Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT Is m % ■ ' 1 ■ r ' i ■ - , • : GEORGE SCHRADER STUDENT COUNCIL By WANDA JONES In the fall of 1938 a group of six students launched forth on the fourth year of student gov¬ ernment at Park. How well these six seniors remembered that in their Preshman year six other seniors blazed the first trail for student govern¬ ment at Park. Since that time successive coun¬ cils have pioneered through the forest of Diffi¬ culty breaking the way for councils which might he able to play a significant part in governing. This has been the aim of the Council this year. In some ways they have succeeded, and in others necessarily they have failed, hoping that the Councils of tomorrow might profit by their mis¬ takes of today. 1 he Student Council is in session — Prexy Schrader stalks into the room and draws out his sheets of notations on which he has scrawled items for consideration. To his right is Hugh Richards, Vice-President, making worthwhile suggestions, and to his left is Wanda Jones, Sec¬ retary-Treasurer, moving a pencil with hasty strokes to get down all notations. But the circle isn t yet complete. Grouped around at various angles are Florence Heacock, George Mace, and Mai colm Ramey, who were elected to the council by the student assembly. Many are the Chapel hours that this group of six has attempted to thrash out the problems of the Campus. This year the Council has attempted to con¬ tinue the worth-while things begun by the cor¬ responding group of last year, and at the same time to add more worthwhile things. The Coun¬ cil last year opened the lower dining-hall, and it became a place of more social life. This year we have continued to use this hall for meeting-place, for ping-pong, and for bi-weekly dances. How¬ ever, the student body through the aid of the 26

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T HE Women’s Student Government As¬ sociation is in its second year at Park Col¬ lege. As stated in its constitution, this organization is based on a two-fold philos¬ ophy. First, that life adjustments come with greater ease to the girl who has defin¬ ite standards of living which seem worthy of her loyalty; and second, that living yields most benefit and enjoyment to the girl who fai th fully bears responsibility to herself and ' others. We are confident that the Council and Miss Harrison, the sponsor, with the co¬ operation of the charter members of the W. S. G. A. of Park College, have made noteworthy progress toward establishing the objectives and standards of loyalty of the women on this campus. THE Freshman Council, sponsored by Dean Harrison and Dean Cannom, has been organized for the purpose of guiding and fostering extra-curricular activities for the class. Jack Everett, Thomas Hunter, Parker McNeil, Jonnye Ritter, Faye Evans, Tate Lane, Dorothy Mathis, Bob Strange, and Jean Taylor, members of the council, represent the various freshman dormitories. FUNCTIONING for the first time on the campus this year is the newly organized Dean of Men’s Advisory Council, better known as the D. M. A. C. The purpose of the D. M. A. C. is to provide a link between the Dean of Men and the men students and to serve as a means for solv¬ ing problems in a manner both democratic and satisfactory. Members of this council are President of the Student Body, President of the Y. M. C. A., Presidents of men’s dormitories, and a representative of the town men. Instead of fear or suspicion, trust and friendliness are the key to the relations between the Dean of Men and the men of Park College. W.S.G.A. COUNCIL D. M. A. C. FRESHMAN COUNCIL

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MACE RICHARDS JONES RAMEY HEACOCK SCHRADER student council and administration has taken a step forward. Early in the year the Student Council organized the Lounge Project Committee which has functioned very effectively this year to raise money to furnish the lower-dining hall so that it would be more of a lounge. The students have enjoyed immensely such produc¬ tions as Mr. Esquire and the Varsity Show, ’ and at the same time in attending these performances they have contributed to the furnishing of the lounge. In order to promote a more equalized distribution of activities among the students, a committee functioning under the auspices of the Student Council drew up a point system for extra-curricular activities. Whether or not it will meet with the approval of the student body is yet to be seen, but it is a stride forward in attempting to represent every student on the campus. The Council this year has attempted to promote still further the attitude which was adopted last year. This was an attitude of students plus administration rather than students vs. administration. Undeniably there have been times when certainly these two groups were not in harmony, but for the most part the spirit of the two groups has been very commendable. So to the people of the future who will assume their positions, the Council members offer their accomplishments and their failures, hoping that future groups may profit by both. Only in this way will our student government ever make any significant strides.