University of Southern Mississippi - Southerner Yearbook (Hattiesburg, MS)

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- 5111212111 Self Cfnurrnmrnt ... c. H. BISHOP SCOTT COUNTY X s HEN school first opened at the Mississippi Normal College in 1912-the first year the doors of the institution were opened for students-just how to govern the student body, was a question in the minds of the president and faculty. President Cook said, it was the aim and desire of the faculty and President of the institution, to furnish the students with every opportunity of becoming broader, and more efficient in their chosen profession. He also said that he believed that students who expected to be teachers were capable and should govern them- selves. . Such an idea was new to the majority of the students. It was discussed privately by the students for several days before they decided to take it up publicly. Mr. A. A. Burns called a meeting of the student body for the purpose of discussing publicly the question of Student Self Government. A motion was made and carried, that the students organize themselves into a Student Self Government Association. The Association was organized October 8th, 1912. Candidates for the various offices were nominated at the same meeting. The officers of the Association are a president, a vice-president, a secretary- treasurer, and a council composed of seven women, and eight men, all members of the student body. The officers are elected by a vote of the student bodyg both men and women voting by the Australian ballot system. It is the duty of the council to try any student for alleged misconduct and recommend his punishment to the faculty. Every student of the institution is a member of the Association. He is placed on his honor. Misconduct is not suggested to him by a countless number of faculty rules. To observe the motto of the Associationg Every Man aGentleman and every Woman a Ladyg is all that is expected of any student. If every student ob- serves the motto, peace and harmony will always prevail between the students, and between the students and faculty. The Association offers an excellent opportunity for the development in each member the characteristics of true manhood and womanhood. It gives a most ex- cellent opportunity for the development of personal responsibility and self-control- two requisite features for success in the teaching profession. From a teacher's point of view there is nothing truer than the saying, Before you are capable of controlling others you must first be able to controll yourself. Learn to do by doing. C. H. BISHOP.

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- 31112 Nnrmal Spirit , ALLENE CATHEY DESOTO COUNTY X.: HE word Normal as here used has not its usual meaning, it is not the spirit that is commonly found in Normals, not the customary thing, but rather the unusual spirit of this particular Normal school. New students feel it in the democratic atmosphere, and drop in line. Visi- tors comment upon it and ask, I-low? Yet if they remain here long it is easy to understand. The attitude of the faculty towards the students is one to inspire con- fidence, self-reliance, and respect. They are not cultured, learned gods, that hold themselves apart, but are comrades, friends, and advisorsg they do not exist for the recitation rooms alone, but are with us in our societies, religious organizations, games, and every phase of daily life. The President of the institution, Joe Cook, places all confidence in the students. No iron-clad rules are enforcedg only a very few necessary regulations and Self-Control are insisted upon. His confident, frank treatment of the students demands the same from them in return. Another reason for the Normal spirit is unity of purpose. The student body is not a heterogenous collection of future doctors, merchants, lawyers, business men, society girls, etc., but is made up of men and women who have determined upon the same life purpose. Every student has at heart, and is to be a helper in solving the one great problemg the development of the country child. The moving student body helps to maintain democracy. The same students are seldom here a second or third year, and more often they come for a part of the session, go away to teach and return after their schools are out. This constant changing of students, though lasting friendships are made, prevents social circles and squads from being formed. There is no Freshman or Senior here, no distinctions are made. The entire student body is one big social circle, every one having equal rights. Democracy is encouraged, not for democracy in itself, but for its helpfulness. And we hope to carry this Normal spirit back with us into every rural school and community throughout the state, socializing and unifying the many factors of rural life now dormant. ALLENE CATHEY.