Southwestern College - Moundbuilder Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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ala. Q7 7 Order of the Mound IN GRDER to give recognition to those students who have maintained a high scholastic record throughout their four college years, the faculty elects them to membership in the Qrder of the Mound. This society originated in 1917. At that time no senior was eligible unless he had an average of a B grade. Now the upper ten per cent of the senior class is elected to the Qrder of the Mound each year and by a two-thirds vote of the lac- ulty the upper twelve per cent may be elected. Besides the requirement of ranlc- ing in the upper ten per cent of his class, a senior to be elected must have had seventy-Five hours of worl4 at Southwestern. The newly elected group has one meet- to have this meeting at the time of com- mencement each spring in the Winfield home of one ot its members. This gives the old members a chance to meet the new. At the Final Chapel the new members are presented with an 0rder of the Mound l4ey which is similar to the Phi Beta Kappa lcey. Those elected this year were: Frances Creger, l-lazel Deever, Tom Emmitt, Wof- ford Gardner, John Moore, Vivian Pike, Newton Ward, and Mrs. Mary Watlcins. With the addition of these members, the total membership is two hundred and Fifty-nine. Aileen Gafney, Winfield, is president ing uiyg the ar It has been a custom of the organization. - ,JSI-ff' ' . it W' 2 a fe .J..X - fl . l 62-.o-:k,J f2,L,.,vl-44 95 ,lf Frances Creger Hazel Deever Tom Emmitt WoHord Gardner John Moore Vivian Pike Newton Ward Mrs. Mary Watkins Page I 7 ,zzz -aa!-L-,-Q i 1 1 4 i v V .1

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sk L N' R 59 I 3 5 i l l l i l 5 i . K . F ' , ict!1lQ,.,4.,if.,-'1 749-chief-' X9 cocoon LM, ,ga 445, gd - 3 Student Council WJ9 ' s QD 7744-os. 'M'-1-'-4 L14 Top row: Moreland Swoyer Warren Lowther Gresham Corp Albright A-0-ual. lj,-,L W d row: Pilce, Slnyder, Stateler, Weir, Berry, D. Elliott, l-l. Floolc, Franks, Johnston f f ,fl ' Third row: Page, Watkins, Blair, G. Floolc, Miller, Porter, Stocking, Thompson, Wise h '. N i Bottom row: Young, Buss, Colbert, Davis, Goforth, Hammer, Keller, Mcgntire, Stitt , 'lu-Z'uf -j , ,Lo V, vw-I i ' Z' L L 141. WMM ,SJ X , RQMlNENl on the campus is the Student vise succe ully the budg l f ach 9 Council, which is a student governing body department. dfx 1 ' composed of four members and two alternates from each class of the college. The purpose of the council is to provide a representative group to talce the initiative in all student enterprises, to develop proper co-operation and co-ordination between the students ancl administrators of the college, to promote constructive school spirit, and to share with the faculty in the control of student organizations. The council is a legislative body, and it exer- cises this privilege whenever the occasion pre- sents itself. It has many duties and responsibili- ties as regards those projects over which it has direct control, such as student assemblies, all school functions, pep rallies, student elections, arrangements for two holidays per year, and awarding emblems of honor. ln administering the student activity funds, the council helped super- This year the council maintaine repu a- tion as an efficient and capable body in adminis- tering to the students their need for democratic government. Members of the Executive Committee of the Student Council: First semester: Virgil Moreland, president, Marlc Swoyer, vice-president, Gerald Warren, finance chairman, Betty Lowther, social chairman, Lowell Miller, chapel chairman. Second semester: Virgil Moreland, presi- dent, Marlc Swoyer, vice-president, Gerald War- ren, finance chairman, Max Weir, social chair- man, Mildred Stateler, chapel chairman. Qther officers elected by the Student Body, but not members of the council, were: Kenneth Watlcins, Robert Burden, cheer leaders, Don l'lattan, president of the Rooters' Club. Page IN 1