To Our Readers

One or two readers have apparently received a false impression as to what editorial policy is for 1958. When the editor applied for the position of editor he promised that "Salient" would continue to be a lively and controversial publication pulling no punches. This is in contrast to the earlier policy (1956) of turning "Salient" into a mere gossip sheet. Well, this is exactly what I am endeavouring to do. My editorials are not meant as expressions of sectarian arrogance. They are not meant to be the last word on the subject. Rather they are nothing more than an attempt to set the ball rolling. Every reader is invited to send in his own viewpoint and in that way correct any mistakes that the editor might have made.

In choosing my staff I made it as cosmopolitan as possible. It certainly does not consist of any one ideological group. The editor himself is a Catholic; one assistant-editor is a Presbyterian; the other assistant-editor is a rationalist and the sub-editor is a Marxian Socialist; the Secretary is a professed communist; the sports editor and the publicity-manager are Anglicans; the literary-editor is even President of the Anglican Society; and, finally, the Club Liaison Officer is a Catholic. No more representative group could be found on any university club committee.

—T.J.K.