Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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ENGINEERING COLLEGE GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION iEFORE this year, the engineeruig students were represented on the Trinity College Student Government; however, this I year the Engineering Student Government Association was born. In the past few years the Division of Engineering grew so rapidly that at the beginning of the school year 1940 it was deemed necessary that a new college be created in Duke University. This new college was called the College of Engineering, and it was the third college to become a part of Duke University. After this transforma- tion, another need arose; the necessity of a student government to pro- vide a ruling body sympathetic to the needs of the engineering students. At that time there was present in Southgate an organization known as the Engineers ' Club, and the ruling system of this body was used as the framework for the new Engineering Student Government Association. Because the Student Government is an outgrowth of the Engineers ' Club, it seemed only natural for the new organization to sponsor student ac- tivities and create interest in campus-wide affairs. In all of its under- takings it has been the desire of the Student Government to provide for the students of the college a better government. With this goal as a guide, we followed such lines as we thought would bring about the reali- zation of our name. The policies have manifested themselves in the form of the Engineers ' Glee Club, the newly founded publication — The Duke Engineer, the Engi- neers ' Ball, freshmen orientation, the Engineers ' Sing and Intramurals. At the first of this year, a budget was drawn up, and a great percentage of the funds collected went to decorate Southgate ' s Reception Room and the remainder was set aside to cover the policies of the Student Government. Shea, Darling, I ' leside-nt; Wagner, Lynch. 22

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MEN ' S STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION T the beginning of this year the Student Council decided to eliminate those activities which it believed were not typical of a Student Government Association. In carrying out this ob- jective, we were forced to eliminate some of our activities of ' former years, and instead, to spend more time serving the campus as a whole. A few examples of our new services will give a cross- section of our activities for the year. Just after the Council took office in April 1941, the need was felt for an organization to stimulate better school spirit and pep meetings. We organized the Trident Club, which was very successful in its work through the year. In the fall, in answer to a plea from the students for better Saturday night recreation, the Council sponsored informal weekly dances, on a non-profit basis. After much discussion, the Council decided to bring before the students an amendment toward a more demo cratic sj stem of voting. Instead of the old method of pre-voting registration, a plan was submitted, in a Constitutional convention, to allow voting simply through identification of Athletic books and the checking of the signatures thereon. This amendment passed with an overwhelming majority. Recognizing the need for closer Inter-campus relations between the Men ' s S.G.A., the W.S.G.A., the Engineers ' S.G.A., and the Nurses ' S.G.A., we formed an Inter-campus Council. The representatives from the above organizations met twice a month and discussed problems. The Student Council also stimuhited an Im- provement in the proc- tor system In use at the Universit} ' , through suggestions offered in Faculty meetings. In conclusion, the Council would like to thank the Student Bod}- for the coopera- tion It has given us throughout the year. In addition to our reg- ular judicial duties, we have tried to make this year a successful one, from point of vi ew of achievement. Larry Blanchard, I ' lej. Men ' s Student Government. Other officers are Jimmy Walker and Alex McMahoii. Gardner Tuke Simister Holt Hardesty 21

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WOMEN ' S COLLEGE GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION )EEDING an organization hy which the students could govern themselves, students of the Woman ' s College had organized the first student govern- ment in 1919. A few years later in 1924, when the Woman ' s College became a part of the University, the Woman ' s Student Govern- ment Association of Duke University was founded. The Association was organized with these chief purposes: to regulate all matters pertain- ing to the life of the women of the College not under the jurisdiction of the Faculty; to further a spirit of unity among the women at Duke; and to cooperate with the Faculty in creating and maintaining high ideals for the women of the University. To effect these ends, a system was set up by which the execution of the business of the Association was placed in the hands of two bodies: the Executive Council and tiic Judicial Board. The students who serve on these bodies are selected by the entire Association, after the candidates are eliminated by a scries of tests and interviews. This year ' s Council had as its aim to further the purposes listed above, but the year 1941- 1942 brought with it new problems which the Council was called upon to face. With the national emergency and the subsequent war, many new situations and duties were created, and the entire Student Government Association began to lay the foundations for the defense work which college students will be called upon to do. It is the hope of this year ' s Council that in some way it has furthered the ideas upon which the Association was founded, and that the Association will be stronger because of the Council ' s work this year. 41 JL MJi t It 9.$. Top row, left to right: Jones, Ramsey, Imas, Stroiipe, Steinenger, Maddox, Bracken, Curry, Haislip, Watkins. Bottom row. Brooks, Jones, Merritt, Cooper, Waters, President, Walker, Cnrtls, Lncke, Kamerer. 23