Columbia University - Columbian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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SESIT FRENCH BULLARD LORCH CCHAIRMANJ UHRBROCK QSECRETARYJ NO BES WRIGHT THE 1926-27 STUDENT BOARD JOHN T. LORCH PRED UHRPQROCK Chairman Secretary Charles K. Bullard Clifford E. Nohes George French Myron P. Sesit Palmer T. Wright L 361 J

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The Board of Student Representatives QT OLUMBIA College first met its 1927 governing body on the gx ,, annual Freshman Reception in the IVlcIVl1ll1n Theater The Class of 1930 there met the student leaders and college officials Student Board s first official action was to set aside the second week of the semester for the collection of dues. It then appointed a Junior Advisory Board, consisting of Stuart G. Chambers, Cyrus Warden and George D. Brown, to guide the Freshman Class until it chose its own officers. The Frosh elections were run on a new basis. A preliminary election resulted in the choice of two leading candidates for each oflice. These men ran again later, and the victor thus became the majority choice. Early in October a referendum was conducted by the Board to determine whether the College desired the retention of Freshman rules. The continuance of rules was favored, 587 to 128. An opportunity was given the undergraduates to cheer Coach Crowley and his team before the Ohio State game, when a monster rally, the most suc- cessful in years, was held in the Commons. Another pep-fest preceded the history-making Cornell game. Palmer J. Wright was placed in charge of the annual Song Fest on South Field on October 15. The time-honored custom of painting erring Frosh was abolished because of the high feeling against hazing. Two weeks later another member of the board, Clifford E. Nobes, supervised the tug-of-war. The bill for the damage to the stands and fences was paid by the classes, in accordance with the Board's decree. Frederick Uhrbrock ran a very successful trip to Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania game, over live hundred students travelling on the special train. Wright was then named to take care of the interclass athletic tournaments in track, basket-ball, swimming, water polo, wrestling, boxing and baseball. These were run during the year. The Board sent Nobes to the National Student Federation of America Congress, at Ann Arbor, early in December, and Uhrbrock and George T. Scriba were official delegates to the Wesleyan Intercollegiate Parley on College Education, The Board later made Columbia College a member of the first named organization. Early in December the Board lent strength to the campaign to raise basket- ball to the status of a major sport by petitioning the authorities. Its efforts were rewarded a few days later when the desired change was made. It had previously petitioned the Insignia Committee to revise the system of awarding letters and the letters themselves. This request was also granted. In response to Spectatofs requests, the Board then decreed that class dues would no longer be used to pay deficits incurred by class activities that should be financially solvent. The dues were to be used for legitimate expenses and the foundation of a fund for use when the Class graduated, The 1927 Student 'Board deserves to be called the most active in recent years. Through its efforts numerous changes were made, and, at the time this book Went to press, others that will seriously effect the College were being contemplated. Q J: rv, nigh? - ' D evening of Friday, September 24, when Student Board held the 9 ag? 13 ' ' ' ' . 1 -5 . . 53601

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The Committee on Students' Activities ln these days, when accusations are flying thick and fast about many other universities, Columbia can stand apart and truthfully say she has kept the spirit of amateur athletics. Through the efforts of the Committee on Students' Activities the scholastic standing of the men engaged in extra- curricular activities is carefully Watched so that the real purpose of attending college will not be subjugated to them. The committee does its best, by advis- ing the students concerned, to keep them in good standing. Thus far its Work has been Very successful, and it apparently has become a permanent thing. I Faculty llflembers PROP. HARRY J. CARMAN DEAN HERBERT E. HAWKES, ex-officio DR. G. A. BETZ EDWARD J. GRANT, ex-ofiicio Undergraduate Members SPRING FALL John T. Lorch, '27 William Madden, '28 Harold McGuire, '27 Royal Montgomery, '28 Clifford E. Nobes, '27 Clifford E. Nobes, '27 Myron Sesit, '27 William Sherman, '27 William Sherman, '27 Frederick Uhrbrock, '27 Frederick Uhrbrock, '27 Robert W. Watson, '28 l:362l