Chaffey College - Argus Yearbook (Rancho Cucamonga, CA)

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PRESIDENT ' S CONVENTION The fiiurth of the conventiuns to take place at Chaflfey this year was the one held by the presidents of all southern California junior colleges on April 8, at which forty-five delegates from fifteen schools were in attendance. At the fall convention held in Long Beach, Clarence Calhoun, first semester president, asked that this, the spring convention, be held at Chatfey. His in- vitation was accepted. Presided over by Leroy Civille. second semester president, the session opened with a discussion of safety problems. A committee was appointed to investigate ways of reducing fatalities to men and women of junior college age. Joe Wheeler. Chafifey business manager, then led the group in talking over budget-making, which brought out sev- eral well-received suggestions. The other two discussions on honor systems and relations and inter-col- legiate administrative problems, led by Ben Burney of Pasadena and Keir Brooks of San Bernardino, proved of value to all. This meeting adjourned at eleven-thirty, and the convention moved to the Little Theater in Padua Hills for the rest of the day. Following the luncheon in the Little Theater dining room, was the after- noc)n business session, at which Dr. Bruce Baxter, professor in the school of religion at the University of Southern California, spoke on The Qualities of Executive Leadership. Pasadena was chosen as the next convention site. After this, the entire group attended the matinee presentation of Camille. given by the Claremont Community Players. A five o ' clock tea in the dining room at the Little Theater concluded the convention. HONOR SOCIETY CONVENTION The Chaffey Junior College chapter of Alpha Gamma Sigma was host to the third state convention on March 25. Delegates from Fullerton, Pasadena, Citrus, Santa Maria, Taft, Santa Rosa, Kern County, Compton, Pomona, and San Bernardino junior colleges spent the day as guests of the local members of the state honor society. The morning session, held in the Mer- ton E. Hill auditorium, was presided over by Mary Pachett, of Santa INIaria. How can an honor student best render service to his school? was the topic considered in the three discussion groups that followed. Luncheon was served in the Chaflfey cafeteria to 144 persons. At this time announcement was made of the scholar- ships, amounting to $1,650, oflfered each year to life members of the chapter by Pomona, Occidental, La Verne, Univer- sity of Southern California. Scripps, Redlands. and Whittier colleges. In the afternoon the results of the discussion groups were given. Mr. Spring spoke on scholarship and char- acter, and Dr. Dexter, of Whittier Col- lege, gave the principal address. Fred Wilding ' s orchestra furnished incidental music, and Helen Guy sang a few solo numbers. Informal tea was served after the adjournment. Oliver Beahrs, president of the Chaf- fe}- chapter, worked as chairman of the committee in charge of the convention, with Ruth Hauser and Helen Binnion as assistants. The committees included : Adviser, Miss Pearl E. Clark ; reserva- tion, Lorraine Pallette ; registrations, Helen Binnion ; check room, Allen Pal- mer ; luncheon, Dorothy Cooper; serv- ing, Dorothy Clark ; decorations, Pauline D ' Aiuto and Doris Ferris ; tickets, Eliza- lieth Teague; tea. Katherine Odell, Fran- ces Woods, Elizabeth Neipp ; music. Arlo Rickett ; reception, Mr. Mather. Mr. Palmer, and Billv Wood. [24]

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STUDENT HONOR COMMISSION ' I ' ll liring alHiUt a new high staiulard in honesty, a definite method for han- dling all cases of dishonesty was adopt- ed hy the faculty and student council on February 7 of this year. This (mo- gram was developed after a great deal of thought and research on the part of a faculty committee at the request of Director Charles J. Booth. With a desire to act with the greatest fairness to all. and to give the students a part in handling misdemeanors of all kinds — including the stealing of ]:)ooks and other articles from lockers and cars, as well as cheating and copying in tests — a student commission of five with a faculty adviser was chosen to act as judges in reported cases. The system, as worked out, is based entirely on the co-operation of the stu- dents themselves, as the six points of the test procedure illustrates. Embodied in this phase are the following meas- ures : the student is expected to be honest, and it is assumed that he is honest until otherwise proved ; definite aids are to be given to promote honesty during tests ; thought questions rather than memory cjuestions are to lie stressed ; all notebooks and papers will be kept by the instructor until all of them are in, or until the time limit is jiassed; notebook assignments are tc) l)e changed from year to year; there will be occasional open book tests. From the report of the committee which formulated the system which was adopted, it is found that indixidual cases of dishonesty, concerning which there can be no doul)t, shall be reported b}- the teacher concerned to the direc- tor, who shall be given all the facts. The director then shall have the student report to the student honor commission, at the same time giving to the commis- sion the facts of the case. The student honor commission shall consider the facts, and the student him- self shall be given an impartial hearing. The commission shall make whatever recommendations it deems advisable to the faculty committee on problem cases. This committee shall consider the rec- ommendation, and the final disciplinary measures shall be made liy the faculty committee. As soon as the policy was adopted, the first student committee, consisting of Leroy Civille, student body president. Wanda Oswald. A. V. S. president. Henry Doll, A. M. S. president, and Alice Holsclaw and ' illiam Skillman, mem- bers-at-large, ' as chosen. V. Skillman. . . Holsclaw. .1. Doll. W. Oswald, h. Civille [2i]