Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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FT TH BQNHQM IfrTS or change of sentence by the Faculty when an apjx al has been made, the Council shall sustain this change. (4) That the Faculty shall have the privilege of making recommendations to the Council on matters which may have escaped the Council and yet conic to the knowledge of the Faculty. 'l'his petition was granted with the proviso that every finding should lie immediately rc|x rtcd in writing to the Faculty, and that in cases involving suspension or expulsion, the finding l»e not announced until consultation has been had with the President, a Committee of the Faculty, or the Faculty. I’nder the new scheme we can see no objection to the Council and we feel that its prestige and influence for the lx tterment of the student community will steadily increase as the students come to understand it better. Die Traeumerei How soft it soundeth, Gently stealing. As revealing, Some sweet feeling From an angel’s breast: The strain resoundeth, Faintly flying. Sweetly dying, Like winds sighing In the Islands Blest. A. I.. Pickens.

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ETthe- e onhomieT% The students having thus shown the desire to suppress hazing, the question naturally arose as to how they should go about it and the organization of the Furman Council was effected, its duties being defined as follows: First. To protect inter-collegiate football by enforcing the requirement of the Trustees that hazing be suppressed and prevented in all its forms. Second. To make and enforce rules for conduct of Freshmen. Third. To guard and conserve the common good of the student body in all matters pertaining to gentlemanly conduct. The Council felt it within its rights, since it had pledged itself to protect Freshmen, to demand that the Freshmen should obey any rules which it might see lit to impose upon them. The most important of these rules, and the one which the Council believes will be of greatest benefit to the Freshman himself, is that requiring Freshmen to he in their rooms at nine o’clock at night, unless they have a permit allowing them to go out, and such permits are given only once a week under ordinary circumstances. The officers of the Council arc a President, a Secretary, an Executive Committee, consisting of the President ex-officio and two members, and ten Proctors. Two Proctors are appointed for each ffoor of Montague Hall and two for each cottage. It is the duty of the Proctors to preserve order and report any violations of the rules of the Council. Formerly the relation of Council and Faculty was different from what it now is. At first, it was agreed that the Council might suggest penalties and recommend clemency or severity in the enforcement of the rules of the institution, but these suggestions and recommendations were subject to review by the Faculty as a whole, with whom rested the final determination of what the penalty should lx . On January 20, 1915, however, the Council having become dissatisfied with this method of procedure, a motion was passed that a committee be appointed to present a petition to the Faculty asking for more power. The petition presented was granted and read as follows: We, the members of the Furman Council, do hereby petition your honorable body to modify the present system of student government so that it shall be as follows: (1) That the Council he granted complete control of disciplinary matters. (2) That each finding of the Council shall be read out by the Secretary of the same at the first gathering of students in the dining hall after the finding is made. (3) That every man disciplined by the Council shall have a right of appeal to the Faculty. Further, in case of any reversal of the Council’s decision,

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FTTHE- BONHQMIE-Tf The Bonhomie OFFICERS OI- THE ANNUAL ASSOCIATION % H. Ballentine..............................President W. L. Bates...........................Pice-President J. M. Drummond...............Secretary and Treasurer MANAGERS OF THE BONHOMIE M. R. Mobi.f.y.....................Business Manager H. II. King.............Assistant Business Manager J. C. Pow......................Circulation Manager L. H. Floyd....................Advertising Manager EDITORIAL STAFF E. H. Henderson..........................Editor-in-chief E. R. Stau,...............................Art Editor S. O. Moseley........................Assistant Art Editor C. F. Sims.........................Senior Class Editor L. I). Dodson.......................Senior Class Editor M. G. Patton.......................Junior Class Editor R. F. League.........................Junior Class Editor D. G. Watson.....................Sophomore Class Editor T. C. Johnson.................Sophomore Class Editor J. R. Ballentine...................Freshman Class Editor E. M. Wharton.....................Freshman Class Editor