Johns Hopkins University - Hullabaloo Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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by the committees which met twice monthly throughout the year. The 1948-49 Council established an impres- sive record compared to those of its predeces- sors. Early in the year the University admin- istration asked the Council to assist the Faculty Parking Committee in the solution of the campus parking problem. Many of the Coun- cil's suggestions were adopted by the Uni- versity, while publicity and enforcement of the new regulations were turned over to the Council's Parking Committee. Later the propaganda campaign initiated by the Coun- cil to tone down the general tenor of Hopkins dances met with considerable success. In November the suggestion box endorsed by the administration last year was finally in- stalled and a standing committee was estab- lished to classify and review suggestions. Although the number submitted was disap- pointing, the Council made an effort to investi- . . . sweating it out . . . gate every worthy idea and criticism in hopes that student confidence in this method of ex- pressing their opinions would be increased. The Council firmly believes that when the students realize that their suggestions and criticisms will be heeded, the suggestion box will become one of the strongest links in stu- dent-administration relations. STUDENT COUNCIL First row: Heisse, Seth, Macnab, Glass, Paulus. Second row: Carpenter, VVolman, Dickersin, Dangelmajer, Forman, Cvrotz, Clinger, NVatt Potts, Fewster, Blaine 1 1 251-

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Cola! 'Mfar . . . .Hoi coffee . Uepicl iicketd Jllacnab . . . a primitive . procedure added an air of dignity and serious- ness to the student governing body of the Hop- kins and removed the former analogy to a Chinese schoolroom. VVith the enlarged Council of sixteen men, Doug Macnab was able to establish a workable system of standing and ad hoc committees- a feature needed for many years, Most of the detailed work of the Council Wascarriecl out Wolman ...cz primate . . . moke-filled rooms in the base- ment of Levering, cigarette butts smouldering in empty coke bottles, plump-bottomed junior politicians with feet propped on the lunch bag littered table: these Were not scenes from the annals of the 1948-49 Student Council, but harked from an earlier era which smacked of general inefficiency and apathy. The entire atmosphere changed with the advent of Presi- dent Doug Macnab and the constitutional re- visions of last spring. The use of the Board Room of Levering for its meetings and the in- troduction of modified rules of parliamentary Glenner ...apre-med. . . 124

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H. . . What the hell- charge it to HULLABALOOH . . . For the second consecutive year the Council sponsored the X-ray program of the Public Health Department and the Maryland Tuber- culosis Society. Throughout the year the Council ratified, and in some cases proposed revisions of a number of student activity con- stitutions. For the first time in many years the Council avoided revising its own constitu- tion, a notable feat since it enabled the govern- ing body to devote all of its time to more constructive activities. Although it showed a traditionally rare enthusiasm for grappling with problems presented to it by students and administration alike, the Council itself lacked initiative and imagination-the major criti- cism leveled against the 1948-49 Student Council. Two significant changes in the student gov- ernment system were brought about by last spring's constitutional revisions. The Honor Commission was removed from the direct jurisdiction of the Student Council and the Student Activities Committee became an in- tegral standing committee of the Council. The revisions had the greatest influence on the Honor Commission. First, the Commission was denuded of its secrecy, and second, it was able to function entirely independent of the Council, although the Council maintained its - HONOR COMMISSION First row: Stokes, Glenner, Carey. Second row: Bass, NVolman, Gibson, Buxbaum, Crowder, Blaine -f26