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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 15, No. 15. August 7, 1952

Pamphleteers Forbear!

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Pamphleteers Forbear!

The proper theme for this editorial in the light of past events would seem to be the motions passed at the last Special General Meeting. But "The Evening Post" covered that meeting in a general and fair fashion on Saturday night and those persons really interested—the ones who turned up—already know the result. The idea of a referendum to decide some especially contentious matters is one which should have been ratified before this, though doubtless there will be still much argument on the validity of decisions, reached by this method.

One feature of the recent happenings which seems to us to be unnecessary is the various pamphlets issued by the two opposing political groups in the College. Although it is only a personal opinion we think that much of the emotive material in the Charter Society's literary offerings would not do much to further the cause of the true-blue empire. One can only praise the Socialist Club for their forbearance in not replying to the provocative name-calling in a similar manner. Although pamphlets which attempt to play on the emotions of the many intellectual six-year-olds in the College may be justified by the results gained it would be more than possible that they would antagonise most thinking people. However, some pamphlets were distributed for the purpose of informing the student public on the various issues at stake, not to direct the gullible on the way to vote or to cast unfounded aspersions at various political adherents in the College. Such informative pamphlets are the only type which we think to be morally justified. It is not enough in a university college to stay just within the bounds of the law of libel; pamphleteers must be governed to the finest degree by the laws of good taste. Even if they be unwritten on paper they should be indelibly impressed upon the mind of every student.

There will be no report of the Special Meetings in "Salient." The up-holding of the "status quo" is not an event of sufficient note to merit the already over-supplied space of "Salient" when the interested members of the Association have already been informed in various ways.

—T.H.H.