Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technique Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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lAary Burke, Institute Committee Secretary, gives Andy Price pointers on the Mimeograph Machine details about matters relating to student affairs and to make recommendations on the basis of these facts to the assembled committee. Subcommittees of the Insti- tute Committee supervise the finances of undergraduate activities, allocating all funds appropriated by the Institute for the support of student organizations; con- sider jointly with the Facult y matters affecting students; perform secretarial func- tions and administer the Walker Memorial Building and subsidiary buildings which house the various activities; supervise all elections; work with the National Student Association on matters, national and in- ternational in scope, which pertain to student life; control the publicity and public relations of student organizations and activities; and make recommenda- tions on disciplinary and judicial matters. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer M.emher-at-Large M.ember-at-Large EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Robert W. Mann ' 50 Senior Class President Richard L. Mathews ' 50 Elections Committee MelvinJ. Gardner ' 50 Walker M.emorial Committee John C. Kern ' 50 Budget Cotmnittee Joseph S. Gottlieb ' 50 Class Representative C. Jack Jacoby ' 50 Chairman IPC. Gerald S. Burns ' 51 Walter E. Casey 51 Norman B. Champ ' 50 Donald J. Eberly ' 50 Merrill L. Ebner ' 53 Gerald G. Fisch ' 50 Gilbert Gardner ' 53 Gerard L. Hartstein ' 51 Wesley J. Haywood ' 52 James A. Hooper ' 50 MEMBERS James T. Jensen ' 50 Ralph C. Johnston ' 50 W. Oliver Kincannon ' 50 William E. Krag ' 50 George A. Lopez ' 50 John B. Lawson ' 50 Edward J. Margulies ' 52 Daniel J. McGuiness ' 50 Carl F. Mellin ' 50 Ted R. Metzger ' 50 Waldo Newcomer ' 52 Frank E. Parisi ' 50 Andrew C. Price ' 50 Joseph W. Saylor ' 50 Mvles S. Spector ' 50 F. Peter Stark ' 53 Claude D. Tapley ' 50 Arthur A. Wasserman ' 51 Benjamin J. Wood ' 50 Boh Mann, PrestJent, renders his views on the subject I

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Executive Committee: j . C. Kern, C. J . Jacoby, R. L. Mathews, R. W. Mann, J. S. Gottlieb, M. ]. Gardner Student government serves both as im- mediate need and ultimate goal. In the present, student government is the means by which the manifold extracurricular pursuits of Tech students — athletic, liter- ary, musical, dramatic, and social — are supervised and administered. For the fu- ture, the training and experience gained by participation in student government inculcates the responsibility, leadership, and initiative so essential to the develop- ment of character and personality. Coin- cident with the attaining of technical and professional proficiencv, college experi- ence must equip the graduate to take his place in his community as a responsible, socially-conscious citizen, particularly in our present technical age, when the con- INSTITUTE COMMITTEE tributions of the engineer and scientist so affect the public welfare. The ultimate end and cardinal precept of student govern- ment is to provide the opportunitv for such training. All legislative, executive, and judicial power pertaining to the administration of the complex structure of M.I.T. activities is vested in a representative body known as the Institute Committee, which meets biweekly to consider all matters pertain- ing to student affairs. Numbering thirty- five men, the group consist of three repre- sentatives from each of the four classes, the chairman of the seven standing subcom- mittees, and the delegate of the sixteen most prominent activities on campus. The president of the senior class is president of the committee, the chairman of the Walker Memorial Committee is its secre- tary, and the chairman of the Budget Committee is its treasurer. From among its membership, the group elects a vice- president and two members-at-large, who together with the president, secretary, and treasurer comprise an executive committee whose function it is to gather facts and John Kern, Treasurer, gives his report to the Committee Members

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Standing: R. A. Lindquist, C. A. Kandel, E. E. Hucke, J. A. Hoofer, Chairman; P. P. Shepherd, J. R. Sul- livan Seared; IV. B. Haue, J. J. Davidson, P. H. Grady, R. W. Willard, C. Herbert, S. I. Buchin PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Turning out over 1000 news releases in the past year, the Public Relations Committee has accomplished much toward publicizing Tech ' s many undergraduate activities. Keyed to the primary purpose of promoting liaison between student activities and the press, the Committee is divided into three basic units to cover the fields of special events, hometown releases, and prep school relations. Chairman James A. Hooper heads an Executive Committee com- posed of division heads and the sec- retary-treasurer, which coordinates the actions of the respective groups. The Special Events Division, su- pervised hv Richard Willard, is charged with publicizing special hap- penings connected with undergradu- ate activities at the Institute. Cooper- ating with the publicity chairmen of such events as the Junior Prom, the Special Events Division sends out news releases to the various news- papers in the Boston area. BUDGET COMMITTEE What ' s been the most contro- versial student activity at Tech this year? — Budget Committee, which plans and accounts for the finances of the Undergraduate Asso- ciation, of course! It all started last Spring when J.C. Kern took over the job of Chairman. Never one to step light- ly when he has the chance to fall in up to his neck, Kern proceeded to install an entirely new system of red tape; prepare the over-all budget for the year, completely oblivious of the cries and moans of those activity heads who had been cut off without a cent; write a new set of By-Laws, expecting to slip them through Institute Com- mittee like he did the budget; pick up several neat Juniors as assistants so that he could pass the buck for the whole mess to them; calmly delete the bands from all dance budgets; and then take a nice little vacation. Left to Right: W. H. Shenkle, G. G. Gentle- man Jr., J. C. Kern, R. Norton, F. G. Lehniann S:S?!S!