The mirror., 1923-09-27
PIERIAN CHAUTAUOUA CIRCLE

PIERIAN CHAUIAUOUA ClKCLE
At the opening meeting of the Pierian
Chautauqua Circle for the season of
192S-24, held in the school room on Sun
day afternoon, September 23rd, the roll
call revealed a full attendance of thirteen,
including three new members, Messrs.
r. r. c., F. c. NJ, and F. r., with the
presiding officers of the preceding season,
Messrs r. J. T., F. T. P, and o. N. acting
in their respective capacities of President
Vice President, and Secretary in the order
named. President r. ]. T. having called
the meeting to order and the roll having
been taken by the Secretary Mr.. o. N, as
implied above, the President then, in COM
pliance with the rules, customs, and ira
ditions of the Circle, advised his fellow
members that nominations of new officers
were in order. Whereupon Mr.. P. ]. B.,
after being granted the floor presented a
motion that the then present incumbent
of the chair of President be, by common
and unanimous exclamation, because of his
sincerity and successful functioning in
that capacity in the past, stressing the ad-
visibility of holding;> as against the pos
sibility of losing anything of the logical
sequence of events such as programs,
studies, classes discussions, articles, opin
ions, stories, poems, readings, imperson-
ations, debates, which might ensue as an
interruption during the course of accli-
matization of the individual members to
the proposed change in regime and which
was admitted by the members although
later overruled by technicality, chosen
to continue in his then present Office, after
which he sat down. Mr.. H. c. H. then,
upon succeeding to the floor, crushed
the foregoing motion, showing beyond a
doubt the inadvisability and unconsti-
tutionality of popular acclaim in the ap-
pointing of officers, having in mind,
though not mentioning them, cases and
incidents from the Roman and Civil
Codes and the academic francaise.- This
was admitted and Mr.. J. M. c. at once
obtained the floor, spoke succinctly, openly,
wisely of the individual and aggregate
advantages to be found in an occasional,
otherwise annual, change in officers, NOM
mated the then existing Secretary, Mr..
o. N. to the Office of President, withdrew
his privilege of the floor. Mr. J. J. B.
then assumed his place and, Withdrawing
his former motion, nominated his initial
candidate the still presiding President
Mr.. r. J. T., for a second term. There
being no further nominations, the Presi-
dent directed the nomination be closed
appointed Mr.. H. c. H. and Mr.. A. R. NJ
judges, explained the rules governing the
vote, the matter of plurality, and ex,
pressed his wish that the Circle proceed
to ballot
After carefully counting each vote the
judges decreed the decision to the here
tofore Secretary, Mr.. o. N. Whereupon
after nominations for Vice President and
Secretary respectfully, Mr.. A. R. NJ. pre-.
senting Mr.. F. T. P the then existing
Vice President not however without
giving his reasons, Mr.. H. c. H. present.
ing Mr.. A. R. NJ, also delivering ar
encomium, these two members, in the order
of Offices above named, were presented fol
ballot and would have had certain
though under the circumstances incal.
culable percentage of the total votes cast
had ballot been taken. But as, in each
instance, there were present no opponents
the several nominations having been as
not before stated closed with but one can
didate for each of the two respective
Offices, by peculiar yet reasonable tech