Mason Reports

Miss Mason who Was an Australian delegate to the World Student Christian Movement Congress in 1947 in Oslo, gave a stirring appeal for support for World Student Relief. She gave a heart-rending picture of the conditions of students in Europe—no housing, no food, no text-books. University buildings destroyed and T.B. rates at record, heights. W.S.R., on which I.U.S. is now represented, is doing a great deal to help this situation, and adopts the policy of giving according to need and regardless of politics, religion or race. Congress pledged itself to raise £5,000 from Australia during 1948. N.Z. has a good record for contributions to W.S.R. and all students should give up some time and some money for this cause in 1948.

Dozens of other important topics were dealt with but space prevents more than a mere listing of them. The question of organising all tertiary students—University, Teachers' Colleges, Technical Colleges and Pharmacy Colleges—into one Federation was discussed. A report was received on the World Federation of Democratic Youth from Harley Foster, one of the 40 Australians who attended the Prague Youth Festival.