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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol 6, No. 5. May 5, 1943

Editorial — Graduation

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Editorial

Graduation

The graduation ceremony may be viewed from many angles: the students' angle as an excuse for a spree; the student who receives his or her degree as representative of a certain amount of study; and the proud relatives who believe that the letters B.A. or whatever the letters are really matter.

Ivory towers are no longer practicable for us; the dogs of war have been unleashed and peace will not come easily. At the graduation ceremony itself we will hear degrees being conferred in absentia, and also many students present will be in uniform. Vitally necessary war work can be done by the newly-fledged B.Sc., and the completion of a course of study implies freedom to attend to work of national importance.

To many students, a degree gained before entering the Forces is a stabilising factor, almost, it might be said, an insurance against an unknown future. This brings up the vast problem of student rehabilitation, which must he faced by students throughout New Zealand. It would be foolish to say that this will be a simple matter. Rehabilitation is far from being a simple problem, and the whole question will depend on the general political situation after the war. Now is a time when we should consider our grave responsibilities.