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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 12, No. 10. September 20th, 1949

[Opening Comment]

Our Sports Editor, Daphney Davey, has had to resign and we feel that this is a suitable place to pay tribute to the best Sports Editor "Salient" has had for many years. In her short term of office the Sports Page has progressed beyond measure and, what is a real achievement, has helped to raise the standard of sport at VUC. Such is the standard we have to emulate, a task that we feel may well be beyond our powers.

As you all know by now, we again achieved the distinction of winning the wooden spoon by amassing a total of twelve points—the other colleges achieving the following:—
  • AUC 54 points.
  • OU 33 points.
  • CUC 17 points.

The only events in which we rose above our rivals were in sports that do not require athletic prowess—with the possible exception of Table Tennis. Why this should be we fail to see. To say that the average physique of students at VUC falls below that of students at other colleges is arrant nonsense. To say that facilities here are worse is possibly true in a few cases, but any club with the right spirit should overcome such a minor difficulty as has been done in the past. The only valid reason that affairs should be as they are is that someone is not doing his (or her) job properly. Possibly this is due to a complex produced by our recent record at Tournament, but if this is so, it is time you snapped out of it and decided to win for once. The only way to do that is through hard work, so we suggest you forget you ever worked on the wharf and get down to it.

J. N. J.