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

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' ' l Paul Bennett, G. Weldon Gatlin, Marian Buchanan, Bob Lobaugh, Willard Boone, Hi Doty, Margaret Becker, Carol Shaw, Elizabeth Preston. IIE CUUNCIL OFFICERS WILLABD BOONE ..,.................... .......,......... P resident PAUL BENNETT ............... ........ V ice-President MABIAN BUCHANAN ....... .......... S ecretary MARGARET BECKER .,.....................,............ Treasurer CARABIAN student government in its most hectic year-in this manner better than in any other may the story oi the 1936-37 council be sum- marized. When Norman Glass assumed the student council presidency last Sep- tember there was nothing to foretetl the stormy passage that awaited ine ship of state, its crew, and its pilot. Elected on a reform platform, Glass early put forward a l7-point plan for reform, but amendments and blue pencils wrecked it. Before Glass could renew the campaign on another front, he and Billie Davis, Dance Board president, were removed by the committee of deans, be- cause of low grades. Thus exited the most colorful student political figure in Scarabia's short saga. Stepping into the breach, Willard Boone, senior member, and vice-presi- dent, took charge of the council and, assisted by Paul Bennett and George Kramer, directed the constitutional revisions which had been recommended. Leading points of this new document Were: ill the demand for majority elections, QZJ definition of the vice-president's functions, Q33 written ballot tor constitutional amendments, fill voluntary assumption of student dicipline, Q51 vitalization of the constitutional preamble which calls upon the council to take the initiative in developing student expression, These measures passed the student body with only two dissenting votes on Ianuary 19. With this matter over, the council started salvaging what remained of the year for constructive enterprise. ln the second semester election ordered to fill the presidency and three vacant council seats, Willard Boone, the act- ing president, Won the presidency from Virgil Downing, l5l-lU8. Carol Shaw, freshmang Hi Doty, junior, and G. Weldon Gatlin, senior, also won seats. Members serving all year Were: Boone, president and Senior class repre- sentative, Paul Bennett, Iunior class, Bob Lobaugh and Marian Buchanan, Sophomore classy and Elizabeth Preston, Freshman class,fRuy Dotv. 'lf' l8 Hi'

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bination swept every office in the spring election from the opposing Phi combine, composed of Theta Kappa Nu, Beta Alpha Phi, Phi Chi Phi, and Kappa Tau Delta. And the summer passed. September came and Glass an- nounced that the Delta combine would support him for the Yell-O- jacket presidency. The Delta Psis, who had a majority in Yell-O-laclv ets, maintained that Glass couldn't fill the job and elected Fred Marsh, a political foe. Glass took his trou- bles to the Kappa Phi chapter and they withdrew from the Delta com- bine, taking Tri Phi with them. There was a scamper for political allies and, when the smoke had blown away the Barb organization had withdrawn from politics, and the new Delta combine consisted of Della Psi, Phi Delta, Alpha Omega, Theta Kappa Nu, and Beta Alpha Phi. The Phi Chis and Kappa Phis, alas, found that temper- amental differences kept them from unite ing, so the Phi Chis astutely announced their withdrawal from politics, and did the political maneuvering under cover for the rest of the year. The new Delta combine has, as The Scarab goes to press, swept all elections of the year, except the Campus queen- ship. lt holds overwhelming majorities on the Student Council and Apportioning Board, dominates the class offices, and holds a slim majority on the Dance Board. The situation may change, however, for in the Scarab queenship campaign the Kappa Phis and Phi Chis managed to unite, and Eleanore Stauffer, Delta candi- date, defeated Mary V. Elliott only by the close score of 169 to l65.-KH. C. DJ Qtr ABOVE: The Phi combine huddles up on a park bench. CThey're out in the cold.J Top row: Elizabeth McNeese, Mary Ann Boesler, Virgil Downing, and Mary V, Elliott. Bottom: Wally Dietz, Pete Glass, and james Vanderpool. BELOW: lt was a historic moment when Pete Glass lrightl turned over the Student Council prexyship to Willard Wee Willie Boone Clettl. +- 17 'fr-

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Tom Hilborne, Virginia Estes, Willard Boone, Howard Thornton, Preston Smith, lulia Linan, OTHER 1937 MEMBERS: Billie Davis, Doris Franz, Lillian Eckert. PPURTIU IN B0 RD OFFICERS WILLARD BOONE .........,.4........... ......, C hairman WlLLARD BOONE ...... . .,.., ....... . .. .......... Secretary HE Student Apportioning board, which handles the spending of approx- imately 55,000 each year, in student money, came into being in l930 as an administration acknowledgement of the fact that those Who pay activity fees should determine how those fees are spent. Horace Robinson, student council president at the time, conceived the idea and put it into effect. Only Scarabian institutions representative of the entire student body may share in the activity budget. These are the Student Council, The Scarab, The Campus, the Y.P.C.A., the athletic department, and the College Players. ln consideration of this grant of funds, every student who pays an activity fee is admitted Without charge to all athletic events and dramatic productions, and receives The Campus, Weekly, and The Scarab, annually. This year the Board contributed S300 toward the purchase of band uniforms. fron Man of student finance for the last two years has been Willard Boone, completing his second year as secretary of the Board and his first year as chairman, Under Boone's administration was evolved the system of allotting money to the athletic and dramatics departments, in return for the blanket admission of students paying the athletic fee. Boone is the first man to hold the chairmanship and the secretaryship at the same time. The institution of free all-school parties came under the administration of Orville Kline, two-time chairman in '35 and '30 The Board is composed of five student members and a secretary, who may or may not be a member. Members are elected for one-year terms by the Student Council and are responsible to that bodyff -Paul Bennett. es- 19 -4'