Carleton College - Algol Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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COMMITTEE X Incorporating all activities not included under C.S.A. commit- tees is the lab of Committee X. At the beginning of the year the committee sent out interest survey sheets to all students in an attempt to discover what activities were most desired. As ai result of the survey, four activities were set up. Monthly square dances and waltz parties were held in the Cave. Every Monday evening in Nourse parlors the Music Listening Group meets for a program of classical music. Opportunities in craft activities were offered by the Art Workshop. Heads of the committee are Howard, Baldwin, chairman, Saurwein, Knauss. POINT COMMITTEE The point committee has been able to present this year con- crete facts and figures, revealing the type and distribution of extra-curricular activities among Carleton students. Headed by ca-chairmen Elaine Stetfensrude and Bill Eifrig, assisted by Barbara Nordley and Joe Williamson, the committee obtained individual information as well as statistics concerning the group as a whole. On the basis of its findings, the committee made the following suggestions. The committee can easily be made to serve as a go-between between those who wish to participate and those who are able to provide opportunities for participation. Activities Day should be expanded to include all clubs and activities on- campusg special counsellors should be present to advise students on choice of activities. All clubs should elect in February, to allow the committee to OK nominees for offices, on the basis of the number of points accumulated by the nominee. Records of past activities, interests, and participation plans for the com- ing year should be made available to every advisor to enable him to better counsel his advisee. Members of the committee pictured above are: Stettensrud, Eifrig, Nordly. CARLETON SERVICE FUND Although the '48-'49 quota of 56,500 exceeded last year's goal by 5500, CSF had collected 56,825 in cash and pledges by November 55 because of the enthusiastic response a new goal of 57,100 was set when the campaign ended. The remaining pledges were turned in March 'I. Harold McCarthy, chairman, was assisted by treasurers Stu Pfaft and Bill Eifrig, and CSF Board members Helen Coe, Ed Brenner, Jo Nickells, Gordy Meyer, Carol Frase, Jean Baldwin, and Dick Newman. This year, for the first time, the CSF Board and dorm captains were assisted by faculty mem- bers who solicited from their colleagues, thereby eliminating the need for students to solicit them. Dean Flint was faculty advisor. The Carleton Joint Relief committee was taken over by CSF this spring and, in exercising a function of the old committee, it sponsored a clothes drive for overseas relief, a campaign that began March 21 and ended after spring vacation. Members of the committee in the picture are, first row: Frase Coe, McCarthy, Baldwin. Second row: Meyer, Eifrig, Newman Brenner, Pfaff. kv 8.3 4

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