Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Students Resent Law Immediately, K-Staters were up in arms and demanded that the law be repealed. The coun- cil was divided and the faculty was opposed to repeal. Finally the issue was put before the student body for vote. Although the majority voted to do away with the rule, college officials claimed that the neces- sary fifty per cent of the students enrolled had not balloted. So Kansas Staters prepared to spend an uneventful winter. However, a spe- cial investigation disclosed that due to decreased enrollment, a bare half had voted, and the law was repealed. To oil the troubled waters they added an amendment that students who attended un- approved dances would be responsible to the Council for their conduct. Even in quiet years the S.G.A. representa- tives have a hand in balloting, for they select members of the election board. The Student Council next year will play an important part in the many requisites involved in building and financing the new Student Union Building. The structure is to be financed and managed by students, the building expenses to be defrayed by student activity fees. BILL HICKMAN, conscientious president of the Student Governing Association, is a senior in industrial journalism. His duties were numerous and complicated. A joint student-faculty corporation will be set up to handle the issuance of bonds. The bond revenue will be used for initial expenses. THE OTHER Student Council members seem more engrossed in their papers. Left to right: Bill Hickman, Gene Fair, Dorothy Axcell, Bill Bixler, Jessie Collins. Page 21

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Council Rules Undergrad Activities To GOVERN nearly 4,000 students is the re- sponsibility of the Student Governing Asso- tion, composed of nine outstanding students elected by popular vote. Headed this year by Bill Hickman, the group is composed of two members from each division except Veterinary Medicine, which chooses one representative. The other General Science student on the council, beside Hickman, was Mary Ann Bair. Engineers were Bill Bixler and Fred Eyestone. Roger West represented the Division of Veteri- nary Medicine, while Gene Fair and Charles Adams were chosen by the Agriculture students. Home Economics representatives were Jessie Collins and Dorothy Axcell. Enforce Constitution Laws It is the duty of the Council to see that no student violates the laws of the Student Govern- ing Association constitution. On rare occasions the Council acts as a court to pass sentence on the behavior of individual students. In the class elections this fall two students tried to vote twice, only to have the firm arm of the student law reach out and bring them before the governing body. Bill Hickman, as president, appointed the Kansas State Apportionment Board, and served with this committee to plan the amount dele- gated to each of many college activities, includ- ing the S.G.A. Selects Committee Members He also selects members of the Celebrity Series Committee, who arrange for outside tal- ent to be brought to the campus, expense financed by the student activity fee. This year proved a hectic one for S.G.A. Council members because of the campus con- troversy on the out-of-town dance rule. This law prohibited students from attending un- approved dances out of Manhattan unless writ- ten permission from their parents was filed in the office of the Dean of Women. The reason for the enforcement was twofold. Out of town dances are not chaperoned, and students attending t hem cannot keep College hours. For these reasons, the Council decided to check dances of this kind. Offenders were to be brought before the governing group, and were eligible for suspension or expulsion. MEMBERS OF THE Student Council cast reflections on the table ' s top before they get down to the business of the evening. Left to right: Fred Eyestone. Charles Adams. Mary Ann Bair. Roper West. Page 26

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Student — Faculty S.G.A. DANCE MANAGER ARLIN WARD and his assistant, Dick Gorman, stand by at each varsity to drop the money in their little box and stamp the dancers paid. To give Kansas States students an opportu- nity to hear and see famous entertainers and lecturers, the Student Governing Association sponsors a Celebrity Series. Each fall the president of the S.G.A. appoints two student members to serve with two faculty representatives and himself on a committee in charge on the series. They make arrangements for the performances and arouse student inter- est in the visiting notables. Five Numbers Scheduled This year the college played host to the Eva Jessye choir, nationally known Negro chorus . . . Fray and Braggiotti, noted piano duo, played a return engagement on the campus . . . Kurt and Grace Graff brought their ballet to the college auditorium . . . and Tony Sarg and his marionettes performed in the spring . . . John Mullholland, magician, was scheduled for an April program. Each fall, after the activity fees are collected from enrolling students, the S.G.A. president appoints the Apportionment Board, composed of two members from both the faculty and the student body as well as himself. Fee Total Distributed They then apportion the proceeds to various campus activities including the Celebrity Series, Manhattan Theatre, judging teams, debate squads, athletics, and student publications. Don Moss replaced Bill Keogh second semester, as a member of the Apportionment Board. MEMBERS OF THE CELEBRITY Series Committee meet to discuss the year ' s pro- gram. Left to right they are Bill Hickman, Marianna Kistler, Worth Linn, Prof. J. H. Roberts, Dr. S. A. Nock. Page 28 i; •4 Killers J.