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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 12, No. 9. August 10th 1949

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At a Special General Meeting of the Students' Association on Tuesday, July 26, 1949, there was yet another demonstration of Victoria College's determination to work for peace and international friendship. Amid a clash of opinion that was often intense, the forces of isolationism, under the bankrupt leadership of the Charter Society, endured three outstanding defeats. Victoria has affirmed its faith in world co-operation through the Paris Congress of Partisans for Peace and the World Federation for Democratic Youth, and also its absolute opposition to conscription and war.

First item on the agenda was the motion from the last Exec. (postponed from the Annual Meeting) that the report of our delegates at the Paris Congress be accepted, and the principle of the Manifesto be endorsed. Mover Evison pointed out the significance of the Congress, which represented 600,000,000 human beings. Its aims were, in essence, those of UNO, worthy of every man's support. VUCSA had been the only New Zealand organisation represented, which was something for us to be proud of.