The Montana Kaimin, April 17, 1936
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ONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, MISSOULA, MONTANA FRIDAY, APRIL 17,1936 VOLUME XX XV . No. 49 folleys Resigns as A.S.U.M. Vice-President ortland Poet Banks Alma Mater High “ Vice-President’s Letter of Resignation Officer Quits; ToVigilantes” Be Matrix Propose April 16, 1936 Is Dissatisfied Mr. James Meyers, Table Speaker Eleven Office-Seekers President of the Associated Students, Montana State University. With "System” New Political Party Will Support Blair for President; hel Romig Fuller Has Forestry Club Dear Mr. Meyers: Swanson, Vice-President; Vadheim, Business Freedom to Help Change Invitation to Address I wish to tender my resignation as vice-president of the Arranging Full Manager; Eiselein, A. S. U. M. Secretary Associated Students to take effect Immediately. I am nearing Situation Given Honor Banquet the end of my second year of service on Central board and as As Motive Spring Schedule The newly organized “ Vigilante” party will support at least time goes on I am becoming more and more aware that the present system of student government Is neither representa eleven candidates in the coming campus elections, according to inner to Be May 7 tive nor designed to further the best interest of the majority Hike, Dance and Baseball Team an announcement made by the chairman of the central com Sol Hepner of the students. The election conducted last spring was not a Says Offices “Fixed” Among Plans Laid mittee, Bill Gail, Billings. Candidates were selected at a meet contest but a foregone conclusion whose outcome was known ieta Sigma Phi Pledges By Gronp i n g of representatives from 16 of State University for at least three weeks before the primary vote on Aber day, Silent Sentinel Members the 19 sororities and fraternities on and as a result polled the smallest number of votes that has To Be Announced Several new topics were dis Literary Contest the campus, and independents. The been cast in student elections for several years. It has been a Called “ Milk and At Affair cussed at the forestry club meeting Scribes’ School meeting was held in the Student custom on this campus that the positions of vice-president and Water Sops” Wednesday night in the forestry Judges Announced Union building Wednesday after secretary of the A. S. U. M. be held by women, so after the other library, among them the spring Given High Rank Itbel Romig Fuller of Portland noon. A. S. U. M. offices had been parceled out among the men, I hap gon, considered one of the out- dance, spring hike and a forestry By H. G. Merriam Resigning from the position John Blair, Forsyth, was nomi pened to be the one selected by “the powers that be” to run iding poets of the northwest, club baseball team. Gradnate Conducts Survey of 115 of vice-president of the A. S. U. nated for A. S. U. M. president; for the office from which I am now resigning. be the principal speaker at the Norval Bonawitz, Missoula, was Manuscripts for Joyce Memorial, M. because of avowed dissatis- ; 1 Esther Swanson, Missoula, A. S. U. State-Owned Institutions I wish to make it clear that I am not conforming to the ual Theta Sigma Phi Matrix appointed manager of the baseball Frontier Awards Were Throughout Nation faction with the present system M. vice-president; A1 Vadheim, current fashion of being a “probable" candidate for any office team, although no definite arrange Due April 15 of student government and the de banquet which will be held Great Falls, A. S. U. M. business whatever, and that I do not desire the “backing of even the ments have been made as yet for | desire to be “ free to devote my i 1. Members of the national manager; Betty Eiselein, Roundup, The Montana State University small group of students” upon which the "probable” candidates intramural games. H. G. Merriam announced yester efforts” to improving the sit-, orary journalism fraternity an- A. S. U. M. secretary; Willis Has journalism school ranks high are relying. I frankly doubt Mr. Provinse’s sincerity, but I do Gene Cox, Helena; Ralph Han day the judges for the Joyce Me nation, Betty Arm Polleys, Mis nced yesterday that Mrs. Fuller kell, Glendive, and Barbara Keith, among the departments of its kind agree with his “probable” campaign platform of a “general sen, Billings, and Joe Crisafulll, morial contest and the Frontier