VICTORIA COLLEGE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22099, 1 November 1933, Page 4

VICTORIA COLLEGE

SUBVERSIVE INFLUENCES DUE TO NEGLIGIBLE MINORITY (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, October 31. Recently a controversy arose at Wellington as to the administration of Victoria University College, in winch it was suggested by some critics that influences were at work at the college subversive of religion, morality, and patriotism,' and that those influences were operating through the subjects discussed by the various chibs and societies within the cojlege and through outsiders invited to take part in those discussions, and that the college authorities had failed to check such influences.

Following a report by the Professorial Board, the College Council made careful inquiry into the condition in the college regarding college clubs, the subjects discussed, the persons invited to address the clubs, and discipline and control. The board’s finding may be summed up as follows !> —The very small number whose conduct and beliefs are in conflict with thg great majority of the community attracts attention entirely out of proportion to its influence in the college. Such influences must and will be restrained within reasonable bounds. The public can rest assured that the college spirit is, on the whole, good, and that the great majority of the students live an active, normal life and deserve to stand well in the estimation not only of the teachers and council, but of the public. The council’s report adds that it feels it should not conclude without reaffirming the confidence already expressed in the professors and lecturers at the College, who, it is' satisfied, are faithfully serving the college and the community.