University of Southern California - El Rodeo Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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by the Student Tlody presented the new Constitution which was unanimously adopted and became eiiiective january the first, ninteen hundred nine. This Constitution provided that the As- sociated Students of the University of Southern California shall elect officers annually, by the Australian ballot system. Election day may thus he permitted to assume a dignity sometimes un- known in the times of the former democratic elections. Ex- cellent supervision of the management of the weekly publication, The Courier is secured by the election of a Board of Control for that purpose. A similar lloard composed of faculty and stu- clent members, is given control of all the athletic interests of the University. The excellence of this document is evident to one who reads it. The personnel of the Executive Committee alone gives assurance that those who framed this constitution had at heart the best interests of the Student life of the University. The conviction should come to every loyal undergraduate that he owes his encouragement, which may be made manifest in many ways, to every activity that contributes to his own advance- ment ancl to the glory of his University. qi-.5 4141-1.4, gl. i I . ,1 The Triumvirale 28

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T Q-AU Z' i Q I I if f 5 .,': - College JA Politics . To the college student of today the term Liberal Educa tion is suggestive of many phases of an increasingly complex life. It is suggestive not only of the class-room, but also of the lecture-hall, the athletic field and all the various activities which develop his spiritual and social nature, and enhance his intel- lectual power. ' ,There is today in student centers a growing sense of the necessity of preparing to meet the many calls for service now being made along all lines of social betterment. Organized effort is the result. No college faculty or curriculum, however excellent, can do more than merely contribute to or encourage these activities. They must be initiated and carried on by stu- dents and for students. Participation in any student enterprise is more than a privilege, it is a duty, for it involves the inter- ests and honor of the University. Marked loyalty to Alma Mater is evidenced in the hard-fought athletic contest, in, oratory, in debate, in the work involved in her publications, and in all other efforts that show University achievement, but the same spirit prompts the students who share in the councils that make these possible. It is into the conduct of these organizations that poli- tics may enter, manifested as ever, in its beneficial or evil effects. The spirit of self-seeking should have no part in a student's interest in University affairs. The possibilities of the abuse or the neglect of responsibilities imposed should be and are to a great extent avoided by the provisions that create the officers. Those who are not familiar with the changes of Student Body government in the University of Southern California dur- ing the years past, tell us that the constitution used by the Cam- pus Colleges became at last inadequate to their needs. The feeling grew that a new constitution should be made and that for the advancement of University interests, the co-operation of all the colleges should be secured by it. A committee appointed 27

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