Struggle for Freedom.

"Historically," said Mr. Aimers, "Universities have made a continual fight for academic freedom, to prevent control of their staffs in the views they may hold, and for the principle of free expression in teaching. The obstacle to attaining this freedom is the fact that most Universities have to rely on finance from outside. This dependence renders them subject to outside control, and any freedom they have they must struggle to maintain." The present ban was originally imposed in 1933, during the nadir of the depression, when New Zealand had a [unclear: reactionary] of Education. He traced the history leading up to the ban, and the part played by the Welfare League and Canon James. The report of the College Council following the ban was one which the University could look back on only with shame. The governing body of the College discarded a principle for which Universities had struggled for centuries, and admitted the sanctity of majority opinion.

"This ban was imposed because of outside pressure, and on that ground alone we feel Justified in asking the Professorial Board to remove it. It was merely a result of the depression."