Oklahoma City University - Keshena Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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THE STUDENT COUNCIL Chaffin Maril Hand Bragg Kline Osburn Rose Hoggard Dessauer he 1936 Student Council i OFFICERS ORVILLE KLINE BILL IVIARIL ,,77... . ELEANOR Osnuiw .,77 PAYE BRAGG ,,C, HThe purpose of the Student Council is to develop self expression and self control on the part of the student body, to promote loyalty to the university, and in particu- lar to have charge of all matters concerning the conduct of the students in their college life, excepting academic activities directly under the control of the administration and things which pertain to the general administrative pol- icy of the schoolf, This shows the council to be a media- tive agent for the best interests of the school between out- side influence and the faculty. It represents a working nucleus of the student body as a whole. As a center of student government the council handles all inter- and intra-scholastic matters that may arise. The usual current business of the council is the con- C275 ,,,,.Pre.vident ...,,,,Vice-President ,,i.,,Secremry .....Trens14rer duction of school elections. These are to be as demof cratic and non-partisan as possible. The Council has been very efficient this year in enforcing such rules as are vital to this type of fair and un-biased election. Voting and counting of ballots is done by an election committee from the Council with the help of a faculty member. Eight members and a president make up the Student Council. The three lower classes elect two representatives in the latter Part of the spring semester, the two freshman members are elected in the early fall. The work of the Student Council is not so much a fluctuating instigator of projects as it is a continuous de- dication to the responsibilities alloted to it in its consti- tutional powers.

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Administration by the Students 'A' Undergraduates Delegated Responsibility y Bob Meneh Th e delegation for responsibility to the many phases -le of a successful uni- versity is vastly in- tricate. These re- sponsibilities a r e given first to the faculty. They are expected to main- tain the various functions necessary to the administra- tion. Wliat a hope- less task that' would be without the invaluable resources as offered by student aid. Oklahoma City University is dedicated to the busi- ness of higher education. Education consists primarily in the acquirement of such higher cultural knowledge as this university is equipped to give. If the resources of the students are not exhausted in this process he is then eligible and justified in soliciting such other responsibility for the betterment of himself and the university of which he is a part as he may see fit. The execution of the responsibilities of student ad- ministration lies in the hands of those outstanding individ- uals whose capabilities justify their positions. The foundation and the heritage of the American people is democracy. Democracy is a doctrine of both means and ends. This, therefore, has been the universal system chosen by American colleges for the election of student leaders. So long as the students did not have a voice in saying who should manage their common af- fairs or any effective appeal against those whom they prob- ably felt were not youthful minded enough, the demo- cratic method, with abundantly good reason, did mean the management of campus affairs by those whom the students themselves choose. This system, like so many other good means, has suffered from those for whom it was intended to help. Factions and selfish interests, dedicated to a worthless ideal, have tended to defeat its satisfactory execution. Popular government and administration is nevertheless, both a good thing in itself and a means to successful accomp- lishments. As a whole the responsibility of the various phases of student management have been successful and highly ef- ficient. A survey of the ways and methods by which activities similar to those at Oklahoma City University are carried on in other universities shows Uklahoma City University to be comniendably efficient. The foundation and manipulation of the student administrations under student leadership has never even bordered on failure. The university is to be congratulated on its dele- gation of all possible responsibilities to the respective groups of student leaders. It should be a coveted pride of the student body that such constructive extra-curricular ac- tivities are existing in their school under student leader- ship. ln spite of criticism of the system at Oklahoma City University, with its combine political machines and elec- tions so hotly contested that temporary animosities are aroused, We are more fortunate at 0. C. U. than are the students at most other colleges, The faculty administra- tion exercises a minimum of interference. The students have at O. C. U. most of, if HOT all of the responsibility delegated to them that is delegated to the students of other similar institutions. On the pages immediately following are accounts of the different student administrative bodies on the campus. W: YW Ur l' fl .. y i 7.4597 Tl -V fi-.:i,. 57.?iW f - -4 's I , 'rf 'u,5. V iaup ' Q --- ai 5' gf C265

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THE APPORTIONING BOARD an--'-' Divis, Gragg. Hefley, Kline, Boone, Marsh Student Apportioning . oard ORYlI,I.I: Kristi W'n,i .neo Booxii ilihe Student Alwpoi'tioi1i1i5g Board of Uklahoma City Universitv represents as its objective a most democratic purpose, the greatest good to the greatest number. Certain departments and institutions are recognized as necessary to a complete college life. These are nanielyg the Student Council, a periodical campus paper, a vear book and an active Y. VV. C. A. and Y. Nl. C. A. These departments are maintained through the student funds. These funds are handled and apportioned in yearly budf gets from the activity fee which the students pay at the bcginning of each semester. The formation of the Apportioning lloard was the result ot the efforts of Horace Robinson and Victor YVillf ianis, former students. It was originally formed to insure the publication of a year book. As the success of the board became apparent the budgeting of other campus activities was entrusted to the hoard. All of the student fees were put into one activity fee which led to a great ....Cbr11rmf111 .....Serre1m'y simplification of matters. All of the above named activities are now financed tlirough the Student Apportioning board by means of the t t student activity fees. This board was started as an experiment under the close watch of the Board ot Trustees and thc faculty. The books are checked every mouth by a faculty representaf tive. It is the general opinion that more good is given to the greatest number of students by means of this Board. The agencies served by this hoard all Work toward serving the students in their respective capacities. The trust vest- ed in this body is justified and deserved. lVlenibership on this board is held by four students, a president and a secretary, who may or may not be a voting member. lflection by the Student Council gives the members their positions. 4281 '