Hilltopper 1957

Ron Ho u s e

Bo b Go n z a l e z

Ch u c k H a n l e n

The r e is, we a ckn ow l ed ge , the d an ge r t ha t this ob j ec t i ve will in f ac t be lost, ove r s had ow ed by t oo g r e a t a nemp ha s i s onspo r t s , pa r t i e s , a nd o t h e r ex t r a - cu r r i cu l a r activities. Any t h i nk i ng s t ude n t will unde r s t an d t ha t w e do no t co nde mn t he s e t h i ngs . O n t he con t r a r y , w e enco u r a ge t hem . They a r e go od whe n us ed wi t h mod e r a t i on ; t hey a r e ba d wh en ab us ed by exce s s . W e f r e sh men acc ep t t h i s principle, an d pu t t i ng wo r d s t o a c t i on , w ei n t en d t o o pp os e mos t s t r i ngen t l y a ny ab us e wh i chmay beg i n t o in f i l t r a t e ou r social sys ­ t em . For this r ea s on , a s ma y be s een a f t e r r ead i ng t h e f o l l owi n g , w e f r e shm en hav e t aken a g r o wi n g a nd ac t i ve i n t e r e s t in t h e a f f a i r s of t h e s t ud en t bod y . This i n t e r e s t i nev i t ab l y l ea ds us t o pos i t i ons of au t ho r i t y , and in such s i t ua t i ons w e a r e ab l e t o us e ou r pow e r t o cu r b t he ma ny t endenc i e s t ow a r d ab us e . Fu r t he rmo r e , w e r ea l i ze t ha t 9 9 pe r cen t o f t h e t ime ab us e s a r i s e in t h e r anks an d a r e i ns t i ga t ed by s t ud en t bod y mem be r s .

Ch u c k Ba r r a c k

J a c k Ba r r e i r o

J o h n Bow ma n

J o e B r y an s

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