In Reply to Magnusson

Sir,—I am sorry to flog a horse that's obviously near to its last gasp, but I feel I should answer a point raised by Mr Magnusson in your last issue. He complained that the burden of Increased fees hadn't been kept in the public eye (his own mixed up metaphor, not mine) and that Exec, had made no utterance to the papers on the subject. As Public Relations officer, I approached the "Evening Post" (which is running articles written by students) before lectures began to see whether they'd accept an article on the new system. The answer was a firm no—so we did the best we could in the articles that were printed. I hope Mr Magnusson read them.

I realise that people at Vic. are fond of uttering, but I'd like to point out that N.Z.U.S.A. had already uttered loudly and was gathering material to do so again. I'm still of the opinion that five minutes reasoning is worth all the mouthing that a Vic. student can do in a year. And as Mr Dwyer will tell you, that's no mean amount.