Emporia State University - Sunflower Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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t'Boss, I'm not a freshman, you know that. In fact, I've been running around these buildings nearly as long as you have In Robb the Rodent said to me. It was a du- bious compliment. But in all my snoop- ing and sniffing, he went on to say, I've never seen or smelled an election like the one we had this fall! Well, neither have I, I said. Of course, in reality I haven't been here nearly so long as Robb, because he's work- ing for life-and I'm only working for a degree Cnot a third degree, although I'll probably get it from the editorl. As Robb's stooge I'm elected to record an intelligent rat's views on this thing called fall elec- tions. All kidding aside, Boss, continued Robb, you've got to hand it to our cam- pus politicians. They really got out the mob. Even Prexy Roosevelt can't chat a larger per cent into voting. While one party was dancing in the Student Union, llgleczfzmu Uaefz. the other was parading in the rain and be- tween the noise of one and the torches of the other, a hot time was had by all. No wonder with such unity and pro- gression in our party politics, I said. Unity? Progression? Oh, United Stu- dents! Progressive Party! I get it! he beamed. Good for you! I beamed back. CWe seem to be on the beam, don't we?J I was only being satirical, I explained. Because, of course, the United Student's Party wasn't very united and the Progres- sive Party filed away the unfinished planks of their platform for future reference. The six-plank platform of the Progressives car- ried the weight of that party very well. They placed ten of their candidates, and the United Students placed four ibut we don't talk about thatD. For awhile I couldn't get out of any of my holes because of the posters and car- toons pasted up, said Robb, and the mud . SAYS ROBB How YOU F JHEISD VOTE STUQENTS PROCRISSIVE Students discuss po- litical posters and campaign handbills before going into Al- bert Taylor Hall to receive instructions as to the places and methods of voting in the fall election.

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The Student Council-as you see them: Dr. Arnett busy at his office desk: David Kester studying in the Y. M. roomg Marjorie Anderson working at her practice teaching: Joyce Van Gundy unionizingg Bob McGinness talking with some friends in the Union reading room, Willie Knox re- moving white rats from a cage in the zoology labg VVillard Schmidt loafirlg in the Music Hall lobby: Margery Hansen playing the piano in Music Hall auditoriumg Joan Holmes looking pretty in the Stu- dent Union reading roomg Raymond Tippin stirring paint in the paint shopg Peggy Ladner at Reserve. Student Forum and listen in and ask ques- tions? HStudent Forum ? What's that ? Well, I'1l say you are lost in a fog. Why, that's the most important bill the Council has put across this year. Twice a month the Council has open meetings with the student body now. HI read in the paper where those guys meet every Tuesday evening. What do they do anyway 7 Well, there's the checking fee. They reduced it from 10c to 5c. I told you about the Forum a while ago. Oh, yes, there's 'Butch' Martin's orchestra they got for the Homecoming Ball. They're sponsoring the Fall Games Tournament. And movie con- vocations are scheduled by the Council, toof, What else 7 Oh, yes, there is something else-the freshman orientation program. The Coun- cil will take definite action on it a lit- tle later on. The freshman, according to this plan, would come to school a day early and receive about forty-five minutes of in- dividual advising? Say, wait a minute-ah-do you have any party affiliations? Well, no, that is, Dad says I'm a Demo- crat, but- Fine You see, second semester John Zimmerman is going to graduate and take an assistantship at Oklahoma University. Willie Knox will have to move up and take his place as president. Then Willie will have to appoint someone from the Council as vice-president-and then there'll be a va- cancy in one of the class representative of- fices. We'd like to see him a Progressive too. Why don't you join us? lt's a cinch? H 77

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Counting the ballots after student elections is one loting. Ballots are saved for ,two weeks followm of the tasks of the Student Council. During each election and are then destroyed. Protests or con election council members are in charge of the bal- tests must be entered within the two-weeks' period gl, .exam .exceed which Wichert and Levinson threw at each other on those posters was enough to make even me dirty. And on top of that, every time I stuck my nose in the Bulletin office they were arguing about whose letter was to be published in the next issue, and no sooner did I turn my back than they were walking arm in arm down the main walk. Yeah, and did you see all those beauti- ful pledges passing out handbills? There was a two weeks supply of scratch paper scattered around the school after it was all over. And I'm still looking for the guy who took Mavis Richardson's picture off that poster. I wanted that myself, I said. f'Stick to politics, Boss, he growled. HO. K.,' I laughed. Say, were you in the senior class meeting when Jack Law- rence nominated the wrong candidates for the US party? The Progressives laughed at that for a week afterward, but the US got a laugh when the Progressives tried to give some Phi Delt pledges some of their handbills to pass outf, Yes, I guess a lot of things happen in the excitement of a campaign, he com- mented. But itis all part of the game and most of it is darn good citizenship training. Iim for more and bigger campaigns. Well, we had a lot of fun, I sighed, my memory growing rosy. We elected some good officers and freshman councilmen. And we will get to have fun all over again next spring. Spring is a better time to en- joy afternoon dancing in the Student Union Peach Room anyway. Robb twitched his whiskers in agree- ment. 27