Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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KENNETH FUNCHESS JOHN DEMING President, Senior Class Presidenf, Junior Class gaTher beTween classes Tor reTreshmenT and in evenings Tor dancing and games, The CabineT redecoraTed The old STudenT CenTer, Toolc iT over as a recreaTion hall, and insTalIed in iT a nickelodeon, drink-dispensing machine, and new TurniTure. Provision was made Tor keeping STudenT CenTer opening in The evenings wiTh a suiTable chaperon on hand. lmporTanT revisions were made wiThin The CabineT iTselT. LasT SepTem- ber, new members were added To The body. These new members included The presidenT of The Women's STudenT GovernmenT and The presidenTs oT each oT The Tour classes. RepresenTaTives were required To aTTend all meeT- ings, and To pay Tines when absenT wiThouT suTTicienT excuse. l'lighlighT of The CabineT work Tor The new semesTer has been The AnTi- CheaTing Campaign. ln an eTTorT To curb cheaTing in The college, The Cab- ineT has been TormulaTing a plan which iT is hoped will reduce cheaTing To a minimum. AlThough The amounT oT cheaTing has already noTiceably de- creased, several years will be needed To deTermine The Tull success oT The drive. The Social CommiTTee has This year been aslced To submiT a Tinancial reporT To The CabineT aTTer each seT oT major dances, and The new Social CommiTTee seT-up has been responsible Tor The besT maior dance seTs in several years. The ElecTion CommiTTee is in Tull charge oT all campus elecTions, and has This year insTiTuTed a change in conducTing These elecTions, which has made voTing easy Tor many who have neglecTed To voTe in pasT elecTions. VoT- ing sTaTions were seT up on Ag Hill and VeT Hill as well as in STudenT CenTer, in order ThaT They mighT be more accessible To sTudenTs of Those schools. BOB ANDERSON Presidenf, Sophomore Class IKE PITMAN President, Freshman Class TOM BU LLINGTON Freshman Representative HERBERT MARTIN Sophomore Re presenfafive CHARLIE KILPATRICK JOHN WATTERS GORDON MacEACHERN DAN HOLLIS SAM PETTUS OTIS BURNSIDE Senior Represenfalive Chairman Elecfions Senior Represenlalive Junior Represenfalive Junior Represenfafive Secrelary .3- E251

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llli ilflllllllf ll The spring elecfions of I939 broughf abouf. ilWiOUQl' llle media of several consfifufional amendrnenfs. 5 Veflmssance lo ihe gmdenf Execufive Cabinef. which had previously been handicapped by a sadly ouf-dafed and loosely wriffen con- sfifufion. A commiffee appoinfed by fhe Cabinef lasf year pre- Senfed fhe revised consfifufion af fhe beginning of fhis school year, and work has been done on porfions nof complefed by this cornmiffee. Wifh a consfifufion based on fhe principles of real sfudenf governmenf fo worlc wifh, 'rhe Cabinef, under fhe direcfion of Presidenf John Ivey, launched a series of movemenfs for The beffermenf of sfudenf affairs on fhe campus. Firsf fo feel fhe assaulf of fhe Cabinef was rhe old fwo- poinf cuf rule. Sfudenf opinion of fhe sysfem, fesfed by a Cabinef-sponsored, campus-wide poll, showed fhe largesf vofe ever recorded in sfudenf ballofing here, and showed fhaf only 0 handful of fhe sfudenfs were in favor of fhe exisfing sysfem of cuts. The Cabinef presenfed 'rhis evidence and ifs sug- gesiion for revision fo fhe faculfy Execufive Council. The result is a cuf sysfem favorable fo fhe faculfy and sfudenfs O-Ille. Realizing Auburn's need for a place where sfudenfs rnighf vmeinm ADAMS . G MARGARET PEARSON JIM KING President, W. S. . A. Treasurer V- P -d 1, Ice- resl en E241 JOHN E. IVEY, JR., Presidenf Never a dull momenf . . .

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4.-1 VIRGINIA ADAMS Presidenf Organized in l922, Women's STudenT GovernmenT AssociaTion aT A. P. I. has grown wiTh increase in slcirT-enrollmenT and will conTinue To do so. This year, The needs resulTing Trom concenTraTion oT girls in The dormi- Tories, a new consTiTuTion and seT oT regulaTions were adopTed, an aTTempT being made To recognize The righTs and privileges of The individual and of The group. Business being conducTed by The STudenT Council, The wishes and needs oT The AssociaTion are conTinually considered. The immediaTe concern oT The Council is To assisT in The process oT adiusT- menT To living in The dormiTories and bring abouT a general organizaTion of girls as an inTegral parT oT The associaTion. BeTore moving inTo The Quadrangle, Nelle GilchrisT aided greaTly in organizing plans as acTing presidenT oi Alumni l-lall. As chieT execuTive oT The Council, Virginia Adams Tound herselT submerged in problems requiring delicacy and diplomacy, buT ably supporTed by her colleagues. They were: Sue QuaT- Tlebaum, vice-presidenTg l-lelen Jordan, secreTaryg Jule Tisdale, Treasurer: Suzelle l-lare, Town represenTaTive: Nell Wallis, Treshman represenTaTive, Vernelle Gamble, Dorm. lp Bernice STeele, Dorm. ll, BeTTy Belle BraridT, Dorm. Ill: CarleTon Parish, Dorm. IV. FirsT Row: QuaTTlebaum, Jordan. Second Row Tisdale, Hare. Third Row: Wallis, Gamble FourTh Row: STeele, Brandt FiTTh Row: Garish Gilchrist 1l0lHEN'S STUDENT iiiiiyiiiiiiii S