

Once an undergraduate or graduate is no longer registered they automatically become associate members.

Associate membership applies to alumni, faculty, and staff. Student membership applies to all those who are enrolled as undergraduate and graduate students. There are two classes of membership: student and associate. The Worthy Ruler is expected to attend the Committee meetings. Positions include:Ĭommittee of Nine is made of nine alumni members or associates and are chosen by associate members to act in an advisory capacity to the Council and to oversee the financial affair of Sword and Sandals. Council officers are elected by the student membership. The council is made up of five student members and they meet between meetings to plan the agenda and events. When he was big enough to move the rock and recover these items he would be able to claim his birthright to his father. Theseus's father left the young boy a sword and pair of sandals under a boulder. The organization's name comes from the Story of Theseus. Articles have been published in the UC Davis Magazine and The California Aggie (19), showcase the order and information for Sword and Sandals can be found on their website. Very much like the Skull and Bones at Yale University, Sword and Sandals retains the privacy of membership, including meetings and discussions. Members are encouraged to learn about topics, and to use the information they hear at meetings as they see fit in their everyday lives. The organization does not takes action nor vote on issues, but rather serves as a ground for frank and open discussion. Sword and Sandals holds meetings on campus to discuss topics relevant to the University. While the organization is not a secret society, it was for most of its history. Based off of UC Berkeley's Order of the Golden Bear, it serves as a place where diverse faculty, staff, student and alumni leaders come together to debate questions of morals, politics, and philosophy and discuss the good of UC Davis. Sword and Sandals is a is a 501(c)3 organization founded in December of 1921 as a secret society. The logo itself is reference to The Sword in the Stone. Written in Greek is the phrase "Arthurius," referring to the legendary King Arthur of Camelot. The Sword and Sandals logo (from the 1929 edition of El Rodeo).
