Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 14, No. 6. June 7, 1951
No Journalist he?
No Journalist he?
Sir.—While agreeing with some of the comments of Mr. Hereford in his article on the common common room, I must object to the tedious manner in which these comments are made. I do not think that Mr. Hereford is entirely to be blamed for this; as far as I am aware, he has not written for "Salient" before; surely under those circumstances it is the duty of the Editor to cut out matter which is unnecessary, if only in order to bring out those points which are worthy of note . . . there were some in that article; obscured by qualities of padding which merely served to irritate the reader. With space at a premium this policy is one which could well be adopted in an article such as this.
M. N. Piper.
[ "Salient" is not a newspaper relying on articles alone. There are other ways of killing a white elephant than a blunt Instrument and Ms. Hereford's is one of those ways. Ed.]
If you have a thousand friends,
You have not one to spare;
But if you have an enemy,
You meet him everywhere.