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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 15, No. 6. April 24, 1952

The Dinosaur

The Dinosaur

The savages with the dinosaur met the boat and train at 7p.m. on Friday morning with a rousing reception. Then on Saturday morning we saw signs of grass skirts at rowing, basketball and tennis and were just calculating the percentage of savages who must have fallen by the wayside when the whole mob suddenly reappeared to the skirl of pipes at Saturday's athletics. The dinosaur was this accompanied by a moa which was hunted round the ground in the best Maori tradition.

Saturday night's boxing saw the Haka-Party slipping—the fake boxing bout received and deserved a lukewarm reception. The boxers were too sober and the crowd in no mood for them.

The shambles to end all shambles however occurred at the swimming on, Monday night when the Savages [unclear: achieved] a real tour de-force. The [unclear: mermaid] ("How"), the ducks (all alive-o) and the stunt diving (very nearly dead-o) combined to give an uproarious ending to a more or less serious evening's sport. Moreover, we did note with approval the silence which this otherwise vociferous group maintained during the serious events. The crowd expected to sec someone fall into the water and were not disappointed, among the bathers being the august president of the Students Association (the second time within the week that this worthy gentleman nearly met Death by Water).