St Francis College - Franciscan Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Heads of Student Council Dan Clancy Chairman S.A.C. John Donohue Parliamentarian Bill Walker President of Student Councils Tom Cuite Vice President John Lawless Senior Representative Student Council Another successful Carnival. Where was Joey Heatherton? With the dawning of the new academic year of 1965-66, the Student Council under the leadership of Bill Walker held, in their view, new horizons of real democratic government for the students of the college. The reason for the greater “democratic represen¬ tation” was due to the fact that only class representatives were seated, while the club representatives were seated on the newly formed Student Activities Council. However, as the council found out, the new machinery did not entirely settle all its old problems. There was just too much of the old council lurking in the college. There was a cry of “foul” and “power play” when the time came to give final approval of the ‘Who s Who Awards” late in October. It was probably at this time that the president, vice-president, and secretary had to meet their greatest internal crisis. Whether they came out of the crisis vic¬ toriously is questionable. Again in another thorny issue, the question of whether St. Francis should stay in the National Students’ Association or not was decided. The Council finally voted to keep affiliation with the national organization; and once more, the question of which side was victorious was clouded in smoke-filled oratory. But the Council did have its moments and it rose to the oc¬ casion as required. In January the Council met to hear several representatives involved in the Saint John’s Academic Crisis. The final conclusions were written and submitted by the Council to the parties involved. We expressed our “dissatis¬ faction with the manner of re¬ moval of the faculty members” due to the “problems and ob¬ stacles it placed on the stu¬ dents.” Another important action taken by the Council in Febru¬ ary added further intrigue to an already exciting year. The Council agreed to a re-evalua¬ tion of itself and of the entire “power structure” of the vari¬ ous classes. The meetings held on this matter were of vital importance for they were hon¬ est, forthright, and aimed at the achievement of specific goals. Whether this re-evalua¬ tion was successful remains to be seen in the future. Allan, Muchnicoff, Rodriguez, and Dukois listen while President Walker makes his point. 22

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TO PLAY WELL Paul Ferlazzo, President of the Troup¬ ers and author of Fireworks. Mr. Michael Kirby, Instructor of Speech and author of Hap¬ penings. Vic Barranca tells the Troupers how to act in front of Brother Anthelm. Maureen Lynch, Paul Ferlazzo and Tom Laquercia listen as Mike talks to mike in John Brown’s Body.

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At the last meeting of the ’65 Student Council, the constitutional revisions which called for the creation of a Student Activities Council were passed overwhelmingly. S.A.C. would be composed of rep¬ resentatives from every recognized club and frater¬ nity in the school. The duties of the Student Activi¬ ties Council were to make rules and regulations for all of the student organizations, including dances, celebrations , student customs and, use their influ¬ ence in every possible way to further approved activities. At the very outset, it was soon discovered that the S.A.C. constitution left much to be desired. Chairman Daniel Clancy, and Vice-Chairman Paul DeBenedictis are to be congratulated for the work that they accomplished under such adverse con¬ ditions. S.A.C. successfully sponsored the Frosh Smoker, which was considered to be the highlight of Freshman Week. Also, S.A.C. is to be congratu¬ lated for the Activities Day, weekly calendar and the J.F.K. Carnival Dance, which they ran. Con¬ tinuous harassment from its big brother, The Student Council, made things extremely rough for S.A.C., but thanks to the work of Arthur Schwerdt, a new constitution for S.A.C. was written. The first year was a most difficult one for the organization, but its future can only be described as very optimistic. An unprecedented success. Members S. Mulligan, M. Walsh, W. Godzich, B. Carey, H. Muchnicoff, F. DeJesus, A. Schwerdt discuss Constitutional revisions. Fabled voices of the Mountain Taber¬ nacle Choir resound again at Fresh¬ man Smoker. Mr. Fazio, S.A.C. Moderator 23