Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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Men ' s Student Senate Tin position ol id.- Men ' s Student Senate .1- the supreme undei graduate governing bod) on the Syracuse campus is graduall) being recognized. 1 1 supervisor) powei ovei practically all Btu- denl organizations gives tlii- bodj the ultimate jurisdiction ovei ill undergraduate measures. Meeting once a week, the Senate establishes ii- own rules I pro- cedure a- to parliamentary devices. - the legislative branch oi sin- ilut government, with certain executive duties, ii recommends t the Studenl Courl trial of those judged v.nili of the violation l Senate rules. In addition, the efforts of the group tend to bring into closei harmon) members of the administration and tin- -indent body. Ten senators, elected annuall) from the various Hill colleges, to- gether with three ex-officio members, make up the personnel of the group. Officers are selected, and committees whose members are assigned to a particular activity, are appointed within the Senate. Among the chief duties are the supervision of class elections, class social functions, and men ' s rushing. Kl l I II li KlNSns ' ■ sident KlXMI II Ml KlNNoN T8ac I ' i ki.i son INTORD BaSSETT K.iiwin II | 1 Kenneth Beagle John Connolly EwART BlAIN DANII I. FoGARTY Alfred MacCu i r. OFFICERS SENATORS Harold Langford Joseph Shapiro Lee Tcmikins EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS President I u e President Treasure S 1 reta | Jcilui Watrous Joseph WoU Editor of Dailv Orange President of Student Body Chief Justice of Student Court Blain MacClurs - ' k i r 1 « 1 ufford Conn Shapiro Beagle Fcrju« ii Hannum Watr.iU!» 25

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Student Government Student Government, an essential factor in University administration, has l een developed to a high degree. It lias become one of the basic principles in the man- agement of studenl affairs, in the legislation and execution oi rules, and in the promotion of bill activities and social life. It has found definite form In the men ' s Mud. ' tit body and the women ' s student body, and its influence has so spread that it is employed in the governing of fraternities and sororities and even in managing the af- fairs of individual colleges. Thus the student has a voice in both the political and so- cial life of the University. He is a part of a great democratic organization, which not only increases his sense of responsibility hut provides a valuable training for good American citizenship. The supervision of the men ' s activities is in the hands of the Men- Student Senate. Student government among the women on campus is expressed through the Women ' s Student Senate. In the case of disputed jurisdiction between the two bodies the executive commit- tees of the two groups hold a joint meeting to determine which is to have supreme power in the case concerned. This committee is composed of the officers oi each group. Not only in legislation, but in jurisdiction as well, do the students have the power of self-government. Students breaking any of the rules of Men ' s Student Senate are re- ferred by that group to the Student Court. The Court is composed of members chosen by the Senate from the Sophomore Vigilance Committee, so that in this field, too, the principle of democracy is followed. In the regulation of social life we find these same principles expressed by the In- terfraternity Council for men and the Pan-Hellenic Association for women. These groups are concerned with the affairs of fraternities and sororities on the Hill. Their main functions are the formulation of rules governing rushing and the settling of problems common to the various groups. The spirit of sell-government has reached the individual colleges in addition to general expression, and several of the colleges have boards elected by the students managing the government of the student body in- volved. Outstanding among these is the Engineer- ing Honor Hoard which attend- to the execution id the Honor System in the College of Engineering and tries those students who are found to be of- fenders in the system. The Student Council of the Forestry College i- the most truly democratic governing bodj oi an) individual college, in as much as it has control over the making of rules and their execution for the en- lire college. It i composed ol representatives oi each class in the college, and provides a link be- tween facultj and -Indent- bv its conference with faculty members. Ii is one other expression ol the trend of democracy and sell -gov eminent al Dan Focarty President S) racuse I niversitj . 24

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Women ' s Student Senate I li in 1 1 in 1 1 x n ii President Dorothy Hatch Hi 1 1 Barnetti ( II MtLOTTE Gl I i l li Crai e K - Vivian Hi i bi Kl I INOR I ' ll K Dorothy Fli Bakhau Cobb CTINC as women ' s governing l o l ul the I Diversity for twenty- three years, the omen - Student Senate, formerl) the omen - f eague and Women ' s Student Government Association, has proven itself a Btrong and efficient organization on the campus. This hodv. hetter known a . S. S.. acts in conjunction with the Dean I Women and Men ' s Student Senate in the supervision of all student affairs except organized athletics. Enforcement of rules enacted l the Senate is carried out through House Presidents, who act as representatives of their living centers. The increased number of these living centers, due to the increased en- rollment f women in the I niversity, has necessitated a more complex organization and a more intricate system of rules. OFFICE President I ice President .Si i ond I a e President Secretary Treasure! Social Chairman Senioi Guidance Chairman I ' ubiii it Chaif ' mm A TIN [TV REPRESENTATn ES Makjokik BlIONNER • Margaret Iclehart I)i, Ills Am HBOLD MARJORIE iimiumi.ii Orange Ji i.ia IU;ad ii M W i hi li l Ull Sll H ) II Mlllll I IIIIM1 - President of Panhellenit President 0 ) . If. C. A. President of If . A. A. II omen ' s Editoi 0) Dnih - Speakei oj II omen ' s Congress II omen ' s Convocation Chairman President oj Citi II muni-, tub President oj Sororit) Group ( I HERINE ( lAREI nn Mti 111 Lewis (•I nil Eleanor Pe k. ( ii im Brow n MaRYDEE JOHNSON I lns K. I inn N Mm LEY, I 1 President 0) Dormitory Group President oj Registered House Vice President oj Senioi Class I iir President oj JunUn Class I iii President oj Sophomore President 0 Freshman Class V.I, 1 1, Loo] in Brown B Holla) • 11. I, I. . ll I I III 26