Kevin O'Brien

Kevin O'Brien, M.Com., a part-time Arts student, has been President since April 1948 and was Secretary till then from January, 1947. He is the student representative-designate to the College Council, was Business Manager of "Salient," 1946, Extrav. Organiser 1948 and 1949, is Treasurer NZUSA, represented VUC on the Resident Executive 1948-49, and at NZUSA meetings last August and this year.

He was a NZUSA representative in Australia at Congress and Council meetings this year. Special VUC and NZUSA committees of which he has been a member in addition to standing and financial ones include: Building Fund Appeal Committee, Jubilee Celebrations Committee, Curious Cove Congress Committee, VUC Physical Education Committee, Exam Fees Committee. He has been President and Treasurer of the Debating Society in which he has won the New Speaker's Prize, Union Prize, Plunket Medal, while he has represented VUC three times in Joynt Scroll, once in Bledisloe Medal and was in this year's NZU debating team against Australia.

He thinks that improvements to the Association Administrative efficiency should still be continued, particularly by the best utilisation of our facilities in the light of recent experience. He believes that the Association exists primarily for the benefit of its own members and that more attention should be paid to this. He thinks it should be our policy to see that there is a minimum of outside publicity for our purely internal affairs, and that this should be part of a sound public relations policy.