University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Kirk Jeffrey KIRK JEFFREY President CHARLES SPENCER Treasurer NANCY NELSON Clerk S. G. A. THE Student Government Association of the University is the in- corporated organization of the entire student body. Its purpose is to provide a self-governing system for the students, and to cor- relate undergraduate activities. The present system under which the Student Government Asso- ciation is organized was adopted in May, 1935, and went into effect in September, 1936. The governing body of the Association is the Student Assembly consisting of some forty members elected under a system of proportional representation from the nine schools and col- leges in the University. From this body are elected the Student Presi- dent, and the Treasurer and Clerk of the Association. Ten members of the assembly are elected to the cabinet, which is in fact the real governing body. The acts of this latter group are subject to be vetoed by vote of the assembly, and certain of its acts must have the approval of the assembly before they can take effect. Constitutional and legislative problems which arise are decided by the Student Court, a body consisting of the high ranking students in the College of Law. This court conducts all student elections and interprets the constitution and by-laws of the Association. Among the many activities of the Student Government Association are the sponsorship of University dances, the conducting of the annual Homecoming, and the publishing of the Savitar and Missouri Student. « J If % f 3 ' Bryant. Blackmore, Flanagan, Carroll, Niedner, Dean, Stansfield Wullard, Thiemann, Smarr, Oliver, Lowe, Jonas, Hill, Hawkins Boucher, Skeer, Wahlin, Lawrence, Sterneck, Kreiter, Fick Foster, Cummlngs, Innis, Jeffrey, Nelson, Allee, Atterbury, Timmons [ 22 ]

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THE goal toward which college women should strive is to perfect themselves as an instrument of their own destiny. If they want to make an interesting career for themselves they must have a real desire for acquisition of knowledge and develop a high degree of personal integrity. They must have command over personal resources, all of which requires discipline of mind and discipline of spirit. Those who succeed must be trained to do their own driving, but they need advice and encouragement along the way. The Committee on Student Affairs for Women recog- nizes the necessity for such training and desires to aid stu- dents in the fulfillment of this goal. The underlying philosophy of the Office is one of co-operation — working with others to the end that they may have opportunities to round out their lives through honest work in an atmosphere of freedom of thinking. The Committee is eager to become an essential factor in the life and ideals of students and of an institution which shall be in truth what it is in name — coeducational. DEAN OF WDMEIV MISS MARY H. McKEE t 21 1

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W. S. G. A. UPON entering the University of Missouri every woman student automatically becomes a member of the Woman ' s Self-Govern- ment Association. W. S. G. A. serves to co-ordinate all women ' s organizations of the campus and to provide housing regulations for the women students. Members of the committee on Student Affairs for women act as advisors for the Association. Every spring petitioning is held for membership on the Associa- tion council, the governing body. The four major offices of the council and the positions of president and representative of each class are then filled by appointment, based on the scholarship and activity records of each individual girl. Other members of the council are the presidents of the major women ' s organizations. The Association works to secure uniform and individual repre- sentation in student activities; to promote broad social interests among the University women and to foster a living school spirit. Among the projects of the council are general sponsorship of Fresh- man orientation, September activity jamboree. Little Sister Picnic. Fac- ulty Fireside, Lecture series for women. Christmas Doll show, all- university Christmas caroling. House President ' s Council, Women ' s Elections, activity card files. Carolyn Collier CAROLYN COLLIER President HELEN GUFFEY Vice-President BETTY IVES Secretary MILDRED WINTERS Treasurer AUee, Hanson, La Rue. Kilpatrick, Schnaedelbach, Gray Browning, Teague. De Vilbiss, O ' Neal, Kunz, Dent, Murray Carruthers, Traynor, Winters, Collier, Guftey, Ives [ 23 ]