Hendrix College - Troubadour Yearbook (Conway, AR)

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SENATE COMMITTEES STUDENT ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE This committee has the responsibility of governing the extra-curricular activities of each member of the stu- dent body. A student who is taking part in more non- academic work than he can handle is advised by the com- mittee to drop part of it. A point system, based on the amount of time consumed by each extra-curricular activity, is used in determining the load each student carries. Betty Harton was chairman of the committee with Morriss Hen- ry, Joe Loudermilk, Bill Lefler and Bob Mount as com- mittee members. CHAPEL COMMITTEE Through the year, the Student Chapel Committee tried to provide a variety of interesting programs for every chapel program not already scheduled by the Faculty Chapel Committee. The committee worked jointly with the Faculty Chapel Committee which consisted of Mr. Copes, Miss Williams and Mr. Upton. George Mitchell was chairman, with Dot Christopher, Betty Harton, Clint Burle- son, Fred Arnold and Ted Blair serving as committee mem- bers. MEN’S INITIATION COMMITTEE The aim of the Men’s Initiation Committee was to acquaint the freshmen with the Hendrix way of life. Be- sides “hitting a brace” and “sounding off”, the boys were required to do such jobs as cleaning up the campus and polishing the mail-boxes. At the end of five weeks, Billy Bob Bullock was chosen model freshman on the basis of attitude and school spirit. Hugh Mixon was chairman of the committee composed of Steve Ralph, Joe Bates, John Hays, Jerry Delleney, Ed Moore, and Eddie Walton.

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SENATE A program designed to suit both student and administration interests and to promote maximum cooperation between the two was initiated and car- ried out by this year’s Student Senate, government organ of the Hendrix student body. ‘This program, developed by members of the Senate immediately after their election in the Spring of 1951, and aided by student suggestio ns and proposals during the year, provided a workable administrative system for the student body. Faced with a $150 deficit in the Student Activity Fund, the Senate took economy measures to make up the deficit without causing Hendrix students to suffer as a result of cuts in Senate committee appropriations. As a result of a questionnaire submitted to the students early in the year, asking for their views on vital student issues, the Senate took action on various problems connected with campus life. A complete new program of Freshman orientation was submitted to the college and was approved as school policy. An intensive program, designed to promote good will for Hendrix and increase future enrollment, was car- ried out. Action on student forums, student-faculty relations, the cut system, honor system, Chapel, and many other Campus issues was taken. Dick Farr Peggy Thomasson Acting as host for the first meeting of the Ark- ansas Federation of Student Senates, the Hendrix Sen- ate entered into a program for improving Arkansas college relations. Chapel programs, the traditional Christmas gift to Mrs. Hulen, the Campus Kitty drive, and sponsoring of gifts and memorials for the new Chapel and Auditorium occupied much Senate time. Dick Farr, president, Peggy ‘Thomasson, vice- president, members James Mosley, Robert French, ‘Tommy Thompson, Richard Moose, Bo Brewer, Tom- my Pryor, Jim Deer, and Barney Boyett, and secre- taries Nona Eagle and Margaret Rich helped make the year 1951-52 a progressive one for student govern- ment at Hendrix. FIRST ROW: Mosley, Thompson, Brewer, Deer, Eagle. SECOND ROW: French, Moose, Pryor, Boyett, Rich.

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26 SENATE COMMITTEES WOMEN’S INITIATION COMMITTEE Headed by Gloria Johnston, the Women’s Initiation Committee consisted of Betty Mixon, Bonnie Heien, Vir- ginia Speaker, Dot Christopher and Pat Couch. This year an attempt was made in spite of some rather strong opposi- tion to revamp the old program of initiation and make it more of a program of orientation. The idea was, by abolishing some of the old traditions, to put initiation on a more serious plane in order to help freshmen women feel more at home at Hendrix from the start. MEN’S INTRA-MURAL COMMITTEE Under the leadership of Ralph VanLandingham, the Men’s Intra-Mural Comunittee scheduled all men’s intra- mural activities, including touch football, basketball, and softball. This committee determines the eligibility of players (men who letter in a varsity sport are not eligible to participate in that intra-mural sport), arbitrates any floor disputes that arise and picks the all-star teams. Mem- bers of the committee were Cotter Mixon, Pennix Thrash, Tom DuPree, Bobby Thompson, Tommy ‘Thompson, Homer Barrett and Lamar Davis. WOMEN’S INTRA-MURAL COMMITTEE Composed of a representative from each dormitory corridor and ‘Town Girls, the Women’s Intra-Mural Com- mittee has the job of planning and co-ordinating the women’s athletic activities, working with the W.A.A. Coun- cil to plan football, basketball, volleyball, softball, ping- pong, badminton and archery tournaments. Patsy Hixon was chairman with Jackie Bell, Ann Wilford, Ann Machen, Catherine Graham, Barbara Meacham, Mary Margaret Bird, and Patsy Bennett assisting her.