Mary Washington College - Battlefield Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT The term case holds a special connotation for Student Council, indicating a time at which the Council is called upon to display mature, objective judgment in meeting out punishment to those individuals not complying with the N4ary Washington way of life. Each case is treated individually; those punishments which seem most self-instructive and bene- ficial to the individual are imposed. Through a close cooperation with the stu- dents and administration. Student Council is ever striving for a greater Mary Washington — one of which we shall be even prouder. An American flag flying high on our hill, happy couples entertaining in the tapestry room, Sunday movie dates — these things remind us that we at Mary Washington have a respon- sible and dynamic Student Council — a council working for its students. GwendoK n . mory, President of SGA Through Self-Government Came Campus Progress Emile Fourget once said, The law should be loved a little because it is felt to be just; feared a little because it is severe; hated a little because it is to a certain degree out of sympathy with the prevalent temper of the day; and respected because it is felt to be a necessity. The law at Mary Washington College is the Student Government Association of which each student is a member. The legislative power is vested in the Association as a whole; the executive power is in the hands of a Stu- dent Council composed of the officers, house presidents, class representatives, town girl representative and certain e. -officio members. Personal responsibility, constant loyalty, and a high sense of honor in the individual — these words express the paramount aims of this organization. Student Council strives con- stantly to promote the best interest of the student body and college by inculcating the principles of self-go ' ernment. Gibson, ' ice-President: Kolarik, Secretary: Spitzer, Treasurer 22

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Approach of Autumn Urged Professor into Old Routine The leaves were beginning to turn color, an age-old sign of another September. The man standing in his front yard thought with ap- prehension of the e ents to come. Being a college professor is har i work . . . the classes aren ' t too bad . . . but . . , mustn ' t forget that Freshmen R eception . . . what agony. There will be the picnic at Iramar. I must find my chef ' s apron and practice my cooking . . . Wonder where those old outlines are . . . though I should remember those lectures after fifteen years. Don ' t tell me Im getting eager! Morning breaks were welcome coffee times for busy faculty members. Established professors. Dr. Combs, and new faculty members welcomed the new students and their counselors at the reception in the fal New and old members of the faculty and administration rcla.sed after working hours at the get-together and bccome-acquainted picnic 21 }

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ASSOCIATION Excited frcshniLn carciiillv giuiJcd lonr; gowns ulnnf; the brick walks enroute to ttieir first opportunity to meet their prolessors s(x; STUDENT GOXERN ' MENT. L ' ppcr fttcUtrc: Payne. Hcilmann. Colbert, Sherman, Whitcomb, Christian, Kins. Riihr.jth. Z oiver picture: Morgan, McCoy, Powell, Smith, Carter. Fo. , Graham. Harrison. Huston. 23 3