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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 15, No. 1. March 5, 1952

The Thirties

The Thirties

Once again, the students, being young, and ready to reform all about them, antagonised the mass. But one perceptive Mayor remarked that "Undergraduates represented the eternal spirit of unrest, and were thereby a foundation for progress." Communism and "twisted teaching" ("Truth's" description) were again the bogeys, usually without justification. "Spike" was banned by the Council. The gap between the large number of students and an ageing staff grew wider.

In 1935, "Smad" (Sapientia Magis Auro Desideranda) was founded as a fortnightly to "proclaim the natural rights of students." After a bright start it fizzled and was replaced by "Salient." Over everything loomed the shadows of war. Students were united in their opposition to dictatorship and dispassionately "decided their choice of duty, and served principles that were compelling because they were thought out."