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Title: Salient: Victoria University Students’ Paper. Vol. 29, No. 5. 1966.

Editor: Heughan Rennie

Publication details: Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association, 29 April 1966, Wellington

Part of: Salient : An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z.

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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 5. 1966.

John Mcgrath

John Mcgrath

John Mcgrath is a fourth-year law student, is chairman of the present Capping committee and is active (when he finds the time) in the university Cricket and Swords clubs.

He was elected to the current executive as Capping controller and is, of course, at the moment actively engaged in organising Capping festivities.

He is a member of the Public Relations and Publications subcommittees and a committee member of the Law Faculty club and the National club. He also organised last year's highly successful Winter Tournament ball.

1.	To strive for a better civic view of our students by developing contacts with such organisations as the Rotary Club, Lions and the Jaycees. This would be done by recruiting some of our able speakers to address their lunch-time meetings on student problems.
2.	To institute weekly lunch-time meetings with the officers of the association to discuss the progress of the executive and the best means to ensure that students are receiving the maximum benefit from their £6/10/-.
3.	To leave my employment in town. My university course is based on my spending 35 hours a week in an office. This is the extra time I will be able to put into actioning my programme.
4.	To improve our shocking relations with NZUSA. Strong debate and disagreement over individual issues must not prevent our two executives from co-operating. Our investment in NZUSA is so high that we must do our utmost to make it a success.
5.	To allocate to one vice-president the job of thoroughly assimilating every part of the activities of NZUSA. He would report directly to our executive.
6.	To continue our present policy of keeping out of issues of international politics thereby recognising that each individual student has the right to make up his or her own mind.
7.	To press my long-held view that too much money is fed into vague, empire-building projects and that not enough of our income goes to the students' association sports and cultural clubs.
8.	To be available at specified hours to discuss association affairs with students.
9.	Above all, to continue the present executive's policy of systematic financial control over the students' association funds.