Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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WOMEN ' S S.G.A. Karken Cooper led the WSGA as its President this year with the assistance of these officers: illa i Merrilt, ] ' ice President; Eliza- beth Lewis, Recording Secretary; and Marjorie Lucke, Treasurer. - - ■ . ]j LONG WITH THE AIM OF UNI- l X ' ERSITY COOPERATION, THE I - Women ' s Student GoNcrnment Associa- i tion was founded for the purpose of se- curing for the undergraduates a oice in the go crning of their affairs. The Executive Council lor 1942-43 has had as its goal for the year a more complete fulfillment of this purpose, and has attempted to represent the students in every way possible. Since this year ' s Council is the first to serve for an entire war year, many new problems have con- fronted it, and many new policies ha e had to be established. The recreational problem has been a serious one, and the Council has tried to alleviate this by contributions to the arious dormitories and groups on campus for recreational activities. This year, the .Staff gave to the Council a delega- tion ol authorily in which tlie Councirs powers and responsibilities were stated. In its relations witli the Staff, the Council has stri cd for more co()]icra- tion not only in this phase of student-administration relations but also in the relations between the entire student body and the Staff ' . The Judicial Board of the Association has as al- ways heard all cases of infringement of student go ' ernment regulations, and tried to judge them with two ends in icw: the good of the Uni ' crsity and the welfare of the individual. The privilege of being judged by fellow-students is one which the Association cherishes and cndea ors to protect. Regardless of what material things the C ' ouncil for 1942-43 has accomplished, its work will not have been in vain if it has represented as best it could the interests of the majoiity of Association members in their own student a;o c!nment. frn MSXt l t3L First row, left to right: Maiy Ann Mcinison, Marjorie Lurke, Elizabeth I.cuis, Polly Beaver, Karleen Cooper, president, Zillah Merritt, Luane .Xdams, Louise Merritt, Mary Coggin. Second row: Barbara Jones, Kathleen Curtis, Margaret Bussell, Maiy Louise Reichert, Bess Taylor, Beverly Dykes, Mary Boehme, Lee Bendall, Geneve Eldridge. 29

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Left to right: Howard Hardesty, Barney Brogan, Harvey BuUocli, John W ' ithington, Kempton Jones, President, Ray Nasher, Henry Crane, Francis Dale, Dick Sanborn. TRINITY S.G.A. Officers for the Trinity Student Government this year were J. Kempton Jones, President; Ray Nasher, Vice President; and John Withing- ton, Secretary-Treasurer. Ray Nasher liecame President in January. t - l - -- y y tITH NEW AIMS THE STUDENT I I jCOUNCIL THIS YEAR HAS BEEN I if I directed mainly to the adjustment of the I I student body to the new war-time changes v which have descended on Durham. It was necessary first to guide the students into the proper attitude of reception for the Army Finance School unit located here on our own campus. In the course of time this attitude turned from a spirit of bewildered antagonism to a feeling of warm comradeship with unified purposes. It was also necessary to devise some means of replacing the students ' leisure activities which had heretofore been devoted to the entertaimiicnt places of Durham. The Council, with the cooperation of local authorities, directed these activities into more isolated areas in order to avoid the friction which could easily have resulted from unrestricted contact with the numerous strangers in town. In continuance of this plan, campus entertainment and social functions were kept under observation so that there would be ample facilities for the student body to relax. In cases where the program reached a temporary lull, the Council itself took the initia- tive in providing dances for the entire campus com- munity. As a result of an expanded program and a desire to maintain contact with each and every member of the camj us, the Student Council formulated plans for a Student Senate made up of 36 repre- sentative men as a subsidiary body. The details of this plan were ]:)resentcd at a Constitutional Con- vention, and the Senate came into existence by an almost unanimous vote. 28

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STUDENT SENATE As SET UP UNDER THE REVISED CONSTITUTION OF THE STU- dent Government Association, the Stu- dent Senate provides for greater student representation in the Association. The senate is made up of one representative from each of the fraternities, eighteen in number, one repre- sentative from each of the freshmen dormitories, and eleven elected representatives chosen by the independents. The Constitution provides that the vice president of the Men ' s Student Government presides over the Senate; however, during the tem- porary absence of the vice president, Fran Dale was elected president pro-tempore. Upon the re- turn of Ray Nasher, vice president of the Student Government Association and his succession to the presidency, Fran Dale was declared acting vice president of the student government and president of the senate. The purpose of the Student Senate is to foster and sponsor any campus student movements, and to take the lead in any reforms affecting the campus. One of the activities of this year ' s senate was the sponsorship of the Blood Bank. An average of four students a day gave their blood and the blood was immediately processed into the essential blood plas- ma which is stored for industrial and military emer- gencies. All the detailed work concerning the Student Government Dances was handled by com- mittees of the senate. Other problems presented before the senate were the revisions of the Constitution and handling of student elections. The most vigorous support of the senate was given to the suggested compulsory physical training program for all males of Trinity College. This problem was presented to the faculty and administration and was accepted and included in the curriculum for the spring semester of 1943. All male students took the commando course which included military exercises and extensive physical conditioning. At the request of Mr. W. E. Whit- ford, Superintendant of buildings and grounds, the Senate sponsored a campus-wide campaign to help protect the grass and shrubbery around the campus. Thus the Senate in its first year sponsored several important campus movements and has discussed campus problems such as social facilities and black- out regulations as they apply to the campus stu- dent. The usefulness of the Student Senate has been established and new elections will certainly open up still more fields of endeavor for the student representative body. First row, left to right: Nasher, Dale. Second row: Barton, Hughes, Wecshler, Dietzel, Broome. Third row: Gaillard, Brown, Wiles, White, Winberry, Edwards. Fourth row: Green, Fisher, Beaudouin, Wansker, Arneson, Welch. Fifth row: Hardesty. 30