Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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dent Council regulations. There is also a Recording Secretary who is elected at the beginning of the Academic Year and is charged with the responsibility of maintaining records and minutes of each meeting and of handling the notices and correspondence of the Council. Lastly, an innovation has been established in the method of securing a meeting Chairman. The Chairmanship is rotated each week, the tenure of oflice lasting but for one gathering. In this manner, all the Presi- dents have an opportunity of presiding over the discussions from the floor at each meeting. The Chairmanship rotates according to the alphabetical order of the names of the campus organizations rep- resented. At the present time with thirty- eight members on the Council, each has had the opportunity to preside at at least one meeting during the year. The manner of voting is likewise dif- ferent from that of other campus organ-- izations. Each ballot is not a vote of the individual but of the society, club or class he represents. A member of the Council may possess the right to cast two or more votes, depending upon the number of or- ganizations he represents. To transact the business of the Council, a majority vote of at least one-half of all the com- ponents of this organization is required. To amend the Constitution, a three- quarters vote is necessary. The inception of the Presidents! Coun- cil did not take place until the latter part of 1945, yet much has been accom- plished by the members in a way that aided them materially in conducting the affairs of the organizations they repre- sent. Improvement in the serving of re- freshments at the Tea Dances was iinally realized, after a report by the Council was presented to the Maintenance Com- mittee. The regulation of meeting schedules and the publicity accorded to Dances sponsored by campus organiza- tions ilourished when the Council was but in its infancy. Gutstanding among the many accom- plishments of the Council during the past academic year has been that strong bond of unity that embraced every organiza- tion represented. It aided the new Society to establish itself and immeasurably helped out the reorganization of that Club or Fraternity that lay dormant dur- ing the war years. Through the aid ren- dered by those organizations that re- mained active despite the depletion of the Student Body in past years, many So- cieties that otherwise would have been lost in the turmoil due to the return of veterans, sustained themselves and be- came so established that the future of their organization was well assured. The culmination of the year's activity of the Council will consist of a Dinner held at the conclusion of the Academic Year. This Dinner will mark the official termination of the activities of the campus leaders of the year 1945-46, and will serve as a testimonial to their efforts to further the name of Manhattan and bring greater glory to their Alma Mater.

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llfIU1l1IUffLNI- Jllcnzbers of the National Federation of Catholfic College Students campus Society, Club and Class. Also in- cluded on the Council are the Regents of the campus Fraternities and the Editors- in-Chief of the undergraduate publica- tions. The purpose of the Council is twofold. First, it strives to maintain a bond of unity among all the student groups on the campus through the expression of opin- ions on pertinent topics by representa- tives of said organizations. Secondly, it is a means through which proper notifi- cation may be made to the Presidents by the Student Council on matters concern- ing Society activities. There are but three oiicicers in this organization of campus leaders. To sup- ervise the activities of the Council, the President of the Student Council has been appointed Student Moderator with the task of counseling this organization as to matters of policy, activity and Stu-

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Religion Sociezfie THE GUARD OF HONOR RCM rather inauspicious begin- nings some twelve years ago, Man- llZ1tt211liS Guard of Honor has grown to become the largest and most popular devotional group on the Campus. VV ith the primary function of venerat- ing the Blessed Sacrament whenever it is exposed in the college Chapel, me1n- bers may be found in an ever-present guard before the altar on all the First Fridays of the school year.