University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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board ln cont rol of student puhllcatlons Back row: Arnold Canfield, Peter Schruth, Enid Dygert, Letitia Krey, Carroll Geddes .... Second row: Mitchell V. Charnley, Malcolm MacLean, Ralph Casey, Austin Dowell .... First row: Susie Van Sickle, Allan Wash, Robert McDonald .... Not in picture: Edward E. Nicholson, C. Gilbert Wrenn, Dale Yoder ..... ............ 1. Although the Board in Control of Student Publications receives little publicity about its work, it is a representative body elected by the students, and as such it directs and approves of the policies of the various all- university publications. It is in ultimate control of the type of work done by each of the staffs, and can force a publication to discontinue any procedure of which it does not approve. 2. Perhaps the hardest job that the Board has to do is choose the editors and business managers of the Daily, Ski-U-Mah, Gopher, and Literary Review. Each spring the Board receives from prospective candidates appli- cations which contain statements of eligibility and plans and policies which they intend to carry out. Each applicant appears before the Board and presents his platform, and from these applicants the Board selects the heads of the publications. 3. Throughout the year the Board supervises the management of the various publications. Budgets must be presented to the Board for approvalg each editor and business manager must make a monthly report on the progress and work of his staff, and plans for the future must be approved. Prohts from the publications are kept in a reserve fund which is controlled by the Board. 4. Each spring the Board of Publications re- wards the hard work of the staff members by giving a banquet and dance for the workers and their guests. After a good steak dinner, they relax and enjoy a few speeches and a hilarious razz sheet that is distributed. At this time also, gold keys are awarded to the seniors who have done work of outstanding merit.

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O t Q agrlcultural studen Back row: Ralph Smith, Robert Bingham, Luther Kjos, Harvey Hartxvig, Walter Talbert .... Second row: Marjorie Stowell, Iane Cavert, Fern Dahlgren, Robert Worcester .... First row: Fred Taylor, Donald Harrington, Mary Grace Anderson, H. Gordon Hanson, Ross Donehower .... Not in picture: Helen E. Olson ................. 1. Organization for the orientation of Ag campus freshmen is a new responsibility of the Ag student council. Last fall was only the second time that the Ag campus has carried on an independent program to help newcomers matriculating at the College of Agriculture. Though paralleling the activities of the main campus Freshman Week, the Ag student council added a few touches of its own. 2. Farm campus elections are now held ac- cording to the Hare system of proportional representation since the council adopted a new constitution late in winter quarter. An additional innovation brought about by the new constitution is that of having class heads and student officials begin their duties immediately after election instead of waiting until fall as was previously the custom. 3. lt's a wise government that allows freedom of speech. At the council-sponsored Razz banquet given each spring, the student body of the Agricultural college has a chance to air its grievances, and the council and faculty Find out what changes the students want. The new Social Coordinating committee on the farm campus is a result of last yearis Razz banquet. This year Ag students made an inter-campus trip to the Minnesota Union for their banquet. 4. Honors to outstanding seniors are accorded at the annual recognition assembly held every spring on the farm campus. At this assembly, put on exclusively by and for students, about-to-graduate upperclassmen who have been notable for scholarship and leadership during their undergraduate days are lauded, and the Dean Freeman leadership medal is presented. councll FRESHMAN WEEK NEW CONSTITUTION j I RAzz BANQUET RECOGNITION ASSEMBLY

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Gin .wx ...L-f' professional colleges' bookstore hoard Back row: Allan Raudenbush, I. Parry Morris, Ralph Rogers, Norman Icnscn, Ioseph Nathanson, Wallace ' Lien .... First row: Harold Smith, Charles Mann, Harold Maiers, Elting Comstock, Otto Zelner .... A: Not in picture: Kenneth Bickforcl, Ernest Heilman, William Brooke ....... 1 I I , I PROFIT SHARING I 1. Long envied by the students of other col- I N leges, the professional students are fortunate in that they have a co-operative bookstore 3 I . which reduces considerably the expenses of their education. A person can join the book- -W-b--W . W -W --I store for a small fee, and then all profits from the sale of books are divided among the members according to the amount of their purchases. lt has been estimated that if an f'T'T'--'-TTTT-TTTTTMT--TI engineering student joins when he is a freshman and buys all his books from the book- store, he can pay for his senior year books from the dividends he receives. s I E I 2. This co-operative bookstore was originally NAME CHANGE I the Engineers' Bookstore, but when it combined with the Business School Bookstore ' I I w last year, it changed its name to the Professional Colleges' Bookstore. The name was J I nu,-,,,,.,,,.,,..,.-.M selected from those submitted in a contest. fi -I 3. Control of the Bookstore is vested in the I Professional Colleges, Bookstore Board. The board supervises the management and the I policies of the staff. The board also has the power to declare dividends from the profits. I 1 I I BOARD'S' WORK 4. The bookstore sells stationery, books, lab- oratory equipment, and instruments to all students, but it deals particularly in engineering, medical, dental, nursing, and business material. One of the functions of the Bookstore is to serve as an outlet for the publications of the University Press. It is the only place that many of the faculty's books and pamphlets may be obtained. 1 . I I , - ,,..,4,,.j '- ---I I I I STORE'S SUPPLIES I