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It is rather satisfying to note that "Salient" refers to itself as an organ of student opinon. I would agree with that appropriate description: only in this instance it is not the organist who plays tne music. Rather, it is the Editor who calls the tune, and the students who must dance to it.

I am not annoyed with "Salient" for its actions, for I have long since, passed that stage: after all, one has to make allowances . . .

But, surely, don't you think that the little paragraph about the NZU debating team in the last issue of "Salient" was just a little below the belt, even for your methods? I do not suppose you will agree with me, for you apparently have your own standards of judgment.

I sometimes wonder whether "Salient" is not an organ of personal malice: for example, what good could really come of the inference in the paragraph I mentioned? If it was inserted merely out of personal malice then students can draw their own conclusions as to the staff of "Salient" ... If there was no malice in the inference, was there something, unseen by many, that warranted its inclusion?

I hope an explanation will be forthcoming.