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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 13, No. 10. June 1st, 1950

ISS Work Day Coming Up

ISS Work Day Coming Up

Last week, Mr. Bisley, Dominion Secretary of the ISS addressed a meeting of VUC Club representatives. His aim was to give a summary of the activities of ISS and to direct those present into realising ways of achieving those aims.

Mr. Braybrooke chaired the meeting which—perhaps because it was held early—was poorly attended. Our reporter found it hard to hear anyway because of the high wind and the death rattle of the window catches, so maybe we missed some of the points raised.

The speaker explained that the fundamentals of the ISS programme were international education, the understanding of student problems in other countries, and research. An example of the proposed ISS research in N.Z. is the scheme to investigate whether there may be too many students. Among the tutorial suggestions to the ISS were questions concerning the number of students in the University, and its relation to academic standards. The question of a publication along the lines of "University World" was also put forward as a suitable topic for discussion.

Theory without practice is sterile. So there is a need for practical steps being taken towards achieving the basic aims of ISS work. Each of the colleges in N.Z. have taken under their wing a college in Asia. VUC's protege is Punjab University: Otago, Rangoon: CUC, Indonesia: and AUC, the Sind. Mr. Bisley mentioned this as practical step towards understanding and assisting students overseas. Another burning question was that of displaced students: though he personally had got several students settled here. Secondly schools are also helping as well as university, in this work.

The tentative date for ISS work day is June 17th, and details of this will be given later through Salient.