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 $1, 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; students in good standing in the society who have discontinued their school work, 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 shall hold their offices for one period. The first period shall close the first of January, the second, the first of April, and the third with the close of the school year.
SEC. 3. [Duties of President.] It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings, to impose fines, announce expelled members, secure a critic for each meeting of the society, and appoint a doorkeeper.
SEC. 4. [Vice-President.] It shall be the duty of the Vice-