Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University College, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 20, No. 12. August 15, 1957
Asian Seminar
Asian Seminar
A copy of the C.O.S.E.C. Supervision Committee's minutes containing a record of discussion of N.Z.U.S.A.'s application to hold the Asian Student Seminar was received by Resident Executive at its meeting on July 29. The committee declined the N.Z.U.S.A. application to hold the seminar in Auckland later this year (possibly during Winter Tournament), but indicated it would favourably consider another application.
The minutes said: "After discussion it was agreed that in view of the changed situation (the Philippines, who were originally to have staged the seminar, were unable to do so) all national unions of students in the area he informed and asked to submit formal offers of hospitality at the time of the Seventh International Student Conference (in September) in the hope that the seminar could be held in the first quarter of 1958.
"This would ensure that events in the region were spread not only from the point of view of location, but also from the point of view of date. The committee expressed appreciation of the N.Z.U.S.A. offer and hoped that N.Z.U.S.A would be willing to re-present it at the time of the Seventh I.S.C. for consideration with other offers received at the time."
At a recent Executive meeting, Mr. J. Hercus was appointed assistant to the secretary. The reason for making his assistant "to," instead of assistant secretary, is probably to avoid the constitutional provision that an assistant secretary loses his position as an ordinary Executive member so that a vacancy occurs.