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INSUFFICIENT STUDENT INTERESTBy EDWIN PR ATT 'To cope adequately with any given situaion, simple and clear reasoning becomes of vital importance. What happens when situations and problems exceed the line of reasoning?We feel it only fitting that at the close of the first semester we sit and survey our work of the pastfew months.After months of planning, revising and arguments—pro and con— we have finally drafted a complete Student Council Constitution. As expected it dosen’t suit the taste of all the students, thus indicating that • are following in the “true” Clark tradition.Although, yet not up to our desired goal, we have set up our office in the Alumni Secretary portion of the Publicity Room. This is the first actual, Student Council office.In placing students on several of the Faculty Committees, we felt that this would be an excellent step toward bettering student-teacher relationships. After being placed on these committees, the students did not attempt to find out what their jobs would be. They didn’t inform committee chairmen that they were the Student Representatives. Yet, each year students cry, beg and plead for representation. However, when the opportunity presents itself, little or no use is made of it.Dean Phoebe Burney is noted for her emphasis upon persons developing 44 a sense of value.” This creation of finer standards wiU aid a large number of us, particularly students who tend to carry over into their college life many high school traditions and methods.We have not reached the stage where we consider our Student Council as an important organization in the functioning of our college. If we could teach students to look upon the Student Council as a serious-minded, sound thinking group that does have a voice in the creation of policies for 'the student body, then we would feel that we have accomplished much.The majority of our time has been spent organizing and reorganizing a '‘working” Council, and putting a workable program into operation.Under the surface we have been the impetus behind such moves as the final creation of a girls’ basketball team and full participation of the Pfeiffdr Senate in all actions taken by the Men’s Administrative Council. We have also gotten our campus movie project to be largely a student operating concern, and we have been called upon to aid in the making of final, decisions concerning our student body.We feel that we have made great strides in the formulation of an ideal council, which is a major improvement over our preceeding councils. This has been accomplished over the span of one semester and with little cooperation from our student body.With the few remaining months and your cooperation during this semester, still more needed changes and reforms can be brought to realization. Truly, we have inched a-long, cautiously and successfully.Through our former accomplishments, we have faith for greater attempts and efforts . . . “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” Hebrews XL 1.
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Atlanta Panther
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Sat, Mar 01, 1952
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