Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 6 April 13, 1938
Picturesque Peroration
Picturesque Peroration.
"I know this; no movement can hope to have a future If It has not got the young people behind it." concluded Mr. Savage. "Today, when democracies are threatened and held up to derision by totalitarian states I confess I feel dispirited, but not afraid .... Again I assure you and the young people yon represent, that this Government will never fall into the error of slamming the door of opportunity in the bright and eager faces of New Zealand youth."
And with a smile which said: "God bless you, my children!" the oracle subsided.
—R.L.M.