Collapse

The quorum collapsed and the meeting adjourned in the hope that many who had left would return.

In the interval, groups of students discussed ways of achieving their conflicting interests.

It was apparent that one group had come to discuss NZUSA matters and another had come to discuss the "Weir House Ball incident."

When the meeting reconvened, a quorum was present. The meeting became a maze of procedural motions and points of order. Frequently three, four, or more speakers were on their feet, and half-a-dozen divisions on procedural motions were called.