Reconstruction

"For Three Years we Have principally had to concentrate on the struggle against the occupier and his accomplices; now we can work at a constructive task. 'Klokke Roeland which is the expression of our wishes, will from now on work on these lines. Already the format of our paper is changed. In spite of being far from settled, there is a real improvement on our illegal numbers. We hope that our monthly will in a short time 'appear on a good quality paper and that its presentation will be worthy of the student world.

"But there is more; we are happy to announce the fusion of all the illegal groupings of this University. 'Tijl,' the opposition paper which was especially distributed in the faculty of medicine and in the technical schools, has come to a complete agreement with K.R. to produce a joint monthly paper, so that all uncoordinated action and all possible misunderstanding may be avoided."

The article continues to elucidate various points for emphasis. Most important of these is its article four, which states:—"We strive towards the re-organisation of university life on a democratic foundation. Therefore a programme must be drawn up in close collaboration with our professors... and submitted to the Rector and Government. For the realisation of this plan, co-operation with other universities is necessary. We therefore strive towards a general federation of students in Belgium."

The fifth point is equally important:—

"We co-operate with the Belgian tribunal to purge our university. The N.S.G. communicates all information given by students to the appropriate administrative and legal authorities. The complete purge of the country is, however, a duty. If this does not happen, sinister elements will resume their undermining activity and cause a world catastrophe to break loose over us."