Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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SENIOR CLASS Under the guidance of its leaders, the Senior Class has found its functions greatly facilitated by its Class Council, an organization also guided by the Senior Class officers. The Council, composed of about fifty interested Seniors, serves to provide the class officers with a cross-section of campus opinion and to assist them with their administrative problems. Made up of committees, the Council as a whole meets monthly, while its Executive Committee, for example, meets once a week. Bob Aikens, head of the Class Gift branch. Bill Maguire, publisher of the class News Letter, and Jim Brown and Ted Lobsenz of Senior Week note help to plan the Council's work, which includes publicity and social affairs, the Bill Maloney-directed-parties not forgotten. ROBERT LENKER vice-president MICHAEL HANDMAN secretary HAROLD SPALTER treasitrer Front row, left to right: Lobsenz, Maguire, Anderson, Spalter, Godlin. Secondroiu: Aikens, Walton, Rivers, Handy, Hausman, Roemer, Litch- man. Back rotv. Norton, Samdperil, Connelly, Sturges.

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Mwwn Key Front row, left to right: Keck, Stehle, Rogers, Buck, Arenberg, Maslin, McKinley. Back row. Kissell, Steere, Rus- sell, Smith, Hyde. The Brown Key is the Junior Honorary Society and 1is annually made up of twenty outstanding members of the Junior Class. These men are elected to this society at the end of their sophomore year and are tapped at the formal dance during Spring Week- end. The Key has gradually taken on many duties so that today it is one of the busiest organizations on the Brown campus. No matter what the hour, visit- ing teams arriving here are always greeted by a Key man, who escorts them to their destination and pro- vides them with a pamphlet containing a map of the campus and general information about Brown. Besides greeting teams, it is the Key's job to hold the football rallies, purchase and maintain the mas- cot, and most important, to promote school spirit at Brown. This year's popular mascot. Butch Bruno XI, died shortly after flying to Philadelphia for the foot- ball game against Pennsylvania. In addition to these duties, the Brown Key provided round-trip bus transportation to away football games for those who desired it. Fred Keck and Woody Smith directed this year's rallies and did an excellent job. The Yale rally was acclaimed on campus as one of the best inmany years. The stars of that evening were Jerry Colona and Andy Russell. The Key also did its part to make Freshman Week a success. The men in the White Hats were besieged with questions by the eager newcomers, and the an- swers provided a large part of the freshman's campus information. The organization alsc paved the way for the appearance of the V C, whose activities they advised. The Sheraton Biltmore and Ralph Stuart's band combined to make this year's Rally Dance a success. This annual dance is the Key's primary source of revenue and precedes the Thanksgiving Day Game. The officers for the current year were: B. Russell Buck, president; Richard Clough, vice-president; William D. Rogers, secretary; John D. Hutchinson, treasurer. Smile, you little . . .

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Cammarian Club Front row, left to right: Spalter, Joyce, Parker, Nadler, Rosenfeld, Zan- gara. Second row. Calnan, Cooper, Tillinghast, 'Whelan, Litchman, Hy- man. Bacti row. Walton, McKendall, Crosby, Benson, Goldman, Wilbur, Whiston, Ringer. The Cammarian Club is the student governing body at Brown. It was originally a group of seniors who met weekly for a lobster dinner from whence they draw the name Lobstermen. It evolved into an organization of seniors who represented the student body to the Administration; and two years ago the student body voted on a new constitution under which the Club now has members from all classes. According to this new constitution the purpose of the Cammarian Club is to serve the undergraduate body of Brown University by maintaining a collec- tive contact with the student body through which undergraduate opinions and desires may be ex- pressed; by evaluating these opinions and desires and expressing them to the University Administration; At lesst one was awake. by representing the undergraduate body, both indi- vidually and collectively, in all matters of concern to the University; by generally supervising all under- graduate activities to the benefit of the University. To best serve this broad purpose, the Cammarian Club is organized into four standing committees other than the executive committee. These commit - tees deal with problems concerning academic affairs, athletic affairs, campus affairs, and housing and din- ing. Undergraduates other than elected members of the Cammarian Club are urged to work with these committees. A wide variety of problems are handled during the year, including such matters as the advis- ability of the honor system, publication of annual reports of all undergraduate activities, methods of selecting dormitory proctors, and rules governing the activities of the Vigilance Committee. In addition to such matters as these, the executive committee carries on correspondence with student governments at other colleges, passes on the constitutions of campus organizations, maintains a statute book, prepares an agenda for each weekly meeting of the entire Club, and appoints ad hoc committees. At the weekly meetings, to which all undergrad- uates are invited, the Club considers the recommen- dations of the various committees. Those matters which require some act of approval or disapproval of the entire Club are put to a vote, the results becoming undergraduate law. These laws are placed in the statute book by the secretary where they will be re- ferred to by the Student Court, the members of which are selected by the Cammarian Club. Matters of opinion are also voted upon at the weekly meet- ings, resulting in recommendations to the Adminis- tration or other responsible parties. To aid in insuring that student opinion will reach the Cammarian Club, a monthly meeting is held which is open to all and at which the Club hears any suggestions or opinions visitors wish to volunteer. Committees also hold open meetings on specific topics.