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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 11, No. 1. February 27, 1948

"Salient" Reveals the True Nature of VUC Tradition

"Salient" Reveals the True Nature of VUC Tradition

Salient through the year has been progressive. It has, of course, represented the opinions of those who have been interested enough and who have had sufficient energy to contribute articles, letters and criticisms.

Salient has never pretended to express everybody's views or to attempt to please everybody... It has an anti-fascist history of which we are proud—in 1938 for Loyalist Spain, and the treacherously attacked China—in 1938-39 against" the appeasement policy of Chamberlain—and today we support youth organizations who are building new democracies on the ruins left by fascist occupation armies. The majority of V.U.C. students, unfortunately, are apathetic, and large numbers do not appear either to have an opinion themselves, or to be interested in other peoples on important subjects.

In 1941, however. V.U.C. was unanimous. The Executive unanimously adopted the following manifesto, which was subsequently affirmed at a Special General Meeting of the Students' Association. On this occasion V.U.C. shook off its apathy and defended itself—at this period "Salient" did represent the views of all the students of the College.