Linfield College - Oak Leaves Yearbook (McMinnville, OR)

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,......,.,..... ,k.,.....4-..--.................-v. --. ... ...,.-.,,.,.........-,-,......-......-.-.- , , ..i 'K f7i,1':. ,Q5'4- ,-, -. fg Q.,, i Q.,::- af ,. .'h, s swam It was the easy-going drawl of Bill Stryker which penetrated the bedlam of student body meetings to bring order out of chaos, quiet out of confusion and it was Strykerls battered gavel which authoritatively demanded silence from the rioters. It was Prexy Stryker who again and again found refuge in the little blue book of his parliamentarian, Roy Francis, and it was through the efforts of this same individual that would-be hecklers were routed with well placed phases from Roberts Rules of Order. It was the well-greased diplomacy of Stryker which paved the way for many of the Linfield student body successes. Moving with miraculous ease through the devious chan- nels of the executive council, our prexy amalgamatecl the various factions to produce a smooth-running machine which transacted student business with celerity and efficiency. Though the Stryker-run regime did not claim any publicized successes in the field of student government, this year was noted for a lack of friction in the functioning of the various departments. Although the easy going hand of our field general with the reced- ing hair line could seldom be detected in the various achievements of the student govern- ment, the results of his diplomatic touch can be discerned in the ease with which our leaders have cooperated throughout the year. Wihether the worries of government can be blamed for the high forehead of our soft- voiced prexy will never be known, but this we do know. Stryker's glistening pate has been a guiding light, an ever-shining beacon which has steered the leaking bark of student state- craft to a safe haven.