Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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? « . , f7 w. . ' f! OFFICERS AND COURT ROW 1: J. Bredernifz, fee. secretary; H. Perri, vice-presiderjf: R. Mendenhall, president; Dean Isbell; N. Sutton, corr. sec- retary; R. Gillies, treasurer. ROW 2: J. Gilles, N. Collard, G. Creamer. STUDENT COUNCIL ROW 1: B. Souder, F. Johnston, L. Wilson, M. Andonian, D. Frede, T. Corn, E. Holloway. ROW 2: R. Ohiinger, A. Lewis, G. Butler, J. Miniey, L. Blossom, J. Mct urray, J. Wichterman, J. Brrante, R. Dean. AURORA 25

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student ( ouncli The Student Council of Michigan State Normal College is still young, having just celebrated its first anniver- sary as a working organization. We of the Council feel that this first year of operation has been a successful one. We feel that we have established a firm foundation toward our final goal of being a constructive legislative or- ganization. The students and faculty of our cam- pus can point to us and say, What have they accomplished? or Of what good have they been to us? and in answer we can point to our accom- plishments of this past year. Some of them are hard to express in concrete terms, but it is often these intangible steps that contribute most genuinely to the growth and success of an organi- zation. Our basic program for the year was to correct and strengthen our constitu- tion. This we have accomplished. We concentrated on gaining the co-opera- tion of the students on campus, and on organizing the joint student-faculty committees which our constitution calls for. Already operating are two joint committees — the Aurora Com- mittee, and the Normal College News Committee. Organized, but not yet in operation are two others — a committee to supervise athletics and associated areas, and a co-ordinating committee to work with the Faculty Council. Another activity of the Council was its participation in, and planning of the past year ' s homecoming celebra- tion. The World Student Service Fund drive was sponsored by the Council. Assembly programs are now under the direction of the Student Council, and along with this function we have sponsored a number of radio pro- grams. To insure that all future college elec- tions will be uniform and carried on in a democratic manner, we have or- ganized a permanent Elections Com- mittee that has drawn up a set of rules governing the procedure and time of the elections of such campus organi- zations as the Men ' s Union , Women ' s League, Student Council, and all classes. In addition, we have organ- ized a Finance Committee which en- ables students, for the first time to participate actively in the distribution of funds to student organizations. Finally, there are three other proj- ects which are well on their way to being realized. The first and most nearly complete of these projects is a vocational information file to be set up in the College Library. Secondly, we are trying to obtain a series of Amer- ican and foreign film classics to be shown here on campus. Lastly, after a complete investigation, we are on the doorstep of joining the National Student Association. In conclusion, we should like to express our sincere appreciation to Dean Isbell for having served as our sponsor, and to the students, faculty, and administration for their accept- ance of, and co-operation with the Student Council. Respectfully yours, Richard W. Mendenhall, President, Student Council 24 AURORA

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