soula, yesterday added a new .accepted an invitation to speak Great Falls, senior delegates to throughout the nation, according to campus reform." And, to Mr. Provinse’s own discomfort, no Glendive, were selected as com and Midland poetry contest En and confusing chapter to the he banquet Central board; Burt Hurwltz, a survey recently made by Hal S. doubt, I too am aware of the painful inadequacy of Central mittee heads for the spring hike, tries for both contests were due turbulent political upheaval i addition to her writing, which Olean, New York, junior delegate Hepner, state university graduate, board as a representative body, and of the petty bickerings of which will take place May 22. Wednesday, April 15. Awards will which has occupied campus at a large market both in this to Central board; Stanley Shaw, now assistant college editor and Interfraternity council; and I have decided that I no longer care The spring hike, an annual affair, be presented to the winning com tention the past few days. ntry and in England, Mrs. Ful- Missoula, two-year sophomore dele journalism instructor at South Da to be a part of a system that has so dominated campus activities is attended by forestry club mem petitors at a convocation later in Miss Polleys struck at the in- j edits the poetry column of the gate to Central board; Leroy Pur kota State college. that the senior men’s honorary has degenerated into nothing bers, faculty of the forestry school the quarter. adequacy of Central hoard, labelled j gonian, Portland, Oregon news- vis, Great Falls, one-year sopho The survey included an analysis more than milk and water sops to reward the stooges of an and friends of the members. Ap For the Joyce Memorial contest Silent Sentinel, senior men’s hon- j || and is writing special verse more delegate to Central board; Ed of courses in 115 schools and de unscrupulous backstage machine popularly believed to be proximately 500 are expected, stated the judges are Professor P . 0. orary, a group of "milk and water 1 bits of homely philosophy tor Schmoll, Chicago, Illinois, and Cliff partments of journalism in state- closely affiliated with Theta Nu Epsilon, a national secret Arnold Bolle,. Watertown, Wiscon Keeney, Horace Chadbourne and „ , „ ,, „ sops,” decried the petty bickerings j idio program, “Mary and Her ... Carmody, Kalispell, for the stor owned institutions of higher educa political fraternity which Baird’s manual declares is held in 111 sin, president of the forestry club. Richard Lake. Those who will I of Interfraternity council and cast I indly Garden,” which is broad- board. tion throughout the country. The repute on every college campus in the United States. Although no date was set, plans judge entries in the Frontier and. | personal doubt upon the sincerity from station KOMO in Seattle, complete findings recently were By this resignation I do not mean to imply that I have no were made for a spring dance. Mike Midland contest are Mrs. Mary B. George Van Noy, Lewistown, de of Nate Proytase’8 platform as a ; ihlngton, every morning except published in the Publishers’ Aux more Interest in student activities, but rather that I wish to feel Hardy, Fullerton, California; Jack Clapp, Vernon Parrington and Pro clined the nomination for senior probable presidential candidate, m trday and Sunday, iliary, a newspaper publication free to devote my efforts to any move designed to improve stu Miller, Missoula, and Bob Jansson, fessor H. G. Merriam. Winners will class delegate to Central board. Blames Alleged Gronp uring the past two years, Mrs. with a circulation covering 17,000 dent self government. I am glad that the general agitation In Chicago, will be in charge of the be announced in about a week. Interfratemlty Hears Gall er has written several articles newspaper offices. student politics this spring Is creating among the bulk of the She expressed the belief that all I dance. The spring dance is held The fact that independents as Travel, the Christian Science Professor Hepner affiliated with students awareness of the actual conditions of their campus campus offices were distributed 3 exclusively for forestry club mem Tevis Hoblitt, ’35, is employed by well as fraternities and sororities thly, and The Oregonian. At the printing and rural journalism government. and the occupants of them deter- ] the John R. Daily company. are represented In the list of bers.