Finlandia University - Yearbook (Hancock, MI)

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' 5- Q' ll '.g' STUDENT COUNCIL OF 1947-48. The Student Council as an active organization was first instituted in the fall term of 1943. Special credit for the idea of having a Student Council here at Suomi goes to Karlo Keljo, who pioneered the idea in that year. On Sep- tember l5, 1943, fifteen students signed a petition in favor of creating a Student Council, and this petition was recognized by the faculty on October 11, 1943. With the approval of the petition, work was begun in setting up a workable council. The Planning Committee drew up the co-nstitution and presented it to the faculty in February of 1944, and the council held their first meeting on April 19, 1944. The purpose of the Student Council is best summed up in its aims, as found in the constitution. They are as follows: Qlj To coordinate extra curricular activities, Q25 To convey student opinion to the faculty and vice versa, To provide training in self-government, To maintain school traditions, To familiarize the new student with Suomi Life. With the opening of this school year, the returning members of last year's council carried on the work until the new delegation of representatives were chosen. The newly elected representatives this year were: Mfilho- Elson, Eli Lepis- to, Philip Luttio, George Hautala, Carl Tamminen, Reynold Hiltunen, and Dorothy Kinnon. At the first meeting the following officers were elected: president, Philip Luttio, vice-president, Carl Tamminen, and secretary, Dorothy Kinnon. The Student Council thisyear took active part in arranging many of the student activities. It sponsored a Color Tour of,Keweenaw Point in the Fall, a Welcome Party, a Halloween Party ,a Christmas Party, and a Spring Outing. The council also planned and sponsored the various programs for our weekly CO11VOC2lt101'1S. y P Page forty-six

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Siin' on kyntii, siinii kylvii, Siinii kasvof kaike-nlainen, Siinii ikuilwn Unnip K alcvala r. XXXVIII-303. . . . And as VVainamoinen departed to the North and promised Louhi, The Mistress of the North, that he would send Ilmarinen, the mastersmith, to forge the Sampo . . . and as Ilmarinen did not wish to go, VViiinam6inen tricked him into climbing for the Golden Moon andthus being transported to the North by a roaring wind . . . and as Ilmarinen arrives there, he falls in love with The Maid of the North, and to gain her love, he fabricates the Sampo, the fabulous mill of wealth . . . and as Ilmarinen learns of the fickleness of women, the Sampo is hidden deep within the earth, and later stolen by the plundering heroes of Kaleva and as it was later shattered during an attempt to recover it, the pieces of the Sampo have since brought good fortune and well-being to the people of the shores which they have touched. g Such is the tale in the Kalevala which has given Suomi College the name for its only honor society. Organized in 1930, the Sampo-Society today has ninety- one members, representing the elections of the past eighteen years. Until recent- ly, those eligible for membership in this society were the valedictorian, the salu- tatorian, the Junior College student with the highest scholastic average, the two students with the highest number of extra-curricular points, and the two students who, in the judgment of the faculty, have brought special distinction to the school. Presently, the elections are made from those achieving scholastic record in the Junior College, Commercial, and Music Departments, and from students judged by the- faculty to deserve special distinction because of attitude, character and personality. In all cases, a student's character and personality are deciding factors. r t Sampo is a fitting name for this society. -Besides its basic .similarity in name to Suomi-Cpisto, it presents a connotation of working hand-in-hand, and thus indicating the spirit of cooperation which will always prevail between Sampo and Suomi College. i . y i These factors have been picturesquely blended into the Sampo Society's insignia. Centralized upon the sign is the S of both Suomi and the Sampo. The emblem is further designed to present a second, larger S , suggesting that both the society and the college are striving for a greater Suomi, that the wearer carries a responsibility and an obligation to further the idealswhich the school represents. Finally, the insignia represents a hand-clasp - the hand of Suomi, guiding, teaching, inspiring -4 and the hand of the Suomian, thankful, trusting, and promising help and loyalty in the future. Q The following students were elected to Sampo membership in 1947: Grace Hampton - Music .................. Ishpeming, Michigan Ida Heikkinen - Commercial . .. ...... Toivola, Michigan Ila Kaskinen -- Music . .I ....... .... K aleva, Michigan Donald Lehti - Junior College . . . . . Hancock, Michigan Judith Seeborg - Junior College . . . . . . ........ Astoria, Oregon Fred Waisanen -- Junior College ................ Aura, Michigan Most noteworthy in the organization and subsequent growth of the Sampo Society has been the work and spirit of Mr. Waino Pop Lehto, faculty advisor to the society. His advice and assistance have given the society an intrinsic value which will be lasting in nature. In his words: As the fragments of the Kale- vala's Sampo brought wealth, riches, and good fortune to lands which held them, so we shall find our members drifting on the tide of life to live among their people. In this process, we ho-pe that by their service, they are instrumental in uplifting the spiritual, cultural and social life of their future home communities. Page forty-eight