Louisiana Polytechnic Institute - Lagniappe Yearbook (Ruston, LA)

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The Student Council Owen Johnson President of the Student Body The Student Council, executive organ of the student body association and one of Tech ' s most recent acquisitions, set out at the beginning of the year to obtain a working knowledge of campus government and to show the students and faculty the advantages to be’ gained by student participation in college ad¬ ministration. With the avowed objectives of remedying such evils as might arise in the student body, promoting college spirit, fostering honorable conduct and ideals among students and promoting closer co-operation between the students and the faculty, the Student Council found a great task before it, a task not to be completed in one year. Pledged to a course of self-education, a policy of training student leaders for following years, the Council was limited in opportunities for concrete action. However, the laying of a firm foundation was necessary, and that was ac¬ complished.