STUDENT REVELS
Sir,-I fear Mr, de la Mare is a prize example of those "dignitaries of society" to which my article alludes, "Off the Chain" was intended to be a survey and apologia for student extravaganza, everywhere, and in New Zealand in particular.. If I recall, it did not mention either Victoria University College, or Cappicade, Mr. de la Mare however has used the occasion to embark upon his annual public philippic against his own college, and one can do nothing but deplore his taste. However, since Mr, de la Mare’s sole contact with extravaganza, 1947, appears to have been the perusal of one Capping Magazine, might not one ask whether this is sufficient to substantiate the innuendo impligit in his letter?
In conclusion I would point out that two wars have materially changed the world’s outlook since Mr. de la Mare compounded his fin de siécle brew of "humour and high spirits" and that the type of concoction produced then, if placed before the public now, might mot result in the £700 contribution to the Building Fund, which, I understand, will be made possible by public support for the last Extravaganza in Wellington.
DORIAN
SAKER
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 424, 8 August 1947, Page 5
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197STUDENT REVELS New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 424, 8 August 1947, Page 5
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