The Executive sat on Monday, 6th September, to a full and interesting agenda. The president was detained in town, so Laurie Starke, the vice, took the chair. Formal business, minutes, correspondence and accounts, were despatched at a fair speed, leaving the floor clear for a series of reports on the progress, usually good, of our various sub-committees.

First and of most interest was Miss Eichelbaum's report on the avenues being investigated by N.Z.U.S.A. to get student representation on the Senate. The president, Mr. J. B. C. Taylor, is handling this and has drawn up two alternative plans of campaign for approval by individual Execs.

The more permanent plan involves amendment of the Victoria College Act and will be introduced, along with other amendments, when the general revision of the Act is gone into after the war. For the duration several alternatives are available but are still in the confidential stages. A fuller report will be available later.

Various anomalies in both boarding and medical bursaries are also being investigated by N.Z.U.S.A. with a view to presenting a report and recommendations to the Government. Individual cases are being collected and forwarded by the various Execs.

Publicity Officer

An old dream—and now in practice. At the last Exec, meeting the possibility of inaugurating a publicity drive in the city, of placing Victoria College in the eye of the citizens of Wellington, was discussed and it was with wistful regret that the subject was shelved. The resan is—lack of personnel. This has now been overcome. Irish O'Brien, well known about the College as Salient's "large and brilliant sports staff," together with Jack Ilott, a live-wire student of former years, have consented to take on the job. Their main task will be to fight for space in the local dailies and report there all those things of which we are rather proud—Liberty Loan, Book Drive. I.S.S., and patriotic work days, etc. All College events of public interest are to be brought into the light. No more of this holding our candle in the corner. Let us tell Wellington what we are doing.

Faculty Committees

A recommendation as to the detailed organisation of these has now been prepared. It was presented to Exec. by Messrs. Boyd and Creed and will be discussed with faculty deans as soon as possible. It is hoped to have the spade work completed and tentative members of the committees appointed by the end of the year, to let the scheme swing into action first thing in 1944. The work of the committees will be mainly to discuss problems common to staff and students, to carry on the struggle for better equipment, to organise tutorials under advanced students, and in general to further the speed and efficiency with which this University is capable of turning out first rate graduates.

Social Committee

The Exec, has been gunning for Laurie Starke for some time. It came to a head on Tuesday. Apparently the convening of the first meeting was unsatisfactory, members of last year's committee were not asked to come on again, and insufficient effort was made all round. The result was that only four people turned up and the organisation has been running very short-handed ever since, with the inevitable results—the Gym. not cleared up, the supper room left in a mess, and so on. The meeting instructed Starke to send formal invitations to all previous social committee members and to guarantee the cleanliness of the Gym. There was also a very strong suggestion put forward, one which strikes at the root of the trouble, that the dissolution of the committee should take place, not with that of the Executive, but at the end of the year. An amendment to the constitution to that effect is to be brought up at the next general meeting.

The remaining dances of the year were announced:. An informal dance, 8 to 12 p.m., October 8th (last day), and final ball, 8.30 p.m. to 2.30 a.m., on November 12th.