Colgate University 1939 Yearbook (Hamilton, NY) - Full Access

Politicians Paradise Back Ho" Cole, Schnabel, Well , Adam , tktn n, Pean;on, Jamc . Front How "•~lt:r. Dor;(•y, Evan ·, La wn:nee Pn· tdcnt , Ayrault, I Ioward. Jacl.(cr. ot only did olgate' tudent A ociation and tudent nate bring to om- pi tion during this year many of the pr grcssive plan. in titut d b their prcdcce ors, but they al o advanc d v raJ plan of their own . The Voluntary tud nt Activitic Tax, a plan whereby a drive to end all drive r - suited in the ombination of uch campu {axe a the tud nt ·' ociation Tax, the hri tian A ociation Tax and the onccrt and Lc ture ric sea on ti kct, into one tax voluntarily upportcd by the student body, wa acted upon favorabl by the tru tee . With the exception of the onccrt and Lecture rie , other taxc were in– corporated into a ompul ory Tax to all University tudcnt . The current y ar aw the plan go into uc– c ful execution, but with the con tant clamor that the onccrt and Lecture ric be included in order to in- ur its upport. To encourage the upport of thi ac– tivity , th enat • warded a silver cup to th • fraternity ""ith the highc t per cntage of it member buying ca- n ticket for the ri D lving into the con titutional i ue of tud nt gov– ernm nt, the member of the tudent nate, with the ratification of the tudcnt bodv, amended Article 13 of th tudent con titution deali~g with athletic award ·. According to the new ruling, all enior who have crved thr c year on a major team are eligible for gold award at the expen c of the A ociation . imilar awards will be pre- ntcd to var ity men in minor ports who e team have won eighty per cnt of their contc t during the year. One of the mo t u cc ful Var ity " " Banquet in years aw Ducky Pond f Yale and Budd Hulick, of toopnagle and Budd radi fame, brought to olgate by LLOYD LA\\ RD ICE Pru idtnl, ludtnl.r' ,J.r.rocialion 116