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THE STUDENT SENATE A. J. YATES.President MARION REED.Vice President EVELYN BUTLER.Secretary TOM GUTHRIE.Treasurer MEMBERS AND SCHOOLS REPRESENTED Henry Simpson, Arts Leon Johnston, Arts Verlis Rose, Agri Louise Eley, Agri Bill Couch, Business Lawson Cloninger, Business Marion Hilton, Education William Hathaway, Engineering Fred Johnson, Law Roy Thomas, Junior Class Parke Muir, Junior Class Florine High, Junior Class Bill Sawyer, Junior Class Reha Gray, Sophomore Class Tom Edminston, Sophomore Class Harvey Howington, Sophomore Class Jack Moore, Freshman Class Murrelle Watkins, Freshman Class For the first time the people’s choices sat in soft-bottomed chairs and argued affairs of state on Wednesday afternoons in the Student Union. And the august body, presided over by President A. J. Yates, found itself politically New Deal, except for two seats. To make the parliamentary procedure smoother and to make someone responsible for getting measures passed, the Senators elected a majority leader, voluble Bill Sawyer from the Law School, and a minority leader, likewise garrulous Fred John¬ son, also from the Law School. And they did most of the filibustering and yielding. Hottest meeting of the year came just before election time. The first question to settle concerned the student affairs committee, whose members had referred to the Senate on the subject of the Junior- Senior Prom and Military Ball. The prom committee had signed a contract for a dance band but wanted more money for the festivities of the day. The military ball committee hadn’t signed a contract and just wanted money. The Senators wanted a big name band for all students, and refused to give up the money to the other two. The triangle of groups covered all angles of the situation—finally recommending to th e student affairs committee that under no circumstances should a big student dance be sacrificed to the Jr.-Sr. prommers or to the military bailers, but that all money left over should be divided between the two. Tommy Layman and Dave Newbold of the prom committee were satisfied, but jingoist Porter Gammill was not. Then Minority Leader Johnson, with the constitution in his hand, brought up a question about interpretation of the venerable manuscript in an effort to have the election postponed. Although Yates agreed that there was enough disagreement to have the point referred to Final-Authority “Squire” Humphreys, the election w as not postponed—and the would-be political party behind the deal remained would-be. Yes, it was a memorable meeting. The “Keep Off the Grass” problem was turned over to the Student Senate in the early fall. It was still a problem even after the Senate saw to the posting of several signs. The signs, placed con- A. J. YATES . . . politically N Deal was the august body he presid
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spicuously bare spots explained that the Senate was asking co-operation in beautifying the campus. Smaller ones merely said “Please”. When the Senators had come to a collective conclusion that half the persons in school couldn’t read, the Buildings and Grounds came through with a more drastic and more effecive means of persuasion. In fact, the students said, “It stinks,” but it kept them off the grass. 1 he Senate conducted an extensive campaign on raising wages for student labor that unfortunately proved too extensive. The Senators with power consulted the authorities about establishing a minimum of twenty-five cents an hour for working students. Success w as reached for the boys in the Student Union, and for several other groups on the campus, but one department operating on a graduated scale basis, refused to comply. Meanwhile the other members of the ruling body made a store-to-store canvass on the square and in Shuler town inquiring about w ages paid. From a long list of business houses only about a half dozen did not pay the requested amount. In a couple of such cases the Inquiring Senators were told it was “none of their damn business.” But since the number underpaid was so small, and the University department would not serve as a shining example, the Senate let the matter drop. In order to make sure everything was going on as the students had asked last year in the book store proposition, a committee headed by Lawson Cloninger made an investigation. Everything was, but definite figures could not be quoted until the one-year period ended in July, 1941. Lave Newbold, senior class president, made pleas before the Senate that a three-year contract be Ut on the invitations. There were more arguments and more questions, while salesmen appeared with samples and brief cases. Words fraught with insinuations were hurled between Newbold and Fred Johnson, but a contract was finally accepted. Other business of the Student Senate included ratification of bouncers when an irregularity oc- curred, a request to organization secretaries to file a schedule of meetings in the Personnel office, and an agreement to put up “No Smoking” signs in Main building when the faculty provided a lounge¬ smoking room in the basement. But there were no party squabbles over appointments or elections rules. I he majority party took ' t easy and let the two dissenters feel overwhelmed. Front Row —Butler, Gray, Simpson, Johnston, Yates, Eley, Cloninger Middle Row —Moore, Reed, Muir, Hathaway, Thomas, Sawyer, Johnson Rack Row —Watkins, Howington, Rose, Edmiston, High, Hilton, Couch
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