Newspaper Clipping, "The Minnesota Daily," Ariel, February 17, 1900, Part 1

Newspaper Clipping, "The Minnesota Daily," Ariel, February 17, 1900, Part 1

First page of the February 17, 1900 issue of the Ariel student newspaper displaying an article titled, "The Minnesota Daily," which includes the full text of the proposed Constitution and by-laws for the daily newspaper. The page includes the newspaper masthead with the title, "Ariel," in all capitol letters with the volume number (Vol. XXIII), location and date of publication, "University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, February 17, 1900," and the issue number (No. 20) beneath. The text, displayed in 2 columns across the page, is as follows:

"The committee appointed on January 20th to investigate the advisability of changing the Ariel to a daily paper and to draw up a constitution for the same, have at last completed their work and embodied their views on the proposed constitution as printed in this issue.

The importance of the move should command the attention and interest of all. Everyone is expected to read the constitution carefully. A special meeting of the Ariel Association will be called for next Saturday at the fourth hour in Chapel to consider the report of the committee. The proposed constitution will then be placed before the Association for correction alteration and adoption.

Following is the report of the committee:

Constitution
We, the students of the University of Minnesota, hereby associating ourselves for the purpose of publishing a daily paper at said University, do ordain and establish the following Constitution and By-Laws:

Art. I. Name and Object.
1. The name of said association shall be the Minnesota Daily Association.
2. The object of said association is the editing and publishing of a daily paper at the University of Minnesota.

Art II.
The name of the paper published by this association shall be The Minnesota Daily.

Art III. Membership.
1. All persons registered in the University of Minnesota as students, graduate or undergraduate, and pursuing work in said University, shall be members of this association provided they are paid-up subscribers to the paper published by this association.
2. Membership in this association shall be lost when the term for which any member is a subscriber, has expired.

Art IV.
1. The management of this association shall be vested in a body of persons called the Board of Directors.
2. Said Board of Directors shall consist of seven (7) members, three of whom shall be students in the Academic or Engineering Departments, one a student in the Law Department, one a student in the Medical Department, and two shall be members of the Faculty.
3. The Board of Directors, excepting the two faculty members, shall be elected at an annual meeting of the association held on the first Saturday of the third term.
4. The Board of Directors shall serve for one year, or till their successors qualify.
5. The five candidates at said election receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be declared elected.
6. All vacancies in the Board of Directors shall be filled by election at a special meeting of the association called by the President of the Board for that purpose.
7. The faculty members of this Board shall be chosen by the general faculty in such manner as they may adopt.
8. As soon after election as practicable the Board of Directors shall meet and organize, selecting one of their number as President, who shall also be president of this association, and one of their number as Secretary, who shall also be secretary of this association.
9. In order to be eligible to membership on this Board of Directors, the student members must be in at least their third year of attendance at the University of Minnesota, save the member from the Law Department, who must be in at least his second year of attendance at that institution.
10. The duties of the Board of Directors, in addition to such duties as are elsewhere provided for in this Constitution, shall be:
a. To select a board of editors to edit and publish the daily paper; such selection to be made in sufficient time for the editors to assume their duties at the beginning of the sixth week of the third term, but not earlier than the fifth week of said term, excepting that the editors selected for the year 1900 shall be selected in time to assume their duties on March 26th of that year.
b. To declare and fill vacancies in the board of editors at any time they deem it advisable.
c. To audit all accounts of the board of editors.
d. To exercise general supervisory control over the business and editorial management of the paper.

Art V. Board of Editors
1. The Minnesota Daily shall be edited and published by a board of editors selected in the manner above provided, and consisting of the following members: A business manager. A managing editor. Five associate editors. An exchange editor.
2. The term of office of these editors shall commence with the sixth week in the third term, and continue for one year. "

Ariel Board of Editors

Ariel, February 17, 1900, Ariel, Volume 23, 1899-1900, Box 45, Ariel and The Minnesota Daily Student Newspaper and Magazine collection, ua00626, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/14/archival_objects/1678652

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February 17, 1900

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