Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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THIS YEAR, EVIDENT ENTHUSIASM AMONG COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS sincere. Reform attempted by the Religious Committee under Saralei Morgan, Ed Diteman, and faculty advisor Cunningim, manifested itself in the organiza- tion of Pomona College Christian Association. The majority of students remarked vaguely about increased chapel attendance. Although meetings were open to all student body members, complaints on student policy registered themselves in letters to the Student Life. Mrs. Throne. Edwards, Diteman, Wright, Gist, Belknap, Bentley, Jack Bradford Jacqua, Robinson, and Dallas listening to a report on Coop rebates. Members not shown: Jane Bradford, Hart, Renouf, Wh.te, Re:fsnyder, Morgan, Dav:e.

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Execut ive council members White, Bellcnap, Wright, Dallas, Hart, Jack Bradford, Jane Bradford Uiieman. ' ■ • •. : M . ° WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE SEVENTEEN MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE ♦ c1V»i J , ° ' ' ' student problems, compared notes about their own organizations, tried to settle differences of opmion with good humor and intelligence. Jack Bradford patiently kept meetings under control, and established a feeling of responsibility early enough to permeate the whole council. The council tried to reflect the best of student opinionT and It took deterniined action to insure the autonomy of student government. Their decisions represented the most feasible compromises available to the members. The heterogeneous nature of the student body was reflected in the council. Working with a complex of peo- ple, influences, and ideas, the representatives tried to promote measures lenient and comprehensive enough to utilize individualism within the college. As the year went on, the council lost much in its partisan feeling, and was enabled to meet with the C.L.C. as a unified group. Few realized what powers the council had, what they were trying to ac- complish It v as usually berated by the uninitiated for lack of concrete action. However, two or three hours of every Monday were given up to tedious discussions of student ap- propriations, assemblies, college chest, lack of enthusiasm among athletic department I

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Jack Bradford reached h!s public while serving in the Harwood line. JACK BRADFORD PUT IN A YEAR of hard work as ASPC president, Harwood ' s ice cream man, track star, and Nu Aiph. in Sumner, at thie Coop, on Alumni Field, he built up a record of conscientious efficiency, achievement, and good will. All his under- takings were characterized by conviction in the ability of students to look after them- selves. Quiet and unassuming. Jack coordi- nated all student activities with a minimum of superfluous effort. On Thursdays, Bradford introduced assembly speakers.