OTAGO STUDENT APOLOGISES FOR RECENT STATEMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 April 1947, Page 2

OTAGO STUDENT APOLOGISES FOR RECENT STATEMENTS

(P.A.) DUNEDIN, This Day. An apology for his controversial statements on moral and religious issues at the freshers’ ball and in a preface to the freshers’ handbook has been made to the council of the University of Otago by the president of the Students’ Association, 'Mr John Childs. Childs, who has also resigned from his executive position in the Students’ Association will, in terms of the council’s resolution, be stood down until the end of the present term, May 13. The University Council offered Childs two alternative forms of disciplinary action. Subject to his resigning office as president and undertaking not to accept re-election to any position’ is the association and making a public apology in such form as the council decided he would be excluded from the University until the end of the term. Had he refused to comply with those conditions he would have been excluded from the University until the end of 1947.' The undertaking signed by Childs tp comply with the conditions of the first alternative came before the University Council this afternoon.