Antioch College - Towers Yearbook (Yellow Springs, OH)

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Priscilla Brown, Newton Centre, Massachusetts Robert Baensch Brown, Manitowoc, Wisconsin IvanAAugustus Burkhart, Perrysburg, Ohio Henry Charles Burley, Yonkers, New York William Treat Burns, Wilmette, Illinois Louis F. Caldwell, South Charleston, Ohio Douglas Hurst Colhoun, Glenolden, Pennsylvania Coit George Campbell, Omaha, Nebraska Harry Clifford Carroll, Ir., Bowling Green, Missouri Freeman Champney, Cleveland, Ohio 134

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ANTIOCH PARLIAMENT HE Parliament was organized in the fall of 1928 VE ifl' cussion and who particularly wished to increase 5'i'U their knowledge of parliamentary law and pu l speaking. Mr. William Leiserson acted as faculty sponsor for by a group of students who were interested in dis- Mg., .Eg-1 . 3 . . . L ' Q ' ' b ic the year. The club was organized as a regular parliamentary body, having its oiiicers and committees patterned after those of Congress. Milton Bradstreet, Edward Friedrich, and Howard Fineshriber held the office of the Speaker during the year. The subjects of the meetings they conducted were presented in the form of Bills, with the cases for and against being given by scheduled speakers. These were followed by general discussion, while the total opinion of the body was expressed by a vote on the question. Such topics as Compulsory Assemblyg the politi- cal issues of Hoover and Smithg Installment Selling fits bene- fits and evilsjg and Advertising Qand its benefits and evilsj were considered. 133

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rr. During the second year, 1929-30, the Parliament endeav- ored to be much less formal than previously, gradually elimi- nating all but the most necessary of parliamentary procedure. Its topics for consideration were mainly of direct campus in- terest. Some of these were: the Sophomore Policy of Hazingg Social Inadequacies at Antioch fthe interesting social experi- ment of Leap Week arose from this discussionjg Are Antioch Students Overrated?g The Evaluation of Student Achieve- ment in College Ccurricular and extra-curricularjg a Mock Faculty Meetingg Does the Antioch Program Pr6vide Desir- able Conditions and Opportunities Equally to Men and to Women Students Qcoop jobs, curriculum, extra-curricular ac- tivities, and dormitory social rulesj?5 and Organized Halls and Their Effects on the Individual and the Community funder the old system and under the present Rotation Planj. The chairmen for this year were Waldemar Ayres, 'Iames Fyfe, and Iason Sloan, while Mrs. Sontag lent. her aid as Fac- ulty Sponsor. 135