Buildings

These, at Victoria, are all deplorable. Take the Kirk Wing for example. The stairs all go the wrong way, They go upwards. Surely they should go downwards and thus avoid all that climbing. It would have been a simple matter to arrange this when the building was being constructed. All that was needed was a big hole to put the building in. There is a big hole at the top of Mount Ngarauhoe. This could have been transferred to Victoria and equipped with stairs going down, laboratories, lecture rooms, bedrooms, opium dens, and the entire casts of Damn Yankees and the World of Suzie Wong. Then, Sir, Kirk would have been a low down heaven instead of a high up Hell

Furthermore, these stairs are bad for student health. You know yourself that when, ac[unclear: comparned] by all those poor girl students, you begin climbing the stairs you are panting after a few steps. The girls you walk up with amaze me. Where do they get the energy to run wildly up the last two flights, sometimes shrieking and throwing shoes, apples and indignant

Sir, these are the Kind of things I want featured in "Salient." For you see Sir. My "Salient" is my almanac, lunch wrapper and (Abridged. Ed.) And friends this is a true letter; I know because I Was The Author.

—Lemmy.