Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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THE GOVERNMENT THE VARIED ACTIVITIES OF THE ONE THOUSAND STUDENTS OF POMONA COLLEGE ARE PLANNED, ORGANIZED, INTEGRATED, AND DI- RECTED BY A DIMINUTIVE STUDENT GOVERNMENT, SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF WHICH ARE PICTURED ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE. UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF PRESIDENT GORDON CLARKE (iN UNIFORM) AND THE ASPC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND THROUGH A MEANDERING BUT WELL-DEFINED CHAIN OF COMMAND, THE ENTIRE GOVERNING OR- GANISM OPERATES WITH QUIET EFFICIENCY. BECAUSE IT IS CONCERNED MOSTLY WITH UNEXCITING BUSINESS, AND BECAUSE IT SOMETIMES SEEMS TO BE HESITANT TO FIGHT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION WHEN THE LATTER ' S POLICIES CONFLICT WITH STUDENT VIEWS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CALLED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A BIG CLUB ORGANIZED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AN OFFICIAL. OF COURSE WE KNOW THIS IS NOT TRUE. HOWEVER, ONE MUST UNDERESTIMATE NEITHER THE POWER OF THE GOVERNMENT, NOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK PERFORMED BY ITS VARIOUS AGENCIES. FOR THE LAWS OF THE ASPC AND THE JUDICIAL DECISIONS OF THE COLLEGE LIFE COUNCIL ARE FINAL, AND CAN- NOT BE OVERRULED BY ANY FACULTY OR ADMINISTRATION MEM- BER (although some of THESE MEMBERS SIT ON THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT POLICY-MAKING AND JUDICIAL COMMITTEES AND ARE SAID TO SUBTLY AFFECT THEIR ACTION) ; AND THE AMOUNT OF PLAN- NING AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY TO INSURE THAT NO COLLEGE AC- TIVITY WILL LACK DIRECTION IS SUFFICIENT TO KEEP ALL THE COMMITTEES QUITE BUSY. BUT IT MUST BE GRUDGINGLY ADMITTED THAT ALTHOUGH A GOOD DEAL OF OUR STUDENT government ' s BUSINESS IS CONCERNED WITH ABSURDITIES AND TRIVIA, STILL IT PERFORMS ENOUGH VITAL FUNCTIONS TO GIVE ITS EXISTENCE ABSOLUTE JUSTIFICATION. FOR WITHOUT IT, AND WITHOUT ITS MEMBERS WHO WORK SO HARD UN- PAID AND UNTHANKED, THE SCHOOL WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY SOON FALL INTO RUIN. 26

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