Sirs,—Shame on the writer of Pettipoint in your April 27 issue! Even the suggestion of an Apathy Club in this University—so renowned for its outspokenness—is heresy. This writer shows a blatant disregard for the idealistic work of dozens of study groups which, in their own small way, are concerned with curing the ills of the modern world. A clear and unanimous appreciation is due to those avant-garde intellectuals who give up much of their valuable time to meet and read newspaper clippings on Vietnam and the French tests. These people constantly lavish great mental efforts on petitions to the Government and make known their final decisions to the people of New Zealand. Many other students are equally deserving of recognition for their selfless application to the—unfortunately—decreasing causes, often to the detriment of their own studies. (If any confirmation is needed for this, I refer to a letter in the same issue of Salient in which Anthony Haas, Helen Sutch, and Alister Taylor state their dedication to the revolution in South Africa.)

Down with apathy. We, the future leaders of this glorious and powerful country, must be prepared to take a stand on every major issue and make our voices heard in the councils of the world. Only thus can we force the imperialistic capitalists and totalitarian Communist infiltrators to live in peaceful co-existence, a task which remains unaccomplished in the history of this earth.

Jonathan Cloud

P.S. If somebody gets up a non-petition, I might be persuaded to non-sign it.