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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 30, No. 10. 1967.

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3. Students were forced to participate in the open grades in club competition. The inclusion of graduates and others in student senior teams made available the highest possible standard within the University clubs to which students could aspire.

4. Graduates and other non-students were instrumental in providing a great deal of, additional finance for the individual clubs.

5. Graduates and other non-students held a "paternal" attitude towards their Varsity clubs. They also gave valuable support to the summer clubs over the long vacation, as well as providing valuable experience to all clubs.

6. Regulations appeared not to be required for those sports in which there was no serious competitive element.

7. Thought that some local provincial associations required membership of any constituent club to be open.

On the whole, the discussion was favourable to the conclusions drawn.

It was suggested that non-students participating in Uni-versity clubs aided "town-gown" relationships. Sports Council member John Anderson argued that of the 1435 active sportsmen in Varsity clubs, 232 of these would be excluded by the imposition of more stringent eligibility regulations.

A Karate club representative described the experience of his club in its first year, 1965. Of the 60 students who started the year with the club, only two finished it.