Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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CLASS COUNCILS Front row, left to right: Bradley, Jackson, Hutchinson, McKendall, Benson, Crosby, Cunningham. Secondrote: Alex- ander, Diedering, Kopf, Buck, Smith, Schroeder, McGraw, Keck. Back row: Steere, Gaynor, Davey, Maslin, McKinley, Sugden, Ringer, Bodine. music. Finances appeared well off for the moment as the council collected the highest percentage of dues of any class, and a new blazer was chosen for the men of '53. A party is planned for the spring which may be either a class outing to a reservation or pos- sibly a trip on a chartered boat. Paul Goldman as president of the class and Winthrop Wilbur, vice- president, directed the council, composed of mem- bers who had indicated their interest in the class. Directing the activities of the Junior Class was its Class Council, presided over by Ben McKendall and Bradford Benson. The Council consisted of twenty- five council member s and five class officers. The offi- cers were elected by the Junior Class and then chose their council from the class at large. Main project of the council was the Junior Prom, held on March 2 at the Biltmore and featuring Ralph Stuart's Orches- Front rote, left to right: Amann, Eliott, Geiselhart, Feuer, Meyrowitz, Zangara, Brady. Second rote: Nichols, Breslin, Schemick, Goldman, Wilbur, Mendelsohn, Pratt, Livingston. tra. Another council-planned and supervised event was the class beer party in the fall. Inclement weather Third row. Becker, Weiss, Kaiser, Rosen, Gindin, Witchell, hampered attendance, but those present enjoyed the Kramer, Muhlenberg, Berkman. Back rote: Newhard, Geismar, affair. Other activities that kept the Council active Deane, Colson, Thompson, Carrcll, Allen, Pollard, Flad. : 5 were plans for their class gift, and the large part played in arranging Spring Weekend festivities. The Treshneh, Deng me o B Sehepll; erne T Bradford Benson was chairman of the Spring Week- with a new idea. In order to have a representative el Commilttos . body directing the class, membership in the council was made open to anyone interested in aiding his class. As a result, over seventy men signed up for the council, and average attendance at meetings was be- Front row, left to right: Blaustein, Good, Dean, Glass, : : Castleberry, Naylor. Back row: Sloane, Crooks, Flanagan, at the meetings was the campaign to allow members Barksdale, Bayer, Phifer, Hester. tween fifty and sixty members. Of prime importance of the class in good standing to have automobiles at Brown during their sophomore year, a privilege now denied them. The council co-sponsored the Fresh- man-Sophomore Dance, also. Plans for spring include a class outing and the printing of a newspaper for the class. The council was directed by Ashby Dean and Bob Glass. Every week in the Faunce House Theater Lounge a group of about twenty-five members of the Sopho- more Class Council could be found discussing class problems. The fall Sophomore Dance was changed to February and held with the Freshmen on the twenty- second, with Ed Drew's orchestra providing the 18

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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.

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- Front row, left to right: Winslow, Rosenfeld, Godlin, Maguire, Lobsenz. Back row: Clark, Diedering, Crosby, Low- en, Wilbur. STUDENT COURT The Student Court of Brown University was es- tablished by an amendment to the Cammarian Club Constitution in the Spring of 1949. It was approved by a large majority of the student body and made its appearance on the Brown campus in the Fall of 1949 under the leadership of Chief Judge Joseph Condon. Its task was to define more clearly the moral issues arising from infractions of the Code of Rules for Stu- dent Discipline so that by the punishment of the few, the moral rectitude of the many might be improved and maintained. Student Government became a more real and effective force by the establishment of this judicial element, which is based upon the principle of judgment by peers. In this, the Court's second year of operation, its jurisdiction has been extended also to cover cases of dishonesty in written work. Under the newly adopted system student investigators, as well as qual- ified attorneys, are supphed to both the prosecution and the defense. pleaded his own case or had a friend speak for him. This year the chief judge has abandoned the second- ary role of prosecutor so that he may more easily Formerly the defendant either remain impartial. Three alternate judges have also been appointed to insure the seating of a five man court in the event of unavoidable absence by one or more regular judges. Cases may be filed with the clerk of the Court by 19 either the Dean of the College or any student or fac- ulty member. The defendant then has the choice of either coming before the Dean or before the Student Court. The meetings of the Court take place each week at Faunce House at which time the arrange- ments and hearings are held. Five judges, including the chief justice, must sit in on each case and a major- ity decision is necessary. A student has 48 hours after being sentenced in which to appeal a decision of the Court to the Dean of the College. The enforcement of the final decision also rests with the Dean. The Court is chosen by the Cammarian Club, and of the sixteen Brown undergraduates who compose it five, including the Chief Justice, are judges. These, plus three alternate judges and the clerk of the Court, are seniors, while the attorneys and investigators are chosen mainly from the Junior and Sophomore classes. This latter group obtains the experience which will produce competent judges for the following year's court and thus perpetuate the group. The organization is still a fledgling and this evolu- tionary process will no doubt continue for several years. This year's work has undeniably estabhshed the group's practicality and has reaffirmed the Uni- versity's confidence in student government. Officers for this year were: Ted Godlin, Chief Judge; Mordy Rosenfeld, William Winslow, Daniel Judges; David Wilham Fendrick, and Theodore Lobsenz, Leys, Richard Parker, Maguire, Clerk. Alternate Judges;