Chicago College of Optometry - Focus Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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mega gllociignn fgfzi, Lgofa Cyzalafer NATIONAL OP'l'OMETRlC FRATERNITY VS. N l l ' l e 9 1, OFFICERS BERNARD GOTTLIEB . . Chancellor NATE FAIERMAN . . Vice Chancellor ROBERT LESl-INE . . . . Treasurer DON FRANK . . Recording Secretory RALPH WEISS . . . Corresponding Secretory RALPH KORNBLATT . . . Sergeant-ot-Arms NORMAN SFGERMAIN . . . . Stewart

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Webster's Concise Standard Dictionary defines a council as an assembly for consultation. This, in a nutshell, is the Student Council of CCO. It is a medium giving the students an opportunity to express their views and ideas and to consult with the administration regarding school policies. When the lcernel is examined, more of the worlcing machinery is revealed. The council is the guiding hand in many extra-curricular activities and the all-school Functions. This is quite under- standable since the council encompasses, in one way or another, virtually every campus organiza- tion and is in the best position to promote the ideas ol these various groups. To accomplish this, it is necessary to have a tightly lcnit organization with good leadership. CCG! Student Council has always been tops in both departments. The sixteen members compris- ing the elected representatives of eight classes worlt well together. A visitor at any ol the council meetings would be liltely to hear a good deal of verbal give and talce, but once a decision is reached, cooperation is the byword. As for leadership, the council prexys have a reputation for getting things done. At every council meeting, held regularly every two weelas, at least one member of the ad- ministration is present. This facilitates rapid and accurate replies on many problems which would otherwise talte time to be answered, and time is the one thing the council is short of aboth time for meetings and time for carrying out plans and suggestions. For those questions which cannot be solved immediately, those activities which need plan- ning, those worthwhile ideas which need in- vestigating, proper committees are set up. The council then acts on the findings and suggestions of the committee. One of the most Far reaching acts in the history of the Student Council was inaugurated quite recently. After much discussion and debate, and with an approving vote by the student body, a system ol student government went into effect which is changing previous patterns. Under this new system, the student is placed in the position of conducting himself in a professional manner at all times. ln a sense it puts the student on his own honor at all times including during examina- tions which are talcen without proctors. It is hoped that this will give each student the oppor- tunity to realize and lace his own responsibilities. STUDENT COUNCIL IN SESSION 45 .J ' ii.. if moz to

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The Omega Epsilon Phi fraternity was formed in answer to a need for a non-sectarian fraternity at the school of Optometry at Columbia University. It was founded in the Executive Room in Earl l'lall, October 1'2, 1919, by Brothers Alexander Broder, Abra- ham L. Braubart and Daniel D. Weiss. These men realized that an organiza- tion which would transcend the bounds of race, creed or color, could promote the cause of Optometry by encourag- ing the study of its principles and prob- lems and by striving for higher ethical and educational standards within the profession. The lota Chapter was founded on the CCO campus on December 1'2, 1948, and rapidly grew to be the largest in the school. Many prominent spealcers addressed O. E. Phi members during the past year. Much was learned about the profession, its opportunities, its pitfalls and its relationship with other professions. Amidst a turbulent world where friendship, ethics and tolerance are rapidly vanishing, the fraternity, as a stable unit can and must be a force in counteracting the disappearance of these qualities. Omega Epsilon Phi, in its growth from a small group of fifteen to a national organization with seven chapters containing a membership of nearly a thousand, has endeavored to promote better understanding of the problems which face us daily and a spirit of comradeship. ln this our fra- ternity has not failed.