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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, Number 25. 25th September 1974

Not only Hunter

page 16

Not only Hunter

Dear Salient,

It appears that not only are we likely to have the Hunter Building pulled down before our very eyes, it seems that we are in danger of losing the only aesthetically pleasing area of lawn on campus as well. I am referring to that sacred patch of turf which slopes away from Hunter towards Kelburn Park.

I was shocked yesterday to discover two administrative employees measuring up the grass and hammering in bloody great marker pegs. When I enquired the purpose of the pegs I was rudely informed that they were initial measurements for prefabs which were to be built.

No doubt these prefabs will be occupied by those evacuated from Hunter at the end of the year. What we must ask ourselves is whether or not we are prepared to lose such an important bit of nature which reduces the drab tones of our architectual monstrosities.

No doubt we will be told that these are only temporary measures but I would question this. The time it takes to evacuate Hunter, demolish it, and build something in its place is hardly temporary. Perhaps the administrators feel that in five years time everyone will have forgotten that the lawn ever existed and they will find no opposition when they propose a multistory tower block to replace the prefabs. Not only must we back the SRC motion to, rightly or wrongly, save the Hunter Building but we should also ensure that the lawn beside it Is left for student enjoyment.

J.E. Barr

P.S. I notice the pegs in the lawn appear to have been torn out, if so, this is a step in the right direction. We cannot let the administrators dictate to the students.