Salient: An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University. Wellington Vol. 23 No. 6 1960

Men Only

Men Only.

"Pop" songs to-day are just the bluest. Always about the guy who's lost his gal. The excuse for these dismal ballads used to be: "A sign of the times– fatalism and a lack of stability." Now we know better. Scientists tell us that in the next 10 years there will be a 2% population increase in Australasia—and a 50% increase or teenage males. No doubt New Zealand girls will get sloppier than ever; perhaps our young men will do away with their sports coats and baggy trousers.