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Salient: An organ of student opinion at Victoria University, Wellington. Vol. 23, No. 3. Monday, April 11, 1960

University Teachers

University Teachers

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Are they necessary? I raise this point because of a case that I believe occurred at the University of Lustandlove in North Lapland. In this case the students grew tired of their lecturer and secured him a job as an attendant for a local body the was already attending to several local bodies, but this one was different . . . He got paid). His absence was not noticed by the University authorities whose salaries were so high they all behaved like big capitalists, i.e., the only people they would ever notice missing were their secretaries.

This letter was written in New Zealand English. It was translated into English English by Wera Pini, a dishwasher in the Department of Maori Affaire.

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Anyway, this left the class to their own devices. They learnt more than they had ever done before from the books they had studied in libraries, behind the fowlhouse, and under the blankets.

I don't know if they actually held examinations, but I would think so. Oh yes.