Johns Hopkins University - Hullabaloo Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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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

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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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voice in the selection of the Commission's members. The major achievements of the 1948-49 Honor Commission were in the held of pub- licity. George Glenner's nine-member Com- mission concentrated on giving both faculty and the students a better understanding of the workings of the Hopkins Honor Code. ln line with this policy, the Commission arranged a better presentation of the Honor system to the freshmen during Orientation Weekg and later in the term it conducted an investigation of the effectiveness of the system. Since this was the first year of the Commission's indepen- dence, the writing of a constitution occupied the attention of the members for most of the fall semester. Although the Student Activities Committee theoretically became a part of the Student Council, its status and function were not ac- tually altered. Under the guiding hand of its chairman, Reds Wolman, the S.A.C. con- . . . smoke-filled rooms . . . tinued to operate as an independent body. The most signiiicant effect of the constitutional change which subordinated the S.A.C. to the Student Council was to enhance the Council's prestige and to increase its power on paper. The members of the S.A.C. still pulled the purse strings at their own discretion. S.A.C.'s Heisse, Potts, Wolman L 9 L r w 271'-