CONSTITUTION.
[As revised May, 1889.]
ARTICLE I.—MEMBERSHIP.
SECTION 1. [Name.] This society shall be known as the Palladian Literary Society, and its motto shall be: "Forma Mentis AEterna est."
SEC. 2. [Active Members.] The active members of this society shall consist of those to whom the following conditions apply:—1. They shall be in actual attendance at the University. 2. They shall have been duly elected members of this society. 3. They shall not be in arrears for fines, dues, or levies. 4. They shall have at least two studies in the college of Literature, Science, and Arts, or the Industrial College, or the department preparatory thereto. 5. They shall not be members of any College Fraternity.
SEC. 3. [Balloting.] Candidates for membership in this society shall be elected by ball-balloting, and no candidate shall be elected against whom five (5) adverse votes are cast.
SEC. 4. [Fees.] All persons becoming members of this society shall pay into the treasury an initiation fee of one dollar ($1.00), and sign a pledge binding them to observe the Constitution and By-Laws.
SEC. 5. [Honorary members.] The Board of Regents, Faculty, all students graduating belonging to the Palladian Society, and such other persons as the society shall elect, shall be honorary members.
SEC. 6. [Quorum.] Fifteen (15) active members shall form a quorum for transacting business.
ARTICLE II.—OFFICERS.
SECTION 1. [Eligibility to office.] Active members only shall be eligible to office or trust in this society.
SEC. 2. [Officers.] The officers of this society shall consist of President, Vice-President, Corresponding, Music and Recording Secretaries, Critic, Treasurer, Historian, and Sergeant-at-Arms. Said officers shall be elected by ballot, and, excepting Treasurer, shall hold their offices during one college term, and shall not be eligible to the same office for two consecutive terms; the treasurer to hold office for one college year.