University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-03-30
Clubs and Clubs

There are seventy-six student or.
|ganizations, exclusive Of county clabS.
lin the University of Missouri. There
are about fifty county clubs. The
ratio of clubs to enrolment is such
that every twenty students now en-
rolled would form one Of them with 20
student belonging to more than one
and every student being q member
of at least one. All of these orxanisa-
tions are based upon . purpose. Some
are secret but still their purpose Is
known. s.
The organizations at the University
might be classified as honorary, pro-
fessional. social, literary, cooperative
and boosters" There are twenty
one social fraternities, including Ave
for girls. These are strictly secret
with social exclusiveness as their
basis and purpose. The honorary or
CARNATIONS are based upon scholaf
ship or upon student leadership. In
each division of the University there
is at least one of these .orgarixatiors
and all have Greek letter names. OF
senior honor organizations there are
two for the men and two for women
The Mystical Seven and the Q E B
H are the senior mems honor, socie-
ties. The Mounds is a junior homer
socity and the Druids a, sophomore
honor society. The, Alpha Phi Sigma
and the L. s. v. are the senior wo-
mems organisations.
The purpose of the honor society Is
first to '.honor" the person elected to
membership as mark of his or her
leadership, ability or excellence.
In most cases they have a purpose Of
furthering what they think are the
best interests of the University, Their
decisions as to what are the best In
terests and how best they should be
furthered are secret.
The professional organizations are
sonfned to the professional schools
and have las their purpose the Foster
ing of a greater professional spirit.
higher ideals in their various profess
ions. They are based upon ability in q
chosen profession. In the College of
Agriculture there are several organixa.
tions. such as the Agricultural Chs.
the Horticultural Club, the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union
and Patrons of Husbandry, which are
not strictly Of this nature. There are
two Greek-letter honor fraternities in
the Agricultural College of the pro-
|fessional fraternity type. The Engi.
|neering society. Journalists Club and
Medical Society are organizations to
study or foster professional spirit.
The literary and debating societies
are organized by students wishing to
study and develop literary and debat-
ing powers. The Afheaean Society
claims to be the oldest student organi-
.zation west of the Mississippi river.
It is from these organizations that the
members of the debating squad come
The Y. NJ. C. A., Y. w. C. A. and the
University Dining Club are co-opera-
tive organizations. The first two are
of religious character while the other
is a dining club for men.
The boosters clubs, headed by the
Ad Club. have as their purpose to fur
ther the interests of the University IN
their home counties. They are only of |
late origin, the first having been start
ed about six years ago with the Or
ganization of the Joplin Club. 'To
boost the University in Joplin and |
Joplin IN the University"
The University students probably |
are over-organized. In many cases
there are two or more organizations |
with the same purpose and attempt
ing to draw members from the same
class of students. Many students be.
long to a number of organizations |
and some spend most of their time
doing work conected with them.
Some of the honor organizations have
come to be looked upon as lacking
honor and their purpose ito benefit
the University" have been defined by
students as more of mutual admira.
tion.
BERMoND A "SpEE0 DEMON"