San Bernardino Valley College - Tom Tom Yearbook (San Bernardino, CA)

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HERE have been calm elections, during the past year, that haven ' t made a whisper in the note-room; there has been the hardest-fought, most-advertised combat since grandpappy can remember, and through it all, the common student, the man- in-the-hall, has gone blithely on his way of proving that he can always pick capable officers, be it by scientific reasoning or intuition, and then cooperate with those officers practically ninety-nine and forty-four hundredths percent. The ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY is, extraordinarily enough, the biggest thing on the campus. Its administration is vested in the Exec- utive Committee of eight elective members, with Dr. Nicholas Ricciardi as adviser. Through many committees and appointive officials the ex-com- mittee provides financial stability, social con- tacts, entertainment, and educational and extra- curricular opportunities for the entire student body. Harold Wieman, overwhelmingly elected pres- ident last spring, was on hand for various ad- ministrative jobs all summer and, in September, with school in session, took up the gavel in earnest. Throughout the fall semester, he con- tinued to wield the aforementioned gavel at student body assemblies, at lengthy Ex. Com- mittee meetings, and, when he was at home in his of- fice, as general consultant on practically any, and usually every student body problem. The biggest job that faced the fall-semester Ex-Committee was the preparation of the annual budget, a task which was accom- plished with much figuring and involved argumentation both in closed meetings in the A. S. B. office and open-to-the-interested- public sessions in the Men ' s Lounge. June Fox, as vice-president, handled the social life of the school with origin- ality. Welder Daniel, treasurer, after insisting upon the Reason Why, affably signed requisi- tions. Secretary Mildred Rornes turned out reams of correspondence for administrative and social purposes and kept minutes of the hours spent in meetings. Chosen for a full-year term after classes began in September, Elizabeth Ann Johnson and Gordon Langdon guarded the June Fox Welder Daniels Mildred Rornes I [arold Wieman 26

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By the Students

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interests of the Sophomore Class, and La Rue Eason and Eugene Smith, those of the Frosh. The student executives attended a Southern Califor- nia convention at Santa Ana and sponsored a high-school executives ' day on the J. C. campus. Came the spring semester, and with it, the biggest campaign in the political history of the college. There were rallies and speeches, bill- boards and pamphlets, confetti and whistles, and campus clubs violently partisan. The vote, on a memorably hectic Wednesday, ended in a tie between the incumbent, Harold Wieman, and the progressive candidate, Jim Barnum, with the liberal candidate, Clyde Martin, but a step behind. A run-off election carried Jim Bar- i . ' I lizabeth Johnson Gordon Langdon Ea Rue Eason num into ofhce on a wave of enthusiasm. A simul- taneous shift in the other offices placed Roscoe Watts in the treasurer ' s chair and found Gene Pearce draw- ing up minutes at the next meeting. The new administration, starting out on a program of Action, somewhat enlivened social affairs, approved the second semester budget, and handled the plans for Commencement. In the spring, high school executives were again invited to the campus. Among other innova- tions, the new Ex. Committee sponsored a point system for extra-curricular activities. Jim Bar- num assumed the responsibility of his position with sincerity, presiding with dignity r at assemblies and with logical efficiency at Ex. Committee meet- ings. Under his leadership, the Coordination Council was revived on the campus. The Ex. Committee Eugene Smith Roscoe Watts Gene Pearce James Barnum sponsored a Peace Day assembly on April 21, in conjunction with the National Peace Movement. Dr. Guy Talbot, was the featured speaker at the assembly, and discussion was carried on from the floor by a special student panel. Jim Barnum, Gene Pearce, and La Rue Eason represented the committee at the Student Officer ' s Coordination Council of Southern California Junior Colleges at Glendale, a conference originally begun through the efforts of Dr. Ricciardi and our own J. C. The whole year, both fall and spring semesters, was one of exceptional administrative capability and more-than-ordinary student in- terest and cooperation. 27