On Intellectual Prostitution

A Cyclostyled supplement prepared by "Salient" staff brought first news of what eventually was, to result in the SGM, to the attention of students. At the SGM, it was alleged by a student that the petition calling for the SGM was prepared and signed by exhibitionists, by those who wished always to see their names in print; and that it was sponsored by the Socialist Club in order to make "political capital". Two members of "Salient" staff drafted the petition: and the allegations of those above are more than absurd, complete figments of the imagination—they indicate a morbid, illogical, intolerant kind of thinking, a kind which has no place in this University.

The stigma attached to the Socialist Club is still there. It is perpetuated by the crassly ignorant and stupid statements which are normally attributed to the gutter press. But pity, not derision, is called for. A great, sincere and sad pity, for the student who said this, because he is entangled in his own web of prejudice.

"Salient" believed, when it produced its first supplement, that it had a duty and a responsibility to undertake, and we continued to keep the student body informed of developments as they occurred.

We are, all of us idealists to some extent. If "Salient" should ever appear to bo falling in its duty, it is to be hoped that some students will be found who will revive its grand, honest if radical, sincere if mistaken, tradition and heritage.