Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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The Civic Association ofStephe1is College P1'0-Yilllfili ---............. ....... ......... .... B E T 'ry BAKER Vive-PVC-S'icl61li -............ ......... .... B I Aivri-IA Woonnurw SGC1'6frM'y --.... ................ - - -Do1zo'r1-xy KNA1'1'1cNnE1mEn T1'HflSu1'61' ......................... lim BLANCI-IE BICCARROLL Svng Leader ................................ H1as'r1m ENGLE Chew' Lender' .............................. Rua-u HARIIISON S1100-S'01' ---...................... ...... lt Ilss RIOLLIE' WHITE The Civic Association carries on the student administration of Stephens College. All of the organizations on the campus are directly connected with one of the four major divisions of this central controlling body. Every student automatically be- comes a member of the Civic Association when she enrolls in the College. The as- sociation was established to develop leadership in its members and to fit them to take their places as citizens witl1 a full. knowledge of the organization and work of their local, state and national government through experience with a similar miniature or- ganization. The executive power of tl1e Civic Association is vested in a Cabinet of eight members, elected by the student body in the spring of the preceding year from the incoming senior class. The Cabinet includes president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, and the president of the four subordinate divisions,-Student Government, Y. W. C. A., Pan Hellenic, and Student Activity Board. Questions of student policy are settled by this body. Through the medium of legislature, groups, and mass meetings each member of the association is brought in touch with the problems confronting the whole or- ganization. Legislature is a body composed of the members of Cabinet, one repre- sentative from each group of ten to fifteen girls on the campus, and one from each off-campus house. Representatives take back to their groups the issues discussed in legislature. In group meetings every girl is given an opportunity to express her personal reaction to proposed measures and to send her criticisms and suggesti-ons to the central body through her representative. At mass meetings of the Civic As- sociation the final vote is taken on measures which have previously been discussed in groups. Every student law must pass each of these three bodies before it can be- come effective. Civic Association has sponsored a great many worth-while projects this year. Several social events have been given including two formal dances, a State's Festival, and a reception honoring Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Stephens. Civic Association made a notable gift to the school in the portrait of Mr. Stephens, which it presented through the picture fund. Civic Association was represented by fioats in the Missouri Uni- versity Homecorming Parade. An Honor Roll by which girls who have contributed noteworthy service to their college. may receive recognition, was established. The constitution of Civic Association and that of each of its subordinate divisions were revised. A charter was granted to a new Religious Activity Division co-ordinating under it, Y. W. C. A., Y. W. A., and the Burrall Bible Class, and providing that its ofiicers shall be ex-ofhcio officers of Y. W. C. A The Group System has been made more successful this year than ever before and extensive plans have been made for its further developments. Civic Association has fostered honor in the classroom throughout the year. The annual pageant presented during commencement week was the final activity to be sponsored directly by the Civic Association. Pffgf ss