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

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TEMPORARY STUDENT UNION COMMITTEE — Ron Stepanek, Marion Martin, Don Jacobson, A. R. Jones, Don Ford, Dean A. Pugsley, Dean M. Woolf. m$£ £ f All students are eligible to participate in this direct form of student government. Other committees which also are important in con- trol of student affairs are the Temporary Student Union Committee, the Academic Honesty Committee, the Social Recreational Committee, the Apportionment Board, and the New Student Union Committee. The Temporary Student Union Committee selects help for the present Student Union, plans operational policy for the project, and determines how to make best use of the present inadequate facilities. The Union was completely redecorated this summer and a reading room was added to the building. The Academic Honesty Committee has as its respon- ACADEMIC HONESTY COM- MITTEE — Back row: Jack Northam, Frank Anderson, George Rogers. Front row. Barbara Cotton, Katherine Geyer, Alley Duncan. SOCIAL RECREATION PRO- GRAM COMMITTEE — Back row: Don Ford, Willis Adams, Dale Gigstad, Dwight Gilli- land, Dick Cederberg. Front row. Phyliss Patton, Jackie Christie, Beverly Jones, Mary Ann Miller, Dwilette Blakely, Connie Weinbrenner. 28

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duties is the selection of student members for college committees subject to the approval of the President for appointment. Other projects of the Council have been to modernize the student constitution with the aid of the Student Planning Committee, and the study of the allocation of student-contributed funds. With the Student Council petforming the executive end of student government, the legislative functions are handled by the Student Planning Committee, composed of both student and faculty members in a 5-1 ratio. The SPC studies various aspects of college life, such as re- search on student attitudes on controversial questions and makes recommendations to the groups concerned. The SPC is truly an all-College committee with representatives from almost every organization on the campus. Headed this year by Chairman Jane McKee and Vice Chairman Sue Eller, the committee discussed problems which concerned all members at its numerous meetings throughout the year. Highlighting its program for the year was the fifth annual SPC conference held at Camp Wood during the summer where college issues were discussed between sessions of swimming, volleyball, and square dancing. Attendance hit an all-time high with 155 students and and faculty mem- bers attending. Leadership was provided by chairman Ted Volsky, vice- chairman Jane Colby, and secre- tary Helen Cor - telyou. The big job of the conference was the drafting of a new consti- tution for the stu- dent government. The charter, however, received a temporary setback when students defeated it at the polls in December. Other committees of the conference worked on old recommendations, student welfare, curricular and extra- curricular problems. The recommendations were published in the Col- legian, and presented to the students in an all-college assembly in the fall. Each recommendation was then referred to the proper authority for consideration. TED VOLSKY, Chairman of the fifth annual Student Planning Conference, led the legis- lative branch of student government. CHAIRMEN OF THE 1950 STUDENT PLANNING CONFERENCE AT CAMP WOOD WERE: {back row), Jane Colby, Helen Cortelyou, Ron Stinson, Don Hopkins. Don Jacobson. {front ran), Jocelyn Butcher, Ann McMillen, Jackie Christie, Ted Volsky, Lorraine Halbower Vol- sky, Monna Schaper, Sue Ann Eller, Bob Larson. .- - 27

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STUDENT UNION PLANNING COMMITTEE— Back rem : Don Ford, Dennis Goetsch, Stan Creek, Dean M. Woolf, Garth Grissom. Front row. Leone Kell, Helen Jassman, Prof. P. Weigel, Prof. S. Whitcomb. ORGANIZATION ADVISORY BOARD— John Hudelson. A. Thornton Edwards, Dexter Sharp, Norma Van Dorn. sibility the holding of hearings on cases of academic dishonesty among students, and the making of recom- mendations for their punishment. It, like most student government committees, includes both student and faculty members. The planning of all-college functions is the duty of the Social Recreational Committee. This is one of the larger governmental committes, with representatives from all sections of the campus. The planning of all- college varsities and the engaging of name bands for College dances are important duties of this group. Among the highlights of the campus year, planned by the Recreational Committee, was the appearance of Gene Krupa and his band at the Eisenhower Day con- cert and dance last spring, and Les Brown and his band at a concert and all-college dance this fall. Kansas State ' s new Student Union has been taking shape with guidance from the Student Union Planning Committee. With the help of Porter Butts, widely known expert on college student unions, this committee determines what facilities will be needed in the new building. The group has an added problem in that facilities provided in the building must come within funds allocated for the purpose. The Apportionment Board, a subcommittee of the Student Council, concerns itself with the distribution of student funds. The Board, which handles the Student Activity Fee allocation, was faced with the problem this year of a smaller enrollment; hence, a smaller amount of money to apportion to the various groups on the campus such as the judging teams, student publications, music and drama, and other all-college events. The Apportionment Board this year allocated more than $100,000 to various groups in comparison with $129,- 000 last year. These organizations, in addition to their worthwhile contributions to Kansas State administration, also pro- vide an opportunity for the development of student leadership, and act in this sense as laboratories for democracy. STUDENT ACTIVITY FUND APPORTIONMENT BOARD — Back row: Dean M. Woolf. Stanley Wood, Garth Grissom. Front row: Vivian Armstrong. Gertrude Lienkaemper, Floyd R icker, H. H. Haymaker. 29