Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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- ■■■ STUDENT LEGISLATURE Taking the United States Congress as its model, the Student Council in 1923 created the Student Legislature, an organization to be vested with the power of amending old laws and enacting new ones. For eighteen years this legis- lature has served its Wake Forest constituency faithfully and well. The purpose of the law-making body is to pass any laws which it deems necessary for the efficient enforcement of student government. The members consist of the presidents of each of the academic and graduate classes, a member elected from each of these classes, and a representativ e from the ministerial association. Archie McMillan, president of the Senior Class, is, by virtue of his position, chairman of the Student Legislature for this year. Under the able guidance of McMillan and the ten other members who make up the Congress, it has had a successful year in 1940-41 and has made important steps toward the achievement of its goal, an orderly, well-directed campus life. Probably the most important single act of the legislature this year was the passage of a new law according to which the Law School Honor System is hereafter to be separate from that of the Academic School, and the Law School is to establish a court to rule on all cases arising under its jurisdiction. In addition to its formal legal work, the Legislature takes a serious personal interest in every student. Just as the U. S. Congress purposes to represent its entire electorate, so Wake Forest ' s law-making body considers it as a part of its dut y to promote the welfare of the individual student. Any man on the campus may feel free at any time to present for careful study a proposal which he thinks should be embodied in a law. He may feel sure that it will be given thoughtful attention, for to function as a completely democratic organization is one of the primary aims of the Student Legislature. Archie McMillan, Chairman I 6 Front row: George Watkins, Archie McMillan, Chairman; Henry Lougee, Harry Mumford Second row: Gerald Wallace, Shelton Canter, John Barrett Not in picture: McLeod Bryan, Jack Hunt 29

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wm mmmm ■m STUDENT COUNCIL Up ipon the Student Council lies the responsibility for the law and order of Wake Forest; upon this, the most important organiza- tion on the campus, are imposed the duties of making rules regarded necessary for college men and of dealing with those few who violate these regulations. The president of the student body, Bobby Gold- berg, is president of the Student Council and presides over the weekly meetings and the special call meetings necessary to transact urgent busi- Bob Goldberg ness. With the other members who are elected President from the various classes, he has done a splendid job of administering the rules which the Student Legislature has passed upon. One of the vital questions brought up each year is that of upholding the honor system, and this year ' s Student Council has completed a noble work in this capacity. One of the praiseworthy policies of the group is that of refraining from spreading the news that a student has been ordered to leave school because of dishonesty. Should a man be convicted of such, he is quietly asked to leave the college, and nothing more is said about the matter. Probably the most significant work of the Student Council is dealing with the host of new men who arrive on the campus every September. To help with the orientation of the freshmen the Council has created the Freshman Advisory Board, whose chief duty is to make the frosh feel at home from the moment they set foot on Deacon soil. A notable work of the past group was the elimination of gambling here at the college and in general abolishing all practices which might mar the superlative traditions of Wake Forest College. This year ' s Councilmen have realized the position to which they have been chosen l their fellow students, and they have carried out remarkably the austere duties imposed upon them. 28

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— wmummmm PUBLICATIONS BO Ml) In an effort to foster better publications on the Wake Forest College Campus, the Publications Board was organ- ized as a means of securing men who are competent rather than trust the selection of the editors and business managers of the three publications to the caprice of campus politics. Since the establishment of this board the Wake Forest College publications have reached a higher level during the past five years. This attainment can best be attributed to the fact that men have been trained from their freshman and sophomore years as possible future officials of the publications on our campus. This training has become essential under the regulations set down by the Publications Board. In order that a man might qualify for a position as editor or business manager of The Howler, The Old Gold and Black, or The Student he must meet certain basic requirements as set down by the Board. The candidate must not only have a working knowledge of the duties of his office, but he also has to make a complete study of the history of his respective publication. In addition to these capabilities, a pro- spective editor or business manager must live up t o certain standards based on scholarship, character, and experience. The 1939 Howler, under the direction of Carl Dull as aditor and Jess Reid as business manager, was awarded the high distinction of an All-Amcrican Yearbook. This was the first time in the history of the college that any Wake Forest publication has been given such ranking. The following year over fifty yearbooks throughout the nation used the same theme as appeared in this Wake Forest Annual. This year the Publications Board, with Norvell Ashburn as President, Ralph Earnhardt, vice-president, and James Early, secretary, has been primarily concerned with choosing the editors and business managers for the 1942 publica- tions. The board also sponsored the annual Publications Banquet to which the members of the Board and members of the various staffs were invited. The Publications Board is composed of the editors and business managers of the three publications, the pres- ident of the student body, two representatives from each class, Drs. A. C. Reid, E. E. Folk, H. B. Jones, Mr. E. B. Earnshaw and Professor J. L. Memory. £ f5 Front row: Norvell Ashburn, President; Ralph Earnhardt, Vice President; James Early, Secretary-Treasurer; Wells Norris, Ferd Davi: Second row: Tom Davis, Virgil Lindsay, Robert Goldberg, Tom Roberts, Paul Early Third row: Wilbur Jolley, Phil Sawyer, William Ayers, Claude Byerly, Harrel Johnson, Lester Cansler