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Salient: An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 12, No. 1, February 23rd, 1949.

Christopher's Paper

Christopher's Paper

This is the name the Literary Society have chosen for their new Literary Quarterly, and it has of course no connection with Christopher Robin. Their Christopher used to live in Syria in the third century B.C. and carried pilgrims across the river as a penance for his past sins. He once carried Jesus Christ across in the form of a child. He is also the patron saint of wayfarers, and this is really why he was chosen. And the name suggests informality, harking back to that intimate reader/writer relationship which was the glory and the downfall of many Victorian papers. It is to be printed on newsprint. 600 copies at first ("Landfall" started with only 800) and the contributors from all over the country include D. W. Ballantyne, Maurice Bagley. James K. Baxter, as well as work of the younger Wellington poets—Elizabeth Entrican. Lorna Clendon. Alistair Campbell, W. H. Oliver. P. S. Wilson. "Christopher's Paper" should be a lively quarterly and a credit to her stern birthplace.

The first issue appears in April (in time for the Easter holiday's) but before then there is a lot of work to be done. First-year students are invited to assist with proofreading, distribution and committee work, so that in time they will be running it themselves. This will be one guarantee of permanence. This, and other Society business will be sorted out at a meeting very early in the term, when all students who may like to know what it's about are invited. The other activities of the society are still rather a mystery, but it is hoped to read "Sweeney Todd—the demon barber of Fleet Street"—during the first term. Contributions for the second (June) number or "Christopher's Paper" will be received now, and should be sent to the Editor. J. M. Thomson, through the letter-rack of the men's common-room or at 301 Willis Street.