Eckerd College - Logos Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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We urge the student body to forget subordinate constitutions and systems for tfie moment and to attack the beginning of the problem, a redefinition of the total stu- dent government. An agreement on our basic responsibilities will come much more easily than agree- ment on formal details. Once we have a basic agreement, we can then turn to the details with far greater hope of success. With hard and purposeful work, the whole job can be done well In the remainder of the semester. Today is not too soon to start. ATHLETES ' OFF-FIELD HABITS SHOW AHITUDE: Immediately following the close of a seasonal sport it is traditional to analyze and review the past and to speculate on the possibilities of the future, if there is a future. The Tritons finished a dismal basketball season with a 5—1 1 record. This record itself does not reveal the reasons for the team ' s failure nor does it indicate their true ability. ... It is true that the Tritons had to contend with many conditions that are not encountered elsewhere. We hove no gymnasium, we hove terrific academic pressures that take priority over everything else, we have also had bad luck with injuries. But, the person who used these circumstances as excuses is looking at a situ- ation and seeing only the surface of it. To be an athlete, or to participate in any sport, a person must have a love for the game, the desire to play. An athlete must also be willing to sacrifice. . . . Irregular hours, Saturday night beers, cigarettes, all of these reveal one thing: poor atti- tude, the attitude that had been exemplified at FPC. Preparation for competition involves not only body conditioning but total mental attitude. The Tritons were never mentally prepared for o basketball gome. When players ask to see their points scored while the coach is outlining strategy, they exhibit a gross lack of interest in the game. Argument by a player after the game OTi whether he scored three points or five points is not always wrong but, when your team lost by 35 points, then it is a safe bet that such a player does not belong on the court. The attitude shown by the Tritons off the court was the same as their attitude during the games. The slipshod play of the Tritons revealed their flagrant disregard of training procedures. No matter how much the players insist that training rules don ' t make that much difference in their performance, a tenth of a second in reflex action is still the difference between good and bod play, and smoking and drinking do slow down reflexes. The disgrace does not lie in losing a ball game, but it lies in not putting forth extra effort, in not trying to play at your peak. Some colleges hong the coaches in effigy after a losing season. I say, If the shoe fits, wear it. The shoe I refer to fits any one of a dozen feet, none of which are Coach Wireman ' s. The fighting and squabbling over the court system dragged on despite the unveiled hands of our mentors. After two weeks of Sunday afternoon meetings, some agreement emerged. The whole problem had been brought up anew by efforts of the Student Coun- cil to rewrite the old constitutions into a single document. Easter vocation broke off the discussion. By the time the revised documerrt was ready, it was mid-May. In the midst of examination preparations, we took time to approve the new constitution. 15

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14 auditorium during early November. Our professors, administrators, students, and musicians spoke and song at increasing numbers of engagements. Our sailing club contributed its share to our tradition of creating new institutions by doing some of the major work in founding the Southeastern Intercollegiate Sailing As- sociation. In the first regatta (November 23, 1961) we lost to Stetson Law School, Stetson University of Deland, and St. John ' s River, Junior College. In our second regatta, during Christmas vacation, we came in second, behind Rollins College. The approach of Christmas brought exams, college Christmas Vesper Service, the an- nual Choir Concert, a semi-formal at the Million-Dollar Pier, several receptions, and preparations for Mid-Winter Semester. The Men of N gave the Christmas serenade. We studied, took our exams, and were glad to escape the concrete peninsula for a few weeks. Our second winter term was more serious than the first. Except, that is, for our represent- atives in Mexico who managed to fall off mountains, drop soap in streams, and In general enjoy themselves while studying Spanish and Anthropology. We who stayed at home found time for the Snack Bar, sleeping late, and enjoying ourselves, too. But a great deal more work got done than In the preceding year. The second semester, 1961-1962, was probably the lowest ebb in our corporate spirit. Trident told the story. Headline: WE ' RE BACK IN THE SADDLE. The date, March 9, 1962. It was Volume Two number three. A new staff had finally been formed. CONSTITUTIONAL FUTURE IS DIM? After a four-month pre-occupation with trinkets and trivia, taking port in a revival of student interest is really exciting. This interest hod nevertheless led thus for to a most unfortunate course of action. The SGA had again set out to constitute a com- plete judicial system, this time beginning with preliminary referendums to deter- mine which of four basic types of judicial system the students prefer. We cannot help thinking that a few students have started at the same point in our problem— the middle— as we did before; that we are pursuing a fixed goal with even more desperate obstinacy than before, and that we will reach the same sort of impasse. We have called the present course desperate. Only the tremendous administrative pressure now being applied could force the Constitution Coordination Committee to hope for success. The CCC and the whole student body have been led to believe that the faculty is ready to assume full disciplinary authority unless the students constitute a new court system, immediately. We submit on good authority that not only are many faculty unaware of this proposal, but also that concentrated effort by the administration will be required to cram such a proposal down the faculty ' s throats. In this light the administration ' s threat appears as a scare tactic of the most vulgar kind. The justification ofFered for the tactic seems to be this. You have been unable to constitute a satisfactory court system in eighteen months; therefore, you must do it in one week. We beg the authors of this logic to run, not walk, to the nearest Johnson or Irwin. Considering the circumstances, we believe that the pres- ent course of the student government is cowardly, short-sighted, and will almost surely prove futile.

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PRESBYTERIAN September 1 960 And so it is begun ... An Interim Campus fl), the Founding Freshmen Flag (2), Governor Collins at Con- vocation ' 3,5), and the inevitable testing ' 4i, these were all part of those first days. Behind those and subsequent days were a Burning Bush (Dr. John M. Bevan, Dean (6), a President, Wil- liam H. Kadel (7), a Vice President for Business Affairs, Col. R. Frank Garner, Jr. (8), who succeeded Mr. John Maxwell in that post, and Chaplains: Mr. Creden Peden, 1960- 61 nOi, and Dr. Alan W. Carlsten, 1961-todate(9). The Beginning September I960 ' ' ■ -Ji skt. f c ' M : 1 16