University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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STUDENT GUVERNURSZ . .gTHE SENATE OFFICERS JIMMIE LEE HOWELL . . . President . 1 ' BETTY SUE CUNNINGHAM . . Vice-Preseidenl BETTY I-IOOPER . . Secretary HENRY TUCK . ' Treasurer JIM LEE HOWELL President MEMBERS First row - EUGENE CALLAHAN JOHN HARRISON DAN INGRAM BETTY SUE CUNNINGHAM BETTY HOOPER JOHN JERNIGAN SALLIE DUDLEY CHARLES LAUGHLIN Second row CHARLES MEYER C. ROBERT RHODES MARY JANE THOMPSON OWEN MORROW VANCE SCURLOCK HENRY TUCK THEODORE SYLVAN The Student Senate, representing all classes of th: University and forever seeking to wleld the scepter among student affairs, has had little success along- these lines until this year. However, with the advent of Jim Lee Howell into the role of President the usually silent Senate chamber was aroused and forced into some semblance of action. A bi-weekly newspaper was instituted and several useless and tattered constitutions of the horse and buggy days were buried in effigy, as it were, and a new and valuable constitution written. The Senate also witnessed some vicious oratory over a dance date in one of its 'iteapot tempest meetings, but eventually arbitrated the affair. During the Spring election the Senate was filibustered over an argument con- cerning the eligibility of candidates in the race for vice-president of the students. - The Association is a member of' the Midwest Student Conference and of the National Student Federation of America, and is represented annually at both conventions. , Politics in the spring come under the direct supervision of the Student Senate. Z2

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AND T0 HER TURN THE WOMEN The social functions of the campus are num- 7- erous and of several varieties, but behind all of g them stands the approval of the office of the Dean i of Wfomen. Any social function which lacks the stamp of approval can only be a failure, because without that approval the women students of the University may not attend. By virtue of her office, Dean Reid carries the big stick in undergradu- ate social affairs. 'X The Dean of Women has a three-fold duty X in the performance of the duties of her officeg DEAN REID the social, academic, and administrative phases encompass the whole existence of the woman stud:nt, and in each of these phases of University life, she is under the guidance and control of Dean Reid. The Dean of Women does not seek to place burdensome restrictions, which will not be obeyed, on the University women, but by appealing to the intelligence and common sense, advice is given to those who need to make adjustments in their academic careers. By acting largely in an advisory capacity, Dean Reid has been able to make the office more popular than such offices are in schools where the individual is considered less as an individual than as merely another student. In an academic way, not only is Dean Reid an associate professor of Latin, but also she is an advocate of the classic education based on mathematics, Latin, and English. She advocates an education including these subjects, not because the cultural educatio-n benefits the intelligent woman more than most vocational training is likely to do, and with the cultural background, much U of the unrest of the present day is apt to be less alarming and revolutionary than it otherwise would be. From the light of the past we can look into the future and understand the significance of the new ideas as they are presented to us. 21

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FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES: . THIS COMMITTEE MEMBERS First row WAYNE BOYDSTUN PAULA BRAUN JACK CURRY HAROLD GOULD CLAYTON LITTLE REX LOONEY Second H. C. FIELDS T. GENTRY I. GOLD JEFF STEINI-IART GENE WILLIAMS PAUL LATTURE, C fmirman Student dances in 1936-37 were operated for the eighth year under the supervision of the Student Social Committee. Conduct at dances, orchestras, finances, arrangement of student dance dates, and all other details are left in the hands of the committee which was appointed by Jim Lee Howell at the beginning of the school year. As regards dates for .dances, the committee has made some attempt to work in co-operation with fraternities, sororities, and other groups, but failed a a certain extent this year to satisfy the desires of certain organizations, namely, Chi Omega, Sigma Chi, Alpha Kappa Psi, and Theta Tau. Chi Omega and Sigma Chi squared off charging Alpha Kappa Psi and Theta Tau of having been shown preference in the awarding of dance dates. The affair was talcen to the Senate, but was actIIally arbitrated by President Futrall and Dean Ripley. The Chios took a date in the 28 day law, and the Sigma Chis were allowed to go to Bella Vista to have their dance. Later President Futrall decided against this. During a year of heated and bitter arguments, Paul Latture had a difficult assignment in presenting the right dances at the right time in the season allowed for dances by the University. 23