DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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STUDENT SENATE The Student Senate, DePauwk newest and most politically controlled student organization, is the latest ef- fort to do away with campus politics and transform Asbury into a sort of Platonic Utopia for beneht of clergy tadministration to youT . Last spring several dreamers and a few far-sighted politicians foresaw that the millenium was at hand and proposed the Student Senate. As we understood it, this body was to do away with everything naughty, just like the Democrats, and, according to some, even bring back prosperity. Maybe it was the springtime, but it didnTt occur to anyone that it is easier to organize twenty people than to organize a thousand. Another spring has sprung, and still the cau- cus holds forth. Someone has said, RGoverning bodies change, but caucuses go on forever? DePauwTs bodies tvery sel- dom governing began in 1902 and have changed approximately every hve years. The Student Council lasted nine years before it Was discov- WILLIAM CRAGEN President RUTH FREDRICK Viceepresidem MARY SARGFNT Secretary FRANKLIN TOOKE Treasurer ered that there were Tcpolitical bosses? Under the new system the Senate is composed of at least one senator from each hall of residence, on the basis of an eligible membership of hfty. Listed as duties of these sena- tors are the election of senior class oflicers and the appointment of fresh- man, sophomore, and junior class committees. The explanation for the committees seems to be that this al- lows more people from one class to be on something? The Senate holds monthly meet- ings to which it generously invites the public and discusses affairs of state. At the limited-attendance,, university dances, the Senate fosters a spirit of good-wiH among students since everybody has to TTrub elbowsh because of the crowded conditions. Officers for this year were: Wil- liam Cragen, president-Ruth Fred- rick, Vice-presidenteElmer Cole, treasurer-and Mary Sargent, secre- tary. Row 0110-43. Cole, MV Small, G. Gregory, W. Crngcn, M. J. Enochs, R, Fritsche, M. Yoder. Row two-B. Moore, A. Nicol, M. Rieth, B. Jewel7 J. Dula. Row flarrcej. Millctt, WC Shepard, G. Montgomery, H. Urban, R. Brunow, E. Carr rikcr, R. Steele. tZOT

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STUDENT ADMINISTRATION In the good old days the voice of the student body was completely suppressed. The safety valve blew OE October 25, 1856, With a general student rebellion, the $1M re- sults being suspension of the entire senior class, three-fourths of the juniors, a few un- derclassmen, and cwenty-nine scientiflcs.

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B. Mourer, M. Avery, W. Cragen, M. Smith, W. Shepard, W. McGaughey. STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMETTIEJE Student Affairs Committee repre- sents the most powerful instrument of student control upon the campus tand little Audrie just laughed and laughed because she knew it couldnlt do a thing. Instituted to serve as a go-between for faculty and students under the old Student Council, the Student Af- fairs Committee has become another subject for stories for The DePauW. Its main function at the present time seems to be to tone down recom- mendations of the Student Senate, before sending them to the faculty for fmal judgment. Theoretically, this group handles problems Which concern both student body and ad- ministrationeor, rather, all gripesl, Which students may have or feel they have. The usual formula for considera- tion by the Student Affairs Commit- tee seems to be for it to go into con- ference on some recommendation for the Student Senate, change some minor detail in order to have some excuse for existence, and then for- ward the matter to faculty and ad- OD ministration for the final ccyea or nay . It has been suggested that, since the Student Senate elects the student representatives to the Student Affairs Committee, the latter is a sort of up per house for the former. This brings up the question of How high is upwe-Which may or may not be of the same calibre as most controver- sies arbitrated by the S. A. C. Depending upon current condie tions and pressing business the com- mittee meets twice a month. In order to make it seem fair to the students and to outsiders, there are only siX faculty members and seven students ethree from the Senate, three from the student body at large, and the president of the Senate. Although the changes in personnel are a little too rapid for the casual observer, the following seem to be on the committee most of the time- Vice-President Longden, Dean Al- vord, Miss Worth, and Professors Shearer and Hixson-and, from the students, Mourer, S. Smith, Avery, Shephard, Cragen, M. Smith, and McGaughey.