University of North Carolina Greensboro - Pine Needles Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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TVl lthough the legislative branch of Student Government does not originate tax bills, it does keep an interpretative finger on the pulse-beat of the campus. Composed of three members from each class, a representative from each dormitory, house presidents, presidents of the Recreation Association and the Y, Legis- lature meets more or less regularly in the Student Government room of the Alumnae House to debate until twi- light on campus problems or lack of same. The vice-president of Student Government, Phyllis Crooks, wields the gavel with proper respect for the Alumnae ' s mahogany table and for Robert ' s Rules of Order. Janet Holmes, Student Government Treasurer, acts as secretary of the Vox Pop body, and Dr. Lyda Shivers, Miss Genevieve Walberg, and Miss Clara Giese act as faculty advisers and chief referees. The first business of Legislature this year was to consider the recommendations of the pre-school Student Gov- ernment conference. These recommendations were passed with notable dispatch (the legislature members were members of the conference) ! Early in the year, Legislature set up a Chapel Board to handle cases of chapel absence and thereby relieved Judy Board of the burden. This innovation has proved to be a well-advised one. In the interest of conserving electricity and health, a rule was passed requiring that lights be turned out at twelve o ' clock; this rule almost produced a minor revolution among students who found it necessary to make new schedules or to start adhering to the ones they had already made. Use of candles, kerosene lamps, and coal miner ' s caps was definitely discour- aged by both Legislature and the administration. Though Legislature represents the interests of all the various groups on campus and is responsible for keep- ing faith with both the groups and common sense, there have been few casualties. The latest movement afoot is to pass a rule abolishing term papers in order to save our Library from extreme over-congestion every January and May! .. I move That We First Row: Wenkenbach, Lowe, Ferrell, Griffith, Cherry, Hollingsworth, Whitley, Vann, King. Second Row: Fairley, Hornaday, Johnson, Slocum, Dr. Shivers, Holmes, McRoberts, Upchurch, Crooks, Miss Wal- berg, Miss Giese, Saunders, Vann, Mendenhall. Third Row: Miller, Glaze, Spivey, Muller, Crooks, De Voe, Sherrill, Tyree, James, Daugherty, Dickey, Hatfield, Rendleman.

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Janet Holmes Treasurer Phyllis Crooks Vice-Prt idt tit Doris McRobert Secretary Student Government ? „ Student Government at Woman s College is a going concern that knows where it ' s going. It is the large and busy corporation of the student body, administered by officers elected by and from the student body and working through the various subdivisions into which it has been organized. This year, in addition to its responsibilities of integrating and overseeing the activities of ordinary cam- pus life, it has had the additional task of adjusting the campus to making a maximum contribution to the war effort. Things start cooking on the front burner at the pre-school conference of student leaders. This vener- able body confers several days — but not without results. This year ' s motto, a minimum of talking and a maxi- mum of action, was carried out to the letter. Conferees tested existing rules and regulations for practicality, efficiency, and hardening of the arteries, and then recommended to legislature a number of additions and subtractions. One of the most important steps recommended to legislature by the conference was the strengthen- ing of the honor policy, which was formally inaugurated two years ago, by the resolution that a student is responsible not only for upholding her own honor but also for helping others to uphold theirs. This resolution gave rise to a decision to lighten some of our social restrictions and to a big argument to de- termine whether or not the terms date and friend are synonymous! An impressive Student Govern- ment candlelighting ceremony acquainted the freshmen with our existing honor code. Operating for the first time this year was an Election Board, which was set up to supervise our cam- pus elections and to establish a uniform procedure; and now we ' ve bid Mr. Ballot Box Stuffing a fond farewell. Another comparatively new addition to the family of Student Government is our Service League which coordinates the campus war effort. It has already proved itself worthy to be called a child prodigy because of the wonderful job it has done in offering defense courses, in providing opportunities for would-be volunteer workers, and in persuading us to shell out some of our allowance for war bonds and stamps. Eighteen

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Sealed: Eula Mae Dees, 3etty Dahlin, Helen Tanner, Mary Jo Rexdleman, President: Hazel Bryant, Alison Rice, Miss Alexander, Adviser. Standing: June Feiker, Doris McRoberts, Secretary; Kay Bissell. Why Don ' t You Do Right? ( „very Monday night the judicial branch of Student Government, garbed in austere black robes, goes into action. The Board is presided over by Chief Justice Jody Rendleman, otherwise known as Student Government President Rendleman; Student Government Secretary Doris McRoberts acts as secretary for the Board. The Judy Board, as it is known in common parlance, is renowned for administering impartial justice to offenders, large or small, freshmen or seniors, neurotics or Physical Education majors. None need fear to enter the room with the green horseshoe table — nine times out of ten smiles are lurking in the eyes of these judges (unaccustomed as they are to looking stern) ! Under the supervision of Judy Board are the hall boards which handle minor cases in each dormi- tory. Our hall boards are composed of the house president and four members of the dormitory and a member of the Judy Board. Judy Board records and reviews all hall board cases, and every girl has the right to appeal a hall board decision. The goal of Judy Board is to consider each case individually and to make the student understand how its decision was reached. It is probably the only court for miles around where rule-breakers are given every opportunity to talk back. With the experience they have had, we might expect to see some of our Judy Board members ap- pointed to the Supreme Court some day. Twenty