Hastings College - Bronco Yearbook (Hastings, NE)

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Students' Association Probably the very first love of college freshmen this year was the Students' Associa- tion, for it abolished freshman hazing and established a mild two-day form of Freshman Week as an initiatory measure for first-year students. Stricter campus discipline and fairer justice in Kangaroo Kourt were maintained, and the spirit of fun in which the initiation was first established was enlarged. Another project under the supervision of the Students' Association was the opening of Bellevue house for daytime use as a stu- dent union center. Magazines and books were purchased during the year and were installed in the reception room, ping pong tables were made available in the ballroom, and deck games, such as shuffleboard and miniature bowling, were accessible during the day on the porch. Inaugurated first as an experi- ment, the student union is open on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday afternoons, with Mrs. Lulu Carlson, Bellevue house Overseer, as hostess. Other outstanding accomplishments of the Students' Association during the year in- clude redecoration of Bellevue house, the writing of a new list of rules for the use of the student union building, and the publish- ing of the second annual New Students' Guide, a small booklet given to every new registrant to help him to become acquainted with the traditions and accepted customs of Hastings collce. In collaboration with the YM and YW, the Students' Association staged the traditional new students' reception in the gymnasium the second week-end of school, so that students and faculty could meet each other formally and become ac- quainted with each other against a background of music, grand marches, and reception lines. El Carol Greenwood, able gavel-pounder of the organization, was assisted by Margaret McCown, vice-president, and Betty Hoch, secretary. It was the duty of these three to supervise the various student affairs of the campus. As college treasurer, Mr. D. P. Jones acted as treasurer for the group. Left to right: McCown, Greenwood, Hoch. ,Z 29