Show STUDENT PAGE POUR LI E VIEWS AND REVIEWS LIFE is published this week under the auspices STUDENT class On account of the special activities If you of the class the paper was not issued yesterday think this a weak issue just think of the energy already used up in raising mustaches o editorship of Student Life still continues to be a matter of warm discussion There has been a waste of time in debating whether the faculty or the student body shall submit the list of candidates for that office The constitution provides strictly that the “editor and manager of student publications shall be elected from a list approved by the college council” No mention is made who shall submit the list It is of no importance however because the faculty in the end must approve In a recent student body meeting it was the concensus of opinion that the editor should receive a salary of $200 or thereabouts The attention of the executive committee was called to this matter and if this idea is incorporated in an amendment approved by the College Council according to article six section two of the constitution no doubt the students will pass it Under the present system the “job” is a thankless one The responsibility and time is worth $200 and more but the monetary consideration is not the only concern The following plan if such an amendment passes we believe might prove successful In a modified form it has met with favor at the University of Colorado where the form of student government is similar to that of the U A C We propose that all students above a Freshman grade make application publicly for the editorship of Student Life to the college council Out of this list the council shall If more than three should approve as many as possible be favored the student body shall have the privilege of nominating three according Jo the constitution Otherwise if the council find three or less qualified the student body shall vote on the names without nomination Such a system would bring out the most capable men of the college A man would not apply for such a position unless he felt confident that he could make good He would not care to have his name discussed before the council if he felt dubious about handling the editorship rp HE insignia or any similar activity will never be a success so long as the control is left to the individual classes Classmates of a Freshman threw him in the gymnasium Isn’t pool last week for not complying with the cap rules it apparent that the student body should control the enforcement of such a rule? One can almost close his eyes to a “ducking” penalty but what may it not lead to? Public opinion does not sanction hazing in any form In Colorado there has been a bloody war on between strikers on the one side and mine guards and state militia State authorities finally had to appeal to on the other President Wilson for troops to control the situation When Uncle Sam stepped in everybody dropped their arms peaceably The Freshmen will continue to wrangle and fight among themselves over the wearing of a green cap Hut if the executive committee could be the Uncle Sam of the situation you would soon observe a different spirit o should not some of the instructors make the finals the Seniors the hardest of the year if they wish? The statutes give them the right to do it and who does not like them to exercise all power granted to him? The Seniors who feel that such instructors are doing them an injustice have a wrong point of view They do not realize that this is perhaps the last opportunity they shall ever have of writing all they know that these papers will represent all they have learned during their seven years at the A C Besides this how can these instructors after only the seven years of contact with the students decide to give them a passing grade without the finals? Faculty members are human after all and should not be expected to do the WHY -- impossible It is true that some of the instructors do not think a written examination necessary but just how they can take such a stand is one of the inexplicable problems of college life The seniors should look at this proposition in the proper way and make their “blue books” lengthy enough to fill all possible requirements o THE following article was contributed by the Fire “Is the Fire Department doing its dirty? Are the o occasional rings misleading to the students and faculty? This is a new undertaking for the men who are doing SINCE a majority of the Freshmen have agreed to wear regulation cap the matter of enforcing the strag- their best to make it a success and it is not as efficient to glers comply becomes of some concern Unless some as it can become through continued practise and help from official action is taken in this behalf the “stunt” will unthe ones for whom it is being done The slowness of the “fizzle out” just as the mustaches of the seniors exit drills shows very strongly the attitude which is taken doubtedly did Within two years the preparatory department of the towards the Department and cannot be justly termed a lack All of the student activities will of college will disappear duty on its part become more characteristic of an established college In The fire gong was put in expressly for signaling There of this the freshmen spirit attains a distinctive posi- is view enough distinction between it and the class bell so that tion that the college had never noticed in the past no one should mistake its ring for that of the class bell Under our Student Hody form of government the en- There is only one signal which concerns the general student forcement of all such rules can be handled most advanThis is ten rings It is very simple and probably body tageously We would propose an amendment to the constitution providing strict regulations for the wearing of freshmen caps When the “new arrivals” see that their part in student activities is not mere play they will gladly comply with the spirit of the college affairs If there should be delinquents the executive committee would act as a court to hear all grievances and see to the enforcement of all student body rules The continuance of the Freshmen in time its meaning and significance will be understood This signal does not mean continue classes or go in to a room and lock the door but be out and march quickly and orderly out of the building The other bell signals except those that were given by some playful students are strictly department signals and are indespensable to the proper management of the department If slight precaution is observed these will not interfere with class work” |