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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University College, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 21, No. 5. May 6, 1958

Section 16, Clause 5, Subsection 1—

Section 16, Clause 5, Subsection 1—

All resolutions of the Executive and all acts and things duly done or executed in good faith thereunder shall be binding upon all members of the Executive whether present at such meeting or not and upon all property and assets of the Association provided that such resolutions cannot be shown to be ultra vires the Executive or made in bad faith or with any improper motive.

If members of that body still cannot agree to give their public support to any motion passed by a majority vote they have but one alternative—resignation!

The case in point is, of course, the recent letter by Miss Jane Buckley referring to a decision of Executive to carry out strict censorship of "Salient". In this she virtually dissociates herself from that decision.

The position is that:

Miss Buckley was not at the meeting when the subject was raised.

Thus she had no real knowledge of the background discussion which lead to the motion.

The Constitutional procedure is resignation (far from unknown at Victoria) if she feels as strongly as she professes to do.

Despite these and more subtle objections of etiquette she saw fit to have published the statement that she has.

I personally feel that by her action she has done little to further the cause of a "Free Press" and has only brought discredit to herself and to the Executive.