Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

« * % * ^uc^(tM ^(tdcfre^ettt Students ' ;4^(iaccatcaK The Bucknell Independent Students ' Association is a new organization on campus. The need has long been seen for some way in which those students who are not alHhated with a fraternity or sorority could be gi\ ' en an organized outlet for academic, athletic, and social activi- ties. BISA was the answer to this problem. The independent students on this campus represent about fifty per cent of the entire student body. Naturally, the fraternities and sororities cannot accommodate e\ ' ery- one on campus, and still others, h)r one reason or another, do not choose to join these organizations. Prior to the time that BISA was actiyated, these students had very little poli- tical \ ' oice at Bucknell; there were \ ' ery few ways in which they could participate in intramural athletics; and many dances and other social acti\ities were closed to them. BISA has already remedied many of these defects, and is taking steps to provide many more services for the benefit of the independent students, and for the school itself. BISA is not a fraternity, nor is it a substitute for one. True, one of its prime purposes is to create fellowship amona the students, the same as the fraternities ' aim, but in BISA there is no compulsion to attend meetings or any other activity, nor is there any initiation. BISA is in- expensixe. The dues are one dollar per semester, and even this can be paid in installments. BISA, working in cooperation with the fraternities and sororities, can help Bucknell to have a well organized stu- dent bod) ' . It is a necessary and important part of campus life. In the next few years it promises to become the tra- ditional organization for independent students. fim Rou ' , Lefl to Righl: Gorewich, Campbell, Petersf)n, Tracy, Hauk, Badgci, L..lti.,dil. Second Roll ' ; Culp, Martin. Alilfielcl, Dissinger, Mark, Tostonaski, Sha^-cr, Manning, Belt, VanDine, Shields. T/.irif Roil ' : Flick, Warshall. VfjuitU Rout Lippincott, Huff, McNeal, Ro) ' fr. Tritzcn. 175