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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 15, No. 1. March 5, 1952
[Introduction]
Until a few years ago freshers could not vote at the elections of the Executive. This vote had been denied to them on the ground, still valid in many cases, that most freshers did not know who they were voting for and were inclined to vote by guesswork.
In fact only about 600 students out of the 2000 do cast their votes at the elections. A minority controls the college. At the annual general meeting of the association it is hard to collect more than 100 students unless some resolution of particular interest is being discussed. Those who do not attend these meetings or other meetings of the association are the first to shout and scream when the association acts in a manner which they do not approve. The only way to safeguard your name as a student and to prevent irresponsible political resolutions is to attend association meetings, if you do not then—to use a phrase—you've no kick, brother!