Corvallis High School - Chintimini Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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ll li' ii its I. of the Student Body, and shall be elected at the Annual Meeting for the election of Student Body Officers, but shall not enter upon the duties of his office until his predecessor shall have made final report at the completion of the Annual publication. Section 2. This officer shall have immediate charge of the business manage- ment of the Annual, and shall do all things necessary and proper to the business suc- cess of the publication. He shall be immediately responsible to the Student Council upon all matters pertaining to his management. He shall collect all money properly due by reason of his management and shall turn the same into the hands of the Treas- urer within five days of the date of receipt thereof. All money expenditures and in- currences of indebtedness shall be authorized by the Council and all contracts approved by it. Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Editor of the Annual to provide and receive all material and reading matter for the publication and to do all things neces- sary and proper for its literary success. He shall enter upon the duties of his office upon the completion of the Annual publication by his predecessar. Section 4. The members of the Annual Staff or Assistants and sub-editors shall be chosen by the Editor and Manager. Section 5. All funds accrueing by reason of the management of the Annual High School play shall be paid into the Annual Fund. The Student Council shall have charge of the preparation for a business management of the High School Play. AR'l'lCI..IC IX Elections Section 1. The candidates for the members of the Student Council who, as pro- vided heretofore shall be chosen by the student body, and the manager of the annual, shall be nominated at the regular student body meeting in the month of March of each year, and shall be installed at the regular meeting in April of each year. Section 2. The student council shall have charge of elections and shall appoint such election officials and fix such rules as shall make voting expeditious. The voting shall be by ballot. Each class shall vote in separate rooms. The polls shall be open from 3:30 till 5 o'clock P. M. on the said election day, which shall take place one week following date of nominations. The ballots shall be counted immediately after, and not before the polls are closed, and the results posted. Section 3. All officers of the student body shall be elected by a majority vote. In the event of no election one of the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be chosen at a special meeting of the student body, held not later than one week from the date of the regular election meeting. Section 4. Should any vacancies occur in any office of the student body, the same shall be filled by election of the student body at a regular or special meeting. Section 5. Students who are delinquent in the payment of any student body dues shall not be allowed to vote or hold office unless payment be made. ARTICLE X Meetings Section 1. There shall be one regular meeting of the student body in each month of the school year. Fifty members shall constitute a quorum. Section 2. The student body council shall hold one regular meeting in each week of the school year. Five members thereof shall constitute a quorum. Section 3. The president shall have power to call a meeting of the student body at any time if the business proposed to be transacted cannot be postponed until the regular meeting. Section 4. The president shall call a special meeting at the written request L22J

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e s? 1 I 1 A ll place all bills and evidence of indebtedness contracted by him within one week fol- lowing the incurrence of such indebtedness. Section 5. Captains of Athletic teams shall be chosen by the monogram mem- bers of the teams at the end of the season. Section 6. In athletics this organization shall furnish team and squad members jerseys and stockings, in a manner authorized by the Student Council, viz.: When the materials are given out by the treasurer, the athlete shall be required to deposit the value of the material which shall be refunded when the materials are returned. Section 7. Players in all forms of Athletics shall become entitled to mono- grams, and the same shall be awarded in the following manner: It shall be the duty of this association to present at the end of each session official Block C letters to those earning said letter. No sweater shall be presented by this association. No monogram shall be worn in this school except by the individuals earning the Block C letter. Those earning their C will be permitted to purchase uniform sweaters on which to wear the C. This will be permissible when the other members on his respective team shall also purchase sweaters. The official C shall be Blue in color. When sweaters are bought by teams earning their letters, the color for foot- ball shall be Maroon, for basketball Crimson, for track White, and for baseball Gray. A player in football shall play 10 quarters of all games during the season. QAlumni and practice games excluded.J A player in basketball shall play 60'A of all High School games played during the season. A player in baseball shall play 60'A of all High School games played during the season. In track one point in Columbia University, O. A. C. or University of Oregon state meets shall be sufficient to win a Block C or a person must average five points in all dual meets during the year. Dual meets shall not count toward monograms unless two or more are held during the season. Section 8. The Student Council has power to require of all players and can- didates for teams, strict compliance with recognized rules for proper training, and shall have power to dismiss from teams players or candidates who fail to conform to the rules as prescribed by the State Athletic Association. Section 9. The use of profanity by players or candidates on the athletic field or in the dressing rooms, or the use of tobacco or liquor during training is prohibited, and it shall be the duty of the Student Council to enforce this rule. ARTICLE VII Oratory, Declamation and Debate Section 1. The Student Council shall have charge and management of all matters pertaining to Interscholastic Declamation and Debate, shall arrange for the preliminaries and finals, and otherwise attend to and promote these activities. Section 2. The Debating Emblem shall be a pin, of the Design Block C, and not more than one pin shall be given to the same person. Section 3. All money accruing from any of these activities shall be paid into the General Fund with a proper record thereof. ARTICLE VIII High School Publications Section 1. The Business Manager of the High School Annual shall be an officer I 21 l

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H A ll Ill E. 'S ll of fifteen C151 members provided that they have in this request stated their purpose and have allowed three days time for posting of the notice to the students at large. ARTICLE XI Recall and Repeals Section 1. Any student body officer may be recalled from office at a regular meeting of the student body upon a written charge preferred against him, of which he has had one week notice, and to which he is given opportunity to reply in the presence of the student body at such regular meeting, by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the entire membership. Section 2. Any act of the Student Council may be repealed or amended by a vote of a majority of the entire membership, at any regular meeting of the student body. ARTICLE XII Amendments Any article or section of this constitution fexcept Article 121 may be amended by a majority vote of the members of the student body at any regular or special meeting called for that purpose, provided that the proposed amendment have fifteen signatures of the members of the student body, and be approved by the student council, who shall post it at least five days and not more than thirty days prior to the meeting. ARTICLE XIII All business transacted by the Student Body is subject to the approval of the faculty. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I Time of Meeting The student body shall meet upon the first Friday of each and every month in the school year, in the assembly at the hour of 3:30 o'clock P. M. Upon the con- clusion of the Business Meeting a literary program may be had. ARTICLE II Order of Business Reading of the minutes Report of the student council Report of the treasurer Communications Unfinished business Announcements New business Literary program Adjournment. ARTICLE III Fees and student body dues may be levied by a majority of votes of the student body as occasion may demand. ARTICLE IV Rules or Order Student body meetings shall be conducted by the Robert's Rules of Order, in so far as they do not conflict with the Constitution and By-Laws. ARTICLE V W These by-laws may be amended from time to time in like manner as is pro- vided for Amendments to the Constitution. i231