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Salient: An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 12, No. 7, July 13th, 1949.
On the Up-Grade
On the Up-Grade
Once again the Varsity Sports Clubs have gained a certain amount of notoriety in the city. No longer are the words "Inglorious Victoria" on everyone's lips. In Rugby circles our Senior Team have made a good impression by their consistent victories. We hope that this will continue now that they have settled down to playing an excellent game. In Athletics we are pleased to report that two of our club members have been nominated for inclusion in the Empire Games team. Our congratulations go to Helen Burr and Dave Batten, whom we hope will carry the name of Victoria far in the field of sport. Incidently, Dave Batten was a member of the NZUAA 440 yards relay team in Australia. Along with Grierson, Myles and Williams, he ran a fine race, which resulted in NZU winning this event in 3min. 20.5sec., which is half a second better than the best Australian time.
We believe that some Vic. fencers have also been nominated for the Games but as the Fencing Club has not sent in any notes we cannot say for sure. Our harriers, although they did not win the Wellington-Masterton Relay, did show a great improvement on last year's effort.
All this goes to show that Varsity Sport is on the up-grade but—and it is a big but—more support is needed from the college. Greater membership of clubs; students playing for Varsity Clubs and not outside clubs; regular attendance at practices; more supporters at games in which Varsity teams are playing. These are the things that are desirable and would give an impetus to sport. We are not here to take all and give nothing. It is a well-known fact that you only get out of a thing what you put into it. There is not enough "putting in" at Victoria. Even if you don't look at things in this light, you may as well get something for your 32/6 while you are here.
D. E. D.