Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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sibilit , Stzmfent ovewzmenlp Honor Board and Dorm Council rettle zmztterr of .rtzzderzt dirciplifze. high degree of self-government were quite Well es- tablished, and during the following years Stu-G worked to develop and clarify the purpose of an honor system. At the beginning of Student Guild in 1902 the need for an honor system was recognized, but the problems of its function and authority seemed almost insoluble. By 1906 students were given a trialg the June exams that year were unproctored, and each student signed the statement, 1 have xl . fa .f Q ,. -X3 '-'-Itlv-m1--up-n-1 x ii 1 d 1 Q neither given or received aid. This system ap- parently Worked, but by 1911 a new plan was put into effect in an attempt to overcome the student's indifference and reluctance to report dishonesty. Each course voted on whether or not to accept the honor system for that particular courseg one hun- dred percent affirmative vote was necessary for its acceptance. Until 1931 this approach to a system of honor was used, with minor modifications. ln 1931 in- dividual pledges Were discontinued. Every student admitted to Simmons College was automatically responsible to the Honor System. Signatures on the certificate of admission were not, and are not, required, but the very small number Who have not signed the Honor System's pledge in the past eight- een years is proof of its iustness and its liberality. During the 1930's Stu-G strengthened this new Honor System and adapted it to dormitory as well as class regulations. Women Suffrage Passedi States to Decide issue Million for Endowment Fund

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Eleanor Tufts, Prefidefzt The first student organization at Simmons Col- lege was formed in 1902, called the Student Guild. This was the seed of the Student Government of 1949. Every student in the College was automati- cally a member of the Guild, which operated in chapter divisions of twenty-live girls in each chapter. The executive council which directed activities included a president, secretary, treasurer, and four vice-presidents, one from each of the Col- lege's schools. When the Guild joined the Women's lntercol- legiate Association for Student Government in 1907 the problems of extending the branches of self- government were being met by committees such as the Council on Dormitory Government and the Committee on Student Conduct. These committees were without authority and could function only in an advisory capacityg yet they were typical of the methods used by other member colleges in the Association. lt became increasingly apparent that precedents were inadequate, that a progressive system of student government must be developed within the college to meet the needs ofthe students of that college. This was the beginning ofa liberal, inclusive student government at Simmons. By 1912 the College and the number of its clubs had so increased that a complete revision of the Guild's constitution and a redelegation of its authority Our pride and res on- was planned. Chapter division of students was dropped, authority was vested in a Guild Council of the president and vice-president of each class, a graduate representative, presidents of the clubs, the chairmen of the committees on dorm govern- ment and student conduct, and presided over by the senior class president. This Council is, in effect, paralleled by 1949's lnterclub Council. The next year the ild Council passed the ruling that a certain st ard of grades was to be maintained in order Hice in any organiza- tiong and in the 5, Persimmons, the first college magazi 5 -X .F onsored by the Coun- cil. That year the c as further revised, the Council was re Student Government Associationg Stu-G prei nt from then on was all- college elected. 1 By 1923 Student Government looked back on twenty years of progress and gradual extension of authority. The Stu-G constitution provided for council approval of new organization and the authority to grant charters to new, proved groups. Clubs were required to submit their budgets to Stu-G for approval at the beginning of each year and for an audit of accounts at the end ofthe college year. The fundamentals of maintaining a relatively The council meetf to talk it over. F.- Y . sv'

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The lvwmmble Mi.r.r jane Baud. We are Stu- . . . This year Student Government Council started in September with the Workshop to coordinate the year's plans for student activities through clubs, committees, and publications. The plan to ask for volunteers before all student nominations was put into operation. A political forum, an all-college organization, was proposed early in the school yearg its purpose is to integrate and strengthen political activity, assembly programs on current political questions, and to precipitate Wider inter- est in community, state, national, and international governments. Temporary officers were elected to a provisional executive board, representatives of the political forums of other colleges were invited to speak at Stu-G open meetingsg the proposed Forum constitution was posted on Stu-G's bulletin board. By February, Forum was ready to be voted on, and during the two days of balloting an overwhelming majority of the students ratified the Constitution and the Forum became a major branch of 1949's Stu-G. Cbrirt11za,r forma! mmm az knockout , . . May Day :newly the rtmzdourr. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE if ORVILLE WRIGHT if FRITZ KREISLER