Our Prerogative

It was suggested recently that the University Council should appoint a Warden to the Union to supervise and control it and to coordinate the activities of students in association with Executive. The Association is strongly opposed to this suggestion. We are firmly of the opinion that the co-ordination and control of the functions and facilities of the Union should be the responsibility and prerogative of the Students' Association and not of the Council and its staff.

I have tended to confine my comments to the immediate future. That which is our past will be known to many of you. To those who wish to know more of it, I would refer them to Dr. J. C. Beaglehole's admirable book, "Victoria University College".

Those of you who join us this year do so at an interesting and important time in our history. I do hope that you will all take your part and place in our affairs, that you will discharge your duties and responsibilities with credit and that by so doing you will add to our fine traditions of which we are justifiably proud.

Floreat Victoria!

John Marchant.