Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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James C. Boudreau THE ART SCHOOL Nelson S. Hibshman Florence S. Tabor THE SGHOOL OF THE SCHOOL: Gr ENGINEERING HOME ECONOMICS Deans Wayne Shirley THE LIBRARY SCHOOL Robert C. Whitford THE DIVISION OF GENERAL STUDIES

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Seated: Miss Stephenson, Bob Phelan, Joe Ryan, Dot Johnson. Standing: John Sargeant, Ralph Burnley, Mike Miake, Charles Canniff, Gerald Gulotta, Shirley Sarkissian, Jim Reidy, Fred Hasert, Barbara Jacques, Bob Anderson, Caryl Cole, Tom Rock, Al Amato, Jim Lunny, Ben Pratt, Chic Dicamillo. Student Executive Board These representatives from all Class Coun- cils and Standing Committees meet each Monday afternoon to discuss and report on the fate of the nation (i.e., Pratt Institute). As can be seen by the intelligent look on the above encased faces, the past, present, and future of our Student Government is in com- petent hands. Your Student Executive Board spends endless hours of constant deliberation, investigation, and decision. There are always enough sides present for many a lively argu- ment about the policy and program situation in the various schools. All statements are required to have well-founded proof behind them; all requests must be substantiated by deliberated reasoning. Wow! This all sounds pretty cold and very official—that’s what it’s supposed to be. But on the other hand, you won't find one of the above who would want to trade jobs even with Mr. Pratt himself. These students have, and always will have, a mighty job on their hands—and they love it! The weightier the problem, the more we exert ourselves to solve it. The more minute the problem, the more careful consideration it is given. The officers of this board consist of the President, Vice-President, and Secretary- Treasurer of the Student Government Asso- ciation; they appear respectively above: Joe Ryan, Bob Phelan, and Dot Johnson. These three are responsible for the exact planning of agenda of all meetings, and are empowered to speak for the entire student body when meeting with any “outside” or “inside” groups about the school and about the city. The gentleman who usually drops the biggest bomb-shell on our otherwise peaceful meetings is Jim Lunny, Chairman of the Fi- nance Committee. Most of the budget re- quests are logical and very appropriate, but when one club asked for funds to send their president’s mother-in-law to Florida, that was too much! It seems that her interference at home was lowering the effectiveness of his activity about the school. A vote was taken and it was decided that an extended trip to Ebbets Field would serve the same purpose. This Board has handled many notable under- takings. The black eyes and bruised knuckles bear bitter testimony of the vigor which was thrown into the resulting discussions. (Ed. note: the above picture was taken before the meeting started.) On the more serious side of the picture, Bob Phelan moved that the students them- selves be allowed to decide on the allocation of the funds made at this year’s April Show- ers. An overall vote was taken—we now have an official Student Scholarship and Loan Fund set up for those who need it. Joe Ryan asked for a report of the Activity Awards Committee on the Seniors, which is elsewhere in this book. We might note here that all pictures and names which you see in that section were decided upon by a committee consisting entirely of underclassmen and fa- culty. Since all of the seniors shown above won’t be around next year (see the tears in their eyes?) many suggestions have been made regarding future objectives. After a radio- TV combination has been placed in all rooms with a capacity of 100 or more, it was decided that an automatic weight-reducing machine and hair-restorer apparatus be placed in all faculty meeting rooms. Please, Miss Stephenson, put down that club! When all is said and done, we find that the SEB did its job. With the cooperation of the Class Councils, good healthy policies and programs were never wanting.