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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 6 April 13, 1938

The Opposition

The Opposition.

"When the exchange rate was raised." said Mr. McCulloch for the negative, "It was done under special circumstances. But Just that those circumstances have changed is not sufficient reason for lowering the rate now. In the same way we are not concerned with what happened in 1933, but with disproving that the ban should be lifted now." Because they were very individual and personal subjects, sex and religion were unsuited for debate. The conduct of previous debates had shown that it would be most inadvisable to remove the ban. We had no lack of other subjects to discuss. Debates on sex and religion would defeat the purposes of debate by arousing unnecessary animosity. He touched on the dangers of such debates to the immature minds of the Training College students.

Miss McGhle discounted his statements about T.C. Teachers had to instruct young children and needed sound ideas on such subjects. Debates provided the interchange of ideas which helped to form a philosophy of life.