College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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»:::=i::i3flC=3ZZ!izo | STUDENT ASSEMBLY First Row: McWilliams, Dalton, Westberg. Second How: Wilde, Napolino. Montgomery, Danskin, Lehew, Blanchard, E. Coco. Third Row: Scales, Simonton, Marston, B. Clark, Romeo, Ketterson, McLaughlin, Zaiser, Belew, Cline. Fourth Row: Munger, Johnson, D. Clark, Fichtenger, Seller, Carrilhers, Brown, Madsen, Child, Mahaffy. GOVERNMENT 29

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THE SENATE Seated from left to right: Child, Madsen, Dalton, Simonton, Wilde. Stand ing from left to right: Scates, Munqer. Seller, Romeo. THE GENERAL COOPERATIVE COMMITTEE Seated from left to right: Seller, Simonton, Foster, Mr. Anderson, Madsen. Munger. Dean Wyalt. Clark, Child, Scates, Miss Wynne-Roberts. Dean Lambert. Standing from left to right: Romeo. Wilde, Mr. Kernodle, Dalton, Mr. Barnes, Hedelt. JOHN DALTON President of the Student Body What makes the wheels of the Student Government of William and Mary turn? John Dalton, president of the student body for the pas t year, played a big role, but behind the student body president lies a network of councils, committees, and sub-committees. At the top, so to speak, is the General Cooperative Committee, con- sisting of twenty three members representing faculty, administration, and students. The General Co-op discusses any complaints or recom- mendations which have been made by the Assembly. If the proposals are approved by this body, they are sent to the president of the Col- lege who approves them and puts them into effect. One of the main problems considered was the proposed student activities building. The chairman of this committee was Alvin D. Chandler; vice-chairman and presiding officer, J. Wilfred Lambert; secretary, Jean Madsen. In between the General Cooperative Committee and the Assembly lies the Senate, acting as a liaison between these two groups. The ten members include the vice-president of the Student Body as presiding officer, the president of the student body, the presidents of the four classs, chairmen of the three divisions of the W.S.C.G.A., and chair- man of the Men ' s Honor Council. Besides representing the Assembly on the General Co-op, a function of this group is to select the class ring. The Senate was presided over by Henry Wilde. At the bottom of this trio lies the Assembly, the most important of the three and the true functioning body in the organization. Each of the four classes elects three men and three women to represent it on the Assembly, and one representative is elected from the graduate stu- dents. In addition, all members of the Senate attend the bi-weekly meeting of the Assembly. In order to function more efficiently, the Assembly is broken up into committees which study specific prob- lems and present their findings to the Assembly for further action. Among these are the Cafe teria, Laundry, Building and Grounds, and Election committees. It ' s big, but it works. THE STUDENT 28

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EN ' S HONOR COUNCIL v ' JOHN MUNGER Chairman o! the Men ' s Honor Council Seated from left to right: Munger, Taylor, Grant, Kenyon, Petrequin, de- Walt, Lowo. One of the priorities which the College of Wil- liam and Mary is proud to claim is the establish- ment of the first Honor System, which has been in effect here since 1779. This Honor System is based on individual responsibility. The Men ' s Honor Council is invested by the student body with the power to investigate and try men students who are reported for infractions of the Honor Code. The four infractions are lying, stealing, cheating, and failure to report an infrac- tion. The Council also sponsors a program to orientate freshmen to the principles of the Honor System. A duty of both the Men ' s and Women ' s Honor Councils is to sit at the polls at each stu- dent election, count the ballots, and announce the results. This past year one of the major undertakings of the Men ' s Honor Council was the codifica- tion of the rules of procedure. In this task the Council was joined by the Women ' s Honor Council and aided by Dr. Woodbridge and Dean Lambert. The members of the Council are elected each spring by the male student body. Members for 1952-53 were John Munger, chairman; Dwight Taylor, vice-chairman; Thomas Kenyon, secre- tary; Scott Petrequin, senior representative; Harry DeWalt and James Grant, junior representatives; and Otto Lowe, sophomore representative. 30