REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

OF STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES

FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1924

Student Board began its term by conducting the Freshman Reception on the evening of September 28th. Morris Watkins of Student Board headed the Committee in charge.

Plans were soon formulated for a campus trip to Philadelphia on the occasion of the Pennsylvania-Columbia football game. Over six hundred Columbia alumni and undergraduates made this trip on October 21. Arrangements for this excursion were handled by a committee headed by Eugene Bennett of the Student Board, and the proceeds, amounting to $200, were given to Mr. Hubbard, Graduate Treasurer of Kings Crown, to be applied to the Student Board account. The same Committee handled the send-off which was held on the Library steps the Wednesday night before the departure of the team for Philadelphia.

A need was felt for improved cheering at our football games, so Student Board conducted a "new cheers" campaign; two new cheers were selected from those submitted to the Board, published in Spectator, and practiced at the "Beat Cornell" rally which was held in the Commons the evening prior to the Cornell game at the Polo Grounds.

Soon after the football season opened, Student Board called together the presidents of the various fraternities. Mr. Haughton addressed this meeting and stressed the need of more football candidates. Student Board appointed a committee, headed by Douglas Gibbs, to canvass the campus for more football material. The size of the squad was materially increased, and the majority of these new men later became the junior varsity football team.

Student Board soon felt the need of establishing more intimate contact with the fraternities, and suggested to them that they form a body to work in connection with Student Board and their respective houses. This group took the title