Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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[■DKS: ' - . X THE campus one learns to speak his mind, begins to — grasp for means of vocalizing vague and imperfect beliefs and ideologies, focuses his thinking on points which call for decision. In extracurricular acti ' ities he discovers th e necessi ty for distinctive, progressive leadership and an in- telli nt dy of pr oble matic questions of the world beyond theBH KTranoj m telliMnt «idy of pr oble matic questions of ha itevue In ])ub]ications the ambitious writer finds that a mere ability to string words together is not enough. Substance of thinking and the friction of young minds coming in contact remove veils which formerly obscured the picture of events. There is no paucity of words in the editorial columns or the cafeteria bull-sessions, but ideas and convictions follow more slowly. Once convinced, the student finds his voice. Slowly and painfully, his thinking already is moulding him into the man whose mind in the future cannot change abruptly.

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V E COUNCIL THE old Student Senate and Co-Ed ' Council found themselves merged into one much more efficiently func- tioning- group this year. The Execu- tive Council finally centered the gov- erning authority of students into one responsibility. Such an arrangement abolished much of the clumsy mis-legislation in student government which cluttered up former attempts at solving stu- dent problems. With the Executive Council, decisions covering the entire campus can be reached speedily and « ' ith(iut red ta]ie. Nor were C(juncillors idle under the new set-uj). Although few legislative changes were made, the ladies and gentlemen of the Gavel sponsored many a campus achievement. There was May Day, which they engineered completely with the sustaining assist- ance of Miss Turner. They brought forth the demand that May Day take itself outdoors where May should be, and separated the tradition from younger Cat ' s Paw. In February their annual dance jirovided another surcease from legislative rigors. Under the leadership of Prexy Howard, the governing body func- tioned well. Few amendments wrecked tlie rather pitted Constitution. Prob- ably the greatest job achieved was the allocation of six hundred dollars an- nually to Quad baby publication of the campus. Meeting quietly in the Faculty- Trustee Room on the second floor of Munger, the Executive Council func- tioned so smoothly, so efficiently, that few realized its w irk was going on until some achievement was thrown at the students. With it in 1940-41, the history of Co-Ed government on the Hilltop reached a new perfection. [19]

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