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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 7 April 27, 1938

Horseplay with Horsehair

Horseplay with Horsehair

The men's common room has been locked and barred. Why? ask ten score weary launches.

Here's what's wrong. A handful of vandals (shortly expected to be approaching puberty) have been wllfully damaging furniture with a thoroughness and consistency uncommon to their kind.

As a result the College Principal, in collaboration with the Executive, has been forced to close the common room. Otherwise, as Prof. Hunter said: "It would be necessary to play the policeman."

Assurance

"I want," said Prof. Hunter, "to give students as much responsibility and freedom as possible—how much, of course, is conditional on themselves."

The remedy, obviously enough, lies with ourselves. Now, it is unfortunate, and not a little unjust, that the bulk of students should suffer on behalf of an irresponsible few.

"Salient" suggests that those involved should make it their business to see Prof. Hunter and settle their score. Under no other circumstances can the matter be satisfactorily closed.

Point of Order.

Further, when the common rook is once more unveiled, level-headed students should make it their job to see that there is no recrudescence of this infantilism, which, if we pull ourselves together, need not be an essential corollary of university life.