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Happy 100th Birthday, Baylor Student Government

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So, did you serve in Student Government during your time at Baylor, or benefit from its efforts to provide students with a voice in university governance?

Baylor students voted in a straw poll in October 1914 to ask the administration to recognize the Student Self-Governing Association, which it did in January 2015. Photo Credit: Baylor Lariat

The University commemorated 100 years of student government at Baylor earlier this week, leading off the article with a great quote from an October 1914 Lariat article: “…as we see it, self government is the inevitable trend of the progressive student life; it is a proven success beyond question in the largest and smallest schools of the country; it is not a moment fad, but a fundamental and logical principle of the American universities and American life.”  

The Lariat also published an article last October on the anniversary.

We’d like to give members of the Baylor Family who served in student government an opportunity to reflect on their accomplishments and pride at being part of the organization, and perhaps reflect on times when student goals did not align with university goals and how that got resolved.  Please use the comments below.

 

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