Domin—ation

On Wednesday, September 28th. I wrote to the "Dominion" criticising the attitude of Mr. Appleton and Mr. Barker towards the University. Naturally enough it was not published and so I decided to send Into "Salient" a copy or the letter I wrote—reproduced as correctly as I can recall it.

"As a University student I desire, through the columns of your paper, to deprecate the statements made by Mr. Barker and Mr. Appleton that the University is a 'hot-bed' of Communism. It seems hardly fair that these men should be allowed to make such statements so glibly and get away with them. Apparently these gentlemen misconstrue the liberty allowed in the expression of ideas and opinions as Communistic utterances. They would do well to study our paper "Salient," in which all types of opinion are published. Why in numbers or issues they will find the good points of the Nationalist Party put forward. Of course quite naturally these are argued out in the next issue from the other point or view, but surely neither Mr. Appleton nor Mr. Barker would wish this to cease, as their party stands for the Freedom of the people. Hoping this will clear up the Idea that some people may have gained—that we are a crowd of Bolshies."

L. W. Burgess.