| Show Annual Gripe Comes to Light Just as regular as a draft notice but less than half as The Chronicle publishes an editorial sneering at the present system of doling out awards for activities at the end of the year and just as often its message becomes a lost Not only has The Chronicle wasted energy in gesting needed reforms in the award but of numerous special set up for the express purpose of studying and amending the have proven For several most everyone connected with student awards has admitted that the system was defective and needed revising but nothing has ever been carried through to Last three committees worked several months to make the needed The year one committee worked several months on an award system to be operated on a point with students compiling so many points by being in extra activities before being eligible for their research carried them past the time when an election could be held and a vote taken on the proposed changes and the Idea not picked up the following Need for Change is Apparent To say that a change is needed is Officers of the junior and senior classes oft times fail to call even Que meeting during the entire yet they are given handsome and costly On the other associate editors of publications work hours each only to be presented a small Committees for major campus like U Day and work for weeks without formal thanks of any while members in many music activities receive university credit and an honor award in Though a thorough study of the problem and discussions with all activities concerned is we feel that the executive consisting of the first vice second vice treasurer and historian should be awarded Rather than giving all class officers only the class president should be given such an Associate editors of committee chairmen of U Day and Junior Prom deserve Only extra-curricular music activities should receive honor awards Committee members of U Day and the Junior Prom committees should be presented honor awards and a more careful check should be made on publication staff and in all other extra-curricular for which medal honor awards are to allow only those students who rightfully deserve recognition to be given These proposals might serve as a starter toward a new award We Suggest a Because awards are controlled through the university student the only plausible way to get the ball rolling toward new award methods is to have a president who will carry the necessary constitutional amendments When students go to the polls on October 6 to elect new we advise that they show their preference for the candidate who signifies an interest in this problem and promises to do something about |
