University of British Columbia - Totem Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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, . ' i ' wa 'S Sf' Energetic staff of AMS office kept busy looking after student offices and business. Left to right: Barbara MacKenzie, receptionistp Doreen Scott, typistp Mavis Walton, bookkeeperp Betty Quick, who left staff in Decemberp and Norma Wiles, cashier. 04. Sfaff Cxecuferf cfeiaifa In order to leave council members free to formulate important policies and attend the occasional lecture, an extra staff must be taken on to carry out the large part of the routine office work. Apart from the publicized features of council activity such as the or- ganization of men's athletics, the drawing up of a budget and the control of clubs there are unglamorous de- wus, tails such as fil- ing, accounting. sales work, mak- ing out of cheques, bookkeeping and pacifying the H. B. MAUNSELL Business Manager public. In this respect the AMS office bears a similar- ity to downtown offices. There is the same thankless drudgery, the volumes of dull paper work. the petty annoyances, whining customers and anonymity. Students know treasurer lohn McKinnon from the Ubyssey editorials, they know Pedersen as the man who opposed the Ostrom Plan. they know lim Midwinter as the winner of B.C.'s Rhodes scholarship, but few are acquainted with the Council work horses. Central figure on the staff is Mr. H. B. Maunsell. the business manager. Genial and white-haired with a reassuring air of competence and friendliness his iob is to keep Council within the narrow confines of the budget drawn up by the AMS treasurer. Two years ago students staged a plebiscite to de- termine whether or not UBC needed a man to watch over its expenditures. Despite arguments of some of- ficials that he would be a hinderance to AMS autonomy stdents voted two to one in favor of employing him as manager. Mr. Maunsell soon found that student affairs were being handled well. Through his quiet, conscientious work he soon won the confidence of the council, and has received all possible co-operation in his work. Member of the staff who has been with the AMS longest is Mavis Waltciii. now in her fourth year as bookkeeper. As such she makes out cheques. looks after the accounts and student money. Cashier Norma 'Wiles works behind the wicket selling such oddments as pins. sweaters. dance tickets. pennants as well as acting as stenographer. Mrs. Doreen Scott of XVest Vancouver. formerly with MAD. is graduating this year to take a iob with VVestinghouse Electric. Her husband. Ray Scott, is graduating in Engineering. 31

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Ostrom Plan for revamping Ul3C's athletic program. lt was evident from the heginning of the term that drastic changes were needed and Brock met the challenge. Literally working night and day for two months, he poured all of his own experience and that of others into the scheme. which when finally present- ed to a special student meeting was accepted over- whelmingly. On the distaff side of the athletic picture. Mimi XVright was alvle to find time to talte part in and or- ganize women's sports. A two-time hig Block winner for haskethall. and past treasurer of VVAD, Miss Wright had all of the qualifications required to represent female athletes. Besides doing this with great success, she was responsihle for improving girls' intramurals and estahlishing a UBC vollevhall team. The youngest memher of Council. in hoth age and position, sophomore memher Charlie Flader was, as per tradition, given all of the joe iohsn. These he carried out with such cheerfulness and ahility that he was a perennial favourite hoth in the council room and on the campus as a whole. His work on Frosh VVeelq. Homecoming, the Hook Store Investigation and the Crest and Pins Committee made him a valuahle addition to the executive. As Puhlic Relations Officer and one of two ex- officio memhers, Chuck Marshall used four years of experience in newspaper and other campus affairs to handle the newest and most nehulous of all Council positions. Although a graduate student, he found time to do a ioh-which required an active interest in nearly all phases of campus life and helped to estahlish hetter press relations, raise student spirit and organize such events as a campus tour for high school students. 30 i'On one of the few occasions that all council members simul- taneously smiled was when Totem photographer arrived to take their pictures. Top left, lvan Feltham, hard working Junior membery top right, third year Arts student Charlie Falder, who sat on council as sophomore member. Bottom left, Rhodes Scholar Jim Midwinter, and right bottom, ex-pubster Charlie Marshall, F'ublic Relations Officer. Centre, full council session.

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, ' ' sl 31? yr W - - .... it WAD comprises a multitude of women's sports. Director of Intra- murals Carol McKinnon. a paid member. drew up schedules, saw that teams were placed on the field, and directed managers. Intra- murals Manager Clare Bowyer was responsible for publicity. In charge of faculty intramurals was Helen Bryan. Greatest blow to WAD plans was the scrapping of their whole pro- gram when the boys were unable to move from the old gym into the new one. Despite setbacks the year has been marked by improved gen- eral organization and increased ef- ficiency. The two basketball teams, the Thunderettes in the City B League, and the UBC Intermediate A team, have won most of their games and enjoyed a good chance of winning the provincial championships. At the Inter Collegiate Hockey Conference both UBC teams won all games over their rivals. Ornamental and speed swimming teams have been organized to com- pete locally. ak' 20.04. . fkeorganized by President Mimi Wright, WAD increased its intramural sports. Worked hand in hand with Ostrum to give students better athletic events. 32 Reorganization of the Women's Big Block Club as a club with a revised constitution has been one of the primary objectives of VVomen's Athletic President Mimi Wright. Last year the club was in the nature of an honorary society to which Big Block winners auto- matically belong. A series of functions ranging from the farcical fashion show following the Big Little Sister ban- quet to the more serious B.C. High School Conference were arranged ir i'Chaired by Sally Heard, Women's Under- graduate Society had one of the most successful years in history of campus. With WAD, they staged awards banquet in March. by a hard-working W.U.S. under Sally Heard. The Big Little Sister banquet, the women's equivalent to the frosh smoker, is annual party held for the freshettes. The Big Sisters each adopt a Little Sister from the frosh class, and escort her to the banquet, as well as provide her with a date for the Frosh Dance. After the banquet a mock fashion show was held in which the girls were made to wear outlandish costumes. Hi-links, the all girls' party held in the Brock in October, featured square dancing and skits produced by the different undergraduate societies. The Fashion Show, which clash- ed with the Engineers' March of Dimes, helped raise funds for the new women's residences. The fashions were supplied by Wood- wards, who erected a backdrop and chose coeds for modelling. Totem Queen Mary Taylor was crowned by Dr. MacKenzie at the WUS coed in Ianuary.