University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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Informal Student Governnnent meetings were held in the student lounge. First row: Bell, Boswell, Broughton. Second row: Dawson, Griffith, Guyther. Third row: Holbrook, Howard, Hughes. Fourth row: Lodge, MacKenzie, McFarland. . f the May Day ceremonies and received special funds to finance the occasion. The estabhshment ol an organized social calendar created a system whereby all social events were signed up on the social calendar at the start of the school year. C n Homecomiiii; Day, the S.G.A. accepted Irom the Llass of igio the new gate located be- tuccn the Rossborough Inn and the Dairy Build- ing, and, on the same day, sponsored the Home- coming Parade and the crowning ol the beauty queen between halves of the football game. Dur- ing the spring, representatives of Student Govern- ment Associations from Maine to ' ' irginia held their annual con encion licre. Our S.G.A played host to this gathering. Mainly responsible for the success of the Student Government Association this year was President William Holbrook, as- sisted by Larry MacKenzie, vice-president; and Mary Ann Griffith, secretary-treasurer. Other members of the S.G.A. included the presidents and secretaries ol all tour classes, presidents of the Panhcllcnic Council, Interfraternity Council, O.D.K., Women ' s League, Men ' s League, Mor- tar Board, and the editor ot the student paper. First row: Powell. Prentice, Searls. Second row: Shirey, Speake, Thompson. tiA. 29

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w v mif nTm ItT V OF ' f MARYLAND 1 fe ' MARY ANN GRIFFITH, Secretary-Treasurer; WILLIAM HOLBROOK, President; LARRY MacKENZIE, Vice-President. STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION was a in between the students and the administration Ihe most IMPORTANT action of the Student Government Association this year was the estabhshment of a Student Defense Council. This council sponsored the collections of waste paper from the students and gave a series of after- noon tea dances and one evening aflair, the pro- ceeds of which went to the Defense Fund. The S.G.A. also drafted a reorganized plan of student Two cans of food permitted students to dance for charity. activities to comply with the three semester sys- tem and put into effect a plan for the cooperative purchase of gasoline and auto supplies by the students. An improved lost and found system with a central office in the General Service Building was set up. The Junior Class representative to the Women ' s League totik o ' cr the sponsorship oi 28

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Left to right: Thomas Galbreath, James Forbes, Robert Searls, Donald Shurholz, Charles Davis, William Krehnbrink. MEN ' S LEAGUE Ihis year the Men ' s League strayed into greener fields and spread its influence over the entire men ' s student body when it acquired a representative from each class as well as from the Interfraternity Council, hi past years the league had kept its fatherly eye on the dormitories alone. Through its new contacts with the classes and the fraternities the league has kept a check on the prob- lems of all men enrolled in the university. How- ever, as usual the main part of the organization ' s time was devoted to the maintenance of discipline in the men ' s dorms. Working with the administration and student publicity director Judson Bell, the league success- tuUy conducted a campaign to stop the rackets used to extort money from the trcshmcn. In con- junction with the work ot the Student Defense Council the league appointed student air-raid wardens to act as aids to the Student Assistants in the dormitories in case of an air raid, and also helped the council in the collection of waste paper and hooks from the dorm dwellers. A trophy to be awarded annually to the most outstanding man in intramural athletics was intro- duced this year with the hope that this award will become a permanent award in the university. The social event ot the year for the Men ' s League was their spring dance held in the Gym- Armory. Other entertainment during the year included movies shown in the men ' s dormitories. Robert Searls headed the group for the year and the league representatives were Charles Davis, Bill Krehnbrink, Thomas Galbreath, James Forbes, and John Eichnor, who leit school in February and was replaced by Don ShurhoL. 30