition of mere technical competence.