Kickbacks at varsity

Students might be interested to know where some of their money from fees and taxes goes once it gets into the hands of the University Council. The latest Council brief announces the starting of suppers after the Graduation Ceremonies to give a more informal atmosphere. These suppers will cost about $2,000. Their cliental will comprise those who graduate (and not all graduates wish or are able to attend graduation) and staff and hangers-on of the University. Most of these people could easily afford the paltry sum such a supper would cost — it seems a misuse of public money to spend it on such functions.

The University's "coat of arms" — a lion with a flying pennant, mounted on a shield containing three crowns and four stars — was described in a report at the last University Council meeting as "bogus" The Ceremonial Committee recommended that the Council should either seek a grant of arms through the College of Heralds at a cost of about $1,000, or should commission a badge to replace the "bogus" arms. The Council decided to take no action in respect of the "coat of arms", and left for later discussion the question as to whether the device should be referred to simply as the University "emblem".