No Tours To Schools

Salient Reporter

Student tours of schools are off for this year. This follows the University Council's withdrawal of grants for these tours.

The withdrawal would not prejudice further applications in changed circumstances, president Chris Robertson said at a recent student executive meeting.

Mr. Robertson said the head mistress of New Plymouth Girls' High School had complained last year about the tour of schools team.

The two main complaints involved:

• Circulation of a "Beware of the Bond" pamphlet which was subsequently withdrawn from circulation.

• Alleged undue emphasis on the political science course by one member of the party.

Mr. Robertson said students had tended to dwell in ignorance on academic questions.

He said the executive could either go ahead with the tour, paying its own way, or else concentrate on the orientation of new students at the beginning of the academic year. However, he felt it was a little too late to organise a tour, which would cost from £120-£150.