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Show Student Poll Says Yill Adopt Hew Constitution X-Cl- ub Move Nine members of the honorary service fraternity on the Dixie College campus, unanimously ratified a revised club constitution after three deadlocked meetings on February 29. The new constitution is designed to clear up certain points of confusion and to make more definite the purposes and procedures of the per cent minimum vote. The issue boiled down to whether or not one or two people should have the right to prevent a candidate from entering the club after becoming eligible academically. THE finally agreed on a compromise plan of 90 per cent minimum vote on new members. This replaces the unanimous vote previously required. Other major changes in the constitution were in eligibility, which now makes all male freshman students who have a 3.0 grade average eligible for membership, and in requiring a minimum of one service project per quarter for future 197-4- 80 Enterprise at Dixie 2 Sock Hop, p.m. Gym; Wrestling meet (Cedar City) 4 and 5; Stake Drama, March 5 Geology Field Trip; Stake Drama, 7:30; Washington Gold and Green Ball; Dorm Party; niA Convention. March 7 Finals. March 9 Region Forensics meet March 4 (Basketball); 10-1- 5. at CSU. March March Hall. 11 12 luill Sock Hop, 9:00. Band Dance in Rec. . 1 112-10- near-eve- D-D- ABNER BEAL AND DAISY BLEAK at the ladies crazy Sadie day. From popular vote of the studentbody: We has spoken. Sophs Crowned 'Daisy' and 'Abner1 Priscilla Blake, Pioche, Nevada, and Clarence Beal, Salt Lake City, both college sophomores, were crowned Daisy Mae and Lil Abner of the AWS Sadie Hawkins Ball February 29 in the gymnasium. The two popular students won out over candidates from each of the three other classes. FRESHMEN candidates were: Kathy Neilson, Temple City, Calif., and Lee Reber, Littlefield, Arizona. High school candidates were: Ilona Atkin and Gawain Wells, seniors, and Lee Clark an dStephen Larkin, juniors. Joan Esplin of the AWS Council crowned the Dogpatch Royalty with straw hat crowns decorated with ivy leaves and roses. Lil Abner Beal is star center for the Rebel hardcourt team and Daisy Mae Blake is Student Body Secretary. THE SADIE Hawkins party was a screaming success, reports AWS President Sheila Baker. The large crowd of gals and their guys, CoLiffesfl Entries for Southern Quill may submitted for ; another two weeks, according to Titine Spils-burmagazine editor. Miss Spilsbury said response to the annual contest was so small that the staff had decided to give Dixie students one more chance. They can have that whole wonderful week end between quarters, she said. be 1 D-D- Major issue of the deadlock was recarding the election of new members to the club. The old constitution required a 100 per cent vote of old members in order to admit a new member, and the revised plan called for an DATELINE The Dixie College Student body voted by wide majorities to move to April and to publish a weekly school paper in an opinion poll taken February 29. Slightly less than half of the students went to the polls. The vote for moving totaled 208 as against 29 for leaving the annual event at its present position on the activity calendar, which is March 23. Opinions regarding the Dixie Sun were more complicated, as students voted to have the paper published each week by a count, but declared by a tiny marthat they were not in gin, favor of paying for the added cost of a weekly edition. In another vote, Dixie students voted against having corsages for the dance, The poll, an interesting new experiment at Dixie College, revealed that 236 of 247 voting students read the Dixie Sun, which currently comes off the press even' two weeks. Regarding the paper specifically, the vote declared the following preferences in the various sections of the Sun; News, 64; Letters to the editor, 61; Sports, 54; Editorials, 50; Feature articles, 42; Society, 41. DIXIE SUN editor Bruce Ilafen commented that the 109 people in favor of financing a weekly paper were hardly enough to justify an attempt to come out weekly during spring quarter, but that the indication of the poll suggests serious consideration of future steps to publish each week. has now been set for as a result of the landslide April vote and because the new date accommodates more people, according to ASDC Pres. Brent Crosby. y three-meetin- g b, ay 'Ho'toYeekly'Sun' club. THE NEW constitution also prohibits the election of members who have been named to student council positions as club officers. Student body President Brent Crosby, a member of the remarked that this ruling may be applied in the future to all club and class elections. D-D- XTJilB 'Dixiana' Opens Doors To College Party Sat. The Dixiana girls are holding an end of the quarter party reports Elda Mae Marshall, party chairman. All upper division students are invited and encouraged to attend she stated. The party will begin at 7:30 this Saturday night at the Dixiana. It will be casual school dress. Working with Miss Marshall on the plans, are Connie North and Mary Elliker. The party will usher winter quarter out and welcome spring quarter in. dressed in their Dogpatch Duds enjoyed playing jacks, volleyball, ping pong, rope swinging, and drinking punch. The majority of the boys displayed various types of odd but colorful corsages ranging from vegetable and candy ones to ones made of ribbons and tin plates prepared by their lady escorts. sock-hoppin- Run 2 More Weeks Original compositions in short story, poetry, essay, and pencil and or ink drawing are eligible for entry into the contest. Each of these divisions will be judged, with winners and other high quality material appearing in the magazine midway through spring quarter. Students s:e again reminded that themes or ther work submitted for n 109-10- y 1 Della Psi Omega Sees CSU Drama, "Ondine" Thursday evening, members of Delta Psi Omega traveled to Cedar City to enjoy Ondine, an fantasy play presented by College of Southern Utah. THE ROMANTIC fantasy, under the direction of Fred Adams, was a recent Broadway hit. The production had a flying water nymph, a magician who brought Venus out of a fountain, and costumes valued at $5,000. Special stage settings and effects had a fishermans cottage fade into the sea. THE STORY dealt with a beautiful water nymph who yearned for life on land with a handsome knight. A cast of 27 persons was English classes are eligible for the contest. The faculty is being urged to submit and encourage student work in order that the magazine may be successful. Theres too much good talent going to waste around here, said used. All members of Delta Psi felt Somehow weve Miss Spilsbury. got to convince these kids that this the trip to see the play was well worth their while. is worthwhile because it is! |