SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1954
5000 Independents
Governed by AIM
The Association of Independent Men is an organization com
posed of nearly 5000 men. In fact, every male student not belonging
to a social fraternity is automatically a member of the organization,
according to the AIM-constitution.
The AIM government starts with four individual councils—
Nittany, representing the men in Nittany dormitories; Pollock, rep
resenting the,men in Pollock dormitories; West Dorm, which is the
representative body of'West Dormitories; and Town, which repre
sents all the independent men
living off campus. The last
alone represents more men than
the Interfraternity Council.
The supreme governing organ
of‘AIM is -the Board of Governors,
composed of the four officers of
each council, several representa
tives-at-large, depending on the
councils’, representation, and the
four officers of Alkf. All legisla
tion affecting independent men
must be passed' by the. board .by
a majority vote before it can go
to the four councils for final ap
proval
Officers Listed
The new officers for AIM this
year are Robert Dennis, presi
dent; James McDowell, vice pres
ident; Forrest Crawford, secre
tary; and Bruce- Lieske, treasurer.
JSeing president of AIM is the
first office Dennis has held at
Penn State, since coming here
last fall semester after serving
four years in the navy. His pro
posed, program for next year re
flects his own rapid rise in stu
dent government. He . hopes to
promote a wider participation in
student government on the part
of independent men.
Due to his influence, the eight
positions on the AIM Judicial
Board of Review this year were
open to all independents willing
to apply.
Orientation Program
This year’s orientation pro
gram, according to Dennis, will
lean more toward promoting AIM
to the new students than has been
done, in the past. Dennis plans
an active program to try to in
terest new students in AIM and
the opportunities for good lead
ership.
The group’s social activities
are all conducted with Leonides,
independent women’s organiza
tion. The main events for this
year include the Autumn Ball,
the independent’s number one
dance, which will be held during
Homecoming weekend;- and Dink
Debut, a dance for freshmen soon
after Orientation Week to ac
quaint the' frosh with each other
and with other students. In ad
dition there is another dance date
open for AIM in March, which
has not yet been filled.
NISA Conclave
The National Independent Stu
dent ' Association convention,
scheduled this spring at either
the University of Texas or the
University of Illinois, is another
big item on the AIM calendar.
NISA is composed of 90 some
schools, in six districts all over
the country. Penn State is in the
northeast district, along with
such schools as Cornell and St.
Lawrence. James W. Dean, as
sistant to the dean of men in
charge of independent affairs and
one of the AIM advisors, is a na
tional faculty adviser of NISA. .
Last year’s convention, in April
at Cornell University, featured
the theme of “Reciprocal: Re
sponsibility of the Individual in
Independent Organization'.”
According to Robert Solomon,
co-coordinator'of NISA this year,
who served as chairman of the
Penn State delegation to the con
vention last year, AIM is trying
to arrive at a schedule of dues
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This organization helps fresh
men during Orientation Week by
manning an information booth at
tlie Mall and Pollock road, and by
conducting tours of campus.
Members of this group conduct
service projects throughout the
year. _
Last year, besides assisting
freshmen during orientation
week, members also helped at
registration in Recreation Hall in
the fall and spring.
Other projects were - soliciting
for Campus Chest during the reg
ular drive setting up and taking
down the bloodmobile equipment,
and conducting a “keep of the
grass” campaign.
They also aid with ■ publicity
during Religion-in-Life, assist as
guides at several alumni and Uni
versity functions, conduct the
Ugly Man contest to collect
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