Bowling Green State University - Key Yearbook (Bowling Green, OH)

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FirsT row, leTT To righT: RoberTa l-lanline, MargueriTe Barker, Vera WelTy, Joan Brown, Marie Decker, Elma Johnson, LeviaThan HuTT, DoroThy Bright Second row: William Cromer, Darl GaTchell, Richard FruTh, Gene Lewis, KaTherine Bilderback, RuTh Allen, Miss Gladys Burling, James HunTer, Donald Mason, KenneTh l-larger. This organizaTion consisTs oT The lnTer-sororiTy Council and The lnTer-TraTerniTy Council. The purpose oT This council is To regulaTe The acTiviTies oT each sororiTy and each TraTerniTy by common consenT, To preserve and promoTe The general welTare oT These groups and oT The UniversiTy, and To serve as a clearing house Tor dispuTes which arise beTween The groups. The council sponsors The l-lomecoming Dance, which was held in The Men's Gym. ArrangemenTs Tor The dance were made by Gene Lewis and KenneTh T-larger, presidenTs oT The councils. Frankie Shank Turnished The music Tor The evening. Dr. Frank J. ProuT escorTed The homecoming queen, Mildred WolT, To be crowned. The lnTer-sororiTy Council oTFicers are Gene Lewis, presidenT: Vera WelTy vice- presidenT: RuTh Allen, secreTary-Treasurer: and MargueriTe Baker, corresponding secre- Tary. The council consisTs oT Two represenTaTives Trom each sororiTy: These members are Vera WelTy, RuTh Allen, Alma Johnson, Marie Decker, Gene Lewis, MargueriTe Barker, LeviaThan l-luTT, DoroThy BrighT, RoberTa l-lanline, and KaTherine Bilderback. The members aTTempT To regulaTe sororiTy acTiviTies by The lnTer-sororiTy consTiTu- Tion by seTTing up rules concerning pledging and rushing. They also esTablish rush week and deal wiTh The scholasTic sTanding Tor pledging and sororiTy membership. The council sponsors The lnTer-sororiTy Dance, which is The TirsT winTer Tormal. This year iT was held in The RecepTion l-lall and Dick l-lanselman Turnished The music. The lnTer-TraTerniTy Council is made oT Two represenTaTives Trom each TraTerniTy: Jack McMahon and Bill Cromer Trom Five BroThersg James l-lunTer and Darl GaTchell Trom Commonersg KenneTh l-larger and Donald Mason Trom Delhi. The oTTicers are KennTh T-larger, presidenTg Jim T-lunTer, vice-president Jack McMahon, secreTary- Treasurer. The lnTer-TraTerniTy Council broughT a name band To The campus lasT year Tor The TirsT Time. The band was FleTcher Henderson. This year They broughT anoTher name band, George Hall and Dolly Dawn, in May.

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ff' TE: 5 53 . . . A A .1 I .TSW Af T' 52:3 V . . . . . X, 1 .- - , .nw 4 Ass A . T f . 9 sf' J yr: ir? r . y - J? 3-1 5-sf' T-13, ss The STudenT Council oT Bowling Green STaTe UniversiTy Taced The problem oT sTudenT governmenT in I939-40 wiTh The largesT enrollmenT in hisTory. Freshman week acTiviTies under The supervision of The Council and The leadership oT Vice-PresidenT Lyman lAbel Keown were very successful. AT The TirsT regular meeTing aTTer spring elecTions, oTTicers were FirsT row, leTT To righT: Genevieve Kellogg, Marie Evans. JaneT STump, Lyman Keown, Miss Florence LiTchTield. Vivian Walker. Second row: Darl GaTchell. Peggy CurTi:s, Boyd SmiTh, Dick SlaTer, MargareT Bender. elecTed wiTh Lyman lAbel Keown, Five BroTher, as presidenT: Darl GaTchell, Commoner, as vice presidenT: and JaneT STump, Five SisTer, as secreTary-Treasurer. Working very close To The adminisTraTion The Council was able To make some progressive sTeps in sTudenT governmenT. NEW CONSTITUTION IS DRAWN UP The main obiecTive was a new STudenT AssociaTion ConsTiTuTion ThaT vesTs many powers in The Council which have long been soughT. Some oT These are: I. To wiThhold recogniTion as a legi+imaTe campus organizaTion Trom any group unTil iTs consTiTuTion has been ap- proved lll by The UniversiTy PresidenT, l2l by The STudenT Council, l3l by The Social CommiTTee. ll. CreaTion oT a new Board of PublicaTions and incorporaTion in The council by-laws. Ill. OrganizaTion oT new council in spring insTead of Tall. IV. Provision ThaT council members may serve as many Terms as They are elecTed. Then in sTep wiTh PresidenT ProuT's recogniTion plan Tor The UniversiTy, The Council puT inTo eTFecT a plan To obTain names of qualiTied high school seniors. PLAQUE AWARDED FOR BEST STUDENT ASSEMBLY PROGRAM A plaque was awarded To The TraTerniTy or sororiTy presenTing The besT assembly program. AnoTher sTep To aid orienTaTion oT sTudenTs was eTTecTed when The Council assumed responsibiliTy Tor publicaTion oT a Treshman handbook. For The TirsT Time, The presidenT oT The STudenT Council assumed compleTe charge oT conducTing The assembly pro- grams, and also provided ushers aT assembly. The Council also purchased leTTerheads and a Tiling cabineT in order To preserve Their records. By The good grace of The adminisTraTion, The Board oT TrusTees room was secured as a regular meeTing lace. ComplimenTs To Darl GaTchell and his Tine work on The new associaTion consTiTuTion. The Council souglTT and se- cured an increase of The acTiviTy Tee so ThaT campus social acTivi,Ties may be placed on a beTTer Tinancial basis.

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The Social CommiTTee. wirh Miss A. Wrey Warner acTing as chairman, has been especially acTive on The campus This year. IT has noT only increased week-end acTiviTy aT The UniversiTy To halT The well- lcnown suiT-case parade, bul' has also succeeded in aTTracTing more parTicipanTs To iTs inTormal recreaTion hours. The aim oT The commiTTee is To promoTe varied ouTside diversions as well as To conTinue The inside acTiviTies. such as dancing, bad- minTon, Table games and Table Tennis. The Women's Building has been opened on week-ends To carry ouT This program. FirsT Ronald penTer, MarTin. Seco ensTein row: Dr. W. E. STeidTmann, Mrs. Maude Sharp l-leilman, Sydney WhiTe. Mrs. MargueriTe Car Jerold Wendt Miss Wrey Warner, Dr. C. S nd row: Paul Ladd, James l-lunTer, Roberl' l-lab , Richard Dunipace. An inTeresT in square dancing was renewed This year by The commiTTee's coopera- Tion wiTh The W.A.A. Once each monTh an evening was devoTed To This Type oT recreaTion. Probably The commiTTee's chief concern is The problem oT The over-crowded ac- TiviTy schedule during The week, which makes iT diTTiculT To enTer inacTive people in more exTra-curricular worlc. RoberT l-labensTein, Sidney WhiTe, and Paul W. Ladd were appoinTed To sTudy This campus siTuaTion and Trom Their research iT is hoped ThaT The diTTiculTy will be remedied nexT year. 26