Senior Stick

Senior Stick is a title used for the President or heads of student associations at University of Manitoba. No other known Canadian university that uses this title. The term Senior Stick is also sometimes used to refer to the actual stick of office carried by a Senior Stick.
Stick of Office
The stick of office is a staff of office carried by the Senior Stick as a symbol of their position.
While the styles of sticks of office vary greatly between student associations, they are typically composed of an elongated wooden rod, painted or stained dark, with a metal bottom cap and an ornamental metal top in either silver or gold.
Senior Stick at the University of Manitoba
Faculty of Engineering
The University of Manitoba Engineering Society (UMES) has been electing a Senior Stick to serve as its head since 1909. Every spring at the annual UMES graduation ceremony the ceremonial passing of the Stick-of-Office takes place. During this ceremony the outgoing Senior Stick passes the newest Stick-of-Office to the incoming Senior Stick and whispers words of wisdom that have been passed down from Senior Stick to Senior Stick. These words are only known by the Senior Sticks and no one else. At the end of every year the name of the outgoing Senior Stick is added to the Stick-of-Office along with the year that they served as Senior Stick. The Faculty of Arts elected both a Senior Stick and a lady stick until 1974.

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