Show Let's Face the Perhaps the yet least officially considered dissatisfaction on the campus is the award For years students have complained that the really deserving participants in activities have been getting the short end of things when material honors are bestowed at the end of the There is still time this academic year to renovate the decadent system and insure a distribution of student awards in direct proportion to service Fairness demands this be Deciding which of several activities is most deserving would admittedly be but with conscientious effort on the part of student officers and interested faculty we're sure that this could be As a matter of we point out that there is now a political science class in student government organized on the campus with their main objective to learn the functions and organizations of campus political In line of this class has a real opportunity to investigate the award system and thereby serve its intended purpose that of university students through the scientific application of student One of the most outrageous award miscarriages is the practice of presenting varsity-weight sweaters to class officers 12 of them for work which ordinarily would hardly be worth the customary jewel or medal At not more than two class presidents can be seriously considered in line for the highest honor the university has to This is no reflection on class the bare fact is that there are not duties to keep these busy enough to earn what they get in the way of honor Two possible exceptions to this are freshman and senior who actually have a few duties to If being elected to a position is the est honor attainable there are several score students sadly for the numerous kings and other popularly appointed personages usually gain their positions by as much merit on their parts as do student Elections of every sort on the campus have and seem likely to solely as popularity After being students are on their own they may continue as toy gods or they may prove their but either way they get the same On the other there are students who spend most of their time engaged in activities or possibly just one activity yet they get no recognition for their work from the very organization for which they sacrifice so A notable example of this flagrant disregard for true worth is in the field of The general student feeling toward publications is one of indifference until something goes wrong and acceptable work of student journalists is taken for Few people realize the work necessary to put out a campus newspaper and an even smaller number of people are willing to contribute their own This fact emphasizes the true state of affairs and at the same time offers a rough indication as to who the in student activities really Publication debaters and contribute unselfishly to their respective fields fields that are the chief bases by which the university is judged in the long Participants in these lines are the logical recipients of the institution's greatest yet they take back seats to practically every other student In the interest of adopting an equitable award system and promoting thereby a higher plane of cultural we demand an investigation into the present system of rewarding participants in student |