This organization was started early in 1914 for the purpose of publishing and boosting Awgwan. Membership to it is honorary and signifies a term of successful service on the staff. Elections are held on the first Thursday after the first issue in May of each year. New members are selected from the staff of Awgwan after they have fulfilled certain requirements. Helmet and Quill aims to stand in the humorous circle of the University as Phi Beta Kappa does in the scholastic.