Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-28

nations on tho campus was chosen to
SIT in this body.
E Me41 Conference.
under the head of the mems confer.
ence will serve to give an inkling Of
the work 1t has done and the reason
for the placing of Eeternment In ITS
hands. with this aSsistanqe of a stu
dent court.ssI1e&G. spring campus
cleanup day waA lnaukurated by the
conferences; dismissed
and theEtime spent in givinExxhe cam
pus q thorough EssSlean-up. the affair
went across with great success. main
~ because 81 ,thetwosk q the body in
character met decided favor among
the students, that Of the freshmen
initiation last fall This was held by
the conference In order to do away
with hazing at thegachool. The fresh
men aud .nophoMoresf met In q number
of individual class contests. such as
boxing and wrestling matches, a cane
rush and a tugs.of war across n Eng
fish coulee. This was also made a
university affair; classes being dis
missed for the contests.
The ann In which the confer
ence took up class elections and plac-
ed them on "a fair basis deserves es-
pecial notice. Previous to this year,
class elections were unrepresentatlve
affairs, called by any members OF the
class at any: particular time, often q
certain faction placing member9 OF It's
group in charge OF the class. BY the
rules and r~eEasations drawn.up ~ the
confeGenc4.. this was eliminated. All
officers had-toab nominated by petit
ton to be lcftSswit the. registrar at a
certain date and voted 6n at a special
meeting, .sthe date of which was the
same for all classes. Even though a
great Improvement was made over the
old form of. election, the student gov
ernin body IL not yet satisfied with the
arrangements as they stand and Is still
busy completing ar ~all-inclusive set
of election rules. 81
Some of the other work done dur
ing the year needs mention. The Pass
ing Show, which was carried out with
the highest degree of success last
week. marks a innovation on the an
nual social calendar of the univer-
sity. Its success Is indicative OF the
! ability Of the mems conference to put
It's plans into effect. The scraping of
the armory floor was supervised dur-
ing the Christmas holidays. Shortly
afterward a moonlight machine was
Installed in the same building. Special
Sot z NASST&o VIC
aid Saturday evenings was arranged
for within the last three or four
weeks. A committee is now at work
under the supervision of the confer
ence to arrange a budget for the Il:
nancing of the conference and It's Co
worker, the student court.
Student Court.
The student court was organized
Immediately upon the granting of stu
dent government as a judiciary body
to put into effect the laws Of the. con.
ference. Officers were nominated BY
petition and chosen by the conference
The statement has been made in con.
nection with this body that 1t will not
be a typical legal court. but it will
follow out more the methods of a.. com.
mission of equity. All decisions are
submitted to the president of the uni
versity for approval.
Not only is the fact that self-gov'
eminent has been granted to the stu
dents an honor, but the showing made
by the mems conference since and be.
fore the vesting Of powe: in it reflect:
commercially to the credit of the stu
dent body.