Manchester College - Aurora Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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This year, the Council also tackled honorariums, determined a policy for fund-raising, con- structed a new, modern office, and initiated a CC voting trophy. Serving as a spark plug for reminding students, faculty and staff mem- bers of their civic duties, the Community Gov- ernment succeeded in stimulating a record eighty-two per cent of the college community to cast their ballots for their choice of CC mem- bers. The Community Government representatives devote much of their energy, time, and talent to help make life at Manchester smooth, orderly, and enjoyable. Created in 1949 to replace the outmoded stu- dent council, the newly-chartered Community Government was set up to serve as an integrat- ing body in the campus community, to pro- vide valuable experience for future responsibil- ities of school, church, and community, and to share in making significant decisions regard- ing campus policy. Representatives of faculty, administration, staff, and students came together in the spirit of cooperation and a sense of oneness, to further the goals and solve the problems of the campus community to the best advantage of everyone concerned. Since that time, they have played a valuable part in setting up standards of con- duct, supervising intercollegiate activities, guid- ing student clubs, and maintaining the general welfare of all MC students, faculty, and staff. the council in session twenty-one

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community government Keith Kinney, Sue Weaver, Julia King, Gene Fahs, Ralph McFadden, Paul Burkholder, Myron Kennedy, Professor Rieman, Julian Schrock, Gene Plunkett, Kent Moore, Bill Goshert, Don Lloyd, Lois Fike, Professor Merritt, Lloyd Smith, Dr. Geisert, Wanda Foust, Mr. Yeatter, Phyllis Heeter, Mrs. Schutz, Paul Hoffman, Nellie Jarboe, Marilyn Buffenmyer, Dr. Bollinger We ' re charting the course for life at Man- chester. The Community Government has been very active this year in maintaining the campus spirit of one for all and all for one . Their routine duties of coordinating activities of clubs, boosting and supporting campus organizations, sponsoring social activities such as the All- School Work Day and the Camp Mack Outing, and helping to solve financial problems, furnish positive proof that their goal has been realized. Using the general democratic-group method mixed with parliamentary procedure, the Council maintained its reputation of accom- plishing what it set out to do in the weekly meetings of the group. president keith kinney . . . the right word the right time . . . competent . . . business-like . tactful . . . stimulating . . . clever . . . active twenty

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• alpha psi omega It is with life as with a play ... it matters not how long the action is spun out, but how good the acting is. Membership in the Iota Psi Cast of Alpha Psi Omega, a national honorary dramatics frater- nity, is the reward for those who have attained a high standard of work in dramatics on the campus. Heading this year ' s cast were Ron Walton and Mary Ruth Stong with Miss Alice Jeanette Wintzer and Miss Orrel Little as faculty mem- bers. Entrance is gained in this honorary through a week ' s informal initiation during which all would-be neophytes of the cast perform various menial tasks for their superiors . A twenty-four hour impersonation of some fa- mous character is the final test. Formal initiation takes place at the joint Tri-Alpha - Alpha Psi Omega banquet held every spring. • tka ' To develop in ourselves and encourage in others excellence in responsible speech is the mark toward which we are striving. An honorary fraternity which requires two years of outstanding speech experience and a high scholastic record, TKA claims only three students on the campus who spoke their way into membership. These three members, along with the faculty members, put Keith Kinney, Cloyd Dye, and Bill Clarke through soap box speeches and artificial rainfall as the traditional step into the chapter. To stimulate better speaking in others, the three student members sponsored an intramural debate tournament which was open to the entire student body. A Homecoming Luncheon was held for former debaters and TKA members at which President Jack Bormuth, Vice-President Dick Weick, and Secretary Pat Thomas for- mally initiated Dr. Wayne Geisert into the fraternity. Also, the student members attended the Tau Kappa Alpha Regional Conference at Purdue and the National Conference at Denver. Back Row: Bob Neher, Ronald Walton, Leon Stong, Wayne Hershberger, Bill Pettit. Front Row: Hilda Edna Steury, Mary Lou Stuckman. Studebaker, Stong, Mary wintzer cuts up jack bormuth pins pat thomas Professor Conkling, Richard Weick, Dr. Geisert, Professor Kel- ler, John Bormuth, Dr. Holl, Dr. Hoff, Patricia Thomas. twenty-two