That Four Bob . . .

The urgent necessity for a new Students' Building at Victoria has been stressed so often that we are heartily sick of writing about it, and you must be equally bored with reading and hearing of it. Nevertheless, the fact remains, and we think everyone realizes it as a fact, that money is needed in such quantities as will warrant an early stall being made with the work.

That the Student body realises how essential is a determined drive for funds, was demonstrated to a certain extent by the unanimous decision to raise the Sud. Ass. Fee. The practical value of that amendment will now be shown when we see the response to the Exec.'s appeal to have the four shillings paid this year. It is very easy to make fine speeches in meetings—it costs nothing—but it is a different matter when sacrifices in hard cash are demanded. W hope that the enthusiastic vocal support will be followed up with the more substantial but rather exacting "four bobs."

The appeal which is being made is, we consider, a very reasonable one. After all, the people who voted for an increase in the fee for future generations of students, should, if they have the interests of the College sincerely at heart, be prepared to submit to the conditions of their own legislation.

Now that the motion for raising the fee has gone through, it is useless offering opposition to this request on the groundc that we are paying for something we might never enjoy. Tha argument is quite beside the point now that the additional four shillings will henceforth be compulsorily levied. No one will deny that the students themselves must pay something towards the cost—that is quite obvious. Well, someone has to bear the burden, why not us? And anyway, if we pay up our four bobs we shall be all the nearer to enjoying the benefits of the new building ourselves. We think it rests only with present students themselves whether they participate in the advantages of a new building. The growth of the building fund will be in direct proportion to the personal sacrifices students themselves are prepared to make and the practical manifestations of their enthusiasm for the cause.

Four shillings is the amount—not very much, but a like sum from everyone in the College will mean many pounds to the fund, so pay up, won't you?