CHANGE IN ATTITUDE
“Students More Responsible” (Special Crspdt. N.Z.P.A.) LONDON, June 22. Students were in revolt against the image of “drug taking, drinking a pub dry and stupid rags,” the committee on age majority was told in London.
Mr W. Savage, president of [the National Union of Students, said this attitude was shown by their increased contribution to the community through social service. The committee was hearing evidence from the N.U.S., which wants the age of majority reduced from 21 to 18. Savage suggested that a situation was brewing in Britain similar to that which occurred at Berkeley Campus of California University, scene of a Vietnam protest sitdown.
Contact between staff and students there broke down because of the size of the campus, he said and students had not been given responsibility. Unless something was done, this situation would build up in Britain when university populations increased to 10,000. “Vice-Chancellors are seeing the danger signs of a revolt on the campuses," he added.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31093, 23 June 1966, Page 6
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163CHANGE IN ATTITUDE Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31093, 23 June 1966, Page 6
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