Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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President KEITH E. ALLSUP Puryear Hall The Student Senate is the highest all-student unit in the A M student government. The Consti¬ tution of the Student Body authorizes it to govern in matters of student affairs. The Senate corre¬ sponds to the lower house of the common legis¬ lature as its members are elected by popular vote in fall elections except for the vice-presidents of the four classes, who are automatically members. Of the remainder of its 43 members in 1949-50, 27 were elected from a corresponding number of dormitories and housing areas, four by the stu¬ dents living in Annex barracks, two by the day students, and five at-large by all of the students. A total of 116 candidates filed for Senate places in the fall elections. Officers of the Senate, elected by the members, were Keith Allsup, president; Lloyd Manjeot, sec¬ retary, and Joe Fuller, parliamentarian. Consti¬ tutional amendments passed at the final meeting of the group will add the office of vice-president in the fall of 1950. Another amendment provides for nine non-voting, non-debating associate seats, three to be filled by each of the lower classes, to provide experience for additional underclass¬ men. Subject to popular approval in a special fall election, A M officers of the TISA (Texas Inter-Collegiate Students Association) will be given seats in the Senate which would normally be filled by senators-at-large. If approved, a TISA com¬ mittee to include any current state officers from A M will function within the Senate and will rep¬ resent AM in affairs of the state organization. Current TISA officers are Fuller, parliamentarian; Allan Eubank, executive vice-president, and Charles Royalty, executive secretary. The latter two offices were filled by the Senate since A M automatically receives them as the host school for the 1950-51 TISA convention. Much of the work of the Senate is done by its nine standing committees, and a committee at least makes recommendations concerning such matters as concern it. Most important of the committees is probably the four senator-group which is elected to the Student Life Committee. The four senators act as a liaison between the two groups but are not instructed how to vote by the Senate, rather voting individually on all matters. Second mosl important is the executive committee which deter- Student Top Row: Tom G. Calhoun II, Legett Hall; Lloyd E. Carroll, Dorm 14; John L. Christensen, vice-president (corps). Senior Class; Franklin A. Cleland, Dorm 3; Joe H. Coro¬ nado, Dorm 9, and Daniel W. Davis, vice-president, Sophomore Class. Middle Row: B. O. Hauser, Dorm 15 (fall); Floyd H. Henk, At-Large; Cecil H. Huey III, Trailer Camp; Emmitt A. Ingram, Walton Hall; Charles D. Kirkham, vice-president (non-corps). Senior Class, and Kenneth Landrum, Dorm 6. Bottom Row: Harvey B. Purvis, Jr., vice-president, Freshman Class; Harry Raney, Vet Village; Charles A. Royalty, Hart Hall; James B. Sammons, Annex (spring); Bobby R. Sykes, At-Large, and C. O. Smith, Dorm 1. Not Shown: Marvin E. Beck, Annex; Albert G. Hluza, Dorm 16; Mike B. Mooney, Annex (fall), and Jim W. Patterson, Annex (fall).

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DR. RALPH W. STEEN Chairman The Student Life Committee during 1949-50 strengthened its position os the upper house of the A M student government. Under its con¬ stitution from the president of the college, the committee is to govern all matters pertaining to student life. Current amendments give the group authority to serve as liaison unit between all other student organizations and the college administration and to act on and for¬ ward any matters which need approval of higher authorities. The com¬ mittee is to review and make recommendations on all Student Senate business requiring the action of higher authorities. Under these amend¬ ments and an adopted student government channels chart, the group also is to act on and forward matters of class business not within the jurisdiction of the Student Senate but still of a nature requiring the approval of higher authorities. The committee is composed of eleven students and nine faculty and staff members, the latter appointed yearly by the president of the college. Four student members are elected by the Student Senate, three student members are selected in a general election by the non-corps students, and the presidents of the Senior and Junior Classes, the colonel of the corps, and the co-editors of The Battalion (who exercise only one vote between them) are automatically members because of the offices they hold. The committee chairman is designated by the presi¬ dent of the college, who also designates a non-voting executive secre¬ tary, and the group elects one of its members as parliamentarian. Among its many duties, the committee distributes the Welfare and Recreation Fund, selects Who ' s Who award winners, and supervises and grants contracts for student publications. HARRY RANEY Parliamentarian Student Life Committee Front Row: Floyd H. Henk, Student Senate; Doyle R. Avant, colonel of the corps; Clark C. Munroe, corps co-editor of The Battalion, and Robert N. Page, non-corps representative. Second row: Bobby J. Byington, president of the Senior Class; R. L. Bill Billings¬ ley, non-corps co-editor of The Battalion; Cecil H. Huey II, Student Senate, and Hal E. Stringer, Student Senate. Third Row: Dr. Ralph W. Steen, chairman, faculty; Harry Doran, non-corps repre¬ sentative; M. L. Cashion, staff; Daniel Russell, faculty, and Wilman Barnes, presi¬ dent of the Junior Class. Fourth Row: C. G. White, executive secretary (non-member), staff; Charles Chuck Cabaniss, non-corps representative; Harry Raney, parliamentarian. Student Senate; Lt. Col. Joe E. Davis, staff; Barlow Irvin, staff, and Dr. F. P. Jaggi, faculty. Not Shown: Ray G. Perryman, staff; Joseph A. Orr, faculty, and Fred R. Brison, faculty.

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mines the agenda items and guides Senate business. The welcoming committee which handles relations with other student bodies and the social committee which participates in the selection of the Aggie Sweetheart and designates A M repre¬ sentatives to social functions of other schools are next most highly regarded. Very important is the election committee which handles all elections except class ballotings. The Exchange Store com¬ mittee distributes Exchange Store profits while the hospital and mess committees determine and in¬ vestigate problems and make recommendations for improvements in those fields. The publicity com¬ mittee cooperates with regular media of publicity in different phases of Senate w ork. Special com¬ mittees include the Campus Chest committee which directs the Campus Chest drive to provide funds for the Twelfth Man Scholarship, the WSSF, and a local contingency fund; the traffic committee which investigates campus problems and recom¬ mends solutions to the administration, and the Job Clinic committee which cooperates with the Placement Office in work towards a local clinic. Senate Parliamentarian JOE R. FULLER Law Hall Secretary LLOYD H. MANJEOT Dormitory 12 MK Top Row: Glen B. Dunkle, Dorm 5; Allan Eubank, Dorm 4; William E. Forsythe, Day Students; Samuel V. Fox, Dorm 2; Earl L. Grant, Dorm 7, and Max G. Greiner, At-Large. Middle Row: Jimmie G. Magruder, Dorm 8; Jack B. Miller, At-Large; Iva E. Montgomery, Milner Hall; William R. Moss, Day Students; Roy D. Nance, Dorm 10, and Melvin W. Bill Parse, vice-president, Junior Class. Bottom Row: William B. Smith, Dorm 15 (spring); Hall E. Stringer, Dprm 17; Chester B. Stroud, Mitchell Hall; W. F. Bruce Thompson, Dorm 11; W. D. Trent, College View (fall), and Walter W. Zimmerman, At-Large. Not Shown: Albert E. Pavey, Jr., Annex (fall); Earl D. Sherman, Annex Veteran Housing; Maxie W. Freeman, College View (spring), and Wallace G. Garrison, Annex (spring).