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Caption: Book - History of the University (Nevins)
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252 UNIVBESITY AFTER IT FOUND ITSELF number of student affairs, from the class contest to student dramatics. In 1911 it presented the first student opera, an indescribably sorry affair that was yet somehow a success, while before this it had attempted a banquet for all its members. Campaigns for funds were conducted energetically among students and alumni, many seniors in several classes pledging $25. Finally, in 1913 a solid Union investment became a reality, the officers purchasing a small business block on Wright Street near the old Co-op. The Trustees had informally promised a site on the campus, but not for any building to cost less than $150,000, and the present arrangement is temporary. The Senior societies also deserve a word, for they were among the most influential bodies on the campus. The first, Shield and Trident, had been founded in 1893, and had run its course alone till the foundation of Phoenix in 1906. The rivalry between the two was healthy, for while the older body was controlled largely by a select group of fraternities, and interested in the prevalent spoils system, Phoenix was democratic and developed reformatory tendencies. Both not only arranged smokers, supervised many student activities, and represented the undergraduates in dealing with the faculty, but were supposed to number the most admirable men in the University. Yet in both standards of membership came to need revision, and in 1911 two members were dropped for dishonesty in examinations, and one for poor scholarship, while others had records nearly as bad. Both societies were really becoming the butt of serious students, and the faculty therefore abolished them and substituted a single organization known as Mawanda, election to which was from a list approved by the faculty. The change was linked with other re- W%k
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