Johns Hopkins University - Hullabaloo Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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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'-

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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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Qaidbgii glzodi . . . Saroyanli Jluufow . . . frinierii pixied . . . .llrong in print couple of painters came into the News-Letter office during the early days of the first semester, erased the scribbling from the walls and gave the traditionally sloppy office a new look. Jayzwlkev' arrived, hobbled and creeped for awhile and finally after its second issue grew bold enough to chase the HULLA- BALOO out of its cave. The old sign I-IULLA- BALOO better than ever was replaced by the incoherent notice, fa,ywaZke1'.' Editors out- be back later. - An Orientation Week News-Letter was pub- lished before the upperclassmen returned. As a result of its popular reception the issue was used as an introductory offer for potential subscribers. HULLABALOO business manager Efrem Potts apologized for no Orientation Weel: HULI,ABALOO,', but the rivalry between the two organizations stopped there. The News-Letter couldn't pay for its page in HUL- LABALOO and yearbook editor Pax Davis' omni-present talent was lending itself to a . . . -whose baby? . . . . . the hucksters . . . regular column in the campus weekly. Pa- tronage replaced receipts and the two publi- cations maintained uninterrupted harmony. Following Grientation Week the HULLABA- L00 settled to a program of compromising its subscription ambitions while the News-Letter editors attempted a program designed to squeeze every corpuscle of imagination into copy for the weekly editions. Managing Edi- tor VVilliam Hevell was responsible for the mechanics of the paper and Business Manager Fred Lang balanced the impossible books. Sidney Offit, a young Saroyan now relieved of the primary headaches of the publication's chief, brought forth a series of issues which give indifferent News-Letter readers a new slant on the way things were-or weren't- going at Hopkins. By the time December had arrived Oflit's editorials had called the cam- pus poll favoring Dewey for the presidency, Echoes of empty barrels, and warned stu- 428